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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 3:45pm
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I probably did mean Beorn rather than the Great Goblin
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It might not be a textual discrepency as much as myself relying too much on faulty memory. Upon reviewing my copy of The Hobbit I see that you are correct and the stone-giants are not mentioned in the encounter with the Great Goblin. As no other giants are mentioned in reference to the Misty Mountains, it seems safe to assume that Gandalf was speaking of the stone-giants when he was contemplating sealing the cave entrance in the pass.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Stone Giant Smackdown
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DemoElite
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Oct 11 2012, 11:07pm
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In the Book..page 57
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Bombadil
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Oct 11 2012, 11:18pm
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I hope the stone giants fight each other
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:21pm
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Well it was a danger to the company in the text
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 11 2012, 11:25pm
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I just read the chapter yesterday
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:29pm
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if goblin-town
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There&ThereAgain
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Oct 11 2012, 11:27pm
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Unless...
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Eye's on Guard
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Oct 11 2012, 11:40pm
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character development is always fine
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:43pm
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Kind of agreed. The notion that everything in the time of Middle-Earth is
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AinurOlorin
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Oct 11 2012, 11:36pm
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I hope this will be just so in the film!
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Valandil ed Imladris
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Oct 11 2012, 11:41pm
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I quite agree.
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 11 2012, 11:52pm
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When I read the Hobbit...
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totoro
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Oct 12 2012, 5:08am
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The stone giants are a personification of natural dangers
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 7:54am
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True.
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AinurOlorin
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Oct 12 2012, 5:53am
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Mostly agreed
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 12 2012, 5:27pm
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I'm still surprised they made it into the film!
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 8:06am
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In this case, they make the danger more immediate and spectacular than
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 8:10am
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Hiding because of the weather sounds like a good enough reason for me!
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 8:15am
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Given that his cousin is an ace brain surgeon
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 8:42am
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Too risky! ;-) /
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 9:27am
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SHE could do it...
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Fardragon
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Oct 12 2012, 12:48pm
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Surprised?
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painjoiker
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Oct 12 2012, 1:05pm
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It's such a tiny detail that I just expected it to be missed off.
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 1:09pm
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Think about it!
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painjoiker
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Oct 12 2012, 1:50pm
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I live in hope! /
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 1:58pm
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The chance of something being included
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Fardragon
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Oct 13 2012, 2:09pm
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I know!
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AinurOlorin
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Oct 13 2012, 4:57am
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Even the rocks and stones in Middle-earth are hinted at as being sentient...
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Earl
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Oct 12 2012, 8:48am
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Here's the quote :-)
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 9:30am
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Daniel, you rock! ;)
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Earl
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Oct 12 2012, 9:36am
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I agree!
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 9:58am
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The mountains are alive
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QuackingTroll
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Oct 12 2012, 12:51pm
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Metaphorical or literal? ;-) /
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DanielLB
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Oct 12 2012, 1:05pm
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Hers my suggestion
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Oct 12 2012, 10:51am
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I think Tolkien
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Elenorflower
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Oct 13 2012, 12:49pm
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That's assuming one thinks of them as a literal threat
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DanielLB
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Oct 13 2012, 2:03pm
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Repeated mentions of the stone-giants...
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 3:07pm
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Whilst I agree with the point.
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 13 2012, 3:33pm
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I probably did mean Beorn rather than the Great Goblin
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 3:45pm
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Just for interest
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 13 2012, 3:57pm
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The stone-giants may be the ones who displaced the moutain bears...
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 13 2012, 4:02pm
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I always read them as literal beings. /
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DanielLB
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Oct 13 2012, 4:25pm
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