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Like I Do (Chris Sturniolo)
summary: Chris and I have been best friends our entire life but what happens when things start to feel way more than platonic for me? (Based on I Do by Renee Rapp)
contains: fluff, pining, a little bit of angst ig, bestfriends to lovers, kissing, nothing serious, 1k words
"I leave the key in my mailbox just for you. So you don’t call when you’re coming over, you just do."
I sigh deeply, tossing my phone from hand to hand and debating calling Chris. My brain has been replaying the last time we hung out on a loop, and I can’t figure out if I’m overthinking it or not. I know Chris has always been effortlessly affectionate, but there was something different about the way he cuddled up to me last week as we watched movies.
The way he’d pulled my legs across his lap, mindlessly running his hand up and down my thigh as if it were the most casual thing in the world. The way he’d fallen asleep and pulled me close, refusing to let me go when I tried to let him have the couch. I just can’t figure out if I’m losing my mind or if it means more. Just as I decide my crush on Chris has officially rotted my brain, I hear the unmistakable click of my door unlocking and Chris singing out my name. Oh, I am so fucked. I scramble up and go out to my living room, where he has already made himself comfy on the couch with a bag of fast food on the coffee table.
“You didn’t tell me you were coming over.” I say nervously, taking the seat on the couch furthest from him. He gives me a strange look, like I’ve grown an extra eye or something. “When do I ever?” Very valid point. If I had a dollar for every time one of the triplets let themselves into my apartment, I could buy a house in their neighborhood. “I dunno.” I mutter, reaching for my food, completely unsurprised that Chris has my order memorized. I glance back over at him, trying not to stare as I take in how good he looks in his simple white tee, his gold chain swinging as he fidgets. He catches me staring and gives me another weird look before stretching his legs out, intertwined with mine, and grabbing the remote. I try to calm my heart down, reminding myself that he’s like this with everyone.
Chris turns on my TV and goes through the apps until he finds HBOMAX. “If we start Game of Thrones, will you explain it to me?” He asks, cocking his head to the side as if already confused. I smile at his expression, despite myself, and feel some of the weird tension between us loosen. “You got it, dude.”
“This is why I love you.” He says, grinning, throwing his hand over his heart. And I feel his words like a dagger in mine. I don’t reply; I can’t. Because I mean those words completely differently than he does, and it makes my whole body ache.
As the episode starts, I feel Chris’ gaze bore into the side of my head, so I sigh and turn to meet his eyes with my eyebrows raised. He looks like an absolute meme right now, his face scrunched up like he’s trying to figure out something impossible. “You are being mad weird.” He says finally, pausing the show and scooting closer.
And I know this is the moment. Me and Chris have been friends since before either of us could even tie our shoes. Our friendship is one of the most constant things I’ve ever had in my life, and I think it’s because we’ve always been honest with each other. Even if it was scary. Except for this.
I take a deep breath and turn back to Chris, squaring my shoulders. “Can I be real with you for a second?” I ask, maintaining his eye contact even though I’m dying to look away and drop this. “Crazy that you think you have to ask?” He moves even closer, a small worry line gathering between his brows as he gives me his full attention.
“It’s fucking me up that we see each other so differently.” He leans forward, his face even more confused than before.
“Chris, I’m so fucking sprung over you, I can’t handle it. And I don’t need you to say anything. I don’t need you to feel the same. But I need space to get past this so we can go back to normal. I need to take a breath that’s not full of you so I can figure out how to get over this.” I say, closing my eyes and shaking my head as I finish so I won’t cry.
“Yeah. I need you to open your eyes and look at me when I say this.” He says before reaching out and taking my face in his hands. I peel my eyes open and meet his, praying he lets me down easy."
“If you don’t think I’ve been in love with you for half of my life, you need way more than those glasses you wear at night. I feel like all I ever do is chase your high. I’m drunk on you half the time.” As he speaks, he runs his thumb up and down the side of my face, his touch so light it feels like snowflakes falling. “I’ve been waiting for you to be ready. Waiting for you to say the word.”
I’m stunned into silence as I try to process his words and the enormity of what he’s saying. “You love me?” I whisper, still in disbelief. He grins and leans in, brushing his lips against mine briefly before answering. “I love you. And you love me. You admitted it. No take-backs.”I laugh and slip my hands around his neck, pulling him in to press my lips against his now. He smiles against my lips, deepening the kiss slightly, but then pulling away.
“Alright, so I get that this was a whole thing, but I really do wanna know what all the hype is with Game of Thrones. So are we done being gushy or-"
“Boy... not you ruining the moment-"
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➣STAB WOUNDS AND A SOMEWHAT GREATFUL PAITENT✓
Joel Miller x platonic! Reader | Ellie Williams x platonic! Reader
summary: after joel gets stabbed back at the university, it's up to you and ellie to try and fix him back together. but what if the actual thing that needs to be fixed is you and joels relationship?
cautions: heavy mentions of blood and injury, some cursing, lowercased words, somewhat bad writing, maybe some spoilers, description based writing, and could be ooc actions/dialogue, angst angst angst, some humor to cover up the big bulge of angst, and I wonder if anyone really reads this section of my writings.
word count: 1,889 words | 9,982 characters.
authors note: f uppercase words. it's been a while since I've watched tlou on hbomax so give me a break will ya? some of it may be inaccurate but I don't think it will kill you. also sorry for being gone for so long lol. if this fic was good, call it my redemption, if it was trash...call it a filler.
prompts: "You deserve a day off. Please, just take it." @creativepromptsforwriting
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since joel got stabbed it seemed like everything started to slow down. you and ellie had managed to find an empty house in an abandoned neighborhood after throughly making sure that you were not being followed. after quickly going each floor making sure there weren't any clickers, you settle joel down on a dirty cot in the basement.
ellie looks at you after placing a ragged blanket on the unconscious man, "we need to clean him up."
glancing back at her, you kneel down to his level to peel back the blanket. the flannel he was wearing had rips in multiple places, a huge gap in the spot where he was stabbed. the dried up blood on the fabric had started to crust making the shirt stick to his skin. moving it gently to not hurt him, you take note that blood had no longer flowed from the wound, but there was a thick layer of something over it.
sighing, you place the shirt back and spare ellie a look, "i need you to do me a favor," ellie nods quickly, "i need you to try and find something to help clean up the wound. it most likely needs to be stitched up. i know it's a stretch and everything might be gone but we need to fix it up."
ellie agrees quietly and goes to the staircase leading to the main floor, but hesitates and retreats, "what...am i looking for exactly?"
you grab your discarded bag from next to joel's head where you left it when you first came in and start to rummage through it. your fingers hopefully dance around the limited items in hopes to find him something to eat until you can go out and hunt, "um," you sniffle, taking notice of the breathe in the frigid air, "a needle, scissors, chopsticks, i mean anything will work as long as it's sharp. oh! and some string. just bring me whatever you can find and i'll work with it."
ellie nods and dashes up the stairs, almost tripping on the last step. you roll your eyes and turn your attention back to joel who was still fast asleep. it had been a long time since any of you had the time to stop and rest so you decided it was better to let him replenish his energy rather than run on empty.
you let your fingers softly caress the crown of his head and sigh, grim and healing scars liter his forehead and cheeks, you lightly scratch at the dirt but give up after seeing it wouldn't go without a wash.
underneath your fingers joel shifts underneath the blanket, you retract and replace your hand on his cheek, he groans with every movement. face scrunching, tugging at the pain in his body.
you frantically look towards the stairs, wishing that ellie would hurry up just a little more. "ellie, quickly!" from upstairs a distance voice shouts "i'm coming!" followed by a hollow thud.
you internally cringe. there was a metal canteen tied loosely on the side of your belt loop with a shoe string, you swiftly untie the knot and spare some drips of water on a ripped cloth you found in your sack and drag it lightly above the grays in his eyebrows. a sudden and firm grip finds its way to your wrist, halting your movement. you look down and see joel now wide awake and alert, his bleak eyes staring back at yours.
