Black and White and OTP All Over

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Hello, hello, and welcome to my day steering the Good Ship Monaboyd. More later, but for now … I may have made it clear here and there that I’m very fond of black and white photography of the LOTR cast, and that fondness has not faded over time. So it seemed appropriate and lovely to flip through some of the OTP at its best in black and white, both with and without inane commentary.

There really is only one way to start this, let's be honest.



Dominic: It must be love.
Billy: It is a good picture, yeah.
Dominic: No, I mean us. Did you not get the email?
Billy: Was it the same one that told me what to wear? Because I don’t read those.
Dominic: I would never have guessed.



I will be honest: this picture (and the ones that were taken at the same time, the Global Green event thingie) completely relit the beacons of Gondor, so to speak. It was like he’d transformed again, and he just looked so refreshed and awesome. And this photo is just really, really lovely.



New CV headshots are always dangerous things. They can so terribly wrong. But this, with the tiny exception of the weirdness around the eyes, WORKS. And not just because I have a coat thing and this may be the closest I ever see to Billy working a detective style trench.* I love the visible age, the serious business that could be soft or hard depending on what needs to happen after it’s first noticed, and just, the … the everything.

Should this ever actually happen, call emergency services before you send me a link pls.



Dominic: Oh, look, a Sarah Dunn CV photo of me, how deeply shocking.
Laura: I honestly considered just making this an all-Dunn spam, you know.
Dominic: I would have felt so pretty.
Laura: Because you don’t anyway.
Dominic: I honestly considered we might get through this without throwing down, you know.



Billy: I am half-smashed and we haven’t even left the house yet.
Dominic: Just … let’s just aim for upright and still long enough for a picture, okay?
Billy: YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
Dominic: If you pass out, we’re leaving you here on your balcony in a compromising position with all of Viggo’s troll dolls, jsyk.



RESERVOIR PUPPIES WANNA KNOW WHERE THE BITCHES AT.



Reservoir dogs want to know how’s the family, how are the pets, how’s the lawn …

I kid. I adore both these pictures, this one especially, and while I will (mostly) spare you my rabid praise and adoration of Sarah Dunn, I will say that I am SO GLAD Empire assigned her all this reunion nonsense, and not just because no one takes a better picture of Dominic. They all just look amazing and at ease and right.



Apple: Seriously? Are we seriously going to do this?
Billy: I HAVE TO DO IT I JUST CAN’T STOP MYSELF
Apple: Nowhere in my job description does it read serve as prop.
Billy: YOU MUST BE NEW TO CONS.
Apple: Bite me. No, seriously, please. That is part of my—
Billy: Actually, you’re going to live in my back pocket until I crash for my nap.
Apple: Nowhere in my job description does it read serve as fangirl wish fulfillment.



NO, THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE SOMEONE ELSE’S JOB. @.@



I just love this. Look at that happiness, that gigglycackly face. You are perfection, Boyd. Sometimes. Many times. Twice on Sundays, provided you’re given a nap in between. <3



Dominic: Behave. You’re not even supposed to be here today.
Elijah: EXCUSE ME, AS THE NEXT BEST MAN, I BELIEVE I BELONG. Also, you’re here as my cover.
Dominic: Fine, just dial back the bitchface.
Elijah: EXCUSE ME, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BITCHFACE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A. *points down



Billy: This is a truly beautiful day.
Elijah: Yeah, there is nothing better than being stuck in a car for hours with you after we’ve had burritos.
Billy: I love how we’ve come so far from those first few weeks when you were slightly intimidated and incredibly polite.
Elijah: AND YOU’D NEVER EATEN ANYWHERE AROUND ME, JFC.



You’ll have to forgive me for running three more Sarah Dunn shots in a row, but I mean, come on. This is newish and gorgeous and terrifying all in one go, and I couldn’t be more pleased.



WHO IS THE LUCKIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD? THE PERSON WHO GETS TO HAVE A PHOTOSHOOT IN BED AND ROLL AROUND, THAT’S WHO.



