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red_satin_dollSo we made it to the flip side - Happy 2016, my friends! May it be better than 2015. (I say that every year. It never is better, but I always hope anyway.)
This was my "last hurrah" of 2015 (Good-bye old year, I won't miss you. At all.) and my first hurrah of 2016, for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
btvsats20in20 Round 15.
Plus a special treat for the Giles/Angel shippers in the house! (Anyone?)
Teasers:
For the first time ever, I attempted "slashy" Giles/Angle icons. Actually, this would be my first ever m/m slash-y* icons, period. I'm surprised that Giles/Angel isn't more of a "thing". Somewhere in the world I am sure there's a website filled with G/A fic of the two of them screwing each other senseless, but I haven't come across it. Not that I want to, tbh. (This may be a sign of the End of Days. Remember to pack a toothbrush.)
Enjoy - I think?
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7 - 11
12 - 13
* I actually hate the words "slash" and "femmeslash". I know where they originate in this context but I think it's time to retire them. And yet, saying "my first gay male icons" doesn't quite sound right either.
This was my "last hurrah" of 2015 (Good-bye old year, I won't miss you. At all.) and my first hurrah of 2016, for
btvsats20in20 Round 15.Plus a special treat for the Giles/Angel shippers in the house! (Anyone?)
Teasers:
| 10 Themes | ||||
| Close Crop | Red + White | Pastel | Surprise | B&W + Quote |
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| Provided Texture | Green | Hair | Light Texture | Peaceful |
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| 5 Category |SILVER & GOLD | ||||
| Cat 1 | Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 4 | Cat 5 |
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| 5 Artist's Choice | ||||
| AC 1 | AC 2 | AC 3 | AC 4 | AC 5 |
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For the first time ever, I attempted "slashy" Giles/Angle icons. Actually, this would be my first ever m/m slash-y* icons, period. I'm surprised that Giles/Angel isn't more of a "thing". Somewhere in the world I am sure there's a website filled with G/A fic of the two of them screwing each other senseless, but I haven't come across it. Not that I want to, tbh. (This may be a sign of the End of Days. Remember to pack a toothbrush.)
Enjoy - I think?
1 - 6 7 - 11 12 - 13* I actually hate the words "slash" and "femmeslash". I know where they originate in this context but I think it's time to retire them. And yet, saying "my first gay male icons" doesn't quite sound right either.
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Date: 2016-01-01 06:32 pm (UTC)kerk
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Date: 2016-01-01 06:40 pm (UTC)ETA: I just edited and re-added the icon, so it should work now. But here is the icon itself:
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Date: 2016-01-01 06:54 pm (UTC)kerk
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Date: 2016-01-01 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-01 06:42 pm (UTC)Also, check this out, and this, followed by this.
You're welcome.
Gabrielle
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Date: 2016-01-01 06:51 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for compliments, I'm just stunned by your words Gabrielle! What a lovely way to start the new year.
I knew you were going to like AC5. I had you in mind when I made that one. :D
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Date: 2016-01-01 08:27 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2016-01-01 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-01 07:46 pm (UTC)My favorites from your 20in20 are: Red+White, Pastel, Light Texture, Peaceful, Cat 1, Cat 3, and AC 3.
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Date: 2016-01-01 08:00 pm (UTC)You're the second person to single out Pastel, I'm surprised (and pleased) because I wasn't sure I liked it. I wasn't sure about Peaceful either so I'm glad you like. (i wanted to do more Willow icons in this set but this ep isn't the best for the Willow visuals. Probably because Cordy takes a bigger role.)
Happy new year! Did you stay up for it last night?
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Date: 2016-01-01 09:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-01 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-02 12:13 am (UTC)It wasn't too bad. Our neighbors were kind enough to play about 5 open-hand rounds so we could get the hang of it.
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Date: 2016-01-02 04:38 am (UTC)I like both items individually, I'd have to give it a try sometime.
Have you tried the "hard root beer" they sell nowadays? It's actually an old-fashioned recipe (if you made soda pop and let it continue to ferment it would become a beer or wine), and it sounded like a great idea because again, I like both individually, but I didn't care for it as a beverage. Too sweet to be a beer and too alcoholic to be a soda.
