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neon
· 9 years ago
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My friends that are huuuge Tolkein scholars (most are fluent in Sindarin, Khûzdul, and Black Speech) are certain that when he said to "Fly, you fools," Gandalf was directing them to go to the eagles.
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slimchance
· 9 years ago
I don't claim to be a Tolkien scholar, but I don't think so. "Fly" is used as a form of "flee" as Tolkien used it in that form elsewhere throughout the books. So he is simply telling the Fellowship to flee the Balrog. Though I could be way off. I haven't read the books in a few years.
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deleted
· 9 years ago
If they had gone to the Eagles right away it would have been obvious to sauron, and there goes the plan. There's a lot of people who think gandalf was taking the fellowship to the Eagles, but didn't tell anyone or take a direct route so that it wouldn't be obvious what they were doing. The word fly does also mean flee but by saying fly instead of flee Tolkien made a clever double entendre.
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barcode
· 9 years ago
It's because the eagles were reluctant to help Gandalf anyway and didn't want to be involved in their quest; they only helped because they owed Gandalf not because it was in the goodness of their hearts or anything.
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anonymoushobbit
· 9 years ago
My theory (and this has been proven at least 75% correct) is that Gandalf, sarumun, the barlog and the Eagles are part of some higher power and have god like abilities and/or attributes and are not allowed to get too involved. (Much like Azlan from Narina who was a representation of Jesus) This was at least half proven correct when it was revealed that Gandalf is in fact way more powerful than he lets on because his mission is only to guide the hobbits to mordor. Like Gandalf, I think the Eagles aren't allowed to get too involved in the happenings of everyone else.
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