Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26210095-20160404001701/@comment-26347028-20160404223816

Patrick.vtap wrote: ...

No. Just... No.

You are basically saying that there is no magic in middle earth, and that the doors of durin were opened by people, you are creating a universe that isn't even middle earth! I'm saying it's a possibility that Gandalf found a hidden lever, pressure pad or something of the like; and Frodo later embellished it, remembering more the sacrifice and loss than the way in - in all probability the Watcher in the Water was what he could think of, then. So he went up to the gate, translated it, and made a riddle out of its name.