Ooh la la, Lúthien...

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Originally Posted by skip spence

He did, but as I remember it (being without both Lost Tales and Silm at the moment) it wasn't because of boredom, like a chav falling asleep in a dark movie saloon having to watch "You've Got Mail" with his girlfriend, rather because he, very uncharacteristically, allowed himself to get filled with dark thoughts of sexual desire, thus letting his guard down and giving Luthen the chance to put him to sleep with her cloak. At least that's how I interpret the incident. Especially The Lost Tales-version is very suggestive, of course in an understated way.

If that's how you would want to read it. To me, sleep and excitement are usually two different roads.

In mocking Morgoth in another thread, I noted that the 'Lord of Arda' had the hottest elf in time and space in his proverbial bedroom/lounge, and couldn't pull off the deal, so to speak.