Icons: London Calling Grabbed it after the London Bombings post went big, when I wanted an icon to talk about the city. Kept it on because it’s handy for saying “I’m from the UK!” when posting on UK things in US communities.
Playnaked What’s not to love? If I could afford the gigantic Calvin and Hobbes box set, I’d get it. I stole this one partly for the sense of fun it shows, and partly because I actually have very few hang-ups about playing naked. This is one icon that’s been getting a lot of use recently, but it’s mainly to celebrate the fact we’re all monkeys who should stop being so hung up on the way every one of us got here, or the main drive (along with eating and breathing) most of us will feel.
Herne. Your uncle might have been in the Herne costume? *not worthy* Yes, it’s Robin of Sherwood. It’s also Herne/Cernunnos/The Stag Antlered God, who’s getting rather popular these days. Kip Carpenter always says “Oooh yes, I’m very interested in folklore and legends…” Rubbish. He’s done more to make paganism acceptable and non-threatening than any ten political-feminist ranters. He turned the forest into a mystical place onscreen, showed a group of pagans passing a cup around and happily celebrating (without killing babies or anything), and made this outline of a looming stag-headed figure into a recognisable image. Even then I mainly stuck to RoS icons of the cast, since I don’t take the show seriously, but occasionally this is a nice one for the pagan LJs. I don’t confuse RoS and ‘the deity used by some to symbolise the male aspects of nature’, but it’s a nice image and ethos. And yes, I’m a sad fanboy of the series solely for it’s own sake (mainly the comedy value) and had a go at longbows last year next to Phil Rose and others. The conventions are still going strong with a LOT of the cast turning up, and the writers etc.
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Grabbed it after the London Bombings post went big, when I wanted an icon to talk about the city. Kept it on because it’s handy for saying “I’m from the UK!” when posting on UK things in US communities.
Playnaked
What’s not to love? If I could afford the gigantic Calvin and Hobbes box set, I’d get it. I stole this one partly for the sense of fun it shows, and partly because I actually have very few hang-ups about playing naked. This is one icon that’s been getting a lot of use recently, but it’s mainly to celebrate the fact we’re all monkeys who should stop being so hung up on the way every one of us got here, or the main drive (along with eating and breathing) most of us will feel.
Herne.
Your uncle might have been in the Herne costume? *not worthy*
Yes, it’s Robin of Sherwood. It’s also Herne/Cernunnos/The Stag Antlered God, who’s getting rather popular these days. Kip Carpenter always says “Oooh yes, I’m very interested in folklore and legends…” Rubbish. He’s done more to make paganism acceptable and non-threatening than any ten political-feminist ranters. He turned the forest into a mystical place onscreen, showed a group of pagans passing a cup around and happily celebrating (without killing babies or anything), and made this outline of a looming stag-headed figure into a recognisable image. Even then I mainly stuck to RoS icons of the cast, since I don’t take the show seriously, but occasionally this is a nice one for the pagan LJs.
I don’t confuse RoS and ‘the deity used by some to symbolise the male aspects of nature’, but it’s a nice image and ethos.
And yes, I’m a sad fanboy of the series solely for it’s own sake (mainly the comedy value) and had a go at longbows last year next to Phil Rose and others. The conventions are still going strong with a LOT of the cast turning up, and the writers etc.