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Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-27-2021, 10:20 AM

I think we got a bit sidetracked; if I am not mistaken, this whole debate about Gollum came up only because he came up as proof of Hobbit-toughness. And that came up only as a side-remark about something WK might have thought of, and that came up only in relation to yet another side-remark that the Nazgûl may have been surprised by Frodo's resistance.

And that all being said, the entire argument stands on the assumption that the Nazgûl knew that Gollum was the same type of creature as the Hobbits. I am sort of wondering whether it might not have been beneath their discernment capabilities.

05-27-2021, 10:20 AM	#13
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I think we got a bit sidetracked; if I am not mistaken, this whole debate about Gollum came up only because he came up as proof of Hobbit-toughness. And that came up only as a side-remark about something WK might have thought of, and that came up only in relation to yet another side-remark that the Nazgûl may have been surprised by Frodo's resistance. And that all being said, the entire argument stands on the assumption that the Nazgûl knew that Gollum was the same type of creature as the Hobbits. I am sort of wondering whether it might not have been beneath their discernment capabilities. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories