looooooong post, Keanu and Orli icons

[culuyetille]

Hi *hugs*

I've just come from a fabulous extended weekend plus one class-less Monday. *super happy* dead_pen came from Bauru. ^_____^ I've stayed over at her home from Wednesday evening to Saturday morning *squishes*, during which we've talked, talked, talked, drawn (she conviced me to and I made the first ever Nightwing I found acceptable) and watched SW III together. Mostly we annoyed the people sitting next to us with a. squealing at Hayden and Ewan and b. she was explaining details and bits of the storyline to very ignorant me. We also started building her an on-line portfolio and among other things she drew this cuuuute, i-Pod-ish Jin Kazama. *luffs*

I have to say this post started when I watched Dangerous Liaisons on tv, a few weeks ago. Ever since, Keanu Reeves seems to be falling on my lap almost daily - as killthwight could see ;] *huggles* The man is everywhere!! At least all around me. He was in Much Ado About Nothing, on tv the other day.

*chuckles* My, my. I love Keanu, everybody knows I do. I think he's the purrfect man for the roles they have him in - fine examples being the Matrix trilogy, Devil's Advocate, My Own Private Idaho, etc etc. But that I love him doesn't mean I don't know he is.. let's say, not the most expressive young man. (as in, he seems to firmly believe that conveying emotion should be done by means of adding this little wrinkle between his eyebrows and narrowing his eyes).

It appears the opinion is quite popular, enough to warrant a counter-action by the fans who appreciate Keanu's talent. There is even defending_keanu, a LJ comm dedicated to defending Keanu from bashing. They say in the info that they feel offended Keanu is commonly pointed as an example of bad acting *snorts*

Thinking about the matter while scanning the net for pictures, I realised that what I love about Keanu are his hands, his voice and his eyes. Since he poked my aesthetical sense, thought I should make icons!

Teasers:



(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the twenty-four Keanu Reeves icons to IJ.

Also, recently afra_schatz posted some lovely Orli bases. I'd already fallen in love with him all over again during my visit to killthwight (I'm still gushing over that pic, dear!), and that post gave me ideas... and ideas became icons... *grins* Because him and Keanu are my two favourite inexpressive handsome men. I hope you like these!

Teasers:



(25/out/07)EDIT: because I no longer trust LJ with my material, I've moved the twenty-two Orlando Bloom icons to IJ.

On a different note, so it is that I've gotten myself into yet another cute little slashy pairing (and a new fandom too).

I've spent part of my day at ewan_hayden, sw_slash and similars... so you guess. Yup, Ani/Obi. I blame it partly on dead_pen, because she's the one who got me into SW in the first place. I fear for my sanity... I'm now irretrievably nerd.

I've yet to read anything I'm really in love with, but there is some nice fiction. Just need to find the right archives, I suppose. Ooooh wait, while putting this post together, a very interesting gem came up =]

Title: Dreams of the Avatar
Author: dakinigrl
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan – set during Episode III
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: sex
Summary: Obi-Wan struggles to become free of attachment while meditating at the Jedi retreat.

But I've written this long preamble just so that I could pimp this very un-worksafe piece of artwork.

Title: A Quiet Moment
Artist: Jaxmari (imadra_blue)
Pairing(s): Anakin/Obi-Wan
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): Slash. Nudity. Sex. Do the math, Yoda.

...in Keanu's words... "wow". *giggles with killthwight* This post is long. But I hadn't posted in ages, so it's ok? *hopes*

Comments

[afra_schatz]

Am in a terribel rush - should've left for work ten minutes ago *sheepish smile* - and will comment properly later. As for now: HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS!!! Those icons are so frigging amazing!! I feel our :-I muses awaking inside me again *gg*.

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

LOL I read this comment this morning, when there were five minutes I should have left XD
*hugs*
You're adorable. And it was your post that made me slap my forehead and wonder why the hell I hadn't bothered to save lots of Orli pics on my pc and make icons. He's so pretty *lusts*
I saw something about Nightclub 6 on rp_playground, have I been missing posts? *confused* I really want to follow that fic, I love it.

*laughs lot* yessss, our :-I muses. Oh, so much fun!

