no excuses left / waiting to fail, but not quite yet

[hardparade]

harmonyalr just sent me this article. Just the other day I was thinking about James/Georgie and what it would be like if he bumped into her at an event now, and how he's probably so surprised at how much she's grown. And then I was thinking about how we've basically not heard a Narnia-related word from James since LWW, and how much that sucks. But now this!

It's been six years since Georgie Henley and James McAvoy appeared in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe together.

While James, 31, hasn't seen Georgie, 15, in a while, he had nothing but praises to sing when JJJ caught up with him over the weekend in Los Angeles.

He exclusively shared with us, "I haven't seen Voyage of the Dawn Treader yet and I’m absolutely gutted. I've been ridiculously busy on X-Men that I haven't had the chance to see anything. Even though it was a long time ago, I still do feel a part of that family. It's a great and nice group of people who work on those movies.

"I'm really good friends with Ben [Barnes] and I saw Georgie doing press for the movie on BBC Breakfast one day. I couldn't believe how much she had grown up. I was absolutely shocked. I remember we used to play around when she was smaller — she used to sit on my knee and all that. When I saw her...she's a young woman now, turning into a very beautiful young lady. Then, I realized that I was getting old (laughs)."

I'm just re-reading this like ♥_♥, what even, I only started shipping them like a month ago. CAN WE HAVE FIC OF THIS ACCIDENTAL BBC BREAKFAST MEETING? Turning into a beautiful young lady. Making him feel old! Ficficfic.

And also, obviously, now James/Ben needs to exist. I didn't even know they'd met, I wonder when that happened. And guys, how nice is it to hear that he still feels like a part of the family? I really thought he'd just left it all behind him and didn't really care anymore. This has made me so stupidly happy.

Comments

[yaoisex.livejournal.com]

Aww ^^
Yes yes, James/Ben needs to exist.

Kinda off topic, but I can't wait to see him in X Men. *_*

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

Hee, glad you agree.

I don't know much about it but it looks like a good cast!!

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

LOL, THIS ABOUT SUMS IT UP.

[prunesquallormd.livejournal.com]

LOL
That's equal parts cute and awesome :D

My James/Georgie Attack Pt. 1 + James-and-Georgie-emails

[iamshunpike.livejournal.com]

My hands started shaking when I read the first sentence and they are still shaking THIS IS FUCKA AWESOME.
Now to actually read the post.

THE TITLE OF THAT ARTICLE. GEORGIE HENLEY HAS GROWN INTO SUCH A LADY. Of course James would put it like that, motherbitchezz. OF. COURSE. HE. WOULD. Coherence = gone. WHY HAVE I GOT NO ALONE-GEORGIE ICONS??? Urgh no time to remedy it now.

nothing but praises to sing nothing but praises to sing nothing but praises to sing
Beautiful journalism, JJJ. *wipes little tear*

VERY UN-FUN FACT: For years I've felt slightly EXTREMELY sad inside that James does not seem to be part of the main Narnia crew, or keep in touch with the kids/Adamson in any way. Even as a non-J/G shipper, that idea would be saddening to me. Jaaaames, how can you do something as wonderful as enter magical beautiful Narnia and meet its fantastic peoples and then just...leave? Leave and have a boring career with a boring but nice wife and a boring-due-to-age baby? HOW?? HOW.

So this article/post are giving me waaaaay new hope about James and the cast aw, hell — Georgie.

I AM SO GLAD YOU LOVE THIS PAIRING. *GIVES A HUG* I've read the article, now to read your post, comment on IT properly instead of the general subject....

I HAVE A B/G ICON BUT NO J/G ICON OR EVEN JUST A G ICON. HELL NAW. I'LL FIX THAT.
No seriously, I am about to go icon-surfing just so I can upload a Georgie icon. DEAL WITH IT WORLD.

okay expect more from me in a few minutes here

[iamshunpike.livejournal.com]

Since LWW, I've always secretly hoped that, if not with the others, James and Georgie alone share correspondence. my shippyness is showing Seeing this post really makes me want to write a fic that has been in my heart head for a long time....
Georgie and James exchanging emails. Their cute comments to each other and their opinions on each other's lives. He would give her advice to help sort out problems. She would tell him to lighten up about life and stop being such a grouchy old Scottish spaz.

...aaaaand then this comment devolved into email-exchange-comment-fic. but then it got too long and so i'm not posting it now. ;B OR uploading a new icon....

[iamshunpike.livejournal.com]

Aw what the fuck I'm posting the comment fic.

