#schitts sweep

[smblmn]

“So you’re telling me there are infinite universes and not in one of them a Patrick and a David are happy if they’re apart?” “That’s correct.” David squints at this version of Patrick that reminds him so much of his Patrick, the one he met five years ago, extremely sure of himself and so, so irresistible. “I don’t know math, and even I know that’s impossible. If there are infinite versions of ourselves, at least in one of them they have to be happy apart.” “Well I do know math and that’s what I’m telling you.”

Here's my new fic In another life, Inspired by the movie Everything, Everywhere, All At Once (if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it). If there's one thing I know for sure, is that these two belong together in every universe.

#sc fic #schitt's creek #schitt's creek fanfiction #schitt's creek fic #schitt's creek fanfic #mywords #I hope you enjoy #it felt right to post it after the Oscar's sweep #david x patrick

[thegarveys]

Pretty fucking uhhhh. Transparent and pathetic that the big awards for every industry always go to the vapid and trite and uninteresting productions that don’t challenge anyone in the least or offer any idea other than a cynical and vague “kindness triumphs” or w/e

#the schitts creekification of major entertainment #it is crazy tho like Ted lasso/coda/Kimberly akimbo (very boring Broadway show that fits this mold sweeping the Tony’s tonight) #idk idk. it’s all so boring

[therecordconnection]

Ranting and Raving: "Sleeping with the Television On" by Billy Joel

1980 was a good year for Billy Joel. His seventh studio album, Glass Houses, continued his upward momentum as a superstar in a number of ways. Glass Houses was his second number one album (52nd Street was the first one, released two years prior), he scored his first number one hit on Billboard (“It’s Only Rock and Roll to Me”), and three other songs from the album were Top 40 hits (“You May Be Right,” “Don’t Ask Me Why,” and “Sometimes a Fantasy”). 

Glass Houses was an album that made a deliberate attempt to break away from the lighter, softer, and more ballad-y songs that he had been starting to become critically trashed for. Songs like “Just the Way You Are,” “She’s Always a Woman,” and “Honesty” had been successful hits, but the cost was that it started giving people the wrong impression that Billy and the band couldn’t rock with the best of them. By 1980, Joel had started playing arenas and stadiums, so those songs would only do so much and go so far in larger venues. He was gonna need to start coming up with bigger sounding songs that packed a real punch if he was gonna continue the upward swing and deliver a rock show that the growing audiences at his shows would really remember. 

“Sleeping with the Television On” represents the best attempt at doing that. It also might be one of the best songs that represents every strength Billy had as a songwriter. 

Billy Joel is a man who would rather talk to you about his album cuts rather than his hits, which makes sense. I imagine someone can only talk about “Piano Man” or “Uptown Girl” for so long before there’s nothing left to say. “Sleeping with the Television” on the other hand, is a song I have many things to say about.

The song begins with the end of “The Star Spangled Banner,” which then fades out and segues into a droning tone. This used to be the norm back in the day. TV stations would sign off for the night (imagine that!) and just transmit static until morning. That’s what the warning "Tomorrow morning you'll wake up with the white noise" means. If Diane, the woman Billy is singing to in the song, really did fall asleep with her television on, that's what she would hear. Nowadays, Diane would either hear some random channel if she still pays for cable for some reason, or she’ll wake up to Netflix asking her if she’s still watching Schitt’s Creek. Other than that little explanation, the lyrics to this song have aged very well. 

Lyrically, the song is all about refusing to take chances on possible love interests. This is expressed by looking at it from two points of view that Billy sings about. The first set of verses are aimed at a woman named Diane, whom Billy has been watching all night somewhere. The last set of verses are about Billy himself. Diane is described as a hard and overly defensive woman, someone who puts up a front and won’t let anybody try to sweep her off her feet. Billy argues, “You'll shoot 'em down because you're waiting / For somebody good to come on.” The criticisms he fires at Diane are the same ones he will also fire at himself. You can’t know for sure who the “somebody good” is unless you take a chance and talk to somebody. Billy puts Diane down probably because he sees too much of himself in her and he’s aware of what happens to those who don’t take chances.

