What colour is Legolas` hair? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-20-2005, 01:55 PM

I was under the impression that he had custody of Isildur's hare-looms. Did he ever weave with them, just to keep them in good shape? And what exactly was their use in the Third Age... The questions simply keep arising.

Mithalwen · 06-21-2005, 06:56 AM

check out page seven of the Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2 thread..

Nilpaurion Felagund · 06-30-2005, 09:44 PM

On Hare Colour

A poem on the Ringarë 3021 issue of Candy and Eldar casts some serious doubt on the purple-hare theory.

A, Rabbit-hair, gilded and fair,
Silver pens of Míriel.
O, Menel, a car made by hand,
Ach! a red palantír, Ariel!
O, Galadriel, in your wrath,
Fans are lost, like Linda Thorn.
Narf! a meara! See! Enough! I, R. Gon.

The “R. Gon” at the end of the poem helps to identify who the author is. A majority of scholars believe that it was none other than Aragorn, son of Arathorn, who wrote this verse. Some surmise that he wrote the staves after missing the hares he played with in Imladris as a child. None of these bunnies survived past the Fourth Age, for it is believed that Elrond deep-sixed those that remained in Rivendell before he left for the Havens.

In the poem we see the variety in colours of the rabbits of Rivendell: gold, silver and red. But no purple was mentioned. Why? Surely, Elmerf’s purpleness would stand out.

A clue to this mystery can be found in the Súlimë 2974 issue, published a month before Elmerf was first seen with purple hair. There this advertisement was published:

Tired of your boring, pathetic existence?
Then get a life! Set yourself apart!
Start with a new hair colour!
Try PUMPERNICKEL PROUDFOOT’S
SPECIALLY FORMULATED PURPLE HAIR DYE!

Order now! Limited slots available!

In the box of this product was written a warning that it would take one month before the dye took effect. On Narië 8, 2974, a month after the Candy and Eldar issue containing the advertisement was published, more than two hundred people from Minas Tirith were executed for “hair colour unbecoming of a canonical Númenórean descendant.” Later it was discovered that on the same day, Radagast the Brown disappeared from Rhosgobel, although a purple-haired “cousin” of his appeared in the said area for two years before the return of Radagast, after which the “cousin” was nowhere to be seen. Make what you will of that.

The discovery of these startling pieces of evidence in the back issues of Candy and Eldar casts serious doubt on the natural purpleness of Elmerf’s hair. Next time I shall publish my reports on the coup d’ etat in Mirkwood, gleaned from Tolkien’s infamous essays On Harey Stories and Shoelaces of Fëanor.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 07-01-2005, 06:02 AM

Candy and Eldar is a monthly randomness magazine published in Dol Amroth.

Just had to make that clarification.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 09-11-2005, 08:10 PM

It's been more than two months. Have all lost interest in Elmerf and the Hares of Mirkwood, or are you impatiently awaiting my promised (and long-delayed) account of the coup d' etat in Mirkwood?

Uh, right. We'd be interested in that. The nerve . . .

Feanor of the Peredhil · 09-11-2005, 09:14 PM

Coup d' etat, I assure you.

06-20-2005, 01:55 PM	#1
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I was under the impression that he had custody of Isildur's hare-looms. Did he ever weave with them, just to keep them in good shape? And what exactly was their use in the Third Age... The questions simply keep arising. __________________ peace

06-21-2005, 06:56 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	check out page seven of the Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2 thread.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-30-2005, 09:44 PM	#3
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Part 1. On Hare Colour A poem on the Ringarë 3021 issue of Candy and Eldar casts some serious doubt on the purple-hare theory. A, Rabbit-hair, gilded and fair, Silver pens of Míriel. O, Menel, a car made by hand, Ach! a red palantír, Ariel! O, Galadriel, in your wrath, Fans are lost, like Linda Thorn. Narf! a meara! See! Enough! I, R. Gon. The “R. Gon” at the end of the poem helps to identify who the author is. A majority of scholars believe that it was none other than Aragorn, son of Arathorn, who wrote this verse. Some surmise that he wrote the staves after missing the hares he played with in Imladris as a child. None of these bunnies survived past the Fourth Age, for it is believed that Elrond deep-sixed those that remained in Rivendell before he left for the Havens. In the poem we see the variety in colours of the rabbits of Rivendell: gold, silver and red. But no purple was mentioned. Why? Surely, Elmerf’s purpleness would stand out. A clue to this mystery can be found in the Súlimë 2974 issue, published a month before Elmerf was first seen with purple hair. There this advertisement was published: Tired of your boring, pathetic existence? Then get a life! Set yourself apart! Start with a new hair colour! Try PUMPERNICKEL PROUDFOOT’S SPECIALLY FORMULATED PURPLE HAIR DYE! Order now! Limited slots available! In the box of this product was written a warning that it would take one month before the dye took effect. On Narië 8, 2974, a month after the Candy and Eldar issue containing the advertisement was published, more than two hundred people from Minas Tirith were executed for “hair colour unbecoming of a canonical Númenórean descendant.” Later it was discovered that on the same day, Radagast the Brown disappeared from Rhosgobel, although a purple-haired “cousin” of his appeared in the said area for two years before the return of Radagast, after which the “cousin” was nowhere to be seen. Make what you will of that. The discovery of these startling pieces of evidence in the back issues of Candy and Eldar casts serious doubt on the natural purpleness of Elmerf’s hair. Next time I shall publish my reports on the coup d’ etat in Mirkwood, gleaned from Tolkien’s infamous essays On Harey Stories and Shoelaces of Fëanor. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

07-01-2005, 06:02 AM	#4
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Vy ze vay. Candy and Eldar is a monthly randomness magazine published in Dol Amroth. Just had to make that clarification. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

09-11-2005, 08:10 PM	#5
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Uh. It's been more than two months. Have all lost interest in Elmerf and the Hares of Mirkwood, or are you impatiently awaiting my promised (and long-delayed) account of the coup d' etat in Mirkwood? Uh, right. We'd be interested in that. The nerve . . . __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

09-11-2005, 09:14 PM	#6
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Coup d' etat, I assure you. __________________ peace