Well to clarafy, if a Half - elf chooses mortality then his children will be mortal and so on. If a half- elf choses the fate of the elves then his children have the choice. I think that is how it works.
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The view is that the Half-elven have the power of(irrevocable) choice, which may be delayed but not permanently, which kin's fate they will share. Elros chose to be a King and 'longgaevus' but mortal, so all his decedents are mortal, and of a specially noble race, but with dwindling longevity: so Aragorn ( who, however, has a greater life-span than his contemporaries, double, though not the original Numenorean treble, that of men). Elrond chose to be among the Elves. His children- with a renewed Elvish strain, since their mother was Celebrian dtr. of Galadriel- have to make their choices. Arwen is not the 're-incarnation' of Luthien (that the view of this mythical history would be impossible, since Luthien has died like a mortal has left the world of time) but a decedent very like her in looks, character, and fate. When she weds Aragorn( whose love-story elsewhere re ounted is not here central and only occasionally referred to) She 'makes the choice of Luthien', so the grief at her parting from Elrond is specially poignat. Elrond passes Over Sea. The end of his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, is not told: they delay their choice, and remain a while.
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[ September 13, 2003: Message edited by: Annalaliath ]
[ September 13, 2003: Message edited by: Annalaliath ]