It’s time to reveal another shrine. It finally arrived at its destination last week, but with the Pilgrimage premiere coming up, and just having started my RA Challenge, I let it slip a bit. Now the time has come to reveal the Awesome Lips…
Is this tin cute or what? I spotted it a year and a half ago, when I accompanied a friend into a chemist’s. While she was getting her prescription, my gaze got stuck on something pretty. Those ChapStick brand lip kits are just the cutest thing ever. I don’t even use lip balm, but I had to buy this and a couple more, even though they were not that cheap. I had a tough time deciding which tins to buy – they are all so stinking cute. A testament to great packaging/marketing! (ADVERTISING ALERT: You can see more of them here in the ChapStick shop; and I have found them listed on Amazon, too, for ridiculous prices in Germany, but affordable in the UK.) Anyway, inadvertent marketing speech over, these tins are gorgeous because they don’t need any outside decoration *and* they already set the theme of the shrine. This will come as no surprise for you:
Mr Thornton leaning in for a *the* kiss. Did you know that kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute? Now, this is a workout for which I would gladly buddy up with Mr Armitage… eh… Thornton. Or possibly other awesome-lip-owners:
Yep, I finally sacrificed my Thorin calendar picture. I simply needed big lips. Because this tin comes without candles – because it is designed for proper engagement via lip-to-lip contact.
All in all a shrine that is not quite as ornate and intricate as other models. But who needs moving parts when you can move in yourself, and smooch those lips?
As a little extra, the shrine came with a little pouch from my stash of RA fabric. Fits the little shrine perfectly although the rose has got the wrong colour…
NB: A word on the design process – I knew from the outset that this was going to be kissing-themed shrine, and Thorin sneaked into the bottom of the tin early on. For the upper part, the process took a bit longer. You see, there are a number of on-screen kisses to choose from.
But well, there really is only *one* kiss that could go into a romantic, frilly shrine like this… *cue NS harp plucking* And once that was decided, it was clear that this shrine had a recipient: I know someone who is Besotted by Thornton (and in fact already has one of the earliest shrines). In fact, I had been meaning to create a thank you gift for Armitagebesotted, anyway, because I am very grateful for the kind reception she gave me in New York last autumn. It cannot be said often enough – this fandom experience wouldn’t be the same, if it weren’t for the nice people I am meeting along the way, and who are going out of their way to entertain and spoil me.
So, thank you!
Very nice “lips shrine”, I love it, bravo ! 🙂
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BTW, April – what do you make of Richard’s French in Pilgrimage? Have you listened to it yet? We’re discussing it over on Serv’s post: https://meandrichard.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/richard-armitage-sound-from-pilgrimage/#comment-135606
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I haven’t listened yet. Thanks for the link. 🙂
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Oh, my goodness, this one is kissalicious! She will love it; probably keep it under her pillow. Your pocket shrines always bring a smile to my face. Thank you!
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Hehehe, under her pillow 😂. But yeah, this is definitely a dreamy shrine…
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“Oh, Mr. Thornton!” “Your Majesty, you are so hairy…and short…but I love your sword!” *kissing sounds* ;p
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*snorts* “Is that sword on your belt or are you just enjoying the kiss?”
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“It is a mighty sword, milady! Want to test its strength?” (I better stop.)
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*chokes*
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Remember when he said “I have lots of stamina.”? hahaha…indeed.
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Unforgettable!
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Gorgeous! I love that it’s interactive. 😉
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Deliberately did not use an ink-jet printed close-up of the mouth. Might otherwise get worn off too quickly…
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Maybe she’ll cover it with sticky tape…to clean it up from time to time…
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LOL – great suggestion. Maybe I should have covered it with a wipeable surface…
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This post needs a love button!
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Awesome lips always need love.
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Wonderful! I love the darling little pouch too 🙂
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Stingy me, using up every little scrap of fabric 😉
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That’s not stingy. That’s thrifty.
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That sounds much better, true.
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Hardly stingy. Not being wasteful is a virtue.
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Hehe, I can call myself virtuous then…
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I love the pick-up line. my daughter has started ‘collecting’ pick-up lines b/c she thinks they’re funny, and so she recites them to me randomly throughout the day just to make me laugh 🙂
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Hahaha, the cornyness of it all. Honestly, if anyone said that to me… 😂
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There’s something really substantial about the mother-daughter bond you’ve revealed with this anecdote. I love, love, love the behavior, by the way, and that you’re encouraging her. She will know exactly how to reply with empowerment when someone tries an unwanted move on her for the first time in real life: laugh in his face!
