• ulterno@programming.dev
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        2 days ago

        That shouldn’t be the case, sure you can find some other volcano on the planet, no?
        Oh right, perhaps there were no Geologists among the Elves/Dwarves. Were they not?

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          1 day ago

          But if the furnace isn’t constructed at mount doom, then it wouldn’t be able to withstand the magical flames required to destroy the ring.

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              1 day ago

              For the same reason Eru Ilúvatar didn’t simply strike Sauron or even Morgoth for that matter with lightning and solve everyone’s problems from the outset, I guess?

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                22 hours ago

                Right.
                My point was simply that Mount Doom not necessarily the only place that can provide what is required.
                There might be others that are jus not yet discovered.

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                  16 hours ago

                  The whole point of the story is that it is, though. It’s plainly stated, and the entire plot of all 3 books depends on it.