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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Feb 23, 2009 10:46:52 am PST #7955 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Swinton is the most attractive Hollywood actress - to me, anyway.

I'm curious -- what is it that you find attractive about her? Because to my eyes she's so very plain and creepy, but I read lots of praise about her appearance. So -- given that everyone's MMV (I will *never* understand the appeal of, say, Sean Bean, or the new James Bond guy), what features/characteristics make Tilda Swinton so appealing?

(I feel like a moron for not finding attractive the people who many of my friends find attractive. Like, Steph! Your eyes are broken!)


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 23, 2009 10:50:05 am PST #7956 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I want to have a suit made out of whatever material she's wearing here: [link]


SuziQ - Feb 23, 2009 10:52:07 am PST #7957 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

::Sits on bench with Teppy::

I don't get Swinton either.


§ ita § - Feb 23, 2009 10:52:40 am PST #7958 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think Tilda Swinton is unnaturally beautiful, but not very attractive. In fact, more offputting.

And I still think last night's dress was appalling.

Sean Bean and Daniel Craig are rugged verging on the joli laid. Manly and rrowr.


tommyrot - Feb 23, 2009 10:53:31 am PST #7959 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm curious -- what is it that you find attractive about her?

It's weird - she's kind of manly-looking, right? I tend to find androgynous women rather attractive. Or maybe it's the big ears and buggy-eyes....


megan walker - Feb 23, 2009 10:55:08 am PST #7960 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm curious -- what is it that you find attractive about her?

I think she's attractive, particularly her bone structure. But maybe striking is a better word.

And I think she looked fabulous last night, despite her god-awful dress. But she often has hideous clothes.

Furthermore, to me, she's not one of those people trying to be a "star", so I give her more of a pass on wardrobe. But the people trying? Who have all the resources in the world to look great? I don't get why they make the choices they do.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 23, 2009 10:55:34 am PST #7961 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I think it was here that I once commented about Swinton being beautiful without actually being pretty. There's just something compelling about her—I'm pretty sure it's a combo of movement and expression rather than anything concrete about her features.


Steph L. - Feb 23, 2009 10:55:50 am PST #7962 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I think Tilda Swinton is unnaturally beautiful, but not very attractive.

Hm. Again, I'm curious, but just about the semantics: how can someone be beautiful but not attractive (or even "not very" attractive)? I would have thought it would be the other way around. Like, one can be attractive but not beautiful, but not vice versa.

Sean Bean and Daniel Craig are rugged verging on the joli laid. Manly and rrowr.

I see the rugged, but it doesn't come off as attractive to me.


Aims - Feb 23, 2009 10:59:33 am PST #7963 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

There's aomething about Swinton that just doesn't click with me, either. I see how she is strikingly ... something. But I can't call it beautiful. Then again, I can't just dimiss her, either. She's got this presence that kind of haunts you.

t /Aimee on Tilda


tommyrot - Feb 23, 2009 11:00:12 am PST #7964 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I googled Swinton images - for me, anyway, the less feminine she appears, the more attractive. So I'm guessing it's the androgynity that does it for me.