OMG, I love graphic #11. I will find a place for it.

All very lovely, bb. <3

Thank you, my dear! The text for #11 came from one of those hipster type of graphics of overwrought poetry on a white background. The moment I found it, I knew I had to use it (and to great effect, might I add).

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UGH SO PRETTYYYYYYYYYYY

I'M PARTICULARLY ENAMORED OF 6 AND 12

THANK YOU KINDLY!

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASTIC CAPSLOCKING, AS IT LETS ME KNOW I'M DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, EVEN IF THAT IS PHOTOSHOPPING ATTRACTIVE EUROPEANS.

These are gorgeous, as usual. 15 and 16, ME GUSTA. AND ICON #8.

Aw, thank you ♥

There's something I wonder about both Daniel and August, which is why is it that only now, with the two of them in their thirties, do they actually look like grown-ups? They both have portraits of themselves locked away in the same attic, I think.

Errrg, I know what you mean. Some reverse aging (ok, no, that's scary), more of delayed aging thing going on there. I'm pretty sure I look older than both of them lmao

Ha! Well, maybe the fountain of youth is found through cigarettes and German beer? I mean, for a good deal of us, we'd died of cancer and cirrhosis of the liver, but we'd look really good.

Oh, and I thought of you recently, as I had read a little interview with Daniel about his new film, which is Spanish. He was saying that as much as he supported Germany during the World Cup and how talented they are, he recognizes that Spain really did deserve to win.

Who knew? I think you're on the brink of a life-changing discovery here. I'm on it immediately. Goodluck.

He has a Spanish film, aaaaahhhhh ME GUSTA (no, I never tire of saying that). And ugh, I totally agree. Although I'm pretty sure by the next World Cup I'll be very torn since Germany has such a young and talented team that would probably be at its best 3 years from now. They really could win. /ramble.

I think most of my research will involve prodding Daniel and/or August with a stick and asking them inappropriate questions. But that'd happen anyway.

He does! He also began filming another one with Benicio Del Toro that sounds like a Spanish version of Paris Je T'aime, with various Spanish actors on board. I hope there are more hilarious videos taken of Daniel watching the next World Cup. Just because.

Also, I am excited that you found Die kommenden Tage! I got through the first half of it (I should have been sleeping instead of staying up watching it) and I'm already feeling too much over what I had seen so far, especially concerning Hans. August and Johanna are so fantastic together. I know August considered his role as Konstantin to be a gift.

So many pretty things! Icon 8 is ridiculous in its adorableness.

Thank you so much! IKR? I think if I were to ever run into August in public, I'd feel compelled to pinch his cheeks and talk babytalk to him. It'd be terribly embarrassing for us both, but I'd just have to. /creeper

PERFECT, GORGEOUS, AMAZING!!! as usual!;) And I've just realized this very moment, how much I love Diane Krüger, she's just soooo gorgeous! We should include her in our little project, which btw is going to be awesome, or we could dedicate to her a completely new one?!:D

I got your letter, thank you, and I'm going to reply in the next few days!;)
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Oh, how you flatter me! It means a lot, coming from you, it really does! I'm too enamored with the theme we're currently working with of Mélanie/Daniel/Shosanna/Fredrick, so I think Diane should totally have her own, because she's that fabulous.

I'm so glad you got my e-mail, and I very much look forward to your reply! ♥

I took icon #3. Merci.

You're quite welcome!

Prettiness :)

Thank you so much! ♥

So pretty - especially the Lea/August ones! I love and admire your dedication for this fandom :)

Thank you ♥

I suppose I just them love too much to let go! And fortunately for me, a good friend of mine recently watched IB and she loves Shosanna/Fredrick and the whole Mélanie/Daniel dynamic, so I'll basically never stop.

Oh, and I had been wanting to share these with you:

My dear ellista giffed pretty much all of Mélanie and Daniel's interactions at the Cannes press conference/photocall, and these ones are my favorites(and most blatantly obvious). They take some time to load but are very worth it:

Eye-sex at the press conference
Eying each other at the photocall
And she watches as he leaves
Idk, this is just adorable

Those gifs are adorable - Thanks for sharing ♥

Their interactions are so subtle yet so lovely. Aww, I love the last one - I'm sure she really thought 'what about moi?' :)

You're quite welcome! I shared them with everyone else I knew, and I figured you'd like them, too ♥

They really are. As much of a crackpot as I sound, it really fits with how private they are (especially Daniel, which is understandable). I still find it interesting how Mélanie would talk about him generally unprompted in interviews (unlike when she'd be purposely asked about Quentin or Brad, for example), but how Daniel kept that all to himself.

She totally was, when not reminding him of how German he is, of course.

Gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUSSSSS. I adore banners 4, 5 & 13; are they on your Tumblr? Saving banner #14 & icon #4. ♥ ♥ ♥

Thank you! ♥ They are! #13 is a more recent post; #4 & #5 are further back (I really love the color schemes I worked out with those). Fred's little face in #14 is basically too precious, and icon #4 took me forever to get right because I'm fussy. I love how it looks like one of those hand-painted Italian film posters.

You have excellent taste in everything ever, I'm not sure if I told you that yet ♥

LOVELY AS ALWAYS! Cannot even choose my favourites because they are all so beautiful! ♥♥

THANK YOU SO MUCH ♥

I really love how all of these turned out. The graphics so far, are among my favorites out of what I've made so far. Icons are still a bit tricky, I think (working within such a tiny space requires patience I don't have), but I really like this batch.

I ramble on a bit, don't I? I got Mel's album, btw, and I thought of you! ♥

I got Mel's album, btw, and I thought of you!
awww, that makes me really happy! ♥ I really want to buy the actual CD, but I don't think it's coming out over here, at least not for a while. What I've heard of it at least, I love.

I bought it off of itunes, and have listened to a good a part of it already (I keep my music set on shuffle and just let it go when I'm working on things). I've never cared for Damien Rice, but I don't mind his voice terribly on the songs they duet on (Dan can sing! She should've had him on her album).

I can tell though already that I'll be using some of her songs on fanmixes.

Omg. Been forever-and-a-half since I was on LJ.
Love. Love. Love what I see!
Seriously? The sexy mofos in graphics 3,5,7, & 9 should totally procreate and fill the earth with foxy gorgeous multi-national babies already, dammit.
Just sayin'.
Also, there has to be some Léa/August/Diane fic somewhere! It's like choosing between all three Neapolitan ice cream flavors, (assuming you like all three) NOT POSSIBLE! :'(

Yes, I've been gone, but not my creeperdom, haha.
Much ♥!

YOU'VE BEEN AWAY FOR FAR TOO LONG ♥

Thank you ♥ The day that my graphics inspire you to vomit is the day I know I'm doing something wrong.

THEY NEED TO. THEY REALLY DO AND EVERY MINUTE THEY SPEND NOT PRO-CREATING WITH EACH OTHER IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. Those good-looking jerks.

I love Neapolitan ice cream! Except after seeing August with Johanna Wokalek in Die kommenden Tage, I want to throw her in there, too. They're the all German Dan/Mel, as August spoke very highly of Johanna (I think she was the real reason he even made the film) and they have such electric chemistry it's stupid.

Unlike Dan and Bernadette Heerwagen in the same film, which is a shame. I plan on uploading it this week for others to download, because Dan as Hans is making me feel all the feelings. You get to see him shirtless, which is always nice.

Here's some more creeperdom for you: In the CD booklet to Mel's album, she's wearing a robe and has her boob out. I hope Dan has a copy (of course he does, right?).

"Thank you ♥ The day that my graphics inspire you to vomit is the day I know I'm doing something wrong."
Haha. Nah, that's impossible.

Btw, love that new icon!

I gotta agree. Dan spending more and more time with what's-her-face and less with Mel is an atrocity and should be stopped for the sake of mankind. They need to reassure the rest of the world beautiful things can still happen in the midst of all this world conflict - and by beautiful things happening, I mean they should totally have like, a zillion children.
I also agree that Johanna Wokalek should totally be the 4th flavor in that German-Neapolitan mix.
Ok, let's be real, August, Dan, Diane, and Johanna are what make this 4-way Neapolitan ice cream of hotness work, no disrespect to Mel. All three+August are a delicious combintation...Léa and Mel are the only non-Germans to make this even tastier. (wow, big time creeper!)
But, omg I so would love to see this film, even if it's a snippet - and not 'cause Dan's shirtless (I mean, that's always a plus). I'm totally interested in watching August+Johanna's chemistry surge.

Haha, yeah. Mel's defnitely detail-oriented. That's her way of letting us know she's constantly thinking of Dan: she thought of him the entire time that was being shot. Totally.

And, speaking of detail-oriented, it's been a while since I made some zany Mel/Dan manips. I should make that a habit and get a tumblr just to store them. That and making random gifs, which seems to be my favorite pastime. Also, I've been working on a little something for awhile. It's my first time not working with Photoshop, so hopefully it'll turn out good. It is Mel/Dan related as well, hee hee.

