quick recs and a thought...

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LotR rec
(aka. Gondor has no clothes. Gondor NEEDS no clothes.)

::pokes ponderosa121:: M'dear?

Wanna see Faramir's ass?? Or as broknangel87 so wonderfully states: A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality.

::leer::

Love the dimples. I really do.

Needless to say, this is not worksafe...

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Eminem rec
(aka. The dark moody w00bie)

This drawing of Eminem pointed out by inkbug is so incredibly incredibly neat. It's one of those things that I can't stop staring at.

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Good Omens / Dogma rec
(aka. Their Love is so angelic!)

One Big Happy Pantheon a crossover by K.A. Rose

Good Omens and Dogma and all the insanity and hilarity of both, one of the best crossovers I've read and I LOVE it's brand of humor:

Aziraphale crouched down beside Ellen, and the toddler looked up at him. He cooed. "It's not every day you meet a Christ child, is it?"

"It's not all it's cracked up to be," Bethany said wearily.

"No?" said Aziraphale, letting little Ellen grasp one of his extended fingers and shake it excitedly.

"It's a complete nightmare, trying to wash her," the woman explained. "She keeps crawling on top of the water. Or turning it into grape juice."

(much love to girlwithjournal for finding the link for me!)

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Pic rec
(aka. The OMGWTF)

::pokes the soft-serve gay ice cream crew::

Look at the second picture here.

I swear to god, Orlando Bloom looks like the bastard lovechild of Antonio Banderas.

(The first pic is of Sean Bean looking ruggedly outdoorsy)

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PotC rec

fabu has made Will appreciation icons!

This is, shall we say, a little more than long overdue...ah, poor Will, it's either he's ElizabethInPants or the BornAgainPirate or the YoungJack, and really? He's not.

His logic can be *just* as opaque and impenetrable as Jack's, only it's from a different angle. And, even MORE difficult, he's the character that changes the most in course of the movie, which means that Will is freqently inconsistent in his consistency. Will is in That State of Change, which I think most fanfics picked up on, but is therefore fiendishly difficult to keep the character consistent within himself and still accomplish all of a slasher's objectives.

Heck, I think it's almost as bad as the difference between fanon!Draco and canon!Draco...

And thus, the Will Turner Defense League was dubbed...


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Random Pondering
(aka. What's in a Name?)

Nowhere is it so apparent as in HP fandom:

DM: Potter!
HP: Malfoy!!
DM: Potter.
HP: Malfoy...
DM: Harry?
HP: Draco!
Both: ::SNOG!::

MiscCharacter: I'm going to call you Severus.
SS: You're touched. Really.
MiscCharacter: I'm still alive! You love me!

...and, heh, I've done it myself. Partly it's the implications and history behind the names, which is obvious, but


that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;


Would it, really? Certainly the inherent identity of the rose doesn't change upon it's naming, but the perception of the object so identified does.

Example: some roses don't have scent, and others don't look like the sterotypical rose. If given a flower that smells like nothing, looks like nothing you know, would it have the same emotional impact as a rose?

Another example: would Draco have looked at all redeemable if that very first someone or other hadn't declared him to be?

Which, in itself, is an interesting statement: Draco was not redeemable until someone saw him as redeemable.


so it has been said,
so it shall be done


A name as identification and identifier, a true name, a false name, a non-name?

What's the order with Aragorn's multiple names? The nameless, kingdomless king that drifts in the woods.

That greasy kid the Half-Elven's daughter fell in love with. (Snape=Aragorn?, ::sporfle:: Harry=Frodo, Ron=Sam, Draco=Legolas, Hermione=Gimli, Sirius=Boromir?? XD)


From antiquity, people have recognized the connection
between naming and power.


And what's up with our dear Agent Sands? He wears his father's name like a fanny pack, or at least avoided exposing the soft-underbelly of his personal names until two rather important balls of flesh had been torn away from him.

(Yes, that was intentional.)

And our dear El Mariachi, named despite himself? for himself? did he shed his old name like an unused shell? does he not trust to give his name again? does he not care what his old name is? Does he not care who he is?

Does he *realize* what people have named him as?

I think he does. And the near arrogance of it and the confidence of it is most lovely to see.

The man with no name? Or the man the people named?


Name a thing,
and you'll have power over it.


And what of the man who names himself?

Captain Jack Sparrow, despite his shiplessness.

