>>723375017 (OP)
Elves are often viewed as boring, so despite being more "Good" leaning they're typically only utilized as a companion in order to support the (often Human) Protag.
As the Human is the Protag, they're the one who tends to be actually interacting with the other races, while the "Elf" of the party is relegated to primarily dealing with the protag outside of token banter diologue and a few minor interactions with other characters.
Because of this, a fairly false concept of Elves has cropped up due to there being virtually no real Elf protags, while every RPG under the sun will go for Human protags, especially since Humans fit in other genres where Elves don't exist.
Elves have essentially been flanderized.