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Orual · 11-30-2002, 06:46 PM

No, precious, it wouldn't have done for Gollum to have made it. I mean, if Frodo had to leave Middle-earth because being in possession of the Ring had changed him too much, Gollum certainly would have fared much worse. And can you really imagine Gollum leaving with the other Ring-bearers? He bore the Ring too irresponsibly. He'd be in limbo, neither being able to leave with the others nor stay comfortably in Middle-earth. I think that in all justice and fairness, to Gollum and to everybody else, the ending was fit. Granted, I would've prefered it if they had "all lived happily ever after, to the end of their days" instead of this "realism" stuff, but for the most part the ending was perfect. (Okay, so "perfect" wasn't the word I was looking for. So I cried my eyes dry when I finished RotK. So what? I'm trying to be agreeable!)

~*~Orual~*~

[edit: my grammar suffered. "to" irresponsibly indeed.]

[ November 30, 2002: Message edited by: Orual ]

11-30-2002, 06:46 PM	#11
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	No, precious, it wouldn't have done for Gollum to have made it. I mean, if Frodo had to leave Middle-earth because being in possession of the Ring had changed him too much, Gollum certainly would have fared much worse. And can you really imagine Gollum leaving with the other Ring-bearers? He bore the Ring too irresponsibly. He'd be in limbo, neither being able to leave with the others nor stay comfortably in Middle-earth. I think that in all justice and fairness, to Gollum and to everybody else, the ending was fit. Granted, I would've prefered it if they had "all lived happily ever after, to the end of their days" instead of this "realism" stuff, but for the most part the ending was perfect. (Okay, so "perfect" wasn't the word I was looking for. So I cried my eyes dry when I finished RotK. So what? I'm trying to be agreeable!) ~~Orual~~ [edit: my grammar suffered. "to" irresponsibly indeed.] [ November 30, 2002: Message edited by: Orual ] __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"