Meeting Elves - How would you have coped? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

04-06-2007, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lost Tales, Part One

, whereas the Eldar dwell till the Great End, unless they be slain or waste in grief (for to both of these deaths are they subject), nor doth eld subdue their strenght, except it may be ten thousand centuries, and dying they are reborn in their children....

And considering Cirdan is about the oldest creature yet living in Middle-Earth, he might very wel be grey and old....
I can't really think of how I would have coped with the exitence of Elves, I probaly wouldn't be bothered by it to much though...

MatthewM · 04-06-2007, 03:34 PM

Why do you see it fit to jump at such a minor correction? You didn't even answer the question, and it is clear what hewhoarisesinmight meant. I don't understand why people are so quick to correct others on such trivial things.

Anyway, for my part, I will answer the question, and to be honest I don't know how I would react. Placing myself in a position as Boromir was in, for example, I would be somewhat freaked out. If I was a little more aware of the culture, like Aragorn was, I would be more calm. Either way though, I would certainly be in awe of the beauty of their surroundings...and would love a good tale of old.

The 1,000 Reader · 04-06-2007, 06:49 PM

I'd probably think that they were just humans until I noticed the ears. Then I'd think 'Cool, an elf.'

Boo Radley · 04-06-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by The 1,000 Reader

I'd probably think that they were just humans until I noticed the ears. Then I'd think 'Cool, an elf.'

But don't ever call them a Vulcan. Man, they HATE that!

Isabellkya · 04-06-2007, 08:01 PM

Hm.. I'm not sure how I would cope.. I guess it would all depend on how I was raised.. whether or not I believed them to be myth or actually real.. I guess to actually answer the question; I think I would cope pretty well. I might be taken back by actually meeting them for the first time.. I would probably just see them as another person... who just had a really long life span.

Liriodendron · 04-06-2007, 09:30 PM

It would depend on the elves.....if they came across as snooty and uncaring, I'd plobably start turning grey/black

.....if they (particularly the females

) were warm and caring, despite being perfect, I would probably look up to them and want to get closer.

narfforc · 04-07-2007, 12:28 AM

If I met an Elf I'd ram my Orc Scimitar through his back, that would teach him not to hug trees.

04-06-2007, 03:34 PM	#2
MatthewM Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 628	Why do you see it fit to jump at such a minor correction? You didn't even answer the question, and it is clear what hewhoarisesinmight meant. I don't understand why people are so quick to correct others on such trivial things. Anyway, for my part, I will answer the question, and to be honest I don't know how I would react. Placing myself in a position as Boromir was in, for example, I would be somewhat freaked out. If I was a little more aware of the culture, like Aragorn was, I would be more calm. Either way though, I would certainly be in awe of the beauty of their surroundings...and would love a good tale of old. __________________ "Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills...and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!" -Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring

04-06-2007, 06:49 PM	#3
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	I'd probably think that they were just humans until I noticed the ears. Then I'd think 'Cool, an elf.' __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains

04-06-2007, 08:01 PM	#5
Isabellkya Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amongst trees. Posts: 919	Hm.. I'm not sure how I would cope.. I guess it would all depend on how I was raised.. whether or not I believed them to be myth or actually real.. I guess to actually answer the question; I think I would cope pretty well. I might be taken back by actually meeting them for the first time.. I would probably just see them as another person... who just had a really long life span. __________________ But I was clinging to her like a homicidal monkey.

04-06-2007, 09:30 PM	#6
Liriodendron Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 527	It would depend on the elves.....if they came across as snooty and uncaring, I'd plobably start turning grey/black .....if they (particularly the females ) were warm and caring, despite being perfect, I would probably look up to them and want to get closer. __________________ http://www.lizmargason.com

04-07-2007, 12:28 AM	#7
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	I can't help my ssssssssELF. If I met an Elf I'd ram my Orc Scimitar through his back, that would teach him not to hug trees. __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.