HAHA! Gandalf leaves again! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dorathain_Flamesword · 11-29-2002, 09:18 PM

You know what is pretty amusing. I am still reading, for the first time, the LotR and I am about half-way through the RotK. And this is what I have noticed throughout it (and the Hobbit.) Before everything dangerous, Gandalf always goes out on some errand or something. i.e. In the Hobbit, when the Trolls capture the Dwarves, Gandalf disappears and finally appears when all the Trolls are dead. And when the Battle of the Five armies is about to start, Gandalf disappears on some errand and comes back when it's done. His cycle is like this: He sends the Company or the Dwarves on a suicide mission and he just runs off. Like after Beorn's, they are coming to Mirkwood, Gandalf just kind of says, "Ok, go into Mirkwood, a very dangerous place, and I am gonna go back to Beorn." It makes me laugh for a long time.

And in TTT, right before Helm's Deep, Gandalf says to Theodin, "Ok, I have an errand, go and head on to Helm's Deep." And then he comes back with Men at the end of the battle. It sets me laughing for minutes. The only battle so far that Gandalf never ran from is the Siege of Gondor or the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

11-29-2002, 09:18 PM	#1
Dorathain_Flamesword Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: U.S. Though Middle-Earth, Ireland or New Zealand would suit me. I am 50% Irish. Posts: 35	HAHA! Gandalf leaves again! You know what is pretty amusing. I am still reading, for the first time, the LotR and I am about half-way through the RotK. And this is what I have noticed throughout it (and the Hobbit.) Before everything dangerous, Gandalf always goes out on some errand or something. i.e. In the Hobbit, when the Trolls capture the Dwarves, Gandalf disappears and finally appears when all the Trolls are dead. And when the Battle of the Five armies is about to start, Gandalf disappears on some errand and comes back when it's done. His cycle is like this: He sends the Company or the Dwarves on a suicide mission and he just runs off. Like after Beorn's, they are coming to Mirkwood, Gandalf just kind of says, "Ok, go into Mirkwood, a very dangerous place, and I am gonna go back to Beorn." It makes me laugh for a long time. And in TTT, right before Helm's Deep, Gandalf says to Theodin, "Ok, I have an errand, go and head on to Helm's Deep." And then he comes back with Men at the end of the battle. It sets me laughing for minutes. The only battle so far that Gandalf never ran from is the Siege of Gondor or the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. __________________ Even as they spoke there came a blare of trumpets. Then there was a crash and a flash of flame and smoke. The waters of the Deeping-stream poured out hissing and foaming: they were choked no longer, a gaping hole was blasted in the wall. A host of dark shapes poured in. "Devilry of Saruman!" cried Aragorn. -Helm's Deep.