Oh, You say you're looking for someone solid here You can't be bothered with those 'just for the night' boys Tonight unless you take some kind of chances dear Tomorrow morning you'll wake up with a white noise

In a way, one could find similarities between Billy singing to Diane here and Billy singing to Virginia in “Only the Good Die Young.” Both songs involve him trying to convince a woman to take a chance on the wild side for a change. There’s also the connection of Billy trying to convince both girls to take a chance on him. In Virginia’s case, that’s having a Catholic girl try to laugh with the sinners instead of cry with the saints. For Diane, he’s warning her about what will happen if she doesn’t give anybody a chance. There’s nothing more sad than going home alone and having only the television to keep you company, as far as this song is concerned. Billy decides that he can see through Diane’s defenses and determines that it’s her attitude that’s the big problem.

Your eyes are saying talk to me But your attitude is "don't waste my time" Your eyes are saying talk to me But you won't hear a word 'cause it just might be the same old line All night long, all night long You're only standing there 'Cause somebody once did somebody wrong (all night long, all night long) But you'll be sleeping with the television on

Billy Joel has always had great strength as a lyricist. When compared to the other piano man Elton John, Billy tends to shine more, probably due in part to the fact that Billy writes his own words, Elton doesn’t. It isn’t just that Billy writes his own words, it’s more that he tends to be a very honest man in his lyrics, perhaps a bit too honest sometimes. You hear him sing the words to his songs and you just get the sense that what he’s singing is coming from the heart. This helps him greatly when he has to perform and sing his own words to an audience. Last time I wrote about Electric Light Orchestra’s “Telephone Line” and how Jeff Lynne never leaves any trace of himself on the page. Billy on the other hand, leaves a lot of himself on the page. Part of what makes the lines in the later verses have real impact is that Billy has never tried to sell a version of himself that didn’t feel authentically him. If you consider Billy Joel a “rock star,” then he has everything going against him when trying to carry that title. He’s a short king at five foot five, he looked like a weird cross between Sylvester Stallone and Billy Crystal (especially during the seventies when he had that bushy afro thing going on), and he was a piano player in an age where the only beloved members of rock bands were the guitar player, the frontman, and maybe the drummer (if they’re lucky). He’s a “rock star” in the same weird way that somebody like Elvis Costello is a “rock star.” They’re dorks, but they’re such honest dorks that they wrap back around to being cool. If you wanted to make an analogy and link him to a Beatle, he wanted to be cool like George but had to settle for being dorky and earnest like Paul, which isn’t a bad thing.

In the case of “Sleeping with the Television On,” there might be more truth to his words than fiction. The best verse of the song is when Billy starts pointing the zap gun at himself:

This isn't easy for me to say Diane I know you don't need anybody's protection I really wish I was less of a thinking man And more a fool who's not afraid of rejection All night long, all night long I'll just be standing here 'Cause I know I don't have the guts to come on And I'll be sleeping with the television on

“I really wish I was less of a thinking man / And more a fool who's not afraid of rejection” is one of the best and most honest lines Billy has ever written in my opinion. If any rock star of the era had said this I would’ve laughed it off as a lie. Mick Jagger has never thought this, David Bowie has never thought this, none of the Beatles could’ve ever sold that. Part of what I think makes Billy Joel’s music hold up is that his words resonate with every dork and lovable loser that’s just like him. The ones that have had to step out of their comfort zone and take a chance, knowing full well it might blow up in their face. I said that Billy puts Diane down probably because he sees too much of himself in her, but I also think it’s a case of Billy wanting to shoot her down before she even has the chance to reject him. 

Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me But my attitude is "boy, don't waste your time" Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me But I won't say a word 'cause it Just might be somebody else's same old line

In his mind, he can’t be rejected if he never makes a move and he curses his inability to take a risk. We’ve all been there at one point or another. Don’t waste your time because it’s probably gonna end badly. Don’t use a pick-up line that some poor woman has had to hear a million times, both in person and on various dating apps. It’s not simply a song about a guy dunking on a woman for being too choosy and overly defensive, there’s more to it than that and Billy sees it. He’s criticizing her because he acts the same way she does and he doesn’t want to see it happen to her. It’s a song about defense mechanisms and how a reliance on them will cause you to possibly lose out on something that could be good for you. Unlike ELO’s “Telephone Line,” which was a song about a romantic situation where the outcome was undetermined, Billy knows how this scenario ends: “We're only standing here 'cause somebody might do somebody wrong / and we’ll be sleeping with the television on.” 

I admit that there are probably better ways to highlight loneliness. I imagine a lot of people who aren’t alone fall asleep with the television on. My parents have been falling asleep with the television on together for over thirty years. I have plenty of friends who say they turn on long Youtube videos or they’ll turn on a movie, get comfy in bed, and then immediately conk out. However, Billy sells the idea that sleeping with the television on is a sad fate. You can picture it, right? Sad, lonely little Billy Joel goes back home, probably cleans up his house a little, makes a late dinner or something, sees what’s on TV, and then falls asleep on the couch in a dark living room, the only sounds he hears waking up the next morning are the news or whatever channel was on during the night before. There are more gut wrenching ways to show loneliness, but Billy picks one that probably not a lot of people would think of. 

The lyrics aren’t exactly positive, but the music sure as hell is. Billy set out to make bigger sounding and more rocking songs with Glass Houses and he absolutely succeeded and then some. “Sleeping with the Television On” is just incredible! It’s this wonderfully concise song that’s just barely three minutes, it’s tight as hell, it’s bouncy, and it’s just a fun tune to listen to. What blows me away with this song is how weirdly herky-jerk it is. That intro has strange places where the band starts, then holds a note, then starts, then holds a note again. It’s like a jet ski riding on a lake. It’s smooth, then you hit a wave and you jump up a bit, then you’re back on the lake like nothing happened. It’s a real testament to the talent of Billy’s classic backing band because this song sounds deceptively easy, when in reality one bad mistake can fuck it all up and get it wrong. If you play it too slow, the song just sounds like you’ve got a band that doesn’t know what they’re doing. If you play it too fast, the rhythm gets all messed up and the song becomes too herky-jerk and way too much, it becomes too loose. The band plays this at the perfect tempo and they know where to start, when to hold, and when to keep the rhythm consistent. 

Speaking of consistent rhythm, the real star on this song has gotta be drummer and “Most Italian Sounding Name In Town” award winner, Liberatori “Liberty” Devitto. Focus on him when listening to this song and it’s such understated work but it really adds a lot. He’s constantly switching up the beat every few measures to match the changes in Billy’s vocal melody and where the song is going. It’s wonderful. I’ve counted at least four different kinds of beats he plays in the song. He never stays on one of them for too long and you can hear Neil Peart do something similar on Rush’s “Subdivisions.” What makes it stand out and makes it so wonderful is how it’s only a slight change every now and again to keep things fresh. He never throws a wrench in the song and he doesn’t bring a lot of attention to it either so it’s easy to not even notice how often he’s changing things up.

