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widowshill · 6 months

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this is just an idle thought so i'm not sure i can word this well but there's ... something about supernatural narrative ambiguity (such as in cases like carmilla) that really interests me with V's ultimate fate. i.e. i think in one reading ... she did fall from the cliffs that evening at widows' hill, just like carolyn prophesied she would & roger joked endlessly about, and liz did not save her. and victoria getting her quote "happy ending," miraculously getting sent back to be with her vanished husband into a long gone century, returning to an earlier past, is just the silver telling the story version of it. her Savannah, if you will.

"I had to return him to an earlier state of being." / "I found a way to reach into the past and undo it." / "To the rest of the world, they simply cease to be."

moreover i think it's Compelling who liz is with when she finds victoria in each case: professor stokes as V contemplates suicide on the hill, and barnabas when she vanishes into the past with jeff. stokes, who certainly is more than involved with the supernatural but who comparatively represents rational thought, research, learning, Truth and accepting even difficult truth ( "I'm afraid, my dear Miss Winters, that if he is here, he feels as I do. Your place is here. Your time is now. The only way you can join him is to die." ) and barnabas of rewritten myths, of vampires, false identities, the transmutation of women's very sense of self, who has never accepted anything be it feeling or fact and has made every effort to forcibly change it, even if that is only in the telling.

#david did not tamper with roger's brakes – matthew knew they were loose and the part fell out on the road.#i didn't kill paul – he abandoned us and i am waiting for him.#victoria winters didn't commit suicide – she went into the past to be with her husband. Liz Stoddard Truth.#sometimes it's convenient to me that she fulfills the prophecy. sometimes it's convenient that she gets trapped in The Past.#sometimes! she lives and marries roger and adopts david and has another kid and they all live happily ever after.#same story different versions.#victoria winters is like a photon interference pattern. miss particle and wave. anyway.#i don't think there's a lot of that kind of thing in ds over all – as a cohesive thing it's very much Monsters Real !#but especially in laura's first appearance there is a tiny bit left open to wonder if it's just paranoia #vicki / guthrie / joe was also there I think? form the supernatural persecution side; with roger batting alone at enlightenment reason.#and david playing laura's role (laura carmilla) caught in the crossfire between them. the little car mechanic tidal chart understander #photography developer that is ALSO big time into ghosts and spooks and crystal balls !#➤ ooc. ┊ she’s nauseous，she’s hysterical，and she’s exhausted.

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doc-hudson · 4 months

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Rendezvous || Bullseye

It had started as one of those lazy afternoons when Paul had felt in the mood to laze around and watch as Nova and Maeve played on MacTunnag's property, occasionally dropping by on his own to bark an excited "hello" at him and maybe have him throw them a ball a couple of times.

Life, surprisingly, was good.

And things only became better when a familiar figure appeared by the front garden -knowing him, he was probably just done doing some work on the stables and now just killing some time by walking around.

"Bullseye" he greeted, walking towards the poor mailbox with what might seem like an uncharacteristically happy tone and smile "It's been a while, pal. How you doin'?"

@bullseye-stoddard

#t: Rendezvous #c: Bullseye

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gacmediadaily · 7 months

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The most wonderful time of the year — holiday movie season, of course — is almost here, and it's looking to be just as jam-packed as ever.

PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Great American Family will be releasing 20 new original Christmas movies in the 2023 season, up two from last year. And they'll filled with all the merriment, twinkle lights, and stars fans have come to enjoy.

Danica McKellar, Chad Michael Murray, Candace Cameron Bure, Trevor Donovan, and Jen Lilley are among the favorites returning for the festivities, which includes round-the-clock holiday-themed entertainment and will kick off on the network on Oct. 20, The first new movie debuting on Oct. 21.

See the full lineup — along with the network's descriptions — below.

12 Games of Christmas, starring Johnny Ramey and Felisha Cooper: A group of old friends and neighbors are transported into a Christmas-themed board game during a Christmas party.

A Christmas Blessing, starring Lori Loughlin, James Tupper, and Jesse Hutch: A TV chef (Loughlin) is divinely inspired to take over her late aunt’s charity with help from a new friend (Hutch) and handsome business associate next door (Tupper).

