legolas's hair

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Originally Posted by Galin

Anyway I'm just trying to raise a different perspective compared to saying that this author-published description is commonly understood as an (even unintentional) error.

William Cloud Hicklin wrote “it's often said (with citations) that ALL Noldor (save Finarfin's descendants) are dark-haired.” I recognized that when using the words “ALL Noldor” William Cloud Hicklin was assuming the common understanding of a passage mentioning hair colour and its common understood emendation in The Lord of the Rings.

I naturally followed his common assumption. I have long been aware that various other meta-theories are possible but did not see fit to muddy the water when this part of the thread was concerned with Tolkien’s works as generally interpreted.

Your discussion is quite valid on its own. But it throws things so open that almost nothing can be discussed because nothing is certain. Perhaps Orodreth was a woman.