Ballrogs haz wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Inziladun · 07-22-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

How many times must I explain that lots of things have wings and don't fly - apart from flightless birds - houses, chairs, stages. I had some lovely pinks gauzy wings for a while and I don't fly (well not under my own steam).

Why would the fearsome Demons of Fire, the most terrible servants of Morgoth, have useless wings? Were they playing on the sympathies of Elves and Men? Or were they going for a penguin-like awww factor?

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

But Balrogs do have wings, they do, they do - and every time you say they don't a hobbit dies.... (that is a statement not a threat btw).

How about I grant them the right to have wings? Balrog freedom now!

Mithalwen · 07-22-2011, 11:55 AM

*Pouts* They might be able to glide...and pingus would struggle to swim where they want without their wings....

They have wings I tell you... they don't need the right to have them (though Kudos and larks tongues for what is presumably a life of Brian link- puter on a go slow and not loading). But if you suck your teeth and say typical woman the larks can keep their tongues...

Bom Tombadillo · 07-22-2011, 12:08 PM

Ah, but why would they have wings? Since it is not explicitly said (although some claim it to be implied) that they do, the burden of proof is on those asserting that they do.

Mithalwen · 07-22-2011, 12:19 PM

I think it does say and wings are cool. Why wouldn't they have them?

Inziladun · 07-22-2011, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Why wouldn't they have them?

The Melkor United Balrog Association's official motto was "Too cool for wings".

Mithalwen · 07-22-2011, 12:31 PM

Who cares what the MUBA say? We all know it is the United Association of Melkor Balrogs that has the authority. And they insist on wings...

Nerwen · 07-23-2011, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

*Pouts* They might be able to glide...and pingus would struggle to swim where they want without their wings....

But– do Balrogs swim?

Mithalwen · 07-23-2011, 03:32 AM

They might... in lakes of fire... and it was more the directional qualities than the medium that was the issue...

Inziladun · 07-23-2011, 07:51 AM

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They might... in lakes of fire... and it was more the directional qualities than the medium that was the issue...

Negative. For directional control underwater they'd need some sort of fins at the back end, wouldn't they? Er...never mind.

Mithalwen · 07-23-2011, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

Negative. For directional control underwater they'd need some sort of fins at the back end, wouldn't they? Er...never mind.

Are you suggesting penguins have fins on that logic? I think we know that at least one Finn has penguins...

Inziladun · 07-23-2011, 08:56 AM

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Are you suggesting penguins have fins on that logic? I think we know that at least one Finn has penguins...

You've just proven my case. Penguins and Finns have a known affinity. Finns and Balrogs? Not so much.

07-22-2011, 11:55 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Pouts They might be able to glide...and pingus would struggle to swim where they want without their wings.... They have wings I tell you... they don't need the right to have them (though Kudos and larks tongues for what is presumably a life of Brian link- puter on a go slow and not loading). But if you suck your teeth and say typical woman the larks can keep their tongues... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-22-2011, 12:08 PM	#3
Bom Tombadillo Wight Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Behind you . . . . BOO! Posts: 222	Ah, but why would they have wings? Since it is not explicitly said (although some claim it to be implied) that they do, the burden of proof is on those asserting that they do. __________________ Every human should have a cat or two in their care, to teach them the meaning of the word, and to correct them. Phenris Dorph

07-22-2011, 12:19 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I think it does say and wings are cool. Why wouldn't they have them? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-22-2011, 12:31 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Who cares what the MUBA say? We all know it is the United Association of Melkor Balrogs that has the authority. And they insist on wings... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-23-2011, 03:32 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	They might... in lakes of fire... and it was more the directional qualities than the medium that was the issue... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace