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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by wolverine876 on Friday December 23, 2022 @04:02PM (#34110579)
Before Tolkien, elves were much closer to gnomes than immortal, super-human creatures. They were mischievious, etc.
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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by solstice on Friday December 23, 2022 @05:25PM (#34111295)
In the Magic the Gathering lore, the elves on the plane of Lorwyn could be an example of a reflection of this. They are obsessed with beauty and perfection and absolutely xenophobic. https://gamelore.fandom.com/wiki/Lorwyn_Elf
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Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version by bombcar on Friday December 23, 2022 @07:33PM (#34112435)
Pratchet’s elves are like that, too - and actually is part of the reason tolkien originally tried to avoid the world elves - not because of pratchet but because that was what elves were in England.
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