#all day on the sands

[mariocki]

Six Plays by Alan Bennett: All Day on the Sands (1.6, LWT, 1979)

"Look at the level of that sauce. Only started yesterday, it's gone down dramatically. I'm under no compulsion to provide sauce. Lathering it on. It's not as if my cooking needed sauce!"

"Make it available on request. Sauce available on request, that'll bring them to a sense of responsibility."

"Wouldn't care, but they go at the salt and pepper like lunatics. You'd think they'd never seen a cruet in their lives."

#six plays by alan bennett #all day on the sands #alan bennett #giles foster #1979 #single play #marjorie yates #alun armstrong #gary carp #susan hopkins #jane freeman #ken jones #helene palmer #lynne carol #clifford kershaw #harry markham #albert modley #rosalind wilson #jonathan coy #stephen greenwood #bert gaunt #elizabeth dawn #having pushed the envelope a little at times‚ this series ends on a safer note with a classic Bennett piece about holidaymakers and wryly #observed class and relationship inspired dialogue. it's also for my money perhaps the weakest of the six plays; it has some brilliantly #sharp lines and scenes in true Bennett fashion but the overall play is just a little... aimless. a meandering look at a family on holiday #as Alun Armstrong's father figure struggles with being newly unemployed and Marjorie Yates as his wife variously supports‚ cajoles‚ and #picks at him. at the centre are their two children‚ but particularly their son‚ whose misadventures we follow as he attempts to retrieve a #lost sandal. it's fine enough but it doesn't really go anywhere‚ and it hasn't the bite nor the impact that the others in this strand had #i think partly as well that lies with Giles Foster's direction‚ which hasn't the spark or creativity of Lindsay Anderson‚ nor the fluidity #or careful precision of Stephen Frears (who helmed 4 of the 6 plays and acted as producer). still‚ despite my griping‚ not a bad piece

[thesandsofelsweyr]

⚠️ cw: smut (⚤)

Jay loves the little whimper you make when you slide down his cock to the hilt. He has to fight the urge to flip you over and take you from behind like two rutting dogs, but part of his healing is giving up control to you, little by little. Trusting you with his fragile self.

#help #i've had ak jay in a jock on my mind all day #but the words won't come 😭 #this will have to do #at least it's something 😎 #smutty sands #jason todd #female reader #arkham knight #red hood #arkhamverse #jason todd x reader #arkham knight x reader #red hood x reader #jason todd smut #arkham knight smut #red hood smut #jason todd imagine #arkham knight imagine #red hood imagine #jason todd x you #arkham knight x you #red hood x you #dcu

[applestruda]

"They never left the desert"

#i seriously think about that sentence #ALL #THE #TIME #i love the idea of little remnants of 3rd life being present in adjacent hermitcraft seasons #(tho ik s8 and 3rd life dont line up perfectly) #but like #the flowerss #bruises #and sand caught in their hair #if theres 24 hours in a day i spend 12 missing desert duo and the other 12 missing boatem #goodtimeswithscar #gtws fanart #grian #grian fanart #desert duo #3rd life smp #hermitcraft #oh and if you guys think im done with desert duo angst #ive got something else in the works #my art

[respectthepetty]

If I saw this man, I'd just leave my whole entire life behind and walk away defeated.

He is sexier than Top.

He is smarter than Mew.

He is greedier than Boston.

He is more aware than Nick.

He is more possessive than Ray.

And Sand is still upset over losing him. WHICH MAKES SENSE!

You know when the Power Rangers all came together to make that one big Ranger? BOEING IS THE BIG RANGER!

He is BETTER than all of them combined.

Not even Chuem's constant belittling would affect this man. If Cheum even looked in his direction, he'd probably steal April from her.

He wears yellow. He wears glasses. He is a plant daddy.

I want him carnally. I want to look at him disrespectively. I want him to push me into a locker just so I can say he touched me. I want him to treat me like trash. I want him to ruin my life.

Laws of Attraction gave me the first perfect character in Nawin, and now Ninew and Jojo have created the second perfect character.

No notes.

Just deranged lust.

Don't save me. I don't wanna be saved.

