• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      Were it not for Peregrine Took, the helmet would not have fallen into the hole.

      Had the helmet not fallen, the Horde would not have been alerted

      Had the Horde not been alerted, they would not have disturbed the Balrog

      Had the Balrog not been disturbed, Gandalf would not have fought it, died, and then been sent back as Gandalf the White.

      Without Gandalf the White, many things would not have been accomplished.

      This same “fool of a Took” managed to psych sauron out and pulled the feint of all feints by making sauron think he had the ring, in an enemy held city no less, and not some short weirdo crawling over the back wall of mordor.

      Pippin saved Middle Earth.

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        So you are elevating a tragic minor character into the main het of the story

        Very fitting, Mr. O’Brien

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          21 hours ago

          Minor character?

          In Lord of the Rings?

          There are no minor characters. Everyone was needed. Especially the members of the Fellowship.

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            I was actually calling Miles O’Brien a minor character in a sneaky way. Which was twarthed by you denying any minute characters in lotr