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onlyactivewhenexhausted · 2 months

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you guys need to watch 2009 show Lie to Me so that there’s more fanfics about it. This show has no fandom and it’s absolutely tragic

#lie to me #cal lightman #gillian foster #eli loker #ria torres #ben reynolds #emily lightman #It’s so underrated

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letthewhumpbegin · 2 months

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BTHB voting #9

My goal for this year is to complete my new Bad Things Happen Bingo Card😇. I've never before produced that much fanfics in one year, so we'll see how it goes 😁

You, my dear readers, followers and accidental-passers-by, get to vote who / what fandoms the prompts will get filled for! Over the next weeks I will post a poll per prompt, and you can get voting 😉

The 9th prompt is: AMBULANCE RIDE

For a 'look-and-feel' of my writing, check out my writing masterlist

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doctormichaelaquinn · 21 days

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For a moment I was so caught up in the joy of rewatching Lie to Me that I forgot I live in a world where it was cancelled after three seasons (jk I never forgot and I'll never forgive)

#lie to me #cal lightman #gillian anderson #eli loker #ria torres

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future--ghost · 1 year

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Eli Loker is the best character in lie to me (he's my favorite character)

#lie to me #eli loker

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violetren · 2 years

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Got Lie To Me running in the BG. I had forgotten how bonkers the whole Loker can stay he's just not gonna be paid declaration was, and how fucking nuts it was that he stayed.

Is he like a trust fund baby and I just forgot? How the fuck is the floppy haired idiot paying rent? What does he eat?

#lie to me #eli loker #cal lightman

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twoscriddler · 2 years

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eli on a date with ria

#lie to me #eli loker #ria torres

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staydandy · 1 year

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Lie to Me (2009) - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Cal Lightman is the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language. He works with local law enforcement to assist in investigations and expose the truth behind the lies. (Wiki)

Whumpee : Dr. Cal Lightman played by Tim Roth (2nd from right) • Eli Loker played by Brendan Hines (far right)

Country : 🇺🇸 America

Notes : This is a Partial List - I didn't list every bit of whump, just what caught my attention the most • The episode list is formatted season-episode : 00-00

Episodes on List : 3 Total Episodes : 48 Total Seasons : 3

*Spoilers below*

02-10 : Lightman helps diffuse a bomber case

02-12 : Loker is caught in an explosion right outside the office

03-11 : Lightman’s car is hit

#whump #whump list #full whump list #American whump #America #Lie to Me #Cal Lightman #Eli Loker #Tim Roth #Brendan Hines #Crime #Mystery #drama #bomb #explosion #car accident #car crash

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our-stars-graveside · 2 years

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October Challenge: Lie to Me* Edition 🍂✨

Week One (fluff) Week Two (serious fluff)

Oct 1 coffee shop☕️ Oct 8 trauma

Oct 2 movies🍿 Oct 9 amnesia

Oct 3 music 🎶 Oct 10 fears

Oct 4 baking🧁 Oct 11 nightmare

Oct 5 baking p2 🍰 Oct 12 late

Oct 6 fall🧣 Oct 13 fluff for our sads

Oct 7 sickfic 🩹 Oct 14 partial amnesia

Week Three (au, crossover) Week Four (spooky)

Oct 15 crackfic Oct 22 ghosts

Oct 16 gil’s past Oct 23 less serious nightmares

Oct 17 white collar crossover Oct 24 gil scaring cal

Oct 18 spn crossover Oct 25 crackish, karl makes a comeback

Oct 19 lucifer crossover Oct 26 cinema but creepy

Oct 20 meeting au Oct 27 haunted

Oct 21 spn again Oct 28 'i feel like i'm suddenly wide awake'

Last Three Days (spookier)

Oct 29 murder novel

Oct 30 window

🎃 Oct 31 hallucinations

my tagged mutuals which currently consists of one person i will plague endlessly: @motionlessblackveilbride

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le-scenariste · 1 year

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Tagged by @ghosts-of-love :) but for some reason the tag didn't work properly so I didn't realise til I saw the post ANYWAYS

1) Are you named after anyone ?

I sorta yoinked my name from Eli Loker from Lie To Me but I just like the name itself and decided 'ill be taking that' and not 'holy fuck I wanna be him so bad' if that makes sense

2) when was the last time you cried

I never fuckin remember this shit. I don't cry that often but I feel like there was something somewhat recently but yeah nah can't remember

3) Do you have kids ?

Does my cat count ?

4) Do you use sarcasm a lot ?

...yeah. quite a bit. Sometimes I'm a lil worried I come off a bit more rude than intended tho. I'll use it less or more depending on who I'm with tho

5) What's the first thing you notice about people ?

Their height and the way they dress. Me when I'm short as fuck so someone who's like...5"8 is hella tall

6) What's your eye colour ?

Really fucking dark brown

7) Scary movies or happy endings ?

Happy endings all the way. Although I've recently come to the realisation that I'm not as bad with horror movies as I thought :)

8) Any special talents ?

Not really ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

9) Where were you born ?

See if you asked where I'm from, this shit would be paragraphs long about cultural identity and shit. But nah I was born in Guatemala

10) What are your hobbies ?

Drawing, TV and movie watching, playing music, games :)

11) Have you any pets ?

My cat !!! He's a baby 🥰 I love him <33333

12) What sports do you play/have played ?

I played soccer in primary school for a bit then stopped when my mom didn't ask me if I wanted to play even tho I did but I was too scared to ask for some reason. And then when I moved to Australia, the school I went to had winter sport be compulsory so I chose soccer again. Played it until the pandemic hit and the school was like after the first lockdown ended "oh well we don't know if we'll be playing matches but sign up and we'll give you more info" nah fuck that gimme the info now. Haven't played since. But I do capoeira now :) which I also did while in the states and took a break from. Good shit got training tonight

13) How tall are you ?

😭4"11😭😭😭

14) Favourite subject in school ?

Back in the US it was french for a bit cuz my teacher was super nice. I was also definitely her favourite but whatever (dw I wasn't a teacher's pet or anything who reminded her about unassigned homework). Music was also good cuz all we did was just learn songs for the school fair. Then in Australia it was also french but because it was super fucking EASY and I didn't have to study. And also after y9, maths cuz I actually understood shit with the help of a legend of a teacher and a godlike tutor

15) Dream job ?

Visionswitcher/mixer or film/tv editor :)

I am tagging @stop-saying-tootsie @basiloaks @hadleyfrasergender and anyone else who wants to do this

#ask games #tag game

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ztan-31 · 2 years

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i might be the last person on the internet to realize that Tatiana Maslany is married to Brendan Hines, who played Eli Loker in Lie to Me. So Tim has worked with both of them🥺

#lie to me #oh god i miss that show #i just think it's kinda sweet

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letthewhumpbegin · 1 year

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Who / what fandoms I write for

Here's a list of the fandoms and the characters within said fandom I write about.

The characters listed will be the whumpees in the imagines I write. The caretaker does not specifically have to be on this list, but can be anyone from the same fandom (if you have a preference, please specify with your request).

Want to send in your request? I am currently only taking requests from my prompts list, which you can find here and you can also send in your request through there.

A

A-Team (movie): Face, Murdock

Aladdin (live action movie): Aladdin

American Assassin: Mitch Rapp

Avengers / Marvel: Ant-Man/Scott Lang, Captain America/Steve Rogers, Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange, Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Loki, Thor

B

The Batman (2022): Bruce Wayne

The Blacklist: Donald Ressler

Bullet Train: Tangerine

C

Criminal Minds: Spencer Reid

CSI: Greg Sanders, Nick Stokes

CSI NY: Danny Messer, Don Flack, Adam Ross

D

Dune: Paul Atreides

F

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Newt Scamander, Theseus Scamander

G

Game of Thrones: Jon Snow, Robb Stark

Guardians of the Galaxy: Peter Quill

H

Hannibal (tv series): Will Graham

The Hobbit: Fili, Kili, Thorin, Thranduil

I

Inception: Arthur

J

James Bond (Daniel Craig era): James Bond, Q

Jurassic World: Owen Grady

Justified: Raylan Givens, Tim Gutterson

K

Kingsman: Eggsy Unwin

L

The Last of Us: Joel Miller

Lie to Me: Cal Lightman, Eli Loker

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn, Faramir, Legolas

M

MacGyver: Angus MacGyver

Maze Runner: Newt, Thomas

N

Now You See Me: Daniel Atlas

O

Olympus Has Fallen / London Has Fallen: Mike Banning

Our Flag Means Death: Ed Teach/Blackbeard

P

Pride + Prejudice + Zombies: Mr. Darcy

Prodigal Son: Malcolm Bright

The Purge (movies): Leo Barnes

S

Shadow & Bone / Six of Crow: Kaz Brekker, Jesper Fahey, Wylan van Eck

Sherlock (BBC): Sherlock Holmes

Star Trek (2009): Jim Kirk, Spock

Spiderman (Tom Holland era): Peter Parker

Star Wars: Poe Dameron

Supernatural: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester

T

Top Gun Maverick: Rooster/Bradley Bradshaw, Hangman/Jake Seresin

U

Uncharted (movie): Nathan Drake

W

Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes

Wonka: Willy Wonka

X

X-Men: Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy

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grahamstoney · 14 years

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Lie To Me

New Post has been published on https://grahamstoney.com/communication/lie

Lie To Me

One of my favourite TV shows is Lie To Me. Tim Roth plays Dr Cal Lightman, an eccentric expert in deception detection who runs his own consulting business primarily assisting lawyers and prosecutors get to the truth. There’s always a story behind the story, and the trick is to work out who’s lying about it. His techniques combine reading of facial microexpressions, body language, gestures and human behaviour to discern the true emotions of everyone involved; often including his own staff.

