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    363 months ago

    Yes, but it’s not spherical for the elves, just the other races, which is why elven boats can sail to the undying lands, but human boats can’t.

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      173 months ago

      Wait, is it the boat that ignores the spherical attribute or the entity that commands the boat?

      Can an elf sail to the undying lands commanding a human built vessel?

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        203 months ago

        I think you have to be an elf building a ship and convince each plank individually that the world is flat

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        73 months ago

        It’s neither, it’s the Will of Eru Illuvatar that determines whether you can travel the Straight Road or not. Ælfwine travelled the Straight Road and landed at Tol Eressëa in 869AD after fleeing the Danes, and he was a Man, not an Elf.

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      93 months ago

      This gives strong “Lovecraft describing things he doesn’t understand as noneuclidian” vibes.