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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8982341" data-attributes="member: 58172">I appreciate your kind words.Yeah. Shapeshifting is a central concept in Norse traditions, sometimes including gender swapping.This might well be the sacred values of Corellon themself: "to be moved to emotion by appearance, or musical or magical prowess, and to have absolutely fluid relationships."For me, the family members of the House of Corellon strive to express this ideal of fluidity beyond any single identity. The rest of the elven cultures understand the value of this, and uphold it as a sacred status.At the same time, not all elves are genderfluid. Some are "vanilla" cisgender, some are transgender, some pronouncedly masculine, some pronouncedly feminine, some androgynous, some agendered, and so on. Likewise, some are straight, some are gay, some are bi, some are hypersexual, some are asexual, and so on.In Tashas, I appreciate the image of the Psi Warrior because I think it is the first time I saw an official image of what I consider to be a masculine Elf. D&D history has a long tradition of feminine "elf babes" and also often leans into the elf as androgynous. Between the tropes of thinness, beardless, invariably long hair, and often "pretty", a manly Elf seems scarce in D&D art. I am happy with the new art direction to include any normal human body type for Humanoids − all are possible, masculine, feminine, androgynous, fat, thin, muscular, wiry, tall, short, and so on. For me, this diversity is breath of fresh air. It makes building a character concept to roleplay fit in better within the various official settings.Conceptually, the Elf is a nature being (and for Norse-like a manifestation of actual sunlight). So when nature beings adopt a Human-like form, it makes sense to resemble Human diversity, appearances, and customs. I view Elves as having the full range of Human diversity. At the same time, in light of their ancestor, those forms who happen to be genderfluid enjoy sacred status because elven traditions hold genderfluidity in high regard.For players who want to roleplay a genderfluid character, the House of Corellon is an excellent background to utilize for the character concept. Maybe as a mechanical Background, House of Corellon can grant the Blessing of shapeshifting as part of the Background features.The reallife folkbeliefs about Elves center around tropes relating to: sunlight, success, fate, magic, sex, beauty, and charm. So the Revelry includes all kind of sensuality, including sex, magic, art, and wealthy status symbols. It seems inherently hedonistic to me, in the senses of magic entwining success, beauty, fate, and love.The elven Revelry celebrates every form of love, including family and friends, as well as new romances. "Two enemies may become true best friends." "Two friends may be lovers". Two lovers may decide to have kids together and start a family.</blockquote>

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