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Old 02-15-2003, 11:49 PM   #40
Diamond18
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Silmaril

Yes, but wouldn't bringing that one up be a little redundant, Lush? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

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Arda itself does not exist outside of Tolkien's writings so this question is moot.
I only meant that just because Tolkien didn't describe it doesn't automatically mean he viewed it as not being there. For instance, I don't recall him ever talking about bathrooms and the biological plumbing system, but I think it's safe to assume that people performed that bodily function. That's somewhat along the lines of how I was thinking about lust and fornification in Arda.

But Helen came through again and answered the questions posed in my inane ramblings with another Alfwine quote:

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Even when in after days, as the histories reveal, many of the Eldar in Middle-Earth became corrupted, and their hearts darkened by the shadow that lies upon Arda, seldom is any tale told of deeds of lust among them.
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Well, i rather think they aren't [above lust]. Remember Maglor?
I must admit that even though I read the Silmarillion and I know who Maglor is (2nd son of Fëanor, he's even on the front of my copy of the Sil, for pity's sake) I have no idea what you're talking about.
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