Dear flist, you are wonderfully barmy (or NaArMaMo Day 22)

[lost_spook]

I had nothing particular lined up for today's 'naart', so took up the (probably not-at-all-serious) requests/suggestions my flisters helpfully made for things that should have sparkly icons. (And don't worry; I do realise that none of the suggestions was made in an 'I want to use that icon' sense!)

For pitry, who thought Spike should be sparkly (under

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[persiflage_1]

Oooh an invitation to has icons made? Yum!

Could you please icon these (they are thumbnail links to larger caps on PB...) for me? Thanks!

[lost_spook]

Okay! I'll do my best, although I make no promises. :-)

One thing - are the caps yours or do I need to credit someone else for them?

[persiflage_1]

Thankee!

They're mine, mine, all mine!!

Ahem!

I tend to go screencap crazy when I watch shows with my fave actors in. (I have literally hundreds of caps of Ben, Freema, and Peter W!)

[lost_spook]

:lol: Just thought I'd better check - I like to make sure I credit things where possible.

And why not?

[sallymn]

Sparkles!!!!

Oh dear, and yes I empathise with the running out of ideas bit... especially doing them so quickly...

[lost_spook]

Yes, indeed! Oh, dear. Don't ever let me near the glitter...

Ye, although now I'm a little less tired again this evening, I can remember at least three other things I had in mind to do!

[lost_spook]

Which is a shame, because I actually do have Fifth Doctor screencaps.

As for Avon icons, try here for some by sallymn, who is also doing naarmamo, so I'd rather avoid B7 - in fact the loveliness of those are why I generally just do B7 quote icons anyway.

I don't have any caps for the others, so if you can point me in the right direction, I'll see. You might want to suggest some quotes for Snape - I've read all the books and seen most of the films, but not to the degree of quotes.

[paranoidangel42]

For suggestions, how about how many Doctors can you get into an icon?

And bunnies.

[lost_spook]

Given my total lack of ability at getting very tiny pics to be at all clear, I can answer that one with about three or four at the most, if that! (Sorry, like I said, my icon-making skills have progressed, but are still sadly lacking in places.) :lol:

It must be bunnies! Hmm, I don't think I *have* any suitable bunny pics, but I suppose I could see if I could find some that are snaggable somewhere.

[paranoidangel42]

Three or four sounds like quite a few Doctors to me :) And your icon-making skills are amazing in comparison to mine - all I can do is crop and shrink.

[lost_spook]

Aw, thanks. Mind, you seem to be better able to shrink without losing clarity than I do - althouhg I will be clumsy with curves and contrast and things, which doesn't help.

And - I make no promises - but I just had a little light-bulb moment about Doctors. But it may go horribly wrong, in which case I'll have to find a bunny-wabbit somewhere. ;-)

(Oh, and I knew there was something I forgot to go back to on my flist - congrats on getting through the move!)

[dbskyler]

I love the Spike icon! Also, I have to ask, since you put it under a cut for language -- just how much of a swear word is "bloody" in the UK? Where does it rank in the list of swear words?

Want to know why Spike said "bloody" all the time? Because here in the US, it's meaningless. It's a cute little British swear word that carries no weight at all. The writers could use it freely, just like the Battlestar Galactica writers could use "frak" whenever and however they liked without worrying about censors.

[pitry]

I'm not sure but it can;t be that bad in the UK, too - Martha used 'bloody' on her first DW episode.

[lost_spook]

Thanks

[dbskyler]

Interesting. I didn't know that about "bint," and I'm guessing Buffy's writers didn't either (although I would've hoped they'd run their scripts past a Britpicker, or maybe Anthony Head since they had him right there). "Bint" is a word that is so meaningless here, most people don't even know what it means. If that makes sense. That is, "bloody" is at least a known (if unused) expletive, like "lift" for elevator, but "bint"? That can get you blank stares. I think I first learned the word from Monty Python, and assumed it couldn't be that bad because it was in Monty Python. Like a British version of "chick" or something. I had absolutely no idea there was any racial connotation to it at all, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Buffy writers didn't either. (Some of them are probably Monty Python fans too.) Or maybe they thought it didn't matter since they were writing for American audiences? I wonder how much thought they put into possible worldwide distribution back in those days?

Hah, frak - like smeg! Red Dwarf swearwords