July 9, 2002

Mmmm, Balrogs
Galactus

How about a new bone to chew on? Winged or un-winged? That is the question. But have any of you stopped to consider it may be both? Just like there were dragons that had wings and there were dragons that didn't; perhaps the same is true for Balrogs. This may offer a nice, fair, and VERY practical solution to all the seemingly futile debating over such an overly technical question. (sorry if I stepped on any toes there) Not to mention that this would offer an explanation to all the different analogies/metaphors that Tolkien uses in his text that appear to contradict each other on the Wing/No Wing debate. (look back on some of the debate topics and read them over again, there are some really good ones) Anyways, think the idea has merit?