Be careful what you wish for...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by arcticstorm

I wish Feanor had made a dozen silmarills

Granted. However, when Morgoth steals them he makes a huge iron crown and so has to take on an even larger shape. Thangorodrim is now five times larger and unassailable even by the Valar. So Morgoth is still there in Bilbo's time and Smaug is forced to work for Morgoth instead of treasure hunting. Most of the Hobbits are killed in the seconded battle of sudden flame (shire reckoning 1418). But on the plus side, Sauron does not make the One ring until much, much later on, when Melkor gets bored and goes to Manwe saying, "I'm sorry."

I wish Tom Bombadill spent more time in the Shire after the War of the Ring.

[Ordimor]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

I wish Tom Bombadill spent more time in the Shire after the War of the Ring.

Sure thing!

Tommy B opens up a health food store, which soon turns into the largest retail chain in all of Middle Earth. Soon his buying power brings all his suppliers to their knees and forces them to outsource most of their capital to "foreign" shores. This in turns lowers the prices at his stores but also lowers the standard of living for most of the inhabitants of Middle Earth. This importing greatly increases the wealth of the foreign nations, which in turn allow them to increase their national budgets on such necessities as "defense". In time these foreign nations grow jealous of Middle Earth and wage war upon it. By now, of course, all "great" warriors have either passed on or out of Middle Earth and Tom - as we know really isn't interested in such turmoil - is "powerless". Middle Earth is destroyed by the overzealous greed of those "executives" in charge by the very entities they were trying to eliminate.


I wish that when Gimli blew the horn of Helm Hammerhand, that the sound would have been the infamous BROWN note.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I wish that when Gimli blew the horn of Helm Hammerhand, that the sound would have been the infamous BROWN note.

Your wish is granted. The brown note resounds around Helms Deep and all through Rohan! However, as all should know, the Brown note is one of the twelve forbidden notes and when ever anyone hears it, their ears bleed until their brains ooze out of their faces. So all the Orcs are defeated. But so are all the Men of Rohan, including Aragorn Legolas and Gimli. Minas Tirith falls. An Orc wears Denethor's coat.

I wish Bilbo and Gollum had become friends in the Misty Mountains.

[The Elf-warrior]

I wish Bilbo and Gollum had become friends in the Misty Mountains.

Your wish is granted. What brought them together was Bilbo's love of sushi. After the quest of Erebor they opened up a sushi resturant in Bree. But Bill Ferny was suspicious as to why Smeagol never seemed to get a day older and gave a tip to White Hand Inc. about this mystery. On a hunch Saruman rode to Bree and robbed Smeagol of the One Ring. But he ended up being besieged by Sauron but the Ents and Huorns attacked both Sauron and Saruman. After Saruman refused to surrender Gandalf led an assault through the windows of Orthanc. After they succeeded Frodo was made Ringbearer and with his faithful companion Sam went into Mordor. But at Mt. Doom Frodo claimed the Ring and threw Sam into the volcano and went with the Nazgul to Barad-Dur in imagined triumph. But Sauron snatched the Ring and became the undisputed master of Middle-earth for centuries.

I wish that Saruman was a TV infomercal titan.

[Ordimor]

Originally Posted by The Elf-warrior

I wish that Saruman was a TV infomercal titan.

... zap ... <----- it's done!
Going by his alias "Saruman", Ron Popeil starts out selling the lowly Vegomatic, which turns into a cultural sensation. He follows this up with other fantastic ideas such as the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Smokeless Ashtray. Of Course these minor inventions were just a stepping-stone on his way to total domination on Middle Earth. The Vegomatic he turns into a machine to convert trees into steel for weapons. The Pocket Fisherman morphs into the great phalanx his orcs use against the Cavalry. Mr. Microphone becomes the standard equipment carried by all the Nazgul. And the Smokeless Ashtray is used to imprison the Army of the Dead!

I wish that Ghan-Buri-Ghan would have spoken with an asian accent!

[Farael]

Originally Posted by Ordimor

I wish that Ghan-Buri-Ghan would have spoken with an asian accent!

If that's what you really want, so be it. But now, Theoden could not understand what Ghan-Buri-Ghan was saying and instead of getting Ghan-Buri-Ghan's help, Theoden looses his patience and spends the rest of the day chasing the wild men rather than rushing into battle. By the time he gets to Gondor, the city has been taken by Sauron and now it's called Mordor Jr.

I wish the hobbits were even more furry than what they already are

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Farael

I wish the hobbits were even more furry than what they already are

Granted. They become huge balls of fur that go around Middle Earth eating things. Including Orcs. So the Gondorians try to use them to defeat Mordor, but the Hobbits Eat the Gondorians instead. Strange.

I wish Gandalf had found the two blue Wizards and forced them to come back and help out.