More blessing than not

33 Dr. Who icons

2009-11-21T09:36:40Z

Pretty much all of Martha and the Master because why the hell not?

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18 Tudors icons

2009-11-13T10:41:11Z

~~Lots of Cromwell, because that's how I roll~~

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2009-11-07T11:23:52Z

+16 The Tudors ~~(season two only, bitchez.)~~
+4 U2
+1 Bipasha Basu

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Fun idea

2009-10-10T07:47:47Z

This was pretty entertaining to do. Looking at my older icons was.... interesting.

♔ your icons through the years ♔
The icon meme where you can show how much you improved as a maker.

My thread!

The Return of the Icons?

2009-09-08T04:18:43Z

Mostly Eklavya, but there's some Wake Up Sid and Kotha Bangaru Lokam in there. Screencaps by alaplage and fivil

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ASoIaF fanmix.

2009-08-08T05:59:19Z

I felt the need to make a fanmix where each POV character from A Song of Ice and Fire (minus the prologue and epilogue characters) gets a song. This was the result.

1. Bran Stark: Shadows and Tall Trees - U2
Back to the cold restless streets at night
I talk to myself about tomorrow night
Walls of white protest: a gravestone in name
Who is it now? It's always the same

But I know
Shadows and tall trees

2. Catelyn Stark: Spell - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The wind lifts me to my senses
I rise up with the dew
The snow turns to streams of light
The purple heather grows anew
I call you by your name
I know not where you are
But somehow, somewhere, sometime soon
Upon this wild abandoned star...

3. Daenerys Targaryen: Like Flames - Berlin
Something you've heard, somewhere you've seen
Too real to ignore you've chosen not to believe
From the black of their pain to the white of their fear
In the dust they die while Eden lies near

The freedom bought changed hands, was sold
This heat of love has turned ice-cold

We just can't escape it
Like flames reaching out from the sun

4. Eddard Stark: Simple X - Andrew Bird
So here at the end the war is over
There’s nothing left to defend
No cliffs of Dover
So let us put down our pens
And this concludes our test
Our minds are scattered about
From hell to breakfast

Hold your fire
Take your place around an open fire
Don’t open fire

5. Jon Snow: Lost - Coldplay
Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get
What I deserved
No better and no worse

I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off

6. Arya Stark: Wait - The Kills
So tell me something bad you've done
Tell me 'bout your ghost
Tell me 'bout the game you won
And the one who lost
Why you say wait, wait?

Tell me bout your magic touch
Every coin you toss
The cat get out, the dog get in
That's how it's always been
Why you say wait, why?

7. Tyrion Lannister: Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
You know that I would love to see you next year
I hope that I am still alive next year
You magnify the way I think about myself
Before you came I rarely thought about myself

You know that I would love to see you in that dress
I hope that I will live to see you undressed
The every day is part of what consumes me
The hate I feel is part of what fuels me.

8. Sansa Stark: Pictures of Home - Deep Purple
Somebody's shouting up at a mountain
Only my own words return.
Nobody's up there, it's a deception.
When will I ever learn?

I'm alone here.
With emptiness, eagles and snow,
Unfriendliness chilling my body,
And whispering pictures of home.

Wondering blindly, how can they find me?
Maybe they don't even know.
My body is shaking, anticipating
The call of the black footed crow.

9. Davos Seaworth: Peace - Depeche Mode
Peace will come to me
Peace will come to me

I'm leaving bitterness behind
This time I'm cleaning up my mind
There is no space for the regrets
I will remember to forget

10. Theon Greyjoy: Playing the Game - Gentle Giant
I'm the king in fighting competition
And the other pieces are there for my art and my tactics now.
All my games are won before they're played for
I have planned that no opposition can stage a fight
I'll play the game and never ever lose.

I will steer the helm of all the nation as the captain
Take my rewards for all the good I'm doing now,
And no words that I'm the knave will alter my philosophy
For if any are heard, the game's started again
I'll never ever lose.

11. Samwell Tarly: The Islander - Nightwish
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts
The ones on their travels homeward from afar

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago

12. Jaime Lannister: Alternative to Love - Brendan Benson
Maybe this time I could stay
And let myself get carried away
Maybe this time it's too late
We could make a move or we could wait
Maybe she will understand
And not expect too much from one man
Maybe she can, or maybe she can't

Maybe when I've changed my tune
I'll come out of my solitude
And start to live my life anew
And spend the rest of my days pleasing you

Forever it's a joke
The alternative to love

13. Cersei Lannister: Can One Day Change Your Life? - Tom Geiger
Life it seems so cold
Can’t believe we get old
Hope I die before I
Get ugly and old

