#constant sunlight exposure when the sensible thing to do is to wrap a dark cloth over your eyes and navigate by hearing will do that

[shrikeseams]

# still beating the ol' 'elves and orcs are a lot more like each other than either side would care to admit' drum # to be clear this is more 'the orcs are still elves' than 'elves are just orcs' # orcs move like disabled humans not because disability is a mark of the marring # it's because their bodies just don't move like human ones # and elves move in a very similar way for the same reason # also NOCTURNAL ELVES NOCTURNAL ELVES NOCTURNAL ELVES FOREVER # elvish societies sleep during the day and are active at night change my mind # calaquendi are basically the only elves you'll see going out in the sun without parasols or sunglasses or whatever # it's a tree-radiation-supersoldier thing # even so their vision is... a little substandard # constant sunlight exposure when the sensible thing to do is to wrap a dark cloth over your eyes and navigate by hearing will do that # ... though their ridiculous healing powers do compensate for that a little. fuckin' valar - @feanorianethicsdepartment​

Yea! Fae elves are the best. Elves that look vaguely human shaped but could never be mistaken for humans, elves who are uncanny in their voices, in their movements, who can move on all fours and mimic bird cries perfectly…

-@outofangband

elves never quite look right standing up straight. their fingers and toes are long and prehensile, designed to pick through dense dark forests rather than run across the plains, and their bodies twist and curve to a degree almost impossible in humans. their speaking voices will occasionally hit notes just outside of human hearing, they can go completely still and silent in a fraction of a second, and they're never entirely comfortable out in broad daylight, no sheltering trees between them and the sun

if you look at them from the right angle, they move a lot like orcs

(@outofangband)

[feanorianethicsdepartment]

Yea! Fae elves are the best. Elves that look vaguely human shaped but could never be mistaken for humans, elves who are uncanny in their voices, in their movements, who can move on all fours and mimic bird cries perfectly…

-@outofangband

elves never quite look right standing up straight. their fingers and toes are long and prehensile, designed to pick through dense dark forests rather than run across the plains, and their bodies twist and curve to a degree almost impossible in humans. their speaking voices will occasionally hit notes just outside of human hearing, they can go completely still and silent in a fraction of a second, and they're never entirely comfortable out in broad daylight, no sheltering trees between them and the sun

if you look at them from the right angle, they move a lot like orcs

(@outofangband)