#they probably film a couple birthday episodes a year.

[hedgeyart]

April 2nd is Filly's birthday! It's also national peanut butter and jelly day, which happens to be one of her favorites. Lucky for her, Starbright is a pretty good baker. 🥜🍓

#oc #original character #national peanut butter and jelly day #filly #starbright #filly's funhouse #my art #how old is Filly turning this year? ...don't worry about it. #they probably film a couple birthday episodes a year.

[accio-victuuri]

11/19/23 updates cpn 🎂🍦🍪

for some reason, today, both of them decided to share on their social media. for wyb, it’s his douyin. for gg it’s weibo + douyin. xzs also posted on their weibo. they didn’t even bother splitting it up like one will post in the morning and the other afternoon/evening. nope. it’s all in the same afternoon.

we were hoping for some 24 hr relay, but these gremlins are like nope. we will just post very closely to each other. for wyb it’s definitely a part of his homework completion. lol. and the fact that he is wearing something evisu related again. how many things did he do during this shoot? 😂 as for ZZ, it seems like he is trying to catch up too? ( douyin stuff are from yuguyao promotion ) nonetheless, we are happy to get stock content.

doing this made them both go on HS. i love seeing their names on HS for stuff like this. (?FYI for wyb it’s more of the “cross dressing” meaning switching clothes.)

now let’s see what else is there….

1. The same use of emojis as captions on there douyin posts as if they really have no time to think of even a word or line to use. lol. tho this kind of caption is not exclusive to them, it’s just nice to see them matching like this on the same day.

2. There are a couple of guesses on what they are “celebrating” today ; what could possibly be the reason for doing this specifically on the 19th.

(p1) it’s wyb’s 105th post on douyin. 10.5 which represents zz’s birthday, so it’s special. that’s why they both posted today. (p2) the day zz shared his japan trip. i think this doesn’t need any more explanation, japan trip cpn is notorious on this fandom. (

(p3 and p4) this one is kind of reaching but it’s one of those 2020 candies that i love and it happened around this time too. 11/18 - 11/19 it was speculated that they spent time together. for those who were here during that time, WYB shared a video (11/20) of him skating and his caption was like i wish i could go skating everyday and then the three dots. WYB loves skateboarding and i don’t doubt that he wishes he can play everyday, but the cpn-colored glasses is wondering if what he is really talking about is skateboarding. or maybe, maybe he was wishing he could spend time with GG everyday or more often. and the three dots, which in turtledom means i miss you just adds fuel to this CPN. The penguin photo was shared by XZ on 11/18 and it’s a piece that people are adding, it is making the heart gesture and could be because XZ is happy to be with WYB.

There is a CPN timeline from that period in 2020 so lemme just refresh people’s memories even if it’s totally irrelevant ( probably ) to this post. I love myself some cpn archaeology. 🔍

11/17 was luoyang opening ceremony so he was kinda busy here but they still got to spend time together. In hindsight, this is very telling, cause there was some heavy speculation that GG was present during Luoyang presscon. If he was there during the opening ceremony for the filming, he might have been introduced to select cast and crew. So it was easier for him to tag along for the press con before the official release cause he knows the people. 11/19 was the release of the wolf and WYB attended the chanel x vogue event. 11/22 GG released a douyin video and we CPN about the curtains and how it’s similar to one of Bobo’s. Again, hotel curtains are not the most reliable measure, i know, but that’s how CPNs work.

11/25, YBO posted alluding to the douban issue of downvoting works. basically manipulating data — look at YBO calling out this practice years before, they know how unreliable DB is. everyone knows. the point is, around this time, The Wolf was getting downvoted by antis.

11/29, an episode of TTXS was aired where WYB said “i can’t give up what i like”. A sentiment that is true in everything he does, from dancing to his other hobbies. No matter how hard it is and even if it seems like everything is against him, he will not give up. The same is true (probably ) with his relationships. 🤍 this episode was filmed 11/22 which was very close to when they allegedly spent time together so the feeling is there ( and there is a whole different cpn for that day too lol ).

In 2019, GG’s Bazaar promo was release where he said that he saw his love in a dream ( i don’t think this needs any explanation ) and 2021 they also posted around the same time and both are transitions.

This is all guess work, they could be posting for the simple reason of KPI or their studios scrambling to get their bosses to be visible online 😂😂😂 BUT THE POINT IS, there seems to be significant things happening during this time and always including 11/19 between them. ✨ It fits the pattern we have been seeing for years.

3. WYB’s 105th post on Douyin and GG’s 1050 post on Weibo. 🤡🤡🤡

4. The use of a light in their hands as an element to their post. For WYB it’s a transition to change clothes and for GGs it’s more of a sunshine/light.

They share the same brain cell. Lol. and BXGs are so good cause there is already an art for it.

5. I love how XZ was like i don’t wanna be doing this while filming the Douyin. goes to show what happens behind the scenes and how similar he & WYB are. in the video, XZ was asking his staff “is this viral?” and they respond with “really viral” and he proceeds to make faces like he can’t believe 🤣🤣🤣 If he only knew, the most random things go viral. and he probably didn’t want to do it cause it had the cute vibe to it.

Similar to WYB, he prefers the cool transitions and he is someone who will not be willing to do a douyin trend. Both of them would rather share things they love like photos of places or their hobbies.

The lyrics for GG’s video is:

oh no oh no i haven’t talked to my baobei

baobei, what are you doing?

muah are you there? are you asleep?

baobei, what are you doing?

why aren’t you replying?”

Going by the theme of the song, missing someone, his baobei who is not replying lol is this a shout out to WYB? 😅

Anyway, it’s being linked to WYB’s post. The whole transition with the phone light he is doing was said to be popular in 2021. There is a couple version, which means two people are doing it and the BGM used is a song i will still miss you.

Looking at the lyrics, I understand why he didn’t use it and went with the cool tune instead. It’s a bittersweet song and about missing because the couple grew apart. WYB still wants to match the missing theme but probably scrapped it cause GG’s is more on the cute type of missing someone. 🙃

6. Going back to the Japan Trip, their posts seem to echo that time. 11/19/2018.

From WYB’s use of his phone and the shot. To XZ’s most obvious posting on the same day and SAME TIME 🤯🤯🤯

THIS IS WHY JAPAN CPN WILL FOREVER BE RELEVANT!!!!!! Happy 5th anniversary i guess! 💟 Dude I can’t fuckin believe Xiao Zhan did this the fuck he is insane for this.

7. In usual turtle clowning fashion, some of em commented xz or wyb’s photo on their douyin. These might be buried now cause solos are doing the most to make sure the top posts are theirs.

-END.

Disclaimer: this is all CPN. meaning, it is interpretation/speculation from a cpf’s perspective and uses lots of symbolism and past events that are known and understood by cpn-inclined turtles. this is not the place to wash things cause again, it’s all cpn anyway. I don’t make these posts to be picked apart, it is for fun and to enjoy. Okay? Okay. If you wanna complain, do it on your own blog.

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do #feels so good to go back to fandom #i have been so busy the past days and tired lol #THIS BECAME LONGER THAN EXPECTED CAUSE I CANT KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT LOL #Youtube

[robinismywife]

[ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 ]

PAIRING: Elvis Presley x fem!reader

SUMMARY: Y/n Presley does an episode of Life in Looks for Vogue, and remembers her life with her husband Elvis.

WARNINGS: none i think??? If I missed any plz inform me!

A/N: Hey babes! I felt kinda sad writing this :(( Anyways you can either imagine Austin's version of Elvis or the real one, it's up to you!

WORD COUNT: 1k

(the gif is not mine!) (not proofread!)

