#hes tall. a great leader. the eldest brother. hes humble and gave up his throne. hes kind in that he cares for his cousins and uncle.

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I like to think that, for the Elves, being tall was seen as attractive, of having good health and fortune, and overall just seen as a trait that Elves wanted. Cause all the "Greats" and "Wisest" of the Elves were tall as trees in the books. I like to think that this is a cultural trait carried over from the Cuiviénen, where they believed that the tallest Elves were wiser cause they were closer to the stars or something so being tall became something akin to a blessing

It would be cool if they had a type of greeting that complimented a person on their height or blessed them to grow taller or something like how Dwarves greet each other by blessing their beards

It would also make their interactions a little bit more funny, like:

"Oh :// you are very hairy and you beard is so long.... (how can they stand it? Isn't it itchy?)"

"Humph, well you are much too tall, you're basically like a tree! (not a good height for working in tunnels at all, no wonder they're such bad smiths)"

And both are like "Oh, well that was nice of them maybe I shouldn't be so mean" and then procced to try and be nicer in their culture which in turn insults the other in some fashion

#lotr #silmarillion #gimli #legolas #bilbo #thorin #hobbit #I think that Feanor rubbed it in Nolos face when his son was the tallest of all the elves like HA my Genes and Son is better than yours #especially since Fingon is a Short King (literally) but he almost swallowed his tounge when turgon kept growing #mae is still taller and I think that helps the tragedy aspect of the Feanorians like here is an elf that really is a Main Character #hes tall. a great leader. the eldest brother. hes humble and gave up his throne. hes kind in that he cares for his cousins and uncle. #hes strong and held back morgoth when all the other kingdoms fell. he was tortured but got better and was nice about his rescue. #he keeps his brothers in line. blah blah blah but then he goes off the walls crazy from grief and then the Tragedy happens #really sells home the point of Yikes you see in shakespeare stories #like here is the Literally So Handsom And Tall Elf and lets watch him break and cast himself into the void because he kept trying #to protect the people he loves and do good things and be a dutiful son and heir but oops nothing ever goes right and the ppl he loves #keep dying around him and its all low key his fault and WOW it all builds up till the end when he unalives himself because of the #conseuences of his own actions like *chefs kiss* Hey Elf Hamlet my love how are you #amber rambles