It's hard to think about the effects of age in Elves because we are so different from them. Obviously Thranduil (and Halllion) have millennia's more experience than the maidens do. I wonder when the difference in perspectives and understanding become too great to bridge.
Author Reply: That is a fascinating concept I think and you are right on to hit on it. When you think about it, we (real humans) have trouble identifying with people from other generations in our own lives and we are separated by twenty years. How do people separated by thousands of years and experiences like kinslayings and the War of the Wrath relate to one another. On the one hand, you would think that someone who is three thousand years old would have surely developed some interpersonal skills to handle differences like that. On the other hand cannon shows us these elves have very long memories and hold some grudges. I guess, like mortals, how they would handle it would depend on the individual. But it would have to cause some misunderstandings and frustrations along the way. |
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