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Originally Posted by Morthoron
Thuringwethil is not even intriguing in her obscurity.
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Morth phrased it here in a short and most precise way. For some reason, it's almost as if she wasn't needed to be there.
All right, when one starts to think about it... she was Sauron's messenger, flying from Tol-in-Gaurhoth... it might have been interesting, or rather, it
would have been very interesting if we could, let's say, glimpse a bit of dialogue between her and Sauron (all right, that's more than you usually get even about the Nazgul or such). Now I am sure it would be cool. But this way... really, she just fits into the row of unknown characters, or unknown female (!) characters - which is a pity, as she certainly had some potential (I am sure Tolkien would not make her any close to the "primitive stereotypical zero-personality villain" like most movie-makers or story-writers nowadays would make her: I mean, you hear "she-vampire" and you can basically guess along which lines she would be. I hope nobody will ever make the Silm a movie, otherwise I am sure they will give more place to her than in the book. Unfortunately).
In any case, it's the "don't-look-to-the-eyes-of-a-stranger" guy with some primeval stage of the Voice of Saruman (hmm... great. Now it made me think about the difference between audio- and visual manipulation portrayed on these two... could almost make a good thread) who is getting my vote this time.
++Glaurung