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Old 02-05-2009, 08:03 AM   #129
Thinlómien
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++Sauron

To quote myself in the previous popularity cup:

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++Sauron

He's a werewolf!

I mean... it's serious this time.

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Sauron --.... he's twisted. He's rather boring maybe in LotR as he's reduced to being merely "the enemy", but in the Silmarillion and the UT he's gory and very fascinating... All that cunning, all those beautiful lies, the immense charisma, the extreme cruelty (Gorlim and Eilinel - that's really the most horror stuff Tolkien ever wrote) and of course, he was the lord of werewolves and also, a mighty singer. You've got to admit he was pretty darn cool before he became very boringly just "the Dark Lord". (Also, I love the name "the Necromancer", more so actually in the Finnish translation. It's been translated with the word that corresponds to "witch" and using it of men is totally appropriate, but rather rare. It always intrigued me. Also, Dol Gűldur is just really creepy however little we know about it...)
The Watcher in the Water taking Óin is indeed rather fascinating and scary, but other than that, I never liked the monster very much.
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