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IIRC the Fae are the Celtic/Irish (British) equivalent of Norse elves and they do have the tradition of Changelings, half-Fey half-human children who can choose
by inawarminister 7y ago
IIRC the Fae are the Celtic/Irish (British) equivalent of Norse elves and they do have the tradition of Changelings, half-Fey half-human children who can choose to be human or Fae when they went into adulthood. So not that much different in outcome from Tolkienish Eldar.
- slowmovintarget 7y agoI'll take Jim Butcher's fae. Funny enough, in Butcher's fiction, J.R.R. was the mortal champion of the Summer fae (the "nice" ones).
- inawarminister 7y agoI wouldn't. The worst of Eldars in the Silmarrion is much lesser evil than even the best among the Dresdenverse Fae. For one, the former doesn't try to steal your children because you inadvertently made a deal with them. But to be honest, as characters the Dresden Fae makes sense. And humans can and do become Fae, if only at the cost of your mortal soul. So not that much separation unlike the Firstborn and the Atani. (Incidentally, I really like this fanfic about Harry Potter waking up in Dresdenverse and got hitched with Aurora, the Seelie Summer Lady; breaking the canon plot in the process. I don't think a similar relationship can really happen between a Tolkien Elf and a human (or other mortal) without something really special going on. Like Aragorn or, uh, his First Age ancestors.