Letters Never Sent

[vulgarweed]

Dear Tolkien Society,

I have combed all the Letters and HoME notes for this and have yet to find a definitive answer to this question; if it's in there and I missed it, please forgive me. During a sexual encounter, would the penis of the penetrator or fellatee disappear upon entering an orifice of someone wearing the One Ring? (Assuming this person is neither Sauron nor Tom Bombadil)

Sincerely,

V, who needs to know Because of Reasons, and when I tried to contact the Professor over the Ouija board, he hung up on me.

~~~

Dear Christopher Tolkien....

NOPE. You guys will have better answers anyway.




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This is the kind of question that keeps me up at night. Perhaps I should look at my life choices.

*looks*

Yup, they're fine!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

In The Hobbit, which was the last Tolkien that I read, Bilbo still has a faint shadow when he is wearing the ring. Ergo, in my own personal and strange headcanon the penetrating organ would become faint and shadowy but still technically visible, or possible transparent.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

True! That effect seems to have disappeared by the time of LOTR (IIRC there's no mention of it in that book) but in Bilbo's day, that's a distinct possibility.