Fluttery Elves...

[curiouswombat]

When discussing stormwreath's all penguin AU Silmarillion I mentioned that there was also a butterfly AU for Buffy, (and a fairy Spike, if I remember rightly!). I said I thought fluttery, butterfly, elves might be a bit too much. Then I remembered a picture I took a little over a year ago...

I took this picture at an exhibition about theatre and film costume. It is actually a design for Oberon's costume in A Midsummer's Night Dream - circa 1900 or so I think.

But the main reason I took the photo is because, I fear, it does look a little like Orlando Bloom's Legolas... dressed as a butterfly and sucking a lemon!

Comments

[minuial_nuwing]

Oh, my - it really does!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Can you imagine his face if Thranduil had ever expected him to wear anything like that?

[minuial_nuwing]

That is a terrifying thought! :D

[scarlet1061.livejournal.com]

Ahhmm, yea, I see.
I think Thranduil DID ask him, and that's the result.

"Why did pa asked me to wear this custom", you'd ask?

Well, he thought that there should be at least ONE respectable portrait of the crown prince. He really did not care that I was busy with the guard, and did not WANT to look respectable, crown OR prince.
What could I do? He IS the king, right?

LOL, very nice wombat

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Of course it may be a portrait of Thranduil himself... :)

[scarlet1061.livejournal.com]

Ouch,
That was evil :-P

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Cute!

i remember the wing-fic fad a few years ago; this is much better!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is much better, isn't it? As long as no-one starts writing stories about it!

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

...dressed as a butterfly and sucking a lemon...

You're right! And now there's tea all over my monitor.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oops! Sorry!

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it does.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

But a very pretty butterfly, of course... :)

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

dressed as a butterfly and sucking a lemon!
*laughs* It really does.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It gave me the giggles at the time - but I'd forgotten it until now.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

LOL! I love your description!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

He is not a happy elf, for sure!

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

:)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I love it! I can see Orlando Bloom as you describe him. But, of course, I want to use it in some other part of canon. Imagining theatrical productions in Aman put on by spoiled Finwean adolescents--in the salad days before the Flight of the Noldor.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

But, of course, I want to use it in some other part of canon.

Feel free!

...the Flight of the Noldor... well the wings would come in handy.

[raingirl26.livejournal.com]

hey! you found it. made me laugh.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found it - I forgot to come back and say so.