Ian McKellan said...

[certainthings]

I've quoted it before. And I've quoted it again. And again. And again. And a few months from now, I'll probably quote it again.

So here it is.

Actor Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films, says on his Web site: "I find nothing harmful in sharing fantasies about favourite characters or their interpreters even real person stories seem unobjectional as they are clearly fictional."

and that's all I have to say about that.

*bold is mine

Comments

[winterweathered.livejournal.com]

Hey Smidge! I have a favor to ask you, because you have become my go-to icon maker extraordinaire! (I know it's totally obnoxious to just come to your journal and ask, so if you would like to resign from the icon maker extraordinaire position, have your people contact my people.) I suck at making icons, mostly because... I suck at making all graphics? If you knew how many hours went into making the awful jagged edged unattractive lines on my layout, you would laugh for a week.

I was wondering if pooooossibly you wouldn't mind making me an icon that says "Jensen Ackles has had a hard life," or something along those lines? It doesn't have to have a picture, and I don't have a preference or anything if it DOES have a picture. I just... need this icon, very very badly.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I can do that and I really don't mind doing that, but it'll have to be later cos it's my bedtime. Also, are you really sure you would like me to do that because while my icons are sometimes okay, there are a helluva lot of better icon makers out there who would be happy to make you one ...

[pause for break]

okay. did these. if you're not happy let me know and I'll try something else.

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Michelle1449/Icons/?action=view&current=jahardlife1.png) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Michelle1449/Icons/?action=view&current=jahardlife2.png)

[winterweathered.livejournal.com]

The second one is perfect and hilarious!

I LOVE your icons, dude, usually better than anyone else's. The pictures are always clean and beautifully cropped and I love the font you like to use and I always think they look so balanced. It's really, really rare that I ever keep an icon with text on it (I'm a big fan of pictures speak louder) but yours I always love.

TOTALLY STEALING THAT SECOND ICON and I'm telling everyone they're NOT ALLOWED TO SNAG IT.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

wow. thank you for that. like a whole lot of thanks.

uh. i'm dumb

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Michelle1449/Icons/?action=view&current=hardlife2.png) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Michelle1449/Icons/?action=view&current=hardlife1.png)

Re: uh. i'm dumb

[winterweathered.livejournal.com]

The first ones you posted are totally okay, you don't HAVE to make a new one if you don't want - but just FYI, these ones have a typo...

Re: uh. i'm dumb

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*cries* *laughs* *blows my nose*

okay. *rewinds* I'm extra dumb.

thanks for pointing that out. the typos.

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Michelle1449/Icons/?action=view&current=hardlife2.png) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v464/Michelle1449/Icons/?action=view&current=hardlife.png)