#James and Thomas are absolutely obsessed with these two

[28dayslater]

good evening to you all and welcome to cockmojo where tonight we will be counting down my personal top ten terror cocks

those unaffiliated with footyblr may be unfamiliar with the term cock as it’s being used here: all will become clear in time

special mention before we start to the netsilik hunter (sexy man, deserved a name and some screentime) james clark ross but only in the first episode when he’s all rugged and his beard’s grown out, and mr blanky, who, much like knife dad, fuccs like a broken train but he runs on time if you know what i mean

in a very respectable tenth place finish, billy gibson. i didn’t see the vision until 1. it was pointed out to me that he looks a lot like pau torres, who is himself very cockable, and 2. i rewatched the scene where he breaks up with hickey. known shagger, massive hater, a very pointy nose, he’s scraped a place on this list.

a surprise entry at ninth is john irving. inarguably cute in a sort of late 2000s british indie band bassist way, and while i’m not sure i could fix him (he probably needs a man for that) i do think i would have fun trying. ultimately he’s not higher because he’s kind of annoying and his eyebrows piss me off.

representing the dilves at eighth is doctor macdonald. he’s entrancing to me he has this vibe of like gentle paternal indulgence... like even if you were annoying he’d be very fond of you. and i need that. when he said “i’d like to run that man through” and rubbed his eyes and looked so tired, i really felt something. the crow’s feet, the widow’s peak, the hair, yes!!

doing it for the feminists, in seventh we have harry goodsir. the loveliest guy on the expedition until he goes nastymode, and i’m fully on board with both versions. this picture was chosen for a reason and it’s bc his long curly hair full beard miserable expression era was simply unbeatable. unfortunately, and this is maybe the most insane thing i’ve ever said about a man, or at least top ten, when his half eaten corpse was laid out face down, and it had noticeable back hair, i got the ick. just to add insult to injury :/

i’m as surprised as you are that he’s not higher, number six, james fitzjames! he is my pretty pretty princess. nails, hair, hips, heels. high femme queen in his cunty little outfits ordering the men around. i want to brush his hair, one hundred strokes minimum. i think this is less sexual than some others on this list, it’s more appreciation. but my god do i appreciate him.

stay alive, number five, it’s thomas jopson. most beautiful haunted doll in the arctic, but that pretty face is covering up a seriously compelling #WeirdGuy underneath. all the shiny hair in the world can’t hide an obsession with his boss that in the modern era would be getting him a very serious meeting with HR. what a character, servicetopson you rock my world. but at the end of the day he loses points because i hate the beard. garrigan looks great with a beard in other stuff, i really don’t know why the scurvybeard was so foul. terror hair and makeup department GET IT TOGETHER. 

number phwoar, henry collins is here! he’s big he’s sweet he’s deeply mentally unstable he needs a cuddle and we’ve all seen that gif of him in aliens. would love to make him a really nice cup of tea (seems like a two sugars man), pet his hair as he rests his head in my lap, then fuck up my hip flexors. 

and now... we enter our top three. who’s made it to the prestigious cock podium?

first up, the winner of our bronze cock medal, which presumably he’ll be flogging for an unreasonable price to someone he’s assured it’s solid gold, “cornelius hickey”! people will bitch and moan about how he’s a violent lunatic who’s killed people like i’m not a cuti romero stan 🙄 i can see beyond that, my third eye is firmly open. the potential for a fun toxic relationship is absolutely off the charts bc that’s the only kind he has. and he’s very pretty when he cries. i can forgive a lot of crimes for a man whose nose entrances me.

in second place, such a close runner up, i have to award this honour to edward little. a pedestrian choice, you might think, if you don’t know the lore. i couldn’t fully explain my feelings towards this secondary character who’s not especially exciting on first watch when i started the show until i googled his actor... although i lacked the words to express this at the time i was cocking this man when i was 13 and he first appeared in misfits with a stupid neck tattoo and a horrible suit, and i cock him again now. this is a cock that’s followed me all my life, even though i forgot he existed for about a decade in between. who else can truly say they’ve EARNED a spot on my list like he has? he’s sad, he’s sopping wet, i could make him cry extremely easily. mwah

and finally...

number one. it had to be him, it was always going to be him. solomon tozer, take a bow and i’ll take ten cranberry pills. sol is thee top cock for so many reasons and chief among them is versatility. whatever you need he can be it. handsome soldier boy in a fancy red uniform that shows off his trim little waist? COCK! hostile violent mutineer throwing his life away in a rebellion? COCK! broken man inducted into a cult who cries about it? COCK!!! sexiest man in the damn arctic i know he was beating the boys off with a stick. there is a certain level of sexiness a man can reach where nothing he does is an ick, and i knew he’d reached that for me once i saw him in that insanely stupid hat at sir john’s funeral and didn’t give a fuck. call him tom jones the way he can leave his hat on. keep thotting it up in heaven/hell king i miss you every day. i know it was huge. my heart hurts.

#the terror #thank you so much to allie rafamirs for the concept of cockmojo. changed my life

[cinemaocd]

Movies I watched in March 2024

Under the Cherry Moon (1986)** I'm Not There (2007)*** Jingle All the Way (1996)* Three Graves to Cairo (1943)** Hitchcock (2012) ** Silent Partner (1978)** Possession (2002)** Oppenheimer (2023)** Oscar Wilde (1960)** Turning Point: The Cold War and the Bomb (2024)** Anselm (2023)*** 24 Hour Party People (2002)** Two of Us (1999)*** Remains of the Day (1993)*** Doubt (2008)*** Dune (1984)*** Dune Part II (2024)***

Under the Cherry Moon (1986)** Absolute bobbins of a script is still beautiful to look at, very gay and of course mainly a vehicle for Prince's music. Under the Cherry Moon was the follow up to Purple Rain. It was a box office flop, a critical failure that earned Razzie nominations, but is a worth another look. Prince and Jerome Beton are sex workers with a rich female clientele on the French Riviera, the kind of career that only exists in movies. Kristin Scott Thomas makes her film debut as the debutante who comes between the friends and threatens to part them. Prince's death scene, harkens back to Camille with Prince playing Garbo. Like Garbo, Prince was happy to exploit his own androgyny and like Garbo, he was doomed to only explore that in a way that could be squeezed into heteronormative films.

I'm not There: (2007)*** A fascinating look at Bob Dylan, dividing him into six personae played by six different actors. Haynes uses different film styles, the Cate Blanchett mid Sixties Dylan of Bringing it All Back Home and Blonde on Blonde is matched in style with the black and white cinematography of D.A. Pennebaker's Don't Look Back. It also has elements of the Italian Surrealists like Felinni or Antonioni with a scoch of A Hard Day's Night. The soundtrack is particularly good, avoiding for the most part, the licensing pitfalls that plagued Haynes' Bowie biopic, Velvet Goldmine. Some of the most effective moments of I'm Not There, pair landscape shots with Dylan's music. Given the catalogue and the array of talent, Haynes has gathered, one perhaps expects a bit more , but then that has always been Dylan's nature, he's mysterious and aloof, leaving us wanting more.

Jingle All the Way (1996)* We watched this Christmas movie in March because we recently learned that part of it was filmed at my son's elementary school. It had Jake Lloyd somehow being more annoying than he was in the Phantom Menace as a bonus. Phil Hartman got dragged into this unfunny mess as well.

Three Graves to Cairo (1943)** Tense war time drama about a British officer who gets trapped behind the lines and ends up hiding out in a hotel working as a waiter for Field Marshall Rommel. Billy Wilder ratchets up the tension, his script giving all the best lines to Rommel, played by Erich Von Stroheim who really owns the film though Anne Baxter and Franchot Tone nominally "star."

Hitchcock (2012)** Hichcock's struggle to make Pyscho dramatized with fantasies where he hangs out with Ed Gein, while Alma Hitchcock gets involved in a Hitchcockian romance with a hack writer. Scarlett Johannson plays an almost deliberately obtuse Janet Leigh and James Darcy captures pre-Psycho Tony Perkins. It's a bit silly but I'll never turn down Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins in anything. This has a slight, arch feel to it, like many of Hitchcock's pictures, but lurking underneath are the ordinary hates and passions of a man who fears being left behind, at the height of his career. For his long-suffering wife's part, she too feels she's being replaced by the young actresses that Hitchcock is obsessed with at the moment. The conclusion is sweet enough for the Hayes office: husband and wife rediscover the magic of their working relationship, which was always the rock upon which their relationship was built.

The Silent Partner (1978)** With Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in the cast, this should have been better. Decent heist plot that devolves into slasher film . Christopher Plummer takes on the dubious mantels of playing a villain in a piss-poor American action film and a cross-dressing murderer.

Possession (2002)** A rather thin adaptation of a great novel, A.S. Byatt's story of two modern academics who disover a previous hidden romance between two Victorian poets. The film lacks the poetry of the novel, which I think is necessary for the story to have its full impact, but the film is full of plenty of jabs at academia as well as burning passions. Gweneth Paltrow and Aaron Ecklund play the young couple, while Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle play the poet/lovers. Tom Hollander has a small but memorable part as does Toby Stephens.

Oppenheimer (2023)** My least favorite half of Barbenheimer still damn good and the physics nerd in me reveled in seeing my dead physicist boyfriends on screen. There are better films about Oppenheimer's life (BBC did a mini series starring Sam Waterston and it's on youtube) but something about the dreamy quality of Nolan's film captures that quantum mystery kinda vibe and put it in a blockbuster package. Cool.

Oscar Wilde (1960)** Preceded the landmark film Crisis by one year, without the world shaking honesty that film managed, around the topic of homosexuality and the law. Both films hinged on blackmail of a gay man but Oscar Wilde is careful to skirt around explicit mentions of sexuality, using tricks like showing the dictionary definition of "sodomy" briefly on camera. More was needed and more was achieved a year later. Ralph Richardson contributes to the courtroom scenes admirably and Morley is a terrific Wilde, who would rather make point for style than save himself from prison.

Turning Point: The Cold War and the Bomb (2024)** Fascinating background to our current situation, most of which is terrifying and now I'm worrying about the bomb again. I took off a star for the sheer number neo-con/Reaganite talking heads in this...

Anselm (2023)*** Wim Wenders stirring mostly visual documentary about Anselm Kiefer, a German artist who has explored his childhood memories of post war Germany in a frank and intimidatingly in your face way, on a massive scale combining sculpture, painting and physical spaces, many of which he has engineered himself. As a middle aged person who feels estranged and terrified to look more deeply into her own childhood, Anselm was something to sit with for two hours.

24 Hour Party People (2002)** Steve Coogan plays Tony Wilson, the Manchester TV personality and club owner who helped launch the careers of Joy Division, New Order and The Happy Mondays. Coogan has a tendency to make all his characters Alan Partridge and this is no exception, but it kind of works? It did more to get me to listen to Joy Division that numerous goth roommates ever could...

Two of Us (1999)*** I can't stop watching this made for VH-1 fanfiction of a movie starring Jared Harris and Aidan Quinn as John Lennon and Paul McCartney, dramatizing a probably apocryphal tale that John and Paul met up in NYC in the 70s when Paul was playing Madison Square Garden. Pure fluff and nonsense. I need it like air.

Remains of the Day (1993)*** Revisiting this old favorite and finding that it's kind of pacey and funny for a Merchant Ivory pic. The movie that made me love Tony Hopkins as an actor, his Stevens is really such a fascinating, ostensibly tragic character and yet there is a weird kind of triumph to living one's life so completely to a schedule and a code, and yet never being to eliminate desire and feeling.

Doubt (2008)*** This is the second Philip Seymour Hoffman movie I've watched in the last few months that has left me utterly haunted. Like The Master, Hoffman creates a villain who charms the audience at the same time you know that he's probably done unforgivable things and is only at the start of a long career of doing unforgivable things. Meryl Streep gives a heavy handed performance (Streep never met a colloquial accent that she didn't wear like a Groucho Marx nose) that certainly gets the point across that unpleasant people usually aren't the bad guys you want them to be. Amy Adams plays a naive young nun who, like the audience, is left wondering what to believe.

