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DaveyAngel t1_j1l9nn6 wrote

Reply to comment by dudinax in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo

I think that was Merry (or Pippin?) who stabbed the nazgul. Frodo was otherwise engaged in Mordor.

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dudinax t1_j1ladk1 wrote

I mean on Weathertop. Frodo stabs the Nazgul's foot, making him miss Frodo's heart.

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DaveyAngel t1_j1ldd9i wrote

Oh yeah! Silly me. Back to Tolkien school for me.

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dudinax t1_j1n5n69 wrote

That's not a bad example, though, since Eowyn couldn't have defeated the Witch King on her own and neither knew Merry's little dagger was good enough to actually hurt him.

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