“You May Be Right” and “Sometimes a Fantasy” were the songs from Glass Houses that proved Billy was capable of writing hard rocking songs that could stand with the best of the them, but if “Sleeping with the Television On” proves anything, it proves that Billy Joel understood the genre of “new wave,” which was something that was only just beginning to crop up at the start of the decade. Arena rock bands of the early eighties like the Rolling Stones or Foreigner or Journey wouldn’t be able to pull off a song like this, but early eighties new wave acts like Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Joe Jackson, or XTC absolutely could. The song rocks, but it still retains and mostly keeps the polished pop elements that made Billy a huge star at the end of the seventies and would keep him working through the eighties and beyond. That little keyboard solo in the middle of the song lasts less than twenty seconds, but it’s such a fun little thing. It’s another memorable part of a very good song. Nothing overstays its welcome here and the song has no wild tricks up its sleeve. It knows what it wants to do, what it wants to be, and just goes for it. Most importantly, it does it right and it doesn’t waste your time. It’s just a fun and enjoyable little song on a pop-rock album, which is sometimes all that you really want. 

“Sleeping with the Television On” wasn’t one of the singles from Glass Houses, but it absolutely could’ve been. In a way, it might be better for it that it wasn’t. It’s tucked away on the second side of the album, waiting for any curious listener who wants to find it. Its creator certainly wants you to find it. It still gets played today as part of the many songs Billy Joel performs as part of his residency at Madison Square Garden that seemed endless (until he announced that it will finally be coming to an end in July 2024, with his 150th performance at the venue. Get tickets while you still can!) Billy Joel’s hits are more than worthy of attention, but so are his album cuts. What you get with “Sleeping with the Television On” is a wonderful piece of pop-rock that serves as a warning and explores the consequences of not taking chances. It’s a lesson in not being so defensive; that there’s a beauty in leaving yourself exposed and open for what could be a good opportunity. There’s the obvious risk that you’re gonna get hurt, but the song argues that taking a chance and getting hurt is better than going home alone and having nothing but the sounds of the television to comfort you. Hell, if any rockstar was gonna tell you that taking a risk might lead to something good, it’s Billy freakin’ Joel. That man is the epitome of “shoot your shot.” After he got divorced from his first wife in 1982, that man dated a supermodel who later had the nickname “The Body” (Elle Macpherson)! That guy got to be married to Christie Brinkley for nine years! If he can make stuff like that happen, shit, we all should take a chance and shoot our shot. Sometimes it works... though it helps if you’re a really successful and good piano player on top of that.

Regardless, it’s a good lesson from one of New York’s finest. Take a risk and make a move. Fortune favors the bold and if you’re lucky, you’ll still fall asleep with the television on, but there will be somebody to share breakfast with in the morning.

#original post #ranting and raving #billy joel #Youtube

[rmd-writes]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

I was tagged by the lovely @cha-melodius 💖

Rules: post the top 5 works you’re most proud of that you released in 2022 (not necessarily your most popular), your top 4 current WIPs that you’re excited to release in the new year, your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year, your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year, and your number 1 favorite line you’ve written this year!

Top 5 works I’m proudest of (in reverse chronological order)

1. Soon (Tarlos) because 3,700 words written in 100-word chapters was a challenge, albeit a fun one! There were times when I was tempted to just say “fuck it” and write the rest of the fic as per usual, but I’d said I was going to do it in drabbles, and I’m stubborn and competitive enough to compete against myself, so 37 very smutty, very short chapters it was! I didn’t reread the earlier parts until I’d finished the whole thing and I’m really pleased at how cohesive it was in the end.

2. Let’s Get Physical (Tarlos) because of the coding I learned (thanks @celeritas2997 !) to be able to include Instagram posts and images within the fic

3. What, like it’s hard? (RWRB) because of the sheer amount of time and effort that went into writing that fic, and I think it has some of my best writing in it.

4. what i want (what you deserve) (Tarlos) because taking a fic written by someone else, and writing the alternate pov - without simply repeating everything that was in the original fic - was tricky but fun. Thank you Lola for letting me play in your universe!

5. Feeling kind of sketchy (Schitt’s Creek) because it’s a slightly different style to the way I usually write

Top 4 current wips I’m excited about

Hmm, this isn’t strictly a list of wips as not all of these have actual words typed yet but:

1. (un)professional services, my collab with @welcometololaland - we’re just having a lot of fun!

