I agree totally and completely about Elros' children! *reprimands self for entering this discussion*
I also agree about the fate of the half-elven (as it has been described here) Earendil and Elwing were offered a choice, as were their sons Elros and Elrond. The children of Elrond were also extended that choice, the children of Elros were not. The children of Arwen were not. Very clear cut.
What is less than clear cut is the distinction between the Elder and Younger children when they begin mixing.
For example: Tolkien clearly states that Arwen is not an elf (I believe that's already been quoted on this thread)
yet her marriage with Aragorn is one of the three unions between elves and men. Yet, she is certainly numbered among men, for she "died indeed and left the world" and the Silm. states clearly that "[Luthien] alone of the Eldalie... has died indeed, and left the world long ago."
Dior, following the main line of thought, was a mortal, essentially human, who married an elf (Nimloth) and wasn't considered a union of elves and men.
Tuor was a man with no elven blood who went to Valinor and shared the fate of the firstborn.
And as for what Man-of-the-Wold said:
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Having married Aragorn, it would have broken the sacrament of matrimony for her to go into the West, even were that an option.
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Both Melian and Mithrellas went west (without their husbands) after having married in ME.
It simply is not black and white. Manwe exercises his discretion freely-- he has to, the marriages in ME get as complex as some on Jerry Springer [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Sophia