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doug*platypus · 01-15-2003, 05:44 AM

New theory.

Have you ever been in class and the teacher asks a question, and lots of people know the answer but noone wants to say, and it's sunny outside and you just want to end the silence and go to lunch? That's when you have to be brave like Frodo, stand up and say something, so you can all have something to eat. He is a hobbit after all. Maybe Bilbo speaks up first for the exact same reason. Lucky for all that Boromir didn't step in first!

Also, I don't think that Frodo really did have a full grasp of the evil potential of The Ring. Elrond would have known it more, after seeing the might of Sauron with the Ring, and the quick hold that It placed on Isildur. Frodo had felt the pull of the Ring several times before, but not fully as he would later in Mordor. I don't think the answer is as simple as you would have us believe, Aratlithiel.

01-15-2003, 05:44 AM	#16
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	New theory. Have you ever been in class and the teacher asks a question, and lots of people know the answer but noone wants to say, and it's sunny outside and you just want to end the silence and go to lunch? That's when you have to be brave like Frodo, stand up and say something, so you can all have something to eat. He is a hobbit after all. Maybe Bilbo speaks up first for the exact same reason. Lucky for all that Boromir didn't step in first! Also, I don't think that Frodo really did have a full grasp of the evil potential of The Ring. Elrond would have known it more, after seeing the might of Sauron with the Ring, and the quick hold that It placed on Isildur. Frodo had felt the pull of the Ring several times before, but not fully as he would later in Mordor. I don't think the answer is as simple as you would have us believe, Aratlithiel. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.