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Orual · 10-29-2002, 10:17 PM

Well, I think the number one reason is, as has been said, there would be no "Lord of the Rings" if Elrond had destroyed the Ring then and there. <P>Kalimac, I agree with most of what you said, except for the parallel you drew between Elrond and Isildur and Gandalf and Bilbo. I think it was two different circumstances. Elrond had, as he said, that one chance to destroy evil forever. He was THERE, AT Mount Doom, RIGHT where he could've saved the world from the threat of Sauron. If Gandalf had taken it from Bilbo, he would've had to make the journey all the way from Hobbiton to Mount Doom himself, and would probably have fallen under the power of the Ring in the time it took him.<P>~*~Orual~*~

10-29-2002, 10:17 PM	#20
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 883	Well, I think the number one reason is, as has been said, there would be no "Lord of the Rings" if Elrond had destroyed the Ring then and there. <P>Kalimac, I agree with most of what you said, except for the parallel you drew between Elrond and Isildur and Gandalf and Bilbo. I think it was two different circumstances. Elrond had, as he said, that one chance to destroy evil forever. He was THERE, AT Mount Doom, RIGHT where he could've saved the world from the threat of Sauron. If Gandalf had taken it from Bilbo, he would've had to make the journey all the way from Hobbiton to Mount Doom himself, and would probably have fallen under the power of the Ring in the time it took him.<P>~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"