Do Balrogs Have Wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-04-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sardy

If nothing else, is it not true that Gandalf the Grey's final words should lay this debate to rest?: "It flies, you fools!"

jk

Didn't he say, Fly you fools!not it flys

anyway, Balrogs have shadows that look like wings I am pretty sure!

Gwathagor · 01-04-2008, 01:34 PM

Maybe they were vestigial...wings made of shadow couldn't have been too useful, while they certainly would been imposing/ridiculously trendy.

Lord Halsar · 01-04-2008, 05:37 PM

Ugh!

The person who started this thread said that this would potentially settle the matter, and yet here we all are, still bickering over the same usages of words and phrases, getting nowhere with the topic. My hopes for this matter to ever be laid to rest are dead (unlike the topic) and I hope that all of you will realize that we may never know.

Lord Gothmog · 01-04-2008, 06:19 PM

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I hope that all of you will realize that we may never know.

Of course we will know.

Some (like me) will know that Balrogs do Not have Wings!

Some will know that Balrogs Do have Wings!

In this, each reader puts their own Demon into the shadowy area marked out by Tolkien.

Lord Halsar · 01-04-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Gothmog

In this, each reader puts their own Demon into the shadowy area marked out by Tolkien.

Finally! Someone finally gets it!

obloquy · 01-05-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord Halsar

Ugh!

The person who started this thread said that this would potentially settle the matter, and yet here we all are, still bickering over the same usages of words and phrases, getting nowhere with the topic. My hopes for this matter to ever be laid to rest are dead (unlike the topic) and I hope that all of you will realize that we may never know.

The thread had been inactive since April of '07.

Finduilas · 01-05-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by obloquy

The thread had been inactive since April of '07.

Yes indeed, but it always pops back up. Not all threads do that.

obloquy · 01-05-2008, 02:43 PM

The point is that the nerd whining about the issue never being put to rest is the one who resurrected it after 7 months of inactivity to post a quotation that first entered this particular discussion back on page 2.

Groin Redbeard · 01-05-2008, 03:51 PM

Why are there threads all over the Down's dedicated to the subject of Balrog's wings?

Isn't it common sense that Balrogs of wings?

Lord Halsar · 01-05-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by obloquy

The point is that the nerd whining about the issue never being put to rest is the one who resurrected it after 7 months of inactivity to post a quotation that first entered this particular discussion back on page 2.

First off: You say nerd like it's a bad thing.
Second: I wasn't whining (per se), and the only reason I did was because I had yet to realize that entering anything in hopes to end it would be a futile effort.

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01-04-2008, 01:34 PM	#2
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Maybe they were vestigial...wings made of shadow couldn't have been too useful, while they certainly would been imposing/ridiculously trendy. __________________ Stories and songs.

01-04-2008, 05:37 PM	#3
Lord Halsar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 'Round the corner, down the well, passed the Balrog, straight to HELL! Posts: 77	Really now, are we doomed to this forever? Ugh! The person who started this thread said that this would potentially settle the matter, and yet here we all are, still bickering over the same usages of words and phrases, getting nowhere with the topic. My hopes for this matter to ever be laid to rest are dead (unlike the topic) and I hope that all of you will realize that we may never know. __________________ My time is at an end, for I have walked from Valinor to the Far-east where men have not gone for millennia. Demons have fallen before me. And now... I must rest...

01-05-2008, 03:51 PM	#9
Groin Redbeard Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope! Posts: 1,635	Why are there threads all over the Down's dedicated to the subject of Balrog's wings? Isn't it common sense that Balrogs of wings? __________________ I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

01-05-2008, 02:43 PM	#8
obloquy Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: WA Posts: 941	The point is that the nerd whining about the issue never being put to rest is the one who resurrected it after 7 months of inactivity to post a quotation that first entered this particular discussion back on page 2.