Ack
Child, me goof -- I meant to say that you have a formidable presence in this
forum (although your post to the thread has made me an honest man in my error).
And,
au contraire, I did not 'neglect' Frodo. The initial post says that if
you were Frodo, who would you replace with whom in the Fellowship. This also would seemingly preclude having yourself in there twice. . .
Bethberry, shame on you for raising the canonicity topic. Go to the back of the room and write out "I will be a good Downer" five hundred times.
Finally,
Kransha, ah my oldest Downer friend, I did lament the fact that there was no place for you in the Fellowship. You are, not to put too fine a point upon it, too evil! However, in the interests of fairness, I shall amend the purpose of this thread somewhat. . .
Decide either whom from the Downs you would see in the Fellowship with you (if you were Frodo) or whom from the Downs you would have as your allies if you were Sauron. To begin:
The Witch-King of Angmar:
Pio as she is a leader whom you do not want to cross!
The Balrog: The
Wight himself, because sometimes he just scares the living bejeesus out of me ("Ai, Ai!").
Saruman:
davem because I fear he may know more than is good for him.
Shelob: A
very tricky one indeed, but I shall have to say
Mithalwen for I have learned how dangerous it is to cross
her.
The Watcher in the Water:
Son of Numenor, as he's always lurking, alway ready to pounce, and always able to go right after the most important part of any discussion; also, no matter how many tentacles you cut off, there's always more (OK, I don't really know what that last part means. . .)
Assorted orcs: Well,
Kransha, obviously.
Here's to some more silliness!