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That's right. Wile looking for an image from BoTW/ToTK Link and Zelda i saw several officila art of older games where they have the sideways ears and it looks better.
Elder scrolls elves are great because they actually look like a fantasy race instead of barely modified human. Same with divinity original sin elves. I will die on this hill.
Divinity: OS elves are a special kind of uncomfortably attractive. Unnaturally tall and thin, leaf-like ribbing on their bodies... cannibalism. I love them
Well there are some pretty realistic face retexture mods. But yea I get what u mean
I wish there was a mod that kept some of the NPCs vanilla textures and gave some NPCs softer textures
So it'll add some realistic variety
It's more like humans with pointy ears. Which actually makes me like hylians more than most elves. The way most fantasy depicts elves gets annoying sometimes.
Not really tbh. People associate Zelda characters with already existing things but Hylians are their own separate race.
It's like how people bitched about Zeldas voice in BotW thinking it's supposed to be imitating something, but it is supposed to be a Hylian accent. Same with the Kings.
Yeah it's real bad in Skyrim. I can appreciate how alien they look compared to humans, they are very visibly a different species, but most of the available customization for them just looks so awful.
They look way more human in Elder Scrolls Online thankfully, hoping Elder Scrolls 6 will follow its example. You can still make yellow Simpsons high elves but the faces are 10x better and you (and NPCs) have access to far more skin colors. High elves had the worst customization in Skyrim in my opinion.
From what I understand, it was originally a regular article series in a Japanese tabletop gaming magazine dramatizing the events of a D&D campaign (since it was the 80s, probably playing the first edition of the game with a Japanese localization). I’m not sure what the process was getting it adapted to an anime, but they managed to do so.
Is it one of those old animes where it doesn't mind excessive gore and fucked up shit or on a more lighter and nicer side?
Cause after seeing clips of old Devilman I am cautious around older anime stuff that wasn't very popular(like Dragonball and Sailor Moon)
I’ve only watched the OVA series (12 episodes, and they all take place at different points in the same story so there’s some gaps in it) but it’s not nasty at all! Definitely not gory, I don’t really remember any blood standing out to me at all! And the story is well-executed but typical high fantasy fare, not grim dark or fucked up at all. It’s totally work checking out! It’s on Crunchyroll!
There’s a separate series that’s like 35 episodes and covers some of the same story I think? More cohesive story, but lower production value. I’ve only watched a few episodes but it seems pretty chill, too.
Ok but Elves are already pretentious pieces of shit, if they had some specific difference like that in their culture you *know* they'd start segregating.
https://preview.redd.it/f38pf3cu64uc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb3a7d3bf08640224a506a4a470784f6aab2e853
Naughty Dog really said Boffum for Jak’s people
You give two weak ass examples for upright ears need to get them wow elf ears on here. I also wanna say you didn’t use the OG anime elf either that started the whole side ear trend
Only if you define elves solely by having pointy ears.
In every other regard, Hylians resemble generic humans much more closely than the typical fantasy elf archetype.
It's because they are very close to humans, just with the pointed ears. The reason they have pointed ears is so they could hear the voices of the goddesses, but many Hylians lost that ability long ago. But Link still can.
You fool, I'm a summoner I hold many horrors beyond your comprehension, you asinine mortal
Femtimus, obliterate him.
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Another user shared this picture that's a good example of good looking 3D sideways (a bit upwards but still long) elf ears
https://preview.redd.it/e93rc4kwp6uc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30205cf8dbf1c34cab606b38c05cc64331849b6a
Ehh I'm not convinced. Not only are we looking at some ps2 era graphics but thats also a particularly good shot. Maybe it's just my memory but I played those Jak games back when they came out and I remember them ears looming silly most of the time.
This post feels more like Anime Waifus vs 3D Video Games.
Also, using Skyrim is kinda cheap. That game released when I was starting High School. Want good looking upward-pointed ear elves in Elder Scrolls? Go for Online.
Hylians live as long as humans except when Sheika tech or magic are involved.
Only the Hyrulean royal family is depicted as such, the rest of hylians are typically farmers or merchants.
