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Lyta_Underhill · 03-20-2004, 10:35 PM

I suppose I was too busy being miffed at the "give up the halfling" part to notice just how ridiculous "she-elf" sounded. The worst part of that exchange, to me, was the reducing of Frodo to the status of pawn or possession, something an elf could "give up," and I suppose I didn't much go for the whole Xenarwen turn, but I didn't mind Arwen replacing Glorfindel at that point. I guess the "she-elf" pejorative just rolled off my back as too ridiculous to worry about much with everything else that was twisted in that scene. It is a shame that it is making odd appearances in fanfiction. I'll have to keep the mouse poised over the "X" when I see it...

Cheers!
Lyta

03-20-2004, 10:35 PM	#10
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	I suppose I was too busy being miffed at the "give up the halfling" part to notice just how ridiculous "she-elf" sounded. The worst part of that exchange, to me, was the reducing of Frodo to the status of pawn or possession, something an elf could "give up," and I suppose I didn't much go for the whole Xenarwen turn, but I didn't mind Arwen replacing Glorfindel at that point. I guess the "she-elf" pejorative just rolled off my back as too ridiculous to worry about much with everything else that was twisted in that scene. It is a shame that it is making odd appearances in fanfiction. I'll have to keep the mouse poised over the "X" when I see it... Cheers! Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”