2. More Tarlos gym au

3. RWRB lawyer au part 3 aka the reveal

4. samba!Carlos (mostly cos the image I have in my head of Carlos in this fic is 🔥 and I wanna write about him)

Top 3 improvements in my writing

This was really hard to come up with!

1. A year ago, I definitely would not have been able to tell a story that is both believable on the face of it, but also as the precursor to a fairly significant twist. See for eg, to the victor, the spoils and you’re all that i need

2. Related, but not quite the same, I think my story telling has improved generally

3. I’m checking my stats less, which is far healthier. Is that an improvement in my writing? Maybe not directly, but it’s related.

Top 2 writing resolutions

1. I’ve said this before, but to use a beta more regularly. I do a lot of beta reading myself so I know the benefits of using one, and I do generally have a friend or two living in my docs and to bounce ideas with. But I know my writing could be improved on immensely by taking the time to have a friend actually beta it!

2. I don’t have to do All The Things

Number 1 favorite line

I’m cheating and this is two lines but they belong together and I can’t split them:

They say goodbye in the watery dawn light, between soft cotton sheets, in a tangle of limbs; writing their love for each other into their bodies with every gentle sweep of their fingers, every tender brush of their lips, every roll of their hips and the press of their bodies together.

They say goodbye in the hush of words whispered into the space that feels sacred between them, reminders of a love that feels infinite and unknowable, and yet a love that Alex knows as surely as if it were tattooed onto his skin for the world to see.

Tagging @paper-storm @actual-sleeping-beauty @strandnreyes @treluna4 @stereopticons @mostlyinthemorning @hippolotamus @cinnaluminum @liminalmemories21 and anyone else who wants to play

#tag game #rmd writes

[weathereyehorizon]

It’s been a long, long time since I heard a love song as good as Noah Reid’s “Rivers Underground.” An epic and aching power-ballad brimming with unbridled passion, intimate warmth, and heart-on-sleeve sincerity, this standout single from Reid’s forthcoming third album Adjustments can’t help but remind one of songwriting greats like Billy Joel, Carole King, and Bruce Springsteen. It’s heated, elegant, and emotional; Reid seems to hold everything back while giving it his all in an uncompromising expression of the intensity, the purity, and the fullness of his love for his wife.

If I don’t love you now Then I might never love you There’s rivers underground Goin’ nowhere Goin’ somewhere

And if I didn’t look around I might have never found you And this game of lost and found Is goin’ somewhere Or it’s goin’ nowhere

This song feels like an ode to all the words unsaid, and all the memories waiting to be made. It’s seismic in scope and graceful in nature, with great string swells, emphatic piano chords, and gentle guitar licks ebbing and flowing with nuance and tremendous emotion as Reid expresses sheer wonder and amazement at the miracle of love, and the beauty of finding someone who loves you just as much as you love them in this frenzied, chaotic, and endlessly turbulent world. He sings his heart out, rising high and falling low with great care:

And if you don’t leave me now Then you might stay forever Oh I know it’s hard to figure out If you belong here If we belong here

But if you lay on the ground Then I’ll lay down beside you And we don’t have to talk about We’re goin’ somewhere Or goin’ nowhere

“Leading up to my wedding, I was really reflecting on my relationship with my wife, who is just totally my rock, my entire world, and how easy it would have been for us to miss each other and not be at the stage that we’re at,” the Schitt’s Creek star recently told me. “Writing this song, I was thinking about how Toronto’s built on all these underground creeks and rivers, and how that’s a good metaphor for the strangeness of human connection – these waters trying to find their way out to the lake, flowing together or ending up apart.”

“It just felt like this powerful pull that people find each other and flow together for a while, that felt like there’s a choice and there’s an inevitability to love, and that confluence just felt like it was incredibly meaningful during that time.”

