Comments on: Gay Hobbits and Middle-Earth Matrimony?

By: Mangesh

Mangesh — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:57:28 +0000

yup… I didn’t elaborate enough Cynthia, but the rationale the execs at the company were using was that they didn’t want to do anything that wasn’t in the books. So, while human-elf marriages would be allowed by the game, dwarf-elf, or elf-hobbit, or other relationships that weren’t specifically mentioned in the book are off-limits. And since allowing some marriages to occur, and others not to, would cause too much outrage, the company’s decided to ban all marriages. At least, that’s what I’ve gotten from it. Really bizarre!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:52:42 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong–while I’m certainly a dork, my dork credentials have their limits–but Arwen and Aragon are two different species (elf and human, respectively), unless elves and humans aren’t really different species or something…(this is the part where the dorkiest among you may correct me)… And yet, the implication is that they will marry and have babies, right? So, it doesn’t really seem like Tolkein was actually against inter-fantasy-species relationships, and so their defense about keeping it true to Tolkein’s wishes isn’t really holding. Hmm…

By: Anonymous Mk II

Anonymous Mk II — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:36:26 +0000

They don’t understand; some people are going to be so addicted to this game that they’re going to hire a pastor fluent in x language and fully informed on y race marriage rites. You can’t ban something people want to do; just look at Prohibition!

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:52:03 +0000

That’s about as homophobic as you can get – someone actually feels threatened by a fictional gay marriage?