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huntsvillehq · 1 year

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you are cordially invited to a good ol' fashioned Valentine's Day Hoedown! an event for couples and singles to get together and just have fun and perhaps forget our struggles for a little while. there will be square dancing, line dancing, and swing dancing, as well as some more modern music picks for the young ones.

food and drink will be available, as well as a cake walk, a pie eating contest and jam contest. we will have a haystack for photos, and a caricature artist.

in the spirit of the holiday, we have pre-paired individuals together for the night with matching numbered wristbands. perhaps sparks will fly?

we plan to be out of the dance hall by 5pm, plenty of time to get home before dusk.

((the event will start on feb 10th at 10am est. please tag your event starters with "huntsvilleevent01." you can post your muses' outfits starting now with the tag "huntsvilleattire." the event will last until feb 24th, with the plot drop occurring on feb 17th, giving everyone enough time to react.

you can see the paired muses below. the numbers of the list indicate what numbers are on the wristbands. you can have event threads with anyone/everyone but please have a thread with your pair. if anyone wishes to withdrawal from your pairing, please let us know before the event start so we can pair your partner with someone else.))

Tyler Rogers <-> Tristan Wilde

Silas “Cyan” Canne <-> Lincoln Abernathy

Alexandra “Xander” Thomas <-> Mallard “Duck” Romero

James “Jamie” Brennan <-> Fletcher Cole

Gianna “Gia” Rodriguez <-> Ralph Haversham

Cabell “Cab” McCay <-> Teo Ayla

Cyrus “C.B.” Vogol <-> Dakota Hart

Mateo Suarez <-> Peter “Rusty” Craven

Matthew Walker <-> Tiffany Gray

Otilie “Tilly” Notaras <-> Carter Behrens

Lachlan Ramirez <-> Christopher Winters

Bowie Bardot <-> Luciana “Lucy” Rivera

Camden Cafferty <-> Vincent Lewis

Odette Abbot <-> Reggie Alson

Nathaniel “Nate” Hoffman <-> Suneet “Sun” Dinakar

Genesis “Sissy” Boone <-> Sara Chen

Holland Bryant <-> Allison “Alice” O'Connell

Jeconiah “Jack” Abbott <-> Tari Park

Quinn Buckley <-> Emma “Em” Dunford

Olivia Hart <-> Roman Forest

Ransome “Rance” Slade <-> Cassius Romero

Wren Marsh <-> Marcel Rockfield

Freya Atkins <-> Elijah Atkins

Mason Greene <-> Josie Reigh

Conrad Greene <-> Ruben Hobbes

Katherine “Kitty” Henry <-> Monet Vogel

Catherine “Cat” Wayne <-> Jordan Kang

Hawthorne “Hawk” Romero <-> Avery Cowling

Paloma Ortiz <-> Evora Kaplan

Absinthe Capone <-> Riley Saunders

Zoë Clark <-> Luke Matthews

Axel Addams <-> Xavier Cade

Tyler Rogers <-> Tristan Wilde

Silas “Cyan” Canne <-> Lincoln Abernathy

Alexandra “Xander” Thomas <-> Mallard “Duck” Romero

James “Jamie” Brennan <-> Fletcher Cole

Gianna “Gia” Rodriguez <-> Ralph Haversham

Cabell “Cab” McCay <-> Teo Ayla

Cyrus “C.B.” Vogol <-> Dakota Hart

Mateo Suarez <-> Peter “Rusty” Craven

Matthew Walker <-> Tiffany Gray

Otilie “Tilly” Notaras <-> Carter Behrens

Lachlan Ramirez <-> Christopher Winters

Bowie Bardot <-> Luciana “Lucy” Rivera

Camden Cafferty <-> Vincent Lewis

Odette Abbot <-> Reggie Alson

Nathaniel “Nate” Hoffman <-> Suneet “Sun” Dinakar

Genesis “Sissy” Boone <-> Sara Chen

Holland Bryant <-> Allison “Alice” O'Connell

Jeconiah “Jack” Abbott <-> Tari Park

Quinn Buckley <-> Emma “Em” Dunford

Olivia Hart <-> Roman Forest

Ransome “Rance” Slade <-> Cassius Romero

Wren Marsh <-> Marcel Rockfield

Freya Atkins <-> Elijah Atkins

Mason Greene <-> Josie Reigh

Conrad Greene <-> Ruben Hobbes

Katherine “Kitty” Henry <-> Monet Vogel

Catherine “Cat” Wayne <-> Jordan Kang

Hawthorne “Hawk” Romero <-> Avery Cowling

Paloma Ortiz <-> Evora Kaplan

Absinthe Capone <-> Riley Saunders

Zoë Clark <-> Luke Matthews

Axel Addams <-> Xavier Cade

Prudence "Pru" Wheaton <-> Agna Sayer

Ivy Oberon <-> Iris Zappacosta

#huntsvilleevent #huntsvilleevent01

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gukgak-pi · 2 years

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So much has happened in like 10 minutes, Gribalba and King Oberons weird stand off, Chirp trying a cool dismount and absolutely eating shit, the immediate call out to Hob, and then Wanessa showing up and now brennans on the table like I looked away for two minutes!!!

