I kind of went crazy and decided to do a bunch of icons on some movies/fandoms I haven't really attempted yet. I haven't been feeling terribly creative (unless you count my super-ingenious center cropping), but I wanted to get these out anyway before the new semester starts (today, boo!). I wanted to do BSG especially, because I've been watching forever and it's almost over. There was a lot of ground to cover, so I decided to stick with one episode (Of course, it's the one in which their environment is completely washed out, so most ended up B&W). For reference to the other show I iconed (a completely rambling Merlin wank), see end of post.

And of course, girly movies. The novel of Atonement is better than the movie, which is true in most cases (except maybe Fight Club), but the movie was very pretty regardless. A Little Princess and Strictly Ballroom are old-school loves of mine, and I couldn't not make icons of all the pretty, pretty dancing. (I do apologize in advance for #44. He was just so ridiculous and sparkly.) /End looong ramble. So anyway, icons!

001-022 . Atonement
023-040 . A Little Princess
041-074 . Strictly Ballroom
075-088 . Battlestar Galactica
089-108 . Merlin

Teasers:




Atonement:
01-05
06-10
11-15
16-20
21-22

A Little Princess (1995):
23-27
28-32
33-37
38-40

Strictly Ballroom:
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60
61-65
66-70
71-74

Battlestar Galactica: (From "Sometimes a Great Notion")
75-79
80-84
85-88

Merlin:
89-92
93-96
97-100
101-104
105-108

In which I try to figure out why I watch this show:
OMG. I'm not entirely sure why I enjoy Merlin so much. It's...not a terribly good show. Every episode is like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/Mad Libs. Literally every episode goes like this: (1)Someone is mortally ill and/or enchanted/(2)suspected of witchcraft and arrested/(3)has to fight someone to the death (choose one), so one of the cast members must (a)go on a quest to find the magic ingredient to save said ill person/(b)break arrested party out of the castle dungeon/(c)find/create the magical object/spell that will assist the person with their fight.
And in every episode, each character will do exactly this: Uther will be an ass and will be outsmarted by the not-terribly-intelligent people around him, Gaius will be very concerned about someone's well being, Arthur will be a bitch, but will learn his lesson by the end (until next episode), Morgana will be outraged by something, Gwen will be adorable but pretty pointless, and Merlin will be awesomely dorky but will simultaneously struggle with not being "out" as a warlock.

Maybe that's why I enjoy it. It's awfully campy, which is always a plus. And it's kind of the gayest show on television without actually (canonically) gay characters, to the point where there's almost nothing "sub" about the subtext. If it weren't for this and Merlin's unrelenting dorkiness, I would have given up on it a while ago. But anyway, it's basically just crack, though here's hoping they raise the game a bit next season.