I am a shameless thief

[in_the_blue]

Because the sky is blue
Because your mama made me do it
Because I'm tired
Because the world is my oyster
Because the first Season Five Lost trailer is out...

Stole these from MAH BOY WALT lostinapapercup:

Pick four of my icons that make you curious, whether it's because of the content or because of the keywords, and I'll tell you about them. Then I'll pick four of yours and blah blah, icon glee, you know the drill.

Of course, being the rebel I am, you should also feel free to pick four icons from any of my RP characters (the list is in my profile) and ask about those instead if that floats your boat.

ALSO, for the roleplay-minded, tell me a character you think I'd do great justice and I'll do the same for you.

Stubby lives! sff_corgi made this for me right after Order of the Phoenix was released. It's a little bit of denial, a little bit of this and that, a little bit of roleplay. It's Jason Carter teaching an acting class, really, but he was always my idea of a right fine Sirius Black anyway.


Mister Burns! The keyword for this is excellent and that is what I think of when I see this picture, but I have to be a rebel and only use a graphical representation of the word, don't I. Also, in case anyone doesn't know, I live in the beautiful Springfield-like Pacific northwest, home of Matt Groening and The Simpsons. It's only appropriate.


Fuck's sake. Spike looks so perfectly bewildered and disgusted, doesn't he? I probably wear this expression more than any other in these two weeks leading up to the election.


Thursday night JEARS. If you don't know and don't watch Lost, well, it's on Thursday nights and Jack usually bursts into tears at least once every episode. Jack's tears=JEARS, and... this was made by the lovely iconseeyou.


Got sushi? No? Let's go! The presentation is so pretty! And so random! And did I say pretty? I love sushi. When I broke vegetarianism for seafood, it was all sushi's fault.


Wet dog. Yeah. Some days are just kind of like that. This is from Cowboy Bebop Session 2, Stray Dog Strut, in which the man who hates kids, pets, and women with attitude ends up with a dog of his very own who, of course, allows himself to be rescued then literally bites the hand that feeds him. I'm not in a great mood, okay? It's pretty much Spike's mantra.

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[alienchrist.livejournal.com]

Who's Hitomi? :3


And I think you'd play an excellent Jean-Luc Picard. Because I think you'd be one of the few people who could carry off his austerity and integrity without sounding pretentious.

Make it so!

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

I love Jean-Luc. I was so excited when ST:TNG came out because oh my God, a Captain who acts like one! I got marginally less fond of him when I read that Patrick Stewart demanded more girl action for him, but whatever: he's still a great character. There are some episodes where Jean-Luc just breaks my heart in all the best ways. He would be a hell of a challenge.

Now, icons.


kells dog
Cymru am byth! = "Wales forever!"
An illustration from the Book of Kells. I like it for its simplicity, and sometimes I just need an icon that doesn't really mean anything but is still pretty and lyrical and graceful.


Jeff Buckley
Another Scorpio. We're the best, aren't we? Is it sad to be such a huge fan of someone who died leaving such a small musical legacy? I adored him then, I adore him now. I get sad every year on the anniversary of his death.


no opinion
My very favorite of Jet Black's lines. Need I say more?


love in Tokyo
This is possibly my VERY favorite scene from Cat's Eye. Poor beleaguered detective Toshio Utsumi is having a bad day. Okay, every day is a bad day because he can't EVER catch Cat's Eye! In this episode (1x7) he has a fight with his girlfriend, Hitomi, and is so so sad all episode long. At the very end he manages to convince the owner of this building to set the lights to read "I Love Hitomi" and he calls her up and tells her to look out her window. She sees the building and smiles, and that's the end of the episode. ♥ I'm shameless, I admit it.

Hitomi's the girl in this icon. Toshio's in her lap.

Your Icons, Your Turn

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Re: Your Icons, Your Turn

[alienchrist.livejournal.com]

This is a cap from the actually not-great movie Moon Child. Without summarizing the whole story, basically the two heroes of the film are reunited only at one of the hero's death - an end he made for himself. We start to realize that Shou (the one in white), a human and a gangster, is a far bigger monster than Kei, a vampire. That monster had needed Kei as his conscience, and without him spiraled completely out of control. Kei grieves for his dear friend, whom he arrives too late to save. I use this icon to express the more helpless, angry side of grief. Its subject line is from a song by Voltaire from the perspective of a fallen angel, also mourning the loss of human life, "You're gone from here, away from here, don't leave me here, I hate it here."



A still from Tori Amos's "Spark" video. She said of the video, "I wanted to make a video where the girl has the will to live." She escapes a car crash and runs through the woods blindfolded with her hands behind her back. I use this icon very rarely, but for when I feel trapped, but I'm fighting. The title line, "We'll see how brave you are," is from her song "Yes, Anastasia."




Another still from a music video, this is Gara, the vocalist of Merry, for the "Japanese Modernist" video. I think maybe he's supposed to be a tengu? Anyway, I liked this shot. I use it for when I'm extending myself and finding my own wings, so to speak. The title "My Wings" is a Lacuna Coil song.



This is from a site full of CG eroguro fanart, and one of the icons I get asked about the most. She's strangling herself with a power cord. I could write a long time about my opinions of eroguro and the thoughts behind the pairing of erotic and grotesque, but to me it's basically about examining the intent of Japanese eroticism and pushing that exploitation to its next logical extreme.

I use this when I feel like I've "left enough rope to hang myself with" or something. Just angry but taking it out on myself, usually. The title is choke for obvious reasons.