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Kalimac · 04-04-2002, 10:49 PM

Ungoliant and was it Morgoth? I haven't got my book with me. They were definitely not the married couple you wanted to share a two-flat with.

As for Arwen and Aragorn - I would disagree, they had a very happy marriage and were obviously right for each other. Arwen's grief at her impending death is something that all mortals go through, not something that would indicate that she regretted her choice, or that if she had to do it over again she would not marry Aragorn. Though for Arwen it was probably a much sharper grief since she had not grown up with the knowledge that she must "come to dust" - that just wasn't part of what she had always taken for granted, and so she had a much harder time handling the idea than Aragorn did. (Not that many of us would probably go out as gracefully as Aragorn when the time came). Living as a mortal, for Arwen, must have been like learning and living entirely in a second language which she learned only after growing up. Quite a struggle - and it must have been a very good marriage for her to even consider the idea, let alone go through with it.

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04-04-2002, 10:49 PM	#9
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Ungoliant and was it Morgoth? I haven't got my book with me. They were definitely not the married couple you wanted to share a two-flat with. As for Arwen and Aragorn - I would disagree, they had a very happy marriage and were obviously right for each other. Arwen's grief at her impending death is something that all mortals go through, not something that would indicate that she regretted her choice, or that if she had to do it over again she would not marry Aragorn. Though for Arwen it was probably a much sharper grief since she had not grown up with the knowledge that she must "come to dust" - that just wasn't part of what she had always taken for granted, and so she had a much harder time handling the idea than Aragorn did. (Not that many of us would probably go out as gracefully as Aragorn when the time came). Living as a mortal, for Arwen, must have been like learning and living entirely in a second language which she learned only after growing up. Quite a struggle - and it must have been a very good marriage for her to even consider the idea, let alone go through with it. [ April 04, 2002: Message edited by: Kalimac ] __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.