>great love story of the setting>they never had sex or childrenWas Tolkien asexual or something?
They had a son.
>>23320095wtf, no 30 page smut scene?
>>23320095I do quibble with Tolkien for not describing Berens fat pink mast growing at the site of luthiens puffy nips
>>23320095They had a son you secondary faggot. Elrond is their great grandchild.
>>23320095Porn has destroyed an entire generation
>>23320095>>they never had sex or childrenFirst, they do have a child as >>23320204 says. Second, it's modeled after medieval romances which were almost always extramarital affairs that either resulted in no children or illegitimate children. You have to remember that the purpose of marriage was not love, but bearing children and passing down your property/legacy. Love was moreso something people stumbled upon (like in Beren and Luthien's story) whereas marriage was very intentional and planned and not considered very romantic until very recently in history. As a Catholic, Tolkien just removed the adultery and bastard offspring to try to make a more idealistic version of this spontaneous, yet destined meeting of two lovers.
