In which I begin an ongoing list

[kylezy]

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Keep in mind these are my opinions and I offer them only as my opinions.

*DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE IS NOT A WEIRD, OBSCURE INDIE BAND, yet in fic,Bradley is constantly perplexed by them and Colin's musical taste. Some indie bands are weird, yes, but DCFC is not one of them. Furthermore, if you want to reference an obscure indie band, there are other ones beside Animal Collective.

*Eyesex is not what happens when two people just look at each other. Fandom sometimes forgets this.


Exhibit A - Not Eyesex. Notice how there is nothing remotely sexual about their gazes.


Exhibit B - Notice how they look like they want to tear each other apart with just their teeth. This is eyesex.

*Aesthetically, neither actor is spectacularly good-looking. WHAT? Yeah, I said it, I WENT THERE. They're pretty average when you first look at them. Familiarity breeds acceptance of the flaws though and their personalities have made them exponentially more attractive. Right now, there's no way you could tell me Colin isn't a sex god but that doesn't mean he's...male model material.

*All the popular authors hated Bradley's beard, thus we only ever read about Colin hating Bradley's beard. This made me sad.

*On the topic of Bradley's beard, I was pretty embarrassed by the carry on during BeardGate2009. There's having an opinion and then there's being an asshole about it.

*I'm not quite convinced Colin is as shy as fandom makes him out to be. I think he talks less in interviews because he has a hard time getting a word in over BJ (and I say that with the greatest affection for Bradley). He's an actor, how shy can an actor really be? He's appeared nude on stage. Nude. In the video diaries, he often commands attention. I'm not saying he's a camera whore, but he does draw attention to himself. Shy people tend to, you know shy away. Reserved and private does not equal incapable of human interaction.

*Words/sentences/tropes writers overuse in Merlin fiction:

• Licking into his mouth. Yes, the image is sexy but I'm not exaggerating when I say I've read this motion in 90% of fanfiction. Is there not another way to say it, at the very least? EDIT: The tally begins here. Let us count how many people use the phrase in a year.


• Filthy. This is a very popular word to describe the way the boys kiss.


• Angel as a nice, sweet and innocent girl. Judging by the video diaries and BTS, she says what she feels and has no problems bantering, especially with Bradley ("I see what you mean about me being a bit better at this than you", "You just can't help but be involved, can you" and I can't be sure if it's actually her or not but something along the lines of "they're not just talking to you, Bradley)".


• Bradley being the one with the gay issue. It really should be Colin, if anybody, he's the one from the Catholic background.

TO BE CONTINUED

Comments

[gallifreycalls.livejournal.com]

Word. And I agree with you on the aesthetic point. I remember when I first started watching Merlin, I thought they were both meh. It's really over time that they grew on me. :)

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

YES, right? I remember thinking '...really? They're the best looking the producers could find?' And then months pass and Bradley has this wonderful sense of humour and is a big dork, and Colin, well, I'm torn between wanting to feed him soup and wanting to corrupt him.

[gallifreycalls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I started to think the producers were finally going for more plain appearing actors, but it was really Bradley who grew on me...like fungus. (And he'd probably say something like that then break out laughing :D)

[plumora.livejournal.com]

Wait, Ex. A is NOT eyesex? THAT'S HOW I DO IT. D:

I don't think Bradley's terribly attractive, and Colin's... weird, but somehow adorable and sexy all at once. And, Bradley's goofy so it doesn't matter too much. face_of_bradley exists for a reason, y'know. :P

[carnivors.livejournal.com]

lol YES the indie band thing. it gets me every time.

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

I was making this face 8-) at potential partners until I realised that is not how eyesex is done. Who knew, right?

Bradley's face is a work of art. From the expressionism period, LOL ZING!

You're punny.

[plumora.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know expressionism =/= impressionism, but that reminded me of this (http://epicwinftw.com/2010/02/08/epic-win-photos-impressions-of-the-darkside/).

stfu it's late I'm tired and working on fic at the last minute waah

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

I know everyone uses DCFC because Colin wore a band t-shirt one time, but they are so far from obscure now and have never been even remotely weird.

And AC. Well. There are other better bands to reference, aren't there?

Re: You're punny.

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

LOL, I've never seen that before, that's brilliant xD

Which fic, the one for the Sherlock Holmes thing?

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

HA, yes, that definitely sounds like something he'd say xD

Re: You're punny.

