Maybe they do the washing up?
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When you think about it, If heās a lion and sheās a mouseā¦ā¦. My god, now Iām against crossbestiality too. Damn my sexual hangups.
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I think itās implied they just sort of cuddle. They arenāt really animals. They are a manifestation of a persons soul.
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I think the subject is intentionally dodged. Itās like the eagles in LOTR. Tolkien just didnāt think that one through. When asked about it he just told the guy to fuck off 
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Flipping hellā¦ great thread btw
And i only stepped in for some inspirationā¦ 
Honestly, there are some opinions in film criticism that get it so fucking wrong itās funny.
The Eagles in Lord of the Rings is one. The obvious answer is that if the Eagles just fly Frodo to Moont Doom, then there is no personal journey for Frodo. No struggle. No conflict. The battle isnāt about Frodo destroying the ring, itās that in order to destroy the ring Frodo must show resilience to its influence and be prepared to surrender it even though it hurts to do so.
Tolkien put it better though.
Itās like the trendy Raiders of the Lost Ark analysis weāve all heard. It totally misses the whole point.
Yes, I know that. But donāt put the obvious answer into the story in the first place. Just like wouldnāt Sauron have at least blocked the entrance to Mt Doom? Or had it guarded? He knew the ring was close and it was only going to one place. Tolkien was a genius but there are a few glaring errors.
The eagles again in the Hobbit movies (not read the book for decades, donāt know if theyāre in it) could have just flown them to the Lonely Mountain. Yes it kills the story but thatās the error of the writer.
Isnāt the reason he doesnāt bother defending Mt Doom because he couldnāt possibly imagine anyone wanting to destroy the ring and thought the threat was someone using it against him?
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Whether or not Tolkien intended this, I donāt know, but isnāt the answer implied in the story.
Isildur inherits the ring at the base of Mount Doom has a piss easy route to throw it into the fiery chasm from whence it came, but he canāt. Frodo treks across middle earth but when he gets into mount doom he canāt destroy it either.
Whether the Eagles drop the ring bearer at Mount doom or not seems irrelevant. Nobody is throwing it into the fire. The ring wonāt allow itself to be destroyed.
In the end, the thing that does for the ring is Frodo and Gollum fighting over it, and goes in by accident. Itās the selfish lust that it creates in people that ends up inadvertently destroying the ring.
Isnt that a result of how corrupted they are by the time they are at Mount Doom? Frodo is not as corrupted so early on but becomes so through exposure to the ring for so long.
I would think eagles would not be a guaranteed way of reaching mount doom because Sauron probably controls that air space.
Surely if everyone hitched a ride on the Eaglesā¦
The film would only be 5mins long from start to finishā¦! :0)
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And finished in Hotel California
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Bit like this place, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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Couldnāt help myself.
Binged all 6 episodes.
Absolute nonsense
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My imagination is more on the mouse mounting the lion while screaming āsuffer baby sufferā.
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Eagles have eagle shit to do, they can drop everything and come bailout everyone all the time.
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Isildur has it for 2 seconds and is already rejecting appeals to destroy it. Mascotās point is this that someone so warped by power as Sauron cannot conceive of anyone choosing to destroy it rather than wield its power, and that has only been backed up by the way it (and the the other rings) have influenced people in the past.
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To the regimentā¦I wish I was there!
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I told you already
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