Silliness...

[fajrdrako]

I have been peeking at this site, like someone watching a horse race and rooting for a favourite horse to win. The horse in this case being David Tennant, of course. Adorable man, beside whom Orlando Bloom pales in comparison. A pause here for appreciative contemplation of a few Viggo/Orly RPS fics I've enjoyed in passing.... But no. David Tennant is the best.

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[jonquil.livejournal.com]

In that shirt? No, he was NOT the most attractive man in their magazine. That shirt was a crime against my eyeballs and his complexion.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, indeed, the shirt was an invidious affront to the sensibilities of all. But the man inside - he's worth it!

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that David Tennant is absurdly snoggable. Much more so than OB, for instance, who is absurdly... mockable. (Also, David Tennant's hands. Gaaaah, I am a sucker for good hands as well as good voices and good noses.)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

David Tennant is absurdly snoggable

Many others would agree, as the votes indicate.

Much more so than OB, for instance, who is absurdly... mockable.

Indeed. Trying too hard?

Also, David Tennant's hands.

Indeed. We could vote for hands.

And if we were voting for noses or voices, he'd still rank pretty high.

If we were voting for mobile eyebrows - well! Champion.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

If we were voting for mobile eyebrows - well! Champion.

I resent him for this. Greatly. As someone who had to train herself for six months to even manage to sort of be able to raise one eyebrow, I'm in a position to say that it is NOT fair that some people get all the eyebrow mobility.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

it is NOT fair that some people get all the eyebrow mobility.

This is very true. It's one of those cosmic balances - he gets all the eyebrow mobility that you lack. Heck, he gets all the eyebrow mobility of an entire nation. He has eyebrow-mobility of 10 while most of us are stuck at about 3. Totally unfair!

But nice to see.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

It's one of those cosmic balances - he gets all the eyebrow mobility that you lack. Heck, he gets all the eyebrow mobility of an entire nation. He has eyebrow-mobility of 10 while most of us are stuck at about 3.

*laughs so hard she falls over*

Have now seen all the way through Tooth and Claw. Love the way Ten continues to show Rose's influence and Rose displays, unthinking, a few of Nine's traits (motivating people to get up and do something, comforting the maid.) Love their moments-- the hugs, the caught hands, the running back for him or her, the way Ten smirks when Rose can't get the Queen to say "Not amused," and Rose's victory screech when she does. And the Scottish accent! It's beautiful: lyrical in the same way a Welsh lilt or an touch of Irish is. I didn't know Scottish accents could be like that. Suddenly the idea of Lymond having just a touch of one doesn't seem so horrifying.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Love the way Ten continues to show Rose's influence and Rose displays, unthinking, a few of Nine's traits (motivating people to get up and do something, comforting the maid.)

And running as necessary!

Love their moments-- the hugs, the caught hands

Ahh, yes.

the Scottish accent! It's beautiful: lyrical in the same way a Welsh lilt or an touch of Irish is. I didn't know Scottish accents could be like that.

I think that voice of his could make any accent sound good, but what he does with Scottish - ahh, sigh. His natural accent is Scottish. I wish he used it throughout the series. (Too much northerliness?)

Suddenly the idea of Lymond having just a touch of one doesn't seem so horrifying.

I always picture Lymond as having a very lovely, very slight Scots accent. When he's at home, anyway.

Good moments in Tooth and Claw, off the top of my head:

- the Doctor's fascination with the werewolf
- the mistletoe thing
- the comments about Rose's nakedness (she never does manage to get changed into anything Victorian)
- seeing the initial establishment of Torchwood by Queen Victoria

I believe that the Doctor deliberately brought Rose to 1879 rather than 1979 on purpose. The question is why. Just mischief?

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

but you get to watch his eye brow mobility.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

but you get to watch

Yes, and don't think I don't enjoy it!

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

Yes, and don't think I don't enjoy it!

oh me too, me too. Also because it is invested with meaning. Not a senseless gesture.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm conflicted. On the one hand..... awesome! On the other.... hey! I was supposed to get some of that, y'know?

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

And yay!, he's in the lead and forging ahead! *g*

Did you notice, it says that "you are ONLY (my emphasis!) allowed to vote once every 15 minutes". What?! Now I'm picturing legions of devoted fangirls with stopwatches dutifully voting every 15 mins...

Which is not to say I won't be casting a vote every now and then. In spite of the shirt. *g*

PS Love the icon. Pork chop!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

he's in the lead and forging ahead!

Go, team!

Which is not to say I won't be casting a vote every now and then.

