Well, I guess I was wrong. Hobbits
do have slightly pointy ears according to Tolkien. Others have quoted Tolkien's Letter # 27, but I'll do it again just for the record:
Quote:
To the Houghton Mifflin Company
....I picture a fairly human figure, not a kind of 'fairy' rabbit as some of my British reviewers seem to fancy; fattish in the stomach, shortish in the leg. A round, jovial face; ears only slightly pointed and 'elvish'; hair short and curling (brown)......
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If Arwen's ears were pointed, and Aragorn comes from half-elven lineage, why woudn't their kids' ears be (at least slightly) pointed?
Nevermind the fact that I never imagined any pointed ears in all my initial readings, and was quite convinced that there was no way Tolkien could go so low as to give any of his creations (arg) pointed ears! Well, doggone it, I guess I was wrong.