[afra_schatz]

About Nightclub: Yeah, well, the parts we posted are all from the first chapter on Playground (about half of #1, actually, we had to split that one up into different smaller "chapters" because it was too long to post it in one on LJ and because we didn't want to kill our beta *g* - the fourth bit of part one has still not returned from the beta, unfortunately). Since then we've written erm, #2, 3, 4, 4b, 5 and just started 6. Feel veeery invited to read them on Playground, but be warned, there's a lot of meta-conversation going on there, too, it's rather rough-drafty :).

Guess what? I'm late for work again... *runs off*

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

*scratches head* ...I'm sort of lost. I think it's better to wait until you post properly.. just please promise you'll link me to it? *puppy eyes*

*hugs* I really hope you're having fun with work =]

[afra_schatz]

Sure, I'll link you to it :). In case you can't wait - This is the original post, the stuff we haven't been able to post yet starts in the last few comments on that page :). -
*hugs back* Work's Demaning with big D, but it's okay, thanks - how bout you?

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

*takes note* I think I'll wait until it's all been beta-ed and all, but thank you *squishes muchly*

I'm ok. Uni is calmer, we're now on pre-tests period. Meaning, in the next three weeks I'm going to go absolutely berserk with the amount of work, but for now I get to be a lazy bum and read some fanfic. ;]
Aw, you've taken the icon!! LOL I made that one with you in mind, actually. I couldn't help snickering during your KoH review, when you said Orli wasn't overacting XD

*hugs* *choses Keanu icon to match*

[psycho-llama.livejournal.com]

Pfft *hates new trilogy slash*

I'm an OT kinda girl myself. Give me some Han/Luke, Han/Lando, Han/Luke/Leia, anything really.

*hates Q/O slashers*

[psycho-llama.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, snagging lots of Orli icons as well ♠ ♣ (just to make up for my overuse of hearts!)

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

*smiles* aw, that's because you haven't read anything really good... in a week or so, I should post with recs. I'm trying to lure more friends into the fandom and pairing ;]

and as for the Q/O slashers... gods, they seem to be everywhere! Archices are infested with them >.<

Oh, I meant to contact you about Orli pics... I've got over 40 very yummy pics of him at my pc, would you like me to e-mail them to you? They're quite big but.. worth it, I say *winks* and LOL, use hearts all you like. They're lovely. ^___^

[psycho-llama.livejournal.com]

I'm not opposed to the idea of Obi/Anakin, it's just that I'm a hardcore OT geek and nothing will ever compare :P

But sure, rec away!

About the Orli pictures- that would be lovely *hugs* My hotmail account has upgraded status so I can receive big files. (Still can't work out diamonds ♥ ♠ ♣ )

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

what is your e-mail? *prepares to send pics* I hope we have similar taste and that you'll like the pics I chose...

=] I'm reading, but soon enough I'll be reccing. And maybe writing, even. Whee! A few friends are trying really hard to get me into OT as well, so I guess it's just a matter of time ;]

[psycho-llama.livejournal.com]

email = crazychickette[at]hotmail[dot]com

I'm sure I'll love all the pics you send :) My favourite Orli is the goatee and curly hair one reminiscent of Marat Safin ♥


(Marat Safin = totally hot Russian tennis player. He's my man.)

Here's some Hayden/Ewan/Jude for you. It's crackalicious! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/hackthis/304691.html#cutid1)

Will find some OT recs for you soon

[psycho-llama.livejournal.com]

There's some good SW slash here (http://prillalar.com/fic/stories/cat_star_wars.php).. Han/Wedge, Han/Lando, Han/Luke, Luke/Wedge, Q/O etc

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

aww thank you, and thanks for the links =D *stores to read later on*

the pics shall be sent shortly, then ;]

[killthwight.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, these are gorgeous!! As I've said, you've certainly been productive as of late XD I <3 the fact Keanu's icons are 'soft' while Orli's icons are 'cute'. Tem uma diferença entre eles como pessoas, e acho que você refletiu isso muito bem nos seus icons!

Heh, Keanu's been following you while Firth's been after me! I say we are very lucky XDDDD

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

*huggles* I'm so glad you like them!

Well... PS is really therapeutic, as you once put it. So it was great to spend an afternoon making icons. Curiosity: Orli's came much easier than Keanu's. Funny, eh?

I <3 the fact Keanu's icons are 'soft' while Orli's icons are 'cute'. Tem uma diferença entre eles como pessoas, e acho que você refletiu isso muito bem nos seus icons!

