Inbreeding... and a little incest

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Originally Posted by Raynor

I think quite the contrary is true; the elves are more adapted to 'living' than all other incarnates, given that their doom is to abide (in incarnate form, desireably) till the end of Ea.

This is the text to which I refer, and maybe I'm just not reading it right:

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

For Ents are more like Elves: less interested in themselves than Men are, and better at getting inside other things. And yet again Ents are more like Men, more changeable than Elves are, and quicker at taking the colour of the outside, you might say. Or better than both: for they are steadier and keep their minds on things longer

Now, those are Treebeard's words to Merry and Pippin, and so suspect, as Treebeard may not have an objective point of view. But it would seem that he and I agree, as I too see the Elves trying to embalm parts of Middle Earth, and when finally time catches up with that place (i.e. the fading of Lorien), the elves do not adapt, but move on.