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Old 03-09-2009, 09:52 AM   #1
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I can lend a hand.
Oh dear. I do hope we can find a better use for your pretty little hands.

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And yeah, hail Morgoth, Giver of Freedom and Lord of All!
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Old 03-09-2009, 11:46 AM   #2
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Old 03-09-2009, 12:14 PM   #3
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Exactly!

It's time for meta-reasoning up here! So take your time.

I'm ready to vote for Smaug if it's the one you would think that would be able to challenge Melkor. And let's join forces to beat Morgoth on the next round already. That would be our safest option...
Obviously. However, you see, it could not have resorted to this had people not voted so carelessly the "cliché" guys like Morgoth or Sauron in the earlier rounds already... it's the same as in the previous popularity cup, where you end up with Gandalf and Frodo, or what was it... come on...

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Because I don't want the final to be between two dragons - boring.
Yes, I thought about that as well - but you (all people) should have thought about that in the earlier rounds!

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Actually, my "favorite" baddie wasn't even in the running to begin with. Where was Gollum?
Well, for example I don't consider Gollum a baddie... certainly not of the same sort as the Dragons, the Nazgul, Sauron... you name it. (Although there were some even in this contest, true... like the Master of Lake-Town... but with him, still, he is somewhat "plain negative" in some aspects, he is more of a baddie than Gollum, who is just too... complex to be classified as mere baddie.)

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And yeah, hail Morgoth, Giver of Freedom and Lord of All!
I say we bury him also with you, since you are so good friends...
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Old 03-09-2009, 12:35 PM   #4
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Actually, my "favorite" baddie wasn't even in the running to begin with. Where was Gollum?
I did consider Smeagol, but especially book Gollum
is really more tragic then irredemably evil. One of the
ways PJ messed up was (and he and Andy Serkis actually
bragged about this) making Smeagol's almost turning away from
thralldom to the Ring be always idisingenuous in their version of
ROTK. Still, Gollum with the Precious would have
been a formidable candidate.
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Old 03-09-2009, 12:51 PM   #5
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A short off-topic rant, if you don't mind

This might seem petty but I have to note
This Tuor fellow's lines are oddly short
at first I thought there might be something more;
but scanning them revealed uneven feet.
While posting in blank verse can be quite fun
such arbitrary breaks can disconcert
and interrupt the flow and reading ease.
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Old 03-09-2009, 03:26 PM   #6
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Next: Glaurung vs. Morgoth
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Old 03-09-2009, 07:01 PM   #7
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Old 03-09-2009, 08:18 PM   #8
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