Text icons from The Dark is Rising

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Some very simple icons that I threw together in an effort to combat bad movie mojo.

Comments

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, thank you! I *just* finished 'Over Sea, Under Stone' and was going to sit down to start on 'Dark Is Rising'. Perfect timing! I love this series. (And was horrified at the movie trailer!)

[sabrinanymph.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh, your icon. :D

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Ain't it priceless? Feel free to use, just credit to amara_verite.

[sabrinanymph.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I may totally take you up on that!

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

SNAGGED.

I adore it with all my heart. Ian McShane lost all his good credit from Deadwood with that interview.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Happy to share the icon/fandom love. I loved the series when I was a kid, and am rereading it now. But I've never heard it mentioned much. As bad as the film sounds (so far) I hope that through it new people will discover this wonderful story!

[aireal.livejournal.com]

what a freekin' awesome icon

(DIR - animated Attn: Ian McShane)

[musesong.livejournal.com]

We need much mojo against that film. I've snagged Six Sleepers.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!

I am torn between ranting violently every time the movie is mentioned, and saying, "Oh, a film? I hadn't heard." The violent ranting seems to win every time.

[musesong.livejournal.com]

Same here. It's really hard to see something you've loved butchered in this way.

[sabrinanymph.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Good mojo is always a good thing. :D

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

We need all the mojo we can get! Glad you like them.

[yoritomo-reiko.livejournal.com]

The icons are awesome! I really need to find copies of those books.

I have to ask, though. The Welsh that you used on the last icon? Where did you get the translation from?

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

I'm trusting Wikipedia to have transcribed it properly out of the books, since my copy is currently packed in a box. The Wiki article does note that the Welsh grammar is wrong, but I haven't corrected it since that's what the book actually says, and since I don't trust myself to try and correct it, my Welsh being...er, not quite up to snuff.

[yoritomo-reiko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just looked that up. I'm learning Welsh, so I would have translated it differently. But I'm not really learning literary Welsh yet. I am glad to note that what I had picked up on as wrong (the use of 'yr' following maent [which I've never even seen before...]) is noted as wrong, though.

[littleblueghost.livejournal.com]

Is that the "the mountains are singing, the lady will come" quote? I don't have my book here at work, so I can't check...:(

[amadareneko.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is.

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! Stealing the lady one and the door of the birds one :) These are great! And yay for fighting the bad movie mojo.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked them!

[amadareneko.livejournal.com]

These are awesome; I may steal some later.

[raggedclause.livejournal.com]

There's going to be a movie?

God, I'm behind. I'm going to prepare to be horrified. I love these books. And your icons are lovely, too, and bring back wonderful memories... ::wants to re-read::

[ladyjoust.livejournal.com]

Horrified, indeed. The movie promises to bear only the faintest of resemblance to the book. It hurts my heart.

[floridagirl1.livejournal.com]

These are great--I'll have to dig out my copies of the books for a re-read soon.

I had not heard that there's a movie in the works. I think I shall do my best to forget about it now that I have heard, as no good can come of that.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think forgetfulness about the movie is by far the wisest policy.

Glad you liked them!

[firiel44.livejournal.com]

These are great. I'm pimping the books as hard as I can to get the truth out there before the movie ruins people's minds.