Yeah, and if it is bad enough, you can easily take the gentleman's way out, and make like a Roman. (If this is too obscure, it was meant to be, I didn't want to give the youngsters any more ideas on how to do away with themselves.)

Val, you wouldn't! Think of their poor parents, who have already lost a daughter.

You might even like to consider an explanation for why they did not leave with their father - like they wanted to help finish off the orcs in ME or maybe even some animosity between them and their father?

Words/ideas for the twins: wise, loremaster, warrior, reserved (shy even), intelligent, fair, excellent horsemen, proud, determined, fanatical in hatred of orcs, highly athletic an the emotional pain of having let their mother be captured.

It would be nice to see the twins with some brains for once. There really must have been far more to them than just some hunky physiques and pretty faces.

[Edited on 3/10/2002 by Allyssa]

So what's your interpretation of the twins going to be, Val?

I think also, their age might play a part in how they are. Although by the time of the war of the Ring they are getting on for about 2900 years old, which is pretty old by human standards, in elven terms it's still youngish. The First and Second ages saw a lot of changes to the elven people, particularly the loss of many of the great lords. The elves in Rivendell are for the most part survivors of these lords people so they would have grown up in a different atmosphere to the twins.

Unlike this world, in which progress occurs with passing time, in Middle Earth the strength of the people seems to diminish. For the twins, therefore, they are being brought up with people who have taken part in huge battles and seen truely wondrous things, and are now in effect, almost living in a retirement home. They are young and crave the glory of the elves around them, but are ancient by the reckoning of men. Watching a human grow up, teaching him skills etc, and then seeing him die must be painful, especially when it happens over and again. They are caught in a kind of no-man's land, where both people's will seem quite different to the world in which they live.

That is really moving Val. We could always copy it to the Characters thread. I have never read such a perceptive interpretation of Elladan and Elrohir.

Val,
you have an amazing insight. I am very impressed!

Yes, Allyssa, I checked my email. And Guess What!!!!! It is working again. Yippeeee! I was very excited to get Val's story. Thank you so much for sending it to me. I really do appreciate it.

Val, I loved your stroy. It was great. I would love to read more.

Allyssa, since my email worked for this one, if you could send me more stories to read, that would be wonderful.

Could you send it to me too, Val?! Email's working again too!

Well, they're certainly twins... a bit snooty looking if you ask me.

Here is some more info about the twins, found by ProgHead777

http://www.ansereg.com/elladan_and_elrohir_factsheet.htm

This is more a question for Ally really, she's the expert.

And I don't know if there actually is an official fanclub, but there probably is one, and I think Ally wanted to avoid people thinking this is the real thing. I think...

PT wouldn't let me log in for a while, I'm sorry if I missed too much... and do you mind taking my name off the list? (I don't think that I could maintain this thread) or maybe make a "member who will pop in and out intermittently" section?

I loved the movie Twins with Arnie and Danny. I laughed so hard. It was a great movie. I would love to picture Arnie as the twins but back in his Conan days. He is tooo old now. Still good looking but too old for our twins. I don't like Fabio at all. Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt just aren't right for the parts either, but still gorgeous. I will have to think on this one a bit more.
Hey what about Johnny Depp? Or Freddy Prinze Jr. ?

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[Edited on 20/11/2002 by MelliotSandybanks]

You are quite welcome to pop in and out as you please, Gilvala.

Thanks a lot I'm going to juggle being on 3 different LOTR postBodyboards and 2 emails at the same time! I have a feeling that its going to be like but hey! Life's fun - the school term's over... and I just like playing with these emoticons.... So what are we doing now?

FABIO???!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I con't beleef iss no buttor...

The funniest movie twins I have seen were Arnold Schwarsnaeger (or however he spells his name) and Danny deVito in Twins, so I propose those two.

I'm sure if we keep going, Grondy, Allyssa will eventually bite.

* pointedly ignores Val's last post.

Hmmmm....these ones have some possiblities....Thanks Tommi.

Not sure if the ones in the pic are really twins, Ally. What if they're just two Elvish warriors? *trying to spoil the fun*

*sigh

Perhaps we will see them in ROTK. If Haldir is dead, we will need E and E for the Paths of the Dead wont we? There is still hope fellow fans! Maybe even some action figures/posters/stickers and stuff.

If anyone comes across an action figure, let me know! I want one too.

I am a fan of book-Elrond too (the real Elrond, not that dreadful impersonator). I would have loved to have seen Elrond represented as the kindly, warm, wise Elf-lord that he should have been.

Now I'm really beginning to wonder if they are gonna include the twins...I haven't gotten any indication that they will appear in RotK, nor have they been introdused earlier (like Arwen, but then again she's a very somewhat sentral? person) But aren't they too? We already know that Aragorn will recieve the reforged sword, PJ has said so himself,and he has also said something else blabla (need to go home and check on the dvd ) I think the twins deserve to be in the film...I hope things don't go downwards from here

I think allowing Arwen to wander about in the wild unchaperoned would be most irresponsible of PJ. (Unless he decides to give her Xena powers as well. )

Arwen needs her brothers to protect her from orcs, and they would hardly allow her to leave alone after what happened to her mother.

And I think all fathers are extra protective of their daughters, regardless of the number of sons they might have. It's a 'Daddy's-little-girl' thing.

Elladan and Elrohir should be in ROTK!

Do you think it would help if we got up a pettition or something? (jk)