Euro!Sync pictures (1/6)

[aruan]

Today and in the coming days, it will be happy birthday wishes to rhyssj, trixiesfic, tavellafic, eleanor_lavish, and poofusgirl. Since I'll be clear across the world and uncertain as to my extent of LJ access, I wanted to give them a shoutout here and now.

However, everyone gets presents.

The following are Euro!Sync photos from an eBay auction I won a while ago. Puppies in all states, from in transit to onstage to awards ceremonies, all Germany-era around 1996/97. Some of these you've seen before, but most are new and a delighful glimpse of their early traipsing through Europe.

While I did scan, crop, and clean them up, the pictures were probably taken by several different people of whom exactly none are me, ergo no tags. There'll be six posts starting with this one, which is miscellaneous "group" (two or more of the boys) shots. Sizes range from 70K to over 200K, and dates have been provided if they appeared on the backs of the photos.

Feel free to link the posts/share as you will, but please don't hotlink the individual pictures. If you do post them elsewhere, some passing credit would be nice, but like I said, I'm just the messenger here. Enjoy.



How Justin is managing to look older than Chris is interesting. He looks smart. It's not a look any fifteen-year-old should have mastered, but there you go.



Joey's penchant for draping warms my heart.



A classic, and for good reason.



May 1997. Painfully obviously.



Yeah, no one's being done any favors in these two. Moving on...



Monkey!Justin makes me smile.



They all look so good! But where, oh where is Lance?



Aah, better. It looks like they're singing on a street, which is sweet to me because in my head, they're obliging some fans who stopped them and asked.



Goofy kid.



He learned from the best.



They don't look like celebrities. They're just a group of friends out for lunch, maybe after homecoming, taking the one picture of the night they actually want to pose for.



Aaw, Joey took Lance! ;)



But he's such an adorably cheeky monkey.



The times those two must've had while they were the same mental age - before Justin grew up.



I've got nothing better to say than that picture already does.



Puppies!



This pictures makes my toes curl with happiness. Look at them!



If memory serves, Jan. 31, 1997.



Mmm, attentive!Chris. As Justin characteristically attempts to seduce the cameraperson.



Look at those smiles!



*squishes them all*



With the singing! *flails* I am so weak for them singing together.

Comments

[rhyssj.livejournal.com]

Dude, thanks for both the birthday wishes and the pictures. eeee! theyaresoinlove, all five! They make me so happy.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! *throws confetti for good measure* And soinlove! So sad to have never known them together, but to have this kind of "archive" material, along with all the salvaged footage and anecdotes and Ilovemyanalretentiveandom is such a treasure.

[rhyssj.livejournal.com]

Man, there's so much archival material, that I'm still seeing new things, and it's been more than 3 1/2 years since I got into Nsync. I seriously love them boys. :)

[spasticat.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's nice to time travel with the guys. Thank you sooo much for posting your eBay treasures. Sigh, that last photo is my fave...well, that and those of Justin being a cheeky monkey.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Heh, time traveling indeed. I can't love the archivists of this fandom any more than I already do - we have such a mind-bogglingly complete (if sometimes retconned) history of them.

Justin was, is, and forever will be a big, big dork. *g*

[nopseud]

Oh, thankyou for these. They're so...so...I have no words.

{squees}

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

...young? Pretty? Dorky? Unjaded?

I'm going with "...happy together." *sigh*

[geneli4.livejournal.com]

oh, so much love! and, eeee! a really clear version of the yummy picture carleen made my icon from! i think i might have to dl that one, if you don't mind?

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

So, so much love. Those boys, man. BFF! *g* And yes, that picture of the Lambies is quite darling. Babies! Such dorky, darling babies, all of them. And I don't mind at all, like I said, do as you please, I'm just passing them along.

[hammerhead22.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Is there really anything else that can be said? I thought not:)

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

*g* No, I think that about sums it all up.

So.much.love. Babies in Europe! Taking off to Europe to pursue your wildest dreams with your four best friends by your side must've been bigger than anything any of us can imagine. And the story ends well! So happy to see them having fun in the process, too.

[poofusgirl.livejournal.com]

baby!sync!

::flails::

::falls off chair::

You wouldn't be able to hand deliver that Lance boy would ya? lol

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Believe me, honey, if I had an in with the fates, a reunion and a readily accessible Lance would be up in the top of the priority list.

Happy (early) birthday again, and I'll be sure to drop you that postcard from Paris!

[poofusgirl.livejournal.com]

And a solo album from Lance! lol That needs to be worked in there too somewhere.

Thanks again for the birthday wishes. Have a great time in Paris! :)

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

eeee! Thank you so much for sharing!

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

They're so wee! And happy! I remember my squeeing from when I first opened the envelope. Glad you're enjoying them.

[kimannebb.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for sharing these!! :) I came by way of hammerhead22 Such adorable pictures, so smile worthy!!

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you've stumbled upon them, and you're very welcome. They do warm the heart, eh?

[stargems.livejournal.com]

Christ. All the pictures are so wonderful. You're intent is to break us all I see. *sigh*

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

I don't think I set out with any particular goal, but you know, I've said it so many times that I won't be surprised if one day these boys actually were the end of us all.

[truekat.livejournal.com]

OMG! These are great! Can't wait to check out the others! :)

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

My hat's totally off to the photographer(s). I'm just so ludicrously happy about how well-preserved the history of this fandom is and just happy to be a contributor.

[meinnim.livejournal.com]

I love your idea of presents. Everyone gets them! Thank you.

And I'm broken here. Well, technically, I'm screaming, "Babies!", smiling with glee, clutching my heart and mumbling about how young and innocent they all look.

P.S. Lanceissopretty.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

These had to be shared. I'm sure the birthday girls don't mind.

I know! I squealed and yelled and gasped and teared up the first time I flipped through them, too.

how young and innocent they all look

So green! They're all so unjaded with their open smiles and candidness and happiness! *loves them all*

P.S. Lance is frightfully pretty. But it's good to know there's a handsome man at the end of the tunnel, too.

[trixiesfic.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! Thanks for the wishes and the pressies! Babies! God, they're so young and hungry, so un-slick. Amazing.

And dude, have a fabulous time in Paris! I'm so excited for you!

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

Such.babies. Goodness!

God, they're so young and hungry, so un-slick.

Isn't it weird? That they were ever that early on into their careers? Even Justin, though JC seems to have always had an odd serenity about him. But yeah, with the hungry and un-slick. Their smiles are what get me, so open and candid and real.

Thank you so much! It's a little scary, and I can't say it wouldn't be better with my four best friends by my side, but should be a grand time.

[trickyjazzer.livejournal.com]

Guh!
To much of the cuteness in one post! To much! Can't handle it!

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

*lol* I know! They're too cute for our own good.

The lamb one?

[sherrold-ish.livejournal.com]

They're not even my OTP, but geez, that much insane cuteness all in one place?

Thanks so much for scanning and posting!

Sandy

Re: The lamb one?

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

I know! Justin and Lance, man, there's something interesting there that I don't think anyone besides Sandy the Older has really touched on accurately. I don't even have words for it myself besides squeals of Lambs! Glad you enjoyed them.

[beejaybee.livejournal.com]

I've been away for a few days and a friend left me the link to these posts...I almost cried. Gah. So young and innocent and happy. Thanks so much for sharing.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Good to know the love is being spread. Hard to believe there was a time when they were quite so wee and green, eh? Glad you liked them.