Ooh la la, Lúthien... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tar-Palantir · 02-13-2003, 07:26 PM

hahaha! Dear Lush, I am afraid that youthful (and apparently vigorous) experimentation is your current dilemna. College is but a willing canvas for your paints.

I honestly know little of the tale of Beren and Luthien, but am now as eager as ever now to get to the reading! What I do know of the few relationships encountered in Tolkien's work shows nothing of any ambiguity. We have Faramir/Eowyn, Aragorn/Arwen and Sam/Rosie in LotR. All of which ended prosperously and were begun innocently, without rash (lustful if you like [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) behavior.

The only other instance of courtship/relationship that I know of ended with poor results or never began. Those being Grima/Eowyn and Turin/Nienor. Both were ill-concieved or vulgar from the get go and the outcomes were quite harsh. Now I know there are short-stories concerning various wives and mothers of notable figures, but I could not possibly recall them without more digging. And I doubt enough detail would be given to properly judge their wholesomeness, or, in the event of a tragic end, whether this end blossomed from a lack of innocent 'roots'. i.e. pre-marital sex.

Looking forward to seeing some responses. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

02-13-2003, 07:26 PM	#1
Tar-Palantir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: napa valley, ca Posts: 496	hahaha! Dear Lush, I am afraid that youthful (and apparently vigorous) experimentation is your current dilemna. College is but a willing canvas for your paints. I honestly know little of the tale of Beren and Luthien, but am now as eager as ever now to get to the reading! What I do know of the few relationships encountered in Tolkien's work shows nothing of any ambiguity. We have Faramir/Eowyn, Aragorn/Arwen and Sam/Rosie in LotR. All of which ended prosperously and were begun innocently, without rash (lustful if you like [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) behavior. The only other instance of courtship/relationship that I know of ended with poor results or never began. Those being Grima/Eowyn and Turin/Nienor. Both were ill-concieved or vulgar from the get go and the outcomes were quite harsh. Now I know there are short-stories concerning various wives and mothers of notable figures, but I could not possibly recall them without more digging. And I doubt enough detail would be given to properly judge their wholesomeness, or, in the event of a tragic end, whether this end blossomed from a lack of innocent 'roots'. i.e. pre-marital sex. Looking forward to seeing some responses. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men Go, go, Godzilla!