#Mond Tanutchai #Boeing is a God and I will pray to him every day #only friends #only friends the series #he is better than all of them combined #only Sand can defeat him #but is he strong enough? #Not if he was worse about Boeing than he is about Ray #don't save me #I don't wanna be saved #I want this man to ruin my life

[moderndaypandora]

Hob is going to come home one day two months into Dream's retirement (and seven weeks into their marriage) and Dream's going to be full Victorian maiden on the chaise lounge, arm covering his eyes.

Hob, who is not a fool: Want to talk about it, or want to be consumed by the agonies for a little while longer while I prepare dinner? You got groceries, right?

Dream: [horrible groaning dirge of assent]

Hob: I'm starting to get a little concerned, dearest

Dream: I went out to. Obtain groceries. And the woman at the till said 'enjoy your food'.

Hob: And you said?
 Dream: "My thanks. you as well."

Hob: My poor love. Have a kiss to ease the sting.

Dream: [accepting the forehead kiss as his due] I can't go back to that grocery store in this lifetime.

Hob: Understandable.

Dream: Can we fake our deaths tomorrow?

Hob: Give me two weeks to wrap everything up, then we can.

Dream: <3

#dreamling #you can take the dream out of Dream but you can't take the dramatics #he's going to be horrified to realize that sometimes humans just replay their worst/embarrassing moments in their heads on loop at 3am #instead of sleeping #dream didn't suddenly gain social skills when he became an immortal human #he just lost the ability to will himself away in a cloud of sand #poor dream just wants humanity to be petting cats and fucking his husband #and instead it's Failing To Small Talk Correctly #and everybody everywhere immediately sensing he has No Chill Except On Rare Occasions #even getting drunk off his mind to forget that just results in hangovers the next day #but the bit where Hob is constantly demanding them to take lovey dovey selfies for his phone backgrounds is nice #and Hob will mention my husband in all conversations just because he's so pleased they're married #Hob. Marjorie knows we're married already. It is unnecessary to introduce me as your husband still. #Hob: idk she was looking like she'd forgotten that fact since last time

[sollucets]

now that you've already stepped into my life...

#only friends #ofts #only friends the series #raysand #sandray #khaotung thanawat #first kanaphan #cw flashing #rowan gifs #khaotunq #tusersilence #tuserhidden #anialook #userdorksinlove #uservid #usertaeminie #useralias #hi everyone that's. lots of tags for me. im ;; abt it. but #do you guys think about how hard ray has clung to sand over and over #how many times he's reached out to keep sand from leaving #do you think about how ray is terrified of being abandoned again like he's beginning to fear mew is doing to him #and how someday. in the future. he'll say that line in the caption #because sand has reached back now. and ray has to be the one to push him away. and he'll do it. and he'll regret it #anyway. do you think about that. i thought about that all day.

[sirazaroff]

How do you think velvet is handleing everything in vacco right now

She’s having a great time 🥰

#fooze #rwby #rwby fanart #velvet scarlatina #rwby velvet #coco adel #rwby coco #rwby crosshares #beacon roads take me home~ #she’s been upset to be in vacuo day one at this point cinder can turn the whole place to glass for all she cares #in all seriousness I’m sure she’s managing. busy ripping open colossal grimm worms to rescue coco #gotta keep her leader on her toes and reminder which piece of ass is actually worth barking over (hers) #I like to think the first thing vel does when team rwby and friends show up is look for the lil rose and give her a huge hug #there was a point she though Ruby was low key dead and that was so sad to read #time for hugs and kisses and gay reunions #more important than protecting sand rn #I forgot her arm tat. love that for me

[thatgirl4815]

Self-Destruction

Ray has defied expectations so many times in the last two episodes. Though he is certainly bratty and impulsive, he's also not nearly as bratty as I was inclined to believe before the series aired. This got me thinking about defense mechanisms, and the way Ray's persona could be curated to match the person he wants to be, not necessarily the one he sees himself as.

As evidenced by his reaction to waking up at Sand's place in Ep1, Ray's own sense of self is directly intertwined with wealth. I suspect he's lived his entire life in luxury; more importantly, he's lived with constant comments about this luxury from those around him (come to think of it, how many Ray scenes have there been so far where his wealth hasn't been mentioned?). I'd argue Ray's construction of self is tied up in his money too; he even tells Mew in Ep1 that the only thing he knows how to do with money is spend it. He knows how important money is to his image because there's no escaping it.

