#keri’s answers

[lethalchiralium]

any potential update possible for 1940 series? not trying to be rude and rush you, please take however long you need, just finished both parts and they’re amazing!!

i wish there was one! i’ve been super busy finally getting what i want written for no more and happiness, but it’s definitely not forgotten about hahaha

#my bad folks just a bit busy #keri’s answers

[oldshrewsburyian]

I should not still be awake but I finally decided to watch the Diplomat and I’m not

I’m not functional

This is so good

I’ve loved Rufus Sewell since Middlemarch and the chemistry between him and Keri Russell

Why are there teen shows when there could be more of this

Yes. Fewer shows about high school drama, more shows about people reckoning with mid-life and the question of what, exactly, we can do to save a world that seems bent on ruining itself.

...Also wildly hot and talented actors.

Anyway, yes. I'm so glad you've joined me in being non-functional about all this. As you say, Rufus Sewell (!! a GIFT) and Keri Russell are both magnificent. I love Hal and Kate and their extremely chaotic chemistry so much.

#the diplomat 2023 #the diplomat #asks and answers #rufus sewell #keri russell #so many good cheekbones

[khattikeri]

very curious about this.

answer in the tags too i'm very curious abt the distribution

#keri chats #fanfiction #ao3 #ffn #please answer + rb for visuals!

[thegodthief]

A bit random, but do you happen to have any personal particular feelings about railroads and trains, particularly in a magical sense? I am living in a train town now and wondering what to make of it like spiritually and energetically

For a while, I worked in an active rail yard. My answer prior to that employment would be drastically different than after.

At the time, I was trying not to be wooish at all. But now, looking back? Rail yards are wooish as fuck and are not only an ecosystem unto themselves, but have a personhood that I will fight anyone that claims otherwise.

I wasn't a conductor nor an engineer. Just a clerk. A "gopher". Go fer this, go fer that, take this crew, deliver these goods. But it meant I drove, walked, and sometimes crawled all over that yard. I knew where it was safe to drive and where that barely concealed well hole was. I always had a sense of which engines were moving and where were the safe spaces when the runaway car alarm sounded (spoiler: nowhere in the fucking yard, that's for sure).

When I had a new clerk shadowing me for training, after going over what the book said, I would tell them what I've learned the hard way. Which tracks were never safe to walk and why you never park your car under that particular tree in the parking lot no matter how much shade it gives. What kind of sounds you expect to hear at 2am in the rail yard and which sounds should not only have you moving quickly to a safe area but also calling the yardmaster because there might be a bigger problem than anticipated.

Certain trains had certain personalities. I'm sure the engines did for sure, but I didn't work in the roundhouse so I was never acquainted with any particular engine. But there were certain dedicated routes from one city to another, cross-country, and certain trains always had certain problems regardless of the crew or engine. My job involved getting the crew's paperwork for those trains so I saw certain patterns after a while. I'm sure each observation could be explained individually, and when I was working there, I accepted the mundane explanations at face value.

But as for the rail yard itself?

Haunted.

Embodied.

And because of the trauma that happened to even make the rail yard and the way it can and will devour the careless: Feral.

Looking back, I can see that the rail yard accepted me as part of the ecosystem within it. Moments that went better for me than expected and a certain sense of... presence... during those times when I was the only person within the literal mile. By the time I left that employment, it had given me gifts that I still keep with me. Especially now that I know what they mean.

But that's my story.

You have a different perspective.

I would advise you to treat the rail yard itself as a person. The tracks are its arteries and the yard crew are its blood cells. The roundhouse is its liver and stomach while the main tower is its brain.

Respect it. Don't go climbing past the fences and ducking under chains. Once you become accustomed to the sounds of an active rail yard, it is very easy for a train engine to bear down on you with little warning.

You likely won't get timetables of which trains are traveling through on which routes, but you can sit a safe distance away and just... listen. Feel. Trains don't want to sit in one spot, they want to move.

Commuter/passenger trains want to be looked at as they pass. Freight trains just want you to get out of the damn way. The feeder trains that carry stuff to and from the local industries tend to have more character to them.

When it's night, listen for the trains. Not just their horns, but the sound of their wheels on the tracks. When it's cold and damp, that sound will eerily carry over miles and miles. The trains will sing, sometimes to each other in greeting and sometimes to themselves. Sit long enough and you'll hear the difference between a train singing because it's required to sound off at a crossing, and a train singing because the acoustics are just right and not all howling comes from wolves.

If you decide to leave offerings, don't leave anything that would be a mess for a yard crew to clean up. The yard crew is an extension of the rail yard after all, and annoying them will set the yard itself against you.

Greet the trains when they cross the road in front of you. Listen to how they sound in the wake of their passing. The rail yard will teach you its language.

And if you go for a walk one day and happen to come across a railroad spike in an area no spike should be, that's not happenstance, that's a gift. If you take it, you're part of that rail yard's ecosystem now, even if your role is that of spectator and observer. Hold it and let the song of the rails rumble through you. It might lead you to something else.

Take care.

#Keri answers an ask. #Anonymous #Keri rambles a lot huh. #I drive by that rail yard almost every day. #It's like checking up on an old friend. #I hear the trains at night and it puts me to sleep.

[frecklystars]

trying so hard not to purchase every single Ken object out there because I know this hyperfocus won't last long and I don't wanna have a whole Ryan Gosling shrine and then wake up tomorrow and feel absolutely nothing. but oh my god the willpower I have to not blow the rest of my bank account on merch.........

#im strongly considering opening my etsy shop finally #and selling Ken and Barbie acrylic charms #i just dont know if ppl would buy? and id have to learn how to do preorders #but fuck i need money so bad i want a dress and it's $60 #let me live my barbie dreams let me wear the gingham pink dress #let me reclaim that shit this movie is holding my hand thru hell #woof #i know regardless of hyperfixation i AM gonna have the barbie dolls #bc those are so cool and i'd want them regardless what my focus is #i already found a barbie that looks a little like me but i'd need to dye her hair and paint some freckles #BUT I ALSO NEED MONEY LMAO #my bday is coming up but idk if anyone in my family is gonna buy me dolls #normally my bday gifts are like... trips to Vegas but we might save money this year #idk!!!! #will absolutely make an amazon wishlist and throw it at my family #when they ask 'keri what do you want' ILL FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER

[kerizaret]

3, 5, 11, and 16 I think! :D

3. [a specific color that gives you the ick?]

Can't describe it but the shades of yellow that are very close to looking green or vice-versa. Especially the bright ones

Kind of like

5. [favorite form of potato?]

I think im gonna say fries

11. anything from your childhood you’ve held on to?

I hold onto a lot of things from my childhood i think... Tons of plushies as well as notebooks with drawings of them and their names written... a lot of other old drawings too. A huge my little pony poster from my childhood friend that still takes up a significant part of my wall. Old diaries I never wrote more than 5 pages in. Glasses I used to wear in kindergarten. Old projects and stories from the first classes of primary school. A guitar pick I got from my favourite teacher in 2nd grade that I never used because I never played guitar. Glass pebbles I won when i was 7 for making drawings for teachers and that everyone fought for. Toy plastic rings and bracelets and other toy jewellery.

There's a lot more but those all come up at the top of my head

16. thoughts on mint chocolate chip?

I like it! I don't choose this flavour a lot but it's cool

#one of these answers is not like the others /silly #i love childhood stuff #lynnie tag #keri rambles #asks #thank you for the question :3

[mccoyquialisms]

spotted in Dallas, TX June 2022

#I have so many questions and very few answers #paul dano #????? #shut up keri

[lovepollution]

do you have the video of matthew fixing keri's dress at the critics choice awards?

Here you go! 🙂

#keri russell #matthew rhys #keri x matthew #matthew x keri #the americans #critics choice awards #critics choice 2024 #asked #answered

[noxporium]

i think i have a crush on you and i only just found your blog today. your readings and intuition. i love your posts and seeing so many different decks. i was just talking today about how i needed deck recommendations and how i’m so picky. and today’s resonated so much with me. 🐝

*joy & mirth* Thank you!

Please permit me to further brag about Lee Bradford's @thesweeneytarot. I have had that copy of the deck for ten years and it has been a faithful addition to my collection. The imagery is very much "every day" and "every person" and while it was not meant for esoteric matters, when something esoteric needs to be known, it will make itself known!

I do recommend going through The Sweeney Tarot tumblr (linked above) and reading through Lee's description of their cards and the characters that are presented there. There is also an surprise in plain sight but it won't take a sonic screwdriver to uncover it.

The cards are published through The GameCrafter [1], which is where I obtained my deck. Physically, the cards have held up very well to my rough hands and rougher handling. However, Lee has created a 10th Anniversary Edition [2] which has visual and physical improvements to the original deck but at a higher cost. Both deck editions are available.

AND THEN, if you want to step a little to the side, Lee also created an oracle deck, @the-motif-deck, which has just enough of a guidebook to give you a place to start, but the meanings of the cards come from the reader and not from a pre-generated list. I have this deck as well from The GameCrafter [3] and followers will start to see it more often.

Links:

[1] https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/the-sweeney-tarot

[2] https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/the-sweeney-tarot-10th-anniversary-edition

[3] https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/the-motif-deck

Take care!

#Keri answers an ask. #Anonymous #thesweeneytarot #the-motif-deck #tarot #tarotblr

[lethalchiralium]

Mellie crying for Simon is actually breaking my heart. I’m gonna need him to come home RIGHT NOW

“Mellie.”

A little cry came from the little baby.

“It’s okay, my little love.”

She’s grown so much, Simon mused, can’t believe she used to be so small.

Mellie’s face was covered in snot and tears, her brown eyes watched every minute move her father made. He hated that she knew he was leaving, he hated seeing her cry so hard during her favorite time of the day - bedtime. He kept wiping her nose with a damp cloth, her eyes red from sneezing and from her tears.