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐

'Y/n Presley Life in Looks'

"Hi Vogue, I'm Y/n Presley and this is my life in looks" Y/n spoke to the camera enthusiastically.

With the release of the new film about her husband, Y/n was constantly in the spotilight, doing different interviews and the like. So, when Vogue asked her to be in one of their episodes of 'Life in Looks' she immidiately said yes, excited to relive her life through old pictures.

She opened the big black book in front of her. The first picture was from 1960. The Y/n in the picture was much younger and wearing a lovely emerald green dress.

"Oh wow, okay," Y/n chuckled dryly, realizing how much older she was. In the picture her hair was vibrant and shiny, styled in a perfect 60's hairdo. Now, in her early 70's, her hair was white all over, since she had given up on dying it, but still beautifully curled.

"Well, this was on my 20th birthday. I had this big party in my house and I'd invited everyone I'd ever spoken to really-" The camera man and the rest of the crew laughed at that "My father worked at RCA at the time, so we definetly had the money for this luxurious party, but the most exciting part was that I had invited Elvis- I had met him a couple of days prior in the recording studio after he came back from Germany and I was absolutely smitten-"

"Did he show up?" A woman spoke expectantly behind the camera

"Yes, he actually did" Y/n smiled down at the picture "It was the first time we ever spent quality time together- My invitation started it all really"

Y/n flipped the page, raising her eyebrows in surprise at the picture before her. It was her and Elvis standing on a red carpet, blinded by the lights. Elvis had his arm wrapped around her waist as they posed. "Oh goodness, this was probably the best day ever for 20-year-old me"

"Why is that?"

"Well, this was the time me and Elvis debuted as a couple at the G.I. blues premiere. It was very exciting but also frightening because suddenly my face was everywhere- I mean, the public knew my father since he worked for such a big record label, so people knew my family, but this was different. Anyways, me and Elvis always planned our outfits very carefully and tried to wear matching clothes- See here, we're both wearing black because it was our favourite color"

She flipped the page once again to reveal another picture. This one made her frown sadly but also smile at the happiness on her's and Elvis's faces.

"This was our wedding day," Y/n swallowed, soaking up the picture as all the memories from that day resurfaced "Now, this wedding dress has a whole story behind it- um- I had to go undercover to get it, actually"

"Undercover?" The woman asked, curiosity evident in her voice

"Yes, we had kept the wedding a secret from the public, since we wanted the wedding to be with just our friends and family without paparazzi. So I had to get a dress without people recognizing me. That's why, me and Larry Geller, Elvis's hair stylist, went shopping together for the dress. I wore these huge sunglasses and a head scarf and tried on the wedding dresses without taking them off- It was lots of fun, I kept calling Larry sweetie and honey so the people around us thought we were a couple"

Next picture, "Well, this was me and Elvis next to Frank Sinatra's plane- We were travelling to Hawaii for our honeymoon, but even though it was just the two of us on that plane, we were all dressed up- It was something me and Elvis loved to do, putting on very dressy clothes just to do normal, day to day things. But, I think that's what made us so distinctive really"

Y/n was now looking at a picture of her, Elvis, and their daughter in her arms "Oh, this was after I gave birth to Lisa Marie- I think we were both still in shock by the fact that we had a child- We always wanted a family together so when it finally happened it felt like a blessing, truly- It was a blissful time for us"

"Ahh, this was after Elvis made his Las Vegas debut at the international hotel in 1969- Me and him are backstage immidiately after the show and there was an amazing photographer taking all these pictures. It had to be one of the most amazing days with him, because he was so happy and proud of himself- After that show, I remember he told me, he said: Y/n I feel alive again, and I agreed for sure- Yeah those were the days- We were the happiest then, you know, he was finally doing what he loved most and I was very much content watching him"

"You were working as well at the time, right?"

"Yeah, I worked for RCA after my father's passing- Actually, something most people don't know about me is that I helped produce most of Elvis's records from '69 onwards"

"That's incredible"

"Thank you, but really it never felt like work, because the people in the studio, the Memphis Mafia as they called it, and Elvis himself were people I loved dearly, so it was always a whole lot of fun working in that studio- I miss those days, Elvis was a great man, one of a kind"

Y/n blinked quickly not wanting to cry in the middle of a Vogue video. However, she felt slightly overwhelmed now looking back at her life. She had done many many things. She had lived her life fully. Y/n had laughed, cried, loved. But she had also been loved by Elvis, and that love she cherished and kept safe in her heart. Sometimes looking back at old pictures made her feel like she was a different person, like she had never lived that luxurious life. Even so, when she met Elvis's eyes in those pictures she felt 20 again, careless and head over heels in love.

#baz luhrmann elvis #austin butler #elvis 2022 #elvis film #elvis movie #elvis presley #baz lurhman #elvis the king #elvis x reader #elvis imagine #elvis the pelvis #elvis music #elvisaaronpresley #elvis presley x y/n #elvis presley x reader #elvis and priscilla #priscilla presley #elvis presley imagine #vogue magazine

[sanctuaryforthelost]

Today marks a year that I was lucky enough to see JDM filming Dead City! Literally a dream come true and so close to my birthday too! 🥳 I wasn’t able to meet him, which is fine because I probably would have fainted.…I honestly don’t think I would have been able to form words lol.

He was mostly filming a scene of him and Maggie walking back and forth. They did it over and over again. One of the things I noticed is that as boring as that probably was to shoot, he seemed so nice and was talking to everyone on set and laughing with them. He just had such good energy.

A couple of fun little facts, now that I’ve seen the show, I’m pretty sure they were filming scenes from the last episode because I recognized the location. And I know I’ve said this before but the zombie I met told me she just got done filming a scene where JDM bashes her head in and the scene was kept in the show! 😊

When the show started production, I remember reading that they were filming all over my home state and I thought I’d never get the chance to see him. So thankful someone reached out to me and told me to get my ass over to where he was filming! The crew was really nice, as was the ‘zombie’ I met! Just such a great day! 🧟‍♀️ ❤️

#jdm #jeffrey dean morgan #dead city #negan #twd #dream come true

[fallingforfandoms]

Tag someone you want to know and/or some of your besties

@except4bunnies tagged me for my take on this lovely list, thanks so much!

favorite color: I don't have a specific one in mind, but I'm rather fond of black, green and red at the moment.

last song: "About Damn Time" by Lizzo because I'm still somehow now tired of it, even though I basically listened to the instrumental version for the past few days on repeat for ... fandom purposes ;)

last movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark - the first Indiana Jones film that I originally bought as a birthday present for my dad a couple days ago but came to love again for my very own reasons by the end of the first rewatch.

currently watching: Well, there are a few Tatort episodes left on my list, and a friend recommended "The World To Come" on Netflix which seemed quite promising at first glance, so, yay, looking forward to that!

other stuff I watched this year: Jumped on the Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon hypetrain very late (and for fic inspiration purposes at first) and loved it (apart from the infamous butchering of s7/8 of course). Also, still very much in love with "Daisy Jones and the Six". Go and watch that. The characters are awesome. The music is even better. And the enemies to lovers to enemies vibes are just ... yes. Yes, please.

shows I dropped this year: Started with the new season of Heartstopper and got punched in the feels for "you didn't have that kind of social bliss at school and the comparison hurts way too much" reasons. So, thanks, but no thanks, this kinda make-belief world ain't for me anymore, but y'all have fun with it :')

currently reading: Academic stuff that takes way too long to comprehend and that makes me feel guilty for even staring at some normal novel because I should be using my time more wisely, etc etc etc.

