Unfortunately, fans do very strange things to the things they like. Especially when they're waiting for more of the show/movie/whatever.

I first saw this when my first fandom, Reboot was waiting for Season 4, and we weren't entirely sure if we were going to get a new season. So, what he had was what we had. We had serious debates and not so serious debates, one being "What colour is sprite's blood?" and using arguments from the show for one of the two choices. Then someone suggested that it was neither, and that it was, in fact, the drink 'Orbitz' the most recent odd drink fad at that time. Huh?

Next, the giant Super Virus that was taking over the Super Computer and infecting all the Guardians, was in fact Daemon Square Pants. Again, wha?


But with the Lord of the Rings fandom, the notion that Legolas was always a little girly has always been there. Honest. Even in making the movie, the elf (Orlando) teased the men (Viggo, Sean) for being dirty, the men teased the elf for... not being dirty and kinda preening sometimes. It was a joke between the actors themselves.

As for the fan stories/art/whatever that put Legolas in dresses and make him prissy, you can always boil it down to immaturity. And you know what you can do with immaturity? You can ignore it. Nothing states that you have to look at that sort of fiction or conversations or artworks.

Honestly, don't waste your time with it if you don't like it. It's there. It's out there. So what?

Why do fans do what they do? Because they're a little nuts. I mean, Sherlock fans have now compared Martin Freeman/John to a hedgehog. Whut?

~AW~

On the other hand, I'm sure whole books could be (and probably have been) written about why we laugh when the high are brought low, when the noble are shown to be petty, when the masculine act feminine—not to mention the reverse of all of the above—considering we've been doing so as a species since approximately forever. I don't have time to write a book right now, though, so let's just say "different strokes for different folks" and leave it at that. {= )

~Neshomeh, who is aware that her response is somewhat contradictory, but feels this is appropriate for a topic about Elves.