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ddaz3d-and-cc0nfused · 2 years

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♫ ― 𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒!

⋆ a few things to note before requesting!

before i start, i just want to emphasize the fact that this is strictly a plus size reader account, so i will not write for thin/skinny coded reader.

unless it's stated otherwise, the reader will be female.

my life is busy and more often than not, i am ridiculously exhausted, so it may take me longer to get to your request. I am not ignoring them!

this also goes hand in hand with the rule above, and though it hasn't happened before and i would prefer to keep it that way, please don't rush me to write your request!

please specify what kind of plotline that you would like, and also where it takes place/what season it's in the series/movie that you're requesting for!

i would really appreciate it if you would not send me a request anywhere else that is not in my inbox; like my comments on certain posts or in the comments on my ao3.

if i do not feel comfortable writing your request or if you have asked for something i do not write for, i have the right to delete them!

please also specify what trope you'd like! (i.e. enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, etc.)

the female characters that i write for will be paired up with female reader on default, so if you wish for the reader to be gender neutral, please state it if so!

i always try to keep my writing as race neutral as possible, but if you'd like a certain gender, religion, sexuality, skin color, etc. to be emphasized, please let me know! i'm always trying to make my account more inclusive for others!

if you want either a blurb, headcanon, or a oneshot, please tell me!

what i write: fluff, smut, angst, heavy angst, hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort, sick fics, urequited love, bad endings, platonic relationships (i.e family relationships, friendships, etc.), threesomes, polyamorous relationships.

what i do not write: self-harm, sexual offenses of any sort, non-con, dub-con, age-play, dd/lg, md/lb, any kind of sexual play, little space, scat, water sports, throw up, illegal or immoral age gaps, or just any kinks that do not include clearly stated consent, incest, cheating (on the reader), feederism, fat fetishizing, requested series/mini series, songfics, singing.

♫ ― 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

women: rowena macleod, meg masters, michonne hawthorne, maggie greene, rosita espinosa, penelope garcia, emily prentiss, jennifer jareau, tara lewis, elle greenaway, natasha romanov, wanda maximoff, tess servopoulos, ss harley quinn, annie 'starlight' january, rosalie hale, alice cullen, usagi yuzuha, kuina hikari, ann rizuna, kate sharma.

men: dean winchester, sam winchester, castiel, rick grimes, daryl dixon, glenn rhee, aaron hotchner, spencer reid, derek morgan, luke alvez, matt simmons, steve rogers, bucky barnes, tony stark, thor odinson, loki laufeyson, matthew murdock, peter parker (no smut; goes for all universes), murphy macmanus, joel miller, boaz priestly, jim hopper, jonathan byers (smut for only s4), hughie campbell, mike schmidt, edward cullen, jasper hale, emmett cullen, carlisle cullen, charlie swan, jacob black (smut only for eclipse ➝ breaking dawn part 1-2!), chishiya shuntaro, arisu rhyohei.

#✰ ― meau's masterlist !#✰ ― meau's characters !

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loverinali · 5 months

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People you'd like to know better

Thanks for tagging me @linalinsims

Song: Golden by Harry Styles

Favorite Color: Pink and Black

Currently Watching: I don't watch much series but I have to end DRUCK S4

Last Movie: Pride and Prejudice (2005) ♡

Currently Reading: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (I needed it for a story but I love Alice in Wonderland a lot so I decided to read it)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory

Last Thing I Googled: “My type Saint Motel” (I needed the lyrics to support my point in a post on my personal blog hehe)

Current Obsession: The Marauders (It's permanent)

Currently Working on: Writing 2 books, 1 fanfic (I'll never see the light) and editing a video for my YT channel ^^

Tag: anyone who wants to participate in it <3

#ask game

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simkoos · 5 years

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something tells me alice didn’t wanna see that movie anyways 👀

#the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #s4: kim-lewis #s4: alice lewis #s4: eric lewis

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cactussims · 3 years

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Spencer-Kim-Lewis

#ts4 #the sims 4 #ts4 townie makeover #sims 4 #s4 #s4 townie makeover #makeover #ts4 cas #s4 cas #sims 4 cas #eric lewis #alice spencer kim #vivian lewis #dennis kim #olivia kim lewis

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oversimplify-it · 3 years

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The Spencer-Kim-Lewis Family

#ts4 #sims 4 #s4 #townie makeovers #eric lewis #alice spencer-kim #vivian lewis #dennis kim #olivia kim-lewis #that's the end of willow creek!! stay tuned to see which world I makeover next :)#hint: it's the world that came with the first EP I ever bought!

