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The 1,000 Reader · 03-28-2006, 12:13 AM

Hold it people. This is survivor. It doesn't matter if your God or Satan, the goal is to live. Heck, the winner of the first survivor ever was an evil prick and that was what made him win! You can't vote off the Witch-King simply because he's evil. Now, Celebrian didn't even see the war front; she just walked on the wrong side of the tracks on purpose and got hurt. The Queen of Rivendell should know where the enemy roams. She didn't have to endure horrorific armies and whatnot. Furthermore, she sailed into the west becuase of her injury. When that happened to Frodo, it was his "death" so to speak. The same applies for Celebrian.

Now, The Witch-King was tough. He wasn't about to work for Sauron unless he was needed greatly, and cunningly waited until Sauron "perished" and the Ring was lost until he started his campaign. He was alone, and his enemies were still ready to fight, and even with that he managed to make a kingdom In enemy territory and destroy the kingdom of Arnor. When he retreated, he did so because he could not risk a lengthy battle with Glorfindel and his reinforcements: he had a capital to save. Furthermore, the way he was killed could have actually happened to anyone; Aragorn, Gandalf, perhaps even Sauron.

The Witch-King was cunning, powerful, and managed to make a kingdom of his own and brought down a powerful enemy with him. Surely he could last longer than Celebrian or Tar-Mirel.

Also, this seems to be based off of the island survivor, not the age event survivor. The Witch-King isn't a little known guy like Othar. The Witch-King is well known, yet he hasn't gained a vote against him until now (biased votes I might add.) This means he's doing things right on the island. Also, given his evil rep., the fact that he's been around for so long without having to fall back on lying whispers shows that he's really got together for this. The Witch-King is worthy of at least making it in the final three.

Don't hate the Witch-King because he wasn't like Celebrian. We don't hate Gimil because he was shorter than Legolas, we don't hate Aragorn because he wasn't like Feanor. That's like hating someone because their favorite color is red instead of green. Do not hate someone because of such claims. If you are going to use that arguement, then why allow villains at all? Why allow Boromir? Why allow Denethor? Obviously, such a method is greatly flawed.

Save the Witch-King.

03-28-2006, 12:13 AM	#706
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	Hold it people. This is survivor. It doesn't matter if your God or Satan, the goal is to live. Heck, the winner of the first survivor ever was an evil prick and that was what made him win! You can't vote off the Witch-King simply because he's evil. Now, Celebrian didn't even see the war front; she just walked on the wrong side of the tracks on purpose and got hurt. The Queen of Rivendell should know where the enemy roams. She didn't have to endure horrorific armies and whatnot. Furthermore, she sailed into the west becuase of her injury. When that happened to Frodo, it was his "death" so to speak. The same applies for Celebrian. Now, The Witch-King was tough. He wasn't about to work for Sauron unless he was needed greatly, and cunningly waited until Sauron "perished" and the Ring was lost until he started his campaign. He was alone, and his enemies were still ready to fight, and even with that he managed to make a kingdom In enemy territory and destroy the kingdom of Arnor. When he retreated, he did so because he could not risk a lengthy battle with Glorfindel and his reinforcements: he had a capital to save. Furthermore, the way he was killed could have actually happened to anyone; Aragorn, Gandalf, perhaps even Sauron. The Witch-King was cunning, powerful, and managed to make a kingdom of his own and brought down a powerful enemy with him. Surely he could last longer than Celebrian or Tar-Mirel. Also, this seems to be based off of the island survivor, not the age event survivor. The Witch-King isn't a little known guy like Othar. The Witch-King is well known, yet he hasn't gained a vote against him until now (biased votes I might add.) This means he's doing things right on the island. Also, given his evil rep., the fact that he's been around for so long without having to fall back on lying whispers shows that he's really got together for this. The Witch-King is worthy of at least making it in the final three. Don't hate the Witch-King because he wasn't like Celebrian. We don't hate Gimil because he was shorter than Legolas, we don't hate Aragorn because he wasn't like Feanor. That's like hating someone because their favorite color is red instead of green. Do not hate someone because of such claims. If you are going to use that arguement, then why allow villains at all? Why allow Boromir? Why allow Denethor? Obviously, such a method is greatly flawed. Save the Witch-King. __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains Last edited by The 1,000 Reader; 03-28-2006 at 12:24 AM.