Thursday DE: Your Face Just Fits(?)

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Happy Friday Eve, everybody! And many thanks to needsmoreresearch for very kindly allowing me to hijack today's DE in order to keep myself entertained in an all-day meeting.

(I am a v. dedicated employee, obvs.)

Are there those 'faces' who you KNOW would be just perfect for an RP character - maybe even an NPC - but you've never found a character to fit them? Is there someone whose face you'd love to stare at in indecision for fifteen minutes while trying to choose exactly the right icon for your post*, but you've never found a character for whom to use them?

Alternatively, do you have any RP characters for whom you just can't find the right PB?

Post in with your favourite faces and/or a description of your PBless pups, and make suggestions for everyone else!




*No, this is not drawn from personal experience, don't look at me like that.

Comments

[exiled_heir_of_the_eighth]

Well, I've never bee able to find a decent PB for Sahaal. Mostly because incredibly pale men with shaggy dark hair aren't always easy to find.

I don't particularly mind not having one, but I'd certainly be happy to hear any suggestions you might have.

[bjornwilde]

Clive Standen with some photoshop work immediately came to mind, though I'd imagine his time as Rollo in Vikings wouldn't quite work and his time in Taken his hair isn't too shaggy.

[bjornwilde]

I've always loved Antonio Banderas, but have yet to find a pup for him. He's so expressive and such a great actor.

Helen Mirren is another...as is Robin Wright; though I do have a pup for Robin.

ETA: Oh and Cate Blanchett. She's so dreamy.

[cameoflage]

I'd have been all over this about six years ago but my collection of miscellaneous icons is on a computer I don't often use anymore and I don't browse icon communities for fun the way I used to. Woe.

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This DE has been brought to you by... Monica Galetti and Paul O'Grady, who both have wonderfully expressive faces. I find their features absolutely fascinating and I've wanted to make icons of them both for a long time!

Monica Galetti is a Samoan/New Zealander and celebrity chef. I love her mix of the stereotypically butch and stereotypically feminine; she comes across as being a lot of fun and pulls some of the most amazing reaction faces when she judges on Masterchef. Plus she once put an England rugby captain in a headlock... what's not to love?

Paul O'Grady is a TV presenter, comedian and actor who was originally best known for his drag act, Lily Savage (the Blonde Bombsite herself). He's got the most amazing, almost cackly, Liverpudlian accent, and has these quirky young-and-old-at-once features that somehow suggest his energy, sense of humour, and absolute lack of fucks to give.

In terms of characters without PB, for a long time I didn't have a specific one for Sam (necessary_child) but over the years Ben Whishaw has kind of become my go-to Sam actor. So actually my PB-less character is, believe it or not... Professor McGonagall (lionlike_tabby). As perfect as Dame Maggie Smith is when she's playing her, she doesn't actually look like McGonagall to me. My McGonagall looks like she's late sixties-early Seventies (wizards and wizards age much more slowly than muggles), with black hair pulled back tightly and one of those sharp, angular faces that isn't pretty but has something attractive about it; think Granny Weatherwax in late-middle age. I'm currently using Annette Bening, but she's not really... right... and there are very few photos where she looks like McGonagall.