Dominic Monaghan/Elijah Wood

Dominic Monaghan/Elijah Wood, also known as Domlijah, is a popular pairing in Lord of the Rings RPF that became infamous in fandom for the large number of fans who believed that the two actors were secret boyfriends in real life. Domlijah lives on as the reason that the term tinhat was coined, though overall fandom activity for Lotrips decreased after the film trilogy was completed.
==Tinhatting History==
A particular group of LOTR RPS fans were communicating on the DataLounge (a GBLT forum), specifically a section called the "Prancing Pony".Wikipedia entry, the name refers to a Hobbit tavern in The Lord of the Rings. (accessed 2008-09-30) 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.Sanity, Please page, on archive.org (accessed 2008/10/03). 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.
In 2016 one fan described their experience of Prancing Pony thusly:
Fans who disagreed with the Prancing Pony shippers created a web site dispelling the rumors: Sanity, Please. Elijah Wood Is Very, Very Gay was fansite that parodied Domlijah tinhatting. 
The actors explicitly denied being a couple several times, making fun of the various rumors. Dom said at a convention Q&A in 2003, that the actors had "read rumors of a contract they signed with New Line that they wouldn't come out as gay until after Return of the King." Dom laughed, and added, in a sarcastic tone that they were "thinking of walking down the red carpet holding hands for Return of the King." Fan report, October 5, 2003 (archived at TheOneRing.net, accessed 2008/10/3) Nothing like that, or any other kind of public announcement ever happened, and the actors have continued to deny any romantic involvement with each other. Sept. 12, 2005 Newsweek interview with Dominic Monaghan (accessed 2008-10-24) As of April 2010, these actors have both mentioned long-term girlfriends.
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* Reduced Rates by chaya
* Easy Now by Cesare
* Wish It Would Rain Down (The Night Before The Morning After Remix) by kyuuketsukirui
* Delirium by cimorene
===Podfic===
* (Podfic) Dom's on top again (Trip me as I speak) by sophinisba
* Birthday Toes by sophinisba
===Fanart===
===Fanvids===
==Links & Resources==
* DOMinate Me Please!, a Domlijah fiction page
* DOMLIJAH RECS by ivana82 (2005)
* Dominic Monaghan/Elijah Wood works on AO3
* domlijah tag on Tumblr
==References==
Category:Slash Pairings
Category:Actor RPF Relationships
Category:Lotrips