quigonejinn

( 28 Hornblower icons + variations, total 46 images. Mostly Bush, but scattering of Hornblower and others. )

Screencaps from MoonJaguar, Two Evil Monks, and my own collection. Textures from luthien_black and gender, as well as of the sky.

All right. So it's not the classiest or best or most accurate historical movie in the world -- it's probably not even the classiest or best or most accurate one on, like, the historical movie short bus -- but afterblack_hound pointed out that there was a scene with Paul McGann weeding! a! garden!, I knew that I had to see "Catherine the Great."

( Eight reasons to watch Catherine the Great. )

360 odd screencaps (~91 MB, McGann-centric and mostly in order except for the corset scene which I went back afterwards in a futile attempt to catch teh hoht. And the DVD was, alas, not that good quality. l/p: scally/wag)

In 96 kbps:

my body ached; I was nearly dead on my feet
he should have gone to bed to get warm
the bewitching features of the most beautiful face
a man swimming in the sea among the wreckage of his ship
no boots, and I was afraid of the frost

So temve's CD arrived today all the way from Germany today, and not only is it Ewan and have Ewan as a little jewel case cover insert thingy, but it's Ewan reading Chekhov from Book at Bedtime, and this makes me so happy that I can barely even speak. I let out this long eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee when I picked up the mail and oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.

I have seen green forests, fields, rivers, lakes, cities. I have heard the singing of the sirens, and the strains of the shepherds' pipes; I have touched the wings of comely devils who flew down to converse with me of God. In your books, I have plunged into the bottomless pit, performed miracles, murdered, burned towns, preached new religions, conquered whole kingdoms.

Now imagine Ewan's voice reading that. The ups and downs. The way his accent flickers in and out. Now combined with sheer, gorgeous emotional intensity of Chekhov. OMG. You should hear the way he makes his voice go a little, the way he falters at I have touched the wings.

God bless temve.

Good part about reading comics in class: you stay awake and look alert and interested in discussion.

Bad part: When re-reading a particularly excellent comic, you end up making the most retarded face on Earth because you're trying to keep from laughing, snickering, and giggling all at once.

( dkjf;lih my love of Tholme and Quinlan, man. My utter, unending love. From the Stark Hyperspace Wars series, #3 of 4. One scan, 260K. )

( Obi-Wan and Quinlan omg. Two scans, 260K apiece. )

But yes. I love the Stark Hyperspace War comics. My God. Forget some shit about bacta and combines and viruses or whatever -- look at all the Master-Padawan interaction instead. You get to see so many variations on the theme. Tholme and Quinlan with their verbal sniping. Qiu-Gon and Obi-Wan with Obi-Wan's utterly adorable O.O omgomgmastuh! O.O Tvydkfjd and Plo Koon, too, for post-Knighting relationships. That scene where Obi-Wan disturbs Plo Koon and :/

And how much does it warm my heart that Qui-Gon is Plo Koon's homeboy, by the way?

Individual links for dialup: Quinlan and Tholme on Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Quinlan (1, 2)

So. What do I do when I'm too braindead to write or reply to comments but have the sad, true story of Obi-Wan Kenobi running through my head the way that stock prices run on that retarded little thingy CNN has on the bottom of its daytime broadcasts? Why, finish working on the damn soundtrack that I've been slaving over for three freaking months and for which I still do not have a cover but have finally DONE and COMPLETED and THIS IS VERSION 3.2 YES I HAVE BEEN COUNTING THEM and OMG I HAVE PUT MY SOUL INTO THIS THING.

( super-emo FST for Obi-Wan Kenobi )