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simstomaggie · 4 years

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Hello!!

I’m back with Round #5 of my Victorian Townie Makeovers, the Spencer-Kim-Lewis Household!

I hope you like them, and if you have wcifs, let me know :)

#townie #townies #townie makeover #sims townie makeover #the sims #the sims 4 #sims 4 #ts4 #s4 #victorian sims #historical sims #olivia lewis kim #eric lewis #alice spencer kim #vivan lewis #dennis kim

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charey111 · 4 years

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Spencer-Kim-Lewis Family

After being caught having a quickie with Dina Caliente’ at their friend’s wedding (view previous post here), Eric was determine to make it right with Alice, especially with her being pregnant. They eventually made up but the love bar definitely isn’t where it once was. They threw a small baby shower and welcomed their baby girl a couple days later.

#s4 #ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #black sims #the black simmer #alice spencer-kim #eric lewis #spencer kim lewis #black simmer #simblr #black simblr #the sims 4 screenshots #the sims 4 gameplay

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kenetijamesupdates · 4 years

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KJ wearing the Alice stunt double wig, it looks like?

Basically, just KJ having fun on the hair and makeup trailer last night.

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sillyruinscrown · 4 years

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Townie makeover: Spencer-Kim-Lewis

Vivian Lewis, Dennis Kim, Eric Lewis, Alice Spencer-Kim and Olivia Kim-Lewis

#gosh the names #the sims #the sims 4 #sims 4 #ts4 townie makeover #s4 townie makeover #townie makeover #vivian lewis #dennis kim #eric lewis #alice spencer-kim #olivia kim-lewis

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queer-as-sims · 5 years

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The Spencer-Kim-Lewis family

Okay, here’s the breakdown: Dennis Kim and Lydia Spencer had a daughter named Alice Spencer-Kim, then divorced. Alice married Eric Lewis and had her own little girl, Olivia Kim-Lewis. They live with Alice’s dad (Dennis, remember?) and Eric’s mom, Vivian Lewis. Hey, no one ever said family was easy!

#the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #s4 #Spencer-Kim-Lewis #alice spencer-kim #vivian lewis #eric lewis #dennis kim #olivia kim-lewis #spencer-kim-lewis family

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littlesunbunny · 6 years

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🌸Sul-Sul🌸

So I finished my first family townie makeover, which is the Spencer-Kim-Lewis family. I’m very proud of them, I didn’t change much of Dennis cause he was already very asian-like, just tried to age him up a little bit more. About Vivian and Eric, I tried to ad more black features on them, like the nose and the lips, I wasn’t very creative when I started on Eric so he’s pretty simple. I tried to make Alice a little more asian-like too but I’m not that good with features… About Olivia, she’s didn’t looked like a mixed race for me (if this term is racist in any kind please let me know as my english may not be as perfect as I wanted), so I enlarged her nose and made her eyes more asian-like, and she really looks good for me, by far my favorite as I changed A LOT of her.

#spencer-kim-lewis #alice spencer-kim #eric lewis #vivian lewis #dennis kim #olivia kim-lewis #townie makeover #the sims 4 #sims4 #my sims #s4 #base game

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quaylinsims · 4 years

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Alice

3 swatches.

Base Game recolor.

The artwork, as many in upcoming posts are, is by The Gorgonist.

The only editing I’ve done (apart from shrinking to the proper size) is to make the tag less noticeable. I didn’t want to completely erase it, as it’s not my art.

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#sims 4 cc #sims 4 custom content #sims 4 mm #sims 4 maxis match #sims 4 paintings #literary #gorgonist #wonderland #sims 4 bgc

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simkoos · 6 years

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i can’t wait to see how this will effect her with the fame system!

#the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #s4: kim-lewis #s4: alice lewis

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years

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LUCY & BEDROCK! (TWIST! TWIST!)

