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[evandar]

Found a link to this while reading through the prompts on queer_fest (attached to a couple of prompts about Glorfindel that made me pause). Turns out it's a pretty condensed (and referenced <3) guide to Tolkien's thoughts on Elf-sex.

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[lynndyre]

The policing really worries me because (for example) in Middle Earth I'd rather look at sexuality/gender in ways that would feel organic to the source, and I'd be convinced the mods would ban anything that didn't feel enough like modern issuefic.

Same! I have a few of the HoME, but I need to read through them properly.

[evandar]

It does seem very restricted to modern, RL-set fandoms instead of the fantasy/medieval ones, and therefore restricted to the social standards of...well, modern America. There are some prompts that could be altered to fit more historical fandoms, but I don't think that the way they could be written would satisfy the pickiness of the mods.

I know! I own Morgoth's Ring but I was reading that essay going 'this was in there? Really? Oh...' It kind of encouraged me to dig it out again.