So when Sand references the financial disparity between them in Ep2, Ray surely expects it. But instead of growing defensive, we see Ray react to nearly every one of Sand's jabs with a laugh, even the ones that seem particularly targeted at his deepest struggles. Such as--

Ray isn't only a "spoiled, rich brat here"--he's "lonely," and that's the bit that we've seen reiterated throughout this episode. I'd wager it goes much farther back than the show itself, given the subtle references to it in Ep1 with his friend group (i.e., how when he's drunk he always begs them not to leave him). This could be a sign of abandonment issues, likely to do with his mother's death and his father's supposed lack of (emotional) involvement in his life (there's no proof of this yet, but I'd put money on it).

I think Ray has two go-to defenses. The first is alcohol. Understandably, this numbs him to any loneliness he might feel. The second is carelessness--more specifically, the impression of carelessness. There's this common notion that if one pretends to feel a certain way, they might actually begin to feel that way. The same could be said here. If Ray acts unbothered, then he can convince himself that he really is unbothered. The persona blurs with reality until they become one and the same.

Obviously there are consequences to each of these defenses. Alcohol can lead to dependency, creating a greater need that develops into alcoholism. Acting is also dangerous because it's a form of suppression--an attempt at persuasion. It's a desperate man's effort to convince himself he's fine. But this only leads all of one's bad feelings to fester deep inside and create an even larger hole.

The arguable third defense against Ray's loneliness is companionship, which he seeks out in Sand. This has its own risks, as Sand seems to understand, but Ray denies. Intimacy in all its forms is particularly dangerous for Ray because it could only breed more loneliness. If he forms a deep attachment to someone, that's only giving them more power over him later. The moment his control starts to slip is the moment his defense turns into a weapon to be used against him. Again, I suspect this has roots in his mother's death, leading to abandonment and attachment issues.

In terms of future eps, once Ray realizes the control that Sand has over him, I suspect he'll deny it and brush it off. At the same time, he'll need more of it (Sand really does say it perfectly in this last scene). Eventually, this back-and-forth will create an implosion.

#one day I will stop talking about Ray's psychological turmoil but that day is not today #only friends #it's just such a fruitful topic #and the way it compares to the struggles of the other characters says a lot about what they're all going through #only friends the series #ofts #only friends ep2 #only friends meta #only friends series #firstkhaotung #firstkhao #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #sandray #raysand #sanray #raysan #only friends ray #only friends sand #sand x ray #ray x sand #ray x san #san x ray #thai bl #only friends episode 2

[six-of-cringe]

Tumblr blog six-of-cringe take iceberg

#the top is stuff i dont shut up about. the bottom is for secret thoughts that have not seen the light of day #you dont even know about my soc moral ocd diagnoses. you dont even know the matthias autism #i barely even know the matthias autism the take is half buried in the sands of my vast mindscape #listen that straightforwardness can't ALL be cultural right? like. “you can't cry in a corner this room has no corners” #he's so fucking real #anyway i need to post about some of these more they need to come up a couple levels in the iceberg #hell i need to post about the top layer more. the spectral bfwp is a phantom that constantly haunts my blog and never appears #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #matthias helvar #nina zenik #six of crows #soc #six of crows memes #soc shitpost #soc headcanon #bfwp

[orionsangel86]

The girl dressed as sand at the met gala - loving that for you. Someone put Dream of the Endless in that look right now. Sandman dressed as sand I'm-

I'm cracking up im sorry its the best mental image I've ever had

#the sandman #dream of the endless #met gala 2024 #if i was queen of the dreaming I'd wear that dress for the shits and giggles #id make sand based puns all night #he'd divorce me on the spot and throw me into hell id be so annoying about it #mr sandman do you like my dress? my sand dress? mr sandman dont walk away from me #lmao #im calling it now there will be fanart of hob gadling in the sand dress before the day is over

[melatien]

My submission for @aimportantdragoncollector's trioholders event (bonus round)!!

