I'm sure the 'happy elf' thing is just cos the Hobbit is a childrens book and lotr isn't. Its been said before and i dont mind saying it again!
about the half-elven thing, this quote is from appendix a of rotk:
"the sons of earendil were elros and elrond, the peredhil or half-elven. In them alone the line of the heroic chieftans of the Edain of the First Age was preserved and after the fall of Gil-Galad the lineage of the High-Elven Kings was also in Middle Earth only represented by their descendants.
At the end of the First Age the Valar gave to the half-elven an irrevocable choice to which kindred they would belong. Elrond chose to be of Elven-kind, and became a master of wisdom. "
To me this sounds like he really did actually become elven, but if there is something that says different please tell me!
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“Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you."
the Forbidden Link
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