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Goodness, it's been more than half a year since I last made a silly photomanip post. That won't do at all.

The theme of today's entry is 'pictures of James McAvoy doing silly things, accompanied by Pokémon that seem in some way to relate to the silly thing that he is doing'. Original Pokémon and McAvoy pictures are the respective courtesy of Bulbapedia and of wtf r u doin james mcavoy, which is still my favourite tumblr.

Nice work, Kadabra! Now keep it suspended there for a few more hours.

You would be a more efficient cat burglar if you could stop giggling, James.

I don't even know what to say about this picture. James McAvoy, what is wrong with you? I really hope those are thornless.

As ever, you are very welcome to post your own McAvoy and/or Pokémon manips in the comments should you desire! Quality, in case you couldn't tell from the above images, is not an issue.

Since James McAvoy became fandom's new favourite person, I have been hoping for more people to watch his Macbeth, but most people still don't seem to be aware of its existence. This is, I feel, a great shame, and so it's time for some advertising.

Dear everyone: do you like James McAvoy? Would you like to watch more things in which James McAvoy has a central role?

If you have not seen it already, I would like to suggest that you contrive to watch the BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told modern adaptation of Macbeth from 2005. This contains, amongst other things:

- James McAvoy being shirtless
- James McAvoy being homoerotic
- James McAvoy using his natural Scottish accent
- James McAvoy singing
- James McAvoy kissing people
- James McAvoy hovering on the verge of tears
- James McAvoy having a guilty paranoid trembling breakdown

I am almost certain that there's a demand for this. It's not perfect (some aspects of the play have become a bit odd in transition; Lady Macbeth's 'I would literally kill a baby for you' speech, for example, has been changed in a way that rather strips it of its relevance), but it is tragic and fascinating and brilliantly distressing to watch. All your 'James McAvoy completely falling apart' needs catered to! (I should add that I had no idea who James McAvoy was when I first watched this back in 2005 (nor Keeley Hawes and Richard Armitage, who also appear), so I went in without actor-bias and still really loved it.)

So, yes, everyone go and watch this adaptation. It's only ninety minutes long. There's a good-quality version on YouTube starting here; if you enjoy it and/or are interested in any of the other ShakespeaRe-Told adaptations (Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Taming of the Shrew), all four are available for £4.50 on the UK Amazon.

(Subsequently writing vast amounts of Macbeth/Banquo is optional but recommended.)

(No, seriously, the only works of fanfiction in the world for this adaptation are forty-one tiny ficlets, all written by me when I was seventeen. This makes me really sad.)

(EDIT: !!!!

th_esaurus HAS WRITTEN A FICLET IN THE COMMENTS BECAUSE SHE'S AMAZING)

X-Men: First Class Fic Ideas That Seem Good Until You Think About Them For More Than Three Seconds: all the mutants somehow have their powers temporarily reversed.

Yes, Charles is suddenly broadcasting his thoughts into everyone else's heads, and that's potentially interesting, but as it turns out he is the only one with a power that can be sensibly reversed.

Erik is controlled by metal objects. They just want him to polish them all the time.

Whenever Raven tries to turn into someone else, they turn into her.

Alex attracts blades of destructive energy; it is fortunate for him that they are not naturally occurring.

Sean has the power to... be... really... quiet?

Darwin adapts to die, suddenly sprouting gills in the middle of the desert or losing his skeleton when trying to run away from something. Curiously, he manages to survive despite the overwhelming odds against him.

I mean, I do sort of like the idea of Erik screaming with frustration when he wants to kill Shaw but can't tear himself away from polishing his submarine. Regardless: this is not a fic that should be written.

(Of course, there are worse ideas. I'm trying to think of them. CHARLES IS SECRETLY MADE OF METAL AND ENJOYS THE WAY ERIK CAN MANIPULATE HIM. Has anyone written that? I bet it's only a matter of time.

SOME ACTUAL GOOD IDEAS WOULD BE NICE, BRAIN.)

