The way I always interpreted it is that the elves, being bound to the planet as they are, were "beautiful" because of their connection to Arda. That they basically represent the beauty of nature and the planet and all that entails as opposed to the technology driven "manufactured" orcs. While Men were Eru Illuvatar's favored people and thus not bound to Arda and that's why they're mundane.
It's supposed to be one of those things where being pretty and immortal actually makes them less special than humans. I think the Numenoreans are much better parallel for fash conceptions of race
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The way I always interpreted it is that the elves, being bound to the planet as they are, were "beautiful" because of their connection to Arda. That they basically represent the beauty of nature and the planet and all that entails as opposed to the technology driven "manufactured" orcs. While Men were Eru Illuvatar's favored people and thus not bound to Arda and that's why they're mundane.
Yeah, but the elves aren't the master race, it's humans (or rather Men as Tolkien would've put it I guess) who are God's special pet project
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It's supposed to be one of those things where being pretty and immortal actually makes them less special than humans. I think the Numenoreans are much better parallel for fash conceptions of race
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I can totally respect enjoying a treat while recognizing that it's flawed and being able to criticize it from the left.
It's just that more than once I've seen leftists die on the hill of Tolkien being "apolitical" and that the Fash are skewing his message.
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