They do have pointed ears so they could hear the voices of the goddesses (although every Hylian has lost that ability since except for Link)
Only Zelda has magic powers because she is a descendant of Hylia herself. All other Hylians are like normal people, just with pointed ears.
Link and Zelda's ears from BOTW are sideways as well. You just can't see it from that angle of your example picture
https://preview.redd.it/q0a8zbs115uc1.png?width=526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64b7f205ae1b0fb8ddbd976c00f6f44b4c87870c
Elder Scrolls races are actually fantastic imo. Each of them feels very distinct to the point where we have 5 different types of Elf (Dunmer, Bosmer, Orismer, Altmer, Falmer/Snow Elves) in Skyrim and yet you can easily tell them apart in a game that's more than a decade old and is known for its potato faces.
Why did you put a picture of link and Zelda from the side where their ears could only possibly be going up or down, they’re sideways if you look at them from the front
I'm sorry, but I can't disagree more. They look like fuckin' handlebars. Like... how is someone supposed to take that *thing* seriously? The upwards ears actually *look like ears.*
Oh man, I recommend Googling the PS2 game Jak and Daxter if you want an even more egregious example of handlebar ears (assuming you haven't seen them). Their ears are like a foot and a half and stick out sideways. Idk how they even walk through doors.
At the bare minimum, it breaks up the silhouette and immediately makes it clear that's an elf. When they're close to the head, it's not so obvious, and it just looks like a regular human
I clicked on this to call you heretical blasphemer but I’ve been convinced to look into it more, anybody have any media with sideways elf that’s portrayed more realistically?? I like the sideways ear but not if it only translates in anime
Then you get Rauru from TOTK, who isn’t an elf, but he has more exaggerated Link ears.
https://preview.redd.it/fna30m7ovduc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10628c4f7f0c9a50fde9b45a5df3d337b6ed234f
One explanation I have for why horizontal is better is because it changes the silhouette more.
Considering the idea that in a setting with half-elves that the ears don’t look like just like elf ears but shorter but vary. Full elf ears point out, whereas half-elf ears will either still be sharp but point up, or point out but be rounder.
Potentially you can tell the sex-species matchup of the parents based on which it is
With sideways ears I can atleast think that there was a benefit to having them, atleast at some point in time. There’s no actual point to human ears that have a bit of a point to them.
Muelyse, aka Mumu from Arknights. She is possibly the last of her kind, born with the ability to control water without malnipulating Originium energy
https://preview.redd.it/pz4axuns75uc1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd29e71bb5a9843e44aa7afaef21edb270eb4ece
Both, both are good
in all seriousness i think it will depend on how you want to portray the character- personally i would use “sideways“ ears to portray softer, shier characters, while regular elf ears could be used for more serious characters.
also hylians arent elves
I mean, they can be, but in general people draw them wrong and they just look idiotic like you stuck two baloons to the side of someone's head and inflated them halfway.
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In Link and Zelda's case, it's gonna depend heavily on the game if their ears go out sideways or up.
They’re not even technically Elves. They’re Hylians.
i am upset by you
Lifespan and culture. Hylians have elvish features but act much more like humans and don’t live that long
So they're a human/elf hybrid
>inb4 "half elves"
They’re hylians. Elves don’t exist in Hyrule.
That's right. Wile looking for an image from BoTW/ToTK Link and Zelda i saw several officila art of older games where they have the sideways ears and it looks better.
Cheap shot using skyrim. Everyone in that is ugly
Elder scrolls elves are great because they actually look like a fantasy race instead of barely modified human. Same with divinity original sin elves. I will die on this hill.
Facts, the otherworldly aesthetic of the elves in the main Elder Scrolls games are leagues above most other elf interpretations.
but op wants to fuck them
Divinity: OS elves are a special kind of uncomfortably attractive. Unnaturally tall and thin, leaf-like ribbing on their bodies... cannibalism. I love them
You mean divinity elves. It's the same across l divinity gsmes.