I've just realised that, although I've linked various people to this previously, I haven't yet posted a link in an actual journal entry! Please enjoy wtf r u doin james mcavoy, my very favourite tumblr, dedicated to this ridiculous man and his ridiculous poses.

reipan and I went to see Glee Live! at the O₂ last night! We were seated in what I think is called the Upper Tier but should really be called 'oh my God help why are we in the sky', so we were extremely high up and the performers looked tiny, but it was great fun! And it all sounded fantastic. I really don't know why Glee bothers with autotune.

All the performers stayed in character throughout. I loved that, even though we were so vertically far away from the stage, it was always possible to pick Kurt out of a group performance just from the way he moved. His dancing was ridiculous and delightful, and he could never just walk across the stage; he always sort of skipped.

Kurt also had a short skit in which he referred to the Queen as 'Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth the sequel' and became very excited indeed about being in 'ENG~laaaand!', bless him.

There was rather a lot of screaming from the audience, which was a negative (and at times quite a painful) point. Still, I can't really claim to be particularly mature, given my ridiculous dancing to 'Raise Your Glass'. I RAISED MY INVISIBLE GLASS. I PUNCHED THE AIR ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH THE HAND HOLDING MY INVISIBLE GLASS, IN FACT, WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT MUCH GOOD FOR THE EQUALLY INVISIBLE CONTENTS OF SAID INVISIBLE GLASS.

Prior to the show itself, a large screen began displaying quotes followed by images of the Glee characters who said them. It was interesting to see which characters got cheered the most. The fandom's favourites appear to be Kurt, Santana, Puck and the back of Blaine's head.

Today, I watched X-Men: First Class for a second time with

reipan and my brother Joseph. I was a little afraid that upon watching it a second time I'd suddenly realise I didn't love it, but no; it may have its flaws, but I love this film. (And I 'ship Charles/Raven/Erik so much. Come on, fandom, let's have more of that.)

The post-film discussion somehow ended with me shouting 'I REFUSE TO WRITE FANFICTION IN WHICH MEWTWO IS THE LOVECHILD OF ERIK LENSHERR AND CHARLES XAVIER' at Rei in the middle of a restaurant.

(If, like me, you're not sure whether to spell Erik's surname 'Lensherr' or 'Lehnsherr' (both spellings have been used in different forms of X-Men canon), I noticed on this watching that it was 'Lensherr' in the subtitles. So I suppose that's the canon for the universe of this particular film? Oh, I don't know. I think I'm probably going to pointedly avoid mentioning his surname if I write any more fanfiction.)

Semi-relatedly: WHAT IS THIS VIDEO OF JAMES MCAVOY

WHY IS HE SO TERRIFYINGLY ATTRACTIVE TO ME

Family adventures:

Joseph: I've been juggling for people.
Riona's Father: Can you not manage five people?

I think my favourite part was how very pleased with himself my dad looked.

Also:

Joseph: ...I don't remember doing this. (holds up his donor card, on which is written, in red crayon, 'I LIKE BLOOD')

WATERLOO ROAD WHAT

NO

THAT IS THE WORST PAIRING EVER

I GENUINELY DO NOT THINK I COULD HAVE COME UP WITH A MORE HORRIBLE PAIRING HAD I TRIED

And to think there was a scene in the episode that made me hope there might be half a chance of Tom/Karen. Alas, no; Tom/Karen must remain the baseless pairing of my heart, and instead we get the worst pairing ever. It's as if the writers went, 'Oh, hello, Riona! Would you like a piece of delicious chocolate cake? Yes, I thought so. Well, sadly we have no delicious chocolate cake to offer you, so we're going to hit you with sticks instead.' Is it absolutely necessary to bring out the sticks, Waterloo Road? I'm not entirely certain that the two things are substitutable.

Yes, all right, almost none of you watch Waterloo Road and so chances are this entry won't make any sense to you, but I had to express my disapprobation somewhere.

Oh, before I forget, I meant to make a quick note on the tennis yesterday. It's very difficult to get me to care about tennis most of the time, but dangle an Isner-Mahut match in front of me and I won't be able to take my eyes off the scores. I was so hoping they would play for another eleven hours, or at least that Mahut would win this time (he's my favourite because he looks like a porcupine), but alas no.

I want to write fanfiction set during the eleven-hour match last year, in which the world ends around them and Isner and Mahut don't notice because they're absolutely focused on playing. Isner hits the winning shot and falls to the ground in victory, and as he gets to his feet again he notices, for the first time, the eerie silence in the stands.

