RotK, Batman, and Little Boys: Meta Meta Meta

So, I do have a bunch of observations about Return of the King that are actually more about the film, itself, than about Other Things Entirely. I have a steadily growing file of noodlings on those observations which will eventually ripen into an actual post about RotK.

But I had a number of moments, watching Tuesday night, in which I experienced an odd sensation -- the sensation of knowing that something I was seeing on the screen was going to wind up fetishised by other people seeing the same film, and being mildly disturbed not (so much) by what was actually happening onscreen, as much as the expectation of (subsequently) seeing something I myself had no kink for being eroticised to the point that I would see it that way. This has a lot to do, I think, with recent discussions about what makes one person's kink another's squick, initiated by Cathexys on virgule, and about the different kinds of stories that involve sexualisation of minors, raised by Te on her own journal.

I fear I'm not being very clear. And... much as I find it odd to consider anything a "spoiler" that comes from source material older than (most of?) the people reading this post: ( mild spoilers for 'Return of the King' within )

What do you all think?