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Originally Posted by SpM
or an Elf running on snow without making an imprint
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Hear! Hear!
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LoTR, The Ring Goes South
With that he [Legolas - H-I] sprang forth nimbly, and then Frodo noticed as if for the first time, though he had long known it, that the Elf had no boots, but wore only light shoes, as he always did, and his feet made little imprint in the snow
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That is 'two big differences', as they say. What is that wonderful in making little imprint when not wearing heavy boots and being nimble and agile and light-footed and not that heavy at all, eh? On a crisp snow crust?
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Originally Posted by Essex
as putting on a magic ring that would make you invisible...
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Hear! Hear!
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The Hobbit, Riddles in the Dark
...and if you slipped that ring on your finger, you were invisible; only in the full sunlight could you be seen, and then only by your shadow, and that would be shaky and faint
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complete invisibility, mind you. Did I read last year about 'invisibility costume' being experimented upon by some scientist on another in a NG? Or was it Discovery Channel rather? Employing special cloth to reflect the background, and cameras to project it to the cloth? Did I?
And did Galadriel not always said that 'tricks of the Enemy' are not what she would call 'elven magic' and the latter is wise application of natural phenomena, and the former deceit?
Now take Legolas breakdancing on a spine of a troll, defying centrifugal force and what not...