A post of great scientific magnitude.
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Guys, are you ready to hear something shocking? Ready? Are you sitting down?
I LOVE COLIN MORGAN.
Shocking, right? I bet none of you who have ever spoken to me would guess such a closely guarded secret!
Anyway, because I love Colin, I stare a him a lot. And in staring at him, I noticed that the way he smiles at one Bradley James is not the way he smiles at other people. Which is a fact I mention a lot, and eventually people kept going OMG REALLY SHOW ME. And I was like "WELL, IF YOU INSIST". So I present to you my magnum opus of great genius:


Everyone, meet Colin Morgan.

Colin Morgan, as you can see, has a pretty great smile.
One can identify the smile using certain distinct markers:

Common side-effects of witnessing this smile include swooning, sighing, removal of undergarments to fling at Colin Morgan's feet, etc.
It was noted, however, that Colin Morgan has a particular smile that uses in relation to his co-star, Bradley James.

This smile varies from its common cousin in a variety of ways, as diagrammed below:

After careful examination, however, it was revealed that The Bradley Smile, instead of being one homogeneous species, in fact contained two sub-species, the aforementioned smile, and the following smile:

Smile Subspecies B has a few distinct markers that differentiate it from Subspecies A:

Both smiles have, since the beginning of Bradley and Colin's relationship, been present, as evidenced by the following historical study:


A side variant of Subspecies B.

It should be noted that while Subspecies B often stands on its own, Subspecies A is often a prelude to speaking or a failed attempt to contain laughter.

The smiles continued to make their presence known in public situations.

Upon viewing of The Road Trip, it had become clear that subspecies B now had evolved and occasionally displayed a new trait.

This trait can only be scientifically referred to as "besotted/bedroom eyes".

The manifestation of this trait is not deterred by knowledge of an audience, nor by the presence of a small animal that has curled up and died all over Bradley James' face.

The presence of such smiles even in professional and/or public setting indicates that these expressions are involuntary and/or unavoidable.





Perhaps the most fertile ground for smile-spotting exists in the Geek Syndicate Interview of September, 2010.

There are too many instances of each smile to show all of them, however it should be noted that there is a healthy sampling of both Subspecies A...

...as well as Subspecies B.

(There is also lip biting, oh my sweet holy Jesus.)

Indeed, the fond smiles are so common that not even Bradley James is immune in indulging in a few, as he shows by doing a remarkable demonstration of Smile Subspecies B.
For the sake of accuracy, a great deal of effort was put into finding images of Colin Morgan smiling at other people in any way that differs from the Common an General Colin Morgan Smile.

Such searches, however, proved fruitless.
It therefore is logical to infer that both subspecies A and B of smile are Bradley James-specific and indicative of a phenomenon commonly referred to as "hearts in eyes".

And thus, in conclusion:

(Images stolen from all over the fricken-fracken place, most notably from
mrs_leary and
yavannauk's filming pictures. Thanks goes to
wordsindreams and
i_claudia for shameless encouragement and assistance in my highly scientific research, and especially to
i_claudia, who is at least 20% responsible for the totally fucking ridiculous macro, because she uttered the phrase "Bradley and Colin are the best couple of all time" in my presence and that was really just a shamefully easy jumping point to lunacy.)
I LOVE COLIN MORGAN.
Shocking, right? I bet none of you who have ever spoken to me would guess such a closely guarded secret!
Anyway, because I love Colin, I stare a him a lot. And in staring at him, I noticed that the way he smiles at one Bradley James is not the way he smiles at other people. Which is a fact I mention a lot, and eventually people kept going OMG REALLY SHOW ME. And I was like "WELL, IF YOU INSIST". So I present to you my magnum opus of great genius:


Everyone, meet Colin Morgan.

Colin Morgan, as you can see, has a pretty great smile.
One can identify the smile using certain distinct markers:

Common side-effects of witnessing this smile include swooning, sighing, removal of undergarments to fling at Colin Morgan's feet, etc.
It was noted, however, that Colin Morgan has a particular smile that uses in relation to his co-star, Bradley James.

