I know two new players who are going to likely play Lalafell who will get really, really angry (IC, of course) at people who try to play the "you're so cute" or "aw, look at the tiny Lalafell" cards. As a person who played a Gnome Warrior in WoW (Gnomish Infantry and Proud!), I agree that there's few things more annoying than those metagame behaviors -- and the best way to deal with them, IMO, is to respond appropriately IC. I know my gnome would've responded to being abruptly picked up with a throat punch to the offending party. 
And, of course, that sort of response IC, if picked up by enough RPers, will set the tenor of IC interactions across the server. If enough Lalafell refuse to be treated like cute children, that'll influence the IC reactions to Lalafell in general -- not to mention that I just don't see Lalafell responding too well to that sort of treatment in setting.
EDIT: @Uther: Oh, yes, people do that to small characters all the time in my experience. Beyond dwarf tossing, gnome punting, and the like, picking up small characters is shockingly common. It seems small races tend to provoke a fair amount of powerposing, probably due to their size and appearance.
And, of course, that sort of response IC, if picked up by enough RPers, will set the tenor of IC interactions across the server. If enough Lalafell refuse to be treated like cute children, that'll influence the IC reactions to Lalafell in general -- not to mention that I just don't see Lalafell responding too well to that sort of treatment in setting.
EDIT: @Uther: Oh, yes, people do that to small characters all the time in my experience. Beyond dwarf tossing, gnome punting, and the like, picking up small characters is shockingly common. It seems small races tend to provoke a fair amount of powerposing, probably due to their size and appearance.
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