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coveredinsun · 5 months ago

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i put this in a fic so i might as well make it into a post too. this is NOT original, i should say, but it’s basically canon in my head that legolas’ mom died in the war of the last alliance (presumably fighting under oropher, who also perished then) cuz it’s just more narratively weighty than “some gundabad orcs killed her.” peter jackson mega fumbled with that one if you ask me. and i think if legolas were forbidden from going into that fight it would create a scrumptious parallel to gimli being forbidden from going on the quest to reclaim erebor with thorin. which is important and true because everything is about gimleaf. every single time without fail

#crazy to me btw that peter jackson created tauriel’s character literally from thin air but did not name legolas’ mother #because elf names are so easily done. we have so much information about their naming conventions #not to mention it’s a big hollywood movie so tolkien scholars and linguists were totally available #fic writers just have to do a bunch of googling and make it work #TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE #subtle fic plug? go read it? half-rest and gossamer hands by coveredinsun on ao3?#lotr #lord of the rings #legolas #legolas greenleaf #gimli #gimli son of gloin #thranduil #tolkien #the hobbit #coveredinsunposting

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