#The Last Don

[emmynominees]

joe mantegna as pippi de lena in the last don

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie

#joe mantegna #pippi de lena #the last don #supporting actor in a limited series or movie #1997

[swtorpadawan]

On Writers and Self-Insert Characters

I know I'm hardly the first person to talk about this, but the vilification of fanfiction writers putting self-insert characters - Mary Sues and Gary Sues - into their work needs to be taken with the understanding that the writers of “legitimate” fiction have been doing that for centuries.

Everybody seems to have their own example of this, so here’s mine:

Mario Puzo wrote The Godfather novel that became the basis for the movie franchise of the same name. He also wrote several other novels, short stories and eventually screenplays, though I confess that most of these works did not come near to the acclaim that The Godfather trilogy earned.

Nevertheless, by whatever means, Puzo was considered one of the most recognized American authors of the twentieth century.

The Last Don was one of Puzo’s final novels. Published in 1996, it discusses how organized crime is immersed in so many institutions of American life. I read it in my youth and thought it was great. Even now, I think it’s a fun read, albeit perhaps that’s my sentimentality talking. It was not one of Puzo’s better-received books by literary critics.

The story includes a character named Ernest Vail. Vail is a celebrated novelist, although by the events of the main story, he seems to have fallen into a perpetual funk. (Something those of us who write know all about.) The character is something of an eccentric; he’s not remotely cruel, but he has a slight narcissistic streak. More than once, another character will comment – and here I paraphrase – ‘How can he write such great books where he understands the character’s emotions so thoroughly and be so clueless and um-empathetic to the actual people around him?’    

So Vail’s works are being adapted by Hollywood and – partially due to his own naivete – he gets screwed over by the studios. The novel uses a lot of business terminology to explain how all of this works, and its very apparent that the writer was in over his head.

Vail’s part of the book is essentially a subplot. Yes, he’s connected with many of the prominent characters, but his overall role is minor. If he was removed from the story entirely (as he was during the average mini-series based on the book) the central plot would not be significantly impacted.

I found my old copy of The Last Don recently after many years, and I recalled this character.

Looking back, I can now confidently say that Ernest Vail was a self-insert character for Mario Puzo. Puzo had – by the point that he wrote the novel – been involved in Hollywood for more than twenty years. The subplot is, in part, a commentary on how poorly writers are treated in that business.

If Mario Puzo can do that, fanfic writers need not worry too much about their own self-inserts.

So that’s my example of a “legitimate writer” using a self-insert character. What’s yours?

#swtorpadawan talks #writing #self-insert characters #self insert #mario puzo #the last don #ernest vail

[goga-je-pieroga]

“What’s past is past,” Gronevelt said. “Never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.”

"The Last Don" Mario Puzo

#mario puzo #quotes #book quotes #the godfather #the last don #literature #mafia

[i-like-these-guys]

If you came out as trans to Don Claracutzio hed say something like "Ah, the wonders of modern medicine" and would be chill about it

#you dont understand the claractuzio are literally called fucking liberals by other people #the don is happy about social progress and the civil rights movement #claudia works with lesbians and no one even mentions it cause it doesnt matter #its a pretty big contrast with the corleone #i think if you came out as trans to don corleone he would refuse to believe you and stop talking to you at least for a while #mario puzo #the last don #im the only one in this fandom #but the characters are so good you guys

[zxcwaves]

#soundcloud #music #reggaeton #Dale Don Dale #Don Omar #The Last Don

[a-fix-of-muses]

Currently Listening To: "Dale Don Dale" by Don Omar

#IFTTT #Spotify #Dale Don Dale #Don Omar #The Last Don

[circuscountdowns]

I think lamb should get their own weapon

#Fights like if kratos was a battle dancer and appears like wolf from last wish yay scary!!! #Corre corre gatito amirite. #cult of the lamb #The paintings far from finished but I don wanna work on this nymore #cotl art

[mobius-m-mobius]

I need a Loki who remains.

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #loki spoilers #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #yes loki's there in those last shots bc the lighting is too obvious and mobius at least deserves that much #my man spent all season being supportive trying to cope and now his bf's a tree... #granted a tree who'll spend eternity watching over and keeping him safe while he exists in the palm of their creation #BUT STILL #all he ever wanted was for them to have some time to see the hot air balloons??? marvel we gotta talk 😭 #loki s2 spoilers #marvel #owenwilsonedit #don #dianagifs

[fern-pajamabrain]

not as much material this time, but she got herself a boyfriend! you go girl!

