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[aesc]

John Sheppard has this tie. You must read the ad copy, because it's awesome.




from vintage_ads

He picked it up at a small curio/junk shop when he was stationed out in the middle of nowhere and going insane from boredom, because hey, it was cool and when he thought about it, it was pretty swank.

Unfortunately, most women didn't see it that way and anti-tieness was one of the major strikes against Nancy when they got engaged--Nancy even went so far as to tell him that under no circumstances would he wear it around her, with "under no circumstances will you wear it ever" strongly implied. But the drink dumped in his lap, the drink thrown in his face, or Nancy's inclusion of the tie in the prenup failed to shake his faith in the essential swankness of his tie.

So that brings us to now, when the tie becomes a crucial element in his seduction of Rodney McKay. You know that's what happens.

.eta: This possibly gives new meaning to "glowy sex" *muses*

In other news: New Hewlett icon! \o/

And, for those of you still around or just tuned in, model!John and reporter!Rodney improv with siriaeve.

Comments

[siria]

... touched by the wand of darkness? Is that what Rodney's calling it now?

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Maybe only in his head :D

(My first thought was, disgracefully, BLUE STEEL. And then I couldn't stop snickering.)

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

I'm especially amused by Like a miracle of light there comes a pulsing, glowing question and Think of the surprise, the awe you will cause! I love how dorky John is.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

The ad copy is so unbelievably fabulous, partly because it's so over the top and partly because I'm twelve years old and things like "the wand of darkness" make me snicker.

[trobadora]

*giggles*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Don't laugh! You're supposed to be helplessly attracted to it!!!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I would totally kiss John if he were wearing that tie. ::nods::

[aesc.livejournal.com]

What about one of those bowties (http://www.spinningbowties.com/?gclid=CKCp_aH9j5ICFQZ7IgodhWOt7g) where when you press a button it spins? Would you kiss him then?

[feanna.livejournal.com]

I think we would all kiss him if he were wearing that tie, even if it might be more a matter of "in spite of" than "because of" though it makes for a good excuse: He's asking for it! (Now we just have to find him before Rodney does.)

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

Oh, John.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

:D You know you love him!

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

Does prolonged exposure to the wand of darkness when wearing this tie turn your wand permanently into a wand of light? Because a radioactive, glowing wand could be problematic, especially when the wand grows at inopportune times.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Not so much exposure to the wand of darkness as exposure to the radium with which the tie is painted, I think. In which case, eventually you might have to worry about more than glowing.

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

The ad copy calls this tie high class. Hahaha. That's awesome.

I am positive John would have one of these. And if I saw him wearing it, I would laugh, shake my head in vain, and kiss the living daylights out of that man.

(Who wouldn't?)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

The ad copy calls this tie high class.

The word you're looking for is 'swank' :D

(Who wouldn't?)

No one I know!

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

your new Hewlett adorableness icon is reducing me to goo. The rest will hence go uncommented upon by me, as I simply lie there all a-swoon. Mmmm, David.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

For further a-swooning purposes :>
And from here (http://www.chaps1870.com/captureshome.html)

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

He would so wear that tie, and he'd be ridiculously proud of it too. :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, you know it! And he'd be all, "Check it out, it glows," and Rodney would roll his eyes and say, "And you'll glow too... from the radium."

[aurora]

"a pulsing, glowing question"
Seriously this, is killing me. :D :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

There is so much that's so very wrong, yet brilliantly right, about the copy. I was dying with prurient twelve-year-old laughter :D

[dogeared.livejournal.com]

*snorfles your icon!*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*DHew snorfles you back!*

[stillane.livejournal.com]

This has made my day in a variety of ways. It's the 'Baby' that does it, I think. Takes it that extra step from cheesy party favor to truly whacked out. I want to know how it pulses, though. I mean, radioactive glow, sure, but pulsing? I just get this image of John swaying slowly side to side to get the full, motion-intensive effect going on.

Also, with the lack of comma, it proclaims itself to be not just barrels of fun, but different barrels of fun. Many of them. Pulsing. Because of the wand of darkness.

Let It Thrill You. Heh.

*dies*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I just get this image of John swaying slowly side to side to get the full, motion-intensive effect going on.

And being ridiculously hypnotized by it :D

Many of them. Pulsing. Because of the wand of darkness.

Exactly. Exactly so.

Sometimes I think it's a shame that most ads, outside of those for prescription drugs, don't have anywhere near the amount of text that older ads do. I suppose it's a reflection of our dwindling attention spans and better graphics programs (or, I guess, our graphics programs period) that emphasize enconomical use of text, but there's just something so wonderful about long, rambly weirdness that involves poetry on the order of "like a miracle of light."

Of course, now we know that things like radium and lead are bad for you, so maybe not so much of that. *nostalgic sigh*

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I just realized I forgot to write the next part of the spanking fic from the last set of these ads. Which I love, btw, please keep posting them! Or maybe I should just start watching vintage_ads.

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

COMPELLING ALLURE. YOU ACTUALLY CAN WEAR IT TASTEFULLY WITH ANY SUIT.

[summertea.livejournal.com]

Wow H. Just wow.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm so glad I wasn't alive back then.

[raphe1.livejournal.com]

Was looking for the tie - errm - and found a link to this "modern equivalent"

http://enlighted.com/pages/gallery.shtml

on http://blog.modernmechanix.com. Wowsa! Talk about Mr. Fantastic . . . Anyway, lurving this story and Phi GLOMP!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Oh my God.

I think the best thing that can be said for those ties is that they aren't radioactive :D (Not that that would stop John or Rodney from having one, more than likely *g*)

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

a) good story

b) I MUST HAVE THAT TIE!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

a) thank you!

b) I am not sure if you'd want it! It's a 40s-era tie, which means the awesome glow-in-the-darkness is due to radium paint, which is a wee bit radioactive XD

Glowy sex, though!

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

Nancy's inclusion of the tie in the prenup failed to shake his faith in the essential swankness of his tie.

Heee. And most men just bring a mangy lounge chair with them.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

John Sheppard has STYLE, Beads. Remember that.