The Hobbit - Chapter 05 - Riddles in the Dark - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tuor of Gondolin · 02-14-2006, 10:07 AM

Gollum did tacitly go along with The Baggins cheating,
which brings up an interesting question, if nice
Smeagol, who only wants to play the game correctly,
had continued to insist on playing the game properly
instead of helping out Thief Baggins by only asking
for three guesses (a poor trade), would
Bilbo have had to go along with being eaten?

Or, more to the point, how would Tolkien have
gotten Bilbo out of his predicament honorably?

02-14-2006, 10:07 AM	#12
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	Gollum did tacitly go along with The Baggins cheating, which brings up an interesting question, if nice Smeagol, who only wants to play the game correctly, had continued to insist on playing the game properly instead of helping out Thief Baggins by only asking for three guesses (a poor trade), would Bilbo have had to go along with being eaten? Or, more to the point, how would Tolkien have gotten Bilbo out of his predicament honorably? __________________ Aure Entuluva! Last edited by Tuor of Gondolin; 02-14-2006 at 10:10 AM.