and guidance, and I'm not saying that there isn't, because I also vacillate on
this one, I think it has to come from much higher up than Gandalf. Giving
Gandalf the power and the right to control the directions of someone's thoughts
and actions seems to me to be elevating him above his station as a Maia.
Frodo hears a distinct other voice in his mind; he isn't given the thought or
vision of himself removing the ring, and then find his hands moving of their
own accord. That's happened before, and we know who was doing it.
Besides, if Gandalf had sent the visions, "Fool of a Took" would have been part
of it somehow.
On the other hand, dropping the brooch has nothing to do with their getting to
Fangorn.
You mean, chocolate isn't always with
you?
