Talk:Book 7: Flashback/@comment-2606:A000:1128:4169:E0D6:3A9:750A:5151-20181225175219

Okay, please don't kill me because I'm probably missing something obvious here, but hear me out.

The elves are really confusing me.

It's mainly the Songs, Teirgan and Emery. Because if you think about it, the Songs are hinted to be Asian-looking, Teirgan has olive skin and Emery looks African-american. But how in the world is that possible?

Okay, so right now, we're assuming that elves and humans never intermarried, ever. That would mean that elves would have to adapt and evolve to look different based on their environment, like Asians and Europeans did from when they moved from Africa. But if elves have always been in the Lost Cities (which I'll get to later) then how is it possible that the Songs look Asian without ever living in Asia, or Emery has dark skin without having family from Africa?

Now a solution to this would be that the Songs do in fact live in Asia. Choralmere could be in Asia, right, since the Lost Cities share the earth with humans? But I don't understand how that's possible. (Now, here's the pat that I'm a bit iffy about. I think Fitz explained this to Sophie in the first book, but I'm not sure and I'm too lazy to check, so please tell me if I'm wrong.) If the Lost Cities are on earth, the same earth that humans inhabit, A) wouldn't several people notice that there are city-sized areas that they can't go? (AREA 51 OH MY GOSH GUYS) and B) how do they find these amazing beaches and forests and giant plots of land that aren't crawling with tourists? and C) where are they even getting all the gems and stuff to build all these magnificent mansions out of? But then, if the Lost Cities aren't on the same earth as hmans, where are they??

Or, the seperate cities could be in different parts of the world. That could make sense, but again, how would humans not notice that? We might not be "as smart as elves" but we aren't completely stupid.

Another solution is that humans and elves did intermarry, and had kids. That could explain it, right? I mean, if an elf married and had kids with an Asian or an African-american, then their kids would look like that too, right? So maybe that's a forgotten secret or something.

Anway, that probably made absolutely no sense, but whatever. Again, with the lost cities thing, if I'm wrong please tell me because I'm probably missing something.

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