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Iarwain · 01-29-2003, 07:28 PM

Very clever, Yavanna, but rules are rules, and not to be broken. The men of Numenor yearned oh so much for the Undying lands, but were not allowed. The fact that Merry and pippin were knight and guard does not change their mortality any more than if Pippin were the inkeeper of the Golden Perch, and Merry the Sackville-Bagginses Real Estate Agent. I think that unless you are truly psychotic and claim to have connections with little Mr. Tolkien who lives in your ear, books are pretty much the only way to learn about Middle-Earth as a whole. I also don't believe that you would publicly stand up to a ruling by the Valar that Merry and Pippin didn't belong in Valinor because it was against the will of Eru.

Chuckling,
Iarwain

[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]

01-29-2003, 07:28 PM	#11
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Very clever, Yavanna, but rules are rules, and not to be broken. The men of Numenor yearned oh so much for the Undying lands, but were not allowed. The fact that Merry and pippin were knight and guard does not change their mortality any more than if Pippin were the inkeeper of the Golden Perch, and Merry the Sackville-Bagginses Real Estate Agent. I think that unless you are truly psychotic and claim to have connections with little Mr. Tolkien who lives in your ear, books are pretty much the only way to learn about Middle-Earth as a whole. I also don't believe that you would publicly stand up to a ruling by the Valar that Merry and Pippin didn't belong in Valinor because it was against the will of Eru. Chuckling, Iarwain [ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ] __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"