Monday DE

[bjornwilde]

 Last week I was listening to an old album of a favorite band of mine and realized how much the album defined the band's style for me. 

Taking inspiration from this, give us a scene(s) that really define your character to you. 

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[hasthehighground]

My easiest one is probably Legolas's scene in book II, chapter 3 "The Ring Goes South"
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Slowly they moved off, and were soon toiling heavily. In places the snow was breast-high, and often Boromir seemed to be swimming or burrowing with his great arms rather than walking.

Legolas watched them for a while with a smile upon his lips, and then he turned to the others.

`The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf or over snow-an Elf.'

With that he sprang forth nimbly, and then Frodo noticed as if for the first time, though he had long known it, that the Elf had no boots, but wore only light shoes, as he always did, and his feet made little imprint in the snow.

'Farewell!' he said to Gandalf. `I go to find the Sun!' Then swift as a runner over firm sand he shot away, and quickly overtaking the toiling men, with a wave of his hand he passed them, and sped into the distance, and vanished round the rocky turn.

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I don't have my copy on me, but later he returns and not only sasses Gandalf again, but also both Aragorn and Boromir and is deeply convinced he is the reason The Day Has Been Saved.

He's just such a BRAT. *fond*

(My other two are movie scenes that very much solidified how Legolas "feels" in my head despite him otherwise not being much like movie Legolas at all -- literally, just the look in Orlando Bloom's eyes #1 on seeing the Balrog, and #2 on seeing Boromir die. They're just a very strong reminder that despite being an extremely good warrior, Legolas is very young for his people.)

[hasthehighground]

My next easiest is from Avengers. The whole scene that introduces Clint, from him watching what's happening below to his utter comfort around Fury (even when Fury is piiissed), to how this guy we've come to respect and fear treats Clint like a respected expert, to Clint's whole "um, because doors??? open both ways???"

It is the basis for 90% of my Clint characterization.

[athelstanthescribe]

Oh man, his face in that scene with the Balrog. Orlando Bloom may not be the world's best actor, but he nailed sheer frozen terror then.