Reviews for Dissection of the Common WoodElf, Telerius galadh |
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![]() ![]() ![]() The author has written an excellent paper in impeccable English and sound, scientific conclusions, however the reviewer finds that a single specimen of the Telerius galadh species is not enough to draw conclusions. Furthermore, it should not be forgotten that this particular species was, according to the author, the son of Thranduil, a member of the Telerius sindaris species. Crossbreeding is therefore possible (Tolkien, 1977). It had been suggested that Wood-elves do not only belong to a singular class but one single species called Quendius. However, genetic analysis is needed to confirm this hypothesis. At the moment, the classification of this species is as follows: Family: Quendia Subfamily: Eldaris (as opposite to the family Avaris) Genus: Telero (as opposed to Calaquendi) Species: Sindaris (compare nandoris) Subspecies: Galadh It has often been suggested that Telerius galadh and Telerius sindaris belong to the same species (Telerius sindaris ssp. galadh and sindaris, respectively). This particular specimen is known to descend from a male Telerius sindaris ssp. sindaris (Tolkien, 1977). Numerous publications (FFN, 2000-2012, i.e. Sapphire J, 2008 a (“Many Meetings”) and b (“Falling Shadows”)) even suggested that the specimen descended from a male Telerius sindaris ssp. sindaris and a female Telerius sindaris ssp. galadh, though recent publication have indirectly contradicted this hypothesis (Jackson et al., 2013). The reasoning of Jackson et al. however caused controversy, which is why comparative genomics should be the next step in future publications. However, the author is strongly advised to add the information whether this specimen was fertile. Crossspecies breeding of closely related species has often been described in non-elven species, but the descendents are altogether infertile (i.e. mule). Also, the author failed to include the possibility of sexual reproduction as former publications have shown in regards to the related species Calaquendius noldoris (Tolkien, 1977, “Silmarillion”). The reviewer further suggests that the most recent scientific classification is included in this paper. Furthermore, citation and references are insufficiently added and it is strongly recommended to amend this. Apart from this, gold standard methods were applied, especially the M.S. capture technique. However, the capturing and shooting of the elven species must be approved unanimously by an ethical board committee, which the author failed to mention in this paper. This approval is mandatory and must be added in the revision. My recommendation therefore is: major revision. Out of scientific curiosity, I wonder whether necropsy/dissection was ever performed on a member of the Khazadia family in your laboratory. To my knowledge, this had not been done before. .-.-.-.-.-.- All joking aside :) Thank you very much for this brilliantly written and funny one-shot, and I hope you’re still on this site, losing your talent would be a tragedy. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Oh my dayz I was laughing so hard at that. It was hilarious. Thank you so much hehe |
![]() ![]() ![]() Hahahahahahaha! HILARI0US! |
![]() ![]() ![]() Do guns even exist in Middle Earth? Ooh, this was funny. I'd like to see Legolas reproducing via budding. Now all we need is to dissect a Mary-Sue. I can see it now: The liver of a Mary-Sue has been utilized in multiple cancer treatments. The high success rate indicates that these cancer treaments may become the leading weapon against lung cancer. Or something. Is this story related to your career in some way? |
![]() ![]() ![]() All of this was hilarious! I was going to quote my favourite lines but that would have involved copy and pasting most of the story. Thank you! |
![]() ![]() ![]() This is amazing. I love the all the little details slipped in there (M.S. Capture tactic and the materials list), and yes, this does remind me of science labs (in the best way possible, though). ~ I'm so sorry to bother you in a review, but you have no PM/email button on your homepage, so just forgive me, please. My dream is to be a biologist, specifically a marine biologist, and you are one! I'm a high schooler right now, and would LOVE YOU FOREVER if you replied to this and told me a little bit about what you do and how you got there. Seriously, I'm really interested and would really really appreciate it if you replied to me. :) Yeah, I know you haven't been on this site in years, but I hope you get this anyways! *hopes like crazy* ~Missa~ |
![]() ![]() ![]() Forgive my insult, but perhaps the author should betake herself back to school. And I hope the next person to be shot was the Tattered Mary Sue. : ) |
![]() ![]() ![]() i LOLed so much at this! Truly amazing piece of work, and its reminding me of all the stuff we did in science this year! |
![]() ![]() ![]() I agree with the review of my collegue, but I noticed the lack of proper quotation and references in your article. If you are interested in publishing in scientific magazines like Wizard's Science and Elven Nature, you should use the quotation according to the effective standard. Thank you for your contribution to the science of Middle-Earth. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I have discussed the science of Middle-Earth with another writer, but we're not into experimentation yet... Anyway, this is the funnies one-shot ever read on this site. I am a biochemist myself, and I loved the scientific description of the procedure ! :D Especially liked the passage: "1 rope netting (*note: Elf escaped) 1 tranquilizer dart (*note: Elf escaped) 1 spear (*note: Elf escaped) 1 steel trap (*note: Elf avoided)"... |
![]() ![]() ![]() i laughed at M.C Capture Tactic, fell down when hair and eye colors were mentioned. my tummy ached when you explained why elves glow, and i died when you tackled "reproduction". i blame you for killing me. |
![]() ![]() ![]() that was FANTASTIC. oh, wow. i started laughing out loud when you described that Mary-sue capture-tactic, and i completely busted up when you started talking about Elven reproduction (budding! can you imagine Legolas walking around with a little elf head sticking out of his leg or something?) this story was very creative and well-written and wunderbar! a thought just occured to me - would you mind if i wrote a small ficlet based on this (for example: The Fellowship is walking through Lorien, when suddenly, without warning, legolas reproduces by fission)? if you have an objection, i will certainly respect it, but it sure would be fun to write about. by the way, you are wonderful, in case you didn't get that. |
![]() ![]() ![]() HAHAHA this reminds me of everything I'm doing in Biology! My favorite part was the reason elves glow, it's *perfect.* Maybe they are descendants of mollusks! |
![]() ![]() ![]() LOL! This is a work of genius! And 'Telerius galadh'... how clever ;) Hehe, poor Legolas, he went from being a lust object to being a science experiment! |
![]() ![]() ![]() LOL. This is unbelieveble, you can really tell you're into biology. Wonderful job! Oh, and the Mary sues) |