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he is the origin of the word "guy" to refer to a general person, but he is definitely not the first person to ever be named Guy. for example, Sir Guy of Warwick is a character from English stories dating to the 13th century

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    In mathematics, orientability is a property of some topological spaces such as real vector spaces, Euclidean spaces, surfaces, and more generally manifolds that allows a consistent definition of "clockwise" and "anticlockwise". It generalizes the concept of curve orientation, which for a plane simple closed curve is defined based on whether the curve interior is to the left or to the right of the curve. A space is orientable if such a consistent definition exists. In this case, there are two possible definitions, and a choice between them is an orientation of the space. Real vector spaces, Euclidean spaces, and spheres are orientable. A space is non-orientable if "clockwise" is changed into "counterclockwise" after running through some loops in it, and coming back to the starting point. This means that a geometric shape that moves continuously along such a loop is changed into its own mirror image.

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    by fate, I don't mean what happened to them physically, the Silmarillion says that they died of starvation in the forests of Doriath. I mean their cosmological fate, what happened to their spirits. they are, as far as I know, the only half-elves who were not given an explicit choice about whether they would be considered Elves, and go to the Halls of Mandos or be allowed to sail to the Undying Lands, or whether they would be considered Men, and go to their unknown fate.

    their father, Dior, was the son of Beren, a Man, and Lúthien, an Elf who explicitly chose the fate of Men, and therefore he is a Half-elf also given the fate of Men. their mother, Nimloth, was an Elf. their sister, Elwing, explicitly chose the fate of the Elves, and her descendants were also given the ability to choose

    so their father has the fate of Men, and their mother has the fate of Elves, and they died without a chance to choose their fate. it is not stated that Lúthien's choice also extends to her descendants, as it does for Elwing. so there seems to be no clear answer whether they should be bound to the fate of Elves, or of Men, or allowed to choose

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