Life it seems so strange
Can’t believe we behave
Just like Adam and Eve
Just like liars and thieves

Love it comes only once
When it's right
Throw the first punch

14. Areo Hotah: What We Had - The Handsome Furs
It's cold, a plain diamond
Nobody's here, just empty space
It's all moving, breathing
Stuck to the ceiling, don't mean a thing

And what we had don't mean a thing
And what we had is already gone

15. Brienne of Tarth: The Faraway Nearby - Cyndi Lauper
Out in the faraway nearby
Can your hear my call
Out in the faraway nearby
I'm breaking down the walls
Till you're here to stay
Out from the faraway

Hot looks, cold words,
Don't know what it is you heard
But I didn't mean it,
If I said something wrong
Short nights, long dreams
Something happens in between
Then a weird feeling,
Like you're here but still you're gone

16. Aeron Greyjoy: Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats - Genesis
[instrumental]

17. Victarion Greyjoy: Invincible - OK Go
When they finally come to destroy the earth,
They'll have to go through you first.
I bet they won't be expecting that.
When they finally come to destroy the earth,
They'll have to deal with you first,
And now my money says they won't know
About the thousand fahrenheit hot metal lights behind your eyes.
Invincible.

18. Asha Greyjoy: Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Little Birdy
When I was a young girl
I wanted to sail around the world
That's the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier

I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare,
'Round the horn if you dare.

19. Arys Oakheart: New In Town - Little Boots
So what do you think so far
Is it all you're hoping for
Does it live up to your every dream?
Or do we disappoint?
Well you made the choice
When you wake up can you hear the scream?

So don't rely on people you meet
'Cause no-one is safe in these streets

20. Arianne Martell: Hard to Forget - Shaa'ir and Func
People come and in and out of your life
Not knowing what you are worth sometimes
I know just one thing
Yes I know, yes I know
I'll make it hard to forget
Make it hard to forget
Make it hard to forget me.

Yes we know, yes we know
We'll make it hard to forget
Hard to forget
Hard to forget us.

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Notes
-Cover art by Quick Reaver and Morano.

I've been making icons lately

2009-08-07T21:07:38Z

They've just all been for valyrian_forged. XD

Mostly A Song of Ice and Fire House related, but there are a couple icons that are quotes from the series. Also lots of Lysa Tully. >:D Base images are from screencaps on my computer.

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Dil bole SQUEE!

2009-06-27T06:11:39Z

+8 Dil Bole Hadippa
+8 Vidya Balan in Parineeta (many thanks to alaplage for the caps!)
+1 Neil Nitin Mukesh and Katrina Kaif

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I can't decide whether you should live or die...

2009-06-22T22:22:25Z

Aaaand some days you wake up feeling compelled to make Don fanvids:

There are some spoilers in there.

x-posted to bollyspam.

Announcement!

2009-05-14T16:28:24Z

andrivete_icons is now affiliated with silkroutes, run by alaplage. Yay!

Go check her out.

Picspam: Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

2009-04-28T20:36:18Z

Nazrein Milaana, Nazrein Churana is a song that's permanently linked with college in my mind, especially now that I'm almost done with it. It covers confusion, fun, and the frequent interplay therein. None of the characters are really certain that they know what they want in life. That they have what they want. That they're on the right path. The only exception is Shaleen, of course. Because she knows all, seriously.

So... yeah. This picspam's dedicated to my college friends, I guess. <333 *is a dork*

The heart is unclean, yet often pious
How can one trust the heart?
The heart is often cold, yet often an atom bomb
How can someone bear this explosion?

The heart's mistake is that it does not know what it desires.

Matching the gaze and stealing glances
Looking at one end, aiming at another.
Matching the gaze and stealing glances
Looking at one end, aiming at another.

The heart's intention was always righteous
Understand that the heart's plan was also pious,
If the instinct is philandering, what can it do, without options?
It belongs to the one it sees.
The heart troubles us during the day,
It keeps us awake at night
What does it desire?

Matching the gaze and stealing glances
Looking at one end, aiming at another.
Matching the gaze and stealing glances
Looking at one end, aiming at another.

Someone lives in the eyes, and wonders why this heart feels empty.
Wonder why this heart is clapping with one hand,
Wonder what was said with the lips
But the matter of the heart is still within the heart.
Here is your life's companion,
Who you search for in the court of your heart
Life is stuck, how can one not laugh at the state of the heart?

Matching the gaze and stealing glances
Looking at one end, aiming at another.
Matching the gaze and stealing glances
Looking at one end, aiming at another.

Song translation from here.

