1 year ago4 points(+0/-0/+4Score on mirror)1 child
It's because crappy derivatives just copied Legolas. The funny thing is he wasn't even close to the top dog warrior elf in Tolkien's works or even in Lord of the Rings. That would have been Glorfindel whose actions in the first book were replaced by Liv Tyler in the Hollywood adaptation. Glorfindel killed a freakin Balrog (fallen angel) in the past and the Witch King ran from him.
Fingolfin took his sword and shield and called out and dueled Satan which was later ripped off in Warcraft with Broxigar and Sargeras. He wounded his foot and Morgoth walked with a limp after that.
Elves were not to be fucked with in the ancient world of Tolkien. Fingolfin vs Morgoth is the kind of things fans wanted to see and instead the jewed Tolkien estate (Simon whose father disowned him, married a jew and his heir was raised in judaism) gives you metrosexual elves in Amazon fan fiction.
I have a tolkien lore book and for whatever reason all depictions of Morgoth are literally just Yakub. Its really goofy considering that the entire Yakub lore is basically a ripped off and inverted tolkien mythos.
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
I suppose a bow is an elegant weapon and elves are supposed to be elegant.
On a related note one of my fictional/cinematic pet peeves is a bow is a woman's or weaker man's weapon, when war bows draw weight historically was 100+ pounds up to 180 pounds. Women on average do not have the strength for it.
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
> "All Your Heroes Are Flawed".
every remade piece of cherished media from 50 years ago is all this.
"remember that guy you like who saved the world/city/woman? Well now he is a washed up nihilist who doesnt care about anything and hes stepping aside to make way for the new 'diverse' cast of characters in this franchise"
thanks, i learned my lesson and shouldnt watch any remakes/sequels made in the last 20 years, or anything made after 2015.
Actual fairies were literal devils, the reason people called them the "fair folk" and such was because they were afraid they might go beyond simple pranks and occasionally doing the laundry if they got mad (though since everyone in medieval Europe lived pretty godly lives, they really shouldnt have been worried, demons are as harmless as housecats to someone in state of Grace).
Fingolfin took his sword and shield and called out and dueled Satan which was later ripped off in Warcraft with Broxigar and Sargeras. He wounded his foot and Morgoth walked with a limp after that.
Elves were not to be fucked with in the ancient world of Tolkien. Fingolfin vs Morgoth is the kind of things fans wanted to see and instead the jewed Tolkien estate (Simon whose father disowned him, married a jew and his heir was raised in judaism) gives you metrosexual elves in Amazon fan fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpPaWVjaVB0