Well, after seeing all the quotes and wise words ;-), I must agree that balrogs seems to be a harder opponent. And by the way, sorry that I wrote that Glaurung had wings, since Morgoth first released winged dragons just before he was captured. Quite hard to imagine a dragon without wings, isn't it? Anyway, balrogs seem to have won the "duel" ;-). And as someone said, the people who have killed balrogs are much more powerful than those who have killed dragons (maybe except for Túrin, he was quite powerful, but that was Glaurung), for example if you would compare Glorfindel and Bard. How powerful wouldn't then Ecthelion be, since he slayed Gothmog after already having battled a long time? Then on the other hand, Húrin slayed 70 trolls when he covered the retreat of Turgon...I'm gonna quit now, this is a different subject :-). But just a last note: Gothmog would probably have slayed 70 trolls without any problems, no matter if they were Olog-hai or "normal" trolls, but the Olog-hai didn't exist at that time, so...
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Just a thought: Why do people in movies etc. often run straight ahead when they're chased by a car for example. I know this has nothing to do with Tolkien, but it's an interesting thought.
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