I'm so exited!! Going to go pick my caps and theme now :D

Screencaps:

https://i.imgur.com/tsiknFb.jpg
(Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries)


https://i.imgur.com/uGRbcl5.jpg
(Outlander)

Theme: Stock

Edited 2019-01-07 12:33 pm (UTC)

Added to the post! And great picks :) I might change my caps, I fear they might be too difficult to work with...

Oh, but I like yours! (I forgot about this again, so sorry. :((( I will try to get the caps ready tomorrow and then we can start.)

All caps and themes now available :) Happy iconning! I was thinking we could check in here in about two weeks to see how we're all doing, how does that sound?

Hi, just checking in to see how you're doing with the battle. tinnny's done with her set and I only need to make one more icon, so let us know if you'll be finished soon or if you need more time :)

I should be able to finish this weekend :)

Caps:


Guardian


The Good Place


Theme:
Chiaroscuro



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Edited 2019-01-11 07:08 am (UTC)

Added to the post :) And don't worry about the delay, I haven't started yet because I've been so busy.

Happy battling! I say we check in two weeks from now to see how we're all doing, how does that sound?

yes, that sounds good.

I am just waffling about my cap choice again already. /o\

I think the first one is a bit inflexible, don't you think? I could provide a better one tonight...

Oh, I don't know, I think it's okay. And what's a battle without a bit of difficulty? But if you want to change it, go ahead :) I'm still unsure about my Michelle Gomez cap, it's awfully dark...

There's really only one way to crop it and the hair is cut off, too. :/

I am submitting another Guardian one in exchange for the first one:




I'm still unsure about my Michelle Gomez cap, it's awfully dark...

I don't mind dark caps, I think her face is clear enough. And novindalf is the master of dark icons anyway. *g* But I'm not going to stop you if you'd like to reconsider.

I don't mind a dark screencap :)

Thanks :)

does that mean the three weeks start from the 13th?

just asking so I can plan. (I have two icons done.)

I guess that’s what I meant, but if you want to push back the deadline a bit, that’s more than fine!

Right now, it seems feasible to me to make the remaining 7 icons in 17 days. :) I'll let you know once that changes. ;D

Awesome ;) I only made one so far, and I want to enter both theseasonwheel and monthlyinspo, but I should be able to make it as well!

Oh damn, now I want to do monthlyinspo as well. /o\

I completely missed the challenge post for it, but it's awesome. I have no idea if I can make it, I have so many other (fannish) commitments besides icons lately. But I'll try. :D

I'm done, what do I do now?

Post your icons in a comment here! I'm almost done as well, I only need to finish the "stock" icon :)

Okay, done!

Can you tell me what the Michelle Gomez cap is from? (I'm trying to do the 100fandoms challenge, and I need all the fandoms I can get. :D)

It's from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina! (And Matthew Goode is from A Discovery of Witches)

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All of my free cap choice icons are from Guardian, a wonderfully cracky show loosely adapted from a Chinese m/m romance novel.
Here's my rec post: https://tinnny.livejournal.com/367331.html

The fandom is wonderful! A lot of very nice people have moved from tumblr to dw, and I'm currently having the time of my life.

Ooh, these are so good! Saving my actual comments for the actual battle post (I'll code and post the battle once novindalf is done with her set) but yaay!

(On a side note, I need to be more active on DW. And I'm going to give Guardian a go ;) I probably let you down re Black Sails back in the day, because I really couldn't get into it, but I'm going into Asian drama with zero expectations so we'll see!)

yeah, well, it can't always work. :)

Black Sails is incredibly good in season 2, but hard to get into without very good motivation - like my friend, who dragged me into it. But once I got to 2x05, it just impressed me so very much all on its own that I was completely sold on it. I didn't like the last season so much, but two and three were amazing.

Guardian is low quality compared to US television, purely from a production value standpoint. But it is so extremely worth it for the romance. I have heard quite a few people in the fandom say that it's the most epic gay romance they've ever seen on tv, and I think I have to agree. And the acting of the two leads is A+.

Let me know if you start it!

Maybe I'll pick it up someday soon-ish, I'm into shows that don't have too many episodes right now, so this could fit.

I'm intrigued. I'm not into m/m usually (I'll ship it in a gen show but I don't seek out m/m content, unlike f/f where I might start a show because of it). But it's so surprising that China is producing gay romance drama that I want to watch a couple of eps. And indeed the actors seem pretty good!

The Chinese were surprised, too. :D

The writers did all they could to make it absolutely obvious, despite the censorship restrictions (which are actually even more strict about the fantasy setting with Buddhist elements than they are about the gay) and the result is amazing.

You won't see them kiss, but everything in the story is about their love.

Honestly, whoever thought it was a good idea to make that particular novel into a tv show must have been suicidal. And the craziest thing is that it paid off! It was one of the most popular shows on Chinese tv last year, and one of the leads won several popularity prizes for his performance.

It "only" has 40 eps, and I still haven't made it through all of them. But the good thing about Chinese tv is that it's not serialized - those 40 eps is all there is and ever will be. (Oh, and don't be surprised that the episodes don't follow Western-style tension arcs. They're pretty much cut at arbitrary timestamps. Just go with it. :))

(There is a great commentary episode by episode at https://disgracetoscholars.dreamwidth.org/tag/guardian)

I just realized I forgot the shadows around the flowers! So I'm going to have to exchange the stock icon for this one:

No problem! And I have now finished my set, thanks for the reminder ;)

My set:

Here's my set!

Prettyyyy!

Can you tell me where 3 and 9 are from (and 6, looks like B99 but am not sure?)

I'm going to code the battle asap :)

Thanks!

3 is Mean Girls, 6 is Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 9 is Tangled

Corrected icon for my MFMM icon: