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Old 12-28-2003, 10:21 PM   #12
Kalimac
Candle of the Marshes
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Flyover Country
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There was that (what, they never heard of pronouns), but I don't think it was the only factor - Gollum is a bear to read aloud, and I don't dislike him (more than I should, I mean). I'd say it's more because the Wild Men just feel too much like a convenient plot device - it's hard to picture them actually having a coherent society and living their ordinary lives after the whole war is over. They always just seem to melt away, their plot-forwarding task finished.
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