19. 112 Icons: IBAR Celebration

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I was hoping to have more new icons in celebration of International Blog Against Racism Week but I've run out of time. I started with pics snagged from the PicSpam in Sage-Theory's LJ, augmented it with a few pics from Eureka and Babylon 5, sprinkled in a tiny bit of CSI: NY at the request of jalabert, and couldn't resist pulling up some of my older icons to finish it off.

Fandoms represented: Andromeda, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Criminal Minds, CSI, CSI: NY, Dark Angel, Doctor Who, Dresden Files, Eureka, Firefly, Heroes, Lost, SG-1, SGA, Torchwood, Witchblade, Sin City, and Will Smith. Yes, Will Smith is a fandom unto himself.

TEASERS:




ANDROMEDA:
1


BABYLON 5:
2-6 (new)

bonus icon I forgot


BATTLESTAR GALACATICA:
7-11 (new)


CRIMINAL MINDS:
12-13 (new)


CSI:
14-16 (new)


CSI: NY:
17-18 (new)


DARK ANGEL:
19-23

24-28

29-33

34-36 (new)


DOCTOR WHO:
37 (new)


DRESDEN FILES:
38-39 (new)


EUREKA:
40-42 (new)


FIREFLY:
43-45 (new)


HEROES:
46-49 (46, 47 new)


LOST:
50


STARGATE SG-1:
51-55 (51 new)

56-60

61-65

66-70

71-75


STARGATE ATLANTIS:
80-84 (80-82 new)

85-89

90-94

95-98 (96-98 new)


TORCHWOOD:
99-101 (new)

102-104 (102-103 new)


WITCHBLADE:
105-108 (108 new)



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MOVIES
103: (new)
Sin City:
110-112
Will Smith:
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Comments

[catsperspective.livejournal.com]

I know I am very late coming to this entry. I recently discovered SG1 Found season 1 for $5 at Sams and thought I might try the series out. Ended up getting myself and my husband hooked on it. LOL

Anyway, Hope it is okay to use 68 and 69. I always credit. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

No such thing as late! :) That's the beauty of these posts being around forever.

Welcome to the fandom!!!!!

SG-1 is a lovely show. I'm jealous of you, discovering it now. Early SG-1, the first 3 years especially, are my absolute favorite but there are gems throughout its TEN years. That's a lot of catching up for you and your husband. :) New fans are always welcome. Now that canon is closed (mostly), you can avoid all the fandom angst and just enjoy the parts that are exceptional.

I'm really bad about mixing seasons in a single post of icons, though, so I hope I don't end up spoiling you. Of course you're welcome to the Chris Judge and Teal'c icons. He's a beautiful man, no?

[catsperspective.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We are on season 2 right now and still loving it. Fandom angst tends to amuse me so I am almost sorry I missed most of it. I have a feeling there were some epic dramas within this fandom.

Don't worry about spoiling me, I am one of those that ends up reading or snooping around for spoilers anyway. I am also in the Dr. Who/Torchwood fandom and that is one spoilery group! LOL

And yes, Teal'c has easily become my favorite character. Chris Judge plays him so wonderfully. My husband and I find ourselves often trying to make his face when in discussion about something. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Season 2 is good, good times. :) Fandom angst in SG-1 has left a lot of people on each side of the pairing-wars bitter and unable to enjoy a main character. (I have pairing opinions but I've avoided the bitterness, happily.) I hate that because it really does make mute the squee.

I had the honor of having lunch with Chris Judge (and 6 other fans) a few years back and he's really a very nice person and seems to be an involved Dad. He's got the most gorgeous smile and he's amazingly good fun when he's on-stage, talking to fans. Very generous and a somewhat, er, boisterous sense of humor. Also? I think he is an amazing actor; what he did non-verbally for Teal'c in the pilot was amazing and his Teal'c has been the most consistent of the characters. Partly it's writing but it's also the acting.

He has a new project, Rage of Angels, that he has developed, is writing, and will be starring in along with Michael Shanks -- I don't know if you knew. MGM has given it the green light so a pilot and a movie (I think) are definitely going to be made. My fingers are crossed that we'll have him back on our televisions soon!

[siljamus]

I just realized that I never commented on this post *hangs head in shame*

I love so many of these and I pimped the post far and wide at the time. Your icons of Dee/Kandyse are hands down some of the best ones in the fandom. I've been using # 9 ever since you posted it. I recently deleted it by accident and was very upset when it didn't show up on my icon-list. It was back up very quickly *g*

Thank you for sharing your talent with the rest of us.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

lol! Any comment, any time is good. :) I've been astounded at how little attention fandom has paid to Dee. Yes, I know they screwed with her character's likability, first breaking Billy's heart and then having the audacity to come between two popular characters, but the *actress* is stunning and she's a good actress. That icon I made is so very simple so I think that it ranks so highly in the fandom's icons of Dee/Kandyse says some unhappy things about fandom. There should be a million highly creative, beautifully composed icons featuring her. Sometimes, fandom makes me very sad.

However, I very much appreciate the pimping and the comment and all the really nice things you've said. Thank you!

[kintail.livejournal.com]

So many beautiful icons! I'm taking the Teal'c Indeed one and will credit you.

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

these are gorgeous. I fell in love with the original Cindy one :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you! Original Cindy does not get enough fandom love, I think. One of these days I need to track down caps again (I lost my cap collection in the Great Hard Drive Crash of Doom) and make some more OC icons.

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

She was the best thing about that show (though Alec ran a close second). I definitely think more Cindy icons are in order! :D

[zinke.livejournal.com]

Snagging #62 and #65 and will credit when used. Thanks!

[hatesfalsegods.livejournal.com]

Snagged a few of the Teal'c without hair icons and credited. Awesome work.

[floatingxworld.livejournal.com]

Oh!!!~ I LOVE the Stargate Atlantis icons! It's nice to see some Firefly ones too~

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Oh my -- you HAVE been delving into the depths of my posts. I need to do a new IBAR post this year. I've gotten into running sg1_lims and have allowed that to pull me away each year. I need to change that. If only so that I have newer icons to point to and say, "Look at how pretty diversity is!"

[will-into-act.livejournal.com]

Tooks just this one! Thanks for posting. (And you did Babylon 5! I love this show so much!)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You've delved far back into the archives! I need to do a new IBAR post this year, I think. New fandoms and new actors to add to the list.

I definitely icon Babylon 5. It remains my gold standard for storytelling and character development. Thus far, nobody has done better. Or even as well.

[will-into-act.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm pretty new to LJ and I didn't want to steal icons. And no matter how old, I really like yours!

It is hard to find any B5-fans out there, I think. I do not know many - the ones I know are very passionate, though.
Any you're completely right. The first season? Best first season ever. (Not that Supernatural was bad or anything, but Babylon 5 did better)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

No worries! You're not stealing anything. I post icons for people to use if they want. It's relatively uncommon for people to go back 3.5 years into my back-catalogue but there's nothing wrong with it.

I loved the first season of SPN but nothing, absolutely nothing rivals Bab 5 for me. It has gone dormant (sadly) but you can find some LJ people who love Bab 5 here:

babylon5contest

and icons are posted here:

iconsharingnet

I think that LJ's popularity didn't come about until after Bab 5 concluded so it has never developed a thriving fan community. I remember the days of lurking at The Lurker's Guide but I don't recall ever finding an interactive community.