things that bring me joy this week, part the second

[harborshore]

nokomis305 just posted this, and I apologize for the re-post, but I can't not, I want it in my journal too. It's just the most beautiful thing I've seen in a long time. Chris Anthony, photographer (who was raised in Stockholm, incidentally), has done a series called Venice, which features, among others, Gerard Way and Lyn-Z Ballato. Yes.



Seriously, isn't that the most stunning, lovely picture ever? I still can't be coherent about it (I left poor nokomis305 the most stuttery comment ever) but I'm so, so glad it exists. Just--look at the water, and that kiss, and the colors, and the two of them together, just look.


ETA:There is one more picture of them on the website, a wide-angle shot where they're tiny against masses of water, embracing still, and, oh. Go look at it.

Comments

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Oh! I just got a little hot and wet around the eyes. &them;

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I know! It makes me want to write a million ridiculous AUs where they work as divers and maybe everyone thought she had been lost at sea in the last wreck they looked at, and then she walks out of the water (she was saved by mermaids, what, I told you it was ridiculous), and then, then there's this. ♥

[iamsupernova.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES YES WORLDS OF OCEANIC YES. I WOULD DRAW YOU FANART.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

After big bang. Or sooner than that. God, it's everything I love about them and there's the ocean, too (I am such a lost mermaid child, it's not even funny), but I will hold you to that promise.

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Yes! Yes, please do! I will cheerlead. Lindsey stepping out of the water and Gerard running to her and embracing in the waves and- yes!

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I am so absolutely writing it, somehow. After big bang. Or possibly a little already. GOD, I love this picture.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

They are so fucking beautiful, they really are.

[absenteye.livejournal.com]

I LITERALLY JUST GASPED, IRL, OUT LOUD, OH MY ACTUAL GOD! HOW ARE THEY SO FUCKING PRECIOUS! HOW ARE THEY SO BEAUTIFUL! HOW IS THAT PICTURE SO PRETTY! BRB FLIPPING OUT.

♥__♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

THAT WAS SO MY REACTION. How does this exist? HOW? It's like--I want to write so, so many stories about this picture. ♥

[enhendi.livejournal.com]

I, uh.

Uh.

♥__♥ You're making me cry in the library, damnit!

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Does it help if I did it to myself, too? I want to write about this picture forever and ever. Go look at the gallery, there's a wide-angle shot where they're just tiny against masses of water and it's amazing, amazing, amazing.

HI, I'M ARIELLE, AND I'M OVERINVESTED

[iamsupernova.livejournal.com]

IT IS THE BESTESTY BEST THING TO EVER BE THE BEST. I AM IN LOVE WITH ALL OF IT- HOW THERE IS LIFE IN SUCH A GRAY PICTURE, HOW SHE'S LEANING UP AND HIS EAR STICKING OUT OF HIS HAIR AND BOTH OF THEIR HAIR AND THEIR HAND-HOLDING AND GERARD'S STICKY-OUTY FINGERS BEING STICKY-OUTY LIKE ALLLLWAYS AND THEIR DIVING TANKS AND THE ONCOMING WAVE THAT ARE LIKE METAPHORS FOR HAVING WHAT YOU NEED TO TAKE THE RISKY PLUNGE INTO LOVE OR HAVING A BABY OR LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST, JUST LIKE THEY'RE DOING, AND DID I MENTION HOW THEY'RE KISSING? THEY'RE PERFORMING PDA FOR ART'S SAKE!

THERE'S ANOTHER, ZOOMED-OUT VERSION OF IT, ON THAT SITE AND THEY'RE TWO TINY SPECKS (ONE TINY SPECK?) IN A FROTHING, ROILING SEA, AND THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE THE OTHER IS THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE IN THE MASSIVE DANGEROUS EXCITING OCEAN AND ALSO HOLY SHIT DID YOU SEE HOW EXPENSIVE THAT PRINT IS???

ROCKSTAR ARTIST DORKS IN LOOOOOOVE

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO HAPPYMAKING

BRB REPOSTING ALL OF THIS IN MY JOURNAL

Re: HI, I'M ARIELLE, AND I'M OVERINVESTED

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

HELLO ME TOO. I for real nearly fell off my bed when I saw it and I made a noise that cannot be categorized as anything but ridiculous, GOD, they are so fucking stunning, so amazing, so, so.

I LOVED THAT OTHER ONE TOO, so much, so much, I forgot to mention it in the entry (I should ETA that in, for sure) GOD, it made my week, no, month, no, I don't even know, but they're so, so beautiful.

Re: HI, I'M ARIELLE, AND I'M OVERINVESTED

[iamsupernova.livejournal.com]

I DO NOT THINK I WILL EVER STOP FLAILING. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I REALLY REALLY WANT A HI-RES VERSION FOR MY DESKTOP. NOT THAT IT ISNT ALREADY MY DESKTOP, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

Re: HI, I'M ARIELLE, AND I'M OVERINVESTED

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I DO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I SO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

[yan-tan-tether.livejournal.com]

This is just so amazing. I first saw it earlier in the evening and keep looking back at it and going *meep!*

Also, I think we have a fair few friends in common, friends?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I know, GOD. I have it in a tab and look at it every time I feel overwhelmed by my take-home exam. It helps tremendously, I have to say. ♥

Sure! *grins* Welcome to the madhouse.

[nightlilac.livejournal.com]

What better choice to play the fairytale lovers in a fantasy realm?
I ♥ them so much

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Who better, indeed. I'm so glad this exists--I've been smiling so much tonight.