Welcome to our forum Sepdet.

Having only seen TTT once, and as I'm still reading UT for the first time, I'll have to bow to your knowledge of what makes Legolas tick. Your analysis almost makes me believe you were there helping PJ and company write the screenplay; so how many times did you have to watch the two movies to obtain this insight.

Your insight into Legolas' character is very impressive Sepdet. I enjoyed reading your essay very much - you have a talent for writing - and I can now appreciate the character as more than just a pretty elf-lad now. Thank you.

I dont suppose I could use that essay for my Fan fic Mag?

*laughs*

1) old enough that Legolas' actor scares me when I see him without the elf get-up because I realize how young he is

2) no. They don't allow same-sex marriages in this state.


(how's that for an unexpected answer?)

[Edited on 20/4/2003 by Valedhelgwath]

Hey sepdet, I only want to say that I really like your writing, oh yeah, a analysis (sorry you must understand my English is horroful ;-) )
But I am really impressed and it is fantastic to read such as thing.

I notist that Legolas was still young compare to other Elvs. But you really helpt me to understand more the way of Legolas and his thinking and Legolas adn Gimli, I think it is very important that Legolas is young and had all this new expierence, I think it is important for the fact Legolas and Gimlis deep frendship.

In this way THANKS ;-)))

That's a very insightful view you have acquirred of Legolas, Sepdet. Again you have written another wonderful post. I don't want to seem picky, because it is an excellant post. What you have described here, however, is the fate of Men at the End. When both elves and Man die, they are summoned to the Halls of Waiting in Mandos. The difference is, after a time the elven spirits may leave if they so wish, to be reborn. Men, on the other hand, remain in the Halls until the End, after which they leave the confines of Arda and join Eru in the Second Great Music.

Incidently, although Men came to fear the Gift of Eru (death), it was their tie to Arda that the elves feared. Because they were part of Arda until the End of Arda, they realised they were not truely immortal. Whereas they knew Men's spirits would then take part in the second music, there was no such guarentee for their own fate. Many feared the end of Arda would be the end of their fea (spirit) and that they would be irrevocably gone. Elves age too, but much slower than Men. A living being in Arda is made of its hrondo (physical body) and its fea (spirit). The elven fea has a much better control over its hrondo than that of Men, which is why it can protect the hrondo from disease and also heal wounds that would kill a Man. The Elven fea, however, over time, begins to consume the hrondo causing it to fade, until with very old elves the body becomes just a memory of the fea.

Could I also ask you to shorten your signature to just three lines of plain text please... Thanks

[Edited on 20/4/2003 by Valedhelgwath]

If you are having problems changing your signature, it will be because you must change it in both, My Account > Change my info and Profile above.

You are correct about Luthien. I think what they were getting at though was the fact that Luthien changed to being mortal, so her fea (spirit) would never again be reborn as elven fea tended to do. In that sense it was lost to them forever.