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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8807234" data-attributes="member: 23751">Yes they were.  Read the hobbit and the gay(happy) revelry in the Mirkwood, and other moments of song and happiness from them.  In-between times of war were times of peace and happiness in existence and life.SOME were, yes.  And we get that from movie(not show) Galadriel, Celeborn and Gildor, the OLD elves who had the strength and tragedy, of which there were few left in Middle Earth.No. The elves in the show felt weak(other than Galadriel) and incompetent.  "I'm Celebrimbor, best elven smith since Feanor, yet I can't even figure out that maybe a mithril alloy might work without the help of a human who is like 30 years old.  And despite my age and wisdom, I'm not going to question that this 30 year old human knows more of smithing than a several thousand year old great elven smith. And neither are any other ancient and wise elves."The show has no elven wisdom, virtually no elven prowess, none of the past elven tragedy other than the death of Galadriel's brother which isn't part of the Tolkien tragedies(Kinslaying, tragic battles, fall of Gondolin, death of Feanor and Fingolfin, etc.), and none of the gaiety of the elves.  It lacks everything.</blockquote>