Okay, this?

[aesc]

This?



Serves absolutely no purpose except to make me stupid.

And this post serves no purpose except to tell you that.

ETA: And lest we forget...




They're guilty of it too.

This cannot continue. It cannot.

ETA2: And hey, the comments are officially NC17 now. Woo hoo!

ETA3: Woefully delayed because of busyness, but syntaxe has written some very nice man-bracelet-fastening comment!fic that you all should read right now.

ETA4: And one more from ifylla, in which the bracelet keeps count.

Comments

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

Hi, that whole ARM makes me stupid.

*sighs*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Hi, that whole ARM makes me stupid.

Yes, but it's both aesthetic and functional; it helps John hold his gun, write, hold Rodney when they're asleep, etc.

But the stupid piece of string does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL except turn me into a drooling idiot. Maybe he could unknot it and slide a housekey through, but you don't need housekeys on Atlantis... I think it's the juxtaposition... slender, simple string, next to the uh bones of his wrist, those capable hands, arms that are used to lifting and moving and doing things oh my asjkfljk.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I think he's right handed - which would make that the hand he jerks off with . . .

[beeej.livejournal.com]

You just melted my brain.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

Long fingers, pale skin, the flush of his cock sliding against his palm, and that little wristband, a whisper against his wrist everytime he moves his hand . . .

[aesc.livejournal.com]

which would make that the hand he jerks off with . . .

*eyelidtwitch*

Rodney believes in empiricism and observation, careful study, and for good reason. He knows how to look, and how to see, the details where the devil lives.

Detail: Sweat tracing the line of the vein on the inside John's forearm, the skin slightly paler there. It finds the groove between tendons, slim line of bone before the complexity of the wrist, finally catches in

Detail: the string bracelet, which probably has a more manly name, but call it bracelet for now, improbable delicacy encircling all that strength, an implied leash, restraint. It's loose, riding up into John's palm, abrading that and John's cock, clasped in his right hand.

Rodney wonders if it's rough, and finds coherency enough to ask.

"Yeah." John's voice is rough as that knotted string, though his skin shines smooth with sweat and moves like silk under his hand, under Rodney's, as he strokes and moves and comes.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

Rodney has my admiration for being able to pose a coherent question while watching that. ajsdlhfaksdf.

[dogeared.livejournal.com]

asdf;aslfkal;sflasfkj

[aesc.livejournal.com]

He's a scientist... He really needs to know. For my part, my brain would have shut down long before that point.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*askjdlfjkhaks!!!! back*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_divya_/]

Scuse me, I need to go lie down now.

::THUD::

[beeej.livejournal.com]

*beeej goes boom*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Dude, that's JOHN? I totally thought it was Dean. I didn't realize JOHN does it TOO! Nnnngh! That's just... uncalled for, boys. Exploding fangirls' minds. FOR NO REASON. *flail* The knotted leather cord against Dean's neck kills me too. See icon. Meef.

[just-ruth.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the Kabbalah thing Madonna does?

[wicked-socks.livejournal.com]

Dude, HOT.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize JOHN does it TOO! Nnnngh! That's just... uncalled for, boys.

It is. I call for a moratorium on completely useless stringy man-bracelet things. I need my brain.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the Kabbalah thing Madonna does?

I'm not sure. I did a 2-second Google search and came up with a red-string bracelet (http://www.kabbalah.com/k/index.php/p=life/tools) that wards off the evil eye, though.

I could use that against my students. Hm.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

Nope, that's red string. This is the badge of the homoerotic subtext club, I believe.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

This is the badge of the homoerotic subtext club, I believe.

*die!*

Even better :D

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, heck no!

That's red thread, isn't it?

Not these little knotted leathery (leathery bootlaces? guh) that the guys are sporting.

[villeinage.livejournal.com]

Oh, heck. That was my comment, above.

LJ keeps logging me out.

[the-reverand.livejournal.com]

I have a guy friend who used to wear them. He just liked the way they looked. One halloween I dressd up as him on halloween, only I just used the cheap plastic bracelets. They look better on him.

[the-reverand.livejournal.com]

I also meant to say that one thing to consider, particularly with the tight-fitting ones, is that *someone else* had to tie them on.

[aurora]

You and Cate are trying to kill me!!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me things like that. I need my brain.