I just reblogged a bunch of Gigolas and now I’m fucking crying because Legolas literally lost all his friends, like guys, what the fuck. And he had sea longing for like the 140 remaining years of Aragorn’s life- he was just slowly dying the whole time then took Gimli to Valinor to try and save his last friend.
Now all I can think about is Legolas slowly losing each friend, and each time someone dies he gets a little hollower inside, until when Aragorn dies the playful young elf we knew is almost gone. And only Gimli’s left. And Legolas can see, has seen, not just hair getting silver or wrinkles, but knees creaking, the beginnings of baldness, the slight changes in voice, the arthritis. All the ways his friends slowly died in front of him, and in Gimli he’s seeing it the final time.
His father and everyone is packing him up because they all see the grief eating away at him and the day Aragorn dies Thranduil begs him to sail again and that’s when Legolas said yes.
When Legolas said he had sea longing it was strong, yeah, but what got him on that boat was the threat of losing Gimli.
Guys like jesus christ Lord of the Rings is so sad.
This is why fandom must fix everything. Putting stoppers in death and whatnot. SO much lamenting both in the Tolkien universe and amongst the fans… it’s a tough world to get sucked into.
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