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Old 12-20-2002, 08:33 PM   #1
Turgon
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The Ring Revealed at Osgiliath!

Did anyone notice how PJ screwed up the story by revealing the ring at Osgiliath?

I must admit I didn’t notice it either and must give credit where do: Trycelle @ Ringzone.net

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Does this seem a slight oversight on the part of PJ? Despite the many deviations from the book that appear in movie this seems the most egregious. At the Council of Elrond three choices were offered for consideration.
1. The Ring should be hidden from Sauron.
2. The Ring should be destroyed.
3. The Ring should be used to fight Sauron.

The last was put forth by Boromir and rejected by the Council. The first would only postpone the day until the Ring would find its Master again. Finally, the second, as the book states, "Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy! For he is wise, and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. But the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it, that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this, we shall put him out of reckoning."

And thus, the charge is laid upon Frodo by Elrond to neither speak of this thing to any not of the Council or Fellowship nor to deliver it to any hand of the Enemy. The last sight any of the Enemy has of the Ring is at Weathertop and from there Frodo is chased to Rivendell. From the book after the fall of Isengard, Pippin looks into the palantir and in the coming days, Aragorn will also challenge Sauron for control.
All of this draws the thought and will of Sauron away from his borders and allow Frodo and Sam their slim chance to make their way to Mt. Doom. Now, that appears for naught, Sauron knows exactly where the Ring is and who holds it. What will it matter now if Pippin looks, or Aragorn challenges via the palantir. He won't consider Pippin the bearer of the Ring and Aragorn is merely a pretender without the Ring, and thus Sauron has nothing to fear of them. Any stroke of Sauron will fall swift and hard at Osgiliath and it is unlikely any could escape it. At the very least, his eyes will be close about his borders and his minions will be on their toes.
This just seems to go beyond explanation. If you have one, PJ, we'd sure like to hear it.
So what do all you think of this?
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