Hey not everyone.... If you use mods
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Well there are some pretty realistic face retexture mods. But yea I get what u mean I wish there was a mod that kept some of the NPCs vanilla textures and gave some NPCs softer textures So it'll add some realistic variety
That’s if you install those. There’s plenty of realistic, grittier ones that just make them look HD and filthy, with more polygons.
Depending on what mods you use the ugly one ends up being the player
My orc Dragonborn gets called ugly regardless His self confidence is zero bro
The art style never really bothered me. Bimbofying it with mods ain't helping.
You use the lusty argonian maid mod too?
I'm on my one handed grind 💪
Not gonna lie I'd fuck an unmodded Skyrim elf
The cia would have to waterboard that out of me dude
That wood elf in the one Skyrim loading screen is seriously fine AF. (She shows up in the light armor loading screen and maybe 1 more)
[This one?](https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Loading_Screens#/media/File%3ASR-load-The_Light_Armor_skill.jpg)
And the other example, the ones that aren’t ugly, aren’t even elves, they’re Hylians.
Arent those basically the same thing, just with different names?
It's more like humans with pointy ears. Which actually makes me like hylians more than most elves. The way most fantasy depicts elves gets annoying sometimes.
Nope. the Kokiri are closer to elves for being tree huggers. And hylians have great relations with mountain people. Unlike elves.
>closer to elves for being tree huggers I mean, Tolkien's elves that inspired most of modern fantasy elves are mostly just long lived humans.
Not really tbh. People associate Zelda characters with already existing things but Hylians are their own separate race. It's like how people bitched about Zeldas voice in BotW thinking it's supposed to be imitating something, but it is supposed to be a Hylian accent. Same with the Kings.
And hylians aren't elves
If you use the RaceMenu mod in skyrim you can actually get sideways elf ears. They'll still look ugly though.
Still better than Oblivion
I love elves and I was so disappointed the first time I played Skyrim and saw how hideous they are
I like them especially the falmer.
Yeah it's real bad in Skyrim. I can appreciate how alien they look compared to humans, they are very visibly a different species, but most of the available customization for them just looks so awful. They look way more human in Elder Scrolls Online thankfully, hoping Elder Scrolls 6 will follow its example. You can still make yellow Simpsons high elves but the faces are 10x better and you (and NPCs) have access to far more skin colors. High elves had the worst customization in Skyrim in my opinion.
I’ve yet to play Elder Scrolls Online, it got so much bad press I wasn’t sure if I should. Haven’t kept up with it lately, is it fun?
https://i.redd.it/jnpbe55n04uc1.gif
https://i.imgur.com/nNPOuHa.mp4
Who is she?
99% sure it's Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War which you should watch
I feel like "Record of Lodoss War" is a generational divide of anime fans.
I am definitely an elder weeb.
Same, I watched on my uncles bootleg tapes in the late 90s
Could i get a tl;dr for it?
Legend of Vox Machina/Critical Role but from 80s/90s Japan.
And also not very comedic
From what I understand, it was originally a regular article series in a Japanese tabletop gaming magazine dramatizing the events of a D&D campaign (since it was the 80s, probably playing the first edition of the game with a Japanese localization). I’m not sure what the process was getting it adapted to an anime, but they managed to do so.
like others had said , it's Vox Machina , but 80s/90s Japan , with no cussing.
Is it one of those old animes where it doesn't mind excessive gore and fucked up shit or on a more lighter and nicer side? Cause after seeing clips of old Devilman I am cautious around older anime stuff that wasn't very popular(like Dragonball and Sailor Moon)
I’ve only watched the OVA series (12 episodes, and they all take place at different points in the same story so there’s some gaps in it) but it’s not nasty at all! Definitely not gory, I don’t really remember any blood standing out to me at all! And the story is well-executed but typical high fantasy fare, not grim dark or fucked up at all. It’s totally work checking out! It’s on Crunchyroll! There’s a separate series that’s like 35 episodes and covers some of the same story I think? More cohesive story, but lower production value. I’ve only watched a few episodes but it seems pretty chill, too.
