now where HAVE I seen that before?
White Collar Link Party
1. micheleeeex (who together with jrosemary are responsible for my daily White Collar fix) linked this new White Collar promo.
a. I've said it before and I will just briefly say it again: Peter, your worldview, it is so black-and-white and occasionally so narrow it frustrates me. (Yes, this is about the whole "You can be a con, or you can be a man, you can't be both." Probably because I am amazingly literal and thought it would have been more correctly, but clunkily, worded as "You can be a con, and you can be a man, but you can't be both at the same time.")
b. Peter and Sara have this lovely little moment at 0:11 to 0:14 (interrupted by Neal, that scene-stealer), that goes like this (I rewound it so many times it is not even funny):
Peter: *concerned* It'd be dangerous.
Sara: *gives him a look that is both speculative and challenging* It'd be fun.
I could totally go for Peter/Sara. I love Elizabeth, and I love Peter, and I love Peter/Elizabeth (it really is Elizabeth/Peter, though), but I sometimes think that the majority of fandom is so into the Happily Married thing that they won't entertain the possibility of Peter with any other woman. I get that - sort of, but I really like variety, and I like Peter with other people. Loyalty and fidelity are not always the same thing. /yes, me and semantics, I know, I know.
ETA: YES! I am not alone! I now advance my theory for the Neal/Sara scene: BOTH of them were trying to make Peter jealous, it ends up in Neal/Peter/Sara. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN EVER (which is what my imagination is for).
c. That Peter/Sara moment did so much more for me than that incredibly blatant Neal/Sara makeout scene. The problem with scenes that blatant (also, see every shirtless!Neal scene ever) is that they always come across to me as being incredibly calculated. There's nothing wrong (and often a lot that's right) in playing to your target audience, but I really shouldn't feel like I'm being played to. Scenes like that make me feel like an exploited audience member, and often leave me absolutely cold. But I'm a minority here.
d. Oh Peter, why is a bag being put over your head? I hope Jeff Eastin won't develop a thing for it, the way Christopher Nolan's got one for Cillian Murphy with a bag over his head (see Scarecrow in the Dark Knight and Fischer in Inception).
e. Hee! The Peter-Elizabeth wink is adorable!
f. HAHAHAHAHA NEAL flashing a badge and yelling "FBI!"
g. Hahahaha Neal shoving Keller's things off the table and slamming him against the prison walls! So hot. *___*
And on that disturbing note I end my commentary.
2. We have a
new White Collar promotional image
source
(really, I get all my real-time WC updates on Twitter, but on LJ it's easier to link LJ sources)
Doesn't Neal's shot look familiar?
3. jrosemary linked pfyre's AWESOME post on a M/M novel (not worksafe)
that might sound really familiar to you if you've watched White Collar:
Summary (from source)
"On the eve of the new millennium, diamond thief Noel Snow seduced FBI special agent Robert Cuffe, then fled into the dawn. Now a successful novelist, Noel uses his capers as fodder for his books, and has modeled his hero's nemesis (and potential love interest) on Cuffe. Though he leaves Robert a drunken phone message every New Year's Eve, Noel hasn't seen or heard from him in a decade.
So he's thrilled when his former lover shows up at his upstate farm one Christmas Eve. Elation quickly turns to alarm when Robert accuses Noel of being responsible for a recent rash of diamond heists. Robert is all business and as cold as ice: it seems his only interest in Noel is to put him behind bars.
Innocent of the crimes, and still as attracted as ever to the oh-so-serious lawman, Noel plans a second seduction - providing he can stay out of jail long enough!"
a. My reaction to the summary: PURE GLEE.
b. You should check out an excerpt at pfyre's post. The thief (whose name is Noel, which is Neal's name with one vowel switched and a letter rearrangement) has an agent named Elise Bennett (I thought "Elizabeth Burke").
c. The FBI agent has the same initials as his literary equivalent!
d. THAT NEW YEAR'S EVE PHONE CALL THING IS TOTALLY OUT OF CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Frank Abagnale would call his FBI shadow every New Year's Eve. First time he did it, the FBI Agent realised it was because the thief had no one else to call. (Also, it was hilariously inappropriate: you should totally see the movie. Thief calls FBI agent, apologises for conning him, invites said agent over to said thief's hotel room. On New Year's Eve.)
e. Also, hee. ♥ I would SO read this book.
4. If you want another publicly-available alternative, this comment linked Shadow of the Templar, a 4-novel webseries about a brilliant young FBI agent and an unpredictable international art thief. And yes, they go there. If you're like me and like to check out TVTropes before attempting a series, here's the link.
5.
Matt & Tim; and Tim's alleged fanfiction-writing habits.
source (another source of my WC fix) (warning, site has embedded music)
An shot from that Paley Center event, I know, but I hadn't seen this one before!
My personal canon for this picture:
Tim: “They wrote what about us?!”
Matt: “Fascinating. Do tell.”
(Though, if that recent-ish fandomsecret ( here it is, in case the link goes) about Tim writing fanfiction is true, it should probably go this way:
Matt: “You wrote what about us?!”
Tim: *knowing smile* “That’s for me (and about a thousand fans) to know, and for you to… never find out.”)
… I really am awful, but having an imagination is so fun. (Not that these two don’t kind of write the fic all by themselves. Tim in particular! Watch out for that one!)
6. mikenno has graciously linked me pixiv tags for Japanese White Collar fanart. Neal features prominently, as one might imagine.
7. By way of micheleeeex again:
Matt Bomer and some seriously adorable kids.
source
massive gorgeous versions here and here, thanks to micheleeeex.
