#expectations: legolas

[klngfili]

The thing about Legoals’ song of the sea is that he sings about ‘I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing. ‘ but in the end he is not alone: ‘Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf.’

#smaugs ramblings #gimli #legolas #gigolas #lord of the rings #lotr #like do you ever think about how much they loved each other? whether it be friends family or husbands #DO NOT SEPERATE THEM #legolas fully expected sail to valinor alone and then hes got gimli with him #*leggles arriving in valinor* galadriel: what do you have there? leggles w gimli in his arms: a smoothie #its been 84 years

[tathrin]

The Extremely Serious and Scientific Legolas Fandom Hair Colour Poll:

What colour hair do you picture in your head for your personal mental image of Legolas of the Woodland Realm? (Not necessarily which one you think is more or less "canonical"; rather just what you see in your head when you're reading something.)

Ideally, you can also share when and how you were first exposed to Lord of the Rings in the tags or reblogs, and what you think most influenced your mental image.

No I'm not procrastinating from writing stuff, go away.

#personally i've pictured him and his dad both looking just like saaski from eloise mcgraw's ''moorchild'' since my first read of the hobbit #(and it'll take a lot more than his silhouette against the stars to pry that image from my cold dead and re-embodied hands lol) #that's just too good a visual to give up ESPECIALLY with all the gimli ''hands shall flow with gold'' stuff that comes in later #but i was around in the 2000s for when the fandom divided into two very distinct and passionate camps on this question #with the fact that he'd been often illustrated with blonde hair and occasionally with dark getting subsumed by Movie vs Book Snobbery wars #where everybody had to be Very Certain And Concrete In Their Canon Arguments about which was his One True Haircolor #so i'm curious what the general consensus (or if there even is one) is now #but i don't expect an actual answer from the ten people following my blog who will see this poll so instead let's do something silly with i #because what else are tumblr polls for? #polls #legolas #lotr #lord of the rings #lotr polls #fandom polls

[aspiringnexu]

I wonder if Elrond saw Legolas and Gimli together in Minas Tirith. He must have stayed for his daughter’s wedding, so he probably did.

I wonder if, for a moment, he saw himself and Durin.

Legolas and Gimli have a different dynamic but for a moment he catches Legolas laughing and Gimli grumbling good-heartedly, that familiar dwarvish smirk just barely hidden by his beard and suddenly he’s back in Khazad-dûm. Sharing a meal with Durin as Disa tries in vain to get his two dwarrowlings to settle down and have their supper.

#rings of power #the rings of power #Elrond #Durin #Look #you can't give me one of the best and most wholesome friendships I've ever seen #and not expect the feels #and it feels different to Legolas and Gimli #in a really good way #this friendship is old and comfy #and that scene with the supposedly sacred table still makes me laugh #I'm sure it doesn't help that Gimli and Durin are both firebeards #and that Gimli himself is of the line of Durin #just #poor Elrond #always outliving everyone he loves

[sigmalaussene]

It’s Valentine’s Day so here’s a little wip spoiler of the sillies

#gimli is very eepy #also I wanted to thank all of you #my comics are going above and beyond the lots random and I couldn’t be more grateful #some of y’all’s reblogs are so cute I just want to hug all of you #also anyway yes this is a new wip comic what did you expect #I know I said I was gonna make a gotham comic but uuuuh *runs away* #I have two uni exams in a week and I want to jump off a balcony #ANYWAY #real tags now #drawing #lotr #lord of the rings #lotr comic #lotr gimli #lotr fanart #fanart #legolas x gimli #legolas #legolas greenleaf #gimli #gimli son of gloin #procreate #gigolas #gimleaf #cuties #lotr fandom* not lots random but idk how to edit that so yeah sorry #my art #my art lotr #my sketches

[legolasgreenleafbow]

I have nothing to offer, except images that I have stolen from others of Legolas unhinged facial expressions. some are in gif form because the moving versions are SO MUCH FUNNIER than the screenshots. I used one as my pfp because I have my reasons.

#legolas #his elf eyes need to see a damn map ffs #orlando bloom #legolas has the funniest fucking expressions ever #lord of the rings #Legolas is what i expect from a Loreal commercial

[velociraptors-dont-lie]

Cazador is such a out there name. Like such a posh but powerful name and yet....he looks like an elven dave. He's a dave. A David if you will. I'd laugh in all their faces. I would then die, yes, obviously, but I'd die laughing at the basic looking bitch with a Dracula level name.

#baldurs gate 3 #astarion #cazador szarr #Like his last name too!!! #I expected count Dracula! #Castlevania! #Long flowing curly locks of otherworldly features of attractiveness. #Instead I'm looking at an average joe #Doesn't even give me legolas vibe #Barely an aragorn #I'm aragone #Cazador. Pfft #More like a Connor #Hilarity.

[rohirric-hunter]

When they went on to make The Return of the King for GBA the developers learned their lesson and instituted caps for skills so you can no longer make your character completely invincible. They did, however, proceed to add in a brand new broken ability:

How is this broken, you might be asking. It's just a basic summon and it caps out at five. Well you see, the ghosts scale with Aragorn. And the infinite leveling exploit still exists. They really should have fixed that.

#alas you can no longer have a heal so powerful it kills you instantly #i dont think that was a feature i think that was integer overflow #theres a feature in this game where if you screw up enough sauron will send a nazgul #the nazgul are meant to be game ending enemies. theyre supposed to be able to oneshot you #however they uh #they dont scale #and also you can summon an infinite number of them #on account of the game never expected you to survive one #someone dedicated enough could maybe survive long enough to get the second to spawn in but the devs really couldnt imagine #someone being dedicated enough and leveling enough to the point where #well my brother and i had a legolas who could oneshot them #so that was great #they drop shit loot

[welldressedandunimpressed]

As an aroace, I never had an ideal relationship goal... until I read The Lord of the Rings. Actually, yes, a best friend to go travelling with, share each other’s culture with, and keep each other sharp with in competition* sounds perfect. 

*Maybe it doesn’t have to be a kill streak in real life... that’s beside the point. lol

#aroace #asexual #aromantic #LOTR #Lord of the Rings #Legolas #Gimli #Legolas and Gimli #relationship goals #too bad it requires going to war first #I often think I'll never find this person but then I remember Legolas and Gimli didn't expect to be friends either #there are so many good relationships in that series this one just really sticks out to me #mine

[legolasghosty]

"i hate you" "there's people coming" and now they're making out

for Boggie cuz... y'know. :D please?

Ooooo okayyyy! Hehe I love these two, I don't get an excuse to write them nearly enough!

Bobby ducked into an alcove and let himself fall back against the wall, trying to get his breathing under control. This wasn't how this was supposed to go. Nothing about tonight was going right.

In, 2, 3, 4, out, 2, 3, 4...

Having someone on his arm tonight was supposed to get people to leave him alone. Sure, Bobby had known it wasn't a permanent solution to the constant nagging over his upcoming ascension to the throne and his lack of a partner to sit beside him. But he'd expected his family and the court to be too relieved that he was showing serious interest in anyone to tear into any issues about who his 'partner' was.

In, 2, 3, 4, out, 2, 3, 4...

"Hey, you okay?"

Bobby flinched away from the voice, one fist clenching around the edge of his tunic. "I'm fine," he said, tone flat.

"Well I guess I'll just come be 'fine' with you then," Reggie said, a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he slid into the alcove across from Bobby.

Bobby forced himself to meet the eyes of his friend and 'partner'. Reggie was sweet, too sweet to be dealing with this disaster of an evening. Bobby should never have dragged him into this. He'd barely known the man for two months, for heaven's sake!

"Sorry, I figured you were someone else," he forced out. "Are you okay?"

Reggie shrugged. "I'm alright, nothing I haven't heard before."

Bobby felt his shoulders tensing all over again at the thought of anyone talking down to Reggie like that at all, let alone often enough for him to be so accustomed to it. He wondered just how far away Reggie was from. It must be within the country. Bobby could likely have a whole squadron of guards there in under 48 hours, ready to destroy anyone who dared to hurt the angel of a man before him.

"I'm sorry," he said. No reason to voice any of his true thoughts. "For my family and for dragging you into this."

Reggie inched closer, fingers brushing against Bobby's knuckles. "Hey, I knew what I was getting myself into. It's all good."

"No, it's not!" Bobby snapped. "No one should be saying those sorts of things about anyone, but I knew they would and I still brought you here."

"They're just careful because they care about y-" Reggie began.

"No they don't!" Bobby interrupted. "They tear into everyone they see as 'lesser', regardless of how good that person is or isn't. They enjoy it. They don't care about me, they just care that I'm the one who's going to be sitting on that throne next year."

He felt like he was going to tear his clothes with how tightly his fingers gripped them, but he couldn't seem to stop. The words kept slipping from his mouth. He couldn't turn it off.

"I mean, why the heck do you think I haven't dated anyone? There's never been anyone that I cared about enough to make it worth the pain my family would cause them. Sure I'm interested in someone every once in a while, but 'interested' isn't enough to keep anyone around after them. I might as well just die alone and childless and let the kingdom pass to someone who isn't as polluted as I am."

He finally stopped, breathing hard. Reggie was just staring at him. Bobby waited for him to run. That was the only logical thing to do. But the young knight didn't budge.

"What would it take for you to let someone in?" Reggie asked finally.

