Posted: June 23, 2000 at 04:23:34: by Michael Martinez
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: : Yes. Tolkien never once mentions a bleeding Balrog. Nor
: : does he ever mention a bleeding Sauron. Just because they
: : have BODIES doesn't mean they are flesh-and-blood bodies.: After his defeat by Huan, Sauron took the shape of a vampire
: bleeding at the throat and fled. Morgoth bled when wounded by
: Fingolfin. Arguing that Balrogs didn't bleed because it is not
: explicitly stated anywhere is IMO as nonsensical as arguing
: that elves did not farm or eat. I was referring to the form Sauron took after the Downfall of Numenor, but I did not say so, except by referring to it as his "Dark Lord form" or "Dark Lord body". : By the way, this is the only portion of your argument that I disagree with.
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