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GAH! Why did signing up for NaNoWriMo seem like a good idea at the time? lol I'm behind already, so I think this weekend I'll be playing catch-up. Still, it's worth it if I do manage to churn out my epic-length M/A fic. Which could happen, truefax. It is steampunk!AU after all, which is pretty motivating I must say. I mean, there's just so much to play with! But yeah, anyways, I've pretty much put everything else on hold for the month of Novemeber (unless I get really freaking inspired to write more of my college Merlin fic).

Also, I am very, very excited for tomorrow's Merlin episode. Like, really freaking excited people! I shall take a break from my lazing-about-cause-it's-Saturday and frantically-writing-nano-fic to watch it. And guh, yay for Arthur hugging dragging Merlin. Though, if Gaius dies, I will figure out a way to throw the show across the room I will! I don't care that it's not a book, it will so happen!

And also, I am now obsessed with indie music. I found this list on itunes of like 97 songs or something, and let's just say I'm in a very happy place right now, especially cause it goes well with my current AAR fanatasism. Really, I can't help but just be happy listening to my iPod these days :D

But ANYWAYS...on to TEH SHINY:

So, basically, I was bored the other day, and I decided that making Merlin icons was an excellent way to procrastinate (especially with NaNoWriMo - procrastination has become even more of a fine art, let me tell you!). And I had some screencaps I download a long time ago to revel in the prettiness. And I saw Photoshop CS4 sitting there looking at me innocently. And, well, 53 icons later, here we are.

Also I would like to tell you that I've managed to develop even more of an obsession with Bradley and Colin's eyes. They're just...so pureettty! :p

ANYWAYS...

Erm no actual order or anything. *waves hands* Think of it as the universe returning to rest!

ETA: Now sorted! Go me!!

Arthur/Merlin

♥1♥2♥3♥4
♥5♥6♥7♥8
♥9♥10♥11♥12
♥13♥14♥15♥16


Arthur

♥17♥18♥19♥20
♥21♥22♥23♥24
♥25♥26♥27♥28
♥29♥30♥31♥32


Merlin

♥33♥34♥35♥36
♥37♥38♥39♥40
♥41


Morgana and Gwen

♥42♥43♥44♥45
♥46♥47♥48♥49
♥50♥51


Other

♥52♥53


AND banner:




  • comment&credit please if taking ^_^

  • Screencaps courtesy of the lovely [livejournal.com profile] wherethewind

  • If you'd like anything changed/modified/whatever, just lemme know. I always need more help procrastinating :D


Date: 2009-11-08 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
love your icons, might hijack a few. but...
YOU'RE DOING MERLIN/ARTHUR STEAMPUNK FOR NANOWRIMO??!!
omgosh, you win at life!
GOOD LUCK!

Date: 2009-11-08 04:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Hee, thanks ^_^ And well, once the vague idea appeared of steampunk!Merlin, I just could not resist. Seriously. I don't even really have any semblance of a plot or anything yet, but...how could I not go for it?? lol

Not sure if I win at life yet, but if I manage to actually complete the epic, that will be some serious win there I feel :D

Are you doing nanowrimo?

Date: 2009-11-11 04:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
if you mean by doing nanowrimo, actually failing, then yes. its like, the tenth, and i think i've got 3000 words. i feel super awful, and super neglectful, but i'm addicted to editing. people keep telling me to stop, and to drop the red pen. i'm apparently holding my story hostage.

Date: 2009-11-12 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
erm, well, I'm pretty much in the same boat there :D I have about 4,000 words, I think - not for lack of trying. I just keep changing my mind and needing to back and fix things! hee, maybe we should make a no-more-red-pen pact or something :p

Date: 2009-11-12 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. really, we should make a solemn agreement that we SHALL NOT EDIT UNTIL DECEMBER 1.

An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-13 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
I WILL DRINK TO THAT. Er, well, milk that is, since that seems to be all that's in my dorm room at the moment, but well. It's the idea that counts right?

So, I exercise my epic skillz of epic bs-ing epically to craft the following,

I, Arithilim, writer of fanfiction and other dubious things, semiwilling participant in NaNoWriMo 2009, person of self-destructive tendencies like signing up to write 50,000 words in a month, do hereby swear to not reach for the red pen of editing doom, metaphorical or otherwise, or use the backspace key (excepting in most dire circumstance where a word has been mistyped horribly do to tiredness, muscle spasms resulting from long periods of typing, and/or drunkenness), or engage in any other manifestations of the so-called practice of 'editing' or other activities of word-count peril, provided that You, Talktosheep, fellow writer of literary works of questionable merit, compatriot in the suicidal most noble effort of NaNoWriMo, and sister-in-arms in the war against word-count murdering practices, do hereby most honorably uphold the same oath, not engaging in any of the previously forbidden activities as listed above as long as I keep my word. Do keep faith with me and I'll keep faith with you.

