“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…It’s the battle of the ages! In one corner we have thhhhhheeeeee NOVEL! In the other thhhhhhheeeee MOVIE!”
CUT TO: men placing bets, popcorn salespeople hawking their popcorn, as they do.
“Our first contenders: Book Legolas vs. Movie Legolas. Let the match begin, and things!”
*bell dings*
Book Legolas notches his bow and shoots an arrow, which hits its mark.
Movie Legolas notches his bow with two arrows, slides down a set of stairs on a shield, shoots, and hits his mark
The points would seem to go to ML (Movie Legolas), BUT…
“Oh no! It looks like Movie Legolas pulled an illegal move. Apparently even in fantasy, some things need to be kept within the realms of believability (which spellcheck is telling me isn’t a word)…go figure.”
Round Two!
Book Legolas: *says next to nothing, is just cool*
Movie Legolas deals himself the death blow…
*horses whinny and paw at the ground*
Movie Legolas: “The horses are restless.”
One, two, three! HE’S OUT! (You say that in boxing, right? Yeah.)
Movie Legolas is decreed the Elven King of Obvious and is forthwith banished to Boredom! Long live Legolas of Bookdom!
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This post brought to you by the writer who is bored and should be sleeping.
Beth Overmyer 