Help, I have a problem

[sholio]

And the problem is that I can't stop staring at pictures of Daniel Brühl. I haven't had an actor crush hit me this hard in ages - transient character crushes and minor rounds of bingeing on various actors' backlists, sure, that happens all the time, but this is like a full-blown teenage "cutting pictures out of celebrity magazines and taping them up on your bedroom wall" type of crush.

Brains. Why are they like this.

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[sovay]

And the problem is that I can't stop staring at pictures of Daniel Brühl.

He's got an objectively interesting face. You might just be stuck with it.

[sholio]

He's got an objectively interesting face.

He does! It rewards careful examination.

In all seriousness I like that he somehow manages to balance being spectacularly good-looking with having a face that's not - I don't know how to put this - overly perfect, I guess? Too pretty? He's just that little bit of quirky and odd that makes him really interesting to look at and not plastic-looking.

[sovay]

He's just that little bit of quirky and odd that makes him really interesting to look at and not plastic-looking.

I think that's how the best faces work.

[silverflight8]

I FOR ONE AM VERY PLEASED YOU'VE JOINED US HAHAHAHAHA

[sholio]

I thought four Zemo icons was enough for any woman but now I am bemoaning my lack and considering adding some more. Also, I need to either dig up some Alienist icons or make my own.

Help.

[silverflight8]

Definitely not enough icons.

OK I attempted to google for them and wow a cursory google sure can't find any. I found a fandom-secrets post but it turned out to just be someone helpfully giving recs. No! Don't rec the Alienist! Post pictures of Bruehl's face!

[silverflight8]

PS

[sholio]

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

That is an UNFAIR face.

*stares a while*

[silverflight8]

The puppy dog eyes 😭

[sovay]

Also, I need to either dig up some Alienist icons or make my own.

I cannot promise they will be to your taste, but I dug up some.

[sholio]

Ohhhh, I DO like them! Thank you so much for finding these! Now the trouble is figuring out which one(s) to use ...

[scioscribe]

This is a very good and understandable development. Sometimes you just hit the point where your impulse is to buy a Trapper Keeper and decorate it with someone's face!

And Brühl just has the right it factor for me, too. He's got the kind of charisma and in-depth empathy for his characters that I really like, and also, I love his face. And hair. And everything.

[silverflight8]

It's also the :3 expression that really gets me /o\

[sholio]

He's got the kind of charisma and in-depth empathy for his characters that I really like, and also, I love his face. And hair. And everything.

Yes. That. Basically. I think he sort of hits this killer combination of being genuinely a very good actor who inhabits his characters deeply, and also being an adorable charmer. It's very hard to resist.

[silverflight8]

Yeah - it's a combo of the face and the expressiveness and acting that's really the killer. Have you seen his interviews with Hemsworth for Rush? Rush is amazing but also the interviews were the cutest, he really has charm in spades, and that's saying something when he's next to Hemsworth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9XqUPeLzG0

[sholio]

OH NOOOO they're so cute in that! ♥ The bit where they're supposed to answer questions about each other and they immediately know the answers and Chris even argues for Daniel to get the point when his answer is technically more correct than the one on the referee's card - AWWWWWWW. Thank you for the link!

[booksarelife]

That’s such a cute interview!!

[sheron]

LOL!

♥

[sholio]

Just me over here being a perfectly normal adult.

[sherylyn]

One of my favorites of his, even though I knew almost nothing about Formula 1 racing: Rush, with Chris Hemsworth. Damn, on both of their abilities there!!

[sholio]

It's on the list to check out eventually, for sure!

[cornerofmadness]

I hear you. It's nuts (lately for me it's been Lou Diamond Phillips and Tom Payne)

[lunabee34]

You need to decoupage a small item of furniture with his Teen Beat centerfolds. :)

[lilacsigil]

I first saw him as a very, very young Daniel in "Good Bye, Lenin!" (which is great and ridiculous and very much worth watching) so it's quite surprising to see him grown into his cute little face!

[blueswan]

I'd like to say something objective and mature, but I so know what you are talking about. My friends all know about my crush because I can't not mention the object of it when we are together. People who follow my journal will probably figure it out cos he gets mentioned fairly often. I really can't not talk about him and how smart and funny and attractive he is. I've gone the modern route, no pictures on my walls but his face is the screensaver on my desktop.

[leesa_perrie]

LOL! Brains, they have their quirks!!! Explain to me why I haven't updated any artwork to my leesa perrie website since 2018, and then last week, for no reason I can fathom, brain decided it Was Time! I had other things to do, but brain didn't want to do them, but I had to force it!!!! Still, at least it's done now - unlike your ongoing crush, my obsession had an end built in - this time! :D :D

But yes, brains tend to do stuff like this. Best not to fight it, I say!

[oracne]

Luckily, he has an interesting face.

[timespirt]

He's cute and your doomed...LOL