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lisinfleur · 5 years

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Murphy’s Law

It was raining outside; your high heels broke against a stone of your garden; the fall ruined your clothes and hair, forcing you to go back inside to change; you got late to the most important meeting of your year and only when the presentation began, you discovered you brought the wrong pen-drive to the office and instead of the presentation you spent hours of your night composing, pictures of your last family dinner in your mother's house started to show on the screen.

You lost the client and with it, your job.

The day couldn't be worse! Your life couldn't be worse! You were sure of this.

Until your eyes found a man, dressed in a strangely perfect Viking costume, laid in the middle of an enormous burned circle on your grass.

"GREAT!" you cursed.

Without a job, you would NEVER have enough money to fix that shit and your garden would have a horrible black circle, causing your neighborhood to think you were some kind of a witch or anything like that.

"Because cursed I am already! I'm sure!" you growled, coming near the man, trying to push that blond GIANT away from your garden. "Ok, the nap is good and I don't know from which Monday fantasy party you came, but get... The fuck... Outta my grass!"

The man growled in pain and you noticed a stain in the grass that caused you to raise your hands, stained in his blood.

He was wounded and bleeding.

ON-YOUR-GRASS!

And to complete the strange picture, the enormous creature looked at you completely lost, as if you were a ghost, and started speaking some kind of strange language that you could barely understand.

Even speaking five different languages!

"Wait, wait, wait, what??" you tried to stop him "Stop. STOP!"

He seemed to recognize the word, stopping the uninterrupted babbling and fixating his eyes on yours.

"Ok. Slow down... I can't understand you. Can't... understand..." you tried to gesticulate explaining you couldn't hear him properly and insisting for him to keep calm "Let us try... Great... You don't speak English... Habla Español?"

He frowned, not understanding. You sighed, moving your hands for him to keep the silence.

"Deutsch? Sprichst du Deutsch?"

His face was becoming more and more frowned.

Shit...

"Fine... Let me see..." Your mind tried to figure out what to do and then, it clicked in your head.

He was dressed as a Viking... Well, you knew nothing of Icelandic yet, but why not to try?

“Kan du Norsk?”

Something on your sentence seemed to make some sense for him - which was the best you could do until now.

"Ok... Norwegian so..." you sighed, thanking God you tried those classes everyone was saying were useless.

Well, you would like to rub in your sister's face the situation where you were needing the damn Norwegian language she was criticizing you so bad for learning. But your brain instantly refused the idea of calling your sister to see your Norwegian Classes were being useful to interact with a drunken strange, wounded, and dirty man laid on your grass...

Yeah.

It wasn't the best way to prove a point.

You tried to focus, speaking in Norwegian with that strange man, trying to speak slowly since something in your Norwegian was appearing to be strange for him.

Was it your accent? It should be your accent. Surely.

"Look, you're bleeding. You need some help. Do you have your documents with you? What is your name?" you tried.

Your eyes trying to find any visible pocket in his (ABSOLUTELY STRANGE) clothes to look for a wallet, some ID, anything.

But he seemed to misunderstand great part of your sentences, trying to attach to what he could really understand.

"Björn. I'm Björn, son of Ragnar. And who are you, woman?"

Woman?

What a bad educated dude!

He had a pretty dragged Norwegian, with a strong pronounce. You could even say he was Norwegian by his way to talk. However, there was something strange...

It wasn't the tone you were used to hearing.

It was something you were used to reading. On poetry and old historian books, to be honest.

Was that man this drunk to keep the character even in a situation like that?

"Look... Björn, right? I don't know how you ended up in my garden, but you need to get up and leave. This is my property and... Is this a cut? Mother of God! How did you cut yourself like that?" you questioned, shocked when he tried to use your support to get up, not resisting to your suggestions, but showing a long cut from his shoulder through his chest, opening the strange clothes he was wearing, crossing his body until the middle of his belly.

A deeper cut and you would have a Norwegian body in your garden to explain!

You couldn't leave him like that...

"Shit!" you cursed, passing one of his hands over your shoulder to guide him towards your door and stopping in the middle of the way: he was ridiculously taller than you and try to support him was stupid - Björn would have to lower himself to find any kind of support in your shoulders.

"Can you walk?" you asked.

And he nodded, standing perfectly as if his chest wasn't opened from one side to another. His eyes looking around, confused.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"On my garden," you mumbled, walking towards your door and opening it with your key Björn took from your hand as soon as you finished using.

For a second, you thought the game was over and now he would try to push you inside, steal something, anything like that... But he just started looking at your keylocker, messing with it as if he never saw a keylocker in his life!

He fucking smelled your keys! And before he could touch your house keys with his tongue, you took it from his hand.

"What are you doing?!"

"What is this, woman?" Björn asked, looking at you confused once again.

Whether that man was a huge actor or he was really questioning what was a key!

"These are my keys... Come in at once," you said, pushing him inside "I don't want my neighbors to see you coming in."

He got into your house and then, his face frowned even more. Everything seemed strange to his eyes and for a moment, he didn't touch anything, as if all the things in your house could potentially kill him.

But Björn heard the sound of your keys once again and it caught his attention. So, he turned back to see you using the keys to lock your home, impressed.

"What do these tiny “keys” serve for?" he asked, pointing the keylocker in your hand and you sighed.

"You put it here and swirls it like this and then, tharan!" you said, opening your door "Is open. Then you do it again, swirl it to the other side and then, bang!" you showed him the door was closed and he tried to open it by himself, impressed that tiny little fragile thing was really a key.

"No one can cross this door without the key... what's wrong with you?" you asked.

Seeing how his fingers slid through your door and he knocked on some points before looking at you.

"A simple battering ram could cross this easily... Too thin!"

A BATTERING RAM? What in the actual fuck?

"You're strange!" you said, leaving the keylocker on your table and leaving towards the bathroom. "Do not touch anything! I'll pick up something for helping you with this cut and then you will leave!"

It took some time for you to find the medical box in your bathroom. You weren't used to getting yourself wounded, so you didn't even remember where it was.

When you came back to the living room, Björn was messing up with your fake fruits. Curious, he took a fake apple to his mouth and before you could tell him to stop, he bit it, spitting the piece of Styrofoam and frowning again that strange shocked way.

"What kind of apple is this?"

"Is not an apple, you moron!" you said pulling the pieces from his hands, guiding him to the couch where he sat, looking surprised by the softness of your furniture. "Where are you from?"

"Kattegat," he answered, moving his ass against your couch, causing his body to bounce over the soft movable. "This is comfortable... Is made of furs?"

"No," you twisted your face.

You knew that city, Kattegat. But he didn't look like someone from a civilized place. Who in the damn Earth doesn't know what is a couch made from?

"When did you arrive?" you asked, trying to remove his strange leather coverage from his chest.

There was still that cotton... Thing... Over his body. Because you couldn't call that strange thing a shirt.

It was thick and looked like something handmade.

Looking closely the cut in his chest wasn't really deep. And the dude had some pretty nice tattoos, to be honest.

"I don't know," he answered your question, picking up one of the gauzes you used to clean his wound, smelling and almost sneezing with the smell of the alcohol. "I was messing with the necklace I found in the back of my cell when it opened a dark hole and then I saw you... What's this terrible smell?"

You looked at him shocked.

"This is alcohol... aren't you feeling anything?"

You were cleaning his wound with pure alcohol and he wasn't even showing a reaction...

You would be yelling like a goat being slaughtered with a drop of alcohol in a cut of paper. But that man was feeling nothing against that enormous cut?

"It burns a little... Why is this place so different? I never saw a place like this," he insisted, rubbing your couch, looking all over your place while you were still trying to process all the few information he gave you.

"You said... You were in a cell?" you tried to assemble the puzzle his words were.

"Those bastards... My younger brother's men invaded my camp and took me a prisoner. But not before a good fight!" Björn justified, clenching his fist before relaxing a little again "I was thinking about how I could flee from Ivar and I found that necklace on the ground of my cell. Probably some woman he locked there to die..." he sighed " I messed with the pendant and thought about how I wanted to be far away from there... And then everything became too fast for me to describe. In the following second, you were there, waking me up. You didn't tell me... where am I?"

Ok... Now how do you tell a crazy Norwegian he's somewhere in the south of England?

"Let us say your wish was... realized." you said, getting up "Lay down and take some rest. I think you tried to ate my apple because you're hungry so... I'll bring you some food. Try to rest a little..."

"You didn't tell me your name," he pointed, with reason.

"I"m Y/N," you answered.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Y/N. I'll remember to ask my men for your weight in gold to pay for your generosity," he said, laying down in your couch, still impressed with how soft it was.

You almost cracked with his words.

Your weight... in... gold? From when this man was?

You had already heard about Björn before, but well, many Scandinavian men and women would name their children after the Viking heroes like Björn Ironside and the fact he said he was a son of a Ragnar could be exactly the reason why his father named him after the historical figure - to make a joke with the fact his name would be Björn Ragnarsson as well. Right?

The curiosity took you and you took your computer to your bedroom, starting to search for his name around, trying to have any kind of clue of the story he was telling you.

Surprisingly, the iconic Ironside had vanished after being captured by his younger brother Ivar - an event that generated the execution of dozens of slave women since the only thing that remained in Björn's cell was a female necklace with inscriptions in Old Norse that some scientists translated as saying "Make a wish" behind its pendant. The young women were executed for Ivar believed one of them helped his brother to flee.

Björn was never found again in history, but the remains of the necklace could still be seen, preserved, in a museum at the city of Kattegat, Norway...

"Birthplace of the legend... Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me," you giggled, continuing the article to find something that really shocked you.

Some lines down, a picture of a drawing of what would be Björn Ironside, supposedly made some few time before his disappearance, was looking like a painted portrait of the man in your living room.

Your mind took a turn and you giggled, disbelieving yourself. But before you could figure out if you were insane or the man in your house was a living fossil from the Viking Age, the sound of something breaking called you back to where Björn was supposed to be sleeping.

Instead, he was standing in front of your table's secret drawer - that somehow the curious bastard found and opened WITH YOUR KEYS! - completely shocked, seeing that shitty thing your sister gave you in your last anniversary as a joke about your loneliness, lying exposed over your carpet.

"What are you doing messing with my..." you froze when he pulled a short sword from the leg of his trousers, pointing it on you, straight to your throat, in a precise movement.

"What kind of a witch are you, woman? Is this what you plan to do to me? To cut my manhood while I sleep in your soft bed of furs?"

"What??" you giggled, not knowing exactly if you were laughing of his idea or just for the nervousness with that terrible day. "It's not real! This shit is a vibrator! My sister gave me!"

"Your sister gifts you with men's cocks? What kind of place did I fell into?"

"Is fake!" you tried, looking at him "It's a... a damn toy. Is a joke, Björn! Just like the apple you bit, is fake, ok? She was trying to make a joke on me. Now put this shit down!"

Definitely, that wasn't a fake sword!

And definitely, that man couldn't be a common drunken.

"Don't come any closer..." Björn said, pulling down the sword to touch the vibrator on the ground with its tip, almost burning your face in red.

"For the God's sake, stop it," you mumbled, seeing as he was poking the thing with his sword until it started vibrating on the ground, causing the situation to become even more embarrassing. "Holy fuck..."

"What, in the nine realms, is this shit?" he said, shocked.

And it was the last drop you needed.

Your day was shitty, your life was a mess and now you had to deal with a living fossil in your house. Enough!

"Ok. I'm done. You wanna kill me, then kill me, is a favor you do to me, but this is going too far!" you said, walking towards him, picking up the vibrating THING in your floor, turning it off and hiding it into the drawer again, locking it with your key and sitting on your couch "What a freaking insane day!"

"Why do women have things like that?" Björn asked.

His face totally frowned, looking around.

"Did the men cease existing? Is that it?" he asked, not seeing any male creature around, trying to deduce what was clearly confusing him.

"You are a living Viking, aren't you?" you asked, looking at him.

"Of course, I'm a Viking! What do you mean? What is going on, woman? Explain yourself!" he demanded, as the prince you knew he was.

"Sit down, your highness... This is gonna be a long history," you said, pointing him a chair "And for the love of God, do not touch anything anymore, ok?"

You slid your hands through your hair, trying to prepare for the long speech. But first, you got up, pouring yourself some whiskey.

Pure. No ice.

This would be a really long night.

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lovingrue · 5 years

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roommate adventures | tom holland

summary: o/c Malena and tom are in desperate need for a roommate. hence the title. and these are just little snippets of their life and adventures.

warnings: sexual assault, language, and mentions of sex.

a/n: hey! i usually write on wattpad but that’s just been dead for the past few months so i’m coming to here! i usually don’t publish what i write but i thought what could be the harm in trying to put my writing out there? let’s see how this goes. if anyone feels uncomfortable or has any suggestions for future stories lmk! my inbox is always open!

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She met him in 2017, when she was first touring the university and finding a place to live for the start of her life. She was accepted into seven different colleges, and she never expected to make her decision first trip.

Tom was needing of a roommate, so said person would be there when he isn't and make sure everything is fine. You know, and so he's not lonely while during breaks of filming.

Her second option was Georgia Institute of Tech, but thought that she wanted to go the opposite of her choices of life.

She didn't really know when she met Tom, or ran into him. It just sort of happened. They were both getting coffee, they had early mornings and just wanted their coffee so they could be on their way. Malena ordered it under her last name, Hollen. As Tom orders his under his last name.

But the thing that was different were the drinks. So when Tom took a drink from the Hot Almond Milk latte expecting it to be nice and creamy, he was met with hard and strong. And while Malena was full on expecting her lactose free coffee that she could enjoy and not have to rush to the bathroom after drinking, she was met with the sweet taste of cream.

Both of the kids' face grew immensely with disgust and they noticed it when looking to the cup names. Malena found him first, grabbing two other lids, "Holland?" Asking as he looked up, "Hollen.." He asked with question in his voice as she nodded. "That's me. Here's you, very filled with cream coffee. I don't understand how you could drink this. It's truly, something else" Her accent immediately made Tom intrigued. "And yours as well. Except I think i'll be tasting coffee beans for the rest of my life.." Joking while she popped off his lid and tossed it into the garbage can.

"You're that actor boy, right?" He let out a chuckle, "You could say that.. And you're?"

"Malena. A freshman at NYU.." His face lit up, "Did you just move here? You're accent is telling me you're not from around" He shown a bright smile while she chuckled, "You're right.. I'm from Bergen" The girl's skin was tanner than usual, she had tattoos covering her arms from her wrist to her shoulder and ear piercings in every place that there could be.

Her nose and septum were pierced. To Tom she was absolutely stunning.

"Wow, you're a long way from home", Malena nodded. "Needed to get away.. I'm sure you could understand" Answering while she drank the coffee like no big deal, "Do you know any places that are renting? I need to find a place asap and just honestly don't have the time.." Tom asked as she looked to him and squinted her eyes with wonder in the hazel color.

"Uh- yeah! Actually, I just put in an application to Peter Cooper.. They're a little on the pricy side but they're amazing. The place is spacious and really open.. I could send you they're information if you'd like?" Tom pulled his phone from his pocket, "Yes! That would be amazing. Could I get your number?" He asked, holding his coffee in the crook of his arm.

"Aren't you worried i'm a crazed fan girl" Joking while he sighed. "Guess we'll find out later then, huh" She shared a smile before reading off her number to the famous actor.

And before the two strangers knew it, they were moving in together. Despite Malena's six year old pure black cat that had fallen in love with Tom, he had loved the place.

Tom didn't have anything against Davos, just that he was absolutely everywhere and followed you wherever you go. Deciding that Tom was a tree and climbed up his pant leg whenever he got the chance to. "I can put him in my room, you do know that.." Malena offered, standing at the island bar while Tom had stared at the cat climbing on his chest and trying to perch himself onto his shoulder.

"That wouldn't be fair, i'm just not used to having a cat.." Davos made small noises while he made muffins near tom's ear. "If you scratch me, it's game over.."

But the two soon had grown anxious around each other. It was either when Malena was trying to do school work, or Tom had a friend over to rehearse lines was when they really got annoyed.

Turns out Malena has this thing with crunching. She was suspended in the seventh grade for punching a boy who wouldn't quit smacking his gum. And Tom, when he was really into his show or book he was reading, wouldn't realize that he would be crunching loudly or chewing obnoxiously.

Malena has tried absolutely everything since she was in the third grade for this issue she has. Medication, therapy, even hypnotism. Nothing had seemed to help.

Tom realized this when the two were watching a movie, he felt someone staring at him he just didn't know if it was Davos or someone else.

He looked slowly over to the girl who was staring at him, pinching the inside of her hand. "You okay?"

"You chew loud" She brought up, "Sorry! You're fine! I didn't mean for that to sound so rude" She was quick to fix her tone of voice as Tom nodded. "No, don't be. I'm sorry, I didn't realize" He apologized and looked back to the movie with a worried look on his face. Wondering if he should be snacking anymore.

And then Tom realized that he hasn't seen the girl with out baggy clothing. She was always in a sweatshirt and loose fitting jeans, or leggings and a large long sleeved shirt. It confused him when he first realized.

"Hey! I'm gonna go down and soak in the hot tub for a little.. Wanna join?" Malena looked up from her laptop, pulling the earbud from her ear, "Sorry?" Her lips tugged into a smile. "I'm gonna go down to the hot tub. Did you want to come with?" She breathed in heavy then looked to her laptop, "I have a couple more paragraphs to finish.." She made up an excuse as he pouted.

"Okay.. I'll let you know when i'm on my way back up" That was a rule. Always let each other know when they'll be back to the apartment. Doesn't matter if they're going down to retrieve a friend, or to get their food.. Always make sure the other person is in appropriate attire before barging in.

But, that wasn't the case this time. Tom was up early. Call time 3am. They said he'd be done around two or three, depending on what time he finished everything.

And since it was a Tuesday, he expected no one to be home once swinging open the apartment door.

Malena was home sick, incredibly sick. Her cramps had won and she had been throwing up absolutely nothing for the past hours since she was awake. She was crippled over in pain in nothing but basketball shorts and a sports bra. She had the chills but sweat was dripping off of her.

"You okay?" Tom asking immediately once seeing Malena holding onto the counter and bending over. "Yeah.." Breathing as if she was in labor. She squatted down and had held onto her stomach. "Holy shit.." Peter walked over to her. "Are you sick?"

She shook her head no then stood up. And Tom had to hold his breath. The girl was immensely muscular and curvy. He couldn't help but stare while she had drank water slowly. Her bottom was a good size, almost looked fake, and her torso held muscles he didn't even realize that she had.

"Stop" She sighed, making Tom look up to her. "Sorry" Speaking back. And then Harrison walked through the doors. "Jesus, does anyone ever knock" The man was also taken back from the girl who walked past him. Muttering things in Norwegian while leaving her bedroom door open and falling back down onto her bed.

"That was Malena?" Harrison spoke in a surprised whisper while Tom nodded and followed to her room. "Mal? Are you sure you're okay?" Tom soon realized once seeing the heating pad pressed as tight as it could go to her stomach and the medicine bottle on the night stand.

The girl nodded her head, extending her leg out and rolling onto her back. "Do you need anything?" She quickly sat up and swallowed hard. "No," Her face turned green and she breathed slow.

Throwing the pad off of her stomach and walking to the bathroom, shutting the door quickly while Tom had left before she had verbally told him to.

Then the time she had caught a girl sneaking from his room in the early hours of the morning. "Hello" She smiled soft while the brunette paused in her walk of shame to quickly look at the girl who had a smile. The unnamed brunette was never told of someone living with the man, just that it had been a drunken mistake.

"Do you want me to call you a cab?" Malena's laptop lit up her face as she pulled an earbud from her ear. Davos making muffins into her leg as the unnamed girl shook her head. "No- uh, are you and Tom.."

"We're roommates. Just roommates" She answered and the girl let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

Tom rushed from the hallway, seeing the two girls after hearing the girl he shared such private relations with talking to Malena. "I thought you were sleeping.." He was shocked and embarrassed, "I'm a college student, I never sleep" The unnamed brunette shared a laugh, as Tom urged her to leave.

"You're right" Answering while the actor had stood impatiently in his sweatpants and no shirt. "I should go," She glanced at Tom who smiled then nodded.

After leaving, Malena looked to him. "So you can bring girls back but I can't?" She gasped and Tom looked to her questionably. "Are you.."

"I'm open for anything really.. Sticking to one gender is boring”

Then there was the time where Tom had caught a girl leaving in the morning. A surprised look on his face while watching the girl leave when he was packing his lunch for the day. "Hello?" He spoke as the girl turned and looked at him. "Hey" Speaking before she had swung open the door and left the apartment.

Malena walked out, "see how easy that was? She didn't even sit and chat.", "Find those types of girls, Tommy boy"

The two were never jealous when it comes to sloppy hookups or one night stands, but when Malena hadn't been home for a couple nights and Tom had begun to be worried thinking he had done something, he brought it up.

"Where've you been? It's like we don't see each other anymore" He spoke as she walked through the front door. "Just with a friend.. You can always call me if you want me home or some company" She shared a worried look while he looked up to her messy mascara and half up half down pony tail.

She wore a muscle tee and baggy black ripped jeans, a leather jacket over her arms and purse hanging from her shoulder. "I think Davos has been missing you.." Malena smiles, looking over to the couch where her cat slept. "Well, i've missed you. Let's have a movie night tonight?" He lifted the sand which up to his mouth and took a bite.

"Z's gonna come over.. Tomorrow night?" Tom suggested, "I made plans with Irene.. Friday night?" He looked to her, "I have filming.."

"I'll cancel tomorrow with Irene, I wanna spend some time with you" She started to walk to the hallway, "You don't have to!"

"But I want to!"

⇒ Then the nights where they were alone were the best. They never shared any intimate interactions rather than a hug or a peck on the cheek, Malena was an incredibly closed person. She never liked sharing things about herself, or telling about her past. But when a couple of drinks had opened her up, Tom didn't know what emotions he should feel.

The coffee table was filled with empty beer bottles and snacks, it was the first day of summer for the now Sophomore and she was celebrating the new school year.

"When was the first time you drank?" Tom asked, "Freshman year of high school. You?" She squinted her eyes as he thought about it. "My eighteenth birthday"

"Oh so you were a good boy then" Tilting the neck of her drink to him while he rolled his eyes and sighed. "Didn't want to get caught, especially since I was in the public eye" Malena nodded, "When was your first kiss?" She asked.

"Sixteen" He told her, "You?"

"Freshman year" Speaking again while he begun to follow the pattern. "First bad grade.." Knowing she was a straight A student. "Freshman year"

"Did you have a good high school experience.."

"No" Answering while he pouted, "Why not?"

"Did you have a good high school experience?" Tom laughed, "I didn't go to high school" Laughing while Malena smiled. "When'd you loose your virginity" He asked, "I'm gonna let you guess"

"Freshman year" He answered as she rose her eyebrows and nodded her head. "Dude, you're such a good guesser" She said sarcastically while smiling as she took another drink. "When'd you loose your virginity?"

Tom acted like he was thinking about it, "And who was it with" She added, "Seventeen, and this girl named Millie. She went to my middle school and we always had a thing for each other. She's gorgeous, she still is. It was like a dream come true" She smiled from his experience.

"Who was yours with?" He asked, although she kept a smile on her face he saw the look in her eyes and went to speak. "You don't have to tell me.."

"His name was Mathias and I drank too much at a party which led me to," She tried to find the right words. As Tom had known what she was insinuating he stayed quiet. "Led to him.." She shook her head, "Getting a little to cocky and not asking for consent" She drank after speaking and Tom felt like he couldn't move. He didn’t know what to say, or if he should hug her or hold her.

"I'm sorry that happened to you" He said while Malena had shook her head. "No, no.. It happened ages ago"

"Why do you say that was his name. Is he not around anymore?" Tom asked, "There's a reason why my dads in prison" And then Tom's face had completely changed. "Was. As in past tense. As in his name was.."

"My dad hit him with a bat over the head and knocked his lights out" The girl spoke, "Oh my God" Tom rose his hand to his mouth, "I'm sorry" He spoke again, "I would've done it.. But my mom told him and he found him after practice followed him home and the inevitable happened.." She part way joked as Tom still stayed looking at her.

"I don't know what to say.." He responded truthfully, "When the whole entire school found out it was like all hell broke loose. They blamed me, and my family was targeted. My little brother couldn't go to practice anymore. My mom was fired from her job.. We moved countries.. I still talk to my dad, we send letters occasionally. I'm not disappointed in him though" She spoke, setting the empty beer bottle on the coffee table.

"He did what any father would have done" Tom added, "Exactly. So, I took up wrestling, and judo, and all that cause my little brother was getting bullied and the kids at the new school were horrible because we didn't know any english. I had to repeat freshman year and my little brother was held back twice.. After I graduated I joined the military and I felt a lot better about myself and knew the certain people that I could trust" Tom continued to be blow away from learning about her past.

"I literally know nothing about you" He responded, "Well, now you know my whole life story" She joked. Standing up and catching herself before she would have toppled over. "You okay?" Asking as she let out a chuckle. "Yep" Popping the P sound while she went to the fridge for some water.

⇐ “That's another reason why I don't sleep with men. Some are the most kindest, gentlest, most amazing person. And others are absolutely horrible and forged in the gates of hell" Guzzling down water, "Which one am I" She shared a smile to him, "Tommy boy, you are the most kindest, gentlest, most amazing person I have ever met"

Tom was now filming for Far From Home, and to say that he was excited was an understatement. He couldn't wait for Malena to see the finish product. Hell, she was the one person he could tell what was going to happen and she wouldn't tell a soul. "So, Iron Man dies?" Tom held his face still, jaw clenched and hands turning white from gripping hard on the pillow. "Okay, I didn't tell you, you figured it out" He was quick to say but was stopped once being smacked by a decorative pillow. "But i'm working with Jake Gyllenhaal, Mal i'm so exited. I've always wanted to work with him and I finally have the chance to!" Malena was very happy for him, she could admit.

But when he brought Jake to the apartment for the first time and caught the student off guard- she wanted to kill him.

She was chin-deep in homework and was an absolute wreck. Holding her head in her hands with piano music played through the apartment. She cried while throwing her pencil across the room, "I frickin’ hate this" Muttering to herself while falling onto her back side and leaning her chin up as far as it would go.

Letting out an inhuman noise before the door swung open. "Can you please do this for me" She asked before turning to look at the boy. "What is it?" Tom asked, having Jake shut the door behind him. Malena lifted her head and read over the question on her laptop, "Discuss the importance of modernity. Why is modernity important to sociologists?" She asked, grabbing an extra pencil she had to write down the answer she would get from the actor who walked by her.

She looked up at him, "I have absolutely no idea what modernity is" He responded while taking a seat on the couch. "It's literally being modern.." Jake answered, making Malena slowly turn to look at him. "Literally.." She responded, "So how is that important to sociologists and what is the importance in it?" Asking while holding her head in her hands staring at her friend.

"You always help me!" She argued, "Yeah with the stuff I understand! Mal, you're an honor student studying sociology.. This shit isn't for the normal brain to comprehend" Tom had slid off of the couch and sat next to her, grabbing her laptop to read what she had already said. "Okay, so continue with what you're saying here.." His finger dragged along the lines, reading what she said.

"The salient factors are the effects of industrialization, urbanization, and political democracy on formerly rural, autocratic societies. Then, "modernity" was a new term that identified change and progress through the contrast between the "modern" with the "traditional." By extension, the concept occupies Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim as well as Weber." He read aloud, "One theme that stands out in this account of social change and its effect on human experience is the development of a new sense of self, of subjectivity and individuality. This idea distinguishes the modern individual from the traditional one. In sum, the sociological concept of modernity has been highly influential for analyzing the differences between types of persons and societies for more than a century." Tom finished, "It sounds like you got it to me" Jake responded.

"It's not good enough though. I need more explanation into what the importance is"

"I think you have it" Tom responded, "You stress so much.. This explains absolutely everything that the question asked for in much more detail than it should be.." Tom looked to her as she shook her head. "God, I hate this so much. Why can't I just, never go to school"

"'Cos that would be no fun" He sat up from the couch and had sat back down next to Jake who smiled to the girl who looked tiredly towards the coffee table she was working on.

"Go take a bath or something. Calm yourself. We'll watch a movie when you're done" Malena nodded her head slowly, "Yeah, okay.." But she only stayed where she was, staring off with her eyes squinted and body slowly bobbing from side to side. "Are you okay?" Jake asked through a chuckle. Malena hummed, looking up to him with tired eyes and cheeks wet.

"Have you been crying?" Tom asked, while she pointed to the coffee table. "You would too if you had to do this" She pushed herself up and grabbed her phone and water. Slamming down her laptop and glancing to the boys. "I'll be back" Saluting herself off before she had turned on her heels and disappeared.