IT'S FULL LENGTH AND IT HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL FONTS AND EVERYTHING. I even chose the fonts based on their personalities and what kind of computer typeface I thought they'd use. Ben is in it and James and Georgie are... IDK just read it. :)

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

*RUNS TO READ* I already know this is going to be awesome.

Re: My James/Georgie Attack Pt. 1 + James-and-Georgie-emails

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

I KNEW YOU WOULD LOVE THIS

"SUCH A LADY" I love that so much, idek why, and NOTHING BUT PRAISES TO SING, all of this is delightful.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN, I think we talked about it a while ago? We were all NARNIA IS A WAY OF LIFE, NOT JUST A PART IN A MOVIE, WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT JAMES?? I always had this sort of nagging sadness about it, so even without the James/Georgie-ness of this, it's just really nice to know that he does still care about them. ♥

I DON'T HAVE A JAMES ICON OR A JAMES/GEORGIE ICON, BUT I THINK I MIGHT NEED ONE? I NEED MORE JAMES EVERYTHING

[prunesquallormd.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that's so adorable ♥
And that picture on the article from LWW! Awww:)
It doesn't seem possible that that was only a few years ago.

So, he's in the new X-Men film? Cool. I had no idea they were doing another one. I do love X-Men.

James/Ben! That's kind of a ridiculously hot image, actually :D

(Tumnus has a little cameo in The Horse and His Boy (as does everyone but Peter, if I remember rightly). Wouldn't it be awesome if they got everyone back together for it? I'm telling you, I'll be so beyond gutted if they don't make that one, I can't even begin to say. Like, I know there's a whole problem of the negative portrayal of Eastern culture and all, but I'm sure a sensitvely written script could deal with that, right? I need that film in my life, seriously. I know it'll be years yet, but I can't wait!)

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

I know, man! It's making me feel old!

The only thing I've heard is about the cast, which includes Nick Hoult too! Awesome.

ISN'T IT. I can also totally see them getting along. I need fic.

Ughhh that would be really, really amazing. There's really no telling, at this point, but I really hope they get that far.

[lettersandliars.livejournal.com]

eeee this is my favorite badwrong ship! totally seconding the james/ben, it's like the fic writes itself.

ALSO SITTING ON HIS KNEE. i am going to special hell.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

MINE TOO, I THINK. And LOL, yes.

Heading right there with you. I love that he specifically mentioned that for some reason.

[starrlit-eyes.livejournal.com]

The only thing I got out of this was that she used to sit on his knee. I'm strangely amused by that tidbit of information. Do 9-year-olds usually sit on the laps of 25-year-olds? o.O

But, anyway, this is adorable. I love that he still feels like part of the family :) :)

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

Lol, I don't know! I guess she probably sat on everybody's knees at that age. I love that he mentioned that in particular though.

ME TOO. So much. ♥

[ellebell6.livejournal.com]

I so need James/Georgie fic in my life now, why can't I find any? The horror :D

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

merae compiled a masterlist (http://merae.livejournal.com/76888.html)! :)

[ellebell6.livejournal.com]

Yay *dashes of to read*

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

THOUGHT I HAD COMMENTED HERE BUT APPARENTLY NOT.

- A LADY
- since when do Ben and James know each other? Why am I so surprised by them being such good friends? WHERE ARE THE PICTURES??
- SUCH A ~BEAUTIFUL~ YOUNG LADY
- it's nice to know that other people have had that moment of looking at Georgie, even not in that way, and being like "WHAT?? when did that happen?"

excuse all the spam from me tonight. :S TILDA ICON IS ALWAYS APPROPRIATE.

edit: I was going to change the icon but then I decided not to and just use it in a reply or something. SUCH INTERESTING STORIES I TELL YOU.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

I WANT TO KNOW WHY WE'RE ONLY JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS BEN/JAMES FRIENDSHIP NOW TOO. Pics or it didn't happen! I'm surprised too, I guess just because they didn't actually work together so there was no reason for us to ASSUME they'd met. I can imagine them being friends, though, it seems like they'd get on.

A LADY. A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY. JAAAAMES. ♥

*joins in with Tilda icons*

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

OH GOD I SWEAR I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO SLEEP NOW BUT FIRST:

BEHOLD: ICON.

(and yes! It does seem like James and Ben would get on, and ~same person~, I was going to say "pics or it didn't happen" BUT THEN DIDN'T. /interesting stories.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

Homg wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings.

...that is all.

[breathe-me27.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, just...HEARTS IN MY EYES. <3333

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

SAME HEEERE.