#legolas of gondolin

[glorf1ndel]

So you wanna rant about Tolkien blorbos, eh? Absolute mood, how about Legolas of Gondolin for one that doesn't get talked about as much?

This Legolas really doesn’t get talked about much! I love that he helps the Gondolindrim escape Morgoth’s attack. He must have seen Glorfindel’s duel with the Balrog (yes, I will take any excuse to mention Glorfindel). And he survives the Fall of Gondolin! Good for Legolas. :’)

[lanthanum12]

Random AU idea

So a bunch of characters in Tolkien's Legendarium share names,

I think it would be quite fun if everyone met their name matches and had a picnic or something with them!

Denethor I meets Denethor II meets Denethor son of Lenwe

Tar-Miriel meets Miriel Firiel Þerinde

Legolas Greenleaf meets Legolas of Gondolin

Lily Baggins meets Lily Brown meets my oc Lily

Finduilas of Dol Amroth meets Finduilas Faelivrin

Bill the Pony meets William "Bill" the troll

Durin I meets Durin II meets Durin III meets Durin IV meets Durin V meets Durin VI meets Durin VII meets Durin's Bane

Frodo Gardner meets Frodo Baggins :')

[arofili]

@gondolinweek day five | the house of the tree

There were those of the Tree, and they were a great house, and their raiment was green. They fought with iron-studded clubs or with slings, and their lord Galdor was held the most valiant of all the Gondothlim save Turgon alone.

[...] Galdor and a band of men spear-armed went ahead, and Legolas was with them, whose eyes were like cats’ for the dark, yet could they see further.

[thelordofgifs]

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Round 1

Gelmir Guilinion vs Legolas of Gondolin

Gelmir Guilinion:

A Lord of Nargothrond who was captured in the Dagor Bragollach. His brutal execution within view of his brother Gwindor was what incited the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

two-line blorbo my beloved <3 listen idk anything abt him basically at all but i WISH i did bc like. him being the catalyst for the nirnaeth… who else is doing it like him? nobody, and thank god for that, bc he very much did get tortured & then killed but i appreciate the tragedy of it all & i think more ppl should love him the way i do

Legolas of Gondolin:

An Elf of Gondolin who led the escapees to safety because of his keen sight.

Round 1 masterpost

[celebregol]

it’s just that I think it’s very interesting that Legolas of Gondolin is described solely based on his night-vision. So far, three instances of him in The Fall of Gondolin and it’s all about the fact that he can see so well in the dark, more so than any other elf here. Why does he have this special trait? Especially since one description has him with “cat” like eyes (cats in general possibly having a more villainous connotation cause Telvido) and another elf notable for something relating to his eyesight is Maeglin.

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

In honor of the “legolas is old af boat” and the “there was a legolas in gondolin”

Legolas, visiting the twins: making my way down town, walking fast

Glorfindel, seeing legolas for the first time in imlardis: legolas?!?

Legolas: walking faster-

Glorfindel: wtf, i last saw you in gondolin, what happened???

Legolas: fucking sprinting

[sesamenom]

so in the reverse gondolin au i'm debating between having oropher & thranduil (idea courtesy of @lycheesodas) or galadriel & celeborn bring elwing to gondolin (bc i need earendil & elwing to meet in gondolin for Plot)

i'm currently leaning a bit more towards galadriel & celeborn, but here's some speculation to if legolas was born in reverse gondolin!

(also sorry for how long it took me to post this my internet was super choppy for some reason)

[valardynasty]

Oropher Dynasty

*Arthanïs et Evranï, histoire originale inventée.

OROPHER; Né durant les années des arbres, il fut l'un des Iathrim de la cour de Thingol et Melian. Il passa sa jeunesse à Doriath où il épousa Arthanïs, la mère de Thranduil. En 750 du second âge, il devient le roi du royaume des bois, le grand royaume des elfes sylvain de la forêt noir. Il perdit la vie durant la guerre de la dernière Alliance contre Sauron.

ARTHANÏS; Née durant les années des arbres, elle était l'une des dames de compagnie de la reine Maïa Melian à Doriath. Elle était connue pour ses savoirs en magie que lui avait transmis Melian. Elle épousa Oropher et eut une fils Thranduil. Elle perdit la vie pendant le saccage de Menegroth. Homonyme de Galadriel.

THRANDUIL; Né au cours du premier âge à Doriath, il est le fils d'Oropher et Arthanïs. Après la mort de son père, il devient roi du royaume des bois aux côtés de son épouse Evranï, avec qui il aura un fils Legolas. Son caractère se noircit au décès d'Evranï, il n'a d'ailleurs jamais vraiment surmonté sa perte.

EVRANÏ; Née peu de temps avant la chute de Gondolin, elle fait partie des rares survivants à s'être exilés aux bouches du Sirion. Elle abandonna les exilés et prit la route vers Doriath, peu avant sa chute. Elle y rencontra Thranduil qu'elle épousa. Elle devient à ses côtés, reine du royaume des bois et eut un fils, Legolas. Guerrière notable, elle perd la vie pendant une bataille à Gundabad.

LEGOLAS; Né durant le Second Âge, il est le fils de Thranduil et Evranï, prince du Royaume des bois. Il passe sa jeunesse avec Thranduil, attristé dès le plus jeune âge par la mort de sa mère, Evranï. Vêtu de vert et de marrons, il est un guerrier expert au maniement de l'arc, connu pour ses exploits durant la quête de l'anneau. A la fin de sa vie, il part pour Valinor en emmenant Gimli avec lui.

My OC x Création par Intelligence Artificielle.

[jeandejard3n]

The Silmarillion | Ambient Music

[aeonianarchives]

They Share One (1) Braincell between them Incorrect Quotes | Episode 1

Gandalf: ROLL INITATIVE YOU MAGICLESS ELVISH FUCK AND BE LIKE YOUR KIN AND KILL THE DAMN BALROG Legolas: what?

[spideogbeag]

Legolas of Gondolin is really just LOTR Legolas who somehow time travelled

Why? Idk, to prove he can maybe 🤷

That is all

[southaway]

@sindarweek Day Seven: Oropher, Thranduil, and Legolas

Couldn't finish Sindar Week without including the Greenwood fam! I don't know the timeline well enough to know if this is just headcanon or plausible, but I like the idea that Oropher got to meet his grandson before he died.

I think Oropher is one of those characters that gets treated a way in fandom. Hell, back in the day so did Thranduil, though, that mostly changed after the Hobbit movies came out.

Anyway, here they are having a nice family moment.

I had a lot of fun exploring the Sindar, I want to revisit these characters more in the future and there are plenty of Sindar elves I didn't get to this week

I'm most of the way the way through art I'd like to post for Imladris Week, and I'm about halfway through a Lords of Gondolin series, so we'll see how long my creativity holds out.

[maedhrosdefender]

no one ever talks about the wild ass experience that is reading ALL of great tales immediately after silm and then trying to be a functioning member of this fandom. like i don’t know what canon is anymore i don’t know what’s headcanon what’s fanon what’s earlier draft what’s silm canon and what’s something christopher tolkien said in his unfinished tales footnotes. was daeron luthien’s brother or in love w her?? melko or melkor, maidros or maedhros?? tevildo canon?? legolas of gondolin?? idek anymore bro.

[ozimiri]

Glamdring and Orcrist in the Hobbit Trilogy

Rewatching the Hobbit movies again, and I noticed something fascinating about Orcrist & Glamdring, the swords that Gandalf & the company find in the troll hoard.

Elrond identifies the sword Gandalf carries as Glamdring, the sword of the King of Gondolin, Turgon son of Nolofinwe. Turgon is Elrond's grandfather: Turgon's daughter Idril Celebrindal is mother to Eärendil, Elrond's father.

