Richard Armitage Legenda 93: Stuff worth reading

[Legenda offers a brief, non-inclusive index of stuff about Richard Armitage that I noticed and enjoyed since the last episode. It doesn’t usually include materials presented on the major fansites, which I love dearly, but which are linked in the sidebar. Because I always forget or just miss stuff, please add additional pieces of interest via link in the comments.]

Did anyone else feel like this one of the biggest weeks ever outside of a Fanstravaganza or a Hobbit premiere?

As soon as I publish this, I’m off to answer my own comments. What a week!

Birthday in England after all?

So all my day dreams about New York clubbing were mistaken? Thanks to Nimue for the notice.

More Richard Armitage birthday love

Don’t forget to check out the dozens of links I collected here and here, but here are just a few more:

• Note that AgzyM’s continuing her week of Armitage love. Giveaways!
• Obsessive Behavior collates all the fanvids. More this year than last (yeah!).
• Mulubinba.
• Musical Greetings for Armitage Day!
• The Squeee.
• allthingsrarmitage.
• Middle Earth events that happened on August 22nd.
• And if you didn’t see it, ItsJSforMe’s birthday mission in four installments: first, and second and third and fourth.

Source: Me, My Thoughts, and Richard Armitage

Armitageworld moves on from Batman

• Comments from before the reveal from AgzyM and Agonistes.
• Armitage Agonistes takes up the genre of the fake fan letter. Some I know used to write a lot of these and I have missed them.
• Life & Times of a Richard Armitage Addict
• It’s an RA World.
• Guy of Gisborne weighs in.
• The Arkenstone: A sign of the apocalypse?
• Xenia sighs in relief.
• Sympathy with the Devil Ben Affleck. With poll.
• More sympathy with Affleck from Arkie.
• FedoraLady points out that Batman isn’t really an Armitage hero.
• And, for those who’d have really liked to have seen it, via KatharineD, a teaser trailer with our guy in it. Oh well.

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Richard Armitage as Richard III by Maraia Donnici. Source.

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It was Richard III’s deathday, too

• Michelle’s progress on her Richard III art: part 4 and completion!
• Have you liked the Richard III for Richard Armitage Facebook page?
• Bosworth, Shakespeare, and That Horse., and an interview with its author, Matthew Lewis.
• Maria Grazia in the footsteps of Richard III.
• She also comments on her impressions of The White Queen.
• Richard Armitage collection!
• King Richard Armitage Week continues at the fan initiative. Take the quiz! Win a prize. Sign the petition!

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Richard Armitage Archive

• Crystal Chandlyre comments on the New Zealand advertising campaign in which Armitage has participated recently.
• What that New Zealand advertising campaign caused women to do. Hilarious!
• Missing absent Armitage friends. Me too.
• A Lucas North eyelashgasm!
• On the question of Roman virtues, Ancient Armitage moves on to Richard Armitage’s friendliness.
• Siriusly’s back!
• It’s Misha’s blogiversary! Happy first year!
• Collar City Brownstone reviews Malice Aforethought.
• Kelbel75 reviews The Golden Hour.
• Grendel’s Mum reviews Staged (in Japanese). Machine translation here. She didn’t find the romantic aspect convincing, if I understand the translation correctly.
• New FB page: Richard Armitage Switzerland.
• What do you like most about John Porter?
• Via Trudy, “J Tea’s Proposal,” a new North & South proposal scene spoof by Damaris at C19 (you must be a C19 member to read). Damaris is the author of that wonderful parody, North & Spoof.
• Richard Armitage and banking.
• Swooning Maruca’s got a musical suggestion for sending yourself dreaming into Richard Armitage’s arms.
• CDoart tries to fight her Armitage obsession, loses, and repledges herself to her creativity.
• Richard Armitage character cartoons.
• Favorite Richard Armitage body parts.
• What’s your favorite way to celebrate Richard Armitage’s birthday?
• A beautiful fantasy.
• What should Michelle do next with her Armitage art?
• What do you think of Charlotte Hawkins’ new novel covers for her Armitage-inspired Gisborne novels?
• From CarlyQ: Mini Angry Thorin in Action!
• Brian Sibley previews his TDOS Visual Guide.
• Aneurin Barnard compared with Richard Armitage.
• John Howe (who drew the picture of Thorin that convinced Richard Armitage he could do the role) also had a birthday this week. So did Sylvester McCoy.

Richard Armitage-related fanfic: Mature themes, sex, slash, RPF and so on

Make sure to read all the disclaimers on these.

• At wattpad: KathrynD’s “Soothing the Soul.” Lucas North celebrates a birthday. (Lucas North + OFC).
• At wattpad: Siriusly’s “Ready to Love.” Harry Kennedy.
• At wattpad: Hosmond’s republication of “Love is a Wound” went to ch. 49 and ultimately 51. (Guy of Gisborne + OFC).
• At wattpad: MorrighansMuse’s “A Willing Heart” went to ch. 6, 7 and 8. (Musings on what happened to Thorin right after the exile from Erebor.)
• At wattpad: CarlyQ’s “Iron and Oak” goes to ch. 11 (response to Armitage’s question about Thorin’s lost love)– and I think she’s starting an original story here, as well. Has a kind of mysterious beginning; I will definitely be following.
• At wattpad: TheArkenstone’s “River of Gold.” Further adventures of Thorin + Lady 0akenshield.
• At DF (note that you must be a member to read): Obscura’s “Recovery” goes to ch. 15. (John Porter + OFC).
• At A03: “Buon Compleanno Richard” (in Italian). Richard Armitage gets just what he wanted for his birthday. (Slash, RPF, Armitage + Freeman).
• At A03: “Happy Birthday!” Another version of what Armitage got for his birthday. (RPF; Armitage + OFC.) Again, I’m still not convinced this is Armitage she’s writing, but a sexy story. Read disclaimers!
• At A03: “Verstehen“. I am not recommending this one, exactly, but reading it made me think: why are people so hard on each other’s fantasies?
• At Raucous: In which Richard Armitage doesn’t like to celebrate his birthday (RPF; Armitage + OFC).
• “The Saga of Vaenomar” goes to ch. 31. (Prehistory of the Erebor exiles.)

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Some may be NSFW. Sorry — this is a bit short as I didn’t spend much time at the computer this week (another quibble I have with tumblr … sorry …)

• Fili and Thorin get involved in a power struggle (thanks to KatharineD).
• Fear about Armitage as Batman.
• Thorin Oakenshield wedding fantasies.
• Fan wants a Thorin / Thornton mashup. But not everyone agrees.
• Another great pick up line!
• Happy Topless Tuesday! Does a Guy really have to explain?

OT, collateral attractions, and things I think about

• TORn — the all-volunteer folks who have brought us multiple interviews with Richard Armitage — are doing a fundraising auction. Consider bidding or just donating.
• Do you have a job for KathrynD? Unfortunately she can’t live from fic writing and blogging (yet).
• How do you feel about the end of North & South?
• Dooce, queen of social media, asks herself how to know if you’ve had enough.
• Fantastic response to Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks this week about connectivity as a human right.
• Benedict Cumberbatch uses the paparazzi to ask questions. We’ve been seeing more of this lately.
• Guide to Icelandic Elf Sex.

~ by Servetus on August 25, 2013.