It is one of the craziest theories about Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy and has now become a real meme on social media: when Frodo (Elija Wood) dies at the end of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ” in When he wakes from his sickbed in Rivendell, he is gradually greeted by all his companions who formed the Fellowship of the Ring with him years ago. While he cheerfully pronounces everyone’s names upon arrival, he has for Legolas (Orlando Bloom) only an embarrassed smile remained, which drove many fans to the interpretation, Frodo may not even know what the Elven Prince’s name is.
The theory continued to gather fire when fans took another look at the trilogy and noticed that Frodo and Legolas actually have very little contact throughout the story. While Frodo mainly interacts with the other hobbits such as Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean), his relationship with Legolas, as well as that with Gimli (John Rhys-Davis), remains rather distant. In fact, the only altercation between Frodo and Legolas is confined to the Council of the Ring in “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” where the Fellowship pledges their support to Frodo and Legolas tells him, “And my bow! ”, well, his bow offers.
Frodo writes Legolas’ name in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Now, however, there is evidence to the contrary that a fan recently discovered unearthed and disproves the theory – at least partially. So in the epilogue of The Return of the King, Frodo sits in Bilbo’s house in the Shire and writes down his incredible story with the ring in painstaking detail. In this scene, Frodo also writes Legolas’ name – with all the right accents – proving that he knows the name of the elf from the Woodland Realm very well. But take a look at the message for yourself:
Again -User continues here, this certainly proves that that Frodo knows Legolas’ name at the time he writes the book. It is of course possible that Frodo first asked Gandalf or Sam (Sean Astin), because the book is not only intended to tell his adventurous story, but also to set out the facts. It is still not entirely clear that Frodo already knew Legolas’ name during his journey to the Ring or after the destruction of the Ring on his sickbed in Rivendell – after all, these events take place years before the epilogue.
However, since Legolas’ name is often mentioned within Frodo’s earshot of Aragorn and the other companions during their time together in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’, it is reasonable to assume instead that that Frodo still knew Legolas’ name, at least at the beginning of the journey. However, if Frodo has simply forgotten the Elven Prince’s name over time, it’s hard to blame him, considering all the hardships he endured on the way to Mount Doom.