It’s important to me that some humans can pass for Elves, but I’m also really entertained by the idea of Elves who can pass for human.
#i don't mean it in a 'lol ugly elves could pass for human' way #just ... it's a spectrum! elves could fall on the other side just like humans fall on theirs! #that's not even getting into númenóreans since jrrt said they were basically indistinguishable from elves anyway #i just really love the idea of completely random elves who think it's hilarious to blend in with humans #like some existential HELLO FELLOW KIDS
I am not a fan of expanded universes generally and the SW ones in particular, but otoh … I absolutely love the idea from Splinter of the Mind’s Eye that Luke was so incredibly bored on Tatooine that he downloaded Space Duolingo and learned a bunch of languages for the hell of it.
#i mean. i headcanon that he was brought up bilingual anyway #but that aside i'm genuinely delighted with the idea of luke getting so bored and irritated that he was like #running through huttish conjugations in his head #owen: *lecturing about the importance of hard work and discipline* #luke: wait blast it that one's irregular #OBVIOUSLY it has......other issues but i do like that detail #sweu critical #but not really! #on this one special occasion!