What if Lúthien had been "ugly"?

[Eol]

Tolkien writes, in many ways, about an ideal world, especially in the First Age. In this ideal world all "good guys" are honourable and kind hearted, and all bad guys are wikick and deceitful. Also in this ideal world a beautiful spirit goes hand in hand with a outer beautiful. If anyone in ME is ugly it is because they are ugly inside as well. So if you were somehow to strip Lúthien of her beauty, when Beren found her he would have thought she was ugly inside as well, as that is how it worked in the mythology. So the answer is no, he would not have fallen for her.

this maybe true is you chose to look at the movies and visual interperations. However, if you read the books without those in mind you find a lack in discription of ugly people with ugly personalities. I Think Tolkien did this on purpose as to get away from the hidious monster with evil plots. Look as Feanor for instances, beautiful elf, yet he get himself into trouble with his pride!

Think on that and read through some of the stories both LOTR and even the Silmarillion and you can see this thought pattern. Not every person who is ugly has an ugly disposition and not every beautiful person is beautiful inside. Nor do they remain the same throughout their lifespand.