Discovered on a Silent Night - Day 28

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

My turn! *\o/*

A quick thank you to everyone who's gone before me - it's so lovely to have Pros-y goodies turning up every day - and to the indefatigable byslantedlight for getting us up off our collective bottoms organising us yet again this year.

Once again, I've failed to write - try to look surprised *g* So here's some pretty lads instead - as per usual, I can't get 'em to look festive. I've tried bribery, I've tried threats, but they still insist on looking mean and moody. But you're used to them that way. *g* Oh, and if I've got the hang of this, click to make them bigger...

This started off quite bright and Christmassy, but took a left turn down a bumpy track and pitched up looking somewhat lethal. Um, sorry? *g*  Not so much Silent Night, more the lads lurking dangerously up a dark alley. Ah well...

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Pretty pictures! I like grim and moody, so these suit me.*g* I love the colors in the first one, and the lads looking serious but gorgeous. I love the sort of guardian aspects of the second one--Bodie standing vigil over London, Doyle's spirit? hovering over all. Well, it makes sense to me, anyway. *g* And, ooh, gorgeous third one, with snow and Dire Straits and, again, luscious colors. Thank you! These are great!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Phew! I had to post'n'run without checking to make sure I hadn't done anything daft... *mops brow*

I'm so glad you like them, especially as they decided to be completely un-Christmassy. Thank you!

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

They are all great, but I like the ones with the gold and silver textures best. Very christmassy! :-)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I wish I could make them look a bit more cheery and festive, but they will insist on brooding.

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Brooding is good. It suits them. ;-)

[ci5mates.livejournal.com]

I love all these images, just how I like 'em, all broody and mean! They are all great but I think the first is my fav although the thought of them lurking dangerously in a dark alley really floats my boat! Thanks for sharing :)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I'm so glad you like them... I do start off thinking I'll find them silly hats and festive jumpers, and this is where I end up. Every. Time. *headdesk* *g*

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

mean, moody, lethal, dangerous - that would be our lads! doesn't matter the season. These are terrific, Snail! I love your style - the colors and the textures. My favorite would be the second one. I've always loved that image of Doyle. [We seem to have the same taste in "Doyle" !]

Well done and thank you for sharing all of these.

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes, I love that image of Doyle too - his eyes are perfect in it. Goodness, me obsessing on Doyle's eyes? That's a first *g*

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Very pretty indeed - I particularly love the Dire Straits one. What programme(s) do you use to do luscious things like these?

Thank you for the beautiful treat!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - and phew! I had to post and dash out, so I was wondering if I'd managed to hit all the right buttons! I'm just sorry they're such solemn images yet again - I set out with every intention to slap them in Christmas jumpers, and this is what pops out instead!

I'm using an incredibly ancient and eccentric version of Photoshop - the poor thing really ought to have been laid to rest years ago, but it insists on staggering along. Much like myself! *g*

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

These are all absolutely gorgeous - I particularly love the blue, gold and silver together. And they seem perfectly Christmasy lads to me :D

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I deeply wish I could get them to look even half-way festive... maybe I need to bribe them with something more persuasive? Babycham? *g*

[murphybabe]

Babycham! Now I want a Babycham *g* Even better, I want a fic with the Lads and Babycham! Oh, okay, I'll go and write one then!

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

Completely gorgeous! I love the different colours used for each, and the subtle gradation of the images. The one of Bodie with Doyle watching over him is just super. :))

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - I'm really glad you like them... now if only I could get them to look festive. Just once! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

D'you know, somehow that last one with the Dire Straits lines is very plot-bunny-ish... Love the colours, too, and the shining simplicity of it... And I still love the second one - Doyle's gaze in the sky above London! Which is really more plot-bunnies, but I'm not sure I want to go there! And hee for the mean moody lads over the pretty Christmas pic of the first image too - so Christmas-y, but the two sides of a CI5 Christmas, rather like the lavender and roses that they keep safe for us, and all in the background of it themselves... Good job they're always there together! *g* Thanks for these, they're gorgeous, all! *g*

(PS - hee, thank you for getting off your bottom! *vbg*)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and thank you for all your encouragement - it really is appreciated!

