Am i the only one who noticed that Legolas' eyecolor changes throughout the trilogy?

I also noticed it. I guess Orlando has just forgotten to wear his contact lenses.

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Hail Gurthang! No lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee. From no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou therefore take Túrin Turambar, wilt thou slay me swiftly?

The Silmarillion, Of Túrin Turambar

The real Legolas probably had one, consistent eye colour

I wonder what color it was....

The default colour would be grey eyes... based on what we know, that Thranduil, at least, was a Sinda, and therefore an Elda -- and the Eldar in general were said to be dark haired and grey-eyed [Appendix F], outside of the house of Finarfin.

Although Thranduil does not fall into the default colour for hair, it must be added. But again, when one doesn't know, to my mind the 'best guess' is the 'usual' as noted.

...wonder how Tauriel comes into play.

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call me Fin, Ara, Aralas, Tulisse, or Tuli.
~A mahta tenna qualme! Auta i lome, aure entuluva!~
was known as aralas_29.

Me too.
Tauriel is well... slightly cool

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^She is okay.
How are you supposed to pronounce it though? Mr. Tolkien made it clear that you pronounce the vowels "au" as in sour, not sore. But.. somehow I feel like "taur" should be pronounced as "tore". And I'm also wondering how Tauriel will be pronounced in TH:DOS. Am I making myself confuzzled?

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call me Fin, Ara, Aralas, Tulisse, or Tuli.
~A mahta tenna qualme! Auta i lome, aure entuluva!~
was known as aralas_29.

I think you are correct Aralas... it seems -au- should be as in Sauron in the films, for example, which name I believe they [the films] usually get right.

Unless the Silvan dialect alters the sound? The only dialectal variant I can think of at the moment is -ae- to -e- considering that the true Sindarin name Laegolas is pronounced Legolas in the Silvan dialect.

@ aralas: I think Tauriel with the au like in "loud" or "sour" sounds better. Maybe it's because in German (which is my native tongue) you pronounce it like in sour, too but I believe to have read it several times in the internet, too.

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Hail Gurthang! No lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee. From no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou therefore take Túrin Turambar, wilt thou slay me swiftly?

The Silmarillion, Of Túrin Turambar

^I see! I'm guilty of pronouncing Tauriel with tore several times.

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call me Fin, Ara, Aralas, Tulisse, or Tuli.
~A mahta tenna qualme! Auta i lome, aure entuluva!~
was known as aralas_29.

^^ yeah me too. Its easier!

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Formerly Legolin12

Not exactly easier, but that's what you end up with more for me. Especially if you say her name without thinking.

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call me Fin, Ara, Aralas, Tulisse, or Tuli.
~A mahta tenna qualme! Auta i lome, aure entuluva!~
was known as aralas_29.

True^^
I stink at pronunciation!

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Formerly Legolin12

I'm glad I don't stink at pronunciation!
Short vowels are really easy.

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call me Fin, Ara, Aralas, Tulisse, or Tuli.
~A mahta tenna qualme! Auta i lome, aure entuluva!~
was known as aralas_29.

you are lucky then!
i used to pronounce Smaug 'Smòg' whoops!!!
and Eowyn 'Eeowyn'

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