Legolas the apparently Unwanted

[Iboen]

I'd like to know why everybody who likes Aragorn always takes the mick out of Legolas, thinking he's a prettyboy. maybe he did'nt really do anything in the first 2 films but he will in the third. If in the book Aragorn and Legolas are best friends whats the point in making the other one better than the other. Therefore i'm sticking up for Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood.

[Millane]

well good for you but the reason people like Aragorn better than Legolas in the movie was because Aragorn was better than Legolas in the movie... Legolas did look like a pretty boy but if all girls didnt get all ooooohy and aaaaahy over him (except of course if he's slaughtering things ) then people wouldnt have as much of a go at him

[Lalaith]

Just a short question: Are we talking about the book or the movie Legolas?
I have to say I loved him both in the book and in the movie.
He was cute and handsome in the movie and seemed to be a good fighter.
And he was so funny in the books and also seemed to be a good fighter as well as a good friend.

[Indril Anarion]

Hear, hear!!!


I'm with you, Lalaith!

[Gwaimir Windgem]

I would like to point out that Legolas is in fact not best friends with Aragorn, but with Gimli.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
I would like to point out that Legolas is in fact not best friends with Aragorn, but with Gimli.

Yeah, that's true. I doubt that Aragorn had a best friend in the fellowship. Maybe Gandalf.

[Sween]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Yeah, that's true. I doubt that Aragorn had a best friend in the fellowship. Maybe Gandalf.

Aragorn was super best friend to all the fellowship they all love him, well infact anyone does legolas say something to that extent in the book.

I think Aragorn and the hobbits shared a great undersatnding he was with them from allmost the begining and after Gandalf held there love the most.

Its very clear in the book how aragorn loves frodo because of the pain he has suffred

[Lalaith]

I don't think that Aragorn was everyones best friend. He was more the kind of guy how walks alone, without friends. I think the others didn't really fit to him and they didn't understand his fears and expectations.

[Sween]

Originally posted by Lalaith
I don't think that Aragorn was everyones best friend. He was more the kind of guy how walks alone, without friends. I think the others didn't really fit to him and they didn't understand his fears and expectations.

well i think you are very wrong! The hobbits within a few ays hold Aragorn in very high esteem infact by rivendell frodo was ready to beg him to come on the journey with them. Gandalf hold him very highly in eteem and spent a large portion of his time brinigin hiom to be ready for power.

Gimli wouldnt of passed on the paths of the dead but for lovew of him. Legolas also says openly he loves him.

Boromir by the time he dies has been won over by him and accepts him as the king and asks him to save gondor because he sees without him it wont be saved.

as well as in the houses of healing the maid by the time he retunrs says he may be shape with words but has a hert of gold.

Eomir also says openly he loves him his sis was pretty keen an all

[Gwaimir Windgem]

I agree with Lalaith. Aragorn seems to be rather a loner to me. More someone to look up to, for everyone in the company except Gandalf, than a dear chummy person in my opinion.

[Lalaith]

Yeah, in some parts I think you are right, Sween. They all loved him, but that does not say that he was their best friend. To the hobbits he was probably more father and saver (is that the right word?) like and to Legolas and Gimli he was the best leader they could have. But he was not their best friend because he was a lonesome rider.
Or how do you explain it that the hobbits and the others knew that little of him? He wasn't really close to them.

[Sween]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Yeah, in some parts I think you are right, Sween. They all loved him, but that does not say that he was their best friend. To the hobbits he was probably more father and saver (is that the right word?) like and to Legolas and Gimli he was the best leader they could have. But he was not their best friend because he was a lonesome rider.
Or how do you explain it that the hobbits and the others knew that little of him? He wasn't really close to them.

they only knew so little because there was so much to tell and a lot of him i think was need to know. He wasnt such a lonesome person he was acknoledged leader of the Dundain of the north (and there where much more of these than the 30 compainions of his).

As a genral rule i dont love anyone im not mates with as a rule so yes they would of all been good mates.

[Lalaith]

Nobody said that they have not been good friends. But do you love your father? If yes, is he your best friend?
Or another question: Isn't it possible that a private loves his chief, although it is not his best friend (they should not be friends, as a fact).

[Sween]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Nobody said that they have not been good friends. But do you love your father? If yes, is he your best friend?
Or another question: Isn't it possible that a private loves his chief, although it is not his best friend (they should not be friends, as a fact).

im quite indifferent towards my father!

Anyway thats not the point. Aragorn of all the fellowship was one of the most loth to break them up when he get married he wants his friends present and it pains them to break up. From the styler of writing of tolkien i can see why aragorn could maybe be seen as a bit of a loner the POV switches a lot but it never really switches to Aragorn its ussually a hobbits or if a hobbit isnt there gimli or just a non person looking on!

i filmly belive that Aragorn was very friendly with all the fellowship

[Lalaith]

Of course he was friendly and they were friends. but never too close. First not because he had secrets and was a lonley guy and then he was king.
And of course he wanted his friends to stay, but they were not BEST friends. That's the point I want to make clear.
I believe that the person you follow and is your leader and you admire that much, can hardly me your best friend.

[durin's bane]

Because Aragorn sucks, but his fans just won't admit it, so they pick on Legolas.

[Lady of Rohan]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Just a short question: Are we talking about the book or the movie Legolas?
I have to say I loved him both in the book and in the movie.
He was cute and handsome in the movie and seemed to be a good fighter.
And he was so funny in the books and also seemed to be a good fighter as well as a good friend.

Here, here!

(Oh, and i also agree with Durin )

[Artanis]

Originally posted by Lalaith
I believe that the person you follow and is your leader and you admire that much, can hardly me your best friend.

Oh yes, I think they can. Think about Frodo and Sam. They were master and servant, and yet, have you ever seen a more dedicated friendship?

Still I think you may be right about Aragorn's relationship with the members of the Fellowship. He was not close to any of them, except perhaps Gandalf. But they all loved him. Think about Legolas. He postponed his journey to the Undying Lands until Aragorn was dead. It does say something, doesn't it?

I'm unable to compare Aragorn to Legolas, they're both dear to me.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Lalaith
He was cute and handsome in the movie and seemed to be a good fighter.

Those were CG arrows and a CG Troll.

Originally posted by Iboen
I'd like to know ..., thinking he's a prettyboy. maybe he did'nt really do anything in the first 2 films but he will in the third.

Re: 'prettyboy'... because he is.

He did far less than the other members of the Fellowship in any of the books. He was an after thought of Tolkien. He was supposed to be another Hobbit but one of less importance than the others.

*looks around* oh, did this become a Legolas Fangirl thread. *walks out*

[markedel]

Aragorn frankly had the heaviest burden save Gandalf and Frodo-and unlike Frodo he had far more knowledge of the quest. The other seven were on a perilous journey, Aragorn on the othe rhand had destiny hanging over him, and a long line of anscestors weighing him down.