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These Pieces of Me Scattered Like Glass
Feb. 17th, 2011 11:47 amComment here and I'll pick 5 of your icons for you to write about.
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Sarah Polley is seriously one of my favorite actresses known to man. I remember watching her in Avonlea on the Disney Channel back when I was small. There's something about her that is very striking. She's not one of the typical Hollywood glam girls. You don't see things about her in People or in the National Enquirer. Unless she's in a movie, it's sort of like she's not doing anything, which isn't true at all. She's a writer and a director in addition to being an actress. Her mother died when she was a teenager. I only know all of this because she's one of my default Illyana Rasputin aka Magik PBs when I RP. I don't see a lot of icons of her and most of the ones I see are pretty movie centric. I like icons with words most of the time. I can't help it. I'm addicted to words and phrases. It's also probably why I'm not really a fan of instrumental music. No one is singing. I know there's still soul in it, but I interpret my world through words.
The phrase on this is "love glutton," which I feel a lot like sometimes. I love fiercely. I want love fiercely. There's also a sense of loving fiercely and it not being returned in this icon. It's in her expression and in her pose. I love that, too. This icon speaks to me of me. I'm probably the only person who sees it that way, which is another reason why it's stays in the rotation forever and ever amen.
Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let's be honest here. Tara is not my favorite character. It's not that I don't adore her because I do, but she's never the one who holds my attention, which, truth to tell, is very much Tara in and of itself. She's in a background a lot not because she's unimportant or not interesting or any of those things. She's in the background a lot because she puts herself there. She doesn't think she belongs anywhere else. All of a sudden she's stumbled into this group of people, and they're dynamic and loud and charismatic. She's not really sure what to do with herself. They love her and value her and accept her as one of them, and she's floored. The phrase on the icon describes her utterly, and it describes me in a lot of ways. You see I can't let her be my favorite character because we're so alike that it pains me sometimes, but I cherish her all the same.
Oh, Joan. I can only see this icon as a JoA one rather than an Amber one. I loved Joan of Arcadia. I wish it had more success every single time I look at a JoA icon or see the boxed sets of the DVDs that I own. Sometimes I will see a picture or icon of Amber and wish very fervently that JoA was still on so that I could watch everything unfold. I want to know that happens with Adam and Joan and all the rest of them. I want Joan to find some peace because the poor girl runs around tearing herself apart and tearing herself up inside all the time. The way it stands right now, the end of the series, she's stuck. She's trapped in time on a precipice. She's eternally lost and trying to be found.
This is a phrase that radiates with me. I have been that girl. I have felt that way. I feel that way a lot. There's a lot in my life with my job and my friends and just things that make me feel like no one sees me and no one cares and no one wants me. I feel like the piece of the puzzle that doesn't matter. It's extra. You don't need it. If you lost it or replaced it with another, the picture would be the same. No one would even know. This is one of my despair icons.
I don't like Dawn. Dawn annoyed me from the moment that she came onto the show, but I did enjoy seeing the way that she interacted with people, how her presence changed people. That's not the jist of this icon for me, though. It's the part about building your own family from people you choose. My family isn't very tight. We just weren't. I've always felt like an outsider with them. My mother is narcissistic and hurtful without meaning to be. My father is a hermit. I was never around my sister or her children much. We just weren't close. No one talked. No one shared. I don't look to them for comfort or companionship. I love them; I sometimes enjoy being with them if they're not stressing me out beyond belief, but my family is the one I have built with my friends.
You don't have to share blood to know a person. If I have chosen you as a friend--a real, close friend--it is because I feel a bond. I would do just about anything for you. I love you, and you are part of my expanding world. I may not have the time to talk to you or see you as much as I would like, but it doesn't matter because when we do get together things fall just where they should.
This is probably my favorite picture of Paige Guthrie ever. It also started one of my OTPs that will never, ever die no matter what Marvel does to is. This is a picture of capturing a moment. It's lovely and it's open. There's a sense of a beginning to it. It reminds me of RPing Paige. It reminds me of the many games I've played her at where I did get to write the less-than-perfect but wonderful story of her and Jono together. It's happy times and smiles. It's the sun before the storm.
