Ever noticed that when an author wants to get rid of a character, they get him/her to emigrate to New Zealand?
Ever noticed that there's no religion in Lord of the Rings? There's no gods, God or suchlike, just the Elves being holier than thou. (Prigs) Which is strange considering that Tolkien was a Catholic, and that the Icelandic sagas that inspired him were full of gods.
Ever noticed also in Lord of the Rings that there's no cross-cultural marriage, apart from Aragorn and Arwen? Could a dwarf get it on with a hobbit, or a hobbit with an elf? They're all humanoid aren't they? Perhaps they could have sex but not children? or the offspring are infertile, like mules. Dwobbits and helfs, harves and elfits.
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