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Panneth
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 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:51 am Post subject: If elves were real... |
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If elves were real and living among us openly in the modern world (we can but dream  ), would the human race be persecuting them into extinction or worshipping them like gods?
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:05 am Post subject: |
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I guess it would depend as to how they happened among us. If they were here before us, then it may be similar to ME's Men. If they just showed up one day with their ethereal faces, long and beautiful hair, and pointy ears, who knows?
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sindohte
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I imagine that Elves living in the modern day world would be a rather reclusive group of folks for two reasons. First, they would not wish to be worshipped as superior beings. Their gifts and abilities make them not better than humans, just different. But at the same time, I think that Elves would fear that they would either be persecuted or pursued by individuals seeking to acquire power through capturing and then using Elves to do their bidding. So if Elves are running around our world, they are concealing their attributes and are passing for human. Perhaps that explains why Orlando Bloom is so freaking hot. 
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Viv
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From Morgoth's Ring (p. 219):
"As ages passed and the dominance of [elves'] fëar [i.e., spirits] ever increased, 'consuming' their bodies ... The end of this process is 'fading', as men have called it; for the body becomes at last, as it were, a memory held by the fëa."
So, they wouldn't necessarily be effective as creatures ... their bodies would have become "a memory" and they would exist purely on willpower.
They would not be persecuted by Men; we wouldn't necessarily even know they are there. They would be able to move among us in perfect disguise, only revealing their glory where they wished. And they would be few: most elves in the 21st century would either be in Aman or would be "houseless" (i.e., nature spirits or ghosts) here.
Just because the subject is slightly related, I do have a modern-day elf story here, Dawn Twilight. I'd also recommend JMac's Forgotten Allies and several of Scribe's stories as examples of how to treat elves in a 21st c. setting. |
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