The writer J. R. R. Tolkien He will never know that his excellent works have given us two wonderful film trilogies and a series on Amazon: The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit y The Rings of Power, although these last two productions are not as wonderful for many fans as the first. We discussed this debate recently. Today we have a much more specific topic.
I have recently started reviewing the movies. The Lord of the rings y The Hobbit I usually do it every few months. Let’s say I watch each trilogy three or four times a year. Every time I try to get someone to watch them again, with me or on their own, and thus have someone with a fresh memory to comment on them.
Last Saturday morning, after a 6-hour session in Expeditions: A MudRunner GameI saw again The Fellowship of the Ring in an extended version with a good mixed bowl of pistachios and seeds. I managed to trick a friend into watching it and throughout the week we discussed different aspects. “I still don’t understand how the arrow-shooter [Legolas] It doesn’t sink into the snow and the rest almost die,” he told me in a burst of genius.
Legolas, snow and other superhuman follies
All fans of The Lord of the rings They’ve had this debate and they’ve had to explain to someone why our lord Legolas, Green Leaf, doesn’t sink into the snow when the Fellowship of the Ring tries to cross Caradhras Pass. Remember that Saruman almost brought the mountain down on them, forcing them to cross the epic Mines of Moria. We all know the outcome of that decision.
I have been in his shoes. There was a time when she didn’t know either. I explained it to him in the same way that I am now explaining it to all of you who are reading this post, whether you know the answer or not. Based on the Tolkiengateway informationwhich includes testimonies and descriptions from JRR Tolkien himself, the reason has to do with his elven nature.
He was tall as a young tree, agile, immensely strong, capable of quickly drawing a great war bow and felling a Nazgûl, endowed with the tremendous vitality of elven bodies, so tough and resistant to damage that he only went with light shoes. On rock or through the snow, the most tireless of the entire Community.
This is how Tolkien describes Legolas in The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two (Page 327). Elves are known for their agility, lightness, strength, reflexes and superhuman senses and our Green Leaf is an exceptional case among the elves. His incredible balance allows him to perfectly distribute his weight when walking, running or performing any action, thus making the most of his natural abilities.
His elfin nature is not only enough to explain why he does not sink into the snow, but also to justify other movements that we see in the movies: getting on a horse that runs at full speed (The Two Towers), climbing and descending quickly down a Oliphant (The Return of the King) and jumping through the rubble of a tower that is in free fall (The Battle of the Five Armies).
Fans added a very important fact to support this theory: Legolas’ clothes and equipment. He is always dressed in cloth clothing and leather straps, including his boots, to hinder his natural abilities as little as possible. As for weapons, the most common are a wooden bow and arrows, and a knife. The consensus is that the heaviest things he carries in the snow are the arrowheads and the hilt of the knife. Nothing that can sink him.
The only difference with The Battle of the Five Armies It is the elven sword, but it is still known that the weapons forged by the elves were extraordinarily light and that it remains stuck in its enemy before Legolas makes the famous maneuver to avoid falling next to the structure.
This is a very condensed explanation of why Legolas can do everything he does so much in The Lord of the rings like in The Hobbit. He is a very powerful and exceptional character, although that was never a problem for Gimli. The dwarf always tried to measure himself with him, despite being very opposite. Together they formed the perfect team. If you are fans of Tolkien’s work and have more specific information to complement, I invite you to share it in the comments.
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