Do the Ringwraiths feel pain? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 05-14-2010, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Blind Guardian

This doesn't have to be just movies, I guess.

It doesn't, but I am just defining what I am discussing. Jackson's "Terminator-like" Nine aren't exactly Tolkien's.

Morthoron · 05-16-2010, 04:19 PM

Only if you talk really mean to them.

Bêthberry · 05-16-2010, 05:10 PM

I can see them getting heavily into the "I feel your pain" mode.

Blind Guardian · 05-16-2010, 10:58 PM

What?

alatar · 05-18-2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

Only if you talk really mean to them.

"Elbereth Gilthoniel," in other words.

But didn't the torched Nazgul, after getting a torch in the head from Aragorn, scream?

Morthoron · 05-18-2010, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by alatar

But didn't the torched Nazgul, after getting a torch in the head from Aragorn, scream?

They were never good at rejection. Folks with obsessive/compulsive disorders rarely are.

alatar · 05-18-2010, 02:58 PM

What's amazing is that the Nazgul are driven off Weathertop (or, with their mission accomplished, did they just cede the ground?) by fire. Gandalf is known for pyrotechnics. You'd think that this would give the Grey/White Wizard an edge when facing one or more of the Nine.

Morthoron · 05-18-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by alatar

What's amazing is that the Nazgul are driven off Weathertop (or, with their mission accomplished, did they just cede the ground?) by fire.

No, I don't believe they merely receded into the shadows. Frodo's blade of Westernesse came dangerously close to extinguishing the WiKi. Or at least that is what is implied.

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Originally Posted by alatar

Gandalf is known for pyrotechnics. You'd think that this would give the Grey/White Wizard an edge when facing one or more of the Nine.

Gandalf did have an edge. He drove several wraiths off Weathertop with pyrotechn...

Oh. Wait. You're being facetious. Never mind.

alatar · 05-19-2010, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

No, I don't believe they merely receded into the shadows. Frodo's blade of Westernesse came dangerously close to extinguishing the WiKi. Or at least that is what is implied.

Sorry, I was speaking of the Peter Jackson movies. Aragorn does not fight the Nazgul at Weathertop in the books (unless that part was written between the lines). In the movie, Frodo just gets off a whimper and not a stab.

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Gandalf did have an edge. He drove several wraiths off Weathertop with pyrotechn...

Oh. Wait. You're being facetious. Never mind.

Nope. Not in the movies. Gandalf did use his holy flashlight to drive away the Winged Nazgul on the Pelennor Fields, but his batteries ran out when the Witch King later came a knocking.

If only he could learn that nifty fireball spell of Saruman's...

05-16-2010, 04:19 PM	#2
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Do the Ringwraiths feel pain? Only if you talk really mean to them. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

05-16-2010, 05:10 PM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I can see them getting heavily into the "I feel your pain" mode. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-18-2010, 02:58 PM	#7
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	What's amazing is that the Nazgul are driven off Weathertop (or, with their mission accomplished, did they just cede the ground?) by fire. Gandalf is known for pyrotechnics. You'd think that this would give the Grey/White Wizard an edge when facing one or more of the Nine. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.