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noWizardme
Gondolin
Jun 11 2013, 5:56am
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"Fly you fools!" Said Gandalf. The Fellowship got out their hang-gliders...
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The thing is, once you've read the text one way it's hard to back up. In a past read through of that Chapter, someone had commented on the line about Gandalf "flying down the stairs" and there was a discussion about his flying abilities. This surprised me, since I'd assumed flying = fleeing.
Gandalf certainly has an Appetite for Destruction: you see, coded Guns N Roses references all the way 
Ah - would that make it "Slash fiction"?
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dik-dik
Menegroth
Jun 11 2013, 7:53am
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Perhaps balrog wings can only be used in wide open spaces.
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Patty
Elvenhome
Jun 13 2013, 5:50am
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Okay. You're making me hungry thinking of chicken wings.
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But yes, didn't Peter Jackson show you that?
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Annael
Elvenhome
Jun 15 2013, 3:51pm
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wow, haven't seen this issue raised in YEARS here
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it was HOTLY debated many times in the early days of TORn.
Here's my answer:
It was dark. They were scared out of their gourds. Some saw wings. Some just saw shadows. Afterwards they could never agree. Gandalf knew, but kept his own counsel - because he secretly enjoyed how het up they all got when they argued about it.
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Silverlode
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Jun 15 2013, 5:24pm
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that the Balrog was a creature veiled in shadow and darkness, which he could make appear in any form he wanted. So when he wanted to, he had wings. Were they solid? I see no evidence of it. Could he fly? Not while he was fighting Gandalf. The actual form of the Balrog itself is never given, except that he first appeared in "man-shape, maybe" and later turned to a "thing of slime" in the water. And even after they climbed to the peak, there was no flight during the battle there, either.
So I'd say that he created "wings" made of shadow, not substance, for the purpose of making himself even larger and intimidating, in the same way that some animals try to make themselves look bigger when challenged.
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Faenoriel
Dor-Lomin
Jun 17 2013, 8:20pm
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Yes, but it's uncertain what they're like
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Up next: what or who is Tom Bombadil?
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