Thranduil and the Gems of Lasgalen

imagine if they concentrated on this, instead of that accursed love triangle.

Gandalf: "She left you a son. Tell me, which do you think she would have you value more?" Damn, I wish they had left that in the original cut. It's so blunt, yet so powerful a statement.

Who else thinks that Lee pace did a spectacural job in acting Thranduil? I do

They could do an entire movie based inside the woodland realm and it would be amazing

I think Thranduil was one of the most interesting and complicated characters in the tale, despite taking up really very little screentime.

Time for Thranduil to get his own movie.

I have a theory about how Thranduil's wife died. There's a scene in Desolation of Smaug where Thranduil shows Thorin that he has felt dragonfire and reveals his horribly disfigured face. Legolas says that there is no grave and no memory of her. I think that Thranduil lost his wife to dragonfire and there was nothing left of her to bury, hence why he values her gems so dearly.

Those gems represented his love towards his wife. Elven love is forever and a sacred bond being immortal love to them is much more important than mortals. As he could have lived forever loving his wife but knowing he can't hurts him and drives him to get the gems back.

Thranduil defended the woodland realm without having any ring of power.. how badass!

Thranduil only became an isolationist after the death of his wife, meanwhile, the reason he was willing to lead his entire army to war with the dwarfs for a handful of jewels was purely because of these treasures belonged to his wife. Also when Thorin and his company entered his kingdom, they were captured by the woodland elves and were treated as his guest, they were imprisoned after they annoyed Thranduil after the dwarfs insulted him. In addition, Thranduil's woodland elves were only 'isolationist' to dwarfs but were friendly to us men, they have close trading ties with people of lake town. If you get into the woodland elves territory, you will be treated as their friends. And before I forget, Thranduil, helped Bard and his men after the dragon destroyed their homes, it was not like what's been portrayed in the film that he 'bribed' the men with materials to fight for him, he came with good intentions.

Just love lee pace’s voice its so deep and calm, and he was the perfect person to play thranduil

Must suck for your commander to have you walk all the way to Erebor , get there and him just goes "nah, back"

I feel so bad for Thranduil. Elves live forever and he lost his soulmate. Destined to spend eternity alone, without even his wife's gems to comfort him. Dwarves truly are greedy for trying to make him pay to get his family heirloom back. The money wasn't even an object for Thranduil, it was the principle that an old "friend" would try to profit off of his grief. I totally understand why he turned his back on them.

gandalf 's quote to Thranduil that.... its not the gems that his wife left him is what he should love and care for ..but the son she gave him...is epic.

There was also the clip where Tauriel talks about star light being memory. Without the gems, Thranduil feels he has no monument to his wife. Perhaps that is why Legolas says there is no memory.

I read somewhere that when Tauriel says "There's no love in you" to Thranduil, she was utterly wrong, and actually he had loved so much thay he had been hurt very deeply upon losing his wife, and he couldn't love anything without feeling great grief. Tauriel's love for Kili was going to be used to highlight this.

Thranduils voice is liquid gold - I could listen to him speak all day. His face is so full of emotion that it hurts. Wonderful performance by Lee.

well, That deleted scene should be in the movie...

I read that when Elves are married their souls connect and never marry another or divorce, since it against their nature. And seeing Thranduil alone and pained with the loss of his wife just makes me sad because THEIR LITERAL SOULS CONNECTED and then she died! It’s so tragic and painful for a character so great.

I understand now why the gems are so valuable for Thranduil, and I hate more Thror and the dwarves for playing with it...