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

[furius.livejournal.com]

I think, like all things in Tolkien, it depends on a matter of will. That is, possession of such. So we don't see clothes/food etc because Bilbo unthinkingly consider them as *his*; furthermore, inanimate However, we do see Sting, because at that point Bilbo's still very much aware of its elven heritage (also possibly lingering elvish awareness? Tolkien swords can be a bit sentient?). However, someone ELSE'S anatomy is necessarily someone else, so it would be like Boromir reaching for Frodo- his leg doesn't disappear Frodo kicks him etc. However, if maybe the POSSESSION seems obvious and matter in fact(required for certain dynamics perhaps), only then would I argue for disappearing cock.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

That's a very sensible explanation, and I think I'm coming around to the "no" way of thinking, or at least the "probably not, BUT..." side. I think it's also worth considering that treatment of the Ring itself isn't consistent at all between The Hobbit and LOTR, so there's another dimension of wiggle room there.

However, if maybe the POSSESSION seems obvious and matter in fact(required for certain dynamics perhaps), only then would I argue for disappearing cock.

Oh, now this is interesting! Bit of a D/s dynamic, perhaps? Does it make a difference if the Ring-wearer is aware of what it is and what it really does, and is using that power? (as opposed to: cool! magic ring! makes me invisible!)