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Old 04-05-2006, 01:36 PM   #1
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Well maybe the Men didn't fear the Wood Elves because Thranduil is defintely no Galadriel. He's not a wizard or one of the elven ring bearers. Nor do the Mirkwood elves shoot travelers in their woods. Thranduil's people seem much happier and open than do the People of Lothrlorien, who seem more suspicious and have a shoot on sight policy. I'd be scared of the Galadrim too. On top of that, the Men probably realize that Thranduil keeps the evil in Mirkwood at bay.
No "shoot on sight" policy, eh?

Well, perhaps not, but I think that the treatment the Dwarves suffered at the hands of Thranduil and his men ought to be a pretty clear demonstration of the exact nature of the Mirkwood Elves- good to their friends, such as the Lakemen, but woe betide any unknown travellers...
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Old 04-06-2006, 06:15 AM   #2
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No "shoot on sight" policy, eh?

Well, perhaps not, but I think that the treatment the Dwarves suffered at the hands of Thranduil and his men ought to be a pretty clear demonstration of the exact nature of the Mirkwood Elves- good to their friends, such as the Lakemen, but woe betide any unknown travellers...
Treatment of the dwarves could be considered a special case,
especially since Thranduil was a Sindar, and had, no doubt,
heard tales of the dwarves behavior against elves in the First Age.
It's interesting that Tolkien has two positive (exceptional?)
cases of peoples interaction/organization in the Hobbit not (I
believe) seen as such in other works, specifically the governmental
structure in Laketown and the view of races by the Laketown polity.
And weren't the Laketowners (Laketownites ) Edain related
who either didn't go into Beleriand or came back while not going to
Numenor?
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