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Date: 2016-01-02 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-01 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-01 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-01 11:39 pm (UTC)My favorites are Red and White, Pastel (I love "soft" icons), Surprise, Provided Texture, Hair (PORN, yayyyy!) and Light Texture. I also like the silver and gold series because baby!SMG has a pretty face and shiny icons are perfect for her. In CAT5 she looks like the lovechild of Katniss and Cordelia though?? Or maybe it's the flu talking. Also AC4 is very cool.
I don't get the Angel/Giles, although I'm always here for boys screwing each other senseless. LOL. I think that Giles/Spike has a lot more of canon-y stuff going on, with Spike chained in the bathtub and them being British and stuff. But Angel and Giles would be interesting in a painful way.
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Date: 2016-01-02 04:51 am (UTC)Credit to
I knew you'd like the soft, light ones. There are always certain people I have in mind when I make my sets and you're one of them. :D
I was going to do a different character per icon for the Category set but - bitty Buffy. I got carried away (how could I not?)
In CAT5 she looks like the lovechild of Katniss and Cordelia though??
*squints* I think it's the flu talking. *lol* The image of her may be slightly distorted because the site I got my caps from (I think screen capped.net; definitely not Blood Queen for that one.)
But Angel and Giles would be interesting in a painful way.
I almost didn't because of the fact that Angelus, you know, murdered Jenny. But there is no way to ship any two characters in btvs that isn't somehow problematic, so what the heck. Also, if you just go off the caps, as I was, there are all sorts of slashy implications to the images of Giles and Angel in the library...if you just go off their faces...which is how non-canon shipping was born, right? Gabrielle rec'd some NC-17 Giles/Angel fic upthread that I haven't read yet:
http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/98593.html?thread=2716961#t2716961
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Date: 2016-01-02 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-02 05:00 am (UTC)This set is unusually colorful for me; I make sepia and muted icons more often than i do bright ones, so much so that making icons with strong colors is something I have to challenge myself to do. So the ones you singled out are actually more in my "wheelhouse" as the kids say.
number 6 of the Giles, Angel icons is especially wonderful,
*blushes* these were a lot of fun to make, it could get addictive *lol*
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Date: 2016-01-02 01:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-02 04:56 am (UTC)You've made my night because I am really pleased with that AC set and so happy you noticed it. :D
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Date: 2016-01-02 01:41 am (UTC)I also really love close crop, pastel, green, light texture, AC1, AC3 and, from your Giles/Angel ones, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10 :)
And Happy New Year to you :D
The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, December 31 - Friday, January 1
Date: 2016-01-02 04:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-02 05:57 am (UTC)I'm surprised that Giles/Angel isn't more of a "thing". Somewhere in the world I am sure there's a website filled with G/A fic of the two of them screwing each other senseless, but I haven't come across it.
G/A isn't my particular cuppa either, but I do have some relatively unpopular/unusual ships that I like where my demand for stories far outstrips the supply on AO3. I've found new-to-me stuff from relatively inaccessible (compared to AO3) sources:
1) Someone's personal archive that somehow managed to survive the Geocities purge of fanfic websites. Some of these actually archive more than just the author's work.
2) The UCSL (Unconventional Shippers List)
3) Riposte (archive for any fic involving Giles and/or Wesley) or Of Demons and Destiny (Giles fic)
[2) and 3) are organized by author, and are not always great about indicating which ship, if any, is involved in the summary, so I feel for the hypothetical Giles/Angel shipper who's looking for that stuff, because there is a lot of Giles/Anybody-But-Angel for them to flip through to find their tiny little ship]
4) Yahoogroups mailing lists--all the ones I've run across appear to be dead now, but the archives have old fic. Searching is painful and slow and there's a lot of terrible stuff to filter through (which is true for all sources, to be honest).
5) Usenet archives (Also a painful search process. But I do occasionally find something that is available nowhere else.)
6) Individual authors' livejournals. Works best for people who left livejournal about the time when they left fandom.
Most of these sources skew towards older fic, but I'm guessing G/A was more popular when they were both on the same show. So I'm guessing there's a fair amount that could be found by the motivated searcher (i.e. not me or you.)
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Date: 2016-01-02 03:25 pm (UTC)Learn more about LiveJournal Ratings in FAQ (https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=303).
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Date: 2016-01-08 04:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-08 06:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-17 06:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-18 05:12 am (UTC)AC 2, 3 and 4 are three of my favorites here; I'm actually really pleased with this AC set. it has a simplicity to it, I'm glad you approve. And thank you for voting at challenge - tell your friends! We could use new blood and more voters.