Elf Ears - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ahanarion · 03-07-2002, 09:55 PM

I just realised something elves can have pointy ears. The DNA that makes us human is 99.9 of all our DNA but the other .1 percent is what decides the color of our eyes etc. It also decides what shape our ears are. I kew a guy with pointy ears one of his parents had pointy ears too. That means elves could have had poity ears but not that they did just that they could.

Ahanarion · 03-07-2002, 11:14 PM

Darn I said poity.

Sindalómiel · 03-07-2002, 11:49 PM

You can edit your posts you know, just click that little hammer-looking icon.

Gwaihir the Windlord · 03-08-2002, 12:26 AM

Ok... *cracks knuckles*

a) Sindalómiel, make that sig smaller please. It's much too thick.

b) Yes, people can have pointy ears, but a whole race having them? You have to admit that they are not particularly attractive, and elves are beautiful; also, Tolkien said that it was human myth that gave Elves pointy ears, not fact. Read the appendixes.

Good day to you. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Orald · 03-08-2002, 12:56 AM

Look to the other topic open concerning pointy ears, there are specific quotes disclaiming it. There are more quotes, but I don't feel like posting anymore, seeing that I got my point across.

littlemanpoet · 03-08-2002, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Look to the other topic open concerning pointy ears, there are specific quotes disclaiming it. There are more quotes, but I don't feel like posting anymore, seeing that I got my point across.

Ditto.

Aralaithiel · 03-08-2002, 03:26 PM

Ahhh...the joys of genetics! And we cannot forget those darn mutations! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Bruce MacCulloch · 03-08-2002, 04:01 PM

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Ahhh...the joys of genetics! And we cannot forget those darn mutations!

I see that in another thread you insist that you, at least, have pointy ears. Are you a mutant then? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Ahanarion · 03-08-2002, 06:03 PM

I know they didn't have pointy ears all I was saying was that they could. I have slightly pointed ears yet know one in my family does so I guess I'm a mutant.

Maeglin · 03-09-2002, 10:33 AM

Com' on! This is a world of mystic tales and magically beautiful beeings who happends to have pointy ears.

Don't spoil the whole thing with speculations around DNA and stuff! That doesn't belong to the fantasy-world!

Gorin Icearms · 03-09-2002, 11:08 AM

*Out of the blue thought* Why did Peter Pan have pointy ears?

NotHomeYet · 03-09-2002, 12:33 PM

Probably for the same reason that Yoda has pointy ears.

VanimaEdhel · 03-09-2002, 03:45 PM

Hey...okay: if I followed right...I am going to put in MY two cents over here!
Okay: pointy ears = cool, I agree (if anyone mentioned that) [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] and I almost have pointy ears, so it IS possible (and I am not Irish: most people I know with pointy ears are Irish for some reason...*shrugs* whatever). So: speaking of DNA...no, I just lost what I was about to say, never mind...Okay, well, just putting in my answer!
Vanya sulie (fair winds)!

Joy · 03-09-2002, 03:55 PM

I must be part Elvish, I have semi-pointy ears. BTW, I am part Irish (some English and Cherrokee Indian, too).

Aralaithiel · 03-09-2002, 04:09 PM

Well, I'm Scotch-Irish, with a wee bit of Cajun, and I have somewhat pointy ears. My alter-ego, Aralaithiel, High Queen of the Eldar, definitely has pointy ears! It's related to her flaming red hair! Yep, she's a mutant all right! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] You know how Elves can be re-bodied? Well, even though she's Elrond's daughter, she's the reincarnation of Fëanor!
Bwhahahahahaha! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

03-07-2002, 09:55 PM	#1
Ahanarion Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tirion upon Tuna Posts: 94	Elf Ears I just realised something elves can have pointy ears. The DNA that makes us human is 99.9 of all our DNA but the other .1 percent is what decides the color of our eyes etc. It also decides what shape our ears are. I kew a guy with pointy ears one of his parents had pointy ears too. That means elves could have had poity ears but not that they did just that they could. __________________ Ohtari i Noldor Hosta!

03-07-2002, 11:14 PM	#2
Ahanarion Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tirion upon Tuna Posts: 94	Darn I said poity. __________________ Ohtari i Noldor Hosta!

