No, I intended it in the sense 'would he take the risk of leaving Thorin to control the mountain'. I agree he's OK with fighting goblins and in any case has no choice
I suppose the key thing in this scenario is: just how much does Thranduil dislike and distrust Dwarves? If it's only a distant first-age sort of dislike, which should really be focussed on Nogrod anyway, then I agree it would be reasonable for him to leave the Mountain to Thorin & Dain. (I'm not sure about the idea of bringing people from the Blue Mountains. I assume they did in the end, but that was because the Misty Mountains had helpfully sent all their goblins to be slaughtered in a pitched battle. I wonder if they had the force to get through the passes and through Mirkwood if that hadn't happened)
But if Thranduil's pride was offended by the escape from his cells, if he has some more direct reason to distrust Dwarves; perhaps even believing they might ally with Sauron... things might be different. He might have reason to want to occupy the Mountain before Dain arrived. I think that could go either way, since we don't really know what Thranduil's backstory is in detail, or what the relations of the House of Durin are with the Sindar and the silvan elves.
Amdir of Lorien seems to have got on OK with Moria, but then, Amdir got on well with Galadriel too. If Thranduil and Oropher were among the Doriath elves who left Lindon to get away from the Noldor, it might make sense for them to be less warm to the allies of the Noldor in Moria too. But I don't think there's any info on that. ALAS.
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Date: 2018-12-06 09:01 pm (UTC)I suppose the key thing in this scenario is: just how much does Thranduil dislike and distrust Dwarves? If it's only a distant first-age sort of dislike, which should really be focussed on Nogrod anyway, then I agree it would be reasonable for him to leave the Mountain to Thorin & Dain. (I'm not sure about the idea of bringing people from the Blue Mountains. I assume they did in the end, but that was because the Misty Mountains had helpfully sent all their goblins to be slaughtered in a pitched battle. I wonder if they had the force to get through the passes and through Mirkwood if that hadn't happened)
But if Thranduil's pride was offended by the escape from his cells, if he has some more direct reason to distrust Dwarves; perhaps even believing they might ally with Sauron... things might be different. He might have reason to want to occupy the Mountain before Dain arrived. I think that could go either way, since we don't really know what Thranduil's backstory is in detail, or what the relations of the House of Durin are with the Sindar and the silvan elves.
Amdir of Lorien seems to have got on OK with Moria, but then, Amdir got on well with Galadriel too. If Thranduil and Oropher were among the Doriath elves who left Lindon to get away from the Noldor, it might make sense for them to be less warm to the allies of the Noldor in Moria too. But I don't think there's any info on that. ALAS.