There is no point to this thread, it's purely for fun.
If you were Frodo, and if the members of the Fellowship were to be replaced by Downers, who would you replace with whom?
There are two rules for this thread (so I suppose I'm one of Sharkey's ruffians):
1) you must work through the whole Fellowship
2) you must give a brief reason for each choice
To get things rolling, my Downs Fellowship would be:
Gandalf: the
Barrow-Wight himself, obviously. Where would the Downs be without this mover and shaker, bringing it all into being and quietly but surely guiding it?
Aragorn:
Estelyn Telcontar, just because she will be so happy to see this.
Boromir:
Child of the Seventh Age, thanks to her formidable presence on the thread, and the fact that I'm not entirely sure about her motives.
Legolas:
Bethberry is the most Elvish Downer I know.
Gimli:
Himaran, simply because I am beginning to think that he really
is a Dwarf!
Pippin:
The Perky Ent. Enough said.
Merry:
davem, but only because davem himself has made me realise that Merry is learned, a bit of a lone wolf, a bit odd, and much more complex than he at first appears. . .just like davem!
Sam:
SaucepanMan, because he loves his beer, his family, and he always carries his pots with him.
EDIT The following is posted below in post #20; as it constitutes something of a rule change, I am copying it here for the benefit of newcomers to the thread:
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I could go on and on and list every character from The Lord of the Rings but I shall not do that until Fordim gives the go ahead.
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Fordim has already opened the floor to filling the roles of the baddies with Downers! Above I provided the following list:
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The Witch-King of Angmar: Pio as she is a leader whom you do not want to cross!
The Balrog: The Wight himself, because sometimes he just scares the living bejeesus out of me ("Ai, Ai!").
Saruman: davem because I fear he may know more than is good for him.
Shelob: A very tricky one indeed, but I shall have to say Mithalwen for I have learned how dangerous it is to cross her.
The Watcher in the Water: Son of Numenor, as he's always lurking, alway ready to pounce, and always able to go right after the most important part of any discussion; also, no matter how many tentacles you cut off, there's always more (OK, I don't really know what that last part means. . .)
Assorted orcs: Well, Kransha, obviously.
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Other posters have already opened the floor to
Faramir,
Eowyn and
Arwen, so I suppose that they are fair game now too.
As the progenitor and patron saint of this thread, however, I will use my power to tweak the rules once more:
1. Posters may cast other characters of or from
LotR after they have provided a full list for the Fellowship itself
or for the baddies.
2. To avoid hundreds of posts that consist of single-character attribution, you must provide either a Fellowship list, or a Baddies List before any extra casting. For posters who have already provided a Fellowship or a Baddies list, however, they can go ahead with any extra casting they wish.
I am a dictator. I crave power. Bow down to me all and obey my rules.