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1. Reply to this post (putting up your hand), and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.
byambiguous_opal // keywords: motherfucking pendragons
I have this icon because I have not yet found the fic. I want fic about the Pendragon family and the complex relationships between them. Something rich and fraught that I can sink my teeth into. I want it to be about their pride and merciless expectations, their strange balance of fierce loyalty and little betrayals. They would fight to the death for each other, and for themselves, but they fight each other too, 'cos that's what happens when you get that many big egos in a room.
I want it to talk about Morgana and Arthur's antagonism and constant competition to be the best fighter and the cleverest, and especially to be Uther's favorite. How, when they started noticing each other's sexiness, well, that just upped the ante. That just amplified their arsenal. There are awkward fumblings, but although curiosity and hormones can overcome pride, they can never truly destroy it because WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PENDRAGONS HERE. Hubriiiiiis. I want it to talk about how hard it was for Arthur to discover that being a good son and being a good prince are perhaps not the same thing, not when it comes to his father. I want exploration of how Uther has good intentions but poor execution when it comes to ruling a kingdom and raising his kids. I want to be made to sympathize with Uther's ruthlessness -- not to think he was right, but to understand. And Uther and Morgana: what's going on with the weird sexual chemistry there? Uther pretends not to notice, thinks that he loves her because he loved Gorlois, thinks that he loves her because he honors Gorlois always. Well, those parts are true, but YOU KNOW. Morgana is aware of her power as a woman. She notices as she grows up the effect she has on the people around her and she learns how to use this. She canonically knows how to wrap the Pendragon men around her little finger.
And THAT'S THE THING, right there. I want fic about the codependence of Pendragons, about how they know how to hurt each other best. AUGH. I want fic about them being terrible and heartbreaking and TRYING SO HARD (or not enough!), and refusing to acknowledge confusion. They're so tangled up in each other, these Pendragons, that when destiny comes to pull them apart, it is going to HURT LIKE A BITCH. Uther will descend, Arthur will ascend, Morgana will transcend, and like, hfjkslfdjsf AUGH. oh man oh man. MOTHERFUCKING PENDRAGONS.
Okay, I gave you the outline. NOW SOMEONE WRITE IT. D:
bypilot101 // keywords: pierre did truly love the mademoiselle
This is Mia and Vincent from Pulp Fiction, and it's my PARTYTIMES icon. I actually have a whole bunch of icons that can qualify as partytimes icons, 'cos I don't tend to post on LJ when I'm in emofunk mode. The picture is, of course, from the twist contest in the diner. The keywords are lyrics from "You Never Can Tell", which is the song they were dancing to. Quoth the Wiki, Chuck Berry wrote it when he was in jail for intent to commit a sex crime. OKAY. I went through a huuUUuUUge Tarantino phase back in high school. I harbor a soft spot for it still, though I've yet to see that double feature that he did. This icon is used for expressions of great joy, and for times when I feel or wish to feel like Mia Wallace.
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come_daylight // keywords: stole for every occasion
Morganaaaaaaa of AWESOME. She is my favorite, when it's not Arthur, or Will, or the dragon, or Gaius. (I need fic about Gaius's questionable motives soooo badly, you don't understand. Remembrance can't be the only one out there, can it?!) I can't remember whether I loved Morgana or Arthur first. I love that she doesn't shy away from her femininity, and that she knows how to USE IT. Also, as my keywords imply, bitch can accessorize like nooooobody's business, and sometimes with hilarious results. Remember the time when there was a famine (or was it a gryphon?) and she was out there offering succor to the ppl in this ridiculous white fur thing that like ATE HER FACE? Or when she was going to go fight some brigands and she wore the most unwieldy-looking necklace ever, unless that was armor. Morgana is TO THE NINES, people. To the fucking nines. The former icon attached to these keywords was Morgana with a sword (and another stole), but I couldn't resist the decadence of this one. This is my "I am woman and I don't need to roar to get you to do what I want" icon.
What is the photoshoot that this icon is originally from? Does anyone have a link?
by me // keywords: veins and arteries
This is Manila at night. It's one of the business districts, though I forget if it's Makati or Ortigas. I think Ortigas, since I live near there and I wanted a picture that is ~*meaningful*~. I have distinct memories of making this icon while watching an episode of Avatar. The text says "pearl of the orient", which is Manila's nickname. Basically, I wanted an icon for talking about the Philippines, and probably the tropics in general. Initially I just used my icon of Pevensies frolicking on the beach because BEACHES, but this way I can also use it to talk about general urban or development-related things. The keywords are pretty predictable: roads as the circulatory system of a city, the city is in my blood, etc.
by me // keywords: nomad
An icon to talk about traveling, cultural identity, and international development. I fucked up the Americas during Photoshopping. The Gulf of Mexico appears to have expanded northwards, and Chile is Baja-ing off of South America. This is a typical product of my more ambitious icon-making, where it's just like, "Hmm, what does this button do?"
by me // keywords: the queen save god
The most recently uploaded icon of these 6. There's a post-TLB aura going on here, a 'problem of Susan' feeling. What can I say about Susan Pevensie that I haven't said before, in both fic and flail form? Seriously. The keywords are a bit clumsy - it's just 'god save the queen' reversed [/Capt. Obvious - but I'm not inclined to change it now. I used to make more batches of icons with a lot of effects and brushes all over 'em, clever text here and there, but I'm liking the off-centered foregrounds with lots of negative space. First of all, it takes up less time. Second of all, sometimes when I'm icon-shopping I think, "Hmm, this icon would be nice, but the text is really awkward." But anywayz, back to Susan. Quand l'environnement bouge, il faut changer pour rester soi-même. She is vast, she contains multitudes.
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cupiscent:1. Reply to this post (putting up your hand), and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.
by
ambiguous_opal // keywords: motherfucking pendragonsI have this icon because I have not yet found the fic. I want fic about the Pendragon family and the complex relationships between them. Something rich and fraught that I can sink my teeth into. I want it to be about their pride and merciless expectations, their strange balance of fierce loyalty and little betrayals. They would fight to the death for each other, and for themselves, but they fight each other too, 'cos that's what happens when you get that many big egos in a room.
I want it to talk about Morgana and Arthur's antagonism and constant competition to be the best fighter and the cleverest, and especially to be Uther's favorite. How, when they started noticing each other's sexiness, well, that just upped the ante. That just amplified their arsenal. There are awkward fumblings, but although curiosity and hormones can overcome pride, they can never truly destroy it because WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PENDRAGONS HERE. Hubriiiiiis. I want it to talk about how hard it was for Arthur to discover that being a good son and being a good prince are perhaps not the same thing, not when it comes to his father. I want exploration of how Uther has good intentions but poor execution when it comes to ruling a kingdom and raising his kids. I want to be made to sympathize with Uther's ruthlessness -- not to think he was right, but to understand. And Uther and Morgana: what's going on with the weird sexual chemistry there? Uther pretends not to notice, thinks that he loves her because he loved Gorlois, thinks that he loves her because he honors Gorlois always. Well, those parts are true, but YOU KNOW. Morgana is aware of her power as a woman. She notices as she grows up the effect she has on the people around her and she learns how to use this. She canonically knows how to wrap the Pendragon men around her little finger.
And THAT'S THE THING, right there. I want fic about the codependence of Pendragons, about how they know how to hurt each other best. AUGH. I want fic about them being terrible and heartbreaking and TRYING SO HARD (or not enough!), and refusing to acknowledge confusion. They're so tangled up in each other, these Pendragons, that when destiny comes to pull them apart, it is going to HURT LIKE A BITCH. Uther will descend, Arthur will ascend, Morgana will transcend, and like, hfjkslfdjsf AUGH. oh man oh man. MOTHERFUCKING PENDRAGONS.
Okay, I gave you the outline. NOW SOMEONE WRITE IT. D:
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pilot101 // keywords: pierre did truly love the mademoiselleThis is Mia and Vincent from Pulp Fiction, and it's my PARTYTIMES icon. I actually have a whole bunch of icons that can qualify as partytimes icons, 'cos I don't tend to post on LJ when I'm in emofunk mode. The picture is, of course, from the twist contest in the diner. The keywords are lyrics from "You Never Can Tell", which is the song they were dancing to. Quoth the Wiki, Chuck Berry wrote it when he was in jail for intent to commit a sex crime. OKAY. I went through a huuUUuUUge Tarantino phase back in high school. I harbor a soft spot for it still, though I've yet to see that double feature that he did. This icon is used for expressions of great joy, and for times when I feel or wish to feel like Mia Wallace.