Over six and a half minutes, Noah Reid treats listeners to a truly dazzling display of affection, devotion, and connection. The finale is a cathartic and triumphant tidal force of sweeping sound and radiant love: Reid spills forth in a dazzling, cinematic climax that leaves us breathless and moved, profoundly aware of just how fragile love is and how much it deserves to be nurtured, if we’re lucky enough to have it in our lives.

Noah Reid is best known for his portrayal of Patrick Brewer on the acclaimed, Emmy® Award-winning television show Schitt’s Creek, but I contend that he is as good a singer/songwriter as he is an actor. “Rivers Underground” feels timeless in itself; if Reid keeps making music at this caliber, there’s no telling how far his music career may go. Reid’s new album Adjustments is out June 24.

So if I don’t love you now Then I’ll lose you forever I’m just workin’ my way down Just flowin’ over And fallin’ over

So let me take your hand And I won’t pull you under And one day you’ll understand So just let me take your hand I promise not to pull you under And one day you’ll understand How much I love you And is it any wonder Is it any wonder…?

#noah reid #noah reid: adjustments #rivers underground #what a beautiful review #this is why i've listened to this song *mublety* times

[haloburns]

What books, series, or movies influenced your writing most?

hmmm lets see

percy jackson is a recent influence. the "dead is" series is very formative for me, too. simon vs the homosapiens, series of unfortunate events, the secret series (SOUE style mystery that is based on the five senses with synesthesia... its so good. its middle school age but man. its so fucking good.), vladimir todd, CIRQUE DU FREAK. i like that cheeky tone in the face of insurmountable odds. ....i'm just now realizing how many weird books i read as a kid. OH and the enchanted forest series. gods, you wanna talk about subversive cheeky lit?? SUCH good book that does world building in literally the best way. gregor the overlander for that crushing inevitablity and the weight of a people's expectations for you to be a hero that suzanne collins does SO fucking well. sherrilyn kenyon's nick chronicles too. man they're so fucking funny and they have the perfect balance of "i'm going to make a joke" to "shits fucking serious mate" its perfect.

oh, and even tho i'm annoyed with this author currently for the way i think she's taking the story, but kresley cole's poison princess series (tarot cards personified, fated to fight each other to the death fro the amusement of gods that no longer exist....). (she's actually written two smut series that i fucking ADORE but that's besides the point)

tv series, it'd probably be Bones for the romance, sense8 for the interconnected queer love story, buffy for the girl against the world vibes, angel for the brooding hero. buffy & angel also for the dry wit i aspire to, the only thing whedon excelled at. oh, young royals too. man the tension between wille and simon is just. amazing. and the queer story its wrapped in is just. gods.

i dunno if i have any movies that have influenced my writing... i'll think about this one and get back to you alskjdflksjdf

i also have to give a special shout out to that quote from dan levy that's something like he says that schitt's creek isn't in a homophobic world because he's tired of those stories and if you want your world to change, you gotta start with the stories you're telling and that. that is such good advice and i'm using it in everything i possibly can. there are other obstacles, homophobia is a tired and boring on in fic. let's do something else

and i also gotta mention the fic writers that have influenced my writing, whether they're aware of it or not.

first off, there's @not-close-to-straight just because i fucking LOVE how cinematically she writes, tension and drama that is literally unparalled (more than words STILL gets me and its been two years. the world won't end if we rest and its recent big twist has me foaming at the mouth BECAUSE I SHOULDVE SEEN IT BUT I DIDNT AND GODS I WISH I COULD DO THAT), and the big sweeping love stories that are twined with the drama and make my heart ache, no matter how many times i've read that couple fall in love... when i was writing early danny/mateo and trying to figure out how to manage their first kiss and make it good, i talked to her and reread as many of her fics as i could to pick apart what makes a good first kiss. i want to be that good when i grow up.