Lucille Ball & “The Flintstones”

“The Flintstones” was TV’s first primetime animated sitcom. It was produced by Hannah-Barbara animation and ran on ABC TV from 1960 to 1966. Following the show's cancellation, a film called The Man Called Flintstone, a musical spy caper that parodied James Bond, was released that same year. The show was revived in the early 1970s and several different series and made-for-TV movies. The original show also was adapted into a live-action film in 1994, and a prequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which followed in 2000.

Although not officially recognized by its creators, the show bears a very strong resemblance to TV’s “The Honeymooners”. Fred and Wilma Flintstone are reminiscent of Ralph and Alice Kramden, and they have best friends and neighbors Betty and Barney Rubble that are very similar to Ed and Trixie Norton. The original “Honeymooners” (1955-56) also was spun-off into future iterations, including musical episodes, just like “The Flintstones.”

Lucille Ball admired “Honeymooners” creator and Jackie Gleason and Gleason even played Ralph Kramden on “Here’s Lucy.” Ball also worked with the show’s other stars: Art Carney (in “Happy Anniversary and Goodbye” and “What Now Catherine Curtis”), Audrey Meadows (in “Mother of the Bride” on “Life With Lucy”) and even Jane Kean, who played Trixie in the color “Honeymooners” (who was seen on a 1966 episode of “The Lucy Show”).

CAST CONNECTIONS

Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma Flintstone / Pebbles) worked with Lucille Ball on several episodes of “My Favorite Husband” radio show in 1948.

Alan Reed (Fred Flintstone) played a train station luncheon counter attendant in “Lucy Visits The White House” (TLS S1;E23) in 1963, while also playing Fred Flintstone on ABC. He later appeared on an episode of Desi Arnaz’s “Mothers-in-Law”.

Bea Benadaret (Betty Rubble) was one of Lucille Ball’s favorite performers. She played Iris Atterbury on “My Favorite Husband” and was Ball’s first choice to play Ethel Mertz. Instead, she played Miss Lewis in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15).

Mel Blanc (Barney Rubble) was a master of voices best known for Bugs Bunny. He also worked extensively with Jack Benny, once with Lucille Ball. He did two films with Lucille Ball: The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) and G.I. Journal (1944). In 1969, Blanc did some ADR (dialogue replacement) work on “Here’s Lucy.”

Hal Smith (Various Voices) is probably best known as Otis the Drunk on “The Andy Griffith Show”. He appeared with Lucille Ball in the 1963 film Critic’s Choice and did three episodes of “The Lucy Show” and one of “Here’s Lucy.”

Howard Morris (Various Voices) played Howard Coe in “Lucy and the Golden Greek” (TLS S4;E2) in 1965.

Allan Melvin (Various Voices) is best remembered as Sam the Butcher on “The Brady Bunch” and Barney Hefner on “All in the Family.” In 1956, as Corporal Henshaw on “Sergeant Bilko,” he did was seen with Ball in “Bilko’s Ape Man.” Melvin and Ball also appeared together on the 8th Anniversary of “The Ed Sullivan Show” In 1954.

Harvey Korman (The Great Gazzoo / Various Voices) is best remembered for his work with Carol Burnett on “The Carol Burnett Show”, several times with Lucille Ball. He also appeared on “The Lucy Show” three times.

Janet Waldo (Mrs. Slaghoople / Hedda Rocker / Various Voices) is best remembered for voicing Judy Jetson on another Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, “The Jetsons” (1962-87). She played Peggy “Keep Jiggling” Dawson on “I Love Lucy” and Lucy Carmichael’s sister Marge on “The Lucy Show.”

Frank Nelson (Rockbind / Rocky Stone / Various Clerks) did two recurring characters on “I Love Lucy” - Freddie Fiillmore and Ralph Ramsey, in addition to other characters. His distinctive voice was heard on “My Favorite Husband” and he made one appearance, as the harried train conductor, on “The Lucy Show.”

June Foray (Granny / Nurses) was one of the most famous voice artists in Hollywood, most famous for Rocket J. Squirrel. Coincidentally, Warner Brothers recruited Foray to replace Bea Benadaret as Granny in their cartoons. On “I Love Lucy” she provided the bark of Fred the dog.

