So why didn't they just get one of those eagles to carry the ring-bearer? No-one ever sees them coming. Frodo could have dropped the ring into Mt Doom from a great height and- bingo- the whole mission would have been done and dusted in half an hour.
I'm just glad Tolkein never thought of your clever plan, or we'd never have known about the mines of Moria.
Yes, and if Frodo had just worn the ring and become invisible, the eagle would have looked like he was just flying around to look for mice on Mount Doom.
But, hold! Frodo wouldn't have been able to drop the ring, because he would have wanted to keep it in the end. He would have just told his eagle to take him back home, please, he had lots of plans for the shire...
And the eagle, not having opposable thumbs, couldn't have done one thing to stop him.
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Date: 2004-11-04 09:01 pm (UTC)I'm just glad Tolkein never thought of your clever plan, or we'd never have known about the mines of Moria.
Yes, and if Frodo had just worn the ring and become invisible, the eagle would have looked like he was just flying around to look for mice on Mount Doom.
But, hold! Frodo wouldn't have been able to drop the ring, because he would have wanted to keep it in the end. He would have just told his eagle to take him back home, please, he had lots of plans for the shire...
And the eagle, not having opposable thumbs, couldn't have done one thing to stop him.