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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
An example of rabbits out of the hat books are The Dresden Files, which I like for the most part, but too many last minute saves by something that seems to have been belatedly poked into the first chapter because the author has dug himself a big hole does nothing for my suspension of disbelief.
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Deus Ex Machina. The one miracle that makes everything right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina
I HATE that. Even Tolkien did it. Or at least, I consider Frodo's and Sam's rescue by the eagles to be a Deus Ex Machina. It made me wonder: "Couldn't Gandalf, who is of the same order as Sauron (i.e., a Maia) just invoke some of his epic powers to make Gwaihir invisible or something, and just fly the Ring into Mount Doom?"
EDIT: LOL. I didn't read the entire link before I posted. Look at this.
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In The Return of the King in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the ending where Sam and Frodo, having journeyed across Middle-earth for months to reach Mount Doom, has been criticized for them being suddenly rescued by eagles and taken back to Minas Tirith. This is parodied in Bored of the Rings, where the characters Frito and Sam are rescued by an aircraft from "Deus Ex Machina Airlines."
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That's just hilarious