Paula Winslowe (Mrs. Slate / Various Voices) played Mrs. Martha Conklin on “Our Miss Brooks” opposite Gale Gordon. On “I Love Lucy” she was one of the passengers on the S.S. Constitution in “Second Honeymoon” (ILL S5;E14) and a patient (in wheelchair, above) in “Lucy Plays Florence Nightingale” (TLS S2;E14). She was the voice of Bambi’s mother in the 1942 Disney film Bambi.

Verna Felton (Pearl Slaghoople) received two Emmy nominations for her role in the Desilu series “December Bride,” playing Hilda Crocker from 1955 to 1959. She did two episodes of “I Love Lucy,” including playing Lucy’s stern maid, Mrs. Porter. Felton voiced many characters for Disney.

Howard McNear (Doctor) played Mr. Crawford, Little Ricky’s music teacher on “I Love Lucy.” McNear went on to play Floyd the Barber on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1961 to 1967, filmed on the Desilu backlot. He was also seen in Lucy and Desi’s 1953 film The Long, Long Trailer.

Herb Vigran (Cop) was one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood. He played Jule, Ricky Ricardo’s music agent on two episodes of “I Love Lucy” in addition to playing movie publicist Hal Sparks in “Lucy is Envious” (ILL S3;23). He was seen in the Lucy-Desi film The Long, Long Trailer and six episodes of “The Lucy Show” - all as doctors!

Ginny Tyler (Daisy) voiced Clementine the sheep in “Lucy Buys a Sheep” (TLS S1;E5) and the bird voices in “Lucy Gets the Bird” (TLS S3;E12) and one episode of “Here’s Lucy.” She did the voice of the sheep in Disney’s 1964 hit Mary Poppins. Although she died in 2012, her voice can still be heard in the chorus of birds outside The Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

Willard Waterman (Gus Gravel) was a versatile voice actor who appeared on hundreds of radio shows in the 1930s and 40s. He is probably best remembered for playing “The Great Gildersleeve” on both radio and TV. He was seen on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy and The Plumber” (above) and “Lucy the Rain Goddess” (S4;E15).

Jerry Hausner (Clyde) was best remembered for playing Jerry, Ricky’s agent on “I Love Lucy” (including the pilot). He also did one appearance on “The Lucy Show.”

Sam Edwards (Agent) played the star-struck bellboy in “Lucy Meets the Queen” (ILL S5;E15). He was also the voice of the adult Thumper in Bambi (1942).

Sandra Gould (Various Voices) was best remembered as Gladys Kravitz on “Bewitched”. She made two appearances on “I Love Lucy” and one (above) on “The Lucy Show.”

Ann-Margret (Ann Margrock) was one of several celebrity guest stars to be honored with character on “The Flintstones”. She was also a guest star (as herself) on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970 and had appeared on Ann-Margret’s 1969 special.

Elizabeth Taylor (Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones live action film, 1994) was one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and popular stars when she guest starred with husband Richard Burton on “Here’s Lucy” in 1970. It is odd, then, that she was cast as Pearl Slaghoople, a character that was previously considered frumpy.

Paul Winchell (Umpire / Thief / Reporter in "Wind Up Wilma” - 1981) was best known as a ventriloquist, but he was also an accomplished character actor who appeared in two episodes of “The Lucy Show” and two of “Here’s Lucy.”

Arte Johnson (”Flintstone Kids” - 1989) was best known as a cast member on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”. He also did an episode of “Here’s Lucy” as an eccentric bird watcher.

George O’Hanlon (”Flintstone Kids” - 1989) was best remembered as the voice of George Jetson on “The Jetsons,” another hit Hanna-Barbera cartoon. On “I Love Lucy” he was one of two actors to play Charlie Appleby.

"I Love Lucy” and “The Flintstones”

First, Lucille Ball bears more than a passing physical resemblance to Wilma Flintstone. In “The Flintstones” it is clear that Fred is the leading character and most stories revolve around Fred and Barney, rather than Lucy and Ethel. The tried and true formula of a leading couple and the best friends / neighbors as the secondary characters is used in “I Love Lucy”, “The Honeymooners” and “The Flintstones”.

Here are a few more tangible connections:

The animated Lucy and Desi that opened pre-syndication airings of “I Love Lucy” were created by the Hanna-Barbera unit at MGM.

And both shows were sponsored by cigarette companies; “I Love Lucy” by Philip Morris and “The Flintstones” by Winston.

