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Old 03-21-2008, 12:53 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by thelotrfreak1 View Post
NO, NO, and NO. Gandalf rarely uses "magic" if we can call it that at all. He only produced fire in really cold situations and on a few other occasions. That's it. Your concept of magic in Middle-Earth is all wrong. Stuff like that would never happen.
Well, just because Tolkien disliked depicting bright lights and magic spells doesn't mean it didn't happen in Middle-earth. What about Gandalf's burning pinecones? The lightning at Amon Sul? And how do you think the White Council drove out Sauron from Dol Guldur in the books? By standing outside the gates and knocking on the doors with their staves? I wager there's more magic in Middle-earth(happening 'behind the scenes') than we get to see.
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