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Thingol · 01-24-2002, 09:12 PM

Tantamount: Equivalent in effect or value, nice word, I had to look that one up [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
I am not trying to disregard the note, I am simply pointing out that while Tolkien does mention 3 or 7 that does not mean that those MUST be the amount of Balrogs in existence. I was merely trying to point out that there are several possibilities. As I said earlier in the post I believe Tolkien might have been intentionally vague on some points so that the reader could use his/her own imagination. After all that’s the reason some of us get so worked up about various Tolkien topics, no one wants their image of Middle Earth tampered with.

01-24-2002, 09:12 PM	#20
Thingol Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 259	Tantamount: Equivalent in effect or value, nice word, I had to look that one up [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I am not trying to disregard the note, I am simply pointing out that while Tolkien does mention 3 or 7 that does not mean that those MUST be the amount of Balrogs in existence. I was merely trying to point out that there are several possibilities. As I said earlier in the post I believe Tolkien might have been intentionally vague on some points so that the reader could use his/her own imagination. After all that’s the reason some of us get so worked up about various Tolkien topics, no one wants their image of Middle Earth tampered with. __________________ Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.