What happened at Mount Doom? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lhunardawen · 10-18-2005, 10:07 PM

There's certainly more to this poll than meets the Eye. (Haha.

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As Formendacil had very cleverly put it, options A, B, and D are valid, at least for me. A and B have been already explained and debated upon. In my opinion, D is not exactly nonsensical. Come to think of it, had Frodo in any way willingly thrown the Ring, that would make him a hero far more than Gandalf or Aragorn had been, or could ever be. Frodo then would have done something Isildur had not done, Saruman would have not done, and Gandalf admitted he could not have done. The concept of the Fellowship and their division (physically) would not make sense if in the end Frodo swept all victory into his hands.

But if we're talking direct cause, it would be A of course.

View Poll Results: Gollum went into the Crack of Doom because
he slipped	26	44.83%
Eru willed it	16	27.59%
he jumped on purpose	7	12.07%
the quest needed to end this way to make sense	9	15.52%
Voters: 58. You may not vote on this poll

10-18-2005, 10:07 PM	#6
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	There's certainly more to this poll than meets the Eye. (Haha. ) As Formendacil had very cleverly put it, options A, B, and D are valid, at least for me. A and B have been already explained and debated upon. In my opinion, D is not exactly nonsensical. Come to think of it, had Frodo in any way willingly thrown the Ring, that would make him a hero far more than Gandalf or Aragorn had been, or could ever be. Frodo then would have done something Isildur had not done, Saruman would have not done, and Gandalf admitted he could not have done. The concept of the Fellowship and their division (physically) would not make sense if in the end Frodo swept all victory into his hands. But if we're talking direct cause, it would be A of course. Last edited by Lhunardawen; 10-18-2005 at 10:19 PM.