Legolas

The_Real_Legolas · 01-30-2002, 07:18 PM

I just want to know how many of you fans's fave character is Legolas.

LEGOLAS ROXZ

Legolas_BowKing · 01-31-2002, 03:02 AM

emplynx · 01-31-2002, 08:35 AM

In the books me favorate is Aragorn, while in the movie it was Pippin.

Mithrandir · 01-31-2002, 09:36 AM

Legolas is a great character no doubt, one of my favourites yes. But with the massive list of characters throughout all of Tolkien's works its so hard to have just one favourite character

Legolas · 01-31-2002, 10:40 AM

HEY HEY HEY! How can you tel that you're "real Legolas"? There are many Legolases, as me. So, we should hold a contest to find who is Legolas.

My fav is Legolas, of course.

Agburanar · 01-31-2002, 12:12 PM

Elves have two names, yeah? Their fate name (given by their mother) and another one given by their father. Does anyone know what Legolas' other name was?

(I've been given the task to find out so that I can win an arguement against one of my friends [a film fan, bleurgh!] that Greenleaf is a translation of Legolas, not his 'second name'.)

Starr Polish · 01-31-2002, 04:13 PM

Greenleaf isn't his last name, you're right...you can look it up on those Tolkien language sites, lasse (with two dots, to lazy to fix it) means green and such.

Ñólendil · 01-31-2002, 06:09 PM

Tolkien translated 'Legolas' as 'green leaves' in one of his letters.

That 'two name' thing you're referring to only applies to the Eldar of Valinor. The Wood-elves had some other more complex naming system. The Valinorean Eldar could have more than two names actually (they could also have self-names and given-names*), but the mother- and father- names were the 'true' ones.

One of Legolas's names was probably Thranduilwion, son-of-Thranduil.

*For example Maedros son of Finwe's name was Nelyafinwë Maitimo Russandol. 'Nelyafinwe' was his father-name, 'Maitimo' was his mother name and 'Russandol' was his given-name, something the other Elves called him, a nick-name. Maitimo had the red-brown hair of his mother (which was rare on any Elf). 'Russandol' meant 'copper-top'. I think the name he took as his Sindarin name, Maedros, would be considered a 'self-name', one of the names he gave himself. So his full name might be Nelyafinwe Maitimo Russandol Maedros, I'm not sure.

The_Real_Legolas · 02-01-2002, 05:15 PM

to Legolas,
if ur fave character is Legolas y duz ur attachment say Legolas a stupid stubburn elf?

Legolas_BowKing · 02-01-2002, 09:02 PM

What is your proof that your the real LegolaS?

The_Real_Legolas · 02-02-2002, 10:04 AM

I AM NOT THE REAL LEGOLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALL THE OTHER LEGOLAS'S WERE TAKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laurelyn · 02-02-2002, 10:37 AM

Isn't it "All the other usernames w/ legolas in them were taken"?
But we got your point . . .

Legolas · 02-02-2002, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The_Real_Legolas
to Legolas,
if ur fave character is Legolas y duz ur attachment say Legolas a stupid stubburn elf?

Well, there's a long explanation.
Firstly, look at my location. I'm from Lithuania, and I've read LotR only in Lithuanian. In this translation, Aragorn calls Legolas "stupid stubborn elf" in Lorien, when Legolas and Gimli dispute whether they should tie their eyes. So, that phrase sounded very funny to me, and I chose it as my sig. I didn't have any intentions on saying Legolas is stupid.

Arathorn · 02-02-2002, 01:00 PM

...and on that moot he had some Legolases...

A Legolas here and a Legolas there...

Here a Legolas there a Legolas....

Sorry..'couldn't resist.

ragamuffin92 · 02-02-2002, 01:36 PM

Very funny, Arathorn, but you omitted the most important part of the song--the "E-I-E-I-O."

Agburanar · 02-02-2002, 04:59 PM

"Now let us cry: a plague on the stiff necks of elves!"

Aragorn to Legolas.

Liviaine · 02-02-2002, 05:05 PM

Legolas is one of my three favorite characters in the movie.

FrodoFriend · 02-02-2002, 05:19 PM

Legolas is cool, but he's so . . . tame. He doesn't do very much that's interesting (except for the infamous "AI! AI!"). If only he'd cry or laugh or get mad or be emotional in some way, he'd be so much better! Just too perfect for my taste.

The_Real_Legolas · 02-02-2002, 07:38 PM

thank u Legolas u are cool

Ñólendil · 02-02-2002, 07:46 PM

Quote:

If only he'd cry or laugh or get mad or be emotional in some way, he'd be so much better! Just too perfect for my taste.

Legolas cried when Gandalf died like the rest of the Fellowship, and he at least makes a joke in Flotsam and Jetsam:

Quote:

'And you need not turn up your nose at the rovender, Master Gimli,' said Merry. 'This is not orc-stuff, but man-food, as Treebeard calls it. Will you have wine or beer? There's a barrel inside there -- very passable. And this is first-rate salted pork. Or I can cut you some rashers of bacon and broil them, if you like. I am sorry there is no green stuff: the deliveries have been rather interrupted in the last few days! I cannot offer you anything to follow but butter and honey for your bread. Are you content?'

