Move aside Balrogs-wings for...Gandalf's boots

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

However, to get back to the Boots, it's clearly a figurative gesture--like female pharaohs wearing fake beards, it's all a symbol of power. Gandalf wouldn't actually wear the massive boots.

Of course he wouldn't - or at least not for very long. Boots never stay in fashion for more than a week. The real question is, where did he purchase them?

The Gap of Rohan?

ElfRUs?

OrcMart?

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Well, here's a mystery solved and no mistake. Gandalf needed the extra space for the extra power he was permitted to keep on his person, as Gandalf the White. As we all know, the wizard's staff is just a walking stick and doesn't hold any magic power. What better explanation, then, than the power being housed in the new and spacious boots?

Excellent find, Boro!