currently listening to: That's probably hella weird, but I love the concept of apps that read texts to you out loud. It's a great way to fall asleep to your favourite fanfics, or to find typos in the stories you've written yourself because the automated voice pronounces these words as oddly as they should be, given the faulty spelling. Highly recommending @Voice for that (I think @mistofstars mentioned the app once as well, at least that's how I know of it).

currently working on: countless WiPs that involve Wilhelmine Klemm and ... varying women, also the same old Ludwigshafen stories that will probably follow me into my grave. And lastly ... a best-of edit starring some of my all time favourite comfort characters. That one will probably be finished by January (exact date tba) and be way too long to be posted anywhere, but I'll just label this as self-care then :'D

current obsession/s: Fell in love with Bremen and Hamburg and Münster (the actual cities this time) throughout the last few weeks. And I had so many lovely little moments with random strangers on that trip (shoutout to the lady in the St. Pauli-Fanshop with all her Tüddelkram, to the guy I bought my Krabbenbrötchen from, and to Renate, the old lady on her way to Stralsund who chatted to me on the train for an hour and reminded me very much of a lovely OC by @all-my-worlds-a-stage that I still hold very close to my heart). And I simultaneously loved the fact that I was travelling alone and was completely free to do whatever I wanted. Yes please. Obsessed with these kinds of connections and trips. Want more of them asap. <3

Tagging @all-my-worlds-a-stage @cornchrunchie @mordsfesch @mistofstars @krejong @khalaris and anyone else who wants to join in! :)

#tagging game #jo lebt #personal

[l13bg0tt]

@ronald-speirs tag game

Favorite place in the world you’ve visited?

Ooooh probably somewhere in the Kananaskis region, maybe Barrier Lake. That's where my mom and I like to go paddleboarding 🫶🏻

Something you’re proud of yourself for?

I think I'll have to say how much I got my act together school-wise this year. Last school year I really struggled mentally, I was very close to dropping out. I was dealing with throwing up from my anxiety almost every day.

My favourite professor actually just recommended me for grad school which I am very proud of! (i had his class this school year lol) It has made me change up my life plans for the next couple of years but I am honoured that he thinks highly of me, so I must do it... Nothing feels as good as academic validation 😭

Favorite books?

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King's pseudonym) and With The Old Breed by Eugene Sledge <3

Something that makes your heart happy when thinking about it?

this is hard lol the first thing that came to mind after daydreaming about being w my special girl was piglets

Favorite thing about your culture?

Yikes... hockey..? wait no, not rn... Terry Fox perhaps?

When did you join the HBO War fandom? What was the first show you watched?

Joined the fandom this year! First show was Band of Brothers.

Have you read any of Easy Company’s books? If so, which ones were your favorite?

So far I have only read Sledge and the start of Leckie's!! My mom got me Webster's for my birthday and it only recently came in the mail, so I'll be starting that this weekend.

Favorite HBO War character and your favorite moment with them?

how dare you ask me this. i suppose luz... i love him in the background of every scene but the major scenes that come to mind are "got a penny" duh, "ooooklahoma" and the way he be looking in episode 8

Do you make content for any fandoms, if so; what sort of content?

I make historical war content on tiktok (huge hiatus while I attempt to get my degree lol) @506thpir and might bring some of it over here

Favorite actor/actress and your favorite film of theirs?

ugh it used to be Woody Harrelson until he pulled some conspiracy theorist BS so I suppose Miles Teller in Whiplash (or the Spectacular Now lol)

Favorite quote/s that you wish to share with others?

Unfortunately I'm not like that... I don't have one. I can actually only remember "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky 🤣 (no NOT Michael Scott)

Random fact your mutuals/followers don’t know about you?

Ich habe in der High Schule Deutsch gelernt und spreche immer noch ein bisschen. Ich versuche Spanisch für meinen Liebling zu lernen 🙈

If you’re a writer, do you need a beta reader (say yes so I can be your beta reader 🤭)?

omg we are nowhere near ready but if that day comes i will let you know

Three things that make you smile?

animals

my silly lil crush

people wearing cool outfits

Any nicknames you like?

cammy

List some people you love to see around on tumblr!

@liptonwashere @executethyself35 @mutantmanifesto @footprintsinthesxnd @ronald-speirs @malarkgirlypop @land-sh @cody-helix02 and soooo many more I forgot to edit this part before publishing the draft 😭

What would you do during a zombie apocalypse?

Everything I could to keep my loved ones safe lol sorry boring

Favorite movie?

I'll just go with She's the Man for the sake of brevity

Do you like horror movies?

yuh but i really prefer it when they're actually decent

#tag game #mutuals

[asmallexperiment]

Lance Reddick: 1962-2023

I get that we call everyone who isn't maybe one of the 20 or 30 most famous actors on the planet a "character actor," and he was that--it would not be entirely unfair to describe him as "a character actor who played a lot of cops." But...Lance Reddick was just amazingly talented and seemed from the outside to be one of the good guys.

In saying "a character actor who played a lot of cops," it, to say the least, doesn't capture the whole of it. The Wire is my favorite television show and so I guess I would say he's best known as Daniels, who was mostly a man of few words, at least until more were necessary. I'm sure there is one, but I don't know that I've ever seen an actor play the mannerisms of a fictional character so far forward. And, while that sounds like an awful thing, the way Reddick did it was nothing short of brilliant.

But your frame of reference, given his career, could be entirely different. If you're a gamer, maybe you think of him more as Sylens or Commander Zavala. Both Bosch and Fringe share with The Wire the phenomenon of being underappreciated, at least in their own time (The Wire, obviously, has evolved into a thing, culturally, that it wasn't in its time). He also had that period where he spun on that reputation a little and did a bunch of comedic bits, including a legendary appearance on Eric Andre. And he did play a bunch of other cops, with appearances on L&O, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs...I think it must have been Oz where I first became aware of him, though he was also a cop in the episode In Excelsis Deo from The West Wing, which was, at least for a moment or two, regarded as one of the best hours of drama in television history (it's still very good, though I know some people think the show hasn't aged well and a lot of the people who are still on board would probably now go for Two Cathedrals, which came a couple years later).

And, of course, he's been a persistent presence in the John Wick movies. Just reading this bit from his interview with Vulture makes me like him and Keanu more than I probably should:

Speaking of Keanu, can you give us some insight into his personality?  I’m a journeyman character actor. And whenever I work with a big movie star for the first time, I keep my guard up to protect my work from an ego. And if there’s any big movie star who’s not that person, it’s Keanu. I remember my first scene that I shot with him — it’s the first scene you see us together in the first movie — he was struggling with the timing. I said, “Keanu do you want to do XYZ?” I don’t even remember what it was. And he kind of smiled and said, “No man, you just do your thing.” My experience with him after that continues to be one with someone who’s very generous as an actor and then all about the work. He’s also very shy. This is going to sound really weird, but — he seems simple, but spiritually he’s very advanced.

That makes perfect sense, actually.  He’s incredibly deep and insightful and thoughtful. But watching him in social situations, he can be like, “I can only take so much input from other people so don’t bother me.” Which is fine. He’s very shrewd. On one hand I feel like I don’t know him very well but on the other, I just adore that guy. He’s such a wonderful human being.

How has your friendship changed after four movies? We’ve gotten to know each other a little better. I hope I don’t get in trouble for telling this story: During John Wick: Chapter Four, my first day of filming happened to be Keanu’s birthday. But he wasn’t in the scene. He came to the set anyway at nine o’clock at night with his girlfriend who I had never met. And she is … can I say a bad word?

Go for it.  His girlfriend is cool as fuck. And she told me that she asked Keanu what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said, “I want to go see Lance.” He’d never done this before but he wrote me a note thanking me for what I brought to the character in these movies. And he wanted to give the note to me. I’ll never forget it. I’m going to cry now.

Even just opening Netflix last night, it was readily apparent that I wasn't the only one who wanted to go back and watch the man's work--I ended up opting for the first couple episodes of The Wire. So, to return to where I started, I understand that Reddick isn't Keanu-famous, but in the little world of my mind and the media I have liked over the years, his place in it is prominent enough to be that kind of superstar for me.

#lance reddick #rip lance reddick #the wire #cedric daniels #john wick #charon #oz #desmond mobay #john basil #horizon zero dawn #horizon forbidden west #sylens #destiny #commander zavala #bosch #fringe #phillip broyles

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

Rheneas and the roller-coaster? (My apologies for inflicting this one on you)

Robin. What the hell did you just make me re-watch.

Heh heh. Actually, in all seriousness, it's imho... not horrible. It is however very bland. Like, I'd gotten through all of Season 7 once but I had no memory of this.

The plot is stupidly unbelievable—railway realism is thrown out the window. Then again it is far more plausible than "Rusty and the Boulder" sooooo...?

The episode simply feels like such a nothingburger than I can't even bring myself to detail all the ways in which it falls flat. Let's just agree that, well, it does. I get the sense it was written with the aim of doing Rheneas's character a long-overdue favor but in the end it's just filler.

Having stipulated, however, that this ep is a low point in season 7... there are actually a couple kudos I want to give it.

Mild kudos:

1) Hey, the "rollercoaster" runaway ride might have been silly and stupid... but it is kinda fun? A little? A pale shadow of the shenanigans of "Boulder," but I can tell the film crew were enjoying themselves. It seems obvious that Mitton wasn't really in charge of this one or, if he was, that he was entirely checked out. No, whoever directed this, you cannot make an interesting action sequence just by filming the whole thing with the camera tilted 90°... it takes a bit more than that.

But. Nevertheless. The detail of the props actually getting wet as they veer by the waterfall is such a nice touch:

This (live water!) ^ is the sort of thing that makes the model series so fun to watch, even when the writing is shit.

2) Is the writing all shit, though?

[Disclaimer: I feel the TVS has already established context/continuity in Season 6 for the NWR/Fat Controller having taken over the narrow-gauge railway and starting to make some drastic changes; we see the engines adjusting to a management style very different from what they experienced in the plots that were based on the books. So I take FC's and Rheneas's exchange in that spirit. He's trying to show a gentler side than "I'm going to shut down your entire line on a whim." Rheneas is especially keen to use this chance to prove himself to a somewhat capricious owner.]

On the one wheel, I sort of hate how this is another in a long line of episodes in this era that continue to baby-fy Rheneas and Skarloey (who are in need of kind, brave, clever Rusty to look after them in a cruel world).

On the other wheel, this particular story—if it is considered strictly on its own, and not in that sad, sorry context—I feel does a plausible job of characterizing Rheneas? Who is not an easy character to work with, since even Rev. Awdry left him quite undeveloped.

I can see people (probably yourself among them?) preferring other interpretations of Rheneas. But honestly... this one is valid. If you need him to have some sort of weakness or flaw to motivate a story, "fears he's not exciting enough to be of interest to a train full of kids" feels legitimate. In RWS, one of his things was very much always seeming to be overshadowed by Skarloey's charisma. He's the quieter and more serious of the pair, and while he gamely gives it a go he's also nervous and not at all comfortable when the Thin Controller puts him on the spot to give a little speech on his birthday.

The "insecurity" motive gets way overused in TVS, of course—but as of Season 7 it wasn't quite overused yet. And, obviously it would be stupid to have Rheneas feel he's not up to most jobs, given that at this point he's got over a hundred years of badassery under his boiler bands. But the specific charge of "this is a very special day for the kiddos; make sure it's memorable for them!"... like okay, I can actually roll with this and easily believe in a Rheneas that's secretly going, Well, fuck. Then why didn't you have literally anyone else do it? I'm not the entertaining one.

*insert cute image of Rheneas licking his thumb and quickly flipping a handbook entitled How To Be Fun*

Sooooo... yeah. It's not a good episode. But I don't actually find it dire. It's within the usual range of Season 7 bland.

(Which I used to think was the worst... until I watched the next few seasons. At least Season 7 bland was still short and sweet, clocking in at under 6 minutes a pop!)

#chatter #this is ttte #ttte #ttte episode talk #ttte season 7 #rheneas' rollercoaster #ttte rheneas #ttte skarloey #the fat controller #narrow-gauge is all the rage #... mitton IS listed as the director for this one i know but i truly believe he read the script said 'fuck this' and delegated 😂 #james mason #<- this is the writer for this episode #kinda interesting to look at his credits #and i believe it bears out my sense that he's a writer with a good handle on the characters #yes he wrote a lot of crappy boring episodes #but notably he also gave us 'It's Only Snow' (GREAT characterisations all around) #'Respect for Gordon' (commonly cited as people's favorite HiT episode) #and 'Saving Edward' (which is less universally approved but at least a relevant episode #that shows some understanding of the characters as more than just #ciphers who can be interchangeably shoved into a silly three-strikes plot)

[stormyoceans]

SEA CUT HIS HAIR MONICA I'M SCARED. first of all sea and especially jimmy looks so good with long hair 😭 second of all what does it means for our skyy2???? did they shoot scenes like in the future and now will shoot present time? orrr what? if they just fucked up and sea will be with different hair length like he was in vice versa I'll k*ll someone. maybe i need to wait and see if doctor jimmy will cut his hair too...

IM SORRY HE DID WHAT. WHEN WHY WHAT. IM [RATTLES THE BARS OF MY CAGE] WHAT'S HAPPENING WHAT'S HAPPENING WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAIT OKAY I GOT IT HEAR ME OUT. you know one of the reasons people get their hair done to look all nice and cleancut??? A WEDDING!!!!!!! im pretty sure the our skyy episodes are gonna be set at least a couple of years into the future and they're using the longer hair to show the passage of time, but they're not wearing rings, so they're not married yet. in one of the bts pictures we saw, there was a cake in front of puen, which probably means they're gonna adapt his birthday special chapter from the novel, and MAYBE after tup and tou leave the party puen is gonna look at talay and be like 'we've been friends for two years, boyfriends for even more time, you know i want to spend the rest of my life with you, so what do you say? will you finally marry me?', and they're gonna use Q4 to film the actual ceremony!!!!!

HONESTLY IT'S EITHER THAT OR THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF FLASHBACKS THAT WILL ALL GET FILMED ON THE SAME DAY sea's hair are just TOO SHORT now for it to be a continuity error. or maybe Q4 isn't gonna be the last day of filming like it was for the eclipse and we're getting puen's birthday in one episode, and another special chapter set in the past or even in the alternate universe in the other???

I LITERALLY FEEL LIKE AN INSANE PERSON RN SOMEONE GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!!!!

#THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH AT THIS RATE IM GONNA GET DRAGGED INTO A PADDED ROOM BEFORE THESE EPISODES ARE EVEN OUT #ALSO COME BACK TO ME ANON DID JIMMY CUT HIS HAIR TOO IM OUT OF THE LOOP HERE #vice versa #our skyy 2 #m: ask

[rabbuy6]

Tagged by @rosier-than-roses

Name: rabbuy6

Star sign: Cancer

Height: neither manlet nor giant

Birthday: a long time ago

Fave artists: VH, old Metallica, old Slayer, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Waylon, Merle, Morricone, Skynyrd, AC/DC, Motörhead

Song that I have stuck in my head: Van Halen, On Fire

Last film I watched: Brannigan!

