#and the remaining teleri on the isle seeing variations of their own kind of ship

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since i learned that silvans are actually descended from the teleri and not fully part of the avari, i can’t really stop thinking about legolas’s fate.

so i’m fairly certain that the teleri learned the art of sailing and making their swan ships before they set sail, which means that the nandor, who the silvans are descended from, would also have those skills. legolas, as a result, would also be able to make ships and sail them, though probably on a smaller scale as his encounters are with lakes and rivers, not the ocean.

before, i had thought it was really strange for legolas to be so affected by the sea-longing when he was a woodelf. even if he is part sindar, it wouldn’t mean he would automatically be called across the sea. i didn’t see a reason for it.

but the teleri are the “sea-elves”. and the nandor are those sea-elves who turned from the journey to valinor and went back.

and there’s just something both ironic and slightly tragic about a descendant of the nandor being pulled, once again, to valinor.

#lotr #legolas #silvan elves #silvan #teleri #nandor #elves #this and also the fact that legolas made the boat at the end of lotr #like i've seen a few posts about it in a sort of joking way #and there was one talking about how legolas just built a boat for the first time iirc #but that wouldn't be the case #it wouldn't be an exact replica of the teleri's craft #because silvans are the descendents of one group of the teleri #but i'm fairly certain legolas knows how to make a boat #and also just. just the idea i suppose #i don't know much about the divisions of elves and what happened to them #but something about the idea of any swanships that are remotely teleri coming back to valinor #and the remaining teleri on the isle seeing variations of their own kind of ship #esp after they were destroyed #it just kinda gets me #each ship is kind of a fu to feanor and this ship is ESPECIALLY that because it holds gimli #aka the person who galadriel gave three of her golden hairs too #&posting #ybst.posts