Posted: August 11, 2000 at 03:36:00: by Michael Martinez
: No, it's not the same. I'm discussing about what *should* have : been, knowing that it isn't what it actually *was*. You : however are talking about what *could* have been, which I : perceive to be of extremely small importance since it's : neither what Tolkien wrote, nor what he should have written.Only J.R.R. Tolkien could determine what SHOULD have been, and his decision on the matter was that Gil-galad SHOULD have been the son of Orodreth.
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