Frodo or the Ring?

[Mithadan]

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Re: Hmm. . .

Oooooooooooooo.

Nasty hobbit. Tricksy. This also should be a thread all to itself. Should be? Sir Underhill, you MUST do so. I can hear the swords being sharpened even as I type.

Let's see now. Bombadil is Iluvatar....no, no, Bombadil is Aule....wait, no Gandalf is Olorin....hold it, Gandalf is Manwe.....Beorn is Radagast....(stops short of becoming offensively sarcastic). Seriously, start a thread, this is your idea, run with it.

Staying on topic, lets assume Gandalf could project his power, will, what have you, to Mount Doom. Isn't Frodo's outburst uncharacteristic even for Gandalf? And why would Gandalf threaten to kill Gollum? And since we know any exercise of power takes some toll (when Gandalf reached out to Frodo while Frodo wore the Ring on the Seat of Seeing it exhausted him), why waste strength to project to Frodo while he was in Ithilien admonishing Gollum for his comment about Frodo giving him the Ring? And, again, if this were possible, why not warn Frodo about Minas Morgul and Cirith Ungol? One more, until Faramir returned from Ithilien days after meeting Frodo, Gandalf did not know Gollum was Frodo's guide, so how could he speak through Frodo to Gollum before then.

Re: Gandalf/Manwe, I'll wait for you to start the thread. It should generate some interesting discussion.

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>