"Feanor isn't Elvish enough! No Elf would make such hasty, stupid decisions and then turn around and do such a heinous thing as the Kinslaying! I mean, we thought Thranduil was evol! I think you need to label this AU."
LOL! I can totally see that!
I think that despite what Tolkien said in one of his letters about it being impossible to write a story from the elven PoV, many people (such as you) do a very good job of it. It seems to me that his elves are really just humans who happen to be disease-free, extra pretty and immortal, and their behaviour can be best understood in that context. /blasphemy
Perhaps I've gone a bit too far, but there it is... Actually I'd like to see how a 3000-year-old human given eternal youth would turn out in comparison.
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Date: 2005-11-16 04:21 pm (UTC)LOL! I can totally see that!
I think that despite what Tolkien said in one of his letters about it being impossible to write a story from the elven PoV, many people (such as you) do a very good job of it. It seems to me that his elves are really just humans who happen to be disease-free, extra pretty and immortal, and their behaviour can be best understood in that context. /blasphemy
Perhaps I've gone a bit too far, but there it is... Actually I'd like to see how a 3000-year-old human given eternal youth would turn out in comparison.