I get knocked down but I get up again - you're never going to keep me down.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by morm

Hobbit Fanboy!

I take my cue from the Professor ...

I don't see why it's stretching credulity that Pippin should survive the battle at the Black Gate. Might as well say it's stretching credulity that Aragorn survives the numerous skirmishes and battles that he is involved in - or that Sam survives his encounter with Shelob, for that matter.

These events, as portrayed, have always come across to me as entirely plausible.