A question of Hobbit and Human ages... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Carannillion · 01-30-2002, 05:34 PM

Okaaay.... Um, I got a bit confused here.

The way I see it, a Hobbit who is 50 years old is also 50 years old to a human, BUT while a human is counted soon to be old among other humans when he/she is 50, the Hobbit is counted to have just recently become an adult, right? (and of course the same thing goes for elves and dwarves)

A year is a year, but since the different races have different life spans, they don't count themselves as grown up at the same ages. That's how I see it.

01-30-2002, 05:34 PM	#10
Carannillion Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mici Firya Posts: 135	Okaaay.... Um, I got a bit confused here. The way I see it, a Hobbit who is 50 years old is also 50 years old to a human, BUT while a human is counted soon to be old among other humans when he/she is 50, the Hobbit is counted to have just recently become an adult, right? (and of course the same thing goes for elves and dwarves) A year is a year, but since the different races have different life spans, they don't count themselves as grown up at the same ages. That's how I see it. __________________ A cry for the people, but there's noone there to hear...