Now, Ive been studying my own hand. As countless people have said (well, i cant be bothered to count them) cutting off the thumb would not help. But if you cut off the thumb and forefinger too, you could slip your hand out.
But I doubt that Fingon had the time to think about all this stuff. It would have been way easier to just slice off the arm, as somebody else said. They were short on time, also as somebody else said. And, of course, it makes the story much more dramatic.
Hmmm... these old threads are really interesting.
And yes, we do discuss the most pointless things.
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