I am such a hopeless fangirl. Every once in a while I just go and look to see how he's doing... and cast another vote. I should stop doing that.

In spite of the shirt.

I am not voting for the shirt. This is not a sartorial contest.

PS Love the icon.

It's by briefsmile__, an apt name, since I smile whenever I look at it.

Yours is very nice too. That over-the-glasses-frame glance is very sexy.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Just voted again from work. Hah!

The icon is my crop from a screencap by someone else - I think it's from Tooth and Claw, the library scene. Tell me, is the icon okay or is it a bit too dark? My monitor's contrast is screwed, meaning that the icon looks fine on a black background but looks far too dark if the background is white. So I need an outside opinion, if you please!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Just voted again from work.

Well done! Tennant seems to be averaging about 1,000 votes ahead of Bloom, which is fine.

The icon is dark on my white background but you can see the Doctor just fine. It's a wonderful pose. It might be a good idea to lighten it (or heighten contrast) if you can, but if you can't, it's still a perfectly fine, gorgeous icon.

Did you see my list of story recommendations?

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Is this any better? Or does it need to be lighter still? I really can't tell. ::kicks monitor::

PS DT is currently 1,313 votes ahead. :D

[omnivorously.livejournal.com]

So, I'm not a Dr. Who fan (yet; but I fear I am predisposed to the condition), and I did read a really excellent two volume biography of Siegfried Sassoon, one of the soldier-poets of WWI. And dear Siggy was gay, and one of his flames was a femme, foppish fellow named *Stephen* Tennant (Evelyn Waugh based on of the characters in _Brideshead Revisited_ on him). So when I saw 'Tennant', I got excited, but felt puzzled as to why. Then I clicked on the link, and I realized ...

The disappointment has been hard to bear. (/facetiousness)

I must admit to not appreciating *David* Tennant quite as much as youse guys; perhaps he must be seen in motion, to be appreciated?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

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<i.I'm not a Dr. Who fan</i>

I wasn't one until the current series, which I discovered a couple of months ago. My impression had been that the show was silly. Now I think it's brilliant. Go figure.

Siegfried Sassoon is one of those people that I've intended to read a bio of, but haven't done so... yet. Which Waugh character was based on Stephen Tennant, do you know?

Anyway, sorry to disappoint you with the wrong Tennant!

Yes, Tennant must be seen in motion (and in context) to be appreciated. He is amazingly expressive, and personable. I am trying to avoid the word cute, because it isn't really cuteness, it's ... a mobility of character and expression that is delightful. At least for those of us who have fallen helplessing for the charm of it.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

I second that, motion is everything. Not quite forward momentum, but wandering momentum. So easily filled with enthausiasm so more serious than he seems at times. He pulls of the most amazing tricks just high on confidence (or the impression of confidence). (ok this is David Tennant in dr Who persona, but he can play it)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

wandering momentum.

Good phrase.

He pulls of the most amazing tricks just high on confidence (or the impression of confidence)

Uh-huh. It's very attractrive, very compelling.

ok this is David Tennant in dr Who persona

He had a similar mobility and charm as Casanova, and was striking as Barty Crouch, Jr. Those are the only other Tennant roles I've seen.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Cat. He's a great big cat. I remember thinking that the first time I saw The Christmas Invasion.

[omnivorously.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delay in replying.

Sebastian Flyte is based on Stephen Tennant; a bio of *him*, which I haven't read yet, but which sounds good, is _Serious Pleasures_. The bio of Sassoon, which I recommend is by Jean Moorcroft Wilson (but you'd probably have to order it off of amazon.co.uk). I also rec The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker, which is historical fiction - it takes place during the war, but almost entirely in England, and deals a lot with the human impact of the war.

Well, Dr. Who was on my list of things to watch anyway. And now all the more reason. Though I don't know when I'll get the time. *sigh*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Getting the time to watch something (without seriously cutting into my reading time) is always a problem. I want to read all the books you mention - they're on my list, we'll see what happens.

I didn't realize that Sebastian Flyte was based on anyone real, let alone Stephen Tennant. Fascinating!

[omnivorously.livejournal.com]

Well, the Regeneration trilogy would be a fast read (and there is gay sex. Also, het sex. But not until the second book). The Sassoon bio I found very readable, but would be more of a slog, and is much longer - there is no (mention of) sex until the beginning of the second volume, as Sassoon was a virgin until just after the end of WWI, when he was 30 or so. But one of the things I like about Moorcroft's bio is that she very openly discusses SS's sexuality and affairs.

Not that I think you're going to read either book for the sex ; ) It just seems relevant to me right now.