Nov 9, 2022
Just here to point out that, even without the parallel to Aragorn singing about Beren and Luthien, Legolas singing that song about Nimrodel (Silvan Maid) and Amroth (Sindarin Royalty) in the books is way too perfect of a parallel to his love for Tauriel in the movies to ignore. Adding my headcanon that Tauriel sailed west sometime around the War of the Ring, it’s just so angsty.
Imagine Legolas comforting Tauriel after Kili’s sacrifice, then Gimli comforting Legolas when Tauriel sails west without him, then Legolas and Tauriel in Valinor comforting eachother after Gimli passes. In my mind, they have their happy ending with each other, forever preserving the memory of the dwarves they have loved and lost.