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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
Rubbish - she acted purely out of self interest founded from her lust for Beren.
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I would have blamed it on her genes, which saw an opportunity to create a hybrid species that would increase their (the genes) chances of survival. Luthien was just a vehicle through which they acted.
Don't hate her because she is beautiful; are we sure that her beauty was merely outwardly? Some of us troglodytes see inner as well as outer beauty.
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She did nothing until then and allowed herself to be kept in a cage.
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She was just pacing herself,
husbanding her resources until they would be needed.
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She does not speak she merely twitters yet everyone falls over themselves because she is beautiful.
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Brevity in speech can be a gift.
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Idril wipes the floor with her - Tolkien deified his brunettes but the blondes definitely have more fun 
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Can we not like more than one thing? Some prefer roses, others daisies, some Birds of Paradise, and yet to me, the dandelions plucked from my yard in the hand of my daughter are the best of all.