Elladan and Elrohir: Aren't they the coolest?

Maren · 09-26-2002, 04:12 PM

Who is else just loves these two guys?

They went after their mom when she was captured by the orcs, killed all the orcs, then went after EVERY SINGLE ORC in Middle Earth and practically wiped the race out before they stopped!!! How noble is that?

Gotta love 'em. PLUS, they were friends with Aragorn! Gotta love that too!

I love these brothers, and I think they deserve WAY more recognition than they are getting and I wish they would have been in the movie more!

Namarie,
Maren

olsonm · 09-26-2002, 05:02 PM

Like many of Tolkien's creations the brothers hint at larger untold stories.

Elf lords in the prime of their life, wise yet fierce, on a mission of revenge. And twins to boot! They would have made for some interesting stories.

BeardofPants · 09-26-2002, 05:13 PM

*sigh* That is the thing that frustrates me the most. There just isn't enough information!

markedel · 09-26-2002, 07:53 PM

There's probably a lost/withheld manuscript waiting to be published by Christopher in the works

afro-elf · 09-26-2002, 07:58 PM

I concur. I would greatly love to learn more about this two also.

Foul_Dwimmerlaik · 09-26-2002, 08:49 PM

Quote:

"The company halted, and there was not a heart among them that did not quail, unless it were the heart of Legolas of the Elves, for whom the ghosts of man have no terror."

Can anybody reconcile this passage with the presence of Elladan and Elrohir? Are they counted as Men?

afro-elf · 09-26-2002, 08:52 PM

I THINK Tolkien made a few "mistakes " concerning the brothers.

olsonm · 09-26-2002, 09:05 PM

Well, they were half-elven, but later in the same chapter it says: "The Company camped beside the Stone, but they slept little, because of the dread of the Shadows that hedged them round." This obviously can't include Legolas as feeling dread; but it's not explicit. So maybe he just wasn't as explicit as he could have been and overlooked it. Elladan takes up the rear of the Company but he doesn't seem afraid of the 'ghosts' even though they're right behind him.

***Khamûl*** · 09-26-2002, 10:23 PM

There is an older thread about Elladan and Elrohir here. Please continue this discussion there.

09-26-2002, 04:12 PM	#1
Maren Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 24	Elladan and Elrohir: Aren't they the coolest? Who is else just loves these two guys? They went after their mom when she was captured by the orcs, killed all the orcs, then went after EVERY SINGLE ORC in Middle Earth and practically wiped the race out before they stopped!!! How noble is that? Gotta love 'em. PLUS, they were friends with Aragorn! Gotta love that too! I love these brothers, and I think they deserve WAY more recognition than they are getting and I wish they would have been in the movie more! Namarie, Maren __________________ "Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer in the van." -TTT III:VII Van?!?!?! Red, right?

09-26-2002, 05:02 PM	#2
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	Like many of Tolkien's creations the brothers hint at larger untold stories. Elf lords in the prime of their life, wise yet fierce, on a mission of revenge. And twins to boot! They would have made for some interesting stories. __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

09-26-2002, 05:13 PM	#3
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	sigh That is the thing that frustrates me the most. There just isn't enough information! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-26-2002, 07:53 PM	#4
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	There's probably a lost/withheld manuscript waiting to be published by Christopher in the works __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

09-26-2002, 07:58 PM	#5
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	I concur. I would greatly love to learn more about this two also. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

09-26-2002, 08:52 PM	#7
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	I THINK Tolkien made a few "mistakes " concerning the brothers. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

09-26-2002, 09:05 PM	#8
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	Well, they were half-elven, but later in the same chapter it says: "The Company camped beside the Stone, but they slept little, because of the dread of the Shadows that hedged them round." This obviously can't include Legolas as feeling dread; but it's not explicit. So maybe he just wasn't as explicit as he could have been and overlooked it. Elladan takes up the rear of the Company but he doesn't seem afraid of the 'ghosts' even though they're right behind him. __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

09-26-2002, 10:23 PM	#9
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	There is an older thread about Elladan and Elrohir here. Please continue this discussion there. __________________ "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

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