Small H:tLJ fannish roundup - also, screencaps for My Fair Cupcake and Porkules

[marycrawford]

This will be short and scatterbrained - like me, really. I walked 17 km today (about 10.5 miles, I think), and while it was lovely - such gorgeous weather right now, nearly 20 degrees C, and everything in bud or in bloom - I'm pretty zonked right now. *g*

erinslashslut has been screencapping and commenting on the Xena ep The Key to the Kingdom, featuring Autolycus and Joxer.

I discovered a Hercules/Xena crossover fanfic over on fanfiction.net. It's called Heavy Lifting, it's by Sirabella (a new name, for me), and it's looking pretty good - snappy dialogue and convincing characterization:

The King of Thieves grinned cockily. “How ‘bout that, huh? Bet I’ve got some moves you’ve never seen before.” He furrowed his brow in thought. “That didn’t come out quite like I planned.”

Iolaus rubbed a hand over his face to hide his smile. “Autolycus, just give me my bag.”

It's also not finished yet, so let's hope it will be. Rated PG, or K+ as they now call it.

To make up for my April 1st evilness, not to mention continue the Autolycus theme, I put up screencaps for Porkules and My Fair Cupcake.

Should you look at these caps, you might get the impression that I am very, very fond of the scenes in both of these episodes where Iolaus gets pissed off at Autolycus and starts manhandling him, and of the princely outfit Iolaus wears in My Fair Cupcake. You would not be wrong. But in the interests of giving everybody equal time (or pretending to *eg*):



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Comments

[mythdefied.livejournal.com]

Guh. Why wasn't there ever much Autolycus/Iolaus written? Every time those two were on screen together, it just crackled with the tension/chemistry between them. Autolycus annoyed the crap out of Iolaus, and I really think he did it deliberately most of the time, because it amused him. I have to wonder if he liked Iolaus manhandling him. *G* Joking aside, the two of them really did have that "I'm either going to kill you or kiss you" vibe going on between them, and it made for some great scenes. *happy sigh*

Beautiful screen caps! Mine are always coming out so dark, and you have some great contrast and lighting on yours. I'm off to drool now. :)

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! I agree, they had a definite love-to-hate-you rapport. And then there's all the 'I'm going to die now and I want you to have my grappling hook' stuff in Just Passing Through.

I think screencaps often tend to come out a bit dark - TV monitors are brighter than PC monitors, which is a real pain in vidding too, but in the other direction. But there's always Photoshop. *g*

[crystal-lily.livejournal.com]

Bored!Ares = teh sex. :) And I'm not really sure what's the expression he has in the first cap, but I like the tongue thing. :)

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Hee. Agreed. I really really like the tongue thing. And the sprawling thing. And the pouting thing. And the flaring nostrils thing.

Mary, nodding earnestly

[crystal-lily.livejournal.com]

Heh, that picture in your icon is one of my favorite Herc/Iolaus ones... I have not the slightest idea why. :)

[ltlj.livejournal.com]

I love Iolaus' fancy outfit in "Princess Cupcake." It has layers, which could be removed very slowly.

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

I love Iolaus' fancy outfit in "Princess Cupcake." It has layers, which could be removed very slowly.

I love the way your mind works. :-> :->

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Bwa! Ditto.

Also, wherever did Iolaus get that golden version of his amulet?

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

is it the same shape? Maybe he dropped it in cupcake frosting? :->