#shea liveblogs #acofaf #acofaf spoilers #BRENNAN. BRENNAN GET DOWN

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letterboxd-loggd · 2 years

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These Three (1936) William Wyler

May 15th 2022

#these three #1936 #william wyler #miriam hopkins #merle oberon #joel mccrea #bonita granville #catherine doucet #alma kruger #marcia mae jones #walter brennan #margaret hamilton #carmencita johnson #the children's hour

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creacherkeeper · 2 years

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10 50s.

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2. What class?

i think i would be ranger + ancients paladin :] we love a multiclass in this house. full nature bitch

7. How do you go about making a character or NPC?

i usually start by seeing what we need for party comp, then going to class and subclass. then i find some mechanics that are Sexy and build my character around those!! people have mentioned that bo is a fucked up/broken ranger but bo's character was created FOR those fucked up ranger mechanics lmao. there was PUNCH and THEN there was bo. having themed/strong setting campaigns really helps for me!!!

8. What is the most memorable natural 20 you've ever experienced?

(cw strangling)

in my very first campaign there was a general who i was pretty sure had murdered someone and i ran into him at a fancy party so i (young, dumb, naive) was like. im going to choke him out and then im gonna sneak out the window and tie him up somewhere and interrogate him (i was playing a rogue). my dm was like yeah make a strength check and i was like. Oh No! I have -2 strength! but i got a fucking NAT 20 and he passed out. i get him out of the party and then go to wake him up and. he's. dead. and i was like. how the fuck did the nat 20 betray me. thats not how this game is supposed to work. what the fuck. but people were rallying guards and i had to abandon his body and run. and i did not find out FOR AN IN REAL LIFE YEAR THAT HE HAD CAST FEIGN DEATH ON HIMSELF AT THE LAST SECOND. AND I FOUND OUT BECAUSE HE SHOWED UP TO FUCKING ARREST ME. nearly had a full meltdown. and yes isaac was dming lmao

9. Has one of your d&d characters ever died? How?

we played a shakespeare one shot and i was lady macbeth and i tried to poison oberon at titania's request and he caught me and smited me and while macbeth was begging for me to be healed i rolled a nat 1 on my death save lmao

17. Who is your favorite "celebrity dm?"

brennan lee mulligan hand in marriage but shoutout to griffin mcelroy who was my intro to dnd media

19. How did you discover D&D?

i was 6 and 3e had just come out and i found the monster manual in the bookstore and was like i have NO IDEA what this is but it looks DOPE AS FUCK so i grabbed it and snuck away to read it and got SO hyperfixated on it that i didnt notice they literally locked the store down and was calling over the speakers for me and searching the bathrooms and had cops there because i hid so well they thought i got kidnapped. my mom bought me an ice cream and sobbed the whole drive home. she did not buy me the book. didnt play until i was 21 though and my best friend/roommate was like hey i want to run a one shot and you. live in my house. and i was like lol okay. and now its been 5 years and im! simply obsessed! lost in the sauce!

20. If you run a homebrew game, give an out of context spoiler.

for the lost township game that is being planned - lots of birds have feathers! :]

24. Have you ever played any TTRPGs other than D&D?

i've played call of cthulhu, monster of the week, starfinder, fiasco, and wanderhome! i also own the pugmire rulebook but have not played yet

32. Most memorable NPC you've encountered in a game you played in.

if i say xander will you literally kill me. will you. genuine question. casey. will you kill me.

37. What is the most recent PC or NPC you've created?

i will say pc because im making a lot of npcs right now. her name is lucille, shes a drow, and she's 1 shadow sorcerer/2 twilight cleric/2 monk. this makes more sense when you find out shes the night manager of a waffle house. also she dropped out of an astrophysics degree

#casey im sorry for saying xander but you know i have to do psychological violence on you sometimes as your best friend #also im not sorry and im right #love you :*

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shoondotgifs · 8 months

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WHAT IS BRO DOING UP THERE 🔥🔥

#morgan davies #oberon brennan #the end #the end 2020 #evil dead rise #danny #one piece live action #koby #gif

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a-man-for-hire-and-his-archives · 4 years

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The End on Sky cast: Who is in the cast of The End?

THE END is starting on Sky Atlantic tonight but who is in the cast of the series about euthanasia?

Sky Atlantic will be airing one of its most controversial drama this evening (Monday, February 10) in the form of The End. The show tackles head-on the debate about the right to die through the prism of a mother-daughter relationship. The End will play out over the course of 10 episodes which will be made available on NOW TV for those who prefer to binge-watch shows.

Edie Henley - Harriet Walter

Dame Harriet Walter leads the cast as Edie Henley who wants to end her life after she struggles to cope and the disintegration of her marriage.

Edie ends up in Australia at a retirement village where she meets others likes herself.

