Legolas shooting stuff....

[doug*platypus]

elves can get very good, but not perfect

Based on... your extensive knowledge of elves, from some source other than Tolkien ?!?!

The elves were imbued with many qualities that may seem unnatural to boring old humans like us. Marksmanship was definitely one of them. Tolkien himself had something like an unexplained desire to shoot well with a bow [Letter #somethingorother], and so I daresay that if he wanted Legolas to be a perfect shot, then a perfect shot he could be!!

Besides, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Imrahil, Faramir, Éomer are all exceptional fighters. If they weren't, it would be unrealistic for them to survive so long and through so many battles. Legolas' precision shooting makes his character more believable, not less, IMHO. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]