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Oh? And killing your own kindred for their ships is "realistic"?
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It's realistic, Legolas, it's just not all that nice. And you're right about the fact that we can only judge the actions that occured; how can we argue about how mere speculations as to different courses could have changed things? It should be at least a little obvious that simple actions can change the future in very complex ways. Example: Bilbo stumbled across a ring in the dark. Example: Melkor got a little creative in his singing. Example: Sam eavesdropped at Bag End. Example: Wormtongue threw a big rock at Gandalf/Saruman. My point: you can't judge what "might have" happened, because it's impossible to know.
That probably didn't make much sense, so if you're confused, just ignore me. Cheers,
Fea
PS- Congratulations me on my 100th post!
[ July 06, 2003: Message edited by: Feanor of the Peredhil ]