[plumora.livejournal.com]

I haven't touched my Sherlock Holmes fic yet, mainly because I still have to finish my fic for tobreakthespell. D: I had this idea, long ago, to write this brilliant story (based off this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issun-b%C5%8Dshi) fairy tale, with Merlin as the one-inch man :D) and... I completely procrastinated on it. fffffffffff

Re: You're punny.

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that sounds SO cute!

[vinca15.livejournal.com]

OMG LICKING INTO HIS MOUTH.
YES YES YES. I guess I shouldn't even be complaining cause I can't write to save my life, but that's started to annoy me as well. :/

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

Gah, thank god someone else has noticed, I half thought I was going crazy. Isn't in just about every NC-17 fic ever? And I don't read stories from other fandoms, so I don't know if it's a Merlin thing, or a slash thing, but it is overused so much.

I feel, as consumers, we have the right to complain ^_^

[a_shadow_there.livejournal.com]

Aesthetically, neither actor is spectacularly good-looking.

Agreed. Oddly though, it was Colin Morgan's ears that got me watching Merlin in the first place ...

I ... don't think I've ever read "licking into his mouth" before - or maybe I have, and just don't recall. I can't decide if I think it's hot or icky though. I'm a bit torn on it, actually.

Bradley being the one with the gay issue. It really should be Colin, if anybody, he's the one from the Catholic background.

... aaaaand now I kinda want to write Catholic guilt!fic. Oh dear ...

Also, Bradley's beard was the motherfudgin' business. OH YES IT WAS. Mmm, the beard!times ...

And right on re: DCFC/supposedly "weird" indie bands. Oh, Death Cab, you're so ... er, wacky.

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA.

I secretly agree, but outwardly am raging. =P

I have to say I definitely do not agree about Bradley though. I thought he was good looking right when I saw him, though I definitely would say that through everything else (the videos, etc), that I think they're so much more attractive.
-shrugs- But that's just me.


I really haven't read a lot of Merlin fanfic recently, so phrases and whatnot doesn't stick out in my mind anymore.

Honestly? As much as I havea ridiculously large love for fandoms and whatnot, I really, really, really try not to stress over what does/doesn't go on and whatnot. -shrugs-

But yay for opinions!

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

You have a thing for ears then or was it curiosity?

Ragh, the phrase is everywhere, how have you missed it? It's normally worded a lot prettier than I made it out to be, so don't judge until you read it. I shall start a tally for you!

Don't get my hopes up! I crave Catholic guilt!Colin so hard, wriiiite it. WRIIIIIITE IT.

I loved his beard, which means I'm probably biased in my opinion, but some people were being really dickish about it. For god's sake, let the man control his own body hair, you know?

Lol, yeah, their melodramatic pop songs are cra-hay-zey.

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DIFFERS FROM MINE, HOW DARE YOU. GTFO.

*licks* Kidding, of course, ILU and support any and all sexual obsessions you have for one Mr Bradley James xD

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

WELL FINE! BE THAT WAY! -STOMPS OFF AND BE'S BY SELF-



Shut up. It's not my fault I have sexual deprivation issues. If I could solve them, I totally would. -pouts-

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

Of course you can solve them, you ninny. BY YOURSELF OR WITH A FRIEND, it's a fun game called SEX.

What are you doing up so late (or early) anyway?

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

Amielle wishes she had a friend she wanted to help her out who also wanted to help her out. Being me = still virgin = boys is scaryyyyy (and we're not going to even touch on how I have no idea how to approach for anything like sex. -fails-)

Watching Without A Trace. And trying to find the new jacket I bought. I need to quit spending $$$, but I want to go shopping. http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html Look there for inspiration.

And trying to write up something for the LAS at thefuturequeen, which I'm failing at.

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

Boys are very scary :( They have awkward dangly bits :(

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

Very, very true. Which is probably why i walk both sides of the street. ;D

Is it sad that I want to find someone to exchange sexy e-mails and have no idea where to look.

.....or is that tmi?

[kylezy.livejournal.com]

It is not sad. And nothing is tmi to me.

I would be your sexy email friend except that the time I tried is now what we refer to as The Time That We Don't Refer To Ever and one that I'm still repenting for. Sorry about that, again.

I wouldn't know where to look either, those sorts of things are awkward to find!

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

Very few things are. Those that are are the guys in my life who text me about their dicks. That's TMI for me all the time. DNW!!!!


AHAHAHA. Quit apologizing. Not your fault, silly. We've totally moved past that. And I'm sure I'll figure out a way to find someone like that.