A Question on Balrogs - Page 4

Radagast The Brown · 06-10-2002, 03:18 PM

Well, in third thought, they DO have two and no hands... they definetly have wings.

Elf Girl · 06-10-2002, 03:56 PM

I think it has shodow/darkness around it that it can mold from one form to another. Thus, it made the shadow assume the form of wings, to intimidate Gandalf& co.

Ñólendil · 06-10-2002, 06:16 PM

I'm shocked this debate has actually started again. Wonderful will be the day when no one is arguing over the wings of a Balrog or the ears of an Elf. At one point, it can actually make you sick, believe me, I know.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 06-10-2002, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by Ñólendil
I'm shocked this debate has actually started again. Wonderful will be the day when no one is arguing over the wings of a Balrog or the ears of an Elf. At one point, it can actually make you sick, believe me, I know.

So do I!

BeardofPants · 06-11-2002, 03:03 AM

First the admins are moaning that we're not intelligently debating Tolkien's middle earth, now they're complaining that some poor fool ressurected the wings debate.

Sheesh.

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I think it has shodow/darkness around it that it can mold from one form to another. Thus, it made the shadow assume the form of wings, to intimidate Gandalf& co.

Yep. That's sorta what I think as well. Manipulation of the dark flame, and of shadow. Interesting that there is no mention of wings in the Sil...

Wings of shadow, people, wings of shadow...

Andúril · 06-11-2002, 03:11 AM

Hey! I've never entered the wing-debate before - everybody deserves a chance.

Elf Girl · 06-11-2002, 07:56 AM

I was the "poor fool" who resurrected the wing debate, and I did it knowing full well the consequences. I had never gotten two contribute my two cents, and like Anduril said, everyone deserves a chance!

Andúril · 06-11-2002, 10:31 AM

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Elf Girl:and like Anduril said, everyone deserves a chance!

*Anduril is secretly pleased with himself. For now the first stage of his plan (the Taking-over-the-World Plan), has been completed. The first stage required that at least one person use me as an authority figure, in their arguments.*

"Nya ha haaaaa," I laugh (sinisterly). "I will take over the world yet....hahahhahahahhahhaahahahaha"

*Holds gun to head...........bang............bang*

BeardofPants · 06-11-2002, 03:25 PM

Anduril, stop being such a little attention seeker.

And it's not wise to TELL people your plans...

Ñólendil · 06-11-2002, 03:53 PM

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First the admins are moaning that we're not intelligently debating Tolkien's middle earth, now they're complaining that some poor fool ressurected the wings debate.

Nonsense, I am not an admin.

Andúril · 06-11-2002, 03:53 PM

BoP, you never commented on the fact that I shot myself TWICE (in the head). Now how likely is that?

BeardofPants · 06-11-2002, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by Ñólendil

Nonsense, I am not an admin.

Pfffft. Who said I was talking about YOU Randy?

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Anduril

BoP, you never commented on the fact that I shot myself TWICE (in the head). Now how likely is that?

Bah. Don't make me come over there and spank you, Anduril.

Anyway, back on topic. So we're all agreed then. I'm right, and you're all wrong.

Andúril · 06-11-2002, 04:09 PM

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mmmBoP:
Don't make me come over there and spank you, Anduril.

Didn't you already do that??

Sorry.

So sorry.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 06-11-2002, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
First the admins are moaning that we're not intelligently debating Tolkien's middle earth, now they're complaining that some poor fool ressurected the wings debate. Sheesh.

Well, I never moaned because the topic was ressurected, nor that posters didn't intelligently debate Tolkien. It is just this particular topic has been debated to death for years. So there.

Cirdan · 06-12-2002, 03:28 AM

The Balrog is a rare species of giant tunneling flame peguin. It is also know as 'The Big Red Rock Eater". The fossil record shows that the Balrogs earliest forms were reptilian and the "wings" were actually "display fans" of slime covered skin. These were designed to attract the female balrog, or balaraga. It is thought that the fierce cry of the Balrog is actually a mating call. The Balaraga, like the Entwife, departed middle earth, disgusted with the males constant drinking and warring. The display fans were selected toward a slacker fit, due to the rigors of combat and the cramped confines of their underground dwellings. While visible during the attack posture, these flaps of flesh are vestigial and useless, as demonstrated by the Balrogs propensity to fall from great heights in a clumsy and oafish fashion.

Agburanar · 06-12-2002, 03:58 AM

well now we know!!!

BeardofPants · 06-12-2002, 04:15 AM

Thanks for that treatise David Attenborough!

***Earniel*** · 06-12-2002, 04:53 AM

Gosh, there is a scientific answer to everything....

Cirdan · 06-12-2002, 09:04 AM

Well, I'd like to take credit, but it's all in Christopher Tolkien's "The Paleontology of Middle Earth: Volume IV - The Late Voraceous Period".

Ñólendil · 06-12-2002, 02:39 PM

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Pfffft. Who said I was talking about YOU Randy?

If you bring back the whole "Randy" thing (originally started by a poster named Morthoron somewhere else, and shipped over to Entmoot by the nefarious Wayfarer), I'm going to have to break my vegetarian diet and have lamb chops for dinner.

To answer your question, you said admins, in the plural. The only other person (besides SGH) who had expressed displeasure towards this beating of a very dead horse was me. And as I was formerly an Ent, not too long ago, you must have been talking about SGH and I. So shove that in your pipe and smoke it.

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Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I think it has shodow/darkness around it that it can mold from one form to another. Thus, it made the shadow assume the form of wings, to intimidate Gandalf& co. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

06-10-2002, 06:16 PM	#63
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	I'm shocked this debate has actually started again. Wonderful will be the day when no one is arguing over the wings of a Balrog or the ears of an Elf. At one point, it can actually make you sick, believe me, I know. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

06-11-2002, 07:56 AM	#67
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I was the "poor fool" who resurrected the wing debate, and I did it knowing full well the consequences. I had never gotten two contribute my two cents, and like Anduril said, everyone deserves a chance! __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

06-11-2002, 03:25 PM	#69
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Anduril, stop being such a little attention seeker. And it's not wise to TELL people your plans... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-11-2002, 03:11 AM	#66
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Hey! I've never entered the wing-debate before - everybody deserves a chance.

06-11-2002, 03:53 PM	#71
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	BoP, you never commented on the fact that I shot myself TWICE (in the head). Now how likely is that?

06-12-2002, 03:28 AM	#75
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	The Balrog is a rare species of giant tunneling flame peguin. It is also know as 'The Big Red Rock Eater". The fossil record shows that the Balrogs earliest forms were reptilian and the "wings" were actually "display fans" of slime covered skin. These were designed to attract the female balrog, or balaraga. It is thought that the fierce cry of the Balrog is actually a mating call. The Balaraga, like the Entwife, departed middle earth, disgusted with the males constant drinking and warring. The display fans were selected toward a slacker fit, due to the rigors of combat and the cramped confines of their underground dwellings. While visible during the attack posture, these flaps of flesh are vestigial and useless, as demonstrated by the Balrogs propensity to fall from great heights in a clumsy and oafish fashion. __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

06-12-2002, 03:58 AM	#76
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	well now we know!!! __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

06-12-2002, 04:15 AM	#77
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Thanks for that treatise David Attenborough! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-12-2002, 04:53 AM	#78
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Gosh, there is a scientific answer to everything.... __________________ We are not things.

06-12-2002, 09:04 AM	#79
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	Well, I'd like to take credit, but it's all in Christopher Tolkien's "The Paleontology of Middle Earth: Volume IV - The Late Voraceous Period". __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

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