#looking at the aphmau wiki to check out what EXACTLY tf this lore is for my own lore building needs. specifically with the old gods

[starry-bi-sky]

Differences (with some similarities) between Fairies and Elves in my budding MCD lore:

Fairies - Wings (typically insect like in nature) - Pointed ears. Noticeably longer and thinner than the elven folk, with more range of movement. - Colorful hair and/or eyes (not always the case, but not uncommon) - Long fingers - Immortality - Heights range from human-sized, to small, to large - Their skin and hair shimmer under direct sunlight, and there's a "blush" around the corners of their eyes, tips of their ears, their fingers. The "blush" tends to be the same color as either their eyes, hair, or wings.

Elves - Pointed ears. Shorter and a bit thicker, they have less range of movement. - Tattoo-like markings across their body (like Aphmau's in MCD Rebirth) that tend to come in one solid color. - They don't shimmer under sunlight, but there is a faint, ethereal glow around them that's sometimes hard to miss - Immortality - Heights range from human-sized, to taller - Long fingers - Colorful hair and/or eyes (not always the case, but not uncommon)

Both of these species have a more potent connection to magicks than humans do. An elf will usually always be a stronger magicks user compared to a human, and a fairy will always be a stronger magicks user than a human.

Colorful or otherwise "abnormal" hair and eyes are signs of magicks, and is a pretty key identifier for magick users. It's one of the few remaining connections humans have to their relation to fairies. Along with magick-users having fingers that are longer than "normal". This is harder to spot though.

The reason "long fingers" is a sign of magicks, and is found on both elves and fairies, is because part of spellwork is the ability to "weave" the magick in the air. Longer fingers make the physical component of certain spells easier, because they can hook around the magick better than shorter fingers. Shorter fingers doesn't make certain spells impossible to cast, it just means they take longer to learn and perfect.