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[[Versaphile]] invented the term in 2003 in answer to a request by [[Cesare]] for "a snappy sobriquet for the hardcore tru believas" who claimed that the [[The Lord of the Rings]] movie actors [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Dominic Monaghan]] were secretly in love.<ref>[http://www.journalfen.net/community/dl_anon/4387.html?thread=121635#t121635 versaphile's comment] in [[Cesare]]'s post [http://www.journalfen.net/community/dl_anon/4387.html What's in a name?] in the DL_Anon community on [[journalfen]], 2003-04-01. (accessed 2008-10-02)</ref>

[[Versaphile]] invented the term in 2003 in answer to a request by [[Cesare]] for "a snappy sobriquet for the hardcore tru believas" who claimed that the [[The Lord of the Rings]] movie actors [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Dominic Monaghan]] were secretly in love.<ref>[http://www.journalfen.net/community/dl_anon/4387.html?thread=121635#t121635 versaphile's comment] in [[Cesare]]'s post [http://www.journalfen.net/community/dl_anon/4387.html What's in a name?] in the DL_Anon community on [[journalfen]], 2003-04-01. (accessed 2008-10-02)</ref>

===LOTR RPF Tinhat Fan Theories ===

===[[LOTR]] [[RPF]] Tinhat [[Fan Theory|Fan Theories]]===

A particular group of [[Lotrips|LOTR RPS]] fans were communicating on the DataLounge (a GBLT forum), specifically a section called the "Prancing Pony".<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataLounge#The_Tinhats.2FPrancing_Ponies Wikipedia entry], the name refers to a Hobbit tavern in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DataLounge&oldid=239793416 (accessed 2008-09-30)]</ref> On that forum in early 2003, anonymous posters who claimed to be movie industry insiders promised inside information on "the boys" and message passing by subtle gestures and James-Bond-style secrets. The group around [[MsAllegro]] was especially vehement in their belief in the couple. Then the words 'charchuse' (sic) and 'burnt sienna' were mentioned in the forum, amongst other colours. When pictures of Dom and Elijah in yellow and light orangish brown shirts (respectively) turned up, euphoria abounded. The threads exploded, and people who had hitherto wavered on the fringes started to get sucked in.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030803194729/sanityplease.diversesouls.com/history.html Sanity, Please page, on archive.org] (accessed 2008/10/03).</ref> That is, many additional fans started to believe that these actors really were "shouting out" to their supporters by their color choices, ring wearing or non-wearing, and song choices.  Expectations were high that these two men would eventually [[come out]] as a gay couple.

A particular group of [[Lotrips|LOTR RPS]] fans were communicating on the DataLounge (a GBLT forum), specifically a section called the "Prancing Pony".<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataLounge#The_Tinhats.2FPrancing_Ponies Wikipedia entry], the name refers to a Hobbit tavern in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DataLounge&oldid=239793416 (accessed 2008-09-30)]</ref> On that forum in early 2003, anonymous posters who claimed to be movie industry insiders promised inside information on "the boys" and message passing by subtle gestures and James-Bond-style secrets. The group around [[MsAllegro]] was especially vehement in their belief in the couple. Then the words 'charchuse' (sic) and 'burnt sienna' were mentioned in the forum, amongst other colours. When pictures of Dom and Elijah in yellow and light orangish brown shirts (respectively) turned up, euphoria abounded. The threads exploded, and people who had hitherto wavered on the fringes started to get sucked in.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030803194729/sanityplease.diversesouls.com/history.html Sanity, Please page, on archive.org] (accessed 2008/10/03).</ref> That is, many additional fans started to believe that these actors really were "shouting out" to their supporters by their color choices, ring wearing or non-wearing, and song choices.  Expectations were high that these two men would eventually [[come out]] as a gay couple.