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Originally Posted by Lalaith
You know, the people of Haleth have often reminded me of the Finns during the Winter War.
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I think that is no coincidence that exists only in your mind
Lalaith. Like the story of
Thermophylaie it is a story of a few standing against the many in extreme circumstances and winning the day just by not losing their ground against overwhelming odds. With his love of Finnish language it's easy to imagine the prof. reading with anxiety the news from the "eastern front" during the war...
Maybe he got a few inspirations from that?
But what comes to the question asked here I think I must at least partly agree with
Lommy. I'm too human to identify myself with other races. So I'm a human. But with elves there is the idea of longevity and study, the arts and crafts perfected with a tradition.
It's a hard choice to make.
In the end I will take my chances with humans as we are also prone to a short life-span which makes our lives more significant than lives that could theoretically last forever.
Limits bring meaning forwards.