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Elizabeth
Half-elven
Oct 9 2012, 10:18pm
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Fictional characters often wander off to unspecified fates.
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AFAIK there is no hard rule that says an author is required to answer all the questions posed in or by a work. Do we know what happened to Ishmael, the only survivor of the Pequod?
In this case, Eru is clearly a fictionalized version of God. Tolkien has chosen to endow him with the element of unknowability that he associated with the Catholic God. Hence, we do not know what becomes of any mortals after death, beyond some vague suggestions that their spirits may spend some time in the Halls of Mandos, and beyond there may be "more than memory." That's ok with me.
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Elizabeth is the TORnsib formerly known as 'erather'
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Gollum's ultimate "fate"?
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CyberGhostface
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Oct 5 2012, 11:11pm
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Yes.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 6 2012, 3:59am
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great question
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dijomaja
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Oct 6 2012, 11:14am
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True, however
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elevorn
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Oct 8 2012, 1:52pm
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well, first let me say...
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weaver
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Oct 9 2012, 2:39am
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Literary Cowardice II
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JWPlatt
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Oct 9 2012, 3:24am
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Well if you have an artisticall inspiration...
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Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
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Oct 9 2012, 2:55pm
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Fictional characters often wander off to unspecified fates.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 9 2012, 10:18pm
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Rationalizations
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JWPlatt
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Oct 9 2012, 10:51pm
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Maybe you're misinterpreting
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FarFromHome
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Oct 10 2012, 8:49am
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don't forget...
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dijomaja
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Oct 11 2012, 11:02am
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