Dune (1984)*** Unapologetic Lynch Dune lover here. I love the cheesy acting, the wild tonal shifts, and the attempts to put this sprawling multibook epic in the Star Wars shaped box that the studio wanted him to use. My favorite scene has become Lynch's cameo, he seems so happy just pretending to be a spice miner, in his little spice mining suit in his little unconvincing space ship. I love him and this whole stupid mess. Sorry Frank Herbert.

Dune Part II (2024)*** My prediction is that Villeneuve's probable trilogy will--like so many franchises--peak in the second film. The first part was a slow-moving visual feast, that only hinted at the potential of this cast. Things actually start moving in the plot and Chalamet's Paul does his best to cope. Unlike MacLachlan's avuncular Atreides, who takes being a Messiah as just being another Tuesday of being the Universe's Most Gifted Child, he actually seems conflicted. Zendaya continues to utterly dominate every time she's on screen. Can Channi be the focus of the movie? Please?

#Adventures in Film Watching #Movies I've watched 2024 #sorry I keep changing the format of this what am I doing???

[stargazer-sims]

Michael Nelson for @goodnightlittlewing (Vernon Chamberlain - Looking For Love)

Michael (he’s always gone by his middle name) is a spry 74 year old who’s ready to hit the dating scene, as he thinks his grandson might say.

ABOUT MICHAEL

Full Name: Richard Michael James Nelson Age: 74 (Elder) Birthday: 5 October Pronouns: he/him Gender Identity: male Sexuality: bisexual Traits: Active, Foodie, Outgoing Aspiration: Self-Care Specialist

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~ more about Michael under the cut ~

Michael has experienced a lot of loss in his life. He lost his beloved wife, Lydia, seven years ago. Before that, about twenty years ago now — Where does the time go? he wonders — he and Lydia lost their son Thomas (their only child) and their granddaughter Caroline in a tragic and senseless car-pedestrian crash. Michael’s mother passed away when he and his older brother were still teenagers. Last year, his brother passed, too.

After Lydia’s passing, he was lonely in his grief, but now he’s just… lonely. Michael is bisexual, but he spent many years concealing his attraction to men from the world. He remembers a time when society did not consider such ideas as same-sex love acceptable at all, but things are much different now. He’s out and proud, and he’s ready to meet men openly for the first time. He’s very excited about the possibilities.

Michael is still close to his daughter-in-law, Grace, who was actually the first person he came out to. He’s also greatly encouraged by his grandson Victor, who is asexual and married to a man, and whom he’ll brag about nonstop if someone doesn’t admonish him to change the subject.

In his early years, Michael was a world-class competitive skier. He’s obsessed with skiing still; it’s been a lifelong passion that he’s sure will never fade. (He’ll also talk incessantly about skiing if someone doesn’t stop him). Other than skiing, he likes swimming (another sport he always excelled at), yoga, and working out. He generally wants to keep himself in the best condition possible. He also likes to dance.

He absolutely loves to cook and bake, and can spend hours in the kitchen. Sadly, there’s no one at home to cook for these days, other than himself, and that’s not much fun. He’d like to have someone to cook for and enjoy meals with again. His other pastimes include gardening, fishing and knitting. He really likes to knit and is constantly amused by people’s reactions when they see his projects.

Michael had a long and fulfilling career as a physical education teacher and swimming coach at the local high school. The students loved him, mainly because he’s funny and kind of a troublemaker and could almost always relate to them. In some ways, he’s never quite grown up. He often tells his grandson Victor that growing up and being mature are two completely different concepts, and he’s pleased that Victor has followed him in fully embracing this as a way of life.

A few random facts:

He doesn't like nicknames. He'll quickly correct anyone who calls him "Mike" or "Mickey" or any other short variant of his name. It's Michael, thank you very much, and he won't tolerate anything else.

He used to be a ginger before his hair went white, but he still has the freckles.

He has hearing loss in his left ear, and wears a hearing aid.

He adores animals and always had pets, until recently. Currently, he likes to feed the neighbourhood cats, much to the annoyance of the neighbours.

He speaks English and French

He's travelled all over the world, and really loves to travel.

He prefers baths to showers

He's a tea drinker. He likes coffee well enough, but prefers tea.

His favourite colours are red and blue

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Michael is crossing his fingers that he gets to participate, even if he’s not the successful one in the end. He enjoys attention, and he thinks the whole experience will be “super awesome!” (he learned that from his grandson) and a great adventure, regardless of the eventual outcome.

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One of his pastimes is to sit in his front yard and watch the neighbours. He's easily entertained.

He was scared of the thunderstorm, but obviously not too scared to eat. Hmm… now I think we know who Victor inherited his priorities from.

Michael being a whole mood ^^

Still a heartbreaker ♥

#ts4 #sims 4 #eagames #brindleton bay #Michael Nelson #goodnightlittlewing #vernon chamberlain looking for love #stargazersims

[alias71]

Get to know me

Thank you so much to @cherries11 and @artistamateurieuse for tagging me (and sorry that I didn't do this months ago when I was first tagged - I suck at Tumblr!)

Last song: 'Clear Skies Ever Closer' by Cherry Ghost because I'm on an Endeavour Morse kick and Shaun Evans is swaggering around this vid like only he can.

Last show: I swing happily between Merlin (and all things Bradley James), Downton Abbey (and all things Rob James Collier) and Endeavour (and all things Shaun Evans) at the moment, so there's no way I can pick just one.

Currently watching: Literally this moment watching Steven Spielberg's Duel - Dennis Weaver's running skills are severely underrated!

Currently reading: Just finished 'Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century' by Dana Stevens. I love Buster.

Current obsession: Trying to find the time to read the absolutely incredible fanfic related to my faves, not least of which all those written by the two exceptionally talented folk who tagged me!

Three ships: Merthur, Saundreas, Barris (but equal opportunities Dexmas, Chrismas, Branrow etc. - I'm basically just shameless about Thomas Barrow!) Oh, and @cherries11 - I hope you caught David Oakes as Bixby in Endeavour - that's surely a ship!

Favourite colour: Any strong colour, deep blue if I really had to choose

First ship: I didn't know it at the time, but George and Orry (North and South), more recently McShep.

Relationship status: Permanently complicated.

Tagging: anyone reading this or following me that would like to play, it would be a privilege to learn more about all you wonderfully creative people!

#tag game #ask game #get to know

[abooklover]

Chain of Thorns page 400 check-in:

The obsession James has with ruffling Matthew’s hair is going to be the death of me. It is just so adorable.

Oscar hiding in the pockets of James’s coat when he was a puppy is imagery that I definitely needed and is way too cute.

Love that Matthew being angry at James when he wants to use the mirror to spy on Belial exactly mirrors James being angry at Cordelia for summoning demons to get information. Like James I’m not sure if you see the irony here but you are doing something knowingly dangerous to get information just like Cordelia was doing.

Christopher is the kindest most gentlest but most chaotic man I have ever known. And I love him. Visiting grace so she could feel included and cared about is adorable but I just don’t feel a lot about the two of them together. I mean I think they make the best pair and I wouldn’t want them with anyone else but I don’t know…they just don’t do it for me. At the moment that is. Maybe things will change.

I cannot stress enough how much I love Christopher. He just sits around seemingly oblivious to everything that’s going on, only focused on his experiments and such but is probably the most perceptive. Like of course he knows or suspects about the things that grace did and what happened between her and james. And it’s not like he harshly judged her for it either. It is a very factual way of looking at things. God I love him. And yes tell cordelia Christopher cause god knows James is taking his sweet old time.

More from the goldmine that is Thomas’s inner monologue: A Persian prince from a fairy tale? SHUT UP, THOMAS. I can’t this is hysterical.

Oh my god I just got to say that people NEED TO FUCKING COMMUNICATE. Come on. Just talk to each other. Everyone. Lucie you tel them about what is happening with you. Cordelia tell ‘em about what you found out. Matthew tell James and your parents what happened. Thomas and Alastair work out your shit and then let everyone else know sooner rather than later please. And for crying out loud James you need to tell everyone what happened with grace. I am done with this lack of communication that without it this series would literally only being the issue with Belial tryna take down the world. Which I mean would kinda have been boring but I’m just fed up at this point.

Fucking hell james I am going to murder you. What the fuck is your issue. Just fucking tell her. I am absolutely fuming by now if you can’t tell.

Cordelia, babe, you did the right thing though it may not feel like it. I’m proud of you. (I was also gonna strangle you if you didn’t say what you said). My poor Matthew. I hurt for him, always. But it was necessary.

Oh my god Thomas and Alastair. I can’t. Under the mistletoe. Stop. Sorry I can’t form actual thoughts right now. I am so overwhelmed.

I don’t think there is any one character that I have burning fiery hatred for more that Maurice Bridgestock.

Told you it was Charles being blackmailed by Bridgestock.

Yes. It is happing. Fucking finally.

#amy reads chot #the last hours #tlh #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #lucie herondale #jesse blackthorn #alastair carstairs #thomas lightwood #christopher lightwood #anna lightwood #ariadne bridgestock

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I am absolutely obsessed with the Catesby and Percys dynamic, in regard to their awareness of the outcome of the plot and the way that they all approach it?? Like, in The Cold Hard Ground, Catesby literally says “it’s too late to save me.” He knows that. Right off the bat, he knows how this’ll end for him, even though the mere idea of the gunpowder plot is just a speck in the distance at this point, assuming this is narratively one of the earlier songs. He also - as is the point of the entire song really - doesn’t give a shit and is fully prepared to face his death, in whatever form it comes and whenever it comes.  At this point in the musical, he isn’t talking about dying in a valiant attempt to take out James, he’s talking about his outlook on death in general, and this ends up sticking throughout the rest of the musical.

How much Thomas is aware of this, I’m really not sure? Personally, I don’t think he is. The way he talks about Catesby, especially in Blind Faith, (which I’m assuming takes place after they’ve realised James is a monumental fuck-up and not while Elizabeth is still reigning), he has way too much fucking faith in the guy. Like, again, right out of the bat, we know that Catesby is basically willingly marching to his death knowing that it’ll end in his death, he’s just so busy mourning his wife and being bitter about the monarchy and religious divides that he really doesn’t care whether he lives or dies (remember, historically Catesby didn’t become devoutly Catholic until after his wife died.)  But Thomas talks about him like he thinks they’re genuinely going to emerge victorious? When he talks about Catesby cleansing his sins, and even directly stating that “I know he has my trust.”  Pretty sure Thomas thinks Catesby’s going to get them all through it in one piece, while Catesby has no intention of coming out the other side alive. 

But you know who does realise this? Martha. She knows. That’s what The Inevitable is all about. It’s her realising that Thomas is so enamoured with Catesby that he’s going to just, blindly follow him to his death, and that there’s nothing she can say or do to get him to change his mind. Thomas is so wrapped up in the plot, so wrapped up in his admiration and love for Catesby that he just. Doesn’t see he’s being led right into his death. Catesby knows it. Martha knows it. Some of the other plotters have probably worked it out as well. Has Thomas? Nope. Because that “blind faith” that he was talking about having earlier in the musical? It’s overpowered everything, including his own fucking wife. And again, Martha is aware of that, she’s aware of it and she blames herself for letting Thomas get wrapped up in it. 

I am just thinking so hard about the fact that everyone apart from Thomas can see that he’s being led to his death. And Martha at least is aware of the fact that Thomas probably has no idea that’s how it’s going to end. I could argue both for and against Catesby assuming Thomas is following him to his death willingly, but I don’t think it matters either way. It doesn’t change what happens to either of them, nor would it change the opinions they have of each other.  I’m super interested in seeing what kind of song we get for Thomas and Catesby’s death, since I’m assuming it’ll be depicted and we know that historically Thomas was one of the few supporters who stuck by Catesby until the end, with the two of them dying together. I’m intrigued to see if it ever clicks for him or if that blind faith follows him all the way to the end. 

Anyway yeah. Thomas Percy. Goddamn I love this musical so much already.

