Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate

Richard Armitage at press conference for “The Hobbit,” Wellington, New Zealand, February 11, 2011. Source: Richard Armitage Net. (Thanks to Ann Marie for forwarding when it was still February 10th my time. Not sure what I’d have done if I’d have seen this tomorrow, as you’ll probably notice tomorrow. Would have been too much. More pictures have floated into my mail in the fifteen minutes since this one arrived. Also link to the conference on youtube. Step away from the screen, Servetus. Step away from the screen.)

Brown hair, full beard, and with all that brown and the dark background his eyes almost look brown. And those open, friendly, smiles and mischievous glances. I’ll write about this more later, but it’s going to be extremely hard after having seen this picture to restrain myself from entertaining sexual, and much worse, romantic, fantasies about the man himself.

Wanted to mark this moment because honestly, until now I always thought that despite my feelings of compulsion, I could make myself walk away, but now, I’m afraid, my goose may be cooked.

Tears in my eyes.

~ by Servetus on February 10, 2011.