10 Day challenge - day 8

[dizzojay]

This is another case of attraction to the character rather than the actor...

I remember when I saw Lord of the Rings fo the first time, and being absolutely fascinated by Legolas:



My attraction to Legolas wasn't exactly physical, it was more aesthetic.  I'd honestly never seen such a beautiful, elegant male character before.  I didn't want to have sexytimes wth Legolas, I just wanted to stand him in the corner and look at him forever!  There was even a time when I thought that Legolas was a partly CG character because I didn't believe that he could possibly be fully human.

It's odd, because 'pretty' isn't normally my thing when men are concerned, but I was absolutely transfixed by Legolas from the moment he first appeared on the screen at the Council of Elrond in the Fellowship of the Ring.

However, when I first saw Orlando Bloom in his 'natural' state, I was like "yeah, he's a decent looking guy, but..."

It must be the long, blond hair and pointy ears!

Comments

[fanspired]

I think my crush on Legolas goes back to the books. Certainly to the Bakshi animation. There's always been something aetherial about him. But Jackson added a dash of cool. I loved his heat-seeking arrows that shot round corners :P And his physical stunts that defied physics! :D

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Do you remember the scene where he swings up onto the Oliphant!!!
Legolas sure is a BAMF - just a very pretty one :D

[fanspired]

How could I forget?!!! :D

In the appendices, they showed Orlando Bloom reacting when the FX team first showed him what the scene was going to look like. He was super chuffed they were going to make him look so cool! :D