#( thread ; george dawson )

[fatescattered]

@apaise gets a thing immediately bc we have no chill

the minutes seem to drag on as she lies awake, desperately wishing for sleep that never comes. the grandfather clock can be heard across the manor, its ticking seeming to grow louder and louder. it's the damn clock and nothing else keeping her awake, is what george tells herself as she tosses and turns.

even the bed feels unfamiliar tonight. she wonders if she'd been gone longer this time, or if the staff made it differently – all to avoid the deafening thoughts threatening to split her head in two at any moment.

the clock strikes at the hour ( which one, george does not know ), and she pushes herself off the bed with a frustrated groan. " gods! ridiculous, " she curses under her breath at no one in particular. she tells herself a walk or perhaps a glass of water will help, but when she exits her room, it's not the front door or the kitchen she's walking towards.

her feet move on her own as she makes for kaya's room, muscle memory telling her which turns to make. there's no break in her stride, but when george reaches her door, she halts.

what if kaya doesn't want to see her?

she would never voice it, far too sweet to make george feel worse than she already does. she'd never blame george for dropping a child in her care and disappearing for weeks at a time, while doing nothing to prove her innocence. maybe kaya would actually get mad if george told her about how she's really spending her time. maybe she should tell her, and allow kaya to finally show her true emotions.

her closed fist hangs by the door, never connecting. what would she even say? george drops her arm with a sigh, ready to turn around – only for kaya to open the door suddenly.

george almost jumps in place, eyes widened as if she's just been caught past her bedtime. " kaya. " she clears her throat, hands awkwardly at her sides. " sorry, i don't know why i... " george trails off, realizing she doesn't have an excuse ready on the go. whatever she can conjure up, she knows this is a lie she cannot sell her.

" did i wake you? " she asks instead, despite knowing full well she had not make a sound on her way over. " sorry, i just couldn't sleep. "

[ohsolovingsouls]

Pinned Post: Muse List

Updated: 17th Sept 2024 - Bios are short for the moment as muses are being explored/revamped and full bios will be written out in good time.

Brief Rules and Muses are below the cut. - This blog is incredibly slow I also run @tealeavesandthorns (Main blog -and where follows come from) and @dxnisheatingdetective (secondary blog) - the muses here are mostly tertiary and muse comes and goes for them.

Rules:

Mun and Muse 30 +

No force shipping

This is a sideblog, just exploring the muses and having fun populating spy universes. Initially setting up as low activity.

Don’t be a dick

Hate isn’t tolerated 

Asks are always open.

All current muses on here are heterosexual

Larger list of rules can be found here (ignore muse specific ones)

- Hugo Teddy Wallace - 003 - 35-50 -

Brief About: Cocky, arrogant, annoying, Hugo is a bit of a thorn in the side of MI6, he likes to think he's the hero everytime and has a real hatred of Bond, seeing him as the favourite. In love with and a bit obsessed with Maria Bloomsco, Hugo generally does things for one of two reasons, will it benefit him or will it impress Maria. Tags: ;they love to hate me (fc), ;Hugo Thread, ;Hugo Likes

- George Finley - 45-55 -

Brief About: All anyone really knows about George is that he always has a ham sandwich for lunch and always drinks tea from a flask with a tartan print on it. Beneath his quiet exterior though George is a complicated man with a passion for numbers and a history in domestic espionage that runs deep. Tags: ;the most boring man in the world (fc), ;George Thread, ;George Likes

- Charlie Dawson - 35-45 -

Brief About: Charlie is the fun loving head of admin at Kingsman, her code name is Kilgharrah, the great dragon. Charlie is well known for her love of karaoke, the Mamma Mia movies and wine. She's open, always ready to offer sound advice and friendly but if you cross her she has a very good death stare. Tags: ; they call me the fun one (Charlie fc), ;Charlie Thread, ;Charlie Likes

- Huck Wells - Agent Rum - 45-55 -

Brief About: Grumpy but with a heart of gold, Huck has heard every pun about being a pirate because of his codename and his beard. Huck has been an agent for a long time, a mentor to a lot of others too. Huck can be stand offish at first but like an old dog once you have his loyalty it's there for life. Shipped with: Sora (@agent-scotch) Tags: ;not a pirate (fc), ;Huck Thread, ;Huck Likes

