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12-24-2001, 08:08 AM | #1 |
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what if
here are few what ifs that i wonder how you think they would turn out
1)what if turin was lucky 2)what if feanor was patient 3)what if merry and pippin went back to the shire to warn the hobbits and glorfindel and one of the sons of elrond or no glorfindel and both sons went with the company 4) what if islidur cast the ring into mt doom 5) what if saruman was good/ or at least repented and helped 6) what if the numenoreans remained faithful 7) what if the power of the elven rings didn't fade with the destruction of the one
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12-24-2001, 10:24 AM | #2 |
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Answer to all of those: then the books would've sucked
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12-24-2001, 12:20 PM | #3 |
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There would be no books...
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12-24-2001, 12:48 PM | #4 |
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1-6: there would be NO LotR, or at least it would be very different.
7: the end of LotR would be happy, not as sad as it is now.
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02-28-2002, 03:58 PM | #5 |
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4: the hobbit would have turned out differently and no LotR but 7: large quantities of fun!!
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02-28-2002, 04:03 PM | #6 |
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Lothlorien wouldn't have faded Yay!!!
But what if Galadriel or Gandalf had taken the Ring?
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02-28-2002, 05:55 PM | #7 |
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* What if Bilbo had killed Gollum?
* What if Sam hadn't overheard Gandalf telling Frodo of the Ring? * What if they hadnt gone through Moria? * What if Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas hadn't followed Merry & Pippin?
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02-28-2002, 06:01 PM | #8 |
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* What if Galadriel had taken the Ring?
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02-28-2002, 10:34 PM | #9 |
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What if Middle-earth got conquered by Sauron, and the "Frodo lives" in my sig became a lie?
What if hobbits liked shoes? What if Elves didn't have pointy ears? What if they didn't speak Quenya? What if Thingol had gotten the Silmaril earlier?
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02-28-2002, 10:38 PM | #10 |
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*What if Tolkien never wrote theses books?? No LOTR.
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02-28-2002, 10:41 PM | #11 |
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Erm... off topic here, but TinuvielChild, you said "I am an official Angband Addict."
Who's your daddy? ]: )
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02-28-2002, 10:41 PM | #12 |
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I realize that was really obtuse, but I'll give you time to figure it out before I explain myself.
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02-28-2002, 11:05 PM | #13 |
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wayfarer:
see the 'angband' thread for explanation (i think it's in the silmarillion forum, not sure...)
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02-28-2002, 11:42 PM | #14 |
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> 4) what if islidur cast the ring into mt doom
I suppose "The Hobbit" would have gone like so: In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.
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03-01-2002, 01:06 AM | #15 |
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feanor had not shut the door on morgoth but embraced him as master.
What if feanor turned evil, would he have become more powerful than sauron?
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03-01-2002, 02:07 AM | #16 |
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What if Sauron had failed in his making of the one ring. Would the Elves that were left in Middle Earth have stayed there? Would Sauron have sought to destroy them in other ways? Or would he have been defeated outright?
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03-01-2002, 09:32 PM | #17 |
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what if smeagol had been a good little hobbit and not killed deagol?
what if sauron were female? what if morgoth were female? what if bilbo hadn't given the ring to frodo? (has this one already been said? i can't remember )
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03-02-2002, 02:19 AM | #18 |
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What if Boromir had succeeded in stealing the ring from Frodo?
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03-02-2002, 02:25 AM | #19 |
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What if Frodo and Sam found a withering entwife in the Dead Marshes, nursed it back to health?
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03-03-2002, 06:26 PM | #20 |
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What if Sam hadn't called Gollum a sneak? Would Gollum have redeemed himself? How would the ring have been cast into Mt Doom?
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