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Dunno, that's what I remember - Morgoth was diminished from all those times he got wounded by the Silmarils, Feanor or Fingol or whoever, etc. plus he effectively made the world itself his Ring, which diminished him.

Presumably for the cool factor.
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Quote from: wierd on January 07, 2014, 07:21:10 pm

I knew stress made animals loose fur.. but I thought it was a wivestale in humans. *shrug.

I originally cut my hair (which was down to mid-calf, by the way) because it had thinned so much from stress and malnutrition.  Nope.  Definitely not an old wivestale thing.  It's now growing back quite a bit thicker >_>

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Somebody try that with that spider from LOTR or Aragog from Harry Potter, I dare you. 

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Quote from: Andrew425 on January 07, 2014, 10:22:06 pm

Was I the only one thinking that if Bilbo had gotten himself fried during that encounter that Boromir would still be alive?

Smaug was *so* close to saving the world.

Smaug wouldn't have saved the world. If he got his claws on The Ring, there are really only three outcomes:

-He doesn't realize what it really is: This is very bad, as it means Sauron will soon have a mature dragon with unfathomable wealth at his command. "Fortunately", this is unlikely, as Smaug is in the kind of power bracket where at least identifying a Ring of Power is doable (he may have already done so with one of the Dwarf Rings).

-He realizes what it is and shuns it: This is the best outcome, as it means The Ring will sit forgotten in Smaug's horde for a long time to come, assuming he is able to defend against it's influence (he is so greedy as to make this nigh-impossible) and doesn't die (also unlikely, he's pretty much fated to die).

-He realizes what it is and unlocks its true power: What the fuck have you done, Smaug is now a living god. The world trembles at his power, and even what miniscule redeeming qualities Sauron had are not present in Smaug. The world bows before its new master, and in time darkness consumes all.


Anyway, as for re:Tolkien and Magic, a large amount of "magic" is also synonymous with "fate". Bard made his impossible shot because it was fated to occur, and never lost the arrow before then because it had not served its true purpose.

Now I want to imagine just what the hell would have happened had Ancalagon gotten the Ring.

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