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Old 05-17-2003, 09:12 AM   #12
Lyra Greenleaf
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I didn't even know there was a debate over whether they were the same- I just assumed they were. I need to get out of the habit of assumptions. To me Goblin sounds like the kind of name a race like the Hobbits would give to Orcs, sort of more fairy-taleish and unreal. In the film (I know, I know) PJ obviuosly assumes they are, as Legolas says "Goblins!" and "Orcs!" in Moria. What I always thought was disturbing was the idea of Goblin men and Half-Orcs. Which is an incredibly scary thought. What a horrible thing it would be to force men (well, women I guess) to breed with Orcs!
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