also @dreamwraith is literally everything i try to be when i write. i use his fics ALL THE TIME as research. the way he captures intense emotions and small tender gestures is so perfect, i can literally only try and be half as good. there's a fic he wrote that has a wonderfully heartbreaking scene of grief, and i read it i have no idea how many times while trying to write my invisobang. and the romance he writes?? tooth rotting sweet and heart achingly soft. so perfect.

and special shoutout to @ashilrak because without her (and my other friends from the groupchat), i probably wouldn't publish ANYTHING i write. and also, the way she writes romance is just... gods, its good, all of the flavors of it. imagery on point, streamlined into nice neat packages in a way i could never manage. the dedication to her writing is literally next to none, and i can only dream to be like that.

okay this is probably mroe than you wanted to know but apparently i'm feeling sappy and rambly today so here ya go! 💖

#also sorry for the unexpected tags kara karli and trance #i just needed yall to know i was waxing poetic abt ur work #ask game #ecto writes

[elevatefemslash]

Elevate! 2022: Day Five!

The gateway is in sight! We're sure it's not made up at all, and that you really can get there if you wear linen 🤪 We've got our biggest day of the week with three new fics and one new podfic to help you elevate, just in time for the weekend!

As always, if you want to track your reading, make a copy of the master list here and follow along every day! Stay tuned for reveals on Monday, October 17, at 9AM Eastern!

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(everybody’s watching her but) she’s looking at you — Alexis/Twyla, E, 12,854 words

There are three days between David and Patrick’s wedding and Alexis’ scheduled departure from town.

On the first day, Alexis sits across the counter from Twyla and orders a smoothie. Once Twyla delivers it, she toys with the straw in a way that is — impossibly, simultaneously — nervous and seductive.

“Could I come over tonight, Twy?” she asks.

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Five Important Relationship Conversations conversations Twyla and Alexis have.

And one they don’t have to.

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You Can Have My Back — Alexis/Twyla, T, 3,042 words

Stavros may have saved her and whisked her off to the White Party, but now Alexis has been dumped back in Schitt's Creek, and is figuring out what to do with herself. What better way to keep her skills sharp than join the all female shift of the Elm Valley Volunteer Fire Department.

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making a lark of the misery — Alexis/Twyla, T, 1,720 words

“Um, hi,” Alexis says into her cell phone. “We’re locked inside Brebner’s? Apparently, the employees didn’t bother doing, like, a sweep before locking the door or whatever.” There’s a brief pause, during which Twyla watches Alexis roll her eyes. “Yes, there is an emergency. We’re locked inside Brebner’s. Did you not hea— No. No, no one’s hurt. No, I guess we’re not in, like, actual danger, but… '' Alexis blinks several times. “I did call the police. You’re 9-1 — Oh. You mean the police station. Okay. Dial what? Okay. Okay, fine. Bye.”

Alexis hangs up her phone before giving Twyla a meaningful look. “This is gonna take a while.”

Or: Twyla Sands didn't have 'get locked in Brebner's overnight with her high school sweetheart' on her bingo card this here, but... Well, here they are. It's going to be a long night.

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[podfic] wherever you go, there you are — Stevie/Twyla, E, 1:08:37

“I wish I wasn’t watching it all happen from behind the desk,” Stevie had said, and now she’s gotten what she wished for.

The motel burns down. Stevie and Twyla go for a drive.

[podfic of wherever you go, there you are]

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Creators, if your work was revealed today, please don’t forget to update the posting date!

#sc fanworks #sc fanfic #sc fanfiction #sc fic #schitt's creek fic #schitt's creek fanfic #schitt's creek fanfiction #alexis rose #twyla sands #alexis x twyla #twyla x alexis #twylexis #stevie budd #stevie x twyla #twyla x stevie #twylie

[evilromero]

sorry no i can’t work i have to watch the schitts creek emmys sweep. yeah its going to be all day

[haroldgross]

New Post has been published on Harold Gross: The 5a.m. Critic

New Post has been published on http://literaryends.com/hgblog/the-big-door-prize/

The Big Door Prize

[3.5 stars]

Creator David West Read brings his Schitt’s Creek sensibilities and lessons to this new small town with very different effect. But, frankly, I came to this show for Chris O’Dowd (Slumberland). I was unexpectedly and pleasantly surprised to find a lot more interesting meat on the bones than the original blurbs suggested.

