.pretty David; also, exhaustion

[aesc]

Okay, last night? Sucked. I didn't fall asleep until three, and at seven was violently woken by the roommate and the dogs, who make as much noise as a garbage truck, nuclear bomb, and elephant combined. My nap this noon was a nap of failure because of the kids making things explode (or something) right under my window. /whining

Lately I've been flipping through Traders looking for Grant-oriented screencaps, so last night's "please dear God let me fall asleep" soundtrack was Dave dragging John to Gardner/Ross for some financial family thing and John seeing Grant and being completely poleaxed and wondering if Grant's Rodney's identical twin or an amnesiac Rodney from an alternate universe, and slightly later being helplessly intrigued and completely freaked out by the way Grant rambles on about things like statistical mechanics and econophysics because it is very eerily like the way Rodney goes on about astrophysics.

Anyway. A Traders screencap of David's spectacularly lovely eyelashes and also something from unamaga to which villainny directed me... NOIR JOHN. THIS IS NOIR JOHN. HE HAS A FEDORA-TYPE HAT. Doesn't he look all noirish in the greytones and scratchiness?








Both images shamelessly manipulated by myself.

And you know Rodney would say things about how a good hat can't keep bad hair down, and John would glare at him and say, well, at least I have hair. Then there would probably be head-smacking and possibly kissing at some point.

In other news: Dear god, I'm tired :/ Oh, wait. I said that already.

.eta, because I'm annoyed! The last time I checked, Terry Darlington's Narrow Dog to Indian River was going to be released in the States in April sometime. When I went to Amazon to pre-order, I discovered it's now listed as "It may be released some time in your lifetime, if you're lucky." Very aggravating.

Comments

[tropes.livejournal.com]

Damn I wish someone would re-upload Traders to the Canadian tv comm. :-[

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I have a small handful, though I'm in the slow process of acquiring them all. *shifty look* I will email you tomorrow (am about to die, srsly) and tell you how you may come by them, if you'd like.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

That would be lovely. GO BED NOW.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I have seasons 1-3 and some of four, if either of you want.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

:> YAR.

[dogeared.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmpf! :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

SO PRETTY JENNS.

[tex.livejournal.com]

I adore Grant so much that I have yet to see the second half of the final season because I'm afraid of what's going to happen to him. They did not treat Grant right, imo. :(

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Nooooo, and so many of David's characters meet weird/sad/tragic ends, I think I may stop with the second-to-last season because I honestly could not take it if anything happened to Grant :( :(

Minor Spoilers for Traders s5

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

Well, the last part of season 5 is sad, but there's a bit of hope for Grant at the very end of the show?

And watching through the hurty parts is rewarded: there's a brief shot of Naked Grant, and he gratuitously sucks on his fingers at one point.

I really need to upload my screencaps to share. I have hundreds upon hundreds. I feel like I've capped every nanosecond of Grant's screentime. Unfortunately my clips have a "countryCanada" logo stamped in the lower righthand corner... so annoying.

Re: Minor Spoilers for Traders s5

[aesc.livejournal.com]

feel like I've capped every nanosecond of Grant's screentime.

Heh heh, that's what I'm doing right now :D I'm not terribly crazy about the show, but David is so much fun to watch.

And watching through the hurty parts is rewarded: there's a brief shot of Naked Grant, and he gratuitously sucks on his fingers at one point.

Mmmmph. Nom.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, I KNOW - he makes my heart hurt! I am too scared to finish the show because I know it doesn't go well for Grant!!

[tex.livejournal.com]

It started to go to hell after Jack died. Grant never really had a true friend after that. :(

[siria]

:O Cates! I have just remembered—our Traders/SGA fic! I should finish that! *tries to remember where I saved it*

[dovil.livejournal.com]

and John would glare at him and say, well, at least I have hair.

He does have hair though, it just happens to me all in his eyelashes. :)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

And such pretty eyelashes they are :) :)

[madeline871.livejournal.com]

Noir John!

*whines longingly*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*pets you!* He is being written... just kind of slowly :> :>

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

::paws at screen and whines:: I love Grant so much. I just want to hug him and squeeze him and call him George. And then he'd be confused but I would buy him lots of chocolate and maybe he'd make me lots of money and smile and blush at me and hey, I have had one husband and one boyfriend who were brilliant and socially....hmmm....shall we say indifferent or unable to conform to social norms? I have experience Eccentric Wrangling.

And then I'd keep Shep because he's really funny and useful. Also pretty.

::paws and whines some more::

[grammarwoman]

I have had the same (unduly illicit) thoughts about Grant, and all I've seen are the YouTube offerings of Season 1 Traders.

It's the stubble. That damned stubble makes me weak in the knees and blithering in the brain. (The puppy dog eyes don't hurt either.)

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

The combination of rrow, stubble and his sweet/snarky/peculiar innocence gets me.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

And then he'd be confused but I would buy him lots of chocolate and maybe he'd make me lots of money and smile and blush at me

Oh Grant :"> :"> Apparently socially-awkward, possibly mentally-unstable, weird, sweet men with long eyelashes are my kryptonite.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

Me too. ::holds up hand with wedding ring::

Although I did trade in possibly mentally unstable for *very* (though quite low on the British Eccentric Scale.) eccentric and frequently emitting unfathomable odors. It's somewhat less stressful.

[let-fate-decide.livejournal.com]

Amazon actually has it listed as that? Whoa. They have wits? Just kidding. Maybe.

