Did Arwen long for the sea? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dancing_Hobbit · 08-12-2003, 04:30 PM

i think the sea-longing was both a longing for Valinor, and a longing to be near the sea itself. apart from all godly interference, it is possible that elves would feel it strongest because it's nature is very similar to thiers. it is constant and undieing as they are, yet it changes as they do in thier constant search for knowledge and beauty. if you think about it, nothing in nature is really as constant as the ocean. rocks are worn down, earth changes shape, while water does change (in therms of state or mood and kinf of movement) it always returns to the way it was before. it is constant, which is very attractive, especially to immortal elves. anyway, that's the way it seems to me, if it makes any sense.

08-12-2003, 04:30 PM	#8
Dancing_Hobbit Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2003 Location: A fairyland of mists and shadows deep in the emerald wood. Posts: 56	i think the sea-longing was both a longing for Valinor, and a longing to be near the sea itself. apart from all godly interference, it is possible that elves would feel it strongest because it's nature is very similar to thiers. it is constant and undieing as they are, yet it changes as they do in thier constant search for knowledge and beauty. if you think about it, nothing in nature is really as constant as the ocean. rocks are worn down, earth changes shape, while water does change (in therms of state or mood and kinf of movement) it always returns to the way it was before. it is constant, which is very attractive, especially to immortal elves. anyway, that's the way it seems to me, if it makes any sense. __________________ Hobbits bow to nobody! ...Except their plates...