"where's ellie?" a hiss comes after. unfazed, you remove his hand and drop it to his chest, continuing with the cleaning.
"good morning to you to sunshine," your voice monotone with a unamused smirk, he makes a taunting noise in return as if saying 'how funny', "she's upstairs getting some supplies," you ring out the cloth and dab the dry parts on his now clean forehead, "speaking of which- ellie!"
as if your voice commanded her, she stumbles down the stairs with an arm full of items, but stops short when she sees joel eying you down, “i’m here-! holy shit he's awake."
"yeah," you grumble dropping the cloth on your lap, "come say hi."
she runs over, not before dropping everything in your laps without a second look, and rushes to the old mans side. she takes a good look at his face, moving it around with her hands. a worried glint passes over her face as her eyebrows furrow, then as quickly as it came anger replaces and she weakly slaps him across the face. you suppress a snicker. "don't ever do that again! you know how scared we were?! we had to haul your big ass on top of callus and y/n was worried and frantically looking for a place for you to recover-" joel glances at you, you avoid eye contact, "and don't even get me started about how much blood you lost, we thought you were going to-"
you quickly cut ellie off with a nervous laugh, noticing the quick breaths coming from joels chest, if he didn't die from the infection then he was certainly going to die of high blood pressure, "oh-kay! that's enough from you, how about you go over there and read one of your comics while i fix him up?" you stand up and grasp ellie by her shoulders and start pushing her to a snug corner in the basement.
"but-!" she starts but you lightly shove her.
"that wasn't a choice, go!" you give her one last exasperated shove and turn back towards joel who was struggling to get up. "no!" you shove him back down, keeping a firm hand on his shoulder. in return he gives your hand a bewildered look, "you are hurt, you need to be patched up, or you will die. if you ever try to get up again i assure you that the infection isn't going to be the thing to kill you, you understand me?"
joel shrinks in his place and stares over your face, after a minute he reluctantly nods and his body relaxes. "thank you." a relived sigh leaves your lips, grateful that you don't have to fight him anymore.
you give a look over the items ellie gave you and- god bless, in the pile were a small needle, string, and a small bottle of jack daniels, along with a surprisingly clean dish towel. you give a quick glance at joel to see him looking at you already with a intrigued squint. "don't look at me like that." you mummer. taking the needle you dip it in the bottle of alcohol and place it on the clean rag and move everything to the side where the wound was.
after threading the string through the small loop in the needle, you take the rag and splash the liquor on it. before you could place it on the floor joel stops you and motions towards the bottle, "gimme it."
confused, you slowly had over the drink and he swipes it, chugging half the bottle down. deadpanned, you snatch it back and place it on the floor, "joel."
"what? if you were in my position you'd want to be drunk too."
"why?" you question, pulling the blanket down and pulling his shirt up. "you don't trust me?"
"no."
"remember your life is in my hands." you place you hand just above the wound and look towards him with the needle in the other. grimacing, you press down on his stomach, "brace yourself."
after a couple hours of white knuckles, gritted teeth, incoherent sorries and gut wrenching pain, you had finally finished the stitches. halfway through ellie had taken her spot across from you, occasionally patting joel's temples free of sweat with the rag you abandoned.
without looking at her, you reach out your hand and motion towards the canteen on the floor. getting the memo, she hands it to you and grasps the back of joels head gently, lifting it up for you to better access his face. "joel." you hum quietly, raising the canteen to his lips, pulling at the bottom one, "open up, you need to drink something."
he emits a grunting noise of protest but doesn't fight it when he feels the cool water fill his dry mouth. he was half asleep, the pain from earlier wearing him out, draining him of any energy he gathered form when he passed out before.
he opens his mouth but a hoarse noise replaces any words he tries to form. you give him some more water. he coughs and wets his lips, looking to you, then ellie, then you again. "d...did you search the area?" his voice slightly cracks.
you roll your eyes and drop the canteen, "what do you think i am? a fucking noob? of course i searched the goddamn area."
"did you search the house."
you give him a blank stare, "ellie did."
"did you-"
"why do you doubt me so much?" you wouldn't call your tone annoyed, maybe disappointed, ellie noticed a hint of sorrow, "i mean i got you this far, ellie's not dead, i'm not dead, you're not dead so I honestly don't see what the issue is. do you have something against me?" your voice pitches an octave up like someone about to cry, though there is not a tear in your eyes.
joels face scrunches up, as if he was taken aback and grunts.
ellie abruptly stands and dusts off her pants, "well i'm going to go," she motions to the two of you, "i don't know what the fuck is going on but i don't want any part of it. so i'll be in my corner reading and trying not to cringe."
you watch as she walks off, then look back towards joel with an annoyed glint in your eyes. after a moment of just staring at each other you shake your head towards him, "so?"
he says nothing, and you have to look away. you been with ellie and joel since loosing tess, and that was months ago. after being through everything with joel it wouldn't kill him to be a little kinder. hell you just saved his life and all he does is just stare at you. a wave of emotions comes over you without any caution and you have to cover up an aggressive sob with a cough. "whatever," you go to stand, kicking the items out the way, pushing the almost empty canteen of water towards him. "you've just been through hell, so you deserve a day off. please, just take it."
you over to ellie who was deep in her comic, "ellie, you have a gun right?" she looks up at you, her lips between her teeth and nods, "if he tries to get up shoot him."
her body shakes from her quiet giggle and mumbles nice. you walk to the wooden staircase and pick up the shotgun you left when you first came in. "i’m going hunting, i can imagine we're all hungry."
before you walk up the stairs you spare joel a glance, to find him staring back at you. his eyes furrowed, a deep frown prominent on his lips, his eyes watching you with despair. please don't go, they say but only if you could read eyes.
you sigh and walk out the door.
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Let me Put my Lips to Something
Modern!Aemond Targaryen x reader
When one of your pms symptoms is bothering you, your boyfriend is more than happy to provide you comfort.
Rating: E
Word Count: 1187
Contains: p in v, titty sucking/some boob worship, daddy kink, some dom/sub undertones, mentions of menstruation
Title based on lyrics from “eat your young” by hozier
A/N: well, I’m finally dipping my toe in to the fanfic writing world. This is a completely self-indulgent piece I wrote in the middle of the night. Thanks so much for reading!
PMS could be such a pain in the ass. From the acne to the mood swings, it wasn’t a fun time of the month.
The worst of it was probably your tits. Your nipples are constantly hard and sensitive to even the slightest stimulation. Hell, you could even feel them when you weren’t touching them. It got annoying very fast. Well, most of the time it was annoying…
You were spending the evening with your boyfriend Aemond in your shared apartment. The two of you sat on the couch watching some medieval fantasy show on HBOMax (or just Max now. You still didn’t get why they changed the name). Aemond’s old tabby Vaghar was curled up beside you as you scratched behind her ear with one hand and subconsciously palmed your breast with the other.
“Sore?” Aemond asks, looking over at you. You swiftly retract your hand from under your shirt.
“Uh, maybe?” You reply hesitantly. Aemond angles his body towards you.
“Come on, love. We’ve been together three years. You think I don’t notice your tells?”
You don’t respond, only biting your lip and looking at your lap.
He reaches towards you.
“Cm’ere,” he says in a low tone. You suppress a shiver as you allow him to pull you into his lap to straddle him. Vaghar, annoyed that she’s no longer getting scratches, hops down from the sofa and pads to her cat tree.
Aemond slowly lifts your shirt up til your breasts are in view. You bite your lip to stop yourself from whining as the fabric rubs against your sensitive nipples. He cups them in his large, gentle hands as you tilt your head back and moan He gently squeezes and kneads your tits. Your hands slide up his arms and shoulders, feeling the lithe muscle underneath, before coming to a rest clasped behind his neck.
You pull him into a soft kiss. He starts rubbing your nipples between his thumbs and forefingers, causing you to whine. He takes the opportunity to slide his tongue into your mouth. He then trails open-mouthed kisses down your jaw to your throat. Sucking and nipping, he makes his way to your collarbones before softening the touch of his lips against your skin when they meet your breasts.
You let out a loud moan when he takes your nipple between his soft lips, sucking gently. Your fingers tangle in his long, silver locks, pulling him impossibly closer to you. His ministrations become more ardent, sucking harder on your breast while kneading the other.
You could feel his erection press against you through his sweatpants and your shorts. You roll your hips over it, feeling it grow bigger and harder. He practically growls against your chest, the vibrations sending a shiver through you. He takes your nipple between his teeth and softly tugs on it. You arch your back and groan, thrusting your chest into his face. He releases your nipple before switching to the other breast, his hand reaching up to knead the one he just finished with.
You reach over to the side table and open one of its drawers. Since Aemond has a firm grip on you, your range of motion is limited. You fumble through the drawer til your fingers close around what you’re looking for.
Quickly, you pull the condom out, not bothering to close the door. You tear open it’s packaging then reach under you for the waistband of Aemond’s sweats. His hard cock springs free as you pull them down. He takes over, briefly letting go of your tit to slide them down his legs. You make quick work rolling the condom over his length.
He stops sucking your tit and slides your shorts and underwear off. Running a finger through your folds, he smirks up at you.
“So wet for me already. And all I did was suck your pretty little tits.”
He rubs circles into your clit, causing you to whimper and brace yourself on his shoulders. You try to sink down, but he wraps an arm under your backside, holding you in place.
“Please,” you whisper as he guides the head of his cock to your cunt.
“Please what?” He asks, rubbing his tip against your clit.
“Please fuck me,” you whine, your fingers digging into his shoulders.
“How about we try that again, love,” he whispers darkly. He angles his neck and drags his tongue across one of your nipples while doing his best to maintain eye contact. You whimper at the shock of pleasure that zaps through you.
“Daddy, please. Please. I need your cock,” you all but choke out, your eyes fluttering closed.
Aemond chuckles against your chest. “Now that’s a good girl,” he whispers before pushing his tip against your entrance. He finally relinquishes his hold and lets you slide yourself onto his cock.
You sigh contentedly at the feeling of him inside you, filling you just the way you need. He grips your hips and rocks your body back and forth on his cock while taking your nipple back into his mouth and sucking hardly.
You let out a whine and wrap your arms around his shoulders. Aemond switches to your other breast as you roll your hips more, causing him to moan.
“Fuck, you take me so well. Made for me,” he growls before once again tugging on your nipple with his teeth. You can do nothing to stop the noises pouring out of you.
“I’m close. Need to cum. Please daddy,” you plead breathlessly. Aemond smiles against your breast.
“Now, how can I refuse when you ask so nicely.”
He slides a hand down and rubs your clit vigorously. Your noises increase in pitch. You’re so close.
“Come on, baby girl. Sock Daddy’s cock,” he whispers, biting your nipple one last time. You scream as your orgasm hits, the pleasure overwhelming you. He guides you through it, rubbing and sucking til you’re boneless in this lap.
Once you’ve finished creating, he grips your hips and thrusts into you, chasing his own release. He growls and mutters incoherently, though you only understand parts of what he’s saying.
“So good…mine…all mine…so perfect.”
It isn’t long before he reaches his own peak, moaning your name as he thrusts through his orgasm.
You both just sit there for a moment, panting and looking lustfully into each other’s eyes. He gives you a peck on the lips, asking, “Do you feel a bit better now, love?”
You smile and hoarsely answer, “Yes.” Then you slide off his softening cock and pad shakily over to the restroom.
Aemond pulls the condom off, tying it and tossing it in a nearby garbage can. He sinks back onto the couch, returning his attention back to the show you’re watching.
Suddenly, Vaghar leaps onto the couch beside him, letting out an annoyed meow.
“It looks like my other girl needs attention,” he says as Vaghar curls herself up into his lap.
You return from the bathroom to the sight of Aemond lovingly scratching his beloved cat behind the ears. You smile and curl into his side, gently stroking Vaghar’s fur.
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hey, I have a question!!
First of all, thank you so much for all of your hard work and effort to save our beloved show! You guys help us so much, huge thank you, truly.
So I was just wondering, so many popular netflix shows were cancelled and I still remember the huge noise the cancellation of those shows caused. Like for example Anne With An E and Warrior Nun, the whole internet moved for them and still, they weren't picked up by another streaming service.
Do you think our show really stands a chance? 🥺 /gen
Hi Anon! Thank you for this question and for your kind words!
It's true that whenever a show is cancelled -- especially a multi-season, popular show with a built-in fanbase like Anne With An E -- it seems like the whole internet is awash with cries of outrage, support, and, to be blunt, threats against the people who cancel it. Internet campaigning is as old as the internet, and even older than that if you count print media and letter writing campaigns before that. It's human nature to get loud about bad things, and Save-The-Show campaigns are more prone to that than most things, since media is a generally uniting and far-reaching force.
I will note that Warrior Nun's fans are still working towards a pick-up by Max (formerly HBOMax), so I'll leave them off of this comparison, as well as wishing them the best of luck.
To be blunt, yes our show really does stand a chance. I've been involved in more than my share of Save-The-Show campaigns over the last 15+ years, and I've never seen a response by people outside the fandom like this before. We're sitting at exactly 2 weeks since cancellation and we've had dozens of articles from entertainment, business, finance, and human interest magazines and sites alike, huge, sustained tweet numbers, trended every single day, joyful engagement by cast/crew/related persons, the works. It's not a level of response I've ever seen via a fan campaign, not in the ones I've been a part of and not in the ones I've seen from the sidelines.
Unlike a lot of unsuccessful campaigns, ours is entirely fan-led. I've said many times IRL over the last two weeks that I'd be vastly more worried if Cornish/CF/Stroud were leading this charge. If the show runners/creators/etc are the ones spearheading things, experience tells us that things are bleak from the get-go. This isn't a creator-led endeavor where the most noise comes from 4 or 5 people who directly profit off of the show; Joe Cornish posted once on Instagram (in a very ballsy move, I'll note, giving the fans numbers/graphics to use without directly showing his hand), the Strouds are mostly liking tweets and engaging in fan engagement to the side of the campaign (Stroud is careful never to use the #savelockwoodandco hashtag or any hashtag related to a particular streaming service), and the cast and crew of the show/CF are posting Lockwood & Co related videos and pictures without coming out as part of the #SaveLockwoodAndCo movement. To borrow a phrase, they're going carefully.
