Timeline for Why wouldn't elves be the dominant species?
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| May 17, 2018 at 17:38 | comment | added | The Grumbleputty | To build on James' idea, Elves are often depicted as being more "in touch with nature" than humans. Perhaps being more in touch with nature means intentionally not becoming the dominant species, for fear of upsetting the balance of nature. This achieves the same outcome as James' suggestion, but it more of a spiritual choice rather than pure pragmatism | |
| May 17, 2018 at 15:59 | comment | added | Jay | I agree that it is not valid to assume that elves would have the same motivations as humans. But I don't see how long lifespan would logically lead to aversion to violence. Sure, if an elf can expect to live to be 1000 while a human might make it to 100, the elf has more potential years of life to lose. But so what? Why would the human value his 100 years less than an elf values his 1000 years? It's like saying that a middle class person doesn't care as much if his house burns down as a rich person because the middle class person's house is worth less. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 15:09 | comment | added | user47242 | yea, it might, lol. Sort of like how "migrants" in Europe have nothing but contempt for native Europeans. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 15:08 | comment | added | Pinion Minion | Elves would probably never be wealthy, by human standards, since they would have to abandon their dwellings and property so frequently. It also would establish a precedent that threatening elves is a great way for humans to get free stuff. Would if this would make elves a race of "cowardly" (human term, not theirs) anti-materialist nomads that avoid conflict at all cost? | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:58 | comment | added | user47242 | building a new home might cost a year. taking a pitch-fork to the ass, however unlikely, might cost 10,000. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:56 | comment | added | Pinion Minion | If a metaphorical bee hive (say, a human settlement) nests outside elven territories, would elves abandon the homes they've had for centuries to confrontation? Or would elves drive the humans away because they might endanger incredibly valuable elven lives? | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:42 | comment | added | user47242 | True, but as a human you have very little respect for other living things. You'd probably kill a bee hive if it nested on your porch. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 14:41 | comment | added | Pinion Minion | That is very interesting. Do you think this value system would install a sense of paranoia regarding humans? After all, humans would be inclined to take elf lands and goods. As a human, I have a longer lifespan than all of the animals that might kill me, but still am sure to fence them out, shoot them if they attack members of my species, or turn them into servants and entertainment. And humans are much bigger threats then ornery bears. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 13:55 | history | answered | user47242 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |