[Bêthberry]

That's always the problem with fanfiction of any kind.

For example, I don't think the question of marriage is limited simply to one of hobbit/dwarf or same sex. What about the possibility of half-orcs?

If orcs are simply perverted elves, would it not be possible to imagine a post-WotR world where surviving orcs intermarry with a few of the elves who don't immediately sail west? Think of the themes one could explore as orcs are reclaimed to the light.

Surely this would be one area that could rightly be defended as a legitimate exploration of a process which Tolkien himself began.