#charlie countryman aesthetic

[vintage-tigre]

Evan Rachel Wood and Mads Mikkelsen (2013)

[biscuitsandhorrorslash]

My old man is a bad man, but I can't deny the way he holds my hand

Nigel x Roberto Bellini

[kuunibal]

dear aidoneus,

you must look so cool and sophisticated!! i hope you make lots of money to get that suit! what’re you wearing right now? 🫵

oh! you also said you’d like to talk about shows! hanni’s my favorite, he’s so intelligent and loves so hard. and that man’s hands?? he’s kinda like you tbh, your darling is right! do you like opera too? and do you like will the most? i’ve only watched a few mads movies for the heu if you know what that is! how about you?

yours,

bbg anon 💕

p.s yes i did wanna be babygirl hehe

Dear Babygirl,

Thank you, my outfit is nothing special or sophisticated today: a sweatshirt, jeans, leather jacket, and boots, all in black.

Hannibal is certainly more cultured (and wealthy, and pretentious) than I could ever achieve. I am not very well-versed on opera, but I do have an interest and appreciation. The music is, of course, enthralling to witness live. Sadly, there are not as many easily accessible/affordable venues or performances in the US as opera is not as popular here. I know some of the major composers perhaps a tad more than a majority of my peers, but I am much more knowledgeable about musical theatre. Here is a clip from the 1990 Phantom of the Opera film featuring the final trio song from Gounod's Faust.

I do like Will Graham the most in terms of aesthetic appeal, but I like both his and Hannibal's characters the most. They can be painfully relatable in the worst ways possible. That being said, I also need to throttle Hannibal sometimes (I liked Beverly).

I am familiar with the HEU, so I'm guessing you watched Polar (2019) and Charlie Countryman (2013)? I also liked some of his historical-based pieces (A Royal Affair, Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas, Flame & Citron, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky) and dramas (The Door, Prag, The Hunt). I bolded a few of my personal favourites, but note that I am biased towards the ones where he speaks French. I must say, a lot of Mads Mikkelsen's films are depressing...

Sincerely,

Aidoneus

[clear-what-i-was-seeing]

Get to know me 

tagged by the wonderful and amazing @petrowriting!! thank you <3

Share your wallpaper: 

This one’s my home screen, I took a photo of a cabbage when I was like 12 years old and did something to invert the colours and have had it ever since lmao. My lockscreen is this fanart of Will Graham because it’s amazing and gorgeous and I’m obsessed with it

The last song you listened to: Through Me (The Flood) also by Hozier alksdaslkdhf. i’ve been obsessing so much it’s such a good song. i have maybe described listening to this song as a religious experience too many times for someone who has never had an actual literal religious experience 

Currently reading: 100 pages into the Red Dragon book and it is a trip lmfao. it’s so fun seeing the ways the dialogue was repurposed, and the prose is wow, but ohhh boy. thomas harris. babe. get help<3

Last movie: Jane Austen Book Club! i love grigg very much despite his stupid name. gonna start alternating between hugh dancy and mads’s movies bc I’ve been doing that accidentally I think lmao. Last three movies I did went like Confessions of a Shopaholic -> Charlie Countryman -> Jane Austen Book Club. but on the other hand I deeply need to watch like four hugh dancy movies as soon as possible for emotional reasons 

Craving: For it to be like a week from now so I’m healed from my wisdom teeth surgery. also to have no work or responsibilities for a month and just be able to write and read hannigram fics aslkdf. 

What are you wearing right now: this is my first time not being in pyjamas since getting the aforementioned wisdom teeth out lmfao. black pants and dark blue t-shirt

How tall are you: 5’3 </3

Piercings: love the aesthetic yet terrified of getting it done and also them catching on things. I got these clip-on gothic glow-in-the-dark dragon earrings a bit ago from a targeted instagram ad (my first and last time ever doing so) because I have zero impulse control, and they broke immediately. 

Tattoos: none, but have been microwave-spinning the concept of getting a hannibal tattoo since I watched. the heart from primavera would be so cool

Glasses? Contacts?: Glasses, my eyesight is deeply blurry without them

Last drink: classic water, big big fan of the stuff. reminds me of nbc hannibal because because there was water in the show a lot

Last show: watched two episodes of The Last of Us at like 5am yesterday, it was great. also perpetually rewatching hannibal by getting everyone I know to watch, and then watching with them

Last thing you ate: soft tofu in broth. there are, not a lot of vegan post-wisdom-tooth food options (also I’m very picky lmao), so I’ve been rotating between that, vegan ice cream, mashed potatoes, and vegetable smoothie for like 3 days. 

Favorite color: ohhh this is painful, is it a cop-out to say all of them? Big big fan of purple, orange with purple, green, and blue. 

Current obsession: it’s been hannibal and nothing else for 9 months now, and im going strong

Unrelated obsession: not sure if this counts exactly but there’s a writing app where you set a timer and start typing, and if you stop typing for longer than 5 seconds it deletes everything, and it’s so cool. I’ve been calling it stream-of-consciousness writing in my head for like a year bc it’s like a personal stream-of-consciousness even though ik that is not how to use that term alksfhd. I do 3 or 5 minute sprints and store them in one document, then have a second document where I edit and refine, and for a few I’ve put them side to side and colour-coded all my changes and it’s so fun

Any pets: two cats! Miles, my grey one, is extremely sweet, and possibly too smart for his own good. My other one Chico has a very adorable snaggle-tooth, and is incredibly stupid <3. he’s very bad at knowing what direction he’s going or recognizing any parts of the world around him and I love him very much.

Do you have a crush on anyone?: only in that vague abstract way, almost without direction, catching little wisps of the concept of the feeling from scattered bits of interactions with the world around me

Favorite fictional character: im absolutely refusing to choose between hannibal and will so im listening them both and you can’t stop me

The last place you traveled: i’ve literally gone nowhere since the pandemic started </3. i’m in Canada and the furthest I’ve been is just one city to another in the same province like 1.5 hours away. Hopefully going to Italy in the summer though!!

Tagging: @stranded-labyrinth, @valentinsylve, @elvislefilm, @disaster-vampire, @sacha-da-1, @dreamed-itself-waking, @em0fagz, @cannibaltranssexual, @hisjimct, @im-urchin, @ghostforwhat, @f0undationsofd3cay, @det395, @a-pigeons-soliloquy, @mysterist, and anyone else who wants to!

zero pressure, also i’m always v forgetful with tagging so if i missed anyone sorry and ily! 

[lukas-musings]

Nigel and Hannibal: Two Sides of the Same Coin || @nigellecter

[playsthetics]

“I hope you don’t die...”

“... if I do I die for love. A pretty fucking cool way to go.”

Film: The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman

[mads-mikkelsen-aesthetic]

“𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦.” - 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯

[sallllem]

✷ 　 　　 　 · 　 ˚ * . 　 　　 *　　 * ⋆ 　 . · 　　 ⋆ 　　　 ˚ ˚ 　　 ✦ 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚝, 𝙹𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 　 ⋆ · 　 * 　　　　 ⋆ ✧　 　 · 　 ✧　✵ 　 · ✵

[oswinoswold]

Neon Aesthetics | Mads Mikkelsen as Nigel in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013) 

Is it true what they say, Charlie? Better to have loved and lost and all that?

requested by @nigellecter

[frostcryptid]

LC and Nigel visit a very good friend in the hospital, neither know about the other until they’re both standing outside the doorway with gifts for Lee.

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST

[valentinsylve]

It's Nigel in the style of Nagel!

