078: rather live out a lie than live wondering / how the fire feels while burning
Aaand...the Leverage love train keeps rollin' along! All aboard the Parker/Hardison/OTPretzel Express, y'all! Seriously, these two are the reason I began watching the show. I couldn't resist the idea of two people that good-looking stealing together and perhaps mackin' on each other every now and again. Just from a shallow standpoint, I was in love
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Fascination - WUT IS YOUR FACE, PARKER. I SEE YOU LOOKING AT HARDISON, WONDERING AND THINKING AND FEELING WAYS ABOUT PRETZELS LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE. I love that you used a circle for this and how the shape focuses the view. I find my eye drawn to Parker, probably because she's the lighter part of the icon, and I think that's very appropriate. I've always thought Parker was drawn to Hardison and almost fascinated by him because of how caring and open he is, which isn't something she understands or knows how to be yet.
Character - OMFG LOVED THAT EPISODE SO HARD. ALL THE FEELINGS + OTP + HISTORY = FUCK YES. This is really all I have to say, other than I love how you gave this an old photograph feel with the coloring and texture. *thumbs up*
Chemistry - THEY HAS IT IN SPADES. XD I think the right side with Hardison is a little dark or under contrasted, but HEARTS IN MAH EYES nonetheless.
Charm - I love the color, the texture and shape of this, but I feel like I don't see enough of Parker. She's kind of squished to the side. tl;dr NEEDS MORE PARKER. XD
Interest - FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF KIM. UGH THE COLOR. THE TEXTURE. THEIR FACES. *FLAILS* LOVE IT.
Color + Shape - SEE ABOVE. UGH. STOP IT. (EXCEPT DON'T)
Emotion - DKLFJSLFJKKLSFJLSKFJLKSFJLSF PERFECT. I love that you made Parker the focus for this again, with Hardison just peeking in there. She has grown so much as a character, and though she is afraid of her emotions sometimes, she isn't hiding them and she's starting to embrace them.
Enticement - *FUCKING DEAD* YES. YES. YES. This is SO them. Hardison and his teasing and flirting, Parker and her aloofness and her adorable frowny face that she gets with him. GAH!
Lust - DONUTS! Oh my Jesus, you did not, but YOU DID, and it's AMAZING. I adore, no, I applaud, that you didn't go with the standard interpretation of the word. The little twist is so cute!
Moment - ASKFLJSDLFKJSFKSDF SO MANY MOMENTS. *TRIES TO SHOVE THEM TOGETHER* THEY KILL ME, KIM. I CAN'T EVEN ANYMORE. I love the tension in this icon, the space, the light and shadow, SO MANY THINGS that make up one of THOSE moments, the ones that hang in the air between two people and push them in one direction or another but these two refuse to actually MOVE. UGH.
(I MIGHT HAVE ALREADY DIED. I MIGHT BE COMMENTING FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE. Back to training for a bit, more later.)
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Opposites - XD Again, loving the color and texture, the composition is simple but fantastic because I'm a sucker for varied sizes and perspectives like that. It also makes me think about the ways in which they are disimilar. While everyone in this little Leverage family started out as loners, everyone seemed rather accepting of the whole except, initially, Parker. Hardison knows what a family is, he has/had a family, he gets the dynamic of normal relationships, but Parker is so removed from that. She comes from such a different place entirely, and while she doesn't always understand I think she WANTS to so badly. Basically, she doesn't want to be an opposite anymore. XD
HOLY META, BATMAN, WTF. XD
Fire - Oh, okay. Just throw some OTP kissage up there. NO BIG DEAL. That's gonna give me any feelings on a Monday morning. The text is so cheesy BUT I LOVES IT. THESE TWO ARE FUCKING EN FUEGO.
Mystery - I love where this icon was going, but I admit it's hard for me to make out the characters...OH WAIT MYSTERY, LOLZ. :P (HA! I am occasionally a bitch, you know.) BUT I LIKE WHAT I THINK IT IS. XD
Subtle - D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. *rainbows everywhere* Oh god that hug. THE HUG TO END ALL THE HUGS THAT CAME BEFORE. Once again your texture use slays me and the text is molto bene! IDK why you hate this icon. IT IS ADORABLE.
Seduction - ... MY BRAIN IS GOING PLACES. AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. It's also saying that I love the color (PURPAL IS MAH FAVORITE) and all the other things about this. Really I love anytime they look at each other. Stand next to each other. Are in the same room. Exist...
Allure - OMG. I LOVE WHATEVER THAT TEXTURE IS DOING FOR THE COLOR BECAUSE OMGGGGGGGGGGG SO PREEEEETY!!!! (also Hardison in uniform UNF - totally almost typed Hardon there. appropriate? Yes, me thinks so.) SEXY STUFF. MMHMM.
