I think I was reading Visit and I noticed that Elrond didnât seem to like Thranduil all that much and Thranduil didnât seem to like Elrond much either. I was wondering why and if theyâd ever come to like each other.
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One of the ways that I describe Thranduil is, âNot Unkind, but definitely unfriendly,â and I think that Thranduil from Elrondâs POV in âVisitâ is a perfect example of this. He does not really participate in small-talk, he does not go our of his way to force a conversation he seeâs no reason to have, he does not feel obligated to sooth the social discomfort of Elrond. Thranduil does not dislike Elrond, but he is indifferent to him, and thus puts zero effort to soften his increidlby Sharp Edges and that can look the same to many as being activly disliked. Thranduil was in Rinvendell to see Celebrian, exclusively. Elrond was not Celebrian.Â
Likewise, I do not think that Elrond dislikes Thranduil as a person âŚ. He just donesât know what to DO with him. Up until âVisitâ the only context that Elrond had ever really seen Thranduil in was the War of Wrath and then the War of the Last Alliance. So his imiage of Thranduil is very âŚ.. Aggressive and Bloodsoaked. So he was very wary of the Woodland King, for good reason, and Thranduil did literally nothing to make him more comfrotable. Elrond is trapped under the weight of being âA Good Hostâ unitl Celebrian returns, but has not idea how to do that. He hates that feeling. PLUS seeing Thranduil the way that he is around those he loves and trusts created a very speficed kind of Congnitive Dissoncine for Elrond lolÂ
Overtime Elrond becomes more comfortable around Thranduil, and finds him a little more prediactable. He witnesses more and more glimpses of the Thranduil that his friends and family get to see, and gets better at understadning when heâs making a joke and when he isnât. For his part, Thranduil eventually does put more effort into softening his edges and being a more helpful conversation partner. Perhaps at the behest of Celebrian.Â
When Celebrian is kidnapped by the Orcs, Thranduil was surprinsgly supportive, protective, and caring of Elrond both before and after her sailing west. In his own weird way. It was during this time that the two of them finally formed their own (somewhat odd) friendship.Â
Thranduil was still not overly âfriendlyâ but Elrond did know that the Elvenking cared enough about him to leave his forest and travel across the mountains to do what he could to help.Â
Nearing the end of the Third Age, when Greenwood was in its most angry and desperate of times, King Thranduil would not often accept or respond to official requests from Lord Elrond⌠but Thranduil would almost always respond to letters from his friend Elrond. The response was usually short and as to the point as possible, but he did respond. (see âTwo Lettersâ lol)
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