How long are your elf's ears, Veeky Forums?

How long are your elf's ears, Veeky Forums?

Kinda like this.

Mine grow with age, until they are 1000 years old, they are human-sized, but pointy, then they keep growing, they are the only way to determine their age at first glance.

I love big, floppy, weeaboo elf ears but they're pretty impractical, aren't they? They stick out a lot so it's easy to hurt them and you can't really wear a helm over them. Considering the elves are the Romans of my setting, they value practicality and good headgear. As a result, their elf ears are probably a lot more restrained, like in the LotR movies.

Long enough to be expressive, short enough that they don't have to have specially made helms.

Hearing well is a pretty practical concern. So much so romans made ear holes in their helmets to accommodate it

You say earhole, I say arrow slot.

And yet your valued romans did it anyway

>they're pretty impractical, aren't they?

Ears are made of flexible cartilage, as long as there is enough room in the helmet there shouldn't be an issue with wearing a helmet over them. Especially not if the elves in question can manipulate ear position.

>covering flappy elf ears
What are you, gay?

Look closer: the ears are open, but there's stil a potrusion near the edge to provide some form of protection to the ear from strikes coming from above and to a much more limited extent blows coming from the side. Elven ears would extend far past it, while human ears would be relatively tucked in.

I can't even begin to imagine how stupid a helmet would look that provides comparable protection to floppy, Japanese elf ears.

Perhaps I'm overestimating it, but wouldn't that be incredibly uncomfortable?

Flirting or even generally speaking to elves must be incredibly easy, their ears and how they move/droop would be a pretty clear indication of whether they like you or not and how much they like you.
Imagine a cute elf girl that's really into you and "wags" her ears whenever you're close to her.

>I can't even begin to imagine how stupid a helmet would look that provides comparable protection to floppy, Japanese elf ears.
I think it would actually look kinda cool in a fantasy sort if way, like horned/winged helmets

Golden ratio between height and length.

>Implying I would ever choose to play as a knife-eared freak.
Everyone knows that elves are an inferior race.

Humans are the true elves.

Please don't reply to him and feed his butthurtness.

Really makes you think

They're not any longer than a normal ear, just shaped a little differently which makes them look longer, the same way asian people have folds of skin over their eyes which makes them look as though they have smaller eyes when in fact their eyeballs are the same size.

Long enough to be expressive, but short enough to not get caught on anything

Pretty damn long. I'll gladly be a weeb for big elf ears.

Mine dips theirs in molten fae alloy to create literal knife-ears.

Me and the boys are gonna tortoise up and shank your ass, unless you're on a horse. That's just not fair.

You my nigga.

I have an elf in Shadowrun and have been wondering about that since I bought some headphones. Would they have to be some weird oblong shape?

as big as on your pic OP, anything less is an insult

Elves use buds.

It depends on the subspecies of elf.

> Brown jungle elves
Medium ears. Bigger means better hearing, but also more chance of jungle-based infections. It's a tradeoff.

> Snow elves
Small ears. Human-sized with a point. Smaller ears conduct less heat away, and sound carries forever on snow anyway.

> Lowland forest elves
Big twitchy anime knife ears for better hearing in the dense, humid air.

> Desert elves
Anime knife ears again, but smaller than the lowland elves. Since deserts get cold at night and sand in ears is a pain, they have a soft downy fuzz to help keep heat in at night and sand out. Also, grey skin because they move at night and hide during the day.

> Wild elves
Their genepool is highly varied, so their ears run the gamut, along with their skin tones.

> Deep elves
Big twitchy anime ears again. Sensitive, twitchy enough to act as signalling devices, and are a key part of Drow Sign Language. Skin varies dark grey to black. Some communities cultivate bioluminescent fungus on the tips.

That's not an elf.

I'm wondering about actual measurements, such as "about as long as their hands", as the vague answers of this sort don't always cut it when trying to picture the damned ears. When you're a drawfag, making their size consistent is quite a big deal.
You have great taste. And your reflexion on the size of ears is excellent. I would give Desert Elves particullary large ears for refrigeration, much like fennecs.