National treasure Dame Harriet is no stranger to screens after a distinguished career spanning decades.

Some of her biggest films and TV shows include Sense and Sensibility, The Crown, Atonement and Star Wars Episode VII.

Most recently, she featured in Succession, The Spanish Princess, Rocketman and can next be seen in ITV period drama Belgravia.

Speaking about starring in the series, Dame Harriet said: "I’ve been looking for a character around my age who is not stereotyped, who is not necessarily de ned by their role in the family, but is concerned, perhaps selfishly, still, with their own lives.

"For most of the story, Edie is quite self-centred. She basically was airlifted out of England, plonked in the middle of not just another continent, but another season, straight into summer from winter.

"She is joining a family, but she doesn’t want to be there because... without giving away too much of the plot, you find out very early on that she’s tried to end her own life."

She continued: "It was quite weird to start with a character who not only didn’t want to be anywhere; she had tidied up the loose ends of her life, dotted the ‘I’s and crossed the ‘T’s and then suddenly having to go... 'Oh God, I didn’t die. I better start life again. Where do I start it? I don’t want to be the same person I was, but I don’t know who I am.'"

Dr. Kate Brennan - Frances O'Connor

Frances O'Connor takes on the role of Edie’s daughter Dr. Kate Brennan, who specialises in Palliative Care medicine and is desperately worried about her.

O'Connor is also a familiar face with roles in The Missing, Mr Selfridge and Troy: Fall of a City as well as Netflix fantasy series Locke and Key.

Oberon Brennan - Morgan Davies

Rising star Morgan Davies portrays Oberon Brennan, Kate’s son who has fought to transition and attend a mix school amid his parent’s relationship collapsing.

Davies has previously starred in Storm Boy, Beautiful They and The Girlfriend Experience.

Art Weinberg - Roy Billing

Roy Billing will be playing the role of retired university ethics professor Art Weinberg.

New Zealand actor Weinberg has been in The Dish, TV series Underbelly, The Chronicles of Narnia and Rake.

Josh Carlisle - Luke Arnold

Luke Arnold takes on the role of Josh Carlisle, whose girlfriend is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disorder at 28 leading him to stay with her and care for her as the degenerative condition takes over.

Arnold has been in Black Sails, Salvation, Glitch and Box Peek.

Persephone Brennan - Ingrid Torelli

Portraying Kate’s other child is Ingrid Torelli as Persephone Brennan, who seems like something of a wilful teen but has a big heart.

Up-and-coming actress Torelli previously featured in Five Bedrooms, One Last Leaf and short filmed They Can’t Hear You.

Pamela Hardy - Noni Hazlehurst

Australian actress Noni Hazlehurst plays the illustrious Pamela Hardy who has led quite the life before ending up with Edie at the retirement village.

She’s had a career spanning since the 1970s with roles in Candy, Little Fish, The Letdown and A Place to Call Home.

Other cast members include John Waters as Henry Ridley, Robyn Nevin as Dawn Ridley, Brendan Cowell as Christopher Brennan and Alex Dimitriades as Dr. Nikos Naoumidis.

- Express

#luke arnold #harriet walter #the end #sky atlantic

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ataraxiamfrp · 2 years

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Thank you all for participating in our activity check! The characters listed here are the ones who did not pass activity check or did not submit an activity check for the period from 5 DECEMBER - 5 APRIL.

If your character is on this list and wasn’t reapped last period, we will leave your app on your page for three days, during which you will have the chance to send us an ask to immediately reapp. If you choose to do this and you are dropped for activity in a future activity check, you will have to wait a week to reapp as that character.

To reapp, just send an ask including the following:

indication that you would like to reapp

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date

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In the meantime, you will remain in the server, but be given a role that does not allow you to post until you either reapp. If three days pass without indication of a reapp, you will be removed from the server. If you would like to reapp after this point, then you will have to resubmit your full application. If you reapped last activity check, you will be immediately removed from the server and will have to resubmit your full application after a week if you wish to return.

Thanks everyone!

As a note, characters marked with an asterisk (*) must wait a week before reapping.

As always, please let us know if we have made a mistake and we can double check for you! Thanks a lot!

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John Blacksad (Maxter)

Darwin Allecker (Addison)

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Caleb Widogast (Ami) **

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Gap (Dani) **

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Merlin (Caster) (Byleth)

Oberon (Seere) **

Cloud Strife (Calico)

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Henry (Gabriel)

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Aruto Hiden (Ami)

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Horobi (Dani)

Jin (Lottie)

Parad (Lottie)

Stacey (Lottie)

Vanitas (Kore)

Neito Monoma (Maxi) **

Alfyn Greengrass (Shae)

Therion (Addison)

Trafalgar D. Water Law (Soul)

Abe no Seimei (Alyssa)

Nikola Vidmar (Cee)

Reagan Brennan (Thysto)

Ronan Muir (Addison)

Raihan (Soul)

John Marston (Syn)

James Ironwood (Steel)

Nora Valkyrie (Ami)

Sal Fisher (Kore)

Yoshi (Dani)

Agnes Montague (Myco)

Michael (Myco) **

Edalyn Clawthorne (Maxter)

Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (Tha)

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Robin Goodfellowe (Selkie) **

Mataen Highflame (Lucien)

#ataraxia activity check

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transnames · 6 years

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Some two-syllable neutral names

(One-syllable names)

You can also combine initials, e.g. AJ, although this does not work for all initials and it can be gendered masculine.

