Fannish stuff, plus MUSACK!

[hackthis_archive]

1. I owe nifra_idril an apology for saying that her boy, Ioan Gruffudd, wasn't attractive. I mean, he's a bit too much with the big eyes for me, but after having watched five of the six seven of the eight Horatio Hornblower films*, I can say that he's certainly not hard on the eyes. He's no Jamie Bamber, who is just fucking adorable as hell, and he's no Paul McGann with the Grumbling Voice of Sexual Doom, but yeah, I reckon I'd vote for him in the Really Nice Arse Awards.**

*I need fic recs for HH if you please.

** Of course he couldn't hold a coin to Jamie Bamber on BSG last week, but who could? I would like to thank the costuming department of BSG and whomever decides the dimensions of regulation military towels for being really stingy fuckers. Yay!


2. Today is 13th September, which means that Elbow's new album, Leaders of the Free World is out and I cannot stress enough how much I think everyone should go and pick up a copy. Here's a small taste of their brilliance: Forget Myself (the first single from the album), An Imagined Affair, Great Expectations


3. Hugh Laurie is fabulous:

"I can't think of any other human activity that doesn't get easier with repetition," he continued, calming himself with a Marlboro Light. "Making omelets, playing violin, sex, anything - the more you do it, the better you get at it, supposedly - but for this, it doesn't apply. I find that every day is as painful as the last day, which is painful as the first day I did it."*gacked from corinna_5


4. obsessedmuch has a poll about fannish evolution from Jossverse


5. I know there's been a deplorable lack of writing in this space recently. I've not written anything in well over a month, and while there's a part of me that feels very sad about this, the truth of the matter is I'm just not inspired right now. If I don’t have kattiya waving things in my face and circe_tigana slyly insinuating bits about Blaise and Theodore I'll focus on other things. They're off, so I'm focussing on other things. My RL is benefiting at the very least.


6. Thank you ravurian and parthenia14 on behalf of myself and ethrosdemon for introducing me to James Blunt. He's not pretty, but boy can he sing up a storm. Listen to 'You're Beautiful' and 'No Bravery'.

I hope to write something for 'You're Beautiful' very soon. Of course I'd be happy to just write something full stop at this point.

Comments

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

*attempts to entice you with Danny + Rusty + snackfood*

[laura-iskra.livejournal.com]

thx for the songs!
hugh laurie is one of my newest passions since house has been airing here only since july and I immediate fell for the men :p

[plumtastic.livejournal.com]

Haha! Ioan! Y'know, I once met this chick who used to babysit for him. And he's the reason I know of the Stereophonics *and* Manic Street Preachers.

The big eyes take a little getting used to, but the ass, the jaw and the cheekbones make up for it. Not to mention the accent. Guh.

[greenapricot.livejournal.com]

More Elbow. Hooray!

This will help tide me over until it's released here.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

you are fired.

don't think I will ever find Craig attractive just because you caught onto the Welsh Patriot.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

also, you know that Ioan is in a movie with Bevan where they are gay lovers, right?

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

he's no Paul McGann with the Grumbling Voice of Sexual Doom, but yeah, I reckon I'd vote for him in the Really Nice Arse Awards.**

See, it's things like this that make me put up with my computer's assholery. "Grumbling Voice of Sexual Doom" is just classic. :D

Thank you muchly for the Elbow and James Blunt. My computer went all evil on my ass and deleted all my music, including the few Elbow tracks I had collected. I also won't pay 21 bucks for a cd, so I guess I'll wait on Back to Bedlam.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the video for You're Beautiful? Which you can find here (http://www.jamesblunt.com/video.html). Because, mmm. He's not exactly beautiful, but he does take his clothes off in the snow on the edge of a cliff. And I'm not saying I'm shallow exactly, but.

I saw him being interviewed on breakfast TV with that video playing on a giant screen behind his head and the (female) interviewer had to stop talking every so often to wipe the drool from her chin.

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

*loves you*

I heard 'You're Beautiful' on the radio, but didn't catch who sang it! And I've been dying to know. Also, it's totally worthy of being fic inspiration.

[ravurian]

Oh, you're very welcome. I hope he unlocks your inspiration; I know how having none feels. On the other hand, I wrote 15000 words in two days, so I'm feeling relatively smug at the moment. Only relatively, though, because a dissertation is supposed to take months. I suppose I should hold off on the smug until I find out whether I passed. Oy.

As for the pretty... well, I'd never seen Mr Blunt until you posted the link to his site. He doesn't look too bad here though.

[rozza.livejournal.com]

<---- Ioan's Biotch. Remember, back in the glory days of BBB? Hornblower is awesome, particularly the first six episodes. And I especially love how Ioan has more chemistry with men (Jamie Bamber, Clive Owen) than any other woman I've seen him with. Oh and I think there are actually 8 Hornblowers.

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

MCGANN!

I'd like McGann in the potterverse somewhere. ponders.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

James Blunt. He's not pretty,

He's not? My, he does a good job of faking it.

Ioan is prettiest when sharing the screen with Jamie. Not that I'm focused or anything.

Oooh, music! ::pounces::

Some of my favorite HH stuff is by Janis Cortese. I particularly like "Against the Shadow," and "I Dream" is good for a little Archie/Pellew (my rarepairing of choice in that fandom). Ransom is a fandom classic, though sadly relatively smutless. Another writer I really like is Widget.

And hey, that's an icon I'm missing! Hornblower!

::trolls for screencaps::

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

I don't have addies, but here are some great Hornblower fics:

"Full Fathom Five" by Anais

"No Quarter Given" by MissKittie

[la-sikka.livejournal.com]

It's quality not quantity that counts. If you were to take a couple of months before you write it would be fine.

You are a fan of Sigur Ros yes? They have a video for their single off their new album Takk. Glosoli (http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=2b5ee7b3-3039-4c57-ba6d-fb42e6536a9e&delivery=stream)

[disprove.livejournal.com]

God, I love Elbow. Thanks for the mp3s.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

Er, you kind of prompted me to listen to the album again on Napster (because I actually don't know it that well) and - have you listened to 'Goodbye my lover'? My. word. It's just stunning. It also just completely begs a story. I don't have a downloaded version, unfortunately. Although I may do soon, if this continues, LOL.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

I hope you realise, hackthis, that your James Blunt chat this week eventually led to this (http://www.livejournal.com/users/parthenia14/23377.html#cutid1) sorry fannish progression (relevant bit's below the cut).

He's on Top of the Pops tonight. Allegedly.

[nifra-idril.livejournal.com]

*cough* IOAN IS THE HOTTEST OMG WHATEVA AND ALSO HI I KNEW YOU WOULD SEE SOMEDAY THAT HE IS LUSCIOUS!!!

*winces* I'm a little excited to be back on the internets. Sorry?