Richard Armitage Legenda 102: 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.]

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Smiley Thorin. My favorite. Source.

Reacting to the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Tumblr is just full of these, so I recommend a look at the Richard Armitage tag there, too.

• Martin Freeman.
• Favorite moments at Armitage Agonistes: The shield. The naked dwarves GIF.
• At Love, Sex, & Other Dirty Words: The audition. And the GIFs of the horse pictures.
• How would you deal with “majestic overdose”?
• At billiepops: Still waiting to buy the DVD. WHAT? Something more important than immediate Richard Armitage overdose? Lamaruca’s on the fence.
• Curse You Armitage: audio of the “take a crap and then go” line from the entrance to Elrond’s palace and Armitage in early Thorin makeup. And the GIFset. And the forward roll. And more archery practice. And more sword practice. GIFsets of Armitage trying to be alone on set. And how Thorin has a strong butt. [Hmmm, Americanizing speech.] SOMEBODY WAS A BUSY GIRL!
• So many Richard’s faces: Thorin wheels his horse.
• Microlina: Azog fight rehearsal.
• It’s an RA World: collection.
• Jackmaglam: a collection of favorite stills.
• Armitagetrekkie: the thing with the floppy prosthetic hand.
• Willing Heart: Thorin with pipe and mug. Now I really want to go drinking with him.
• Thorinds: commentary on Scene 88.
• mrsrichardarmitage: And this is people who know each other very well.
• zRYSIOwana ja’s favorite GIFs.

Another Richard Armitage as Hades

Artist is Yerkilliingmesmalls, apparently, but I do not know the source. Forwarded by a reader.

Richard Armitage archive

• Agzy gets a John Thornton for her bedroom. Cat attacks picture. Hmmmm. Maybe it’s all the time spent crafting Thornton jewelry?
• Armitage Army works together to get the job done.
• Comment on the Cinemax interview.
• How Guy reacts on Guyday Friday when Porter and Thorin seem to be hogging the attention.
• Ana Cris is back, briefly, with Thorin & Luna. Love the way her brain works.
• Amazing Armitage.
• Thorin Oakenshield and small victories — where Thorin gets it wrong.
• Richard Armitage’s characters in your mirror.
• What Richard Armitage’s great face makes us think of.
• Thoughtful review of The Impressionists that gets to the problem the Impressionists fought against — the inability to get themselves perceived as artists.
• What you might think after editing a picture of Richard Armitage.
• What do you want to see in the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? If you could wish for anything?
• Commentary on Armitage’s body language in the Cinemax Strike Back interview.
• It’s not Jazzy who likes Richard Armitage, it’s her Netflix that’s out of control.
• Was Benedict Cumberbatch playing Smaug against a bust of Richard Armitage?
• Lucas North + Fred Clemson. I don’t usually link “Richard Armitage Challenge” posts, but this one was really amusing. Please do follow siriusly’s blog for more “challenge” posts.
• Thorin Oakenshield or Rollo Lothbrok? I don’t know who the latter is, but he’s medieval and furry.
• A creative writing advice blog reviews North & South.
• Richard Armitage and period drama white shirts.
• The line of Durin + Dwalin + Balin fanart.
• Richard Armitage winemaking, part 3.
• A piece of Thorin merchandise I hadn’t run across before.
• Andrew Lincoln’s wife dubs Richard Armitage “Dishy Dick.”
• Guyday Friday fanart.
• Lucas North’s beautiful hands.
• Mulubinba on “which role”?

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Richard III news

• Latest updates at the King Richard Armitage Fan Initiative.

Dwarven humor

Things we’d like to know

A fan response to Jed Brophy’s interview a week or so ago

 

Richard Armitage tumblr

Tumblr may be NSFW.

• From AwkCelebEncounters: false RA acronyms. Awk calls these “RAbbit holes.” Here’s one and another. I had at least two posts about these myself a while back.
• Wishing to be known as an individual. And from a different place, the same sentiment.
• Dwarvish puberty.
• Thorin and his harp.
• Is Thorin’s sexiness Armitage’s sexiness?
• ThorinspiRAtion at work. Hold your ground!
• Sweet Thorin headcanon.
• Mocking Richard Armitage as Macavity.
• Thorin and the seductive banana.
• More banana appearances.
• Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield. This could be a mockup for an action figure, I think. I’d buy one.
• Armitage / Thorin as teletubby.
• Guy of Gisborne’s Halloween plans.
• Armitage throws back his head.
• Keep the curls for the DOS premiere!
• From Guy to Thorin GIF.
• A cravat confession!
• Thorin Oakenshield’s MBTI.
• This happened on my dash: Dorky boyfriend.
• Richard Armitage in a patchwork quilt.