Dominic: And then there are people who don’t require a bed for all that stuff.
Laura: For all the product tie-ins that came with those films, you’d think they would have put out an LOTR Twister.
Dominic: … just because you never saw doesn’t mean it wasn’t prototyped, Ginger.



AUGH SO CUTE I SORT OF CAN’T STAND IT. The crowning achievement of this photo is really that his eyes are open, though. N’awww Billyface.



Laura: You are seriously cute, but that is still a bug.
Dominic: For the millionth time, there are differences between bugs and insects and—
Laura: They all look the same under a boot.
Dominic: IT’S NOT A BUG.
Laura: IT’S A BUG. COME AT ME.
Dominic: With WHAT, exactly? DECAF?
Laura: … it’s on now.



Dominic: I HAVE BROUGHT REINFORCEMENTS AND WE ARE ALL JUDGING YOU SO HARD RIGHT NOW.
Laura: … Macallan?
Billy: You know, I think it’s probably a bug, too.
Astin: I don’t like bugs, like, at all.
Dominic: ELIJAH AND I ARE STILL JUDGING YOU.
Laura: … Heineken.
Elijah: I fucking hate bugs.



AUGH SO CUTE I SORT OF CAN’T STAND IT, THE SEQUEL. Although I sort of like to pretend that the moment after the photo was taken, Billy and his sweet little smile slammed the trailer door so hard on whoever took it and started snoring before the first OW FUCK left that person’s mouth. But that’s just me. :D



Ever since that one birthday in Paris, Dominic’s been extra careful around cake and candles. Hahahaha, his face. \o/



Dominic: You! Look! Marvelous!
Billy: I look tired. And I need a coffee.
Makeup Artist: You and me both, dude.
Dominic: Coffee later! Marvelous now!
Billy: Why the fuck are you so perky? You’re not even awake by now normally.
Dominic: You! Are Assuming! I ever went to bed!



Dominic: I LOVE THIS JACKET.
Laura: Ooooh, so do it. I want it.
Dominic: NOW I LOVE IT EVEN MORE BECAUSE YOU CAN’T HAVE IT.
Laura: Well, naturally.

I actually seriously hope he bought it and wanders various houses while wearing it, pontificating about past lives and how hot he was in every single one of them. But that’s just me. :D



Dominic: THANK YOU THANK YOU WE ARE NOW REPAIRING TO THE FINE COMFORT OF YOUR FINE BAR.
Billy: Tiny orange turtles are everywhere up to and including in my trousers.
Dominic: ALSO IF ANYONE’S GOT ANY NON-GENERIC COLD MEDICINE FOR BILLY THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
Billy: They’re very bitey.
Dominic: NOW, PLEASE.



Bring Dominic that horizon! After he finishes side-eyeing anyone who think they can outrun him to it. Another piece of Sarah Dunn work that looks more like any of the others that he totally had the major hand in it. He’s very conscious of his strengths, always has been, and though he used to depend more on his hands to get your attention in a photo, he’s got lots more to play with now. Aging has suited him very, very well.



Billy: AHEM.
Laura: Yes, yes, you too.
Billy: I put on a blazer for this, and you’re up there flattering someone whose PUFFY SLEEVELESS VEST is just barely visible. Look how far you’ve fallen, Ginger. LOOK HOW FAR.
Laura: … you put on that blazer because it was the nearest thing to your elbow this morning.
Billy: DON’T CHANGE THE SUBJECT.



Did I mention the hands thing? This photoshoot was handsapalooza, and rightly so, but he’s working the eyes, too, and it’s just gorgeous. Applause, applause. And a moment of silence for that shirt, which never got good play again, ALAS.



YOU AND I REMEMBER GOOD PLAY VERY DIFFERENTLY, GINGER.



