Why didn't the Eagles just fly the Ring into Mordor?
They would have been corrupted by the ring
>>67151047
nazghouls
>>67151047
>won't fly over the lands of men for fear of being shot down
Imagine what the orcs would do
>>67151047
They can only be summoned at night.
>>67151047
Tolkien considered the eagles as an explicit plot device and compared using them capriciously to subvert the arduous journey to using a helicopter to fly up Everest when the goal is to climb and conquer it, woop woop juggalo for life mmfwcl.
so, ITT: Things that are falsely regarded as plotholes
>>67151047
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>"fly, you fools!"
>>67151047
>"Fly, you fools!"
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>>67151047
Too risky, it's like a 50/50 gamble that the nazgul won't intercept it, and the Eagles can be corrupted by the ring. Taking your time and being sneaky has a lower chance of failure. The Free Peoples still had some time to act when the Council of Elrond happened.
Sauron had flak cannons around the borders of moron. Those things would tear up the eagles senpai. I read somewhere he had a crack fighter squad as well.
Why was the lava inside the volcano?
>>67151306
Because Melkor the Evil God invented temperature variation.
Why didn't they just leave the ring in Rivendell and have the Eagles go get some lava?
Why didn't Eru just not create anything?
>>67151472
it had to be thrown into the mountain, because magic
>>67151472
How would one do that?
>>67151503
What do you mean?
>>67151047
There are no eagles
Only you are getting bent