tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417850843973944836.post2376172978934390071..comments2024-02-27T00:19:14.984-08:00Comments on Burning Zeppelin Experience: A Public Service AnnouncementMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741134687274260833noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417850843973944836.post-74361552726360533392009-04-30T11:11:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:11:00.000-07:00Come on, tirade at me. I love a good tirade... and...Come on, tirade at me. I love a good tirade... and I <I>hate</I> the Drow with a fiery flaming passion.<br /><br />What annoys me is that the author always seems to be on the elves' side, and the elves are always behaving like jerks.<br /><br />What it is is this: people don't <I>get</I> Tolkien. They don't understand that his elves did not apply their full might to the situation not because they were too snooty or too busy or anything like that. They largely didn't act during the events of the Lord of the Rings because <I>they thought they'd screw it up</I>. And, if you read the Silmarillion, I wouldn't put it past them.<br /><br />So we get snooty, closer-to-nature-than-though elves. And elf rage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417850843973944836.post-47714547945219552932009-04-30T10:03:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:03:00.000-07:00I'll admit it, I have some elf rage, and, like...I'll admit it, I have some elf rage, and, like allergies, it's especially set off by the flowery sort of pastel peace-loving one-with-nature sort, with all the dimensionality of a bad greeting card illustration. To conteract it, I go re-read Terry Pratchett's Lords & Ladies. Funny how a comedic series gets the scary other-ness right. <br /><br />(Oh, and don't mention "drow rage"... then you -will- get a tirade)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417850843973944836.post-81316615891652950942009-04-29T13:57:00.000-07:002009-04-29T13:57:00.000-07:00@ BeccaYeah... I still like elves in Tolkein. Just...<B>@ Becca</B>Yeah... I still like elves in Tolkein. Just not anywhere else.<br /><br />It's gotten to the point that when I edit old stories I take out the elves. I'm not kidding.<br /><br /><B>@ Al Bruno III</B>Ah, Ninja Rage. I've heard of it. Luckily I don't experience it - one rage is more than enough.<br /><br />Admittedly, the idea of elven ninjas fills me with a horror I cannot describe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417850843973944836.post-44792307722794075192009-04-29T12:21:00.000-07:002009-04-29T12:21:00.000-07:00I think I may suffer from an offshoot of this call...I think I may suffer from an offshoot of this called "Ninja Rage"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09492062472206579391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417850843973944836.post-21209498742414724012009-04-29T11:22:00.000-07:002009-04-29T11:22:00.000-07:00I like Tolkien elves. I was also once told in Jap...I like Tolkien elves. I was also once told in Japan by a peer that I looked like an elf, which made me very happy XD<br /><br />That being said, copy-cat Tolkien elves can drive me crazy. Probably not to the level of Elf Rage, though.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095275967947187449noreply@blogger.com