The probably most frequently asked question to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series is why the eagles don’t fly the ring to Mount Doom themselves. Since this issue has been bothering me for 19 years now, I went looking for answers – and found them.
Lord of the Rings debate: That’s why the Eagles didn’t fly the Ring to Mordor themselves
During the defenseless hobbit Frodo With his short legs he wanders through the most dangerous areas for weeks, they could majestic eagle Just fly to Mount Doom, right? Incorrect.
Because what is overlooked in this question is all of them Achievements of Frodo and Sam, before the eagles come to help respectively with it the eagles can come to help in the first place.
Gandalf’s plan for Frodo was well thought out, as can be seen again and again in numerous relevant Reddit discussions over the years. Most recently in great detail at sworththebold.
In principle, of course, with a lot of luck it could have worked to send the eagles off with the ring. However, they would be Chances significantly lower been, because the purpose of the halflings Frodo and Sam is theirs inconspicuousness.
If the eagles had flown off with the ring at the same time as Frodo, they would have probably died. Because:
So the eagles waited until the coast is clearSauron’s power and his troops were weakened and most of the Nazgûl were dead, only to bring the heroes to safety at the right moment.
Or to put it in the meme-heavy words of Boromir: “One does not simply walk into Mordor.” (“You can’t just walk into Mordor.”) To get to Mount Doom, someone had to sneak past all the dangers while great battles were being fought elsewhere.
So the Eagles probably couldn’t have saved Middle-earth on their own, but they did their part by retrieving Frodo and Sam.
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No Deus ex machina: Frodo and Sam paved the way for their own salvation
The long march of Frodo and Sam (and Gollum), as well as much of what happened to their companions, had to happen like that.
The Actions from everyone involved In the end, they intertwined so much that Sam was able to carry Frodo up the mountain, Gollum flew with the ring into Mount Doom and Sauron’s power was minimized. In order to save Frodo and Sam in the end.
By the way, the eagles are no personal taxi service of Gandalf, as it sometimes seems in the films. The so-called Great Eagles are intelligent and linguistically gifted beings with their own will who consider themselves to be equal to the Elven princes.
They play an important role in the First, Second and Third Ages and owe Gandalf a favor after he heals a wound suffered by their lord. By the way, this is a must pretty big favor may have been, because as we remember, the eagles rescued Gandalf along with Bilbo and the dwarves from Saruman’s captivity in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the gray wizard in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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That’s why the Adler solution was only obvious deus ex machina-Moment. Gandalf must have pondered for a long time about how to use his relationship with the eagles without putting the eagles themselves in too great danger.