ETA - You inspired me to make Becoming my default icon for the moment! I need to feel more powerful and active right now.
You mentioned that to me once about the color orange but I didn't appreciate it until I read your comment (which I love btw oh gosh I love it when you summarize one of my artworks because you always capture the essence of it perfectly.)
Looking at these again for this post made me all kinds of happy, actually. I've used that Bronze filter on other icons (like the Hugs one I'm using right now) but never to such effect. And I'd forgotten that there's another light leak layer to it atop that.
It's the moment she basically goes "fuck you, I've got ME" which is so memorable, especially since we don't always have that kind of role model, especially when it comes to a female heroine.
RIGHT? And yet there's a sadness to that moment as well - it's not a simple "you go girl" moment because it underlines her isolation. Her ability to be strong is both a blessing and a curse - and I think a lot of us suffer from that "I have to do it all myself and asking for help is a weakness" mentality. (that said - screw you, Xander "She said 'kick his ass' " Harris.)
BTW am I the only person who watched Primeval and kind of cringed when Forrest (the zombie version) said to Buffy "is that all you got?" and Riley replied "No - she's got me!" Like, i get the meta purpose of that in Buffy's arc but I was like, no no no do not impinge upon that perfect moment in Becoming, please. (Of course it seems really ironic in light of S5. Screw you Riley Finn.)
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You mentioned that to me once about the color orange but I didn't appreciate it until I read your comment (which I love btw oh gosh I love it when you summarize one of my artworks because you always capture the essence of it perfectly.)
Looking at these again for this post made me all kinds of happy, actually. I've used that Bronze filter on other icons (like the Hugs one I'm using right now) but never to such effect. And I'd forgotten that there's another light leak layer to it atop that.
It's the moment she basically goes "fuck you, I've got ME" which is so memorable, especially since we don't always have that kind of role model, especially when it comes to a female heroine.
RIGHT? And yet there's a sadness to that moment as well - it's not a simple "you go girl" moment because it underlines her isolation. Her ability to be strong is both a blessing and a curse - and I think a lot of us suffer from that "I have to do it all myself and asking for help is a weakness" mentality. (that said - screw you, Xander "She said 'kick his ass' " Harris.)
BTW am I the only person who watched Primeval and kind of cringed when Forrest (the zombie version) said to Buffy "is that all you got?" and Riley replied "No - she's got me!" Like, i get the meta purpose of that in Buffy's arc but I was like, no no no do not impinge upon that perfect moment in Becoming, please. (Of course it seems really ironic in light of S5. Screw you Riley Finn.)