Re:Why do the spiders in the hobbit talk? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

doug*platypus · 01-10-2003, 02:55 AM

This crackpot theory may have you saying "he's smoking Old Toady", but I think that the spiders in The Hobbit seem more menacing given evil thoughts and voices, otherwise they would just be a bunch of overgrown house-arachnids. Shelob on the other hand is a single, huge malevolent presence. Not only does she not need to speak to seem more evil, but her talking would surely detract from the alien horror of her and her lair.

01-10-2003, 02:55 AM	#4
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	This crackpot theory may have you saying "he's smoking Old Toady", but I think that the spiders in The Hobbit seem more menacing given evil thoughts and voices, otherwise they would just be a bunch of overgrown house-arachnids. Shelob on the other hand is a single, huge malevolent presence. Not only does she not need to speak to seem more evil, but her talking would surely detract from the alien horror of her and her lair. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.