Yes, but in LotR the heroes believed that victory was not *impossible* whereas in what I called "Winterdoom", all the Good/Free races know that Evil/the dark is fated to win (the "Angels" made a mistake, but all the mortals still deserved their chances to live their lives out as they might. Which they did, day by century, aware of the eventual doom. until ... [but I never imagined that bit, wanting to leave it for beter writers than myself])
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Date: 2005-08-23 01:48 pm (UTC)