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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Dec 10 2014, 6:15pm
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Thranduil Appreciation Thread Part XXVIII
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A couple of friendly reminders aka README!!!!!!!!
- If you're new, or unsure, about posting, especially contributing Pretty!, please refer to the TORn guides on the "Welcome" board, or refer to the "IMPORTANT README for TA posters: Information on posting, and adding images" and the little PSA from the mods posts right here on the TA threads for quickie information. It might just save you from getting zapped by Wrath of Mod.
- Spoiler avoidance alert:
* There be spoilers since TAXVII due to the DOS EE, and BotFA media releases. Viewing in threaded mode is a better way to go about it if you're keen to avoid them, as you can check the sub-thread titles before you see anything you might regret... though what's to regret when it comes to Thranduil Pretty!, eh?
* IF YOU ARE POSTING SPOILERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD SPOILER TAGS IN YOUR POST AND/OR SUBJECT.
XXVII (Thread by Lurker in the Mirk)
And now back to your regularly scheduled Thranduil Appreciation
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Thanks to VValar and Lurker's thread tipping, and excitement over the LA premier it's time for TA XXVIII!!! Enjoy!
Rolling on with the appreciation for His Fabulous Majesty
Any and all appreciation of Thranduil and everything related to him happens here.
All Thranduil Thralls, and appreciating non-Thralls are welcome.
So feel free to jump in at any time!
The Thranduil Appreciation thread count:
I | II (Originating threads by Rowan Greene) | III | IV | V | VI (Threads by Lurker in the Mirk)
VII (Thread by Eruvandi) | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV (Threads by Lurker in the Mirk)
XV (Thread by Eruvandi) | XVI (Thread by Lurker in the Mirk) | XVII (Thread by VValar) | XVIII
XIX | XX | XXI | XXII | XXIII | XXIV | XXV (Threads by Lurker in the Mirk) | XXVI (Thread by Eruvandi) | XXVII (Thread by Lurker in the Mirk)
Thranduil Appreciation Lexicon aka the little TAspeak garden 
BTS Easter Egg Find (aka BEEF): Those moments in the BTS when Thranduil/LP flashes by (see Unexpected Flash of Elf) on screen or some information is found. See also "Ninja-Hugger"
Bubba: Nickname of Thranduil's beloved War-Elk. See also "Maximum Fabulosity Exposure"
Equal Opportunistic Thrall: One who thralls whom her/his infidelity fancies. Shamelessly multi-allegiance by nature. See also "Thranduil Thralls"
Elvenking, The: That's right, that's how it's supposed to be written
Facemelt: That thing Thranduil does in T&T
Fanart: Popular post subject/title. Beacon for Thralls, as sure as moths dive into flames. See also "Pretty!"
(Helpful reference for the threadlard inspired: See the "IMAGES" section of "The TA (very) Quickie Help/TIPS for adding IMAGES and POSTING" sections in this README FOR ALL TA Posters)
FEAST: Shorthand for Flustered Elrond AND Sassy Thranduil. In honour of Thranduil sass/badassery resulting in Elrond raising his eyebrows disapprovingly. May involve dramatic Elrond temple-rubbing. Elrond's fluster can be induced remotely or by proxy and does not require Elrond to be present when Thranduil does his thang. See also "FLAST", "FEASTING"FEASTING: Shorthand for Flustered Elrond AND Sassy Thranduil Including Not-impressed Galadriel. Extension of FEAST, which includes Galadriel, also in disapproval mode, i.e. Elrond's fluster conditions in FEAST apply here for both Elrond and Galadriel
FLAST: Shorthand for Flustered Leggy AND Sassy Thranduil. In honour of the worship for badass (maybe a smidgeon of oblivious in there somewhere) Thranduil and his actions/non-actions resulting in Legolas getting into a flap. Requires Legolas to be present when Thranduil does his thang. See also "FEAST"
GotG: Guardians of the Galaxy. That movie in August 2014 with LP in it
HCF: Halt and Catch Fire. LP's 2014 TV series.Hair of Thranduil (aka HoT) Appreciation. Appreciation for Thranduil's gloriously silken beautiful platinum blond locks.
High Thud Risk (aka HTR): Alert for Pretty! hoarding thralls, invoked when 'EI' ain't cutting it. See also "Pretty!"
LA/LAEM: The Last Alliance of Elves and Men, not the city in the StatesLee Pace: Thranduil
Leggy: affectionate diminutive of Legolas
Legolas: Son of Thranduil, aka surfer Elf of LotR
LP: Lee Pace
Maximum Fabulosity Exposure (aka MFE): Thranduil's complete magnificence doing anything. Inspired by his awesome cool when riding Bubba the War-Elk. See also "Bubba"
Ninja-Hugger: Specifically LP dispensing hugs. Not that he hugs ninjas, but because he's sneaky like a ninja when he hugs people in the TH Vlogs and appendices and it takes everyone forever to realize it was even him, usually because he's back to camera when he bounces into frame. Will the sneaky hugging never end? We hope not! See also "BTS Easter Egg Find", "Unexpected Flash of Elf"
Oropher: Father of Thranduil
Orry/Oro: affectionate diminutive of Oropher
PD: Pushing Daisies. LP's 2007/2008 TV series Pretty!: Surely self-explanatory? See also "Woodland Weekend", "High Thud Risk"Silent Thread Visitor (aka STV): Self-explanatory, also known as Silent Thread Reader. STVs, Thranduil has a question for you. What say you?
T&T: The Thranduil and Thorin confrontation scene in DOS. Generally ranked top favourite of Thranduil Thralls
TA: Thranduil Appreciation. All-round for the Elvenking and his onscreen avatar (and by extension teh actor. See also LP). Shockingly, there are TA posts with that literary bent associated with thinking individuals frequenting such an exemplary forum as TORn. Some even hint at functional brain-matter in the poster.
That disagreeable (among other things) Dwarf: See "T&T"
Theory of Bling: Overarching term for theories and speculation on the backstories of Thranduil's rings. Popular discussion circa TAIII/TAIV, but still pops up occasionally.
Thranddy: affectionate diminutive of the Elvenking's name (if you don't know who is the Elvenking, google is your mellon) Thrandfully: The right manner on how to express your thankfulness to all Thranduil-related and non-related subjects
Thranduil Thralls: The afflicted. Fangirls, and boys, whose allegiance are pledged to the Elvenking. Also known as the hopelessly enthralled to his ELVEN MAGNIFICENCE. Perturbing to some, Thralldom may not be exclusive. Credit goes to Eowyn of Penns Woods for the "official" Thranduil Thrall moniker. See also "Equal Opportunistic Thrall"Threadlock: The inevitable fate of all TA threads exceeding 200 replies, aka mundane Chore of Mod. See also "Thread tipping"
Thread tipping: Post(s) that sends the current TA thread over the 200 replies threshold See also "Threadlock".
(See the "AVOIDING GENERIC POST-DEATH" and "AVOIDING POST- DEATH FROM THREADLOCK" sections in this README FOR ALL TA Posters).
Unexpected Flash of Elf (aka UFE): Those moments in the TH BTS, Vlogs when Thranduil/LP flashes by. See also "BTS Easter Egg Find", "Ninja-Hugger"
Woodland Weekend (aka WW): Occasional mega URL laden post for Pretty! of Thranduil, and LP. May also include goodness for Legolas, *cough*That disagreeable (among other things) Dwarf*cough* and some others. Selective indiscrimination is key. See also "Pretty!", "High Thud Risk"
[Click here for the general TORnspeak lexicon]
Keeping track of the appreciation
Caught off-guard at how much you've missed? 1 simple click will ensure you won't miss another update again. Put this thread on watch! Locate the "Watch thread" button to the top and right of this post (button 3 of the 5 threads buttons you see) and click it.
Also, if you click on the "creation" bit in the "Age" column (last one) when you view a forum, it changes to "activity", and you get a list of threads which has been recently posted to, instead of when they were started. It's a much easier way to find the current TA thread since someone will probably post in it, and it usually appears on page 1 of the activity view. Certainly beats going back through the board to look for it.
"The skies don't seem to be as dark as usual
The stars seem brighter than they've been before
And deep within I feel my soul is stirring
As though my hope has been restored.
The shepherds say they've heard the voice of angels
Confirming rumors spread across the land
That a child protected well from Herod's anger
Is our Father's Son and the Son of Man.
