Hypocrisy Thy Name is RedSatinDoll : Y'All Voted My Icon 3rd Place at Otherworldlyrics icontest 165!

[red_satin_doll]

So while I was bitching and moaning about how hard it is for me to vote in icontests because of all the great work I just can't decide and don't you feeeeeel myyyyyy paiiiiiiinnnn...

this happened:

I mean - REALLY? Are you sure there wasn't a miscount? Because I am happy as all get out but also perplexed because there were so many WONDERFUL entries to chose from.

I'm just - REALLY?

Thank you to everyone who voted for my icon!  I'm honored (and astonished and happy and giggly and perplexed) because there's some fantastic entries here. (Who did #5? I NEED TO KNOW THIS!)

But all the credit has to go to my Beta-Muse wickedbish who pretty much held my hand (as always) when I threw 41 icons at him because I couldn't chose. He picked this one partly because he thought it captured Buffy's overprotectiveness of Dawn. It wasn't my personal favorite and I probably - scratch that, I definitely wouldn't have submitted it without his advice.  And I came damn near ignoring his advice and sending other icons except

1) I remembered my own experiences as a beta for writer friends when they seek my advice and then don't take it when it doesn't; not that they have to take my advice, but when that turns into a pattern? Frustration sets in: "Ok, so why are you asking my advice if you're not gonna take it?" It felt awful disrespectful of what he offers and for free. And,

2) The last time, I won third place with an icon I wouldn't have submitted except for his advice.

So, this icon maker has learned her lesson: I'm an awful judge of my own stuff. This is why I go to Ryan. So, I need to stfu and TRUST that he knows his shit.

CONGRATULATIONS to the other winners spikesredqueen & xclaire_delunex!  Really lovely, simple, powerful icons this round.

BTW - my other submissions were #6 & #10. I'll share the other ones I made but didn't submit tomorrow ETA:i as soon as I can get the darn post finished.  t was a fun challenge!

And don't ask me what I voted for btw because I honestly DO NOT remember, I was so torn in so many directions. I will admit that I voted for #5 - I am CRAZY IN LOVE with that icon, whoever made it. I also especially liked 7, and 12-14, so I could have voted for any of them.

Comments

[wickedbish.livejournal.com]

Goddammit, people should know my name. Heh.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Well the tag is fixed now at least, and if people don't know your name it won't be for my lack of trying!

[wickedbish.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks for indulging my mock-serious vanity.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Vanity is highly underrated.

Srsly - I don't know how it works for guys in general, but I suspect it's much the same as for girls (in this culture)? "We want you to be proud of your accomplishments - but not TOO proud! Stand up for yourself - but don't be immodest! blah blah bitty blah....."

Actually that describes Willow and her mom (parents) pretty well, doesn't it? "be a good girl, make your father and I proud, live up to your potential...but don't exceed it. be intelligent - but don't ask questions." And so on.

I wish we knew more about her relationship with her father - I suspect he's the passive on in the family, but I don't get the sense of closeness or supportiveness of his daughter, if only by his absence from the screen. He takes care of the physical needs, and probably cares about his daughter but in an abstract way. He's fond and nice, but not the one to go to for deep sharing. *hugs Willow*