A: Aaren, Abbott, Adair, Addi, Adren, Aerie, Afon, Aiden, Aiken, Ainsley, Alder, Alex, Ali, Alix, Alpha, Altair, Alto, Alton, Alva, Amal, Amore, Andy, Angel, Angie, Anise, Arbor, Ari, Ariel, Arlen, Arley, Arrow, Arya, Asa, Asher, Ashlen, Ashley, Ashton, Aspen, Aster, Aston, Aubrey, Auburn, Auden, August, Aura, Austin, Avery, Avis, Aviv, Avon, Aya, Ayan, Aza, Aze, Azure

B: Bailey, Baldwin, Banner, Barrett, Basil, Bauer, Baylor, Benson, Bentley, Berkley, Berry, Beryl, Billie, Birdie, Blakely, Bobbie, Booker, Bradley, Brady, Brayden, Brennan, Brewer, Briar, Brighton, Brinsley, Bronte, Brooklyn, Bryant

C: Cadence, Caelum, Calder, Camden, Cameron, Camille, Campbell, Canyon, Carey, Carlyle, Carmen, Carol, Carter, Cartwright, Carson, Casey, Cedar, Chandler, Chandra, Channing, Charlie, Charlton, Chatham, Cheyenne, Citron, Clancy, Claudie, Clover, Cobalt, Coby, Cohen, Coleson, Collins, Colver, Comet, Condor, Connell, Connie, Cooper, Coral, Corbin, Corin, Corey, Corley, Cortney, Cricket, Cyan, Cypress, Cyrille

D: Dallas, Dana, Dani, Darby, Darcy, Darrell, Darren, Denver, Devon, Diamond, Diaz, Dillon, Douglas, Dustin, Dusty, Dylan

E: Eagle, Early, Easton, Ebon, Echo, Eddie, Eden, Efe, Eiffel, Eissa, Elli, Ellis, Ellwood, Ember, Emer, Emerald, Emlyn, Emmett, Emry, Emryn, Enfys, Ennis, Eren, Errel, Essence, Esme, Evan, Ever, Everett, Eyrie, Ezra

F: Fable, Falco, Falcon, Fallon, Farah, Fargo, Farley, Farrell, Faulkner, Feldspar, Fennel, Fifer, Finley, Finney, Fiore, Fischer, Fletcher, Floren, Florence, Forest, Francis, Frankie, Freedom, Friday, Fulton

G: Gabi, Galen, Galway, Gannet, Garden, Gardner, Garey, Garland, Garnet, Gavi, Germaine, Gerry, Glenwood, Golden, Grady, Granite, Guthrie

H: Hadley, Halcyon, Hallow, Halo, Happy, Harbor, Harley, Harlow, Harper, Hartley, Haven, Hawking, Hayden, Henley, Heron, Hollis, Honor, Hopper, Hudson, Hunter

I: Iman, Imory, Indi, Innis, Io, Ira, Isa, Isha, Islet, Iver, Ivor, Ivory, Ivy, Izzy

J: Jacinth, Jackie, Jaden, Jael, Jalen, Jamie, Janis, Jarrah, Jarrell, Jasper, Jensen, Jessie, Joey, Jody, Jonquil, Jordan, Journey, July, Juneau, Junior, Juno, Justice

K: Kali, Kameron, Karey, Karson, Kasey, Kato, Keaton, Keegan, Keelan, Keenan, Kelby, Kellan, Keller, Kelly, Kelsey, Kendall, Kenyon, Kenzie, Kerry, Kestrel, Kevyn, Kieran, Kingsley, Kirby, Klaudie, Koby, Kody, Korbin, Korin, Korey, Krishna, Kyler

L: Laker, Lakyle, Lander, Landry, Laney, Langley, Larkin, Larkspur, Lashawn, Laurel, Laurence, Leighton, Lennox, Leopard, Leslie, Lethe, Lexie, Lexis, Linden, Lindsay, Lindy, Linnet, Logan, London, Loren, Luca, Lucky, Lyric

M: Maddox, Magic, Major, Malloy, Manu, Marley, Marlow, Martell, Marty, Mattie, Maury, Maurice, Maxie, Maxwell, Meadow, Mercer, Merlyn, Merritt, Merry, Micah, Mika, Miller, Misha, Monday, Morgan, Murphy, Murray, Myers

N: Narcisse, Nasim, Navdeep, Navy, Neal, Neptune, Neo, Nicky, Nico, Nika, Nike, Nimbus, Noam, Noel, Nori, Norris, Nouvel, Nova

