Summary
An analysis of Elven nature and their ethical stance on romantic autonomy.
Elven Customs Regarding Consent
Highlights
Ethical Constraints in Elven Society
Among the Elves, there is no historical record of anyone forcibly taking another's fiancé. Such an act was considered entirely contrary to their nature, as a victim of such coercion would choose to abandon their physical form and depart to the Halls of Mandos.
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Original text
But among all these evils there is no record of any among the Elves that took another’s Fiancé by force; for this was wholly against their nature, and one so forced would have rejected bodily life and passed to Mandos.