Meeting Elves - How would you have coped?

[Boo Radley]

Originally Posted by The 1,000 Reader

I'd probably think that they were just humans until I noticed the ears. Then I'd think 'Cool, an elf.'

But don't ever call them a Vulcan. Man, they HATE that!

[Isabellkya]

Hm.. I'm not sure how I would cope.. I guess it would all depend on how I was raised.. whether or not I believed them to be myth or actually real.. I guess to actually answer the question; I think I would cope pretty well. I might be taken back by actually meeting them for the first time.. I would probably just see them as another person... who just had a really long life span.

[Liriodendron]

It would depend on the elves.....if they came across as snooty and uncaring, I'd plobably start turning grey/black .....if they (particularly the females ) were warm and caring, despite being perfect, I would probably look up to them and want to get closer.

[narfforc]

If I met an Elf I'd ram my Orc Scimitar through his back, that would teach him not to hug trees.

[Roa_Aoife]

I've always disliked the Elves in general (snobby, self-righteous, arrogant... *grumble grumble*) but, having never been bothered by mortality and the inevitability of death, doubt I would ever turn black.

In my opinion, Elves ought to envy humans. The brevity of our life spans allow us to maintain a sense of wonder. This may be morbid, but ask a terminally ill patient who has come to terms with their diagnoses- life is much sweeter, much more vibrant, when one takes into account that everything could end tomorrow. Or even a few decades, for such a length of time would be insignificant to such long lived beings.

Really, if Elves existed, I would say they ought to be pitied.

[Boo Radley]

Boo Radley meets an Elf while walking along... Let's listen in, shall we?

Elf: "Greetings, Man!"

BR: "Man? What are you, a Hippie?"

Elf: "Err.. no. I am an Elf! Gendolar is my name and I have lived in this land for 5,000 years!"

BR: "5,000 years? Yeah, I'll need to see some ID."

Elf: "What?"

BR: "Nothing. Never mind. So... you're an Elf, eh? Hmmm... so... Orcs, huh. What's up with them, anyways?"

Elf: "What do you mean? They are evil and an abomination unto the land!"

BR: "Kind of like Steeler's fans."

Elf: "What?"

BR: "Nothing. So.. Oh, OK... Stop me if you've heard this one. These three Orcs walk into a bar and they're each carrying a duck under their arm."

Elf: "What?"

[Lalwendë]

How do we know we'd even recognise an Elf if we saw one? And what does one look like anyway? Just a human with pointy ears? I personally think they are so much more than that.

My dad thinks that aliens, if they exist and have come to Earth, live amongst us. His reasoning is that if they can get to this planet then they have superior knowledge and will certainly know that to survive they will realise they must disguise themselves. Maybe Elves are the same? The Istari after all knew to disguise themselves as something unobtrusive, as old men...be careful and take note to be especially nice to pensioners in flat caps and car coats.