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Oohh, der ist aber schön! Nicht nur die Lippen, auch die Wimpern kommen ausgesprochen guuut zur Geltung. Irgendwie finde ich seine Wimpern höchst bemerkenswert. Sind zusammen mit dem Blau der Augen eine Schwäche von mir.
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Ja, der Mann braucht eigentlich einen Waffenschein für diese Wimpern. Das gibt seinem Profil wirklich den letzten Rest. Und meinen Ovarien auch *thud*
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*dies*
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*reanimates*
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so you can kill me again? 😛 btw, thanx ❤
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LOL – yes. I want my audience to survive 🤕
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Ooooh, what a lovely shrine- and couldn’t go to a more worthy recipient! Although I must point out that the stealth aspect of shrining *might* be compromised if Besotted forgets herself and moves in for a kiss on those lips… lol!
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*hehehe* – maybe this shrine should only be used in the privacy of one’s home?
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Quite possibly. I fear it would be really risky to open it in public. Although as test of one’s willpower and restraint, this shrine might be just the ticket…
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LOL – it’s a challenge RAPS. See if you can survive the shrine in public… 😂
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Yes, the lips shrine and kinky fan fiction. Keep ’em at home….
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*coughs*
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Dangerous shrine! His lips are my obsession, especially Thorin’s lips 🙂 Much more attractive with a beard, imo!
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I think they have the biggest impact when they are surrounded by stubble. But well, you can’t take the Guy out of the girl.
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Lips are great!
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Hehe, a truism from you? 😉 But yes, indeed.
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Awwww, Armitagebesotted is the best and definitely worthy of such a swoonworthy shrine! I knew she was someone special when she was able to ID me before a LLL performance purely based on my tweets, lol!
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Hehehe, she’s clever, our Besotted.
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Aw shucks, Guylty. I’ve learned enough UK English (from this fandom!) to know that “clever” is the ultimate compliment. Thank you!
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😘
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You bet, girlfriend, though I’m not sure how I did it, given that, since then, I’ve sat right next to you while you were Tweeting (e.g., at Pilgrimage Sunday night) and didn’t even realize. Maybe I was too busy swiveling my head around, hoping, hoping, hoping RA would sneak in at the last minute, to notice you. Ha ha ha.
As for identifying you at LLL. I think it had something to do with me noticing a woman diving on the souvenirs stand in the lobby of the theater the SECOND it opened the night I was there with Frenz et al. My brilliant deductive reasoning led me to “She might be the woman who has already seen this play a few times and has been Tweeting like mad.”
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LOL, busted. Guess I wasn’t nearly as subtle as I like to think! 😘
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Absolutely lovely RAPS. Just perfect *sighs*
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Simple – yet effective 😉
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What a really nice idea to create an interactive shrine! But- do you have a repair set for this shrine, just in case? Because… after x-times kissing ….. Certain places could weaken. Or did you used a thicker sheet of paper?
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You’ve immediately identified the weak spot of this shrine. I didn’t think this properly through. I can only hope that Besotted will use the shrine wisely… 😉
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Lovely shrine for a lovely lady. I have a suggestion for another Chap Stick shrine when more screencaps of Pilgrimage become available. Since RA is portraying a Norman knight, the logical focus of a luscious lip shrine should be a French kiss. I leave it to you, Guylty, to figure out the details.
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Oh, that is a nice idea. It also may mean a little more research into the kissing scenes. The hardship. Or maybe there is a scene of Sir Ray kissing his horse…
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Hmpf.
Nee.
NEE.
Sorry, aber das ist der erste RAPS, dem ich absolut *nichts*, aber auch wirklich GAR nichts abgewinnen kann.
Abgesehen vielleicht von dem müden Grinsen über die Thorin-Nasenspitze, die sich so lächerlich in den Vordergrund drängt.
Brr, nee, zum Glück ging das Ding nicht an mich.
Sorry.
