How Would it Be?

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by drigel

This was the original thought I was driving towards in contemplating the Brin quote. Cast aside the anti-ME "everything is opposite universe" (remember Spock with a goutee? ) tangent. This is somewhat of a mind bending excercise after all. Consider the nature of evil. Consider all the thoughtfull threads here on the subject (Grace of Illuvatar etc) I contemplate redemption/forgiveness as I ponder not a Vala or Maia, but a human or especially an orc. Twisted, manipulated, deformed, yet still a child of Eru, no?

Still looking for a Nurnen Daily, or possibly a Rhun Dispatch......

Do you mean, drigel, you are looking for the kind of story that Child suggested?

Originally Posted by Child of the 7th Age

But I would love to be inside Saruman's head as he was gradually won over to the Shadow, or to experience Boromir's torment in deciding whether to try and snatch the Ring, or, best yet, Frodo's inner growth at the same time as he is being tempted by the Ring.

If we're going to have history written by a true baddie, my own preference would not be Sauron but a narrative composed by the Ring itself. That does have certain possibilities, and would answer any number of perplexing questions.

Or would you be thinking of a post-War of the Ring recollection of a baddie, who now understands where he went wrong, given the destruction of the Ring and victory of Aragorn et al? Dispatches from the Void? I'm not sure how "Tolkien consistent" that kind of story would be.

Perhaps you are asking people here on the thread to take a specific chapter or event and suggest how such could be viewed?