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I didn't rule out the possibility that Tolkien had that in mind.
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Of course you didn't, Sharkû, and I'd have been amazed if you had. I was just jumping on Estelyn's bandwagon to make myself look cleverer.
Estelyn makes yet another excellent point above: Tolkien describes Belladonna Took as "remarkable", and that can mean a wealth of things, not all of them pleasant. Also the Tookish quality of reckless and inquisitive adventurousness, while certainly beneficial in small doses, can be lethal if too-liberally indulged. Pippin's stone-dropping incident in Moria is a prime example.
<font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:19 PM December 13, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ]