Leave a comment

Comments 189

omg this ended up being 2 pages in Word snugduff March 12 2011, 01:11:43 UTC
Name: Katie!
Age: 19
Where: North Carolina.
When did you become interested in war/Pacific/hot men: Hot men? Since birth, pretty much. But my love of war (that's a weird thing to say, isn't it?) started about two years ago, when I noticed how nerdy hot Andrew Lee Potts was and decided I wanted to watch his filmography and I saw 'Band of Brothers' on there. And I always wanted to watch it, ever since I caught the tail end of the last episode once when I was younger (I SAW GRANT GET SHOT IN THE HEAD. IT STUCK WITH ME. AS A LITTLE KID, IT WOULD STICK WITH YOU, TOO) and decided I had to see it from the very beginning. So I dl'ed the first two episodes one night, sat in bed and watched them and CRIED MY EYES OUT. So brilliant. And after that I was totally hooked ( ... )

Reply

PT 2 WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. snugduff March 12 2011, 01:13:31 UTC
What is your favorite scene/line/eyefuck from the show? Describe in vivid detail. I just watched episode seven so that is what is the clearest in my mind, so I have to say that my favorite scene is probably, weirdly, when Sledge, Snafu, Leyden & Burgin are sent to clear the bunker but Sledge is like "GUYS, THERE ARE STILL JAPS IN THERE." And he's totally right and when they get the Japanese out, it's just a massacre. I don't like the blood in it or anything, but I like that Sledge was: a, really that awesome and b, that trusted by Snafu and Burgin. I'm sure it took a lot of balls to slide right up to that bunker when someone you've been with for two months swears up and down the enemy is still in it and still have the balls to fire into it. Damn. That whole scene is just so intense.
Post your favorite gif/picture/ode.

... )

Reply

Re: PT 2 WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. uniformly March 12 2011, 01:33:35 UTC
PASTY WHITE MARINE ASS! COMMUNITY!

But I want a big, mutual, brotherly love, hug with all of Sledge's team where they braid each others hair and NEVER CRY AND NEVER FEEL PAIN, EVER.

NEEDS MORE FIC!!

/ADDS

(i'm at work rn, but what work is being done? FRIENDING MEME)

Reply

Re: PT 2 WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. snugduff March 12 2011, 14:06:42 UTC
IT'S THE BEST KIND OF WORK, HONESTLY! Working on ~friendship~

Reply


rivlee March 12 2011, 01:48:15 UTC
Name: Shannon

Age: 27

Where: Charlotte, NC, USA

When did you become interested in war/Pacific/hot men:Um, interest in the war started somewhere through my BA after I got burned out on Classics and decided to move on to modern Italy. My interest in the Pacific came some time right around the airing on the first episode when I heard they were using Sledge’s memoir as a basis. Hot men, well, that’s always been there.

Who's your favorite character and what are his best 'assets':I honestly love Snafu. I have since I only knew him as a name in a book. Like everyone else I worship the ground Andrew Haldane walks on, Burgie and all of Team Leckie makes me happy, and I ADORE Lena.

What other fandoms are you interested in? Because loving just one thing can be boring, I guess. Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, Bandom, Tolkien, etc etc

What are your other hobbies?I read far too much, I write a lot, and, um, I make earrings?

Your journal: closed or open? And what do you post about most often? Open and right now most of the posting is on ( ... )

Reply

missmovies March 12 2011, 12:59:35 UTC
hey hey, its lauraj from the rewatch, am going to friend you.

Reply

rivlee March 12 2011, 14:12:45 UTC
hi, laura! And I've just friended, you back.

Reply

snugduff March 12 2011, 13:35:08 UTC
The look on Basi's face right there is absolutely priceless.

Reply


is this page 8? uniformly March 12 2011, 02:07:34 UTC
Name: Nat.
Age: 24.
Where: Australia.
When did you become interested in war/Pacific/hot men: LOL. Okay, in WWII in general, I became interested around Dec '09 with INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. Then my husband said, 'if you were interested in that sort of thing, you should watch Band of Brothers. It's even more bromantic.' SURE, OK. And, I admit, I'm horrible with names and faces so the first viewing of BoB was just a massive info dump and blur of faces. A GLOURIOUS BLUR, BUT A BLUR NONETHELESS. The viewings following (many to be had), the hotness of the men made themselves more and more apparent.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE PACIFIC. ANYWAY, after BoB, I learned that The Pacific was coming out. Again, same problem with the info dump and the blur of faces (I'm really, terribly bad at names/faces whether onscreen or IRL) - BUT NOW, A YEAR LATER, I STILL BECOME GIDDY AND EXCITED WHEN EXPOSED TO RUNNER THE PACIFIC FOR TOO LONG 8|.
Who's your favorite character and what are his best 'assets': RUNNER. OH GOD. When I first saw him, I only knew him as Old ( ... )

Reply

Re: is this page 8? mai_shiranui March 12 2011, 10:47:49 UTC
RUNNER LOVERS UNITE. I never knew that his nickname was Runner because he was a sprinter by the way! You learn something new every day.

