Who would win in a fight: Legolas or Aragorn?

doh

do not provoke the ire of the one who calls himself....dun dun duuuuuuunnnn

The InnKeeper 😱

just j/k btw....😛

plus you know that legolas is old because in the book when he enters Fanghorn forest he says something like:
'This forest is very old, even older than i'
and if you can be bothered to look it up in the book i'm sure you will find that passage or at least one very similar to it.

I know my Legolas facts. He is not several thousand years old, he is not that important a character in the books, he is not even blonde.

Dont argue with me about the elf.

Originally posted by The Inkeeper
I know my Legolas facts. He is not several thousand years old, he is not that important a character in the books, he is not even blonde.

Dont argue with me about the elf.

We don't know if he's blonde or not! It's never specified. He very well could be blonde.

doesn't it say he has dark hair at some point..

Yes it points out in FotR that he is infact a brunette, or at least of dark hair.

^P#?

Im trying to find it for you

most likely if legolas is a wood elf, it would be highly unlikely he'd be blonde...as it would not do to blend in with their surroundings

it was only in the animated version and PJ's version that he was blonde...

*admits defeat*😐

Yesssa

"Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind. " The Fellowship of the Ring: "The Great River"

I don't belive that.😖 I remember that passage...
His head was dark because it was NIGHT TIME. It doesn't say his hair was dark...and knowing Tolkien and all his details I think he would have said HAIR not head...😖

Well as its the only reference to Legolas' crown and hair-colour, we will have to accept it.

And if it was only stated because it was night-time, would all of legolas be dark, rather than just his head?

I'm tempted to post....about...Legolas...but I don't want to. 😐

*is scared* fear

no please do...i'm out of the argument for now

😖hifty:

and, his kind of elf is stated to have dark hair.

"They [the Quendi] were a race high and beautiful, the older Children of the world, and among them the Eldar were as kings, who are now gone: the People of the Great Journey, the People of the Stars. They were tall, fair of skin and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finarfin ..." Appendix F: Part II, "On Translation,"

The winner of a battle between Legolas and Aragorn would be Treebeard or Quickbeam or some random Ent, because Ents are a hell of a lot cooler than Elves or Men.

Originally posted by The Inkeeper
Well as its the only reference to Legolas' crown and hair-colour, we will have to accept it.

And if it was only stated because it was night-time, would all of legolas be dark, rather than just his head?

It just says his head because Tolkien was emphasizing what legolas was doing:"gazing into the night" you gaze with your head, it's just good writing...It wouldn't sound good if he had said..."Legolas' body was dark." It is nightime, and it was very dark, Frodo was looking up at legolas and so he sees that it's shadowy, and dark. There is no reference to his hair color at all.

As for that passage, that is a general statement for the general look of that particular race of elves. The hair color, skin color and hight can vary with each individual elf. Are all caucasians fair-skined? are all african-americans the same shade of skin?
That passage doesn't prove anything.

If there was a prove for Legolas' hair colour, people wouldn't need to argue about it...

All there is are vague assumptions, but the only point supporting the theory of a blond Legolas is the fact that the 'Elven king' appearing in the Hobbit - without much doubt the later Thranduil - is mentioned to have had... golden hair.

It has to be noted though that the Hobbit originally wasn't planned to be set in Middle-earth and it's possible that Tolkien dyed the Elven-king's hair without really intending him to be of Sindarin descent yet.

Originally posted by Smodden
His head was dark because it was NIGHT TIME.

As for the age, no, Tolkien never officially stated how old Legolas was. The movie makers defined his year of birth as 87 TA as Bloom mentioned in an interview; this would make him 2931 years old during the War of the Ring. This number is now widely accepted as 'true' although it's pure fanfiction.

Originally posted by Dresta
'This forest is very old, even older than i'
and if you can be bothered to look it up in the book i'm sure you will find that passage or at least one very similar to it.

Originally posted by Exabyte
If there was a prove for Legolas' hair colour, people wouldn't need to argue about it...

All there is are vague assumptions

*agrees*

Originally posted by Exabyte
I don't think blond hair looks mentionably dark in moonlight.

True, but it is possible:

^Notice how most of the hair is indeed darkened by the night...save for a stray golden lock that floats about untamed.