"That's Malena?" Jake whispered as if she was still listening. Tom nodded, "She’s adorable" He answered, making Tom smile and nod in response. "Are you guys.." He waved his hand in the air. "Roommates? Yes.. Nothing more. Maybe best friends.." Tom answered, looking to Jake with a small smile.

"Maybe best friends?"

"Close to being best friends"

"How long have you lived together?" He asked, folding his hands together as Tom answered quickly, "Seven months"

"Seven months? You guys are best friends no doubt about it"

The first time they were caught out and about together was when they desperately needed groceries. Both parties of the home were out of town for about a month, not thinking about what they were leaving in the fridge and the cupboards that would be absolutely disgusting and inedible once arriving back home.

Malena came with him back to Atlanta to spend some time with him and the cast, she didn’t think twice about saying no. She met his co-stars, family and friends and she absolutely loved it.

So they were at a store, two baskets and deciding on different loads of bread when Malena noticed three teen girls whispering a couple sections down. “Three girls, four o’ clock” Tom looked to her while reading the back of the bread bag.

“Really? Are they cute?” Malena leaned back, making eye contact while noticing a phone faced towards them. She contorted her face and looked back to him, “No, they’re toxic.. Hey! If you want a picture ask for one. Don’t take them with out consent.” Malena spoke towards the girls, making the three of them perk up.

“Are you guys dating?” She smiled, “What does it matter?”

Tom held his tongue from laughing, while Malena put the bread in the basket. "I think thats the one that we usually get" She said as Tom trusted her and put the bread back on the shelf.

"Jesus Christ I honestly hate this generation of girls.. They literally don't know how to respect peoples privacy"

It was until the next two years that the two had moved out and into separate homes. Malena and Tom were still living in New York, and they had constantly seen each other. It was rare if they didn’t see each other for more then three times a week.

Tom was always over with Tessa to have sleep overs and Malena was always over to make her worlds famous cherry cobbler Tom would die for.

The two were inseparable, and everyone knew it.

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TOMHOLLAND2013 My best friend, my roommate, the person who I can share anything with. Congratulations on finishing college. Shit was tough man, but we got through it. I’m so very proud of you Melly Belly 💛

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foofygoldfish · 6 years

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deputy alice riley

Soooooooooo this is gonna be long, but it’s pretty much anything you could ever want to know about alice lol

her full name is Claire Alice Riley, though she pretty much only goes by Alice. Staci calls her Allie, and she haaates it.

She was born in Falls End on October 30th, 1992.

Her face claim is Anya Taylor-Joy, just shorter (5′) and with pink hair. She naturally has dark brown hair, though when her hair isn’t pink, she dyes it blonde.

Her childhood in Fall’s End was fairly average - her sister was annoying (Jane was the designated babysitter, and hated it), so was her brother (he loved frogs and spiders, she… didn’t; though she got him back by her loving snakes and him being terrified of them, which is still true), her parents were happily married. The car crash happened after a Girl Scout’s meeting (the troop disbanded not long after, but not because of the crash) that her dad picked her up from. She came out with a broken arm and a concussion, but that was it. She doesn’t really remember much from the few hours before or after the crash. A few years after, the Sheriff had Jane (who had custody at this point) send her and Caleb to California, where her aunt and uncle were her legal guardians. Her uncle is a chef for big events, so he had weird hours, but they were able to live comfortably and (to Alice’s amazement, Caleb’s disdain) to have passes to Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm. Her aunt works in the industry and travels a lot, but both of them tried to be home more for the first few weeks after the twins moved in. The twins were both involved with theatre, but Caleb is the one with the real acting talent - Alice thought about being a voice actor, but it’s more of a hobby for her than anything.

Her family owns the Fall’s End Garage - she’s not the best at the mechanical side of running the shop, but she’s pretty good at running the business side of things. She wanted to ban peggies from the shop, but Jane wouldn’t let her.

Lives in the house behind the garage in Fall’s End - it was her parents, her sister kept it after she moved in with her then-boyfriend - she didn’t want to stay, but nobody was really looking to buy houses at that point, so she boarded it up for the twins. Jane joined after the house was “given” to Alice, so the house was fine.

She misses LA like crazy, especially once winter hits. She loves having rainy days again, but ten years of no winter? Her dream.

Her brother, Caleb, thinks the testy festy is hilarious, and after everything is over, is so mad that he missed it. Alice doesn’t agree with him. At all.

She’s technically Catholic - she was baptised, went to her first communion, and then pretty much stopped going to church. She goes to Pastor Jerome’s masses for the comfort and traditions when she moves back, but she doesn’t really believe.

She loves being on the water. She prefers surfing and kayaking, but adapts to the lakes and rivers of Hope County quickly. She’s not a huge fan of fish, but she starts to like fishing at some point. She definitely prefers it to hunting, and if given the choice, will definitely go fishing.

Speaking of hunting... Alice has a habit of darting off into a field of bliss when she’s bored hunting in the Henbane. She doesn’t actively do drugs, and doesn’t want to be an angel, but... She gets bored. And has impulse issues sometimes.

The Seeds tease/taunt her because of her height - she doesn’t even come up to Jacob’s shoulder, which I also think is kinda hilarious lol. Staci used to tease her too, but the entire department learned not to/were told by Whitehorse to stop (unless she can’t reach something and she doesn’t have anything to climb on)

When everything’s done, she helps Grace open up a little cafe. There’s plenty of people to help run it, and she thinks that (after a nice vacation) it would be good for Grace, and eventually Jess as well.

The Sheriff forces her to take a vacation after everything. She tries to go back to just being the Junior Deputy, but she gets roped into continuing to help the resistance. She pretty much takes over Virgil’s responsibilities as mayor, and helps to set up a small school for the few kids left in the county.

If you’ve seen Wynonna Earp - she has the same blue and white truck as Wynonna. She came back to Fall’s End with her little electric car, but that isn’t really feasible to keep using, so she took it up to Missoula one day and sold it. The salesman tried to sell her a fancy new truck, but she was happy with the one Jane had kept for her.

Most called gun for hire: Jess and Grace. She’s not the best at being sneaky, and her eyes aren’t the best for sniping (she had an optometrist appointment for a week after the initial mission, she obviously missed it), so she almost has one or both of them with her. When she needs to just fuck shit up, she’ll call Sharky, though

She started at the sheriff’s office as a secretary - it was a job, and she’d be able to look after her sister (“who didn’t need looking after” but there had been some fainting spells), and then after Hudson’s partner died, Whitehorse told her that she could apply for the role, and she took him up on that.

If she did join the cult, she’d have a fairly nondescript position - probably something administrative, as that’s what her degree is in. Definitely something behind the scenes and non-violent.

Fucking loves disaster movies. She’s a slut for disaster movies. Like, she’ll sit through all the shitty SyFy channel ones as well as the big budget ones (San Andreas is one of her favorites - it’s so cheesy, but it has Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario, AND GIANT FUCKIN EARTHQUAKES. And the guy from Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries who is a total teddy bear)

She doesn’t really like planes or helicopters - if they are needed, she’ll get Nick or Addie. She knows enough to take off and land, but she’ll avoid flying herself if at all possible. The mission where Kim has her take Carmina and blow up peggie supplies? Fucking terrifying.

She rock climed and did some parkour back in LA. She didn’t keep up with it when she moved, but it obviously comes in handy...

Alice has two cats: Crookshanks and Data. They are both huge Norwegian forest cats, Crookshanks is an orange tabby, and Data is a grey tabby. When she’s not home, Mary May happily takes care of them.

She has a shitton of anxiety problems. She had a decent supply of meds when shit went down.

She has a major panic attack after driving Nick and Kim to the clinic. Even without the shit all over the road, she was terrified that she would crash and hurt or kill the Ryes.

Relationships:

Jane - She’s 8 years older than Alice. Alice absoultely does not approve of her relationship with John, and is horrified when she finds out that her sister married the fucker.

Caleb - Both of them are horrible at keeping in contact, so he’s not worried at all when she goes off the radar.

Joseph - She thinks he’s full of shit lol

John - Direct quote from when she’s told her sin is wrath: “No, it’s not wrath, it’s I fucking hate you.” Once they’re able to laugh about it, Hudson doesn’t let her live that down.

Faith - Uh, she obvs thinks Faith is the cutest. She has a hard time keeping her sass to an angry level, rather than super flirty.

Jacob - They fucked. After the Rye’s barbeque with the infamous watery mac n cheese. I still haven’t figured out why? She hates him now, and absoultely regrets the one night stand (...mostly. She thinks.)

Mary May - Her childhood best friend. They tried to keep in contact after Alice moved, but they eventually both moved on - Alice with new friends in LA, Mary May with helping to run the bar.

Pastor Jerome - He doesn’t mind that she isn’t a practicing Catholic, and welcomes her with open arms. She tries to get people to go to his church again after everything, to mixed levels of success.

Dutch - She’s not a huge fan of him, but she’s grateful for his help, and he is grateful for what she does and how she helps Jess.

Eli - He can’t reconcile the image of the Junior Deputy and the Alice he knows in his head - she doesn’t act anything like the rumors flying around the county, but he loves her (as a friend).

Tracey - They don’t get along very well - it’s a very strained, very professional relationship. Tracey knows that Alice likes Faith, and is very worried that she’ll be too soft on her.

Virgil - She loves his pins, which makes her super cool in his book. They quickly become friends, and he becomes a sorta mentor to her before his death.

Nick and Kim - Nick finds it hilarious that she hates planes so much, and he only uses it to tease her sometimes. Nick quickly becomes like an older brother to her, and she spoils Baby Rye rotten after she’s born.

Adelaide - Also amused by Alice’s feelings on flying, but doesn’t bring it up often as Alice was a frequent visitor to the marina before shit went down. Adelaide doesn’t understand Alice’s crush on Faith, but she will tease her about it (as long as Alice doesn’t defect).

Grace - The two met once before Grace’s parade, and then again at Alice’s dad’s funeral. They get along pretty well, and Alice always has her with her when liberating outposts or doing anything that requires her to have good vision.

Hurk - He drives her insane. She thinks he’s funny, and a really nice guy, but he’s so loud.

Sharky - On the other hand, she loves Sharky. She teases him about the time he puked on Grace every time he mentions having an upset stomach. They’ve drunkenly kissed a few times, but they both try and act like it didn’t happen.

Jess - In the main story? Her girlfriend by the end of the game. Jess teaches her how to hunt properly, even though Alice hates it. Jess joins in her teasing of Sharky about the puking. She hates it when Jess uses the fire arrows - Sharky and Hurk already set her clothes on fire, she doesn’t need it from her super-stealthy person! At the end of everything, she tries to convince Jess to play video games (instead of killing people), to some but not much success.

Relationship wise: They start off with drunken kisses, then one night stands, and then realise that the amount of one night stands (and nights when they fall asleep together) they have mean they’re kinda girlfriends.

Fangs - She sleeps with Boomer in her bed every night, despite her cats protests. She’ll cuddle with Peaches and Cheeseburger when it’s cold and she’s outside, but it’s a little harder to get the two of them inside the house.

Marshal Burke - She thinks he’s a decent person, a little egotistical, but decent. She’s super shocked when he shoots himself.

Whitehorse - He’s part of the reason she starts to not mind fishing. He’s her surrogate dad, and has been looking out for her since her dad died. They’re both relieved to see each other after the crash.

Hudson - She’s not too sure about Alice at first, but she quickly becomes protective of the “city girl,” and willingly does all of the night driving.

Staci - Her brother’s ex-best friend (for the same reasons as with Mary May). She didn’t really get past “I tolerate you” until the events of the game. After he’s rescued, they become platonic cuddle buddies, even after he starts his thing with Stella. They both agree to not tell Caleb exactly what happened to both of them.

#deputy alice riley #oh lordy this is longer than i anticipated and i still cut out half of what i have in the word doc #apologies to anyone on mobile

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hjertetssunnegalskap1 · 6 years

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The Skam Characters` Personalities and their Complexity

I don’t write a lot of metas but I had to write down some words. I have heard some say that the Skam characters didn’t get a lot of personality. And that made me think. Because in my eyes, their personalities and their developments are one of the strengths of this show. We get so close to some of the characters that we can feel what they feel. That just doesn’t sound like “not a lot personality” to me.

In my eyes, the characters’ core personalities are most important for the story, and those are pretty clear. It’s pretty obvious that Julie and the other writers have had introvert and extrovert traits in mind, and traits like emotion-focused or thought focused. The characters also have well known personality issues, like a strive to get more independent (Eva, Even) vs. a strive to dare to trust others (Noora, Isak, Sana).

These aspects of the characters are clear, and we get hints from the start about Jonas’ individualism and Eva’s dependency, for instance. The characters also have more shallow traits, of course, like their interests. These details, like their favourite colours or hobbies, are maybe not that important when you have whole and believable characters, and we don’t get much of them. But we do get some hints, and they add some flavour.

Here are some of my thoughts about what we learn about the characters’ personalities and interests, and to me, it seems like it’s quite a lot:

Eva is written and acted as kind, outgoing, impulsive and easily influenced. She is also struggling to know what she wants and stand up for herself. We learn that she wants to get new friends and that she has a need to be accepted. She seems to fear to be left alone, both by Jonas, her friends and others. We know that she came to Oslo when she was 12 and that she has lost the first friends she got back then. She has a loving mom, but is often left alone. We don’t know much about her interests, but she dresses up as a ballerina at Halloween, and it’s easy to imagine that she likes to dance (Andem did let the actors’ traits influence the characters more than once). She struggles with school when she’s feeling down. She winds down with reality shows when she does, too. She’s against using drugs like weed.

Jonas seems to be more laid back. He sees the best in most people around him and seems to dislike conflict (he avoids to tell Eva about the weed to avoid an argument, for instance, and he avoids to tell her that he invites Elias to the cabin). He seems to like independence and he has ideals like equality and solidarity that he likes to live by. He seems to be a good listener and he knows how to put people at ease. At first, he doesn’t see his own role in messing up the relationship with Eva, but he seems to learn as time goes. He likes to write, he loves to skate, listen to 90-ies hip-hop, hang with his friends and smoke weed.

Noora is independent, tough, rational, critical and can be perceived as rigid (“to fiskekaker klokka fem”). Noora wants to do the right thing. She goes to women’s marches and she wants to support the Syrian refugees. She has high ideals and good values like equality, solidarity and feminism but can be a little judgemental. She has a history with self-obsessed parents and an eating disorder. She seems to have some trust issues (but not as much as her slightly assholey love interest William). She’s embarrassed that she likes Justin Bieber, but learns to loosen up and own it.

William is a guy with some serious trust issues. He comes from a wealthy family on the west side of Oslo and has a way with words. His parents seem to be pretty distanced and his family is quite dysfunctional. His brother has serious issues. William will hold back the truth in an attempt to protect the ones he loves, and he doesn’t see how that’s a problem. He’s been fucking around, partly because it’s expected of him, and partly to protect himself from pesky emotions (?) but when he falls for Noora he falls hard and doesn’t give up easily. He has anger issues. And daddy issues.

Vilde is determined to fit in and be like everyone else. Vilde appears to be stronger than many believe that she is. She takes care of her depressed mother and hides it from everyone. She has often no problem discovering what needs to be done and then delegating tasks for others to carry out. She has insecurities about being good enough and has a starting eating disorder. The fact that she’s focused on fitting in and being “normal”, makes her notice things that differ from the “norm”, and she can at times seem judgemental and prejudiced because of this. She seems to like to kiss girls. She likes to work out, but we know little about her other interests.

Isak is lonely, smart, funny and sarcastic. He hides a lot about himself in the beginning, but we soon learn that he has struggles at home. He moves away from home because living with his mom becomes unbearable after his father leaves them. He seems to want to be as everybody else and he fears to be rejected because he isn’t. He keeps a lot to himself, also this. He can be hard on both himself and others. He can do sneaky things when he feels it’s the right thing to do. He sometimes says things that can seem judgemental (this mostly happens when he tries to be like everyone else). However, he listens when his friends say things that are logical and that makes sense, and when he agrees, he acts accordingly. He listens to Jonas, Even, Eskild, Sana and Magnus talking about prejudice, for instance. And he learns from it. He has a temper, and he ends up in some fights. Even brings out the best in Isak, in many ways. Isak dares to show his soft side with Even. Isak says that biology is his subject and he works to get good grades. He doesn’t believe in God. And we see that he likes to play video games and watch Narcos, and that he likes both “I’m Yours” and 90-ies hip hop (the latter probably influenced by Jonas). Yeah, and he’s fascinated by the thought of parallel universes and of Illuminati. He struggles to accept that he’s gay, but learns how to.

Even hides a lot in the beginning, and we only know that he’s kind of outgoing, playful and slightly impulsive and that he’s very tuned in to what others are feeling. He doesn’t like prejudices, so he says what he means about that. He likes to banter and makes jokes (or he sees it as a possibility to lighten the mood). He avoids conflict if he can. He doesn’t like to be controlled or restrained. He seems to have good relations with his family. He’s romantic and he has a passion for movies. He loves to talk about music, too. And he loves to quote Seinfeld. He is kind of forgetful and messy, but creative. He has Bipolar disorder and struggles with insecurities because of it. He fears to let others know about his personal struggles. His biggest fear is to hurt the ones he love (Isak) so that they will leave him. He’s pan. He later starts to work at KB.

Magnus is open-minded, impulsive and enthusiastic yet he can have glimpses of intuition, too. He’s a curious soul, and loving. He really wants to find someone to love. From his background we know that his mom has bipolar disorder and that he’s fine with that. We don’t know his preferences but the way he looks at Even can imply that he not only falls for girls. He plays soccer and hangs with friends.

Mahdi seems to be slower to warm up than Magnus is, but when he does, he is open-minded and accepting. He uses humour a lot and can appear sarcastic. He shares political interests with Jonas and also an interest in weed.

Sana is honest, loyal, observant, sometimes sarcastic and focused on making a career, on belonging and on protecting her closest friends. She says what she means, but she holds back her emotions. She’s used to relying on her own instinct, something that has made her think she’s always right. Example: Biology class, yeah?! She can plan and organize well and will often make decisions single-handedly. Sana is muslim and faith is an important part of her life. From her background we know that she has grown up in a loving family. She has been bullied at school because she’s muslim. She’s into basketball, she hates Trump, she loves Tupac and she wants to become a surgeon like her father.

Yousef is outgoing and emotional. He’s kind of romantic, but clueless at flirting. He has lost his faith in Allah, but he has high ideals that he tries to live by. He’s considerate and caring. He likes soccer and dancing and he likes to hang with his friends.

Mikael is kind of an enigma, but since he’s mentioned a lot in the show I can say what we know. He’s absent-minded in the way that he turns up on the wrong place for a job interview. He is (or has been) very religious. He seems to have a Norwegian mother (because of his middle name). He knows how to spell tricky words. He knows how to use sign language. He doesn’t like tacky romantic movies with tragic deaths much. He’s not interested in girls in bunads.

Christina is an outgoing, easy going, strong and confident girl. She has a big heart and likes to have fun. She’s an adventurer. She also worries about her friends and wants to help them (I would love to see her character more developed, though, I will admit that). We don’t know much about her interests, apart from watching Paradise Hotel and partying.

Christoffer seems to be an extrovert, easy going fun guy. He uses humour a lot. He is an adventurer in many ways. But he’s also supportive of his friends. Commitment is not his strongest forte, but when he thinks he’s falling for someone, he tries his best. He’s impulsive. He likes to party.

