Be careful what you wish for...

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by Farael

I wish Ted Sandyman had been a part of the fellowship

He was! And due to his constant arguing with Sam that either there was no such thing as elves, or, that they were all a bunch of arrogant fakes, he convinced everyone in he Fellowship.

Gandalf, in the Halls of Mandos, decided that coming back from Elfland would be too embarassing, so he stayed there and there was no Gandalf the White.

Gimli became disillusioned and grumbled about his lousy three strands of hair, and tossed them halfway across the Plains of Rohan.

When he became King, Aragorn sent Arwen a "Dear Jane" letter and told her that she could keep her arrogant elvish fakery, he was marrying a nice Rohirric girl.

By the end of the quest, Legolas son of Thranduil had changed his name, given up archery, stopped singing, turned in his elvish clothes for mannish clothes, unbraided his hair and rubbed dirt in it to give it a mannish look, and developed several psychotic twitches.

And although Gollum still bit off Frodo's finger and destroyed the Ring, Frodo refused passage to Valinor and instead moved into the Lockholes, constantly muttering and yelling at passersby.

I wish more of Legolas' kin had been involved in the quest.