Elves' Ears - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mark12_30 · 01-06-2005, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Fordim Hedgethistle

2.2 As to the citation from the HoME, there's all kinds of reasons for me to be unconvinced by it. First, who are these "gnomes" he's talking about?

Fordie, you CANNOT be serious. Say it ain't so. You DO know that the original name for the Noldorin was "Gnomes." You knew that. Of course you knew that.

Fordim Hedgethistle · 01-06-2005, 11:53 AM

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You knew that. Of course you knew that.

Well. . .yes. . .of course, of course. . .of course I knew that. . .known it for a long time. . .testing you all, that's what I was doing. Yes. . .testing you. Of course I knew that. . .who woudn't?. . .I mean that would be just silly, not knowing that. . .got you though, didn't I? I had you really going there for a moment. . .heh heh.

*shuffles papers*

mark12_30 · 01-06-2005, 12:01 PM

Yes. Quite definitely had me going. But all is forgiven, at least all on my part.

Should a Gnomish gauntlet come flying your way, you may rest assured it did not come from me.

Mithalwen · 01-06-2005, 12:11 PM

Well I was converted to pointy ear fandom .. I have to admit it was something thet made me choke on my popcorn when I saw FOTR but then I read HoME ..... and they are so cute ... My grand-father seems to have had pointy ears and sadly I have not inherited them though I am otherwise very like

. If I weren't so anti frivolous cosmetic surgery.....

davem · 01-06-2005, 12:44 PM

Certainly, Hobbits seem to have 'pointy ears':

http://www.torania.de/luthien/hobbit...en-bagend2.htm

so if hobbit ears are 'slightly pointed & Elvish' it would appear that
elvish ears must be more pointed.....

Fordim Hedgethistle · 01-06-2005, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by davem

Certainly, Hobbits seem to have 'pointy ears':

http://www.torania.de/luthien/hobbit...en-bagend2.htm

so if hobbit ears are 'slightly pointed & Elvish' it would appear that
elvish ears must be more pointed.....

I've got to say, I'm extremely familiar with that picture (when I was a kid it hung on the wall over my bed for about five years) and I never once saw Bilbo's ears as being pointed. I still don't.

I have, however, noticed that Bag End is a HUGE hole: if we assume that Bilbo is 3 ft 6 in, and that he is about 8 to 10 ft from the door (not an unreasonable assumption if we take the tiles in the floor to be standard 8x12 in) then we can pretty accurately measure the height of the door at 8 ft high, and the hole itself as being about 11 feet high (although the picture does cut off the top of the roof so that's more approximate).

But I digress. . .

Saraphim · 01-06-2005, 07:03 PM

Well...I firmly place my vote on "no".

I found, when I read the book, to initially imagine the elves with pointed ears, due to my upbringing of such.

However, when I developed actual thoughts and pholosophies on these sorts of things, I found that I prefered to think of the difference between elves and humans as more intrinsic, rather than simply a physical difference.

Of course, this could get messily C v.s. R , so those are my two small cents.

01-06-2005, 12:01 PM	#3
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Yes. Quite definitely had me going. But all is forgiven, at least all on my part. Should a Gnomish gauntlet come flying your way, you may rest assured it did not come from me. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

01-06-2005, 12:11 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Well I was converted to pointy ear fandom .. I have to admit it was something thet made me choke on my popcorn when I saw FOTR but then I read HoME ..... and they are so cute ... My grand-father seems to have had pointy ears and sadly I have not inherited them though I am otherwise very like . If I weren't so anti frivolous cosmetic surgery..... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-06-2005, 12:44 PM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Certainly, Hobbits seem to have 'pointy ears': http://www.torania.de/luthien/hobbit...en-bagend2.htm so if hobbit ears are 'slightly pointed & Elvish' it would appear that elvish ears must be more pointed..... __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

01-06-2005, 07:03 PM	#7
Saraphim Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The other side of freezing. Posts: 404	Well...I firmly place my vote on "no". I found, when I read the book, to initially imagine the elves with pointed ears, due to my upbringing of such. However, when I developed actual thoughts and pholosophies on these sorts of things, I found that I prefered to think of the difference between elves and humans as more intrinsic, rather than simply a physical difference. Of course, this could get messily C v.s. R , so those are my two small cents. __________________ I drink Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters! ~ Always remember: pillage BEFORE you burn.

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