(Yesterday, I found out that Mahut was six foot three and went 'hang on, that can't be right, he's so much shorter than Isner'. And then I looked Isner up.

John Isner is six foot nine. How is that even a real height?)

And back to X-Men!

I'm quite amused by the way the appetite of fandom constantly expands to demand slightly more than it's been given, no matter how much it's fed. James McAvoy claims he had sex with Michael Fassbender four times, and the primary reaction I see on Tumblr is 'NOT ENOUGH TIMES'.

On that subject: James McAvoy, you massive troll. He and Misha Collins should work on something together. They'd end up competing with each other to see who could render the largest number of fans unconscious.

Here is a delightful thing I watched recently: the X-Men: First Class trailer redone with footage from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. No, seriously, it's beautiful. If you're wondering 'would that really work?', the first shot will give you your answer. Many thanks to

nightfire_kvala for the link!

I think X-Men: First Class is officially my fandom of the moment. I wonder how long it'll be before I try to cross it over with either Silent Hill or Pokémon. Either could be fun, where by 'fun' I mean 'fun' in the case of Pokémon and 'completely devastating' in the case of Silent Hill.

...my goodness, Silent Hill was made for Erik Lehnsherr. But, then again, so was Magneton. Decisions!

My mind is currently doing that thing where it immerses itself in one fandom and then gets confused when I try to read fanfiction for another. Have you ever tried to read Brooker/Mitchell fic when both Charlie Brooker and David Mitchell are played by James McAvoy in your head? It's a very strange experience.

The theme of this entry is 'MICHAEL FASSBENDER (who plays Erik in X-Men: First Class) AND JAMES MCAVOY (who plays Charles) BEING PRECIOUS IN JOINT INTERVIEWS'. It is a theme with plenty of material.

If you have seen X-Men: First Class, you may wish to watch these and see the actors being adorable! If you have not seen X-Men: First Class, you may wish to watch these anyway and use the adorability of the actors to determine whether you should watch X-Men: First Class. (Hint: you should.)

Fassbender sings a song for Erik and Charles; McAvoy collapses in giggles. No spoilers for the film. If you watch only one of these videos, make it this one; it's only eighty seconds long.

The cast tease each other about hand gestures and crossdressing. Contains a couple of clips from the film.

McAvoy and Fassbender discuss merging into a flying distributor of love (from the 5.20 mark; the link should take you straight there). The entire interview contains some extremely spoilery clips from the film, but there are no spoilers from 5.20 onwards.

Also, have a McAvoy-Fassbender GIF I can't seem to stop watching (from this interview, which contains spoilery clips from the film). Only just managed to refrain from posting it without a cut.

( ADORABLE )

help help they are too cute and I don't know what to do.

I had a day out with

th_esaurus yesterday! We watched X-Men: First Class in the cinema and ate ice-cream and went to a private art exhibition where I pretended not to be aware of the fact that Matt Berry was standing next to me. It was a wonderful day.

So! X-Men: First Class!

( Thoughts on X-Men: First Class. )

In the post-film discussion (over ice-cream, best day ever):

RD: What I want to read is Erik/Raven fanfiction where she turns into Charles.
Riona: I think I read a Lupin/Tonks fic like that once.
RD: Oh, dear.
Riona: ...where she turned into Charles Xavier.

As we went up the escalator at Liverpool Street, we noticed an advertisement, amongst all the others, saying only 'MIND READING TRICK THIS WAY', with an arrow pointing towards the top of the escalator.

There was no explanation.

We saw nothing unusual at the top.

There is nothing about this on the Internet.

I am a bit afraid that Derren Brown kidnapped us both as we stepped off the escalator and then made us forget about it. (Or maybe Charles Xavier?)

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Entries tagged with james mcavoy stares into my soul

And Then Three Come Along At Once.

And Then You Stopped Talking To Me.

'Erik? ...Erik. Erik, The Bedpost Is Clean.'

Do I Want To Make Out In General, Or With You?

Stop It Now, You Horny Simpletons.

I've Asked You Not To Reveal That About Me On Camera.

Mind Reading Trick This Way.

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