O: Oakley, Oberon, Ocean, Odell, Ollie, Olive, Onyx, Opal, Ori, Oriole, Orion, Orrin, Osborne, Owen, Ozzie

P: Paisley, Paris, Parker, Pasco, Patience, Patrice, Paxton, Penrose, Pepper, Peregrine, Perrin, Perry, Peyton, Phelan, Phoenix, Piper, Placid, Porter, Prairie, Presley, Prosper

Q: Qaisar, Quarry, Quasar, Quetzal, Quila, Quincy, Quentin, Quillan

R: Raleigh, Rainbow, Rainer, Randy, Raven, Redmond, Regal, Regan, Reggie, Reynold, Rhythm, Ricki, Ridley, Riley, Rio, Rishi, River, Robbie, Robin, Ronnie, Rory, Roscoe, Rowan, Royal, Rudy, Ryder, Ryen, Rylen

S: Sabah, Sadler, Saffron, Salem, Samar, Sandy, Satchel, Saturn, Sasha, Sawyer, Saylor, Season, Selby, Seren, Seven, Sevy, Shale, Shannon, Shelby, Shelly, Shiloh, Sidney, Silver, Sinclair, Skylar, Skylark, Skyler, Snowdrop, Snowy, Soren, Sorrel, Sparrow, Spencer, Spirit, Springer, Stanley, Starling, Sterling, Summer, Sunday, Sunny, Sunshine, Sunset, Sutton

T: Taffy, Tali, Talon, Tanner, Tarian, Taylor, Teagan, Teddy, Tempest, Temple, Terry, Thursday, Tibby, Tiernan, Tiger, Timber, Tobin, Toby, Topaz, Torrey, Tracy, Trenton, Tristen, Tucker, Turner, Tuesday, Tully, Tyler, Tyson

U: Ulfie, Ulli, Ulri, Ulysse, Umber, Umbra, Upton, Urban, Uri, Ursa, Usher, Uta

V: Valen, Vega, Verdi, Vernon, Verrill, Vesper, Vivi, Vivien, Volta, Voltaire

W: Walker, Wallace, Waylan, Webster, Wednesday, Weston, Whimsy, Whitley, Whitney, Wilder, Willow, Wilson, Windsor, Windy, Winslow, Winter, Wisdom, Wolfram, Woody, Wylie

X: Xander, Xavie

Y: Yael, Yaven, Yannick, Yarrow, Yven

Z: Zailey, Zaki, Zander, Zandy, Zavi, Zelig, Zeno, Zephyr, Zero, Zevi, Zion, Zohar, Zola, Zorey, Zuri

#names #neutral #two syllable #resource #op

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statguypaul · 4 years

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Brief Review: The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5. A predictable romantic comedy between two people of different social classes that starts with one of them pretending to be of the other class, yielding typical situations of hiding the big “secret”, developing the romance, the big reveal, the conflict, and the resolution. By film’s end, it’s not clear if the differences between classes would be overcome, Merle Oberon’s acting not as convincing as Gary Cooper’s, Cooper playing his usual upright moral character that he plays in most of films. Incidentally, one could argue that the friendly chemistry between Cooper and longtime acting partner Walter Brennan is more palpable, yet Cooper on his own also shows his deft comic timing in several instances, especially in the conflict and resolution stages of the plot. Brennan is joined on the sidelines by Harry Davenport as Oberon’s eccentric uncle, each “sidekick” provided witty lines to comment upon society and the leading pair’s concerns about each other. The film surprisingly earned three Oscar nominations, each category containing at least eight nominees however, but the motion picture did still win for Best Sound, arguably due to the rodeo scenes involving Cooper’s titular cowboy. Unfamiliar with most of the competition, it’s difficult to say if the Oscar for sound or the nominations for Best Song and Best Score are deserved, though none of the Best Score nominees are as timeless as Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Oscar-winning The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Oscar nominations or not, the film’s overall effect is more one of adequate entertainment than strong dramatic or social impact, emphasized by the standard yet obvious practice of editing between actors and stuntmen to make it seem they’re the same character. Iconic cinematographer Gregg Toland provides the occasional impressive shot to put in some appreciable artistic value, but the remaining average production elements leave the overall product just barely earning a passing rating due to Cooper’s acting talents. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030018/

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shirtlesssammy · 7 years

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Clap Your Hands if You Believe: 6x09 Recap

Then:

Souless!Sam sure looks soulful when he’s telling Dean he doesn’t care about him.

Now:

***X-FILES ALERT***

Before this recapping nerd was a Supernatural fan, I was (and still am) an X-phile. I’m pretty sure I stuck out the early seasons of Supernatural just because I knew Kim Manners worked on the show. This episode doesn’t usually ping my top 5, but it’s special.

It’s as special as the night the cold open couple was having before the boyfriend, Patrick, disappeared in a cornfield.

Literally cue knock-off X-Files theme.

