Inconsistencies-I'm not grouchy, these are just so obvious after you see it 10 times - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Erulasto · 02-17-2003, 04:38 AM

By the lightsaber commment I was referring to the brightness of the glow, not the presence of one. Let me rephrase:"Whoever said that Sting must light up like a christmas tree around Orcs? Not Tolkien.'Also, someone commented on the two trolls opening the Black Gate, and someone else accused Tolkien of being inconsistent on the matter of their sensitivity to light. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>LOTR: ROTK: Appendix F"But at the end of the Third Age a troll-race not before seen appeared in souther Mirkwood and in the mountain borders of Mordor. Olog-hai they were called in the Black Speech. That Sauron bred them none doubted, though from what stock was not known. Some held that they were not Trolls but giant Orcs; but the Olog-hai were in fashion of body and mind quite unlike even the largest of Orc-kind, whom they far surpassed in size and power. Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race, strong, agile, fierce and cunning, but harder than stone. Unlike the older race of the Twilight, they could endure the Sun, so long as the will of Sauron held sway over them. They spoke little, and the only tongue that they knew was the Black Speech of Barad-dûr.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

02-17-2003, 04:38 AM	#1
Erulasto Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Estonia Posts: 15	By the lightsaber commment I was referring to the brightness of the glow, not the presence of one. Let me rephrase:<P>"Whoever said that Sting must light up like a christmas tree around Orcs? Not Tolkien.'<P>Also, someone commented on the two trolls opening the Black Gate, and someone else accused Tolkien of being inconsistent on the matter of their sensitivity to light.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><B>LOTR: ROTK: Appendix F</B><P>"But at the end of the Third Age a troll-race not before seen appeared in souther Mirkwood and in the mountain borders of Mordor. Olog-hai they were called in the Black Speech. That Sauron bred them none doubted, though from what stock was not known. Some held that they were not Trolls but giant Orcs; but the Olog-hai were in fashion of body and mind quite unlike even the largest of Orc-kind, whom they far surpassed in size and power. Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race, strong, agile, fierce and cunning, but harder than stone. <I>Unlike the older race of the Twilight, they could endure the Sun, so long as the will of Sauron held sway over them</I>. They spoke little, and the only tongue that they knew was the Black Speech of Barad-dûr.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> __________________ Nîn o Chithaeglir, lasto beth daer! Rimmo nîn Bruinen dan in Ulaer!