Celborn, Galdriel and Elrond

[Carannillion]

You know something, Rosa? What you said:

I've just grown extrememly weary of it. Star crossed lovers are a dime a dozen these days; now it's rare to see two married folks in a novel at all. And they've usually had "experience" beforehand. It really cheapens the love, in my mind. So, since sex-free "excapist" literature is so rare, I find that I get more pleasure reading it than other books.

Sort of kills what a certain Mr. Jenkyns criticized Tolkien's books for (see the "New Republic Article" thread somewhere here). Mr. Jenkyns indicated that Tolkien's works were flawed or lacking, since they didn't have any sex-related content.

You sort of kicked his feet out from under him there [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Nice one.