Sam and Dean head to Elwood, Indiana and interview townsfolk, including Wayne Whitaker, Jr. (played by Robert Picardo. Ignore the famous character actor in the corner. Move along.) about the strange abductions. Wayne is decidedly Team UFO, the local cop doesn’t believe anything supernatural is amiss, and one nice lady believes it’s fairies! Dean is diplomatic and thanks the woman, and Sam calls her out on the ridiculousness of her stance. This episode was Peak Souless!Sam. GOLD EVERYWHERE.

Dean tries giving Sam a lesson in Souls 101, but Sam really needs to sign up for the PhD course. Sam asks if he’s just supposed to fake it? Dean, the master in this, affirms, “Yes, fake ‘til you make it.” (Here’s to Dean not needing to fake it in season 13.) And to help him out, Dean will be his Jiminy Cricket.

The boys head off to interview Patrick’s father. He’s less than accommodating to their questions, insists his son was “taken”, and tries to kick the brothers out of his clock making workshop.

His son has been missing for weeks; he’s not coming back. Dean leaves his number for the man to call them with any information. Once he’s alone, the clockmaker looks to the side --at nothing-- and asks, “Is that alright?”

The brothers split up. Sam stays to watch the watchmaker, and Dean heads to check out the crop circles. Once at the crop circle, Dean gets a call from Sam. It seems Mr. Clockmaker is just drinking his night away at the local diner. Sam wants to talk to him, and before Dean can really talk him out of doing anything, the Impala shuts off and Dean sees a glowing light from the sky. “UFO! UFO!” Sam calmly tells Dean to stop yelling. Lol. “CLOSE ENCOUNTER! CLOSE ENCOUNTER!” While Dean is screaming about empathy, Sam orders another beer. The light finally catches up to Dean, and even with all weapons drawn, Dean disappears into the bright light.

With his call cut short, Sam enjoys his beer and male gazing at the waitress. He does eventually make it to the cornfield to find his brother’s dropped cell phone.

He then finds a small enclave of UFO believers, and starts to ask questions. He finds Wayne Whitaker and asks how to “get them.”

Sparrow, another UFO enthusiast approaches their conversation, and hears Sam admit that his brother was abducted.

Sparrow: Your brother was abducted?

Sam: Yeah.

Sparrow: Oh my God.

Sam: It’s fine. I mean, I’ve had time to adjust.

Sparrow: Did it happen when you were kids?

Sam: No, like, half an hour ago.

Oh, Souless!Sam, never change. He tells Wayne that he sucks, and walks off. Sparrow follows, offering her help, and a flirty smile.

Back at the cornfield, Dean reappears screaming, with knife and gun still fully engaged. Cut to him making it back to the motel room to find Shirtless!Souless!Sammy in bed with Sparrow.

Sparrow makes her exit, but not before asking Dean about his abduction. “They were grabby, incandescent douchebags. Goodnight.” Sam senses Dean’s anger. Dean was barely gone an hour, and Sam ends up in bed with “Patchouli”? Sam corrects Dean: He’s actually been gone most of the night. And that fits with a lot of UFO lore. Sam insists that Dean tells him what happened. Dean is disgusted with his own story but admits that there was a bright, white light, and there were beings pulling him towards a table. “A probing table!” “God, don’t say that out loud!” Dean had a close encounter, and won. He’s gonna take a shower now.

The next day, Sam and Dean break down the existence of aliens.

Well, Dean does while Sam checks out the bar’s waitress. (And check out that shot: The El Sol sign is there. I get it, the title of this episode reveals it’s not aliens, but I do love the story the set design tells every week.) And this whole scene where Sam questions the correct actions of someone who just lost their brother to an abduction ---and Dean’s insistent, “Yes, you sit in the dark and feel the loss!” Sam’s final exam essay: “So you’re saying having a soul equals suffering.” (And Dean’s notes on that essay: “I’m saying it’s the only game in town.”) Bwaahh. This whole scene sums up Dean Winchester so well.

As the boys leave the cafe to research UFO lore, Dean sees a strange man staring at him through the window. Sam doesn’t see him.

Sam does research in the library, Dean does research in the motel.

For Nostalgic Science:

I know these are just mock-ups for the show, but just doing a random search on the X-Files revealed that Angelfire is still out there! Angelfire! Ah, those were the days. My X-files webpage was on Geocities, and with much relief alas, the Wayback Machine didn’t crawl it back in 1998.

Sam tells Dean that there’s a lot of lore in the library but he’ll be heading back to the motel soon. Dean continues his research, while fittingly listening to “Space Oddity”. The lights flicker off and Dean mutters, “Not again.” The door flies open to reveal a glowing orb of gold. Dean tries going for his gun, but the creature stops him, and close up Dean gets a good (“Nipples?”) look, before it takes a nice swing at Dean. In the ensuing fight, the music crescendos, and Dean nukes the little monster.

Once Sam gets back Dean triumphantly shows him his kill...only Sam can't see anything in the truly disgusting microwave. “You don't see the...EEUCH? It's right there?” Sam doesn’t see all the “Blech.” The next person who stays there is going to be eating some disgusting burritos, man.

Dean tells Sam that he nuked a little, glowing, hot naked lady with nipples and everything. Sam asks if the little lady had wings and when Dean admits he's bang on the money, Sam tells Dean that a fringe theory could fit their case. The abductions aren't from aliens – they're from fairies instead.

The Winchesters head to Marion, the crazy fairy lady's home where she sets out tea in fine china and explains the many different types of fairies. The fairy dimension is another reality and only those who have been to Fairy can see fairies on earth.

The woman says the fairies only take first born sons. Her theory? They're taken to Avalon to service King Oberon. Dean looks sobered by this revelation and asks Marion how they can “forcefully interact” with fairies. Fairies love fresh cream, hate iron and silver, and spilled sugar or salt compels them to count each grain.

Dean and Sam spot the watchmaker loading up his car with cream and follow him back to his shop where he unloads the cream, then takes off again. They split up, Sam tailing the watchmaker while Dean scopes out his shop. Dean breaks into the back and finds a shop filled with noise from...tiny toiling hands. The workroom is full of tiny workers wielding torches, using drills, and otherwise kicking some ass on the clockmaking front.

Dean leaves the store and frantically calls Sam. The shop's “freakin' full of Keeblers” and now Dean suspects that Brennan the watchmaker made a deal with a bunch of fairies. Sam approaches Brennan in the bar and compliments his watchmaking.

“Hell, if I didn't know better, I'd say you have a bunch of elves working for you.” Brennan looks up guiltily and Sam goes in for the kill, asking how he could stomach the loss of his first born son for a bunch of watches.

Back on the street, Dean spots the man in the red hat who follows him down the street, ominously...

Back at the bar, Brennan confesses to Sam that he'd desperately summoned fairies a few months ago. He ended up with a leprechaun who promised him wild success as long as they had a place to rest and enjoy “the fruit and fat of the land.” It turns out that their price was the first born. Brennan wanted to undo it, but his spell book is locked in a safe in his shop - and it’s guarded by fairies.

Cut back to Dean who's still being stalked by the man in the red hat.

Dean hides around a corner and jumps out on a man who is NOT the red hat guy. While the man’s (who has dwarfism) horrified young daughter looks on, Dean wrestles him to the ground, shouting all the while about fairies... When Sam runs up Dean is getting arrested. “You fight those fairies,” Dean yells, about 90% on the way to a total breakdown.

In the jail, the police chief interrogates Dean. Just what kind of hate crime is this? “If this gentleman were a full-sized homosexual, would that be okay with you?” Dean protests that he doesn't hate any size person – or anyone who's homosexual. Well, as it happens the man he attacked is the District Attorney for the county. Whoops…

Dean paces his cell while Sam and Brennan sneak back into his workshop. They creep to the safe, the workers all drunk on cream, and Brennan pulls out his spellbook. He begins an incantation to send the fairies back to their realm until he's suddenly stabbed through the heart. It's the great Robert Picardo! ...uh, I mean, it's the leprechaun and UFO enthusiast, Wayne.

Sam summarizes Wayne’s M.O. Fairies make a deal and settle in to stay, abducting first borns merrily. All the while, Wayne's in town stirring up UFO nuts as a cover for fairy activity. Wayne chuckles at Sam's accusations. True, true, all of them. And he's here to stay. Furthermore, Dean's marked as belonging to the fairy realm, and Sam can't actually see him if he doesn’t allow it. Wayne disappears. Neener neener neener. (Listen, do I want a follow-up episode with fairies dealing with Dean being marked for the fairy realm? Yes, yes I do.)

When Wayne reappears he tells Sam that he's “missing a certain piece right in the center.” The human soul is something that the energy-obsessed fairies can sense. They can't sense that with Sam. Wayne tells him that he could fish his soul out of hell for a price.

“There no frickin' way a leprechaun can do what angels can’t,” Sam scoffs. Au contraire, Wayne protests. Angel mojo is no match for “real magic” born from fairy. Sam doesn't bite at the deal and shoots Wayne. His iron buckshot has little effect and Wayne poofs out.

In jail Dean looks up, sensing a disturbance in the Force. He looks around to see the man in the red hat smiling at him from his prison cot. The red cap (for that's what he is) starts beating the shit out of Dean while Sam tangles in a fight with Wayne. Sam's not doing so great but has a brainstorm. He pulls out a salt bullet and pours salt all over the floor.

Wayne snarls and settles down to count the salt, giving Sam the chance to finish the spell. All the fairies, including Wayne and the red cap, disappear.

Later, on a back country road Sam and Dean share a beer. The “tiniest D.A.” has dropped the charges, letting Dean go free. Dean wonders if what the leprechaun said was true – if he could save Sam's soul.

Dean asks why Sam turned down Wayne's offer to get his soul back and Sam insists that deals are always bad. Dean asks if Sam still wants his soul back. “Sure, yeah, whatever,” is essentially Sam's response. The camera lingers on his brooding expression...

(By the way, I feel like I see this photo used as an iconic Sam/Dean/Impala image? But it's actually Dean and Soulless!Sam and that's...kinda sad actually.)

