The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Drama out of nothing... perhaps (Regarding the War of the Ring)

alatar · 04-11-2006, 01:39 PM

It would be 'drama' for those that had to remain behind if Sauron reigned supreme. Those that weren't immediately killed and eaten would suffer years of torment. So, sure, if you were an elf with a boat ticket, all of that Dark Lord talk would be uninteresting, but if you were some lowly hobbit or human or dwarf...

And I would agree that not all elves would flee, and maybe they along with the help of others, would create some 'safe haven,' like we see in when Gondolin and much of ME is overrun by the forces of Morgoth (i.e. the Mouths of Sirion) that would spawn the new saviour/champion of the free folk. Like some wise person said, the stars are forever out of reach of the dark lords, and so there will always be some light somewhere.

And there's always the 'Bombadil' failsafe, where if things were to go hopelessly wrong our singing sleeper would get activated, then watch out Sauron!

What would happen if Sauron conquered all? Are we speaking just Middle Earth, or the entire bent-path world? Even if Sauron *could* control the entire world, the good folk still would have safe haven from which to continue the fight - Aman. And I think that Sauron, in stretching out his hands so far and so widely, would eventually fall.

Reading '1984,' I could think of many ways that such a system would fail, and so why not Sauron's darkness?

04-11-2006, 01:39 PM	#12
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	It would be 'drama' for those that had to remain behind if Sauron reigned supreme. Those that weren't immediately killed and eaten would suffer years of torment. So, sure, if you were an elf with a boat ticket, all of that Dark Lord talk would be uninteresting, but if you were some lowly hobbit or human or dwarf... And I would agree that not all elves would flee, and maybe they along with the help of others, would create some 'safe haven,' like we see in when Gondolin and much of ME is overrun by the forces of Morgoth (i.e. the Mouths of Sirion) that would spawn the new saviour/champion of the free folk. Like some wise person said, the stars are forever out of reach of the dark lords, and so there will always be some light somewhere. And there's always the 'Bombadil' failsafe, where if things were to go hopelessly wrong our singing sleeper would get activated, then watch out Sauron! What would happen if Sauron conquered all? Are we speaking just Middle Earth, or the entire bent-path world? Even if Sauron could control the entire world, the good folk still would have safe haven from which to continue the fight - Aman. And I think that Sauron, in stretching out his hands so far and so widely, would eventually fall. Reading '1984,' I could think of many ways that such a system would fail, and so why not Sauron's darkness? __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it. Last edited by alatar; 04-11-2006 at 08:48 PM.