On the ocean wide we must abide till the daylight do appear

[sovay]

My physical embodiment and I have been having strong words lately, but I woke up feeling not terrible about myself and spatch took pictures to commemorate the occasion. Being at a loss for things like new waistcoats, I endeavored to experiment with my current available wardrobe. I may have ended up looking like an extra in North & South (2004).



There has been even less sea in my life this summer than last; it is an unacceptable state of affairs.



I just like this one. I try to hold on to things of myself I like.



Though I do want a really fancy waistcoat one of these days.



In street clothes at the end of the day, in lens flare and soft focus due to camera error: I am now the cover of an alternative album from the '90's.

It impossible for me not to feel that I am so much less of myself than a year ago. It is my hope that in another year I will be able to look back and believe it wasn't true.

Comments

[selkie]

I find myself at a loss for words that are not “Goddamn,” and I think these photos are absolute proof you are not diminished, even if constant stress-tests of your fortitude and your actual physical container can really go walk the fucking plank.

Goddamn.

Edit: you certainly know how to stand at a ship’s railing and pockets can be taken out in post; and I’m sure they would canonically have been barefoot a great deal of the time if it hadn’t been Fimbulwintresque, for the same reason they don’t suffer gloves and hats.

[sovay]

I find myself at a loss for words that are not “Goddamn,” and I think these photos are absolute proof you are not diminished, even if constant stress-tests of your fortitude and your actual physical container can really go walk the fucking plank.

So, Richard Armitage?

*hugs*

you certainly know how to stand at a ship’s railing and pockets can be taken out in post

I do remember that corduroy is older than everyone thinks!

and I’m sure they would canonically have been barefoot a great deal of the time if it hadn’t been Fimbulwintresque, for the same reason they don’t suffer gloves and hats.

I personally am barefoot as much of the time as I can manage. Please don't give St. Clair chilblains on my account.

[selkie]

So, Richard Armitage?

How am I ever going to get onto the masthead of Modern Misandrist Monthly if my foibles are made public? Yes, absolutely Richard Armitage, down to the little fluttery gesture.

Cords and serge de Nimes! Sailors! It works!

(Never fear, bare feet at Moorlowe would violate the Geneva convention; it’s just that 19th-century shoes on an East Indiaman’s deck are openly stupid.)

[sovay]

Yes, absolutely Richard Armitage, down to the little fluttery gesture.

Aw! Your sacrifice shall be respected.

(Never fear, bare feet at Moorlowe would violate the Geneva convention; it’s just that 19th-century shoes on an East Indiaman’s deck are openly stupid.)

Do they even allow photoshoots on the Friendship of Salem?

[selkie]

THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE OWNS HER, NOT THE PEABODY ESSEX

*muffles your ears considerately*

EEEEEEEEE.

[sovay]

THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE OWNS HER, NOT THE PEABODY ESSEX

Well, if we can't afford Alexandra Byrne . . .

[selkie]

Not this week, gentlethem, it’s pay-the-bank-and-cringe week, although I do think a person with a multipack of Oscar nominations can afford to slum it once in a while and you deserve every pomona-green waistcoat, so maybe we’ll try her mid-August.

…you don’t think an entire East Indiaman is too outre for a cover shoot…?

[yhlee]

You look so fashionable! :D

[sovay]

You look so fashionable!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

You look like you could star in Gentleman Jack.

[selkie]

Good, it’s working!

[sovay]

You look like you could star in Gentleman Jack.

I envy everyone's waistcoats on that show.

[sholio]

You look fantastic!

[sovay]

You look fantastic!

Thank you!

[minoanmiss]

It is my hope that in another year I will be able to look back and believe it wasn't true.

I hope with you. But/and also, what I get to experience of you now is really splendiferous. You look amazingly handsome in this photoshoot!

[sovay]

But/and also, what I get to experience of you now is really splendiferous. You look amazingly handsome in this photoshoot!

Thank you!

It is very useful to hear that I do not look only like a reminder of myself; thank you for that, too.

[pameladean]

These are so wonderful. I'm glad there was occasion to take them. P.

[sovay]

These are so wonderful. I'm glad there was occasion to take them.

Thank you.

[cmcmck]

You look great!

You want sea?

I got sea!

[sovay]

I got sea!

That is lovely sea! Where is it?

[cmcmck]

Looking across to the island of Hoy from the island of Mainland in the Orkney Islands.

[thisbluespirit]

It's a good look!

[sovay]

It's a good look!

Thank you!

[skygiants]

These photos are incredible; you look fantastic!

[selkie]

If nothing else comes of This Damned Book it will have gotten our mutual friend firmly onto the idea that a good shirt and waistcoat are timeless which, yay

[sovay]

These photos are incredible; you look fantastic!

Thank you! I had to delete a quantity of self-deprecating captions! (It is true that at this point I am collecting ribbons to tie my hair with—in defiance of the cats who think I am collecting ribbons to play with cats with—and I never remember any of them at relevant moments.)

[asakiyume]

I would watch a movie starring you!

[sovay]

I would watch a movie starring you!

Aw!

[thawrecka]

You look extremely cool in these photos.

[sovay]

You look extremely cool in these photos.

Thank you.

[watervole]

Looking great!

My daughter, who is desperate to get back on the water herself, would probably kill you for that shirt!

[sovay]

Looking great!

Thank you!

My daughter, who is desperate to get back on the water herself, would probably kill you for that shirt!

Sorry, selkie says I'm too pretty to die.

[lokifan]

At the very least you look awesome and very much yourself.

[sovay]

At the very least you look awesome and very much yourself.

Thank you. I appreciate the reality checks!

[ashlyme]

*Hot damn.* You are stunning. We're looking for a new Doctor now. Just sayin'.

[sovay]

You are stunning. We're looking for a new Doctor now. Just sayin'.

I could go for a TARDIS in a big way.

*hugs*

[radiantfracture]

It impossible for me not to feel that I am so much less of myself than a year ago. It is my hope that in another year I will be able to look back and believe it wasn't true.


Well -- half of you is a dozen of anybody else, but I for one will happily undertake to meet you here a year hence, when your crew is restored to its full roster, and marvel at your waistcoat then too.

[sovay]

I for one will happily undertake to meet you here a year hence, when your crew is restored to its full roster, and marvel at your waistcoat then too.

*hugs*

[sorcyress]

Gosh. Your waistcoat pictures don't do it at all, but every time I see you in a leather jacket I remember that you're basically my mental model for October Daye (from Seanan McGuire's books).

(The waistcoat pictures are excellent for other reasons, of course. You look very sailor-dapper!)

[sovay]

Your waistcoat pictures don't do it at all, but every time I see you in a leather jacket I remember that you're basically my mental model for October Daye (from Seanan McGuire's books).

You have mentioned this before and I remain honored!

(The waistcoat pictures are excellent for other reasons, of course. You look very sailor-dapper!)

(Thank you.)

[selkie]

Every time someone justly compliments you on the internet, please do picture my Peeve face. Found it. Found a gold star.