The Golden One - The Elven Archetype. Übermenschen and Subhumans. Why do I refer to myself as an Elf？

00:00:00.000 Greetings Luddingtons! Today I want to respond to a somewhat commonly asked question and that is

00:00:08.360 why I sometimes refer to myself as an elf and before I begin to elaborate I would like to aim

00:00:14.760 a massive heartfelt thank you to Styx Hexenhammer666 who gave me a shout out in a recent video so

00:00:24.600 thank you for that Styx and also this speaks very highly of you because that is a clear sign of

00:00:30.600 confidence when you can give attention and shoutouts to other people so tipspicklehabe

00:00:36.720 at Styx Hexenhammer666 thank you much appreciated so on to the elven question at hand there is

00:00:45.760 actually quite a few different perspectives or points I would like to bring up here so it's not

00:00:51.780 only that I think Lord of the Rings and Warhammer is great obviously I'm a big fan of both and I'm a

00:00:57.480 big fan of fantasy but the elven question goes a bit deeper than that so we can take the first

00:01:04.840 the aesthetic point I kind of look like an elf just how it is same thing with a physique I do have a

00:01:13.220 somewhat elven physique a bit jacked elf but still you know with a smaller waist and a bit tall and

00:01:19.420 everything like that so an elven appearance obviously with hair as well secondly elvendom and

00:01:28.380 referring to myself as an elf is a response to boomer masculinity and what boomer masculinity is

00:01:36.660 is the kind of guys who says oh real men eat meat or real men do not care about how they look or real men

00:01:45.800 do this and that now if we look upon Lord of the Rings who has the highest kill count in the entire 0.75

00:01:54.060 fellowship yeah it is Legolas and then you still have guys who say oh he's so gay and everything

00:01:59.080 like that because of whatever reasons because he doesn't have a beard or because this and that so

00:02:05.780 that is a response obviously high capacity for violence in accord with the primordial truth

00:02:11.040 is a good sign as a man so if someone says a real man eats meat then I say no that's absolutely not

00:02:17.780 the case a real man is determined by his actions and his capacity for violence strength enlightenment

00:02:24.600 how reliable he is all of these things are Legolas yeah he checks off all of these points so elves are 0.99

00:02:33.960 very masculine in that regard they don't look masculine because they look perhaps with feminine but

00:02:38.960 it's the capacity that matters so if you look upon a shield brother you have you obviously want 0.84

00:02:45.860 someone who when it's time to step up he can perform so if we talk about an elf as a human archetype

00:02:53.020 because this is what this is about it's not about fantasy necessarily it's also about the elven

00:02:58.060 archetype among humans so what would you prefer some guy who goes around thinking that that he is so

00:03:04.320 hench all the time thinking he's the coolest ever or would you rather have a calm disciplined guy who

00:03:10.680 doesn't go around being all uh you know brash like that but he keeps his composure and you know that

00:03:16.920 when it's when it's go time you know that he can uh you know show up step up when it uh when it matters

00:03:23.660 so that is also something I view with the elven archetype that it's not about going around being all

00:03:30.760 hench all the time but it's about when it time comes then you have the capacity for uh violence

00:03:37.160 so a bit like a martial artist like a true martial artist I suppose so that is the response to the

00:03:42.700 boomer masculinity point that men are determined by what they eat or what they look like a man is

00:03:48.880 supposed to be determined upon his qualities so the next question viewing elves as an human archetype

00:03:57.200 in behavior you don't you can't really imagine legolas or any other elf going down the street being

00:04:03.620 obnoxious or being disrespectful towards others an elf is an ubermensch it's an overman who is

00:04:11.740 disciplined and orderly and is as far from a subhuman as is possible so a subhuman is someone who is very 0.89

00:04:20.020 impulsive who can't control his primal instincts who you know acts upon emotions whereas the opposite

00:04:28.240 of a subhuman and ubermensch an overman is someone who keeps himself under control even if he has an

00:04:34.680 impulse he overrides that his mind is in complete control of his body so two completely different

00:04:40.920 things so you can view an orc on one side an elf on the other side the elf has superb discipline he does

00:04:48.340 never act out of order he never lets his emotions get the best of him even though he can be emotional

00:04:56.060 he never lets emotions get him into bad situations where he as an orc may be impulsive never thinks

00:05:06.080 about the consequences etc so an elf in the archetype of a human is someone who is disciplined in that

00:05:14.680 regard then next point if you look upon an elven society it's obviously close to nature disciplined

00:05:22.980 orderly they value beauty and structure hierarchy all of these things and an elven individual values

00:05:31.120 usually in basically all literature as well they value enlightenment they value martial prowess

00:05:37.320 they value art and the finer things so if you look upon european culture for example are you an archetype

00:05:45.680 elf who appreciates the higher culture of europe or are you an orc who appreciates perhaps drama shows on the tv

00:05:54.040 the elven archetype obviously appreciates the more beautiful and cultured things so yeah those were just

00:06:00.140 some points in regards to why i when i talk about elves etc i primarily mean it as an human archetype

00:06:07.520 of something higher so if you're talking about uh elven society it's a goal that we can strive towards

00:06:13.380 something that is a bit more in tune with nature who values order hierarchy enlightenment beauty and

00:06:21.200 everything like that so i hope this was somewhat informative at least and gave you some new perspectives

00:06:30.720 looking quite juicy as well today expect so boom

The Golden One - January 12, 2019

The Elven Archetype. Übermenschen and Subhumans. Why do I refer to myself as an Elf？

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