Last show I binged: probably a couple episodes of TNG

Created my blog: earlier this year after the last JIDF operation nuked the previous one

Last thing I googled duckduckgoed: local clown world crime

Other blogs: nein

Followers: used to have 6 million but after all the hall of costs, only a handful. Still waiting to read a good survivor memoir

I tag all mutuals and any alphabet agents reading this.

[tropicalfreckles]

*unmasks myself Lupin style* it was me! >:)

I saw Ace attorney trending and I knew that I had to do something for this. Sooo.... here's a interesting question: what would the Lupin and Conan gang opinion on the whole Christmas thing? Which ones would agree with Phoenix? Which ones wouldn't? And would there be some people who are in the middle/ have a completely different opinion? What a complex subject 🤔

OH HEY, been a while. Yeah, I totally blanked on how close to christmas it was and remembering the last non dlc case for the first game lol. It's been a hot minute since I've seen Case Closed so I do no recall the earlier seasons or if there are any films I had watched that touched up on the christmas subject tbh. I could see Ran/Rachel celebrating it, unsure on Shinichi himself, since those two like FINALLY hooked up, and since christmas is seen in Japan as a couple's holiday as well, I can see if he can manage being unshrunk for a day that the pair would spend it together just because. Actually didn't he make a love confession in the anime and manga in the snow. I forget. I am like SURE the anime has touched up on the holidays at least a few times, I just never got to see it. Kogoro/Richard I see probably going either or, either being BLEH about the holidays cause he's Very Divorced or being in a drunken haze of enjoying himself.

Phoenix, oh I think he would get into the holiday for Maya and Pearl. Seeing how much he fell into a big brother esque role for the both and especially loves looking over Pearl with how much he goes out of his way to do stuff for her, he would want her to celebrate her first christmas outside of the secluded Fey family village. Sometimes he probably would remember that awkward ass case with Edgeworth and how he got tased trying to clear his name, but I think he would be okay with celebrating it.

Gumshoe would 100% get a gift for Edgeworth he begrudgingly accepts while telling him this better not be a bribe or something lol. I think despite how much of a dick Edgeworth can be he would appreciate it. Phoenix and Miles would also get each other gifts, Maya finds a silver samurai figure or keycharm and pushes it in Phoenix's face to gift him as a fellow fan. Miles might get Phoenix a more practical gift. (Franziska gets a gift from Miles but she doesn't get a gift for him probably LOL)

Lupin gang, oh Lupin would be all about Christmas. That man's love language is gift giving, he would be SPOILING the others. Fujiko would be all about Christmas too, my greedy queen would be like HAHA YES give me everything. <3 I think Goemon would be neutral about it and would typically just go train during the holidays but I also think he would quietly enjoy just being with the others around that time. Jigen I'm unsure, I mean I'm thinking back to that part 2 episode where they accidentally stole children's toys too now lol.

I could see Jigen enjoying it if he's spending it with Lupin.

Zenigata treats it like any other day even tho one of his two semi-canon birthdays is on Christmas. I'm guessing partially due to being a workaholic, another part of his just plain obsession has made it hard for him to really enjoy himself in others company since he has a hard time holding outside relationships cause of his own fault. I like to think Lupin starts leaving him gifts over the years, but gifts he knows Zenigata wouldn't reject or put into evidence cause his first thought is this is stolen. Zenigata's big emotional heart is touched by it for sure.

#i know that sounds mean towards zenigata but im not wrong #i say this as someone who loves him #lupin makes that observation himself more that once in the series #whenever zenigata starts blaming lupin for his own problems #while lupin is the cause of some problems most of that is all zengiata #asks #whoa this was longer than I meant for it #this is just my thoughts on it for fun

[accio-victuuri]

CPN : Yibo’s 3 fears ( under the bxg lens ) 🔬

I wanted to wait a bit for the whole micro movie to be out for more clues or probably a more in depth explanation from yibo or the dancers about the concept of “fear”. but I realized it won’t change the background stories I will talk about or the cpn along with it. So in the recent SDC episode, a trailer of yibo’s movie was shown and he explained that they decided their theme will be some things that people may fear. He said it in a way that implies it’s common for people to fear these 3 things, but if you look closely, these are stuff he talked about before.

disclaimer: for turtles only. if you’re not into cpn then move along. don’t roll your eyes too hard, this post is not for you.

Let’s start with the 3 things that he fears :

These are things a lot of people may add to their list of fears, it’s a combination of superficial and existential ones. I also want to mention that it’s cool how he seems to be trying to get comfortable with getting to know his fears. He singled out being afraid of the dark and said he wants people to see a different side of him. One that is not afraid of the dark.

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DARKNESS.

This is one well known fact that every Yibo fan knows and it’s not like he hides it. He keeps the lights on when he sleeps, or keeps the door open so that light from outside can come in. The latest example I can think of is the TTXS episode where they went inside dark rooms and he clearly did not want to be there.

starts at 13:05, everyone’s favorite interview where GG proceeds to clown him and scare him even more about his setup when he’s at a hotel. In interviews, sometimes we really can’t tell if they are telling the truth. Like GG acting like he doesn’t know Web can’t sleep with the lights off. Dude, you lived together. You spent time together, so close, in a hotel that has a transparent door divider. How could you not know? Or maybe since he was close by at the time, WYB felt comfortable enough to not keep it on.

Let’s expand more into this fear by adding things associated with it which is horror movies/ghosts as well as insects. things that commonly come out in the dark.

I want to talk about this particularly in the angle of WYB facing this fear as long as he is with GG. Back in 2018, when they watched Haunted Asylum as a group. Who do you think suggested a horror film as a form of bonding experience? My vote would be GG. because he loves that type of films. Plus as the person with the lead role, he was a natural leader so I see him suggesting it as a group activity. WYB would naturally say yes because his Zhan-ge asked, it will be fine because GG is there. Years later, we see that Horror podcast on XMLY. I know the CPN is GG was using his account and I think that is still true. However a part of me thinks WYB could have tried to listen to it too since GG likes it. It’s also a way to challenge himself to face his fear ( of the dark and all the things that come with it ). It is a common CPN that they try watch similar things when they are apart. Even play games together. A couple activity.

Another one is GG chasing him with a bug on his 21st birthday. It may be horrifying, but that memory can also be sweet. There is a bug/insect that he fears, but GG was actually trying to play with him. GG’s attention was on him that whole night and they even went running/jogging early the next day. It’s like when his fear is mixed in with a memory of GG, it’s not so scary anymore.

Yibo saying that he wants to show a side of himself that is not afraid of the dark is a clue for me of growth. I’d like to think that the boys make each other stronger. A better version of themselves. It’s as if, I have to be strong because I have someone I want to protect. That is what I’ve always loved about them. They became “more” after meeting each other.

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LONELINESS.

Twinkling, twinkling, glistering, just like your body

Even hidden among many lonely stars, I still found you

Up in the sky shining, reflecting my loneliness

Remind me, I'm a lonely star too

As soon as Yibo said Loneliness my mind immediately went to how GG changed the lyrics of his favorite song from “i’m no longer a lonely star” to “I’m deeply in love with a lonely star.” back in 2019. It was such a sweet gesture, interpret it how you want but a popular CPN is that it’s a reference to Yibo. I’ve already talked about GG seeing Yibo as his star and how that symbolism keeps on appearing between them. I’m thinking of 2018-2019 GG who sees WYB as a lonely star. A shining and bright star for everyone to see and admire, but he is alone. Such is true for alot of celebrities and I feel like GG had that same view on WYB. However in his point of view, he is willing to stay by his side. to accompany this lonely star— because in a way, he is lonely too.