Grigg follows Nigel to his nightclub in Bucharest, falling right into the vampire’s lair ❤️

For my friend Letty’s Vampire Nightclub AU on Twitter! ❤️❤️❤️😎🚬 @thegayprofiler’s

[theliesmithsgifsets]

aesthetic requested by @nigellecter

“ People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. ” ---Thích Nhất Hạnh

[shiphitsthefan]

“Heavy Loads” by shiphitsthefan [Lee/Nigel; explicit]

Traffic is worse than usual, bumper to bumper with uncooperative lights. Nigel has to circle the block four times to find somewhere to wedge his delivery truck; it’s going to be a hustle to get his coffee and deliver his load on time. He hops out and locks up, scratching his chest through his coveralls as he walks.

The shop’s called Some Like It Hot, and even the sign looks ready for a drag show. Nigel’s not homophobic—well, not much, at least—but the feather boas and fairy lights and garish pink walls are suffocating. There’s glitter on the menu, and lilac leather booths, and vintage lighted makeup mirrors on the walls, and the whole place smells like a goddamn boudoir.

“You here for coffee?” the barista asks. He's a skinny little twink with piercing eyes and a pink, pink smirk. “Or is there something else I can do for you?”

[continue on ao3]   [more beardogs fic]   [tip my work?]

[sasorikigai]

20 Questions For Munday!! || @ephemeralkryonics​ || accepting 

13. Do you have any Tumblr friends you’d like to meet IRL?

Definitely you, Teiaiel, cause you’re such a cool and talented dude. Also, Jester ( @heamatic​ ), who hails from Mooseland and Dari ( @sonxflight​ ), who is from Russia. The countries unfortunately I cannot visit rn, but I’d definitely meet them up in person and cry about our muses, because they are the only people whom I consider as ‘close friends’ on Tumblr, although I am much of a shy, introverted boring person in real life and I wouldn’t know how to even start up a conversation. I am not like how I convey myself online versus offline. My offline persona is so much drab and unimpressive lol. 

14. What would you say is your aesthetic?

Anything coffee house-related, as long as they relate to the qualities of a cafe, I am all for them. I also especially love the colors associated with it - dark brown, black, mustard, forest green, maroon - and I always found it easy to concentrate and my mind calming in such environments. This involves coffee, warm colours and a calm setting and I always have thrived in a setting where comfy/cozy vibe could be felt. Also, I think with any kind of creative outlet I happen to delve into, I always have been gravitated to Expressionism; a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas, as I found it rather fitting for both my muses also. 

Also, both from my personal experience and muse-related vibe, I am all about imperfect, broken things. Kintsugi, (also known as Kintsukuroi) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy, I love the fact that this art form treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

I am also prone to disorganization (I’d like to call it a ‘chaotic mess,’ a reflection of my room’s constant state as I like to have too many art supplies out in a given time) and disarray, which seems to be the state of my psyche in this trying times. 

18. Who was your first muse?

Nigel from (The Necessary Death of) Charlie Countryman. He was essentially a prominent baddie in the movie, a secondary character against Charlie Countryman and Gabi Ibanescu (Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood, respectively). I nabbed him because I was infatuated with Mads Mikkelsen back when NBC Hannibal was still a valid thing (not anymore) and I figured I would give him much-needed depth and life, because he was only in the movie for fifteen solid minutes and I slapped him Lecterverse to give him the depth Hannibal Lecter had. 

[lukas-musings]

Nigel - Charlie Countryman; Kingsman AU || @nigellecter

[avegetariancannibal]

A Three Mads Concept

Get together with Duncan Vizla from Polar, Nigel from Charlie Countryman, and Hannibal from, well, you know. They're brothers or oddly identical cousins. It doesn't matter.

Duncan and Nigel are talking about monetizing murder. The business of killing, if you will. They look over at Hannibal, who is obviously Rich As Fuck.

"You must charge a lot per kill," one of them says. "Beautiful house, Bentley, a curly-haired boytoy. How else would you have it all?"

Hannibal lifts his chin imperiously. "I don't do it for the money," he says. "I do it for... the Aesthetic."

And also for the omelets, but whatever.