Bobby blinked hard, trying to make sense of the question. Hadn't he just said that was what he would never do? What he shouldn't do? But Reggie's face is so open and curious, how can Bobby deny him an answer?

"I guess I would have to love them," Bobby responded.

"Then what does that mean you feel for me?" Reggie asked, voice soft. "If you would have to love someone to bring them here, what does that mean for us?"

I love you, Bobby wanted to say. But he couldn't. He couldn't subject Reggie to the pain that was the life he was trapped in. The people he was surrounded with. The constant nagging and prodding and needling to make everyone else happy. Reggie was good. He should be free. And this was never real to begin with.

"I hate you," Bobby said, the words catching on his lips like the jagged lies they were.

Reggie's eyes flashed with something Bobby knew he despised, though he couldn't fully read it before it was gone. Then Reggie's gaze darted past Bobby's shoulder and panic took over his expression.

"People coming," was all the explanation Bobby got before Reggie was crowding into his space, hands cupping his jaw as the knight's mouth met his.

Bobby tried not to melt into the kiss. It was just a performance after all. But Reggie's lips were warm and his hands were gentle and Bobby couldn't resist the urge to twine his own arms around the other's waist, pulling him closer. Reggie let out a pleased sound and Bobby was helpless against the desire to run his tongue over the knight's lower lip. And when he was allowed entry into his mouth, there was no stopping him.

He knew it was wrong. But it felt so good, so easy, so freeing to kiss Reggie. The guiding motions of the hand sliding up into his hair reminded him of riding through the fields, both of them spurring their horses to go faster and faster as the wind yanked at their clothes. The soft moans that passed between their joined mouths were sweeter than any symphony Bobby had been forced to sit through as a child. The steady weight pressing him against the wall was the best kind of drowning. It urged him to let go, to sink, to forget the world of before.

And then it was gone. Bobby couldn't breathe. Reggie leaned back, glancing past him.

"They're gone, sorry about that," the knight said, his voice hoarse.

"Don't you dare apologize," Bobby managed, still struggling for air.

"You said you hated me," Reggie pointed out softly. "And then I kissed you."

Oh yeah. Bobby said that. He should say it again. For Reggie's sake. But he couldn't. Not with all the memories if their adventures together at his fingertips. Not with his gentle words rolling over him like the tides. Not with the phantom feeling of their bodies entwined consuming his thoughts.

"I don't," Bobby admitted before he could stop himself. "I don't hate you. I should, but I don't."

A smile lit up Reggie's face, small as it was. "Yeah?"

"I want you to be safe," Bobby sighed, "and safest would be away from me. But I don't know if I can be okay with that."

"You don't have to be," Reggie promised, grabbing his hand. "We can make this work."

"It's not going to be easy," Bobby warned. But the war was already lost. They both knew it.

"I love a challenge," Reggie joked, like he had the first time they met.

This time, it was Bobby who kissed him first. It was softer than before, more honest. A promise to try. And Reggie kissed him right back, sealing the deal. Well this was a terrible idea. But Bobby couldn't bring himself to care.

#legolas tag #legolas answers asks #julie and the phantoms #jatp #jatp fanfic #reggie peters #bobby shaw #boggie #vague royalty au? #fake dating au #bro I have no clue what the setting is here #they just decided to fill in random details here and there #while telling me nothing else #but gosh they're so cute!!! #dang it's been a minute since I've written a make out bit #hopefully it was okay #and I hope this lived up to your expectations!!! #I had a blast writing it!

[colourless-hydrangeas]

I finally watched all the 3 Hobbit movies. And I'm disappointed that they did not have the ravens. :(

#there was so much unnecessary fanservice too #like what in middle earth is legolas doing talking to prisoners?? #and other parts from the book that are not in the movies as expected #those who haven't read the books are missing out on so much... #the hobbit #lotr

[eliounora]

having started commissions I have lost all ability to draw anything sensical. it's going to only be doodles on the level of gollum eating sushi from now on. godspeed

#nor's rambles #i've been trying to draw legolas and gimli so hard since january. they're not coming to me #i'll try again today after working on commissions but my expectations are so low

[ashesrebirthed]

Ever since Strider's arrival, the trees hadn't stopped whispering.

There was something different to that man. The rivers and stones felt it, welcoming him with burgeoning hope long lost since this realm had fallen to the shadow of Dol Guldur, yet one did not need to look toward the forest to see that. It showed when Strider moved through his father's halls with great ease, the way few but their own kindred had before. He knew their ways, did not flinch back from their unchanging immortality. Even the lakesfolk, with their centuries spent alongside the Woodland Realm, were never quite so nonplussed in their presence.

Still, it was not until he caught the man alone that Legolas gave in to the forest's burbling curiosity.

(And, admittedly, their own.)

