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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lucky Number" data-source="post: 2520621" data-attributes="member: 19366">tree shaggers? Vulgarity aside, from whence does that idea come? As far as i can recall, only one race of elves is particularly associated with trees. One would think that someone who styles himself the Lorax would be more amenable to folk who live in the forests. It seems that everyone here is styling their elves on a mixture of Legolas and the bit-part bowyers that captured the Fellowship. I wonder what it is that i missed in the core rulebooks that leads to this assumption. As for simpering, the vast majority of the pictures i've seen of elves portrayed them with either stern or distant expressions, their mood ranging from haughty superiority to outright contempt.Odd. I'm human too, but i am somehow able to see that the "standard" of masculinity varies greatly from one culture to the next. Indeed, as i mentioned in my previous post, the standard of masculinity in Medieval Europe (the historic era and locale that D&D is most based in) was a fellow wearing tight stockings, a garter belt, pointy shoes, and a loose shirt that looked rather like a skirt when a belt was properly worn. That pink was previously considered to be a masculine colour (and blue to be feminine) should be enough to show how much "standards" can change even within one culture.I'm curious what standard you are using, since you consider elves to be in opposition to it. Do you see masculinity as entailing obesity, stunted ears, an inability to survive in the woods, and a lack of culture? Considering that the stereotype of elves (as opposed to how they are actually portrayed in the rulebooks)  seems to be that they are slender, long-eared master woodsmen with a refined aesthetic sense; one might suppose that your view of human masculinity is rather dim.</blockquote>

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