Sweet - MOAR HUGS. HARDISON/PARKER ALWAYS NEEDS MORE HUGS. I see what you mean about the contrast. Her face is great but he just kind of became a dark blob. Text is cute though.
Unexpected - HIS. FACE. HARDISON, I LOVE YOUR FACE. IT SHOULD BE NEAR PARKER'S FACE MORE OFTEN. Totally made the A = Hardison connection and also the card because THEY ARE ACES, BABE.
Unforgiving - Oh god does this make me want to write all the angsty fic in the world for them. I love that episode so much! (sexy Parker - YES PLZ, Hardison doing terrible/silly accents - OH GOD YES, tension and angst - SIGN ME THE FUCK UP, ending with Nate/Sophie angst? - OH SWEET JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL) You continue to kill me with the textures, but what I love most is the perspective, how there is no doubt that Parker is trying to make Hardison's head explode just by staring at him.
Complicated - YES, YES THEY ARE. Understatement, maybe, but definitely an apt description for them. XD But SHUT UP with your composition. UGH. I love Hardison's contemplative face, Parker's kind of happy face, the clock texture and the text all sorts of coordinating. ITA with your little meta on this in your note. A+ would read again.
Alts: Oh 1 and 2 are so pretty in color, but B&W is where it's at. LOVE 5. OMGGGGGGGGGGG 6 AHHHHHH! 15. ... SHUT UP OMG. I always adore seeing your variations. LOL @ 44 AND 45. ADORABLE AND HILARIOUS AND FABULOUS. HOLY SHIT. 47. I loooooooooooove the extra blocking!
GOOD GOD WOMAN YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREAK. MY SHIPPING AND ICON FLAILING HEART CANNOT TAKE THIS REPEATED ASSAULT. HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO PAY ATTENTION TO ANYTHING IN TRAINING NOW. OMG. I'M ALL FILLED UP WITH PARKER/HARDISON AND LEVERAGE THOUGHTS. CURSE YOU, YOU FABULOUS WOMAN.
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Opposites - I'm feeling pretty emotional reading your take on Parker. It's so true that she can't quite express or even process internally what she wants in the way of emotional fulfillment and relationships. She never really made herself think about what she'd been missing in life cuz it probably would've broken her when she was all by herself. That's why The Queen's Gambit Job really touched me. Hardison straight told her that he was there for her as a friend and teammate (and potentially as her dude). She needed to know someone cared about her that much. Anyway, STFU with our tl;dr cuz no one curr. Except us. And we're really all that matters anyway, right? DAMN RIGHT.
Fire - I've had that fire texture for years, and I remember using it last year for a Dan/Blair icon. I searched desperately and was so glad to have found it. Cheesy as shit? Hell yeah. But appropriate as fuck? HELL TO THE YEAH.
Mystery - I've actually been waiting for someone to tell me they don't know what the fuck is being depicted there. It's our dynamic duo in The Studio Job, but I got carried away with the coloring cuz I stumbled on a combo of textures that I loved. I LOVE YOU FOR KEEPIN' IT REAL. <3
Subtle - I just...can't with this icon. And not in a good way either. If I hadn't worked so hard on it, I'd have just left it outta the batch, but my insides were screaming "BITCH, YOU BETTER INCLUDE THAT!" cuz it was so difficult to make. YOU LOVE IT. WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT I THINK? I DON'T!
Seduction - It's funny, but I kept thinking of Lady Gaga while making this icon and "mystery." I wanted it sexy as fuck cuz well, LOOK AT THOSE BITCHES! If there is any justice in this world, they will exist next to each other even more in S5 than they did in S4. I wanna be completely dead from the hotness by midway through S5. Just sayin', Leverage writers.
Allure - Lex's fuckin' texture, dude. It owns that icon and "color + shape." I owe so much to her! (I keep telling my sis that his name is "hardon" if you take away the "is." Cuz I'm mature like that. WE'RE ON THE SAME MATURITY LEVEL. I APPROVE.)
Sweet - You must be in my brain cuz we always see the same problems. I just checked right now and...YUP, I LOVE THAT. Ugh, with their fuckin' hugs though, right? So goddamn cute! That's actually them "dancing" in The Queen's Gambit Job, but it's so cramped that it looks like a hug, so I played pretend. :P
Unexpected - His goddamn face needs to be ALL UP IN HER GRILL 24/7/365. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? And obviously, you get the A and aces connection cuz well, YOU GET ME AND MY WEIRDNESS.
