Similarly, I feel free to ignore the ideas in "Laws and Customs of Elves", because frankly, I find them ridiculous. Some canon purists are so terribly concerned about Tolkien's world being soiled by Teh Ebol Sexxxors that they'd rather sanftify all three kinslayings than admit that some Elves might not be all that monogamous. *snort*
I read them. I laughed.
There's a good book review, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England (http://www.forteantimes.com/reviews/books/549/elves_in_anglosaxon_england.html) ( I'd like to get the book ) of how Elves were viewed by our ancestors in northern Europe, and a very fascinating ( and long ) one translated from Russian The True Elves (http://www.shelltown.net/~dangweth/elfsaga.html).
Tolkien basically took the bits he liked from folklore, and ignore those that were perhaps to earthy or wild for his tastes, so yes, I don't see why we are not at liberty to decide which of his ideas we want to use.
There's always a piece of "canon" we can refer to, aren't there? *g* If you want it it is usually there somewhere. He was going to have Eol take Aredhel by force, meaning Elves could rape or perform noncon acts, and Fëanor supposedly lusted after Galadriel, which was incestuous. His discarded ideas, which would not have fitted with LACE are often more interesting. People cling to LACE as if it is the only canon in any of his works and get extremely venomous if people diverge from it. I thought Elves marrying young and losing their sex drive within a few hundred years was ridiculous. They were apparently interested in other things - anything except sex, in fact. To me, if you live that long you can become an artist of erotica, not asexual. XD
Oh, and thanks for the review. It made my day.
I never leave many on ff.net, ( Too much nasty drama on that site, it puts me off ) and there is not the review-response option as on other sites so I never know if any-one reads them, or cares. Thank-you. I was going to ask if you had touched on the earlier years of Oropher and the Greenwood, and then I saw that!
I've read wonderful authors write run on sentences, if they're correctly set out there's nothing wrong with them.
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I read them. I laughed.
There's a good book review, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England (http://www.forteantimes.com/reviews/books/549/elves_in_anglosaxon_england.html) ( I'd like to get the book ) of how Elves were viewed by our ancestors in northern Europe, and a very fascinating ( and long ) one translated from Russian The True Elves (http://www.shelltown.net/~dangweth/elfsaga.html).
Tolkien basically took the bits he liked from folklore, and ignore those that were perhaps to earthy or wild for his tastes, so yes, I don't see why we are not at liberty to decide which of his ideas we want to use.
If you want it it is usually there somewhere. He was going to have Eol take Aredhel by force, meaning Elves could rape or perform noncon acts, and Fëanor supposedly lusted after Galadriel, which was incestuous. His discarded ideas, which would not have fitted with LACE are often more interesting. People cling to LACE as if it is the only canon in any of his works and get extremely venomous if people diverge from it. I thought Elves marrying young and losing their sex drive within a few hundred years was ridiculous. They were apparently interested in other things - anything except sex, in fact. To me, if you live that long you can become an artist of erotica, not asexual. XD
I never leave many on ff.net, ( Too much nasty drama on that site, it puts me off ) and there is not the review-response option as on other sites so I never know if any-one reads them, or cares. Thank-you. I was going to ask if you had touched on the earlier years of Oropher and the Greenwood, and then I saw that!
I've read wonderful authors write run on sentences, if they're correctly set out there's nothing wrong with them.