legolas's eye color

midnightflame · 07-30-2002, 08:50 PM

does anyone know legolas's eye color it's been driving me and my friends nuts some say their brown, some say green, some say blue and in the movie his eyes are purple what color are they i need to know what eveyone thinks or knows so i can single out what color!?

Frodo&Merry'sGurl · 07-30-2002, 10:15 PM

I believe that the color of his eyes in FOTR is brown, but in TTT they are blue.

***Khamûl*** · 07-30-2002, 11:09 PM

How'd you arrive at that conclusion?

Frodo&Merry'sGurl · 07-30-2002, 11:31 PM

pictures I've seen. in the pics of FOTR he has brown eyes and in TTT trailer he has blue eyes.

***Khamûl*** · 07-31-2002, 12:00 AM

Since this is the books forum, I think that midnightflame means Legolas's eye color in the books.

Edit: you do mean Legolas's eye color in the books, right midnightflame?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 07-31-2002, 12:43 PM

Ok, let's just say for the sake of argument that the movie is not relevant here. The only thing that is relevant is Tolkien's own words. The problem with this is that he changed his mind on many occassions as the mythology grew. In the appendices in RotK Tolkien describes the Eldar as being tall, fair of skin and grey eyed with dark hair accept in the golden house of Finarfin. Legolas was a Sindarin Elf and the Sindarin Elves were a branch of the Teleri. He very well could have had green eyes, but NEVER in the books do I recall any elf with brown eyes.

Comic Book Guy · 07-31-2002, 02:01 PM

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Faramir · 07-31-2002, 02:20 PM

I don't really see what's so interesting about Legolas' eye color that you had to start a thread about it.

Comic Book Guy · 07-31-2002, 02:24 PM

It can be useful of you are planning to draw a picture of Legolas.

BeardofPants · 07-31-2002, 04:35 PM

The same reason people argue about other Tolkien discrepancies, because they're interested in all things Tolkien. I mean, I'm not overly fussed about eye colour, but I don't mind discussing it either. It makes for a change from balrog debates.

Are you trying to discourage debate, Faramir?

Frodo&Merry'sGurl · 07-31-2002, 11:08 PM

I don't remember reading anything in the book about his eye color, but since elves are fair I would guess blue.

BeardofPants · 07-31-2002, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Frodo&Merry'sGurl
I don't remember reading anything in the book about his eye color, but since elves are fair I would guess blue.

I'm sure someone with a greater understanding of Eldar characteristics could better answer this, since I'm only trampled through the Sil once. But I will say this: I don't agree. Not all elves are fair, and I seem to remember the colour grey featuring prominently, even if only with the noldor, I believe?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 07-31-2002, 11:44 PM

As I said in my earlier post, Tolkien changed his mind. BoPs, all Elves were fair of skin. Tolkien did not limit though eye color or hair color to specific races of the Eldar later on. All Vanyarin Elves had golden hair and grey eyes. I would say they were the only ones that were consistant in this. The Noldor seemed to be mostly dark haired and grey eyed, but there were golden haired Noldorin Elves outside of the house of Finarfin. I believe the Teleri were Silver, or dark haired with grey, and possibly green eyes.

BeardofPants · 08-01-2002, 01:01 AM

Thanks for the info. I was talking about fair in relation to blue eyes, perhaps I should have been more clear...

Rána Eressëa · 08-01-2002, 01:18 AM

The only eye color I remember Tolkien mentioning ever about anyone is grey. So let's just say grey, eh?

Starr Polish · 08-01-2002, 02:02 AM

I agree with RE. When reading the books, I've always pictured the majority of the elves with grey eyes. Glorfindel, Elrond (eh, half elven), Arwen (though they tell you), Legolas.

Faramir · 08-01-2002, 11:54 AM

I just think there are more interesting Tolkien issues to talk about. But if you guys think it's interesting, well your you, not me. And I was not trying to discourage the debate, just voiceing my opinion. Is there anything wrong with that? And if anyone wants to know the real answer to the question Did Balrogs Have Wings? go here or here. So, I won't bother you anymore, you can go on discussing eye colors. Have fun.

Frodo&Merry'sGurl · 08-01-2002, 07:05 PM

Not all elves are fair, but the majority of the ones left in ME at the time of LOTR were I believe.

cassiopeia · 08-02-2002, 06:20 AM

I only remember Tolkien mentioning grey eyes. Does it say any other color anywhere?

Galendhol Asada · 08-03-2002, 11:37 PM

It's quite odd because I have many different pictures of Legolas in the movie. If you notice that in the counsil of Elrond his eyes are brown and in the pictures of the counsil of Elrond their brown. In the scene where Boromir dies his eyes are blue. In moria his eyes are brown. But you also have to realize that they did not follow what Tolkien said they looked like, too. So I think that their honey, or light brown, I can send alot of pics to you on e-mail so you can get your opinions though.

07-30-2002, 08:50 PM	#1
midnightflame Sapling Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: seattle, washington Posts: 13	legolas's eye color does anyone know legolas's eye color it's been driving me and my friends nuts some say their brown, some say green, some say blue and in the movie his eyes are purple what color are they i need to know what eveyone thinks or knows so i can single out what color!? __________________ roses are red violets are blue sogar is sweet and so are you, but the roses are wilting and the violets are dead the sugar bowl is empty and SO IS MY HEAD!!!!!! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SOME ROSES ARE RED VOILETS ARE'NT BLUE I KNOW I CANT SPELL BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU!!!! HA HA HA H AH AHA HA HA HA MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IM HAVENIG FUN OHHH LOTS OF SHINY RED BUTTTONES!!!!!!!!

