Success through Failure

[Imladris]

I think we're forgetting the failure of the woodelves to keep Gollum from escaping! I'm not sure if it could technically be termed a "failure" but it seems it was rather...thoughtless (to put it delicately)...to let Gollum loose around the forest (even though he was under guard). If he hadn't managed to escape, then the Ring wouldn't have been destroyed.

And Gandalf not being able to meet Frodo and Frodo not being able to get the letter. IF that hadn't happened, he wouldn't have met Tom Bombadil and wouldn't have had the encounter with Barrow-wite either. Thus Merry and Pippin wouldn't have gotten their swords which means that Merry couldn't have helped slay the Witchking.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 10:42 PM January 14, 2004: Message edited by: Imladris ]