[HCIsland]

Oh, is this thread sure to start arguments. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I find a couple of devices used too many times. Specifically the Eagles which ride in to turn the tide of the battle in both The Hobbit and LotR and are to convinient a taxi service in both books. As well, I count three occassions in LotR when the squabbling of orcs allow hobbits to escape.

I also find Aragorn a bit too much the stuffed shirt for my taste. One of the occasions that comes to mind is after the breaking of the Fellowship when he spends hours discussing which way to go with Gimli and Legolas, meanwhile both pairs of hobbits are getting further and further away. The other is his grumbling about the rule of no weapons in the Golden Hall. No matter who you are, it seems rather arrogant to question the law of another land.

H.C.