What happened at Mount Doom?

[tar-ancalime]

I'll take choice "e":

The story had to end this way because otherwise (assuming Frodo had destroyed the Ring), they would have had to let Gollum take the ship West from the Havens as a Ringbearer.

Joking aside, I agree with Lalwende when she says:

If it was a fluke that Sauron ended this way then that is just perfect, as it proves that despite having as much power as anyone could hope for, a simple accident can quite literally bring it all crashing down. It could be a lesson in pride?

I've got more to say but I haven't had any coffee yet, so it's not coming out in coherent form.

Sentences.

Paragraphs.

I'll try again later.