..I hadn't thought about that, really, but now that you mention it... aw. Orli is so cute, I can't help seing him that way. And Keanu is the "medidation" type of guy ;]

and definitely! *nods* I want to get that sort of stalker more often ^___^

[irrlicht74.livejournal.com]

EEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Pretty, pretty Orli-icons!!!! *bounces around happily*

Ahem.

Just wanted to say hi. *laughs* I'm here 'cause afra_schatz told me you've just posted lots of wonderful icons. And she was SO RIGHT! I think I like 7, 19 and 22 best. :)

And I still can't believe this, because though I've always kinda liked Orlando, I've never been a fangirl. *hides in shame*

And I really don't want to sound demanding or anything, but...since you're obviously infected with Ewan McGregor SW III (as I am)...How about some Ewan McGregor icons? *puppy dog eyes*

I think, I have to tell you first, that I'm not really into Obi/Ani. I've always been more Obi/Qui, but it's all a matter of taste, isn't it? :)

Mind if I friend you? I'm not posting much so your f-list won't have to suffer from long, boring Irrlicht entries. :) And since I have almost as "much" time as afra_schatz, I don't comment very much either. But if this doesn't bother you...I'll behave, I promise.

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

*hugs you muchly and offers welcome chocolate*

Caro's too kind *humbled* I'm glad you like the icons! I guessed you were an Orli fancier, from the fics and rp-ing you girls do ;] I must admit that until I decided to put together pics of him for iconising, I hadn't really noticed how utterly gorgeous that man is +____+ I guess he can make fangirls out of all of us...

=] you don't sound demanding, that's a great suggestion! Do you share the Ewan-love? I've actually been getting pics of Ani, Obi-Wan, Hayden and next on my list was Ewan for a big fat icon post. So it might take a while but it'll probably come.

It's definitely a matter of taste. And I think thing is, when I watched the original trilogy I wasn't really paying much attention (too young) so I didn't care much. I'm sure that if I watched it again, I'd join the hordes of Q/O shippers out there. (and I mean, hordes. Because. Every archive I've visited is fuuuuull of fics with that pairing!)

Of course I don't mind you friending me, I'm very flattered! I do tend to post loooong entries, but as I haven't had much time either, I haven't posted much. And I'm addicted to LJ cuts ;] *hugs new friend*

And your icon is sooo cute!

[irrlicht74.livejournal.com]

I'll answer properly, I promise, but right now I have to go to work. :)

Just wanted to tell you about this (http://www.livejournal.com/community/banalando/73397.html). I'm pestering people with this...er..."online-slash-clue(do)-fanfiction-murder-mystery" thingy (made by eviea) for two days now. *lol* Maybe you're interested in it, but I think it will be friendslocked some time.

But, of course, feel free to ignore me. :) See you later!

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

=D that's a very, very interesting thing *grins* Troy RPS I suppose?? Thanks for linking me *huggles*

[irrlicht74.livejournal.com]

Troy RPS I suppose??

Well...actually it's more like this:

Part One
By: eviea aka dci_bean
Fandom: Varied
Pairings: To be revealed.
Summary: There has been a murder. Lord Pitt is found dead at the foot of the cellar stairs. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to determine who killed him and why. To help you on your quest is one Detective Bean of Scotland Yard. But be warned, those who are innocent may prove guiltier than the rest. A storm is closing in and the murderer may strike again.
Warnings: I refuse to give specific warnings in advance and spoil things but considering this is a Murder Mystery…

And then you read the rules and the first part, and then you can start "investigating" or just wait for the next part of the fic. As you please. :) But like I said, I love the idea. Lord Pitt is Brad Pitt, of course. Detective Bean is Sean Bean. And then there are Orlando, Eric, Viggo, Ian McKellen, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, a hint of Ewan McGregor ;) ... and many more. Take a look at it. Maybe you like it. :)

[irrlicht74.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, chocolate! *bounces happily* (I’m a chocolate junkie, you know? :) Thank you VERY much. *stuffs chocolate away for later*

I guessed you were an Orli fancier, from the fics and rp-ing you girls do ;]

Weeeeeeeeeell...The only reason I started to write Orlando is because I wanted Eric. *lol* That’s true! Doesn’t explain why I tried to write Viggo, though. I’m actually more a Vig fan than a Sean fan, but I failed in that case anyway, so it doesn’t really matter anymore. And of course I love Sean nevertheless. :)
Back to the subject. I don’t know exactly what happened, but during all the writing and discussing with afra_schatz I grew very fond of “my” Orlando and...yeah...somehow I accidentally fell in love with him. :)

I guess he can make fangirls out of all of us...

Gods, you’re so right! *sighs deeply*

=] you don't sound demanding, that's a great suggestion! Do you share the Ewan-love?

I’m sorry. Usually I share everything with everybody, but I didn’t get that one. (I’m stupid, really, I am.) What do you mean??

I've actually been getting pics of Ani, Obi-Wan, Hayden and next on my list was Ewan for a big fat icon post. So it might take a while but it'll probably come.

Wheeeeeee! I’m SO looking forward to it! I’d make a picspam, but first of all, all I can do with my photoshop thingy are icons (veeeeery, very plain and simple icons), and I haven’t figured out how to work with photobucket.com. I’m such a jerk.

It's definitely a matter of taste. And I think thing is, when I watched the original trilogy I wasn't really paying much attention (too young) so I didn't care much. I'm sure that if I watched it again, I'd join the hordes of Q/O shippers out there. (and I mean, hordes. Because. Every archive I've visited is fuuuuull of fics with that pairing!)

O-kay...Now I’m confused. The original trilogy means Han, Leia, Luke etc. right? And Qui-Gon Jin(n) (= Liam Neeson) was only in The Phantom Menace which had nothing to do with the original trilogy (well, not exactly nothing, but...you know.)...

Erm...

Anyway, if you want to take a look at two or three lovely O/Q fanfictions, I suggest you’d go there (http://slashcity.org/rushlight/tpmfic.html). It’s a page made by rushlight75 and I recommend her “The Magician’s Apprentice” series. :) – And the one that follows, but currently slipped my mind. *laughs*
Oh, and maybe you want to take a look at her Livejournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/rushlight75/). Seems like she’s a Draco Malfoy fan, too. ;)

And your icon is sooo cute!

Thank you so much. *beams* The base is a gift from the lovely afra_schatz, I only added the words. :) And like I said, I only know how to make simple icons. I don’t know how to fade or such, though I really wanted to. :( But I’m doing quite fine nevertheless. :)

As for more Ewan...Maybe you should take a look at shrinetolust's LJ. She's posted an article and a few pics. :)

*snugglehugs*

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

The only reason I started to write Orlando is because I wanted Eric. *lol* That’s true!

oooh, I believe it. Everbody in their right mind should want Eric. The man is 200% fanciable! *licks lips*

It's a very good thing that you did try to write Viggo (I really like your Vig). I'm a Vig fan too ;] Hmm, must do picspam.

during all the writing and discussing with afra_schatz I grew very fond of “my” Orlando and...yeah...somehow I accidentally fell in love with him. :)

I really like fandom!Orli. To be true, I haven't watched/read that many interviews so I don't know much about how he really is, but there are some people who can create an amazing character with him. You're one of them. And it really shows that you love him, because you seem to write him with (relative) ease and lots of tenderness.

=] you don't sound demanding, that's a great suggestion! Do you share the Ewan-love?

I’m sorry. Usually I share everything with everybody, but I didn’t get that one. (I’m stupid, really, I am.) What do you mean??

By 'sharing Ewan-love' I meant, if you like Ewan too ^_____^ LOL the other day I was reading fanfic (totally random here) about Obi (Ewan) and Ani (Hayden, who's like, 1,80m tall) and someone described Obi-Wan as a "compact warrior". I laughed so much XD
I appreciate Ewan's acting skills, and my the man is gorgeous.

I’d make a picspam, but first of all, all I can do with my photoshop thingy are icons (veeeeery, very plain and simple icons), and I haven’t figured out how to work with photobucket.com. I’m such a jerk.

=p I've taken a LONG time to get used to photoshop... and there are features in it I'm sure I'll never know they exist. It's too much in one program and they're always releasing newer versions... but really, I think that the essential is what you already seem to have: good ideas for icons with the right pic and words that illustrate the feeling. The rest is practice! As for Photobucket, maybe you could ask Caro... I could try to guide you if you like, but as I'm not a native English speaker either (I'm Brazilian) I'm not sure I would use the right words, descriptions etc.

