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04-03-2006, 11:21 AM | #761 |
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++Celebrimbor, for reasons previously stated and general massive hubris.
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04-03-2006, 02:00 PM | #762 |
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++Anarion
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++ ANARION Firefoot and Lalaith are correct. What has he contributed? Not very much. How embarrassing would it be for this program to have a victor known only as the younger brother of another losing contestant?
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04-03-2006, 06:33 PM | #764 |
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Hold on people, Anarion was a prince who fought for what he believed in. Celebrian was a queen through marriage who did something stupid and got hurt. Surely we should send off the less important one first, right?
++Celebrian. Reasons already said.
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04-03-2006, 06:37 PM | #765 |
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++Anarion
He's cool, but he's not that cool. Sure he fought bravely in the Siege of Barad-Dur, but he didn't live to do anything really great and/or glorious. Which happens to be a prerequisit for winning this contest, in my book.
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04-03-2006, 06:46 PM | #766 |
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+ + Celebrimbor
For crafting rings of power, which isn't the smartest thing to do. Sure, you might get a chap like Gandalf who knows how to put one of them to good use, but the majority of ringbearers caused chaos because power corrupts. Not to mention Sauron got in on the whole thing. Overall, the rings were a bad idea.
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04-03-2006, 08:49 PM | #767 | |
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I posted this earlier, but it seems I need to repeat myself.
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04-04-2006, 07:20 AM | #768 |
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+ + Celebrimbor
He's just too smug. Shall we say a rather pronounced Noldor trait?
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My guess is that Formendacil is hoping for a Celebrimbor win. So I suggest that we pool our efforts to frustrate his hopes. + + CELEBRIMBOR For reasons amply stated previously. Ring craftsmanship is all very well and good in its place. But it proved a disaster when he tried his hand at it before. And it is of no use whatsoever on the Island. Plus, there is still the shame of his body being used as a standard by Sauron's Armies. Quote:
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And why is that SpM? I don't really see that Suaron gained all that much by his Ring. Ringwraiths, sure. But if he didn't have them, he would have found someone just as worthy of being his second in command. His control over the Dwarves is, I guess, a bonus for the Ring, but the free world did just fine without them (or would have, if Isildur had been a wise man). The Three were used to greatly influence the world for good during the Watchful Peace.
Not to mention, if there had been no One Ring, Isildur never would have defeated Sauron, and Sam and Frodo never could have defeated him either. So.....
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Yes, that Celebrimbor's certainly got a lot to answer for ...
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However no One ring is not the same as no Sauron. If Sauron hadn't concentrated so much of his power in a easily portable device which was also easily losable preventing him from exercising fully it for large chunks of time, things could have been a lot worse. Actually I have some sympathy with Sauron on that aspect - it seemed such a good idea to keep stuff on a data stick rather than an A5 filofax apart from the data stick being so easily mislaid in comparison to the slab of a book.
So Celebrimbor's gimmick was probably a good thing and it led to the creation of Imladris which is definitely a good thing. Leave Celebrian alone - doesn't she have enough to cope with? She was not a queen by marriage - she wasn't a queen at all save in name but as Galadriel's daughter she was hardly the beggar bride. And it is rather nasty to blame the victim for the assault..... she was only visiting her mum like a good daughter And it must be a bit tough to be the daughter and mother of apparently the two most beautiful elf women and never get a mention.... it rather implies the looks skipped a generation and she looked like her pa. My only caveat would be the way her boys turned out. They really should have got over the dressing the sameway thing several millenia before the WotR and the way that chieftains of the Dunedain came to premature deaths in their company I find a little worrying. I just think of the Kray twins ..bloodthirsty and devoted to their Ma..... Anarion is just a non-entity really. ++Anarion
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04-04-2006, 12:22 PM | #773 |
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Sauron having more power without the ring's creation, but then, it was his idea both to encourage the ringmaking and make his own One Ring to...yadda, yadda, yadda.
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04-04-2006, 12:36 PM | #774 | |
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04-04-2006, 04:30 PM | #776 |
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The whole Ring thing would've happened with or without Celebrimbor, and he had no part in the One Ring's creation, thus no blame can be placed on him. The only thing he added to the situation was a higher quality of elven rings, which was certainly a large asset to the free peoples of Middle Earth during the Third Age. Without Narya aiding Gandalf in the kindling of hearts and moving them to great deeds, Sauron would not have been defeated. And let's not forget Celebrimbor's refusal to reveal the location of the elven rings, despite much torture.
