Beautiful, fair, and kind.  Elves.  

The general description of an elf is usually a short, impish creature, sometimes very thin, sometimes wide.  Dobby the house elf for instance.  Throughout every description, one thing remains constant, the pointy ears. :)

I, for one, prefer Tolkien's version of elves -  A beautiful race, tall and fair, who have an ethereal glow to them and who live forever.  Well, they can only die from a broken heart and in battle.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to be an elf?? Except for the living forever part, I would LOVE to even just live with them, to meet one.  I guess the same can be said for many people about countless creatures, but elves seem so close to our own species, J.R.R. Tolkien makes them so believeable, and the LotR crew has such an awesome magic in making them come to life so beautifully, so that elves appear to be very real.  I remember growing up hearing stories about Santa's little elves and elves that sneak into houses in the middle of the night and fix people's shoes.  Never would I have imagined elves looking so elegant and magical.  Now that I have, though, I don't think I can ever go back to thinking elves look more like gnomes.

                    VS