Timeline for Why not send the Ring to the Undying Lands?
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| May 6, 2015 at 8:23 | comment | added | einpoklum | @Joshua: Your wish is granted. But - you didn't specify in which direction, so the effect might not be quite what you expected. Although I must say I don't understand why people don't pray for specifics like that: "Almighty God, will though not bless this payload of 15g with a Delta-V of 42.1km/s in Azimuth so-and-so and elevation so-and-so?" | |
| May 6, 2015 at 8:17 | comment | added | einpoklum | @CodesInChaos: It's like playing Battle for Wesnoth and only ever recruiting Elvish Shamans... | |
| May 6, 2015 at 8:15 | history | edited | einpoklum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 5, 2015 at 1:12 | comment | added | Joel | @WadCheber: I have to admit that most of his arguments are hard to refute. I guess we'll have to make do with the idea that Manwë would not let them do it, even though he would let them intervene when humans and hobbits only need a little help from their friends ;-) | |
| May 4, 2015 at 22:18 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | I heard that Gandalf just wanted the achievement for having Hobbits carry the ring into Mordor on foot. | |
| May 4, 2015 at 22:16 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | @Joel - this guy makes a very compelling case for the Eagles being a viable option. sean-crist.com/personal/pages/eagles | |
| May 4, 2015 at 19:56 | comment | added | Joshua | Can I have 42.1 km/s of delta V for a payload of 15 grams? | |
| May 4, 2015 at 19:24 | comment | added | Joel | Not sure the eagles taking Frodo to Mordor would have worked. They would have been spotted very fast on Sauron's radar and would have been countered with all his might, including himself coming down from Barad-Dur, Nazguls and making Orodruin erupt. Also, Eru is creating a show for all to see, he will make small fate shortcuts, like Bilbo finding the ring, or Pippin and Merry meeting Treebeard exactly at the right time, but he won't make big ones like directly kicking Sauron's ass ! | |
| May 4, 2015 at 19:19 | comment | added | einpoklum | So you got your answer: "Maybe we can - but we won't. Nya na-na na-na na." | |
| May 4, 2015 at 19:16 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | I agree (this is why having the Eagles carry Frodo to Mordor so he can get there in hours, instead of years, would work, but would make the story one that isn't worth telling), but I was looking for an in-universe answer. | |
| May 4, 2015 at 19:12 | history | answered | einpoklum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |