This is an example of a pseudo hole in the plot to LOTR and it has arisen within the internet because people hear it and repeat it because it SOUNDS rational but people just repeat things without really thinking things through.
There are fell beasts that guard the aerial approaches to Mordor. A bunch of eagles could not fly into Mordor unnoticed and this means that Sauron would know exactly where the ring is because he will see it when he sees the eagles fly into mordor with the ring and It would be very easy for him to use all this power against a group of Eagles carrying 9 companions. Couple this with the Nazgul on Fell beasts and the Eagle tactic results in Sauron killing the Fellowship and taking the ring.
The key to victory isn't getting into Mordor in the fastest and easiest possible way. It is getting into Mordor with the One ring WITHOUT Sauron noticing and then reaching Mount doom. Because Sauron doesn't beleive that anyone would give up the power of the ring to simply destroy it so he doesn't guard mount doom for that possibility. But he is guarding his lands against aerial scout or aerial incursions and a bunch of Eagles making a b-line to mount doom is one going to be spotted quickly and it is going to alert Sauron to the Free people strategy. And mount doom isn't exactly on the boarders of his lands so you can't race in and hope you get there before anyone can respond.
There is not actually plot hole in the story with regards to the eagle strategy.
You make a well reasoned argument as to why it isn't a plot hole but that isn't what I actually said (If you hadn't used "snip" what I said would have been in context). I never claimed it was a plot hole. I was using it as an example of suspension of disbelief, in that most do not question it and go with the flow of the story. If you did feel the need to question it's plausiblilty then the narrative has already failed, in both it's illusion of reality and in it's ability to maintain your suspension of disbelief.
To refresh your memory this is what In Exile said and how I replied, with the section you quoted in bold.
"In Exile, on 11 Jul 2015 - 9:49 PM, said:
Wait, there's an explanation for the magic asari mind reading powers? Because I don't remember it. And let's not even forget the part on Noveria where Bioware forgets they're not writing Star Wars, and they talk about rachni being "sensitive to biotics".
I don't think ME3s ending - in isolation, i.e., ignoring everything else apart from that ending Catalyst sequence - is more nonsensical. It's a huge tone shift and introduces a bunch of stuff right out of nowhere. But stuff like making organic-synthetic hybrids using the powers of lasers isn't that out of left field for sci-fi.
My reply:
Read the codex, or the mass effect wiki there is an explanation of sorts. Like I said, an explanation doesn't have to be a detailed scientifically plausible theory, just one believable enough within established lore, so you don't feel the need to question it and then apply real world scientific standards to it.
Lets face it how far would you get in a fantasy setting, like LOTR if , say, you question why Gandalf couldn't have just asked the Eagles to take Frodo and the Ring all the way to Mordor, for example, without some suspension of disbelief.
I guess the levels of nonsense people can take before their suspension of disbelief is broken varies alot from person to person. Mine is pretty high, but even I have limits, and once they are exceeded I critically examine everything. The ending of ME3 is where I reached my limit. Now even stuff I gave a pass to, and allowed through my critical filter, like the Conduit in ME1, start to ring plausibility bells.
So it's not about how nonsensical something is, relative to some other nonsense, but whether your critical mind gives it a pass, based on whether it looks believable within already established lore."
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