*hug* I hope you get some sleep soon. <3. Also, you've read the Aeneid, yes? Which translation do you prefer, if you have? I'm reading Stanley Lombardo's, and it definitely doesn't flow as nicely as his Iliad and even his Odyssey.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I have Robert Fitzgerald's translation, which I haven't read in a while but I remember enjoying :)

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of fascinated by their noses there. In a way where I want them to rub together sweetly. :|

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeee *combusts from the sweetness*

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

very sorry to hear of your sleep disruption and deprivation... i hate not getting enough sleep....

but i really love the pix of David and the Flan... they are just fantastically gorgeous... i've only seen a few episodes of Traders... and Farewell to Harry was just packed with the beautiousness of noir Joe ;)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

and Farewell to Harry was just packed with the beautiousness of noir Joe

I should probably come by this somehow :D

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

I adore Farewell to Harry! To the point where I resorted to devious means to get it. Because Joe is so pretty!

(I think your manipulation of that picture is gorgeous, by the way. It has a scratchy, old movies sort of feel to it. Perfect.)

And Traders. Bah! People keep telling me "you need to watch Traders" but I can't even ILL it because it exists in some nebulous state. Awesome. David Hewlett's eyelashes are a thing of wonder (and a source of intense envy on my part).

So sorry you aren't sleeping well! That was me last week until I descended into an exhaustion based illness this week. Don't get to that point!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

It has a scratchy, old movies sort of feel to it.

Yis yis! I usually touch up pictures before I post them (I can't help it, it's a compulsion!) and I was playing around with the color for a bit before I thought, "Hey, this is noir!John! He needs to be black-and-white! And scratchy!"

That was me last week until I descended into an exhaustion based illness this week. Don't get to that point!

asd;lkdfl;kjdf hiss!! :( :( :( I hope you feel better!

(The obnoxious thing is, there's nothing for me to be exhausted about! The horrible stress has been over for almost a couple of months now so I should be doing okay, but the sleep apparently is not working.)

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

*tucks you in, takes finn for the night, sends the roommate to Timbuktu, miraculously changes the town you live in to be nice, makes John cook you waffles for breakfast and Rodney to be in charge of coffee*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I wish you were God *snorfles you*

[tardis80.livejournal.com]

Aww poor baby. *pets* But mmm Noir!John is just so yummy. I love the textures you used. And someday I'm going to get Traders and wibble over Grant Jansky.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

And someday I'm going to get Traders and wibble over Grant Jansky.

I just wish there was more of him to wibble over :( :( Poor Grant in his supply closet! Though if I had a closet filled with chocolate and computers, I would probably never leave, either.

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Noir John is beautiful, and I love what you've done with the picture.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! There's nothing a few greytone scratch textures won't cure :D

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

Your night and my night were awake!twins, though for different reasons.

Maybe imagining John's hands sliding over Rodney in bed, as in icon, will make tonight's sleep sleepfuller?

I should get S2 of Traders, maybe, and watch S1. And those pictures are too pretty.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Maybe imagining John's hands sliding over Rodney in bed, as in icon, will make tonight's sleep sleepfuller?

Ohhhhh that would be nice :> My flist has the best ideas!

Though sometimes it works and I can drift off happily, but at other times, I abruptly think, "I should really write this down," and there's no resting until I can convince myself I'll remember it (which I do, a lot of times), or scribble it down on the nearest surface.

I should get S2 of Traders, maybe, and watch S1.

I think I would like it a lot more if there was more Grant and less... um, financial stuff and conspiracies XD I suppose there aren't many dramatic possibilities in a guy who basically hides out in a supply closet and emerges only for hot chocolate, but I'm sure I could come up with something :D

[villainny.livejournal.com]

...He's even prettier with the scratchiness. NGH. :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I think the more scratched-up Joe is, the hotter he becomes. Seriously. Add stubble, sweat, dirt, maybe a couple of shallow cuts or a band-aid... Um, yes. I approve.

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

Oh, Grant. Yes. I love your crossover idea! Me and almostnever have an ongoing fantasy-smash-writteny-thing where Rodney is Grant-ish in Atlantis. Hiding in the vents with chocolate! Cocooning under Ancient consoles! Nawwwww.

*pets you*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

where Rodney is Grant-ish in Atlantis. Hiding in the vents with chocolate! Cocooning under Ancient consoles!

*melts into puddle of awwwwwww* And the whales could be his pigeons! And he would love his laptop the way Grant loves his computers, with a deep and profound love.

[the-oscar-cat.livejournal.com]

i will come back and blather about hottness, but here is a drive by offer - that book is out in the uk on the 7th, and amazon are sellling it for £9.89 (plus p&p.)

i would be happy to ship a copy out to you, and we could sort out the transaction via paypal. or swaps. or something.

just so you know. :)

xx

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*snorfles!* I would love to! The thing is, though, I am wanting to use a giftcard because funds are low at the moment (asdlkdjflkjdf why can't I get rich writing fanfic? WHY?!), but if there is something on Amazon US you want, I can buy it and ship it and we can swap :D

Unless I could use my giftcard at amazon.co.uk... I don't know. *investigates*

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

*hearts*

Oh Grant

*holds close*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I knew I should have stopped with the end of S4... I am waiting for the final episode to download now and I am already crying :( :( :(

Oh, poor Grant. I want to hurt people because of him.