07-30-2002, 10:15 PM	#2
Frodo&Merry'sGurl Sapling Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 9	I believe that the color of his eyes in FOTR is brown, but in TTT they are blue. __________________ "I wish the Ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." -Frodo In place of a dark lord you would have a queen. Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn. Treacherous as the sea. Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair." -Galadriel

07-30-2002, 11:09 PM	#3
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	How'd you arrive at that conclusion? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-30-2002, 11:31 PM	#4
Frodo&Merry'sGurl Sapling Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 9	pictures I've seen. in the pics of FOTR he has brown eyes and in TTT trailer he has blue eyes. __________________ "I wish the Ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." -Frodo In place of a dark lord you would have a queen. Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn. Treacherous as the sea. Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair." -Galadriel

07-31-2002, 12:00 AM	#5
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Since this is the books forum, I think that midnightflame means Legolas's eye color in the books. Edit: you do mean Legolas's eye color in the books, right midnightflame? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31 Last edited by Khamûl : 07-31-2002 at 12:05 AM.

07-31-2002, 12:43 PM	#6
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Ok, let's just say for the sake of argument that the movie is not relevant here. The only thing that is relevant is Tolkien's own words. The problem with this is that he changed his mind on many occassions as the mythology grew. In the appendices in RotK Tolkien describes the Eldar as being tall, fair of skin and grey eyed with dark hair accept in the golden house of Finarfin. Legolas was a Sindarin Elf and the Sindarin Elves were a branch of the Teleri. He very well could have had green eyes, but NEVER in the books do I recall any elf with brown eyes.

07-31-2002, 02:01 PM	#7
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	Frodo&Merry'sGurl, read the announcement at the top of the forum.

07-31-2002, 02:20 PM	#8
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	I don't really see what's so interesting about Legolas' eye color that you had to start a thread about it. __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

07-31-2002, 02:24 PM	#9
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	It can be useful of you are planning to draw a picture of Legolas.

07-31-2002, 04:35 PM	#10
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	The same reason people argue about other Tolkien discrepancies, because they're interested in all things Tolkien. I mean, I'm not overly fussed about eye colour, but I don't mind discussing it either. It makes for a change from balrog debates. Are you trying to discourage debate, Faramir? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-31-2002, 11:08 PM	#11
Frodo&Merry'sGurl Sapling Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 9	I don't remember reading anything in the book about his eye color, but since elves are fair I would guess blue. __________________ "I wish the Ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." -Frodo In place of a dark lord you would have a queen. Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn. Treacherous as the sea. Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair." -Galadriel

07-31-2002, 11:44 PM	#13
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	As I said in my earlier post, Tolkien changed his mind. BoPs, all Elves were fair of skin. Tolkien did not limit though eye color or hair color to specific races of the Eldar later on. All Vanyarin Elves had golden hair and grey eyes. I would say they were the only ones that were consistant in this. The Noldor seemed to be mostly dark haired and grey eyed, but there were golden haired Noldorin Elves outside of the house of Finarfin. I believe the Teleri were Silver, or dark haired with grey, and possibly green eyes.

08-01-2002, 01:01 AM	#14
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Thanks for the info. I was talking about fair in relation to blue eyes, perhaps I should have been more clear... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-01-2002, 01:18 AM	#15
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	The only eye color I remember Tolkien mentioning ever about anyone is grey. So let's just say grey, eh?

08-01-2002, 02:02 AM	#16
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	I agree with RE. When reading the books, I've always pictured the majority of the elves with grey eyes. Glorfindel, Elrond (eh, half elven), Arwen (though they tell you), Legolas. __________________ “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

08-01-2002, 11:54 AM	#17
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	I just think there are more interesting Tolkien issues to talk about. But if you guys think it's interesting, well your you, not me. And I was not trying to discourage the debate, just voiceing my opinion. Is there anything wrong with that? And if anyone wants to know the real answer to the question Did Balrogs Have Wings? go here or here. So, I won't bother you anymore, you can go on discussing eye colors. Have fun. __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

08-01-2002, 07:05 PM	#18
Frodo&Merry'sGurl Sapling Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 9	Not all elves are fair, but the majority of the ones left in ME at the time of LOTR were I believe. __________________ "I wish the Ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." -Frodo In place of a dark lord you would have a queen. Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn. Treacherous as the sea. Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair." -Galadriel

08-02-2002, 06:20 AM	#19
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I only remember Tolkien mentioning grey eyes. Does it say any other color anywhere? __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

08-03-2002, 11:37 PM	#20
Galendhol Asada Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Either in Northern Mirkwood, Rivendell, Lothlorien, or in Battle somewhere else and maybe even a an Entmoot party Posts: 24	It's quite odd because I have many different pictures of Legolas in the movie. If you notice that in the counsil of Elrond his eyes are brown and in the pictures of the counsil of Elrond their brown. In the scene where Boromir dies his eyes are blue. In moria his eyes are brown. But you also have to realize that they did not follow what Tolkien said they looked like, too. So I think that their honey, or light brown, I can send alot of pics to you on e-mail so you can get your opinions though. __________________ Off I go to battle but from there I shall return. For I am a Wood Elf of Mirkwood, daughter of Corbec, friend of the Fellowship of the Ring, sworn Enemy of evil, and wife of Carni Asada.

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