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Orual · 12-30-2002, 10:09 PM

Hindsight is 20/20, Carlas...most of us would probably have stabbed him, wham bam thank you ma'am, problem solved except it wouldn't be. As we sit here in front of our computers we've read the end of Return of the King, and know what a pivotal role Gollum played in the destruction of the Ring. But Frodo didn't. Sam didn't. Gollum didn't. If Frodo had killed Gollum, it wouldn't have been because he didn't want the Ring destroyed...he wouldn't have known that it would indeed be Gollum who was finally the one who secured Sauron's demise. Ironic, isn't it?

Heh, that's cool, Durelin, I was just standing up for my Sam. I can understand why you feel that way, and at certain points in the book I do too. But since hindsight is indeed 20/20, all in all I pity him.

~*~Orual~*~

12-30-2002, 10:09 PM	#27
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Hindsight is 20/20, Carlas...most of us would probably have stabbed him, wham bam thank you ma'am, problem solved except it wouldn't be. As we sit here in front of our computers we've read the end of Return of the King, and know what a pivotal role Gollum played in the destruction of the Ring. But Frodo didn't. Sam didn't. Gollum didn't. If Frodo had killed Gollum, it wouldn't have been because he didn't want the Ring destroyed...he wouldn't have known that it would indeed be Gollum who was finally the one who secured Sauron's demise. Ironic, isn't it? Heh, that's cool, Durelin, I was just standing up for my Sam. I can understand why you feel that way, and at certain points in the book I do too. But since hindsight is indeed 20/20, all in all I pity him. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"