X*scribble*
Signed Arithilim of Livejournal on the Twelfth day of the Eleventh month of the year Two-Thousand and Nine.
x*clawprint*
Witnessed by the Rt. Honorable Slash Dragon.

...

*cough* Right then, there you go. :D

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-13 10:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
X*scribble*
Signed Talkstosheep of Livejournal on the Thirteenth day of the Eleventh month of the year Two thousand and Nine.
...................
i think takes care of things?

okay, confession time.
i haven't written since....I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER!!!!!
i just keep updating my nanowrimo playlist!!!!!!!
AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-14 09:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Well now that we have that business out of the way....*shakes hand* Hi! I'm Ara! :D

I may have a confession of my own to make. I only have 7,000 words, and I'm writing about a couple hundred every other day. So pretty much, I'm basically screwed too. But that's all part of the literary abandon process, right? Right??? what do you mean that's just my insanity?

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-14 11:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
you've got 7000, i've got just over 2000. sigh. i feel like a nanowrimo failure. i have to say, i'm pretty sure the term "literary abandon" means you abandon all scruples in the pursuit of literature. not that you abandon it literally. which means not only am i a nanowrimo failure, i'm a literary abandon failure. ohsigh. my characters just WON'T GO WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-16 08:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Well, considering I've written a grand total of 300 words in the past 4 days, I think I pretty much fail too. There is just no way I'm gonna make 50,000 words. No way. *sigh* Ah well, I am getting a story off to a good start. So, it's ok. There's always next year (and better planning of things before November lol) :)

And, at least we tried. And we weren't like the person who forced me to agree to do nanowrimo and then dropped out without even starting. Sheesh, people these days!

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-16 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
well, i had a mental breakthrough, and have written a chapter that is somewhere in the middle of this not-really-a-novel thing i'm working on. it in no way, shape, or form relates to anything i've written so far. so...i'm kind of confused. except for not really, cos it wrote smut, and i was in a very smutty mood.

we do have the rest of the year! we'll be okay, we just have to perservere. i have a feeling this will be a very long project. sigh.

dropped out? without even trying? oh GOODNESS. no one can ever say WE failed.

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-26 10:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
*facepalm* So, somehow I completely missed your comment before. Sorry about that. Apparently my livejournal skillz are lacking :p

But, yay, mental breakthrough! I hope breakthroughness continued for you :) Also, porn - yay! There can never be enough porn in this world, I am sure.

I know mine's going to be a very long project. Life happened, so I'm definitely not making the goal this month, but I really like what I have written, so I'm definitely continuing with it. It's kinda turning into one of those epic fics, so I'll likely be working on it for months at least.

And I KNOW. I was so disappointed! I mean, at least we tried, even if we don't reach 50,000 words. lol

Re: An Agreement Most Honorable and Sacred

Date: 2009-11-27 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talkstosheep.livejournal.com
hey, don't worry about it. i'm not sure if i ever told you, but its cait. *waves* currently, i'm dead from thanksgiving. i was feeling ill even before the cooking started, though it didn't stop me from eating my weight in casseroles. i'm debating whether or not to crawl into bed right now. i mean, a part of me is like 'no, that's not cool' cos we still have guests over, but the other part my literally fall asleep at the computer, so...

okay. more confession time. there *was* porn. it started off really well, with dialogue and actual plot (gasp!), and tea, and everything, but when it got to the smutty bits, i got halfway through and blanked. IT WAS SO BAD. i feel like such a failure. even my character doesn't have the guts to shag her history teacher. i feel as though this is a personal failing. sigh.

but how's it coming with you?

Date: 2009-11-08 05:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ts-poet.livejournal.com
These are some pretty awesome icons, I have the sudden urge to kidnap the red vs blue one.

Date: 2009-11-08 05:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Thanks ^_^ When I saw that episode, that's pretty much all I could think for a long time... :D RvB ftw!

Date: 2009-11-08 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuclearxsquid.livejournal.com
Stupid internet not posting my original comment... Oh, well.

I definitely know what you mean about nanowrimo. I think I'm about 4k behind now. Egh.

And I love the icons! I'm snagging a few. And I really love the banner! I'd totally snag that too, except I love mine!

Date: 2009-11-08 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Aw, stupid internet indeed. I hate when that happens :(

But thank you for persevering, bb ^_^

I...am so pathetically far behind. I have 758 words typed and about 500 more on paper from when my computer was offline because Windows 7 took an entire day to install. I should have like 11,700 or something. FML!!! But yeah I seriously need to crack down and git'erdone. But definitely good luck with yours. We can be writing buddies! So: WRITE - 2 - 3 - 4! WRITE - 2 - 3 -4!

