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Daegwenn · 02-19-2002, 12:28 PM

Even if there was 'Infidelity' amongst the elves...wouldn't thousands of years of living make them a little more open minded? I always thought that it would--since after all, living that long would make one assume that they had seen a lot of things. I guess they don't have to worry about kicking the bucket when they get old like we do... *shrugs* But hey! Those are just my own meandering ideas...maybe I have been watching too much anime.

~~Daegwenn
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Carannillion · 02-19-2002, 12:55 PM

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I can't see that there was much to get angry about, though: one should always pity ignorance in the well-educated.

Of course, criticism is almost always deserved and healthy, but notice how I said almost always? I think Mr. Jenkyns' article was simply - as you so nicely put it - ignorant [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Aralaithiel · 02-19-2002, 03:45 PM

You bet there will be more of my tale!
And, even though I deal with Elven infidelity in my story, I do not focus on the sex. In fact, I barely breathe a word of it. I focus on the dilemma of an illegitimate elf child. I have endeavored to keep my story in the vein of Tolkien's writing style, although I do include poker games and drinking fests; but that's as wild as it gets! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-20-2002, 08:25 AM

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Of course, criticism is almost always deserved and healthy

Not when I'm the critic. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I see criticism as being like the little girl of the nursery rhyme: when it's good it's very, very good and when it's bad it's horrid. Poor Professor Tolkien does seem to provoke a lot of bad criticism. Even his lecturing style was panned by some people (there's an oblique and modestly sarcastic reference to this in his Valedictory Address).

02-19-2002, 12:28 PM	#41
Daegwenn Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 82	Even if there was 'Infidelity' amongst the elves...wouldn't thousands of years of living make them a little more open minded? I always thought that it would--since after all, living that long would make one assume that they had seen a lot of things. I guess they don't have to worry about kicking the bucket when they get old like we do... shrugs But hey! Those are just my own meandering ideas...maybe I have been watching too much anime. ~~Daegwenn [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ "And still of a winter’s night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, A highwayman comes riding— Riding—Riding— A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door. Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard. And he taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred. He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the landlord’s daughter, Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair" Highwayman Alfred Noyes

02-19-2002, 03:45 PM	#43
Aralaithiel Ghost Eldaran Queen Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A remote mountain in Valinor Posts: 353	You bet there will be more of my tale! And, even though I deal with Elven infidelity in my story, I do not focus on the sex. In fact, I barely breathe a word of it. I focus on the dilemma of an illegitimate elf child. I have endeavored to keep my story in the vein of Tolkien's writing style, although I do include poker games and drinking fests; but that's as wild as it gets! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ A lelyat, wen! (Quenya Elvish for "You go, girl!"