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

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

I like this one, I'm in.

[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]

Your lineup was intimidating. :grins:

bamf!
Yoko by unfurled
seduced YOU wussy
cerrada
bloody comma
cat burglar
no opinion

[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.

[lithiumlaughter.livejournal.com]

I know most of mine are pretty clear, but hell. Why not.

Pick away!

[arliddian.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm up for it!

[scribblemyname]

I love just about all of your icons. Here goes:

No Education
Crucifixion Cult (one I've often thought of swiping)
Bucky
Glowing Teeth
Mister We Deal In Lead
Lancelot
Rogue/Gambit (that one always makes me wince a little)

[scribblemyname]

I've been curious about yours for a while. And they're all so pretty too!

misc - can't see the sky
misc - sunflower
misc - bookshelf lounging
misc - lady i swear by all flowers
doctor who - ten/rose - look up
garden state - beauty in the breakdown
a fine frenzy - perfect words
scott pilgrim - s/r - us vs the world

[arliddian.livejournal.com]

Generally speaking, I use/pick my icons for the emotion or mood in them!

1. A friend made a bunch of icons like this, and I was drawn to this one. I think I relate to it, in a way - always looking far away but feeling blindfolded.

2. I love sunflowers, and this icon is my happy icon!

3. Hm, I chose this one because it's such a beautiful picture of the kind of laziness I love - lounging around with books. The idea of lying in a bookshelf just appeals to me.

4. The keywords are from a line from my favourite e.e. cummings poem. Again, I love sunflowers, and I find it incredibly romantic. I usually use it when I post about my boyfriend.

5. Ahhhh, I love Doctor Who, I love Ten/Rose, and I like the kind of hopeful, optimistic feeling of this icon.

6. Garden State is a favourite movie of mine. I wanted an icon for when I'm feeling like I need comfort, or for when I'm commenting and someone needs comfort. The keywords are a line from Let Go by Frou Frou, the song that plays at the end of the movie.

7. AFF is a singer that I adore, and I found this picture and LOVED it - so pretty! And it's a reading icon; so useful in so many situations - commenting on fic, when I post about creativity or books or studying, etc.

8. Another favourite movie, and I chose this icon because I like the emotional tone of the picture. Kind of tired, feeling like it's you against the world, but with someone.

[scribblemyname]

Ah. Makes so much sense. I've always liked your icons, even when I was curious why them. :huggles:

[lithiumlaughter.livejournal.com]

I just saw that you asked about these ones!

Okay. Here we go.

1) "No Education"
I'm a Pink Floyd nerd. Second generation one too, on my mother's side, and therefore I come by it honestly. Seriously, I even used a Pink Floyd quote in my graduation comment way back when. Love the guys. I'm also a teacher, and I got a kick out of the 'editing', particularly since English is my major area of focus. Thusly, it is my teacherly icon.

2) "Crucifixion Cult"
I don't even remember where I found this one. I think it was on fandomwank over at journalfen. Regardless, it serves as my icon for anything and everything to do with religion. The way I see it, dude. I do belong to a Middle Eastern Crucifixion cult. I've always been convinced that God has a fantastic sense of humour, which is why I chose that particular one to represent my faith.
...feel free to gank.

3) "Bucky:
I used to absolutely LOVE the newspaper comic "Get Fuzzy". Not so much anymore, but that's because the writing's gone somewhat downhill. Bucky is (was?) my favourite character if only because he's absolutely insane.
(He has SILVERWARE on his head. Come on!)
It's the icon I use when I'm feeling a little nutty.

4) "Glowing Teeth"
General Alice in Wonderlande nerdery. Much like a few other icons I have, which you probably noticed. "Alice" is actually one of my favourite Disney movies, if not my FAVOURITE. I love the books to a ridiculous extent too. The Cheshire Cat is my favourite part of them. Hence, the fact that this and other Alice icons I have tend to feature him.
Side note: my first tattoo is going to be the Cheshire Cat on my back shoulder.

5) "Mister We Deal In Lead"
The image is from a manga I used to read called "Vampire Knight". The character there is Zero, the requisite damaged goods type and my favourite in the whole manga. He's a vampire hunter who ended up getting bitten, and is slowly becoming a vampire himself, and has decided he is taking down as many bloodsuckers down with him as he can...with the handy-dandy aid of his gun, Bloody Rose. There quote is from a western film (the name of which I can't remember), but here is referencing the book "The Gunslinger" by Stephen King, where a character who has been trained to become a gunslinger uses the quote just before he blows someone away. It's a lovely icon for when I'm supremely irritated.

6) "Lancelot"
I really, really, really like the 2004 movie adaptation of "King Arthur". While the theatrical cut did very little for me, I ended up scooping up the Director's Cut and falling in love. It's not the best movie ever, but I'm a sucker for it anyway. I loved the way the knights were portrayed, Lancelot specifically. I found him fascinating, this violent man who covers up everything that's broken and hurting in him with jokes, and is honest only with a select few...and has a tendency towards emotional instability and blowing up.
(Apparently, I have a type. Heh.)
He's got a very peaceful expression in this icon...even though I'm pretty sure that the image is from where he's gravely wounded.

7) "Rogue/Gambit"
The X-Treme X-Men run is something I'll always be fond of. Rogue and Remy's story arc in particular was touching. The moment captured in this icon is heartbreaking and beautiful, because dammit, they'll bleed and they'll die for one another over and over. I loved that, and I loved their life in Valle Soleada, and I loved the fact that they were inexorably drawn back to the X-Men's world. This moment though? This is beautifully painful and I love it.

[scribblemyname]

I love how your icons are such a reflection of you. Mine seem to be pointed towards what I love instead of who I am. :hugs: You really are the awesome.

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