Wilma and Betty trying to sneak into the Water Buffalo convention in "Ladies Night at the Lodge" (1964) while disguised as men was very close to Lucy and Ethel disguising themselves as male reporters to infiltrate Ricky’s daddy shower in “Ricky Has Labor Pains” (1953).

The plot of “Operation Switchover” (1964) recycles the premise and many of the same plot elements of “Job Switching” (1952) especially with the domestic disasters on Ricky and Fred's end: scorched clothes while ironing, a fallen cake, and overflowing rice on the stove.

Like Lucy Ricardo, Wilma Flintstone’s pregnancy was incorporated into the storyline. It was originally thought that like Lucy, Wilma would have a boy, but merchandisers pointed out that there were more opportunities for products for girls, so Pebbles was born. Like Lucille Ball, Jean Vander Pyl (who voiced Wilma) was pregnant at the time of recording and gave birth to her son on the day "The Blessed Event" originally aired on February 22, 1963.

Fred and Barney undertake a rehearsal for the big moment, including Betty rehearsing telephoning the doctor, just like Ricky and the Mertz’s do for Lucy when ‘the time has come’.

Wilma seems to get cravings for unusual foods including hot fudge and sardines that Fred dutifully supplies, just like Ricky did for Lucy.

In the father’s waiting room, a man worries his wife might deliver more than one baby, just like Mr. Stanley (Charles Lane) on “I Love Lucy.”

In “Operation Switchover” a character named Hedda Rocker from Good Cavekeeping Magazine is obviously inspired by Hedda Hopper, the famous gossip columnist who appeared on two episodes of “I Love Lucy” as herself.

Arthur Murray, who’s innovate dance instruction method and dance studios became iconic, is parodied on “The Flintstones” as Arthur Quarry. In a 1965 episode, he was named Arthury Murrayrock.

In “Lucy Meets the Mustache” (LDCH S3;E3) Lucy wants to open a sealed letter so she tries a inserting a knitting needle under the flap, a method she says she saw in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. The scene is underscored with “Funeral March of a Marionette” by Charles Gounod, which served as the theme tune of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. On “The Flintstones” he is parodied as Alvin Brickrock.

Hollyrock star Rock Quarry is a tribute to Rock Hudson, but talks like Gary Cooper. Hudson guest-starred on an episode of “I Love Lucy” set in Palm Springs. Previously, Lucy dressed as Gary Cooper (complete with his trademark ‘yup’) to fool near-sighted Caroline Appleby.

An episode titled “The Soft Touchables” is modeled after Desilu’s hit gangster series “The Untouchables.” “The Lucy Show” parodied their own show in an episode titled “Lucy The Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25) in 1966 starring “The Untouchables Cast” but using different character names.

Wilma and Betty’s favorite television show “Peek-A-Boo Camera” catches Fred and Barney acting silly in a 1963 episode that is clearly modeled after TV’s “Candid Camera” created by Allen Funt. In 1971, “Lucy and the Candid Camera” (HL S4;E14) also featured Funt in hidden camera shot plot. Lucy Carmichael also get involved in a hidden camera television show in “Lucy and the Beauty Doctor” (TLS S3;E24). In that show, the program was called “The Boiling Point.”

The hit Broadway and movie musical movie My Fair Lady inspired many satires (some in name only) including “My Fair Freddy” (1966) and “My Fair Lucy” (TLS S3;E20) in 1965!

In “Fred Flintstone Woos Again” (1961) Wilma convinces Fred to renew their wedding vows after realizing the official who originally married them wasn’t fully licensed! On “I Love Lucy” Lucy realized that their wedding was also invalid when she found an error on their license. They go to the spot they first wed to renew their vows, just like “The Flintstones”.

In “Dial ‘S’ for Suspicion” (1962) Wilma's devotion to a murder mystery novel causes Fred to wonder if Wilma is trying to away with him. In “Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Do Away With Her” (ILL S1;E4) Lucy's devotion to a murder mystery novel causes her to wonder if Ricky is trying to do away with her!

When Wilma can’t keep up with the housework, she hires a maid in “Wilma the Maid” (1963). The same situation happened in the Ricardo home in “Lucy Hires a Maid” (ILL S2;E23). While the Flintstone’s maid is an earthy Italian woman named Rockabrigida, the Ricardo’s maid is a humorless woman named Mrs. Porter. Coincidentally, Mrs. Porter was played by Verna Felton, who voices Pearl Slaghoople on “The Flintstones”.

When superhero “Superstone” is hired for a birthday party but can’t make it - Fred takes his place. On “I Love Lucy” when Superman is promised for Little Ricky’s party, but can’t make it, Lucy takes his place - nearly!

In “How To Pick A Fight With Your Wife” (1966) spats between spouses escalate to such a degree that the couples split: Fred and Barney are thrown together as roommates, while Wilma and Betty are bunking together at the other house. In “Vacation from Marriage” (ILL S2;E6) much the same thing occurs between the Ricardos and the Mertzes!

The real comparison with Lucy and Desi is something Joe Barbera could have only hoped for in 1960 — enduring popularity. Lucy is still justifiably loved by hoards of fans and “I Love Lucy” is on the air somewhere. “The Flintstones” remains a part of the popular culture, 60 years after the show’s debut.

#The flintstones #I Love Lucy #Lucille Ball #Jean Vanderpyl #Bea Benadaret #Lucy #Fred Flintstone #Mel Blanc #Hanna-Barbera #Alan Reed #Ann-Margret #Elizabeth Taylor #The Honeymooners #Hedda Hopper #frank nelson #Janet Waldo #Verna Felton #Willard Waterman #paul winchell

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devoursjohnlock · 5 years

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Through the Looking Glass

In the 2007 film Reichenbach Falls, the protagonist, DI Jack Buchan, is apparently killed by his nemesis, a Moriarty-like figure named Murray.

In the final moments of the film, Buchan is resurrected one year after his supposed death. A woman in pink, Counsellor Muriel Spark, is shot at a campaign event.

A man wearing a rabbit suit pursues the shooter, but is tackled by police and then revealed to be Buchan, back from the dead. His only thought is to get at the man who killed his partner.

SINEAD: I thought you were dead!

BUCHAN: Me too. Do you want to get these goons off me? So we can get after that fucking Monkey!

(… Buchan refers to Murray as The Monkey. It’s a whole facial hair thing, just go with it.)

In Reichenbach Falls, Buchan’s rabbit suit and the frankly alarming shade of pink worn by Muriel Spark are unquestionably meant to evoke Alice in Wonderland. The entire film has a through-the-looking-glass quality, and we’re often not sure which layer of story is real and which is not. The novel that is the focus of much of the film’s narrative begins, “Chapter One: Down the rabbit hole.” That is also the name of the first chapter of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; this phrase evokes Alice’s surreal journey so perfectly that it has become an idiom with broader meaning, one that fits both Reichenbach Falls and Sherlock very well:

To enter into a situation or begin a process or journey that is particularly strange, problematic, difficult, complex, or chaotic, especially one that becomes increasingly so as it develops or unfolds.

Alice is popularly associated with a blue dress; however, when John Tenniel first coloured his illustrations for publication, he made her dress pink (1872, left). Later Alices wore yellow (1889, centre), before finally settling on the blue we recognize today (1911, right).

(Sorry to add yet another possible source for primary colours.)

There are plenty of reasons to reference Alice in Wonderland in a film about Sherlock Holmes, given that both sets of stories are “coded” with references to Victorian culture, and both indeed display “through the rabbit hole” qualities. One of the things that drove Ronald Knox to write his Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes in 1910 was the observation that the Holmes universe appeared to be increasingly unravelling following Holmes’s return from the dead. Knox couldn’t know that this would eventually culminate in the “much-despised” Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, which made little sense to close readers, and which bears an uncanny resemblance to S4 of Sherlock in several ways.

I think it’s very likely that Doyle referenced Alice in Holmes’s fall from the Reichenbach, which occurred on exactly the same date that Alice fell through the rabbit hole. Could this overlap have inspired the writers of Reichenbach Falls to revolve their story around Alice? Perhaps. But regardless of why Rankin and Mavor decided to use it, it’s a sure bet that the link between the rabbit and the pink lady in the film is a source of the recurring rabbit imagery in Sherlock.