Jack Sparrow. except when...

"Jaaaaaack." Barbossa says to him, in dulcet tones of familiarity.

"We named the monkey, Jack."


...is a Captain, by any other name, just as swish, without a boat to slide on?

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...mehp, enough for now, back to being ass-raped by my assignments. (as for yesterday's thing, I ended up begging help like the desperate needy thing I am. =P)

Comments

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

Your recs are always the very very bestest.

Lovely Faramir ass there. Lovely. So that's what you were on about. :-D *eyes pond with you*

The Orli is MINE! *rightclicks* ANd I now have soft serve gay ice cream as one of my interests. Didn't realize what I was missing.

The names thing, SO TRUE.

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[permetaform]

ANd I now have soft serve gay ice cream as one of my interests.

::grins:: It amuses and delights me to no end how much the fandom uses the interests' list for in-jokes...

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

And best of luck with the assignments.

Think of it as buggery with bondage, and let your imagination do the rest. Becuase the one being topped is really the one with the control.

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[permetaform]

::hugs:: thank you!

and that icon? too perfect considering the context...

[calicokat.livejournal.com]

...mehp, enough for now, back to being ass-raped by my assignments

So, I know it's bed time for me when I read that "Enough for now, back to being ass-raped by midgets." and I'm like "*swallows peppermint tea heavily in shock to keep from choking* What's that supposed to mean!!?!?" Now that I am done drinking the tea for my irritable throat, I suppose I can to bed.

Hmmm... Wenham ass. On the down side, not Sean Bean ass, not as taunt and shapely, but does have cute dimples. On the down side, has skinny arms and legs like Sean Bean, neither of them v. manly. On the up side, has far more signifigant chest hair. Gets points for having a very nice back. The shoulder blades, I mean. I love his shoulder blades. I don't like his lower back, however. Sean Bean is better naked. I guess I'm only comparing them because I slash Boromir and Farmir together. Speaking of, we're long overdue for the second chapter of Crossroads. Argh. Darn it. Beta has not been around, and there's a rough part in this chapter I really wanted his special touch on. Perhaps I'll try and fix it again and then post. WAGH!! Would have to get the most recent copy from Jaida... don't know if she fixed it more. *tip*fall over* Why are people yelling outside my window? Maybe I'll get started on editing Chapter 3 tomorrow so that we can release it close to Chapter 2. Fwee!

I really am going to have to look at this rose bit in the morning. Cannot parse now. Ass-raped by midgets, man... by midgets...

z__z *tips out of her chair and falls asleep on the floor*

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"Enough for now, back to being ass-raped by midgets."

::ponder:: can you even be decently raped by midgets? I mean, I suppose if they used more than just themselves or something, but still...

Sean Bean is better naked.

::grins:: Ever since this? <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/ponderosa121/212534.html>oh yes</a>. <i>Speaking of, we're long overdue for the second chapter of Crossroads. </i> ::bounces:: I would offer, but...::points at homework pile:: looking forward to it, and I give you blessings to avoid the midgets...

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[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

::ponder:: can you even be decently raped by midgets? I mean, I suppose if they used more than just themselves or something, but still...

Many years ago I went to a Shire Horse stud. Now they also had a few Shetland Ponies, including a yearling colt. They let him run with the Shire Horse mares because they were sure he'd never manage to mount any of them. Eleven months later they had a bunch of ShirexShetland foals and no idea how he'd managed it.

Gina

[musexmoirai.livejournal.com]

Off topic, but I saw this site: http://spectacle.provocateuse.com/ and thought of you.

Enjoy, m'dear.

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[permetaform]

ooooo, thank you!

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[musexmoirai.livejournal.com]

*grin* you're welcome. glad to share the love

[xoverau.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, Em drawing and ass. It's all good.

[permetaform]

::hands you popcorn:: no. kidding.

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[xoverau.livejournal.com]

Dimply ass, even. *wibble*

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[permetaform]

the dimples kill me, and they're a nice plumpness too...::goes to stare again::

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[xoverau.livejournal.com]

The scratching in the lefthand bottom pic gets me.

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[permetaform]

::grins:: it helps that it kinda sorta looks like he's groping his own ass...

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[xoverau.livejournal.com]

If you had that ass, wouldn't you grope it?

