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Originally Posted by Tar-Jêx
I don't think post milestones are really anything to care about.
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They're fun. Usually I miss mine (my last one was used for some banter about Christian babies
), but I've actually used the opportunity of my 5555th post to start a new and hopefully meaningful thread. Either way, post count is fun. We don't tend to pay much attention to it, as you said, but we do perk up at anniversaries.
To stay on topic, here's a small comment:
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Originally Posted by Tar-Jêx
I disagree that Bard was motivated by greed when in conflict at the beginning of the Battle of the Five Armies, however, as even when he had the Arkenstone, he didn't want to keep it, but instead use it as a bargaining tool, as Bilbo suggested, to get what was best for his people. Bard acknowledged Thorin's greed and tried to work with it, but Bard's diplomatic skills aren't quite as sharp as his skills as a bowman, and the tension between them rose until the goblins came and started the battle.
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I don't think he was motivated by greed either, more so by need. But a bit later, the sense of need turned into a sense of justice - we
deserve a portion of that gold, and not just
any portion, but our rightful share! I think that, although greed was not Bard's prime motivation, and although he did not quite come to it yet, it was creeping up on him too.