The dreaded icon meme, from puipui
And when I said my icons weren't interesting? I totally meant that.

Since you said you picked things where you didn't recognize the bases, expect more detail on that.

User pics - we use them, we love them, and love to admire others'. Let's dig a little bit deeper into this...

Comment on this post. I will choose seven userpics from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are using them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.



Out of my fandom - I commented (actually in the June Diamanti vs. Ataniell wank) about needing an "Out of my fandom" icon. This is a somewhat embarrassing memory, actually, given it's one of the few times I might possibly have taken Ataniell's side. She tricked me! I swear! nekoneko was kind enough to let me swipe it, which I was very eager to do.

The base image is from the Highlander episode "Comes a Horseman." This is from one of the Bronze Age flashbacks, wherein Cassandra "wakes up" from being dead and asks where her people are. Methos points at a rather garish display of skulls and bones (thus, the pointing finger). A friend of mine from high school shared an apartment with me over the summer between my sophomore and junior years of college. She was very into Highlander (and Renegade... and Nelson, actually) because she had this thing for men with long hair. I think they might have been playing reruns of season 3 at that point, soon to launch into season 4? (ETA: Weird; IMDb indicates it must have been between season 2 & 3. I thought it was later, but it couldn't have been.) I kept watching Highlander, but I ran in horror from the rest.

"Comes a Horseman" and "Revelation 6:8" are my favorite episodes of Highlander. They are what prompted me to buy all six seasons of Highlander on videotape, then later on DVD. I've seen these episodes many, many times, and I can quote the dialogue. I cringe at the exciting "double quickening" scene every damned time. Also, I own quite a lot of Highlander Free Gifts With Purchase! junk.


Bitch of the Day - Said puipui: Please tell me this was an actual contest that you won. Because that would be beautiful.

Sadly, no. Well, yes. Sort of. Once upon a time, there was a troll journal, decreeing people on LiveJournal bitches of the day. I, myself, am too obscure for troll journals to bother with. However, esclaramonde (Principessa) isn't, and she was "Bitch of the Day" on May 14th. Someone on LJ made all of the "bitches" icons. I saw her use it on the_hms_stfu and begged it off her. May 14th is my birthday. I never remember to use the icon on my birthday, mind you.


Go down with the ship - Snagged from a large batch of Firefly icons created by fadeto at LJ; base image is from "Out of Gas," my favorite episode. A part breaks in Serenity; venting to clear the resulting fire eliminates most of the air. The ship is stranded in the middle of nowhere, and the rest of the crew is eventually sent off to try to get help. Mal stays in case someone responds to their distress signal. The episode begins with Mal collapsing in the cargo bay, and you spend the episode in a combination of flashbacks to how all of the crew joined Serenity (and how exactly the disaster occurred).


Slasher H/G - This is from a batch of wank-related icons slackerbitch made, and I believe it's from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It dates from somewhere near the tail end? (ha) in the long series of Harmonian wanks. The infamous Lissy said, "G/H smells a bit too much like something out of Hostel or Saw and Saw II. You know, the ones who do the choppin'. YUCK!" Of course it makes no sense. It's Lissy. It was well after I'd lost interest in the Harmonians, but I liked the icon.


Evil Green - Made by escalaramonde (Principessa). Green is my favorite color. Also Satan's.


Bunny naga - I think Bunny Naga is actually official art, believe it or not. I grabbed it mostly because it amused me, though.
Bunny Naga
See also: Bunny Lina & Bunny Naga, though I'm less convinced that's official.
And there was always the episode where Zel wore the bunny costume...


Potterdammerung - What a disappointment the Potterdammerung turned out to be. This was a protest icon created by the moderator (underage, so she was never personally wanked) of the "its_a_fake" LJ community.

They were absolutely convinced that "the carpet book" was fake, and dragged up margin size, endpaper colors, dustjacket printing, and anything else they could think of to prove they were right.

Of course, the most hated portion of the book was the epilogue, of which the last sentence is "All is well." Thus, the icon.

I snagged it in the hopes that it would prove an apt description of the state of HP fandom after the book release.

*Sigh*


ETA: As for why I'm using them, well, it could be noted that I almost always use my default, Alert (Zelas), Pensive (Dolphin), Shiny!, or
facepalm.