They found each other in a time of their lives that their career was slowly gaining momentum and the loneliness was lingering. Even if I didn’t turn BXG or what, I would still be happy that these two found each other. With how shady their industry is, it’s rare to find people you can truly be friends with. It’s what they found with each other in the beginning, a good and solid foundation of friendship. companionship.

Add to that this song ZZ performed in Our Song and Yibo being called Mr. Lonely in DDU.

The most recent is the conversation Yibo had with Huang Xuan in Summer Surf Shop in 2020.

Starts at 1:05:50 of this video.

WYB: Actually, I don’t like to be alone very much.

HX: I think actors are very lonely. I don’t know if you feel this way. Although in a crew there are hundreds of people when your return to your room you are alone.

WYB : Yes. I also have this kind of feeling.

HX: Then you, i don’t feel so comfortable right now. So it’s not very comfortable to be —

WYB : detained in one place.

I’m pretty sure he still gets his bout of loneliness. Especially when he has to be shut in and filming, unable to go home. This is why I get so happy when we have CPN that GG visits him on set. Whether that’s SDC, LOF or even One & Only. I think GG knows that too and this is another effort they make to be together. I remember when GG was asked what he will do to let someone know he likes them — his answer was he will show up constantly beside that person. He can’t do that constantly now as he did back when they were filming and promoting CQL but i wanna believe that he takes the opportunity to visit Yibo when he can. No matter how busy he is, he will make time. Rumors/CPN of them talking to each other all the time by phone & video calls eases the loneliness too on Yibo’s part.

Just looking at back at what Yibo said before in DDU, how sometimes he wants to write down his feelings. In a way, when he is tired, sort of complain that he is tired and send it to his circle of friends— but he doesn’t because no one cares. He feels like it’s childish to do it. To now, he has someone he can talk to. Someone he can complain to and can understand. Someone who has the wisdom to advise him and knows what to say.

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THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

Who isn’t afraid of time running out? not doing the things you wanna do, and then before you know it, time’s up. I think this applies to Bobo’s career, that’s why he does not stop accepting projects. same thing with GG. It’s because their time as top celebrities is not permanent. Also with how fickle the CCP is when it comes to it’s treatment of celebrities.

However when I heard Bobo mention it, what I thought about is another fear of his which is forgetting. Which is closely related to the passing of time. When you grow older.

“I feel that a close one who accompanied you all your life till you’re old and in the end forgot all about you, it might feel like the end of the world.”

I have already discussed both their views on time & the CPN over here so i won’t repeat it.

My only wish is for them to be together as long as time will allow. 🤍

-END.

#Youtube #yizhan #bjyx #all of this is cpn #there is no science here folks im just clowning like i always do

[goldengatesroleplaygroup]

— ABOUT THEM ;

FULL NAME → Ophelia King AGE | BIRTHDAY → 27 years old | November 19 NEIGHBORHOOD → Pacific Heights HOMETOWN → New York, New York OCCUPATION → Owner of King Hotel

— LAST TEXT RECEIVED ;

front desk dude: are you still here? can I have skittles?

— THEIR CURRENTS ;

CURRENTLY WATCHING → Ted Lasso CURRENTLY LISTENING TO → Anti-Hero on continuous loop CURRENTLY DRINKING → Lemondrop Martini

— MOST CHERISHED ;

When Ophelia was five years old, her father and mother took the day off of work and went with her to the zoo. They spent the day together as a family and everything seemed normal for the first time.

— THEIR LIFE STORY ;

The golden spoon that was placed into Ophelia Kings mouth when she was born could probably fund a small country. The little girl was welcomed into the home of Jonathan and Melissa King, one of the wealthiest couples on the Upper East Side - who could not have their own child. Knowing adoption was too sticky of a situation, Ophelias mother traveled the country to find the best donor she possibly could. Once she had a one night stand she would come home to John, who could not spawn a child. Ophelia went to all the right schools, had all the right friends, and just as she was supposed to she went to Yale for her undergraduate degree. It was once she graduated college that her life turned upside down. The actual father she had never known came back into her life — killing both of Ophelias parents and once again disappearing. It seemed the man needed control over every situation in his life. It was through putting the pieces together that Ophelia found out about her other siblings, needing to know more about them she moved from New York to San Fransisco where they were located. Taking up residency, at first, at the King Hotel in downtown San Fransisco, she slowly started to take over all 2,500 hotels and resorts in the world - slowly taking control from the board, until she was the sole owner of the empire. It seemed as she got more popular, her 'birth father' — whom she never accepted as such — showed up more and more often. Her life once again seemed to change completely when she learned her long time best friend, Giovanni, was actually her half brother. Slowly as Ophelia grew bigger in the publics eye, she began gaining a following on all of her social medias. It got to the point that the press were following her around waiting for a good story. While she was dating one of the top players on the San Francisco 49ers she was approached by 'girlfriends of the NFL' to be featured on an episode. After it aired the network saw that she had become increasingly popular amongst fans so they offered her a reality show of her own. The Sunset aired and instantly became a big hit, everyone in Ophelias life would become a semi regular. During this time Ophelia had a one night stand where she ended up pregnant. She is currently still filming while pregnant, trying to navigate both lives.

[mamisolohd]

* MSHD S3 Cast Spoilers * By the looks of it, the filming of season 3 is starting really soon! Maybe next week? Ludwika posted some bts photos and videos of her Ana makeover, the wardrobe and the S3 cast (thanks Ludwika, pls don't stop).

The returning characters are the ones with black border and the new ones with purple. I tried to figure out the names, I think I got most of them correct. What do we think the green markings mean? It's a little confusing that Ludwika doesn't have one. It seems like most of the already known characters are returning. One of Pablo's friends and Jorge are not here, although Manolo is. I'm happy most of them are still here though, Lucía and Romelia, Alma Toca, Laura Villa and Alta ofc. Ferrán is also still here, will he stay the whole season? Who knows. Fernanda is also back, the woman Juan C. met in dance class. Will they be a thing? Speaking of JC, there is a new character named Don Aguilar, could it be JC's and Victor's father? Is he making an appearance? I thought they'd maybe bring Ana's dad since he's been mentioned a couple of times before, but it doesn't seem like it. Is Don Aguilar gonna be really annoying? Probably... There's also this new character called Tupac Gaston? unless I'm seeing it wrong. There are a lot of new faces in the bottom half. I wonder if some of them are gonna work at Konene, or if they are love interests etc. Also I got SO hyped when I saw Florencia Ríos, man I hope she has a bigger role. I really like her, she's great. She very often portrays lgbtq-characters, could she be Elena's proper love interest? *pleeeease* Also also the babies are mentioned twice. The second time they're mentioned it says they're 1,5 years old. Is there gonna be a time jump? Will there be an ep. where they celebrate their birthdays? 😭 I mean in 1x09 Mariana says the girls are 7 months old, then the baptism happens ≈ 2 weeks later so say they're 8 months at the end of s1. Then season 2 goes on for maybe, what, 2-3 months? So the birthdays should be coming up soon... And then for how long is s3 gonna go on in the fiction? And how many episodes will there be? So many questions. (Side note what month were the babies born? I’m thinking maybe at the beginning of the year? Since they were talking about celebrating Christmas together, and they’re soon turning 1. January? Will there also be a Christmas ep? anyways…)

Dalexa also posted a pic of the script. Can't see a lot but it says "La verdad no...", "The truth doesn't..." I think... 🧐 It's so fun they're starting to post these bts things again. I hope they keep it up throughout the filming process :)

#madre solo hay dos #daughter from another mother #mshd #text #text post

[girlindelusionn]

finally finished himym!! hated the finale (of course) so here's another "most likely to" but much longer to help me cope (negate, why lie to you) with how the most awesome couple ended

(also this probably has a million mistakes but im too lazy to do something about it, having to write in english is hard man, so please ignore it:D)

most likely to: swarkles version :)

Who spends almost all their money on the other?

barney, definitely. he's not exactly the best at actually coming up with gifts so sometimes for birthdays or stuff like that he just takes her to the mall and lets her pick whatever she wants (he also makes fun of her the whole time, but i don't think it's necessary to clarify that)

Which one drives the car and which one gives them directions?

barney doesn't know how to drive and is generally better with technology, so robin drives and he gives directions and prevents her fights with the gps to get really violent

also robin is a REALLY violent driver, she doesn't go really fast but if anyone has the audacity to get in her way shes going to definitely roast the fuck out of them

"oh i know you're not honking at me… LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT, IM GOING TO MAKE THE TURN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? YOU WANT ME TO FLY OVER YOU? GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS AND LET ME GET IN THE FUCKING L– there you go, thanks!..."

