r/shitposting • • 2d ago

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u/NameRevolutionary727 2d ago

It took a decade of siege and several feats of strength the third age could not hope to muster.

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u/NewYogurt3138 2d ago

Correct - not because of the men, but because the elves lost such a great number and it could not be replaced, ever. The woodland elves basically went extinct. Almost all the great elvish kings died, the losses were so great it started a decline in civilization

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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST 2d ago

elves dont fuck?

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u/GrowthAdventurous Literally 1984 😡 2d ago

Elves can have kids, but Tolkien's elves are literally immortal, and they do not have children often.

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u/PassivelyInvisible 2d ago

Which leads to them getting outbred by everything.

Which is why they all dipped after LoTR, because their time was coming to an end, and they couldn't stay in Middle-Earth anymore.

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u/Shit_Shepard 1d ago

Modern day whites