In the Lord of the Rings fandom there’s a persistent debate whether balrogs, or Durin’s Bane specifically, have wings. The text in Fellowship is ambiguous whether what it is describing are literal wings or something else wing-like.
In the Lord of the Rings fandom there’s a persistent debate whether balrogs, or Durin’s Bane specifically, have wings. The text in Fellowship is ambiguous whether what it is describing are literal wings or something else wing-like.
The wings thing still gets me.
Okay, so suppose the Balrogs didn’t have wings. Then why in the fucking film of Fellowship of the Ring, did they GIVE IT FUCKING WINGS OUT IN THE FUCKING OPEN?!
From what I understand, it was supposed to be some wing-like description to make it seem like it did have wings but also imply it didn’t have wings. But that only confused things further. Man, I love Tolkien, but if you didn’t mean to add wings to a balrog or whatever, you shouldn’t have even brought the idea of wings to the table.
The EU vs Canon of Star Wars.
There are a lot of aspects I like from the EU, but I’m of the minority who feels the EU really did take things to 11 and it was out of control. Like, Sidious and Luke Skywalker practically became godlike with their abilities of the force that it was ridiculous to take seriously. There are other things that the EU has ran wild with and in a sense, I can understand why George Lucas and Disney have spent a few years trying to clamp down on things and be choosy as to what they determine is canon.
I still want them to canonize Exar Kun though, that guy was awesome.