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Halbarad · 10-06-2001, 10:28 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gorolithion:
[QB]The next line also states that Gandalf could still be seen through the glimmering in the gloom.
He is still using "wings" to describe the reaching out of the shadow.
Like so, "reached out like two vast wings which spread from wall to wall, but Gandalf could still be seen glimmering through the gloom."

-No, it says that there were wings. In addition to the wings there was a cloud of shadow that filled the room.The Balrog was cloaked in shadow, and the wings spread from wall to wall. There is no ambiguity in the statement. It does not say that Gandalf was surounded by the shadow and obscured by the wings. At the battle of Helms deep Gandalf was 'shining in the rising sun' so he could glimmer in a little light no? When Gandalf was glimmering in the doom he was not obscured by the wings or the shadow that looked like wings. What you have said makes little sense. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]
Wings and Shadow

[ October 07, 2001: Message edited by: Halbarad ]

10-06-2001, 10:28 PM	#51
Halbarad Wight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cheongju, Korea Posts: 147	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gorolithion: [QB]The next line also states that Gandalf could still be seen through the glimmering in the gloom. He is still using "wings" to describe the reaching out of the shadow. Like so, "reached out like two vast wings which spread from wall to wall, but Gandalf could still be seen glimmering through the gloom." -No, it says that there were wings. In addition to the wings there was a cloud of shadow that filled the room.The Balrog was cloaked in shadow, and the wings spread from wall to wall. There is no ambiguity in the statement. It does not say that Gandalf was surounded by the shadow and obscured by the wings. At the battle of Helms deep Gandalf was 'shining in the rising sun' so he could glimmer in a little light no? When Gandalf was glimmering in the doom he was not obscured by the wings or the shadow that looked like wings. What you have said makes little sense. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] Wings and Shadow [ October 07, 2001: Message edited by: Halbarad ] __________________ -Halbarad to Aragorn, 'The Passing of the Grey Company' Book V, Return of the King."A little people, but of great worth are the Shire-folk. Little do they know of our long labour for the safekeeping of their borders, and yet I grudge it not"