Another picspam for the current challenge at picspammy. Partly dedicated to a dear friend of mine.

Pirates of the Caribbean once upon a time was the fandom for me. I still hold it very fondly in my heart but to this day, one of its characters remains just as close to me, remains one of my favourite fictional characters ever. Who is this character, you ask? James Norrington.

I didn't fall in love with James immediately but when I did, I was completely lost. Where every other character had their set goals and morals (or lack of them), James was stuck in limbo. He drove several of the plots with the choices he made and the fact that he's neither black nor white but one of the grayest characters is just one of the many things that I love about him. He's so complex and complicated and all over the place and constantly caught between a rock and a hard place.

I've never done a character study before, and certainly not in the form of a picspam, but if there's any character to study, it's James Norrington.

( 'I prefer to see it as the promise of redemption.' )

Another entry for Challenge 13 at picspammy. Timeline is a film I think is sorely underrated. It wasn't the most groundbreaking film but for what it was trying to be, an adventure film, I think it accomplished that wonderfully. Granted, I am a bit biased as I absolutely love the concept and plot but I thought the film was great as was the novel (which I read several months after).

However, this film means a bit more to me for other reasons. The fact that three of my favourite performers are in this and I saw the film before falling in love with any of them. I saw the trailer for it, thought it looked like my kind of film, and went in knowing not much else.

• Gerard Butler: I fell in love with Andre Marek throughout the entire film and I couldn't help but think that he was incredibly good looking (I was only 11, after all). A subtle love grew for him after that film and then the real feelings came after Phantom. But this film was the start.
• Michael Sheen & Anna Friel: These two people are two of my all-time favourite actors and actresses. However, I didn't really pay them much mind in this film. I fell in love with Sheen in Frost/Nixon and Friel in Pushing Daisies. However, now I can watch this film with even more fondness, especially for Friel's Lady Claire.

( 'We're speaking the same language but you have no idea what I'm saying, do you?' )

And I already have like two more picspams planned for this challenge, jsyk. I really, really love this challenge. 8D

Challenge 13 for picspammy is to picspam something you've never picspammed before. I figured it would be appropriate to picspam something that has been a love of mine for years yet a love I've never paid tribute to appropriately. I've been watching this show since I was child. It started when I would watch it with my mom during the day and I had a feeling that she was watching it mostly for Kevin Sorbo. However, a genuine love for Greek Mythology, this show, and the character of Iolaus grew within me. The love faded for a while until I bought the first couple of seasons on DVD. It wasn't until I finally got the last three seasons on DVD that my love came back tenfold. I realized I had never seen the official ending of this series (perhaps long ago as a child but I couldn't remember most of it) and watching it with a more mature mindset and more passionate feelings, these scenes broke my heart. I had lost my favorite character and the sheer pain Hercules felt over losing his best friend hit me like a ton of bricks. I figured it was time to pay tribute to this amazing show that has been in my life for so long as well as the emotions these scenes evoked from me.

( I've heard stories of sailors who are lost at sea and see lights in the northern skies. )