So long that they wrap all the way around creation to the other side of my head, forming a single mono-ear

You can't even begin to comprehend the breadth of my smug

It's a "human", but we know why the cra can be used as examples.

What would a high elf's ears be like? Foot sized ego-boosting ears?

Big enough to provide lift.

Adult elves are sometimes mistaken for passing clouds by humans.

My "elves" are actually angels and theirs are so large they use them as control surfaces.

Maybe the whole "stoic elf" thing is actually about controlling the urge to flap your ears in delight.

>I can't even begin to imagine how stupid a helmet would look that provides comparable protection to floppy, Japanese elf ears.

Or even better, give their helms huge, imposing, wing-ears that dwarf the actual ear to the point of overcompensation.

>What would a high elf's ears be like? Foot sized ego-boosting ears?
The 'high' elves, as they style themselves, are the nobility of the Elven cities. They select for long ears, as well as flexibility and an artful curve at the tip. They think properly sized ears are a sign of beauty.

>I would give Desert Elves particullary large ears for refrigeration, much like fennecs.
Maybe if they moved around during the day, but they do not. They're nocturnal for the most part, keeping to their subterranean homes during the heat of the day, and venturing out in the still coolness of the night to hunt and gather, and to worship the phases of the moons.

Your setting sounds like it has actually interesting elves. With the danger of veering off-topic, what else can you tell about your elves?
How distinct are the subspecies? Subspecies as in taxonomical subspecies? Or are they just different phenotypes of a single species?

Such a retarded helm
Would literally redirect missed blows towards the skull...

>allowing filthy knife ears anywhere near my glorious human settlement

>Subspecies as in taxonomical subspecies? Or are they just different phenotypes of a single species?
Those are the same thing.

The wild elves show that elven subraces can interbreed with no issues.

If this thread's still alive tomorrow, I shall go into detail on the elves.
Right now, I need to sleep. My brain is full of fuzz and I'm tred.

I guess sleepyness is also taking it's toll in me.
In the meanwhile, have some nicely size ears. (Cra pictured, but they get the job done).

Impractically long and with enough muscle control to be expressive.

Elf ears ate like a rodent's teeth; they never stop growing.

That should be are, not ate. Autocorrect is a bitch.

These elves look so smug they must be descendant of immortal lolis.

Some helm designs had metal ear flaps for hearing orders during battle - v. important for turtling up.

>Right now, I need to sleep. My brain is full of fuzz and I'm tred.
Fucking selfish elfposter

Something can have different phenotypes but not enough genotype differences to be considered a subspecies. Humans have different racial phenotypes but no (living) subspecies. Dogs are a subspecies of wolves, but dog breeds are all the same subspecies despite having massive phenotype variation. Really our taxonomical system is just kind of outdated

Correlated with magical potentcy

So this elf must be pretty old, huh?

Khajiit did nothing wrong! Khajiit is innocent of this crime!

Ears? You mean skull pauldrons?

Eh you know, long enough to nibble

The real question is pointed or rounded ears.

About as long as the ears in thepic you posted, but they're not all retarded and stick out to the side, they're vertical.

Rounded look silly

I hate everything about this design.

Having your ears folded over and pressed on gets really painful after long enough.

All over the place

They can't be lolis, look at their chests

>Laurentian elves
We'll call these "normal". They're quite perky and are about three-quarters the length of a hand.

>Prairie elves
Long and floppy. A full hand-length or more. Having ears like this makes you look like a redneck or a country bumpkin.

>Arctic elves
A touch shorter than the others, they fold back against the head, and are generally covered by the hair rather than poke through.

>Cascadian elves
The elven equivalent of the hook-nosed Jew. Absolute knife-ears that stick up above 45 degrees. If they stick straight up, you're basically inbred.

source?

Record of Lodoss War

Not noticeably longer than human ears. Half of the time I can't even decide if I even want them to be pointy or not.

>Half of the time I can't even decide if I even want them to be pointy or not.
This. "Elves" is just a common name humans invented for a bunch of different faerie phenotypes in my setting though.

Are you for real?

