Of course, it probably depends on how much that family on the human side intermarried.
I'm not sure it's delineated; Tolkien was (apparently; the MSS of "The Silmarillion" are unrevealed at this point, so what we have is filtered through Christopher's editing) taking a very broad, Biblical-style approach to those begettings. Long lines of ruling Kings and Queens, but nothing else about their families. The presumption is that, since the lifespans go from Methuselah (almost exactly - 900-some-odd for Elros Tar-Minyatur) to the "lesser" Mannish of about 80, the ruling line had married outside of the nobility extensively.
I think Tolkien wasn't concerned about consanguinity; they're effectively different *species*. :) Humans, and "what humans should be".
Well, the word asshook is fairly self-explanatory.
Well, the word asshook is fairly self-explanatory.
Are you suggesting...?
Ahem. Well, you'd be right, of course.
Well, the word asshook is fairly self-explanatory.
And also the name of one of the Orc chieftains in LotR.
Now we just need someone to translate the word "asshook" into Sindarin and we'll have come full circle.
Oh, god, stop talking about asshooks!
t gouges out own eyes, Oedipus-style
Now we just need someone to translate the word "asshook" into Sindarin and we'll have come full circle.
...what makes you think I haven't *tried*?
(un?)fortunately, the Professor left nothing anatomically-appropriate. Lots of "hands" and "eyes" and "heads" and "feet" and "hair" and "hearts" and such. No asses.
It's like old Trek - no bathrooms. They didn't NEED them? Elves don't s(h)it?
I'm just going to sit here and watch SH get his geek on, with other geeks! Because I can
vaguely
follow the Tolkien conversation, but that's mostly due to years of hanging out with SH.
Wow, not sure if it's safe to cone into the thread. Annnnnyway, I'm in Ketchikan, Alaska, and have cell access for a couple of hours. Yay! It's gray and rainy here, which is unsurprising given they measure their rainfall in feet rather than inches.
