RE: Seeing the cast list for The Hobbit

[keeps_count]

As much as I... appreciate how thoughtful you think you are being, I do not think that anyone will ever bring my father to the Tower. And I wouldn't want him to be brought there. In a place where death is common and you wish for the Elfking to be brought there? It is not a curse I would wish on my kin.

And I certainly would not wish to mediate anything between him and Gimli. Depending on just when he would be brought from, if he ever were, it would take far longer than a few days to explain how the rift between Dwarves and Elves are being healed by the friendship Gimli and I formed. And in those few days, it is very likely they would encounter each other.

Let me make this quite clear, Lady Mundane. I have no desire for Thranduil to come to Animus at any point in the future. Even if your friends and yourself do.

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As always, forgive the PB. Gotta wait a year and a half for the right one.

[elvenking]

[Disappointed he is, kiddo. Although he is really not sure over which piece of news, because he just got finished with one diplomatic disaster with the newly re-established dwarves of Erebor and what is more this is reverse psychology dammit.

Except all that is thought in Sindarin.]

Do you believe I would be uncivil, Legolas?

OMG ILU

[keeps_count]

[Not trying reverse psychology.]

Of course not, father. Perhaps not immediately or intentionally. Gimli is simply... Difficult at times.

((OoC: Also forgive me, I've only just found an afforable copy of The Hobbit, so I'm not fully knowledgeable about Thranduil.))

It was going to be him or Thingol, and I chose the one easier to get along with.

[elvenking]

[Dwarf, difficult, redundant redundancies. That you've befriended one is cause for being weirded out and suspicious, but not for, say, throwing hissy fits. Don't underestimate the patience of a king who lived with Sauron as a next-door neighbor for centuries.]

You misjudge me gravely. A friend of yours has earned the title, or at least, I trust it to be so.

[OOC: Spoiler alert, but he's (by the end) personal friends with Bilbo Baggins, if it gives you an idea of what he's like. Also, the Unfinished Tales have a surprising amount about the Silvan kings.]

Sweet :3

[keeps_count]

[A supremely fair point.]

My apologies, I've forgotten myself in the short time I've been in the tower. Gimli is a good friend, I'd gladly place my life in his hands.

[OOC: Oh, awesome! I only know the bits I've been told so far.]

[elvenking]

[That gets some reluctance from the king. He doesn't like it. Doesn't trust dwarves. He remembers their singular responsibility for the downfall of Doriath, or at least, considers them singularly responsible. Dwarven craftsmen slaughtered Elu Thingol, the mightiest of the Eldar save Feanor only. Fighting alongside them by necessity, or maintaining a somewhat delicate peace with Dain, is a different matter from having one hanging out with his son.]

Have you, then, placed your life in his hands already?

[the_white_rider]

You should know by now, that what we desire and wish for has very little importance to the mundanes, my friend. It only has importance as long as it brings them entertainment, otherwise they will disregard our will.

[keeps_count]

[Good thing Legolas hasn't mentioned his intent to have Gimli join him in the Undying Lands then.]

It hasn't been necessary yet. He wasn't brought to the tower until after I was first killed.

[keeps_count]

I should, yes, but that doesn't stop me from hoping that perhaps one will listen someday.

Bookverse or movieverse?

[elvenking]

You what?

[Forgive Dad for being alarmed, kid, but you just said you were killed. This tends to make fathers anxious. And possibly ready to team up with your dwarf friend to start up a little retribution, but we'll cool down before we do Rash Things. Rash Things got your grandfather killed, after all.]

Movie, sadly. My trilogy book was stolen :(

[keeps_count]

I've been killed once since I've been in the tower. I was revived within a day however.

[He'll just place a hand over where he had been stabbed. He was still being haunted by that.]

It's not necessary to be too concerned.

:(

[elvenking]

[Telling Thranduil not to be concerned is...well. Thranduil is nothing if not fiercely protective of his people, and Legolas is his son. That is not cool. Not. Cool.

No, this is a very bad time to mention Valinor. There is only so much wigging out that he would like to do in an evening, thanks.

He'll pause for a long time, collecting himself, before continuing evenly.]

Who else is with you?

[That he can trust, that is.]

It's on my list of books I'm asking for, for my b-day next month now

[keeps_count]

[Legolas is surprisingly calm regarding being killed. Although, that was over a month ago, and he's seen much worse since then.]

Gandalf is here as well.

Aragorn, Boromir and Faramir were here but have disappeared.

That is the best birthday present.

[elvenking]

Mithrandir is with you.

[You have no idea how relieved he is. Whoever those other people are, he's pretty sure they're superfluous compared to that, and they're not there anymore anyway.]

Good. I need not tell you to stay close to him. [Really, Thranduil has to catch himself there, because he does trust that Legolas knows what he's doing and does not want to patronize him. It's just...the whole killed thing. That threw him for a loop.]

...You are wise. Be vigilant.

[Not advice so much as a very calm, controlled plea.]

The very best

[keeps_count]

I will see him again soon. And I will be quite vigilant. I'll not allow myself to be killed again.

[Legolas smiles and bows slightly.]

It gladdens me to be able to see you again.

[elvenking]

[A smile creeps up on the Elvenking's face, albeit a small one, and he reaches out to place a firm hand on his son's shoulder.]

And it gladdens me. Were it my choice, I would come with you. Alas, that I must linger here.

[Although poker nights in the headspace are at least a thing to look forward to.]

[keeps_count]

It is not a place I would wish any others to join us in, glad as I would be to have family with me. I've at least made friends with a few others.

[Must be interesting!]

[elvenking]

That eases my heart, but it would ease my heart more to know you had gone from this place.

[keeps_count]

If only the choice were mine to make. Right now, however, I could not abandon those still here.

[elvenking]

No. You could not.

[It's more of a description than anything else. Agreeing that Legolas is that kind of person.]

[keeps_count]

[And that's understood by the younger elf.]

There is a princess here whom I intend to train in our ways. So that she can better defend herself. Her race is similar to us.

[elvenking]

[Two slow blinks. You probably know this as dad being intrigued. There may or may not be the sliiiiightest smile.]

A princess?

[keeps_count]

A young woman named Zelda, from a world called Hyrule. Her people have ears like our own but lack our long life. She's quite intelligent, I believe she'll have no difficulty learning.

[elvenking]

[Oh, then not a potential daughter-in-law. Interest waning now.]

Interesting.

[keeps_count]

[She still has potential. After all, Arwen and Aragorn.]

It's a wonderful chance to learn about them. Perhaps, some day, you will have the opportunity to meet her.

[elvenking]

[If he knew about them, he'd say Aragorn and Arwen are not an example, son. Beren and Luthien, then. Although if her dad demands a suicidal bride-price, at least your dad will kick her dad in the...]

Perhaps you should introduce the dwarf first. He should seem less uncomely if he did not happen to come after her.