Celebrimbor had the largest impact on Arda of any of the remaining contestants. To vote him off before them would be sheer idiocy. Of course, that probably doesn't matter, for many of the posters on this thread have shown a willingness, if not eager desire, to prove their ignorance. I fully expect Celebrimbor to bite the dust. Oh well. At least Galadriel didn't win. I'm pretty happy about that. Nice job, Formy. I suspected your prediction was meant to get rid of her, and so I wisely kept silent and let things take their course.
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Sauron conceived the plan to create the One Ring, yes. He forged the thing himself, yes. But the whole scheme relied upon the Gwaith-i-Mírdain falling for his Annatar guise sufficiently that they listened to what he had to teach them about ringcraft. Had their vanity and greed for knowledge not led them to do so, then they would not have learned how to make such nice little trinkets. Without the Elven Rings being made, there was little point in Sauron going through with his plan and so he would not have bothered putting all his eggs into the One Ring basket. So, but for Celebrimbor and his pals falling for Sauron's little trick (as a direct result of their own failings), there would have been no One Ring. Oh, and if you think the Elven Rings so great, you have Sauron to thank for that. It was his teachings that enabled Celebrimbor to craft them. Without Sauron's help, he would never have had the skill to make them himself. Quote:
And the Ring wasn't such a bad scheme, by the way. He would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for that pesky hand of Eru ...
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Possibly, had Celebrimbor not allowed Sauron to do him up like a kipper, Sauron would have gone ahead and tried to make a Ring, or something similar, anyway. But that is a hypothetical, and we cannot be sure what the consequences may have been. Perhaps, without the unwitting collaberation of the Mirdain, it would have failed, or been an inferior model. We just don't know. But what we do know is that Celebrimbor's foolish pride directly contributed to the creation of the One Ring.
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Whoa dude, slow down. Now, I know that it's been hard for you that Galadriel left and you've been drinking the pain away and you see no other solution, but going after another girl will just make things worse. Trust me.
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04-05-2006, 09:16 AM | #783 |
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Bwahaha.
I didn't fall for your obvious trick, Form, it was a matter of strategy.
For Tar-Míriel to have a chance of winning, I must help eliminate the actual heroes of the Second Age. Love is blind--well, perhaps extremely biased. Oooh, some spider's gonna give it to you. No, dancing spawn, I'll explain. In a PM. Oh, and my vote: ++Celebrimbor For falling for the most pathetic world takeover attempt in the history of everything--again, no offence to Tolkien for writing it that way.
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04-07-2006, 08:53 AM | #784 |
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So has a plague wiped out all
the Survivors?
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Well, I also hoped for a FEW more votes at such a late- and supposed to be dramatic- point in the game, but I guess that's too much to hope for. ToDay ends NOW. The official post will be up soon...
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Day Twenty-five ended in a tie. Due to certain rules about Day 26 and the Last needing three people (at least according to established traditon), the Moderator had to provide a tie-breaker.
++ Anárion For being the least controversial candidate left. I want some fire at the end of the race! (And yes, that is not Tolkien-based reasoning. I'm the Moderator. And I'm not requiring it today.) The voting fell as follows: Celebrían: II Celebrimbor: IIIII Anárion: IIIII I Those Remaining: Celebrían Celebrimbor Tar-Míriel Day 26 now begins, and I advise ypu all to read the following: RULES FOR THE LAST DAY: On this, the last day, each voter is asked to vote for the candidates they want to WIN, not to see voted off. Retractable votes will remain acceptable. Tolkien-based rationale will be required for votes to stand. You may now begin voting.
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04-07-2006, 12:58 PM | #788 |
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++Celebrimbor
In keeping with the spirit of the Second Age, that being redress of the wrongs of the First, and the uniting of the free realms in peace, Celebrimbor shows himself worthy of the crown of this competition. Firstly, he turns from the corrupted path of his father and uncles, attmepting to maintain harmony with neighboring realms. Second, he starts the ambicious progect of forging the Three Rings of Power, which were instrumental in the founding of Rivendell, and Lothlorien, both crutial kingdoms by the time of the War of the Ring.
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04-07-2006, 05:46 PM | #789 |
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++Celebrimbor.
Celebrimbor is the only accomplished survivor left. He tried to make peace through actual peace, not war, and the three elven rings did more harm than good to Sauron. The others have not done anything worthy to have gotten this far. Celebrimbor has created the elven rings, tools which helped save the Third Age, as well as the ages to come.