- James Davenport - Agent Cador - 50-60 -

Brief About: Once upon a time James Davenport was 007 and known as James Bond. He got so used to James as a first name that he ended up legally changing his own. After retirement from the 00 program James tried to slowdown and enjoy a quiet life but he itched to be back in the field, albeit without the constraints of the government. A contact put him in touch with Kingsman and James became agent Cador - though not as spritely as he once was James still gets involved in information gathering but mostly mentors new agents and talks them through missions whilst Merlin is busy. Tags: ;Life in the old dog (fc), ;James Thread, ;James Likes

- Indy Baxter - Agent Alundyne- 35-45 -

Brief About: Born with a freaky gene that heightened her pain threshold and made her freakishly strong Indy is a force to be reckoned with in the field. Though her parents dreamed she'd be an archaeologist and bring them riches galore, Indy instead became a Kingsman Agent. This gal is relationship shy, loves having a good time and can really kick some arse when it needs doing. Tags: ;No guts no glory (fc), ;Indy Thread, ;Indy Likes

- Arty Mills -Agent Tristan - 35-45 -

Brief About: Boyish, soft, charming and mischievous, Arty loves his job at Kingsman but not as much as he loves his little dog Betsy, a scrappy Jack Russell, that followed him around on a mission one time. Arty is well known for getting himself into scrapes and only just getting himself out of them. His mouth often also moves faster than his feet can. Tags: ;Don't stop me now (fc), ;Arty Thread, ;Arty Likes

- Dr Briar Rowan - Botanist and Zoologist - 35-45 -

Brief About: Soft and loving Briar lives her life amongst nature. Adoring it from a young age thanks to her hippie parents Briar decided to become both Botanist and Zoologist when she couldn't decide which of the disciplines she adored more. Briar loves the more beastly of plants, animals and insects and has a knack for seeing the charm in the more deadly and monstrous. Tags: ;Mamma Mia here I go again(fc), ;Briar Thread, ;Briar Likes

- Dr Stephanie Harker - Cosmologist and Vampire - Appears 35-45

Brief About: Focused, driven and driven Stephanie Harker was only ever concerned with her work studying the potential for other universes. She was obsessed and her family facilitated her obsession. It was all she ever wanted until one day her head was turned by a werewolf bodyguard assigned to her. Stephanie fell head over heels and eventually the two had a child.

One day her daughter went missing, never to be seen again and Stephanie was convinced she had stumbled upon a rift in the universe. Her and her husband drifted and he too disappeared. Stephanie set out to find them traversing universes and never giving up hope. Tags: ;I've got you under my skin (fc), ;Steph Thread, ;Steph Likes

[raylangivins]

still working through my backlog of tags. thank you @acorrespondence for tagging me in things :)

1. comfort character tag game

not to show my age but i don’t know wtf the kids mean by comfort character. i just listed some all time faves because it brings me comfort to think of how fucked up they are :)

raylan givens (justified), duh

brian o’conner (fast and furious movies)

addy hanlon (dare me--book version moreso than tv version)

betty cooper (riverdale)

pacey witter (dawson’s creek--the only one here who i think could be described as a comfort character for the reasons i assume people made up the term)

2. ao3 first lines tagline

Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway (spoiler alert: rules are made to be broken…)

look. i’ve been exclusively writing beatles rpf for the last year, so we’re all gonna have to either acknowledge it or Pretend You Do Not See, alright.

1. “What’s got you all quiet?” Robert asks him in the bathroom.

Paul realises he’d zoned out, staring blankly at Robert, bent over the sink, snorting a line.

2. John takes a long inhale of smoke as he watches Paul talking to one of the camera guys outside. His breath fogs up the bus window a bit, the evening air causing a cloud of condensation to spread, blurring Paul and the camera guy to nothing. When it shrinks back to dribbles of moisture, Paul’s hands are moving—explaining a shot, or a scene, or a fucking dream he had that he’d like this poor sod to turn into reality.

3. Paul can't pinpoint exactly where his night deteriorated, but it was probably somewhere after Brian left The Cavern for the evening, and Neil had driven away with all their gear, and John—realising that they'd lost the closest thing they had to adult supervision—loftily announced that he was getting married tomorrow and so everyone should buy him pints about it.

4. John doesn't notice him at first, engaged in answering a question for the crowd of journalists in front of him. Paul's half-hidden among the shelves anyway, peeking over to get a good look at John in his element.

