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Max Minghella as Nick Blaine
Handmaid’s Tale - Season 5, Episode 2
#nick blaine#max minghella#handmaids tale#thtedit#handmaidstaleedit#skyshippergifs#i can't give up on nick blaine#does anyone else think bruce steals his ideas from fans?#this whole tuello setup has been fan speculation/hope for years#lol#whatever#the writing of this show sucks but nick blaine still has my heart#fuck these dark scenes though#what a pain to gif
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The Handmaid’s Tale
June worrying about Nick
Episode 204 Other Women
This is when June returns to the Waterford house after her failed escape. When she goes up to her room she sits by the window and looks to Nick’s apartment. He clearly isn’t there and the entrance looks desolate. I like to believe she was worried about him, wondering if he also got caught. Then when she sees him in the kitchen and you can see that she’s happy and relived. He seems surprised and worried about her.
Episode 206 First Blood
Yes, you can. Because I can't lose you. Do you hear me?
Episode 207 After
Cushing, he's... He wants to know who helped me. When I ran. He's not gonna give up, Nick. He's not gonna give up.
No. No, he's not. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. Okay.
Okay.
What about you?
Episode 303 Useful
I'm getting deployed. To the front. Chicago.
You'll get killed.
Episode 407 Home
I also want you to know that your daddy and I love you so much. Your first daddy.
Episode 409 Progress
I'm sure you're curious what this is about. I don't wanna put you in any danger.
Episode 509 Allegiance
You can be close to Nick too.
What do you mean?
Nick will be there. You could be neighbors. You could borrow cups of sugar from each other, whatever the kids are calling it these days.
Do you think that you can just dangle Nick in front of me and I'll just do whatever the fսck you want?
Episode 509 Allegiance
What about Nick Blaine?
What about him?
I offered to help him when I was in Gilead, if he'd help us, but he turned me down.
What, to be your inside man in Gilead or something?
At first, but then, eventually, to be our man here. With immunity.
He said no?
Episode 509 Allegiance
I don't want to make trouble for you
Episode 510 Safe
Can you get a message to Nick? Just tell him that I'm safe. Tell him that Nichole is safe, okay? Just tell him that we're okay.
#the handmaid's tale#june osborne#gilead#nick blaine#the handmaids tale season 5#osblaine#nick x june
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Chapter 19 of A Place To Call Home is up!
A Place to Call Home (68948 words) by Daisyishedwig
Chapters: 19/20
Fandom: Glee
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe, Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel/Sebastian Smythe, Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson & Sam Evans, Jeff/Nick the Warbler (Glee), Unique Adams/Trent (Warbler)
Characters: Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Kurt Hummel, Sam Evans (Glee), Nick the Warbler (Glee), Jeff (Glee), Trent (Glee), Tina Cohen-Chang, Marley Rose, Unique Adams, Sebastian Smythe's Parents, Burt Hummel, Carole Hudson-Hummel, Eli.C (Glee)
Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Angst, Depression, Panic Attacks, Dubious Consent, Statutory Rape, Lack of Communication, Homelessness, Seblaine Roommates, Fix-It of Sorts, Polyamory, Blaine is kicked out, Hurt/Comfort, Blaine Anderson-centric, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Blaine transfer to Dalton, Friends to Lovers, disowned Blaine Anderson, trigger warnings listed in the notes on specific chapters as well
Series: Part 1 of A Place to Call Home
Summary:
In a matter of days Blaine's whole world falls apart and everything he does to try and stay afloat only seems to make matters worse. A call to Sebastian Smythe is his last resort, and maybe the one that actually starts to make things better.
I can't believe how close we are to the end of this story. I'm so excited to share the final chapter with you as soon as possible. The final scene has been giving me problems so it might need more time, but we're almost there!
Chapter snippet below the cut
“I kissed Sebastian,” he blurted out, cutting Blaine off mid-sentence.
Blaine froze, looking at him in confusion. “What?” He said, stunned.
“Last night when we got drunk together. We - we had a bit of a heart-to-heart and I just…I kissed him.” Kurt looked down at his lap, his hands twisting together.
Blaine’s eyes darted around the room like he was having a hard time processing what Kurt had said.
“We’re both so sorry about it. It didn’t…we didn’t mean to. It just happened.”
Blaine’s eyes were distant as he stared past Kurt’s head. “Did…did he kiss you back?”