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Are you saying that Tar-Miriel did nothing? She was put in a bad spot, forced into a marriage against her will to a man who would usurp all the power. It would have been easy for her to give in, but she remained loyal to the Faithful, and would have undoubtedly helped them out quite a bit (she was certainly in some sort of position to do so, even if she would have had to act in secret). But she herself was not able to be saved from the drowning of Numenor - how could she? the Queen could hardly just go missing, and their doings all had to be done in secret. So instead she drowned ascending the heights of Meneltarma. For her bravery, Tar-Miriel is my vote for Survivor.
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Yes, but Tar-Mirel also did very little. Celebrimbor has done the most and is the most accomplished, so he deserves to win.
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I've yet to grasp the concept of arguing with each other over our picks (though I'll bet Form enjoys it ) because I've yet to see anyone swayed into changing his/her mind.
I must save my vote till later, because I have to come up with something all nicely thought out and Tolkieny in order for it to count. But I'm going to vote for Tar-Miriel.
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If Tar-Miriel would've done something it would've been written. Why don't you find something she actually did and then vote for her (that is if you can find something she did worthy of making her Survivor champ). You can't vote for someone based on a guess that they did something brave simply because you want a female to win. That is quite obviously sexist.
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04-08-2006, 09:07 AM | #796 |
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A provisional vote for
+ + Celebrian She was actually rather adventurous, including journeying over a rather run-down Redhorn Gate to visit mom and dad, and she did survive orc poisoning and ill treatment. Plus her experience with nassty orcsees had a lot to do with her sons having a thing for terminating orcs with extreme prejudice . Oh yeah, and her seamstress daughter made a good trophy wife.
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++CELEBRIMBOR
For being the only contestant remaining to have actually done something important. The Three Rings were important for the preservation of Rivendell and Lorien, and aiding Gandalf's efforts.
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04-08-2006, 10:12 AM | #798 |
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Celebrimbor most certainly should not win, for the reasons that I have stated muerous times previously. He managed to get Middle-earth into a terrible mess, almost single-handedly, which others had to sort out, at great cost to themselves, later.
I rather prefer the idea of Celebrian as victor. It must have taken a lot of guts to resist simply succumbing to the torments of the Orcs that had captured her and relinquish her hroar then and there. I reckon that it was her love for her husband and children, and her wish to see them again, which kept her going, and that speaks loudly in her favour as far as I am concerned. Let's not underestimate the courage that is required to survive captivity in such terrible conditions. It is clear that she suffered terribly from the fact that even Elrond was unable, ultimately, fully to heal her spirit. And she gave birth to some pretty remarkable chidlren. Arwen, who is likened to none less than Luthien, and whose inspiration of Aragorn contributed to the salvation of Middle-earth. And Elladan and Elrohir, whose qualities as hunters and warriors are undoubted, and who also contributed greatly to the cause at the Pelennor and before the Black Gate. So, for her courage in the face of horrendous circumstances, and for her contribution, through her children, to the salvation of Middle-earth and ultimate defeat of Sauron in the Third Age: + + CELEBRIAN
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I can't find fault in your pro-Celebrian vote, Sauce, so you can rest easy on that.
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The mess you are speaking of is the Ring mess, obviously. Now answer me this- since the Ring thing would have happened even without him, how can you possibly justify saying that he caused it? CELEBRIMBOR DID NOT CAUSE THE RING INCIDENT!!! SAURON DID!!! The only way the Ring wouldn't have happened is if Sauron hadn't thought of it. Celebrimbor was not necessary to Sauron's Ring plot. The ONLY things Celebrimbor added to the situation was the crafting of three powerful rings that were a great help to the good guys as well as the sensitivity to perceive Sauron's plot just in time to stop it from succeeding. Without Celebrimbor, the whole Ring affair would've been a far bigger plus for Sauron. (the above is not opinion- it is FACT!)
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Yes, and with his mistakes also came helpful things while with the mistakes of the others came only bad things. On the subject of Celebrian, yes she liked to go on adventures, but seeing as how her most important adventure led her to the thing which ruined her, that isn't a good thing. Also, since orcs are sick little cretins they probably tried to keep her alive so that they could torture her until they got bored, meaning that she didn't live through her throat getting chopped every day. Finally, going into the west (giving up in a sense) doesn't make one a survivor. Tar-Mirel didn't really do anything than be a slave of sorts to Ar-Pharazon. Celebrimbor has done the most for the Second Age, as well as the following Third Age, which helped shape the Fourth Age. Vote for Celebrimbor, hero of the ages. (Phantom, if you're going to vote for Celebrimbor, I suggest you put your vote down in the voting tags so that For doesn't say anything to neglect your opinion.)
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