Legolas and Gimli, contemptuous of each other initially the pair grow to be incredibly close friends throughout the course of the story. So close that it is easy to see similarities between the arc of their relationship in the Lord of the Rings and modern day “bromances”.
From entirely different cultures, their values and attitudes incredibly abrasive to each other, the pair is forced together with the weight of the free world on their backs. The movies frequently rely on this pair, or the hobbits, for comedic relief for exactly this reason. As the story winds on the two both fight back to back, spends weeks and months on the trail together, undergo attack by agents of Sauron ranging from Uruk-hai to Nazgul. They grow close, and details like their competition to see who could kill the most orcs at the battle of Helm’s Deep and subsequent promise to visit the site’s beautiful caves and Fangorn Forest in more peaceful times are two small examples of the relationship that forms between them.
There are those out there who see the Sam and Frodo story as a stronger example, but if you really take a close look, Legolas and Gimli are the two that deserve the bromance title from all the Lord of the Rings characters.
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