From Viggo to Venison (musings on man-flesh)

[cassandraclaire73]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
> Ah, but no... Tolkien makes it clear that hobbits have a different 
lifespan from us Big Folk (though Aragorn as 87 is questionable as 
well, on that score, unless Middle-Earth Big Folk are also long 
livers), and come of age at 33.  Which would mean that a hobbit at 33 
is the equivalent of a Big Man (!) at 21, this being the age of 
adulthood in Tolkien's time in Britain.  Hence Elijah, who is 20 
IIRC, technically looks about the right age, and the Ring will keep 
him that way.  Though I'm interested to see how Peter's going to get 
Elijah looking gaunt and tortured and filthy in Return of the King.  
*Look* at the lad!  He has the face of a pink-skinned, blue-eyed 
cherub... you'd think dirt would evaporate off him into the 
stratosphere!

I'm rather wondering that myself. And looking forward to it. *looks 
guilty, toes the ground.* Elijah seems to do tormented inner 
suffering very well, and frankly, I'm looking forward to the filthy 
and half-starved in Mordor portion of the narrative. (I wonder also 
what will become of Sean Astin, forced to gain 30 pounds for his part 
as Sam. Will he be losing the weight in Mordor? It would be canon if 
he did.) I suppose it would be dreadful if I wondered aloud if 
they'll also keep the bit in ROTK where Sam finds Frodo naked in the 
Orc prison? I have a feeling we will discover that the Orcs have 
kindly left Frodo his undies.

Tabouli: "...which the possible exception of the prospective sexiness 
of Daniel-as-Harry. Actually, I seem to be developing a troubling 
taste for wide-eyed silky-haired  youthful leading men... I also 
thought Elijah-as-Frodo was more appealing than  the more obvious 
candidates for Hunk of the Rings. Hmmm. Err, hang on, hang on, put 
down that call to the p(a)edophile police (though Elijah *is* of 
age...), I think it's not specifically the youth factor, it's the 
youthful outlook factor... that warmth and playfulness and 
steadfastness and creativity (snip)Just add strong, philosophical 
soul (such as that portrayed in Frodo and Harry) and a splash of 
articulate wit, sprinkle with good hair and enjoy!


*giggles* Elijah is twenty-one! He is well within the realm of 
legality. I think it's simply the fact that he looks very young 
combined with the fact that he is, after all, the same boy who was 
once in "Flipper" that makes it seem a mite frightening. I am 
probably captain of the Elijah-is-the-most-appealing-LOTR-boy ship, 
so I am right there with you. And I predict Daniel's future sexiness. 
I thought this was simply an indicator of the fact that I usually 
fall for the heroes with tormented souls and Dark Destinies. Daniel 
and Elijah also have similar coloring: pale skin, dark hair, huge, 
troubled blue eyes. Both look boyish but project an old-soul inner 
sorrow and vulnerability. (Aragorn is also troubled, but nobody could 
call him vulnerable. Legolas is pretty, but looks as if his biggest 
trouble is making sure his hair gets the proper 100 brush strokes 
every morning.) Both have sudden, sweet smiles. Elijah is very 
definitely sexy; Dan someday will be, I predict. And if Elijah can 
manage sexy in big fake feet while being shrunk down by CGI, this, 
IMHO, says great things for him.

Cassie