This is a good thing.
Networks and Streaming Sites don't care how passionate a creator, cast, or crew are. They don't care about how many people are mad a show is cancelled either. What they care about is exactly what we're working in this campaign to give them -- actionable data.
The AWAE cancellation is a good example, sadly. While it had a lot of enthusiasm -- I was on the sidelines for this, but I did heartily enjoy the show, and would have liked them to get enough time to finish the main story, rather than cutting it off and forcing a time skip as they did -- it didn't have the numbers. Not streaming hours or being generally known -- as a preexisting IP it was very well-known -- but sustained numbers post-cancellation. It had a lot of very angry (understandably) people, a few articles about the cancellation, and that was about it. The creators knew for at least part of the last season that it was unlikely they'd get another one, and wrapped up the major storyline (Anne and Gil) as best they could. It was a rushed ending (not quite Merlin levels of rushed, but definitely rushed), but it's a linear story from the books, and the story did end.
It's not enough to be angry in campaigns to save a show. Anger is a great short-term motivator, but for all but the most focused of us, anger burns out like a match -- hot at first, but rather useless very quickly. Recent and memorable (unnamed to avoid offense where none is intended) campaigns were filled with angry posts about betrayal by the network (completely understandably), but these campaigns didn't do what a successful campaign must: add numbers and news.
It's a testament to the strength of character in all of you -- the fandom -- that the immediate and understandable anger upon cancellation has died down, but our numbers have kept growing. The articles aren't about "it's so sad this show was cancelled" anymore, they're about fan engagement, they're about sheer business sense. The people of the press aren't writing because they're fans, or because it's today's story, but rather because Lockwood and Co has become a sort of symbol for what's wrong with the streaming industry and Netflix in particular. We're trending in Business and Finance as well as in Entertainment, for heaven's sake.
This show, according to all the numbers and Netflix's own statement, did well. It passed the figures it needed to be renewed.
But it wasn't. That's been our focus, and that's what's newsworthy. And we can only help it along by being genuine, passionate, and positive above all else.
This fandom has done an amazing job being polite, professional, empathetic, and collected. No one is ritually burning anything, no one is sending envelopes of razor blades or Purposely Mysterious White Powder to executives (yes, these have happened), no one is threatening physical harm to the poor interns in charge of Netflix's twitter, tumblr, instagram, tiktok, or, heck, LinkedIn or anything.
Our numbers are growing -- if you pay close attention to twitter like the other mod of this blog does, you'll note that people are discovering, watching, loving, and turning around and campaigning for this show through our hashtags and engagement. Having a show add so many people post-cancellation is a rare, rare thing -- people will generally stay away from a cancelled show, not watch it. And yet we grow every day in leaps and bounds.
This post is far too long, but yes, we're different from the majority of campaigns. We have the quiet and subtle support of Those In Charge of the show, but they're not the ones driving this boat. Because of our consistent, diversified efforts and our insistence on sticking to data and logic in an enthusiastic and optimistic way, people have sat up and taken continued notice.
Lockwood and Co (and #savelockwoodandco by extension) has become a beacon to those dissatisfied with the business of TV, and has gained substantial fans along the way.
Yes, we have a chance. Let's keep lighting our ghost lamps -- they shine far further than we can comprehend.
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hi so no one asked me my two cents about the finale but too bad, my blog.
Overall I loved it so much. I’m just picking nits and thinking about the fix it fics im going to write.
100% in agreement that this needed another episode. It’s a little absurdly hilarious just how shittily HBOmax is treating one of its most popular series, but then I remember it’s because of the homophobia and racism and I get a little sad.
I love the wedding. No notes. except maybe a line like “do you promise to be faithful and never stray and only love this man” and then Lucius and black Pete look at one another and they’re like “ehhhhhh. . . Sort of?” Just some acknowledgement of their polyamorousness.
Izzy’s death. . . I saw him get shot and I was like “????? so is that it?” In a show where we’ve seen people shrug off getting run through and hung and amputating their own fingers, Izzy just dies from a stray bullet? like I’m not against the concept of him dying but it just felt so offhand.
I also wish that Jim/Olu got more time. It felt like season one they were 100% romantic, found family, iconic. And then in season two there was just a sudden shift to “no, they’re actually not romantic at all but also they do slow dance together with Archie.” I just got mixed signals and I was so confused. I’m in no way against the idea of them finding new relationships or being poly or whatever, but I just wish we got to see some kind of conversation on screen at the very least where they got to clarify for the viewers what was up. And if it’s messy, that’s okay, but at least some acknowledgement of the mess.
I loved the ending. I was looking at the ship looking for Ed and Stede and we got closer and closer to the end of the boat and I was like “what??? are my boys dangling off of the prow?” And then it cut to the inn and I screamed. I’m so happy for them. I am interested to see how season three works— how will the writers connect Stede and Ed with the rest of the crew?
I wish Izzy got a burial at sea. I get the whole “oh the inn is right by Izzy’s grave, so lovely” but he’s a pirate!!! give my boy back to the ocean!
and my last nitpick is the way that Auntie differentiates men and soft. Yeah, the men she’s encountered have probably been real toxic, but for her to say that Olu’s not a man because he is soft? That feels iffy to me. The two can coexist, that’s a major part of this show, and I wish someone had explicitly said that to her.
I’m going to go rewatch all of this show and continue screaming crying throwing up. and then harass HBO to give us season three.
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Tagged you in a post I think a lot of the people you've been dealing with over the past year should see.
I just saw and reblogged.
I actually...just read about this on Twitter. And my heart breaks for this person. I really hope they don't give up.
I've said for nine months that this blind "callout culture" on Tumblr and Twitter is going to get someone killed. There was no other endpoint to this. I don't know how we have repackaged the kind of cyberbullying that gets kids like Megan Meier and Tyler Clementi to kill themselves--into justice. I genuinely am at a loss at this.
Somewhat of a tangent, but I'm watching a documentary called "Savior Complex" on HBOMax and it's fantastic. It's about Renee Bach, the idiot 19-year-old who went to Uganda believing she was sent by God to save them and was involved in treating Ugandan children medically, despite not having a medical degree.
And there's this organization that calls her out, called "NoWhiteSaviors", which started out as a really good thing! It brought attention to what this idiot woman was doing, it shut down her clinic, and it caught the attention of the Ugandan government and a Ugandan legal team, so they could explore options.
But now I'm hearing the Ugandan lawyer's frustration with the social media organization, how they got upset with her when she said she couldn't pursue a criminal case, it needed to be a civil case. They also got upset when a Ugandan mother insisted that Renee helped her child, got her to an expensive hospital, and paid the bill--but this organization went on to post a social media picture of that child's scars, accusing Renee of disfiguring them. (It's a very complicated situation, Renee was absolutely taking advantage of the community--but if the mother is not interested in accusing or suing Renee, you have to accept that, you can't manipulate them into outrage porn.)
It got to a point where the social media organization was more interested in profiting on spicy outrage instead of actually helping the Ugandan community that was affected by Renee's actions. The lawyer even remarked she didn't know WHAT #NoWhiteSaviors ultimate goal was in going after Renee.
