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TTT: The Departure of Boromir IV
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 22 2009, 9:14am

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In that case [In reply to] Can't Post

…wouldn’t Sam have let fictive-Frodo throw the Ring into the fire?

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Darkstone
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Mar 22 2009, 2:46pm

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This way is far more noble and tragic. Both Tolkien and Jackson (and Sam) knew you don't just anticlimatically dump the ring into the fire. In all great melodrama you need a last minute obstacle.

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The audacious proposal stirred his heart. And the stirring became a song, and it mingled with the songs of Gil-galad and Celebrian, and with those of Feanor and Fingon. The song-weaving created a larger song, and then another, until suddenly it was as if a long forgotten memory woke and for one breathtaking moment the Music of the Ainur revealed itself in all glory. He opened his lips to sing and share this song. Then he realized that the others would not understand. Not even Mithrandir given his current state of mind. So he smiled and simply said "A diversion.”


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