Headscratchers / legolas by laura

• What exactly does "somerising" mean?
  • Probably “Summarising”.
  • The context - "Legolas was happy for somerising" - leads this troper to believe it's meant to be "[for] some reason".
• Gandalf says to Aragorn, "And then you and the others go help Legolas!". Who are "the others"?
• What's with the talking swords?
  • I'm guessing just the rushed writing: the characters see the swords first, then presumably the people holding them, but the author forgot to mention the latter.
• After Laura is brought to Mordor, the Dark Lord forbids his minions from killing her. Fair enough, he might have a legitimate reason to keep her alive. However, he ends up poisoning her later on. Why did he give the order that she be kept alive if he was going to do that? And if he changed his mind for whatever reason... what exactly made him decide to kill her instead?
  • It was probably non-lethal poison meant to prolong suffering.