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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8562250" data-attributes="member: 6803643">Half-Elf punnet squares, right?That's been a thing for decades.Chance of offspring from 2 Half-Elves: 50% Half-Elf, 25% Elf, 25% HumanChance of offspring, Half-Elf+Elf: 50% Half-Elf, 50% ElfChance of offspring, Half-Elf+Human: 50% Half-Elf, 50% HumanDon't get me started on what lineage Arwen is (let alone sublineages when you take into account Grey Elf, High Elf, Deep Elf, etc).She's just a Half-Elf.Arwen was the child of a Half-Elf and has the same CHOICE as her Half-Elven father. This is a choice not granted to other Half-Elven like the First Prince of Dol Amroth - it's a choice explicitly granted to Eärendil, Elwing, Elrond, Elros, Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir. And it's for Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir only because their father Elrond chose the Elven path. Elros chose a mortal life and thus forsook the option to be immortal like his kin. So it's really just a choice given to these immortal elves who happen to be descendants of two lineages of Half-Elven unions whether to become mortal as humans or not, akin to how Mandos granted Lúthien and Beren a second chance at life, but at the cost of Lúthien's mortality. This is a choice offered for Eärendil's and Elwing's faithfulness and servitude to the the forces of good, much like how Eärendil's father Tuor was considered and Elf by all for his faithfulness to Ulmo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 8562250, member: 6803643"] Half-Elf punnet squares, right? That's been a thing for decades. Chance of offspring from 2 Half-Elves: 50% Half-Elf, 25% Elf, 25% Human Chance of offspring, Half-Elf+Elf: 50% Half-Elf, 50% Elf Chance of offspring, Half-Elf+Human: 50% Half-Elf, 50% Human Don't get me started on what lineage Arwen is (let alone sublineages when you take into account Grey Elf, High Elf, Deep Elf, etc). She's just a Half-Elf. Arwen was the child of a Half-Elf and has the same CHOICE as her Half-Elven father. This is a choice not granted to other Half-Elven like the First Prince of Dol Amroth - it's a choice explicitly granted to Eärendil, Elwing, Elrond, Elros, Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir. And it's for Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir only because their father Elrond chose the Elven path. Elros chose a mortal life and thus forsook the option to be immortal like his kin. So it's really just a choice given to these immortal elves who happen to be descendants of two lineages of Half-Elven unions whether to become mortal as humans or not, akin to how Mandos granted Lúthien and Beren a second chance at life, but at the cost of Lúthien's mortality. This is a choice offered for Eärendil's and Elwing's faithfulness and servitude to the the forces of good, much like how Eärendil's father Tuor was considered and Elf by all for his faithfulness to Ulmo. [/QUOTE]

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