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Mithalwen · 04-04-2005, 12:51 PM

Having been outraged initially by pointy ears in the films, I was persuaded by that quote in HoME. I don't think that the genetic variation dictating pointy ears would prevent interbreeding any more that the one affecting eye-shape does. I mean of all the differences between elves and men, ear-shape would be the least significant surely?

The other possibility is that since ears (and nose-tips) are made of cartilidge, they do actually continue growing throughout life ( bad luck Christopher Ecclestone

)... so maybe the extensions merely reflect their long elvish life

.... they could all look like Dumbo by the end of Arda...

04-04-2005, 12:51 PM	#29
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Having been outraged initially by pointy ears in the films, I was persuaded by that quote in HoME. I don't think that the genetic variation dictating pointy ears would prevent interbreeding any more that the one affecting eye-shape does. I mean of all the differences between elves and men, ear-shape would be the least significant surely? The other possibility is that since ears (and nose-tips) are made of cartilidge, they do actually continue growing throughout life ( bad luck Christopher Ecclestone )... so maybe the extensions merely reflect their long elvish life .... they could all look like Dumbo by the end of Arda... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace