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Little stinker is the operative word, yes😼
#dimension 20#d20#neverafter#adventuring party#brennan lee mulligan#Zac Oyama#brian murphy#Emily Axford#Siobhan Thompson#ally beardsley#lou wilson#lord bandlebridge#lord bainbridge#puss in boots#sylvansleuthings#requested#bethanyactually
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Happy Birthday @bethanyactually!
#nancy drew#ace [redacted]#bethanyactually#thanks pluckysidekick for assisting with this one#nancy x ace#nace#naceedit#ndcw#nancydrewedit#cw nancy drew
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Top 5 poems!
it's always time for "good bones" by maggie smith in this house
i can recite "the crocodile's toothache" by shel silverstein off by heart so. that lives inside me forever and ever.
"[anyone lived in a pretty how town]" by e.e. cummings - classic
madhur anand's collection parasitic oscillations moved me - as you got an earful(eyeful?) about - but i don't think i have a favorite poem from the book. the experience of reading it simply added richness to my relationship with poetry and nature and science. only that.
"he visits my town once a year" by amir khusro
#another banger#you get a good grade in ask game. something that is normal to award and to want.#bethanyactually#replies#poetry#top five ask game
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Day 4 gifts (Wed 27 Dec)
Bethany (@bethanyactually) made this graphic set for Kris (@andyouweremine)
Brella (@brella) wrote this fic for Laura (@mastress)
Caitlyn (@andsjuliet) made this gifset for Suz (@nancyddrew)
Katy (@nancy-drew) wrote this fic and made this gifset for Beth (@stuckonaglacierwithmacgyver)
Rosy (@reviewdiaries) wrote this fic for Michele (@pluckysidekick)
Sara (@teamhodgins) made this fanvid for Carrie (@klamillesnace)
#bethanyactually#andyouweremine#brella#mastress#andsjuliet#nancyddrew#reviewdiaries#pluckysidekick#teamhodgins#klamillesnace
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I’ve actually been able to prove that @pressdbtwnpages exists for weeks now but we kept forgetting to take a selfie. We finally remembered when we were out for post-Nancy Drew finale pancakes last night. 🥞⚔️
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Aww my dash did a thing. But my phone screen can’t fit all of it
#weird dash things#cats#bethanyactually#or maybe it’s an on purpose dash thing#because all of social media tracks everything now#but still#so cute
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Tagged by: Fave of faves @bethanyactually--and usually I save every post I'm tagged in to (at least theoretically) do later, but since I actually have returned to watching and listening to things lately, I'm gonna do this one right now.
Last song: Like You Do by Josh Ramsay. And Christian Kane's cover of Fast Car, both of which were recced to me by Leander, who knew I should hear them. But also, while I haven't listened to any of it since Tuesday, I woke up with the Daisy Jones and The Six soundtrack playing in my head...just like it has been ever since I originally started watching the series. Today it's mostly been The River featuring Simone, Regret Me, and More Fun To Miss. I know enough of the lyrics now for the soundtrack to be my constant mental radio as I go about my day.
Currently watching: Nancy Drew S2 (I'm 4 episodes in and enjoying it a lot), Schmigadoon S2 (I've seen half of it and it's still fantastic and I'm bummed I only have 3 episodes to go) and today I'm about to start my Good Omens rewatch so I can head into the new season full of S1 feels. Because my best friend is literally the best, I'm also partly through a DJATS rewatch with Leander seeing it for the first time--making that my favorite thing I am watching right now.
Currently reading: Nightwork by Nora Roberts (I'm about halfway through it and have been borrowing it from @actuallylukedanes forever and I feel very bad about that! I will finish it! I'm also partly through How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, also on loan from Leander. And before that, I was (and remain) partway through literally 20 other ebooks of all kinds--most recently Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig. There's a ton of great nonfiction that I already have on my tablet and know I'll enjoy cuz I'm that kind of geek...I just rarely read anymore because reading time is time I'm not spending with my millions of other hobbies.
Current obsession: As referenced above, Daisy Jones and The Six, which I am so so happy Leander is watching with me--both helping me get it out of my system a little and letting me indulge even more in my love of it. After we watched it on Wednesday, I was able to listen to something that wasn't the soundtrack for the first time, so I just may be able to dial this obsession down to manageable levels at some point. But GUYS IT'S SO GOOD. I want to gif it as soon as I get back to Photoshop and I kind of want to read the book, when I didn't before. I just want to burrow into the world and live there, and I haven't felt that way in quite a while, about anything. (It's made it harder to engage with other things, which is why I originally was going to add Ted Lasso's completed final season to my week along with Nancy Drew and Schmigadoon, but ended up not doing so because my head and heart are full of DJATS right now. But I missed this feeling, too, so I'm happy to be in love again.)