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A fandom moment I’ve been waiting for

Now I can die happy. Source.

Richard Armitage-related fanfic

Make sure to read all disclaimers.

• At wattpad: siriuslygrednforge’s “Walking on the Moon” goes to ch. 7 and 8 (Spooks – Life on Mars crossover / Lucas North time travels). Can Lucas prevent his own future?
• At wattpad: MorrighansMuse’s “A Willing Heart” goes to ch. 20 and 21 (Thorin Oakenshield / Hobbit AU / romance).
• At wattpad: Arkenstone’s “Bear with Me.” Further adventures of Thorin and Lady 0akenshield (Thorin Oakenshield / Hobbit AU / romance).
• At wattpad: CarlyQ’s “Safety of Solitude” goes to ch. 9. (Armitage influenced original story — ghosts, a dog, and love?)
• At Something About Love (A): Grati’s “Thorin’s Dreams of Love” goes to ch. 8. (Thorin Oakenshield / Hobbit AU / romance).
• At My Debonair Affair: A new story premiere — Black Rose.
• At A03: strawberryrose’s “The Sky Breaks Open” (RPF / slash / Armitage + Lee Pace / stuffed animals). Goo alert, but I loved it.
• At A03: coloursflyaway’s “Keep Night From Coming” (RPF / slash / Armitage + Graham McTavish). Even more gooey goo alert!
• At A03, rashisama’s “The Life that I have” (RPF / Armitage + OFC / fluff) goes to ch. 4 — what happens when the heroine chooses his shirts? — and ch. 5 — attending a red carpet with husband Armitage.
• At A03, “Rear Window” (RPF / Armitage + OFC / mature) — Armitage as college security officer and what happens during an interrogation.
• At RAsexualfrustration, “Lucas North Drabble, NC-17” (Lucas North + OFC / mature). Lucas comes back from the gym.
• At RAsexualfrustration, “John Standring Drabble, NC-17” (John Standring + OFC / mature). What happens after a long day of farm work.
• At we owe it to each other to tell stories, “Angry Sex with John Porter” (Porter + OFC / mature). As the title says.
• At Not So Molly, a Richard + Layla drabble (RPF / Armitage + OFC). Armitage defends Layla against her annoying parents.
• At DF, CarlyQ’s “Oasis” (RH / Guy of Gisborne + OFC / NC-17) goes to ch. 5. Two strangers meet in a desert and travel together awhile.

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What happened this week

Source.

Armitageworld changes

• West of Milton: A cousin whose life made a huge impact dies. Most people don’t get to be played by Colin Firth in films about them.
• Life & Times of a Richard Armitage Addict: Studies and life are getting her down.
• My Debonair Affair: A childhood crush dies.
• Well, There You Go … : Forty years of marriage for Zan! Mazel tov!
• Swooning Maruca: Challenges on the new job.
• Mulubinba survived the Sydney fires.
• ramblings of an autistic wordsmith: On deciding a stressful trip was a good one.
• Fanny’s back! Fallen in love again?
• Help out earthquake victims in Morrighansmuse’s home region.
• My Sort of Bloke dearly misses her father.
• Allison of the personalized song to Richard Armitage has a new obsession.
• Where Angie’s head is at.

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Risks of celebrity that one doesn’t think of. Our condolences, Mr. Hunter.

OT, contexts, collateral attractions, and things I think about

• Jamie Dornan to play Christian Grey in 50 Shades. Yawn. Fascinating — this reaction on the UA marketing / branding blog. Apparently even the cognoscenti smell how overblown this will have been. (UA is Richard Armitage’s London representative.)
• Google said to be building massive floating data center in San Francisco Bay.
• H/t Arkenstone: copy of the original edition of The Hobbit found on ebay.
• Want a less trolly comment section? Link it to FB.
• Some young adults in Japan have stopped having sex.
• Guardian readers’ notion of perfect nachos somehow involves radishes.
• Brian Sibley shares some old Hobbit memorabilia in anticipation of the appearance of his movie guide for The Desolation of Smaug.

~ by Servetus on October 26, 2013.