They could have fitted the whole ring / tape / mouse assembly into a small paper bag Aragorn could have kept it in his jacket and fed it little bits of lembas on the way how lovely x

  • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    The original was "why didn't the eagles fly to mordor and drop the ring in the top of the volcano" which was funnier the first time than the thousandth time. You're right that these witty workarounds are only funny the first time and tire quickly.

    • UlyssesT
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      2 months ago

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      • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        'shut up' lmao

        i was expecting something about how the nazguls would intercept or the ring would corrupt them or something

    • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      The answer is that the eagles are theologically angels in LotR and both sapient and very susceptible to the Ring, and having a flying Sauron-replacement is not an improvement.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I thought it was that the eagles were basically demigods and they didn't originally help frodo for the same reason we don't regularly help carry ants back to their mound with food but then after Gandalf came back he was able to convince them

        • sammer510 [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          He's got the Nazguls riding the Fellbeasts as well as the fact that if the big ass eagles flew directly at Mount Doom, everyone would see them and orcs would be swarming the mountain before they could land.