Originally posted by ilvorlandobloom
btw, why do people who dont like Legolas come into threads about him?
More About Legolas
I tried to post a link, but I can't post a link yet on this board. I found an article on suite101.com. "Speaking of Legolas" was the title of the article. I don't know if it has been mentioned here before or not. I really liked this article. If there is someone who knows what article I am talking about, maybe they can post the link.
I like Legolas cause he is friends with Gimli. Speaking of Gimli, no one gives enough him enough credit. Of course, he isn't graceful or good with a bow or great looking but when it comes down to it he gets the job done with his axe. GO GIMLI!! I think Gimli is better than the Ringwraiths. Just my opinion. 🙂
More About Legolas
Well, since I can't post a link, I will just write a little about what I found. There is no copyright infringement intended here. This article, "Speaking of Legolas" was written by Michael Martinez. I am not going to write out the whole thing. I really don't know much about the history of Middle-earth, but I did enjoy reading this article about the youthful Elf.
"Speaking of Legolas" by: Michael Martinez
We cannot, alas!, be sure of anything concerning his past. He probably knew Aragorn and Gandalf before the Council of Elrond, but there is no sign of recognition. He probably had been to Dale and Erebor, but he and Gimli don't seem to have really known each other before the Council of Elrond. Of course, they travelled together for some weeks before they began bonding. Legolas seems to have made the first overtures of friendship when he tried to soften his words about the history of the Balrog on the borders of Lorien.
Of course, Legolas also lost his temper when Gimli refused to go blindfold alone into Lorien. That was the only time Legolas ever became cross with anyone. Was he speaking as a proud Elven prince, or as a young Elf-lord who had not yet burned out his youthful fires? Legolas was still curious about the world, following Aragorn all the way to Gondor, seeking the hidden secrets of Fangorn, and allowing himself to become absorbed in the beauty of Aglarond.
Perhaps most Elves would have appreciated the sights Legolas encountered on his journey, but there is something youthful and refreshing in the way he glances back at the spirits following Aragorn's company. "...Legolas turning to speak to Gimli looked back and the Dwarf saw before his face the glitter in the Elf's bright eyes...."
There is something playful in the way Legolas engages in a deadly game with Gimli at Helm's Deep. Can anyone picture Elrond counting coup on Orcs in the midst of a very serious struggle over the future of Rohan? Or what of Feanor? Filled with fury though he was, at the end of his life he was still the stern and measuring father. Whatever mirth he might have known in youth had long since fallen away. So, too, was the mirth of Fingolfin long since shorn from him when he rode forth to challenge Morgoth to battle. And the Maedhros who chided his angry brothers with laughter over Thingol's cession of empty lands to the Noldor became a grim and determined lord who, by the end of the First Age, was consumed with weariness and the burden of guilt.
Legolas seems rather impetuous when he and Gimli are riding through the "herd" of Huorns and Ents who have saved the Rohirrim at Helm's Deep. He can barely contain himself as they ride through the trees, and when he discovers eyes looking out at them, he turns back from the road and starts to enter the strange wood. Only Gandalf's caution brings Legolas out of his curious Elvish euphoria. It is hard to imagine Celeborn or Galadriel being so overcome with curiosity they would abandon their mission to find out more about the eyes in the wood.
The character of Legolas is not so much compelling as confounding. I think many people wonder about him because he seems such a paradox, both old and young, both wise and yet inexplicably ignorant of the wide world around him. Legolas is a subtle stroke of Elvish youth at the end of the Elder Days. It may be there were few young Elves around at the time, and his may have been the last great adventure for a young Elf in Middle-earth. When Celeborn finally sailed over Sea, Tolkien notes, the last living memory of the Elder Days went with him. But when Legolas built his ship and departed, it may be that the last sparkle of youthful Elfdom vanished from Middle-earth, too.
Michael Martinez is the author of Visualizing Middle-earth
Originally posted by Mindmage
I like Legolas cause he is friends with Gimli. Speaking of Gimli, no one gives enough him enough credit. Of course, he isn't graceful or good with a bow or great looking but when it comes down to it he gets the job done with his axe. GO GIMLI!! I think Gimli is better than the Ringwraiths. Just my opinion. 🙂
GIMLI BETTER THEN THE NAZGULS!?!? Are you mad!?! That's it, me Sauron, Exa, and naz are huntin' you down *goes to get her Fell Beast*
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Originally posted by Corlindel
He should have an orc special haircut 😛
^^^ yeah, if you mean let an orc DO it, take his head right off it would^^^ 😄 😄 😄
now all you people saying you are in love with legolas, were you in love with him from the books, BEFORE the films, NO!!!! so therfore you love orlando bloom, HE, orlando bloom does not have depth, the script has depth for him.
and p,s orlidroolers you are shallow, sorry to say it but you are, say if gimlis and legolas,s roles had been swapped, would you be saying "sigh, gimli is so great, his depth is beautiful", i dont think so
*throws another 2 cents somewhere* < damn i better stop that im running out
Hmm. Sorry to interupt your "discussion", but I am wondering if I have to be obnoxious in order to get a response from anyone. Do any of you really want to talk about the character, or just act childish? No disrespect to anyone, but I just posted something that I thought was interesting and none of you seemed to even see it. You just want to argue. Is that what this forum is about?
*cough* Actually woodelf, we have noticed it, and I have read and it really is quite interesting, I just posted something funny to lighten up things. Sorry if you felt ignored.
Though Book Leggy and Movie Leggy seem to act different in some ways. Legolas on the movies seem to be portrayed as calm, athletic, fighting figure, that is sooooo cool. Though Legolas in the books has his faults and does tend to be angry sometimes....