5. John's not sure how they get onto the topic. They're in the canteen—just the two of them for the moment—talking in circles around each other, under the guise of talking about George, edging towards an argument but never really landing there. Just half-chastising, and half-imploring each other to be different people entirely without really saying it. And then, suddenly, they're talking about it.

6. "Here," John hisses at Paul and yanks him unceremoniously into a utility closet, letting Paul slam the door shut behind them.

7. Paul shows up late to their show. He makes it to the Jacaranda by the skin of his teeth, just as some fragile, spiteful thing in John is gearing up to lash out at anyone who'll listen that they don't need the bastard anyway. It's unlike Paul to be late, which makes it annoying enough, considering how much he'd whine about it if it were any of the rest of them, but then he has the gall to say it's because he was doing something for his dad.

8. After the Bob Wooler incident—the first but not last time Jane questions Paul’s association with the likes of John Lennon—Paul tells her: “He can be quite lovely when you get to know him.”

9. Paul feels lazy and warm as he sucks in another drag of the spliff John rolled them. He closes his eyes as he exhales. It only serves to heighten his sluggish senses. He could fall asleep like this, lost in the sensations of his lovely geodesic dome. He can feel every thread of the rug they're lying on; can hear Martha's soft snores from where she sleeps, her head pillowed on John's ankle. The sprinkling of sunlight leaking in through the leaves of the trees, outside, creates some sort of greenhouse effect—the air around them muggy and mellow. Paul could float away, if not for the grounding warmth of John's arm, pressed next to his. The true north, reminding him where his body is.

10. "You're like Julian with a new bloody toy," John says to him from somewhere on the couch.

Paul doesn't know why he's complaining. He's the one who asked about it, after Paul mentioned the new camera.

tagging for either one: @wurmzirkus, @tulakhord, @tallahasseemp3, @softbrah, @itookyoudown, @magog83, @jeanharlowseyebrows, @indiekidsupremacist

[yuristarwars]

Alright, I read Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade

So the newest Star Wars book was Rise of the Red Blade, a book from the point of view of an inquisitor, something we don’t really see in Star Wars. Its obviously gonna be an interesting perspective from an objectively bad person... if the writer can say that she’s an objectively bad person.

Don’t get me wrong, I think that there are a lot of things that this book does well. The world-building is interesting, the Inquisitorious is cool, honestly probably the best part of the book, and there is an interesting part of one of Palpatine’s Spies in the Jedi Temple, which I think is a cool concept, really showing how he truly is ten steps ahead of everyone. It shows the Jedi’s point of view during the first Battle of Geonosis, something I don’t believe we’ve ever seen before.

I also really like the way she writes fight scenes. There are some at the end of the main story I enjoy a whole lot, and the fights in the epilogue are really damn good too. She has quite an energetic writing style with fights that I really like and she does a whole lot better than a bunch of other Star Wars books.

That’s all the good things I have to say about this book. Two thirds of the book weren’t even her being an inquisitor, and those two thirds are not good at all. Every single Jedi is an uncharacteristic asshole to her, with the sole exception of Obi-Wan Kenobi (classic). Yes, she did do something really bad in her Youth that made a whole bunch of Jedi weary of her, but those characters should be relegated to children and some Jedi who don’t understand her, not every single Jedi character.

One of the plotlines that is set up at the beginning of the book is just not followed through with. At all. It literally says it in the book itself, that she tries to follow where it leads, but it leads to no where, which is a complete waste.

There is the plot of her trying to discover her species and the mystery of this woman her master talked about in her dying words, but none of that is ever even remotely interesting or add anything to her character. When she does discover her people, this doesn’t change her character in the slightest, and she simply fucks off to do more inquisitor stuff.

The worst part is, this could all be relegated to an “Unreliable Narrator” and that would make this book ten times more enjoyable. Anakin’s story during the Clone Wars and ROTS are really good because he’s an Unreliable Narrator, but that’s because George Lucas understands that.

Delilah S. Dawson seems to think that the “I’m literally neurodivergent and a minor” excuse can be carried over to Genocide and war, but she basically admits multiple times through her commentary on the book and in interviews, that Iskat is her self-insert as someone with Despression, Anxiety, etc. Now, I probably can’t speak on how well that’s portrayed in the book, but I can say using those things as an excuse to commit war crimes, is pretty damn stupid.

Overall, the quality of this book hinged on how enjoyable the protagonist was, but she wasn’t at all. She was intellectually and emotionally idiotic, the most interesting plot threads led to no where, the most iconic characters were mis-characterized completely, and the best part of the book was stolen from a comic written by a better writer than her.

