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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1704334" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>The only problem with it is that it's only one interpretation.  That list of "magical" gear posessed by Pippin (which is actually an amalgam of stuff Pippin and Merry had, for that matter) is very arguably magical rather than obviously so, for instance.  Much of it was never described at all as magical or wondrous.  The Horn of the Mark (which was Merry's, not Pippins) is never described as more than a pretty horn with a nice-sounding call, and the belt of Lorien is never described at all other than to say it has flowers and leaf motifs.  The armor and helm of the tower of the guard is mithril and probably masterwork, but never even hinted at as magical.  The swords of Westernesse are the only items the hobbits had that were arguably magical, but that effect only seemed to impact the Ringwraith's themselves, as otherwise they weren't mentioned as anything particularly special.  The cloaks of Lorien, oddly enough, could be classified as magical, even though the elves specifically denied it!  Most of the rest of his points are similarly arguable.  Obviously the folks who claim low magic doesn't resemble the fiction they read, who are a largeish subset of folks, would interpret the textual evidence differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>