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

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

It is my considered opinion that, because wearing the ring puts the wearer into some "other" zone, the cock/strap-on wearing rogerer's appendage would NOT disappear. *UNLESS* they were wearing a Ring of Power themselves (dwarf ring, maybe?) which would put them in, or close to, the SAME zone, although they themselves were not invisible. Indeed, is the One Ring wearer invisible to a Ring of Power (elf/dwarf) wearer? The One Ring wearer doesn't seem to be invisble to the Nazgul, who are wearing Rings of Power.

Also, the rogerer might experience some very disturbing sensations indeed. But or minds probably think alike on this one.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I think if the other party is wearing a Ring of Power themselves, of any kind, that would change the dynamic a lot, yes. The Nazgûl could see Frodo just fine when he was wearing it--and just as significantly, he could see them. If he'd put it on in Lothlórien, I wonder if Galadriel could have seen him. The Nazgûl might be a special case, though, since they're undead creatures who've been so utterly transformed by their Rings that they exist in that otherworldly zone all the time. That didn't happen to either elves or dwarves in the same way.

For the purposes of this question, let's assume the other partner is Ringless.

[tehta.livejournal.com]

Frodo could see Glorfindel, too. No idea if it is mutual, but it's possible that any Elf of "sufficient spiritual force" or whatever could see what is going on.

Incidentally, I also have this vague impression that Tolkien said something about the invisibility effect applying only to Men and Hobbits. I could be wrong, of course. But this would mean that the answer to your question depends on the race of the rogeree... Although I am still not sure which group Dwarves would be in. (I assume this is very relevant, though.)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Well, it's canon in The Hobbit that neither Elves nor Dwarves can see Bilbo when he's wearing it, so the effect definitely works in that direction - now, would a powerful Elf turn invisible while wearing it? I don't know - but I think it's implied that the fact that Bombadil doesn't is something very shocking and weird. Has any Elf or Dwarf ever even tried it on? Maybe not. That's an unknown factor, then.