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[permetaform]

ah, point taken...=)

[ponderosa121.livejournal.com]

Arse! *faints* Good thing I didn't look until I had finished my resume otherwise I'd be unable to concentrate after that. Those shots are so crying out for a good groping. ;-;

Orlando is soverymuch the bastard child of Antonio. Antonio and Johnny. He gets the cutesy facial hair and questionable fashion sense from Johnny, and the curly hair and lickable chin from Antonio. *nods*

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Those shots are so crying out for a good groping.

::giggles:: true, but they also scream out "Property of Gondor," and as I am weak little girl, I would like to stay in one piece...

He gets the cutesy facial hair and questionable fashion sense from Johnny, and the curly hair and lickable chin from Antonio.

that would...explain so very very much. especially the hot/silly photos of Orlando (from Antonio) and the puppy eyes (from Johnny)...



(tho, from inkbug's photos, he might as well have gotten it from both parents...)

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

I'm too tired to say anything coherent about the very interesting subject of names except, um, word. Yeah.

[enomine.livejournal.com]

(Snape=Aragorn?, ::sporfle:: Harry=Frodo, Ron=Sam, Draco=Legolas, Hermione=Gimli, Sirius=Boromir?? XD)

Then would Peter be Gollum?

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[permetaform]

that makes so much sense...

but who would be merry and pippen??

I'm having too much fun

[enomine.livejournal.com]

First names that popped into my head were Luna and Ginny.

Or if you'd rather keep the genders proper, Colin and Neville. *snerk*

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[permetaform]

true true...I'm kinda tempted to have Gandalf be Dumbledore, but I almost want him to be Lily or James...

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[enomine.livejournal.com]

But Gandalf=Dumbledore seems kind of contrived. I like Lily for Gandalf, or Mad-Eye Moody.

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[permetaform]

but Mad-Eye turned out to be evil...I personally kinda like Lily because of the "Thou Shall Not PASS!" thing.

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[enomine.livejournal.com]

Was he evil in OotP? I've still not gotten past page 240-something... *procrastinator*

I had to snicker at the image your comment gave me. Very clever. Now the question is: who are you going to cast in all the other elvish parts? I'm liking the idea of Remus as Arowen. But that's my Snape/Lupin angst ship hoisting it's flag.

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Was he evil in OotP?

nah, just making a reference to fake!Moody...hey, maybe he's Saruman?

and I can see Remus as Arwen; that'll possibly get many screams but it'll give an excuse for Dumbledore=Elrond. Whatever the case, Arwen would've had to be someone Sev's known practically forever, and I really can't see Lucius as Arwen...

Maybe Lucius=LurtzTheHotOrc?

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[enomine.livejournal.com]

*confuzzled* LurtzTheHotOrc? *also procrastinating on finally reading LotR*

How about Lucius=Eomer? And Narcissa=Eowyn? There she is trying to lure Sev into her bed, but there's the light of the Lupin, shining bright in his heart! Hmmm, but I can't see Lucius putting any effort into helping anyone. He'd also be a good Saruman though.

Or maybe I'm on crack. Either is good for me. ^_~

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Lucius putting any effort into helping anyone.

yeah.

oh, and the orc isn't in the novel I think...Lurtz is what they named the orc that killed Boromir. Though, come to think of it, maybe that should be Bellatrix?

As for Narcissa=Eowyn, that also brings up the question: who's Faramir?

Ooo! I see Lucius as Saruman! yes! And I think Peter's gonna havta do double duty as Wormtongue...unless you want Umbridge there?

And I'm thinking we might be able to use Tonks for perhaps two characters or something (based on the shapeshifting...)

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[enomine.livejournal.com]

I like Bellatrix for Lurtz. Peter would be a great Wormtongue as well.

Are you actually going to write this? I'm all for it!

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eeep, I dunno. There's too much on my plate already, you're free to spread the bunnies if you want. At the very most, it would be way down below my PotC and OUaTiM projects and a couple of HP WIPs that I still want to beat into shape and present...

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Hmm, names. A very interesting subject. A bunch of my OCs only had one name apiece until I wrote them into the Administration Universe where everyone has that sort of info held on the central databases - and of course Toreth had to go investigating them. (That one's finally made it to the last stage of editing now - hurrah!)

Meanwhile, in 'Mexico' fic, I'm never entirely sure how El thinks of himself in his head. I usually go with 'the mariachi' (no capitalisation) even though that's at odds with most fanon.

Shall think more on this...

Gina

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I usually go with 'the mariachi' (no capitalisation) even though that's at odds with most fanon.

huh, makes sense. What boggles me tho, is the sudden realization that if that is the case, El's pretty much referring to himself in third person...

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[guede-mazaka.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think of myself by my first name. I think of myself as 'me' and 'I'. Occasionally 'crazy-obsessed writer.'

Desperado--El doesn't ask anyone's name there, except possibly Carolina's, and from their talk in the bookstore, I get the sense that El categorizes people by allegiance, not by name. Cartel and mariachi. No in-between, hence why he's so pissed at Carolina for taking money from the cartels before they even met. It's more a set of associations than a concrete name. Which I use to no end, because El can go with either mariachi or pistolero, or both, which has to do a number on his brain.

And Sands can go any way you want him to. He's so great as a character like that.

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose

[franzeska]

But that doesn't mean I want to refer to it as anything else.

Hmm... It's interesting. I pretty much can't find a fic hot when the characters change what they call each other. I like it when the use of last names changes from a sign of real dislike into a sort of inside joke. It's much more interesting to me to see that sort of interior change. I hate (hate, HATE, HATE) fics where an overt name change substitutes for an actual change in characterization. Granted, a writer can use the name changing thing and still be subtle, but it really never works for me. Once I know someone by a certain name, I will always think of them as that name and it really doesn't matter whether they are fictional or real or whether it's their actual name or a stupid nick name I first knew them by. (A number of college friends come to mind.)

I'm not a big H/D fan anyway, so I don't really care what they call each other, but I always get annoyed at Snape/Black fics where Sirius actually calls him "Severus". ("Sevy" is even more clearly an abomination that must DIE! ...along with 'Mione, Hermy, Siri, Rus, Remy, Sev, and pretty much any nickname other than "Ginny".)

I have the same reaction to an anime fandom I used to be part of, actually. There was this one character that everyone, probably up to and including his wife, knew by his last name. In fanon, he invariably does the name switcharoo and sometimes even gets a deplorable nick-name. Ugh. Well... Actually, he already has a stupid nickname in canon, but it's one of those bad-ass, you've killed lots of people sort of nick-names that random third parties use to refer to him when he isn't there.

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I'm not a big H/D fan anyway, so I don't really care what they call each other, but I always get annoyed at Snape/Black fics where Sirius actually calls him "Severus".

heh, I agree with the cringing over the "Let's Nickname Severus!" movement; as for H/D it's not even the pet names that I wince at but the fact that, if the one in any way, shape, or immaterial form decides to call the other by their first name, then it's truwwww loooooove. ::rolls eyes::

as for the anime fandoms? ::giggles:: bless them, but they're young. And I used to be part of that, so I can't throw stones...

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[franzeska]

Yes. H/D is probably the most obvious pairing for finding fics where the name thing has supplanted the character development thing. < insert more ranting here >

Young? I suppose some of the fandoms haven't been around for that many years, but neither would I call them young. As for the fans, I have reason to think that a number of the worst offenders in the RK fandom were far from the teeny-bopper morons I'd like to believe they were. *sigh* Damned anime fandoms. I avoid them now, though I'll go back to writing anime, or rather manga fanfic once I read enough of Yu Yu Hakusho to be able to inflict some really excessively canon-filled Yusuke/Kuwabara on the world.

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[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

"Sevy" is even more clearly an abomination that must DIE! ...along with 'Mione, Hermy, Siri, Rus, Remy, Sev, and pretty much any nickname other than "Ginny"

Is it just me, or does "Hermy" sound sort of... pervy? As for Snape, I get the feeling that calling him by a nickname of any sort (especially a cutesy one such as "Sevvie") would be to invite an attack of withering sarcasm and possibly get you poisoned. Dumbledore and Remus (and Possibly Minerva, I can't recall for sure) call him Severus (Quirell/Voldemort did too). The entire rest of the world (including most of his teaching colleagues), call him Snape. I think he's just one of those people who choose to go by their last name. If your first name was Severus, wouldn't you?

The only nickname he's ever had in canon is "Snivellous," which for some reason rarely appears in slash fics.

And as for "Remy"... I'm a long-time X-men fan, so when I see Sirius, for example, call his lover "Remy," part of my brain short-circuits and becomes insistant that he's getting it on with Gambit. Which would be brain-breakingly hot, but is probably not what the writer had in mind.