Me: Silvan elves are the wood-elves. ‘Sylvania’ is Latin for “from the forest.” So that means…
My proffesor: yes, put it together…
Me: Transylvania is where vampires are from. So what Tolkien is trying to tell us is, um…
My professor: spell it out, you can do this.
Me: Elves are vampires.
My professors: yes! good job.