Entertainment & Arts Why are elves rarely portrayed as black? (Page 3) curiousnorwayInfluencer Follow Guru Age: 26 Follow FacebookTwitterWhatsApp 01 Why are elves rarely portrayed as black? Post Opinion 74 Opinion Like Share Follow 1 likes
ElloElloElloEllo Follow Xper 5 Age: 26 +1 y theyre made up creatures im sure they can be any colour they want, black white brown. its kinda sad they all stick to the fair shades tho. 1 0 Reply
demonics Follow Xper 7 Age: 50 +1 y Make your own mythology, simple.*makes group of people with literally NO weakness, gives them intelligence far beyond realism, and no one is fat*Know what, nevermind. Thank you Stan Lee. 0 0 Reply
Bananaman177 Follow Guru Age: 37 +1 y HOW COME "DARK ELVES" ARE EVEN PALER THAN REGULAR ELVES? 0 0 Reply
Bishop-Brennan Follow Xper 6 Age: 42 +1 y It's just how it is, there are no black dwarves either but you dwarvists don't see that. 0 0 Reply
AngelLily Follow Yoda Age: 23 +1 y Because most of the time when there is a story about elves it is set in Europe. 0 2 Reply InTimoreDei +1 y Um... no. Elves are usually set in magical realms like Mirkwood. Not Europe. Reply AngelLily +1 y @InTimoreDei Yes but still those magical places be in Europe or a European esque place. Reply
ultimega Follow Guru Age: 34 +1 y 611 opinions shared on Entertainment & Arts topic. Dunno. When playing dragon age or Skyrim I've seen a few on there. 1 0 Reply
cth96190 Follow Guru Age: 66 +1 y Elves should be white, because they are part of white mythology. 0 0 Reply
JustWorthlessMe Follow Xper 7 Age: 52 +1 y The geeks would lose their crap... just think how apeshit they went when a woman became the new Doctor and the new main hero of Star Wars movies. 1 1 Reply wildneko +1 y T R U E Reply
KoshkaKitten Follow Xper 3 Age: 23 +1 y Have you not heard of dark elves in video games and media? 0 0 Reply
SweetEvilKitty Follow Xper 5 Age: 29 +1 y It due to the lore based around them. It originated in Europe. 0 0 Reply
esotericstory Follow Guru Age: 29 +1 y Dark elves exist, they come from Svartalheim in Norse mythology. They do however not look like Africans. 0 0 Reply
Anonymous (18-24) +1 y I don't know but I like how the idea of them looks and I don't exactly feel the need to change. 0 0 Reply
malegender Follow Xper 5 Age: 52 +1 y because its not required for black people to be represented in everything. Just like all other races 1 0 Reply
Poormanscomedian Follow Guru Age: 55 +1 y Because elves are mostly short, small feet , small penis, and can't play basketball well. 0 0 Reply
Anonymous (18-24) +1 y Get out of here with your SJW bullshit. Black and Arabs own the countries of France and England. They don't need to be Elves as well. 0 0 Reply
name_is_eric Follow Guru Age: 26 +1 y 1.2K opinions shared on Entertainment & Arts topic. It's based on European folklore, as far as I know. 1 0 Reply
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theyre made up creatures im sure they can be any colour they want, black white brown. its kinda sad they all stick to the fair shades tho.
Make your own mythology, simple.
*makes group of people with literally NO weakness, gives them intelligence far beyond realism, and no one is fat*
Know what, nevermind. Thank you Stan Lee.
HOW COME "DARK ELVES" ARE EVEN PALER THAN REGULAR ELVES?
It's just how it is, there are no black dwarves either but you dwarvists don't see that.
Because most of the time when there is a story about elves it is set in Europe.
Um... no. Elves are usually set in magical realms like Mirkwood. Not Europe.
@InTimoreDei Yes but still those magical places be in Europe or a European esque place.
Dunno.
When playing dragon age or Skyrim I've seen a few on there.
Elves should be white, because they are part of white mythology.
The geeks would lose their crap... just think how apeshit they went when a woman became the new Doctor and the new main hero of Star Wars movies.
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Have you not heard of dark elves in video games and media?
It due to the lore based around them. It originated in Europe.
Dark elves exist, they come from Svartalheim in Norse mythology. They do however not look like Africans.
I don't know but I like how the idea of them looks and I don't exactly feel the need to change.
because its not required for black people to be represented in everything. Just like all other races
There are plenty of Dark Elves in various fantasy settings.
Because elves are mostly short, small feet , small penis, and can't play basketball well.
Get out of here with your SJW bullshit. Black and Arabs own the countries of France and England. They don't need to be Elves as well.
We have dark elves for that.
Your question is of the utmost importance. Thank you for asking it.
Never heard of dark elves?
It's based on European folklore, as far as I know.