Incest? Pah. A bit of cousinage is nothing. The father's side of my family is riddled with it!
Besides, Tolkien's statement of the Elven condemnation of incest (or simply relationships between cousins) is pretty contradictory.
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There she was often in the company of the sons of Feanor, her kin; but to none was her heart's love given.
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Implies it could have been, does it not? Besides, I feel things came pretty close, particularly with Celegorm, a fellow hunter whom she was searching for eagerly when she strayed into Nan Elmoth.
Then there is Celebrimbor's unrequited love for Galadriel-a cousin and a generation older than him.
Finally-and this one actually occurred-Arwen did indeed "wed to kin so near", indeed, was required to do so by fate to reconcile the bloodlines of the Eldar and Edain. She was Aragorn's great-great-and-the-rest-of-'em-aunt!
I implore that Morgoth not be voted off, incidentally. Remember the viewing figures. A warning again-if Morgoth goes, more than one Valar will fill his power vacuum...it would be a mere short-term victory. Vote for the irritating and pretentious Eonwe!