This smile varies from its common cousin in a variety of ways, as diagrammed below:

After careful examination, however, it was revealed that The Bradley Smile, instead of being one homogeneous species, in fact contained two sub-species, the aforementioned smile, and the following smile:

Smile Subspecies B has a few distinct markers that differentiate it from Subspecies A:

Both smiles have, since the beginning of Bradley and Colin's relationship, been present, as evidenced by the following historical study:


A side variant of Subspecies B.

It should be noted that while Subspecies B often stands on its own, Subspecies A is often a prelude to speaking or a failed attempt to contain laughter.

The smiles continued to make their presence known in public situations.

Upon viewing of The Road Trip, it had become clear that subspecies B now had evolved and occasionally displayed a new trait.

This trait can only be scientifically referred to as "besotted/bedroom eyes".

The manifestation of this trait is not deterred by knowledge of an audience, nor by the presence of a small animal that has curled up and died all over Bradley James' face.

The presence of such smiles even in professional and/or public setting indicates that these expressions are involuntary and/or unavoidable.





Perhaps the most fertile ground for smile-spotting exists in the Geek Syndicate Interview of September, 2010.

There are too many instances of each smile to show all of them, however it should be noted that there is a healthy sampling of both Subspecies A...

...as well as Subspecies B.

(There is also lip biting, oh my sweet holy Jesus.)

Indeed, the fond smiles are so common that not even Bradley James is immune in indulging in a few, as he shows by doing a remarkable demonstration of Smile Subspecies B.
For the sake of accuracy, a great deal of effort was put into finding images of Colin Morgan smiling at other people in any way that differs from the Common an General Colin Morgan Smile.

Such searches, however, proved fruitless.
It therefore is logical to infer that both subspecies A and B of smile are Bradley James-specific and indicative of a phenomenon commonly referred to as "hearts in eyes".

And thus, in conclusion:

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Date: 2010-10-26 07:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:49 pm (UTC)AND I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND AGREE WITH YOUR CONCLUSION WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-26 07:50 pm (UTC)In conclusion: Colin Morgan Head-tilt of Love.
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:53 pm (UTC)I enjoy your conclusion! It always baffles me when people are like UGH BRADLEY IS THE BESOTTED ONE AND COLIN ISN'T AT ALLLL. Seriously, are we looking at the same Colin Morgan? HAVE YOU SEEN HIS FACE?
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:54 pm (UTC)THIS IS A THING OF PURE BEAUTY AND SCIENTIFIC FACT!!
HEARTS IN EYES INDEED!!
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:56 pm (UTC)HERE YOU GO
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:28 pm (UTC)The Kanye West part made me cry, it's so funny! AND SO TRUE!
Just- just- *kisses all over this page until I pass out*
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:28 pm (UTC)AND THEN I WILL BE HAPPY.
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:31 pm (UTC)♥ ♥
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:40 pm (UTC)ALSO AHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH I WILL NEVER NOT LOVE THAT MACRO. BLAME AWAY BB, I HAVE NO SHAME. :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
&hearts _______ &hearts
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:43 pm (UTC)As if we needed further proof...=D =D =D
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:47 pm (UTC)Plus, omg, I just spent five minutes staring at Colin Morgan's face. *smish* That has cleared away all the clouds in my day. You deserve a medal for this, yes you do.
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Date: 2010-10-26 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-26 08:58 pm (UTC)Despite all the Colin gorgeousness (and Bradley on the side) the bit that really got me was (IMAGE NOT FOUND)
You have inspired me to actually complete my own highly intellectual study into Arthur's hair that I've been meaning to do, thanks ever so.
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:14 pm (UTC)Yes! MORE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THIS SHOW AND ALL THAT SURROUNDS IT IS ENTIRELY NECESSARY.
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:05 pm (UTC)(HIS LITTLE SMIRK, FOR BRADLEY)
Also, THEIR MUTUAL BEARDYNESS! SURELY THAT MUST BE SEPARATELY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT whilst considering their possible Made-For-Eachotherness.
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:13 pm (UTC)NOT THAT I WASN'T CONVINCED OF THEIR EPIC HEARTEYES BEFORE, BUT THIS PUTS THE DEFINITIVE STAMP OF TRUTH ON IT ALL.
OH, COLIN. YOU THINK YOU ARE SO SUBTLE. BUT WE SEE, AND WE KNOW.
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