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Post by LadyJaye on Jul 8, 2015 9:06:06 GMT -6
Hey everyone! I will be heading off on vacation tomorrow morning. I'm going to Lifest (a Christian music festival) with my brothers and my cousin who's driving up and will arrive this afternoon. I'm really excited to see her since distance prevents us from visiting very often, and I can't wait for all the music artists we get to see. Jeremy Camp, Kutless, and SKILLET are all going to be there!! Plus many others. We'll be coming back on Sunday, so I'll be around on Monday again, especially since the Half-Blood blog tour starts on Tuesday. So I'm leaving all of you in charge of protecting the fate and security of our kingdom.
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Post by LadyErika on Jul 8, 2015 10:07:14 GMT -6
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Post by Athelas on Jul 8, 2015 13:52:27 GMT -6
Have fun! And if you happen to meet a couple of dwarves who want you to help them recover their lost homeland... tell them to get lost, get themselves killed, and break everyone's hearts ON THEIR OWN, thank you very much.
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Post by LadyErika on Jul 8, 2015 15:50:56 GMT -6
... And then watch them epicly fail without you, and then watch your whole world perish in fire by the dragon who comes under the dark lord's power after said dark lord gains a once-lost precious treasure from a miserable shriveled creature, because you didn't get said precious treasure first and leave it to your nephew...
... you're welcome.
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Post by Brie D on Jul 8, 2015 16:26:03 GMT -6
I'll try to stop people from collapsing into utter silliness.
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Post by Athelas on Jul 8, 2015 16:49:50 GMT -6
*coughs* The Ring would have stayed under the mountain for many more years if Bilbo hadn't found it. Besides, the Dwarves would have angered Smaug enough that he would have made an easy target for Bard even without Bilbo. Edit: Also, I don't think Sauron could control the dragons. Through the history of Middle Earth, only Morgoth controlled his cute little monsters. Sauron never did, even after Morgoth was cast out.
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Post by LadyErika on Jul 8, 2015 19:38:58 GMT -6
The Dwarves would have remained trapped in the Elves' prisons and not reached the mountain at all...
And as the dark power grew, it would have sensed the location of the ring, just as it began to later on. And it could have bribed the dragon. It would have at least prevented the good guys gaining that mountain as an important stronghold to keep the evil at bay a bit longer.
Basically, if a small person hadn't gone "on an adventure," the world would have been doomed....
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Post by Athelas on Jul 8, 2015 20:49:08 GMT -6
Aye, perhaps. But would that necessarily be a bad thing? I mean, so many lives were either lost or ruined for GOLD. Were the Dwarves wrong? Not necessarily. Did they have their priorities out of order? Absolutely.
I'm not sure any of the the dark lord's agents could get close enough to bribe him. I'll grant that Sauron may have eventually found the Ring, but was the Misty Mountain ever used as a stronghold against the darkness? I don't remember that...
The end effect was good, yes... But without a Higher power, it probably wouldn't have been. And... well, "Things never happen the same way twice, dear one." So, I would have to say that, if I was in that situation, I could not, in good conscience, agree to travel halfway across the world, wage a war, put lives in danger... for money.
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Post by LadyErika on Jul 8, 2015 21:16:56 GMT -6
You could if God told you to... even if you didn't understand.
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Post by Athelas on Jul 9, 2015 21:06:51 GMT -6
Very true... but I would say that THAT would be a different matter entirely.
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Post by LadyJaye on Jul 10, 2015 17:03:20 GMT -6
for any Colton Dixon fans. Happening right now.
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Post by LadyJaye on Jul 10, 2015 17:06:15 GMT -6
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Post by LadyJaye on Jul 14, 2015 8:50:23 GMT -6
So I'm officially back!! Though I'm not sure my tired brain has caught up yet. I was pretty much up until after 1:30 every night I was gone. For me, that's LATE. But I had SO much fun!! Thanks for keeping the kingdom secure!
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Post by Brie D on Jul 14, 2015 14:39:19 GMT -6
Yay. It sounds like you need to go to bed though. We'll keep looking after the kingdom until you're properly awake.
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Post by FairyTaleArista on Jul 14, 2015 21:56:19 GMT -6
This soldier is on guard.
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