Utterly tasteless Christmas card, anyone?

[motetus]

I am not a huge fan of Christmas. I'm not religious, the wife was brought up not celebrating it, I can't stand the hype, the ridiculous build-up that starts some time in April, the enforced jollity, and having to fight my way through hordes of shoppers/shitty christmassy music every time I go into town. If it weren't for having an invitation to go stay with a friend's family this year (I am already getting excited about her sister's food. Everything is cooked in butter or alcohol or both, and it is DELICIOUS) the wife and I would be spending it playing video games and making pizza (no, not Christmas pizza).

But! The one thing I do enjoy, when I remember early enough in advance, is making my own Christmas cards (which is why I'm posting this so early - I have so much printing and cutting and gluing to do!). So this year, I've drawn a lovely festive painting featuring two hot guys making tender yet graphically explicit love by the fire, the twinkling Christmas tree lights reflecting off their naked, sweaty bodies...

No, of course I haven't. This is me we're talking about. But you get a choice! (having a thesis to avoid makes me so productive!) For those of you who can't get enough of the highly implausible Marcus-loves-his-baby-animals scenario, I have a charming domestic scene featuring goslings and glarings, and for everyone else who is thoroughly sick of me yapping on about The Eagle all year, the alternative is Star Wars fanart of, um... Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan in bed together... yes. *shifty look* Oh god, there is going to be a mass defriending occurring the moment that arrives on everyone's doormat.

So if you'd like one to stick on your mantlepiece and earn you weird looks from your family and friends, let me know your address (comments are screened, or you can email/pm me - email is zoeradha at gmail) and whether you'd like the Eagle or TPM card (if you ask nicely, I'll even send both). Doesn't matter if you're not sending cards or if we don't talk often, I get all my pleasure just from inflicting my stupid drawings on people. :)

Comments

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

I'd like a card, or perhaps both, and I'll send you one if you tell me what you would like to find in the mail box. I haven't bothered about christmas card, yet, but that's a German thing: the English and Americans start with the christmas cards so much earlier than we do.

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Pft, you were going to get a card with both on anyway. :) Yeah, I feel rather weird posting this so early, but as I am really, really awful about getting anything posted on time I thought I should give myself a headstart, and then maybe I'll have them sent out before the 25th. :P

[shrieking-ell.livejournal.com]

OMG Want! (the star wars, I think. I am the only person in fandom apparently who has not yet seen the Eagle...)

In return you'll be getting a sickeningly adorable card from us, complete with chatty American style newsletter which you'd get anyway :-)

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Um, no. You do not want the Star Wars one, trust me. But you're getting it anyway! *cackles*

Aw, I think those newsletters are lovely! I'd never write one myself though, because I'd just end up realising how little I'd accomplished that year and cry. :P

[shrieking-ell.livejournal.com]

This year is perhaps the only year i am motivated to do one of those because it contains a transatlantic move and a pirate wedding and I get to go on endlessly about our lovely party again for anyone who didn't catch it the first 50 times we posted about it :D

I moved across an *ocean* this year! with cats!

(love the icon! did i ever tell you about the Yoda/Mace I was intending to write where Yoda role-plays as a Japanese schoolgirl? Actually, Tem won't let me write it)

[motetus.livejournal.com]

OMG, Mace/Schoolgirl!Yoda? This sounds like the pairing I've been waiting my entire life for. Tell Tem that the person who wrote Henri Ducard being Care Bear-ised has no business telling people what not to write!

[citruses.livejournal.com]

Ffff I live with my parents so I can't really get either of those through the letterbox, but how I long for them both! Could you possibly convey them to me electronically, even though that's not at all in the spirit of the thing?

[motetus.livejournal.com]

I would not want to be the reason why you get embarassing questions from your parents! I'm still cringing from the last time my mother was over and I forgot to change my desktop wallpaper from my HGF. "Zoe! There are two men... in bed! What is this? Did you do it?" Aaaawkward.

I was going to post them here on Christmas Day, but I can email them to you a little earlier, if you'd like? :)

[barking-cats.livejournal.com]

Oh yah I'm sorry I read too fast I thought you hadn't drawn the thing just yet, but it seems you did, and you give us a choice, so choose whichever for me ;)

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I will send you both! One is pretty fucked up (would you really expect anything less from me?), so I should stick the nicer, baby animal-filled version on to make you feel better.

And maybe I will see if I can stick on Centurion Ducky somewhere, just for you. ;)

[barking-cats.livejournal.com]

I'm expecting no less than fucked up, or else I'll feel cheated. Besides it'll go so very perfectly in the christmas spirit ;)
You know, I think you stick baby animal filled versions to make YOURSELF feel better, either because you feel guilty at the sociopathic versions or because you really do love baby animals so much (Personally, I hope it's the first reason).

:D haha, I got excited at the idea of a centurion ducky. I'm weird.

Thanks :)

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I am torn! On the one hand, domestic!Marcus. On the other, a Qui/Obi card that you think no one wants sounds like it would make me lol forever....

[motetus.livejournal.com]

I have a solution to your dilemma! I will send you a card with one on each side. SORTED.

[jamies-belle.livejournal.com]

You are offering Eagle themed Christmas cards?? That's amazing. If you can find the time I would absolutely love one, I don't like Christmas at all but I think that might just put a little Christmassy smile on my face

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Of course I'll send you one! The prints arrived yesterday - oh man, I really have to get more of my stuff printed, it looks so much better than just on the computer - so I'll try to get them sent off next week. PM/email me your address and I shall send you Marcus and Esca not enjoying their Christmas either. :D

[izzardwizzard.livejournal.com]

I like cards. :)

[motetus.livejournal.com]

YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE.

I mean, you cannot have one if I do not have an address to send it to! :D

[goblin-dae.livejournal.com]

Totally missed this post until I saw your latest one. Am I in time for a leftover? (And do you have my address?)

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Hey now, that's not fair. I managed to remember to squeeze your name on there the second before I sealed the envelope.