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misogynisticmediatournament · 5 months

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I think the warrior cats and warriors in your submission list are the same thing,btw do you have reccomendations of like. anything that writes woman well

Ah, you might be right; I think I skimmed that entry's propaganda, and it was very specific to whatever series it was about without dropping the full series name, and I was like "Maybe this is Warrior Cats? I feel lazy, I'm not going to look heavily into it."

So, as a reminder: use the full but common name for the series! For example, Miraculous Ladybug (this seems to be the most common title despite being a shortened version), Warrior Cats, BBC Sherlock, etc. And check that you don't have a space after the title's entry, as that counts as a different entry than the title without the space when using the UNIQUE function in Google sheets (which is how I count the unique entries).

As for recommendations, this is hard because I watch a lot of trash, especially recently, but:

- You can never go wrong with Revolutionary Girl Utena. Note: this show (and start with the show, not the movie) has a lot of potentially triggering stuff, so check out those warnings before you start if you have any triggers at all. It uses the triggering stuff very well and to tell its story and explore its themes, not just for, like, titillation though. Indeed, it is, I would argue, necessary for the story and themes the show seeks to explore. It is legally free on Youtube in...I want to say 480p, and in better resolution on Crunchyroll and Funimation (yes, Funimation's site is still up; I find it superior to Crunchyroll's since it actually includes closed captions for dubs, although it doesn't include newer anime from after the two companies merged). Also, you want to watch the sub for this. I'm normally not one to say "the dub is bad" and stuff and be a purist about it—in fact I normally go to bat for dubs—but, uh... yeah, the dub is bad this time. Crispin Freeman and Dan Green are delightful in it though, I'll give it that.

- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood uses its female characters well. Maybe it could be better, I've seen some people in these tournaments have beef with it, but it's a pretty perfectly told story, like solid A+, with a lot of really great female characters who I find very satisfying so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. This is on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and I believe Amazon Prime?

- Don't let the title fool you: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a fantastic show with great female characters who are complex and human, have compelling arcs, and are vital to the story. The relationship between Rebecca and Paula is central to the show and SO good, especially as the show goes on. The title is because it explores the trope of the crazy ex-girlfriend in a very humanizing way, and the title/opening song even mentions how the title is a sexist term, but it's a lot more nuanced than that. Also, it's a musical with very good original songs every episode. But check trigger warnings for this show too though. The show is streaming on Netflix last I checked.

- Uhh... maybe the first two seasons of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic? It's a kid's show, but it's good. I haven't seen it in years and years though, so I don't know if I can still fully vouch for it. I believe it is streaming on Netflix?

- Revue Starlight? I haven't thought about it heavily, but I had no beef watching it. This is streaming on HiDive.

- I've heard good things about Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, but I can't vouch for it personally. It's streaming on Crunchyroll.

UPDATE: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is also legally on youtube!

Honestly, I know more imperfect shows that I'm satisfied with, like I give it a B+ to A- at least, but that I haven't thought heavily about than stuff where I'm like, "Oh, yeah, definitely, definitely, nothing I'd pick out there as a problem." For example, Baccano! is probably imperfect (as well as not streaming legally anywhere), but I don't remember being, like, struck by a bunch of problems there. So, I'm not the best for recs that I can give a 100% guarantee for.

#asks #not matches

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snow-and-saltea · 6 months

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i know that in media you're constrained with things like budget, time slots and stuff, but sometimes i'm just like. my god. the insane shortcuts people take to write "smart / intelligent" characters, especially in plot-heavy stories, always pisses me off. they write them like they're sherlock holmes (bbc version, derogatory) but they fail to realise that even sherlock holmes (arthur conan doyle) was written with a lot of thought, suffered his own subconscious prejudices and had to learn from mistakes.

i guess what i'm trying to get at is—"smart" people don't magically get good at things overnight, the only difference between them and others is how much they're willing to go through to hone their mental acuity. which means when they try something new, they're going to make obvious mistakes, not understand how things work beyond the surface level, and make mistakes in judgements (like when you don't understand something well enough, your analogies and metaphors aren't 100% accurate or concise).

but it feels like there's a assumption hanging over our heads that, as readers, we don't WANT to see the smart one go through the entire nitty gritty of the learning process. we just want to see them do cool things, piece the puzzle together with a flourish, and clap our hands at the end. and in some parts, yes! that is what i want to see! but i am also interested in how they pieced it together. the joy of mysteries is, to me, that everyone is exposed to the same pieces of information, and we're given the chance to try to piece it ourselves. but then the smart character comes along and interprets those pieces of information in a not-obvious way to us, and it's cool!! years of living with a mind that is primed to turn things over in their head, to make sense of things, reveals to us how differently we experience the same reality, and it's wonderful. i'm able to learn from someone who sees life differently than me, and interpret information differently than me!