Reply

Re: is this page 8? uniformly March 12 2011, 11:13:31 UTC
HELL YEAH. I love that Runner has such a solid following. Understandable though 8). And he was! In Leckie's words:

That was the thing about Runner: those strong, phenomenally developed legs. He had been a sprint man in prep school-a good one, as I learned later-and the practice had left its mark in those bulging calves.

p.40, Helmet for my Pillow

Reply

Re: is this page 8? mai_shiranui March 12 2011, 11:47:22 UTC
Oh. My. God. That description is killing me. We didn't see Keith's legs enough in The Pacific alas :(

Reply


In which I go on a bit (and probably sound quite pretentious in the process) skew_whiff March 12 2011, 02:15:43 UTC
Name: Skew.

Age: 21.

Where: England. Born in the Midlands, live in the north.

When did you become interested in war/Pacific/hot men:I've been interested in history, particularly 20th-century history, for as long as I can remember. The past fascinated me as a kid and it still does now; the world wars get covered a lot in British primary school history classes, and I recall falling head-over-heels in love with fighter planes of the period after my grandparents took me on a trip to the RAF museum. I'm fascinated by war in general, and I've got a particular love for the aesthetics and styles of the 40s; don't get me wrong, I really appreciate the strides we've made in technology, medicine and civil rights, but I do sometimes feel like I was born in the wrong decade ( ... )

Reply

Part 2 skew_whiff March 12 2011, 02:16:00 UTC
Your journal: closed or open? And what do you post about most often?

Almost completely open. It's mostly just memes and fandom stuff, with the occasional sharing of interesting links or grumbling about my everyday life. I try to keep the latter to a minimum, though; I prefer to keep myself to myself, if I can help it.

Three random facts about you GO!

1. I am one of fandom's token blokes. I take it as granted that everybody assumes everyone else is female on LJ - I know I do - but I just felt I should probably point that out.
2. I have a bad habit of impulse-buying hats.
3. I'm afraid of butterflies. Not seriously phobic - I don't mind them when I'm outdoors, and it's not like I freak out just at a picture of a butterfly - but I can't stand being in the same room as one. Something about their horrible fuzzy bodies and papery wings makes my skin crawl.

Favorite ship, if you do ship?Let me just state for the record, I'm very much into bromance and friendships, and when I started watching the Pacific, I told myself I was going to just ( ... )

Reply

Re: Part 2 mai_shiranui March 12 2011, 10:58:58 UTC
What the hell. How did I miss that ass? Hillbilly is also cool because of this.

1. I am one of fandom's token blokes. I take it as granted that everybody assumes everyone else is female on LJ - I know I do - but I just felt I should probably point that out.

So you're one of these elusive men that we keep hearing about? ;)

Reply

Re: Part 2 skew_whiff March 12 2011, 13:26:25 UTC
I love that scene so goddamn much. I warmed to Hillbilly because he's just so calm and level-headed; he's a total badass but in a really matter-of-fact way, like it's all just part of the job. (Which it is, mind you, but you know what I mean.)

And, y'know, he's hot. I'm not going to pretend that wasn't a contributing factor.

And yes, I know! A MAN. ON LJ. THE HORROR. Don't worry, I'm house-trained.

Reply


mai_shiranui March 12 2011, 10:42:56 UTC
Name: Marlene
Age: 30
Where: The Netherlands
When did you become interested in war/Pacific/hot men: I blame the person that made this friending meme...
Who's your favorite character and what are his best 'assets': Runner all the way. I can't even begin to explain why I like him, I just do. And Keith Nobbs is pretty much the man of my dreams. So. Yeah.
What other fandoms are you interested in? Because loving just one thing can be boring, I guess. Band of Brothers, Justified, Generation Kill, Pushing Daisies, Fringe, Merlin, Misfits, The X-Files, Millennium, Glee, Lost, Hawaii Five-0, Firefly, Harper's Island, Sherlock, Dollhouse, True Blood, Veronica Mars, Community and loads more.
What are your other hobbies? Reading I guess.
Your journal: closed or open? And what do you post about most often? Closed. I post about whatever random stuff I think about that day which ranges from super serious posts to me emitting fangirly squees because of some new show.
Three random facts about you GO! 1. Anime is my life. 2. I'm owned by two cats. You ( ... )

Reply

uniformly March 12 2011, 11:16:12 UTC
IS YOUR LJ NAME FROM KING OF FIGHTERS? Also, have you watched The Black Donnellys? Epic amounts of Keith Nobbs in that ♥.

That .gif... do want.

Reply

mai_shiranui March 12 2011, 11:49:37 UTC
YES IT IS. NO ONE EVER GETS THAT. And yes I have! I totally forgot to add it to the list!

So do I. I'm convinced that me and Keith are meant to be and that he just doesn't know it yet.

Reply

uniformly March 12 2011, 11:59:58 UTC
LOL! I used to play that game in arcades as a kid :DDD That and Street Fighter. OH GOD. I LOVE TBD. Keith is amazing in that, I love Joey Ice-cream. Plus it has Kirk Acevedo and JBD... what's not to like, right?

LOL. He's busy being in love with Josh Helman xD

Reply


Leave a comment

Up