>tfw the original Record of Lodoss War came to NA in 1991
>tfw that's older than most people on the board

And that number will only go up as time goes on.

Just dropping in to tell you your Deedo smug should be in 1080p.

Nigga i'm 24 and already feel old

>Zipper on the Crotch

She sure has her priorities straight. Still getting her roastie stuck in the Zipper will hurt like a bitch.

>mfw I remember how fast that Comic went to shit

Depends on the subspecies.

>Only child of her clan in over 100 years
>Has a fiancée set for her even before birth
>Ungrateful cunt runs off with a human to play adventurer and MUH ROMANCE
>Chronicles of the Heroic Knight made it canon that Parn still hasn't tapped that Elfpoon even in his late 30s, early 40s.

Friendly reminder that Deedo is a selfish, eternal cocktease and will never allow you to stick it in

The elves died out in my setting. There exist only half-elves whose ears are 2-3 inches long from canal entrance to tip.

You'd think the art would've been any indication

It was likely why the original artist left in the first place.

>allow you to stick it in

This

But I think it's still good...
They changed artists. Henderson went off to draw terrible comics for Marvel

How do you even find people like this. How do you even get them hired

She had inside connections from what I hear.
I liked her work on guilded age, but she's a terrible match for squirrel girl

>made it canon that Parn still hasn't tapped that Elfpoon
When the fuck did that come up?
Pretty sure he got what he wanted after rescuing her from Wagnard's ritual.

Look at them, they are basically half dead.

But that's not ALL the way dead!

There is no other reasonable explanation for why someone like that would get hired other than nepotism

The fuck you two talking about? It's one of the best comics going these days, and one of the very, very few that hasn't stopped updating or started stretching out interminably.

Also it has asshole elves. "Guardians of forgotten lore" turned out to mean "functionally omniscient dickbags who know EXACTLY how bored they're going to get of being functionally omniscient." Like playing a vidyagaem for the nth time, and acting like a jackass because you stopped caring about any of the NPCs a long time ago.

That comic looks awful to the point where you've left me suspecting you to be the author.

What is an example of a good comic then?

>Huntswoman
Nah, naaaah

...

Lodoss elf ears are spot on. Size, position, motility.

fuckin squirrel girl is great tho

>2015 squirrel girl
>good
You have a terrible case of shit taste user

Not as big or sticky-outy as in ridiculous Japanese shit.

NO U

(it's dumb as shit but that's fine)

Stand Still Stay Silent
Derelict
KSBD
Oglaf
Unsounded
Riceboy (and everything else by its author)

I was trying to parse biology on wikipedia when tired. It made little sense.

> Elves
Other than what I've already ppsted?

Ears trend from 'human except for a point' right up to 6" long knife ears, and longer on the high elves.
The general attitude to other races is that elves are superior, merely because they're elves. Nobody is sure why this is, because elves refuse to explain it. It's an inherent belief.
Below the other races are the half-elves. Calling someone a 'half-breed' is a deadly insult to their parentage, and half-elves are generally treated as an underclass in elven lands.

Despite all this, elves are big on astronomy and astrology. They are the leading experts on the heavens, and have the best records. They're not the best record-keepers, however; THAT honour goes to the dwarves, but the dwarves don't concern themselves with the sky, beyond constructing canopies of stone-clad metal to block it out from the vicinity of their fortresses.

Elves are also powerful arcane magic users. The most powerful mages, living and historical, have been elves. This is not because elves have any inherent aptitude to it, but more that wizards only grow more powerful with age, and elves live a LONG time.

Elves are also prized slaves among humans for their longevity and magical aptitude, and also for the attractiveness of their women.
Amongst the orcs, elves are valued as concubines, males and females both. Orcs refuse to recognise that the Elven race has genders anyway, and so their process of creating half-orc-half-elves tends to be an extended process that consumes many an elven slave. They're rare for a reason.
Half-orc-half-elf adults are kept as status symbols by warlords, for the most part. Coddled and kept cloistered away, by orc standards.
By human standards, it's still a fairly brutal life, but that's orcs for you and this is about elves.

>Unsounded
I couldn't make it past the annoying theif girl.