Tolkien ... er, sort of ...

[wellinghall]

(1) "They're also a lot less black and white than the traditional Tolkien elves ... "
http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadfeature=3782&bhcp=1

Black and white. Yep, that's Tolkien's elves all over. So that must make Feanor, say, er ...

(2) "Inspired by Tolkien's book, Sleeping Beauty's castle, and an abandoned medieval town, a fairy tale garden in Texas would be just right for hobbits."

http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening/2009/12/01/a-fairy-tale-garden-for-a-hobbit/

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

They aren't really B&W in TH and LoTR if you actually read them and note, though; they're not gone into much in the films in that regard, but the book!elves very much seem to have their own agenda, even if it coincides a lot with Hobbits and Men at times.

[asklepia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links - very interesting (and as someone who only recently rolled a blood elf I can certainly vouch for the WoW paragraph).