A Christmas Commission, starring Sarah Fisher and Simon Arblaster: Two rival realtors (Fisher and Arblaster) are forced to work together to sell one special house before Christmas.

A Christmas for the Ages, starring Natasha Bure and Cheryl Ladd: Prompted by their youngest granddaughter (Bure), four generations celebrate family and what Christmas was like in the '40s, '60s, '90s, and present day.

A Dash of Christmas, starring Broadway’s Laura Osnes and Christopher Russell: A marketing exec (Osnes) must learn a recipe to get her dream job and ends up entering a holiday bakeoff with a dream baker (Russell).

A Model Christmas (working title), starring Ash Tsai and Joey Heyworth: While on a charity press tour, a model (Tsai) ends up stranded by the weather at the family home of the driver (Heyworth) she hired to assist her for the week.

A Paris Christmas Waltz, starring Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison: A novice dancer (Lilley) pairs with a professional (Morrison) to enter a renowned dance competition…in Paris! The next story in The Christmas Waltz universe, the highest-rated Christmas rom-com of 2020 (which starred Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp).

A Royal Christmas Holiday, starring Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard: In search of her big break, a reporter (Underwood) arranges a Christmas interview with a European Prince (Stoddard) visiting the States. Will the reporter’s big story become her love story?

A Royal Christmas Romance (working title), starring Danica McKellar and Damon Runyan: When a European Duke (Runyon) arrives in the U.S., he realizes that his bags have been lost in transit. He has no choice but to be styled, and ultimately inspired, by Bella (McKellar), the owner of a local boutique.

A Time Capsule Christmas (working title), starring Jillian Murray and Daniel Lissing: A father (Lissing) bonds with his daughter and stumbles upon an unexpected romance (Murray) while tracking down the original owner of a Christmas time capsule.

Bringing Christmas Home (working title), starring Jill Wagner and Paul Greene: A professor of military history (Wagner) teams with an antique store owner (Greene) to track down the original owner of a historic WWII uniform and the love letters left in its pockets.

Christmas on Windmill Way, starring Christa Taylor Brown and Chad Michael Murray: To save her family's legacy windmill, a woman (Taylor Brown) must remind her ex-boyfriend (Michael Murray) of the best of their hometown.

Destined 2: Christmas Once More, starring Shae Robbins and Casey Elliott: In this sequel, Theo (Elliott) continues to miss connecting with his girlfriend, Kim (Robbins) as he attempts to propose at Christmas.

Mistletoe Moments, starring Susie Abromeit and Liam McIntyre: With her career on the line, a decorator (Abromeit) must work with an unexpected partner (McIntyre) to showcase a house for an upcoming Christmas gala.

My Christmas Hero, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Gabriel Hogan: An army reserve doctor (Bure) tracks down her family's military history with the help of a new romance (Hogan).

Our Christmas Wedding, starring Holly Deveaux and Drew Seeley: In the sequel, roles reverse as Nicole’s boss plans newly engaged Nicole (Deveaux) and Michael’s (Seeley) wedding in two weeks at Christmas.

Peppermint & Postcards, starring Ella Cannon and Christopher Russell: When a Christmas letter concerning her love life goes viral, one mom discovers that romance might be right at her door.

Santa, Maybe (working title), starring Aubrey Reynolds: Can theater director Lila (Reynolds) rise to the challenge of putting on the perfect Christmas ballet, while also discovering her office Secret Santa in the process?

The Christmas Regift (working title), starring Erin Agostino and Marshall Williams: A city manager (Williams) recruits the help of a childhood friend (Agostino) in setting right his town's Christmas Charity event, while she sets to work setting him up with her close friend.

‘Twas the Text Before Christmas, starring Merritt Patterson and Trevor Donovan: An unexpected text message sent to the wrong number (Patterson) sets into motion a Christmas tradition with a new family (Donovan) over three separate years.

