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CBS wartime correspondent Edward R. Murrow, Oxford Circus, London, c 1940

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I don't suppose the MotA scripts have been posted anywhere...?

#masters of the air

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(anyone who'd be up for potentially being a sounding board/agony aunt, DM me)

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#just in case #anyway ty voters everywhere

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Vivian Cherry     Neighborhood People Watching The Deconstruction Of the 3rd Avenue El, New York City     1955

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Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California.1935

From «An American Exodus»

Photo: Dorothea Lange

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#masters of the air #motaedit #hbowaredit #ev blakely #jack kidd #harry crosby #howard brock #goblin fort appreciation society #I... love them? #things do not usually reach this stage #but. all of them #kidd's face (I'm glad he's decided this is quite fun after all) #kidd and brock's synchronised head turns #croz's utterly terrible attempt #blakely's very backhanded compliment (i.e. straight up insult) and impeccable bullshitting #I do need more of blakely and kidd as a dynamic #brock I'm sorry you didn't get more to do. no small parts darling #edit #**

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Downie Bros. Circus, Lynchburg, South Carolina, Photo by Walker Evans, 1936

#1930s #photography #usa

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March 1936. "Nineteenth-century shop front. Charleston, South Carolina."

Photo by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration

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#masters of the air #motaedit #hbowaredit #hambone hamilton #things I did not notice on first viewing: someone has kNITTED a MOUSE #complete with not very good tail #and so now I need to know who #was it in aid of this plan #or (tragic) a cat lover making a little toy for their guest? #dark days all around #tbh my sympathies are with demarco but I enjoy hambone's general weirdo air #that is the face of a man fully committed to crimes against cats #edit #**

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The city suffered a serious water shortage in 1949-50. These are two appeals from the Subway Sun (a "newspaper" that appeared above the seats in subway cars, along with ads) to encourage New Yorkers to conserve water. The illustrator was Amelia Opdyke Jones, who signed her work "Oppy."

Photos: wnyc archives/ wnyc.org

#1940s #ephemera #new york city #usa #cities

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(vibrating at a frequency that could shatter glass): yeah it would be kinda cool if u wrote kidd/rosie fic

(nodding solemnly) I will take that into consideration

#replies #💛

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Julia Pirotte     Forged Documents Made By Julia Pirotte for the French Resistance, Marseille     1944

Julia Pirotte was a member of the FTP-MOI Resistance Anti-fascist group, for whom she was a photographer, a document forger, a courier and a journalist.  It was through her membership in the FTP-MOI that she was able to document rural resistance fighters operating in the South of France.

#french resistance #france #ww2

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(anyone who'd be up for potentially being a sounding board/agony aunt, DM me)

eta: temporarily pinning this; mobile tags here.

#look nobody actually needs to explicitly hear 'no' that's why that's not a poll option #this is a gauging of interest not a democracy #kidd x rosie #masters of the air #mota fanfic #rosie rosenthal #jack kidd #I rarely tagspam; forgive me this one time. consider my quite nice gifsets. #and I care about ur blacklist #(although I usually use 'character x character' for scene partners so maybe I should come up with a terrible portmanteau. ugh) #txt

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mota for the meme!

the first character i ever fell in love with: I liked DeMarco early on but I was sort of predisposed to (supporting character, was already familiar with Adam Long, I root for little known actors). however, he does suffer from a severe shortage of dialogue. I found myself warming to Kidd early on, too. Crosby & Bubbles's friendship is a highlight of the early episodes. in the opening scene I wanted more of Crank and Blakely.

