I like beauty, but prettiness isn't the same. I like dramatic looks, striking looks
Me, too. Pretty, to me, is something that is utterly conventional, symmetrical, refined, and really not very sexy. Beauty, to me, has to have an element of strength, even angularity. I definitely like a nose on a person, even women, but expressive eyes (preferably large - but then Alan Rickman has made the most of his beady little hazel eyes) are a must. Eyes, hands, and voice are my three "ticky boxes" for physical attractiveness. But all of those are inflected by the way they're used.
Don't know Jarvis Cocker.
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<i>I like beauty, but prettiness isn't the same. I like dramatic looks, striking looks</i>
Me, too. Pretty, to me, is something that is utterly conventional, symmetrical, refined, and really not very sexy. Beauty, to me, has to have an element of strength, even angularity. I definitely like a nose on a person, even women, but expressive eyes (preferably large - but then Alan Rickman has made the most of his beady little hazel eyes) are a must. Eyes, hands, and voice are my three "ticky boxes" for physical attractiveness. But all of those are inflected by the way they're used.
<i>Don't know Jarvis Cocker. </i>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Cocker"He's the lead singer of the British rock group Pulp,</a> who are somewhere in the line of English eccentrics that include Oscar Wilde, the Kinks, David Bowie, and Morrissey. Frankly, I think he'd be in his rights to sue the BBC and Tennant for brand infringement in the Tenth Doctor's look:
That infamous Dead Ringers "Christmas at the Doctors'" had Nine telling Ten he was "nothing but Jarvis Cocker in space."
<i>My favourite actor, with regards to looks and physical style, is Peter Wingfield.</i>
I've only ever seen pictures of him (I just can't bring myself to watch <i>Highlander</i>, but he's definitely in the wheelhouse.
Eccleston is involved in a new staging of <i>Macbeth</i>. I hope that it comes together; and I hope I'm in the right country when it happens!
<i>I didn't equate the Nine/Rose relationship with any of these, or anything else - I saw it as unique. </i>
Oh, I do, too. I love the sparkiness and fun of bantering, with the heated undercurrent of eroticism that all those couples have; what Nine and Rose have that is completely different and <i>more than</i> the rest of those couples is a sort of innocence and wonder and vulnerability.
I just don't want Donna to go all googly-eyed over the Doctor. I don't mind if a relationship grows - in fact, of all the women thrown at Ten over the past two years, Donna seems to me to be the one who would work the best, because she sees the wrongness in him. I still want her to tell him when he's wrong and slap him whenever it's necessary. Because I'm sure it <I>will</i> be necessary.
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Re: Looks vs. attraction
Date: 2007-08-25 05:31 pm (UTC)Me, too. Pretty, to me, is something that is utterly conventional, symmetrical, refined, and really not very sexy. Beauty, to me, has to have an element of strength, even angularity. I definitely like a nose on a person, even women, but expressive eyes (preferably large - but then Alan Rickman has made the most of his beady little hazel eyes) are a must. Eyes, hands, and voice are my three "ticky boxes" for physical attractiveness. But all of those are inflected by the way they're used.
Don't know Jarvis Cocker.
Me, too. Pretty, to me, is something that is utterly conventional, symmetrical, refined, and really not very sexy. Beauty, to me, has to have an element of strength, even angularity. I definitely like a nose on a person, even women, but expressive eyes (preferably large - but then Alan Rickman has made the most of his beady little hazel eyes) are a must. Eyes, hands, and voice are my three "ticky boxes" for physical attractiveness. But all of those are inflected by the way they're used.
<i>Don't know Jarvis Cocker. </i>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarvis_Cocker"He's the lead singer of the British rock group Pulp,</a> who are somewhere in the line of English eccentrics that include Oscar Wilde, the Kinks, David Bowie, and Morrissey. Frankly, I think he'd be in his rights to sue the BBC and Tennant for brand infringement in the Tenth Doctor's look:
<img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/nina_ds/pic/000e852w">
That infamous Dead Ringers "Christmas at the Doctors'" had Nine telling Ten he was "nothing but Jarvis Cocker in space."
<i>My favourite actor, with regards to looks and physical style, is Peter Wingfield.</i>
I've only ever seen pictures of him (I just can't bring myself to watch <i>Highlander</i>, but he's definitely in the wheelhouse.
Eccleston is involved in a new staging of <i>Macbeth</i>. I hope that it comes together; and I hope I'm in the right country when it happens!
<i>I didn't equate the Nine/Rose relationship with any of these, or anything else - I saw it as unique. </i>
Oh, I do, too. I love the sparkiness and fun of bantering, with the heated undercurrent of eroticism that all those couples have; what Nine and Rose have that is completely different and <i>more than</i> the rest of those couples is a sort of innocence and wonder and vulnerability.
I just don't want Donna to go all googly-eyed over the Doctor. I don't mind if a relationship grows - in fact, of all the women thrown at Ten over the past two years, Donna seems to me to be the one who would work the best, because she sees the wrongness in him. I still want her to tell him when he's wrong and slap him whenever it's necessary. Because I'm sure it <I>will</i> be necessary.