From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
      
   > > My personal theory is that Tolkien liked the concept of a winged   
   > > Balrog enough to imply it, but avoided stating it explicitly so   
   > > that he wouldn't have to revise the history to make it fit.   
   >   
   > I don't think that the passage is in any way, shape or form intended by   
   > Tolkien to imply a winged Balrog, and it is my personal theory that he   
   > would be quite surprised to discover that so many people would read it   
   > in that way.   
      
   It is clear what your interpretation is, but if you think for one second   
   that any write, let alone Tolkien himself, would be surprised if a   
   reader interpreted his writing in an unintended way - then you don't   
   know much about neither writers nor Tolkien.   
      
   And that's even *presuming* that it is indeed an unintended   
   interpretation. One could just as easily suppose that Tolkien would be   
   equally surprised that anyone would interprete it the way you have.   
      
      
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