I was generous before when I gave it a 7 out of 10, but I’m still feeling generous and am gonna give it a 4/10, those points based solely on the ending fights and the world-building elements.

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day.

Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday.

More iPhones are sold every day than people are born.

HP Printer black ink is more expensive than human blood.

Semen contains the same amount of Vitamin C as an orange.

In 2010, the Catholic Church had an income of $97 billion.

You can get raw herring and onion ice cream in the Netherlands.

A Colombian woman once found a potato growing in her vagina.

Best friends tend to have secret code names for people they dislike.

Once you've accepted your flaws, no one can ever use them against you.

Having friends from other cultures makes you more creative, a study found.

Children inherit their intelligence from their mothers, according to scientists.

Throughout the entire ‘Twilight’ saga, there are over 24 minutes of just staring.

In Japan, only 2% of adoptions are children; 98% are adult males aged 25 to 30.

Too many people are trying to find the right person instead of being the right person.

Forcing yourself to forget something only causes the brain to think about it even more.

According to research, siblings may be more influential shapers of who we become than parents.

The human mind spends most of its time replaying memories over and over with the desire to relive them.

In 2010, McDonald's mistakenly packed and distributed 5000 Happy Meals with a condom instead of a toy.

More than 7000 Americans die each year and 1,500,000 are injured as a result of doctors’ bad handwriting.

Jack Daniels ran away from home at the age of 6 and learned to make whiskey from a Lutheran minister.

Vegetarians on average have an IQ five points higher than those who regularly eat meat, according to research.

In New Zealand slang, “an empty house is better than a bad tenant” is a phrase that can be said after farting in public.

George Clooney once purchased 14 suitcases, filled each one with $1 million in cash, and gave them out to 14 of his closest friends.

Mormons were used for medical trials of MDMA (Ecstasy) since their teetotal lifestyle meant they weren’t taking any other drugs.

In medical slang, a ‘comprehensive physician’ is a term for a proctologist because they deal with the (w)hole of the patient.

A study found that when people were asked by a stranger if they would sleep with them, 75% men said yes and every single woman said no.

Movies that are 25-year-old: ‘There’s Something About Mary’, ‘The Truman Show’, ‘Armageddon’, ‘Titanic’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Enemy Of The State’.

Drinking white or green tea every day will minimize the environmental damage done to your skin, and minimize fine lines and wrinkles.

TV shows that are 25-years-old: ‘Will & Grace’, ‘That 70’s Show’, ‘Dawson’s Creek’, ‘Charmed’, ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’, ‘Sex And The City’, ‘The Royle Family’.

All UK ‘E’ postcodes for East London are north of the river except E98, which was moved at the request of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. when they relocated from Wapping to London Bridge.

If you were caught cheating at the ancient Olympics, you were fined enough to fund a statue of Zeus at the entrance to the stadium. Your name was carved at the base, forever identifying you as corrupt.

WhatsApp reached 100M users in three years, Instagram reached 100M users in two years, TikTok reached 100M users in nine months, ChatGPT reached 100M users in three months, Threads reached 100M users in one week.

Nirvana once played a show in Buenos Aires where the crowd threw mud and garbage at their all-female opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset, they only played their lesser-known songs, and the opening riff of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ without ever finishing it.

In 1983, Beatles legend Paul McCartney advised Michael Jackson to invest in music rights. Two years later, Jackson went and bought 251 Beatles songs for $47m. McCartney spent decades chasing it down and will get all the rights back by 2026 (worth more than $1B.)

In late 2012, Dadarao Bilhore, a 70-year-old man from Mumbai, India, was devastated by the tragic death of his son in a road accident caused by a pothole. His son was only 25 years old at the time. After his son's death, Dadarao became determined to do something to prevent other families from suffering the same loss. He started by filling in the potholes in his neighbourhood. Using sand and gravel collected from building sites and other materials, Bilhore has filled over 1,450 potholes to date.

Okay, that’s enough information for one day. Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday! I love you all.

[hartlepoolartistsimpressions]

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8. Winsy

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10. Muse : The 2nd Law: Isolated System

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12. Jez Lowe : Wagga Moon

13. Edward Clarke

14. Grace’s

15. Winsy

16. Michael Holt / John Dawson

17. Ridley & Tony Scott : Boy & Bicycle

18. Yorkshire Film Archive

19. Winsy

20. Tube Alloys

21. “If I tell you I’ll have to kill you” 🤷‍♂️

22. Maxy Neil Bianco : Pig The Dog

23. Seaton Snooks Tea Room : Twitter @seatonsnookstea

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35. History of Hartlepool in Images

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83. Debbie Carter

84. Hartlepool Fash Watch

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87. Northern Daily Mail/Press Association

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112. Winsy & Coalfields Regeneration Trust

113. Only Fans

114. Average Joe’s

[strawbvrrylipstick-archive]

i was fixing my tags and while going through all the posts, i’ve noticed a bunch of my muses that had like less than five text posts in their tags. so, below the cut you’ll find a rather large list of my muses with some brief info included about them. i want to write some starters for them and get some threads going, so please comment on this post with any muses you’d be interested in getting a starter from. there’s really no limit. 

alexander beckett / outcast prince / pansexual / fc: will tudor 

frances ‘baby’ houseman / canon divergent baby from dirty dancing / bisexual / fc: zoey deutch 

connor beckett / heir of his father’s company who is kind of an alcoholic / bisexual / fc: armie hammer

florence beckett / princess & aspiring ballet dancer / bisexual / fc: liana liberato 

jarrod beckett / prince & broadway actor / homosexual / fc: axel auriant 

lawrence cohen / based on chunk from the goonies / pansexual / fc: ansel elgort

marnie piper / canon divergent marnie from halloweentown / pansexual / fc: lana condor

mike wheeler / older mike from stranger things / bisexual / fc: timothee chalamet

milly michaelson / innocent daydreamer / pansexual / fc: natalia dyer

tiffany beckett / queen with a heart of ice / bisexual / fc: emilia clarke 

violet sanford / works as a bartender - living a double life / bisexual / fc: danielle rose russell

wesley james / college student by day - call boy by night / heterosexual / fc: michael b. jordan 

augustus waters / canon divergent gus from tfios / pansexual / fc: ansel elgort

jamila el dine / conspiracy blogger and researcher / pansexual / fc: jade thirlwall 

john torres / warlock cursed with nine lives / pansexual / fc: diego tinoco

lamont warrick / scam artist who owns a curio shop / pansexual / fc: keith powers

nancy drew / amateur dectective / pansexual / fc: kat mcnamara

nigel mookerjee / historian / heterosexual / fc: dev patel 

luna santoro / fashion designer / bisexual / fc: sofia carson 

star rhee / works at a planetarium & super down to earth / homosexual / fc: laura harrier

thomas blake / charming demon / homosexual / fc: daniel sharman 

yumi shimizu / works at a bento box stand / bisexual / fc: sana minatozaki 

blaine o’callaghan / drug dealer turned kingsman agent / pansexual / fc: lee taeyong

cady heron / canon divergent cady from mean girls / bisexual / fc: maia mitchell 

chandler yoo / maid and nanny - based on cinderella / pansexual / fc: yoon jeonghan

elton grady / kingsman agent with sociopathic tendencies / bisexual / fc: jamie dornan

jackie kelly / struggling artist with wanderlust / homosexual / fc: anna kendrick 

jeremy heere / awkward nobody who wants to be popular / bisexual / fc: timothee chalamet

reese george / cisbent regina george from mean girls / bisexual / fc: park jimin 

vivian edwards / head of the kingsman agency / bisexual / fc: daisy ridley

amber kang / med student and prodigy / pansexual / fc: jeon heejin 

blue o’sullivan / well known lgbt*a activist / pansexual / fc: saoirse ronan 

cheri kim / shallow aspiring model / pansexual / fc: ha sooyoung

emerald greenblatt / environmental activist who owns her own 0 waste clothing company / pansexual / fc: hailee steinfeld 

fitz bennett / head of his own social networking company & single father / pansexual / fc: henry golding 

geoff princeton / star baseball player / heterosexual / fc: chance perdomo 

lila hernandez / nanny who wants to be a novelist / pansexual / fc: selena gomez

olly turner / youtuber who runs a channel similar to shane dawson featuring conspiracy theories, etc. / bisexual / fc: calum hood 

onyx wright / lead singer of a band & apathetic asshole / pansexual / fc: alex fitzalan 

perrie huang / embodiment of sunshine who works at a daycare / bisexual / fc: viian wong 

pippa jamil / food network star / homosexual / fc: jameela jamil 

silvia martinez / high end escort & daddy’s girl / pansexual / fc: bruna marquezine

