and of all the people Éowyn is close to here, I think Arya tops the list. Arya is like the sister she never had, and she sees so much of herself in her. That actually sometimes makes it quite painful, because it isn't only the good things they have in common. She hasn't talked to Arya so much about this, but she has a lot of sympathy for Arya losing her parents, partly because she remembers how it feels to be a child and have your parents violently taken from you. And Arya's experience with it has been worse than Éowyn's, so she can only imagine how hard it must be.
She feels very responsible for Arya, and is extremely conscious of how young Arya is. Even knowing that she's already seen war and suffering, she wants to protect her from it; she's impressed by Arya's strength of character, but really just wishes it wasn't necessary, and wants to make life easier in any way possible.
There's also this thing I'd like to explore with them, which is that Éowyn has more in common with Sansa than Arya does; I'd be interested to have them discuss Sansa, because Éowyn can see her value in a way I don't think Arya can. Just a thought.
But, yeah. Éowyn definitely thinks of Arya as her little sister, and will protect her as such; she would struggle to think of her as a daughter the way Tom or Molotov do. The age difference is part of that (they'd be very far-apart sisters, but they're too close in age to be mother and daughter; I figure the difference to be about 13 or 14 years), but a bigger part is that Éowyn thinks of Arya as being older than she actually is. She still sees her as a child, but partly because of how similar they are, she sees her as being... like, a teenager rather than a child. Which still makes her way too young to have faced what she has.
Honestly, Éowyn really just wants to take Arya home with her. Come live in Ithilien, Arya. You can ride horses and fight with wooden swords and not be in danger any more. With the best big sister.
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and of all the people Éowyn is close to here, I think Arya tops the list. Arya is like the sister she never had, and she sees so much of herself in her. That actually sometimes makes it quite painful, because it isn't only the good things they have in common. She hasn't talked to Arya so much about this, but she has a lot of sympathy for Arya losing her parents, partly because she remembers how it feels to be a child and have your parents violently taken from you. And Arya's experience with it has been worse than Éowyn's, so she can only imagine how hard it must be.
She feels very responsible for Arya, and is extremely conscious of how young Arya is. Even knowing that she's already seen war and suffering, she wants to protect her from it; she's impressed by Arya's strength of character, but really just wishes it wasn't necessary, and wants to make life easier in any way possible.
There's also this thing I'd like to explore with them, which is that Éowyn has more in common with Sansa than Arya does; I'd be interested to have them discuss Sansa, because Éowyn can see her value in a way I don't think Arya can. Just a thought.
But, yeah. Éowyn definitely thinks of Arya as her little sister, and will protect her as such; she would struggle to think of her as a daughter the way Tom or Molotov do. The age difference is part of that (they'd be very far-apart sisters, but they're too close in age to be mother and daughter; I figure the difference to be about 13 or 14 years), but a bigger part is that Éowyn thinks of Arya as being older than she actually is. She still sees her as a child, but partly because of how similar they are, she sees her as being... like, a teenager rather than a child. Which still makes her way too young to have faced what she has.
Honestly, Éowyn really just wants to take Arya home with her. Come live in Ithilien, Arya. You can ride horses and fight with wooden swords and not be in danger any more. With the best big sister.