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wanderlustloverSarah Polley is seriously one of my favorite actresses known to man. I remember watching her in Avonlea on the Disney Channel back when I was small. There's something about her that is very striking. She's not one of the typical Hollywood glam girls. You don't see things about her in People or in the National Enquirer. Unless she's in a movie, it's sort of like she's not doing anything, which isn't true at all. She's a writer and a director in addition to being an actress. Her mother died when she was a teenager. I only know all of this because she's one of my default Illyana Rasputin aka Magik PBs when I RP. I don't see a lot of icons of her and most of the ones I see are pretty movie centric. I like icons with words most of the time. I can't help it. I'm addicted to words and phrases. It's also probably why I'm not really a fan of instrumental music. No one is singing. I know there's still soul in it, but I interpret my world through words.
The phrase on this is "love glutton," which I feel a lot like sometimes. I love fiercely. I want love fiercely. There's also a sense of loving fiercely and it not being returned in this icon. It's in her expression and in her pose. I love that, too. This icon speaks to me of me. I'm probably the only person who sees it that way, which is another reason why it's stays in the rotation forever and ever amen.
Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let's be honest here. Tara is not my favorite character. It's not that I don't adore her because I do, but she's never the one who holds my attention, which, truth to tell, is very much Tara in and of itself. She's in a background a lot not because she's unimportant or not interesting or any of those things. She's in the background a lot because she puts herself there. She doesn't think she belongs anywhere else. All of a sudden she's stumbled into this group of people, and they're dynamic and loud and charismatic. She's not really sure what to do with herself. They love her and value her and accept her as one of them, and she's floored. The phrase on the icon describes her utterly, and it describes me in a lot of ways. You see I can't let her be my favorite character because we're so alike that it pains me sometimes, but I cherish her all the same.
Oh, Joan. I can only see this icon as a JoA one rather than an Amber one. I loved Joan of Arcadia. I wish it had more success every single time I look at a JoA icon or see the boxed sets of the DVDs that I own. Sometimes I will see a picture or icon of Amber and wish very fervently that JoA was still on so that I could watch everything unfold. I want to know that happens with Adam and Joan and all the rest of them. I want Joan to find some peace because the poor girl runs around tearing herself apart and tearing herself up inside all the time. The way it stands right now, the end of the series, she's stuck. She's trapped in time on a precipice. She's eternally lost and trying to be found.
This is a phrase that radiates with me. I have been that girl. I have felt that way. I feel that way a lot. There's a lot in my life with my job and my friends and just things that make me feel like no one sees me and no one cares and no one wants me. I feel like the piece of the puzzle that doesn't matter. It's extra. You don't need it. If you lost it or replaced it with another, the picture would be the same. No one would even know. This is one of my despair icons.
I don't like Dawn. Dawn annoyed me from the moment that she came onto the show, but I did enjoy seeing the way that she interacted with people, how her presence changed people. That's not the jist of this icon for me, though. It's the part about building your own family from people you choose. My family isn't very tight. We just weren't. I've always felt like an outsider with them. My mother is narcissistic and hurtful without meaning to be. My father is a hermit. I was never around my sister or her children much. We just weren't close. No one talked. No one shared. I don't look to them for comfort or companionship. I love them; I sometimes enjoy being with them if they're not stressing me out beyond belief, but my family is the one I have built with my friends.
You don't have to share blood to know a person. If I have chosen you as a friend--a real, close friend--it is because I feel a bond. I would do just about anything for you. I love you, and you are part of my expanding world. I may not have the time to talk to you or see you as much as I would like, but it doesn't matter because when we do get together things fall just where they should.
This is probably my favorite picture of Paige Guthrie ever. It also started one of my OTPs that will never, ever die no matter what Marvel does to is. This is a picture of capturing a moment. It's lovely and it's open. There's a sense of a beginning to it. It reminds me of RPing Paige. It reminds me of the many games I've played her at where I did get to write the less-than-perfect but wonderful story of her and Jono together. It's happy times and smiles. It's the sun before the storm.