(I’m also super interested in the way Thomas is portrayed in the musical vs how he was historically, as well as the incredibly unequal nature of Thomas and Catesby’s dynamic but that’s a post for another day.)

#treason the musical #im back yelling about this musical again #i love it so much #anyway yeah please talk to me about this musical #even though all of my knowledge is taken only from the songs on spotify and im probably getting most of it wrong #i want to infodump so badly about thomas percy #queue's asking?

[fictionallyinparadise]

Okay theme songs let's go

Under the cut bc it's gonna be a long one 😭 I left out some of my more casual ones bc I don't have an idea :(

Satine: From Eden by Hozier!!! Like! "Babe/ there's something tragic about you"!!!! Bc both of us are tragic!!!! GAHHH,,,,

47 and Diana: There's so many!! But Shelter by FINNEAS!!!! That song hits so hard but I just. Oh my god. All of Verse Two hits me like a TRAIN!!!!! Fuck.

Movie!47: GAHHH!!! So many songs and half of them are just being absolutely hopelessly devoted. Like some Gomez and Morticia!!!!!! Skyfall by Adele!!! Bc badass couple goes brrr hehe.

Ella and Charming: Pierre by Run Weaver!!!, The vibes of the song are absolutely immaculate for them 🥺

Erik and Charles: Arms Tonite by Mother Mother. Bc we're uh™. Complicated. I think. Also the song is very good!

Arthur Morgan: This Side of Paradise by Coyote Theory!!!! Bc!!! He is lonely,,,I am lonely,,,our fingers dancing when they meet!!!!!! It's so gentle too... ughHHH.

Lucifer: hMM,,,Talk Too Much by COIN!!! He talks,,,so sometimes I just gotta shut him PSJDJSHDH. Also imagining him mumbling the words to that song and he's like an inch away from kissing me drives me insane.

Geralt and Jaskier: FUCK okay okay. You're So Creepy by Ghost Town?? Idk why. It just seems to fit us ;w;

Dana: OUGH MY BELOVED MY SWEET DARLING GIRLFRIEND. Can I Call You Tonight? By Dayglow!!! GAHHH that song is so sweet it hits my little yearning neurons.

Volga: Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers bc. Bro,,,I just want something just like this,,,somebody I can turn to,,,somebody I can miss,,,

Gordon: WAILS LOUDLY. Die Alone by FINNEAS. It's so perfect for us you don't understand I am so feral its us it's us. The entire song. So good.

Karl: GAH THIS BASTArD <3 What A Heavenly Way To Die by Troye Sivan!!! It's a good song and just. Yes. All of Verse One!!!! There's other songs like Honeypie like JAWNY!!!

Jon and Martin: OKAY OKAY. it's a tie between Foreigner's God by Hozier and You've Got The Life by Florence + The Machine!!!!! GAHHH.

Sully: there's so many songs I could say bc of the ✨complicated love story✨ we are but. But. I Will Follow You into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie. It's such....🥺🥺🥺😭

Alice: hMMMn,,,Yellow Hearts by Any Saunders bc it's so soft and we're so soft. Oh my god.

The Narrator/Simon: There's so many songs,,,I think Talk To Me by Cavetown!!!! Or It's Alright by Mother Mother. Maybe a mix of those two.

Jason: !!! This fucking man oh my god I want to kiss him. Anyway Creep by Radiohead and I will not expand.

Slenderman: oouughhh. Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA!!! Esp the one with like the guitar and shit kicking in!!!! Also I Hear a Symphony by Cody Fry :>

Warren: !! Me and My Husband by Mitski!!! Gahhhh <3

Arthur Hastings: YELLS LOUDLY. As The World Caves In by Matt Maltese but specifically the acoustic one!!!!!!!!! Because fuCKKK it's him that I lie with as the atom bomb drops in!!!!!!!!!

Thomas Richardson: I think. Hmm. All of Me by John Legend and Cabo by Ricky Montgomery :0

Harvey: AAA,,,my sweet ghost man...I cannot think of a song other than the one that is our tag 😭. I might say Soulmate Song by Carson James Argenna is the first that comes to mind...second being I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire by Ink Spots!!

Nihilus: OH THIS MAN THIS FUCKING MAN. Oh my GODDDD. Obsessed With You by The Orion Experience!!! Also maybe Daisy Bell by...idk who? goddd,,,,

Luke and Din: They're still kinda new f/os tbh? But. Glad You Came by The Wanted. Something about it makes me think of them,,,,<3!!!

Phone Guy: !!!! gahhh. agaiN so many songs!!! Ugh. Boyfriend by COIN,,,also Absolutely Smitten by dodie,,,,

Miles Upshur: okay this one is gonna sound absolutely ridiculous and obvious,,,but. E.T. by Katy Perry and exclusively without K*yne's part. Also exclusively Clarity covered by Kurt Hugo Schneider.

Mirael and Fawkes: hmMMsnndj,,,,Run by Hozier but like. Also Line Without A Hook by Ricky Montgomery. Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother also makes me think of us!

Izold: yet again thinking of the song that's our theme. Anyway! Hey Lover! by Wabie,,,Walk You Home by Sir Chloe,,,so many songs. *pats Izold's shoulder* this bad boy can fit so many songs into him!!!!!

Alna: AGAIN THE FIRST SONG TO COME TO MIND IS THE ONE THAT'S OUR THEME!!! but. But. Pretend The World Has Ended by She Wants Revenge and Love Story covered by Sarah Coltrane!!! Ahhhh.

#time to tag #✨; star crossed #⚰️; my dove my beautiful one #💜; the a team #🦢; dance with me #🌱; three idiots #🌼; his lawman #💘; devil's dancemate #🗡️; questing together #👔; fbi and anarchist #🔥; gentle fire #🥽; goggled and dangerous #🔨; oh beloved #☕; tea for three #💰; he's my treasure #🍰; whimsical whirlwind #📞; can't pick up the phone #🏒; softly killing #🌲; down in our forest #🗝️; handsome knight #🍞; just two downers #📃; to brighter days #👻; baby you're a haunted house #♠️; favorite wound #💚; love me green #📹; just two journalists #☎️; hello my honey! #🥀; we're wretched but celebrated #🌬️; she keeps me warm #🌿; meet me at our spot

[cattatonically]

Unhinged - Onley James (Necessary Evils, book 1)

Synopsis

Adam Mulvaney lives a double life. By day, he’s the spoiled youngest son of an eccentric billionaire. By night, he’s an unrepentant killer, one of seven psychopaths raised to right the wrongs of a justice system that keeps failing.

Noah Holt has spent years dreaming of vengeance for the death of his father, but when faced with his killer, he learns a daunting truth he can’t escape. His father was a monster.

Unable to ignore his own surfacing memories, Noah embarks on a quest to find the truth about his childhood with the help of an unlikely ally: the very person who murdered his father. Since their confrontation, Adam is obsessed with Noah, and he wants to help him uncover the answers he seeks, however dark they may be.

The two share a mutual attraction, but deep down, Noah knows Adam’s not like other boys. Adam can’t love. He wasn’t born that way. But he refuses to let Noah go, and Noah’s not sure he wants him to.

Can Adam prove to Noah that passion, power, and protection are just as good as love?

My Thoughts

An eccentric billionaire sees the gaps within the justice system, and vows to do something about it. Just, not quite conventionally. Instead, he raises 7 children with early signs of psychopathy to be the perfect killers, hidden in plain sight, to take care of those who sneak through the cracks. And he does it very, very well.

Adam is the youngest of Thomas Mulvaney’s adopted sons. A part-time model, and full-time trust fund brat. But he’s also keenly trained, extremely lethal, and absolutely incapable of empathy and regret. Then he finds Noah.

Noah is the son of one of Adam’s previous kills. Noah is the son of an abusive, disgusting man. Noah is also so fascinating to Adam, that he can’t get Noah out of his head. And when it turns out that Noah’s repressed memories reveal that his father was part of a larger ring of abusers (please, don’t make me spell it out for you), they decide to work together to bring the whole thing down.

They grow close in a short amount of time, but there are some rather large extenuating circumstances. But they communicate their feelings – as much as Adam is capable of expressing them – openly and honestly. They tell each other exactly what they need from the other, when they need it. They take care of each other. They choose each other. Every single time, they choose each other. And honestly? I really, really love that.

Knowing this is a series, it’s clear that there’s more in store for all of the Mulvaney siblings. And honestly, I’m here for it. I am so here for seven psychopaths on their own vigilante missions. With how well Noah got folded into the family, I can’t wait to see the men each of the Mulvaney brothers choose as their partner. It’s going to be a wild ride.

#Book review #Unhinged #Onley James #Necessary Evils series #Catt reads #Catt's life in books

[chrysallisthenum]

I just saw your firefighter sweet pea posts and I love them so much? Like holy shit we were ROBBED- and your take on it especially? I love it I want twenty. Now a small part of me craves Kindergarten teacher Jug and Firefighter Sweet Pea, like a season 5 au where Betty, Veronica, and Archie teach at the high school sure, but Jug is asked to teach the kindergartners and what do you know, class field trip to the fire station! (If this is the first time the two see each other since their meeting at the White Wyrm, can you imagine the meeting? So much potential. And if one of the little kids comes up and shyly tugs Sweet Pea’s pant leg, “Are you Mr.Jones’ husband?” Because little kids are PERSPECTIVE and they notice the longing looks.)

Alternatively an au with High School teacher Jug and Firefighter Sweet Pea, like the one @juggio came up with, fuck that’s genius too. SO MANY POSSIBILITIES and it was all thanks to your posts on firefighter sweet pea, I love it.

Oh my gOD!!! First of all, thanks for liking my prompt 💕💕 someone else came up with it though, so I can’t take all the credit haha (I’ve tried to find the post but it’s so far back I literally can’t,,,)

Second of all, I have to start with: I haven’t watched the fifth season lol. I want to wait until all the episodes are released so I can binge watch them all (I have no patience for waiting every week for one episodes 😌). I do however know these kids are somehow hired as teachers (like why,,, what were the adults thinking,, Archie started an underaged bdsm boys club, twice; Betty is borderline insane and should have stayed in her fbi job; jughead is... a gang leader; Ronnie.. is the sanest one and therefore should stay out of that town)

BUT I will go off the rails and say for the sake of fanfic these kids shall be teachers! I feel like Archie is definitely a PE teacher. Betty can either be that kindergarten teacher who hates kids but she likes them, you know, or made a subject teaching middle to high school students their basic civil rights. Ronnie is definitely a business and/or econ teacher, probably took up accounting too just to voluntarily add to her own stress. Jughead is either a tortured artist writer turned English writer in high school or decided to sign up as a kindergarten teacher cause he thought it was easier (it wasn’t).

Sweet pea decided to take up a job to become legitimate alongside his regular serpent night job and it was well known among the members hes a firefighter — and one of the best in riverdale too. Jughead though, went away and never looked back until he had to. Even while in Riverdale he kept his eyes away from the serpents and thus was thoroughly surprised when sweet pea showed up in front of Archie’s door, where he had been staying (jughead is crashing with Archie isn’t he??), in bright yellow uniform and a crying James in his arms and Thomas clinging to his leg.

This has been LONG, so I’ll stop there 🤧 the longing looks though,, the kids pick up on them real quick, like scary quick, cause jughead hasn’t even noticed himself even staring at sweet pea sometimes.

#Riverdale #jughead jones #sweet pea #archie andrews #fangs fogarty #jugpea #betty cooper #firefighter sweet pea #teacher jughead #these kids are taking bets I know it #James and Thomas are absolutely obsessed with these two #they take it upon themselves to play Cupids #since they’re the ones who brought them together your welcome 😌 #jughead is absolutely mortified once he realises his feelings and what the kids are doing #Betty is absolutely amused. like she’s definitely in on it with the kids #jughead finds himself writing again coincidentally after his reunion with sweet pea and thus the serpents #sweet pea accidentally finds a short story once and Toni fangs and Betty are convinced it’s about them together

[gpsoftun]

Now, for the ever controversial but inevitable reasoning as to why the Amazing Spider-Man 2012-2014 royally topples Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Upfront, I don't have anywhere near the level of disdain for the Raimi flicks that I have for the X-movies. They're disappointing, but not completely twisted and mental health harming.

I'll be nice and say what I like about the Spider trilogy first. Unlike the Punisher, Daredevil, and Elektra films, the trilogy has a solid supporting cast. James Franco as Harry Osbourne, Willem Dafoe as his father, Cliff Robertson as Uncle Ben, Dylan Baker as Curt Connors, Daniel Gillies as John Jameson, Bill Nun as Robbie Robertson, Elizabeth Banks as Betty Brant, and oh yeah, the ****irreplaceable**** JK Simmons! He is to J. Jonah Jameson what Patrick Stewart is to Charles Xavier. The great trend ends in sm3 with the casting choices for Gwen Stacy and Eddie Brock being, what must have been, the first two young-ish people the director saw after forgetting to hold auditions for those comic book important roles.

Most of fandom is pretty unanimous about the greatness of the sm villains. In that regard, I must agree. As stated previously, Willem Dafoe is so good as Norman, despite me not being a Green Goblin fan (Joker types grate on me real fast with their chaotic randomness). Alfred Molina was absolutely wonderful as Otto Octavius and still who I picture when I think about my dear Doc Ock. Thomas Haden Church did really well as Sandman. Too bad that performance wasn't enough to NOT leave me livid when Doc Ock and Norman died horribly but Sandman got the all-clear to continue his criminal activity- more on that later, believe me.

Of course, I know the other reasons fandom prefers the trilogy. Special effects up the wazoo and fight scenes on top of fight scenes. It really shocks me how much shade is thrown at Michael Bay for his testosterone driven directing style when superhero fans are so obsessed with the action elements that the actual protagonists are pretty irrelevant. The titular Fantastic Four were perfectly casted in 2005 and got across the heart of the comic characters wonderfully, but low action makes those movies horrendous?!

With that, let's talk about the sm trilogy protagonists, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. They were not so much poorly acted but terribly written and directed. They both also had such lackluster presences, carried entirely by the supporting players with who they shared scenes.   

After being introduced to and starting my sibling connection with the famous web slinger through Spider-Man the 90s Animated Series, Tobey was an unimpressive surprise in the live action version. He fit the tender, more vulnerable side of Peter Parker well. I figured we would see his nerdy high school self then watch him grow from there. Not only did that never happen, Peter seemed to emotionally backtrack with every film. After seeing all three, it's clear Tobey had no personal investment and just saw the iconic hero as a job.

Tobey's scenes with Norman, Harry, Doc Ock, Uncle Ben, and Jonah were great. Again, the other actors carried that. Unlike watching Ben Affleck or Thomas Jane, Tobey solo scenes are either depressing or dull. Then, there are his scenes with Kristen Dunst, which are awkward and repetitive. Tobey is nothing but a guy filling the suit. He brought nothing special to the role. None of Peter's amazing humor and charisma came across.

I'm left to wonder why people consider the trilogy to be the corny, lighthearted Spider-Man series. I ask this a lot, but did we watch the same movies?! The first one was okay and Tobey even got to joke a few times. Despite the forced bittersweet ending between him and Mary Jane, it was a decent first installment. Then, help me, sm2. It had more engaging elements than the first one, but this flick couldn't have been more of a mood killer. Great Spider-Man fight scenes did not make up for the amount of misery heaped upon Peter Parker. At every turn, something awful happened to him. I know his bad luck is infamous in the comics, but it was taken to extremes here. He lives in a disgusting slum apartment, Aunt May loses her house/his childhood home, his relationship with Harry is strained, his 'relationship' with Mary Jane is supremely stupid, the older male he makes a connection with becomes a dangerous criminal and dies in the end (like Norman in the last one!), he has no one he can confide in, he's on the borderline of academic probation, and being Spider-Man is a guilt filled chore, NOT a calling. No, seriously. Except for a few kids admiring him, Spider-Man gets such bad press and it ruins every single thing in Peter's personal life. I can't see what pleasure he gets out of this chosen turmoil. Kids should want to emulate him because.... why? Sticking to walls and kicking super freaks?  Yes, that's sure the guy I connected with so many moons ago.

Did Raimi hate Kristen Dunst, Mary Jane Watson, or both? She is like the non-homicidal conglomeration of Erik Lehnsherr and Raven Xavier. None of her immoral deeds are ever properly addressed. With the exception of maybe Flash, she cheats on every single guy she dates. That undeserved iconic rain kiss is still referenced today. First, the upside down guy and right side up girl position looked uncomfortable and gross. Yes, what a romantic moment between two people betraying their boyfriend/best friend respectively. Since she has a phobia of being single, Mary Jane winds up engaged to astronaut John Jameson, despite being blatantly thirsty for Peter's standoffish self. After the amount of press that surrounded their engagement, it's supposed to be a 'happy' ending when she ditches John for Peter. On their wedding day. With all of John's friends and family present. Without formally breaking up with him first. John who had been nothing but kind to Mary Jane, even suggesting she invite Peter to the ceremony..... Is Tim Story the only Marvel movie director who showed up for Satisfying Conclusion Class?? Not to mention that course on How to Maintain Your Hero's Humanity.

Despite all of this, I eagerly looked forward to sm3. I thought with the bs drama finally out of the way, it would just be a fun adventure film with Peter and MJ in a secure relationship. Especially with the positive excited cast interviews. Alas, they're no semblance of Reed Richards and Susan Storm.

Sm3 started off promising. Peter finally found balance in his personal and Spider lives. He's also able to show up for Mary Jane's shows. She's fully aware of his crime fighting and that fact has made them cuddle, kissy close. Peter even woke Aunt May up in the middle of the night to tell her he plans to propose. Also, Harry got contrived amnesia and forgot about his blood vendetta thingy with Peter.

Of course, all of this falls apart. By a major new villain threat? Despite the number of villains this time around, no. Things come undone thanks to a series of romantic comedy cliches and baffling idiocy. Peter is genuinely happy being Spider-Man for once, which causes him insanity even before the symbiote attaches. He kisses Gwen Stacy for a publicity stunt, though he knew his potential wife is watching. Granted, Mary Jane's been cool with infidelity kisses in the past, but she got fired from her play and is currently mad at the world. She knows Peter's secret kept them apart, but she's not honest with him about her own issues. She dismisses any advice or reassurance he offers her as well. Mainly because she's envious of Spider-Man's long overdue recognition and popularity. It's nice that Mary Jane has her own life and concerns but boy, is the ginger snap petty.

Something else about her that warrants mentioning is that she's the full-blown manifestation of the damsel in-distress stereotype. Something I don't normally mind too much, but this trilogy abuses it to an absurd degree. After promising she would not get kidnapped again in sm3, Raimi didn't even have the spine to tell Kerstin he broke his word. I think that fueled a lot of her bitter portrayal of Mary Jane. Compare it to her child acting role like Jumanji, where Kerstin shows more energy and emotional range.

As for the rest of sm3, it was so long I fell asleep for like 20 minutes the first time I saw it. The villains were Venom, Sandman, and sorta Harry-Goblin. Harry realizes Peter didn't actually kill his father and suits up to join Spidey in battle. Their teaming up and affectionate quipping are the best part of the film and among the trilogy.... until Harry dies. Young grieving, misguided Harry dies. Young bitter, misguided Eddie Brock dies. Middle-aged murderer and active criminal Sandman not only lives but gets forgiven by Peter for killing Uncle Ben. He's let off the hook because he's commiting crimes for his sick daughter. So, the next inevitable manslaughter he commits, is entirely Peter's fault. Norman Osborne and Otto Octavius- two men Peter knew personally and who cared about him- suffered mental breakdowns and died brutally, but sound-minded  Sandman's sick kid just tugs at the heartstrings. But goody, Peter and Mary Jane reconciled until the next time their still active high school hormones get in the way.

This series owes a lot to the X-movies. Because without them, the sm trilogy would be the most morally bankrupt superhero franchise.

Side notes:

-Peter is still employed by Jonah?! After Mary Jane stomped all over the heart of his beloved son to get with his mildly tolerated freelance photographer?! WHAT?!!!!!

-I genuinely enjoyed the dance sequence. Yes, I dared to love the rare bit of levity and only time Peter Parker shows a trace of a backbone.

Finally, time to move on to the Amazing Spider-Man movies, which actually earn their title. They also prove that it takes a real Spider-Fan to portray Spider-Man.

When I read the magazine article about Andrew Garfield's reaction to being casted, my heart overflowed for him. A true once-in-a-lifetime dream made reality. And let me tell you, this guy did not disappoint.

Again, for fairness, I'll say what I didn't like about these movies first. I have never been so glad to see Uncle Ben die. Martin Sheen's version was an insufferable, obnoxious, self-righteous prick. He wouldn't stop busting Peter's chops at every turn. I can't believe he took Flash's side when Peter gave that antagonistic jerk a taste of his own medicine. Not to mention deliberately embarrassing him in front of Gwen just to be petty. And he died so idiotically! What unarmed civilian sees a gun wielding thief and chases after him as he runs from a store?? It's just money! He hadn't shot anyone until Ben tried to play cowboy like a daggon fool. Sm trilogy Uncle Ben was so patient, understanding, warm, and wise. It was easy to be angry at Peter for disrespecting him in their last conversation. I almost wanted Andrew Peter to punch his uncle. Thank God he thought about his deceased father later on more than big dumb Ben.

No JK Simmons or any J. Jonah Jameson at all. Additionally, while the plot was interesting, Rhys Ifans was such an underwhelming Curt Connors. Dylan Baker in the trilogy never even turned into the Lizard, but looked and acted exactly like Dr. Connors. Ifans' version looked absolutely nothing like him nor did he have his wife and son to add emotional weight.

Two things I didn't like in the sequel. One, the blatant foreshadowing of Gwen Stacy's death. I hated them breaking up, too because Gwen dying would have hit so much harder if they'd been in a strong relationship the entire time. Though it is nice that Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have legit chemistry and those weird things known as morals.

All that aside, EEEEEEEE Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man! Fandom- especially fanboys- tend to reject him because he's 'too cool' to be a nerdy outsider like the fanboys identify as. Uh, guys, in case you didn't know, Peter Parker is NOT a perpetual, blubbering pansy a la Tobey, either. No, Amazing Peter doesn't check all of the outdated cliche boxes of nerdome. This is what drew me to him. Someone can be a smart, relatively good looking, quiet outsider loner without being totally spineless and pathetic. He still faced bullying and socialized very little. I love how he showed his inner hero by retaliating against Flash over that girl Flash was messing with for no reason. After this lesson in humility, Flash is compassionate towards Peter after Ben dies and even friendly with him by the end. I love this because Flash Thompson is such a major in-universe Spider-Fan.

Emma Stone played Gwen Stacy great and I have very few qualms about her direction and writing. She was actually smart and useful, not merely an idealized pretty face who is really boy obsessed. Peter unceremoniously revealing his identity to her almost had me falling out of my theater seat. No will they/won't they secret bs?! What?!!!! I also loved her as Peter's primary confidant. This gave them a unique connection physically, emotionally, and intellectually that Peter has with no one else. I melted over that kiss Peter planted on her on the graduation stage. I hated that her father, Captain Stacy, died. I spent the first film waiting in dread for Gwen to die, so her dad legitimately dropped my jaw. Their family just suffered too much back to back loss.

That's something else the Amazing movies had, true human depictions and moments. Peter was not made into another on-the-nose Christ figure, doomed to suffer for the good of mankind. The scene where he nonchalantly removes his mask to reassure a little boy that Peter is 'just a guy' displayed this best. Peter was not a glorified stuntman filling a suit. He went through various emotions without needing to voice them. He experienced pain, injury, and sickness because enhanced abilities or none, he's as mortal as the rest of us. He did not just lurk from rooftops. He walked among and interacted with ordinary people. The ones he saved were moved and inspired to follow his example of goodness. Great power and great responsibility without cramming that, now nauseating, phrase down our throats every second.

