Progress Live Squee Pic Spam

[przed]

Friday, after a mere seven day wait, the Take That Progress Live Blu-Ray landed on my desk. It was going to be a busy weekend, and I should have crashed early, but I couldn't wait to see this:



I have got to love a fandom where this is our canon. *g*

Needless to say, it's a brilliant concert, and I enjoyed it immensely. And I couldn't resist putting together a massive pic spam of some of my favourite pics from the tour.


First, some solo pics of all the boys, starting with Captain Barlow.


Robbie!


Howard in the ticker tape storm.


Jason gets two pics, to make up for the dearth of him in the Making of doc.


Smiley!Jason.


I may have gone a bit nuts with the pics of Mark. I make no apologies.

First, Adorable!Mark.


Serious!Mark during Kidz, which is without a doubt the best set piece they have ever staged.


Bass-playing!Mark during Underground Machine, my second favourite number of the concert. (Mark, Jason and Howard do Tai Chi!)


Posing!Mark in his wacky Shine outfit.


Caterpillar-riding!Mark. Because all pop stars need a giant pink caterpillar to ride.


There were no pairing preference that went unsatisfied during the show. And I've got photographic proof of most of them.

Robbie and the Captain. Awwww.


Howard and Mark.


Robbie carrying Jason. (Alas, on DVD night there was no carrying, but there was lifting.)


Barlowen!


Howard and Jason in troubadour mode during Shine.


Willowen!


More Willowen, because who can resist that smile?


But in the end, it's about all of the boys being together.


Group hug!

Comments

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

even holdnogrudges!MarkOwen clearly has some issues over the way Robbie left
This is the thing, referring back to my comment about fighting for him, Mark seems happy to let whatever he feels and his need for apology/justice slide in favour of harmony, reconciliation and a good relationship (obviously this may not in fact be true, but so it presents itself) - and that is a role that is traditionally very female-coded indeed

I think I said to you way back when you were getting into this fandom, that's so much how I feel about Robbie, like he's the new partner of a dear friend - I'm happy if they're all happy, delighted if he brings that, but if there was a break-up I'd stay with my friend and there's that tiny underlying feeling of 'hurt x and I'll hunt you down, boy' *g*

Having you writing is fabulous ♥ But having one of your splendid vids would be so very awesome as well (lucky us, we get both!) - if there's anything I can do to help (not very familiar with vidding process, but I've got a fairly encyclopaedic knowledge of TT footage *g*) do let me know, because as things stand at the moment it looks like I'm going to be at a loose end for quite a while *g*

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First off, I do hope things are going well for you. And that you can let yourself take however long you need to heal. (I retroactively felt bad for asking you that last big round of research questions, since I know that after the last big operation I had, which did not go smoothly, it took me close to two months before I felt that my brain was working properly again, and much longer than that to get over the worst of the physical effects.)

That said, I'm very certain I'll need to depend on your encyclopaedic knowledge of TT footage once I'm vidding. And I was going to drop you a line about helping out with some logistics of footage acquisition. But always feel free to let me know when you just can't manage. I'll totally understand.

Going back to TT and Mark letting things slide in favour of harmony, what always gets to me about the scene in For the Record when they find out that Rob's not coming is that Mark doesn't say much at first, and he only says he's gutted after Jason say's he's gutted. It's like he can't give himself permission to acknowledge his own hurt, but only manages it when someone else has done it first. ::hugs self-sacrificing!Markie::

if there was a break-up I'd stay with my friend

Yes! Exactly! Which is funny in my case, since I started this whole journey as a Robbie fan. :-/

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Do *not* feel bad ♥ Your med-research questions were not a complex thing for me - most of that stuff's more or less engraved on my brain now *g* You're not the only one I've done some beta/editing for in the last few weeks and I've really enjoyed having actual tasks to do and being of some use.

I'm doing OK. I'm still in more pain, one way or another, than I was before, but my energy levels have picked up, although my main problem is I'm in too much discomfort to sleep well which is laying me out slightly. Distraction via the many and various wonders of the internet is very helpful *g* I would be really pleased and excited to help out with the vid in any way ♥

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I'm glad I didn't tax you overly much, and hope not to.

The not sleeping thing is Not Good. I've been down that road, and it's no way to heal. I'm sending good pain free thoughts your way. (Distraction is always good where pain is involved.)

Shall drop you a line tomorrow about the vid thing. (Was out with a mate tonight, and then came home to try and get some words done on my TT Christmas story. I think Markie may have given me a way to finish it in less than 15,000 words. We shall see.)