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Originally Posted by davem
... putting it into the hands of a Hobbit was the samrtest thing Eru caould have arranged.
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I agree. Hence, my list of the order in which each member of the Fellowship
should have taken the Ring if Frodo had fallen is different to my list of the order in which they would have succumbed:
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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man
Pippin - Merry - Sam - Gimli - Legolas - Aragorn - (Boromir) - Gandalf
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It was suggested on a thread which considered this question (and which I unfortunately cannot now find) that the best "B-Team" for the journey into Mordor would have been Pippin/Merry, with Merry playing Sam to Pippin's Frodo. I tend to agree.