Tumblr crosspost (11 September 2019)
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anghraineThey [the Númenóreans] became thus in appearance, and even in powers of mind, hardly distinguishable from the Elves
This is another quote that’s stuck with me, though for entirely different reasons. It’s always shaped my mental picture of both Elves and Númenóreans—I can’t see Númenóreans as just otherwise-normal tall people, but neither can I see Elves as all that inhuman.