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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread Did Sauron have a body during the events of 'The Lord of the Rings'.I also think that Saruman's spirit diffuses, with some help I see three options for the Valar with respect to Saruman's spirit: 1... -
Anthony Lawther replied to the thread Stick-at-naught Strider.I think a combinatory interpretation is possible: The Breelanders never see him involved in the traditional honest activities that allow...
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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread The Charge Laid on the Ring Bearer.I’d suggest that it is an implied requirement, given the name of the quest. The destination is set in advance, but the path to take is not.
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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread Rope- why is only Sam thinking of it?.Same here. As the rope-walk is a relatively old means of making rope I think we can forgive ourselves ;-)
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Anthony Lawther reacted to Flammifer's post in the thread Rope- why is only Sam thinking of it? with
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Sam's family were ropers. His great grandfather, Hob Gammidge the Roper (Old Gammidgy) might have been the first roper in the family... -
Anthony Lawther reacted to Rachel Port's post in the thread Rope- why is only Sam thinking of it? with Like.
For all we know Aragorn and/or Gandalf do carry rope - as well as Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir, or perhaps Aragorn made sure that there...
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In session 221: The Tenth Walker, we had the lovely discussion about why Sam would give the name of Bill to the inestimable pony. As I...
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Anthony Lawther reacted to Rachel Port's post in the thread Why not get rope in Rivendell Sam? with Like.
I go with number 4. Sam carries so many supplies - more than his share - and has spent much of the day making sure things fit in his...
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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread The One Ring, Sin, and Tolkien's Catholic Imaginative Influence.From another perspective, if you were telling a story of the experiences of one particular company of Polish soldiers in North Africa...
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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread Why not get rope in Rivendell Sam?.It's impossible to give an answer without engaging in conjecture, but some possibilities: 1. Too shy (as you've identified) 2...
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Anthony Lawther reacted to TyaMenelaus's post in the thread Questions From a New Listener with Like.
And, I would add, that Sam does something extremely rare in stories from this era: he does not return to his class position come the end...
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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread Long Term Plan?.Trilogy? So we are only going halfway through the work? LOTR is the Foreword, 5 prologues, 6 books, and 6 appendices published in...
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Anthony Lawther reacted to Velcanondil's post in the thread Bill and Sam's Excellent Adventure with Like.
One of the greatest strengths of The Lord of the Rings, I have always thought, is in the way that it can represent the epic heroism...
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Anthony Lawther reacted to Rachel Port's post in the thread In Elder Days, in years of yore with Like.
I always assumed that on his first journey as a star he heard the weeping of women and of elven-maids - he was in the same time as they...
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Anthony Lawther replied to the thread Blank Shield, session 218.A small error there; the full description is: Argent being the heraldic term for metallic silver, and also white, coming from the Latin...