Linn is an introvert. She also seems to be depressed a lot of the time. She doesn’t seem to like changes much. She fears to be left by the persons she has learned to love. She likes to drink Fun Light, eat candy and watch reality shows. She also likes to hook up with guys and has had chlamydia several times.

Eskild is a guy who bases his opinions and actions on his feelings. He’s extrovert and laid back in nature. He has a big heart and he loves to help others. Eskild is proud to be gay but struggles when he meets prejudice. He has been hurt by guys who haven’t been ready to commit. He wants everyone to be fine and he fears change and to be left alone. We learn some of his interest, but I must admit I have forgotten that now. I know he sometimes ends up spending time with Linn, watching reality shows.

Now I haven’t said anything about Emma, Sonja, Mutta, Adam, Elias, Ingrid, Sara or Iben because they are minor characters. Although I guess we actually could have found a lot of stuff to say about them as well.

I really think that Skam has a wide range of characters with complex personalities. Of course, I see that a lot of what made the characters was left up to the viewers to project on to them. That’s why some see Isak mostly as a cocky fun guy, while others see him as a nerdy loner. Some might even see him as a manipulative guy, or maybe just a victim. But in many ways he’s all of this, and he develops, and that’s what make him complex. It doesn’t matter if he likes soccer or skiing. We know who he is, anyway, and we know his most important motives and fears. As long as the core of the characters, and their lessons to learn, are easy to see, then that’s more than enough for the story.

#skam #meta #personalities #complex characters #now I didn't mention the fact that you can't have more or less personality #everyone has a personality #the question is what personality #but that's another story #writing

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all-cursed · 3 years

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BOBO DEL REY : BIOGRAPHY

[ i. STATS ]

NAME. bobo del rey , also known as robert svane .

AGE. somewhere around 171; number provided via mathematics i did between a combination of the actors’ ages and doc’s mentions of his age/how long he was stuck in the well . the math may or may not be correct and i honestly don’t care enough to try and do it again .

DOB. september 23, exact year unknown .

GENDER. cis male : prefers he/him or they/them pronouns .

PREF. pansexual

SPECIES. human turned revenant .

RESIDENCE. the ghost river triangle .

OCCUPATION. outside his stint as the owner of Shorty’s, his financial endeavours tend to be a little more under the table .

ETHNICITY. swedish, danish, norwegian... most of his blood comes from that general area .

[ ii. INTROSPECTION ]

POSITIVE TRAITS. resolute , patient (how else would someone spend over fifteen years trying to find some lady’s dead children bones) , passionate , dedicated , perceptive , eloquent .

NEUTRAL TRAITS. quick-witted , clever , irreverent , amoral .

NEGATIVE TRAITS. hedonistic , short tempered , unforgiving , apathetic toward most things , self-interested (not quite the word i was looking for but when he sets his mind to a goal/decides that someone is in his inner circle, he’ll do anything to achieve/protect said things even to the detriment of others and this word is the closest i could find) .

DISLIKES. being rushed & law enforcement & comic books & ignorance/ignorant people & being under someone else’s authority & having to repeat himself & hell flashbacks & poker games & cheap alcohol; he’ll drink it but he has a heavy preference toward the pricier stuff & interruptions of any sort & having to switch things up mid-plan & having to rely on others for anything & most sweets & neon colours & thinking about his past & being cornered .

LIKES. expensive liquors & lounging in the sun & birds & organic materials for clothing; so furs, leathers, metals, etc. & accessorising (the amount of rings and bracelets alone that he has squirreled away is insane) & neutral and earth tone colours & having all eyes on him/being able to give off a commanding presence & at the same time he also values his privacy & physical activities and how he feels after doing them & getting in the last word & dawn or dusk walks & burning incense & avant garde jazz & 'experimental’ fashion (look at this man’s outfits in this show and tell me i’m wrong) & cigarettes and bourbon & flirting & the ocean .

HOBBIES. chess & puzzle boxes/rings & origami & wood whittling & walks on the outskirts of town & he journals but it’s less for fun and more to keep track of everything he has going on & learning things .

WEAKNESSES. he has a hard time garnering any sort of sympathy for anyone/anything outside of his inner circles/soft spots & willa earp is one of his weaknesses because of how important she is to him and i will die on this hill & his short temper & his amorality means that his loyalties can and often do shift which leaves him with few he can steadily count on .

STRENGTHS. has a way about him that makes networking and forming connections extremely easy for him & can be very persuasive when need be & once he sets his mind on a plan/task it takes a lot to get him to give up on it & has the ability to play the long game; isn’t impatient for results right away .

HABITS. he’s very expressive with his hands; like, very expressive & will stroke his beard when he’s deep in thought (or pretending to be) & that thing he does where he kind of clacks his teeth together like he’s biting the air?? look he does it multiple times and i still don’t know how to describe it & has a habit of staring at people & leans back or lounges in chairs whenever possible & when nervous/thoughtful he’ll chew at the edges of his fingernails and/or spin the rings on his fingers .

EDUCATION. before he became a revenant, he was fairly well educated; about as well educated as anyone could be back then. he finished school and while he didn’t go to college, he did a lot of book reading before everything with wyatt began to get out of control. the fascination with/desire to learn about the world followed him even when he became a revenant - though often, his research now is done with an intention to learn information that might serve him well in the future.

[ iii. APPEARANCE ]

FACECLAIM. the beautiful michael eklund .

HEIGHT. 6 ‘ 0 ” .

EYES. a keen, watchful cobalt blue at most times - though when in use of his powers, or simply when he chooses to let them appear, his eyes will glow a fiery golden orange ringed with black . dark circles beneath them , long eyelashes, and generally a look that seems like it can pierce your soul .

EYEBROWS. fairly average , again , there isn’t much to say about eyebrows . though small parts of his are white to match the partially white patch in his beard .

HAIR. generally kept short in various mohawk styles ; can be slightly wavy at times depending on the humidity in the air . he keeps it short in such a manner that makes it easy to keep it styled , either smoothed back or shaped into a simple mohawk . there have been phases in his life where his hair grew out messy and long - dark brown streaked with white . if i recall, for a while after his return from Hell it was entirely white - whether from his own doing or from some effect of Hell I’m not sure yet.

SCARS. a few long scars run down his back parallel to the curvature of his spine; they glow when in the presence of peacemaker or when he’s allowing his more demonic features to show . he has a variety of other scars; one faint one that slashes through one eye that is barely noticeable now; several across his abdomen and chest , some from bullets and some from sharper edges than those . he also sports scars from a knife that went through his hand and in certain verses , he has scars from the really nasty impaling he dealt with when fighting with jeremy and doc .

DRESSING STYLE. experimental . he tends to lean toward materials like leather or furs or metals (in the case of his jewelry anyway) . it’s not all he wears but it’s definitely the case with his favourite clothing items (the fur coat, leather pants, etc.) . tends to lean toward neutral or earthy tones and isn’t much for flashy , bright colours . wears lots of accessories as well , primarily rings and bracelets but also pendants on occasion .

LIPS. i really don’t know how to describe lips, i’m sorry , lol .

SKIN. lightly tanned from time spent out in the sun ; he has an average but leanly muscled build , not overly hairy but not quite smooth either . pays careful attention to his facial hair and makes sure to take decent care of it . most of his body is covered in scars , some more noticeable than others , some verse dependent , but every version of him has quite a few regardless .

CHEEKS. average cheekbones , doesn’t blush easily or often .

[ iv. ABILITIES ]

LANGUAGES SPOKEN. english [ fluent ] , latin [ a bit here and there ] , swedish [ a few phrases ] .

THREAT LEVEL. moderate to high .

WEAPONS. he can and does use anything around him as a weapon when needed . he isn’t afraid to get down and dirty - or play unfair . that said , he is fond of simply using his own two hands to inflict the damage he needs to inflict . that or his magic powers .

MAGIC. he has control over anything metal ; that means he can send anything metal coming at him - bullets , knifes, etc. - back at the other person or wherever he so wishes , amongst other things. generally speaking, if you’re on bobo’s bad side , you do not want to enter his presence with anything metallic on your person .

[ v. DETAILS ]

➣➣ little is known about bobo’s younger years as robert svane - his family, etc. - and he sure as fuck isn’t going to tell anyone unless you’re very close . what is known is that he was a fairly quiet student and person in general, and got through school with little to no problems. chances were he had a fairly average childhood .

➣➣ later on down the line, robert svane - as bobo was previously known - met wyatt earp and the two of them became fairly close friends. while he didn’t spend as much time actively in the field as wyatt or doc holliday did, he and wyatt stayed in close touch and spent time together in town often. when wyatt left the area on one mission or another, the two would correspond via letters from wherever robert happened to be at the time.

➣➣ then things began to go downhill. the nonstop snowballing of bad luck culminated in a battle between wyatt earp and the demon sheriff clootie - who took robert to use as a human shield. dedicated to the same cause and beliefs that wyatt held, robert told him to take the shot regardless, even though it would mean the bullet would go through him first. wyatt did. robert ended up in the local church nearby alone after that - perhaps on a search for help for his injuries - and bleeding out.

➣➣ before dying, the demon clootie had cast a curse on the earp family - and on those killed by the earps, which meant that when he died, robert would be damned to hell along with the rest of the victims of peacemaker. one of the demon’s brides, constance, who told him such news, said that doc holliday - who was currently trapped in a well - had the third seal of bulshar’s entombment and that if robert went to the well, he could trick doc into giving him the ring. in the end, doc refused to give up the ring that gave him his own immortality and instead of rescuing him, robert, bitter of wyatt’s loyalty to doc first and foremost, left him in the well. as such, he eventually died (in wynonna’s arms.... yeah there’s a whole other flashback thing i’m not going into here), and was sent to hell.