Vielleicht bin ich auch hauptsächlich frustriert, weil die Sachen für mich so fern sind. Statt dem einen oder anderen Werk, das ich wirklch gerne sehen würde, bekomme ich seit Monaten nur Fandom-Kindergarten und Hach-was-sieht-er-da-gut-aus- oder LLL(gäääähn!)-war-ja-sooo-toll-Blabla – oder vielleicht noch sein Geschwafel, das ich oft genug nur nervend finde -, und von den Werken in der Warteschleife scheinen die für mich interessanten eher abzusaufen.
Und das eine Werk, bei dem sich derzeit andeutet, dass es *vielleicht* bessere Chancen hat, legal gesehen zu werden, fordert anscheinend, dass ich mir vom OdB die *eine* europäische Sprache anhören muss, die ich ätzend finde.
Danke.
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Oha, du bist aber wirklich nicht gut drauf, Hedgie. Tut mir leid, dass sich dein Fandom-Erlebnis derzeit so frustrierend gestaltet. Du hast ja auch gar nicht so unrecht; auf Twitter spielt sich meistens alles nur zwischen “Please come back” und “isn’t he great” ab. Und neuen Stoff kriegen wir derzeit auch nicht zu sehen. Das ist definitiv suboptimal.
Und ja, so’n RAPS ist eben einfach Geschmacksache. Und in diesem Fall auch nicht nur Geschmacksache, sondern auch ‘einfach’. Recht simples Teil – vielleicht auch etwas zu “romantisch”? Vergiss einfach, dass es ihn gibt 😉 Kommt schon irgendwann was Besseres. Auch in Hinsicht auf das schauspielerische Werk des OdBs…
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Besotted I hope you’ll love your shrine, it is totally kissalicious!
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Hehe, if this shrine had come with a taste sensation, it would have been sickly-sweet 😉
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What a totally smoochable RAPS! The only dilemma is whether to pucker up to those majestic dwarven lips of Thorin or plant one on Mr Thornton at that lovely jawline just below the ear. *sigh*
A fab shrine plus the adorable pouch to boot. Congrats, Besotted 😊
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Yes, yes, YES, Widoedm53, thank you for pointing that out! The spot below the ears may be my favorite part of his whole body (either side)! I’ve been in love since the first time this photo hit me in the gut—whoever shot it, I could kiss your feet: http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/RAFrenzy/media/Spooks%20Behind%20the%20Scenes/f93adcef.jpg.html. All afternoon I’ve been reading replies here thinking, “But what about the other photo, ladies?! The neck! The neck!” And If I were really honest…I would admit that…though I’ve never dislike bearded Armitage (role or real), when I first opened the shrine and saw Thorin’s lips, my reaction was “ewwwe, too many hairs to get past on the way to those lips.” But I will persevere. For the team. Modesty, however, prevents me from revealing whether of not I have yet…practiced.
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LOL – oh no. The beard is putting you off? Damn. I should’ve followed my gut instinct. Cos I’m not a beard fan, either. (It was just that the picture was already there – and big enough.)
I can see what you mean about that spot below the ears. The photo really highlights it. It is also conveniently free of hairs…
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Oh yes, that neck spot is spectacular! I couldn’t agree more and thanks for sharing that pic which I’ve not seen before. My eyes always seem to wander to that spot when I see him in profile.
Your Thorin comment made me lol!!! I don’t mind the beard so much but yeah it looks pretty bristly in close up. Perseverence however would bring great rewards methinks. 😉
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Modesty be damned. I saw those perfect cupid-bow lips and various lower organs leapt, positively leapt. I am positively twitching with lust. I so want to plant my face on those lips….not sure how much more drool my laptop screen can take. And you are right about that luscious neck of his. Guylty herself shot those sexy neckitage shots at Leeds and started a whole new obsession. But, seriously, is there any physical part of that man’s body that is not nibbleworthy?
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Your last sentence was a rhetorical question, I take it? But just in case, the answer is: NO!
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ohhhhh.. lasheeessssss.. sorry, what were you saying? Ah, yes, the neck, nodding in assent. Could be fun though looking for that spot underneath the beard 😉
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👍🏻 the lashes were my first stop, too.
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Oh, nice. The jawline… And that little mole? Maybe I need to make a shrine to the mole at some point. I have already collected all the necessary pictures for that…
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LOLOL Do it!
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Noted!
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Nice job on the video compilation of kisses, by the way.
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Yayyyyyyy. Finally someone has noticed it. It’s only a silly picture gif, but I had so much fun sneaking Guy and Prince John in there…
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This one truly is absolutely kissable!
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Thanks 💋
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