What colour is Legolas` hair? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

wilwarin538 · 07-02-2004, 06:42 AM

Hey everybody! I just need to know if someone has proof of what colour Legolas` hair supposed to be, cause Ive seen pictures of him with dark hair and then in the movie he`s blond, so Im a little confused. Does anyone know?

***Mithadan*** · 07-02-2004, 07:12 AM

I started a thread giving my opinion on this issue a long time ago (it was one of the first threads I started on BD). Feel free to borrow from that thread in this discussion. It can be found here.

**The Saucepan Man** · 07-02-2004, 07:38 AM

There are also a number of other threads which address this issue in the Haudh-en-Ndengin forum. Click here for the Index, and then click on the links under "Legolas - Appearance" and "Elves - Hair Colour". (They include the thread linked to by Mithadan above.)

Lush · 07-02-2004, 08:10 AM

Pink, of course. This was an Elf who was very comfortable in his masculinity, after all.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 07-02-2004, 08:24 AM

Obviously the real question here is 'What colour is Legolas' hare', which I don't think has a thread yet. Don't be so quick to assume that something's been discussed before just because there's a typo in the title.

Personally I don't think there's enough evidence to offer a satisfactory answer on this issue. Although The Fauna of Middle-earth ( HoME XIV) mentions that Thranduil was a breeder of chinchillas, the only pet that it mentions for Legolas is a guinea pig called Fluff. A footnote to letter #412 does mention, however, that Legolas' favourite colour was purple. Infer from that what you will.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-02-2004, 08:36 AM

I'd always assumed that the hare was brown, but when I think more of it, would Legolas want his own personal hare to be the same color as the rest of the hares in Mirkwood? He IS a prince, after all. If I were a prince [actually, princess] of the forest, I would certainly want my hare to be noticable. What would happen if the hare escaped, I ask you? It would just blend in. And I know that Elves are good and all that, when it comes to nature, but if you've got a forest full of brown hares, would you be able to pick one of them out from the bunch? Now that I've been thinking, Legolas's hare may very well have been blonde.

Fea

yavanna II · 07-16-2004, 05:49 AM

It was in Bombur's dream that there was a King with golden hair.... if Leggy's mommy was a brunnette he could get a 50% chance of blonde or brown hair.

elronds_daughter · 07-16-2004, 06:52 AM

dear, dear. someone else replying on-topic... tsk, tsk. for those of you who don't already know this, the topic has changed. Wilwarin herself has verefied this. She started this thread, recall.

ninlaith · 07-16-2004, 07:38 AM

ahh give me a break. I'm blonde myself I don't notice these things.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-16-2004, 07:54 AM

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It was a much fawned-upon bunny

Indeed, I had also heard the rumor of this mysterious fawn. Legolas' other pet. It's name was Bambuilas and is said to have stepped on Elmerf's tail on the odd occasion. I believe he may have been black.

Fea

wilwarin538 · 07-16-2004, 08:29 AM

Bambuilas was a little jealous of are Elmerf was he. If Elmerf got scampi and wine, what excatly did Bambuilas eat? Leftovers from the table perhaps? Know was Bambuilas a gigantic or miniture hare?

07-02-2004, 06:42 AM	#1
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	What colour is Legolas` hare? Hey everybody! I just need to know if someone has proof of what colour Legolas` hair supposed to be, cause Ive seen pictures of him with dark hair and then in the movie he`s blond, so Im a little confused. Does anyone know? __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin Last edited by wilwarin538; 08-19-2005 at 01:22 PM.

07-02-2004, 07:12 AM	#2
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,381	I started a thread giving my opinion on this issue a long time ago (it was one of the first threads I started on BD). Feel free to borrow from that thread in this discussion. It can be found here. __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

07-02-2004, 07:38 AM	#3
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	There are also a number of other threads which address this issue in the Haudh-en-Ndengin forum. Click here for the Index, and then click on the links under "Legolas - Appearance" and "Elves - Hair Colour". (They include the thread linked to by Mithadan above.) __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

07-02-2004, 08:24 AM	#5
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	A possible new direction for debate. Obviously the real question here is 'What colour is Legolas' hare', which I don't think has a thread yet. Don't be so quick to assume that something's been discussed before just because there's a typo in the title. Personally I don't think there's enough evidence to offer a satisfactory answer on this issue. Although The Fauna of Middle-earth ( HoME XIV) mentions that Thranduil was a breeder of chinchillas, the only pet that it mentions for Legolas is a guinea pig called Fluff. A footnote to letter #412 does mention, however, that Legolas' favourite colour was purple. Infer from that what you will. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

07-02-2004, 08:36 AM	#6
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I'd always assumed that the hare was brown, but when I think more of it, would Legolas want his own personal hare to be the same color as the rest of the hares in Mirkwood? He IS a prince, after all. If I were a prince [actually, princess] of the forest, I would certainly want my hare to be noticable. What would happen if the hare escaped, I ask you? It would just blend in. And I know that Elves are good and all that, when it comes to nature, but if you've got a forest full of brown hares, would you be able to pick one of them out from the bunch? Now that I've been thinking, Legolas's hare may very well have been blonde. Fea __________________ peace

07-02-2004, 08:10 AM	#4
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Pink, of course. This was an Elf who was very comfortable in his masculinity, after all. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

07-16-2004, 05:49 AM	#7
yavanna II Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in my own little world Posts: 142	It was in Bombur's dream that there was a King with golden hair.... if Leggy's mommy was a brunnette he could get a 50% chance of blonde or brown hair.

07-16-2004, 06:52 AM	#8
elronds_daughter Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the fortune cookie and the post-its. Posts: 644	dear, dear. someone else replying on-topic... tsk, tsk. for those of you who don't already know this, the topic has changed. Wilwarin herself has verefied this. She started this thread, recall. __________________ I'd like to be the king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.

07-16-2004, 07:38 AM	#9
ninlaith Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: in my hobbit hole Posts: 204	ahh give me a break. I'm blonde myself I don't notice these things.

07-16-2004, 08:29 AM	#11
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	Bambuilas was a little jealous of are Elmerf was he. If Elmerf got scampi and wine, what excatly did Bambuilas eat? Leftovers from the table perhaps? Know was Bambuilas a gigantic or miniture hare? __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin Last edited by wilwarin538; 07-16-2004 at 11:30 AM.