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errant_janeI have a very important word-usage question:
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In other news, I fear I may have eaten something yesterday that did not agree with me. I woke up with an upset tummy, which prevented me from having my coffee, which led to a headache. POOR POOR ME! I've had a couple cups of Irish Breakfast tea, though, which seems to be helping.
Confessions: I am horrible about commenting on art. I have no artistic talent whatsoever (like, I legitimately shouldn't be allowed to decorate things, I am so woefully unskilled), nor have I even taken so much as an art history class. I sort of view people who can do art as nothing short of magical because I don't understand it AT ALL. So I flap about all, "OMG LOOK! YOU MADE THAT!" with the same sort of awe that the little squeaky aliens in Toy Story have for the Claw.
Mostly rhetorical question: How many times can one rewatch that YED!John scene in Devil's Trap before his lack of respect for personal boundaries becomes something other than ridiculously hot?
[Poll #1675791]
In other news, I fear I may have eaten something yesterday that did not agree with me. I woke up with an upset tummy, which prevented me from having my coffee, which led to a headache. POOR POOR ME! I've had a couple cups of Irish Breakfast tea, though, which seems to be helping.
Confessions: I am horrible about commenting on art. I have no artistic talent whatsoever (like, I legitimately shouldn't be allowed to decorate things, I am so woefully unskilled), nor have I even taken so much as an art history class. I sort of view people who can do art as nothing short of magical because I don't understand it AT ALL. So I flap about all, "OMG LOOK! YOU MADE THAT!" with the same sort of awe that the little squeaky aliens in Toy Story have for the Claw.
Mostly rhetorical question: How many times can one rewatch that YED!John scene in Devil's Trap before his lack of respect for personal boundaries becomes something other than ridiculously hot?
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Date: 2011-02-01 11:01 pm (UTC)THIS WILL NEVER NOT BE RIDICULOUSLY HOT IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF NATURE.
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Date: 2011-02-01 11:05 pm (UTC)I wonder if that's where all the toppy!JDM fic comes from? Like, fangirls saw that and were like, "YES! JDM = TOPPING THE HELL OUT OF ALL THE THINGS!!! \o/"
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Date: 2011-02-01 11:30 pm (UTC)I am having nice thoughts about a battle for dominance between Robo! Sam and yed!John (and myabe using their cocks like light sabres).
also - I keep wodnering what went on in vancouver last night....
also - are you on twitter?
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Date: 2011-02-02 12:15 am (UTC)♥!!!!!
IDK, but with any luck a tape will eventually be released on the internet.
Yes! But I don't actually tweet that often. I just follow people like a creepy lurker.
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Date: 2011-02-02 12:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 04:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-01 11:24 pm (UTC)Or... something. :0
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Date: 2011-02-02 12:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-02 12:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-01 11:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 12:20 am (UTC)I have the same problem with music to a lesser extent. I have a lot of trouble saying *what* about a song/artist/album strikes me. It's a little frustrating.
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Date: 2011-02-01 11:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 12:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 12:58 am (UTC)But then apparently every YA/fantasy book in the universe agreed that it was "faerie" and now it's stopped looking artsy to me and just looks pretentious. Also, Shakespeare decided Oberon was a fairy with an i and that is good enough for me. <--
ALL MY FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL COULD DRAW it was really demoralizing. I mean, awesome also, but mostly demoralizing.
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Date: 2011-02-02 01:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 04:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 04:46 am (UTC)I remember having a friend in elementary school who was an amazing artist and I was terribly jealous! It totally seems like a magical talent to me (as does composing music - that completely amazes me!).
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Date: 2011-02-02 12:59 am (UTC)^That doesn't make sense. Haha sorry.
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Date: 2011-02-02 04:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 01:03 am (UTC)Ahahaha, that story was hot. *facepalm*
For upset stomachs, of whatever variety, I cannot recommend highly enough ginger--real ginger, not ginger ale, but in tea form or whatever. It helps EVERYTHING.
