However, Tauriel also has a "softer side", and her character arc includes a love story. Though she and Legolas first met as children, and their relationship is significant, her romantic arc is not with him, as she develops a mutual attraction to the dwarf Kíli.
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 also comes to accept that Tauriel does not see him the way he sees her.
Tauriel truly threw a wrench in Legolas' life when he fell in love with her. She was brave, fierce, and a protective leader of the guard. He was meant to be the dutiful son of King Thranduil, but in loving her, he became a stubborn, masterful archer instead. He loved exploration and adventure over his duties.
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.
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)
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?
Legolas' father, the Elven king Thranduil, is fond of Tauriel, and "sees something very special in her", though she understands that Thranduil would not approve of her pairing with his son, which Thranduil confirms in The Desolation of Smaug when he tells her not to give Legolas false hope of such a relationship.
Tauriel doesn't exist in the text, she was invented solely for the onscreen adaptations, and Legolas doesn't feature in The Hobbit book, and wasn't written until much later, when Tolkien published the Lord of the Rings books.
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.
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.
Legolas has long been a fan favorite, and this came, in part, from his elegant, mysterious, and smoldering silence. What's more, most of the elf's character arc developed around his friendship with Gimli, so there wasn't much time for him to have meaningful bonding moments with Frodo.
In the films, Bloom wore contacts to make his eyes blue, probably to distinguish him from the Silvan elves of Mirkwood, Legolas, the son of Thranduil, is a Sindarin, often treated as nobility by elves of less distinguished lineage.
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.
In the "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings, a birthdate for Legolas is set to 87 of the Third Age. This would make him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring. This date for Legolas' birth was made up by the movie writers.
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.
Aragorn and Legolas are long-time companions and best friends since Legolas' father Thranduil sent him to live among the Rangers of the North. Aragorn and Legolas grew close, up to the point where Aragorn revealed his true identity to Legolas. Throughout his journeys, Aragorn and Legolas are as close as brothers.
Yes. After the crowning of Aragorn, Legolas returned to Mirkwood and recruited a group of elves to migrate to Gondor and populate Ithilien so that the land could be made fair again. He must have seen his father and obtained permission to lead some of his father's people to Ithilien.
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.
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.
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.
