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Stapper
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Feb 25 2007, 8:52pm
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Do Balrogs have wings?
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Not that we'll ever settle for an anwer, but who cares 
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elvenhobbit
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Feb 25 2007, 9:07pm
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Balrogs have 'crunchable' wings...especially roasted on the fire!
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Stapper
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Feb 25 2007, 9:07pm
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Should've thought of that one
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Feb 25 2007, 11:45pm
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IMHO, yes, they do have wings..
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Ataahua
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Feb 26 2007, 6:35am
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Must be Burger King's most dangerous job:
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Balrog Catcher and Wing Snipper.
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GaladrielTX
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Feb 26 2007, 1:47pm
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gelding.
Do balrogs have...those, I wonder?
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Darkstone
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Feb 26 2007, 5:37pm
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You never heard of Misty Mountain oysters?
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Advising Elf
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Feb 26 2007, 5:50pm
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The Cave Troll in the movie does.
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Watch the documentary where they show how he was digitally created. He doesn't have a loincloth on and . . .
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SandWitch King
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Feb 26 2007, 5:54pm
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It is hours until lunch and you are making me hungry!
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FingonOfPittsburgh
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Feb 26 2007, 7:27pm
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Of course they have wings!
Who are these "metaphor" voters??? 
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Patty
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Feb 26 2007, 8:41pm
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When we used to ask that question in the early days of the board (before folks got to the glugging stage with it) there was no way of keeping track with how many believed in the balrog wings. Glad to see my side is getting the majority of the votes!
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SandWitch King
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Feb 26 2007, 9:26pm
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But no matter how many votes they get
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Your side is still wrong! 
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CAhobbit
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Feb 26 2007, 9:30pm
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the Misty Mountain oysters that got your tummy rumbling wasn't it??
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SandWitch King
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Feb 26 2007, 9:32pm
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But I went and ate curry garbonzo beans and curry chicken so I am fat and happy now. Not even misty mountain oysters, as good as they sound, can tempt me now.
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Patty
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Feb 27 2007, 2:51am
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and I was really happy to see PJ acknowledge the wings, too.
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Annael
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Mar 10 2007, 3:24pm
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It was dark, the Fellowship was scared out of their gourds, everything happened so fast, and then they were in shock and grief - later when they talked about it some remembered wings, others thought they were just shadows, but no one was very sure of anything.
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Elizabeth
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Mar 14 2007, 5:36am
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It was dark, the Fellowship was scared out of their gourds, everything happened so fast, and then they were in shock and grief - later when they talked about it some remembered wings, others thought they were just shadows, but no one was very sure of anything.
Prior to reading this, my vote was with the sainted Reverend. In summary (from his famous post),
"The transition between the early Balrog and the late Balrog is preserved for us in ink; the Balrog came into the room without wings and left with them. Don’t say Tolkien was too careful a writer to do this. Nazgul also recieved a radical upgrade over the course of the story; they just managed it off-stage."
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stridersGIRL
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Mar 28 2007, 3:41am
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If you look closely at the ROTK Balrog gargoyles in Mordor, they appear to be surrounded by a pair of wings. :]
I checked out a book full of the art behind the ROTK movie, and these Balrog gargoyles are included. John Howe, who sketched them, said, in a funny little knowing fashion, "And yes, those are wings." I thought that was quite cute that Mr. Howe is putting his two cents in on the ever-lasting battle. :]
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Tyler
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Aug 4 2007, 11:15pm
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Dagonet
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Sep 27 2007, 7:58pm
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Lookie! Balrog statue. Notice the wings.
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Dagonet
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Sep 27 2007, 8:03pm
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Proof from the book! Who can argue with that?!
"...suddenly it drew itself up to a great height, and its wings were spread from wall to wall..." The Lord of the Rings II 5 "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm"
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LEGIONTX
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May 3 2009, 3:38pm
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I've always thought they had wings. If not they sure ran fast to save Melkor from Ungoliant
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