Unforgiving - Thank fuck I wasn't eating or drinking anything when I read this comment cuz my monitor and keyboard would be sprayed with bits! The "OH SWEET JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL" bit is too goddamn much! HEARTS. IN. EYES. WHOSE EYES? MINE, BITCH. ALL MINE. Also, she looks scary mean in that image. I can almost see lasers shooting out her gorgeous eyes cuz she is that pissed at him!
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Complicated - Ohhhhhh, the frustration and angst of making this icon, babe! You wouldn't believe it. Such a fitting experience for that specific inspiration word. This is why I don't blend often. It makes me wanna cry. This came out...cool-ish though. Another maker would've polished the composition to perfection, but that shit is LOVE and totally from my heart. Flaws and all, it is my bleeding shipper heart pouring out all its energy cuz PARKER/HARDISON DESERVE NO LESS. RECOGNIZE.
#1-2 are when I finally got a grasp on coloring the caps so I didn't have to go B/W + Linear Burn. FINALLY. You love #15? YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! If I went with my heart, that would've been the actual entry cuz it reminds me of Anja's work, and when will that ever happen again? But honestly, I didn't wanna hear "I can't tell what's going on" a million times, so I scrapped it. I giggle when I see it cuz I can't tell where Hardison's face begins, so even I ask "what's going on?" #44-45 are thanks to neke's awesome texture. The text bloomed in my head cuz of that texture! #47 was the runner-up to becoming the entry. I am pleased as fuck that you love it! :)
NOPE. TAKING A BREAK IS FOR UNCOMMITTED WANKERS WHO DON'T ADORE THE OTPRETZEL COUPLING AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD. THAT IS NOT ME. I AM 100% COMMITTED TO ICONIZING THEIR AWESOMENESS AND MAKING OTERS AWARE OF IT. A CULT IS IN THE WORKS. JSYK. PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY LOSS OF CONCETRATION YOU SUFFERED TODAY. I GLADLY ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY! EVERYTHING IS PRETZELED TO DEATH AND NOTHING HURTS. REMEMBER THAT. <333333333333
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(REAL LIFE SHIT: WHOA, SOMEONE'S CURSING UP IN THE LIBRARY! THIS DUDE'S GETING CRAZY! I WISH ELITO WERE HERE TO FIX THE SITUATION!)
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Fascination - Her stare is fuckin' magnetic, dude, and can you blame her? HAYLE TO THE NAW! That motherfucker is just so fine and so badass in his own geeky way that she's riveted by him. And you're right, the attraction from her side of the relationship is in huge part due to how open he is with his feelings. He's subtly let her know almost from the beginning that he's attracted to her, and she's exploring that aspect of her own self as the show goes on. It's fantastic and beautiful to see!
Character - The Van Gogh Job literally had me squeeing loudly with glee! HOW FUCKIN' GORGEOUS DID THEY LOOK IN THE '40S OUTFITS AND HIM IN THE UNIFORM? HELLO, NOT FAIR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD! Oh, and I'm glad the icon looks vintage to you. Charlie/Dorothy deserve only the best! :P
Chemistry - As usual, you spot the same flaw in my icon that I did. Trying to put contrast in his beautiful face without blowing out the quality or upsetting the balance of the composition was ridiculous. Such a frustrating icon to make!
Charm - Again, you have the same issue with this icon that I do! I was so hellbent on using that goddamn texture, and I ended up sacrificing so much of Parker to do that. Shameful bitch is shameful.
Interest - THE PURPLE WANTS YOU TO HUG IT, LINDS. GO AHEAD, BABE. DO IT.
Color + Shape - Funny that you like this for the same reasons as Interest seeing as how I made them on the same day when I still had no idea how to color caps of this show and was going all MOAR LINEAR BURNED TEXTURES!!!!!!!!!!!
Emotion - Dude, YES! It had to be about Parker cuz her emotional development was so very evident in that ep! The Grave Danger Job is honestly one of the most stunning exhibits of love that I've ever seen in a TV show, and it wasn't even about romance. She loves Hardison so much as a friend and guiding him through the breathing exercise had to be one of the most difficult things she'd ever done. Aldis and Beth were fuckin' marvelous as shit in that ep.
Enticement - Don't you just want her to turn and fuckin' kiss him when you look at that image? In my twisted mind, it's an animated piece, and she will plant one on him in 2 seconds. :P
Lust - Honestly, lust is just so not a thing with these two. Obviously, they're physically attracted to each other, but we never get freakin' bedroom eyes and shit, so I chose to go the funny route cuz it's very much at the heart of their usual dynamics! ALSO, THOSE GODDAMN DONUTS LOOKED BOMB AS HELL!
Moment - Excuse me. I threw up reading your interpretation cuz it was that AWESOME.
(HAS THIS STUPID ASS RAMBLE REVIVED YOU YET...OR MADE YOU WANNA STAY NICE AND DEAD?)
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