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Cúdae · 01-02-2003, 08:22 PM

Excellent points all around! My mind is even more confused than before, but I have a new idea to bring up:

Maybe Tolkien just didn't care.

I know that sounds like some type of blasphemy, as we are speaking fo the Great Perfectionist, but really, I can back it up. In Unfinished Tales, I got the impression that Tolkien did not feel that Legolas was all that important- to anyone, anything, or any event. Tolkien said that Legolas had achieved the least. I'd find that passage for you, but unfortunately, my books are not with me. So maybe, Tolkien didn't go into any details about Legolas's title because he didn't feel that Legolas was important.

Speaking of importance... I have heard that there was a character also called Legolas in the original drafts of some parts of the Silmarillion- I have conflicting ideas on this, but if any of you who are more knowlegable than myself know much about this, share the knowledge, I beg you! My reason being is that, possibly Tolkien had this character in mind (even in the back of his mind) when writing the character of Legolas that we know from the Lord of the Rings.

01-02-2003, 08:22 PM	#15
Cúdae Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 160	Excellent points all around! My mind is even more confused than before, but I have a new idea to bring up: Maybe Tolkien just didn't care. I know that sounds like some type of blasphemy, as we are speaking fo the Great Perfectionist, but really, I can back it up. In Unfinished Tales, I got the impression that Tolkien did not feel that Legolas was all that important- to anyone, anything, or any event. Tolkien said that Legolas had achieved the least. I'd find that passage for you, but unfortunately, my books are not with me. So maybe, Tolkien didn't go into any details about Legolas's title because he didn't feel that Legolas was important. Speaking of importance... I have heard that there was a character also called Legolas in the original drafts of some parts of the Silmarillion- I have conflicting ideas on this, but if any of you who are more knowlegable than myself know much about this, share the knowledge, I beg you! My reason being is that, possibly Tolkien had this character in mind (even in the back of his mind) when writing the character of Legolas that we know from the Lord of the Rings. __________________ "And if you listen very hard/ The tune will come to you at last/ When all are one and one is all/ To be a rock and not to roll." --Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"