'Indeed yes,' said Gimli. 'The score is much reduced.'

The three were soon busy with their meal; and the two hobbits, unabashed, set t a second time. 'We must keep our guests company,' they said.

'You are full of courtesy this morning,' laughed Legolas. 'But maybe, if we had not arrived, you would already have been keeping one another company again.'

01-30-2002, 07:18 PM	#1
The_Real_Legolas Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 100	Legolas I just want to know how many of you fans's fave character is Legolas. LEGOLAS ROXZ __________________ One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them One ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them ****************************** LEGOLAS ROCKS & so do I! GO ARCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

01-31-2002, 09:36 AM	#4
Mithrandir Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: MA Posts: 39	Legolas is a great character no doubt, one of my favourites yes. But with the massive list of characters throughout all of Tolkien's works its so hard to have just one favourite character __________________ Frodo Lives!!! spread the word!!

01-31-2002, 10:40 AM	#5
Legolas Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 171	HEY HEY HEY! How can you tel that you're "real Legolas"? There are many Legolases, as me. So, we should hold a contest to find who is Legolas. My fav is Legolas, of course. __________________ Legolas - a stupid stubborn elf

01-31-2002, 04:13 PM	#7
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Greenleaf isn't his last name, you're right...you can look it up on those Tolkien language sites, lasse (with two dots, to lazy to fix it) means green and such. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

01-31-2002, 06:09 PM	#8
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Tolkien translated 'Legolas' as 'green leaves' in one of his letters. That 'two name' thing you're referring to only applies to the Eldar of Valinor. The Wood-elves had some other more complex naming system. The Valinorean Eldar could have more than two names actually (they could also have self-names and given-names), but the mother- and father- names were the 'true' ones. One of Legolas's names was probably Thranduilwion, son-of-Thranduil. For example Maedros son of Finwe's name was Nelyafinwë Maitimo Russandol. 'Nelyafinwe' was his father-name, 'Maitimo' was his mother name and 'Russandol' was his given-name, something the other Elves called him, a nick-name. Maitimo had the red-brown hair of his mother (which was rare on any Elf). 'Russandol' meant 'copper-top'. I think the name he took as his Sindarin name, Maedros, would be considered a 'self-name', one of the names he gave himself. So his full name might be Nelyafinwe Maitimo Russandol Maedros, I'm not sure. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

01-31-2002, 03:02 AM	#2
Legolas_BowKing Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 115	Me

01-31-2002, 08:35 AM	#3
emplynx Self-Appointed Lord of the Free Peoples of the General Messages Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,214	In the books me favorate is Aragorn, while in the movie it was Pippin.

01-31-2002, 12:12 PM	#6
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	Elves have two names, yeah? Their fate name (given by their mother) and another one given by their father. Does anyone know what Legolas' other name was? (I've been given the task to find out so that I can win an arguement against one of my friends [a film fan, bleurgh!] that Greenleaf is a translation of Legolas, not his 'second name'.)

02-01-2002, 05:15 PM	#9
The_Real_Legolas Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 100	Legolas to Legolas, if ur fave character is Legolas y duz ur attachment say Legolas a stupid stubburn elf? __________________ One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them One ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them ****************************** LEGOLAS ROCKS & so do I! GO ARCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

02-01-2002, 09:02 PM	#10
Legolas_BowKing Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 115	What is your proof that your the real LegolaS?

02-02-2002, 10:04 AM	#11
The_Real_Legolas Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 100	:O I AM NOT THE REAL LEGOLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALL THE OTHER LEGOLAS'S WERE TAKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them One ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them ****************************** LEGOLAS ROCKS & so do I! GO ARCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

02-02-2002, 10:37 AM	#12
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Isn't it "All the other usernames w/ legolas in them were taken"? But we got your point . . . __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

02-02-2002, 01:00 PM	#14
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	...and on that moot he had some Legolases... A Legolas here and a Legolas there... Here a Legolas there a Legolas.... Sorry..'couldn't resist. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures... Last edited by Arathorn : 02-02-2002 at 01:01 PM.

02-02-2002, 01:36 PM	#15
ragamuffin92 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York State Posts: 309	Very funny, Arathorn, but you omitted the most important part of the song--the "E-I-E-I-O." __________________ FRODO LIVES!! (sung to the tune of "My Boyfriend's Back") Now, Gandalf's back, and you're gonna be in trouble (Hey-la, hey-la---Now, Gandalf's back) Soon, Barad-dur is gonna be a pile of rubble (Hey-la, hey-la---Now, Gandalf's back)

02-02-2002, 04:59 PM	#16
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	"Now let us cry: a plague on the stiff necks of elves!" Aragorn to Legolas.

02-02-2002, 05:05 PM	#17
Liviaine Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ithilien Posts: 203	Legolas is one of my three favorite characters in the movie.

02-02-2002, 05:19 PM	#18
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Legolas is cool, but he's so . . . tame. He doesn't do very much that's interesting (except for the infamous "AI! AI!"). If only he'd cry or laugh or get mad or be emotional in some way, he'd be so much better! Just too perfect for my taste. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-02-2002, 07:38 PM	#19
The_Real_Legolas Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 100	hi thank u Legolas u are cool __________________ One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them One ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them ****************************** LEGOLAS ROCKS & so do I! GO ARCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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