Love is raining down on the world tonight
There's a presence here I can tell
God is in us, God is for us, God is with us, Emanuel."
~Amy Grant "God is With Us"
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Dec 10 2014, 6:18pm
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Just because it should appear at least once in every TA thread...
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Mwahahaha!  
*sneaks away to start loading up this thread with replies to the old thread*
"The skies don't seem to be as dark as usual
The stars seem brighter than they've been before
And deep within I feel my soul is stirring
As though my hope has been restored.
The shepherds say they've heard the voice of angels
Confirming rumors spread across the land
That a child protected well from Herod's anger
Is our Father's Son and the Son of Man.
Love is raining down on the world tonight
There's a presence here I can tell
God is in us, God is for us, God is with us, Emanuel."
~Amy Grant "God is With Us"
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macfalk
Valinor
Dec 10 2014, 6:18pm
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My fav Thrandy scene in BOFA **SPOILERS**
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Was when he charged with his great elk through a bunch of orcs and his elk pinned like 10 of them on its enormous horns, and Thrandy decapitated them all in one swing of the sword!
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Dec 10 2014, 6:26pm
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Nice to see you in the TA thread, macfalk. Nice to hear that Bubba the war elk gets to share some of the action with his fabulous owner too!
"The skies don't seem to be as dark as usual
The stars seem brighter than they've been before
And deep within I feel my soul is stirring
As though my hope has been restored.
The shepherds say they've heard the voice of angels
Confirming rumors spread across the land
That a child protected well from Herod's anger
Is our Father's Son and the Son of Man.
Love is raining down on the world tonight
There's a presence here I can tell
God is in us, God is for us, God is with us, Emanuel."
~Amy Grant "God is With Us"
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ltnjmy
Rivendell
Dec 10 2014, 6:33pm
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I love this lap image about the end of the journey 
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Me85
Rivendell
Dec 10 2014, 6:47pm
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Hi i'm new. Do you always have reply to someone if you want to make a post?
I saw the movie last night. I wish we got to see more of thranduil fighting instead of legolas. There was much more of legolas in action than thranduil.
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Glorfindela
Valinor
Dec 10 2014, 6:53pm
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You can create your own post quite easily. On the right-hand side of the page it says 'Post new', and if you click on that it will enable you to create a post. And welcome to the forum – I quite agree with you about Thranduil and Legolas!
Hi i'm new. Do you always have reply to someone if you want to make a post?
I saw the movie last night. I wish we got to see more of thranduil fighting instead of legolas. There was much more of legolas in action than thranduil.
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CathrineB
Rohan
Dec 10 2014, 7:01pm
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I love Thranduil. I love that we got a lot more of him in BOTFA. Lee Pace is an amazing actor.
At times I sat there thinking "Good god he's amazing" be it for his acting or his looks He looks very elvish. Also he was highly appericiated in a Norwegian review which made me really happy.
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Dec 10 2014, 7:14pm
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Lurker: Piccies... looking beardlessly dapper is the Elvenking
Wow, so many great pics! *swoon* I don't know how some people mange to collect and post them so fast! I think my two faves are this funny one and this collection of LP smiles and smoulders.
Kerewyn: How beardlessly dapper in that double-breasted suit!
Really, all these images are just swoon-worthy. And I love the brown and blue plaid suits too. And his wearing of brown shoes with blue suit with confidence (not that that's a fashion sin or anything)
Love that pic within the yuna-ya tumblr link, some fans just holding up a big sign saying "Lee Pace, cone here." Just getting straight to the point - looked like it worked too. Looks like both LP and EL decided to go for classic, "old-school" fashion statements which I always love! They looked great in those pics together.
LOL on the sign the fans were holding! Whatever works, right?
Some thoughts on seeing LP on the TORn live stream of the LA premier: I'm just so glad LP showed up to this premier and that the Happy Hobbits FINALLY got to talk to him. For a minute I thought he was going to miss them because they were busy talking to Billy Boyd (love him too!) and LP started to walk right by! I was leaning towards my computer going "Nooo, don't go!" but then he stopped and finally mosied on over to them. He remembered the girls from the reaction video without needing much of a reminder, and seemed happy to meet them which I though was nice. I really hope they'll be posting clips of the different interviews soon so we can all hear everything they talked about without quite so much background noise.