Kurt nodded, the anxiety in his chest cinching so tight he could barely breathe.
Blaine blinked like he was trying to pull himself back together but couldn’t quite manage it. “Was it…” he cleared his throat, “was it payback? For what I did?”
Kurt’s head shot up. “No!” he cried, “of course not.”
Blaine looked like he didn’t fully believe him.
“We - we were just talking. And he…he told me he loved you, and he just looked so sad. Like he was fully resigned to…well, to losing you to me. And I couldn’t stand to see him like that and it just…drunk me decided kissing him was the best way I could comfort him in the moment. And it was stupid and we immediately regretted it and I am so sorry.”
Blaine looked more present even as his brain was still trying to process what was happening.
“I need…I think I need to go…somewhere.” He stood up slowly and gathered his things.
“Blaine,” Kurt tried, but Blaine just held up a hand to stop him.
“I’m not - I’m just confused, okay? I need to clear my head.”
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@cerriddwenluna Oh, nice option, but nope, it is a fic called Once In A Lullaby by arainymonday. I think it was written around 2011 - 2012 and I read it in 2014, I think, maybe 2013. At least around 10 years ago.
The story is based on a book named A Place Like Here and it's a modern fantasy about a world named Here. Everything that is lost ends up in Here, including people. So yeah, Kurt goes to spy on the Warblers but the moment he leaves McKinley, he ends up in Here and he meets Blaine, who's been living in Here since he was 13. There are a lot of inhabitants in Here. It's a full-blown other world. There's just one issue: there is no way back.
Apart from Kurt and Blaine, the other friends that are a big part of the story are Nick, Jeff, Hana (OC) and Dagny (OC).
Aka, if my rain poncho is truly gone, then the reason I cannot find it is because it's ended up in Here. I know I keep joking that Nick and Hana should give it back, they kind of can't. So that's why I hope they're at least happy with it.
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Superpowereds liveblog part 2.
So Nick grew up in what, a mob casino? Wild! Insane.
Party for finals, held by upperclassmen. Cool.
PRESENTATION GUEST SPEAKER EH? a powered. Interesting. I get what Dean Blaine is trying to do but holy fuck, Nick is so paranoid. Like I get it, literally raised tht way whatever, but goddamn. Get this kid some Sertraline.
Party time! Nice to see Hersch out and about. I love that he's tapping Roy's memories for all the partying. As soon as someone starts pursuing Herschel and not Roy, I have a feeling Hersch is going to take on that "nerd that gets a TON but nobody understands why he does" stereotype. I'm not going to complain if it happens.
Fuckin. Is whiskey one of Roy's triggers? That's hilarious. God, having a cowboy brother/headmate is hilarious.
Alex clocks Nick having fun, partyboys Herschel and Nick content WHEN.
This guy Chris just cheats at beer pong but he can't hold his liquor because it's too good. Metaphor for something here, I can feel it. He gives up because Angela says to. Nice. Wonder what her deal is.
Alright, finals weeeeek! Nick's a movie guy, I love that. Vince is literally me prepping for shit. I love ya, silver.
NICK CALLED THEM HIS FRIENDS. AWH.
"Just an easygoing guy I guess." Nick you have OCD levels of paranoia and anxiety. Girl.
"if you want enlightenment, I think there's guys that have some." "Huh?" Oh my god, Vince you're a nerd ass.
VIDEO STORE WHAT Y E A R IS IT.
Finals! Nice.
Last man standing. Got it. Into the Labyrinth.
Okay, last three standing, top three killstreak. Neat.
"Do. Nothing." King shit.
Roy is out! Against an Amber. Neat! I think Roy deserves a pal or two. He's a dick, but I think some solid friends might be able to coax him into at least not being a TOTAL ass.
Alex and Vince team up? Fun.
Mary has located Nick. "Lead on, O champion of the misfit Supers." Ugh. They're so good dynamic wise.
"I'M NOT! A FUCKING! TELEPATH!" ALEX!!!MY LIL JEDI!!!
Alice knocked out two! Nice.
Vince ate his taser! Nice. Down Thomas goes.
Nick is using Mary as his stand. God. I kith him.
"Emotional growth can wait for later."
A siren? Oooo! How evil. Nice. Alex and Vince down.
