Hey there! Happy 22nd of September! Do you have any thoughts on Thranduil?
no thoughts, only Thranduil
but no actually I have too many thoughts on Thranduil
he's 7'1" which puts him a full foot taller than Legolas
he has a scar almost completely encircling his neck from a dwarven garrotte, which he tends to cover with his clothes or chokers. (it's a necklace he can never remove)
he was hit by lightning when crouching for cover, and the lightning left a huge scar over his left hip and down his leg/up along his abdomen
his dancing is magic in a stronger way than most elves
his movements too hold a lot of power
he'll lift his fingers in a wave, and that's making the wind stronger somewhere
he tied so much of his magic to his land that he is part of the forest itself, and can use the plants, the fungi to see what is happening throughout the forest
he took a /lot/ of pain to protect his people, but he's still kind and loving
he was one of the last people to see Elrond and Elros at Sirion
he has chronic nose bleeds
his skin is almost see-through and catches light in terrible ways sometimes
(but they are still beautiful)
sometimes he thinks that gathering silver and gems will make all the horrors of his past worth it because that's what everyone wanted
sometimes he just wants them because he knows what people will do for wealth and it's a guarantee to keep his people alive
he's half Silvan, and views himself as Silvan
his script looks a lot like Bilbo's, and they were both delighted by this
I am going to make a separate post about /why/ I think this BUT
he paid a realm's worth for a mithril shirt for Legolas when he was a child (so nothing should ever happen to him)
when Legolas outgrew it, it went back to Erebor to be re-made but Erebor was attacked before that happened
this wound up as Bilbo's, and then Frodo's
he laughs a lot and tends to cover his face with his hands when he laughs
it used to be very easy to make him blush, but it's not as easy anymore so Elrond goes out of his way to make Thranduil blush around him
he likes borrowing other people's clothes because he likes just holding onto something that smells like the people he loves
he's tall but very slim so sometimes he borrows shirts from people and wears them as crop tops
he and Legolas still have adjoining rooms because Legolas never wanted to move out of what was once his little nursery
he has five dogs (think Karelian bear dogs) and will pat them all the time and still carries them around like they might be puppies
he went to visit the Shire a few times with Legolas and was Delighted by it
he and Pippin made an alliance
he still picks Legolas up all the time because he's smaller than him and so much younger than him that Thranduil has a hard time not thinking of him as a child still when they're not working
but he's very proud of Legolas
his favourite colour is green
he bakes apple pies and spice cakes that look a bit wonky and taste amazing
he made people who fell beneath his spell dream of feasting and happiness because he thought it the kindest way for them to die if die they must
he is not cruel, but he has seen cruelness, and he will not underestimate it
he slept in Elrond's bed, and then Celebrían and Elrond's bed, and then Elrond's bed again when he visited Rivendell
he also visited a long time when Elladan and Elrohir were born to help raise them because the amount of magic it took to stabilise them and keep them alive was intense
they had it better figured out when Arwen came, so he didn't have to help as much
in turn, Elrond came to help with Legolas, even though he didn't need help, he still asked Elrond for it
he is best friends with Gandalf and isn't afraid to hug him when he's being grumpy, which most of his friends are
he really loves sledding and goes out every winter with all the elf children to pull them up the hill and ride down with them if they're scared
he's just all the children's uncle/grandfather and will play with them whenever he can
also he has a lot of plants in his room
he gets cold on his nose and ears easily and then they get flushed and his cheeks too and he wraps his face up in a scarf so only his eyes are showing
thank you I love him so much! <3
and I was surprised I haven't done a headcanons list of him that I could find