"The skies don't seem to be as dark as usual
The stars seem brighter than they've been before
And deep within I feel my soul is stirring
As though my hope has been restored.
The shepherds say they've heard the voice of angels
Confirming rumors spread across the land
That a child protected well from Herod's anger
Is our Father's Son and the Son of Man.
Love is raining down on the world tonight
There's a presence here I can tell
God is in us, God is for us, God is with us, Emanuel."
~Amy Grant "God is With Us"
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Me85
Rivendell
Dec 10 2014, 7:17pm
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Thanks! I was talking about a post/reply within an existing thread.
And we always have to give a subject?... annoying.
I really hope we get to see more of thranduil in the EE!
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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea
Dec 10 2014, 7:22pm
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So many people have already seen BotFA and Thranduil's fabulousnesss. I'm so jealous!
At times I sat there thinking "Good god he's amazing" be it for his acting or his looks He looks very elvish. Also he was highly appericiated in a Norwegian review which made me really happy. Glad to hear it! Now I really can't wait until I get to see him on the big screen again myself!
"The skies don't seem to be as dark as usual
The stars seem brighter than they've been before
And deep within I feel my soul is stirring
As though my hope has been restored.
The shepherds say they've heard the voice of angels
Confirming rumors spread across the land
That a child protected well from Herod's anger
Is our Father's Son and the Son of Man.
Love is raining down on the world tonight
There's a presence here I can tell
God is in us, God is for us, God is with us, Emanuel."
~Amy Grant "God is With Us"
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On_the_partyelk
Lorien
Dec 10 2014, 8:07pm
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This scene was bada$$ as much as it was fun to watch. Though, my personal fave scene comes right after that one.
The fortunes of the world will rise and fall, but here in this kingdom we will endure!
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macfalk
Valinor
Dec 10 2014, 8:09pm
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That's the word! I just knew "horns" sounded wrong in some way
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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On_the_partyelk
Lorien
Dec 10 2014, 8:10pm
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There was quite some Thranduil, lots more than in DOS anyway, but I still want more. Especially sassy and fighting Thrandy.
The fortunes of the world will rise and fall, but here in this kingdom we will endure!
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Me85
Rivendell
Dec 10 2014, 8:16pm
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I have to say at one point i was really pissed at tauriel. It has do with thranduil. Most people probably agreed with her though...ugh.
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she tried to stop thranduil from leaving from the battle by pointing an arrow at him! He wanted to leave to protect his people after he had already fought against the ors and saw it had cost many elven lives. Pretty intense scene. She talk about how he lacks love...
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VValar
Gondor
Dec 10 2014, 9:09pm
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You beat me to the opening once more 
Smashing OP
Welcome to all the newbies
Just be sure to remember: * IF YOU ARE POSTING SPOILERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD SPOILER TAGS IN YOUR POST AND/OR SUBJECT.
There are some regular Thralls who have not yet seen the film and do just about anything to avoid the spoilers.
If your ears aren't pointy, you're doing it wrong.
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VValar
Gondor
Dec 10 2014, 9:18pm
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Agreed, that picture should be in every new TA at least once.
Chrismas came early this year
If your ears aren't pointy, you're doing it wrong.
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lastnickleft
The Shire
Dec 10 2014, 9:24pm
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Does he have a greater fight with a troll or something, or just mere orc infantry flesh-sacks? I can't believe if so, I mean...why?!
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VValar
Gondor
Dec 10 2014, 9:29pm
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Welcome and agreed with everything you said
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And this be a newish picture?
You're from Norway?
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Me85
Rivendell
Dec 10 2014, 9:31pm
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No it was just orcs. I wanted to see more of him in action.
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lastnickleft
The Shire
Dec 10 2014, 9:38pm
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a specially big or badass orc I guess xD
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lastnickleft
The Shire
Dec 10 2014, 9:46pm
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Btw, is there at least a staring confrontation between Dain and Thranduil?
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macfalk
Valinor
Dec 10 2014, 9:55pm
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Yes. Dain said "you bastards" to the elven army (and made my audience cheer and clap their hands) and Thrandy said something of the sort that this dwarf is just as crazy as his cousin.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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lastnickleft
The Shire
Dec 10 2014, 10:05pm
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That sounds quite good. Apparently there are going to be good moments beyond the actual fight.
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