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user-inactivated · 4272 days ago · link · · parent · post: Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor?
Thanks a bunch for stopping by! Yeah, most of my argument is based around circumstance. I think the foremost evidence that Manwe enacted some sort of interdict (something I took for granted in my last post and thus didn't bother to address) is that the eagles don't fight in every battle in the entire series, which I think you would expect from them as one of the foremost forces for good. This is, of course, just as indirect as everything I said. I'm certain there's no direct evidence in Silmarillion, LotR, or Hobbit, and it's been a bit too long since Unfinished Tales etc. -- so just a possible counter to point 8, one that helps alleviate the sadness that would come with knowing Tolkien left such a large plothole. Thanks again for the post.