Sleepless

[valiha]

I'll be eternally grateful to whoever comes up with a cure for insomnia. I tried everything, but nothing seems to work. I finally got up, turned on my computer and started fiddling with Photoshop. The result is below:

Ambidextrous Quickdraw

Comments

[winks7985.livejournal.com]

LOVE IT!

*drools*

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

I was getting tired of all the fics that have him as poor woobie who can't take care of himself, so I made this.

Seriously, not only is the man a good shot, he shoots well with BOTH hands, has a hidden derringer, a rifle, is damn good in a fist fight, not to mention that he knows how to use heavy artillery. Not!woobie if I ever saw one.

[winks7985.livejournal.com]

hmmm.... i never thought of him as a woobie. can't say as i've read much fic where that comes across.

i love that he shoots with both hands equally well, but not both at the same time (like JD). i also saw somewhere that someone had put together a vid or a picspam where they went through the whole series, piecing together whether he was a lefty or a righty. and the ambidextrous thing stood out... he even wrote with both hands on the show!

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

It's just that I've been trying to tire myself out by reading fics. I have folders of favorite authors and then one for various, and I've been reading some of the old, old "various" ones, which had a bunch of fics where Ezra is misunderstood, or mistrusted, and ends up hurt and has to tend to his own wounds, and they mistreat him horribly and I was getting sick of those. Deleted them all.

someone had put together a vid or a picspam where they went through the whole series, piecing together whether he was a lefty or a righty

I remember that, it was a vid! I think it's somewhere on YouTube. I wonder if that was just the character, or if Tony's ambidextrous too.

[pezgirl7.livejournal.com]

I've seen a lot of fics like that too (they normally give a warning or summary first), and it's one of the reasons I don't read fanfic. I just don't see Ezra as wimpy or getting beat up a lot, or being mistreated. Under appreciated by the other 6 sometimes, but not to the point that it causes him a mental breakdown.

Tony is ambidextrous too! I think it was his decision to add that bit of himself into his character. Here's the vid you were talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCi5ZHc1pAw

Sorry you're having trouble sleeping. I have the same problem sometimes, although I think I only have myself to blame. I think it's my weird sleeping patterns that do it. If I were to go to bed and get up at the same time everyday, I probably wouldn't have that problem. Have you tried taking over-the-counter pills? They're really the only thing that helps me fall asleep, and stay asleep.

Awesome wallpaper! Love the colors and the blending of the photos.

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was worried that the colors were a bit much, since I make it on my laptop which shows duller colors, and the colors on my desktop monitor are very vivid.

That's a nice tidbit about Tony! I wonder if that's one of Ezra's God given gifts or if it's something he learned. In any case, it makes sense to take advantage of such an asset. I wonder what it would be like to be ambidextrous...

I have weird sleeping patterns too. We don't have a textbook we'd like to use with our students, so we have to write our own lectures and that takes time. None of us goes to bed before midnight or 1 a.m., sometimes later. As a consequence, all our sleeping patterns are shot to hell. I'm desperate for a good textbook!

I tried over-the-counter pills, but my trouble is I have a strong gag reflex and it's tough even getting them past my throat. And if they're plain, un-coated tablets they tend to make me sick. :(

[pezgirl7.livejournal.com]

I like to think that Ezra had to acquire his ambidexterity himself. Seems like it would be very useful in his line of work.

I have trouble swallowing pills too. I always have to psych myself out, by chewing some food, and then putting the pill in my mouth right before I swallow. That way I can't feel the pill at all when it goes down.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Actually, most fannish woobies tend to be pretty damn tough canonically when you look at them, but Ezra is one of the toughest...

Lovely picture, but I'm so sorry for the cause, Sis gets insomnia and I know what a drag it can be :(

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Yes, I imagine he's had to be tough from an early age. How fans go from "Look at how competent this man is" to "Aw, poor baby!" still baffles me, though there's been some discussion on epic_rants that these stories are usually written by young fans and they're basically You'll All Be Sorry when you realize how terribly you mistreated me.

:sighs: I'm conflicted, because it's so damn exhausting and I don't need this when I have a major exam on the 20th, but at least I made something, so I gas Yay? for that.

(something to be happy about: the external examiners are gone! Woot!)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Well, if you look at poor widdle fragile Blair Sandburg (who takes out terrorists with a snack machine in his first day on the job :), Daniel Jackson (who insults magalomaniac aliens for fun), Spencer Reid (who managed to outthink a psychopath while tortured and drugged)... the list goes on. I've even seen it with Avon (Blakes 7) who would slaughter anyone who tried to 'poor baby' him, without turning a hair. And Rodney Mckay, who is canonically armoured with a steel plate of sheer ego.

In some way I can see the appeal, it is tied to the appeal of h/c and comfort fics, but I firmly believe that you can trash them without turning them into frail and fragile (and wet and weedy weedy) flowerlets...