Which one gives the other a piggyback ride when they're tired?

barney to robin, one of the "corny couple" million things he swore he wasn't going to do. but then robin simply looks at him with a sad face, explaining how much her feet hurt and he can't say no

Who is the most affectionate?

barney, actually

it's surprising, cause he's always been someone who likes his space but there's times, mostly in private, when he just can't keep his hands to himself. and you would think it's purely sexual but no, in the contrary, most times it's just a hand in her hair or her back, or demanding hugs and cuddles

Who falls asleep in the other's lap and who carries them to bed?

trick question! barney is who carries robin to bed, but she falls asleep in his shoulder

and he is the one who falls asleep in robin's lap, with her running her hands through his hair

Who wakes up first?

neither of them is a morning person, but usually robin works out in mornings so her. on weekends they stay in bed as long as they can

Who apologizes first after an argument?

they're both stubborn as hell so they schedule apologizes and take turns on doing it

Who is the nerd?

both of them, in different aspects. like robin likes math to the point of doing problems and equations for fun ??? and well, barney is a huge star wars, lord of the rings, that kinda books, nerd

i like to think that they have harry potter in common, they've read all the books, make marathons with the movies, they even went to the universal park! and had a lot of fun there (of course they've never told the guys that)

Who makes the other one laugh the most?

barney, he knows robin cant be mad and laughing at the same time and he uses it as an advantage

Who sleep talks?

robin 🥺

Who hogs the blankets at night?

also robin, but barney doesn't care

Who is the neat freak?

neither of them, but they manage to keep the place decent

Who likes to surprise the other with random gifts?

barney! single flowers, tiny chocolates, etc

Who buys the healthy food in the house?

robin, but it's mostly barney who does the actual cooking

Who has better music taste?

robin 😎

Who takes care of the spiders?

they do it together as a team, and if that doesn't work (aka if the spider is slightly bigger than average) they just go whining to marshall and he fixes it

Who uses more nicknames?

barney is mostly sweetie but after the wedding robin is kinda obsessed with the word husband

"so how's the most handsome husband, huh?"

"did you buyed the milk I texted you for, husband?"

"hi, husband!!"

robin is babe or sometimes honey, and after the wedding barney keeps calling her his "ex-girlfriend" (don't tell anyone, but he also LOVES the term wife, he can't comprehend how is he so lucky to have her as his wife)

(update after actually finishing the show: r-train and b-nasty!!!)

Who's the little spoon?

first year of dating? robin

after that is barney, you can't change my mind

Who suggests scary movies for film night?

robin!! but they both like them

Who gets jealous more often?

both, barney is less dissimulated about it

Who brings up kids first?

no of them, lol

Who borrows who's clothes more?

robin, she has stole the few hoodies he had and sometimes for sexy times likes using his ties

barney secretly uses some of her giganteus t shirts (he makes fun of her for buying them but he's actually glad she does) for sleep when she's away for the night

...they smell like her, okay? leave him alone

(also he loves when she uses his underwear and sometimes the only way to convince her to do it is doing the same himself, so he has wore panties)

(don't tell ted)

(please)

Who cries more during sad movies?

barney, is hard for robin to cry for movies, also he loves villains and they hardly have a happy ending so...

Who falls asleep on the other more?

robin, she falls asleep very easily

Who says I love you more?

barney :)

Who initiates kisses more?

also blondie, again he's a little obsessed with his wife

Who initiates hugs more?

robin this time

Who takes more pictures of the other?

robin, for sure. at first it was cause she wanted that bad picture of him, but then his husband is really cute with his sleepy eyes and the sun on his face, or looks so excited to watch the next episode of some lame show, or he's bringing her breakfast at bed with a big smile or looks a little too good with his new suit and she can't help but take her phone out and snap a pic of him

Who leaves notes for the other one around the house?

barney, at first it was to annoy her, like writing "you lost the game!!" at random places (i'm sorry lmao, i just realized i made you lose too, lol) or "sorry, babe! i ate it all last night" at the empty wrappers of candy in the fridge

but then one day barney found one in a coffee mug:

"wow, you didn't put much imagination in hiding this one, didn't you?" he said, his girlfriend was in the bedroom finishing to get ready for work.

"read it!!" she shot back, a little… nervous?

"i love you", the note said.

"scherbatsky?"

"yeah...?"

"come here"

"what's up?" she finally showed up to the living room, looking all tiny and scared

"love you too, loser"

Who gets drunk faster?

barney? i don't know, they both handle scotch pretty well, so i'm guessing it takes a while for them to get drunk

Who gets hit on more by strangers?

robin, but she couldn't care less

Who makes food for the house more often?

barney, he's a surprisingly good cook

#swarkles #barney and robin #robin and barney #robin scherbatsky #barney stinson #fuck the finale #himym

[joshjacksons]

Joshua Jackson interview with "Mr Porter" (2021)

Minutes before Mr Joshua Jackson joins me in a booth for a Friday afternoon drink at a vibey hotel bar in Santa Monica, he’s confronted by his past. Or rather, a woman in her early twenties who is binge-watching Dawson’s Creek, the teen show about a close-knit group of high-school friends coming of age in a sleepy American town, which made Jackson incredibly famous between 1998 and 2003. The series, which also made household names of Ms Michelle Williams and Ms Katie Holmes, went off air 18 years ago, but is now streaming on Netflix, to the bemusement of Jackson, who played lovable rogue Pacey Witter. “This girl was like, ‘Are you...?’ And I’m like, ‘Yes, I am. He got old. I’m sorry to break it to you,’” he says, before ordering an iced tea and a charcuterie board to tide him over until dinner time. “It always surprises me when young people say they’ve just got into Dawson’s Creek. I’m like, ‘Is it a costume drama to you? Do you feel like you’re watching a historical documentary?’”

The idea of a Friends-style reunion episode or a Sex And The City revival feels equally far-fetched to Canadian-born Jackson, now 43 and wearing it well in a pale green linen shirt and tailored linen trousers by Oliver Spencer that complement his fading brown hair and Cali-tanned skin.

“I don’t know why you’d want to [bring it back],” he says. “Nobody needs to know what those characters are doing in middle age. We left them in a nice place. Nobody needs to see that Pacey’s back hurts. I don’t think we need that update.”

And Jackson doesn’t need Dawson’s Creek. From Mr JJ Abrams’ sci-fi series Fringe (2008-2013) to the Golden Globe award-winning The Affair (2014-2019), from Ms Ava DuVernay’s ground-breaking true-crime drama When They See Us (2019) to the recent Ms Reese Witherspoon and Ms Kerry Washington-produced Little Fires Everywhere (2020), he has commanded the small screen – with a collection of dynamic and diverse work – ever since.

