'Generic' articles needed

Feedback/input welcomed from people with more experience than I have of bonds and humans.

(In speculative fiction, that is, smartarses. ;)

totally off-topic but inspired by that article on humans, i hate that D&D-esque 'all the other major races are totally stereotypical of one aspect of humanity except elves who are perfect' thing so damn much.

Then again, I hate tolkien/D&D elves anyway.

Ooh. Yes. I guess some fantasy things do that 'stereotypical of one aspect of humanity' too. It's hard for me to generalise, as it's been a long time since I played D&D, even unseriously.

I enjoyed the elves in Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies.

So did I; as I enjoy pretty much everything the man has ever written. They were pretty damn close to what I think of as elves; just another word for the High Sidhe fae.

Personally, I found the cat comparison the most apt of all. It chimes with what I know, in the depths of my canine souls, to be true.

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He kept repeating, "They just laughed and stabbed her. She didn't even try to run away. It was like they were playing."

For some reason Magrat shot a glance at Greebo, who had the decency to look embarrassed.

"Pointy ears and hair you want to stroke," she said, vaguely. "And they can fascinate you. And when they're happy they make a pleasing noise."

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speaking as a totally non-feline in any way, completely straightforward would never tell a lie soul, i can tell you that's utter bollocks. *smiles winningly*

Oh, I are convinced!

....heywaitaminute...