➣➣ as foretold, he came back as a revenant. the years in hell had worn him down and down until very little of his former virtues remained above surface, all dormant and buried. somewhere along the line, ward earp became the heir. when waverly earp was born - to another father, but with the same mother - bobo came across them and, thinking waverly was the angel who had been with him when he died, kept his word to protect her, following her mother’s wishes and taking her to ward. he ordered ward to take care of waverly, and that if he ever harmed her, he would answer to bobo.

➣➣ bobo kept watch on the earp family for some time afterward, eventually becoming waverly’s ‘imaginary friend’. around this time he decided to strike a deal with ward: bobo would make sure that the earp family remained safe but only if ward crossed the Ghost River Triangle border with him, effectively freeing bobo from the confinements of purgatory. ward agreed, but was accidentally shot during a raid on the homestead by the other revenants. the next heir was set to be willa, who was dragged away by revenants - revenants that bobo stopped in order to protect willa, who he hid away in a treehouse where the others wouldn’t find her. he watched over her as she grew, along with - unfortunately - constance clootie, whom he still needed to work with.

➣➣ unfortunately, clootie eventually erased all of willa’s memories and hid her away from bobo, in essence forcing him to work for her in order to ever see willa again, and, consequently, to be able to escape the Ghost River Triangle. it’s around this timeframe that the events of 1x01 begin to happen.

[ MORE TO COME THROUGHOUT CHARACTERIZATION DEVELOPMENT ]

#temporary biography tag #wearp spoilers #that timeline is ALL over the fucking place and i 'm sorry lmfao i didn't wanna take the time to go through and hunt for #all the specific information #but i'm gona be rewatching from the beginning soon so like. i'll fill in proper details as i come across them

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Name: Eddisyn(Alternatively: Eddward) Marion McCleary

Meaning of Name: Eddisyn: “son of Edward”, Marion: “ Bitter, Or From The Sea, sea of bitterness or sea of sorrow, rebellion, wished-for child, mistress or lady of the sea”, McCleary: “ Son of the Cleric (or Son of the Priest)” Nickname(s): Double D, Eddward (by himself), Sockhead (by Eddy), Double, Dork (by Kevin), Double Dweeb (by Kevin), Nerdo (by Kevin), Ed-boy (by Rolf), Lamb Chop (by May)

Age: Unknown

Birthday: August 4

Species/Nationality: Human / American,

Accent: Unknown, Proper

Language spoken: English, Punjabi, Slovene, Mandarin,

Powers: N/A

Pet: Assortment of Insects

Illness/Allergies: Slight Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Small Inferiority Complex/ superiority complex.

Occupation: Actor/Traveler

Faceclaim: Paul Rudd

Description: Looks like a younger Paul Rudd, what do you want from me? Green, Green blue eyes, Beige colored skin that, sometimes becomes a bit more yellower.

Outfit/Accessories/Jewelry: Shirt(Also in Red), Shorts, Shoes, Backpack

Height: 5′ 10″

Weight: 117

Body Build: Slim

Backstory/Background:

Before Eddisyn had been born his parents had tried for a long time to have a child of their own. Between their busy work life and failed attempts they had at certain points believed they just were not destined to have a child. Seeming to have given up. But one day Eddisyn's mother had started to get violently ill. This of course would lead to the discovery of her pregnancy with Eddisyn. Who would be born within the next nine months, on August the fourth. Edd had been a very sickly child at birth. Which had of course worried his parents to no end. Though this however did not keep them too long from their very busy lives. While his parents worked Edd had been left in the care of close relatives during the day. It had remained like this for several years, till Edd grew into a toddler. At a very young age he had displayed how smart he was, which had of course pleased his parents. However things did not stay the same as they had been over the last couple of years. Eventually his parents had gotten the opportunity to move to a place called 'Peach Creek'. Within weeks of his parents getting the new job offer they were soon moving into a new home and the young boy would be sent to school/daycare/pre-school (who even knows).

It was in this new place that Edd would come to find two other boys who would soon be his closest, if not thorns in his side, friends. Ed, and Eddy. Who both had been trying to scam him as quickly as the pair could. It was in this meeting that Edd had decided to want to help the two strange boys, who also happened to be perhaps the only other kids to talk to Edd that day. His willingness to help Ed and Eddy would lead to his years long friendship with the pair, despite it being detrimental to his social standing with other classmates and kids in the area. Over the next several years Edd had sacrificed his social standing for whatever scheme Eddy would come up with almost on the daily. These schemes had often, thankfully enough. Given him a way to invent things that could help in them getting money, or jawbreakers, which is what all of this was mostly about. As a child his parents would rarely be home during the day so they communicated with their son through sticky notes. However, his parents were shown to be the most loving and actively involved, even if busy and absent, of all the parents in the area. Edd had however soon grown to realize that Ed and Eddy would never seem to grow out of their ways... Finding that he was going to continue to be dragged along with them and fail with them if he continued to hang out with the two.

Perhaps because he was getting older and outgrowing the pair all together. He had long since grown passed 'needing' either one of them. His only desire being that he wanted to be their friend, and he had still enjoyed them but in much smaller doses, especially as they all had gone on to high school. Until eventually he had managed to drift away almost entirely from then. Though he kept close tabs on them and thought about them often. It had seemed however that they too had drifted from him just the same as he had. Once he had moved away to college he would often get news of one or the other breaking the law or how they were working in some gas station. Some days Edd found himself feeling guilty for not being with his best friends, when he heard such stories from his old home. Since he didn't find too many 'true' friends in his college years who really connected with him so much. Or perhaps he was just being selfish, he imagined. Edd soon after his graduation from college had been spotted by a talent agency who just so happened to need an extra for a movie. Nervous as he was to have someone just randomly walk up to him and call him out for 'looking the part' he didn't no what to say, so got dragged into the shot. Following the strange mans orders. Just to think, he had started that day just trying to clean up the set for his part time job after college.

After that the agent offered him another part. Soon Edd had been finding himself becoming more confident with this accident and taking on more roles. It would seem, some people didn't think he looked all that ugly or goofy looking. For a couple of years that had been his life, he had even taken up traveling from time to time to different locations and just being. One day however he had gotten a letter, poorly written he noticed, from Eddy. Who appeared to want to 'start over' and get his life 'on track' it was surely a scam, Edd had concluded. But he had wanted to reconnect with his old friends, he thought,...maybe he could help them with their lives. So he packed up his things and moved back to Peach Creek once more. It had changed in the time since he left, became more populated. Several more buildings had sprung up over the years. Thankfully his parents had still lived in the old Cul-de-sac, so he had moved back home. Edd still had work however, where he would take the time needed to fly out or go to wherever he would be needed to be, then come back home after.

(Work In Progress)

Personality:

Scrupulous, Kind, Good-Intentioned, Docile, Polite, Disciplined, Adheres to laws and regulations, Loves and Desires Order, Peacemaker, Gentle, Accepting, Awkward, Timid, Outcast, Respected, Appreciated, Wise, Perfectionist, Goody-Two-Shoes type, Accommodating, People Pleaser, Delicate, Mysophobic, Clean Freak, Traumatized, Intelligent, Precocious, Inventive, Clever, Perceptive, Neurotic, Sarcastic, Brave, Sacrificial, Self Sacrificing, Laid Back, Soft-Spoken, Understanding, Jealous, Nervousness, Nagging, Gullible, Cultured, Balanced, Magnanimous, Invulnerable, Punctual, Conciliatory, Upright, Secure, Tasteful, Outspoken, Contradictory, Political, Solemn, Religious, Neutral, Surprising, Strict, Cute, Distractible, Dissonant, Devious, Abrupt, Artificial, Stiff, Resentful, Wishful, Haughty

Quirks/Savvies/Other:

Has a cactus named 'Jim'

Has a shrub named 'Al'

Was a Journalist in school for Peach Creek Jr High Tattler.

Was also president of the Safety Club in school.

Was the president of Happy Cluckers club as well, in school.

Is a Pacifist.

Has/Had a Norwegian pen pal named Gerta, in school.

Can play the Pedal Steel Guitar, though he dislikes it. But is highly skill with playing it.

His stage name when playing the pedal steel guitar is '88 Fingers Eddward(Eddisyn)'.

Was born outside of Peach Creek.

Had a family pet Cat named Niels Bohr, after a Danish Physicist.

Wears beanies on his head as he was growing up, and even when he's an adult. Usually his old Black one with a white stripe. It's Lucky, okay?...

There are a lot of theories about what might be under the beanie, from when he was a kid. From his possibly being blond, his hair being in cornrows, or a conjoined twin...It's likely a scar...

Perhaps is scarred physically as well as psychologically from the Dodge ball Incident in his early childhood.

Is good at Dodging, now, it seems.

Had trouble sleeping in 'unlabeled environments' growing up. Though also can sleep just fine if nothing is labeled.

Edd can also play the Bongos and Xylophone.

Can possibly willfully break the 4th wall, just For your information.

Likes: Science, Inventing, Cleanliness,

Dislikes: Sports, Disorganization, Filth

Fears: Someone being better at something than he is. The ‘Incident’ with dodge balls in his childhood.

Personality Tests:

Other: Leo,

Parent(s):

-> Father: Unknown

-> Mother: Unknown

Sibling(s):

Starters

Chat’s

Para’s

Face

Stuff

Information

Asks

All

Alternate Universes

Tommy Doyle

#EddisynBio #DoubleDBio #Bios #Ed Edd n Eddy #Divergent #IndieRP #Roleplay

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lorrainecparker · 7 years

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This Art Of The Shot: “13 Reasons Why” Director of Photography Andrij Parekh

Andrij Parekh is an NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (MFA in 2001) trained cinematographer. It was there that he was nominated for the 1998 Eastman Excellence in Cinematography Award, apprenticed on “The Yards” (2000) with Harris Savides, and received the 2001 & 2003 ASC Heritage Awards.

