icon meme returns: daughter of icon meme's revenge!

[eliyes]

Rrrrrrround tha-reeeeeeeee!!!

These were picked by krillia.

Comment on this post and let me know you want to participate. I will choose six userpics from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are using them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.


First, you get to learn about my shipping of Robert Louis Drake (aka Iceman) and Jean-Paul Beaubier (aka Jean-Paul Martin, aka Northstar). Lucky you!

These first two are from the same issue, so I've put them in the order they came in the pages instead of the order they were picked.


So, in Uncanny X-Men #415, Jean-Paul is stuck in the infirmary, recovering from wounds sustained when a kid he was trying to get to help literally exploded in his arms (he wouldn't let go, because he didn't want him to die alone). And Bobby comes in for a check up from the nurse, which is something he has apparently been avoiding for a while. In every panel of this scene where we see Jean-Paul, he is looking at Bobby and smiling. Bobby convinces the nurse to do the examination in private (because he's got a hell of a medical problem he's trying to keep secret), and this panel is from when they are going into another room. Bobby speaking over his shoulder to Jean-Paul, and Annie (the nurse) trying to hurry him along. Clearly he noticed he was being checked out, right?

The brain-breaking bit is that the very same writers have Annie tell Bobby a few issues later that Jean-Paul is gay and he is apparently shocked. Despite the fact that Jean-Paul was on a book tour promoting his international best-selling autobiograhy Born Normal about being a gay mutant two years prior (publishing time; at least several months in-universe), not to mention being publically out of the closet (with a big media hullabaloo) since Alpha Flight 106, which was published in March 1992, whereas the issue this icon is from was in January 2003. What I am saying is, I prefer to think Bobby was being sarcastic as hell or something. It's not like he isn't a snarktopus. (So is Jean-Paul. It's kind of why they get along.)

So, anyway, when Nurse Annie finishes the exam, Bobby offers to take Jean-Paul on a brief vacay from the infirmary to get something to eat, but as they step out into the hallway, this blue-skinned skank is waiting for them and immediately turns Bobby's head. Jean-Paul makes some catty comments, but gives up in disgust when Bobby seems to forget him entirely.

This was a mistake. See, her name is Josette, and she's using her empathic powers to make Bobby want her. I consider what happens next rape, because she kept Bobby from being in control of his actions so he could not actually consent. And this isn't the first time Josette has done this... nor is it the first time her giant mudman husband has found out and reacted by murdering her victim out of jealousy. Normally Bobby could totally take out a mudguy, but Josette uses her powers to keep him from fighting back. Fortunately, Jean-Paul saves him (wearing his new costume, which I am not terribly fond of), and Bobby coughs up some mud and says soemthing blatantly flirtatious.
(Which is where this icon comes from.)
Which makes Jean-Paul tell Annie at the end of the issue that Bobby is straight. I'm not sure how he got to that conclusion from the scanty evidence at his disposal.

So! I use both icons for Iceman/Jean-Paul stuff, and for general flirting-related stuff. I use the first when nudity or disrobing is a topic, and the second when someone is wearing something nice. And I think about them way too much. XD


Iced cherries! I use this to talk about Iceman or sweets, generally. (Or Iceman and sweets, which is a popular combination.)


Jonathan Frakes amuses me. X3 This scene from "Captain Picard Day" always makes me laugh. He holds the Picard doll in front of his face and does an impression of Picard's voice! He tucks it under his arm and tries to leave with it! What's not to love? XD I use this for talking about TNG, talking about toys and action figures and general swag, and being silly. ;3


This is from Dr. McNinja, and it is my favourite example of the kind of crazy shit that happens in that webcomic. I mean, you can tell even Dark Smoke Puncher here thinks it's a little weird, but he helps his brother out because he enjoys a technical challenge. I guess I mostly use this to talk about over-the-stop shenanigans.

Last but not least:

This is from Scandinavia and the World (specifically this strip -- read the note from Humon at the bottom!), which you should be reading. Go read it, I'll wait! I found this particular strip so hilarious, and I was lacking a holiday icon at the time, so I made it. And promptly sent all my friends who had read the strip into hilarity when I used it, I fondly believe.


;3

Comments

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Absolutely nothing wrong with fannish obsession. My life was damn depressing when I lost mine. Granted, I lost it because I WAS depressed, but it was a recognizable and terrifying hole in my core being. ^.^

I am amused that two of my picks were related, though.

Perhaps I shall read the webcomic strip. This whole grad school thing is brand new to me and I do not yet know what time allowances will be available for such things.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I have been there. (Although tai could tell you more aobut it than I could, since she had to put up with me suddenly being no fun whatsoever.)

It was a slightly more than one-in-a-hundred chance! :D

The great thing about reading Scandanavia and the World is that in addition to being hilarious, it is also frequently educational. (Even beyond the benefit of seeing how someone from another culture sees the world.) She does stuff about history and geology and political relations and customs! And beer and sex and demons. Like you do.

We'll have to break out the innuendo again sometime! XD I didn't even get to use any of my kissing icons!

[krillia.livejournal.com]

It's kind of sucky. I hope the whole grad school thing will fix me. I don't have time for my brain to screw me over. ^^; (Yup. I still don't know why my best friend stuck/sticks by me)

Well, probably a bit more than that, since some icons I can recognize or figure out, but still...obviously says something about me. Possibly that I like strange dialogue.

I shall attempt to make the time, then. And everyone does beer and sex and demons in the middle of their information proper. Life would be boring otherwise. ;p

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

It will give you something to focus on. But hey, as a bonus, nost institutions of higher learning provide counselling for students. (I can only assume they love us as much as we love them, amazing as that seems.)

Dialogue-only icons you don't recognise are always fun to ask about. I have made far more than I use at any ne time, because I like pictures of faces, for the most part.

I can tell you're in the university spirit.

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Definitely, although it kind of scares me because if I do fall back down it's not a good thing and given the work load facing us I don't think I can afford to (I tend to fall into messy places like cutting, bulimia and substance abuse). Counseling has gone badly for me in the past, and even though I know that all counselors are not cut from the same cloth I am wary. Hopefully it will be a non-issue.

Especially fun to ask about when the dialogue is so very intriguing... ;p

That's got nothing to do with university and everything to do with me hating it when life is boring.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

My first two counselling experiences were a bust (first one told me I was making my problems up to get attention, second one NEVER BLINKED and jumped right into a sleep-hypnosis tape what the ever-loving fuck) but the third and fourth were very helpful, so... It's a crapshoot. I have failed things due to depression in the past, and it took me 8 years to get one bachelor degree, but I did it. So I'm rooting for you!

Well, that's why I made them. XD

I went to a party school in a party town and never partied. And it's frosh week, and I work security. I am a little bit down on the beer and sex aspect of university life at the moment. Sorry if I came across harshly.

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Everyone's first one seems to tell them they are making their problems up. You're the fourth person to say that, and mine did as well. (also said I was taking emotional hostages, that I wasn't allowed to ask for hugs, and that I wanted to my friend to get an STD. The latter just being stupid wording on her part). The second was just a very threatening individual in my opinion, and the idea of telling him anything was unimaginable. Thanks for rooting, though. Going to need all the help I can get.

Didn't come across as harsh, no. Just clarifying. Many people think I'm boring. Which I think I might be to those who share neither my interests or my sense of humor. They just need to come listen to me complain in the porn store about fluffy whips meant to tickle. -.-

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're was an asshole. Mine just told me I didn't actually have a problem and took me off the schedule. Meanwhile I was probably suffering clinical depression, and also was being targeted by nearly a dozen bullies, seperately and together. Friggin' juniour high, man. My second one... I think she was trying to get across that she was paying attention, or was trying to connect or something, but to me constant eye contact = predator. She made me really uncomfortable, and I was scared to listen to the cassette she gave me, and cancelled all further appointments. (Which was a mistake. I should have just asked for another counsellor, but I HATE going to see anyone in the first place.)

tl;dr THAT FIRST GUY WAS AN ASSHOLE, YO. *HUGS*

Fluffy... whips...? How would that even work? Whip and tickle don't really go together for me. All I am picturing is, like, a really supple cat o' nine-tails with the ends being brushed against skin, and that's... Fluffy? *confused*

[krillia.livejournal.com]

I don't know that she was so much of an asshole as just an idiot, certainly when it comes to the STD thing. Not asking for hugs certainly does prevent me from relying on people, but it gets very lonely and kind of painful when shit goes to hell.

Prolonged eye-contact is extraordinary threatening when you're supposed to be spilling your guts. I prefer to be able to bare my soul on my terms than have it bored into with a giant drill, thanks. Sucks that you were just taken off the schedule like that with your first one, though.

They were all soft, supple leather and it was physically impossible to get a sting out of them. I think I may have been literally offended. If someone want to use a whip in the bedroom, ok. If you want to use fluffy tickling things, also ok. Hell, it's not a damn bit of my business what people are doing if they both/all want it (fictional characters notwithstanding. That's TOTALLY my business ;p ). But, darn it, there are specific tools for specific jobs. If you want tickling and fluff, buy a peacock feather or something. Leave the whips alone! >:(

(Also, Trillian said you tried to write in some IM format or another, and then promptly crashed on me. I wasn't trying to ignore you and if I don't respond you don't show up in my contacts)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I ask for hugs all the time. I also announce that a hug is imminent. I can't imagine not doing so. o_o

See! You understand about the eye-contact thing.

...That's somewhat lame. I'm not even into whips or the like, but it seems like a big waste of money. Feathers are much cheaper.

(Yeah, I tried. I could try again? Or would that crash it?)

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Saddest thing is that I tried it and now can't kick it. I live a life with very few hugs and tend ti just not let go now when people give them to me.

(feel free to try again. I think it crashed because my computer wasn't sure whether it was asleep or not. I may not be on for a bit, though)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

...*hugs you over the internet anyway*

(Okay, this time? Mine crashed. *facepalm*)

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

(Stupid IM programs!)