tinsley bell / works at disneyland as the face character of tinkerbell & super confident / pansexual / fc: hunter schafer

violet zhang / works at hot topic & ur hot goth gf / pansexual / fc: natasha liu bordizzo

wyatt parker / everyone thinks he’s this playboy heir to his father’s company but he’s a soft boi / bisexual / fc: xavier serrano 

theo decker / canon theo from the goldfinch / bisexual / fc: ansel elgort

ajay ghale / drug dealer / homosexual / fc: park chanyeol 

alex yoon / film student who likes working on independent projects - super needy / homosexual / fc: felix lee 

anya romanov / canon divergent anastasia / heterosexual / fc: abigail cowen

april williams / aspiring model who works at lush / pansexual / fc: maggie lindemann

autumn rossi / a witch who owns a bookstore / pansexual / fc: kiernan shipka

brett utonium / gang member / pansexual / fc: jordan connor 

bryan utonium / sugar baby / bisexual with a preference for females / feminine aligned individuals / fc: lucas wong

grainger / club owner & single father / bisexual with a female lean / fc: tom ellis 

park jinhwan / dancer & ulzzang / pansexual / fc: park seonghwa 

na jisoo / dancer & personal stylist / homosexual / fc: kim chungha 

johnny kim / ex-dancer and now solo artist / homosexual / fc: park junhee 

na jonghyun / dancer who owns his own studio / bisexual / fc: han jisung 

maddy perez / canon maddy from euphoria / pansexual / fc: alexa demie 

luke hemmings / fictional portrayal 

meg murry / student who picks too many fights / pansexual / fc: vanessa morgan 

miranda priestly / intern at a fashion magazine & aspiring designer / pansexual / fc: barbara palvin 

peter pan / canon divergent portrayal / pansexual / fc: kj apa 

ponyboy curtis / from the outsiders / aspiring writer / bisexual / fc: harry styles

summer somchai / works at an aquarium & surfer / pansexual / fc: lalisa manoban 

winnie santos / ice skater & instructor / bisexual / fc: camila mendes

ellie cullen / hybrid cutiepie - vampire & human / pansexual / fc: kathryn newton 

lana jackson / burlesque dancer / pansexual / fc: indya moore

valeria sousa / camgirl & cosplayer / pansexual / fc: barbie ferreira

stacy harrington / cousin to steve harrington & works at scoops ahoy / homosexual / fc: diana silvers 

freyja whelan / deaf education major / bisexual / fc: florence pugh

edythe cullen / edythe from life and death / bisexual / fc: josephine langford

[chiccywood]

Why “Dunkirk” Should Be The Best Picture Of 2017

By the time that British army private Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) makes it to the beach after running through the streets of Dunkirk while evading enemy gunfire, “Dunkirk” has dug its claws into you. Director/writer Christopher Nolan’s ode to the greatest evacuation in military history not only eviscerates the war film genre, but the non-linear, untraditional way the story unfolds is an artistic dream that only could be crafted by filmmakers at the peak of their powers.

“Dunkirk” is also a nerve-wracking assault on the eyes, ears, and central nervous system. When the first Nazi plane dive bombs the Dunkirk beach, the sound mix gradually builds to almost unbearable levels with a goal of getting you as close to the feeling of inevitability that over 400,000 British soldiers felt.

Nolan’s screenplay chooses to lay out the details of “Dunkirk” in three different time frames, which may turn off moviegoers accustomed to more direct storytelling. The three threads take place on the beach, the English Channel sea, and the skies above each, while spread out over the course of one week, one day, and one hour.

The beach story, titled “The Mole”, focuses on Tommy, who is on the beach for several days after he and another private, Gibson (Aneurin Barnard), fail at getting aboard a medical freighter. The beach evacuation is conducted by Commander Bolton (Kenneth Branagh) and Colonel Winnant (James D’Arcy), who are forced to decide how many wounded to save as they take up too much room on the small ships that can maneuver in the shallow English Channel waters.

Since only small ships are able to reach the beach in Dunkirk, the British government organized a rescue using small ships owned by private citizens, who sailed their fishing boats or tiny luxury vessels towards a city being bombarded by the enemy. One of these boats is manned by Mr. Dawson (Mark Rylance), his son, Peter (Tom Glynn-Carney), and a young man from their town, George (Barry Keoghan).