Not only was he realistically vulnerable, Peter possessed an enormous amount of strength. No matter what setbacks or tragedies, I had no doubt that he would come back from them without losing himself. He is the Peter Parker and Spider-Man that makes you feel like you matter, that you are not alone, that you have worth, and he offers the audience the same sense of safety he gives to his protectorate. I know he enjoyed being Spider-Man and I definitely know why.

Sally Field is the best ever Aunt May. While Rosemary Harris acted well in the trilogy, her Aunt May seemed more like an overly fragile great-great grandmother. Sally's Aunt May does so much more with less screentime. She's a good 20 years younger than normally depicted and she wordlessly emotes like a champ. After Peter's parents have to leave and Aunt May wraps those protective arms around little Peter, she is shamelessly possessive over him from that point on. Ben mentions that anyone who has anything bad to say about Peter better not do so in front of May. One quiet look from her cements this as fact. Instead of being utterly helpless after her husband's death, Aunt May is able to keep the house and becomes a nurse to pay for Peter's college tuition. They're not rolling in money, but they're far from the soup line. I love how annoyed Aunt May could get when Peter focused on his parents. Bonus points that she's his aunt by marriage yet insists Peter is only her boy. Wonderful of Peter to reiterate his love and appreciation towards her.

As for other human emotions, I actually liked Jamie Foxx as Electro. Electro is a traditionally masked villain and not too well known so it didn't feel like race-swapping. With a big name like Jamie Foxx he was likely just the most qualified to audition. His Max character comes off like the cliche nerd- actually surprised that fanboys didn't fall in love with his Tobey-ish essence- but because of how Jamie played him, I honestly felt for Max's loneliness and mistreatment. With how ignored and/or emotionally abused he was plus the electric powers affecting his mind, I found his sudden rage against Spider-Man believable.

Here's a real shocker. I enjoyed Dane DeHaan, who is the exact opposite of James Franco, as Harry Osbourne. I really did not expect to from the trailers. However, Dane's performance in the sequel had this unique quality to it. His stage presence was a mix of intriguing, ominous, and if I'm being honest, a bit sensually provacative. His Goblin was straight-up goofy and shoehorned in, but his Harry sold me. Felicia Hardy is introduced and he aligns with her. I love Felicia/Black Cat and hate that she was showed but not given a chance to develop. Funny enough, part of me always envisioned her with James' Harry. I'd have taken Dane's, too.

I will never be over the rest of the Amazing franchise being cancelled after all the improvements and promises they made. I was ecstatic when they finally greenlit a Sinister Six movie only to pull the plug. I liked the mystery going on in Amazing and wanted to see how it all concluded. It was great to see Peter trying to unwrap the mystery of his father. He's so angry at him for leaving/dying yet he can't help loving and yearning for him still.

That's something else I, or rather a certain flexibly fantastic older male, will likely have to remedy 😉

MSU marches on!

#The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 #The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 #sam raimi spider man #anti sam raimi spider man movies #Marc Webb #Andrew Garfield #Definitive Peter Parker #Definitive Spider-Man #Emma Stone #Gwen Stacy #Spider Gwen #Sally Field #Definitive Aunt May #tobey maguire #kirstin dunst #anti mary jane watson #anti erik lehnsherr #anti mystique #anti magneto #anti misandry #anti misogyny #found family feels #definitive fantastic four #fantastic four 2005 #fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer #MSU #Marvel's Stepchildren United #Andrew Garfield deserved better #Reed Richards

[cjsinkythoughts]

Ocean Eyes, Cherry Lips, Ivory Keys

Pairing: 40s!Bucky Barnes x Reader

Word Count: 2747

Warnings: Cursing, mentions of alcohol, I think that’s all

A/N: This is a headcanon I’ve had for a while that I’ve been wanting to write about 40s!Bucky, pre-War. I kinda want to write a series about it, so that might happen. For now, enjoy this little tidbit I’ve written, with the prompt of Occasion for HBC’s Lucky in Love Day 18! (This isn’t beta’d so please excuse mistakes.)

He’s something of a celebrity. A living legend. A God amongst humans. Starting as a kid in Brooklyn, his fanbase rapidly grew, expanding to Queens, Manhattan, even parts of New Jersey, just in the past few years.

You don’t get it. So what if he’s got cool blue eyes, soft chocolate hair, and a charming smile? Who cares if he’s got smooth moves and even smoother words? He’s just a man - a human being - with flaws just like everyone else. A talented and gorgeous man, who has all of New York wanting to fall to her knees to please him, but still just a man.

James Buchanan Barnes.

Most everyone knew his name, but there was a lot of mystery surrounding the actual character. 

You just don’t see what all the fuss is about. You’ve never personally met him, or even seen him, but you know people who have. Your friend’s cousin even claims to have danced with him once. Not that that would be hard. You hear he’s never danced with the same bird twice, and, considering most start dancing in their teenage years, that’s a lot of dames.

It’s not that you’re not curious about him - if he’s actually as dashing as they say - but you’re not about to stop your life for him like some of your friends. They’re obsessed with getting his attention. With seeing if they’d be the one. The one to finally chain him down and tame him. The one he’d go steady with.

It feels like that’s all you ever talk about anymore. It was amusing at first, but now it’s just getting annoying. It’s been three years since that day in March of 1938, when your roommate ran into your room, plopping down onto your bed, before ranting and raving about the new ocean eyed piano player at her favorite bar. And since then, he’s been in your life without actually being in your life.

Speaking of, here you are. Listening to Lucy, MaryAnne, and Jean gushing over the man, trying to enjoy your milkshake.

“I heard from Sally that Thomas said that he knew the brother of one of his friend’s in high school!”

“That can’t be true! I heard from Billy, who heard from Martha, who was told by Ben, that he only had, like, one friend in high school.”

“You’re kidding, right? There’s no way a man like that had only one friend.”

“I hear he does boxing and that’s why he’s got a body sculpted like a Greek God.”

“Oh my God! MaryAnne!”

You rub your temples, resisting the urge to roll your eyes as the three burst into fits of giggles. If you have to hear one more word about-

“I heard he’s going to be playing at Georgie’s on Friday!”

Gasps echoed around the table. “No way! Georgie’s?”

You raise an eyebrow, this actually intriguing you. Georgie’s is a popular little hole in the wall, on the edge of being a speakeasy, which doubles as a pub and a dance hall in Brooklyn. It’s one of the best hang outs for kids like you and your girls, but it isn’t very high class. Maybe that’s why it’s one of the best. “Isn’t Georgie’s a little…cheap for him? He’s been playing at the best bars and restaurants for a while now.”

“It’s a classic in Brooklyn. Near his home, probably.”

“Do you think he lives near there?!”

“Ooo! Maybe we could find out!’

You scoff. “That,” gesturing to Lucy with your glass, you take a sip of your milkshake. “Is called stalking, my friend.”

Jean waves towards you dismissively. “I think he lives near Tin Pan Alley. That’s where he plays the most, after all. Georgie’s was probably just an old hang out for him and his pals.”

“Wait, wait,” you shake your head, a thought popping into your head. You turn to Lucy, confused. “How’d you find out he’s playing at Georgie’s anyways? Isn’t part of his whole act not telling anyone where he’s playing?”

Giving you a smirk and a wink, Lucy shrugs. “I’ve got my connections.”

You roll your eyes again, turning your attention back to your milkshake. “So?!” MaryAnne squealed. “We’re going on Friday, right?”

“Hell yes!”

“Absolutely!”

“Not.” You mumble, causing the other three to stare at you incredulously.

“Not?!”

“I’m not wasting my Friday night going to see some fella you all have a crush on. Especially when he might not even be there.”

Your friends groan, exchanging glances. “And what’re you gonna do?” Jean crossed her arms with a pointed look on her face. “Sit down and read a book like you always do?”

You huff. “I like reading, sue me. I don’t get a lot of time to myself. You know that new girl’s been gumming up the works and I’ve had to stay late to fix her mistakes all week.”

“This is exactly what you need, then! Come out, have a drink, jive a little-”

You look up at that, an amused kind of smirk on your lips. “Jive? Me and my clumsy ass?”

You all laugh. “Okay, so maybe not dance, but c’mon! It’ll be snazzy, you’ll see!”

“Fine, fine.” Standing up with a sigh, you collect your things, smoothing down your dress with your hands. “I’ve gotta scram.”

“We’ll see you on Friday, right?”

You give a small smile, shooting them a wink. “I guess I can make it.”

***************

Friday comes a lot faster than you anticipate. You dress up; a navy blue dress going to your knees with white, heart shaped buttons and a bow around the waist. The shoes you’re wearing are your nice black and white Mary Janes. Lips painted deep red, and hair pinned back in loose curls, you glance over yourself in a mirror. You’ll admit; you look damn good. You don’t wanna go, but you might as well try to have some fun since you are.

It’s a cool evening, early May meaning the summer humidity hasn’t hit just yet. You didn’t even think about bringing a coat, but you start to regret the decision as you start walking. MaryAnne, who you actually room with, already left, being way too excited to stay put.

It doesn’t take you long - you live on the border of Queens and Brooklyn - but your feet are more sore than you’d like when you arrive.

“I knew you’d come!” Lucy grins, coming up besides you and linking her arm in yours. MaryAnne comes up on your other side and does the same to your free arm.

“Where’s Jean?”

“Where do you think? She already found a Joe to swing with.”

You laugh. “Of course she has! So is your dreamboat here?”

The grins that are immediately on their faces answer your question and they quickly drag you inside.

It’s hot and crowded and dim. Skirts with their beaus, guys with their broads, swinging and dancing to the lively music of the band on stage. Smoke from cigarettes, pipes, and cigars is evident in the air as they neared the bar portion of the building, mixing with the boisterous sound of laughter and chatter.

“Everyone’s talking about it! He’s here, but he hasn’t played yet. We’ve been trying to catch a glimpse of him, but we think he’s in a back room.” The dramatic sigh MaryAnne gives makes you laugh a little.

“Okay, khaki whackies. Let’s get a drink.”

You, just as you thought would happen tonight, are left alone at the bar by your friends who quickly found partners to dance with. A few men asked you, but you have never been a good dancer.

You’re lost in thought, running a finger gently around the rim of your cup, when a voice sounded besides you, pulling you out of your thoughts, a slight rasp to the otherwise mellifluous voice.

“You gonna drink that, doll, or just stare at it all night?”

You raise an eyebrow at the jest, turning your head, only to have your breath hitch. What a specimen. Ocean blue eyes, fluffy brown curls, cherry pink lips. A white dress shirt is pulled over his broad chest, gray dress pants hugging thick thighs, matching suit jacket across wide shoulders. He has a blue, black, and white plaid tie around his neck and you can see the edges of his blue suspenders under his blazer. He’s put together, but it’s nothing special, a normal Sunday best suit, that much you can tell.

“Uh, not all night.” You look back to the drink, before looking at the clock with a hum, tilting your head playfully. “Maybe another hour.”

He chuckles, gesturing for the bartender. “Tell me this, sweetheart. What is a beautiful dame like yourself doin’ drinking alone?”

“I’m not very good on my feet, I’m afraid.” You laugh nervously, taking a sip of your drink.

“Don’t come here often, then?”

“Only for special occasions.”

“What’s the special occasion this evenin’, sugar?”

You shrug. “My friends dragged me here. They’re practically in love with this guy who’s supposedly playing the piano tonight. James Barnes. Have you ever heard of him?”

He chuckles, a grin pulling his lips upwards. “Yeah. Yeah I’ve heard of ‘im. Not a big fan yourself?”

“I’m sure he’s fine. I just don’t understand the fascination with him. Let the man be.”

“I agree.” He hums with a nod, grabbing the glass of whiskey the bartender set in front of him. “I actually know him.”

“Really?” You look at him in interest.

He tilts his head with a smile towards you that makes you melt. “Yeah. He feels the same. He just likes playin’. That’s all. He didn’t want all the attention. He gets enough without that.”