Motivated yet? ;)

Anyways, glad you like the icons ^_^ They were pretty much an excuse for me to stare at the ridiculously pretty cast. And to play with photoshop. Which is sort of like my guilty pleasure. That and Finale and fanfiction. But yeah, the f-only banner was actually the one I made for [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] awhile ago. I just sorta added here as an after thought cause I thought maybe someone else would like it too ^_^ But yeah, definitely glad you like :D

Date: 2009-11-09 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuclearxsquid.livejournal.com
Uhhhh... kind of motivated? Heh.

I wish I had photoshop, because I loved merging pictures and silly stuff like that ^_^

Date: 2009-11-09 11:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
:D Eh, I'll have to work on my motivational skillz ^_^

And yeah, I got lucky. My brother and my dad went halves on a student discount of photoshop that had like 5 licenses or something and I ended up with a copy. Have you tried GIMP editor? It's free and I've heard it's pretty good.

Date: 2009-11-13 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuclearxsquid.livejournal.com
Good luck!

Yeah, I think my dad has something of the sort, actually. I just never find time to go and get on his computer. ^_^ And after three Trojan Viruses (or the same one, returning), I am very leery about downloading things. xD

Date: 2009-11-13 09:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Aw, virus are stupid. *sigh* I really don't get why people feel the need to screw up everyone's online experiences for nothing.

Date: 2009-11-13 09:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuclearxsquid.livejournal.com
I feel the same way. Though, it's kind of like flamers on fanfiction, but more serious and on larger scale. I'd rather have five hundred flamers than a single virus. -facepalm-

Date: 2009-11-14 09:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
True. Flamers actually screw up RL so.
Though my fragile ego is telling me it'll take the virus, if it's all the same :D
Edited Date: 2009-11-14 09:47 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-11-19 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuclearxsquid.livejournal.com
Haha, that's very true. Until it keeps coming back every other week! :D

Okay, how about, I'd rather get a hundred flamers?

Date: 2009-11-08 10:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyxelestia.livejournal.com
Yay! Thou hast posted! ^_^

And see? Procrastinating makes the world all better! ^_^

And have you see the episode yet? Get online on Y!IM, we needs to flail around around it! :D

Date: 2009-11-08 07:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
I KNOW!!! The sad part is it was like posted over 2 days. Cause I was so tired when I posted it to my journal that I couldn't muster up the energy to post to any comms ^_^

AND PROCRASTINATING FTW!!!!! Ahem.

And not yet. I downloaded it but it took like 2 hours, and then I was writing my NaNo fic and video chatting my brother (and my puppy! Squee!) so didn't actually watch yet. But hey, what better way to spend a Sunday? :D And hey now, I am on Y!IM RIGHT NOW. Where the hell are you?! lol

Also, be proud. I have now passed the word count target for day 1. *bows* (so screwedddd.....)

Date: 2009-11-11 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luludenden.livejournal.com
ok i may possibly have snagged EVERY SINGLE THING
gawd. these are fab.

Date: 2009-11-12 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
*blushes* thanks! they were fun to procrastinate with make. glad you liked ^_^

Date: 2009-11-14 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luludenden.livejournal.com
Oh mai. Procrastination :)
No problem. Like I said- They are sooo fab <3

Date: 2009-11-17 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verich90.livejournal.com
So lovely! I'm taking 11 and 38. Will credit if I use them <3

Date: 2009-11-25 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Thanks! Glad you enjoy!

Date: 2009-11-25 01:34 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] whitefox-69.livejournal.com
Much <3 here! Snagging 16 & 28, will credit if used.

Date: 2009-11-25 04:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Glad you like! And thanks ^_^

Slightly random, but I feel like your username seems very familiar, but I can't think of from where. Have we talked before?

Date: 2009-11-26 01:16 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] whitefox-69.livejournal.com
*looks over very brief lj history*

Actually, yes! You left a very lovely comment on my Merlin fic, Precedent. Kind of crazy coincidence actually, since that's really my only post of note thus far. XD

Date: 2009-11-26 09:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Haha, now I remember! Sorry bout that, my mind is a little strange sometimes :p

And well, clearly, I feel, this is a Sign. Friends?

Date: 2009-11-29 12:43 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] whitefox-69.livejournal.com
No worries; I didn't even realize you had commented on my fic until you mentioned it, and I was only searching for icons in the first place so I could respond to said comments. If that made any sense. XD

And of course, total sign. (Yay, my first lj friend!)

Date: 2009-11-26 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] helva2260.livejournal.com
Have snagged number 25 (Arthur questions your sanity), because it's just so much fun *g* - but all of your icons are so lovely!

Date: 2009-11-26 07:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arithilim.livejournal.com
Thanks! I'm glad you like them ^_^ The Arthur one is definitely one of the ones that makes me giggle most :p

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