but right now i'm often left out feeling flat and confused in the mystery-type plots i've seen. the smart person will have been exposed to information we didn't even get the chance to see and interpret, and then they piece things together and everyone in the story claps their hands at the artificial pedestal that's been propped up under that character's feet. explanations of in-setting magic that can be retconned in and out at any point in time, so there's no logical consistency for us to nitpick or understand, so there's no basis to stand on that the story should be taken seriously. plot twists that make no sense as a gotcha. so many things!!

like. this particular example just my beef with g*nshin, so ignore it if you don't agree or smth. but the use of red herrings in the stories piss me off. the red herrings are either too obvious or nonexistent. they always use some random guy acting suspiciously and have the other characters react to it, as if we can't understand it on our own? but like. these red herrings, in the real world, aren't even red herrings. sometimes people just "act suspiciously" just by virtue of being human, not because they're complicit in some bigger overarching plot. sometimes people just stutter because of their anxious disposition, not to hide a guilty conscience. sometimes people are just defensive and irritable because they're a defensive and irritable person, it doesn't mean they're the ""bad guy"" who you need to crack down on and interrogate even further, especially if there's literally nothing that indicates this character is guilty other than their outward appearances.

but like. the smart characters/protagonist almost never get proven wrong. the stutterer was guilty all along and they're just a bad liar. the defensive guy is selfish and obnoxious, they're defensive because they're hiding something, not because it's a natural reaction on having one's sense of privacy and personal space violated.

the game sure loves trying to do nuance with "not everyone is 100% good or bad, we're all Flawed" but they can't put their money where their mouth is. everyone who is not guilty acts in completely transparent and "good" ways. everyone who is guilty acts in completely opaque and "suspicious" / "bad" ways. end of story. how the hell am i supposed to think anyone in this game is smart when they don't even have to use their brain to sift through, critique, weigh and interpret information? what use is there to do so? just use your eyes and ears. the stutterer is nervous for hiding a secret. the anxious is guilty. the angry is scornful.

there's also another rant here about how g*nshin fucking sucks at writing unique and flawed characters, because they like to make everyone the Specialest Guy In The World, but that's for another day.

#yuu rambles #☠️☠️☠️☠️#they got better at writing plots with f*ntaine i have to admit. but im going to expect better from the company that makes millions #every month from character banners. if you're going to be a gacha game that exploits people who are prone to addictive habits #you better have a good fkn story to back up for being a blight on society's moral problems. we have enough of those already #also when i mean they got better with f*ntaine i literally meant i was impressed by the bare minimum #as in they finally followed coherent story beats and had decent pacing #ive also had enough of the bullshit magic explanations using ley lines and shit. its so stupid that they even make their in game characters #explain how ''no one really understand how it works but it doesnt matter here's what happened as a result''#what a waste of talent and money paying the VAs for that kinda bullshit infodump #ok i think thats enough tags for the algorithm to hide my #genshin impact #tag bc i dont want this to show up randomly to ppl who are just vibing and enjoying the game #im critical for my own reasons but i dont want to be a party pooper. you know what i mean?#anyways yeah see ya #also censored a lotta stuff so it doesnt show up in the post tags LMAO

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coulson-is-an-avenger · 7 months

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i think the longest most damaging beef I have with bbc sherlock is the fact that that fucking fandom really made me think this was salt-and-pepper hair color for Years. i hate all of you for that

[ID: A cropped photo of Martin Freeman's hair, which is a greying blond. End ID.]

#unbelievable crimes against my psyche i am 23 and still have to correct my mental image every time #mossy speaks

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effervescentdragon · 1 year

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I know you hate johnlock with a varying passion, but what do you think about jonhiarty? (Moriarty/John) or John croft (john/mycroft) because I'm genuinely curious

The fact is, i don't hate johnlock at all? My beef is with the way Sherlock was depicted as a character in the BBC show, perfectly emulating all that went wrong with archetypes in media and propaganda of how characters should be. His coldness, his helping the police, his rudeness and lack of empathy being hailed as something to aspire to is very much in opposition to what his character was originally. The choices moffat made with his character, and tbh other characters, make me want to scream (EUROS????), and it coincides so much with the MCU fuckery and the way they set up characters that we are supoosed to haul as heroes and the lazy way of writing and the refusal to at least think about not going for the easiest, "scare-jump" narrative choices to justify character backgrounds and motivations that it makes me wanna scream. (You have to forgive me im half-coherent and pissed, i just read through besties paper on historical revisionism of certain things v close to me and im a bit distracted so i cant remember how to formulate my arguments properly, bit i will definitely rant more about this PROPERLY after im done rereading the books and rewatching the series and movies). Anyways, my point is that I love johnlock, when done properly, and not as a wank.

If we're talking about bbc version, which i am and will be, John/moriarty, i never rly got into that if i'm honest. BBC moriarty makes me too uncomfortable in his psychosis (fucking absolute kudos to andrew for playing the character amazingly and so creepily that i get excited every time i see him on the screen!), and tbh i think jim would go for john exclusively to fuck with sherlock. John/mycroft.. was never even on my radar? Maybe it was complacenty given that fandom decided mycroft is for lestrade, but i can honestly say i have never ever even contemplated it until you mentioned it just now. How would it work? Their common ground is sherlock, isn't it, and can any relationship work when there is a tall, dark, wannabe sociopath in the middle of it?

Thank you for asking, i hope at least some of thid made sense!

#akira answers asks #lovely anons #i need a tag for this kinda thing #akiras uni tag

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myeyesblurry · 2 months

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Just a reminder, I am a roleplay blog. Blurry is a character. This post is regarding the Sherlock BBC roleplayer drama.

If I talk about things on my blog, it's in character. If we talk in DM's it's a 50/50 if I'll be in character or not. You'll be able to tell, by the fact if I start slurring you or not. (If you request we talk mod to mod; sure. If not I'll let you know- but this has never happened. I don't have reason to not be kind or myself in general.) If i send asks, it's 90% of the time in character. I am quick to drop a character if the conversation gets serious and I am trying to comfort the people behind the blogs.

I don't have beef with anyone personally.

It's all roleplay.

I do have addiction issues, and yes I did go on a binge last month and overdose. I've been (rather painfully) sober since. I smoke weed now though, in attempts to help me stay away from harder drugs. It's worked so far. I mostly am here when sober, and again am sober now as I write all of this, and have been during a lot of this situation. The weed has been during weaker moments.

If you want to ask me about in character drama, I will GLADLY spill all I know! If we have the energy at the time, anyway. If there are gaps between posts or replies, remember I'm an addict and I have a disociative disorder. Simply put; my body might be here, but my mind isn't all of the time. I'm too tired or too high to be in it sometimes, and you get gaps. Days, weeks, whatever. Often not weeks, I think 3 weeks was the max recently.

If you want drama between mods; the character will not. And if I am not part of the mod drama, I have nothing to say. Do I know more than I let on? Yes. Do I talk about it? Not unless they're a dangerous person and I fear for you. Could I warn you again talking OOC with a character, while saying it's safe to talk to the character? Yah. Sure. Just be cautious and I need to remind you that these characters are not the mods, and that these characters are not your friend.

I will give people my personal blog or otherwise show my hand if I am trying to express I will be open/be your friend. I'm not saying every blog that doesn't tell you their main is bad, and I'm not saying any blog that does tell you their main is good.

But that to blindly trust a character, without establishing any real connection outside of that, and taking what they say as gospel or telling them secrets, is dangerous. Remember that just because one person speaks first, doesn't automatically mean they are in the right. Remember also; that neither is the second, middle, last, whoever! For clearance. Stories have two sides, and sometimes the truth is muddy and somewhere in the middle. Sometimes hearing more stories might help gather intel for you to make a decision, but can never truly be perfect.

If you need to ask about my personal experiences with someone, I can tell you as well, if I'm feeling up for it. If not, I won't lie, I'll say I'm not ready or it's private. I can't speak for anyone else, or tell a story that's happened to anyone else. I'll tell my personal story, if I have one, and you can use it to help guide on who you believe, if you want. But my personal experience will not be a public post on this blog. But private, dm's, or even on one of my personal blogs.

Remember the world isn't black and white, and that people can be good and make mistakes or do bad actions, and that bad people can make mistakes and do good actions. With or without manipulation. That if things sound insane, it might be because they are just exaggerating their story. That they might or might not be the victim, and that good can handle bad for a long time before they break, or any other situation. Good can do bad things, when they've suffered a long time; and that you can't always believe everyone's story to be gospel. Good, bad, we're just people.

These are real people, don't blur the lines of rp and them. They might do bad actions, and be good. They might do good actions, and be bad. But they could just be people, who make mistakes, have misunderstandings, and suffer the fallout for a long, long, time. Hold grudges and hold them long after others change, and when that happens, they could see any good action as manipulation or some other negativr reason for the way they're acting. That they could accidentally become manipulators themselves. Cycle of abuse is real, and the victim turns into a new abuser, but often the one they are abusing is a new innocent person, a new victim. No one deserves abuse, and often there's no reason behind it. Certainly not a good, justifiable, reason.

Remember any time you've acted crazy, sometimes you were pushed to it, sometimes it was deserved, sometimes you were in the wrong, but you felt it was the right often, or otherwise had a reason, didn't you? It's important to self reflect, because sometimes we make mistakes.

Often, someone being mean might be a bad day. Maybe they got in a fight with someone they like, or got shouted at, or one too many people cut them off (maybe drive faster bbg. thats a joke). It's not justified, but understanding is the first step. Maybe they're being mistreated, and it comes out, or they just simply don't have anything else to compare it to.

But at the end of the day, communication is key, and make your own judgements on your experiences or others if you listen. If you are weary but like their character, that's alright. These are real people and sometimes good and bad are just colors on a spectrum. You can be good, and do something bad.

People are just people, with traumas and triggers and it can be hard to stay out of a cycle of abuse when perhaps everything might be bringing them down. Not justified, but understanding.

And if someone is truly bad to you, mean to you, the block button is easy to find. If they start to do something, anon asks or messages, harass you, report for harassment and block again. Tell others and show them, maybe, so they can help, close friends, or people who listen.

Stay safe, everyone. Blocking and walking away is sometimes the best option.

#recent events #ooc post #mod post #because people have been asking and ive been deleting #i wanted to make it more clear #we can talk in private #if its ooc #<3 #This is directly about the Sherlock BBC blogs I interact with.#Sherlock John and the “new sherlock” where John attempted to replace Sherlock

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aromantic-character-showdown · 11 months

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what’s the longest infodump you’ve gotten about a character in a submission?

I’ve gotten A LOT of long ones. Which I love reading them they’re fun.

It’s a little funny because under the “why should they win” question the answers all just get progressively shorter. Like I have some really long ones & then there’s also things like the “because I love them” (which there’s a lot of variations of this. There’s also the person who submitted Sherlock Holmes, but BBC Sherlock specifically who just had “… it’s… Sherlock Holmes…” which I think is fantastic. I am also begging them to read some original Holmes stories for the golden lines such as “I had eyes only for his knees.”

It’s also a similar story with the “anything else” question. The first four all all really long (& I love them all), whereas some of the latter ones are much more brief. For instance, here are some of my favorites:

[ID: screenshots of five Google form responses. They are: “Femboy = good :3,” “canadian beef,” “He’s green,” “uhh I love you thank you,” and “I just befriended your mom.” End ID.]

They’re all so hilarious & to the person who said they love me I love you too. To the person who befriended my mom: I wish you luck, she’s kind of sad.

#asks!#screenshots from the submission form

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peculiar-astronaut · 15 days

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I really don't understand the beef between BBC Sherlock & ACD Sherlock like I have been into Sherlock 2 months ago so I don't know a lot about the fandom but I am really okay with any adaptation cause I treat every adaption as a whole different identity for Sherlock like yes I LOVE ACD Sherlock cause he's so kind (aka not rude as BBC lol) and he has strong morals and I LOVE BBC Sherlock cause he's some funny scenes and I love the angst tbh lol and I LOVE Sherlock & co cause it's an autistic representation and I have always assumed that Sherlock is autistic!! Also, I have watched the anime version like 3 years ago because of my friend but I wasn't that much into Sherlock but I remember that it was good too?

#i love every version of Sherlock Holmes cause this man is fucking great #PLS I NEED TO GET A LIFE #HOW DID I GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ADAPTIONS IN 2 MONTHS? IDK

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my-wayward-son · 4 months

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Things I have explained to my dad

He was born in the last year of the boomer cohort, and he’s on the spectrum like me. Set in his ways he may be, but sometimes the general knowledge gap is…impressive.

The Mentalist and Sherlock (BBC) are not the same show.

There is a fee to take the credit exam for high school AP classes.

The police are not responsible for the number of traffic lights on a given road. The number of traffic lights is also not the sole cause of road rage.

Taking offense to Christopher Plummer’s line in a movie is not a personal attack by the actor (especially because he won an Oscar for his role). If you need to have a beef with someone, have a beef with the screenwriter.

When a person of color uses a word like “challenge” or “struggle” in a TV interview, your white supremacist eye rolling is beyond uncalled for. Especially when the interviewee in question is talking about training for the US Olympic water polo team.

Similarly, not participating in the activities of the KKK does not absolve you of being a racist asshole.

White eggs and brown eggs are the same inside.

You don’t get a pass on deadnaming because you don’t want to make the effort to change a 24-year habit. You also cannot call a trans person by the initials of their previous name, especially when the person’s best friend goes by the same initials.

Frozen vegetables in a microwaveable package do not require boiling in a pot on the stove.

Angel hair pasta is not the same thing as spaghetti.

It is very obvious when a polo shirt has become sun-bleached. When the inside of the collar has a distinctive color line, maybe that’s a clue to refresh the wardrobe.

You can clip your nails in the house. Going out to the back porch is not required, especially in extreme weather conditions.

When your child has been driving for over 7 years, said child giving you a ride is not a “driving lesson.”

Animal House is not a funny, lighthearted movie about frat brothers. It’s kind of violent and disgusting (there are extreme references to actual animal abuse).

Norwegian Wood is both a Beatles song and the title of a book. Declaring that it’s your least favorite Beatles song is not a great interjection when people (who are not talking to you) are discussing the book. (BTW, the book is a beautifully written piece of literature, but it is a huge mental health trigger fest).

#things I’ve told my dad #boomer humor #family dynamics #trans #never stop learning #know better do better #laur talks

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light-lanterne · 8 months

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I can infodump? In your asks??? :D

I've always been obsessed with this BL manga Silver Diamond (sort of. It's got heavy homoerotic undertones at best, but not in a BBC Sherlock/Merthur way because its actually canon). It's about a guy with special plant-growing abilities meeting this other guy who fell through a portal in his garden. The second guy is a fugitive from a desert-like alternate world, and he has beef with its prince (who looks like he could be plant-guy's twin) because he suspect he's responsible for destroying his land's plant life, and he's shown it by attempting regicide on at least one occasion. Plant-guy is convinced to travel to the other side to help restore the world's flora.

I like it so much because the main character keeps meeting new people as the story progresses. And the other characters interact just as much with others in such nuanced ways. And everyone's absolutely wholesome I can't get into it lest this ask gets even longer-

And the other world has such cool plants! Like Plant-guy touches a seed that grows into a rifle for example. And the world building is awesome because even though it seems like they have established who are the bad guys, actually they're not but at the same time yeah, because everyone has shit going on and they're too nuanced to be reduced to a role.

hello ~! that manga sounds so cool :O and very unique ~ i don't think i've ever heard about something like that,,,

thanks for sharing !! <3

infodump me about your favourite media 💌

#💕#💌#🌿#🧸

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castle-dominion · 11 months

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4x10 cuffed

everyone's first thoughts: finally they slept together love the music RC: I didn’t say “funny”, I said “kinky”. And I didn’t cuff us. love the audio she would totally be able to squeeze her hand out lol the good kind KB: Okay, lift my top. RC: I think you might still be under the influence, but okay. it's going to be a crime scene

esparish bickering <3 JE: the clerk said that he registered as Jack Sparrow RC: Well, there’s a possibility that’s his real name. JE: Sure it is. ...We're running it just in case Love a good old fake camera esplanie fightinnnng

One time I tried to kick for the show while playing make believe as a kid but it was a prison game so we had tied my feet together & I fell on my butt bc I kicked both feet out from under me RC, trying to chronologically order his thoughts bc he is smart & methodical: Then… Ryan asked me… if he spent Thanksgiving at his family’s house, did that mean he had to spend Christmas at Jenny’s family’s house?

LP: I told you, it’s none of your business. RC: Of course it’s none of my business, that’s why I want to know. KB: Know what? RC: What she and Esposito were fighting about. KB: It’s none of your business. RC: That’s the point.

Love ryan's outfit as usual. Also I just realizeed he asked castle for advice, ig bc castle has been married before but he has actually failed both marriages... Anyway it's like me & my family, we always use old envelopes as scrap paper. & beckett's outfit is also nice & you don't write the address on the murder board?

RC: So, do you know what Lanie and Esposito were fighting about? KB: Everything. They both want to be together, but neither of them wants to admit to it. RC: Ugh, why do people do that to themselves? KB: Maybe they just don’t see it. RC: How could they not? It’s so obvious. *eyes emoji*

This camera is from the perspective of a person fast dripping sink & not calling rysposito to tell them to run the name? Human trafficking? maybe it is just consensual kink? probably not tho. Girl you probably need to twist the handle to open the cage or smth. Just get a pair of wire cutters & help the lady out. Creepy smile Weird flashes that don't actually make any sense, wait nvm they do she is indeed wearing the pink stuff.

First intro <3

Ok while USA beef is crap compared to canadian beef, usa milk can actually be better. Is ryan married yet? I don't think so. He is in my family watch but I don't think so in my binge watch. yeah that's next episode. omg it's next episode! I wish we had gotten to see more of the wedding, I wish it was like a murdoch mysteries wedding or a bbc sherlock wedding. Back to the current episode, I like ryan's mug. *licks the stir stick* *gives it to ryan* *ryan uses it* wow I guess the boys really are swapping spit KR: Relationship test? ... *angrily stirs his coffee* We’re getting married in a month.

VG: Hey, have either of you seen Beckett? JE: She’s probably following up on a lead. KR: *points to "what esposito said"* VG, who made detective six weeks older than beckett: Don’t think that I don’t know that you guys cover for each other.

KR: Come on, Jenny loves me. She wouldn’t test me like that. JE: Right. Just watch out if she wants to take you canoeing. KR: Canoeing? C--canoeing is a test? [Why does esposito know all this about marriage? Ryan's the one who "decided to get hitched" & actually is in a long-term relationship. Have you even seen s5? well no ig not…] JE: It’s all about power, direction. Like a marriage. If the canoe goes straight, it shows her that you can compromise, work together, find a rhythm, move forward in the same direction. But…if it’s going around in circles? So is your relationship. Anyway smash cut to caskett walking around in circles

