#arwen will beat up douche bags and legolas will stand behind her cheering her on

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Legolas started Arwen on self-defense and weapons training.

In his defense, it’s standard practice amongst the silvans to have both self-defense and weapons training regardless of what gender you are, regardless if you decide to be a warrior or not. It never occurred to him that it’s completely different for the light elves.

He would just show up and gift arwen a bow or a sword and be like “hey, you wanna learn this cool move?” Complete oblivious to the side eyes the more traditional light elves were giving him.

It wasn’t until celebrian remarked her great-fullness of his encouragement of Arwen learning how to fight despite how uncommon such a course of action would be in their society that Legolas goes: “wait, what?”

At which point he doubles down on it and teaches Arwen even more bc “fuck the patriarchy”.

Also, he’d be divorced, disowned, demoted, and probably killed if he ever even thought that elleths were incapable or should not be warriors. The elleths in his life do not appreciate or put up with being looked down on.

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How Legolas and Arwen meet

Ok, so these two did not meet at an official event, nor could you say it was by accident.

And no one had any idea that they would later become partners in crime.

See these two met when Arwen was still only a little elfling, while Legolas was already several centuries old. Old enough to have lived through the last alliance. So in a sense it would be difficult to predict that these two would become as close knit as they were.

Legolas didn’t accompany his father to see Arwen when she was first born bc he was busy with patrols at the time and a while after Thranduil had returned.

So it was only some years later that he had the time to visit the peredhils. And when he did arrive, Elrond and Celebrian were busy (understandable), so he went to search out the twins.

Only to have the two younger elves all but dump an annoyed Arwen in his arms, make him her baby sitter, and disappear around the corner before he could get a protest in.

Well that was nice. He now had a struggling elfling held awkwardly in his arms and about a hundred questions in his head.

1. Why were those two idiots so careless to dump her in someone’s grasp when they were a stranger to her with no forewarning?

But i digress.

Legolas:....

Arwen:....

Legolas: ...hi

Arwen: who are you

Legolas: Legolas, i’m from Greenwood and am a friend of your brothers. Which is probably why they dropped you into my arms without a second thought.

Arwen: you look funny

Legolas, wearing standared silvan garb, which is different from the clothes commonly worn in imlardis: you really don’t pull your punches, huh?

Arwen: Naneth said that honesty is the best policy

Legolas: well then you should listen to her. Now what were you doing before we were unceremoniously tossed together?

Arwen, scowls: i am supposed to have dancing lessons, but i don’t wanna! Dancing is for little girls who need rescuing, and i don’t need rescuing!

Legolas: no, when you grow up, people will need rescuing from you. I can already tell that you’ll be a fearsome warrior

Arwen, nodding confidently: exactly!

Legolas: which is why you should learn to dance

Arwen: but you just said i wouldn’t need rescuing!

Legolas: true, you won’t. Let me tell you a secret.

Arwen, leaning in, whispers: ok

Legolas: i’m a warrior and i know how to dance

Arwen, skeptical: really?

Legolas, nodding solemly: yes, all of my people are taught how to dance, and those who become warriors find they have an easier time learning to fight than those who didn’t grow up dancing.

Arwen: i don’t know if i believe you...

Legolas: that’s perfectly alright, you shouldn’t believd everything anyone tells you. So i’ll prove it to you, and show you during your dance lessons.

Arwen: alright, and what do i get if you’re wrong?

Legolas: i’ll help you prank your brothers.

Arwen: Deal!

Later

Elladan: i’m surprised that you got her to do her dancing lessons! She’s surprisingly headstrong, especially for a little elfling.

Legolas, grinning: i just told her that children amongst my people are taught dances that replicate fighting so that they’ll have an easier time learning how to fight.

Elrohir: really??

Legolas: it is ridiculous how well such a flamboyant sport translates to physical violence.

Twins: huh

Arwen, cheering: Las also promised to teach me how shoot if i went to my lessons without complaint!

The twins: *choke*