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Is it sadder when an elf dies than when a human dies?
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<blockquote data-quote="tonym" data-source="post: 1574330" data-attributes="member: 4127"><p>Thanks for that informative, interesting post, Sigil. The soul of an elf dying along with his/her body is a waaay cool idea, and one I don't remember reading about in the LotR books (it's been a while since I read them).</p><p></p><p>I know I'm missing your point by saying this, Sigil...but the idea of the elf's soul dying along with his body now makes his death EVEN MORE tragic to me. </p><p></p><p>Humans dying? Pfffff. Humans in LotR have heaven or something similar, as you pointed out. Since they have heaven, it seems less of a big deal when one gets skewered by an orc. They have heaven, after all.</p><p></p><p>But an elf? D-d-dead? Along with his frikkin SOUL?</p><p></p><p>*choke* </p><p>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Haha, nifty. But then an orc's life would be 'more' valuable than a humans, because it is even shorter! </p><p></p><p>Man, a lot of people on this messageboard like HUMANS, for some reason. Weird... Humans have dull, uninteresting ears, and they miss more often with a bow. Elves, on the other hand, are quieter in the forest. And their bread is better for you. </p><p></p><p>I mean, humans are obviously inferior to elves, right?</p><p></p><p>All you people like humans for sentimental reasons, I bet. Like your parents were human or something.</p><p></p><p>If I was at Helm's Deep during that battle, I'd be yelling, "Kill meeee, filthy orcs! I'm just a human! I have an afterlife! Don't kill the elf and destoy his soul! Kill me instead! ME!"</p><p></p><p>Okay, maybe that's taking things a LITTLE too far. But still, you get the point. The death of a LotR elf is sadder than the death of a LotR human, because LotR elves live so much longer, and--as Sigil pointed out--their soul is destoyed when they die.</p><p></p><p>Am I alone with this thinking?</p><p></p><p>If you were picking teams for paintball, I bet all of you would trade 10 humans to get an Elf on your side.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Tony</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tonym, post: 1574330, member: 4127"] Thanks for that informative, interesting post, Sigil. The soul of an elf dying along with his/her body is a waaay cool idea, and one I don't remember reading about in the LotR books (it's been a while since I read them). I know I'm missing your point by saying this, Sigil...but the idea of the elf's soul dying along with his body now makes his death EVEN MORE tragic to me. Humans dying? Pfffff. Humans in LotR have heaven or something similar, as you pointed out. Since they have heaven, it seems less of a big deal when one gets skewered by an orc. They have heaven, after all. But an elf? D-d-dead? Along with his frikkin SOUL? *choke* . Haha, nifty. But then an orc's life would be 'more' valuable than a humans, because it is even shorter! Man, a lot of people on this messageboard like HUMANS, for some reason. Weird... Humans have dull, uninteresting ears, and they miss more often with a bow. Elves, on the other hand, are quieter in the forest. And their bread is better for you. I mean, humans are obviously inferior to elves, right? All you people like humans for sentimental reasons, I bet. Like your parents were human or something. If I was at Helm's Deep during that battle, I'd be yelling, "Kill meeee, filthy orcs! I'm just a human! I have an afterlife! Don't kill the elf and destoy his soul! Kill me instead! ME!" Okay, maybe that's taking things a LITTLE too far. But still, you get the point. The death of a LotR elf is sadder than the death of a LotR human, because LotR elves live so much longer, and--as Sigil pointed out--their soul is destoyed when they die. Am I alone with this thinking? If you were picking teams for paintball, I bet all of you would trade 10 humans to get an Elf on your side. :) Tony [/QUOTE]
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