Why do people hate Elfkind?

[Desdichado]

Just saw Hellboy 2. If elves could be like those, I'd take 'em.

 

[Rechan]

There WAS a ton of other good drow and a good drow goddess. Now there are good dark elves, evil drow, Drizzt and no more Ellistrae.

What what what? No more Ellistrae?! But how can you get rid of a goddess of Naked Elves Dancing in Moonlight?!

I am sad.

 

[Mark]

Why do people hate Elfkind?

Vowel envy?

 

[Ranger REG]

What what what? No more Ellistrae?! But how can you get rid of a goddess of Naked Elves Dancing in Moonlight?!

By replacing it with a goddess of Naked Elves Dancing in Daylight.

 

[Rechan]

Elves with sunburn is not cool.

 

[Desdichado]

Vowel envy?

Maybe 'y' envy. Nobody gets to have as many 'y's as the elves.

Y'know, speaking of letters and whatnot; am I the only one who actually would kinda like to "un-Tolkien" the word a bit and say elfs and elfin rather than elves and elven?

 

[Brennin Magalus]

Maybe 'y' envy. Nobody gets to have as many 'y's as the elves.

Y'know, speaking of letters and whatnot; am I the only one who actually would kinda like to "un-Tolkien" the word a bit and say elfs and elfin rather than elves and elven?

I prefer going even further and dropping elf for sidhe.

 

[hamishspence]

Elfin, etc: which leads to jokes

Specifically, about the more obnoxious elf characters being extremely 'elfish or possibly 'elf centred

 

[Merkuri]

Y'know, speaking of letters and whatnot; am I the only one who actually would kinda like to "un-Tolkien" the word a bit and say elfs and elfin rather than elves and elven?

Meh, I'm used to "elves" and "elven".

Though I got in trouble back in high school for adding "elven" to the dictionary on my parents' computer because my dad once mistyped "eleven" and it didn't catch it.

 

[Nifft]

Y'know, speaking of letters and whatnot; am I the only one who actually would kinda like to "un-Tolkien" the word a bit and say elfs and elfin rather than elves and elven?

Nah, they have separate meanings: a real-life human could have "elfin" features, but not "elven" (though a half-elf could have both). Compare "manly" and "mannish".

Cheers, -- N