March 19, 2004

Re: Frodo Has No Credit...
Elendur

No, Frodo didn't push Gollum off in the book(or the movie actually, but his fight with Gollum caused Gollum to fall, so that's irrelevent), but I disagree about him not being a big hero. He journeyed from Bag End to mount doom with the Ring hanging around his neck. That ranks alongside Beren's stealing of a Silmaril from Morgoth or Earendil's sailing to Valinor. Frodo was a hero, without any need to send Gollum into the Cracks to justify his claim(not that he would claim to be a hero).

See my post "C: Cracks of Doom" on 2-19-04 and the PS to my post on 2-20-04.

-Elendur

PS: Billy Boyd had a very minor part in Master and Commander.

PPS: I'm going to be gone for a week so no more A-Z posts for a while(I hope none of you are glad).