O-kay...Now I’m confused. The original trilogy means Han, Leia, Luke etc. right? And Qui-Gon Jin(n) (= Liam Neeson) was only in The Phantom Menace which had nothing to do with the original trilogy (well, not exactly nothing, but...you know.)...

>.< big fat mistake on my part here, I'm so sorry!!! I guess that since tPM has been released, shippers everywhere have had the time to write tons of fanfiction.

Aw, thank you for the link! *saves it* I really like Rushlight's style, I've read a few things by her in the Harry Potter fandom. It's nice to find out that authors I love write fanfic for a fandom I'm joining ;]

*takes note* I'll definitely go there, thanks for the pointers! And you're probably going to see a set of Hayden and Ewan icons soon ;]

*hugs back lots*

[irrlicht74.livejournal.com]

It's a very good thing that you did try to write Viggo (I really like your Vig). I'm a Vig fan too ;] Hmm, must do picspam.

*sighs* Thank you so much. But you can only say you like my Vig, because you haven’t read any other RPS’s of Caro and me. In these I don’t like my Vig myself - and, of course, that shows. :( But ‘Thanking the Cook’ was pretty okay, I guess. :)
And I’d loooooooooove to see a Vig picspam. – But first things first, ‘kay? EWAN!!!

I really like fandom!Orli. To be true, I haven't watched/read that many interviews so I don't know much about how he really is, but there are some people who can create an amazing character with him. You're one of them. And it really shows that you love him, because you seem to write him with (relative) ease and lots of tenderness.

*glomps you* THANK YOU!!! Hey, don’t flatter me so much! I’d only get vain. But...thank you nevertheless. *beams* Though I wouldn’t say I’m creating an amazing character with my fandom!Orli, yeah...He came pretty easily to me. – And nobody was more surprised than me, really. Because I, too, haven’t watched/read any Orlando interviews up until now. *lol* No kidding. I know so many Orlando fans out there, but somehow I’ve never been interested in Orlando himself. So I didn’t care. :) In LotR I had Vig (and sometimes Sean, too ;), in PotC it was definitely Jack Davenport, in Troy ERIC!!! Well...And then along came lovely little Caro (and later on KoH) and the rest is history, as they say. *g*

But I’ve always liked Orlando a lot. He seemed to be a very nice guy and looked not too bad either. *lol* And like I said, since I started writing with Caro my love and kinda ‘understanding’ for my various Orlando muses has grown. It still does. :) I think the easiest one to write for me is indeed Nightclub!Orlando. I love him to pieces, but Caro’s Eric makes writing very easy, too. He’s so wonderful. Ah...Let’s see...Student!Orlando is a little more difficult, but we get along well so far. :) And Blacksmith!Orlando...Well, let’s say I’m still trying to figure him out.

By 'sharing Ewan-love' I meant, if you like Ewan too ^_____^ LOL

Whee! OF COURSE I DO!! With body and soul! Yay! And since I managed to somehow get the very basic abilities on photobucket...*g* Here’s a little gift for you. Maybe you know the picture already, but in case you don’t:



I appreciate Ewan's acting skills, and my the man is gorgeous.

His eyes. With these eyes he got me from hello, really. And his voice. (And I might add that he has a wonderful ‘German’ voice, too, which is very good when you have to watch the dubbed versions of every movie. :) I don’t know why exactly, but the scene in SW II, when he goes to see Dexter Jettster (the restaurant alien), is always the death of me. I know there are better scenes, but I love him to pieces in that one.

>.< big fat mistake on my part here, I'm so sorry!!! I guess that since tPM has been released, shippers everywhere have had the time to write tons of fanfiction.

:) Don’t be sorry. I was just a little confused. Everything’s fine now. *laughs*

And as for Rushlight...erm...I’ve never spoken to her myself, because I really do suck on reviews, but maybe I should...

Lots of love!

[dellastarr.livejournal.com]

I snagged some of the Keanu icons. I'll credit. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

thanks for letting me know, and for the credit. :)

[stepoutofline.livejournal.com]

I snagged some Keanu pics. I absolutely adore number 23 of him. I haven't seen him smile that big since Bill and Ted. lol

[culuyetille.livejournal.com]

I adore his big goofy grin, it's so endearing! Thanks for letting me know =]