<font color=white> My opinion is that at the moment, wings or no wings, balrogs certainly didn't appear to fly.
Part of me feels this argument is pointless, as the only person who would be able to clear it up is Tolkien himself. The other point, is that Tolkien's view of Balrogs changed over the years, as stated in Michael Martinez's essay. Saying this however - he didn't actually provide any textual evidence so it's debatable.
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In the final analysis, one must accept that the Balrog of Moria had wings because J.R.R. Tolkien said it had wings
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I would agree with that. It still doesn't answer the question - Did Tolkien anywhere clearly state Balrogs had wings?
~*Varda Elentari*~
[ July 15, 2002: Message edited by: *Varda* ]