Some elemental things

[thisbluespirit]

So, I was feeling really flat and tired again yesterday and today, so yesterday I made a historical gifset with Copper and Silver (which I'd been talking about wanting to do to theseatheseatheopensea) here on tumblr.





And today I thought I would do another OC Element, and finally found the perfect one for Dennis Alaba Peters (who was in Department S and I've been wanting to use him, partly because he was actually an opera singer and has a splendid voice, which always helps) - here's Carbon, or a potential Carbon anyway:





Anyway, maybe it's a bit too Sir Curtis-like, but imagining him as sort of senior element who wanders in and out vaguely and casually sorts things while being surprised other Elements found it difficult. ("Ah, Steel. Not still having trouble regulating your temperature, are you? I thought you fixed that half a century ago!")

The tumblr post is somewhere in the queue, but it'll turn up here in time.

Comments

[persiflage_1]

Ooh, liking that version of Carbon.

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks, he came out well, I think!

[swordznsorcery]

Oh yes, perfect Carbon! Rather like the opera thing too. I can just imagine one of the Elements randomly bursting into song, probably at the most inappropriate moments.

[thisbluespirit]

I did try for a bit to see if I could find him something sound-related, but Carbon was just too tempting. It'd be hard to picture anyone else once I'd considered him.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I'm very sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well, I feel you about that tired+flat feeling... but oh my gosh, these gifsets are so pretty! I know I always say this... but you really have a knack for making awesome graphics!!

I *love* your headcanon for Carbon, and having it be Sir Curtis-ish is very appropriate, I rather like such a vital Element having a no-nonsense, business-like presence! :D (He would totally run the whole Elemental operation! Would that crossover be called "Department E"? hehehe)

And the Silver+Copper one is very lovely and shiny, of course!

I hope you're feeling better! <3 Take care! <3

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! It was probably partly my fault for writing too much and then doing some cooking, but urgh. Such feelings should be banned! *hugs*

I *love* your headcanon for Carbon, and having it be Sir Curtis-ish is very appropriate, I rather like such a vital Element having a no-nonsense, business-like presence!

A senior element, def. I don't know if he would run it all, but it's kind of tempting to imagine that Sir Curtis is Carbon and has a small human team for checking out the weird things that turn out not to be at all time-related. XD

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Such feelings should *definitely* be banned! I hope you're doing better today!

Ohh, I love the idea of an Element having a human team, but I also would like a "Department E" that wasn't human, only because it's just too tempting to imagine Jason King as an Element. Would he be something like neon? Or chromium? I don't know what the most obnoxious, shiny element would be! :D

[thisbluespirit]

It's why he's so vague and pops up in improbably locations and pretends he's got meetings all the time! XD

Would he be something like neon? Or chromium? I don't know what the most obnoxious, shiny element would be! :D

I don't know - something at least a bit toxic as well, I should think. But bright and shiny and useful!

I can't see them as elements as they are, but, heh, interesting thoughts...

[theseatheseatheopensea]

It's why he's so vague and pops up in improbably locations and pretends he's got meetings all the time! XD

Now we know the truth! :D

I don't know - something at least a bit toxic as well, I should think. But bright and shiny and useful!

Maybe not a "proper" Element (we know it's allowed in canon, haha) so it could be a gem like Emerald, which is shiny and kind of toxic? Or lapislazuli? Yes... I also can't see them as elements exactly as they are in canon, but the AU is fun to think about, hehe.

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, yes, if they had to be proper elements, there would be no show as we know it! XD

Lapis Lazuli is certainly colourful enough! I don't know what they'd all be, though. Maybe Jason could be Palladium?

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Aha! Palladium is good!

[thisbluespirit]

It's rare and shiny and has many uses! XD

[sovay]

"Ah, Steel. Not still having trouble regulating your temperature, are you? I thought you fixed that half a century ago!"

I like your Carbon quite a lot.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! I had never thought about Carbon properly before, but now I'm rather taken with him myself. XD

[liadt]

Your Carbon mood board is wonderful! I like the dice.

Sorry to hear you're feeling flat. I hope making pretty things helped a little.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you! XD

And I'm feeling a little better today. I think stepping back a bit helped; I think I'd just overdone it as ever. *crosses fingers*

[liadt]

Good to hear you're feeling a little better:)

[dimity_blue]

Haha, Copper is perfect!

I like your Carbon. Steel would be so peeved with him!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

And Steel would have to behave - he's formed from Carbon and Iron himself!!

[kaffy_r]

Popping in nine months late (well, I could say "Time has no meaning here", but that would be pretentious and silly of me), to say pretty much what everyone else has said; your gif sets are always marvelous. Even when I don't know much about the characters you create, or the shows from which you politely filch them, they are marvelous.

Actually, I think I do know - or recognize, at least - the character of Jason King. There was a time in my teenage years when we got various ITV things that would play late at night, like "The Champions" and I would sneak downstairs to the livingroom whilst my Nana was in the kitchen, and I'd turn the TV on very low, place my face altogether too close to the screen, and watch the shows. And I think Jason King was someone that showed up. Was he in more than one show?

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you! ♥

And, yes, sounds as if you'd very likely have run into Jason watching those kinds of serials. I've watched and loved Department S, where he's part of a team, but there's a solo spin-off that I haven't seen (I'm not sure I want Jason without the rest of Dept S) just called Jason King.