He isn't very light... otherwise he'd fly away if the wind was strong enough - he is just fleet footed, in a vaguely magical way: stepping on snow in the correct manner to not sink.
Being able to climb up falling rocks is something else entirely.
I reckon he weighs about five pounds. The wind doesn’t blow him away because it likes him.
The implications of being as strong or stronger than an adult man, while weighing five pounds, now that’s quite interesting. I bet he can jump really high.
I choose to think Legolas purposefully put his weight down on the dwarves in the undoubtedly true-to-Tolkien Barrel scene.
Tolkien thought of the barrel scene in 1936 first, and then created an entire legendarium to facilitate it
It is said that he started by creating a language for the barrels, but feared public criticism and never publidhed it.
It takes a long time to say anything in Old Barrelish
Hoom barreloom
Don’t be yeasty
Isn't it obvious. Dwarves aren't made of snow.
Except for Frostir the snow-dwarf.
Legolas really hates dwarves so much that he gained weight just for this
It's not the weight that bothers the dwarf, it's having an elven boot in his face
I just remembered how much I hate this greasy lens filter
Yeah what was the point of the lens filter? It was horrible. Made even the real sets look fake.
He can walk on snow and do that thing where he walks on the falling stones, therefore he’s very light. So I don’t see why they’re complaining.
He isn't very light... otherwise he'd fly away if the wind was strong enough - he is just fleet footed, in a vaguely magical way: stepping on snow in the correct manner to not sink.
Being able to climb up falling rocks is something else entirely.
I reckon he weighs about five pounds. The wind doesn’t blow him away because it likes him.
The implications of being as strong or stronger than an adult man, while weighing five pounds, now that’s quite interesting. I bet he can jump really high.
I'm more curious about the barrels full of dwarves and water that don't sink tbh.