Wait just a darn minute! Robin did die in the Batman comics, DC had a petition and the people voted to kill Robin (Tim Drake, Robin number 2). So for coolness, Merry or Pippin could have been killed, it just wasn't to be. I think Tolkien had envisioned the Scouring of the Shire before half the rest of the book, and wanted that ending.
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"I come from yonder...Have you seen Baggins? Baggins has left, he is coming. He is not far away. I wish to find him. If he passes will you tell me? I will come back with gold." - Khamul the Easterling
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