"/Playboy/ has issues. /I/ have personality." Nick is just explaining how he reads people to the girl who can read his mind, because she doesn't get the context. Goddamn. "Mister sad-sack. Get some bitches."
"Does Vince really think of me as his best friend? 🥺"
Chad? Why can't she read Chad's mind I wonder? He wants to 1v1 Mary? Fuckin Pog.
I like Chad. I again just hear my fucking ex boyfriend in his VA. It's hard to hear.
"Sometimes doing the right thing leaves you feeling like an asshole."
I need to know WHYYY she can't hear Chad. Whyyyyyyyy. Oh my god he's altered his brain chemistry and frequency? That's so cool. I like Chad. He seems a cool guy.
Alice got GOT!
It's an invisibility person? Nick is out. That's the melbrook kids gone!
Final exam, Melbrook style. Climbing a fucking mountain?????? Christ.
Nick eye reveal after almost fucking dying? Aw. They're brown. That was a gay ass sentence, Vince.
Oh my god it's our bonding trip!!! Childhood trauma talking. I love all of them.
"You make the call." Nice. They're bondingggg.
"Nick, I'm right here." "Oh I know."
Christmas at home. Nick, Mary and Herschel are what I expected. Alice is so... Oh, baby girl. The maid is fucking Colleen Delaney, and my brain went /RUBY JOURNEY?/ because the other graphic audio production I listened to had her in a main character role, Deathstalker!
Found day. Vince...
We're back together! Nick won a car. What a dweeb. Vince is showing signs of that paladin rigidity.
Sasha! Nice. (And Julia, and the Murray twins.)
Alice keeps punching Nick. I'm amused. (Ellie spraying Ike with water also made me laugh. It's the same dynamic.)
The foley for this production is immense. The movie in the background of Numbers and Transport is good. I wonder what the lesson was. It's early, I'll probably get it later.
Alright, so we've got combat/alternative placings! Vince, Mary, and Herschel into combat, Nick and Alice into alt iirc?
Vince rn lmao
I had the system explained to me prior so I knew the whole "competing against past years" thing. That's wild, but it makes sense. They'd just try again anyway, might as well streamline the process. Ten spots for graduation, huh? I hope at least a couple of the Melbrook kids make it. I'm not expecting them to, but maybe I've just read too much Wildbow. He left his protagonists fate up to a dice roll. Nobody is safe over there.
Into combat and alt training. Holy shit, listening to Nick have a fucking seizure was delightful I mean, so crazy. Hell yes, alt training, that's where I'd want to go.
Herschel paRTYBOY ARC WE ARE GETTING ITTTTT
Alice and Mary dress up montage!!
WILL BUGGED JILL? LMAO!!!!
Jill sends dudes after Will. This is clearly like, a haha gay people funny joke, and yet, I'm amused. Is this homophobic of me or am I just like "Jill clocked her brother and is just going about it the wrong way and THAT is funny"
Camille... Shy? Camille- oh my god they've MET! That's ADORABLE! Oh shit she's the injury transferrer! In talking to my dad I've learned of her. Jeez. That's potent as hell. She's so baby. And Vince doesn't remember?? That's adorable.
Okay, cool, so Alice has a friend, that's neat. Let's expose Mary to some culture. I like it.
"Cute? /Him/? ///REALLY?///" Alice. Girl...
Hersch asked Mary! Good! Look at them bumble around like newborn fawns together. The fact that it specifically calls that she isn't using her power, too? Ughhhh!!! so cute
Combat training. Roy v Chad always, and then other combat partners. Nick keeps getting shut down for being mouthy, I think it's cute. Ugh. I could break him.
Roy getting continuously beat is so good. He's got that spirit though. Oh, Roy manifested to protect Herschel? That's adorable! I love all the little flashbacks. Ugh. Ugh!!! This is so emotionally investing!
Mary said "ya got daddy issues and you're taking it out on us" and Roy said "fuck off!" nice. Chad still wants to spar, what a... A Chad, I guess.
Parents weekend? Ooh. Tfw only two people in your dorm have parents that care. Sasha is so cute. I hope she doesn't die or something.
"Nick go hang out with Alice." "Fuck off." "Please?" "Fine." And he's having *fun* dammit. Even if he's getting shoes thrown at him.
Nick's got his... Bouncer? Mary has her parents, Hersch has his mom, and poor Alice is stuck hanging out with her dad who didn't actually come for her.