they are at the beach

#why? to smash childrens sandcastles and so yoichi can force third to let him give him a sand mermaid tail #jk its because yoichis pale ass needs to photosynthesise #even just a smidge of tan would be a miracle #anyways it took me 16 days but i did it yall #im gonna go cry in a corner now this was a PAIN to draw #was nearly gonna draw thirds hand on yoichis waist but then i realised i'd have to draw hands 😔 #i was gonna give yoichi sunglasses but i ran out of time (ironic isnt it) #i had to make sure my first proper piece with the third ofa user was immaculate. i simply had to go plus ultra on him #....then the abs came #suddenly my will to art vanished #dont ask what happend with yoichi.... i cannot explain this phenomenon/miracle #something snapped in me after all my horrible yoichi arts i did the previous month #third only took me 3 days to draw. BLAME YOICHI FOR HOW LONG THIS TOOK!!! #his prettiness became the weakness for me finishing by the deadline #mha #shigaraki yoichi #yoichi shigaraki #one for all #my hero academia #first ofa user #third ofa user #my art #Three Weeks Of Trioholders #ichisan #i swear if i forgot a tag in here im gonna cry ITS TOO DAMN MANY #being someone that overdoes everything and is a artist AND writer is so painful. limits dont exist in the eyes of tien #just like sugis many ways to store me away #YEAH YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SAFE HUH SUGI NOW EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR A VAULTER #i will escape from under your shoe. one day.

[tethered-heartstrings]

i lived btw if you even care

#sarcasm just in case #in reference to surgery i had last week #ngl never have had surgery this major and i anticipated pain and wound care etc but not this amount of exhaustion #i am sleeping so fucking much and i already slept a lot #but today is the first day without any acute surgical related pain and my drains are out #so i am sorry to all the dms i have yet to reply to bc my brain is basically sand and goo #i also fell down the stairs lmfao but i am fine! #i'll still keep my queue where it is and may keep it at this level permanently idk #ty to everyone who gave me well wishes i really appreciate it! #the speaking clown #delete later

[arctic-rising]

draw a dragon a day 29: an old dragon

dawn is the first imperial i ever bought on fr! she's still got her iridescent/shimmer/gembond genes and has been around for forever. she turned 8 this month and is still, imo, one of the prettiest dragons i have :D

@dragonaday-fr

#flight rising #flight rising art #fr art #fr imperial #frfanart #dawn is the royal seer and a very old dragon in my lore. i love her so much still after all these years :'D #shout out to those that remember when iri/shim/gem was the height of dragon beauty back in the day #same with sand/shadow/shadow vipera/shimmer/underbelly dragons

[voiddemon]

Voiddemon thoughts because 20 million things kept me from sleeping an hour ago like I wanted.

Why is there no like. Bed frame that u can pull a foldable things of wood up on the sides so you are fully enclosed. I wanna be enclosed by my silly plushes when I sleep and spend 20 minutes moving them back so they won’t fall. I wanna feel like a baby in a crib because maybe then I will sleep like one >:(

#girl at this point I’ll just learn basic woodworking ngl. #like how hard can it be to cut/sand/add varnish to some wood and screw some hinges on and call it a day #I think I could do the engineering part too. PUT ME IN COACH!!! #rambles #toddlers have it so good fr. all of their beds have this shit but MINE CANT #why should I grow up and have more means to do things yet be less comfortable

[frobby]

I'm excited for the yohaji anime and I'm glad it's gonna reach more people BUT there's 2 things I'm afraid of:

People canceling haruaki ep 1 for his autistic swag

2. People shipping haru and Sano because they're the two protagonists

#Please PLEASE don't ship haru and Sano #Sano is 17 haru is his teacher #Theres some doki doki Kira Kira moments but yohaji draws a firm line in the sand that haru is his superior at the end of the day #I know this is gonna happen cuz We're not gonna get to miki's arc at least not in a first season #Which is a shame that shit was so cool #Can we all try to be normal? #Actually this is a weirdass series can we all just be weird in a harmless way? #Thanks guys #Yohaji #haruaki abe

[trouble-trouble-trouble]

can’t believe taylor swift wrote a song more kevin day @ riko moriyama than fucking blank space

#my boy only breaks his favourite toys #like what the fuck #‘just say when and i’d play again he was my best friend’ #‘I’M QUEEN OF SAND CASTLES HE DESTROYS’ #right on time too hellooo #all for the game #kevin day #aftg #taylor swift #the tortured poets department #Spotify