Jenuall wrote:Are the Tolkien fans getting so frustrated here because of the way these queries are (in some cases repeatedly) being brought up, or because you actually think that the story of the trilogy is genuinely 100% logically consistent?
Any story will have plot holes and inconsistencies, as long as they don't fundamentally break the narrative and your enjoyment then what's the problem?
I'm not really frustrated, I'm having fun getting angry about nonsense.
I don't think the works of Tolkien are 100% logically self-consistent but I think they are well-thought-through tales that require more than a casual watch of the movies before you're going to be able to pick any great holes in them.
EDIT: I am actually a relatively casual Tolkien fan as well. I struggle to get through The Silmarillion because it's written in a very dense way that I don't find terribly accessible. So I don't know that much about the extended LOTR universe, but I have read LOTR several times and have yet to identify any damning plot holes.