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: Brady gets an enjoyable introduction but not much else. (not quite in the spirit of the question – this isn't me going off the character – I just want some good, economic characterisation stuff in later episodes too. some follow-through! but if we're going to talk about lack of follow-through we really need to talk about Westgate)

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: I'm still working out if I have any ships, and the show hasn't been around long enough for me to go off anything

my ultimate favourite character™: I like Crank, Blakely, Doug, DeMarco, Bubbles, Kidd, Hambone, Macon, Crosby, Brady and Rosie (and Claytor and Biddick, brief acquaintances both). if I were to pick one, it would be Kidd – but, as I have said, he is the only supporting character I have a really strong sense of, so it doesn't feel like a fair contest.

prettiest character: Peggy is very beautiful. throw over your man, I say. Paulina, I'm available.

my most hated character: I hate nobody, but I wish the series weren't told from a small number of POVs. BoB manages its large cast better. I would like fewer scenes with Egan &/or Cleven and more scenes centring other characters/dynamics/friendships. (I like the Tuskegee Airmen scenes for this reason; no single POV is centred. also the lack of narration.) I do have sympathy for every character who gets annoyed with Bucky – not because I'm disposed against him, I just think, in context, they're right 🤷‍♀️ (I did want to see him wearing a narwhal horn, though)

my OTP: possiblyyy Kidd/Rosie. possibly. thinking it over. in terms of canon, Helen/Nash had some of the best chemistry in any of the three shows. in terms of friendship possibilities, I want to see more of everyone and everything. and as I think I have made abundantly clear by now, my favourite among the crews we get to see is the Blakely, Kidd, Doug & Crosby lineup of ep 3.

my NOTP: I don't get that invested and I don't read much. the mainpairs, as usual, don't really appeal.

favourite episode: maybe episode 7 or 8

saddest death: I was genuinely upset by Hambone's 'death' (which seemed both horrifying and terrifying) except he turned out not to be dead. probably Bubbles.

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: I'm relatively uninterested in Buck and Bucky; I blame the script; I've glanced through Miller's book and find the real guys more compelling. I'm rather indifferent to Lemmons, although I'd like to like him more. (also I like Crosby but I dislike narration unless absolutely necessary and a lot of it wasn't. and he's not a cinnamon roll, he's an everyman, come on now.)

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: I think these shows are fundamentally quite optimistic about people. but I think MotA does a slight injustice to the British forces. and I have already defended Huglin.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: that's the nature of the genre / this is a woobification-free zone. but the Tuskegee Airmen got short-changed. so did Westgate and the Allied intelligence subplot (at least include a glimpse of her in ep 9 so we know she's still alive? during the 'war is over' announcement mayhap? if u really don't have time for more actual subplot, which is just bad planning). a little bit more of Solly would have been nice (maybe a Solly & Rosie scene?).

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: I am a fine upstanding citizen (has anyone considered Biddick/Bryan... not that I consider it wrong and nasty, I just think they could work out their differences/competitiveness some other way... but I am aware the answer is 'no') (this is merely a fleeting thought)

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: could have probably got into Alex/Buck or DeMarco/Macon if they'd had another scene or two. I do not put it past myself to mildly ship Marge/Peggy. I don't really ship it but I think Chick and Red have good chemistry considering their lack of conversations – they seem very used to each other; not sure if JM and SCM had worked together before but their characters genuinely come across like two people with a close longterm working relationship. (I could believe they're together.) Biddick/Snyder deserves a little attention even though I don't have anything to contribute.

#ty for indulging me #replies #ask meme for ts #mota spoilers

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Vivian Cherry     Canal Street Station, 3rd Avenue El, New York City     c.1950

#1950s #cities #photography #usa #new york city

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One of the homeless men who hung out around the Bowery looked bemused as he read from a hymnal given to him at the Beacon Mission, 1937. The organization also provided a free Thanksgiving dinner to all the men.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP

#1930s #cities #photography #new york city #usa

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send me a fandom and i’ll tell you…

the first character i ever fell in love with:

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not:

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not:

my ultimate favorite character™:

prettiest character:

my most hated character:

my OTP:

my NOTP:

favorite episode:

saddest death:

favorite season:

least favorite season:

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate:

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave:

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave:

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship:

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship:

#fairly sure I've done this for BoB but not the others #anons welcome