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Wither The Moth's Deployment?

Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor


Sep 15 2014, 11:19am

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Wither The Moth's Deployment? Can't Post

No one can dispute the Moth's singular importance as the saviour of the day, at least where Gandalf is concerned in the ME movies. Yes, the Eagles are the muscle, but how would they know where to bring the brawn if not for the stalwart Moth?

We've seen how in LotR, the Moth quietly saved Gandalf from his imprisonment atop Orthanc by literally bringing an Eagle in, and displaying great sense of timing by telling Gandalf when to jump

Then the Moth goes on to save the host at the Morannon single-handedly (antennaly?) by bringing a flock of Eagles, even considerately notifying Gandalf in that discrete unassuming way. Who knows what dangers the Moth risked to complete these insane missions of Gandalf with such quiet dignity?

TH shows us the relationship between Gandalf and the Moth goes back a ways. The Moth didn't brag about saving the behinds of Gandalf and the Company from Azog's rampage.

So where do you think the Moth will flap in to save Gandalf in BotFA? I suspect the Moth may answer two calls of deployment, one to call in transport for Gandalf from Dol Guldur, and then to call in the flight squadron at the end of That Day. Twice, a good encore for the unsung hero of PJ's ME films. No one else can lay claim to making a Maia jump where and when.HeartAngelicLaughTongue




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Elarie
Grey Havens

Sep 15 2014, 12:37pm

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Gandalf has a big surprise coming [In reply to] Can't Post

Just wait until the moth gives him the bill.

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Arannir
Valinor


Sep 15 2014, 12:40pm

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It should go on strike. [In reply to] Can't Post

Certainly goes against some PETA rules or something.

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We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.



Elarie
Grey Havens

Sep 15 2014, 12:55pm

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A moth on strike... [In reply to] Can't Post

Is a wizard's blight

It says good-bye
And refuses to fly

It jeers at fate
And makes eagles late

So pay its bill
Or Mordor will. TongueBlushWink

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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor


Sep 15 2014, 1:17pm

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Quite the scoundrel isn't he? That pointy hat wearer// [In reply to] Can't Post

 




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Laugh Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)


"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor


Sep 15 2014, 1:19pm

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LoL [In reply to] Can't Post

Bravo, Elarie!


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So pay its bill
Or Mordor will.

That's dangerous. Though, how's the Moth gonna collect without swipe risk? Talk about occupational hazard.





Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.


Heart Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XII


Laugh Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)


"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk




Bombadil
Half-elven


Sep 15 2014, 2:51pm

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It would be nice to have an Explanation? [In reply to] Can't Post

Maybe PJFWPB will Finally
explain the Moth Mystery?

Is it Radagast in LOTR?

Why a Moth in the First place?

Bomby Believezz that
the Writerzz will Finally explain
AFTER the Third movie comes out...

May it BE? in the commentaries of the
EE of BOT5A next year?

OR May it BE? Raddy does turn into a Moth
Right before our eyes & Flitterz away..Near the End?

Some mysteries might stay unsolved, BUT
it iz Perplexing??

bom
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dormouse
Half-elven


Sep 15 2014, 2:58pm

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But the scene we didn't see and probably won't.... [In reply to] Can't Post

... takes place in the quiet, leafy corner of Rhosgobel where the moth lives with its kin.

Third moth on the right: Don't look now, he's coming back.

Second moth: Oh no, he isn't, is he? Can we pretend to be asleep?

*Loud snores from the caterpillars.....

WITHER THE MOTH: Listen everyone - you'll never guess...

Third moth: Yeah, right - who have you saved this time?

WITHER THE MOTH: No, I did, I really did. there was this wizard, you see, and all the trees were on fire, and he whispered....

*At this point his voice is drowned out by loud cat calls, whistles and jeers, and squeaks from the caterpillars, the moth blasts himself off to Bermuda for a well-earned rest, and Gandalf is left to manage by himself. (Well, didn't you wonder where his little friend was when he was shut up in that cage....?)

psst.... how did you know the moth's name was Wither? Wink


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MimMoco
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Sep 15 2014, 7:35pm

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And the other Moth said to the first.... [In reply to] Can't Post

"Hey bug...you're manning me!!"

No matter where you go...there you are.


Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor


Sep 16 2014, 2:42am

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*whisper* Now that would be telling, wouldn't it? [In reply to] Can't Post


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psst.... how did you know the moth's name was Wither? Wink

Angelic



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*At this point his voice is drowned out by loud cat calls, whistles and jeers, and squeaks from the caterpillars, the moth blasts himself off to Bermuda for a well-earned rest, and Gandalf is left to manage by himself. (Well, didn't you wonder where his little friend was when he was shut up in that cage....?)

Though... you look familiar. I coulda sworn there was another mousemoth on that wall.






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Heart Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XII


Laugh Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)


"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk




dormouse
Half-elven


Sep 16 2014, 7:37am

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Sssh... don't let on that you've noticed. The mouse may be crucial... [In reply to] Can't Post

... to the plot... Angelic

Or not! Evil


Bombadil
Half-elven


Sep 16 2014, 8:35am

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dMOUSE PJ Already put you in HIzzz Movie? [In reply to] Can't Post

IN??...Beorn's hand!

Bet you Play Chess TOO!

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(A Fan of yourzzz)
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor


Sep 16 2014, 10:00am

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*didn't say nuthin'* // [In reply to] Can't Post

 




Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.


Heart Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XIII


Laugh Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)


"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

=======
Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk




Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor


Sep 17 2014, 5:04am

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Aftermoth [In reply to] Can't Post

 (all clickables)

(click for large version. Language caution for the one word of expressive anguish)

But who can lay any blame on this cutey? It's all Maiar issues.


No matter what, Wither never lets up on his job





Fan of both books and movies; I am a lurker by nature though it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.


Heart Thranduil Appreciation
Tis true: more appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies. Threadcount: XIII
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII


Laugh Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, with smartphones in tow, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!. (A writing triangle with Avandel and Kerewyn)
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), two, three, three-appendix: An Unexpected Flashback, four, five (new, posted 20 August)


"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBotFA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

=======
Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk




(This post was edited by Lurker in the Mirk on Sep 17 2014, 5:05am)


Bombadil
Half-elven


Sep 17 2014, 6:23am

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IZZn't a Moth a Semi-Sorta-Kinda... [In reply to] Can't Post

Flyin' Mouse?

"Even the Smallest Thingiezz
Can
CHANGE the
Course of the World"

Maybe in a Backyard in Seatoun, NZ..

In a HotTUB TimeMachine?
.....with Pete, Fran, & Phil
a pesky Moth
.. landed on one their
Shoulderzz in 1996..?

AND Whispered..."YOU 3.. can do thizz..."

(Jus' another Myth made up
by BizarroMundo Bomby)

Don't quote me ever..
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dormouse
Half-elven


Sep 17 2014, 7:17am

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Excellent - especially the last one! // [In reply to] Can't Post

 


Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Sep 17 2014, 8:00am

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Nope. Insect. [In reply to] Can't Post


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Flyin' Mouse?
Crazy



Moths are insects, like butterflies, that start out as caterpillers.

'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring


Loresilme
Valinor


Sep 17 2014, 8:46pm

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LOL :D // [In reply to] Can't Post

 

 
 

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