They've lost the focus on what was originally a noble goal on dismantling Evangelicalism neocolonialist nonprofits in Uganda, to waging social media war on one person. However awful Renee is, how is this helping with the original goal?
I recognize this is an imperfect parallel. But I suppose I'm more mediating on "callouts" in general on the internet and if it is possible to have an ethical callout or if they just end up doing more harm than good.
We needed callouts to take down powerful men who were abusing women in Hollywood. This is what sparked #MeToo.
You know what we don't need callouts on? Stupid petty fandom drama. People drawing pictures of things that make you feel icky. People creating stories you don't like.
I'm rambling. But I'm tired, man.
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
so some magazine, sight and sound, named Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles the GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME, last year. i hadnt heard of it before and found out its actually on hbomax right now, and decided to watch it. well it isnt... the greatest film. i dont know sight and sound but clearly they are either trolling or theyre the pretentious film snobs types, and being an art school faggot, i kinda loved it too. its by no means the greatest film ever tho. its just not. people will absolutely hate this, and tbh maybe that makes me love it more. but its pure film snob wankery. LOOOOONNNNGGGGG boring static unedited shots of this woman, jeanne dielman, making meatloaf, folding her sons clothes, washing dishes, getting dressed, sitting, getting undressed, walking to the store, taking a bath, reading a letter, dusting, buttoning up her housedress, waiting for the elevator, making breaded veal cutlets, waiting on the elevator, fixing her bed, eating dinner with her son, drinking coffee, wondering if the milk went bad, peeling potaotes, shining her sons shoes, buying groceries, prostituting herself... all very common boring housewife things. and all these scenes were shot with the camera LOCKED DOWN. not one zoom or close up in the whole french movie. yes, its also in french with subtitles, but dont let the language barrier dissuade you from watching it because in the whole 3 hours and 20 minutes of the movie, there may be 18 minutes total of dialogue. its mostly a silent film. a 3 hour and 20 minute silent film, and if you think: silent film... it must has a nice score? no. nope. no score/soundtrack whatsoever. just lots of sound of jeanne dielman’s heels on the hardwood floors tho. lol and even with all that i watched every damn minute of its 3 hour and 20 minute run time, waiting to see what was going to happen next. i didnt pick up my phone once. i didnt even fall asleep. part of the reason was the lead actress, Delphine Seyrig, who really made the movie worth watching. she has the film presence thing... i dont know. captivating to watch. the movie starts with a hook that keeps you waiting to see what is going to happen next. this woman clearly has a very strict rigid life, where daily tasks are repeated exactly the same over and over and over again. her life is on a loop day in and out. and once you see the cracks in that regimented life, things... change... for her, and you start to wonder how someone who lives so precisely can handle change. i wont say anything to spoil, but this worked on me. i was with jeanne dielman the whole way through. loved it.
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The Invitation had so much potential, I'm Kind of Heartbroken.
As someone who prides herself for loving vampires, the gothic aesthetic, and dark romances, and being a lover of movies in general. It was very disappointing that this movie was so subjective. IT WAS OKAY. There were so many great things about the film that worked and so many that didn't. There was so much lore and backstory that I think wasn't needed.
I kept trying to figure out what the message of this film was, the best thing I could come up with was, ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING NO MATTER WHAT.
The color pallete, and the cinematography were very good, as well the score, and location, and the film did such an amazing job bringing the gothic aesthetic back to the vampires.
Natalie Emmanuel was really good in the lead role, her American accent was decent, and she was a VERY likable lead in my opinion. As was Thomas Doherty, he was very enchanting, very seductive, and he did his job well, and I cannot lie, but there wasn't much given to his character, like he is just bad, just to be bad. However he and Natalie not only made an extremely attractive couple, but also their chemistry was electric. I just wish their characters would have been a bit more 3 dimensional. Don't get me wrong they were great with what they were given, but throughout this film, it is pretty clear that Walt, was too good to be true, ultimately being a man of privilege, who just wants more power, has no humanity, and does not care for it and Evie is meant to be a good person with strong morals, a Mary-Sue, if you will, however what i think what would have really worked was if she and SOME of the other characters, their morality was put to the test, making them all more morally ambiguous, showing both good and bad, making them more human. There wasn't much character development to really any characters. This movie didn't even have to be perfect, I just wanted it to be better, because then this could have been a future cult classic.
Although I did like the beginning of the film, a lot of others felt that it went on a bit too long, but I did think the ending was much too quick, very rushed, and it felt like it was another film. Every time I think of that awful ending, I cringe and it ruins my favorite parts of the film.
Overall this I feel like would have been better if it was a miniseries, on either HBOMAX or Netflix, it could have drawn out more, there would have been more time with the lore, and the backstory and then people would have ate this up on TIKTOK if it had. 5/10.
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Titan Maximum #2: "Busted" | October 4, 2009 - 11:30PM | S01E02
The second dang episode of Titan Maximum is basically a second pilot, taking us through how the newly formed team navigates the bureaucracy of the future government in order to get a replacement giant robot to pilot and have space adventures with. There’s also a little bit of advancement with the villain of the show, a former member of the team. I don’t think I touched on that aspect even a little bit last time. The important thing to know is, they get themselves reinstated with the military and the little brother nerd kid is their new engineer, producing a new mech that’s seemingly superior in every way, except the face is hastily drawn on. The episode ends with them about to do their first actual episodic adventure.
The main characters on the show are mostly dicks. We see them do stuff that dicks do to be dicks and for no other reason other than because they are dicks. That’s the comedy, dicks being dicks. Okay. That’s fine, I guess, if you're not me. In this one we have a flashback to them raping the “statue of unity”, because they were drunk and acting arrogantly for, again, no real reason. Then at one point they do a joke where a grunt foot soldier in another part of the story says an obvious sexual joke out loud and there’s pronounced awkward silence. It’s just like, man, what point are you even making here?
There wasn’t a single funny joke in this whole episode. I started getting actually pissed off. So much so that I failed to keep good notes for this episode; I literally wrote “JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THIS SUCKS” in a few different iterations without saying what I was reacting to. I should’ve been writing stuff like “the mean slut is showing her tits and being nasty.” Why, it’s like a season three episode of Sealab 2021, except for it probably took a year to animate instead of an afternoon.
I watched this on adultswim.com, and I’m probably going to get a DVD or download of this or something to watch instead. I was literally getting like, cartoonishly angry at this show, so much so that I started punching stuff. I am a lunatic, yes, but usually bad shows don’t upset me this much. Then, midway through the episode? I swear to fucking god, there was like 4 minutes of ads. They just jammed a commercial break in and it took for fucking ever. Every time a new ad started I actually started growling. Lotta ads for new shows coming soon to HBOMax. They all look like shit. Goddamn, I have never hated an app more than that app. I am thankful I don’t actually pay for it myself.
To make it even worse: the one thing I stated as a positive about this show was the closing credits, which they interrupt for a lame callback joke. Then after the credits are over, they include a tag where a housekeeper explains an earlier joke where somebody pees in their space suit thinking it has a waste collection receptacle even though it doesn’t. Yeah, I saw that episode of Venture Bros. too.
MAIL BAG
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this was nice, pal, and I got a good laugh outta the deal. Well, see ya!
What can Delocated do in Season 2 to win you back? You seemed really down on it by the end. You didn't even like the part where he named all of Paul Rudd's lesser known movies.
