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Zigûr · 04-30-2018, 07:02 AM

Yes, I can't help but feel as if the MSMFC is just a joke.

Huinesoron · 04-30-2018, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Zigûr

Yes, I can't help but feel as if the MSMFC is just a joke.

:O How can you say such a thing? Don't you know that every single action Tolkien ever took, every word he ever wrote and every sketch he ever drew has deep and abiding meaning that could potentially reshape everything we thought we knew about Middle-earth?!

... yeah. Interestingly, though, it's a joke that would mostly only be 'got' by those familiar with RAF badges, which is a recognition factor probably more common around the World Wars than it is today. Interesting (to me), but not unexpected, for obvious reasons.

hS

Rhun charioteer · 05-02-2018, 01:51 AM

I know the movies changed the appearance of the FBs but Jackson have them used as both terror mounts and had them affect the battle by clasping hapless soldiers and then dropping them.

Maybe the book FBs didn't have this ability.

Anyway they'd still make excellent scouts and command vehicles allowing the nazgul to search wide areas, survey battlefields and command from above.

04-30-2018, 07:02 AM	#1
Zigûr Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 785	Yes, I can't help but feel as if the MSMFC is just a joke. __________________ "Since the evening of that day we have journeyed from the shadow of Tol Brandir." "On foot?" cried Éomer.

05-02-2018, 01:51 AM	#3
Rhun charioteer Wight Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 118	I know the movies changed the appearance of the FBs but Jackson have them used as both terror mounts and had them affect the battle by clasping hapless soldiers and then dropping them. Maybe the book FBs didn't have this ability. Anyway they'd still make excellent scouts and command vehicles allowing the nazgul to search wide areas, survey battlefields and command from above.