Legolas shooting stuff.... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

VanimaEdhel · 01-12-2004, 06:32 PM

Refresh my memory: do they mention this expressly in the books or are you just taking this from the movie?

Well, ultimately, either way, shooting someone in the throat would probably be a very proficient way to kill him/her. Although it's a smaller area than the chest, an expert marksman such as Legolas could be pretty sure of making the target if he had a shot. When you are hit in the throat, you tend to die pretty quickly, if not instantaneously. Even if you do survive for a time, there is almost no chance of ultimate survival, especially in Middle Earth (no emergency rooms). I would surmise that, when possible, Legolas would choose such a target. Also, it is a place that tended to have gaps in armor (between the helmet and the chestplate), so you could find a place to aim that would hit skin rather than metal.

01-12-2004, 06:32 PM	#3
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Refresh my memory: do they mention this expressly in the books or are you just taking this from the movie? Well, ultimately, either way, shooting someone in the throat would probably be a very proficient way to kill him/her. Although it's a smaller area than the chest, an expert marksman such as Legolas could be pretty sure of making the target if he had a shot. When you are hit in the throat, you tend to die pretty quickly, if not instantaneously. Even if you do survive for a time, there is almost no chance of ultimate survival, especially in Middle Earth (no emergency rooms). I would surmise that, when possible, Legolas would choose such a target. Also, it is a place that tended to have gaps in armor (between the helmet and the chestplate), so you could find a place to aim that would hit skin rather than metal. __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes