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Well the Balrogs traveled from Angband to Lammoth pretty quickly to rescue Morgoth without wings. I guess Ungoliant must've waited a few weeks for them to arrive so she could be driven off.

Joking aside, this is probably one of those many inconsistencies that exist in the series, like how Tolkien originally described armies of Balrogs then later says that there were no more than seven.

I'm surprised Durin's Bane didn't get that ｔｈiｃｃ cake wedged in those narrow caves as he fell.

> It would have been very advantageous for Balrogs to have flight, yet they never fly.

They might've flown when they rescued Morgoth from Ungoliant, seeing as they were still very far from Angband when they heard his cries and still managed to fend of Ungoliant before she could take the Silmarils.

> and in no other instance in the legendarium do they have wings,

It doesn't say they don't have wings though.

>It would have been very advantageous for Balrogs to have flight, yet they never fly.

It never says they don't though.

>It is much more likely that the passage in LOTR refers to the darkness emanating from the Balrog filling the chamber. This would be consistent with other evil creatures in this world, of whom darkness emanates and envelops those around them.

No other creatures have their darkness described as wings. Whenever other creatures are mentioned to have wings (like dragons) they're still assumed to have wings.

So the evidence against Balrogs not having wings that they're specifically stated to have is that they sometimes fall (after being injured or being in an enclosed space)?

Plus, if it's unclear, then why do you assume that they don't in spite of contrary evidence that they do?

What do you mean? Balrogs have wings in the books and movies.

They always look like people whenever they're encountered.

A phrase never uttered by something that didn't look human.

Biblically accurate angels just look like people. They only look like eldritch abominations in a few instances like dreams or visions. Whenever they're encountered, they always look like regular humans and are often mistaken for them.

Sometimes they're both.

Yes.

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