As a half-elf, I too must choose my race.
My brother has chosen to be an elf. I have never understood
his fascination with the elven lore, as wonderful as it may be. Has
he forgotten what those two corrupted elves, Maedhros and Maglor, did to
our parents, to all our kin?
Perhaps all elves are not as those two were. Perhaps some
are wise and good. Perhaps there are some not so vile, so degraded,
so unscrupulous as the sons of Feanor. But if there are elves such
as these, I have not seen them.
I will not hate Elrond for his decision, but his path is not
mine. My choice, to me, is clear- I will never count myself as part
of the race who forced our parents from us. 500 years is enough of
life for me.
I am one of the Secondborn, the race of Men.