Deus ex Machina - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 02-27-2003, 11:22 AM

This discussion is getting fun - new wrinkles constantly sprouting.

It seems to be relatively well established, now, that the Eagles do qualify as DEM, and thank you, DaughterofVana, for the expert information on Greek drama and the origins of 'deus ex machina'.

So...: how effective as a DEM are the Eagles?

Here's a question that may help us get at an answer: How is it that they arrive when they do? Do they get a direct message from Manwe? From Gandalf? Do they have such good eyes that they can see what's happening from their Ery - uh - eri - uh - nests? (I don't remember how to spell that word :P) Even if they do, why do they rescue? Do they do some kind of air-patrol, flying even higher than the Nazgul?

02-27-2003, 11:22 AM	#24
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	This discussion is getting fun - new wrinkles constantly sprouting. It seems to be relatively well established, now, that the Eagles do qualify as DEM, and thank you, DaughterofVana, for the expert information on Greek drama and the origins of 'deus ex machina'. So...: how effective as a DEM are the Eagles? Here's a question that may help us get at an answer: How is it that they arrive when they do? Do they get a direct message from Manwe? From Gandalf? Do they have such good eyes that they can see what's happening from their Ery - uh - eri - uh - nests? (I don't remember how to spell that word :P) Even if they do, why do they rescue? Do they do some kind of air-patrol, flying even higher than the Nazgul?