03-07-2002, 11:49 PM	#3
Sindalómiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 109	You can edit your posts you know, just click that little hammer-looking icon. __________________ http://www.webspawner.com/users/rineee/Sidhwen.jpg An Eru mîriant i-Ardhon E-anniant În Iôn Er-edonnant, an er-pen aphadiant ú-gwanno, garir i-guil uireb

03-08-2002, 03:26 PM	#7
Aralaithiel Ghost Eldaran Queen Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A remote mountain in Valinor Posts: 353	Ahhh...the joys of genetics! And we cannot forget those darn mutations! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ A lelyat, wen! (Quenya Elvish for "You go, girl!"

03-08-2002, 06:03 PM	#9
Ahanarion Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tirion upon Tuna Posts: 94	I know they didn't have pointy ears all I was saying was that they could. I have slightly pointed ears yet know one in my family does so I guess I'm a mutant. __________________ Ohtari i Noldor Hosta!

03-08-2002, 12:26 AM	#4
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	Ok... cracks knuckles a) Sindalómiel, make that sig smaller please. It's much too thick. b) Yes, people can have pointy ears, but a whole race having them? You have to admit that they are not particularly attractive, and elves are beautiful; also, Tolkien said that it was human myth that gave Elves pointy ears, not fact. Read the appendixes. Good day to you. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

03-08-2002, 12:56 AM	#5
Orald Shadow of Malice Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: right behind you Posts: 843	Look to the other topic open concerning pointy ears, there are specific quotes disclaiming it. There are more quotes, but I don't feel like posting anymore, seeing that I got my point across.

03-09-2002, 10:33 AM	#10
Maeglin Wight Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nan Elmoth Posts: 136	Com' on! This is a world of mystic tales and magically beautiful beeings who happends to have pointy ears. Don't spoil the whole thing with speculations around DNA and stuff! That doesn't belong to the fantasy-world! __________________ The fool speaks of what he knows. The wise knows what he speaks of.

03-09-2002, 11:08 AM	#11
Gorin Icearms Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 67	Out of the blue thought Why did Peter Pan have pointy ears? __________________ The Moon is Rising! Oh hey, I'm a wight now. WORSHIP ME IN ALL MY WIGHTNESS!!! MUAHAHAHA!!

03-09-2002, 12:33 PM	#12
NotHomeYet Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 13	Probably for the same reason that Yoda has pointy ears. __________________ The signs are obvious They are everywhere All that we hear about Is the gloom and despair Too many would be prophets Saying it's the end of it all 'Cause Mother Earth can't take much more The skies are gonna fall So nature has its needs That's a lesson learned But it appears to me There are greater concerns 'Cause we can save the planet Thinking we will somehow survive But Father Time is calling us To save somebody's life So I won't bend and I won't break I won't water down my faith I won't compromise in a world of desperation What has been, I cannot change For tomorrow and today I must be a light to future generations --- 4HIM

03-09-2002, 03:45 PM	#13
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,463	Hey...okay: if I followed right...I am going to put in MY two cents over here! Okay: pointy ears = cool, I agree (if anyone mentioned that) [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] and I almost have pointy ears, so it IS possible (and I am not Irish: most people I know with pointy ears are Irish for some reason...shrugs whatever). So: speaking of DNA...no, I just lost what I was about to say, never mind...Okay, well, just putting in my answer! Vanya sulie (fair winds)! __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

03-09-2002, 03:55 PM	#14
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,014	I must be part Elvish, I have semi-pointy ears. BTW, I am part Irish (some English and Cherrokee Indian, too). __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

03-09-2002, 04:09 PM	#15
Aralaithiel Ghost Eldaran Queen Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A remote mountain in Valinor Posts: 353	Well, I'm Scotch-Irish, with a wee bit of Cajun, and I have somewhat pointy ears. My alter-ego, Aralaithiel, High Queen of the Eldar, definitely has pointy ears! It's related to her flaming red hair! Yep, she's a mutant all right! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] You know how Elves can be re-bodied? Well, even though she's Elrond's daughter, she's the reincarnation of Fëanor! Bwhahahahahaha! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ A lelyat, wen! (Quenya Elvish for "You go, girl!"