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5E Survivor: Species (formerly, "Races"): Lightfoot Halfling Wins!
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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8885299" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>[SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>ENW: "Ugh with the Tolkien!"</p><p>Also ENW: "Eeew, <em>anthropomorphic</em> species? Gross!!!"</p><p>Also x2 ENW: "<em>Dragon</em> people? Really? Compensating, are we?"</p><p>Also x3 Combo ENW: "Yuck, <em>tieflings</em>, I'm not <em>nearly</em> edgelord enough for THAT."</p><p>Rare and highly dangerous Also x4 Combo ENW: "Living rocks? Humans without noses? Robots? <em>Blech</em>."</p><p></p><p>It's the definition of an unpleasable fanbase. The new options have to be non-anthro/non-furry, have prodigious precedent, absolutely no remotely undesirable implications, and yet still have a strong enough flavor to be distinct in their own right. <em>Nothing</em> will <em>ever</em> do that, and the only reason Tolkien's choices do is because he invented the genre. If he had taken more inspiration from Greek myth (since Numenor is clearly Atlantis), and thus had "<em>spartoi</em>" (dragon-people) instead of elves and "<em>troglodytae</em>" instead of dwarves, we'd be laughing at the idea that "elves" would ever make it in fantasy fiction: "What, really? The Thumbelina-style six-inch-tall folklore creatures*? As if. Or do you mean the ridiculous nature spirits from Shakespeare? Get real!"</p><p></p><p>Being part of the founding document of a genre is a hell of a boost.</p><p></p><p>*This characterization is actually almost certainly false, the result of 17th-19th century analysts misreading, misunderstanding, or outright speaking falsely about <em>Christian</em> works depicting European pagan beliefs. Elves were almost always spoken of in ways that classified them as a <em>people</em>, not as miniature sprites.[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8885299, member: 6790260"] [SPOILER] ENW: "Ugh with the Tolkien!" Also ENW: "Eeew, [I]anthropomorphic[/I] species? Gross!!!" Also x2 ENW: "[I]Dragon[/I] people? Really? Compensating, are we?" Also x3 Combo ENW: "Yuck, [I]tieflings[/I], I'm not [I]nearly[/I] edgelord enough for THAT." Rare and highly dangerous Also x4 Combo ENW: "Living rocks? Humans without noses? Robots? [I]Blech[/I]." It's the definition of an unpleasable fanbase. The new options have to be non-anthro/non-furry, have prodigious precedent, absolutely no remotely undesirable implications, and yet still have a strong enough flavor to be distinct in their own right. [I]Nothing[/I] will [I]ever[/I] do that, and the only reason Tolkien's choices do is because he invented the genre. If he had taken more inspiration from Greek myth (since Numenor is clearly Atlantis), and thus had "[I]spartoi[/I]" (dragon-people) instead of elves and "[I]troglodytae[/I]" instead of dwarves, we'd be laughing at the idea that "elves" would ever make it in fantasy fiction: "What, really? The Thumbelina-style six-inch-tall folklore creatures*? As if. Or do you mean the ridiculous nature spirits from Shakespeare? Get real!" Being part of the founding document of a genre is a hell of a boost. *This characterization is actually almost certainly false, the result of 17th-19th century analysts misreading, misunderstanding, or outright speaking falsely about [I]Christian[/I] works depicting European pagan beliefs. Elves were almost always spoken of in ways that classified them as a [I]people[/I], not as miniature sprites.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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