#my source on fae pointy ears coming from Christian paintings of demons and the classification thereof comes from morgan daimler btw

[grimalkinsquill]

Out of genuine curiosity and potential delight to see what adding this to the fire of this question would do:

Many Christian theologies previously sorted fae into types of demons (which is where the imagery of fae/elves/pixies/etc. with pointed ears comes from; visual shorthand borrowed from paintings of demons, who had such ears specifically to dehumanize them via animal comparisons), saying they were akin to fallen angels of a very specific sort, just like demons.

So another potential (because all of this isn't to discount or dismiss the original answer given, it is simply to fuel the fires of potential silly debate) angle to consider this from: while the pop said only human babies can get into heaven and thus fae can't be baptized, can fae be affected by anti-demon rituals or other similar things or is it simply funny to pretend they are, on an individual-by-individual basis?

been trying to think up benign but controversial statements or questions regarding the fae, akin to “is a hotdog a sandwich”. so far i’ve come up with “can fairy rings be other shapes”, “which court would win the great british bake off”, and “all gnomes are hung as fuck”.