Gollum and Eagles: Deux ex machina?

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Originally Posted by alatar

I'd say a lot. The eagles helping Gandalf save Frodo and Sam are D E M, and not E. Still, that's a late night thought...

They are closer in my opinion than they are in yours.

After all, the colloquial translation (not the literal translation) of deus ex machina is "An Act of God". And "An Act of God" seems like a very fitting way of describing a Eucatastrophe...