What if Gollum was killed - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 03-25-2002, 10:01 PM

Good take on it, Kalimac!

It's always been my theory that Hobbits were created by Iluvatar as a kind of "secret weapon", so to speak. Good, gentle, unambitious people, who only wanted to be left alone, and who were too small to be taken seriously by the other, mightier races of Middle Earth.

Can you think of a better type of being to become the guardian of something so dangerous as the Ring? Even Gollum had enough Halfling spirit in him to not try to wield the One Ring, but only keep it hidden away to adore. What other Race in Middle Earth would have had a similar reaction?

So when Melkor introduced the discord into the Music, the One just smiled, and added a faint, simple refrain, that very few would hear...

03-25-2002, 10:01 PM	#7
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Good take on it, Kalimac! It's always been my theory that Hobbits were created by Iluvatar as a kind of "secret weapon", so to speak. Good, gentle, unambitious people, who only wanted to be left alone, and who were too small to be taken seriously by the other, mightier races of Middle Earth. Can you think of a better type of being to become the guardian of something so dangerous as the Ring? Even Gollum had enough Halfling spirit in him to not try to wield the One Ring, but only keep it hidden away to adore. What other Race in Middle Earth would have had a similar reaction? So when Melkor introduced the discord into the Music, the One just smiled, and added a faint, simple refrain, that very few would hear...