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littlemanpoet · 06-01-2002, 10:44 AM

JRRT always intended for Frodo to go west over the sea, to Tol Eressea. Any of you who have read the Books of Lost Tales know that Alfwine was JRRT's character who magically left England and came to Tol Eressea. Is there any evidence to support my wild notion that Tolkien intended Frodo to be his new Alfwine in the Silmarillion he intended to publish? Even if there was no evidence to support this, do you think it would have been a good idea? Why or why not?

06-01-2002, 10:44 AM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Should Frodo have been JRRT's New Alfwine? JRRT always intended for Frodo to go west over the sea, to Tol Eressea. Any of you who have read the Books of Lost Tales know that Alfwine was JRRT's character who magically left England and came to Tol Eressea. Is there any evidence to support my wild notion that Tolkien intended Frodo to be his new Alfwine in the Silmarillion he intended to publish? Even if there was no evidence to support this, do you think it would have been a good idea? Why or why not?