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Sep. 18th, 2009 07:57 amWorried that in my recent fanfic surge, I’m getting a bit obsessive over Mr. Dourif – OTOH, I guess if you’re not obsessed with something you’re dead. Mostly, I think it’s a sort of craning-my-head-to-one-side, trying to figure out exactly what it is about the proportions of his face that makes it so subtly off-kilter.
(ETA--After some consideration, I think it’s mostly the eyebrows – even when not shaved off (as for Grima in LotR) they’re pretty subtle as eyebrows go – this produces a sense of openness and emphasizes the heart shape of the face, but leaves the eyes vulnerable. This may be why he seems more human as Doc – between the glasses and the moustache, his face looks a lot less naked.
Also, generally speaking, it’s a face that makes more sense when it’s actually in motion.)
You know how people sometimes say their first clue they were gay was that as kids they’d watch romance movies and fall for the hero instead of the heroine (or vice versa)? I always got a crush on the hero’s wacky sidekick, or the pompous guy who obviously wasn’t going to get the girl, and so on. This is why I don’t read gossip magazines – it’s not that I’m above gossip, it’s just that you’re never going to see a headline in Hello about “Steve Buscemi’s Secret Love Nest in the Hamptons,” or something.
(ETA--After some consideration, I think it’s mostly the eyebrows – even when not shaved off (as for Grima in LotR) they’re pretty subtle as eyebrows go – this produces a sense of openness and emphasizes the heart shape of the face, but leaves the eyes vulnerable. This may be why he seems more human as Doc – between the glasses and the moustache, his face looks a lot less naked.
Also, generally speaking, it’s a face that makes more sense when it’s actually in motion.)
You know how people sometimes say their first clue they were gay was that as kids they’d watch romance movies and fall for the hero instead of the heroine (or vice versa)? I always got a crush on the hero’s wacky sidekick, or the pompous guy who obviously wasn’t going to get the girl, and so on. This is why I don’t read gossip magazines – it’s not that I’m above gossip, it’s just that you’re never going to see a headline in Hello about “Steve Buscemi’s Secret Love Nest in the Hamptons,” or something.