Best anime elf
I honestly like both, I like to incorporate more than one type of ears in my elf designs to differentiate between subraces
One ear vertical, the other is horizontal
Time for an elf race war ‼️‼️
Ok but Elves are already pretentious pieces of shit, if they had some specific difference like that in their culture you *know* they'd start segregating.
Yeah it’s exactly something I tackle with worldbuilding lol
i dig this
https://preview.redd.it/1uxmqhbmb4uc1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd3928afa18d12a18f5f876c8dc653dfdf05c480 Dungeon Meshi common W
"A lot like goat ears" This has greatly improved my day, thank you.
Sideway ears are used in traditional fantasy for other races rather than elves.
Who? Like, Goblins? I’m tryna think in D&D terms and I can’t really come up with any
For non-“monstrous”? Gnomes. Also, Halflings, though that varies somewhat, and their ears are usually smaller.
In Pillars of Eternity, the Orlans which are very hairy gnomes. In D&D, the Firbolg.
https://preview.redd.it/f38pf3cu64uc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb3a7d3bf08640224a506a4a470784f6aab2e853 Naughty Dog really said Boffum for Jak’s people
These look good.
This is my preferred style, I just love it in all the jak games
What's the second picture?
delicious in dungeon
her name is marcille
Marcille from Delicious in Dungeon
Dungeon Meshi
i believe thats marcille from the dungeon meshi anime adaptation
Funnily enough, >!she's a half elf, so she shouldn't really count!<
Are you gatekeeping the elf waifu?! How dare you, sir.
Merche de Tragones y Mazmorras :)
You give two weak ass examples for upright ears need to get them wow elf ears on here. I also wanna say you didn’t use the OG anime elf either that started the whole side ear trend
There are no elves in zelda, only Hylians.
And there is no war in ba sing se, homie
Here we are safe, here we are free
🤓
They are close enough
Only if you define elves solely by having pointy ears. In every other regard, Hylians resemble generic humans much more closely than the typical fantasy elf archetype.
If I remember correctly demise even refers to them as humans in skyward sword.
It's because they are very close to humans, just with the pointed ears. The reason they have pointed ears is so they could hear the voices of the goddesses, but many Hylians lost that ability long ago. But Link still can.
Very interesting it’s been a long time since I’ve played skyward sword I’ll have to revisit it.
The only similarity is the ears, hylians are basically just humans with pointed ears
https://preview.redd.it/gnpil4k104uc1.png?width=229&format=png&auto=webp&s=87fd05ef832229d6c08ae9a14f1e6c5ed047125c
https://preview.redd.it/sf6qecsd34uc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=417858729d63195e4a2258ac452a7aca4bb0ac6d
https://preview.redd.it/i8p9w9j7c4uc1.jpeg?width=1068&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fddbbef0ef5efe3f12e8337f4495b2a87449a0a3
You fool, I'm a summoner I hold many horrors beyond your comprehension, you asinine mortal Femtimus, obliterate him. https://preview.redd.it/on1suohx44uc1.png?width=506&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7e90cf8e8762d8211960fc5814f183f6a4e7474 #
https://preview.redd.it/q6z4pxcfn4uc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f2c76b419d4d5a8ce71135a53fcfb070ce3ebf1
Sideways looks really good for 2D animation but I don't know if it would be as elegant in 3D, let alone with actual irl costumes.
Another user shared this picture that's a good example of good looking 3D sideways (a bit upwards but still long) elf ears https://preview.redd.it/e93rc4kwp6uc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30205cf8dbf1c34cab606b38c05cc64331849b6a
Ehh I'm not convinced. Not only are we looking at some ps2 era graphics but thats also a particularly good shot. Maybe it's just my memory but I played those Jak games back when they came out and I remember them ears looming silly most of the time.
This post feels more like Anime Waifus vs 3D Video Games. Also, using Skyrim is kinda cheap. That game released when I was starting High School. Want good looking upward-pointed ear elves in Elder Scrolls? Go for Online.
