Everything is up to a gaming group - the players and GM.
Elves being pointy eared sleep resistant 'oomies has been a thing/problem since the dawn of RPG.
That too.
But also to "experience" being a 150cm cutie weighting 45kg, with Big Blue Eyes and a creepy smile :p
What Dirty Old Man does not dream of being a Killer Loli?!?
Sometimes I play as non-human.
An male orc or dwarve for that brute strength and toughness, or a svelte, petite, dainty female elf to indulge my Inner Tanya Degurechaff