You raise an eyebrow, finishing off your drink. “Oh yeah?”

“Yeah. I’m Bucky by the way.”

You eye his hand, grabbing it after a second, letting him bring your knuckles to his lips. “Y/N.”

“It’s very nice to meet you, mama.” He shifts his body more towards you, running a hand through his hair. “You said you ain’t fond of dancin’?”

Shaking your head, you quickly defend yourself, “no, no. I like dancing. I’m just not very good. Got two left feet.”

He smirks, tongue poking out to run over those plump lips of his. “Well, with the right partner, it doesn’t really matter.”

“Are you asking me to dance, Bucky?”

“Not if you’re gonna say no.” He responds with a toothy grin, leaning his elbows on his knees.

You sigh and shake your head. “I’m afraid tonight’s not your night, pal. I just can’t seem to get myself in the mood.”

He hums, leaning back. “Is it the music? Too fast for you?”

“I wouldn’t mind if they slowed it down some, I suppose.”

He smiles cheekily. “I can help with that. Hold on.”

You grin at him, nodding. “I’ll be here.”

Watching him stand and make his way over to the stage, you quirk an eyebrow. He seems to know the band well, if the handshakes and the claps on the back have anything to say about it. He says something to the lead, who nods with a grin, shooting him a wink. Bucky laughs, but you can see a tint of pink dusting his cheeks, making you wonder what they were saying.

He makes his way back over as the band shifts tones, the animated swing changing to a slow jazzy number. Bucky beams at you, holding out his hand as he approaches. “Care to dance?”

You purse your lips, narrowing your eyes, but taking his hand anyways. “How’d you do that? Do you work here?’

“Uh…somethin’ like that.” He states vaguely, leading you to the dance floor with the other swaying couples. Pulling you as close as appropriate, his hands resting politely on your waist, he starts moving you side to side. 

“That’s not ominous.” You place your hands on his shoulders, following his lead as you stare at your feet.

He chuckles, hooking a finger under your chin to lift your gaze. “I’ve gotcha, doll. I won’t let you fall.”

“I’m going to step on your feet.” You explain.

“Nah. You’re doin’ great. You just need to get outta your head. Relax a little. Tell me something about yourself.”

You hum. “Like what?”

“Anything.”

“Uh, okay…I have a roommate who is one of the girls who begged me to come, I’m a secretary - I know, boring - and…I dunno. I like reading.”

His eyes lighten at this. “Reading? Whaddya like to read?”

“Different things. Depends on my mood. I’m re-reading The Hobbit for, like, the twentieth time right now.”

“I love The Hobbit.” Bucky grins, making you smile back. “I read it almost as soon as it came out.”

“Me too! I was planning on reading it tonight but,” you gesture around. “Here I am.”

Bucky lips pull up softly, his hold on your waist tightening ever so slightly as he pulls you closer. “Well, as much as I love that book, I’m glad you came out tonight.”

Giving him a little tease, you tap your chin thoughtfully. “Eh…I think I’d rather be at home.”

He pinches your side gently, making you squeal and squirm. “That hurt, sugar. That physically hurt me. C’mon, mama, your gonna say you aren’t havin’ a good time?”

“I just met you ten minutes ago.”

“Well, sweetheart, if you think we’re movin’ too fast, I won’t introduce you to my folks just yet.”

You laugh, blinking up at him. “That’s very thoughtful of you, Buck.”

The two of you rock for a little while longer, before the band stops, announcing they’re taking a break and a special guest is going to play a little something.

“Maybe James Barnes is here.” You say, a bit of intrigue lacing your tone, trying to see through the crowds of people who started gathering around the stage to catch a glimpse of the charming pianist. “I see why he would be over the attention.”

“Yeah.” Bucky sighs, almost sadly, giving you an apologetic look. “Listen, I’ve gotta go work for a bit, but I’ll be right back.”

You smirk. “So you do work here?”

“Um…kinda. You’ll see.”

You raise an eyebrow at his words, but he’s kissing your knuckles and walking away. You frown, but can’t think more on it when three young women are on you, babbling about their dates.

“Who were you dancing with, Y/N? He was cute!”

You roll your eyes, feeling yourself heat up, and not because of the many bodies in the vicinity. “Just…some guy.”

“C’mon, c’mon! We’ve gotta get a good spot to actually see him!”

You huff, letting the drag you through the crowd, shoving their way towards the front just as a familiar deep voice spoke. 

“Thanks for comin’ out, everyone. I hope your havin’ a good night. Let’s get this hop started, yeah?”

Your eyes widen when you finally catch sight of the man sitting at the piano with a polite smile on his features. He catches your eye and shoots you a wink, before his fingers start flying over the keys. The beam that he gets while tickling the gleaming ivories, his azure eyes lighting up, and you can’t fight the smile you get. He looks so relaxed, so invigorated, that it makes you happy just watching him.

“Oh my God! Weren’t you dancing with him?!” Lucy shook your shoulder obnoxiously, but you couldn’t bring yourself to care, mesmerized with the way he played like it’s the only thing he wanted to do with his life. Which, as you remember his words, ‘he just likes playin’. That’s all.’ you figure it is the only thing he wanted to do with his life.

You just danced with James Barnes…and he’s just as perfect as everyone says.

You’re still trying to wrap your head around it, your friends jumping around you, trying to get every little detail of him from you, when your heart skips a beat and your brain malfunctions. Bucky had started up another song, slower and more intimate, and he’s looking right at you. 

You find yourself doing something you never thought you would; you’re swooning over James Barnes, smiling like an idiot, heat blooming up your neck and flaming your face. And yes, he’s just a man - a human being - with flaws just like everyone else. But he’s a talented and gorgeous man, who has all of New York wanting to fall to her knees to please him.

And now that includes you.

#cjsinkythoughts #cjswriting #bucky barnes x reader #40s!bucky barnes x reader #40s!bucky x reader #bucky x reader #40s!bucky barnes #40s!bucky #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes x y/n #40s!bucky barnes x you #40s!bucky barnes x y/n #hbc lucky in love #pianist!bucky barnes #💙🦾 #💙🦾🎹 #💙🦾📻 #💙🦾📻🎹

[itslittlealexhorne]

my favourite taskmaster contestant from each series

* taskmaster spoilers ig *

season 1

josh widdicombe

all five competitors are genuinely top-tier for me, but i’ve been a fan of josh for a long time, so i am biased lmao. i could talk for hours about roisin, tim, romesh and frank, but greg’s good lil boy is my fave.

season 2

joe wilkinson

what can i say… i love chaos. yet again, all five competitors are actually amazing, but i cannot go past joe wilkinson - highlights included the iconic potato throw, and him misreading “potato” as “pony”.

season 3

paul chowdhry

there is so much i could say about paul… he was so unbelievably awful - it was INCREDIBLE. i will never get over “it’s a snowbear, innit”. forever etched in my memory <3

season 4

noel fielding

i love all five of these contestants but, much like season 1, i’ve been a fan of noel forever. his absurdly creative and beautiful mind led to some incredible outcomes, and i just adore him so much.

season 5

mark watson AND nish kumar – aka: ‘wumar’

yes i know i said contestant singular, but this season is literally perfect and it would be a crime to distinguish between these two. they are the perfect team, and individually they are incredible. i love these two very much.

season 6

asim chaudhry

to be completely honest, this is my least favourite season - where all the other series are s-tier or a-tier, this one is just… eh. nevertheless, i love asim, and there were plenty of fun moments !!

season 7

james acaster

i’m a HUGE fan of james - fun fact: his was the first (+ currently only) live comedy gig i’ve been to. james on taskmaster is absolute chaos, and seeing as he’s a fellow taskmaster nerd, his performance in the scavenger hunt task was impeccable. i, yet again, love all five of these competitors, but i just adore james.

season 8

joe thomas

i don’t think i am mincing my words when i say joe thomas is the weirdest human being i’ve ever seen. as such, i’m immensely in love with him. he is one of two contestants (also see: season 11) that i wasn’t aware existed before their season, and subsequently fell in love with them. the moment the preview task was released (that being this task), i became obsessed with joe. “oo get together” haunts my dreams, as does his attempt at moving the beachball with only water.

season 9

ed gamble and rose matafeo (yes, i’m weak)

it’s almost a crime to pick between ed and rose, and i just couldn’t bring myself to do it. this season is impeccable, and all five comedians are iconic. ed getting mad at david baddiel in the live task has stayed with me, and rose’s rendition of the taskmaster theme tune was perfection. might i also add, had jo brand put in any effort, she would’ve easily won and i love her.

season 10

richard herring

herring is the ultimate taskmaster nerd, and i love him for that. i love the other four so much, but i cannot get past richard, especially after his one-man performance of ‘the smart steak’. also i just need to add that katherine parkinson must be protected xo, and daisy is too powerful.

season 11

mike wozniak and lee mack – aka 'woznimack’

lee mack is far too iconic for him not to be one of my favourites. i’m such a huge fan of him, having watched WILTY? for a very long time. he is somehow more chaotic than i imagined he could be, which is saying a lot. i cannot, however, begin to tell you how much i love mike wozniak. considering i didn’t know who he was before the show, i am head over heels for this man. it is what i like to call 'the joe thomas effect’, where i discovered mike on taskmaster, then proceeded to find all possible content that he was in. both luckily and unluckily, there is literally so little content - i am STARVED rip. but yes, mike wozniak <3.

#taskmaster #greg davies #alex horne #mike wozniak #lee mack #richard herring #ed gamble #rose matafeo #joe thomas #james acaster #asim chaudhry #mark watson #nish kumar #noel fielding #paul chowdhry #joe wilkinson #josh widdicombe

[drlokiren]

I posted 3,447 times in 2021

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I added 1,063 tags in 2021

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#texts from last night - 24 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#& then when u read the battersby biography it gets even better cuz you realize he was fitzy's dumbass sidekick from the birdshit island days

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Latest in our Jared Harris watch was Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. I had only seen once before, in the theater with my dad. I immediately thought Jared was super hot but disconnected my brain because I didn’t want to think about his hotness next to my dad. Jared is my absolute favorite portrayal of Moriarty. The quiet intensity, the Irish lilt in his voice, watching him lecture about math, watching him get off on torturing Holmes. And then there is Moran and I am convinced that those two were in a relationship. I have deeply mixed feelings about the film overall thanks to the racism and the queer baiting but Jared’s performance is a tour de force. It’s the only version where I almost want Moriarty to win. Also Jared Harris looks amazing in every fucking outfit. The tweed suit and academic gown? Stunning! The suit with white tie and gloves? Wreck me, sir! And the man can absolutely rock a top hat. I am glad I was reintroduced to Jared’s performance and that some exquisite BDSM Moriarty/Moran fanfic exists.

23 notes • Posted 2021-06-25 03:18:52 GMT

#4

I also bought this Jared Harris wardrobe swatch. By the feel of the material, it came from a shirt. My inner Jopson damn near fainted. I have been petting it slightly obsessively.

24 notes • Posted 2021-09-07 23:12:24 GMT

#3

We had to watch the last few episodes of The Terror last night. Holy hell, what a powerhouse of a show, though I spent a great deal of time hiding in my wife’s boobs. More notes

1. Jared Harris continues to be amazing

2. I wish Adam Nagaitis had more scenes in Chernobyl because the man is super talented. On a related note, my wife and I are now working on a Cornelius All Along song

3. The love between Jared Harris and his valet is real and so heartwarming

4. I am very impressed with the way this show depicts male bonds and masculinity

5. So many characters I did not know I would cry for

6. The final episode almost broke me

What a roller coaster of a journey. Thanks to all the Jared Harris fans out there who pointed us in the right direction

29 notes • Posted 2021-03-28 14:47:14 GMT

#2

Hello Terrors! I’m getting really excited for Terror Camp but I have more exciting news! My panel “There Will Be Poems”: Depictions of Masculinity and Care in Modern Media has been accepted for the Northeast Modern Language Association conference in 2022! My work will involve discussion of true and false care and lots of tender Francis. I will be presenting my Terror research and I hope to get some feedback after Terror Camp. Hopefully in 2022 I can try to publish my work. It would make to so happy to discuss this amazing show and performances in a journal. I would like to thank everyone here who encouraged down. I’ve been down since my PhD graduation and it feels good to get back into academic stuff.