Having learned the art of stripping away people’s facades to reveal what is really going on underneath, Dr Lightman has an arrogant edge about him, which is tempered by his paranoia and the painful dysfunctional relationships that he finds himself in. He sees through the white lies that other people spin to soften the real truth from him, and relies on his ability to cut through the protective shields of other people’s personalities to avoid exposing his own vulnerabilities. Dr Lightman was initially driven to study microexpressions by guilt after the suicide of his mother, who fooled her psychiatrist into into thinking that she had recovered enough from her mental problems to gain weekend release from a psychiatric institution; when in fact her aim was to get out just so that should could attempt suicide. The grief surrounding his mother’s death, and his inability to prevent it, is something he still hasn’t really got over.

It is ironic that in his quest to get the truth out of other people, Dr Lightman and his staff often resort to theatrics and outright deception. He will set up a false scenario or make deceptive statements purely to see how the person in question will respond; will they take the bait? Will they react with fear or shame? Will they trip up and inadvertantly reveal the truth? Hell-bent on getting to the truth, he is prepared to lie and cheat in order to do it. Yet because we can see that underneath it all he’s quite a flawed character, he ends up coming across as really likeable. Getting the balance just right to make this happen is where the real acting skill is, and reminds me of one of my other favourite abrasive characters, Dr House in the show House, played by Hugh Laurie.

Aside from the interesting drama that unfolds on the show, Lie To Me has a lot to teach about human behaviour and interactions. The show is based on the scientific work of Paul Ekman, a psychologist who has studied the relationship between emotions and facial microexpressions. Main characters in the show refer to emotional indications in the expressions or mannerisms of the people they are working with, based on Ekman’s work. We see realistic portrayals of guilt, shame, honesty, anger, resentment, scorn and other emotions, cleverly intercut with pictures of known celebrities in the same emotional states while going into ad breaks. Ekman’s research has found that most people are relatively poor at reading facial microexpressions, but can be trained quite quickly to become better at empathising with other people through the use of a microexpression training set. Not only are we all fascinated by lying, and how to detect it, but this basis in real science makes for an intelligent drama.

The relationships between the main characters working with and for Dr Lightman always seem to be coloured by the absolute requirement to be honest with each other. Any deception is immediately picked up, given that they’re all trained to recognise it instinctively. This seems to add to the tension between them, and particularly between Dr Lightman and his most senior colleague Dr Gillian Foster, played by Kellie Williams. Another character Eli Loker, played by Brendan Hines, subscribes to the theory of radical honesty described in the book Radical Honesty by psychologist Brad Blanton, which really blew me away when I read it recently. As a result, Loker often appears abrupt in his interactions with other characters. Blanton’s theory is that most human stress is caused by our unwillingness, inability, or inculcation to avoid being really truthful with other people, especially in difficult circumstances. Sounds great in theory, but Loker’s character suggests that doing so all the time becomes awkward and may even distance us from other people.

All good drama has things to teach about human interactions, but it’s rare that the lessons are as obvious as they are in Lie To Me. Yet it works. I think they’ve got a good balance between plots that are dramatically interesting, and the quite overt inclusion of information about when someone is lying, shameful, or being honest. Sometimes the plots seem a bit far-fetched; Cal Lightman seems to attract way more than his fair share of trouble to feed his underlying paranoia. Occasional plot devices push me beyond the limits of my ability to suspend disbelief and just get lost in the action. But overall, I find Lie To Me fascinating for both the drama and what it has to teach about human dynamics, human interactions, and the art of reading other people’s true emotions; despite what they may say they are thinking or feeling at the time.

#deception #Human behavior #lies #Microexpression #Paul Ekman #psychology #radical honesty #relationship #social psychology #sociology #television #Communication

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stevenfics · 9 months

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Who I write for;

☆ Supernatural;

Dean Winchester.

☆ Criminal minds;

Spencer Reid.

Penelope Garcia.

Emily Prentiss.

Jennifer Jeareau.

☆ BBC Merlin;

Arthur Pendragon.

Merlin.

Sir Gwaine.

☆ Lie to me;

Eli Loker.

#☆ map & compass

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timrothgifs · 2 years

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melaniehere91 requested:

This may sound odd but do you have any gifs of Cal messing with Loker in Lie to Me? The first one that comes to mind is "The Royal We" where hes like "Wheres my pen?" Lol.

#tim roth #brendan hines #lie to me #cal lightman #eli loker #gif request

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pinazee · 3 years

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The 2000’s had some of the best warm hearted smarties with child like wonder. I call this collage, Obsession: The Early Stages of my Probably Unhealthy Attachment to Fictional Characters

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youaremysunshine-court · 2 years

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Will Graham is eli loker grown up no I will not elaborate

#lie to me #eli loker

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