hoganddice:scorpysue:valarauka:isildur-elessar:Oh shit…The eagles are not a plot hole. This is the d
hoganddice:scorpysue:valarauka:isildur-elessar:Oh shit…The eagles are not a plot hole. This is the dumbest thing regarding the subject that I have ever read. Especially because it hinges on someone interpreting the word “fly” in a way that doesn’t match the language use of the setting in any way whatsoever.Here are a few reasons why using the Eagles to get to Mordor would not work:Fell beasts. Of which there are quite a few more than just the nine that the Nazgul are using at any given time. There are spies and watchers and such all over the place that would alert Sauron at the earliest sign of big fucking eagles heading to Mordor. The signal fires of Gondor are not the only alarm system in Middle-Earth.Eagles are the messengers of Manwe, descended from Thorondor. They are a proud and noble race of beings. They are NOT a delivery service, nor would they stoop to being one. It is the riskiest thing that anyone could ever conceive of, and I highly doubt that Gandalf, in his wisdom, would risk everything they have on one gambit which is even more likely to fail than having hobbits sneak in to Mordor. Gandalf would not ever keep a plan like this from Elrond or Galadriel. Especially not Galadriel. The whole point of the Fellowship was to go by the most secret and hidden ways they could. Flying on a giant eagle is the least secret and hidden way. In short, this is at best highly improbably and implausible. At worst an insult to the intelligence of Gandalf/the party/ Elrond/ Galadriel/ the free peoples of Middle-Earth. Oh, and Tolkien. Who very deliberately did not have them use the eagles for a myriad of reasons, many of which I have just listed. Rant done. Thank you ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Eagles are the messengers of Manwe, descended from Thorondor. They are a proud and noble race of beings. They are NOT a delivery service, nor would they stoop to being one. Fell beasts. Of which there are quite a few more than just the nine that the Nazgul are using at any given time.Sauron is only the lackey of a bigger jerk. His boss was Morgoth, who was part of a race of gods. Morgoth was literally the guy who woke up one morning and went “Huh, maybe I’ll invent evil today.”The person who was able to hurt Morgoth the most?Manwe.What would often be in his army? Giant Eagles.What was instrumental in the defeat of Sauron’s boss?Giant Eagles.What was almost the symbol of one of the few beings that could stomp Sauron into nothing easily?Giant Eagles.What was used to cause a literal apocalypse that resulted in the sinking of an Island and one of Sauron’s deaths?Giant Eagles.What would have been the surest thing to send Sauron into a blind defensive panic if they were sighted in Mordor?Giant Eagles.What would Sauron have committed his every resource to destroying if they were spotted flying over Mordor?Giant Eagles. -- source link
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