Great American Christmas begins Oct. 20 on Great American Family. Fans can track the movies they want to see using the Christmas Movie Checklist App

#great american family #great american christmas #candace cameron bure #danica mckellar #trevor donovan #jill wagner #jen lilley #lori loughlin #susie abromeit

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dancurtisowesmemoney · 1 month

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Dark Shadows' Hottest Character?

One day TIE BREAKER

#dark shadows hottest character #fuck that soap opera character #ds hottest character poll #ds round 1 #abigail collins #paul stoddard

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movienized-com · 2 months

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Under the Influencer

Under the Influencer (2023) #AlexHaughey #TaylorJoreeScorse #SpencerVaughnKelly #ChandlerYoung #ZachPaulBrown #AvaWestcott Mehr auf:

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#Alex Haughey #Chandler Young #Spencer Vaughn Kelly #Taylor Joree Scorse #Zach Paul Brown

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whatithinkaboutdarkshadows · 10 months

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Episode 273: Why is there nothing there?

For sixteen weeks, starting with the introduction of seagoing con man Jason McGuire in #193 and ending today, Dark Shadows has subjected its viewers to a storyline about Jason blackmailing reclusive matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. Thirteen times in those sixteen weeks, we saw iterations of the same dreary scene- Jason makes a demand of Liz, Liz resists, he threatens to expose her terrible…

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#art wallace #bossy big sister bratty little brother #dark shadows #dark shadows before i die #laura murdoch collins #paul stoddard #shadows on the wall #soap opera law #the house #watergate

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collinsportmaine · 6 months

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He goes by the name Mr. Strak. If you see him at a local bar or pub… avoid him and do not make any bargain with him. You will regret it.

#dark shadows #leviathans #mr Strak #Paul Stoddard

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sammysdewysensitiveeyes · 4 months

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Now we are getting into the Jason McGuire storyline, because Roger already had his turn being blackmailed over his shady past, now it's Liz's turn. Jason is also immediately interesting - charming and funny, but clearly manipulative. He just strolls right into the house after Carolyn tells him Liz isn't seeing anyone, dodges all her questions, and still manages to charm her into trusting him. (Only vaguely related, but I hate it when male characters do this shit to young women like Carolyn and VIcky - just walk all over them, disregard anything they say, and act like the woman is breaking social niceties if she pushes back at all. I think one reason I dislike Burke so much is that he does this to Vicky and Maggie at times, even though they have nothing to do with his revenge plot.)

I love Jason asking about Paul Stoddard at the diner, and acting surprised when Vicky says that he disappeared years ago. What a snake.

In general, I think the show is getting better at bringing in characters that are genuinely entertaining to watch. I think Roger has also been getting wittier, maybe because his Burke Devlin plot has been put on the backburner, so he's not so tense and angry at the moment.

#dark shadows

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terrorpenned · 11 months

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DOSSIER : ELIZABETH COLLINS STODDARD

FULL NAME: Elizabeth Marie Collins Stoddard AGE: 51 BIRTH DATE: February 28, 1917 ETHNICITY: white GENDER: cis woman ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic (strong preference for women) SEXUAL ORIENTATION: biromantic (strong preference for women) RELIGION: protestant SPOKEN LANGUAGE: English CURRENT LIVING CONDITIONS: at the Collinwood estate

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS: Jamison and Catherine Collins SIBLINGS: Roger Collins SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Paul Stoddard, estranged, fate unknown CHILDREN: Carolyn Stoddard

PHYSICAL TRAITS

EYE COLOUR: hazel HAIR COLOUR: brown HEIGHT: 5'4 BODY BUILD: average for her age TATTOOS + PIERCINGS: none. clip on earrings. NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: dresses to show her wealth, with elegant highly-coiffed hair and a string of pearls around her neck. very in fashion for the mid sixties, but within a refined, repressed glamour. often dons shaped lipstick and heavy eyeliner. age is most noticeable at her hands, neck, and eyelids.