"You are no mere ranger." There was no preamble, no switch from Sindarin to Westron as Legolas moved to stand beside Strider, facing outward toward Mirkwood's dark depths. The man was young, but he was not a child; even alone in the presence of elven royalty he stood tall and true. He did not need Legolas to coddle him.

Head tilting, Legolas regarded Strider once more. The messy hair, rugged beard, and worn clothes did not match the poise with which he held himself, nor the gentleness of his eyes. Two worlds collided inside this man, but Legolas knew not where one could have stemmed from. "Many men have passed through these woods, lakesfolk and warbringers alike, yet few have been like you. You, Strider, come bearing no other title, yet you walk amongst elves as the rest of your kindred do men." Even in lives as long-lived as theirs, he was something new. Something intriguing.

And, truly, it had been far too long since Legolas had felt such intrigue. "I know not why you take such comfort in our halls, but I hope you know that you are welcome within them. Even the forest says so, and it has not had much good to say for far too many a century." // @luminescenc1e + plotted starter!

#luminescenc1e #legolas thranduilion. #ic: legolas. #threads. #luminescenc1e t1 #so. legolas is definitely unique to write jsdfkj #i had fun w this + did more research than i expected lol #but lmk if anything doesn't work and i can try to adjust!!

[shortnsalt]

If there is something I have found through my various LOTR marathons, it is that all ages can thirst bond over Aragorn

#and legolas! #he came first! #but also faramir??? that outfit is so good to him #lotr #shortnmad rants #met my friends mom for the first time and i was NOT expecting this to happen #and yet it did lol

[dialux]

cover me in honeysuckle memories

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He is the Lord of the House of the Fountain, and he and his do not drown. [As he dies, Gothmog curses Ecthelion to be trapped inside his sword, never to reach Mandos or be free, and the curse holds until the Third Age, when Legolas Thranduillion picks up Orcrist from a ragged group of dwarves. Suddenly, Ecthelion’s soul is trapped in Legolas’ body, and they have to learn how to balance different personalities, desires, and loves, made all the more difficult as they start dancing around a potential romance with Glorfindel of Imladris—an elf who Ecthelion once loved, and now is courting Legolas, all without knowing where—or who—Ecthelion is now.]

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Written for @tolkienrsb 2022, for @petit-leafcrest and their glorious art, for which I had the absolute privilege and honor to write a story. Many thanks to Vali for such a lovely, elaborate and intricate art, and to the mods for setting all of this up!

Rating: Teen and Up

Warnings: Suicidal tendencies and discussions, jealousy and negotiations, canonical deaths in the Hobbit

Relationships: Ecthelion of the Fountain/Glorfindel/Legolas Greenleaf, Legolas Greenlead & Tauriel, Legolas Greenleaf & Thranduil

Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Legolas Greenleaf, Glorfindel, Tauriel, Thranduil, Elrond Peredhel

Word count: 17682

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@petit-leafcrest's note:

Tremendous gratitude goes to my author - who stepped up, claimed & saved my art prompt from becoming unwanted baggage. Who, despite the rather intricate & challenging request I put up, undaunted, nailed the task with such amazing skill & talent. And whose kindness & generosity will forever leave a mark in my heart. I'm so incredibly honored and blessed. 

Also, my heartfelt thanks to the Mods team and everyone pitching in their effort to make the 2022 event a running success. I give you all my salute.

#trsb #trsb22 #my writing #petit-leafcrest #arvalier #glorfindel #ecthelion #legolas #not nearly as much angst as i was expecting but i cut off like nearly 6k so i suppose we'll get a sequel at some pt

[nocompromise-noregrets]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Legolas Greenleaf/Sigrid, Sigrid & Tauriel & Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Bard the Bowman/Thranduil Characters: Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Tauriel (Hobbit Movies), Legolas Greenleaf, Bard the Bowman, Thranduil (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Rare Pairings, Secret Crush, Crushes, Requited Unrequited Love, Getting Together, Falling In Love, Asexual Character, Demisexual Character, Advice, Relationship Advice Summary:

Sigrid never expected to be in a position to actually do something about the ridiculous crush on the Prince of the Woodland Realm that she picked up during the fall of Lake-town - so Tilda and Tauriel take matters into their own hands.

#lotr fanfic #lord of the rings fanfic #legolas #sigrid #legolas/sigrid #rare pairings #tilda #tauriel #bard the bowman #thranduil #background bard/thranduil #my writing #i wasn't expecting this one but here we are...

[kanafinwe-makalaure]

I'm not super great and proficient at digital art yet so this is more of a doodle but here's a badass warrior queen and her little Greenleaf :)

#please be nice i know it looks wonky #legolas #legolas greenleaf #the elvenqueen #legolas's mother #thranduil's wife #my oc #she's supposed to have a sword but you can't expect me to draw that #also i might give leg brown eyes in the future idk #lotr #my art