After the Ring was Destroyed... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 11-09-2002, 11:45 PM

Well, among other things Gandalf probably said something along the lines of "Congratulations, it's over. Thanks, by the way."

I agree with Child; Tolkien himself said that Frodo would have told the truth, and besides after an experience like that he would probably be beyond dissembling. He's already a shell of what he was before; his character has been stripped down to its essentials by what he went through; what possible pleasure or advantage could he take in having people believe that he did something which he couldn't? Lying about it would have made him feel worse about it than he did. It's like going through a very long, very hard illness and then finally taking a turn for the better. All your strength has been sapped by fighting the disease, and now that you're finally getting better you have no energy left to care about anything except recovering. There's no room in your brain for calculation of petty advantage; if someone asks you a question you'll tell them the honest answer, because it's the easiest and simplest thing to do.

11-09-2002, 11:45 PM	#6
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Well, among other things Gandalf probably said something along the lines of "Congratulations, it's over. Thanks, by the way." I agree with Child; Tolkien himself said that Frodo would have told the truth, and besides after an experience like that he would probably be beyond dissembling. He's already a shell of what he was before; his character has been stripped down to its essentials by what he went through; what possible pleasure or advantage could he take in having people believe that he did something which he couldn't? Lying about it would have made him feel worse about it than he did. It's like going through a very long, very hard illness and then finally taking a turn for the better. All your strength has been sapped by fighting the disease, and now that you're finally getting better you have no energy left to care about anything except recovering. There's no room in your brain for calculation of petty advantage; if someone asks you a question you'll tell them the honest answer, because it's the easiest and simplest thing to do. __________________ 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.