- mastesargent
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- Heroic Member
We work in the dark to serve the light.
One does not simply fly into Mordor.
Yeah, that's right. The Fellowship not riding the eagles to Mordor makes perfect sense. Think about it: They's be riding giant friggin' eagles over the Mountains of Shadow, basically straight in front of the Eye of Sauron. That'd be the equivalent of Frodo, upon entering Mordor, walking up to the nearest Orc and handing him a note addressed to Barad-Dur reading, "Hey, Sauron, we've just entered Mordor with your One Ring and are on our way to the Cracks of Doom to destroy it. Don't bother us, 'kay?" On top of that, the Nazgul have flying mounts, and would be on their asses the moment they flew in on those giant eagles.
So, the eagles aren't a plot hole, they never were, and they never will be.