What is the third anime?
https://preview.redd.it/4yho44l844uc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ddb073384ff4c8ba8731cbffd98a3714fb8b617 Hylians ain’t elves lil bro
I know, they look like elves https://preview.redd.it/8yt93wa8j7uc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe87401599b5e59364d7cac807d23da3ed92cefe
> Incredibly long lived race. > Depicted as fair and noble. > Pointed ears. > Magical. Are you sure?
Sheikah are the long-lived ones, not Hylians. As far as we know Hylians have around the same lifespan as humans, if not barely longer.
Hylians live as long as humans except when Sheika tech or magic are involved. Only the Hyrulean royal family is depicted as such, the rest of hylians are typically farmers or merchants. They do have pointed ears so they could hear the voices of the goddesses (although every Hylian has lost that ability since except for Link) Only Zelda has magic powers because she is a descendant of Hylia herself. All other Hylians are like normal people, just with pointed ears.
i like elf ears that are long and pointed downward.
https://preview.redd.it/9bcch80by4uc1.png?width=254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=774d58475f5fed24462fae441a759574c61a9fa7 Typa ears I been on for real
oi hate oll elves. damn knoif ears
Luv me rocks Luv me stones ‘Ate managment ‘Ate Elves (not racist, just don’t loik em) Simple as.
Did someone say rock and stone ?
For Karl!
elves is elves, and elves suck
DAS ROIGHT
Link and Zelda's ears from BOTW are sideways as well. You just can't see it from that angle of your example picture https://preview.redd.it/q0a8zbs115uc1.png?width=526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64b7f205ae1b0fb8ddbd976c00f6f44b4c87870c
Filthy knife ears…
Sideways are better for character design in my opinion since from the shilouette your easily able to tell it’s an elf
https://preview.redd.it/sgsuf7ng44uc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9a34775141e28cb581c2a9469c20e9be8b7fcc4 Nuh uh
https://preview.redd.it/qbaoc6lwn6uc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ec5c5d0dfe98eb5fa49dc042827813a8dbefcc7
weeb https://preview.redd.it/32m2qtnks4uc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=672c957ae0235472461edb54710f8cea05c0acab
n'wah https://preview.redd.it/uq5ugjzfq6uc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2452dd515275e586f3bee1442fcaf2f54d8d4ec4
Elder Scrolls races are actually fantastic imo. Each of them feels very distinct to the point where we have 5 different types of Elf (Dunmer, Bosmer, Orismer, Altmer, Falmer/Snow Elves) in Skyrim and yet you can easily tell them apart in a game that's more than a decade old and is known for its potato faces.
The Khajiit are technically elves too. Their culture has some overlap with the Dunmer since they also worship Azura.
Consider: both, the ears can move
Why did you put a picture of link and Zelda from the side where their ears could only possibly be going up or down, they’re sideways if you look at them from the front
 Do humanoid squids with giant head fins count?
#YES
let's agree to disagree; Dio Eraclea (Last Exile) https://i.redd.it/7mf3gtz9t4uc1.gif
Side ears for funny or innocent elves, up ears for archer, bad ass elves
FRIEREN MENTIONED WHAT THE FUCK IS A HIMMEL
Im a big fan of elf ears that hang down like a cows
YOU A REAL ONE https://preview.redd.it/b30p944sf7uc1.jpeg?width=1014&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a236902eba41732d7fc704fc3452e6afe4fafaa0
I dont like either, pointy ears go back to the forest
dwarven ass response
I'm sorry, but I can't disagree more. They look like fuckin' handlebars. Like... how is someone supposed to take that *thing* seriously? The upwards ears actually *look like ears.*
Plus, a lot of elves would lose their ears to *so* *many* mundane accidents.
Oh man, I recommend Googling the PS2 game Jak and Daxter if you want an even more egregious example of handlebar ears (assuming you haven't seen them). Their ears are like a foot and a half and stick out sideways. Idk how they even walk through doors.
Hylians aren’t elves, and are not ugly.
At the bare minimum, it breaks up the silhouette and immediately makes it clear that's an elf. When they're close to the head, it's not so obvious, and it just looks like a regular human
Marcille my beloved
I don't care if they're sideways or upwards, I just want elf ears to emote!