Nick wanted Vince to come along! Aw, baby BOY. Vince is just so nice.
"For a conman you sure have a strict moral code." Go comfort Alice, oh my goddd she's gonna cry dude! Look at her she's got anxiety!!!!!
Ohhhh my god he's putting on the fucking WILES. He's so!!! She's gonna collapse oh my god. No glasses too!!! Aaaaugh???
"We've only been together for a few minutes and you already know I'm into the kinky shit." "I am going to k i l l you." Fake dating ends me ends me ends me. I think I like them so much because I already write Essentially This Dynamic with mine and my friend's OCS. It's ridiculous.
Transport asking Vince to eat so he isn't alone. Hrghrhhrm.... adorable.
Ma Daniels, a competent woman after my own heart.
Date went solid, Alice is starting to /flutter/. Nick is solidly in denial that he likes his friends, or will call them his friends at all. Ugh.
Dean Blaine sounds like how I imagine Vice Principal Goldenhoard from d20. Big booming voice.
Chad isn't hangin out huh? Wild. Anyway Roy got slutshamed. Swag.
Part 2 officially complete.
Asking Mary out! There's some Otome game ass music in the background. I'm half expecting to hear a soft /Doki Doki!/
Everyone is just like "oh my fucking god FINALLY" lmao
Nick is playing into his avoidant streak, thinking he's going to make Alice hate him when really she's just going to get jealous. Wild play. It's Bubbles! She's cute. Poor thing is gonna get her heart broken.
Here's the point where I got into the car so imma speed summarize.
Alice getting a surprise birthday party was adorable! The Melbrooks really went all out and I'm glad, she deserves it. I was so wowed by Nick's gift that I audibly said "this is so cute I'm going to puke". What else... Vince has some sort of sexual trauma, inchresting. Ranged practice was before that and I? Am just so. Hmm, about Nick's upbringing. Three? You learned to shoot at three? I knew he was faking immediately, it reminded me of the scene in spiderverse where Miles gets every answer wrong on purpose. Vince cast chain lightning. Michaels got a drinking and ego problem.
Anyway, it's lake trip time. My impending sense of doom is building. Something is going to go wrong, I can feel it. There's no way finals will come THAT easy.
That will be all for today.
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So I just finished reading Chapter 8 of Grease and I think I feel as traumatized as poor Nick! Lol, I can't stop laughing. "excuse me?" "stop" "I'm gonna throw up" "If you don't take care of her, I will" "The hell did you say?" Oh my goodness.......these Blaine men (all three of them). Gotta love these guys:)
This really made my day. Thank you so much for this......LOVE it!
Listen. Nick Blaine has a moral obligation to deflower June Osborne.
He's like a knight on a hero's quest. And like all heroes, at first he declines the call. Like Frodo didn't want to carry the Ring to Mordor, like Luke Skywalker wanted nothing to do with the rebellion.
And that's why daddy Blaine had to sit him down like- look I know you're a gentleman and everything, but this is different. This isn't just any girl, she needs YOU. You are biologically equipped and destined to help her. She smells like cherry pie. If you don't do it, bad, violent men will do it wrong and selfishly and she'll get hurt.
My favorite part is that Nick has already acted this part for June instinctively, without any knowledge ahead of time. And it sounds like Nick's dad figured it out back in the day with no warning at all. So I think Nick will be ok. It's in his DNA. His instincts will kick in.
I just wanted his dad to give him permission. Like- I know it's crazy, but don't fight it.
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St. Smythe Texts
Jesse: PICK UP YOUR PHONE WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU
Sebastian: Nick Duval killed himself last night so you can shut the fuck up
Jesse: Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I can't believe it. Is there anything I can do?
Sebastian: Cancel rehearsal and give Blaine and I some breathing room for a couple of days, a week, maybe more, I don't know, I've never had a friend kill himself before
Jesse: Will do.
Jesse: I'm sorry
Jesse: [unsent] I already said that
Jesse: Let me know if there is more I can do.
Jesse: All you Warbler guys were close, it seemed like. I can't imagine. How are you doing?
Sebastian: [read]
#sebastian smythe rp#glee family rp#seblaine rp#glee next generation rp#jesse st. james rp#st. berry rp#text:jesse#seb remembered karofsky in#tw:suicide
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Spiral from the Book of Saw- Max Minghella as Will Schenk
Look I've been trying to put this feeling into words for over a week and it's hard because my brain can't accept what I feel.
