They were too busy performing Hotel California
this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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It's about weight ratios. A 500 lb bird could hardly carry a 50 ton mountain now could it? It's the coconut all over again
Supposing two eagles carried it on a line between them.
50 ton? Shit, all they need is a CDL and the eagles can do that in a few trips np
I got curious and looked, is actually probably closer to 3 billion tons.
Is this written somewhere in Tolkien's works? What a detailed writer.
It's hardly in keeping with the village's rustic aesthetic.
This. Even Tolkien said this: "Oh he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about no other than rustic aesthetics. How can they dare to place it right in their heart?"
It's a long flight from Philadelphia
they were stuck in a hotel in california and although the checkout procedure had gone perfectly, they could not leave.
Why didnt the ring just stay at mount doom?
Because the story needed to be at least 15 million words long
The Ringwraiths would beat them to it.
Even better, but they must have one hell of a punch to do that