Their relationship is fraught with awkwardness thanks to Tauriel's solely platonic feelings toward Legolas. Despite the unrequited interest, the two Mirkwood Elves have a great deal of respect for one another and have each other's backs.
Legolas, the son of Mirkwood's Elven king Thranduil, is indicated to be attracted to her, but as she is a lowly Silvan Elf, she does not believe herself worthy of him. Thranduil, in fact, makes it clear that he does not consider her to be a suitable match for his son and warns her not to give Legolas false hope.
Loving Tauriel was a particularly harrowing event for Legolas. So much so, in fact, that he never shows any interest in romance ever again. He never even talks about romance in The Lord of The Rings trilogy.
Legolas does not marry or have any children, based on the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Regardless of who his mother was, Legolas is the last of his line. When he sails into the West at the beginning of the Fourth Age, he leaves no family members behind.
It is believed that after Kili dies, Tauriel becomes a lone rider and never loves again, she was so broken by the experience of losing him. Their love was real, and it was as strong as any other Middle Earth romance story. But this romance doesn't appear in the original book, so where did it come from?
The actor is suffering from Legolas Syndrome — where you accidentally get cast into a role that suits you far more than your real-life looks, leaving you with a tricky predicament after the wrap party. Do you A) nick all the costumes and stay in character the rest of your working life, or B)
Tauriel was a Wood-elf of Mirkwood, and captain of the Elven guard of Thranduil's Woodland Realm. Tauriel is a non-canonical character; invented for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, and not by J.R.R. Tolkien.
No Tauriel and Arwen are absolutely not the same. Arwen was the daughter of Elrond Half-elven, granddaughter to Galadriel and Celeborn, betrothed to Aragorn. She was the loveliest elf-maid since Lúthien Tinuviel.
After the death of King Elessar, Legolas made a ship in Ithilien, and through Anduin, he left Middle-earth to go over the sea. His strong friendship with Gimli prompted him to invite Gimli to go to the Undying Lands; making him the first and only Dwarf to do so.
However, a specific scene in The Lord of the Rings has led fans to theorize that Frodo and Legolas didn't talk, not because of time, but because the hobbit didn't know Legolas' name (and was too embarrassed to ask).
"What a great adventure it shall be," Legolas replied, ushering Aragorn to the head of the ship, never letting go of his hands, kissing him softly on the lips. "I could not have picked a better person to adventure with than you Aragorn." "Let us go home Legolas," Aragorn said, staring off beyond the horizon.
But in part, Thranduil is so aloof and distanced because losing the love of his life has left him with some trauma, and Tauriel is inexperienced in the realms of love up until this point because she has always focused on her responsibilities with the guard, but that doesn't mean she is incapable of recognizing what ...
Legolas and Gimli's relationship is strong in The Lord of the Rings, even though it wasn't explicitly romantic in Tolkien's source material. The members of the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings forge an unbreakable bond while on their mission to destroy the One Ring.
Legolas : [speaking English] You may tell my father... if there is no place for Tauriel, there is no place for me. Tauriel : Legolas... it is your king's command. Legolas : [speaking Elvish] Yes, he is my king, but he does not command my heart.
No, Legolas was a Silvan Elf whereas Galadriel was Noldorin. It is possible that Legolas was related to some of the Elves of Lothlorien, but not to Galadriel.
Arwen probably got to know Legolas as her husband's friend and as the leader of the Elven colony in Ithilien. As Mary Tower points out, it is possible that they are distantly related, but it's nowhere stated.
Are Fili and Kili half-elves? Fili and Kili are not half-elf. They are the maternal nephews of Thorin Oakenshield, the dwarf, and are themselves dwarves of the line of Durin, the Longbeards.
Legolas was not able to return to Mirkwood because he had made a promise to his father, King Thranduil. Legolas had promised that he would never again set foot in the kingdom of Mirkwood and instead go out into the world and explore it.
Legolas' behavior in The Hobbit was partially due to his immaturity. Though he was already thousands of years old, he was still young by the standards of Elves.
Sometime after the Battle of the Five Armies, Kili wakes up in the Caribbean with Tauriel mysteriously appearing with him. After several years of living together, the two finally marry. The duo is later shanghaied into service aboard Queen Anne's Revenge under the fierce command of Captain Blackbeard.
In the later film version of The Hobbit, Bloom reprised his role as Legolas with even lighter and brighter blue eyes, likely to compensate for the slight aging in appearance of the actor.
When Orlando reappeared in the final two Hobbit movies, he didn't have to wear any contacts. Instead, his eye-color was changed in post. However, this led to his eyes appearing unnaturally blue, distracting, and kind of creepy.
The combination of using both the actor and a CGI stand-in for certain scenes (such as his fight with Bolg) made the contrast starker, especially when compared to his more agile self in the Lord of the Rings films.
