mount doom

I took a metaphorical deep breath before diving into this crucial chapter. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields is a climax but surely this chapter is the climax of the story. This intense three character Beckett style drama has been playing out since early in book IV. Much has been written about...

Let's assume for a moment that Smeagol stays nice enough that he decided not to let the Hobbits be spider food and instead plans to help them get around Shelob. Could he do it or would she have caught and eaten all three, unless Sam fought her again? Also, in the actual timeline, with Sam...

The books were good. But the movies were better overall. Just on the part where Faramir and Eowyn are at Minas Tirith while the army is heading to the Gate of Mordor.

Was well done. Sam: FRODO! Frodo: I’m here, Sam… Sam: DESTROY IT! GO ON! NOW! THROW IT IN THE FIRE! What are you waiting for?!? Just let it go! Frodo: The Ring is mine. Sam: Nooo. No. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I liked how at the end of the Fellowship, Sam says “don’t you leave him”; and then at the...

The books make it quite clear the Ring had dominated Frodo more and more, when he was getting closer to Mordor. Eventually he was totally under its power in Sammath Naur. But Frodo already owned the Ring for 17 years, if I am not mistaken. To what degree that time contributed to his eventual...

what if elrond pushed Isildur into the fires of mount doom?

Hello my knowledgeable Tolkien addicts, looking for the passages where Sam forgives Gollum and chooses not to slay him on mt Doom.

Hello everyone, I would like to share with you my passion / hobbie / I don't know what to do on sunday. I craft scenes from the lord of the ring out of foam, glue and clay. This is 5 minutes videos showing the different building stages. I hope you will enjoy it! Greetings Benjamin

What made it so impervious to everything else? I mean, couldn't they get Gandalf, Saruman (Gandalf didn't yet know he'd gone bad), Radaghast, the Blue Wizards, Eldrond, Galadriel, Celeborn, Thrandil, Tom Bombadil, Melian (where the heck is she during all of this?) and other good powerful...

The only three that even get into Mordor (I think that Merry, Gimli, Gandalf, Legolas, and Aragorn only fight orcs and such at the Gate, not really go much into Mordor) were Frodo, Samwise, and Smeagol. Smeagol obviously has issues with attachment to the Ring, but even he held out...

why didn't sauron close the entrance to mount doom? i know it is unlikely for the person who has the ring to get into mordor without being noticed, but shouldn't sauron have guarded the entrance, just in case? although the morannon is well-guarded the pass of cirith ungol isn't guarded that...

The same reason God has not reached down and ridded the world at war of all its weapons. What if someone does not believe in God? Fine, but there is one in Middle-earth. I wonder if there is a connection between athiesm and the view that the failure of the eagles to do all the work is a...

Follow the Fellowship: Part III From Lothlórien to Mount Doom Welcome to Follow the Fellowship! In this thread we will explore Frodo & co.'s journey from Lothlórien to Mount Doom. At the same time, we will track what is happening with the other members of the Fellowship along with some other...

Here's a link to my blog where I've posted a quick study (done in two painting sessions of about 2 to 3 hours each) of Mount Doom in oils. I plan to do several small studies like this as preparation for a larger, more detailed version. I can see several things that could be improved for the next...

I'm new here so I don't know anyone's take on the ending of the LOTR (book, I mean) or whether people have their opinion that frodo failed. But I had heard some time ago that 'because Frodo had felt sorrow and had pitied Gollum that when the moment came that Frodo couldn't detroy the ring...

Does anyone have any idea what will happen at Mount Doom? I mean, I have heard everything from Frodo jumping in to the Crack of Doom, to Sam cutting off Frodo's ring finger, Gollum grabbing the ring and sacrificing himself. PJ's already made so many drastic changes to the book, I just hope he at...

An interesting question, accidentally suggested by RD. What do you think?

Why not asking the eagles? Anyone ever wondered why the council of Elrond never considered asking some eagles for dropping the ring into mount doom? Just like this: give the ring to Gwahir (the same outsized bird that helped Gandalf when he was captured at Ortanc), fly over Mordor and SWOOSH...

Let's say if Gandalf hadn't fallen and the Fellowship hadn't broken apart at Rauros falls. Would they have made it?

What notion of heroism, redemption or success/failure do you believe that Tolkien was trying to convey with Frodo's inability to complete the quest and destroy the ring. What was he trying to convey with Gollum's role at the end. To build Frodo into a tragic hero only to have him not succeed was...