Yeah.I just let my nerd flag fly.didn't I? If the Eagles had simply flown them to Mordor, Sauron would have easily sensed them and sent the Nazguls to intercept. Keeping the Fellowship small was essential. They didn't take an army which Sauron would have been able to see and sense the ring among. Besides these reasons, the reason the Fellowship worked and then just Sam and Frodo were successful was because they "flew" under the radar. Really they seem to like to show up when all hope is lost and help save the day.like at the end of the Hobbit and The Return of the King. It is for this reason and also because the eagles really preferred to not have anything to do with men or their wars, that this theory never could have worked. He could have destroyed whole armies with one blow but you never see him do this in either the books nor the movies. When coming to Middle Earth they were to watch over and protect Middle Earth and it's denizens but not take a direct hand in molding it. They are essentially minor angels/demons from another world called Valar. One of which being that the Wizards, (Gandalf, Sauron, Saruman, Radagast, The blue twins whose names i can never remember, are not actually men. There are some holes in this theory though. Plan 1 is the plan of a desperate and dangerous fool, though more of the original meaning of a fool being someone who thinks the unthinkable. Especially as Gandalf points out, the kind of being capable of opposing Sauron's will for any length of time would be most easily corrupted by the lure of the Ring. The Eagles may fly fast, but Sauron would not even need the Nazgul, as knowing all he needs is his Ring for ultimate victory, he would forget about all his armies and plans long enough to break the mind of either the Eagle or more likely the Ringbearer themselves. It is also shown that Sauron has adopted the form of a great eye, has the power to drive entire nations by his will alone, and is so awful that no one can contend with his will face to face.ġ) Sneak a Hobbit in "under the radar" while distracting Sauron by making it appear that someone may have his precious Ring and focussing his attention on them so he moves armies and beasts to capture it.Ģ) Get someone to carry it to Mordor on an Eagle with the force of will to fight off the simultaneous will of the Ring which is determined not to be destroyed and to return to Sauron, while also alerting Sauron to the plan by flying directly toward him in plain sight with all of Sauron's will that can drive legions of orcs and nations of men joining with the Ring's will with the soul purpose to preserve it and deliver it to Sauron. It is also stated that the Ring has a presence that can be sensed by other means than simple sight. It is specifically stated in the story that the idea that someone would destroy the precious ring had not even occurred to Sauron because of his own selfish nature. Now the using of the Eagles to allow for a bit of a deus-ex movement of characters in the story when necessary may indeed be somewhat clumsy, but I would still reason that it is not a "plot hole". I am always open to reason, however every time I hear this "plot hole" argument it seems to come from people with only a passing understanding of the concept and a somewhat smug desire to appear smart. There's no amount of reason or letters from JRR that can persuade you True Believers that this is a small plot hole." Anyone mundane enough to resist the Ring's power would fold like a pack of cards in a hurricane to Sauron's command to instead hand the Ring and ultimate victory over to him. So anyone riding the Eagle with the will to defy Sauron to his face (eye) and reach Mordor with the Ring would fall to the Ring's corruption long before they got there. It would take a being of a power equivalent to Galadriel, Gandalf or the heroes of old like Gil-galad, to withstand his will long enough to reach Mount Doom.īut wait, that person would have to be contending with the will of the Ring at the same time, a power that had an ability to corrupt in direct proportion to the power of the bearer. The person would be exposed to the direct gaze and unfettered will of Sauron the Great. It does not really matter whether Sauron even had the Winged Nazgul or any other flying servant ready. It is also an interesting catch-22 for the "Eagle Gambit". Geoffrey wrote: "And those who argue that as the fault of the novel, need to recognize how just powerful Sauron was.
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