I think that's the true twist of Spiral.
Max Minghella made me love a serial killer. In a fucking SAW movie.
If that isn't good acting, I don't know what the fuck is.
I shouldn't be surprised! Max took a background character in Margaret Atwood's iconic novel- who barely fucking talks- and made him into a CAPTIVATING, unforgettable character.
Will Schenk is a complex character. A haunted man with dark secrets and dubious motives. Max plays him with the same nuance and depth he gives Nick.
The difference?
Will Schenk is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
A bad guy masquerading as a good guy (a reverse Nick Blaine).
But at the end we find out- his motivations are good? Admirable even? *mind blown* Think of Boondock Saints and other vigilante movies. That's the vibe here, but even more so.
Why do I love this character?
Authenticity and Honesty
The movie follows Will's first day on the police force and he's awkward and unprepared, gagging at the crime scenes and excited to ride in a real cop car- just like any of us would be.
We identify with him and his reactions. He feels like one of us.
Every word Will says is true. All of his lines feel innocent, and all of his lines are dark foreshadowing. Everything he says works two ways.
I've wanted to do this since I was 12 years old.
Your dad's the reason for all of this.
Will Schenk is a Zeke Banks Fanboy
I think Max drew on real life here. He's idolized Chris Rock forever, and been obsessed with "buddy cop" movies from a young age. I think he just let his own star struck wide eyed energy shine through here.
I've been loyal to you from the day we met.
I wanna be partners.
Just like Max, and so many of us, Will Schenk was raised by heroes on TV. Sitting alone in his apartment, watching cops and superheroes beat up bad guys.
When a dirty cop shot his dad so he couldn't testify against other dirty cops- it broke his brain.
So we're left with a disillusioned, idealistic, lonely, vengeful child.
Who made himself into the hero he needed when he was younger.
Trauma stunted him at age 12. That's what trauma does. When you see the horror humanity is capable of, you're never the same.
He had 12 years to dream up perfect vengeance, like Inigo Montoya repeating his death poem over and over while hunting his father's killers.
You get the feeling he was itching to be found out, excited to reveal his alter-ego and show off his work for the first time. He prompts Zeke, pointing out clues. Watching his reactions as they listen to the killer's recorded voice. Smiling when they react exactly as he predicted. Watching with delight as the game unfolds.
A Childish Conception of Justice
Kids believe in absolute good and evil. You can see that idealism in Will's traps.
He presents each victim with evidence against them, then presents their options.
If you admit your guilt and accept your punishment, you can live.
If you fight it or even hesitate, you die.
Most of the victims tried to live. But they hesitated. And Will did not allow time for hesitation. Their hesitation was their final answer and made them fail their test.
Because his game isn't a trial. The killer has already declared them guilty.
The game is sentencing and they control if they live or die. And to live they must repent.
The traps are meta
One trap is simply the police. The police are as deadly a weapon as any of the other devices. That's a relatable fact in 2021.
He chose punishments that would render the victims incapable of doing harm in the future. Like a thief losing a hand, or a liar losing his tongue.
He made Chris Rock experience his trauma. He literally recreated the scenario that fucked him up, and made another person FEEL his pain.
He's testing Chris the whole time to see if he is consistently against crooked cops up to and including his own father.
Lets go see your dad. Time for your final test.
You watched my father die. I’m trying to save yours.
Who you gonna kill? The one who corrupted the force? Or the one trying to save it?
As he leads Zeke down this path, he leads him deeper into his own mind. The killer is leading him away from society's rules, toward freedom. Toward power.
He's grooming a partner. Empowering Zeke in ways the force couldn't.
I wanna be your partner.
You feed me dirty cops, I'll handle the rest.
The real twist is that he isn't punishing Zeke. He's liberating him. supporting him. Hurting the men who hurt him. Bc he's an emotionally stunted traumatized 12 year old fanboy.
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In conclusion:
Max is the new John Kramer.
Not a copycat. A disciple.
Only his goal is more noble. Instead of changing lives one by one, he wants to clean up the police.
By becoming a vigilante who punishes the wicked, striking fear into the hearts of corrupt cops. Doing the work that police departments won't.
Can't wait for the sequel.
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