50 notes • Posted 2021-07-02 23:29:32 GMT

#1

So I just came across Jared Harris in The Other Boleyn Girl. My God. The beauty of that man is beyond compare. I have never seen a man moan like that in sex scenes and I need a very cold shower. Also seeing what that gorgeous ass looks like naked and being able to gaze upon the freckles was entirely too much. I would not have been able to handle this as a teen and I’m still shook as a 33 year old. Also really enjoyed the confessional style filming and the costumes weren’t so shiny as the Hollywood version. But Jared Harris had me swooning. I’m only sorry that there hardly any pictures of him from this masterpiece, presumably because he would break the internet.

62 notes • Posted 2021-06-04 05:26:37 GMT

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[anarmorofwords]

I kinda wanna write a better version of tlh where Tatiana is still insane but there's no Belial bc that makes zero sense to me

In this version there would be:

Kamanna done correctly with actual genderqueer rep and not toxic relationships

Barbra and Oliver bc fight me she didn't die

Genie and Filomena bc I love them and all the lightwoods are queer

The gracelet doesn't even happen bc I refuse to write that

Grace is pretty much still the same but she breaks off their(hers and james') relationship bc she notices that he loves Cordelia

No bad James. He's not a shitty person to Alastair, and he doesn't treat Cordelia like a sex object

Anna puts a stop to Kellington and Matthew's relationship before it gets serious. She also tries to get him to stop drinking all the time

Alastair apologizes around seeing them again for the first time. The merry thieves are a little reluctant because of some of the things he did but they don't actively try to keep him away from events that they're at

Matthew notices how Alastair looks at Thomas and locks them in the sanctuary with Genie and Cordelia's help

Grace gets badly injured due to a mistake in necromancy and Christopher helps her treat it without letting people know

Lucie meets Jesse, and falls in love ofc, so in order to bring him back successfully she asks Malcolm to train her in using her magic

Matthew opens up to his mom about the incident. She doesn't blame him at all and instead apologizes for often putting her work before him

Matthew finds out about Charles and Alastair because he found Alastairxs break up letter to Charles

Matthew, the mother hen he is, decided to attempt to murder his older brother, only being stopped by James who had been there at the right time

Kamala ends things with Charles and tells Anna that she still loves them and hopes that she will give her another chance

Anna told her that they needed time to think, and that she is worried how Kamala's reputation will be affected if anyone besides their friends and Anna's family finds out

Kamala respects her decision and doesn't contact her until Anna's ready to talk about things

The merry thieves don't ignore Christopher and they actively listen and help him

The merry thieves also aren't terrible to Grace bc they realize she's been isolated alone with Tatiana and 1) she might not understand what's saying/doing is wrong or 2) that sometimes she's trying to push them away so her abilities don't accidentally make them do something

Good tid parents

James and Alastair being respectful to each other despite personal differences

Matthew, Alastair, Kamala, Christopher, and Grace being besties, or as I call them, the neglected squad

No fetishizing mlm/wlw

Domestic cuddles and taking care of the other one when they're sick

Jesse/Lucie/Matthew pairing bc I love them and I refuse to pick between lucie/matthew and lucie/jesse

Christopher teaching Grace the elements(at the time) on the periodic table

Tatiana dies at the end yay

It's very unpolished and I'm open to b hearing any feedback and/or suggestions that anyone may have

The idea came to me and I decided it would be best if I told someone before I forgot

hi, I'm sorry it took so long,but I wanted to properly answer this and I keep having either internet connection issues or little time

DON'T BE SHY, WRITE THIS 👀

In all seriousness tho... THIS IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION?!? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START I AM UTTERLY IN LOVE WITH THIS IDEA, I NEED IT

Look, I've been on the verge of rewriting ChoI, and I keep saying I want someone to write a TLH that will live up to its potential, but I've never actually came up with a proper idea for it, and you?!! YOUR BRAIN DARLING THIS IS GENIUS

ok hold up I'll just react to each and every single one so

yes please?!? I mean it started off so sweet in EEV?! Also actually genderqueer Anna and not dancing around the subject like CC is doing now?! That's what they deserve, and that's what we all deserve too

yesss please. also just,,,, Barbara, the feminine, not-wanting-to-fight-which-doesnt-make-her-less-badass queen that she is, getting the page space and appreciation she deserves

that's actually brilliant?!? it would be so great, just imagine the new girl arrives for her travel year and Genie is completely awestruck. I'm so invested in Joshwood it's difficult to imagine not having them, but this is actually the only valid alternative?!

ok that's fine. I think it could still happen and be done well, but tbh for now... the gracelet doesn't seem to have done anything relevant to the plot itself? I mean yeah it messed up James's life and Jordelia, but what did it give Belial? Tatiana? nothing. It makes no sense atm.

could be! maybe she's still encouraged by Tatiana to befriend/seduce him, but without the gracelet it doesn't work out? or maybe James somehow manages to realize that she's in danger and he actually like,,,, kidnaps her? idk idk

yes. YES. just,,,,z James is a sweet compassionate literature nerd who accidentally makes a good leader and he actually cares about people, and not just judges them from his high horse; he does still have hero syndrome, but he's kind and respectful and overall a good character

ANNA INTERVENES ABOUT KELLINGTON PLZ. PEOPLE ACTUALLY NOTICE MATTHEW'S STRUGGLES. JAMES DOES, TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S NO GRACELET.

ok yes, so what about: basically TMT don't harass Alastair and accept his apology, and realize they were also being stupid and mean at times at the Academy (especially Math). Matthew doesn't want to accept Alastair's apology, because of The Sin, but his behaviour alerts the rest of TMT and they inquire what's wrong and he tells them about the sin and that's how he later tells his parents (because his friends encourage him) and as you say, she just hugs him and reassures him it's not his fault; so after that Matthew slowly begins to heal and accepts it wasn't Alastair's fault, and also since they've kind of adopted/started including Alastair in things, he can't help but notice he's actually changed and he even starts to grow fond of him

then like you said, Matthew notices Thomas likes Alastair PLEASE HE SO WOULD. I'm not sure about the Sanctuary, if it actually happens (I'll get to why later on), but him and Lucie get really invested in the matchmaking schemes, they include Genie/Kamala because these two are friends with Alastair (both? Or at this point only Kamala?) but they also share some Moments during their scheming/talking about love 👀 (yes I'm a Fairdale shipper, I think it's time to expose myself lol)

Which leads me to (sorry I'm going off order rn) YES YES YES LUCIE AND MATH PLEASE. A FELLOW SHIPPER, HELLO, NICE TO MEET YOU. But since we're actually fixing him then we can give Jesse a personality and I'm totally down for poly Math/Lucie/Jesse

Lucie seeking Malcolm's help in secret, morally gray heroine style?!? no, it's probably not legal. but also has there ever been a Shadowhunter like her? If the Law doesn't expect such situations, it can't really forbid them...

Plz Matthew ready to strangle the carrot when he learns about their relationship, YES. sure, maybe he's still not the biggest fan of Alastair, but he's seen how much the boy's been through and starts to develop an attachment to him, and besides, NO ONE DESERVES TO BE GROOMED AND TREATED LIKE THAT. He's SO MAD at Charles, and he confronts him about it - remembering Kellington as he does, and it makes him sick to think his brother would do the same thing to someone. Maybe he gets very emotional over this and later finally tells his friends about Kellington? Maybe they didn't know before, only Anna did? So when they all realize what was happening then they comfort him etc? Or maybe it's just Alastair that learns now, and the others knew before, and they share a bonding moment over that?

Injured Grace seeking Kit's help is a genius idea I didn't know I needed

Kamanna giving each other time and space and deciding they need to question their relationship and figure out if it actually makes sense would be great. Anna realising she's very privileged and Kamala doesn't have those same opportunities, and also in general realising coming out should never be pressured or forced. Just,,,, Anna being self-aware and respectful towards Kamala. Well-written Anna. Plz. Also Kamanna is actually developed and not just "in love" because,,,,, they're attracted to each other? Maybe even remaining friends while Anna makes up their mind?

yeah just TMT being more compassionate and less judgy because they're not written by Judith so her bias isn't projected onto them

It's not a want, it's a need. They adopt Alastair and Grace eventually. Like, maybe not literally - although, Grace? - but you know what I mean.

I think they all should just have various friendship dynamics and switch between them, because people need more than one friend group

no fetishizing, no watching your brother make out with his lover, yessss

yes domestic cuddles, affection, taking care of wounds, all those things. plz.

Gracetopher bonding over science yes

obviously. or maybe she's imprisoned?!

ok, now for some more notes/my ideas etc., if you don't mind:

I actually think Belial could still be featured? After all, I don't think Tatiana could do much on her own, and since she seeks help from demons, it makes sense to include a Greater Demon as well. But Belial would have to be a stronger villain, written better; I'll think more about this

if that was the case, the serial killer plot could still happen, but be done better. and it would allow for a scenario I talked about with @littlx-songbxrd to happen, where it's Alastair who's falsely accused of murder. It creates a great opportunity to explore some things, because we know Alastair is much more likely to be seriously suspected, considering all the prejudices and bad rep his family has and all that

...what do you say to well-written Jordelia? 👀 Cordelia hasn't been obsessively in love with James since childhood, she only had a crush then. And now that they meet again, she's fond of him but not in love, not straight away. They're both grown up, and different people, but as they spend more and more time together, they fall in love. What if Cordelia gets to flirt with some other boys first? What then. What if she ends up choosing James, instead of going for the only boy she's ever had feelings for and idealized since childhood. What if we even make it friends-to-lovers and have James be a little jealous at some point?! but not in a possessive awful way, just "oh damn oh no"

Now I won't know peace until this exists BUT THANK YOU

#ask answered #thank you this is brilliant #alt tlh #save for later #the last hours #tlh #anti cc #yes I'll be adding/thinking more about this I AM OBSESSED

[rose-tinted-juls]

juliana's comfort movies pt.2

posted: 20.07.2021.

scent of a woman (1992) main actors: al pacino, chris o'donnell, james rebhorn short summary (imdb): "a prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated." why i love it (in a few words): al pacino (as i've already said, i absolutely adore him - he's breathtakingly talented and attractive), interesting plot, dark academia aesthetic, another classic one, i find it heartwarming and wish it didn't end

the holiday (2006) main actors: jude law, cameron diaz, kate winslet, jack black short summary (imdb): "two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love." why i love it (in a few words): i don't even know really, it just makes me feel all happy, and it makes me believe that out of unexpected adventures can come true love. sometimes i just love a cheesy, fluffy romantic comedy

a walk in the woods (2015) main actors: robert redford, nick nolte, emma thompson short summary (imdb): "after spending two decades in england, bill bryson returns to the u.s., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the appalachian trail with one of his oldest friends, stephen katz." why i love it (in a few words): i'm a huge fan of robert redford, i love bill bryson (author) and his books, this movie never fails to make me laugh (even though i know the jokes by heart already), the scenery is *chefs kiss*, it makes me wanna go a long hike, the soundtrack is lord huron songs and it's amazing, true comedy

catch me if you can (2002) main actors: leonardo dicaprio, tom hanks, christopher walken short summary (imdb): "barely 21 yet, frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. fbi agent carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit." why i love it (in a few words): young leo (!!!), it's honestly so much fun, i love spielberg's movies *shrug*, so many twists, it's based on a true story (!!), amy adams is cute, never gets boring to watch it

the whiskey bandit (2017) main actors: bence szalay, zotlán schneider, viktor klem short summary (imdb): "a rootless young man in ceausescu's romania crosses the hungarian border looking for a better future. with his back against the wall in the post-socialist turmoil, he becomes the most successful bank robber in hungarian history." why i love it (in a few words): finally another hungarian movie i love, based on a true story (!!), the title is terrible but funny in english (i swear the hungarian original title is a hundred times better - "a viszkis"), it's an interesting look back into communism in romania and hungary

