Who can read lips? :D

30 One Direction Icons



So, making these was pure hell.

First of all Niall Horan's FACE. Go away, Niall, your face is too distracting!! I had to look through seven hundred pictures and I think I will explode from all the feelings now. At one point I was close to throwing myself off the balcony because I could not deal with their faces anymore. Also the reason why I did the Louis icons last. Basically sobbing at that point.

Anyway! I haven't made icons in forever, so these may not be all that grand, commenting & crediting would still be appreciated! ♥

( their FACES )

and mercury on your heels
Harry/Louis
NC-17
8,921, road trips and stupid boys

So much love to Chelle who beta'd this for me and without whom I wouldn't be in this fandom writing about these boys, and also to Katie who let me flail at her about this fic. Thank you ♥♥♥


( “Lou.” Louis turns his head and looks up at Harry, brow tilted. Harry slumps down on the bed, his cheek squished a little as he props himself up on his elbow, lying on his side; he reaches one arm out to make a grabby hand at him. “C’mere,” he says. Louis bats at his hand, but somehow his fingers tangle with Harry’s, pinkies hooking, and Harry rubs his thumb over Louis’ wrist as if he’s looking for his heartbeat beneath his skin. )

keep your issues drawn
Zayn/Louis (One Direction)
NC-17
Hurt/Comfort, Biting, Rough Play, Bruises
1,834

notes: Basically, they're cops in the 1950s. That's also an excuse for porn!


here on AO3

or

( Louis knows that sound, it’s throaty and glazed like a frosted window, and he knows it because it’s there every fucking time he gets hurt. It’s like a cue for him, like his body is a fucking wind-up doll ready to go at the snap of a finger. He’s so easy for Zayn. )

the salt off your lips
Adam Lambert/Tommy Ratliff
NC-17
semi-public sex
4,669

inspired by this (courtesy of casey270).


( ... )

Basically, this is what I've been up to during the past months/weeks? I thought I'd start over, but I've had this journal and this name for too long to just abandon it.




pace is the trick
Adam Lambert/Tommy Ratliff
5,219
NC-17




Riemann
Adam Lambert/Spencer Smith
5,132
NC-17



waste all my limbs
Jon/Spencer, Jon/Alicia
3020
R

your earthquake was just cracks
Tom/Spencer, Jon/Spencer; NC-17
30,257 words

Tom kisses like a drowning man, Spencer thinks. He kisses like he wants to hold onto your lips with his teeth as the current carries him away, desperate and hungry and wild. It makes Spencer breathless, speechless, and makes him cling like he's the one who's drowning.



Part i
Part ii
Part iii


( rambly thanks &c; )






Art by myrafur
Music by justranda & lifeinyouryears



( your earthquake was just cracks )

By justranda

( Another Crack in the Asphalt )



By lifeinyouryears:

( untitled )

*__*



THAT IS ALL.

violentfires and I had an idea!

Let’s Objectify Ryan Ross’ Hands!

Arguably the best hands in all of bandom, Ryan Ross has some seriously beautiful manos.

Observe:

( chelle's notes say PICSPAM here, so that's what's gonna happen :D )

Your challenge is to write at least 250 words about these hands. It can be gen, it can be au, it can be pwp, it can be anything as long as it involves Ryan Ross’s hands. His hands need not even be present! Someone can just wank thinking about his hands. Which I assure you I’ve never done.

Alternately, here are some places Ryan’s hands could go:

- pockets
- gloves
- guitar strings
- keyboards
- into collars/necklines/hair
- around hips/wrists/pencils/pens/eyeliners/collars/leashes/cigarettes/cameras/coffee cups
- mouths
- strings
- ties
- belts
- shoelaces
- other places :x

Use rings! Bracelets! Cuffs! Finger foods! Talk about the topography of his knuckles and lines on his palms. Paper cuts and calluses. Make him a masseuse. A manicurist. A manservant who has to undo/redo 150 buttons for Sir Brendon because he missed one. ANYTHING.

Go now, go!

Traditionally, the Fourth Wall refers to the fourth, imaginary/invisible wall separating actors on a stage from the audience. According to wiki, it's a concept that's been around basically since forever, and seeing as (slash) fandom in general is a largely literary space, the concept's been adopted here too. We have adapted the meaning to fit our context - in fandom in general, fourth wall expresses the mindset of making a distinction between canon/source material and fanon, of drawing a clear line and putting an invisible wall between fan-created materia and authors/screenbook writers/actors/musicians.

Some authors such as J.K.Rowling very openly encourage fanfiction - in general - and have kept companies (such as Warner, in this case) from pursuing fanfiction writers, but that's really just the exception to the rule that authors don't like their material being used in fanfiction.

And that's just written material - how about when it comes to personal rights? Bandom is a RPF fandom as much as any actor/celeb-based fandom even though we like to pretend it is not. We like seeing the shows and listen to the music and somewhere in between there we form a picture of the boys and girls in our heads that might be close to reality, but not so much that we are acutely aware of it. The fact that those boys and girls are real seems to elude us more often than not.

Yes, they live a very public life, they love and marry and break up in the open, most of them do, and Pete Wentz likes encouraging his fans, but don't they have a right for privacy, a right not to be confronted with activities by their fans that they might not find appealing?

We're dancing on a very fine line with bandom - both on a legal and on a personal level - and I feel some people have yet to develop a sense of tact in this regard. Even if you say that you would be comfortable with having fanfiction written about you and have people come up to you to tell you about it, hand you weird signs, even if you're ok with that, it doesn't mean that those boys and girls in the bands are.

Are they encouraging it? Yes, some of them are, but only up to a certain level and we should never, in personal contact with them, go further than they are going. They're in this for the music and I don't think we have a right to push them any further than that.

The fact that they don't openly protest against this when confronted with fandom - albeit, Panic, at least, has expressed their dislike in interviews before - doesn't mean that they approve, encourage or even agree. It just means that they're not lacking the sense of politeness and tact that some fans seem to be missing.

And apart from that - remember, legal gray area. Pushing our possibly illegal writings, communities and rpgs in their faces is not going to make it any more legal.