Do Balrogs Have Wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-30-2005, 08:15 AM

I repeat my earlier question.

The text notwithstanding, how come so may people (including those who have since become non-wingers) imagine the Balrog to have wings when they first read this passage?

Personally, where there is any ambiguity, I tend to place the greater value on instinctive reader reaction (my own in particular) than I do on cold logical analysis after the event.

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08-30-2005, 08:15 AM	#11
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I repeat my earlier question. The text notwithstanding, how come so may people (including those who have since become non-wingers) imagine the Balrog to have wings when they first read this passage? Personally, where there is any ambiguity, I tend to place the greater value on instinctive reader reaction (my own in particular) than I do on cold logical analysis after the event. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

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