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galpsi · 08-07-2000, 11:58 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Should've been Balin

Only that it always seemed to me that there was an abiding affinity beteween Bilbo and Balin or maybe just that JRRT always featured Balin so prominently that the patterns of story-telling anticipate that he should have come first. It is a conventional expectation on my part, no doubt.

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08-07-2000, 11:58 PM	#10
galpsi The Unquiet Dead Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 971	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Unquiet Dead Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Should've been Balin Only that it always seemed to me that there was an abiding affinity beteween Bilbo and Balin or maybe just that JRRT always featured Balin so prominently that the patterns of story-telling anticipate that he should have come first. It is a conventional expectation on my part, no doubt. </p>