No-pressure tagging: @actuallylukedanes, @jicklet, @jakeperalta, @beturass, @hondagirll, @mythologicalmango, @dollsome-does-tumblr, @anextrapart, @sentichefuoripiove, @robbiedaymonds and anybody else who wants to do this.
#actuallylukedanes#i have the best best friend#daisy jones and the six#christian kane#bethanyactually#josh ramsay#the river#regret me#more fun to miss#nancy drew#schmigadoon#good omens#nightwork#nora roberts#ibram x. kendi#how to raise an antiracist#zero fail: the rise and fall of the secret service#carol leonnig#tag games
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the way I went to re-read earth air water trees IMMEDIATELY on seeing you'd reblogged a fic ask game, so I could say:
one of the many moments in that fics that made me sicko in the window.jpg:
When he reaches her groin he pauses, breathing open-mouthed, and then softly, fleetingly licks it.
Nancy’s body jolts. “Wow.”
Ace pulls back, panting. “Sorry—was that weird—I’m sorry—”
your turn!! <3
BETHANY!!! <333 i am putting on "earth air water trees" the song so that i can approach this glorious question with full immersion.
fick ask game
that moment also made me sicko in the window.jpg, i won't lie. any time i had to write any physical intimacy rather than emotional i felt like i had injected myself with jet fuel. i am so glad you liked that part because i loved writing the parts where ace's cool and collected front cracked for 0.2 seconds because he was so attracted to nancy and that was one of them!
the moment in that fic that probably made me the most yeeesss hahaha yesssss (sicko) to write was this:
Nancy could mull that over for hours and still not know how to respond to it. For some reason, it sends a hairline crack through whatever illusory moment she’s climbed into with him—for some reason, it’s this, and not any of the things that came before it, that makes her want to run.
She does the next best thing. “You can—pretend I’m Amanda, if it’s easier.”
Ace murmurs something into her thigh, his voice soft and slurred. Nancy swears—swears, for a dizzying moment—that what he says is, don’t have to pretend.
“What?” she gasps. “What?”
Ace pulls away, his features stiff with an emotion Nancy can’t identify. Something close to guilt, to yearning, to self-hatred.
“You can pretend I’m Gil,” he says without looking her in the eye. “If that’s easier.”
i was truly obsessed with the messiness of season 2 and the fact that nancy and ace were EACH INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THE BOBBSEY TWINS and how these respective involvements seemed to really make them notice idk how invested they were in what the other was doing, romantically, physically. the wraith era was such a great sandbox to play in because i loved exploring how nancy's (supernaturally induced but still, quietly, achingly present from the start) self-destructive tendencies would react to this situation, and how ace in turn would react to them (before knowing that they were supernaturally induced)—understanding them, but still being hurt by them. it's like, ace has just handed her something so intimate and genuine, such an unvarnished piece of love, and because of her self-doubt and the wraith's exacerbation thereof she can't accept it. at all. she just has to look away from it. she just has to remind them why they're both there, although is it really why they're both there? can she even imagine the alternative, that he's there for a reason other than what she thinks?
of course my hope is that the reader will want to shake her and be like NANCY HE CLEARLY IS IN LOVE WITH YOU but also understand that nancy can't see that in the moment. and i was imagining what was going through ace's mind upon hearing amanda's name, upon hearing the notion that nancy would expect him to PRETEND HE'S GOING DOWN ON AMANDA INSTEAD OF HER, and not knowing how to get into how not true that is but also being a little stung by it, a little jolted from the moment. like, when she says this, he remembers that she's supposedly with gil, just as she remembers that he's supposedly with amanda. and this is an exchange that could unravel the whole thing, but it doesn't, because even under these circumstances they're ceding ground to one another, letting up slack when the other needs it, leveling the playing field. and ace is like, god, you know what, worth it. in this one moment. before there are consequences to wanting this.
in the wise words of the great marie kondo: i'm so excited because i love... mess. :)
fun fact, this exchange—verbatim—was actually the VERY FIRST PART of the fic that came to me and i was so sicko in the window about it that i was like well. guess we should explore this. see below!
ugh, bethany, this season is turning me inside-out. hold me.
THANK YOU FOR LOVING THIS FIC <3
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on this gifset of the scene of Ace asking Nancy, "Why did you hesitate at the veil? You said you were doing this for us. What does that mean?" you said in your tags: #i am SOOOO obsessed with the way it was filmed
I would like to invite you to talk a little more about that, if you wanna, because I would love to hear your thoughts. ♡
Hii, YES I will talk about that!!
*Pulls out 3 hour long presentation I've had sitting in a folder labeled just in case.*
The short answer is: I love how much movement there is in the scene through the camera work. Also, how the camera work is used to reflect what's actually happening in the scene.
Yet because this is possibly my favorite scene in the finale, here's the LONG answer + bonus narrative analysis! ->
To recap, this is right after the veil. Nancy comes back to The Claw, saves Ryan's life, and soon after, the rest of the crew arrives. They discuss damage, casualties, and what's next. Nick and George are off to the youth center to open it as a shelter. Bess and Ace are going to empty the freezer and cook food for people.
Ace watches Bess and the others go, and immediately turns to Nancy: "We could use some help if you're up for it."
The important thing to note here is this is right after the veil. The last Ace interacted with Nancy, she told him to run from the veil ("I'm doing this for us, okay?") and right after, grabbed the front of his jacket, apologized in tears, and left. So he's definitely concerned!
Yet instead of being like "what happened back there at the veil?" he takes the I know Nancy route, and invites her to help him and Bess.
It's comparable to 3x01. There, Ace could tell Nancy was off. So when she says this:
He says, "I can help you carry it."
And it works! She accepts. Whereas he's asking if she literally wants help carrying it, it's also his way of saying "hey, I'm here if you want to talk." It gets them alone and leaves the decision to then talk up to Nancy (who we all know tends to not want to do that) (unless it's to Ace 😉).
But in the finale, that method does not work. Nancy does not want to talk. She shakes her head and tells him she's going with Nick and George instead.
In terms of the camera work here (gif below), it's incredibly quick. We jump from Ace, to Nancy saying no, to her grabbing the first aid kit and making a run for it.
It highlights how badly Nancy needs to get away from him. She just held him dead in her arms, found out that wasn't even real, came back to reality only to give him up to save the town, and now here she is at The Claw - needing to pretend none of that happened. Which is more or less impossible because she just experienced some of The Worst moments of her life.
Yet this time, Ace doesn't let her run.
Technically, this is uncharacteristic for him. He never pushes Nancy. He knows that only pushes her away. But this is really important. He also knows it involves him.
So Ace follows her into the back of The Claw. The camera as Ace follows Nancy is another example of how much movement there is in the scene.
We stay right behind him as he practically jogs after her. The camera is a bit shaky, and that highlights the lack of stability in the scene. He knows something's wrong (is probably panicking because of that). Nancy is incredibly upset (needing to get away so he doesn't see her cry, further proving that something is wrong).
Here's where we end up next, with Nancy in the back putting the first aid kit on a shelf. Maybe expecting Ace to not follow, she begins to let herself cry. She's alone now.
Which does not last. Ace arrives and as soon as she realizes that, she has to put all that emotion away.
Interesting to note here is that Ace wastes zero time before asking Nancy what's up. He needs to know, and maybe he's thinking if he doesn't hurry and ask, she'll slip away again.
What I like about this part is the camera is focused on Ace. Yet we can see Nancy too. Ace is focused on Nancy. The perspective doesn't change much from when Nancy puts the kit away and when Ace shows up. He's there that fast, so all she can do is turn to him. I think because of that, the way it's filmed feels personal. To stay with the idea of movement, we've moved with them. We're with Nancy, and then Ace shows up, and we see that from her perspective.
Since Nancy can't run, she gives him an answer. She hesitated because she's never killed someone.
For what it's worth, it's a decent attempt at an answer. Even if it's entirely a lie, as Nancy already killed Temperance once before in the future forecast. But in that sense, there's still truth to it because killing Temperance is something she struggled with in the forecast too.
To discuss perspective, we are now from Ace's. Nancy is now the one talking and Ace is the one listening. Yet look how close we are to Ace, basically at his shoulder. It still feels personal. This entire scene is very personal for them. The camera is still not steady. Even as Nancy gives her explanation, she's starting to move away from him. She's talking fast too, sniffling as she does. There's an urgency here, just like there is in the entire scene.
The second she's said what she needs to, Nancy leaves. She doesn't give him a chance to ask follow-up questions or even respond.
She pushes past him as she leaves, and the camera responds to that.
The camera pushes back as she pushes past Ace. The perspective ends lower and further back than where it started. This distance works in contrast to the moment prior, where we were very close to Nancy and Ace. This shows how alone Ace is. Literally alone because Nancy is gone, and also figuratively as he has no idea what's going on.
I'll also point out that Ace does not move. So much of this scene is movement because the camera is following them. Jumping from Ace to Nancy, the walk to the back room, Nancy leaving, etc.
Now, he's still as the camera moves without him. The camera moving shows the tension isn't gone, but Ace is now at a loss. His attempt to talk to Nancy failed because all he got was a lie (or half-truth). He can't follow her as he knows she's upset. Following her would further upset her, increase the emotional distance between them, etc. He's doing the right thing in letting her go.