If the door opens inward you can open the door to hold for someone BY going in first. Yeah the wrong hands being cuffed are so awkward. Wow this place is like a horror game. In fact that's what I thought earlier when they were in the empty house. There was a prison made of plaster that no prisoners escaped from bc they never tried but then they moved prisons & had the prisoners take down the old prison & they saw how flimsy it was & how easy it would have been to escape. but that could just be a school story RC: How long do you think we were out? KB: Couple of hours. RC: How can you tell? KB: ‘cause I’m hungry. RC: Oh. *checks pocket* I’ve got some beef jerky. KB: RC: What? trapdoor

ryan is so pretty, I don't much like stripes but his stripy light pink shirt with that vest & tie & his hair he's just so cute KR: You think they’re really running down a lead? [probably thinking ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) smth] JE: What lead? There was nothing new on the board when we came back. [WHICH IS DUMB BC WHY DIDN'T THEY WRITE THAT ON THE MURDER BOARD?] You think you can hit up dispatch? See if they’ll run a trace on the transponder on Beckett’s unit. I want to know where they are. [they love their friends & are afraid for them]

Oh gosh that was a heck of a moan. After all, they say your tattoo artist knows what you sound like in bed See it's times like this I am glad I learned how to open locks.

How can they tell it's beckett's car? it looks exactly like yours it's just a silly police ghost car. btw esposito looks normal & has that great collared shirt that shows off his boobs, but ryan hoo babey I like his coat & omg that waistcoat I think I might be gay you guys Of course gates also looks pretty.

I mean it is not like you two have anything better to do Castle I could think of a version that ends well. He was a CIA operative & they nabbed you before you could ruin their plans, they will release you once they blow up the moon. Or smth like that. So have they gone pee yet? It has been hours.

I love how ryan does the "hold on a sec" T with his hands there. KR: Could. So, it’s possible it might not, right? Yeah & if it breaks you still have nine other prints to try

It looks like a pic my mom took of her nuts & bolts. (it's too hot to make them, we use the oven but we are all craving them.) She desaturated the pic & then compared it to an actual photo of nuts & bolts. love the music btw.

But WHO doesn't keep their knives clean????? They might be able to find a cuff key in that mess or maybe smth to break thru their chains. Or just dislocate a thumb.

Double eyed microscopes are so hard to use k I already know I like first names but their arguing is so cute

Ok I get it it's rly cool except they would have already done that & the prints probably would not match up as perfectly Trucker. Calloused hands, lots of sitting. Probably could tell from the tan on one side of his face tho *dun dun dun feet walking, view from the back, so strong & sus* Oh no the man took the photo he's going to disappear with it & we all know witnesses start to lose their memories after a bit of time ah. Love the texas(?) accent. He's DEA. this makes sense

Wow he made it here fast considering how long ago they ran the prints I love the way he said mexico. me'ico. Mm. You know, japanese should not call it mekushiko, they can call it mehiko, they have those letters. "made him" it's so weird. I had never heard of that phrase before. He made my guy means he figured out that "my guy" was a cop posing as a drug trafficker. Except we "know" at this point it is human trafficking not drugs. Gates grabs her gun, gates looks hot af maybe I'm a lesbian, "let's go boys"

Air holes. Humann trafficking.

RC, being all gross: Just so you know, not as much fun if I have your permission. [girl it is ONLY fun if you have their permission. Like "hey u sent me nudes can I keep them & 'enjoy' them?" or smth like that.]

It's like when they were selling cabinets with special names but it was smuggling children! You bought the pricey cabinet with the fancy name & got a child. It was so gross. I hope it was just an internet hoax & not an actual child trafficking case. Castle is 'her people'!

You know it is sometimes easier to squat & then have them sit on your shoulders & then stand up. Easier to balance. lol do you remember the koala trend? I only heard about it through unus annus when the men took turns climbing all over one another. Then the girl in the video kissed her man & ethan said "it's part of it, I have to do it" & that's one part I actually remember lol. joining the circus? Foreshadowing RC: I--I’m getting a little tired of you walking all over me. XD Oh wow ok nevermind there's someone there huh I see. & at least they had that bed

Breathing? Human trafficking. Yep. Oof the way Ryan grabs her wrist. He could have just grabbed the envelope (except it might rip?) or he could have picked it up after she put it down. It was such an intense moment. Also he kind of used the wrong hand & had to switch them. (btw wow nice fingernails. I mean ig I'm a cook+baker & a fiddler but still.) She goes to put it back, he watches put-out, & then his eyes widen & he just grabs her wrist. She looks at him in shock & mild offense & then he pulls her hand closer & takes it with his left so he can grab the paper with his right. It's just so good. Intense few secons there. Not to mention the audio.

Wow nice guns & ryan gets one surely it wasn't this hatch, but-- oh yep. Not the right hatch. Bu t maybe they will find evidence of other trafficking victims.

BRO JUST DISLOCATE YOUR THUMB

She is very beautiful? Human trafficking! & finally these two find out! Hey that wall is plaster, just like I said abt the prison!

Love the notebook Semiy not semii?

Her breathing would be so deep tho, yk who "she" is.

Wait does ryan's vest have a zipper pocket? & I can't tell if those are nice jeans or normal dress pants. At first I thought it was the same house lol, not a different house that had the same stuff done to it. ryan can do that but what are YOU doing esposito? Hm point for the adhd esposito headcanon (tho he canonically has aqcuired neurodivergency so maybe it's that) he doesn't do well with reading. Like when he asked for audiobooks.

RC: I’ve always liked your legs, but now I respect them. KB: Yeah, yours aren’t so bad, either. You know, for the next police picnic we should to the three legged race together. Not big enough for a person to go through. OH IT'S A MOTHER HECK ING TIGER??? oh castle's totally going to befriend it. They're going to ride out on the tiger's back like david getting pizza from the lions bc castle gave her beef jerky. Or she will claw them aside, whatever. Or maybe she will eat it! Or maybe she will keep attacking them. Love cgi. how did y'all push the thing earlier? one two three push, like tug of war. Or maybe remove one of the chains & put it back once you cover the hole...

So you only got rid of three? Why go through the effort to colour coordinate?

Castle is right, you can survive a while in a coffin or locked freezer. Besides, what if you tip it sideways & have it upside down & then the lid is on one end & the opening against the ground. That way you still have air access & the tiger can't get you, except she'd just have to knock it over & then she could eat you.

Wow they have already been to three places? The switching back & forth between characters makes it seem like this is happening in realtime but they must have spent a lot of minutes driving while caskett only had maybe one minute to get the freezer upright.

holy fudge they tipped the thing? It was so heavy they would have had to empty it, meaning it should be easy to knock over. plus, like becks said, tigers can jump. Hey why didn't they do this in the first place? Stand it up sideways instead of on each other's shoulders? I guess they were still high... There are bars there I see

*squeaky squealy cleaning the window*

She hungry. & she pretty. RC: Remember what I said about joining the circus? KB: Uh-huh. RC: Changed my mind. KB: She’s playing with us. She’s gonna knock it over. What are we going to do? RC: There’s only one thing to do. Me: ... Fight her? [knowing what will happen: climb on the bars once she knocks it over?] RC: Scream like little girls. Both: Help!

KR: Wait listen JE: *already waiting & listening* Ooh look at all those cool chains. *they find & open the hatch* JE: Beckett! Castle! KB: Esposito! Tiger: growl JE: Is that a tiger????? *momma pulls a gun* *drop hatch on caskett*

Momma ruth spurloch: Maybe I’ll shoot the pretty one first. Rysposito: *kind of look at each other as in "who's the pretty one" but we all know it's Ryan* This scene makes me realize, esposito has not enough hair & ryan has more than he used to so he can stand to lose a bit in exchange for esposito gaining some hair. Yeah she's right abt the texas lawman thing.

cough cough they think they might die so ryan says javi's first name & castle says kate's first name & it's so good & intimate Girl dying from tiger death is cool af!

Ah those chains remind me of the meatcutting shop. you hook up your quarters to them & you can wheel them around. Hey I've seen this gif before! I was wondering why we had that perspective. I think it would be cool to have a POV episode. Ryan's voice DX "Oh, God. It ate ‘em." Caskett *hanging from the bars we saw in one single scene* Ryan basically jumps in trying to see them lol Ryan: Nice hangout BRO THEY ARE CUFFED TOGETHER HANGING FROM A BAR IN A ROOM WITH A TIGER NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR JOKES

KR: Handcuffed together that long? I’m surprised you two didn’t kill each other. KB: Yeah, well, there were a couple of moments. RC: Until we found our rhythm. KR: I think we’ll fly to Florida. (Are you scared you'll kill each other? If that's how you feel then maybe you two should /not/ get married...) KB: What? VG: I believe this is yours. *gives them the handcuffs they were trapped in* This too.

I can't believe that wasn't already a policy KR: Thanks, guys. Really appreciate that. /s JE: Well, at least we won’t have to look so hard the next time we save your ass. I missed you, by the way. [wow that's so sweet] KB: Really? Prove it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) JE: Oh, I’ll prove it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) KR, probably to castle since it seems like especkett are conversing: How’s that tiger? KB: Espo! JE: What? KR: Was it grrrreat? I know we all love-- I forgot what I was saying bc I was too busy finding the eminem shooting his shot with weird al video.

Anyway these two are so cute & "hitched" Oh yeah she has a motorcycle. I like how they keep up that fact.

ok so that is the end of this disc but I have NOT seen the audio commentary yet.

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What’s their beef? Why today’s leading men are driven to be buff Aidan Turner’s Poldark has ushered in a new age of brawn, but many are asking if the trend has gone too far

Modern screen heroes come in many guises, but whether a leading man is cast as a mathematician, a surgeon or a scientist, the likelihood is that, once the shirt comes off, he will be equipped with both a firm abdomen and bulbous biceps.

A new appetite for leading men who, whether or not they are playing professional athletes, appear to spend half the week in the gym is now concerning even established actors. Last week Outlander star Tom Brittney complained about the emphasis on achieving a “built” body before auditions. British drama schools are also tackling the pressure on students to conform to a muscular type.

“It is real and prevalent, and we are very aware,” said Vanessa Ewan, a senior lecturer in movement at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Speaking to Radio Times, Brittney admitted some of his roles were now dependent on a strict gym regimen and diet. “It’s tough. And I would hope the industry pulls back from that,” the actor said. Last summer the comic Noel Fielding also confessed he got more work when he looked thinner. Hard luck on a host of Bake Off.

Such sentiments were echoed this weekend by a group of male acting students who fear, like Brittney, that appearing in peak condition is now part of their job.

“Of course there is a responsibility to look after ourselves as we train,” said Russell Scott-Dickson, 21, a Belfast-born student at Arts Educational Schools in London. “But there is a pressure to look that bit leaner, because it is going to help. And agents say to us that our image is the most important part of the package. We all deal with it differently, but it can obviously lead to problems like body dysmorphia or eating illnesses.”

The fad for “bulk and muscle” that trainee actors and tutors identify is the latest in a succession of key screen looks. In the 1950s, bare-chested stars such as Johnny Weissmuller of the Tarzan films, or Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity, were broad rather than toned. They were replaced in the 1960s by the clean-cut, preppy looks of Robert Redford and Paul Newman, while in Britain during the late 1980s what really counted was having the undernourished, rarefied outline of a Rupert Everett or a Julian Sands.

The new age of brawn has been ushered in by Aidan Turner’s Poldark, Idris Elba’s Luther and Richard Madden’s Bodyguard. Even the languid and cerebral Holmes in the BBC’s Sherlock, as played by Benedict Cumberbatch, annoyed some viewers with his unfeasibly developed upper arms.

📷 Burt Lancaster in Fred Zinnemann’s 1953 drama From Here To

“It is an odd phenomenon,” said Catherine Alexander, a course leader at Central. “We talk about it a lot.” Referring to the Game of Thrones actor, Alexander said she knew it as the Kit Harington effect and believed it actually limited performances.

“It is detrimental when people build up too much muscle because we convey emotion through our chests. An overly muscular chest is a barrier. The actor can’t make that connection, so we encourage our students to stop doing weights all the time,” she said.

Taylor Bradshaw, 20, a student from south London, welcomes the support he gets at ArtsEd, which offers a gym and a coach, but he understands the need to represent reality. “Hopefully we will play different kinds of people. Not all the parts out there are soldiers and bodyguards,” he said.

Beefing up for a role can be seen as just part of the essential artifice of performance, one of the tricks replicated down the ages, from theatrical masks to the soft-focus camera lens and contemporary special effects of Hollywood; but it is also a reflection of wider modern tastes.

“We live in self-obsessed and image-conscious times and nowhere more so than in the TV and film industry,” said Bradshaw.

Ewan, who runs a body/identity/image group at Central to help students, is worried about a blurring of lines between an actor’s personal image and the parts they hope to play. She also suspects the desire for bulk is about wanting control in a difficult marketplace. “The actor needs to discern the difference between a personal decision and a professional decision. The line is slim,” she said. “An actor faced with a free personal trainer in a first job sees that as a bonus and he may not recognise he is handing over more than he is gaining.”

Drama schools, Ewan argues, are there to give actors the tools to transform without the need to change body shape. Leo Woodall, 22, another student, agrees and hopes the entertainment industry can avoid reproducing identikit leading men. The drive to look like the four American blockbusting stars, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine and Chris Pratt, does not encourage good mental health.

📷 British actor Idris Elba. Photograph: Angel Valentin/Discovery Communications.

“While it is true people want to look at beautiful people, they also want to see real people with imperfections. I like to be in shape, but I would not want to get too big because it would restrict me,” he said.

Even a top-ranked star like Evans is not happy with the trend. He has complained, along with the actor Armie Hammer, that being seen as a muscular hunk in the Captain America role may send his career off into a dead end. The answer might be to let visual effects do the work. Certainly, producers of mass-market entertainment spend a big proportion of the budget on improving the look of the stars. Los Angeles is home to several profitable low-profile effects companies that specialise in digitally beautifying every shot with patented programmes such as Flame or Beauty Box. And in the cruel world of high-definition cinema, these efforts to remove stomach rolls and improve silhouettes are now as concentrated on the male actors as the female.

Ewan regularly points out to students at Central how much easier it is to put on muscle for a role, either with exercise, padded costumes, or with CGI, than it is to slim down. And she acknowledges that it is an issue female actors “have been dealing with for ever”. As Brittney remarked last week: “Maybe it’s the guys’ turn.”

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/12/curse-of-perfection-male-actors-poldark

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