1. micheleeeex (who together with jrosemary are responsible for my daily White Collar fix) linked this new White Collar promo.
a. I've said it before and I will just briefly say it again: Peter, your worldview, it is so black-and-white and occasionally so narrow it frustrates me. (Yes, this is about the whole "You can be a con, or you can be a man, you can't be both." Probably because I am amazingly literal and thought it would have been more correctly, but clunkily, worded as "You can be a con, and you can be a man, but you can't be both at the same time.")
b. Peter and Sara have this lovely little moment at 0:11 to 0:14 (interrupted by Neal, that scene-stealer), that goes like this (I rewound it so many times it is not even funny):
Peter: *concerned* It'd be dangerous.
Sara: *gives him a look that is both speculative and challenging* It'd be fun.
I could totally go for Peter/Sara. I love Elizabeth, and I love Peter, and I love Peter/Elizabeth (it really is Elizabeth/Peter, though), but I sometimes think that the majority of fandom is so into the Happily Married thing that they won't entertain the possibility of Peter with any other woman. I get that - sort of, but I really like variety, and I like Peter with other people. Loyalty and fidelity are not always the same thing. /yes, me and semantics, I know, I know.
ETA: YES! I am not alone! I now advance my theory for the Neal/Sara scene: BOTH of them were trying to make Peter jealous, it ends up in Neal/Peter/Sara. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN EVER (which is what my imagination is for).
c. That Peter/Sara moment did so much more for me than that incredibly blatant Neal/Sara makeout scene. The problem with scenes that blatant (also, see every shirtless!Neal scene ever) is that they always come across to me as being incredibly calculated. There's nothing wrong (and often a lot that's right) in playing to your target audience, but I really shouldn't feel like I'm being played to. Scenes like that make me feel like an exploited audience member, and often leave me absolutely cold. But I'm a minority here.
d. Oh Peter, why is a bag being put over your head? I hope Jeff Eastin won't develop a thing for it, the way Christopher Nolan's got one for Cillian Murphy with a bag over his head (see Scarecrow in the Dark Knight and Fischer in Inception).
e. Hee! The Peter-Elizabeth wink is adorable!
f. HAHAHAHAHA NEAL flashing a badge and yelling "FBI!"
g. Hahahaha Neal shoving Keller's things off the table and slamming him against the prison walls! So hot. *___*
And on that disturbing note I end my commentary.
2. We have a
new White Collar promotional image
source
(really, I get all my real-time WC updates on Twitter, but on LJ it's easier to link LJ sources)
Doesn't Neal's shot look familiar?
3. jrosemary linked pfyre's AWESOME post on a M/M novel (not worksafe)
that might sound really familiar to you if you've watched White Collar:
Summary (from source)
"On the eve of the new millennium, diamond thief Noel Snow seduced FBI special agent Robert Cuffe, then fled into the dawn. Now a successful novelist, Noel uses his capers as fodder for his books, and has modeled his hero's nemesis (and potential love interest) on Cuffe. Though he leaves Robert a drunken phone message every New Year's Eve, Noel hasn't seen or heard from him in a decade.
So he's thrilled when his former lover shows up at his upstate farm one Christmas Eve. Elation quickly turns to alarm when Robert accuses Noel of being responsible for a recent rash of diamond heists. Robert is all business and as cold as ice: it seems his only interest in Noel is to put him behind bars.
Innocent of the crimes, and still as attracted as ever to the oh-so-serious lawman, Noel plans a second seduction - providing he can stay out of jail long enough!"
a. My reaction to the summary: PURE GLEE.
b. You should check out an excerpt at pfyre's post. The thief (whose name is Noel, which is Neal's name with one vowel switched and a letter rearrangement) has an agent named Elise Bennett (I thought "Elizabeth Burke").
c. The FBI agent has the same initials as his literary equivalent!
d. THAT NEW YEAR'S EVE PHONE CALL THING IS TOTALLY OUT OF CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Frank Abagnale would call his FBI shadow every New Year's Eve. First time he did it, the FBI Agent realised it was because the thief had no one else to call. (Also, it was hilariously inappropriate: you should totally see the movie. Thief calls FBI agent, apologises for conning him, invites said agent over to said thief's hotel room. On New Year's Eve.)
e. Also, hee. ♥ I would SO read this book.
4. If you want another publicly-available alternative, this comment linked Shadow of the Templar, a 4-novel webseries about a brilliant young FBI agent and an unpredictable international art thief. And yes, they go there. If you're like me and like to check out TVTropes before attempting a series, here's the link.
5.
Matt & Tim; and Tim's alleged fanfiction-writing habits.
source (another source of my WC fix) (warning, site has embedded music)
An shot from that Paley Center event, I know, but I hadn't seen this one before!
My personal canon for this picture:
Tim: “They wrote what about us?!”
Matt: “Fascinating. Do tell.”
(Though, if that recent-ish fandomsecret ( here it is, in case the link goes) about Tim writing fanfiction is true, it should probably go this way:
Matt: “You wrote what about us?!”
Tim: *knowing smile* “That’s for me (and about a thousand fans) to know, and for you to… never find out.”)
… I really am awful, but having an imagination is so fun. (Not that these two don’t kind of write the fic all by themselves. Tim in particular! Watch out for that one!)
6. mikenno has graciously linked me pixiv tags for Japanese White Collar fanart. Neal features prominently, as one might imagine.
7. By way of micheleeeex again:
Matt Bomer and some seriously adorable kids.
source
massive gorgeous versions here and here, thanks to micheleeeex.