Litany In Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out, a Damon/Elena picspam

[lackadaisicalnereid]

For those of you who may not be aware:
In the corner of TVD fandom where I mostly reside, there is this obsession (I am not kidding. It's an obsession.) with a poet, Richard Siken, and especially his one poem, titled Litany In Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out. The obsession manifests itself in many shapes and forms: people's journals have titles from the poems, the lines from the poems are prompted on all the ficathons, mentioned in metas and focuses of fics, maybe even icons. In this case it's a picspam. What I tried to do started as an impossible idea: combine every line from the poem (which is about 150 lines) with different screencaps of scenes from The Vampire Diaries, focusing on Damon and Elena. TAH-DA. It's here, behind the curtaincut.

ETERNAL thanks to my betas and moral supporters (in order of appearance, I think?): upupa_epops, who not only cheered this idea on and was FABULOUS moral support, but also provided advice and helped with the choices. If it wasn't for you, Marta, this probably would never have become more than an idea. You are to blame, just saying. ever_neutral, YOU WERE AMAZING, with your LOAD of constructive criticism which helped this picspam grow into its final form. youcallitwinter, who was awfully excited and cheered me on and read my ~1000 words of non picspam related stories, while I should have been working on the picspam. And finally, vergoldung, who cheered me on and SHAMELESSLY blackmailed me into finishing it quickly.




Bless you all.

Note: The picspam contains images from all of the series, season 1 to season 3. Beware of spoilers if you haven't seen it.

Comments

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

*throws a bouquet of roses at you*

I randomly found this googling for roses, and then I just had to put it here:


THIS IS BEAUTIFUL DARLING. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
I'm reduced to silent staring. Like, so pretty.
And also, so much work omg. HOW DID YOU EVER FIND SUCH STAMINA? GIVE IT TO ME I NEED IT IN MY LIFE SFM!

IT WAS AWFUL. I WILL DO IT AGAIN, probably (get a too big artwork project, I mean) HERE HAVE SOME *throws stamina in your direction* I AM SO GLAD YOU LOVED IT, SO MUCH.

You deserve all the awards, basically. I just had the shittiest day/night and this made it all better. It is magic. You are amazing ♥

THAT IS SOOOOO NICE TO HEAR <3 thankyouthankyou and I am so glad it helped you <33

something more than a catalog of non-definitive acts
OH MY GOD. Dead from feels. Such truth right there. Non-definitive acts is are the only kind they know how to deal with. And each time they give in to the oh! so seductive temptation of defining, shreds are all that is left. /o\

I like that explanation of the scene and of both of them <3 But meta better than mine has already been written about this. BASICALLY D/E is the worst /nods.

AND HE HAD SUCH CONFIDENCE THAT SHE WOULD COME /dead dead dead.

Her sweet, innocent Damon.

CAN YOU HEAR MY SOBBING, CAN YOU? I hate you so much right now. Why would you ever do that to me? YOU ARE THE WORST. IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE ME SUCH PAIN AND ALSO PLEASURE THAT TRUMPS ALL. JUST GO AWAY WITH YOUR PERFECTS CAPS.

OHYOU <33333333333333333 Pain's what I do :D (apparently :D)

Hello darling, sorry about that.
UNNNNNG. Flawless, flawless. How did he not say this for real.

LOL, indeed :D

Also the bony elbows... UGH THE IMAGERY, FFS. They are scraping against the stony cave-wall and the bones hurt but anger still trumps all.

I CANNOT describe to you how much I adore that scene. EVERYTHING about it. How they're followed from her house and finding out Stefan's in the tomb from Jeremy and how we first hear the fight, from Stefan's perspective who's suddenly had his role turned upside now, because in that moment, it's not a story anymore of S/E with occasional D, it's the other way around, it's D/E coming to S. GUH. And then she wants to get away but he won't LET HER, and when he asks "You done?" you get this downright awful feeling that he'd wait for AS LONG AS NEEDED, until she wasn't done. Guh. I HATE THAT SCENE.

You found the perfect fit for undeserved happiness :) So, so good. And now I also know why I never liked that scene. (You open my eyes tons tonight. HDU.)

OH. GOOD FOR ME/YOU :D

I arrived in the city and you met me at the station, smiling in a way that made me frightened.
Fuck. Yes.

Alex is completely to blame, she suggested that scene for that line.

You said I could have everything I wanted, but I just couldn't say it out loud.
ARGH NOOOOO. This is gross. You are gross and Damon is the grossest. /hate

OH DEFINITELY <333333

leave the gun on the table
Tears all over my face. WHY WOULD YOU EVER?

I HATE THAT SCENE, HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. SHE HAS BLOOD ON HER HANDS. BLOOD. HANDS.

But it doesn't work, these erasures, this constant refolding of the pleats.
My heart. My Elena. Just let me sob in a corner.