MOAR DEV D

2009-04-22T04:46:37Z

Yeah, every so often I go crazy over a movie. Right now, it's Dev. D. Woo. :D

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Dev. D icons

2009-04-17T07:06:04Z

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Picspam: Bommarillu

2009-04-14T18:40:53Z

Appudo Ippudo, from the Telugu movie Bommarillu, depicts the process of the two main characters slowly falling in love as they spend time with one another. It's one of my favorite song sequences ever and Siddharth and Genelia have excellent chemistry. :D

Icon requests and A Song of Ice and Fire icons

2009-04-03T21:15:37Z

+18 Requests, based on lj interests.
+41 A Song of Ice and Fire. Originally posted in valyrian_forged

A few months ago I took icon requests. Now I've finally finished them. :D Fulfilled requests of:
-never_evil
-myloveshine
-looni_ma
-sheillla
-alaplage
-tehrashminator

Requests

For alaplage [Blake Lively, Rani Mukherji, Starkbucks[

For looni_ma [Mao Asado, spring, Madhuri Dixit]

For myloveshine [Daine/Numair, Hema Malini, Anya]

For never_evil [Sonam Kapoor, Eowyn/Faramir, Clive Owen]

For sheillla [Tea, bharatanatyam, U2]

For -tehrashminator [Ron/Hermione, Shah Rukh Khan, Gossip Girl]

A Song of Ice and Fire icons AKA: How many different Sonam Kapoor photoshoots can I use? A lot, apparently

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Say na say na how you said it to me, sone do na do na how you did it to me.

2009-03-11T03:56:20Z

Sort of crack icons (well, the last one definitely is) borne from an even more cracktastic conversation. Storing them here because I want a place to put them. And everyone loves baby penguins! (And should love blood oranges.)

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Next legit post: The icon requests! I swear I have not forgotten them :D

Icons: Jodhaa Akbar deleted scenes and Billu Barber (Lara Dutta and Irrfan Khan)

2009-02-08T06:39:51Z

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Yeh zindagi bhi...

2009-02-01T09:04:49Z

Luck By Chance and Dev. D icons this time. Because Luck By Chance was amazing, and the soundtrack to Dev. D is on repeat constantly.

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Bollywood actresses and Slumdog Millionaire cast at the Golden Globes

2009-01-12T08:41:00Z

+5 Sonam Kapoor
+4 Slumgdog Millionaire cast at the Golden Globes
+4 Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai [Devdas]
+3 Asin

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FList love, AKA; icon requests!

2009-01-06T23:35:22Z

Hello everyone! :D Thank you so much for watching andrivete_icons. I appreciate the feedback and comments I have received from all of you in the past year and a half. I thought it would be fun to do something different and open up a post for icon requests. Just comment here with your username and I'll make you several icons from your lj interests.

Thanks again for friending, and I hope everyone has a good new year!

All I wanna do is [bang bang bang] and gonna take your money

2008-12-23T04:54:51Z

+18 Bommarillu
+8 Gossip Girl, episode 213 (Chuck, Blair and Nate centric. 'Cause that's how I roll.)
+8 Slumdog Millionaire
+5 Random Bollywood (Rock On!!, Vidya Balan)

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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na! screencaps

2008-12-16T04:38:11Z

140 Kabhi Kabhi Aditi caps

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174 Pappu Can't Dance! caps

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We are same same but different!

2008-12-11T07:26:31Z

"I have a crush on you."

"I could ask you out, and move on with my life if you said no."

"OR we could be friends!"

"See, I don't want to consider that you might not be attracted to me. I'm scared of rejection, so I've decided relationships should grow smoothly out of friendships."

"When you have problems, I'll be there for you, night after night. Selflessly."

"I'll tear down the jerks you date, and wait for you to realize how good I am for you. That only I will understand you."

"You won't want to hurt my feelings and I won't ever force the issue. I'll tell myself it's because I 'value our friendship.'"

"Bit by bit I'll make you depend on me."

"You'll think about how long it would take to build this kind of connection again."

"And in a moment of weakness..."

"...And loneliness..."

"...You'll give in."

"It'll feel comfortable and natural. You'll quietly revise your definition of love and try to be happy. And sometimes you will be."

"Only the wistfulness in your gaze and the tiny pause before you say 'I love you' will hint that this wasn't the ending you hoped for. Sound good?"

"I'm going to date this jerk."
"But he doesn't respect you!"

Aaaand now that I've sketched myself, cute screencaps from Bachna Ae Haseeno. Yayyyyy!

To conclude:
-Nice Guys are bad.
-It really amuses me how different he looks in this movie than he does in Saawariya.
-He haaaates pina coladas. :P

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2008-12-10T03:34:40Z

+11 Konchem Ishtamga Konchem Kashtamga
+5 Assorted Bollywood.

