• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    Elves looking down on the other races in middle earth? Say it ain’t so!

    See also Galadriel’s words in the prologue to Fellowship of The Ring: Three rings were given to the Elves - immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings.

    Where’s that meme of Obama putting a medal on Obama?

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      IIRC, Elrond isn’t as stuck-up in the book, but it’s been a year or two since I last read Fellowship.

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        Yes, elves in the books are a lot more… human.

        They feast, they sing, they dance, they do stupid things, they prank each other. If anything they seem the most playful race.

        Shit, in The Hobbit, a soldier on duty gets so drunk that he passes out, allowing Bilbo and the Dwarves are able to escape in barrels.

        PJ very much took the Elves and said “let’s make them into Star Trek Vulcans!”

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          I’d say Tolkien is a bit inconsistent in how he portrays elves. In The Hobbit, they are more like frolicking, dancing and singing pixies and in LotR they are more ethereal and aloof like fey.

          Jackson chose to stick to the fey aspect.

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            Aren’t the elves from The Hobbit also a different group? It could just be that they are frolicking weirdos compared to Elrond’s and Galadriel’s elves.