Survivor: The Second Age

[Celuien]

++OHTAR

Of the Lord of the Rings Code:

Obviously, by naming this character Ohtar, Tolkien was trying to tell us that Ohtar's role could be filled by any other character. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that substituing an 'e' for the 'a' in his name and reversing the h with the t changes Ohtar to Other. The e to a substitution is the correct interpretation since the 'a' is the second vowel in Othar and e is the second vowel in the alphabet.

If that doesn't convince you, consider the anagram, Ho! Rat! formed by his name. Do we want a skulking rat to win Survivor?

And finally, lest my vote be discounted, I'll repeat my earlier reasoning that Othar is not a significant enough character to win Survivor.

[Elu Ancalime]

++Ohtar
As a recall from Unfinished Tales, Ohtar is afraid of being cowardly. I think that speaks for itself, right?
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[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Moderadacil

Had Lhuna stuck to her guns, and voted Celeborn, he'd have been gone in a double-lynching. However, she didn't, and we also didn't have an army of anti-Celeborn 'Downers ride in on Pink Oliphaunts, so he survives another day. 'Tis Amandil who must "sail west".

Why do these people have to see the sense in voting against him so late? Unfortunately, I've been swayed...

Originally Posted by Anguirel

Lhuna, never vote Celeborn again and I'll...smile. Savvee?

*sigh* You really know how to manipulate people.

Okay, so no more votes against *ehem* Celeborn...now will you join me in getting rid of Celebrían? I would suppose you'll have no other reason to keep her around other than her being Celeborn's daughter, if that's even a reason enough.

[Anguirel]

I can't vote Celebrian-she has silver hair.

Ha! Ha! The pact is sealed!

++OHTAR-an office boy who shouldn't be carrying dangerous sharp things...

[Lhunardawen]

What the...?!

Pfft. Fine.

++CELEBRIAN

for having silver hair, not doing anything substantial in Middle-earth other than giving birth to a half-Man and a half-Elf, getting herself caught and tortured, then sailing to the West because she couldn't take life anymore. What a coward.

Everyone else vote Celeborn!

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

phantom, you're a fine dictator, but like most such you don't understand the significance of the insignificant. Nor the insignificance of the significant.

Citizens of Arda, eject Sauron and let the minor characters have their day...

You accuse me of hypocrisy and inconsistency in defending the minor characters and voting for Celeborn (hardly a minor character). And yet, having made the statement above two days ago, you now see fit to cast your vote for Ohtar, possibly the most minor character of all those remaining. Talk about the pot calling the saucepan black ...

Elves make up nearly half of the remaining contestants. The "Endorian" tribe is the strongest tribe. Ergo, an Elf from the Endorian tribe must go. Of the three, Celeborn is the least extraordinary. Cirdan, while absenting himself from the affairs of Middle-earth for large parts of the First, Second and Third Ages was at least an extraordinary shipwright. Celebrian suffered intense torture at the hands of Orcs, and so deserves our sympathy. Celeborn did nothing which any other Elf of similar standing could not have achieved. As I have established previously, his claims to be the wisest Elf and greatest giver of gifts were vastly over-inflated. He relies solely on his wife for his renown and for his place in Middle-earth legend. And he even ensured that history was re-written in an attempt to ensure that his embarassing true name would remain hidden. Surely we can countenance the presence of this fraudulent upstart on the island no longer.

+ + TELEPORNO

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Maybe I should re-honour my alliance with Anguirel . . .

++Ohtar

(Not his real name . . . Why? Is his real name something ugly, something downright repulsive? 'Oh, look, there's [name deleted], son of an Orc!' he must have been taunted while yet a youth.

Why give him a hard-to-pronounce name, for crying out loud? He might have well been named 'Random Númenórean # 72 for all we care.)

If that's not Tolkien-based, I'll implore the Mod God of Ened-in-Nowhere to strike you down, Formendaga.