Radio silence

[clarentine]

...how terribly ironic. I'm sitting here trying to think of something to put on the screen, some way to summarize my reaction to the loss--far too soon--of Heath Ledger, and what music is playing in the background? REM's "Everybody Hurts."

Yes.

I don't pattern my characters after people I've seen, most especially not after movie or TV actors; I simply don't watch enough video to have an idea who is who. I'm also not the sort of person to play the casting couch game. Nevertheless, the face and expression of that fellow up there in the icon struck a chord with me. He became my mental image of Canum Faraday Connersha.

And now the man whose face gave me that image is dead.

I'm sure there will be lots of speculation as to the cause of his death. I'm not going to take part in that. Instead, I'm going to quietly mourn a talented young man who is no longer in the world and who I'll never get to see grow older.

Comments

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

I was really shocked and saddened when I heard it on the news last night.

So young. Such a pity.

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

And I didn't change the default icon again. It's not exactly appropriate for the subject, so I apologise.

[clarentine]

No offense taken.

[eseme]

This was upsetting. Mostly because he's my age, and my mind quietly boggled.

[clarentine]

::shakes head::

I didn't realize I'd formed this level of attachment. It's really quite painful.

[eseme]

I understand.

You'll notice my tense typo... which I hadn't realized I made.