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This is both so sad and so sweet. I can just picture a very cute slumbering Baby Legolas on his shoulder. And thank goodness Thranduil has him to care for, I'm sure it aided his healing immensely.

"Elrond wondered why it was they all seemed destined for such tragedy. Was there anywhere in Arda where it was not so?"

I don't think there is anywhere it isn't so at some point in time, but there are also always the times stretching in between the tragedies.  I guess if you live that long you're inevitably going to experience more of both grief and joy. 

A lovely glimpse into the companionship between these two.

Thank you! I like to imagine these two had at least a casual friendship, being a couple of the only Elven lords left (and headcanoning Thranduil as Doriathrim...) And I do think having Legolas helped and Elrond definitely leveraged that in the wake of Niwe's death to less-than-subtly persuade Thranduil not surrender to despair and fade.