Door Prize is really an ensemble with O’Dowd and his screen family, Gabrielle Dennis (Wendell & Wild) and Djouliet Amara, at the center of a maelstrom that sweeps into their town upending lives and expectations. All with a wry (and sometimes evil) smile. The various stories are all intertwined and often reveal in very clever ways, each episode shifting focus to provide perspective.

The first season reaches a plateau, but doesn’t wrap up so much as blow open the walls at the end. And that’s OK as it was renewed almost out of the gate so we’ll get at least the continuing tale, if not a resolution at some point. If you’re looking for some humor, some pathos, and some very nice character work in a twisted little town, this one will do you. It’s populated with a lot of talent with both grounded and absurd folks who will unexpectedly win your sympathies, if not your heart.

Where to watch

#3stars #Comedy #Dark Comedy #Fantasy #Mystery #SeeIt #Streamed only #TV Review

[kalique]

at times i remember schitts creek sweeping the emmys and i think longingly of those days. lightning in a bottle. the cbc will never be that relevant on the world stage ever again. they have so many irrelevant ass shows that not even canadians watch. i mean, who is watching hudson and rex season 1648384? you can’t tell me hudson and rex isn’t a front for money laundering

[juwnyur]

Dan: Noah, you aptly describe Moira’s wedding officiant outfit as a “Viking Pope”

Dan: How would you describe my wedding outfit?

Noah: Vampire Highlander...

Dan: -ok

#dan levy #noah reid #schitt’s creek #schitts creek #schitts sweep #schittsource #schitts finale #eugene levy #catherine o'hara #canada #canadian #funnyisfunny #funny gif #interview #annie murphy #david rose #ewdavid #reactions #gif

[i-gotrunover-bya-porsche]

Did you full on sob for 15 minutes trying to explain what effect schitts creek had on your life after their Emmy sweep to your mom or are you normal?

#schitts creek #schitt’s creek #emmys 2020 #im just so proud if them #i then cried for another 10 minutes #schitts sweep

[upschittcreek]

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Schitt’s Creek on their 9 Emmy wins!

#schittscreekedit #tvedit #schitt's creek #schitts creek #emmys #emmys 2020 #catherine o’hara #eugene levy #dan levy #annie murphy #a clean sweep! #i can't believe they did it #1k #5k #10k #15k #20k #25k #30k

[fiona-widdershins]

CONGRATULATIONS SCHITT’S CREEK FOR NINE EMMY WINS!

#Schitt's Creek #schittscreekedit #schittscreekgifs #chewieblog #bbelcher #filmtv #dailyreblogs #userreb #userstream #Stuff I Made #FULL SWEEP BABY!!! #Long post // #1k #2k

[youthiscruel]

In honor of Catherine O'Hara AND Annie Murphy's Emmy wins

#schitts creek #schitt's creek #moira rose #catherine o'hara #emmys 2020 #emmys #alexis rose #annie murphy #I KNEW SHE'D WIN #congrats to my queen #comedy legend #best comedy actress #i make gifs now #gifs are cool #best supporting comedy actress #ANNIE WON TOO #SCHITTS CREEK SWEEP #we love to see it #may annie's career be long and successful #1k #1k+

[headbandsandflats]

When your best friends are also best friends.

I loved both of these shows a lot, I think the right one won last night, and I couldn’t love this exchange more ♥️.

#schitts creek sweeping the comedy emmys is the only good thing to happen in 2020 #schitts creek #schitt’s creek #the good place #tgp #nice shows are nice #favorites #twitter #tweets #on twitter