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Kalimac · 03-09-2003, 11:20 PM

[smacks self upside head]. Arwen. I KNEW it was Arwen. I was THINKING Arwen. What did I go and write? Elrond. Well, there are disadvantages to posting so late at night [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].

Thanks for all the perspectives - they're really helpful. Glad I wasn't the only one to think "Oh no! Bilbo's dying!" [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] . I'm inclining now towards the two-meanings-in-one explanation; Bilbo is going to the Undying Lands, it's true, but in a way this is a journey towards the edge of the world; a journey which death will complete. So it's like he and Frodo are dying, just more slowly. (And in this sense, death isn't necessarily a bad thing - wasn't it Iluvatar's Gift to men, after all?).

03-09-2003, 11:20 PM	#10
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	[smacks self upside head]. Arwen. I KNEW it was Arwen. I was THINKING Arwen. What did I go and write? Elrond. Well, there are disadvantages to posting so late at night [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Thanks for all the perspectives - they're really helpful. Glad I wasn't the only one to think "Oh no! Bilbo's dying!" [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] . I'm inclining now towards the two-meanings-in-one explanation; Bilbo is going to the Undying Lands, it's true, but in a way this is a journey towards the edge of the world; a journey which death will complete. So it's like he and Frodo are dying, just more slowly. (And in this sense, death isn't necessarily a bad thing - wasn't it Iluvatar's Gift to men, after all?). __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.