Extra: them tiny

#adventure time #fionna and cake #fern the human #atimers #at spoilers #adventure time spoilers #fionna and cake spoilers #fnc spoilers #the last two are so important for me you don' t understand #plantita #pelotudeces

[isitdonproof]

TMNT 2007

#tmnt #tmntedit #tmnt 2007 #tmnt2007edit #splinter #raphael #emma gifs #mein #listen. i have many thoughts about this splinter - most of them bad. but he does /know/ his sons so he's on thIN ICE #2k7 raph needs a break. so does don. and mikey. #leo is also on thin ice #these are a bit oversharp but idk when i last gifed 07 was

[emmynominees]

kirstie alley as rose marie clericuzio in the last don

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie

#kirstie alley #rose marie clericuzio #the last don #supporting actress in a limited series or movie #1997

[kapacb413]

#limbus company #shitpost #yi sang lcb #faust lcb #don quixote lcb #ryoshu lcb #meursault lcb #hong lu lcb #heathcliff lcb #ishmael lcb #rodion lcb #dante lcb #sinclair lcb #outis lcb #gregor lcb #vergilius lcb #charon lcb #wonder if last picture's quality really is shitty or if it just isn't fully loaded yet #meursault is now dildomuncher 3000 yippee

[hitwiththetmnt]

I love imagining your BENT turtles after finding out Donnie's ages.

On one hand, Leo would be whining to Donnie about Raph and Mikey being mean to him, since Donnie is technically the oldest.

On the other hand, Raph treats Donnie like the baby and like he's still tiny, because in his mind he is, and yells at anyone that so much as looks at him wrong.

And Mikey just watches it all in mild amusement.

Their dynamic is definitely a fun one! Totally agree that after talking about ages they would all change how they interact with each other a bit

Also the B.E.N.T turtles are not mine - they’re owned by @butterfilledpockets and I just doodle them because I love the AU ε-(´∀｀; )

#Leo would jokingly use Donnie as a shield #(old disaster twin tendencies die hard) #and be a lil shit to Raph #Raph would be his grumpy self but leave Donnie out of it and try and keep Donnie out of Leo’s mess #ronin mikey watches from afar in confusion - slight amusement - and some annoyance #bad end ninja turtles #b.e.n.t #my art #rottmnt future leo #tmnt the last ronin #sainw raph #tmnt don bot #rottmnt #tmnt #tmnt sainw #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2003 #ask box #ask answers

[petricorah]

fake manga covers [id in alt]

#zuko #zuko fanart #zukka #zukka fanart #sokka #sokka fanart #atla #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender #oof. yall i used a new brush for the texture and it was so hard. not doing it again. #also i made the cover elements look really nice and then realized the image was flipped and the scar was on the wrong side and now they don #look as good TT #but it was fun to try a different style... #myart

[i-like-these-guys]

Theres an autistic child in this book, Bethany, and me being autistic i was worried this was gonna be really ableist, but her mother is really cares about her and is doing the best she can with the information she has.

True, she has ableist and false beliefs historic to that time, at the end of the day its what the doctors explain and she doesnt have a comunity to go for help.

Ernest, one of the adult characters is HEAVELY autistic coded (i love him btw) and its so nice to see how his friends understand and love him for himself

And i really like that you can imagine a future where this child grows up loved and cherished and paints and is happy

#mystuff #the last don #aaaaaaaa #rn i wish the author was alive so i could ask him about Ernest #having the whole weight of the last don fandom on my shoulders #the thing is #i cant generally recommend this book since it can be really triggering #if anyone wants a review or a trigger list with the stuff you may wanna skip id be happy to do that #cause its a really good book #mario puzo #autism #autistic characters

[butterfilledpockets]

PHEW that one took a WHILE! hid lottsa little details in this time :)

I am so excited for all these guys to meet (I have written the dialogue and drawn teh thumbnails) I really hope you guys liked this one because i am actually quite proud of these pages :D

previous ---- part 10 ---- next (coming at some point)

masterpost

#b.e.n.t #bad end ninja turtles #tmnt crossover #tmnt au #rottmnt #rottmnt leo #future leo #tmnt 2012 #2012 donnie #don bot #mutant apocalypse #the secret thing y'all voted for was the pair ups btw (who met who first :D) #why did i decide to use white text??? i've tried black but Idk #Leo's dumb little roll took me two days to finish #how the fuck is this the last man standing of the apocalypse??? #tmnt comic #don bot canonically has bluetooth- don't worry this WILL be abused by the others at a later time