In other words, Sherlock must be using both the rabbit and the pink lady to invoke Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, because this is clearly how Reichenbach Falls uses them. The film begins with a fall down the rabbit hole, and the appearance of the rabbit and pink lady at the end of the film appears to indicate that we are still falling. DI Buchan gains awareness of his true nature, dies, and is resurrected, apparently having lost this knowledge.

The first rabbit we’re shown is a ceramic one near Jennifer Wilson’s corpse in A Study in Pink, symbolizing the baby she lost. This scene was recognized as a potential Alice reference several years ago.

Sherlock appears to reinforce the association with Alice in Wonderland in different ways, including the mushroom and rabbit shelf in John’s flat in Many Happy Returns and which returns in John’s and Mary’s S4 flat.

There are also similarities between the “MISS ME?” note in The Abominable Bride and the “DRINK ME” note that Alice finds while chasing the White Rabbit.

In Reichenbach Falls, the rabbit does signal an increasingly complex and bizarre narrative, but the costume itself is worn by a resurrected character, who alternately mirrors both Holmes and Watson. How are Mofftiss using this symbolism in Sherlock? Is their rabbit (Rosie) representative of one of our main characters? If so, which one? It’s surprisingly difficult to consistently argue for Rosie as a mirror for one of the main characters in S4. Yes, “Sherlock” is a girl’s name, but the baby is named for Mary—who is in turn named for a stillborn baby. According to Lestrade and John, Sherlock is a “screaming, demanding baby”, but Sherlock calls the baby “Watson”.

As I was recently reminded, the rabbit and R A C H E/Rachel seem to be a package deal. Neither is included in the unaired Pilot, and both were edited into the aired version of A Study in Pink.

So, the ambiguity over the meaning of R A C H E continues to haunt us. Which theory is right, Sherlock’s or Anderson’s (and let’s not forget that Anderson is a mirror for John)? Is R A C H E really Rachel, the baby who is somehow both alive and dead, as a metaphor for death and resurrection? Or is it rache, an angry word in German: revenge itself? Or could it be both?

Perhaps it is Rachel for Sherlock and rache for John.

Following His Last Vow, it seems we’ve moved from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to its sequel, Through the Looking Glass. After Mary shoots Sherlock, mirrors attract our attention everywhere.

In The Abominable Bride, where mirrors are weapons, we’re shown a mirror view of the iconic Sidney Paget illustration from The Final Problem. Given the excitement shown by both Moffat and Gatiss about finally having an opportunity to recreate this scene, building the falls from the opposite perspective (and with Moriarty in the dominant position) is an interesting choice.

THE DEATH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (The Final Problem) [x]

A close look at the ‘portrait’ promotional photos for S4 and their backdrops suggests that every character is mirrored in S4 except for Lestrade. Interestingly, Lestrade seems to have the power to reverse the handedness of characters in S4, as shown here in The Six Thatchers, where John becomes right-handed and Sherlock left-handed. In scenes without Lestrade, they revert to normal.

The Six Thatchers also shows John and Mary sleeping on opposite sides of the bed than they did in His Last Vow, and features cases like a sauna death by hypothermia and a drowning victim with sand in his lungs, as well as other “opposites” such as Sherlock’s mother’s fancy look and her description of Sherlock having “always been the grownup”.

Setlock images for The Lying Detective revealed that Sherlock’s 221B hallucination in a London street was filmed using a mirrored backdrop. Benedict Cumberbatch walks through this mirror to 221B.

There’s no sign whatsoever of the of this setup in the aired episode (below), because the backdrop is behind him when it falls—but it’s is visible to us because we watch the filming process, as Mofftiss know we do.

Following S4, those of us who have played The Game is Now have taken the metaphor one step further by physically walking through the 221B mirror to enter the game. Stepping through the mirror is a necessary step in becoming part of Mycroft’s network... and Moriarty’s.

So, now that we’re through (with the possible exception of Lestrade), what’s on this side of the mirror? Probably a different view from what we’ve seen from the other side.

MYCROFT: You saw the whole room when you entered it. What was directly behind you when you were murdered? Thanks in particular to @mollydobby and @jenna221b for paying such close attention to the Alice references!

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This is one of a series of posts on the film Reichenbach Falls and its reference in Sherlock. The ACiD Test is the longest of these; it provides context and refers to all the others, but they can all be read independently.

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