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Old 02-09-2008, 03:53 PM   #10
Groin Redbeard
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That Galadriel is a woman is, I think, not an issue; after all, the saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" came about for a reason.
Who scorned Galadriel? Sauron? I'm certain that she's not the type of person who would want Sauron to like her.

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There may be more men fighting wars because more men are in positions of power, but put a woman there, and often the very qualities which brought her to that position and kept her there make her capable of being as ruthless as any man.
True, very true. I did say that there were exceptions, but I doubt she could be as mean spirited as Elrond could have been.
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