Why destroy Laketown's bridge? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

skip spence · 04-03-2008, 10:05 AM

^My point is simple really:

The inhabitants wouldn't have wasted their time destroying the bridge if they thought Smaug could land on Lake Town. And they were right: he could not, or at least did not.

Sauron the White · 04-03-2008, 10:17 AM

There is a far more obvious point.
Why would Smaug need to land at all?
He has no use for that bridge.
What is the point of destroying a bridge to the land if the dragon Smaug does not need to use that bridge?

And you saw they would not have wasted their time. Fact is they had precious little time according to the author. How fast can they destroy a bridge? Are we to believe that a pre industrial people can destroy a large bridge in the time it takes a dragon, already in sight, to fly to them?

04-03-2008, 10:05 AM	#1
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	^My point is simple really: The inhabitants wouldn't have wasted their time destroying the bridge if they thought Smaug could land on Lake Town. And they were right: he could not, or at least did not. __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

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04-03-2008, 10:17 AM	#2
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	There is a far more obvious point. Why would Smaug need to land at all? He has no use for that bridge. What is the point of destroying a bridge to the land if the dragon Smaug does not need to use that bridge? And you saw they would not have wasted their time. Fact is they had precious little time according to the author. How fast can they destroy a bridge? Are we to believe that a pre industrial people can destroy a large bridge in the time it takes a dragon, already in sight, to fly to them?