There's also the fact that humans and elves look more physically similar to each other than any of the other core races, which could make it easier for mutual attraction to occur.
There's also the fact that humans and elves look more physically similar to each other than any of the other core races, which could make it easier for mutual attraction to occur.
Maybe, but that's also a psychological "Because" isn't it? Human minds have a tendency to reproduce what is already familiar to us. We say that a Sphinx looks like a cross between a human and lion and a bird with big wings, but one could just as easily draw a Sphinx that looks more like an orc and lion and bird with big wings. Or why not a Sphinx with the face of a pomeranian? Are pomeranians ugly?
At the end of the day, humans are generally egocentric. We imagine that the world reflects ourselves, in both positive ("good" elves) and negative (drow) ways. We project our desires and fears onto the fantasy worlds we choose to inhabit, which is why there was so much negative racial baggage applied to "dark elves" and to orcs for decades.
There's also the fact that humans and elves look more physically similar to each other than any of the other core races, which could make it easier for mutual attraction to occur.
Maybe, but that's also a psychological "Because" isn't it? Human minds have a tendency to reproduce what is already familiar to us. We say that a Sphinx looks like a cross between a human and lion and a bird with big wings, but one could just as easily draw a Sphinx that looks more like an orc and lion and bird with big wings. Or why not a Sphinx with the face of a pomeranian? Are pomeranians ugly?
At the end of the day, humans are generally egocentric. We imagine that the world reflects ourselves, in both positive ("good" elves) and negative (drow) ways. We project our desires and fears onto the fantasy worlds we choose to inhabit, which is why there was so much negative racial baggage applied to "dark elves" and to orcs for decades.