Relevant to the Hobbity atmosphere of late

[blackruzsa]

Oglaf!




(actually for me, the reason the eagles didn't fly them to Mordor/the Lonely Mountain was because the eagles aren't dumb enough to try flying into Mordor while Sauron is still in power and definitely not when a dragon could idk turn them into crispy fry. As for why the eagles didn't at least fly them halfway over, well, see above. Not the eating bit, the first bit. But probably also the eating bit)

Oglaf here.

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[janegray]

#2 I don't know if that's true...

I mean, after Sauron is done conquering and/or destroying the other races, won't he come for the eagles too? He is not just some greedy dude who wants to get a kingdom, he is an Eldritch Abomination who gets his jollies from mass torturing and murdering.

They did something like that in Harry Potter. The giants and other races asked why they should help Dumbledore in his fight against Voldemort, and he pointed out that Voldemort would turn his attention to them after he is done with wizards.

It's pretty damn myopic of the eagles to go all "well Sauron isn't threatening us now, so we'll wait until all his other enemies are dead and we'll be leaft alone against him." Even if they didn't want to risk their lives by carrying Bilbo all the way to Mondor, at the very least they should have carried them for some of the way.

The eagles would have been dead before they even got close to the mountain what with all the archers around along with those things that the Ringwraiths were flying around on.


Don't eagles fly too high for arrows to reach them?

And, as far as I know, those dragons weren't ready yet when Bilbo started his journey, back then the Ringwraiths were still riding on horses. I thought the implication was that the dragons were created later, along with Saruman's new army.

[glprime]

I'd say the Eagles, while sentient, fall under the idea of Blue and Orange Morality; their thinking and our thinking likely do not align well. If I could speak to Humpback whales, would they understand my request for them to help me build a bridge? And would they care?

[arilou_skiff]

The eagles are Manwë's servants, they're not exactly mortals in the common sense, and could always leave ME if they wanted to.