I'm hoping for Bilbo/Thranduil friendship too. And Thranduil/Bard. I'm hoping that Lee Pace's comparison of Thranduil to the Fisher King does mean what people are theorizing, and that he'll switch over from wounded-animal-growling-at-the-world to true king in the third movie.(I will never believe Thranduil is racist against silvan elves, though, any more than I'll believe ELROND HALF ELVEN is racist against Men. Or that Faramir considered taking the ring for even a second.)
Peter Jackson does love adding unnecessary conflict, though, so idk. I was really sad we didn't get 'I do not grudge you the game, so glad am I to see you on your legs'.
I don't hate Thorin, but he isn't my favourite, and I always kind of felt like he got the ending he brought on himself in the book - but Fili and Kili didn't. Richard Armitage's Thorin is much more RECLAIMED HOMELAND! crossed with hereditary insanity, as opposed to just greedy, but he scares me a lot more than book Thorin did. I can see why people shipped Thilbo after the first movie, but I can't really see it ending well, even if he lived.
Belladonna Took's adventures consisted of time travel and helping Maglor learn how to take care of baby Elrond and Elros
What do you figure Legolas' reaction to Oropher would be? And ooh, yeah. Annatar-pretty-boy Sauron, or post-Numenor-noface Sauron? Or both? I love the idea that he learned things from Melian, even though he would have been really young then. I'm sort of inclined to think Thranduil's woodcraft magic is stronger than Oropher's was.
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Peter Jackson does love adding unnecessary conflict, though, so idk. I was really sad we didn't get 'I do not grudge you the game, so glad am I to see you on your legs'.
I don't hate Thorin, but he isn't my favourite, and I always kind of felt like he got the ending he brought on himself in the book - but Fili and Kili didn't. Richard Armitage's Thorin is much more RECLAIMED HOMELAND! crossed with hereditary insanity, as opposed to just greedy, but he scares me a lot more than book Thorin did. I can see why people shipped Thilbo after the first movie, but I can't really see it ending well, even if he lived.
Belladonna Took's adventures consisted of time travel and helping Maglor learn how to take care of baby Elrond and ElrosWhat do you figure Legolas' reaction to Oropher would be? And ooh, yeah. Annatar-pretty-boy Sauron, or post-Numenor-noface Sauron? Or both? I love the idea that he learned things from Melian, even though he would have been really young then. I'm sort of inclined to think Thranduil's woodcraft magic is stronger than Oropher's was.