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the guy who be short · 05-07-2007, 12:38 PM

The question now seems to have become: did Tolkien consciously exclude homosexuality from Middle-Earth? Did he sit down and say, "You know what? There'll be no gays in my Middle-Earth."?

Not knowing much about the man himself, I can't really answer that question. I doubt he would even have considered it though, considering the society he lived in. And, if it wasn't considered, that makes homosexuality equivalent to giraffes and going to the loo; a logical extension of the real world into Tolkien's imaginary world.

05-07-2007, 12:38 PM	#29
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	A conscious exclusion? The question now seems to have become: did Tolkien consciously exclude homosexuality from Middle-Earth? Did he sit down and say, "You know what? There'll be no gays in my Middle-Earth."? Not knowing much about the man himself, I can't really answer that question. I doubt he would even have considered it though, considering the society he lived in. And, if it wasn't considered, that makes homosexuality equivalent to giraffes and going to the loo; a logical extension of the real world into Tolkien's imaginary world.