[folding my hands] and that’s why here at rancid elfs incorporated you will be seeing men with long flowing hair and glittering jewelry calling their political enemies sodomites and never seriously considering their daughters heirs
When I caveat research points about Tolkien (e.g. there’s no evidence that he knew/meant that - that we *know* of) is because there’s still primary material out there we haven’t seen yet. This is a case in point: newly discovered letter by Tolkien to be sold by Christie’s
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