You are full of shit! I literally named the final episode my favorite episode so far. I think all the feelings I had for the show roughly resembled the feelings I had for it back when it premiered. You're ignorant, pal.
He was in Anchorman, and The 40 Year Old Virgin, he was in The Shape of Things. He was in Clueless and Romeo + Juliet. He did a thing in Reno 911: Miami. The Cider House Rules. P.S. The Oh In Ohio. Knocked Up. He had a series of Broadway credits: The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Three Days of Rain with Julia Roberts. Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center. HE WAS IN HOUSE HUNTING!
"I like this" -me. See, now leave me alone.
Honestly I really like the *premise* of Titan Maximum. it's surprisingly earnest with it's deconstruction of Voltron, the character drama, the running story had a lot of potential, it looks great, Even the implied worldbuilding is fun. But like you said, the character writing is AWFUL. It's like a time capsule of the late 2000s "Workaholics" writers' board (twitter DOT com/podimportant/status/1369836756971835402). It sucks cause I like everything else about it but it really brings it down.
I probably should've noted this in the first episode, but I've never been a Voltron devotee. I don't remember ever watching it as a kid, and I've only seen a couple episodes as an Adult out of curiosity. So some of this show is probably lost on me. But the writing is so bad, I would highly doubt it would add anything for me.
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top five fic titles you haven't used yet; top five worst adaptations or reboots
ask me my top fives!
top five unused fic titles:
click the pieces into sharp arrangements
what would an angel say? (the devil wants to know)
memories are films about ghosts
searching through thrift store jungles
your stories ring of perjury
top five worst adaptations/reboots(/remakes):
Going with the first few things that pop into my head.
I think most reboots/remakes of horror movies from the 80s are bad and unnecessary. Sometimes it’s because the original isn’t great - Prom Night (1980) is not my jam; Prom Night (2008) is somehow worse! Sometimes it’s because the original is good enough that it doesn’t need a remake, especially one so subpar - Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) vs Carrie (2013); Black Christmas (1974) is great so what the hell happened with Black Christmas (2006, 2019)? And sometimes it’s because certain movies really work for that decade and either don’t translate to a modern day setting or there’s nothing that putting it in a modern day setting will add to the story - John Carpenter’s original Halloween (1978) works because it’s so atmospheric and he knew how to light a movie so you could actually SEE what was happening; Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) is so terrible in so many ways, but mostly because I don’t need or care about Michael Myers’ tragic backstory; David Gordon Green’s Halloween (2018) reboot/remake trilogy thing said nothing new but annoyed me plenty AND killed off Judy Greer AND I couldn’t see shit so what was the point? Horror remakes: just don’t do them.
Almost every time they take an animated Disney movie and turn it into an uninspired live action and/or photorealistic live action movie, I’m not into it. It’s never as vibrant, it’s never as fun, sometimes they miscast SO badly (sorry Emma Watson) - use your Disney+ subscription to watch 2D animation like the universe intended. The Lion King animated movie is gorgeous; The Lion King photorealistic movie looks like mud.
I’m not saying that the original Gossip Girl on the CW was a work of art (I’m not saying the first season was not a work of art either though), but it wasn’t as boring as the HBOMax reboot. Truly, no one was likable on that show and they made Luke Kirby a creep! No one asked for this!
Long before we had Marvel/superhero fatigue, 20th Century Fox made the first X-men movie with the positively inspired casting choices of Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellan and I loved it! Even X2 was fun. (X3 went off the rails and was bad.) Ten years later and a solo Wolverine movie in between, they decided to soft reboot the franchise with those First Class movies and you know what? They shouldn’t have. Except for one or two moments here and there, those movies are all pretty awful. I’m not sure how you can mess up the Days of Future Past storyline that badly or cast Oscar Isaac only to make him a member of the blue man group, but they should all be ashamed. I still maintain that the most worthwhile X-Men adaptation in media is the animated series from the 90s.
I don’t know if this qualifies as a soft reboot but when Fox brought The X-Files back in 2016, it was a lesson in “be careful what you wish for because it’s going to suck.” Except I didn’t wish for this because I watched the second movie and it sucked so I was completely fine with never getting more new episodes again. What we got was Scully whispering a lot, some half-assed search for William that I was not invested in (they spent nine seasons denying Mulder and Scully had boned even after she had his damn kid!), and monsters of the week episodes that were so uninspired that I didn’t even watch the second season of the reboot (maybe didn’t finish the first season of the reboot?). And now there’s talk of a Jordan Peele remake of the show to which I say - find something else. The (OG) X-Files worked because it was the perfect place in the perfect time with the perfect people and you’re never going to trap that lightning in a bottle twice so why try?
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Someone commented on the HBOMax tiktok of chaos eve and steve ‘Barbecue Dad x Wine Mom’ and now I’m screaming at the idea of a modern au Rhaenys and Corlys hosting an annual Velaryon Barbecue and it’s the highlight of everyone’s social calendars because you know they would absolutely NAIL IT
YES! You just know that they’re great at throwing an event together. Also Rhaenys and Corlys as Barbecue Dad x Wine Mom is great even though I don’t really understand the connotations other than the literal ones! An annual Velaryon Barbeque would be ace, especially if it were tied up with some sort of games on the beach or a boat race of some sort! A proper summer event. And Corlys in a novelty apron, obviously.
Modern AU or no. I have it in my head that Rhaenys, especially, is the perfect hostess. I mean, just in the show, we kind of get that impression as she’s excellent at anticipating needs and figuring out agendas. She was so welcoming to Viserys when he came for a visit. There’s a pile of food and wine that I’m sure is her doing, as it’s not there later after Viserys is gone and she makes a straight bee-line for it in that scene and isn’t surprised it’s there, so I can imagine she got word the King was coming, ordered the servants to put together a spread whilst her husband got himself washed and prepped for his little power move, and she took the time to go and have a dragon ride and be back in time to greet her cousin. She’s also the one to go ahead and sort their rooms and is the one to tell Corlys what the plan is afterwards, so she totally takes charge.
And Driftmark, essentially, is their kingdom. It’s designed that way, according to the production designer, so Rhaenys is Queen. And you betcha she learnt at the feet of the master (aka Alysanne) how to charm and flatter. High Tide is her castle, it’s the only one she ever had the chance of running and ruling and she now knows it like the back of her hand. She’s run it both as second to her husband, and as some form of regent when he’s away. And it would have it’s fair share of visitors: the Velaryons are powerful, not only in Westeros, but in the Free Cities as Corlys essentially controls a lot of the Narrow Sea, certainly in terms of trade and shipping lanes, and would have made contacts throughout his voyages. No doubt they get a lot of wealthy merchants and minor lords and relatives and businessmen coming and visiting and all of that.
And they must have an AWESOME looking Great Hall. Because they don’t dance or eat in the Hall of Nine and that room is stunning. So there must be some other room that can fit loads of guests and food, for events such as feasts and festivals. I like to think Corlys threw a celebration when he came back home to Driftmark with his new bride: so separate from the actual wedding and wedding feasts that occurred in King’s Landing or Dragonstone. Something just for the island, to welcome it’s new Lady. He does the same when he announces Rhaenys is expecting. Or has given birth. Or it’s someone’s birthday. Basically, the dude is rich and a slight show-off, so any excuse.