Close Encounters of the Quotes Kind:

There's something out in the corn.

Okay, if you want to add glitter to that glue you’re sniffing, that’s fine, but don’t dump your whackadoo all over us.

Third kind already? You better run, man. I think the fourth kind is a butt thing.

You just gave her the silent 'how you doin'?'

You're the one who pizza rolled Tinker Bell.

It's like Sedona, Arizona crap in here.

Fight the fairies!

Got a way of getting in back doors.

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The End review: A comforting yet raw approach to the tragic reality of death

**Warning: This article discusses themes of suicide and self-harm throughout.**

Have you ever considered how you would like to die? Blissfully drifting off into a peaceful sleep completely unaware that your time was coming to an end. Or seeing your life flash before your eyes as you make one last heroic act that will cement your legacy among your family and friends. The thought of dying is a topic that’s still seen as taboo and something we all willingly shy away from whether that be out of fear or sadness or the uncertainty that comes with death. Yet, the new Sky Atlantic series The End challenges these views and forces you to ask yourself whether or not we should all have the right to die.

Created by Samantha Strauss, the Australian screenwriter has brought to life the tale of her grandmother through the character Edie Henley (Harriet Walter), who was basically rebirthed after she moved into residential care when Sam was only in her teens. But while there’s the underlying theme of depression running throughout the series, the director has managed to mix comedy into a somewhat dark narrative through Edie making the most of her final years by exploring her sexuality and experimenting with drugs. Yet by no means does the show shy away from rather triggering subjects, as it hones in on suicidal thoughts and self-harm, seeing the trans schoolboy, Oberon Brennan (Morgan Davis), covered in scars as he contemplates whether or not he should take his own life.

Even the opening sequence sets the tone for the remaining nine episodes, with a horrific scene showing Edie’s suicide attempt before a fire alarm forces her to save herself. And if that wasn’t enough to warn viewers with what’s to come, we’re then introduced to Edie’s daughter and Oberon’s mum, Dr. Kate Brennan (Frances O’Connor), who works at a hospital and is faced with the impossible decision as to whether or not she should help one of her patients die while she still has her dignity. Samantha has managed to gracefully tackle hard-hitting situations, from coping with both mental and physical scars after beating cancer; terminal illnesses seeing patients demand control over their own death; how depression and anxiety warp the human mind; and how even the carer needs to be cared for at some point in their life.

But what first appears as a thought-provoking and controversial series, actually secures family, love and friendship at the heart of the show, and how humanity will fight for survival when thrown into some of the most difficult of circumstances.

The End will be available to stream on Now TV and Sky Atlantic from 10 February. - Metro UK

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When is euthanasia drama The End on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV?

A new drama series will follow a family of three generations and their complicated feelings about the concept of death.

Frances O’Connor plays a doctor devoted to care for her terminally ill patients, who is distressed by the lack of enthusiasm for life shared by her mother and son.

Here’s everything you need to know about The End…

What is The End about?

The End introduces us to three generations of a family, all of whom are wrestling with the ultimate question: what should be the circumstances of their death?

Dr Kate Brennan (Frances O’Connor) lives in Australia and works as a specialist in palliative care, given to patients who are seriously ill and approaching the end of their life.

She is passionate about her work and strives to give everyone she treats the most time they can possibly have.

When her mother Edie attempts suicide after suffering from chronic depression for decades, she moves her to a luxury retirement village where she can keep a closer eye on her.

Edie is steadfast in her belief that she has a right to die, which flies in the face of the work that Kate has dedicated her life towards.

All the while she has two troubled children of her own to deal with, including a son who’s “not convinced life is worth living and a daughter who might be a sociopath,” according to the show’s official synopsis.

The End charts the complex relationships in the family as they work their way towards healing and starting afresh.

In preparation for the series, writer Samantha Strauss spent time shadowing doctors who work in palliative care.

“It’s just incredible what they do, that’s what they do every day. That they are around people that are dying and negotiate that. Yeah, they were quite brilliant. But for them it’s just a job and for them it’s easy,” she told RadioTimes.com.

Who is in the cast of The End?

Frances O’Connor takes the lead role as Dr Kate Brennan, who viewers may recognise from her performance as Rose Selfridge in the ITV series Mr Selfridge.

Dame Harriet Walter plays her mother, known for an impressive career across stage and screen which recently includes Succession, Flowers, Call The Midwife and The Crown.

Morgan Davies (The Girlfriend Experience) and Ingrid Torelli (Five Bedrooms) portray Kate’s teenage offspring Oberon and Persephone, with Brendan Cowell (Game of Thrones) as her husband who is currently in prison.

Luke Arnold (Black Sails), Roy Billing (Rake) and Noni Hazlehurst (The Letdown) also star.

When is The End on Sky Atlantic?

The End airs on Sky Atlantic at 10pm on Monday 10th February 2020. Alternatively, all episodes will be available to stream on NOW TV from that same date. (x)

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