...(and hoping this hasn't been brought up already):

The trailers are showing the non-palace-y quality of Mirkwood, as well as its giant spiders. D'you think we'll get fewer Queen of Mirkwood Sues, or just ones that can't be defeated by spiders/are menaced by spiders and saved by Legolas/Thranduil/Thorin/insert character here?

(Speaking of Legolas...it's always both interesting and often a little heartbreaking to see a character as they were before you met them for the first time, especially if they have a different attitude. Legolas' 'Do not think I will not kill you, dwarf' line, coupled with the sneering facial expression...kind of hurts (in a good way), because a) yay irony! and b) ouch. You haven't changed your tune yet and aaaah you're actually younger here and I know what you'll become, but...yeah. Anyway, I think the line was done well. And Thranduil's design is very good, I think, although perhaps not exactly like the books? Pretty cool-looking, though. And the way they've done Smaug's voice is great, although I'm not so sure about the dragon's design yet...I guess we'll find out! and get Dragon-Slayer!Sues into the bargain who make him look easy to defeat argh. Oh well, we can always take them to meet Glaurung! :D)

Anyway, that's my two cents. And even with the promised fangirl/fanfic explosion, I think it'll be good to see Legolas again--and to meet Tauriel. (Also, maybe we'll get a bit of a character arc for Legolas? Could be interesting...)

In other news: I'm excited for this :D

~DF

When the first movies came out, it was elf fever. Everyone after Legolas.

Something new this time 'round?

Pete created "Hot Dwarves". Be prepared for this new wave. I have my boogie board.

~AW~

Heck; I'll even bet that there was fanfic involving Legolas long before Peter Jackson's film version of the trilogy even so much as made the big screen.

You seem to forget that causing Fanfic Explosions is what Peter Jackson does best- right after enraging die-hard Tolkien fans.

But yes- the combination of pre-movie hype and cute looking guys will be too much for the fangirls, and the adrenaline pumping action will be too much for the fanboys. Smaug especially will draw ever increasing amounts of glory hogging Stus and kind and caring Sues.

We'd better batten down the hatches.

I think so.
Especially since they used so much advertising to promote Thranduil, Bard, Tauriel, and Legolas. (I think that most of the fanfic will be written about Legolas, though.)

Brace yourselves.

Sues are coming.

In all seriousness, the situation will be the same as when the LoTR movies came out. The PPC is going to have to redirect Suefic to the Department of Dead Author Electricity Generation.

Truly. We are gonna be that swamped.

(A Song of Ice and Fire ftw)