One of my favourite things to imagine is Corlys showing some star-struck wealthy man around the Hall of Nine for the first time, explaining his voyages or telling the story of one of the artefacts, and Rhaenys is there and she KNOWS that Corlys has embellished the story, just to sound even more mighty/impressive. Corlys doesn’t need to do that (because the original story/truth is cool enough), but it’s because he CAN and it amuses Rhaenys, who knows all the stories off by heart, so they’re basically just ever so slightly mocking this guy because he hasn’t a CLUE. It’s a power play.
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Shows with poignant endings that are actually satisfying
Since season 3 ended on such a pathetic note, here are shows I think that actually do what Ted Lasso was trying to do with its ending, but in a way that doesn’t rob its audience or gaslight them about what they showed us in literally everything else leading up to it
1. The Newsroom - written by Aaron Sorkin, watch on HBOmax
2. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story - written by Shonda Rhimes, watch on Netflix
3. Derry Girls - written by Lisa McGee, watch on Netflix
4. Fleabag - written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, watch on Prime Video
5. M*A*S*H - many writers, watch on Hulu
Notice I didn’t say happy endings, because none of these shows have an ending that’s neatly tied up and everyone’s hunk dory. You don’t need that to have your ending be satisfying and well-written. You can have a gut punch goodbye without destroying everything you built. Feel free to drop more recs in the comments.
spoilers under the cut for explanations
The Newsroom ends with the death of Charlie Skinner, Will McAvoy’s mentor and dear friend. The message of the final episode is about how life will go on without him, but the characters are consistent, and while some things are open-ended (like where Jim and Maggie stand with her moving to DC), we aren’t left feeling empty. They give the viewers some fucking credit here.
Queen Charlotte may seem like a silly historical romance series on the surface, but it has more depth than its parent show, Bridgerton, especially with the end. It shows us that George will never be cured, not even with Charlotte’s love, and she is choosing him anyway. The whole show preaches that those with mental illness will always be that way, and they are still deserving of love and respect. We can meet them where they are. And life will not be easy at George’s side, but Charlotte wants to be there anyway. That is the real power of love.
Derry Girls has what I’d consider the happiest ending out of all these, but the questions at the end leave the audience hopeful but with that seed of doubt. As each of these young women place their vote, and decide how they want to live their lives after the Troubles, it’s moving in a surprising way. It’s the end of their childhood, the end of an era, and yet with that comes this exciting new world. The final shot of Granda Joe and Erin’s little sister walking hand in hand perfectly shows the old life and the new coming together.
Fleabag has probably the most devastating of all endings here, but it’s probably closest to what Ted Lasso wanted to accomplish by showing how one person can come into you life and change it forever, but that doesn’t mean they’re meant to stay. But what makes Fleabag’s ending effective is not only the dialogue, both characters actually voicing their feelings for each other and stating why they can’t be together, but Fleabag finally looks at the camera and shakes her head before walking away. She doesn’t need the audience anymore. And we aren’t left loving her or Hot Priest any less.
M*A*S*H is along the same lines as Fleabag. All these doctors came together because of the war, and they were the epitome of found family while they were all so far away from home. At the end, as they all part ways, they let each other know through words and gestures what the experience meant to them. And there isn’t some weird sequence showing what everyone’s up to now, they let the audience fill in those gaps themselves, so we can’t be disappointed by things missing (Ted at Beard’s wedding *coughcough*).
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Director's cut for the latest part of Misadventures, please? ❤️
Completely out of order as I reread the chapter and think of them!
Quinn waking up while she’s sick to her name being called isn’t her hallucinating or anything to do with her fever. From the line about, “This is where you fuck the bats,” she had turned on the Harley Quinn animated series on HBOMax, and in the one episode (I tried to look back to see when I was watching it; but it’s been a few months) they’re looking for Harley but yelling out Quinn, and I’ve basically had that nugget stored away for use since I watched the series.
I usually challenge myself every chapter to not outrightly use the word tattoo. They’re there, we know there there, there’s better phrases I can use. I tacked on the challenge of not using the word cat for Beelzebub because, yeah, he’s a cat, but he’s also an over protective fur ball. (But then I go cat cat cat all in three sentences later on to make up for it 😂😂😂)
The hope chest of dildos wasn’t absolutely necessary, but I considered it as a good two for two of Tommy getting some instant karma for deciding to be nosy. And I felt that it was some good comic relief for kind of the heaviness of the rest of the chapter.
Tommy staying there instead of just going home: yeah, he’s a little stubborn. Also, doesn’t know where she actually started getting sick, so worst case if he’s already sick, it’s contained in one place. The nugget about choosing to sleep on the floor, actually goes back to something I found while writing a different bit of “canon” (period correct sounds like such a mouthful) something for a request. I was reading articles that talked about how soldiers returning home on leave in World War One actually preferred to ���sleep hard” when they got home, because they couldn’t stand the comfort of their beds from adapting to sleeping out. I always liked that nugget, so while not relevant here, I dunno, I try to find canon things and pull them thru. And, I’ve never quite sorted out their living situation before ending up with Polly, down to historically accurate representations of what their lifestyle would have been like around the 1980s, but I imagine it to have been rather cramped if they were traveling, not to say their life wouldn’t have been sustainable in that time; but I’m sure Arthur Sr would have been no better with money in this universe.
Speaking of canon things: “She knew of the blood on his hands and looked past the way it stained him and dirtied him regardless.” Someone shared the “blood on my hands” “oh mine too” gif and sometimes it’s the simplest things that inspire a random line.
Describing Covid was difficult as fuck because I feel like it was different for everyone. I’ve talked about this with some people before, but the first time I had it I actually did cry that I didn’t want to die. I was also very proud of myself for remembering Giles Corey (I don’t think that’s how the last name is spelled but I’m too tired to go look) but I wasn’t sure if anyone would have recognized the tie to The Crucible immediately from just that, so I flipped it and used the name of the play in there instead of the character name.
I totally butchered the whole “egg allergy” thing because the Covid vaccines actually are one of the ones that don’t have eggs, but I have a family friend who didn’t get it for that reason, so 🤷🏼♀️ I rolled with it.
I am not sure when I noticed it, but any time Tommy knocks, it’s three knocks. Always three. It’s relevant way way later on but I love to set up for the littlest shit ahead of time.
“Some thin gold chain on she had never noticed him wearing before.” In reference to the necklace Tommy takes off in the last episode before burning the caravan. I personally have a HC that Polly gave them gifts of crosses before the boys went to France, just like she prayed for them every day, and Tommy eventually chucked the cross away somewhere but kept the rest because it was from Polly.
Trying to google how boys think about sex is really a difficult thing to find, so, I feel like I hmm kind of oversimplified some descriptions but I feel like it totally worked out fine. I don’t really believe in sticking with one point of view through a whole scene either, apparently. 😂😂😂
The diner they go to is Midnight Express on 2nd Avenue. I felt like the food they order and how they order is a good contrast of their personalities here, not that they’re like polar opposites or anything but, Quinn is going to have what she wants because she wants it and will figure it out later (most likely in the form of a to go box) and Tommy ordering something “boring” was just fun contrast. (I love corned beef hash actually so maybe I’m a bit boring too)
After Tommy’s phone conversation with Ada about the donation for the orchestra, Quinn just makes the inference that he might know something about scholarships. It’s something that she’s thought of before but never really knew who to talk it over with without sounding like a pompous asshole. She also like operating under the stipulation that no one but her and her dad (maybe Dalton, but maybe not) know about the money she has from the Bitcoin so she doesn’t really have anyone to talk financials with.
