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Originally Posted by alatar
At least Essex and The 1,000 Reader are debating the issue, and even admitting that the Witch-King winning is of low probability (same probability as me liking Pip in the films).  |
I'm arguing that the fight was 50/50. As for drafts, the final work is what the author deems the most fitting, so they (drafts) aren't really reliable. The link Alatar posted to History of Middle-Earth Volume VIII even has a quote from Tolkien, saying:
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Originally Posted by JRRT
It will probably work out very differently from this plan when it really gets written, as the thing seems to write itself once it gets going.
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Just pointing that out.
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"And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that."
-A History of Villains
Last edited by The 1,000 Reader; 06-09-2007 at 12:31 AM.
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