Editing Elf (section)

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[[File:Old Elf.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|/tg/ says: If you made an Elf that looks just like this, then you are doing it right.]]

''NOTE: As mentioned above, elves have drawn their fair share of hatred. The sections below are a factual but [[meme|tongue-in-cheek]] [[skub|discussion]] about the aspects of elves. Due to various reasons including overuse, being arrogant, and the males being effeminate and gayer than thou and the elf who talks about gender insecurities as elves are prone to do, there is A LOT of scorn towards elves among communities such as /tg/ and here. Read on, learn more and draw your own conclusions.''

The origins and nature of elves lie in Germanic mythology and folklore. Reconstructing the early concept of an elf depends almost entirely on texts in Old English or relating to Norse mythology, which altogether is a clusterfuck of alternate versions and retcons. The facts about elves in these legends often changed, though the general idea was a group of beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them. They have been everything from lesser gods to harmful fey beings almost as bad as demons. These varied portrayals and possible pagan origins led to further demonization of elves when Christianity spread to those parts of the world (though even in the earliest non-Christian mythologies about elves, they are portrayed as unpredictable, mysterious and potentially dangerous). Most elves in modern fiction are derived from their usually benevolent, fey or near-angelic portrayal in Tolkien's works. (Ironically, considering it was some early Christians who demonized elves, Tolkien himself was a Christian and a devout Catholic in Britain no less.)

For the average elegan/tg/entleman, elves are magical, pointy-eared, forest-dwelling hippies; the antithesis to the industrious, manly [[dwarf|dwarven]] race (though ironically in the original Germanic mythology all Dwarfs are a subset of elf, meaning that [[Lulz|all Dwarfs are elves]] but not all elves were Dwarfs). Though related, they are not in fact [[Eldar]] due primarily that one is found in space with guns that shoot shuriken, and the other live in forests and have bows that loose arrows... unless you're playing something crazy like [[Spelljammer]]. Elves are the chosen race of many [[Faggotry|hipster]] [[Mary Sue]]s in the fantasy setting thanks to their pointed ears, slender builds and ever-perky breasts. In all actuality, that could be why they're always scantily-clad and the fantasy of [[neckbeard]]s everywhere. An overdone joke (based on said appearance and [[/d/|fantasies]]) is that "all elves are female unless proven otherwise" or that "an elf's gender is elf".

Please note that this article probably wouldn't concern [[Dark Eldar]] and some forms of dark elf, who are usually many times more metal than their fruity non-dark cousins, allowing them some form of toleration or even acceptance by some smar/tg/entlemen. They are also much more likely to show some skin and/or put out, which helps.