Why Can’t Elves Laugh? (And Would We Like Them If They Did?)
Why are fantasy’s wisest characters so terribly serious? From Tolkien’s solemn elves to Star Trek’s logical Vulcans, we’ve come to expect entire fictional races to behave alike. But what happens when they break the rules, laugh at themselves, or refuse to act the way we expect? And are we readers ready for that?
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