I also noticed that the Elves have usually been very frigid when it comes to dealing with Men. Perhaps the Three Rings are to blame.
The Rings sort of preserve time, right? And the lives of Men don't take up much time. Men die.
So, unwittingly, the Elves grow a sort of subconcious dislike for them. While they, becaause of the Rings, like to preserve things as they are, Men change rapidly and die and our civilisation grows and changes quickly, all the time. It is not preserving, as the Elves, perhaps unknowingly, would rather have.
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