One of these days I'll get the lads to look a teeny bit festive, but until then I'll have to make do with festering *g* The Dire Straits quote is dying for somebody to write a fic to it, isn't it? I started something ages ago, but it fell over with a thud, so I thought I'd at least give the lyrics an outing. Maybe, one day!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful and so beautifully seasonal! Thank you.

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - and sorry for the late reply... Life! *shakes tiny fist upwards*

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Ohh, these are gorgeous. I love the variations here and the colours you've chosen. Well done!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe - I'm really glad you like them. *beams*

[murphybabe]

These are wonderful - thank you very much. Brooding lads are fine and dandy. I think my favourite is the London one - no, the blue, gold and silver one. Then again, I like the image of B&D as the silent protectors of Santa Claus *g* - oh, I dunno, they're all marvelous!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm so glad you enjoyed them... I got so cross with them when they refused to be Christmassy, but I guess I just haven't got it in me - my lads are doomed to pout and look moody *g*

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

So, yes, broody, but still awful pretty. :-)

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

Brooding even. Broody might be an AU too far. *g*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

OMG, no! Let's not go there - before you know where we are, the elves will get in on the act, and then all bets are off!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Well, I for one am glad that the art bug bite. . . . I love these. Thanks for posting them!!!!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'd love to write, but then again, I'd love to get cheery, happy lads with eggnog and mistletoe... ah well! *g*

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Oooh, fabulous! I am all for dark and dangerous and concealed while watching from alleyways, oh yes.

I can see why people are saying 'spirit' of Doyle, but I am thinking more that he is back at HQ - or somewhere - co-ordinating via radio, and he knows Bodie is out there, and he knows Bodie is entirely competent, and Bodie knows Doyle is too, but they can't help it, they're still thinking about each other...

And the last one - how different Bodie looks in each of those, despite the same image! Wow! Interesting quote, quite bunnyish...

Thank you!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

LOL - I love to bits the way people see the same thing in totally different ways *g*

Thank you for the lovely comment... I get deeply annoyed when I'm incapable of making the lads look even slightly festive. You should hear me arguing with them. Um... or possibly I didn't ought to mention things like that. :D

I love the image of Bodie in the last one - that hard-eyed stare into the camera does happy things to me every time - so it was nice to be able to play around with him, um, it... I enjoyed myself way too much!

[dollidaydream.livejournal.com]

The first one is my favourite. I really like that old-fashioned, Victorian vibe. Christmas Lads are the best, aren't they?

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That first one was the one that gave me the most grief, and I was still poking at it like a sore tooth the day I posted... Grrr!

[airelle1.livejournal.com]

Again, a lot of lovely pics to end the year! Thank you so much for sharing, and for making those delicious pics. And I do love them brooding!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And sorry for the late reply - sometimes I think LJ hides things from me!

We've had so many lovely things on the calendar this year - January is going to seem very lacking!

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

I like every colour in every wallpaper!

The first one is warm and cosy. The second one is a bit cooler, more "prosaic" (or how would you call it? *browses through the english dictionary*), but Bodie still wears a bit of colour, and Doyle is always in his mind. The last one - I think I enjoy the golden one most, I like the combination of gold and grey, still the other two are looking pretty, too.

Thanks for the delightful pics and a Happy New Year to you!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Your snaily icon makes me grin every single time!

And thank you for your lovely comments - I'm so glad you liked them all... one of these days I'm going to shock myself and manage something that looks faintly cheerful!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Oh now that last one is particularly mean & moody - of course I love it *g*. They are all happy-making, thank you!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm pretty much doomed to never get them looking anything other than mean and moody, but they pout so prettily I try not to mind too much *g*

[sw33n3y.livejournal.com]

If there's one advantage to being late for crimble, it's the avalanche of presents waiting for you (and the mountain of wrapping paper to thrash about in). :D

What beautiful Christmas visions! I love the sense of history and nostalgia in the first one. Oh my! Bodie's attitude and Doyle's gaze over a wintry background are doing my head in. I also like the progression of textures and colour in the last one.

Just gorgeous!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm a bit stuck in the vision of you rolling about in wrapping paper *g*, but Happy New Year! I hope it's going to be a grand one for you.