Lucky me, that was one of the easier picks <3 I was all like, ooooh, erasures, refolding of the pleats, I know what to do with you <3

WHAT HAVE YOU JUST DONE TO ME? I BOTH HATE AND LOVE YOU EQUAL MESURES. EITHER WAY THE PASSION IS BURNING ♥

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

AND I WILL REWARD YOU AS DESERVED. But in private. Cause you know. I like to be stand-offish and snob the world. Whatever, whatever. (All that to say that I'll PM you later today...)

YAY.

[vergoldung.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG I AM GETTING LJ NOTIFICATIONS AGAIN :DDDDDDD

BUT LMAO THAT PICTURE!!! (And why would you google roses? Oh, you...)

More giant projects? Good. And I will be there to urge you on.

HERE HAVE SOME *throws stamina in your direction*
Guess what? Inmidst of all the blood and gore I actually got some artsy work done yesterday *is pleased*

I CANNOT describe to you how much I adore that scene. EVERYTHING about it. How they're followed from her house and finding out Stefan's in the tomb from Jeremy and how we first hear the fight, from Stefan's perspective who's suddenly had his role turned upside now, because in that moment, it's not a story anymore of S/E with occasional D, it's the other way around, it's D/E coming to S. GUH. And then she wants to get away but he won't LET HER, and when he asks "You done?" you get this downright awful feeling that he'd wait for AS LONG AS NEEDED, until she wasn't done. Guh. I HATE THAT SCENE.
Ugh, that scene. For unknown (very obvious) reasons it totally hits my kinks, which makes me feel bad FOR IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE KINK MATERIAL. Ugh, Nina&Ian. Acting like everything is foreplay all the time. HATE THEM. IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO MY PERVERTED BRAIN, YO. QUIT IT.

Alex is queen. We all know that.


SINCE YOU ARE AWAKE (HOW?) I WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE PM RAMBLING. Get ready. (Or not. Whatever works.)

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG I AM GETTING LJ NOTIFICATIONS AGAIN :DDDDDDD

\o/

BUT LMAO THAT PICTURE!!! (And why would you google roses? Oh, you...)

I wanted a picture of a ballerina picking up roses/holding a bouquet of roses to respond to you saying you threw roses at me :D

More giant projects? Good. And I will be there to urge you on.

Oh. Beware :D

Guess what? Inmidst of all the blood and gore I actually got some artsy work done yesterday *is pleased*

\o/ IT MUST HAVE WORKED, MY STAMINA KNOWS HOW TO TIME TRAVEL!

Ugh, that scene. For unknown (very obvious) reasons it totally hits my kinks, which makes me feel bad FOR IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE KINK MATERIAL. Ugh, Nina&Ian. Acting like everything is foreplay all the time. HATE THEM. IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO MY PERVERTED BRAIN, YO. QUIT IT.

I KNOW RIGHT? It's awful. Everything and nothing is foreplay with those two. Guh. AND IT ALWAYS LEADS TO NOTHING. Oh D/E <3

Alex is queen. We all know that.

Of course. If we didn't, she'd make us know.

SINCE YOU ARE AWAKE (HOW?) I WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE PM RAMBLING. Get ready. (Or not. Whatever works.)

WE CAN. I'm leaving my apartment in (1 or 2 hours?) but even then I'll have my phone with me, SO YES, now is good :)

[vergoldung.livejournal.com]

Oh you phone people! /things I am unfit to understand

I wanted a picture of a ballerina picking up roses/holding a bouquet of roses to respond to you saying you threw roses at me :D
WHAAAAT!!!? YOU ARE FUCKING ADORBS ♥ NEVER LEAVE ME OKAY.

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

♥ I HAVE MY MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION ♥ I WON'T OKAY.

[ever-neutral.livejournal.com]

Alex is queen. We all know that.

you two.

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

you one.

[vergoldung.livejournal.com]

Haha ♥
This is what happens when you read other people's threads /deal with it

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

We're all psycho stalkers. I like taking pride in that.

[vergoldung.livejournal.com]

LOLOL. We should. The alternative is not as fluffy.

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

Like, we get hospitalized? :D

[vergoldung.livejournal.com]

(I guess?)

Let's just not think about it. Things are better that way. The proud way ;)

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

You have a point there, definitely.

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you mean by "psycho stalkers".

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

OH YOU GOOD. Do you have like 5 minutes to read that mess I once wrote than I've rewritten a bit now? :D

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

I'm horrible and needy, I know.

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

I mean, not now, but in general :D

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

I do. But I warn you, "fully awake" is not how you'd describe me now.

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

Oh you don't even have to do it now, whenever you feel like it. Also it's not nowhere NEARLY as smart as to require being fully awake, have no fear. I'll post it on my LJ and lock it.

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know. You are pretty clever.

Post it, I shall have a look!

[fluffyfrolicker.livejournal.com]

Also, yes, the ending's not quite...something. Go, inspect. Be clever :)