re: #217 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s actually in LOTR:
Éowyn then removed her helmet and declared:But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
Well, to be fair to it’s iconic stature, Tolken could have used a bit more editing for unnecessary exposition. Like the elf bread thing- it’s nearly all they eat, and yet every time anyone gets near to having a passing thought about the stuff, there’s an entire paragraph about how f*ing amazing lambas is. It’s like the heroin of middle earth- except even bona-fide junkies don’t find heroin that mentally all consuming.
Edited to add: And don’t even get me started on Shadowfax.