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come_daylight // keywords: stole for every occasionMorganaaaaaaa of AWESOME. She is my favorite, when it's not Arthur, or Will, or the dragon, or Gaius. (I need fic about Gaius's questionable motives soooo badly, you don't understand. Remembrance can't be the only one out there, can it?!) I can't remember whether I loved Morgana or Arthur first. I love that she doesn't shy away from her femininity, and that she knows how to USE IT. Also, as my keywords imply, bitch can accessorize like nooooobody's business, and sometimes with hilarious results. Remember the time when there was a famine (or was it a gryphon?) and she was out there offering succor to the ppl in this ridiculous white fur thing that like ATE HER FACE? Or when she was going to go fight some brigands and she wore the most unwieldy-looking necklace ever, unless that was armor. Morgana is TO THE NINES, people. To the fucking nines. The former icon attached to these keywords was Morgana with a sword (and another stole), but I couldn't resist the decadence of this one. This is my "I am woman and I don't need to roar to get you to do what I want" icon.
What is the photoshoot that this icon is originally from? Does anyone have a link?
by me // keywords: veins and arteries
This is Manila at night. It's one of the business districts, though I forget if it's Makati or Ortigas. I think Ortigas, since I live near there and I wanted a picture that is ~*meaningful*~. I have distinct memories of making this icon while watching an episode of Avatar. The text says "pearl of the orient", which is Manila's nickname. Basically, I wanted an icon for talking about the Philippines, and probably the tropics in general. Initially I just used my icon of Pevensies frolicking on the beach because BEACHES, but this way I can also use it to talk about general urban or development-related things. The keywords are pretty predictable: roads as the circulatory system of a city, the city is in my blood, etc.
by me // keywords: nomad
An icon to talk about traveling, cultural identity, and international development. I fucked up the Americas during Photoshopping. The Gulf of Mexico appears to have expanded northwards, and Chile is Baja-ing off of South America. This is a typical product of my more ambitious icon-making, where it's just like, "Hmm, what does this button do?"
by me // keywords: the queen save god
The most recently uploaded icon of these 6. There's a post-TLB aura going on here, a 'problem of Susan' feeling. What can I say about Susan Pevensie that I haven't said before, in both fic and flail form? Seriously. The keywords are a bit clumsy - it's just 'god save the queen' reversed [/Capt. Obvious - but I'm not inclined to change it now. I used to make more batches of icons with a lot of effects and brushes all over 'em, clever text here and there, but I'm liking the off-centered foregrounds with lots of negative space. First of all, it takes up less time. Second of all, sometimes when I'm icon-shopping I think, "Hmm, this icon would be nice, but the text is really awkward." But anywayz, back to Susan. Quand l'environnement bouge, il faut changer pour rester soi-même. She is vast, she contains multitudes.
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LOVE AND SPITE AND NECESSITY IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHERRRR
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*sigh* I actually have -- sort of that fic, though it's also sort of a ghost story, and sort of about letting things go -- plotted out, and tiny snips of it written, but WHO KNOWS if it'll ever get finished. I may settle for writing the Arthur/Morgana where they're on the run after Uther's death and Camelot's fall to Saxon invaders, and she's heavily complicit in said fall/Uther's death.
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More than that, I am lazy. :(
I want this hypothetical fic to rip my heart to pieces already!
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I think that was one of the many many things that was so awesome about zempasuchil's 'Rewriting the Old Language' fic. Parts of it were like what I imagine the motherfucking Pendragons fic would be like, only you know, AU. XD
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The Office and Skins! My favorite fandoms that I hardly talk about.
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I only just got into The Office and Skins this summer, and man, I love them both SO MUCH. I don't understand how I made it through twenty-one years of my life without watching them, I really don't.
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