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Date: 2011-02-02 04:52 am (UTC)*nods* I usually at least have a little candied ginger on hand. IDEK why I didn't try that today. *sigh*
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Date: 2011-02-02 01:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 04:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 02:09 am (UTC)As an artist - flaily alien/Claw worship is awesome!
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Date: 2011-02-02 04:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-06 03:00 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy
Interestingly enough it doesn't mention that Tolkien also used Elves/Elf as fairy designation. Elf instead of fairy/faerie is pretty common from other writers as well.
Several books I own also use Sidhe, seelie/unseelie, which was not mentioned in in other sources, but I've some across
here is an entry that has several references to how the Fae/Fey might be called depending on what cultural background the author wanted their origin story to emulate - Celtic use of terms varies from the Germanic.
http://www.answers.com/topic/fairy
I wrote a SPN fae fic and I'm doing an OF that also features fairies so I've done quite a bit of research. :)
For the fan!fic I used mostly Celtic mythology base and the fable that the Fae were actually at one time fallen angels. :)
I'm still world building on the OF, but will probably do a blend of Fae using Celtic terminology and that they were the first people - all humanity and other creatures were originally Fae (a sort of bastardization of the Adam/Eve creation myth).
:) Probably more than you wanted to know.
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Date: 2011-02-02 07:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-03 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-04 03:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-02 10:37 am (UTC)I'm with
Hmmm, it's time I try watching that Supernatural series everybody is squeeing about. That YED gif is intriguing.
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Date: 2011-02-03 08:20 pm (UTC)Well, I'm trying to get better about feedback in general, but my point was less about leaving it so much as wishing I had something smarter to say when I do. I have a difficult time in general articulating why I like something, which is very very frustrating for me, even more so when I have absolutely no frame of reference for it.
It is definitely a scene worth watching. Mmmmmm, JDM! ;D
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Date: 2011-02-02 01:25 pm (UTC)I don't have any knowledge in art either, but I try to point out what I like and what's caught my eye.
Regarding your rhetorical question: never. And yet I'm partial for the way Dean ignores Alastair's personal space in "On the Head of a Pin".
(Hello! *waves*)
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Date: 2011-02-03 08:36 pm (UTC)*nods* My problem comes from the fact that with visual art (and sometimes music) I have no idea what that something actually is. Like, I can look at something and say, "OMG, I love this!" but I couldn't begin to tell you why. And I understand it if someone points it out, "blah blah blah the colors and shading here" or whatever, but I have absolutely no context to do that on my own. It's a silly thing, and I'm trying to be better about leaving comments on art, even if it's just, "I like this!" I just wish I had something more to say! (Comment anxiety ahhhhhhhhhhhh! *g*)
Ohhhh, yes! Dean so rarely gets to be on the other side of the personal-space-ignoring-menace side of the fence!!! It's sort of ridiculously hot.
Hi!! :D
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Date: 2011-02-04 12:14 pm (UTC)I'm sure artists would be happy with a simple 'OMG, I love this!' without any further details! I always read through some of the previous comments to see if there are any terms I'd like to use, but even when I don't I say things like 'I like X's expression' or 'I like how you did the denim' or 'the background is gorgeous'. I understand you on comment anxiety though - lurking is a hard habit to stop!
Yes, it is! Not even 'sort of' for me, it just is! He also does it to Sam sometimes - less menacingly than Alastair, of course - and then I have this biggest smile on my face!
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Date: 2011-02-04 02:43 am (UTC)Usually I prefer the version "fairy" myself, but if you're using the word "fae" at all, I sort of expect you to use "faerie" instead. So I would say, this is a thing where you have to go by contextual wording. Also, I would expect to see "faerie" if you also use "sidhe." Meh. See the grammar nazi? I try to keep her contained, but sometimes when I turn my back, she escapes.
And since when is JDM ever un-hot?