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.

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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

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I would have to say that the answer depends on one thing and one thing only - which answer do you think would make your story better?

However, if we're having the conversation purely for the sake of semantics and detail, I'd have to say that my personal guess would be that the cock would NOT disappear, because while clothing and so on disappear, the cock is part of another person and I'm fairly sure the good professor would regard the body housing a soul to be different from soulless clothing.

...And man, thank you for including the "Assuming this person is neither Sauron nor Tom Bombadil" caveat up there, because in the grand tradition of "Don't think of pink elephants," you can now guess precisely what it is I am now completely incapable of not picturing. With Galadriel in there, too, of course, just for the hell of it. And Gandalf watching while smoking his pipe. *facepalm*

[furius.livejournal.com]

And I just have to come back to this thread and read ALL THE COMMENTS. Logistics seem a bit complicated though. What about Goldberry? XDDD

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Obviously that's who Galadriel is occupied with.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Well yes, there's that.

I think I started deliberating over this because I couldn't decide which would make the story better, which is why I should maybe just step away from the computer for a year or two. XD

I like to be accurate. I'm coming around to your way of thinking on this, I must say. No matter how deep it goes, the owner of the cock does retain possession of it (one hopes).

...And man, thank you for including the "Assuming this person is neither Sauron nor Tom Bombadil" caveat up there, because in the grand tradition of "Don't think of pink elephants," you can now guess precisely what it is I am now completely incapable of not picturing. With Galadriel in there, too, of course, just for the hell of it. And Gandalf watching while smoking his pipe. *facepalm*

Well, IIRC those are the only two characters who we know would not turn invisible with the Ring on, so I suppose it would just look like that thing you can't help picturing, occurring "normally." Galadriel and Gandalf are both Ringbearers too, so sure, why not?