Speaking of Legolas...
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» desertblue - eowyn
In response to message posted by DrkGodess:I think it's quite novel that Eowyn and Aragorn don't get together. The usual epic format would have them meet, fall for each other, separate and have their own experiences, reunite joyfully after much growth and travail, then marry. That's the 'satisfying' ending we expect.
But Tolkien's situation is more complicated and layered through time. Aragorn's love life began long before we met him.
It is such a surprise the first time that he is already involved...of course, I was twelve, so who knows if I might have picked up on the clues.
I think the couples work out just fine. Eowyn is really too young and unlearned for Aragorn (my opinion). And poor Faramir just lost his brother, father, and stewardship. He is an incredible character often overlooked. I'm glad he tames the shieldmaiden.
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» y2kgirlz1 - Re: I'm still lost....
In response to message posted by DrkGodess:legolas is actually 2776 years old, as proved in the book if u do extensive history on his father, and how old he was during wars..it goes really far back. but, hes actually 2776 years old, thats still REALLY young for an elf.
-- posted by y2kgirlz1
» KittyKat89 - Re: Re: I'm still lost....
In response to message posted by y2kgirlz1:
hes so young looking. *sigh* he's so hot......lol 
-- posted by KittyKat89
» MABB - M MARTINEZ >I LIKE SO MUCH YOUR ARTICLES
First which nothing wanted to greet it and to congratulate it by I articles is fantastic the way in which described this so charming personage of the book of tolkien, since I believe that very few of that read the books that we have not felt curiosity by legolasDanaeae Chile
pd> excuse for englishish, is very bad
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» Michael_Martinez - Re: M MARTINEZ >I LIKE SO MUCH YOUR ARTICLES
In response to message posted by MABB:Thank you. Don't worry about your English. My Spanish, I am sorry to say, would probably not be as good as your English.
-- posted by Michael_Martinez
» Aerlinnel - Re: Legolas and the balrog
"'It was a Balrog of Morgoth,' said Legolas; 'of all elf-banes the most deadly, save the One who sits in the Dark Tower'" ("The Mirror of Galadriel", FotR).Yes, the Balrog is the big fire thingy. Not sure why fire would be so particularly deadly to Elves (although you are corroborated by Legolas himself in the quote above), but perhaps it's because the Firstborn have a bad history with Balrogs: Fëanor's, Fingon's, and Glorfindel's deaths; Maedhros's capture; the Dagor Bragollach and Nirnaeth Arnoediad; the sack of Gondolin.
-- posted by Aerlinnel
» Michael_Martinez - Re: Re: Legolas and the balrog
In response to message posted by Aerlinnel:I think some people have the impression that Elves are impervious to cold, since Legolas didn't seem to be too put out by the blizzard on Caradhras. However, not all of the Noldor suvrived the crossing of the Helcaraxe, and Cirdan's mariners went down with their ship in the distant north, when they tried to rescue Arvedui. And then people may also be thinking of the Dagor Bragollach, when rivers of fire consumed the Noldorin warriors camped on the plain of Ard-galen in the First Age.
Tolkien's Elves were certainly capable of enduring great environmental hardship which Men and Hobbits (and even Dwarves) would have struggled with or perhaps failed under, but I think it's fair to say that fire is more immediately destructive to anything than snow. Elves were not particularly susceptible to fire. They were simply no less so than other creatures.
-- posted by Michael_Martinez
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