You know, the more I see this picture the less frightening I find it. Not that I’m particularly into force/restraint (for lack of better word). It sends mixed impressions, a duality. There’s just something about that stare…Is he contemplating something intimate?
Well, as it’s taken out of context, we read into the image what we want to read into it, I guess. Some will focus on the force, others will focus on something else. If his hand had a firm grip around her neck, I would completely freak out, and not in a good way.
I think if you’re an actor, simulating a firm grip — and this photo does that — there is absolutely tension in Armitage’s hand — you don’t want to scare your fellow actor. I do not see that hand as relaxed or warm in any way. I posted this photo in order to joke with a friend about it. But I personally do not see it as intimate in any way, unless you feel that violence is intimate. Some people feel that way and I have no need to kink shame. But the reading of this photo as creepy is absolutely as legitimate as any other, given what we know.
You’re killin’ me over here! giggle
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zan, O1C said this on April 7, 2016 at 4:55 am |
I do my best 🙂
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Servetus said this on April 7, 2016 at 4:57 am |
I agree with both of you but the place that gets me in this pic is the little shadow at the corner of his mouth! 😋
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Helen said this on April 7, 2016 at 7:59 am |
😉😊
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zan, O1C said this on April 7, 2016 at 11:43 am |
You know, the more I see this picture the less frightening I find it. Not that I’m particularly into force/restraint (for lack of better word). It sends mixed impressions, a duality. There’s just something about that stare…Is he contemplating something intimate?
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Mermaid said this on April 7, 2016 at 8:33 pm |
Funny, I have the opposite reaction. The more I look at it the creepier I find it.
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Servetus said this on April 7, 2016 at 8:35 pm |
Well, as it’s taken out of context, we read into the image what we want to read into it, I guess. Some will focus on the force, others will focus on something else. If his hand had a firm grip around her neck, I would completely freak out, and not in a good way.
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Mermaid said this on April 7, 2016 at 8:39 pm |
I think if you’re an actor, simulating a firm grip — and this photo does that — there is absolutely tension in Armitage’s hand — you don’t want to scare your fellow actor. I do not see that hand as relaxed or warm in any way. I posted this photo in order to joke with a friend about it. But I personally do not see it as intimate in any way, unless you feel that violence is intimate. Some people feel that way and I have no need to kink shame. But the reading of this photo as creepy is absolutely as legitimate as any other, given what we know.
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Servetus said this on April 7, 2016 at 8:44 pm |
Neck – I meant throat. (Sorry, we only have one word for it in Danish, and it sometimes throws me a bit).
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Mermaid said this on April 7, 2016 at 8:42 pm |
Cramerry said it really well on a previous post. The picture looks like he’s trying to make her “mundtot,” i.e., to silence her.
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Servetus said this on April 7, 2016 at 8:45 pm |