PERSONALITY

INTELLIGENCE: smart, but held back by her principles and her optimism: she will always be out-conned by those with her worst interests in mind because Liz will take the honorable path even at a personal loss. very business-savvy and is responsible for overseeing the Collins family fishery, cannery, and real-estate holdings since the death of her father. her many years in isolation at Collinwood allowed her time in solitude to undertake a great deal of personal study, including the family histories, economics, literature, botany, and some basic understanding of patterns necessary to the fishing business such as currents and zoology. LIKES: pearls, tweed, wool, nylon, Revlon 740 Certainly Red, a fire in the hearth, the company of her family, the walls of Collinwood, fresh peonies, freshly baked bread, peaches in the summertime, sunrise over the sea, the wind off the cliffs in her hair, storms, the crackle of the radio and the turntable, female soloists (Lesley Gore, Billie Holiday, Brenda Lee), the piano ( playing and listening ), champagne, coffee, tea, the smell of men's cologne, white wine, fruit pies, high fashion –– especially Yves Saint Laurent, films and moviehouses ( a fondness for old hollywood romances, but she has a secret soft spot for animation, including Disney animation ), gardens, the smell of hairspray, the smell of chanel perfume, lavender, the writings of Virginia Woolf, hydrangeas, iron, trout, salmon DISLIKES: plastics, painted wood, rock music, laziness, adultery, liars, the works of Ernest Hemingway, most contemporary Broadway productions (incl. Hair particularly), television, unbearably hot summers, bugs, the smell of chlorine, the smell of oil and gasoline, gum, costume jewelry, miniskirts, politics and argument, disobedience, leather, poachers, horror films, the works of Georgette Heyer, plastic-covered furniture, the feeling of dirty bills and coins, whisky, vodka, soda-pop, anything overly-sweet (candy, cookies, cake –– but she does have a weakness for the occasional red-velvet), fast food except a Dairy Queen sundae, motorcycles and travel in general with the exception of small boat rides or bike rides DISPOSITION: quiet, elegant, and protective. swan-like: beautiful at a distance and she prefers to keep it that way. hellish when her brood is threatened. a bit old-fashioned and slightly out of touch. enigmatic. holier-than-thou.

Biography:

Elizabeth Collins was born one of two heirs to the Collins family name and accompanying fortune. Her brother, Roger, was born when she was eight; her mother, Catherine, died in childbirth. Elizabeth was the darling of her father's eye, and Jamison never paid much attention to the fussy, demanding younger boy, preferring to leave him to the care of governessness and nannies. Neither did Roger show any promise nor capability of carrying on the family business. His elder sister, instead, was brought up as her father's right hand, accompanying him on trips to the docks, to the office, and into town on business. while Roger escaped to Yale and all the delights of a college boy's distance from his obligations, Elizabeth was carried up on the virtues of family, duty, honor, and money. though the young heiress was the beauty of Collinsport and drew many a young boy's eye, very few ever impressed Jamison's discerning eye ... or Elizabeth's.

In her late teens and through most of her twenties, she largely enjoyed the company of other girls (a habit identified as refinement and temperance ... until it wasn't). With the onset of World War II, the men of Collinsport shipped away: the Collins fleet fishermen and cannery workers became soldiers and sailors for the Navy, instead. As in the rest of the country, women stepped into the roles. Elizabeth aided her father in management of the cannery and fishing fleet, and became acquainted with a wartime hire who would rapidly ascend through the ranks: Annette "Ned" Calder, a butch who could make her swoon just as well out on the pitching decks as in the smoky, rum-stained Blue Whale. Ned went so far as to ask her to marry him, but Elizabeth refused him. This broke Ned's heart: it would be years before they would speak again.

Her next great love was closer to home: Betty Hanscombe, the pretty daughter of the Collinwood butler, and Roger's former governess. They were able to see each other more often, but close quarters meant sterner oversight, too, and the affair was no secret to anyone that lived in the house. Betty's father saw to it that she was married off to a local boy, but Elizabeth continued to see her, either finding some thin excuse to pay a visit or to steal her away from her husband up to the cold, dark manor. When Betty fell pregnant in the summer of 1945, Elizabeth began courting daydreams that they would abscond together and raise the child as their own.

