The Silmarillion Survivor

[The Saucepan Man]

I disagree with you there, Saucie-bet you're surprised!-on the evicting curses point. I think the Curse and even more so the Doom really are distinct entities, vital characters in a sense, and so ought to be options for voting.

I couldn't disagree with you more. It just seems to make a mockery of the game to vote for pronouncements and not for people.

The whole point of a Reality Show is that we, the audience, get to vote for the contestants that we like the least, or who we think are not contributing sufficiently to the challenges. We don't get to vote for aspects of their personality which we dislike or circumstances which we think are holding them back. That would be plain silly.

What happens if the Curse or the Doom last until the end? Do they win? how dull would that be?

If people want the Curse of Morgoth removed, then they should go for the cause, not the symptom, and vote off Morgoth.

But, if the Curse goes, then there will be no Turin/Nienor mistaken identity situation and perhaps the most tragic element of the whole tragic tale goes up in a puff of smoke. To my mind, that would strike at the very heart of the tale. What is the point of Turin without the tragedy? That's his whole purpose. His raison d'etre.

Originally Posted by Gothmog

And regarding the votes for Morwen, is this supposed to leave her daughter unprotected and thereby sending Turin to her "rescue"?

Precisely. And there are ways and means of Turin hearing the news. Perhaps a traveller from the north. Perhaps even the workings of Morgoth's Curse, given that Turin is more than capable of wreaking havoc in his homeland, which would no doubt suit Morgoth's purpose.