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Fordim Hedgethistle · 07-27-2004, 02:52 PM

I've always thought how Sauron's ignorance of the Shire was so very Elvish of him. Men are aware of the Shire (some of them even protect it!) as are Dwarves, but Elves don't pay it any heed. Even Gildor, who lives in the Shire, doesn't think of himself as living in the Shire, but in his own place -- he openly explains to the hobbits that it was another land long before it became the Shire, and so for him and the rest of the Elves, it's not 'really' the Shire at all.

In this regard, I think that Sauron and the Elves are still very much trapped in the past. The Elves want only to preserve the past and not let it change, Sauron wants a return to the 'glory days' when Melkor was around and only the Valar could stop him.

The hobbits, as relative newcomers, are simply not on the radar for Sauron and the Elves, who are both essentially backward looking. That's why I think I sometimes side with the Dwarves and non-Numenorean men who are wary of the Elves: I mean, the War of the Ring is really an Elvish fight that everyone else is getting caught up in!

07-27-2004, 02:52 PM	#7
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	I've always thought how Sauron's ignorance of the Shire was so very Elvish of him. Men are aware of the Shire (some of them even protect it!) as are Dwarves, but Elves don't pay it any heed. Even Gildor, who lives in the Shire, doesn't think of himself as living in the Shire, but in his own place -- he openly explains to the hobbits that it was another land long before it became the Shire, and so for him and the rest of the Elves, it's not 'really' the Shire at all. In this regard, I think that Sauron and the Elves are still very much trapped in the past. The Elves want only to preserve the past and not let it change, Sauron wants a return to the 'glory days' when Melkor was around and only the Valar could stop him. The hobbits, as relative newcomers, are simply not on the radar for Sauron and the Elves, who are both essentially backward looking. That's why I think I sometimes side with the Dwarves and non-Numenorean men who are wary of the Elves: I mean, the War of the Ring is really an Elvish fight that everyone else is getting caught up in! __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.