The Lord Of the Rings: How it should have ended

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Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

Fears over volcano ash getting in his eyes?

I think blindfolding the eagles was done to counter the argument that they couldn't have used eagles because the eagles would have refused to go near the volcano if they saw it.

Originally Posted by zxcvbn

There's no way the Eagles could fly over Mordor without getting shot down or intercepted by Nazgul

Not a problem, since this would have been right after the hobbits arrived at Rivendell and the Nazgul, having just been destroyed at the ford, would have not yet had time to regenerate new bodies.

Originally Posted by zxcvbn

There's no way Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas and Gimli could go anywhere near Mordor's borders in plain sight without getting killed.

They wouldn't have had to go, just Gandolf and Frodo. And they would have been flying from Osgiliath, if not from Rivendell or Lothlorien.

Originally Posted by zxcvbn

Near Mount Doom, the One Ring's powers were at their max, and just like in the book it would have coaxed Frodo into claiming it for himself instead of dropping it.

No, at that point the Ring hadn't yet taken so great a hold on Frodo. In fact, even weeks later Frodo was able to put it on the table in Rivendell. So Frodo would have been able to drop it.

The problem was, Gandolf and Elrond made the strategic error of waiting until representatives from all the Free Peoples could gather before deciding what to do. Political Correctness strikes again!