Okay, you caught me right as I've finishing up my ugly crying over poor Hans (Dan's character) in Die kommenden Tage. Like, I've not cried that hard since Sho/Fred. Let it be known that August is adept at playing the world's biggest bastard. I CAN'T STOP CRYING, DAMMIT. It's really a testament to Dan's talents. I don't think an actor has been able to move me so much, not like he does. That film, and Dan, are life ruiners. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but since the film takes place in the future, I almost want to write ridiculous fix-it fic wherein Hans gives shelter to a replicant that looks like Mel and they fall in love and everything's happy. I may just write it, too, after you've seen the film because I know you wouldn't disagree.

And thank you! After you see the film, you'll wish Hans had a time-machine so he could live happily-ever-after with Sho (and Fred). And if you never thought you'd be attracted to Dan with a scruffy beard and who is blind in one eye, prepare to have your mind blown.

Dan needs to get it together and start baby-making with Mel. How are we to believe in love when they're not doing their part?

Normally, I'd say the more the better, but you just know that Dan and Mel would break off from the group and go do their own thing because they don't share.
And now I want a grindhouse film starring Johanna, Diane, and Léa as a renegade all girl gang who kidnap and repeatedly have their way with August. Because.

Aside from Dan shattering my heart into a billion different pieces, I absolutely ached for Johanna. August is a life-ruiner. And yet, I enjoy seeing him kiss her like he's chewing her face off.

Mel's next album better have a song concerning someone who is German and about how German he is.

You totally should! I keep sharing your stuff with others on LJ and tumblr, so why have a tumblr to put all of your wonderful work (which I would then reblog the hell out of)? Besides, tumblr needs gifs of their Cannes interactions tailored to fit their size specifications, along with more Mel/Dan.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON!

Your graphics just get better and better. It's really not fair.

Haha, seriously, these are amazing as always. Thank you for being the one source I can rely on when everybody else abandons our lovely doomed ship.

Thank you kindly! And really, it's true. I figure if I'm not using my degree in graphic design, then why not keep my skills sharp by constantly photoshopping the greatest of all (Tarantino-approved) ships?

I don't think I'll ever stop, especially when the two of themdo things like this in plain sight of the entire world. Also, one of my dear friends is new to IB and Sho/Fred, and has been contributing with fanart.

Ahhh, the classic Cannes eyesex! The only possible .gif that would make me happier than staring at that forever would be... anything related to them saying "You're so French/German".

OMG, she's so talented! That's so gorgeous, and Fred is SO ACCURATE I LOVE IT.

Watching their eyesex in gif format is a thing of beauty. And I'd love it if there was film footage of their "You're so French/You're so German" playfights. And footage of them when they "discovered each other and had fun." But alas, if there is footage of any of it, Quentin probably has it, locked away in a vault in his basement.

So, until QT feels like sharing, have these:

eyeing each other at the photocall
She watches as he leaves
And this is adorable
(all of these gifs were made the talented ellista)

She is! And Fred's face kills me, it's just so precious.

Ah, good then, because I felt like a creeper for staring at it forever.
Quentin, Quentin, Quentin... he needs to stop being so selfish and rid us of this torment right now.

MOAR EYESEX, yayyyy! I'm in gif heaven! And the third one...poor Melanie. Now she knows how we feel.
(And I saw a picture of Dan and some girl at an event and someone told me it was his girlfriend. I was pretty crushed but I won't lose hope until you tell me it's true :P)

She observed his facial expressions (and the hair!) really well, and it came out perfect.

Aw, there's never a need to feel like a creeper for staring at them. It's entirely their fault. And Quentin's.

Melanie and Daniel need to get over whatever their problem is and just live happily-ever-after together. Even though their on-set shenanigans and her praise of him could tide me over for another fifty years, I need something more to happen (because clearly, I know what's best for everyone, including attractive European actors).

She is his girlfriend, but until he puts a ring on it, I'm not going to care. When Daniel's father died last year, he pretty much became a hermit. His public appearance in February, for the premiere of his film about soccer, was the first he was seen out and about, and with her. She's a twenty-three year old psychology student, and age difference aside, I don't think it's going to last. Daniel's thrown himself into his work lately and I think he just wants to deal with his grief and part of that, I'm sure, involves not wanting to be alone right now.
I'm thinking that Daniel and Melanie are going to be the German/French equivalent of Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz.

Yes! She has an eye for being able to capture features and attributes really well. She also drew this one for me this past Thursday. It was the result of talking about the height difference between Fredrick and Shosanna and how, if she needed/wanted to comfort him, he'd have to bend over quite a bit. Also, we determined that he refers to her breasts as, "Mes amis."

Yes, I'll forever praise blame Quentin for that.

Of course you do! Dan and Mel clearly need to create a livejournal account as soon as possible.

