What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex
I was looking for this when LotR came out and all of the girls were falling all over Legolas... and the guys over Liv Tyler in elf ears. =P
A short excerpt of a good essay:
"Ever since the movie of the book Fellowship of the Ring came out, there seem to be two popular ideas about Elves' sex lives. Either they are radiantly asexual, or they are all screwing each other madly, along with any dwarves, hobbits, and men who happen along. Whichever you prefer is usually based on how attractive you think Orlando Bloom is. Tolkien's history of Middle-Earth provides us with some information about elvish sex lives."
I feel: -_- Tired and overworked...
3 Comments:
Why did you post that useless paragraph? I was expecting to get Tolkien's thoughts on it, not the intro paragraph for the essay that didn't contain any actual info.
2:33 PM
This post is late coming but better late than never, yah? It's been a while but I seem to remember reading something about what Tolkien had to say on elf sex. Don't quote me on this but what I remember is that elves usually paired off in their early hundreds (like 300 would be considered late) and that the sex drive, thankfully for the sake of population, diminishes as they get old (so no hope for you Elrond and Galadriel people). I also remember that those who don't pair off by then tend to led "extraordinary lives." See Arwen and Legolas (sorry, again, folks). I also remember something about sex pretty much being the seal on marriage (reflection of the time period, methinks?). There was this one elf, and I cannot remember his name, who "made (elf chick X) his wife," and so now people ask if there was a rape going on in that story?
Now, my own question is elves are pairing off fairly early and the sex drive is dying off as they get older, how it is that Elrond is supposed to somewhere in the 5-6000 range and his kids are just reaching 3000? *shrugs* Maybe there is some hope for the Legolas-crazed after all. (Jeff, stop looking at me like that.)
Kari
P.S. Have I read way too much on LotR?
4:39 AM
Way too much LotR and not enough Simacantfinishititistoodamnlongrillion. =P
9:39 PM
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