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27 December 2012 @ 11:54 pm
Day 20 - Richard Armitage Appreciation Picspam  
Now that I'm back at home I thought I would pick up the fandom squee meme again and post a few more things under it. For day 20 of the meme I have a Richard Armitage picspam. \o/ I first loved him in North and South (EXCELLENT British miniseries - definitely go watch it if you have not seen it) when he smoldered his way across my screen. *fans self* Then I saw him in Robin Hood where I thought he was clearly the best thing about the show. More smoldering from him with sexy evil and leather to go with it. *fans self more* And now he is Thorin Oakenshield. They may have covered him with hair and turned a tall, lanky man into a short, rather broad dwarf but the hotness still managed to shine through. Who knew Tolkien dwarfs could be hot? Obviously Peter Jackson knows his audience (see Kili and Fili for further proof) and I definitely appreciate it. :D



I'll start the picspam with a few Thorin pictures since he is the one who inspired this picspam!











And now I have a selection of pictures from various photoshoots over the years. Including shirtless (and shoeless), scruffy, bearded, sexy white shirt, tousled, and close-ups of those gorgeous eyes. I don't think my interest in British actors is going away any time soon.































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ustas_fishjust_ustas on December 28th, 2012 08:04 am (UTC)
thank you for wonderful picspam. need to see more of richard armitage's works for know him better. i really have sweet spot for british actors with lovely noses.))
Chloris: Thornton&Margaret Kiss 2chloris on December 29th, 2012 04:54 am (UTC)
I'm not all that familiar with his work myself. I know him from Robin Hood, MI-5, and from the excellent North and South. I would highly recommend that one.
Wolfen Queen: Yuri: Beautyvampirelissy14 on December 28th, 2012 10:18 am (UTC)
*sighs* Ah yes, the lovely Mr. Armitage. First stumbled across him when they aired the BBC Robin Hood, and then fell completely in love thanks to North and South. I was thrilled when he was cast as Thorin ♥

Lovely picspam. I didn't have some of these in my personal collection and now I do, so thanks ^.^
Chloris: Thornton smolderchloris on December 29th, 2012 04:57 am (UTC)
North and South is what I first saw him in and it was definitely love at first sight. :) I knew he would make a great Thorin and I'm happy to be right.

It took me a few tries to find some good pictures of him but I'm happy to share!
Roosrobas on December 28th, 2012 09:44 pm (UTC)
Yummee!
Chloris: Thornton smolderchloris on December 29th, 2012 04:58 am (UTC)
Indeed. ♥
Stacie: Misc: S&Bsheerpoetry on December 28th, 2012 09:53 pm (UTC)
*lying in a puddle of drool*

He's so beautiful. Thank you for this!
Chloris: Thornton&Margaret Kiss 2chloris on December 29th, 2012 04:59 am (UTC)
You're welcome! The man is gorgeous and deserved a picspam. And we all deserved a chance to appreciate him. :D
aleysiasnape: sir guyaleysiasnape on December 29th, 2012 02:29 am (UTC)
*Fans self* I love those pics! They definitely cheered me up. I may now have to download north and south from iTunes. I haven't seen him in that yet.
Chloris: Thornton smolderchloris on December 29th, 2012 05:00 am (UTC)
I'm glad they cheered you up! Very definitely watch it. (Just don't get it confused with the Civil War drama of the same name. One is excellent and one is...not.)
hungryhippo11: Sweet Marilynhungryhippo11 on December 29th, 2012 08:31 am (UTC)
Well, HELLO THERE. *fans self* Thanks a lot for the pretty spam! I hope you do a follow up with Kili and Fili now :)

I'm another who got into Richard through Robin Hood. He was quite amazing as an endlessly broody, gorgeous villain who ended up more compelling to watch than the actual protagonist! North and South is fantastic too. After seeing him in that, I wasn't sure who would win out in a broody-off between his character and Mr. Darcy :D

RA wasn't as good in Spooks/MI-5 as I'd expected, but they did two pretty cool things with his character Lucas North:

1. Put tattoos on him.



2. Stick him in a cobalt blue suit.



UNF.

Oh, and this cracked me up on tumblr earlier today:

Chloris: Thornton smolderchloris on December 30th, 2012 03:43 am (UTC)
Stay tuned for a Kili and Fili picspam. *g* I've been collecting pictures today even though I haven't been able to get on lj.

Mmmmmm...that first picture. Yum. I completely agree with the decision to add tattoos and remove the shirt. The suit is very nice too but...goes back to the shirtless picture...yeah, I like that one.
S.: n&s; thorntonartic_fox on December 29th, 2012 06:05 pm (UTC)
Lovely picspam! Just what I needed on a cold winter day! I too have loved him since North & South and I hope his career goes crazy after The Hobbit!
Chloris: Thornton&Margaret Kiss 2chloris on December 30th, 2012 03:51 am (UTC)
Richard Armitage is quite good at warming women things up. The Hobbit will certainly raise his profile in the US, which could be good or bad depending on what he wants to do.
~Lirpa~: Heart Ian 2katje0711 on January 3rd, 2013 03:21 pm (UTC)
HOT!!!
Chloris: Thornton&Margaret Kiss 2chloris on January 4th, 2013 02:16 pm (UTC)
He's so pretty. :)
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