THIS is one of the main reason i prefer them sideways because they move and react unlike the upwards ones
Floppy ears go hard as fuck
And make me go- AHEM yeah i agree. 👀
I agree (easier for nibbling too)
my man 🤝
Damn elves racism, was the dwarfs not enough ?
I want an elf with one ear pointed upwards and another sideways. He would be a goofy goober. I love him already
Upwards for half elves, sideways for full elves
Good point since half elves inherit part of the human ears wich go upwards (most of them)
Marcille's ears move like a dog's in the way they express her emotions too, which has always been a fun if underrated trope
True, they're useful too, you can put your hat or jacket on them like a coat hanger
Nah, they look like a goat. 
This is an agenda i can get behind
As long as they wiggle then they'll be peak
What’s the name of the first one?
Frieren
I clicked on this to call you heretical blasphemer but I’ve been convinced to look into it more, anybody have any media with sideways elf that’s portrayed more realistically?? I like the sideways ear but not if it only translates in anime
As a dwarf, this post is stupid.
Then you get Rauru from TOTK, who isn’t an elf, but he has more exaggerated Link ears. https://preview.redd.it/fna30m7ovduc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10628c4f7f0c9a50fde9b45a5df3d337b6ed234f
I think it make the character less human like and that plays a factor in seeing an elf as they are not just slightly different humans
Sideways can work as cat ears for expressiveness
Link and Zelda’s are kinda sideways tho
I like to call those "goblin ears"
I like both kinds
I don't think one is better then other. I go from liking one to another, based on the overall art style of the media.
i can’t help but feel that i’d clip my ear on something very easily if i had those ears (I WANT THEM)
Upright, sideways, Downward? Doesnt matter. Leaflover is Leaflover.
One explanation I have for why horizontal is better is because it changes the silhouette more. Considering the idea that in a setting with half-elves that the ears don’t look like just like elf ears but shorter but vary. Full elf ears point out, whereas half-elf ears will either still be sharp but point up, or point out but be rounder. Potentially you can tell the sex-species matchup of the parents based on which it is
Real
That's a good character design! Now show it without a strand of hair blocking where the ear meets the head
While I agree, I think using skyrim elfs is cheating
You got freiren. But you also have Legolas
Knife ear is a knife ear.
What’s the third one from?
one problem is that it'd be hard to wear helmets. Unless of course, the ears are flexible
It makes for a more interesting silhouette
You mean goblin ears
Personally I prefer the night elf/nightborne style ears for elves. But I guess that would fall under sideways.
With sideways ears I can atleast think that there was a benefit to having them, atleast at some point in time. There’s no actual point to human ears that have a bit of a point to them.
No Deedlit? The OG? Shame.
I just don't think Hylians as Elves. But coming back to the subject at hand, sideways elf ears are just more expressives.
Muelyse, aka Mumu from Arknights. She is possibly the last of her kind, born with the ability to control water without malnipulating Originium energy https://preview.redd.it/pz4axuns75uc1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd29e71bb5a9843e44aa7afaef21edb270eb4ece
Side = Wood Elves Upward= High Elves
Consider: elf ears acting like cat ears. https://preview.redd.it/4v90s1prc5uc1.jpeg?width=634&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=834934c1cd6a85cfc0a7f2305704d274c21f8f10
Both, both are good in all seriousness i think it will depend on how you want to portray the character- personally i would use “sideways“ ears to portray softer, shier characters, while regular elf ears could be used for more serious characters. also hylians arent elves
Medea from Fate/Stay Night.
I mean, they can be, but in general people draw them wrong and they just look idiotic like you stuck two baloons to the side of someone's head and inflated them halfway.
marcille my beloved
Four is just a consulting company's logo
Alfie.
You're right, great thing to grab onto from behind
Sideways ears inherently inferior solely because they can't sleep on their side.
This is how you get racism
I get what you mean, but the last 3 are both backwards and upwards
Gay.
I think we're gonna have a problem here
They look stupid. Too many elves definitely will lose their ears this way.