59 replies to this topic

[Mec]

A clannie said elves were tall.
I say they're not.

Opinions?

[Penguin]

what a loaded poll, we should be able to vote jlh has no fur AND somethin else, cause they are tall and he has no fur duh

[Deval]

Elves = Tall

When elf is used as another word for fairy, they are small, however, we are talking of Elves as a race, therefore they are tall.

[Mec]

Oh, and if you have any reference to elves, please post it.

I think in The Lord of the Rings (the only reference given to me), Tolkien states that humans were taller. I believe in either/or the Silmarillion or the Fellowship of the Ring.

[Pandilex]

This is a popular question, and it depends entirely on what you base your own vision of an elf on.

I always imagined elves as being reserved, and as a result thin. I associate height with being thin ("tall and thin"), so I usually imagine them as tall.

However I could quite concievably make them short, and I don't feel there's any sort of absolute right or wrong that can be made from this. In certain situations I could quite happily think of elves as being shorter than humans.

[Penguin]

o no no, in LotR it is made very clear that elves are taller, the book you're thinking of is santa's little workshop

[Mec]

Ok, I'm checking the boooks...

[Mec]

OOK, seems like my sister (big lotr fan) think elves are tall too. I've always thought of elves as shorter though. Still, I'm checking the books.

edit: *sigh* thebooks are not handy, referring to dictionary

http://dictionary.re...om/search?q=elf

No mention of the 'race' elves there at all. I think it would be cool if the fairy elf race would be put into the game somehow, and a special class of their own. I suppose gnomes are king of like that though.

Edited by Mec, 07 June 2004 - 03:33 AM.

[Mec]

You meanie, you took away my 'JLH has no fur' option! Now, I'm angry... ruining my fun.

Anyway, the final votes for JLH has no fur was 4 votes (50%)

edit: It turns out it wasn't Pandi that did it...

Edited by Mec, 07 June 2004 - 01:46 PM.

[Hatrix]

Since Elves don't really exist, nothing's written in stone. (Squee ))

Elves can be tall, short, fat, thin, ugly, dumb, super intelligent, whatever. It's all up to your imagination.

[two]

no, i'm sorry you're all wrong, the answer is "who gives a damn ".

[Pandilex]

the world doesn't revolve around crappy lord of the rings, thank gods.

[two]

"thank gods"? what are you, a communist?

Edited by two, 07 June 2004 - 01:14 PM.

[Deval]

He's right. It revolves around me.

[Pandilex]

polytheist

[Mec]

Well, I asked people to post references and someone said to me.
"watch Lord Of The Rings, foo'"

The world revolves around fish, thank you very much!

Edited by Mec, 07 June 2004 - 01:47 PM.

[two]

he's lying, it's more polygovernmental propoganda. there is no revolutions of the world, man. it moves in a straight linear line. that or rainbow snowcone, depends how you feel.

[Lich]

In my mind i always see elves Race or as fairys as smaller than humans. Why. and i already know what i will hear.

In every single rp I have ever been in and i do mean every. Not counting dark sun Elves in all the pictures even the Jr tolken rp realms of middle earth even though there was a huge discussion on that one at one point.

When you see a pic of an elf standing beside a human they are always shorter and thiner. This goes with the fact that in the woods they hide easier. If a creature was truly bigger than a human then they would be more lumbersome and they would be more noticable in forests. Dark sun even says that no one knows why the elves are taller in this time when prior to that they were shorter.


In any Myth or folk lore where elves or a race simialar to elves is mentioned they are always depicted as i described. I see no reason at all why Nm should be different.

Edited by Lich, 07 June 2004 - 04:49 PM.

[Stotic]

no, i'm sorry you're all wrong, the answer is "who gives a damn ".

Ok Triumph.

[Malavon]

I always considered elves to be around the same size as humans, possibly a little shorter. The way I see things, I tall elf is around the same size as an average human.

[two]

oh elves are sexy and very tallish a portly. oh yes, very nice.










for me to poop on.
which one of these buttons calls your parents to come and pick you up?

[Angelus]

The way i see it is that they don't frikin exist lol, they are how you want them to be..

[Xlithan]

did you never watch LOTR?

[Squee]

LOTR doesn't rule the world. ^^; At least, it shouldn't.

I'm going to have to side with Warlord and say that elves can be whatever you want them to be. ^^

[Xlithan]

im sorry Steven, LOTR does rule the world... unless harry potter grows a beard, and starts DRESSING like an actual wizard.....

[Deval]

Such an ignorant remark.

[Lich]

ok a movie where the actors are humans in real life decides if elves are tall or short. Ok you want to go in that terms we will shall we. There are three scenes in which legolis is standing next to aragon. Legolis is a good 4 inchs shorter.


Next if you mean the books. In fellowship of the ring he describes Gimly and legolis standing toe to toe over who will take the ring. he describes gimly a short dwarf as only being slightly shorter that legolis.

In the Rp the return of middle earth writen based soully on the books so that people could table top rp lotr on pages 237, 265 and 374 it shows pictures of an elf next to a dwarf he is about a foot taller, Next to a hobbit he is a foot taller if that. and next to a human at least a half foot shorter.

At the back of the book for the rps by the way there is a bueatiful disclaimer all pictures descriptions and settings approved by J.L. tolken. Not the righter of the book his wife.


I agree with warlord they dont exist so they can be what you want. But dont use an example when you dont even obviously know.

[Xlithan]

ok a movie where the actors are humans in real life decides if elves are tall or short.

Well if it wasn't for humans in real life there wouldn't BE no elves would there

it's not like an ape or a dinosaur invented the book. Plus my statement was a simple, harmless joke that you didn't have to take personally.

[Lich]

i dont take anything in this game personally unless its directed personally. I made a statment of fact thats all.

[trauma]

didnt u watch lord of the rings lol, they are just as tall as humans..rofl