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I had the same thought: iirc, all the “elf children” Tolkien wrote about (albeit briefly) were half- elves. I can retcon explanations but have to wonder if Tolk
by johngossman 3y ago
I had the same thought: iirc, all the “elf children” Tolkien wrote about (albeit briefly) were half- elves. I can retcon explanations but have to wonder if Tolkien was intentional about that.
- Andrex 3y agoThinking from a purely authorial standpoint, half-elves give a connection to the human audience, while full-elves are meant to be out of reach and ethereal. The reason you would not write a scene with your ultimate villain on the toilet is the same impulse Tolkien may have felt here.
- gpderetta 3y agoI think just not many elves where born in Middle-Earth, at least among the Noldor, which are the focus of a lot of JRRT stories.