love actually (2003) main actors: hugh grant, bill nighy, colin firth, liam neeson, martin freeman, emma thompson, andrew lincoln, keira knightley, thomas brodie-sangster, alan rickman short summary (imdb): "follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before christmas in london, england." why i love it (in a few words): so many incredible actors oh my, adorable plots, so enjoyable to watch, it's a must really, i watch it every christmas, baby thomas brodie-sangster *-*, this movie makes me believe that love actually exists (lol see what i did there), suitable for all age groups in my opinion

the lake house (2006) main actors: keanu reever, sandra bullock short summary (imdb): "a lonely doctor, who once occupied an unusual lakeside house, begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late." why i love it (in a few words): this one's one of my all time favourite movies, incredible actors, i love keanu and sandra, even more when they play together, the plot is something so unique and well-created, makes you believe in love and that it really has no barriers, some mystery with time

serendipity (2001) main actors: john cusack, kate beckinsale short summary (imdb): "a couple search for each other years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together." why i love it (in a few words): it's a truly adorable movie, a lovely romantic comedy, CASSIOPEIA (sorry i just love that scene since i was like 9), makes you believe in love (yeah this one too), but also it gives me some frustration at times when things don't work out like i want them to lol

knives out (2019) main actors: ana de armas, daniel craig, chris evans, christopher plummer short summary (imdb): "a detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family." why i love it (in a few words): it's exciting, it has phenomenal scenes (often i laugh so hard my sides start to hurt), i love the actors oh my, the cinematography oh my, THE PLOT, i love detective movies, watched it three times within two weeks (and i rarely do it)

while you were sleeping (1995) main actors: sandra bullock, bill pullman, peter gallagher short summary (imdb): "a hopelessly romantic chicago transit authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient." why i love it (in a few words): a childhood favourite, watched it like a hundred times (and never got bored), i love sandra bullock, an interesting plot with small twists that i adore, bill pullman's jack is amazing (and his freakin smile), funny and adorable, it's a must for someone who loves romantic comedies

#juliana's comfort movies #movie rec #fav movies #movie recommendation

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

Traintober Day 22: “Overgrown” (James, Edward, Gordon, and Henry)

my innocent ass, one year ago: Thomas the Tank Engine? That was a cool show. Hey, did you ever read the books? Well worth it, if you ever get a chance.

six months ago: Well, I’m getting pretty obsessed, but at least I have no interest in humanizations. 

six days ago: Okay, so maybe I have a humanization concept, but it’s very vague. Nothing specific. This idea doesn’t have to ever see the light of day. 

six hours ago: I absolutely need to write some ex-engines playing soccer. 

I couldn’t finish the game in time to post, but I’ve run out of steam for tonight. 

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“Could you stop that,” muttered Gordon. He had, with a massive effort, tolerated it for the past half-hour of small talk, but the truth was that watching James knock, roll, toss, and hit about the ball non-stop while also trying to follow the conversation made him dizzy.   

“If I stopped, I’d be bored!” James retorted. “You lot aren’t so entertaining as all that.”   

“We aren’t so entertaining as—what is that, anyway?”   

James stared at him, and then at all three of them, in frank horror. “Have any of you ventured further than the station?”   

“Of course,” said Henry, rather disgusted to have Gordon on his 'side’. “And we all know what a football is. Even Gordon. He’s just being—you know.”   

“Haven’t played it yet, though,” said Edward, whose eyes were following the ball through all its travels and bounces, apparently with no nauseous effect.   

“Yet?” Henry sounded skeptical, but he smiled.   

“Well, I mean. We’re probably the only humans on the whole island who haven’t.”   

“Too right!” snorted James. He was beaming, though, and let the ball almost tuck itself under his arm as he began to dart in and around the other three. “What have you done the past six months, exactly?”   

“We’ve been rock-climbing!” Gordon was defensive. “And Henry traipses about his forest all the time.”   

“Fascinating.” Despite his sarcasm, James was at his liveliest and most irresistible. “C’mon, then. Plenty of green behind the old carriage shed.” He kicked the ball towards Edward, who tried and failed to catch it. “Against the rules to use your hands!”   

“Well, I didn’t,” said Edward crossly. He made a tentative, experimental swipe with his foot. “How did you do that?”   

The two passed the ball back and forth, clumsily on Edward’s part, as they made their way to the old carriage shed. Probably only the four of them, plus Thomas and Percy, could remember the days when it had been a carriage shed. Then for a while this had become storage for unused stock, then used to store barrels of diesel oil, and for the past several decades the whole thrust of Tidmouth yards had moved further and further away. This area was full of overgrown tall grasses, weeds, pebbles, and broken glass. The green, where no rails or ballast had ever been laid, was alone recently trimmed. This was due solely to Henry, who had been told off clocking in early one day, but, too antsy to sit still, had discovered he could get a mower back here.   

Henry and Gordon lagged behind the other two, pretending not to pay as close attention to James’s tutorial as they in fact were. And they sniggered, quite like old times, when James flung off his shirt.   

“It's hard work,” James told them cheerfully. “I suppose you’ve forgotten what that is.” 

“Yes,” said Henry, “clearly, James, you’ve been toiling away while on the mainland.”   

“I’ve kept my wheel—foot in!”   

“We need goals, right?” asked Edward, and James beamed, draping an arm around him. “One for each team?”   

“See! Here’s someone interested in learning to live again.”   

Henry and Gordon snorted once more. But they didn’t inform James that Edward had been the least animated of them since their conversion. If they had, they’d be forced to observe that just then he was starting to look and sound his old self. That happened rarely, and they didn’t care to ruin the moment, when it did. 

They agreed that the fading paintwork on the back of the old carriage shed provided one convenient goal, and together dragged over a dented, beaten old snowplough, rigging it to stand upright with the help of some cinderblock, to serve as the other. 

“Then we need teams,” said Gordon, giving up the pretense of being uninterested. “Little James ought to be a captain, being the only one with any experience—” He grabbed James’s punch midair, and enjoyed James fruitlessly cursing and tugging to free himself for a moment, before abruptly letting him fall to a rolling tumble under the force of his own struggles.   

Gordon had let go partly because he observed that Henry and Edward were carefully folding and setting aside their work clothes, having also shed layers down to undershirt and boxers. “Oh, come now—really! That’s hardly decent!”   

“Want to dirty your uniform, Gordon?” asked Edward innocently. “I don’t think Aiden’s going to take your dry cleaning for you again.”   

Gordon reconsidered and soon joined them. James, with heroic self-control, refrained from more than a grin. The truth was, he found himself itching to share the game with his oldest friends more than he wanted to made a few cracks about their dress sense… which was saying quite a lot. So instead he merely whistled at Henry. “I’m taking number three!”   

James also wanted to win—he always did—and Henry was by far visibly more comfortable and dexterous in his human form than the other two.   

Henry’s eyes widened briefly, and then he laughed, punching James on the shoulder. “I haven’t heard that in, well—” 

“Six months, Henry! It’s been six months…” James dribbled the ball and kicked it towards his new teammate, who fumbled it badly, but at least didn’t use his hands.   

Gordon pouted aside to Edward. “They think they’ve already won!”   

“I’m pretty sure they have. You can tell James has spent hours and hours with a football.”   

“Intolerable!”   

“I didn’t think you’d stoop to feel competitive about a little game.”   

“Have you forgotten how insufferable they are, when they think they’ve done something clever?”   

Edward affected shock at the idea that any of them could be insufferable. But he couldn’t leave off grinning fondly at Gordon, and therefore didn’t quite pull it off. “Then you’d better get moving, and get some practice in, if you want us to have a chance.”   

Gordon did more grumbling than moving at first, but towards the end of their impromptu training session he stole the ball from Henry and, given a chance to dribble without interference down the length of their rough field, began to smile. This felt more like.   

James whooped to see it. “All right! You’re not all quite dead yet. Let’s have a game!”   

As a matter of fact, almost all motion halted as James set a timer on his watch. The others peered over his shoulder, fascinated. Only Gordon had even acquired a watch yet, and it was a distinctly old-fashioned affair, with little hands that clicked in a mechanical way that the ex-engine found very comforting. James’s busy tapping and the beeping of his watch baffled them.   

“Can you lot all handle a full hour of play, now?” asked James, voice overly sweet.   

“I don’t know, Gordon might have trouble,” Henry observed, and the others choked, for varying reasons. The Wild Nor'wester, from about the 30s to the 70s, had been timed for exactly one hour. They had all heard far too much about that to ever forget.   

Gordon glowered. “Play ball!”   

There was another delay, as poor James actually doubled over laughing, fighting tears, and unable to coherently explain. It was only when the others threatened—quite ineffectually, given their inability to start the timer—to begin the game without him that James abruptly came to, a gleam of competition in his eyes.   

Things went from desultory to wild within ten minutes of play. Quite unobtrusively, Edward had gotten the knack of handling the ball during their practice, and especially the art of keeping it from anyone else’s reach—in a way he couldn’t have explained, it reminded him quite a bit of organizing a yard, and planning a few switches ahead so as not to get boxed in by the trucks. Anyway, he was quick and nimble, and now that he was no longer sportingly passing it along they found that they simply couldn’t catch him. It was infuriating. James, who had been such a stickler for teaching them the rules, was the first to ignore them, furiously trying just to so much as grab his shirt, but Edward was practically a ghost. Fortunately for the opposing team, he had lousy aim, and only made half his shots despite the clear field.   

“Four-horseshite!” James bellowed the score in complete exasperation.   

“He’s too small!” objected Gordon. “It isn’t fair.”   

Henry still managed to laugh for panting. “He’s on your side, Gordon!”   

“Did you have to remind him?” griped James, scarlet in the face. “I was about to trade teammates!”   

“Oh, I like that!” Henry was in a huff. Though the ‘huff’ might have been ‘beginning of an asthma attack.’ “C’mon, James! You can do better than that.”   

“That’s right!” laughed Edward, practically dancing back over to them, as he passed James the ball. “Come on now, keep up!”   

James glared and yet smiled, a new and dangerous fire in his eyes.   

Thus heralded open cheating. It became more rugby than football, and more keep-away than rugby, and there was quite a lot of wrestling the ball from each other’s grips. In this phase James, with plenty of practice fooling around with a ball, absolutely dominated. He could use his feet, ankles, hands, and elbows all with equal dexterity, and seemed the only one of the four who had yet discovered that he had hips. When the ball got to him, the others, especially Gordon, could scarcely keep track of it, and James would have to call his shot to Henry if he didn’t want his teammate to miss his pass.   

Yet now that the game did not rely on dribbling it became far more equitable. James and Henry perfected their passing game, while first Gordon and then Edward honed the art of simply plowing into their opponent, a move that they found worked just as well for defense as offense. The second quarter was the most fiercely fought, and after a “halftime” where everyone, panting and fiery-eyed, agreed to forgo any suggestion of a break, or a hunt for water, the third quarter looked to be much of the same—until Gordon, with a roar of rage, tackled James, sending them both to tear up several inches of grass and dirt, and landing on top of him with his elbow in James's ear.   

“Gor-don!” hollered two voices in unison. James only groaned weakly.   

“What?” demanded Gordon, sitting up. He was himself dazed by the force of the blow, and Henry and Edward, each grabbing a shoulder, had to haul him off the smaller man. Edward at once knelt over James, checking to see how badly he was hurt, while Henry shook Gordon to his feet. Having done that much, then Henry proceeded to just plain shake him.   

“You great idiot!”   

“What?” demanded Gordon again, this time more dizzily. “That wasn’t against the rules… not that we were following them to begin with…”

“You and I were hitting each other! Not them!”

“Since when?” Gordon was falling into a familiar sulk, as he did, when, deep down, he knew that he didn’t have a wheel to run on. “We never said that!”

#ttte #ttte humanization #ttte fic #ttte gordon #ttte henry #ttte edward #ttte james #ttte big 3 #traintober #ex engine au #jobeywrites