Wouldn't a LOTR Series Been Nice?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Forlong the Fat

OK. Here's a serious question that probably doesn't deserve it's own thread. What if the movies or some other adaptation portrayed or implied that Aragorn and Arwen had sex? I would say that the books are totally agnostic on this question, and deliberately so as Tolkein worked hard to achieve a romantic/mythological tone that did not delve into the nitty gritty details of characters' personal lives. So it wouldn't necessarily be contrary to the text, but inconsistent with the tone (I had a similar reaction to Branagh's portrayal of Hamet and Ophelia having sex in his movie adaptation of Hamlet).

But the reason I think this an interesting question is because I have no idea what people in ME would think about the issue. There certainly is no indication I know of that they would recognize any proscription against sex outside marriage. Is there any indication as to what sexual mores prevailed in ME?

I trot this site out when I'm too lazy to type:

What Tolkien officially said about sex

Sex=Marriage for elves. No marriage, no sex.

[Forlong the Fat]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

I trot this site out when I'm too lazy to type:

What Tolkien officially said about sex

Sex=Marriage for elves. No marriage, no sex.

Very interesting. But I have to say that it raises more questions than it answers in terms of the compatibility of a man and an elf-woman. It seems that elves were tremendously different in their sexuality.

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Forlong the Fat

Very interesting. But I have to say that it raises more questions than it answers in terms of the compatibility of a man and an elf-woman. It seems that elves were tremendously different in their sexuality.

Well, considering that Aragorn was 87 years-old by the time he married Arwen, and that pharmaceutical enhancements like Viagra had not yet been invented, I would consider it less a matter of "compatibility" and more one of "inflatability".