Lurker in the Mirk
Doriath
Jul 14 2014, 12:47pm
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Good and kindly, but also less wise and more dangerous
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I do feel the DoS Mirkwood Elves exhibited both the "Good and kindly" + "less wise and more dangerous" aspects. It may not be overtly clear, and certainly the Elves of Mirkwood were not cuddly duddly but were they really truly so willing to kill Dwarves? If they did, why bother with the effort of saving the Dwarves at the same time they were wiping out the Spiders as these were attacking the Dwarves? They could have waited for the scuffle to end on its own and then clean up any survivors. And when the Dwarves escaped, why close the sluice gate if not to prevent escape? They could have just have a game of shoot-them-in-the-barrels and be done in a jiffy. Plus while pursuing the Dwarves in the Barrels, they took out orcs left and right but didn't harm any of the Dwarves. Too, the Dwarves were not manacled en-route to the Halls, nor were any torture implements of the week applied to Thorin or the Company in spite of his insolence. Thranduil granted him audience clad in finery and was willing to wait for him to cooperate instead of applying speedier means of cooperation. Contrast that with Thranduil wearing a sword when interrogating the orc and the summary conclusion to that session.
Frankly, if Thranduil is a jerk, it is merely reciprocating the Dwarves.
Cool as he is, hot as he is
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It will be interesting to see how he moves from being the "I'm all right, screw you" isolationist to the guy who, on his way to loot the Mountain, turns aside to help the Laketowners and will tarry long before he begins a war for gold. At least we have accord here 
Fan of both books and movies; it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment.
 Appreciating Thranduil, thread by thread: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
(Tis true! More appreciation threads for Thranduil exist than ME movies)
 Thrall Wars!: What business do Elves, Dwarves or Men(?) have with drooling thralls, yea, unto the slopes of Erebor? ... oh, yes, the Hobbit's lingering in some shadows, ever ready to swoop to the hairy rescue. Take cover if you dare!
Teh partsies: Prologue (aka the 'tater-mash of whatever came before), Two, Three
"BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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 Middle-earth dispatches out of the lurkmirk
(This post was edited by Lurker in the Mirk on Jul 14 2014, 12:54pm)
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