His latest role as Mr Christopher Duntsch, the Texas surgeon convicted of gross malpractice when 33 of his patients were left seriously injured after he operated on them and two of them died, in chilling Peacock crime drama Dr Death, is only stepping his career up another gear.

“I’ve never played anyone irredeemable before,” says Jackson, who is joined in the eight-part series (based on the 2018 Wondery podcast of the same name) by Messrs Christian Slater and Alec Baldwin. “He is charming, gregarious and has a high-level intellect, but he’s also a misogynist, probably a sociopath, certainly a narcissist and a complete incompetent who is incapable of seeing himself.”

If Duntsch is terrifying, then Jackson’s portrayal is even more so. The artist formerly known as Pacey is virtually unrecognisable (thanks to prosthetics) in the opening scene, but the real challenge for Jackson was allowing himself to view someone who is so “spectacularly evil” as a human being in order to walk in his shoes. “It’s a more damning portrayal of the man to make him into a human being, rather than just make him the bad guy,” he says. “He really believes he’s the hero, he’s the genius and that he’s the victim, so once I got past my own judgment, all the other things fell into place.”

Jackson might have his pick of stellar roles – and challenges – now, but it has not happened by accident. Take it from someone who has been in the business since landing his first job aged 14 in Disney’s live-action movie series The Mighty Ducks, opposite Brat Pack alumnus Mr Emilio Estevez.

“You try to make it look like it happens accidentally,” he says, “but there is no way to do this and not be ambitious. I’d say I’m extremely ambitious because I’ve been doing this cutthroat job for nearly 30 years. I’m in the pay-off phase of my career now. One of the benefits of surviving for as long as I have is you get to learn from your own mistakes.”

Such as? “I wouldn’t say, ‘I wish I hadn’t done that,’ because it all becomes bricks in a path, but [after Dawson’s Creek] I was not choosy enough about the things I was doing. You get stuck. You start trying to perform the performance you think people are hoping to see you do. I was so used to working all the time that I just worked all the time. There was definitely a conscious moment in my mid-twenties when I realised I wasn’t really enjoying the work that I was doing. My manager at the time just said, ‘Take a breath. You’re burnt out.’”

The turning point came in 2005, when Jackson was offered a role in the two-hander Mr David Mamet play A Life In The Theatre, opposite Sir Patrick Stewart. “God bless him, Patrick could have made my life miserable because I had no idea what I was doing, ” he says. “I hadn’t been on stage since I was a kid and now I was in the West End in over my head. But it reminded me that I actually enjoyed being an actor, that it’s not about the red carpet or travelling around the world. What I really enjoy is working on good material with good people.”

It’s no surprise Jackson’s time on Dawson’s Creek led to a career crisis. From the ages of 19 to 24, he lived with his fellow cast mates in Wilmington, North Carolina, filming day in, day out, in an arrangement he likens to college. “You get to the end and they’re like, ‘Here’s your degree. Go live now. You’re an adult. Go out into the world,’” he says.

But most graduates don’t have to deal with global fame. “It’s transitory. You’re only ever cool for a moment and then you become much less cool. I was always pretty dubious about flatterers,” he says, recalling a time he was stung in London in the mid-2000s. “I went on a date in Hyde Park with a woman whose name I will not use – she was socialite-famous – and she was acting completely bizarre, looking over her shoulder the whole time. I came to find out that she had hired a photographer to follow us through the park and gave a whole story to the tabloids about how I was going to meet her family.”

It was his growing fortune, rather than fame, that caused Jackson the most anxiety. “Suddenly, at 19 years old, I was making more in a week than most of my friends’ parents would make in a year,” he says. “It was lovely to have the money, but it was that feeling of nobody is worth that kind of money. You feel like a fraud and it took me a long time to forgive myself for not being the thing that I was perceived as.”

Born in Vancouver, but raised in Topanga, California, until he was eight (before moving back to Vancouver following his parents’ divorce), Jackson bought his childhood home in 2001 and lives in it today with his wife, British Queen & Slim actor Ms Jodie Turner-Smith, and their 15-month-old daughter.

“My father unfortunately was not a good father or a husband and exited the scene, but that house in Topanga was where everything felt simple, so it was a very healing thing for me to do,” he says. Fast-forward to 2021 and his baby daughter now sleeps in her father’s childhood bedroom. “There was a mural of a dragon on the wall in that room that I couldn’t believe was still there, years later. The owner [who sold him the house] said, ‘I knew it meant a lot to somebody and that they were going to come back for it some day.’”

Becoming a first-time parent during a pandemic sounds stressful, but it afforded Jackson months at home with his wife and child that his normal work schedule wouldn’t have allowed.

“I now recognise how perverse the way that we have set up our society is,” he says. “There is not a father I know who works a regular job who didn’t go back to the office a week later. It’s robbing that man of the opportunity to bond with his child and spend time with his partner.”

Despite his obvious career ambitions, fatherhood has changed Jackson’s priorities in “every possible way”, he says. “It’s 100 per cent changed how I approach my work and my life. That has been made so clear to me in this past year. For me to feel good about what I’m doing day to day, my family has to be the central focus.

“There are plenty of things left for me to do, but now the thing that gets me excited is experiencing the world through my daughter’s eyes. I can’t wait to take her scuba diving. I can’t wait to take her skiing. I can’t wait to read a great book with her. I’m not worried at all she’ll be a wallflower. She’s been a character from the word go.”

Jackson met Turner-Smith, 34, two days after his 40th birthday. He had been single since his 10-year relationship with German actress Ms Diane Kruger ended in 2016. “I was not looking to fall in love again or meet the mother of my child, but life has other plans for you,” he says.

The couple met at a party. Turner-Smith was wearing the same The Future Is Female Ejaculation T-shirt Ms Tessa Thompson’s character, Detroit, wears in the 2018 film Sorry To Bother You. “That’s what I used to break the ice. I shouted, ‘Detroit!’ across the room. Not the smoothest thing I’ve ever done, but it worked. We were pretty much inseparable from the word go. It was a whirlwind romance and I can tell my daughter I literally saw her mother across a room and thought, ‘I have to be next to this woman.’”

A self-confessed “useless” shopper, Jackson gives his wife full credit for his current wardrobe. He is jewellery-free, apart from a wedding band and a gold signet “JJ” ring on his little finger (a present from his wife), and discovered tailored sweatsuits (by Stampd and Reigning Champ) in the pandemic.

“Jodie has influence in the way that a wonderful wife encourages you, through love, to dress well. She was like, ‘We’re going to throw away all the sweatpants from your past and I’m going to get you some that actually make you look like an adult male and you will still feel comfortable around the house,’ and I’m like, ‘What an amazing idea!’ Who knew you could get sweatsuits that actually look good on your body?”

Jackson’s style has evolved, he says, “from slovenly teen to it’s-nice-when-your-clothes-actually-fit-you”. The penny dropped after he auditioned for his former co-star Estevez, who was directing the 2006 Mr Robert Kennedy biopic Bobby. He said to me, ‘You only got this job because I know you. You came in here to play a very well-put together 1960s political operative and you’re wearing jeans and a hoodie.’

“I had to grow up a little bit. We are very much raised in Canada to never, ever show off, so it took me a while to recognise it’s OK to look good when you go out.”

Still, when you’ve grown up in front of the camera, “every pimple literally documented”, and lived (very successfully) to tell the tale, you can probably be forgiven for the odd fashion faux pas.

“I wore a silk Ascot to an event once in Paris and I still have nightmares about it,” he says. “I looked like Fred from Scooby Doo, but you live and learn.”

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