Aragorn and Arwen: More than kissing?

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Since when are clothes an encumbrance? I seem to remember a scene in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss involving two fully clothed people and a bare arm. There was quite a description of an elbow and of a gentleman's handling of that elbow as the couple disembarked from a boat. When is a social act more than a social act? (Bethberry)

So, I think the scenes with Arwen/Aragorn/Eowyn are actually subtly drawn and can suggest whatever we want to see in them. It's fascinating reading what everyone does see in them though! (Lalwende)

I also recall a scene in Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome in which the two don't even touch--they hold either end of a ribbon. There's really something to be said for subtlety, and I think that the sort of thing shown between Aragorn and Arwen is actually *more* provocative than the usual grope-and-tussle shot in dim light. In film or in life, there is an added import to each kiss and glance, when the kisses and glances are not merely a prelude to the "main event," so to speak.