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PotbellyHairyfoot
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Post Quote of the week- March 8 th, 2004 [4.1.ToS]
on: March 08, 2004 08:34
From TTT The Taming of Smêagol
'Smêagol will swear never, never, to let Him have it. Never ! Smêagol will save it. but he must swear on the Precious "

'We promises, yes I promise!' said Gollum. 'I will serve the master of the precious.......

Promises and giving your word are very important in Middle-Earth and it is a rare creature that would fail to live up to a promise freely given. But---- It seems to me that Gollum's promise leaves him a lot of 'wiggle-room' so that he can obey it and still get what he desires.
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Post RE: Quote of the week- March 8 th, 2004 [4.1.ToS]
on: March 09, 2004 05:00
Gollum *does* leave himself wiggle room, absolutely. He was far more clever than most people thought. I think that his plan all along was to regain the Ring, and then the master of the Precious whom he would have to serve would be himself. In this way he would not have broken his oath.
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Post RE: Quote of the week- March 8 th, 2004 [4.1.ToS]
on: March 11, 2004 11:11
It is interesting to compare with the Gollum-Bilbo promise,
At the riddle game. Did Gollum intend to keep his word then?
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Post RE: Quote of the week- March 8 th, 2004 [4.1.ToS]
on: March 12, 2004 05:17
I think he does intend to keep his word, to keep his precious safe... from Him.

What I like about this is that Sméagol swears on the precious, not Gollum.
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