I have bought the New York Times twice in my life and once was to write this.
I imagine that, I dunno why I’m thinking of this right now, but, Tommy doesn’t pay too much mind to Quinn’s age, because, unfortunately, her trauma had matured her some, and she is actually smart. They are both smart about different things, but she does try to understand his business a bit (asking about the 941 forms, which are actually the tax withholding payment forms for the taxes taken from employees checks I think) while still feeling a tad like they’re out of each others bounds sometimes, even though to Tommy, it’s just routine that the bookkeeper takes care of something like that. His only comparison for women around that age are Ada, who is also smart, and Anna and Gina, which Ive messed with the ages so much to make them closer I have to see where they fall at in my big ol document sometime 😂😂😂
(I think this kind of a thing is actually supposed to be what this kind of question was asking, so, RIP, but you’re still getting it all sorry) I originally wanted to have them walk home from the diner and end up holding hands but I felt like there wasn’t a good way to rope that in so I cut it.
Spent way too long on google looking at Aston Villa shirts just to find something that I could make a joke out of. I absolutely love that the first time Ada sees Quinn it’s actually in a fairly normal state for her: no pants, comfy shirt, injuring herself and swearing. I couldn’t wait to get to this chapter just for that part because I’ve known for awhile that’s how they would meet.
This got so long! I absolutely am sure there are more thing, but, I’m dead tired and can’t think of them right now!
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Have either of you heard about the recent dealings with HBOMax? And if so what are your thoughts about it?
Thank you so much for this question. Anything animation is my favorite topic so this may become a rant. but here we go.
I think everyone in the industry has heard of what's happened. It's devastating and disrespectful. Warner Bros. has a special place in animation history with legacy characters and a collection of classics. They helped move the medium forward and at one point celebrated their place in film by creating an entire network dedicated to new shows, looney tunes, Hanna Barbera and more. They also helped introduce a generation to anime.
Unfortunately, as Warner changed leadership from one company to another, the focus became more on how to make the most income and for whatever reason money people don't see animation as something that can earn. History proves this idea wrong, especially with most animated films typically performing well in theaters, but in the industry animation is always seen as something only for kids. Something that doesn't need to be noticed. Something that people "graduate" from watching. This is old thinking and the new people in charge of Warner have shown almost aggressively that they can only think this way and want to move things way back (saying women don't like genre or written stories? @#$% You!!).
They think these characters can be erased and that no one will care because as they see it the only people saying anything are kids and will grow out of it. It's a cruel and disrespectful way to run a company. It's also, unfortunately, the way most places see this medium. To want to tell an adult leaning story in animation will still garner comments from execs of "Well you don't want to scare away kids" or "Kids don't want heavy stories, don't say anything about grief" "This is too dark" "just make it a comedy" and more. After all that they want live action celebrities attached because "How else will we get adults to watch this?" Imagine spending years perfecting your voice, only to be dubbed over with Chris Pratt because people know his face. (It's not like his face is on the #%$% Poster!). There are films that tell unique stories and don't follow the studio exec kid's gloves requirement. But I guarantee that these films and shows were an absolute struggle to get made, and once they were the studios usually work hard to bury them. (Tron Uprising, Infinity Train)
We always said "Animation is Cinema" and that's true. It's an artform that's now in nearly every film. But that term means nothing if you're still going to treat animation the same way. If you're still going to add fart jokes, only aim it at kids and feel like the only adults watching are parents and you still need to trick them into seeing it. I hear this phrase said so much, but now it feels like it's simply crossed into buzzwords territory to help trick some audience members into giving the studio money. Warner Bros. at one point was one of the studios that seemed like they wanted to treat animation like a real artform. It looks like now they don't even want to remember it exists.
But it's not all doom and gloom. There are people working outside the studio system to actually create some amazing work (Hazbin Hotel for example). Artists want to create. To tell stories and connect to people in ways that studios are too afraid to do. When you find an artist or a group working to tell these stories, I'd ask that you help them by telling as many people as you can about their work, reblogging it on the interwebs, and donating to them when you can.
I think the fans can really help in giving this medium the respect that places like Warner Bros. Discovery refuses to.
Thank you for the question,
Sincerely,
Doris
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‘Barbarian’ is really great! The less you know about the better. Like don’t read anything, don’t watch the trailer, don’t sneak a peek at anything. I went in totally blind and it’s the best way to watch it! All I’ll say is it takes huge turns that work. There’s a couple things that were a little ??????? but for the most part I was edge of the seat anxiously waiting to see WTF is going on. Everyone is really good too, I don’t even want to say who’s in it cause you might be expecting them and you shouldn’t expect anything going in. The main actress I’d never heard of, Georgina Campbell and she was fantastic! Love love loved her, gotta watch whatever she’s in. Skaarsgard too also fantastic. I believe this is the directors, zach creggars first movie? I’m not sure but it’s paced and edited perfectly!
Total edge of your seat, don’t do it, don’t go in there, throwing popcorn at the screen kinda movie. You won’t know where it’s going, you won’t be able to predict it, so don’t bother trying. Just go along for the ride.
And it’s on right now on hbomax so if you have that go watch it immediately and let me know what you think!
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ok I’m taking a small break from raving about Catradora for a bit to talk about Velma (the new HBOmax show) cause I’ve seen Several videos on my socials (most specifically tiktok) talking about the how's and whys this show doesn’t work and why its currently sitting at a measly 8% on RT with audiences (I know that RT is something to be taken with a grain of salt but when talking about this show I think we can take this rating at face value.)
Now one of the reasons I think this show is failing so hard is cause it tried to “Harley Quinn” the Mystery Gang is the best way to put it. however, the reason why upping the comedy and adult humor was well received with the Harley Quinn show is because these characters (while being ridiculous and over the top) are still recognizable as these characters. Harley Quinn is still a villain turning antihero who's dealing with the fallout of hers and the jokers relationship. Poison Ivy hates people but makes exceptions for those in her life that matter to her. all in all, if you showed me the HBO max show and compared it to the DCEU I’d still be able to recognize that character as Harley Quinn (also I think it came out fundamentally at a time when Harley Quinn content was at an all time high demand (especially after what we received with the first Suicide Squad back in 2016). season 1 of the show came out in 2019 with Birds of Prey and the new Suicide Squad quickly following suit in 2020 and 2021; one of those main movies focuses being About Harley Quinn’s breakup with the joker)
The problem with Velma is that the characters don’t really feel like the same characters that we’ve grown to know and love over the years. it doesn’t feel like they’ve taken existing characteristics of these characters and ampt them up for comedy it feels like they slapped new characteristics onto these characters that don’t fit these characters at all. And we really haven’t had all that much Scooby Doo content come out in recent years (that I’ve noticed) (the most recent from memory that I can recall being the crossover episode with Supernatural which does a much better job at sticking to the characters while being in a more adult show) the big bust for Scooby Doo content I’d argue would be the 2000′s-2010′s when shows like Mystery Incorporated or A Pup Named Scooby Doo were airing (as well as the theatrical releases however I’m not the biggest fan of those, if you like them more power to you but that’s not the point of this) maybe the show would work if they took something like Mystery Incorporated and upped the antics so that it works for a more mature audience and the show Just came out and all but i really don’t see it getting all that much better.
#velma 2023#velma#mystery incorporated#harley quinn#harley quinn show#hbo max#adult show#why doesn't this work#talking about something new#comedy#sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt#this isn't working#why is that
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