*Ah yes, Legolas' inferiority complex... he's pretty, yes, but can't bare to be in competition with other pretty things. Why do you think you never see him near Arwen?*
True, in point of fact he spent most of his time before the Council of Elrond sulking in his room and trying all sorts of beauty tricks to make himself look far better than her. Unfortunately for him, Merry and Pippin picked up on this and some of his beauty products were switched with some rather nasty substances. His mudpack for example...well, maybe I shouldn't go into detail on
that one.
He only volunteered to get away from Arwen so he could be the prettiest and to make Merry and Pippin's deaths look like an accident. Obviously he later repented of the latter, but this is due to the fact that Hobbits are so cute and irresistable that even Elves cannot resist them. Note: That is the official version as recorded in Legolas' biography; however, it's rumored that he forced the Hobbits to replace all of the pilfered beauty products and treat him to a weekend at a fabulous spa. There are also rumors that somehow one of the mudbaths contents were switched with something most foul, and it was at this point that Legolas and Gimli departed to the Grey Havens to begin working on their ship to depart from Middle-Earth forever.