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		jacobush on Jan 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Christopher Tolkien has died Legolas' shield stunt was over the top.

m4r35n357 on Jan 16, 2020 [–]

especially considering there were no elves there at all!

jacobush on Jan 17, 2020 | [–]

?

petepete on Jan 18, 2020 | | [–]

In the books the elves didn't come to support the men at Helm's Deep. The battle played a much smaller part in the books than it did the movies - probably because the middle one needed a climax.

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