After the war ended, the United States – and Collinsport – became sterner in their social punishment of such feminine indulgences. The Nuclear Family was king, heterosexuality a bastion against communism itself, and the world ran on property and capital. The Collins heiress, too, was growing older: expectations grew more persistent to enforce these norms, to be an example, and most of all, to provide the next Collins heir. The family decided to hush the scandal before it grew unmanageable and protect Elizabeth's image, and their own. Betty was sent away for psychiatric treatment at Windcliff Sanitarium on the Collins' orders, and given intense aversion therapy that severely weakened her mental and physical health. Betty was released near the end of her pregnancy but only lived a few months after delivering her daughter, Victoria, and jumped from Widow's Hill. Betty's husband took Victoria with him to New York. After a few weeks, he left her at the Hammond Foundling Home with only a note: "Her name is Victoria. I cannot take care of her."

Elizabeth, meanwhile, rushed into a hasty marriage to Paul Stoddard : the first man halfway charming enough that she could at least pretend to like convincingly. Paul, was only after the Collins fortune, and Elizabeth made an easy target. After their marriage, the relationship began to swiftly decline When her father died, in the midst of tremendous grief, Liz did all she could to keep the bulk of her inheritance out of Paul and Jason's hands, to their endless frustration. she had planned to seek out a formal separation from Paul, but it was interrupted by an unplanned pregnancy: her daughter, Carolyn Stoddard. the birth of her daughter delighted her, and brought a bit of blonde sunshine into her rapidly-darkening and sorrowful world. Paul was, if possible, a worse father than he was a husband. his disinterest and outright mistreatment of his new daughter mounted Elizabeth's frustrations and anger against him, and when she caught him with stolen family heirlooms enough was enough: she seized a poker from the fireplace and hit him over the head.

Paul's friend Jason happened upon the body in the living room, and agreed to keep the murder a secret and to help hide the body in exchange for a stream of money. Elizabeth, helpless, agreed, and she would funnel payments to McGuire for years. Jason feigned that he had buried Paul in a secret room in the basement. Elizabeth kept the key, and the guilt, around her neck for the next eighteen years. Unbeknownst to her, Paul and Jason escaped together from Collinwood with Elizabeth's money, to regions unknown. Elizabeth told the household, and everyone else, that Paul had abandoned herself and Carolyn and went off to sea.

Elizabeth became a recluse, self-imposing solitude and refusing to leave the grounds of Collinwood, devoting herself almost entirely to the care of her daughter, the business, and the estate. After two years, an investigator managed to track down Betty's daughter in a New York foundling home, who was given the last name "Winters" after the season in which she'd arrived on their doorstep. Elizabeth sent her an anonymous gifts of $50 every month to see to it that she was cared for.

But financial straights were difficult, for other reasons. her brother Roger had spent the entirety of his inheritance had his shares of the company up at auction to raise a little more cash, and Elizabeth used most her own inheritance (what was left from Paul and Jason's thefts) to buy them up and keep control within the family. Roger's involvement with the vehicular manslaughter in 1957 further drew upon her resources, monetary and social, to keep him out of prison. after he secured his innocence and sent Burke Devlin off to prison, Elizabeth paid Roger off to leave Collinwood with his new wife, Laura, to minimize the scandal and to (hopefully) earn herself some peace.

With the Collins fortune rapidly dwindling thanks to her brother's misdeeds and her own hushed scandals, Elizabeth closed up part of the house, and put an end to the parties which had one lit up the vast, grand estate. many of the rest of the properties fell into disrepair and abandonment. the staff was dismissed, leaving Elizabeth to do most of the housework herself, though she kept on Matthew Morgan as groundskeeper. Roger would return ten years later with his son, David, and though she could never hide her frustrations with her brother, she could not turn him ( and his son and Collins heir ) out of the family's ancestral home.

despite the financial strain, she elected to hire a governess for David to serve as educator and, allegedly, to give her daughter Carolyn the freedom to leave Collinwood and start her own family. to find a suitable candidate, Elizabeth contacted the Hammond Foundling Home, who recommended a bright, pretty young lady by the name of Victoria Winters.

#dossier.#elizabeth collins stoddard.

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