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Next to "Civil War", "The Winter Soldier" is, hands down, my favorite movie out of the whole MCU. Why? Because it's not your classic superhero movie. Sure, it has enough elements we know and love from this genre (the sidekick, the villains, the love interest,...), but Joe and Anthony Russo made a quite genius move to put all these elements into a story that reminds more of a political thriller than of a superhero movie. Subsequently, we see our hero, Steve Rogers, only two times in his costume - the more time we see him in civilian clothes. This set was made for Round 3 over at icons10in20. Enjoy!


( Did I Step On Your Moment? )



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Folks, I finally FINALLY can share the first of my two most ambitious artposts (so far) with all of you. As we all know, Big Bang season is well underway, and while others are about to gear up and get started, the Small Fandoms Big Bang 2018 is already about to end. Since we had such a small number of artists, we were allowed to claim two stories, and I managed to claim two that are not only set in fandoms with some of my favorite actors, but also exceptionally well written.

The first up now is "The Inevitability Of Us", for the "Political Animals" fans. Never heard of it? Well, me too, until last December or so. Then I "discovered" Sebastian Stan for me, and subsequently all the other roles he has played so far (next to Bucky Barnes). And so, I also landed on the mini-series called "Political Animals", where he plays TJ Hammond, son of a former US President and the current Secretary of the State (and former First Lady). If you get the chance to watch it somewhere, please check it out! Sadly, there are only six episodes, but these six are another proof that (a) Seb is one very talented actor and (b) that back in the day, USA Network knew how to do a well-balanced drama show.

And now - THE ARTWORKS!

( There's something about the Hammond twins... )


Well, that's it! And now, please head over to read the story (and leave some love for my author!)

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We're in the homestretch, so to speak, until the launch of "Avengers: Infinity War" (not even three weeks now), and of course, Marvel dishes out some new promotional material. Though this time, they excelled themselves (or almost XD). I can't really remember all the character posters we got over the last 10 years, but I like to think that (at least) this first set is exceptional beautiful.

( Blue & Purple... )

Stunning, aren't they? Well, there's still some gaps left *cough* Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Loki *cough*, but overall, I love that Marvel knows how to treat the fans. Oh, and speaking of... here's a second set (don't know if it's official or not, found them on IMDB in a poll), but still, these are equally gorgeous, and I especially love the comic vibe coming from them.

( Back to the roots... )

EDIT: just found these two gifs here, and I just couldn't NOT share them with you <33 Isn't it nice to finally see both of them smiling?





In other news, watch this place for a new art post coming this Friday (13th)!

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First things first - thank you all so much for the wonderful birthday messages that filled my inbox (both here and on LJ) today. I felt very much loved by you all, and my heart is still trying to calm down from the joy you brought to me. Once again, thank you all so much for them; every message will be saved and treasured for eternity, promise!

But what kind of birthday gal would I be if I wouldn't share a bit of "virtual" birthday cake with you all? I didn't get most of it explicit today, but it all came together just right on time.

( Here's some cake! )

Guess which one is my favorite out of these five? XD Though I gotta say, Chris Hemsworth looks mighty fine as Thor, too. Now, all this gal needs is a physical proof that my favorite archer is also part of this intergalactical "party", and I'm a very camper. Alas, there's more to come about Infinity War, but I have to sort through it first. So be prepared!

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A new icon challenge community has opened, and for its first round, I decided to do another Sebastian Stan character - Jefferson aka the Mad Hatter from the first two seasons of "Once Upon A Time". I must confess that I haven't seen a full episode with him (yet), but from some YT videos, the character seems to be interesting. Anyway, this batch was made for Round 1 over at icons10in20. Enjoy!

( Father with a goal... )



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You know the idiom "making a 180"? Well, these words are absolutely true when it comes to me and Bucky Barnes. As those of you who follow my journal already know, Steve Rogers' best friend didn't exactly catch my attention when I saw "The First Avenger" for the first time. That changed (a bit) when my local TV station aired "The Winter Soldier" in Autumn 2016. Suddenly, I was intrigued by the character, which got more fueled on by a whole array of "Stucky" fanfiction over on AO3 (and has expanded in such delicious territories as Winterhawk and my OT3 there, Bucky/Clint/Natasha). And to end on a rather shallow note, Sebastian Stan is, beneath all the assassin exterior from movie No. 2 on, a real cinnamon roll ;) This batch was made for Round 101 over at character20n20 Enjoy!


( I don't know if I'm worth all this to you... )



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~ All artwork by yours truly except where otherwise indicated.
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