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General - Destiny - Universal and Recurrent

2008-12-04T01:55:40Z

Medium: General
Subject: Destiny
Title: Universal and Recurrent
Notes: A mix for the cycle of fate, whether it's entirely in your hands, out of your control, or something in the middle.

1. Karma Slave – Splashdown
How do all the Wheels inside the Wheels revolving,
Go on, and on, and on, and on, and on?
Spinning on the Wheel, the souls of one evolving,
Live on, live on, live on, live on, live on...
Anyone who claims that they know the answer's coming back again

Who's at the center of the Wheel
The inventor of the Wheel or another spinning servant?
I'm the master of my Wheel, of my very own Wheel
Universal and recurrent.

2. Aao Milo Chale – Jab We Met
When we started walking, these roads began to stretch
Yes, yes; these roads began to seem better than the destination
Come on, let's get lost. Let's just be and then the answer will come

Come, meet me and let's go; who knows where we might make the discovery?
By keeping still, this way or another, we shall come upon some new road
You keep walking, and so will I; then these distances will grow smaller.

3. The Bear – Alex Houghton
[Instrumental]

4. Miniature Disasters – KT Tunstall
I don't want to be second best
Don't want to stand in line
Don't want to fall behind
Don't want to get caught out
Don't want to do without
And the lesson I must learn
Is that I've got to wait my turn.

5. Khoya Khoya Chand – Khoya Khoya Chand OST
Oh, what do I seek in a quest of unknown purpose?
Why is my heart so restless? Why is my heart so piqued?
It chooses its own destinations, it even bridges distances.
Yet why does the heart fear and fret on the way?

6. Tadap Tadap – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam OST
I am punished for loving you
What sin did I commit to deserve this?
In my love for you, I was utterly destroyed.
Love is so strange: a few moments of happiness,
Then a treasure trove of sorrow and loneliness.

7. Viva La Via – Coldplay
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand

8. Kabhi Kabhi Aditi – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na OST
Hey, Aditi, believe for a minute
That there is darkness in the entire world
But it's only after night that day comes

If you are happy, it seems the world is filled with happiness
The sun emerges from the clouds and spreads life
Listen, what the intoxicating wind is telling you
That, Aditi, those who are separated, one day do meet again
Aditi, whether you know it or not, flowers do bloom again.

9. The Book I Write- Spoon
All that we are, all we do
All that we are, all we do
Is here forever
All that we was, just because
All that we knew, just a clue

This is the book I write,
Oh why'd I let it go so long?

10. It’s All Been Done – BNL
I met you before the fall of Rome
And I begged you to let me take you home
You were wrong, I was right
You said goodbye, I said goodnight

It's all been done, it's all been done
It's all been done before

11. Black and Gold – Sam Sparro
I looked up into the night sky
And see a thousand eyes staring back
And all around these golden beacons
I see nothing but black

I feel a way of something beyond them
I don't see what I can feel
If vision is the only validation
Then most of my life isn't real

'Cause if you're not really here
Then the stars don't even matter
Now I'm filled to the top with fear
But it's all just a bunch of matter

12. Bekha – Ghajini OST
I was tempted when she arrived
Like the uncontrolled wind
And became my destination with one glance
She was different, incomparable, of a simple demeanor

I follow her path, transfixed
And stay awake yearning for her.

13. Your Good Name – Monsoon Wedding OST
[Instrumental]

14. Rock On – Rock On OST
I wish I could sing loudly on the streets
And that everyone opens their windows
And I sing these songs with such zeal
And that hearing my songs, everyone says

Rock on! This is the sign of the times
Rock on! Each moment says
Rock on! What are you looking like that for?
Rock on! You won't get this life again!

15. Lemon – U2
A man makes a car and builds roads to run them on
A man dreams of leaving but he always stays behind.

And these are the days when our work has come asunder
And these are the days when we look for something other.

Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins.

16. When You Dream – BNL
When you dream, what do you dream about?
When you dream, what do you dream about?
Do you dream about music or mathematics
Or planets too far for the eye?
Do you dream about Jesus or quantum mechanics
Or angels who sing lullabies?

His fontanel pulses with lives that he's lived
With memories he'll learn to ignore
And when it is closed, he already knows
He's forgotten all he knew before
But when sleep sets in history begins
But the future will win.

17. Thirak Thirak – Khoya Khoya Chand OST
The choices we made were some right, some wrong
As I still remember the darkness of our desires,
I still remember the darkness of our youth

So, let your feet move and let the frenzy take over
Today, my love, let us cross the boundaries of madness
Because even if we die, we would have suffocated in ecstasy.

18. Finally We Are No One – Múm
[Instrumental]

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