[peoplefromibiza]

Elves in Tolkien word are a very specific and thoroughly described kind of fantasy creature.

When adapting Tolkien, I think it helps a lot to have a manual written by Tolkien himself.

> It was subsequent interpretations, like Disney's first version, that portrayed the fish as a whale.

Don't let me even start on that.

I believe the reasoning at the time was that a whale was already as big as a five story building.

Ironically today it would be unacceptable to use a whale with shark teeths [1] as a human eating monster-fish.

Animal rights activists would complain a lot most of all because wales are not even fish!!

[1] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5SHMnaUIAA_GZ7?format=jpg&name=...