During my recent trip to Britain, I stayed away from the news for over two weeks, and I find myself no longer as utterly absorbed by the war as I had been before I left.
So, last night, my subconscious suddenly presented me with the following question....
Suppose that the series 2 B7 crew suddenly finds themselves brought before the Council of Elrond. (Okay, if you must know *how*, assume some high-level intervention by the Valar, or maybe even Eru. And if the Liberator's in orbit around Middle Earth, assume the teleport's on the blink as usual -- otherwise it's all too easy.) Elrond explains the problem and asks Blake's Seven to take the Ring to Mount Doom.
So -- who's the Ringbearer? How do they get across Zirak-Zigel, or into and through Moria? Do they, in fact, manage to destroy the Ring? Do they live through it?
I invite your speculation. (I've only just gotten back, so if someone else had a strange enough mind to think of this and you discussed this to death last week, please forgive me.)