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Eldar14 · 06-11-2001, 12:02 PM

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I never imagined the Balrogs to actually be a physical being with a defined shape, but I imagined them more ethereal. When I read FOTR I thought of a living black smoke glowing with an inner fire attacking Gandalf, and Gandalf causes it to fall with magic, not gravity. Well, maybe I'm just crazy.

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Eldar14 Wight Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: the Cottage of Lost Play Posts: 182	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 1</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/nenya.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Mental picture of the balrogs? I never imagined the Balrogs to actually be a physical being with a defined shape, but I imagined them more ethereal. When I read FOTR I thought of a living black smoke glowing with an inner fire attacking Gandalf, and Gandalf causes it to fall with magic, not gravity. Well, maybe I'm just crazy. </p> __________________ "Come away! Let the cowards keep this city!" -- Fëanor to the Noldor