Considering
Gollum the hero is like saying Judas is the savior instead of Jesus......
Although certain sects did claim Judas had a higher level of insight which the other disciples did not (the alledged gospel of Judas)......
As far as
Tolkien's work goes, it seems to me that many folks nowadays just reinterpret his work to fit
their idea of what it
should or
does say, according to
them. NOt so much here, but on other sites, especially the BIGGEST one with all the movie fans. "Well I think it means this or that." with nary a delving into what the text actually says when looking for an answer - and regardless of how absurd & easily refutable their theory is by facts that are right there from the hand of JRR Tolkien himself.....
But NO, we wouldn't want Tolkien's own text to get in the way of OUR own opinion, would we? Certainly not.
Rant over.
See, in my experience, and an experience generally practiced here (which is why I enjoy this Tolkien site the most), the answer to the vast majority of the questions is right there, somewhere in black & white on paper if we just know where to look. Even if the answer isn't there cut & dried, we can usually glean enough information to make a sound, educated guess.
It's these bizarro world theories that come out of left field with no basis of fact & are then defended by "well, it's just my opinion and I'm entitled to that" that drive me crazy.
