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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Actually it's the Eagles that are most often cited as the DEM in LotR.
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But that doesn't work because while the Eagles do save Frodo and Sam they only come onto the scene after the main story problem has been wrapped up. The good guys have already won by that point - now they're just counting the cost. Also with the Eagles having already saved Gandalf twice in the book it's not without precedence or foreshadowing.
It can certainly be described as taking the easy way out, but it's not a full-fledged DEM.