Eternal Refuge

Well despite having a bit better time recently I have been slowly trying to catch up with housework, shopping etc.  I also am really trying to get all the photo prompts done (but I shall get back to that over the weekend).

However I did manage to get thse icons made ... with a theme of Magnifying Glass. 

#1 set - Blakes 7
#2 set - BtVS
#3 set - Star Trek Voyager


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I am going to post this as I need to head out to work soon.

I probably won't be around over the weekend either - so hopefully catch up with you all on Monday .... including questions & photos!

When I made set #1 for retro_icontest  a couple of weeks ago I used "Lost" the TV show as my prompt. The mod suggested as I did them fairly quickly I might like to pick another set, So I chose Star Trek Voyager, as show about a "lost" spaceship.

1 - Blank One	2 - Blank Two	3 - Textured One	4 - Textured Two
5 - Desaturate	6 - Rotate	7 - Text Required	8 - Two-in-One

Screen Cap 1 - Pilot


Screen Cap 2 - the crew get lost again!


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Challenge #11

In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



Most of the fandoms that I re-watch over and over again have a similar theme ... unrequited, unrealised love.

In my top 4 shows with this theme, there are other pairings that do get together, and some even stay together.

But I am obviously a sucker for a love that doesn't work out, or maybe it's that the people I choose as my OTP are just not meant to be together. All I can say is thank goodness for Fan Fiction. I then realise that I am not the only person on the planet who wants those pairings to work.

My first fandom that got me involved with LJ (& DW) was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And, look at my username. Yes, I wanted Buffy & Spike to get together. But we all know how the final episode finished ... and that's how I ended up in fandom, by writing a fix-it fic!

Some years later I watched Stargate SG1 ... and I so wanted Jack to end up with Sam. By the end of season 8, it suggested that they were together ... but there were 2 more seasons of the show to go!

I then got persuaded to watch Star Trek, Voyager and it was a similar story. Military rules not allowing for Kathryn to end up with Chakotay. However the writers decided that Chakotay needed someone, and he was taken down a completely different path in the last few episodes.

My friend nagged me until I watched Stargate Atlantis ... and I immediately wanted John & Elizabeth to get together. This time, although John was military, Elizabeth wasn't. However the writers decided other things for her ... and they were separated before there was any relationship openings.

So, yes, I love the shows ... but love the fan-fiction writers more. AO3 and I are good friends ... and the filters are set ... and there's plenty to cheer my fandom heart.

I made this set of icons for Round 6 of characters20in20  ... we had to pick 2 characters and had a theme of Halloween.  I chose B'Elanna Torres and 7 of 9 from Star Trek Voyager ... Enjoy





Round 06 - Special Round

001	002	003	004	005
006	007	008	009	10

11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20

As ever, they are snaggable and credits are available over at my icon journal - d4s_icons

This set of icons is made for Round 9 of characters20in20 , and the person I chose was Chakotay from Star Trek Voyager -




10 THEMES

Floating	Summer	Covered in Text	Target	Far & Vibrant
Hidden and Obscured	Hot & Cold	Vibrant Grunge	Framed Inside	Out of The Picture

5 CATEGORY (Extreme Facial Close Crop + Black & White)

1	2	3	4	5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

1	2	3	4	5

All the credits for this set can be found over at my icon journal, d4s_icons. They are, as always, snaggable.

This set of icons is made for characters20in20 and the theme is Kathryn Janeway, from Star Trek Voyager, as we were celebrating females this month. She, like my second choice Elizabeth Weir (from SGA) were both strong women





10 THEMES

Vibrant	Elegant	Vintage	Badass	Second Claim
Fake Background	Spring	Floral	Color Bomb	Mini Picspam

5 CATEGORY (Panorama)

1	2	3	4	5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

1	2	3	4	5

As ever, all are snaggable, and the credits can be found over at my icon journal - d4s_icons

Snowflake Challenge #5

Search in your current space, whether brick-and-mortar or digital. Post a picture (a link to a picture will be fine!) or description of something that is or represents:


1. Something your favorite character would like
2. Something that makes you laugh
3. A fandom place you would like to visit
4. A fandom creator (pro or not) you'd like to meet
5. Something you find comforting
6. Something from a favorite TV series or movie from your childhood
7. A piece of clothing you love
8. A book or song with a color in the title
9. Something only someone in your fandom would understand




1. Something your favorite character would like



2. Something that makes you laugh
Sorry, it's an old, and well known limerick, but it still makes me chuckle
   There once was a man of Bengal
      Who was asked to a Fancy Dress Ball;
      He murmured: "I'll risk it
      And go as a biscuit!'
      But the dog ate him up in the hall.


3. A fandom place you would like to visit
Atlantis ... the floating city from SGA ... that would be fascinating to see a city that could sink, or react to some of it's inhabitant's DNA


4. A fandom creator (pro or not) you'd like to meet
Jim Butcher - would love to know what is next for Harry; but also if the story to this point was organised in his mind when he first started writing the series.
slaymesoftly ... so I can say thank you for all the grea Spuffy fanfics.


5. Something you find comforting
My faith
I also love AO3 ... where my fandom couple will end up together ... yes, I check the tags first!


6. Something from a favorite TV series or movie from your childhood



7. A piece of clothing you love
IActually I love most of the things in my wardrobe (I am not someone who goes shopping for the sake of shopping).  As I type this I have red jeans and a baggy jumpre, but there again I love the formal styly of dresses that I wear to Church on a Sunday ... so nothing special to share (sorry)


8. A book or song with a color in the title



9. Something only someone in your fandom would understand
After seven years - why seven?  We are home now.  (Kathryn's thoughts)



Right, I think that is this set of questions done ... great selection, thank you.

I have made this set of icons for Round 25 at gen10in30, and the theme is Fandom. And, as you know, I am a fan of one actor ... however have gone with some of my fandom OTPs ... as well as a couple of fandoms from childhood/teenage years that I still enjoy

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10

As ever, all are snaggable, but credit would be appreciated. The credits are available over at my icon journal - d4s_icons

I decided to make some icons for Round 50 of monthlyinspo ... the theme was "Be Your Own Inspiration" ... I decided to do a set of one of the previous rounds that I had not done before ... So, here is Round 4, "May Flowers"

They are all from episode 1 of Star Trek Voyager ....

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10

As ever, all are snaggable, but credit would be appreciated. The credits are available over at my icon journal on LJ - D4S_Icons

This set of icons is made for round 31 of icons10in20 . I am not a femanist, but decided to go with 3 of my favourite female characters .... Buffy, kathryn Janeway & Elizabeth Weir ....

Cropped out	Decorative	Extreme close crop	Fake hair colour	Glow
Kiss	Main character(s)	Released in 2022	Out and about	Touch of black

As ever, they are all snaggable, and the credits can all be found over at my LJ icon journal ... d4s_icons