And after that, he hands it back. He and Gandalf don't say anything to each other about how it technically belonged to Elrond's grandfather. Elrond has a hefty claim on that sword through family inheritance alone, yet he says nothing about it.

Meanwhile this little shit:

Legolas. Honey. You are actually the only elvish prince in all of Middle-Earth who has zero claim to that sword.

Gondolin was a Noldor city, and Turgon was a Noldor king of the line of Finwe. Legolas and Thranduil are Grey-elves, and as far as we know, they have no family connections to the Noldor. In fact the line of Thranduil is notable for being one of the only lines of elven royalty still in power who were never majority or partially Noldor. (Unless Legolas's dead mother was Noldo--but even so, it seems weird that she would be and this would have zero impact on Legolas, until the moment he sees a shiny and suddenly it's essential to his identity.)

And it's not as though Legolas doesn't know what it is. He identifies it on sight as being from Gondolin, and of Noldor make: "Echannen i·vegil hen vi·nGondolin - magannen nan·Gelydh."

I know that it's an elven sword being carried around by a bunch of dwarves. Legolas does have more ties to it than Thorin. But not that much more, and not anything close to Elrond.

It speaks to the themes of greed, worthiness, and legacy that are wrapped up in these films. As soon as Legolas sees that sword, it lights something in him that makes him suspicious of Thorin and the company--he desires it. Meanwhile Elrond has an actual claim on it, yet he doesn't voice that. He doesn't need it - for his own identity, or for his own use. It shows how much growing Legolas has to do, and how much Elrond has been through.

(P.S. - it also fascinates me that Glamdring is the famous sword that's shown, because Turgon wasn't exactly known for his fighting during the first age. He literally took all of his people and hid in Gondolin. He fought in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, but he wasn't involved in the harrying of Morgoth and his forces to any serious extent before that or after. So why this sword? Why it, and not Maedhros or Fingon or Finrod's swords?)

[thelordofgifs]

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Round 1 Bracket!

here we gooo! Hopefully the image quality isn't too awful - I can read it alright if I zoom in, at any rate. For round 1 there will be 4 polls a day for 16 days, posted at 4pm UTC starting tomorrow, 18th May. Poll durations will all be one day. I'll post links to all the round 1 polls on this masterpost as they go live below the cut; each day there'll be 1 poll from each "corner" of the bracket.

Feel free to drop any propaganda in my ask box, either before or during the polls! I hope everyone has fun campaigning for their little-known blorbos :)

Frequently Asked Questions

POLLS

18/05:

Bofur vs Tauriel

Barliman Butterbur vs Ancalagon

Berúthiel vs. Mithrellas

The chief dancing bear of Númenor vs. Erutáro

19/05:

Dís vs Beorn

Gamling vs Bill the pony

Pearl Took vs Faniel

Ulbandi vs Miaulë

20/05:

Nerdanel vs Círdan

Nessa vs Caranthir’s wife

Urwen vs Elmo

Random orc of Morgoth vs Narthseg

21/05:

Elros vs Oropher

Erendis vs Tilion

Eärnur vs Mahtan's wife

Bëor's wife vs Múta

22/05:

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins vs Finarfin

Tevildo vs Amlach

Gelmir Guilinion vs Legolas of Gondolin

One (1) Rivendell elf who sings tra-la-la-lally vs Bingo Baggins

23/05:

Amrod vs Idril

Ilmarë vs Tar-Ancalimë

Andróg vs Fíriel of Gondor

Hiril (daughter of Barahir) vs Youngest of Finrod’s Ten

24/05:

Ecthelion vs Huan

Ingwë vs Salgant

Silmariën vs Tata

Viznak vs Ælfwine

25/05:

Olwë vs Edrahil

Eorl vs Meássë

Larnach’s daughter vs Jajax

26/05:

Lightning Disqualification (1)

Pengolodh vs Ioreth

Lothrandir vs Nob

Golfimbul vs Ainairos

27/05:

Lightning Disqualification (2)

Arien vs Egalmoth

Golodir vs Vidumavi

Ornendil vs Meril

28/05:

Haleth vs Beleg

Tom Bombadil vs Beregond

Inzilbêth vs A fox passing through the woods on business of his own

Makar vs Andvír

29/05:

Mablung vs Tuor

Nellas vs Curufin’s wife

Imin vs Tinfang Warble

Beleth vs Findegil

30/05:

Nimloth vs Anairë

Elurín vs Rog

Corunir vs Elulindo

Nuin vs Faramir (son of Ondoher)

31/05:

Rían vs Míriel

Argon vs Eluréd

Hareth vs Belen

Narmeleth vs Horn

01/06:

Daeron vs Andreth

Finduilas of Dol Amroth vs Findis

Eldacar of Gondor vs Gwindeth

Gelmir (messenger of Círdan) vs Bór

02/06:

Tar-Míriel vs Eöl

Thuringwethil vs Mahtan

Ilwen vs Eilinel

Enel vs Hirgon

03/06:

Belladonna Took vs Bain

Finduilas Faelivrin vs Halbarad

Azaghâl vs Lalwen

[bralesscommie]

My Tolkien Headcanons

Silmarillion and Lotr characters

Elrond

Has PTSD, possibly c-PTSD from the Third Kinslaying, losing his parents and growing up with the people who took away his home

Has sensory issues, mostly a hard time with crowds and loud noises (also for PTSD reasons), but also really hates some textures

Pretty bad migraines from foresight and tension headaches from anxiety to the point where a couple of times a month he can't work

Is a workaholic

Is bisexual

He/they in an elf way

Isn't white, it's kind of hard to tell his exact race with his very mixed genetics

Maglor

Has anxiety from growing up in the chaotic house of Fëanor

Is depressed

Uses music as escapism

He/him but doesn't mind he/they

Is pretty fluid sexuality wise

Maedhros

C-PTSD from being chained to a mountain and also like everything else that's ever happened to him

Has depression

Chronic pain in his back and shoulder, as well as phantom pain in his amputated arm

Has some kind of personality disorder

Is gay

He/him

Eärendil

Has anxiety from and is traumatized by the escape from Gondolin

Was not ready to be a dad

Straight

He/him

Is definitely not white

Elwing

Is traumatized by the Second Kinslaying, possibly PTSD

Bi-curious

She/her, has thought about adding a they to her pronouns

Eowyn

Has anxiety and depression

Has anger issues but is learning healthy coping mechanisms

Has trauma from SA, and does her best to spread awareness

Enjoys being butch in everyday life, but will dress up feminine once in a while

Is bisexual

She/her

Is happy being poly, but doesn't mind being in monogamous relationships

Arwen

Had really bad anxiety after Celebrían sailed, but is doing much better, though she still has occasional tension headaches

Sensory issues like her dad

Also similarly to her dad, she is mixed

Sapphic, but is open to very few men

She/her

Aragorn

Pretty mentally stable, at least considering everyone else around him

Brown

Is bisexual with a preference for women

Does not care about his pronouns, but is cis in some weird way?

Legolas

Was born in an era with very few elflings, and as an only child hasn't had the opportunity to socialize at all

Rich whiteboy (gender neutral) privilege that they don't entirely recognize

Probably not neurotipical

Fluid sexuality, doesn't really like labels, but if asked persistantly will say he has a preference for men

He/she sometimes they

Bilbo

Has ADHD and anxiety

Struggles with ring addiction

Is acespec and gay

They/he

Sam

AuDHD

Has low self-esteem, imposter syndrome, and anxiety from his childhood with the Gaffer

Is brown

Pansexual

Officially he/they but prefers they/them

Frodo

Is autistic

Has chronic pain post quest

Has chronic fatigue post quest

Possibly transmasc, he/they or he/him

Gay

If you would like to see other characters, or more on some characters, my ask box is always open