Well, the thing is, it is all make believe. You cannot 'really' be a human being other than yourself either. And yes, it is a perfectly valid point that pretending to be a non-human rather than just not-you-human is more difficult. But that is just a difference of degree, not of kind, so I'm not sure why we should draw the line precisely there.
It IS a difference of KIND. The KIND being Human and Not-Human!
Again, no, because all of this misses the point. The purpose of playing a non-human character is not to don a costume, or to pretend to be non-human, or to play a human with a hat. The point, once again, is introspection. To gain new insight into the way your experiences shape you, by imagining having had different experiences.
I certainly feel as though my words are going past you.
Only in biological sense. That's not what I mean.
I know mine are going way above your head...
Uh...okay...well, when we finally meet an Elf, I hope we ask it if it has a Human or Non-Human mind. I am very curious to know if it is just a Human mind cleverly disguised in a different biological body, or if it actually is a Non-Human.
No, I definitely understand what you’re saying.
I am not sure why you would think that a creature so similar to human than a typical fantasy elf would have a thought process totally incomprehensible to us humans. I have pretty good idea what my dogs think, and they're far more different from humans than humans are from elves. With humans and elves we're probably talking about something like a difference between the homo sapiens and the neantherdals.
The you agree that people playing Elfs are just Humans who have donned Elf costumes? Because that is what I am saying.
In the same way than people who are playing humans that are not them have donned a some-other-human costume.
