starj at 1:45PM, Nov. 21, 2020

nice page

magicalmisfits at 1:16PM, Nov. 21, 2020

Imagine not doing what your opponent wants

felonimayhem at 4:06PM, Nov. 20, 2020

There would have been some drawbacks to airmailing the One Ring to Mount Doom, but overall the odds seem better than sneaking a party of adventurers into Mordor. If they'd started the mission earlier, before Frodo left the Shire, the Ringwraiths were on horseback and that nasty black fog coming out of Mordor wouldn't have happened yet. There would be some questions about whether the eagles could fly high enough to avoid being seen and whether the orcs had catapults/trebuchets etc. capable of taking down eagles (see Game of Thrones), plus questions of how much loyalty the eagles owed to the humanoid races (not much).

Shryke at 1:56PM, Nov. 20, 2020

Good benefits on this side of the border... the horses get all the movies they want!

mhalpern at 11:15AM, Nov. 20, 2020

as for WW he does have a damaged wing

arcict at 10:13AM, Nov. 20, 2020

Two good reasons for why the eagles didn't "just fly the ring up". One is that it's nigh impossible to be hidden when flying like that and the Nazgul had those flying things that would have knocked the eagles (and the ring) out of the sky before getting NEAR mount Doom. Second is that the eagles also would have been tempted by the ring, perhaps enough to turn them like the ring did so many others.

Mr Kaos at 6:12AM, Nov. 20, 2020

he just takes it easy.

Dragonfire10503 at 5:11AM, Nov. 20, 2020

Upsidedown

skobel at 3:29AM, Nov. 20, 2020

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