"Elves are easily one of the most often-broken fantasy species ever. When it comes to figuring out why elves don't overbreed and overpopulate the planet, the best answer that many come up with is that they grow up very slowly and have a low reproductive rate. On the surface this looks good, but in reality, we probably now have a species doomed to extinction. While a low reproductive rate might keep elves from overpopulating during easy times, it would also keep them from replenishing their numbers after war or natural disasters. A population of elves decimated by such would be easy pickings for any species with a faster reproduction rate (eg, humans), as they'd recover their numbers much faster. Furthermore, a longer maturation rate only means more time for opportunities to die before reaching reproductive maturity. Yet for some curious reason, elves have existed with other species for thousands, if not tens of thousands of years and are still around. Either writers need to acknowledge that elves are doomed to extinction, or structure things differently to keep their population manageable and sustainable."
Voluptua: I have a boyfriend now.
Jean: Oh I know. Big dragon. How's that work?
Voluptua: It doesn't, in the sense you probably mean. My people live 2,000 years. If we were as instinctively preoccupied with that as you fecund little critters, our numbers would flood the sky. That doesn't mean we don't get lonely. I love Hibachi very dearly in every sense that matters.
Jean: Oh I know. Big dragon. How's that work?
Voluptua: It doesn't, in the sense you probably mean. My people live 2,000 years. If we were as instinctively preoccupied with that as you fecund little critters, our numbers would flood the sky. That doesn't mean we don't get lonely. I love Hibachi very dearly in every sense that matters.
"Sex: Useless. The lower the life form, the larger its offspring because the death risk is high. Therefore, a perfect being doesn't need any descendants or fellow. There is but only one summit."
— The narration describing Kars, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency
Mordekai: So, Alvissa, if elves live for thousands of years, why haven't you outpopulated all the other races and taken over the world?
Alvissa: Elven children breastfeed for 30 years, teethe for 20 years, throw tantrums for about 100 years, and don't take to toilet training until they're about 200.
Mordekai: Ah, I see.
Alvissa: Yeah. Elves invented effective contraception before we could use fire.
Alvissa: Elven children breastfeed for 30 years, teethe for 20 years, throw tantrums for about 100 years, and don't take to toilet training until they're about 200.
Mordekai: Ah, I see.
Alvissa: Yeah. Elves invented effective contraception before we could use fire.
On April 7th, 2026, people stopped being born. On the same day, people stopped dying and people stopped aging.
— Pioneer 10, 17776
