Gandalf Vs. The Witch King

[The 1,000 Reader]

Originally Posted by alatar

At least Essex and The 1,000 Reader are debating the issue, and even admitting that the Witch-King winning is of low probability (same probability as me liking Pip in the films).

I'm arguing that the fight was 50/50. As for drafts, the final work is what the author deems the most fitting, so they (drafts) aren't really reliable. The link Alatar posted to History of Middle-Earth Volume VIII even has a quote from Tolkien, saying:

Originally Posted by JRRT

It will probably work out very differently from this plan when it really gets written, as the thing seems to write itself once it gets going.

Just pointing that out.