Just for Fun

[scribblemyname]

Swiped from papercutperfect:

Comment on this post and let me know you want to participate. I will choose seven userpics from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are using them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.

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[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

me!

[scribblemyname]

So many good ones! Here goes:

jean on fire
cyclopspraise
Joss
kitty serious
breathe
wolverineskanky
deuce text

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha. . .okay, let's see.

1. jeanonfire is a panel that I liked from an Ultimate X-Men issue (Ben Oliver art, I think; I made most of my comics icons before I learned to pay attention to this stuff.) The text is a Springsteen lyric (at the time I made this one, I also made a 'six-inch-valley in the middle of my soul' Scott/Jean icon, which is a lyric from the same song.) I made this my default icon this summer b/c it's been so freaking hot.

2. "Try to praise the mutilated world" is a quote from a poem that I referenced in my post-X2 fic "The Busy Griefs." I used that picture because I spent a lot of time staring at it that summer.

3. Joss is a quote from the director's commentary to "Serenity," which I got a kick out of at the time for whatever reason. It's still a fun comment on creativity, I think.

4. Kitty serious is John Cassaday art from Astonishing X-Men. I really like that image, and the 'serious' distinguishes it from the movieverse Kitty icon I already had, which is a silly one.

5. "Breathe" is a panel of Rachel Grey-Summers that I really liked in the 'X-Men: Deadly Genesis' miniseries. It ACTUALLY portrays a 'squint and fall down' moment where she's overstraining her telepathy but out of context she LOOKS so relaxed I used it to convey relaxation at a time I really needed to remember that.

6. I read an interview with Mark Millar where he made a comment about Cyclops liking to date 'skanky bondage queens.' I commented to spuffyduds "why does he say QUEENS?" and she said, "Well, Wolverine & who else?" And I made an icon because it was funny.

7. My user name comes from the chorus of the Bruce Springsteen song "Blinded by the Light," which is its own long story, but imaginaryalice made that text icon for me at some point as a gift & I really love the presentation of the words.

[scribblemyname]

1. I'm pretty bad at that stuff too. :grins: Love the userpic though.
2. Ah... Personal meaning from the fanon world.
3. I do like it. A lot.
4. I love the picture, and I have so uploaded other pics 'cause the only ones I've got of a character don't match the mood.
5. Who'd a thunk it?
6. ROTFL I love that interchange.
7. It is beautiful.