“Daddy’ll be home soon.” He whispered to her, his daughter hiccuped as she tried to take in air. He gently rubbed her back, keeping her bottom against his chest. She was getting so good at sitting up on her own, even while he held her. He was proud of every milestone she had achieved, he was so happy that her first word was about him. But he wasn’t proud to be the first person to break her little heart.

“I’ll be home in no time. I promise you I will, my sweet Mellie.”

Copyright © 2023 lethalchiralium. All rights reserved.

#lethalchiralium #lethal chiralium #keri answers #happiness series #simon ghost riley #simon riley #call of duty #simon riley cod #simon ghost riley call of duty #simon ghost riley headcanons #simon riley mw2

[oldshrewsburyian]

Yes, okay, I need the next season IMMEDIATELY.

Yesssss, also indistinct wailing. I'm a fan of any show that gives me a Keri Russell/David Gyasi James Bond scenario at the same time as Rufus Sewell in a John Le Carré scenario. To say nothing of a show that gives me Keri Russell in that dress.

#the diplomat 2023 #asks and answers #keri russell #david gyasi #rufus sewell #but 'bi as in too bi for this cast' works too #espionage

[khattikeri]

hmm. wondering if i should migrate all my aesthetic posts back to main and delete the sideblog entirely. it's pretty inactive, I don't have a long queue for it or spam reblog the way I used to

#keri chats #vote now if you're invested i guess. if your answer is idc im counting that as a vote for migrate it back

[thegodthief]

No obligations to answer, ever. This is just for fun, I hope.

Are there any video games you're looking forward to playing?

Annnd... Have you ever been interested in bookmaking?

So there's that. And sometime this decade also finishing my very lazy, very relaxing, very blood-drenched and murderous play-through of Cult of the Lamb.

I have indeed been interested in bookmaking, but I also acknowledge my crafting limits. I would gladly be that friend to quietly sit with a bookmaker and watch them go through the process in silent admiration, or to help them with fetching this tool from that other bench, or holding the thing together while they put the brackets in place, or just to watch something beautiful being created.

#Keri answers an ask. #barelywisp

[frecklystars]

Under a readmore bc I don't wanna jinx it LOL

This is the first time I've bought myself an F/O cameo in... I think two years? Two years. Christ. I don't know how I feel about it. I should be excited but I'm kind of sad because it's been so long, and I still feel a little bit... detached from my own ships + myself as a whole. but that is just the trauma <3 and we are working on it <3 yippee <3

I have seen the twins from BrBa as my protectors, my knights, and Marco especially is so dear to me.

For the first time in a long time since I was abused, I have been able to view just a few dangerous villain F/Os as protectors instead of being afraid of them. I wish I could view all of them this way, but the fact that I have ANY F/Os at ALL that I'm unafraid of, villain or not, is such huge progress for me. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching BrBa and I have SEVEN F/Os from that series -- I have never feared ANY of them hurting me, not even once. Even the most dangerous, horrible, irredeemable villains. The twins are some of the most brutal, violent characters in the series, and all I can think about is that they'd never lay a hand on me. In fact, they'd cut off the hands of anybody else who attempts to. I feel so, so, so safe with them, so protected.

A year ago, I wouldn't have been able to feel this way at all, but I am healing slowly but surely over time and I'm starting to believe I am worthy of love and protection again. I haven't been afraid of the twins, not once, not ever, and that's HUGE for me!! That's BIG!!! I genuinely and wholeheartedly believe that I would be so loved and protected and SAFE with them!!!! With them, with Jesse, with anybody. In fact, the more dangerous they are, the softer I believe they would be just for me. That's how self shipping is SUPPOSED to be!!! This is how I'm SUPPOSED to feel!! I am so relieved beyond words that I am starting to heal. I really hope I can start to view all F/Os this way someday. In the meantime, this is a wonderful start.

So as a gift to myself, I saved up some money and found Luis available for shoutouts. I asked him to tell me (as Marco) that he loves me, that the twins will protect me, and he won't let anybody hurt me ever again 🥺🥺 I've heard he gives very good cameos so... here's to hoping my request is received and delivered smoothly.

#I MISSED USING CAMEO SOOOOOO MUCH #i wont have expectations to receive anything bc he might be on break afaik #but if he answers i will absolutely share my explosion of feelings #oh to hear Marco say hello Keri in his handsome accent 🥺🥺 #i also asked him to call me his princess if he wants to... bc thats what the twins call me #their princess 🥺🥺 #god im so excited and so nervous. but mostly excited!!! #i gave him an incredibly short explanation as to why i needed to be told im safe/loved #since the character limit is just 250 #i really really hope he calls me his princess omfg can you imagine...

[lethal-chiralium]

Me @ Ghost

real

#keri’s main answers

[mccoyquialisms]

am I not initiating these tasks because I’m lazy, or is it because I know each task is actually 6 smaller tasks in a trench coat and all that sounds exhausting?

#answer: fuck if I know but either way I feel bad about myself 🙃 #shut up keri #when I’m living on my own my cleanliness and functionality plummets it’s so embarrassing #being Perceived is apparently necessary to motivate me to get off my ass