Tolkien & Anderson Elves by Tetramorph

[Admin Pete]

tetramorph started this thread over at ODD74 and I thought it was quite interesting and so I am linking to it here.

Tolkien & Anderson Elves

I will only quote a snippet:

I love Tolkien's elves, but I find Anderson's elves more "realistic" (for my syncretistic setting), more "playable," and just cool.



Could you guys help me out here?



1.) Brainstorm a compare / contrast between Tolkien / Anderson elves



2.) Imagine a crazy way to synthesize them into some history that allows both to be "true," in some creative sense, in a Terrestrial Age of Wonder between about 500 and 1000 AD

I thought this and the rest of the thread have a lot of possibilities.

[bravewolf]

There was a progression in purity or nobility from the Noldor to Sindarin to Wood elves (?) in the LoTR. In a world with sufficient time depth, Anderson elves (if analogous to OD&D elves, could represent further evolution from the Noldor line.