The Mouth of Sauron - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 09-27-2003, 10:53 PM

I think we can apply what I like to call "The Voldemort Effect" to this situation too. The entire wizarding world feared Voldemort so much that they wouldn't dare even whisper his name, thinking that somehow that would give him power. The only people who spoke his name openly, Dumbledore, Harry, Hermione, etc. were the ones who stood up to him, and had no fear of him.

The Mouth of Sauron also seemed to me as being quite insolent, even for an arrogant Black Numenorean. When he spoke to the Captains of the West, he seemed to be putting himself forward more than a herald should, and Gandalf, Aragorn, & Co. probably realized that. In his arrogance, he was stepping out of his bounds and trying to lecture (albeit quite pedantically) the Captains to agree with Sauron's terms.

09-27-2003, 10:53 PM	#36
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I think we can apply what I like to call "The Voldemort Effect" to this situation too. The entire wizarding world feared Voldemort so much that they wouldn't dare even whisper his name, thinking that somehow that would give him power. The only people who spoke his name openly, Dumbledore, Harry, Hermione, etc. were the ones who stood up to him, and had no fear of him. The Mouth of Sauron also seemed to me as being quite insolent, even for an arrogant Black Numenorean. When he spoke to the Captains of the West, he seemed to be putting himself forward more than a herald should, and Gandalf, Aragorn, & Co. probably realized that. In his arrogance, he was stepping out of his bounds and trying to lecture (albeit quite pedantically) the Captains to agree with Sauron's terms. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.