When I researched the over twenty features Andrij shot I come across some of my personal favorites: “Blue Valentine” (Derek Cianfrance), “Half Nelson” (Director Ryan Fleck), and “The Zookeeper’s Wife” (Niki Caro). He’s had films play at Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and Sundance.

Recently Andrij answered my question about his experience shooting “Tape 1 Side A”, and “Tape 1 Side B” of one of the year’s most talked about Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.” If you have yet to see the beautiful transitions and naturalistic lighting found in the visuals then it might be time to get your binge on.

“13 Reasons Why” is based on the best-selling books by Jay Asher. The story follows teenager Clay Jensen as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. He discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker inside the mysterious box who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On the tapes, Hannah explains she has thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Will Clay be one of them? If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list. The series follows both Hannah and Clay through inventive dual narratives; one in the past and the other in the present. The transitions in time are executed wonderfully. Another interesting, though technical, aspect is the series was shot on Panasonic’s Varicam.

How did shooting 13 Reasons Why come to be for you? How does someone position themselves to shoot a Netflix show

Andrij: Thirteen Reasons Why came to me from my agent (Hillary Cook at the Murtha Skouras Agency)- through Tom McCarthy. Tom and I have been in filmmaking “concentric circles” for some time, and it was a wonderful opportunity to shoot a pilot (setting the look and tone of the show) and work with a great director. And after a number of years, we finally were able to work together. I’ve been shooting since I finished NYU grad school in 2001— and I guess having a resumé with depth doesn’t hurt in getting approval from a company like Netflix.

Which scene are you most proud of and why?

Andrij: That’s always a tricky question. Rather than a specific scene, I’m proud of the way the whole show looks- and particularly the acute but subtle differences between the “past”- Pre-Suicide and the “present” – Post Suicide. Tom and I wanted to engage the audience and keep them constantly looking for clues— allowing the show to sometimes be “ahead” of the audience. Making the difference between the present and past a lens/format choice – Anamorphic for the past, Spherical lenses for the present- gave the two time periods a different feel rather than a telegraphed “look”. It was that emotional difference that we were after.

Let’s talk shooting details: How many days? How long were the days? What size crew did you use?

Andrij: I think we had a total of 26 days- roughly 13 days for each episode. The crew was a full crew- probably 100+ people. It was ostensibly a schedule for a slightly lavish independent film! The days weren’t too heavy- and in fact, I think we had 7 AM starts for every day the first week- which meant that we were shooting less than 11 hours each day. I’m a strong believer in being prepared, working very intensely and diligently on set, and wrapping around 11 hours per day. It’s the only way to keep ourselves sane in this industry and to have a life outside of the set. It also keeps you fresh and rested.

What cameras and lenses did you use for 13 Reasons Why?

Andrij: We shot with the Panasonic Varicam, mainly because of Netflix’s 4K requirement, and it was a great find for me. Understanding that we had to shoot 4K, I tested the Alexa 65, the Sony F55 and the Varicam. The Alexa 65 was glorious- but the camera was just too big for the style of the show ( a lot of hand held and moving fast). I preferred the skin tones of the Varicam to the F55, and then I discovered the dual ISO feature of the Varicam- 800 and 5000 ISO. I tested both ISOs- and the 5000 was incredibly “clean,” with very little video artifacts or digital noise.

We used 800 ISO for most of the production, except for the night work, where we used 5000 ISO. I didn’t reduce the number of lighting units tremendously, but the added sensitivity (roughly 2.5 times that of ISO 800) made all the practicals bloom in a very beautiful way. It’s tough to achieve that halation at ISO 800. We were shooting with Anamorphic lenses at night (F2.8 max aperture) with an ND 6 or 1.2!

In terms of lenses, as mentioned before, we used a mixture of Spherical and Anamorphic lenses to separate the “past” from the “present”. Even though we shot two different formats (native 16:9 for the Spherical and 2:39 for the Anamorphic), the show’s aspect ratio was 16:9. We used Leica Summilux-C prime Spherical lenses, which are very “soft & creamy,” but quite sharp on the focal plane, mainly shooting the lenses wide open at F1.4. We lit a bit more contrasty in the present and allowed for a more romantic look for the past- where we used Hawk V-Lite 2:1s, which rendered the images rather softly and have enhanced anamorphic lens aberration.

What codec did you shoot and why?

Andrij: We used the V-Intra, as the RAW format required too much data storage and for the viewing format (Televisions, Personal Computers, and iPads) V-Intra was sufficient.

How did you approach this project?

Andrij: Tom and I did a lot of visual research, and we looked at the high-school films that we watched as adolescents and young adults— The Breakfast Club (John Hughes), Elephant (Gus Van Sant) “My So-Called Life” (TV)… The film that probably had the greatest influence on the film was a Norwegian Film called “Reprise” (Director Joachim Trier). We talked a lot about the process. For me, the most important thing to understand from a director is his/her taste. Taste is the one thing that affects my approach the greatest- and to try to align my personal aesthetic taste with that of the director’s is the thing I spend the most time on in prep.

What visuals hooked you into the final look?

Andrij: Again, it was “Reprise” that affected us the most- mainly, the shooting and editorial style, and the freedom in which it moves from flashback to present, often off of a character’s look or a sound cue.

How did you achieve the two different looks for the past and the present? Was it difficult mixing the two into a single sequence?

Andrij: I would say that it was as simple as changing the lens format, from Spherical to Anamorphic. Lighting was rather consistent throughout the two periods, but we may be lit with a bit less film for the present.

What did you learn from shooting 13 Reasons Why?

Andrij: That not always being able to shoot on Alexa or film is not necessarily the end of the world.

Since we now have so many different camera options how do you decide on a single brand or camera for a project?

Andrij: Again, part of this was dictated by not being able to use the Alexa because of Netflix’s 4K requirement- but it allowed us to test a number of formats, which then informed my choice. I think testing is key. I test before every project as much as I can, and approach shooting digital like shooting film- with the adage that you can improve it, but you can’t fix it later.

What are your go-to rigs to capture smooth shots?

Andrij: I love the Movi, mainly because I can operate.

How do you prep for scenes on 13 Reasons Why?

Andrij: Tom and I shot listed the film separately- then compared notes and made one master shot list. I like shot listing separately from the director, as it allows me to fully enter into the world of the film and imagine how it will look and edit. By then comparing notes, it’s truly a collaborative process.

The lighting and camera work felt very natural? Any tips you can share to shed light on achieving a similar look?

Andrij: I try and use single source lighting as much as possible, and like to light rooms, not faces. This simple approach makes my working style very fast- of course one needs to add a bit of bounced fill light once in awhile, but it also ensures that the director is not waiting for me and that we have made a huge amount of space and time for the actor and director on set. We used a lot of large HMI’s, with Bleached and unbleached Muslin as the diffusion. It cuts the amount of light, so the sources end up being rather large- 18Ks, M90s & M60s- and the organic nature of the muslin breaks the electronic feel of HMI a bit.

Who succeeds at filmmaking?

Andrij: The tireless, and those with a lot of patience. Emotional intelligence also helps, as well as a strong sense of story. Every decision has to come from the script, or at least be informed by it.

If you were not doing this work, what would you be doing for a living?

Andrij: Architecture. It also deals with space and light, and moving bodies through space and time,

Do you have a favorite type of work: Feature films, docs, commercials or music videos? Why?

Andrij: I like feature work the best because one can really dig one’s hands into story and character.

How can a shooter, who is usually on smaller shoots, apply the lessons they’ve learned to a larger production?

Andrij: Work simply. For me, the smaller the production the better- in the end, every movie is about a camera, a story, and actors. Everything else is peripheral. It’s easy to get caught up in gear or technical elements- but one can lose the essence of what we are trying to do, which is to tell a story that is gripping on an emotional level. And camera placement is key. So much comes from proper camera placement in terms of light and emotion.

How do you balance work and life?

Andrij: That’s tough. It’s all about choices and making sure that the cinematographer in me does not edge out the husband and father in me.

If there were one single piece of wisdom to impart on aspiring cameramen/women what would it be?

Andrij: Keep your overhead low. By making cinema, you are inevitably joining a circus- one that can take you all over the world. You need to be unencumbered and not bogged down by financial restraints, as the most important luxury is the ability to say “no” to the projects you don’t want to make because they don’t strike an emotional cord in you. If you are not engaged by the material, it’s hard to find the inspiration to shoot well.

What’s next for you?

Andrij: A summer in France with the family.

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Knit Hats | Beanies, Winter Hats, & Watch Caps |

Best Beanies for Men in 2020

Styles

One popular style of the beanie during the early half of the twentieth century was a kind of skullcap made of four or six felt panels sewn together to form the cap. The panels were often composed of two or more different contrasting colors to give them a novel and distinctive look. This type of beanie was also very popular with some colleges and fraternities, as they would often use school colors in the different panels making up the headgear.

Another style of beanie was the whoopee cap, a formed and pressed wool felted hat, with a flipped up brim that formed a band around the bottom of the cap. The band would often have a decorative repeating zig-zag or scalloped pattern cut around the edge. It was also quite common for schoolboys to adorn their beanies with buttons and pins.

Whether it’s for falling temps or a fashion statement, you’ve got have a solid beanie in your apparel arsenal. The concept seems simple: Grab a beanie to cover a bad hair day, battle the cold, top your perfect getup, and keep it handy when it’s time to build a snowman. The beanie comes in all sorts of knits, colors, and sizes, but the purpose is the same nine times out of 10: to keep warm (but some added style doesn’t hurt). Think of the beanie as a pair of socks for your head that will either complete or add a little flair to your look.