That was so sad. He's not a partying celebrity at all anyway, he never seems to be around, so his father's death must have made him even more hard to spot.
How old is she? I don't want to be mean or anything, I'm happy as long as Dan's happy but I'm not gonna lie, I wouldn't feel anything if they broke up /creeper mode on. again. i need to stop making decisions for him.

I'll bow down to Javier, but I can't stand Penelope. I have no idea why, I just... I can't bring myself to like her no matter what movie of hers I watch. I don't know. (And her being on the new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie doesn't help at all. I never liked any of Johnny Depp's female co-stars. Call it jealousy or whatever).

Her observance really is incredible. I like the detailed uniform too (I sure loved that uniform on Dan).

Quentin is a glorious life-ruiner.

Mel said she doesn't go online because she's afraid of what people say about her. After making IB and releasing her album, she's been declared the most unpopular actress in France right now. Dan needs to comfort her. Because. Of course, if they did both have LJs, they wouldn't have to worry about harsh criticisms (at least if they just friended me /creeper).

It is. I suppose I'm sort of amazed that he was able to stay so private in all that time (I think in terms of the kind of attention Hollywood actors receive, and it'd be damn near impossible for most of them to stay in hiding). She's 23. Idk, I wonder how he was able to meet her, let alone get involved. It just seems sudden, I guess? He has been talking, much like Mel has recently, about how he wants to settle down and have children, too.

I can't stand her either, but I do love their whole love story. It's just so cinematic, of being friends with someone that later, after you've both been through other relationships, you fall in love with. As for Johnny, Winona and the gal in Cry-Baby were my favorite co-stars of his, as I enjoyed them in other films, too. Can't lie, but I find most of Dan's female co-stars to be lacking, barring Mel and Julia Jentsch.

I absolutely love her style. She's enamored with Loki and Darcy from Thor right now, but she's going to keep drawing Sho/Fred (and maybe more Dieter/Bridget). Dan was just beautiful in that uniform. I kind of regret him having to burn the tunic in KFAD, as I have plans for an encounter between them involving that red dress.

Awwww. I wonder why :( She's brilliant both in her acting and singing! And true, but Dan needs some comforting of his own too. I think a father's death kind of beats your career doing downhill, eh? How about they BOTH comfort each other at the SAME TIME so that both sides (actually multiple sides, considering us too) are happy?!

I think it's probably because they're not in the States for most of the time. I don't think the paparazzi in Europe is as crazy as the ones in America.
Fine then, why don't they just go ahead and settle down and make babies even prettier than Augusta Diehl?

It is kind of adorable, I agree. It would be much of a healthier relationship too, when you know the person so well. I totally forgot about Helena Bonham Carter, though! She's the only female co-star of his I love, and that's because I know she's Tim Burton's wife.

Oh, good of you to remind me to read KFAD! I (kind of) abandoned livejournal for a while and I probably missed it, I should check it out as we speak.

It could perhaps be that she has gained more recognition because of what was, in spite of an international cast, an American film production. The film content of IB is also divisive amongst film fans and critics. But, she hosted the opening and closing ceremonies at Cannes, is promoting her album, and her big directorial debut opens in November. So, this year seems good so far for Mel. Dan's keeping busy with Spanish films mostly right now (he should've been at Cannes to see her because I say so, instead of filming with Benicio del Toro), so both of them are doing well with projects right now, which is good. Now all they need to do is get together, comfort each other, and give little Baby Diehl a playmate. A gorgeous, multi-lingual playmate.

That's what I figured. Even the most minor celebrity here will have their daily routine photographed if possible by the paparazzi. They were a bit obnoxious when she filmed in LA with Ewan for The Beginners, and when Goodbye Lenin! premiered in New York, it was probably the most press Dan dealt with at that point in his career. I'm glad that he's been able to have his space with this, I really am.
They need to think of the future of European cinema and get started on creating the next generation. Then I can grow old as a crazy lady and follow their career, too.

It probably really helps to be involved with someone who knows what it's like to have that kind of life and career. Dan's former fiancee worked with him before, too. Aside from her cheating on him and that whole thing falling apart publicly, they certainly seemed to be very enamored with each other. I can't recall, did you see when Tim and Dan were on the Cannes jury together in 2006? They ended up awarding the Palme d'Or to a film Mel was in, actually. His film Salvador premiered there, along with another film of hers (one in which she was nude). So, they were both at Cannes that year and crossed paths film-wise.

Ah, I'm glad to be of inadvertent help! I have other writing projects very much demanding my attention, but I'm making sure to get KFAD finished this year. I'm working on part 10 and will have a character reference post for it, now that the Zoller sisters are finally appearing in the story. I'm excited for the direction it's taking.