those keen-eyed geeks

[ohtatyaro]

Repare - the spell Hermione uses to repair Harry Potter's glasses. Frodo was around wizards, right? I mean, he might have learned spell or 2

[Saraphim]

What's all this? A horrid rumor? I must squash it!

Of course elves cannot be afflicted by illnesses, but nearsightedness, however unpleasant, is not technically an illness. Therefore, there must be some unfortunate elves who go about bespectacled.

And there are, myself among them.

We have formed the Nearsighted Elves Society, an organization devoted to helping elves to live with thier disability. My good friend Eowyn Skywalker has courtiously extended her site to give us all a home there, and we hope to bring in new members as our Society is rather small.

So, I do some shameless advertising, but the rumor has been divested of!

[Elennar Starfire]

Not sure if this is really true, but I heard that your eyes actually adjust to looking at whatever distance you look at most. Babies are born farsighted, then their eyes adjust and about elementary school age they go a little nearsighted. Then they have a bit of trouble reading the board and before ye know it they've got glasses. Which actually can make things worse as they make everything seem closer, so your eyes have to adjust more. It's especially bad if you get a prescription that's a bit too strong. I think that's what happened to me...I got a lot of too-strong prescriptions in elementary school, and now I can't see clearly further than six inches from my nose.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

There are rumours that Túrin wore glasses. He lost them at Nargothrond, and ended up not knowing that Níniel and Nienor look waaay too alike.

Don't take my word for it, though.

[Sapphire_Flame]

I got a lot of too-strong prescriptions in elementary school, and now I can't see clearly further than six inches from my nose.

That probably happened to me; that's only about how far I can see with my glasses off. But, if you go just a little while each day with your glasses off, you're eyes start slowly improving. My new prescription (better than my last!) is proof of it.

I don't really know how they'd deal with eye problems. I imagine Gondor would probably have the best methods, seeing how the Numenoreans were kind of obsessed with health care.

Abedithon le,

~ Saphy ~

[Morai]

So how could they not have eye sickness? If they do, how do they treat this?

Write REALLY BIG.
I think the Ring wraiths could "live" blind and be quite content. I mean, their purpose in life is to find the Ring at all costs, and they're drawn to it. So Nazgul probably don't need glasses to see them.

[ohtatyaro]

But elves are good with gems, and smithying, so I suppose they might have produced some type of contact lens, eh?

[THE Ka]

Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund

There are rumours that Túrin wore glasses. He lost them at Nargothrond, and ended up not knowing that Níniel and Nienor look waaay too alike.

Don't take my word for it, though.

Ha! That's great! You have a way with jokes don't you?

~ Fell-out-of-chair Ka~

[Morai]

There are rumours that Túrin wore glasses. He lost them at Nargothrond, and ended up not knowing that Níniel and Nienor look waaay too alike.

I can imagine him saying, "You know, your hair kinda blurs like somebody else I know...."

I have a hunch that Saruman provided the Uruk-Hai with sunscreen and UV-resistant contact lenses, giving them the ability to appear during daylight.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Túrin: My sister? You mean tall lass with long blonde hair?

Mablung: No, stupid! Your sister was a tall lass with long blonde hair!

Túrin: That cripple was right! I did marry my sister! Noooooo!!!!! *stumbles on Gurthang*

So much for the idea of talking swords . . .