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LuthienTinuviel
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| sindohte wrote: | | Roisin wrote: | | my own vision of ME includes good teeth for most of the populace, good hygeine, and hair removal that takes place off-stage. |
For some reason that makes me think of Monty Python. I can imagine a large building in ME called the Ministry of Naughty Bits, where hair removal, teeth whitening, hair coloring (you didn't think Elves were natural blondes did you?) takes place.
Poor sweet Smeagol is dire need of a hair transplant. Perhaps Frodo can give him a card to the Ministry, because his baby soft skin indicates he is a devoted user of their brand of facial products. |
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Vulgarweed
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Sorry to dredge up an old thread that might be better off resting in peace, but it amused me.
Just don't assume hairlessness is the ideal for all cultures. I'm sure Dwarven women are very proud of their beards, and probably of all their body hair. And don't get me started on vain Hobbit lasses with their crazy fashions in foot-hair styles! (Beads, ribbons, braids, barrettes...?)
(I guess this goes in the Fanfic pet peeves list in the 'am I a purist' thread: Hobbit OFCS who, magically, don't have hairy feet. Wouldn't that be considered freakish and ugly in their culture, to have bald feet? Lay off the beauty-standards imperialism here. No, they don't have Brazilian bikini waxes either. Deal with it! ) |
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Moralanqua
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Brazillian waxes on Hobbits?
Nononono... 
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Eyborg
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I was always going to reply to this old thread, but didn't get around to it until now.
I must say I agree with Vulgarweed. I'm not so sure that body hair on females in Middle Earth was considered as "repulsive" as it is today in our modern world. Even in modern Europe (especially mid- and southern-Europe), body hair on women isn't considered such a big deal, really.
Having said that, I imagine that noble Gondorian ladies (and possibly some Haradrim ladies) might have used some method of hair removal... either razors or some kind of cream.
Rohirrim women in my imagination are probably more "natural"... most of them are blond anyway, so they get away with it easily, hehe... 
Hobbit women I always imagine as completely natural. I mean, what would a hobbit lass be without her hairy legs and feet? And somehow I can't see them shaving under their arms either... 
As for dwarf-women, they're supposed to have beards, so go figure... 
Just my thoughts. I really found this thread amusing as well!
PS: Makes me think of another thing: I wonder if they had makeup in Middle Earth?  |
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Moralanqua
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indian woman have been sugaring as a hair removal method for centuries! i've also seen eyebrows being shaped with a pierce of thead!
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GypsieRose
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If the women in the story are of Numenorean descent, you can always invoke Tolkien's late idea that Dunedain men don't grow beards and apply it to say that it means the women don't have leg hair either!
(I'm trying to remember now where I read that tidbit about beardlessness.)
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Eyborg
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I get the feeling that Tolkien didn't like beards very much... most of the males in LOTR seem to be beardless!  At least the elves and hobbits... |
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GypsieRose
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Beards were out of fashion in England during much of his adult life, particularly the time when he was writing. Maybe that's why.
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Eyborg
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| GypsieRose wrote: | Beards were out of fashion in England during much of his adult life, particularly the time when he was writing. Maybe that's why.
--Rose |
Yes, you're right. Actually I think they were out of fashion most of the 20th century. It's not until the end of the century that they began to be fashionable again (or at least that's my impression). |
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