Protective Legolas is super underrated. There are a lot of scenes where he’s very protective of both Aragorn and Gimli, though there are more of them with Gimli.
In the Moria scene, the cave troll goes after Gimli twice and knocks him down twice. Both times, Legolas immediately shoots it.
When the three of them are chasing after Merry and Pippin, Legolas constantly looks behind him to make sure Gimli is still there.
Obviously he threatens to kill Eomer for threatening Gimli.
He kills the warg that was going after Gimli. Yeah, Gimli wanted to kill it and Legolas may have done it partly to bug him, but still.
It’s Legolas that Gimli wants to stay close to when they’re in the Paths of the Dead.
The way Legolas is protective doesn’t get as much focus as the way Sam or Aragorn are protective, but it’s still there. Legolas has few people he really loves, like Aragorn and Gimli, and the way he looks out for them is apparent if you’re looking for it.
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