Dominic: Hey girl I remembered you like white shirts.
Laura: Oh, I so do. I also like what Sarah Dunn does for you, and the combo is really quite something.
Dominic: We’re having a cookout tonight, and I just thought—
Laura: You’re roasting veggies over a firepit containing the vile green tank top you wore in several outtakes this day? YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO ME, N’AWW.
Dominic: …



Meanwhile, Billy’s smugface has insured everything vile in his wardrobe with Llloyds and it all now rests under armored guard somewhere in Penrith. While I am in no way going to pretend I like this shirt, I do appreciate a good smugface, so points and pints to you, Boyd. *thumbs up*



WE ARE ALL REALLY SMASHED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY COMPROMISING PHOTOS WITH THE TROLL DOLLS.



We are also looking forward to some serious sexy duckface. Oh, Dominic, you are a cherished human being, and I am so glad McKellen’s beside you here, and Sean, too, in his way, because the aura of awesome you were managing was probably too intense for anyone else to, like, even deal with. That said, OMG I PINCH YOUR DUCKFACE CHEEKS.



Dominic: Oi, remember the time with the troll dolls?
Billy: NO, BUT I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT HAPPENED.

Seriously, Dominic, could you look at Billy with just a tiny bit more squishy love? Just a little? No? No, I didn’t think it was possible either.



THIS WILL NEVER NOT BE FUNNY.



Billy: And then PEOPLE LAUGHED AT MY MISFORTUNE.
Dominic: There was more beer in the next room, Billy.
Billy: *tiny grunting noises*
Dominic: It’s gonna be okay, Billy.
Billy: *slightly louder grunting noises*
Dominic: We’re … gonna be okay, right?
Elijah and Sean: WE JUST REMEMBERED WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEXT CITY, KBYE.



I really don’t have anything intelligent or even vaguely amusing to say here, so I’ll just say that this was another relit beacons of Gondor moment. It’s no secret that I vastly prefer calm and composed shots of Billy over mugging, however fun that mugging can be, and I just adore, adore, adore this. It’s beautiful, and I will brook no argument.



Billy: Are we done here? I think we’re done here.
Dominic: I sent ELEVEN emails about this. I have to do everything to keep you gits in line.
Elijah: I love all of you, but if I’m not smoking sometime in the next ten seconds, all your lives are at risk.
Astin: We are so done here.



Well, not quite yet. The likelihood of any sort of actually finish with this lot is nowhere on any horizon, I think, and we’re so blessed and lucky for it. That they’re so gorgeous, so wonderful, so able to share their friendship—all of their friendships, but especially Dominic and Billy’s—is such a wonderful thing. May it keep on keeping ever on and on.

In suits, preferably. :D

Comments

[rubyelf.livejournal.com]

Lovely pictures! Never seen some of them before! What a great post!

[carribbe.livejournal.com]

Beautiful stuff - thank you so much!

A couple of those are killer shots - they really got to me. It was fun to see what Billy might be looking at when he's that close to Dom. :)

[glass-moment.livejournal.com]

Ooh, these are gorgeous. That newspaper-y looking one of the two of them in...a trailer? with beer? this is a bad description. Anyway, I hadn't seen that before at all, and it is just breathtaking. Oh, boys.

[eff-reality.livejournal.com]

As always, so many great knowns and unknowns (at least to me). Thank you!

[piratesorka.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you do it Kiltie but once again you created an excellent picspam. Dominic has aged well hasn't he? Billy...sometimes you see his age but others? Looks far younger than his years.

Never seen the one of him in that jacket. I hope he bought it too.

The old one of Dom and his hand to his forehead. LOVE that one. He looks so good in it. Really very aware.

[escribo.livejournal.com]

So many great shots, a lot that I hadn't seen yet. I love Dominic looking squishy over Billy. It kinda makes my heart swell. Stunning. <3

[dizzydame.livejournal.com]

Such a delightful picspam. I hadn't seen some of these in years.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again for putting all of these lovely photos into one post.

[msilverstar]

this has completely relit the beacons of Gondor as it were!