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Elves are creatures loving, wise and preserve family ties. Thranduil would not be different. In the truth think of him as a great father and king, who is always willing to protect his people and family. Well, that's what I think... ^^I hope you enjoy!
Thranduil the Elvenking/ Legolas/ Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit Β© J.R.R.Tolkien.
Art Β© Talles.
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If only he knew his little leaf would not stay with him...
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Oh my god this is such a wonderful pice of art! T^T
So so beautiful and emotional without being overly dramatic.
The situation and atmosphere speaks for itself. Simply gorgeous!
Thranduils (but also Thorins) story is such a sad one
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I feel like Thranduil got ice cold after the passing of his wife, and therefor ignored Legolas as he grew up. We can see in the Hobbit movies that Thranduil finally reached out to his son, realizing what he'd been doing all those years. I feel like after that their relationship improved greatly, and that Thranduil was open for the thought of loving his son as he should again.
I think their whole history and the way the wife/mother's death affected them is really beautiful but heartbreaking. I'm glad there was that scene in the Hobbit movies to finally break the ice between the two.
edit: Don't mind me, just delving into some older art, as it's really beautiful. >u<
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Do you think so? Sadly I had the impression that their relationship is damaged beyond repair. They didn't really bond at the end, it was more an indirect sorry from Thranduil andΒ Legolas never went back to mirkwood.
This is more a speculation but Thranduil seems in genereal an aloof and colder character (some people simply are like that) and after all the tragedy with his wife but also his father (seeing him dying on the battlefield) he seems incapable for deep emotional connections.
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I don't think that everything was just fixed between them after that. I do believe that Legolas did not return for a long time, but that Thranduil realized what he had missed out on, and would, whenever he got the chance, try a bit harder to get back into his son's life. Not just like that, but in due time. It would take a long, long time, since Thranduil isn't used to it, and Legolas have lived without a parent figure for so long, and barely knows what affection is at that point. But I like to think that eventually, they got closer to be a real family. Not super, super close, but closer than before at least.
But still, that both Thranduil and Legolas struggle greatly with deeper connections.
On another note, when we see Legolas in LOTR we see a completely different Legolas. I like to think that from the people around him he had learned to be more friendly and changed his view on friendship and such. Because he is so much happier and open in LOTR. I like to think that that is partly Aragorn's doing.
I know this is not in the books, but since Thranduil, at the end of The Hobbit Triology, says to Legolas that he should go and find the Dunedain, I want to believe that he did. But at the point in time of the Battle of the Five Armies, Aragorn would be about 11 years old. Possibly, when/if Legolas found him in Rivendell, the child would eventually grow on him, teaching him to be more human (aka more open to emotions). And that they overtime built a strong bond of friendship. I don't know, that's just how I'd like to think.
That comment was from July 2016, so I've spent alot of time thinking about this. Hopefully you can tell, hahah
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"Elves have few children, as a rule ... They are soon preoccupied with other pleasures; their libido wanes and they focus their interests elsewhere, such as the arts. Nonetheless, they take great delight in the union of love,Β and they cherish the days of bearing and raising children as the happiest times of their lives." (J.R.R. Tolkien,Β Laws & Customs Among the Eldar)
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I always thought of Thranduil "as hard as stone" when maybe he's not so heartless after all. There pictures changed my mind
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Β I tend to think of him as a terribly hard-headed king β¦ and arguably one of the most sensible people in The Hobbit Trilogy, even if he is the living incarnation of everything everyone else in Middle-Earth resents about Elves!
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My little leaf, ah!!!! <3 I'm dead of cuteness...
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I am UNDEAD now ):3
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:My ghost dies from cuteness AGAIN:
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Β You've won!Β Β <--- They took me because of you
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AGGGGHHHHHH!!! Cuteness and fluff overload!!!
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So cute! And I agree wuth you about him. I guess elves are the most incredible creatures in Middle-earth <3
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I love this so much. It makes me sometimes think that Thranduil didn't want to help Thorin because it could mean putting his little Legolas in danger.
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I believe this too. Elves are the most passionate of all the races, with very strong emotions (they have learned how to control them).
I also love the fun fact that elves do not reach full physical maturity until they're 100 years old. 
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Yeah, but they reach their full height at 50 years. So they spend 50 years being teenagers?? Poor things...
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Ah, so it's like quite a few human teens (I was at my full height in my teens as well).
It would be more like 25 years as a teen. 25 = child, 50 = preteen (12 for instance), 75 = teen (18), 100 = adult (mid-20s). Even then, 50 years is so short for them, it's probably just a small annoyance for the others. Like those 5 to 7 years our folks wanted to strangle us, it's probably just a moment where an Elf teen was smacked in the head after doing something silly.
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Until Legolas runs off with Gimli...but yeah
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Hahahah In a way, yes. x)
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awww, "folhinha" do papai... fofo e lindo demais...
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Siiim! Pequeno e indefeso. :3
Obrigada. ^^
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I agree completely with you about Thranduil! I bet he's loving and strong willed, yet patient and caring like many others, and like how his father was said to be in Silmarillion, and in the Unfinished Tales.
That and great picture^^
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