As the scene ends on this new angle, he just looks smaller. He looks helpless. He's left to contemplate what just happened, and we don't learn his conclusion until a month later during the famous Apartment Scene. (Where he blames himself, completely unaware of the moth curse via great aunt).
But to wrap things up and return to the point, I don't know that Nancy Drew is a show with a ton of noticeable camera work in every episode. Or maybe it's just that I've only recently started paying attention to it. I'm no expert lol, but I will say 3x13 is a very standout episode.
Another good 3x13 example is after the car crash. How the camera goes low to show Temperance towering over Nancy. Temperance is powerful, and she is in control.
There's also the odd angle (a disoriented feeling after the crash combined with the realization this is not reality). That's in addition to the (not pictured) close-ups on Nancy's face. Getting close and personal highlights how distraught she is.
With Nancy Drew, if there's episodes with cool camera work, there's a good chance Larry Teng directed. Recently when I rewatched 1x17, I was all of ten seconds in when I realized it reminded me of 3x13. And no surprise! Larry Teng directed that one too.
So I feel like it's one thing to just film what's happening, but another entirely to use the camera to emphasize emotions/the story itself. 3x13 is just a perfect example of that, and that's interesting to me.
And if you made it to the end, hopefully this was interesting to you!
#nace#nancy drew cw#nancy drew#bethanyactually#flytheask#hello and welcome to the inside of my brain
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my birthday twin!!! 🥳💖 I hope you have an excellent one!
Happy birthday, birthday twin! Thank you for remembering me! :) It was a hard day, but it did have some good moments. I just wrote a post about it. I hope you did something special for yourself. :)
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yellow (29.10.2022)
#my photos#autumnal aesthetic#bethanyactually#i thought you might like this#saint petersburg#it was 12C which was unheard of#it's cold now tho#yellow#click on photos for better quality#autumn
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See you in the stars!🚀✨
#dimension 20#adventuring party#d20#aso#a starstruck odyssey#brennan lee mulligan#ally beardsley#Emily Axford#brian murphy#lou wilson#Siobhan Thompson#Zac Oyama#sylvansleuthings#requested#bethanyactually
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🤩🤓💞🐤🥀❤️🧡💛💚
🤩 I’m a fan of you
🤓 You’re really smart
💞 I love both your blog and your content
🐤We're mutuals
🥀We're friends
❤️ You deserve happiness
🧡I care about you
💛 I love seeing you on my dash
💚You sometimes like my stuff and I love you for it
Holy shit Bethany that's so kind!!!! I also love seeing you on my dash and enjoy your blog and being friends with you. Thank you so much Bethany 😭😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤❤🙌🙌🙌🙌
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Top 5 Ace [Redacted] lines!
delightful prompt!
"you don't cook pancakes in the oven. who raised you?"
the fact that "in this world that tries to silence me, the most dangerous words i can speak are that i love you" stuck with him out of all odette's prose
newly, "like a proposed death. like the serving suggestion on a waffle box."
"jolene is a solid boat name."
"changed lanes without signaling, that one just happened just now."
when he sort of hacked into the horseshoe bay digital library. he used his library card.
every text he's ever sent.
this set. you get it.
#that's five right? that's basically a list of five things?#ace [redacted]#bethanyactually#replies#top five ask game
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Day 3 gifts (Tues 26 Dec)
Carrie made this playlist for Bren
Charlie made this fanvid for Kels
Susan (@stormofsansas) made this gifset for Bethany (@bethanyactually)
Winter (@winterlovesong1) wrote this fic for Susan (@stormofsansas)
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Has anyone sent you Music and Lyrics AU yet??? :D
Not yet!! 😄 I feel like I don't have any more of this to share with you since you know all about it already. I WILL say that I still have all of the notes from our DMs about it and I just read through them and they are very inspiring. Hyle as the douchey professor was especially inspired on your part.
I don't remember if I've shared this bit but here's a little from what I do have written:
The delivery boy was watching Jaime carefully with wide, worried eyes. The iguana, hulking in its cat carrier, looked like it wanted to eat him. Were they carnivores? Jaime knew even less about iguanas than he knew about having a successful solo career.
“I don't want to kill in the teens-to-twenties market, Tyrion. I want to make my residuals and flaunt my assets to the occasional crowd of middle-aged women and then sleep just fine in my very expensive sheets every night.” The boy started to set up the cage again but Jaime held up his hand to freeze him in place.
“The iguana is non-refundable, so you're stuck with it,” Tyrion said. “You need something besides yourself to care about.”
“That's unfair, I care about you.”
“Only because I'm the one who books you into the asset-flaunting events,” Tyrion replied dryly.
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