I wouldn’t say it’s people trying to be edgy. I’m an older player and almost everyone’s first race was elf or half elf in 3.5. It mainly was joshing them cause we all did it. I think the memes are the continuation of that. Kinda everyone looking at it that race and say impossibly long life and super pretty I want that. After when everyone picks that it becomes mundane.
Maybe it’s just from Tolkien (who I adore) but I do find their vibe pretty obnoxious. Why they all gotta be 6 foot tall, delicate featured blonde, weigh 30 pounds, do everything perfectly every time, shoot the wings off a wasp from 500 yards while doing a backflip and reciting poetry that sounds like “fala doonafalanu lafala manastalafana fafalafalafafalafolafa.”
I cannot relate to that in the slightest. Like, relax. Have yourself a fart. It feels nice, and it funny.
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u/Kyratic Jul 21 '23
It is pretty much just a meme, its actually the second most popular class after Humans according to stats.
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/10/dd-character-data-breakdwon.html
People like to hate on elves (and humans) for being kinda vanilla, but that's mostly a small subset trying to be edgy imo.