tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post3779056278072710117..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: EconomOrcs: A Guest Post by CowboyHamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-3740443490304326882014-06-17T13:35:47.290-04:002014-06-17T13:35:47.290-04:00Remember the warming draught the Orcs force on Pip...Remember the warming draught the Orcs force on Pippin? "Uglúk thrust a flask between his teeth and poured some burning liquid down his throat: he felt a hot fierce glow flow through him... The warmth of the orc-draught had gone. Pippin felt cold and sick again." This draught must be an essential performance enhancer for orcs, bringing their bodies up to fully operational temperatures for battle. (Basking in the sunlight is not an option.) The Mordor orcs also carry the stuff and administer it to Frodo when he's bitten by Shelob.Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-87841678377989756642014-06-16T15:06:42.071-04:002014-06-16T15:06:42.071-04:00In the movies, their eyes especially strike me as ...In the movies, their eyes especially strike me as reptilian -- as I tried to show in that first screencap. Makes sense to me too!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-19709181385115746462014-06-13T17:19:28.485-04:002014-06-13T17:19:28.485-04:00Excellent post. It makes 100% perfect sense that t...Excellent post. It makes 100% perfect sense that the orcs are cold-blooded. They always struck me as being reptilian in nature. Lurtz's birth, naturally, but the tone of their skin, and their completely alien behavior. If a warm-blooded orc is supposed to be a nomadic, hunter/gatherer then we can tell just by behavior patterns that these orcs are not warm-blooded. Middle Earth would be left without the goblin threat if the orcs were all warm-blooded, so I'm glad it's impossible for them to fit that mold. Middle Earth needs its villains they way they're written in order for the heroes to triumph. :)Carissa (Regency Woman)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16052175780167961631noreply@blogger.com