The air assault features three British Spitfires whose goal is to prevent Nazi bombers from destroying British Destroyers as they attempt to cross the Channel. One of the pilots, Farrier (Tom Hardy, who does more acting with his eyes than most actors do with their entire bodies), quickly has to deal with a broken fuel gauge, which causes him to constantly estimate how much fly time he has remaining.

All three of these plot lines happen at the same time, which means “Dunkirk” goes from the night hours of the beach back to the bright, blue skies of dogfighting fighter pilots. Nolan and editor Lee Smith masterfully cut these scenes together to not only allow for the entire story to be easily tracked, but to create sequences that seem to match each other in intensity.

Considering there is barely a word spoken in the first fifteen minutes, “Dunkirk” is hardly an “actor’s” movie. Only Fionn Whitehead and Mark Rylance have extended dialogue and even those are incredibly sparse. Rylance delivers one line with such power and mastery that it conveys enough classic British stoicism for the entire movie. Also, Harry Styles does quite well as a nervous, stressed out private whose fears push him to an extreme bout with paranoia.

Other than the events that Nolan and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema deftly put on screen, the star of “Dunkirk” is Hans Zimmer’s powerful score. It is an integral part to the film and some sort of sound, whether it be a monotonous tone or the ticking of a clock, seems to be omnipresent. It ratchets up the tension to a level that could fry every nerve in your body.

There is little doubt that the editing, sound mixing, cinematography, essentially every technical aspect of “Dunkirk” will be showered with awards. There is no way that Academy voters ignore Christopher Nolan and he should not only be finally nominated, but a lock to win the Oscar for Best Director and potentially, Best Original Screenplay.

“Dunkirk” is a massive spectacle created by a filmmaking mastermind whose every directorial effort has been leading up to this. Christopher Nolan has always tried to merge Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking with auteur cinema and “Dunkirk” has achieved that to perhaps an unseen level. This is epic filmmaking that will leave you overcome by the will of the human spirit and in awe of what you’ve just seen.

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Silver Threads

There is a fight, and everyone is somehow too young to understand this war, even Mr Dawson, who saw the Titanic go down. There are struggles, and the gun changes hand three times, before the shivering soldier shoves everyone away from him.

George falls, and the blood is scarce, and Peter sees the silver threads in the air of what could have been.

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Peter doesn't know how long he sits in the belly of the boat, George's head in his hands. His fingers are sticky with blood, and he keeps staring down at George's face. They keep accidentally making direct eye contact, and then looking away, like school boys.

They are school boys.

“Am I going to die?” George asks, and his lips are dry.

“Course not.” Peter says, and strokes the spot between George's eyebrows with his finger tips. “It's only a scratch.”

“It hurts.”

“You fell a long way.”

“Still.” George says, and looks up at Peter. “Guess I'm another casualty.”

“Quiet.” Peter says, and they sit there until his father yells that there's somebody in the water.

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Quotes for Wednesday March 8,2017

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@indigodreames

Even from just a cursory glance upon walking in, George could tell the inn was pretty popular. There were quite a few people around, which was surprising given how late it was. Perhaps this town simply had an active night life; George had encountered a handful of locals out and about on her way over, too.

She wondered if maybe that meant that housing would be expensive. While she did get a good haul from her last robbery job, she'd rather not spend it so carelessly... but with the authorities closing in by the minute, she desperately needed a place to hide.

"Evenin', miss," George approached the woman near the front desk. Judging by how people would come to her before heading up to their rooms, it must mean she was a part of the staff. "Sorry for the late hour. Any chance you still have any rooms available?"

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Did Zaza Pachulia intentionally fall on Russell Westbrook’s knee?

Pachulia has a history of dirty plays, and many believe he targeted Westbrook’s knee against the Thunder.

Russell Westbrook and Zaza Pachulia have different opinions on whether Pachulia intentionally fell directly on Westbrook’s knee in the third quarter of the Warriors 32-point win over the Thunder on Saturday night.

Westbrook on Pachulia falling into his leg: “Don’t ask me a dumb question. Obviously it was intentional.” pic.twitter.com/9sKpS2TgnH

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) February 25, 2018

“What did it look like?” Westbrook said, via The Norman Transcript’s Fred Katz. “Did anybody touch him? ... Obviously it was intentional. Nobody touched him. He fell on my leg. He tried to hurt me. But hey. That’s how that goes.”

Pachulia responded: “No comment,” via ESPN’s Chris Haynes. “That’s childish. Come on. I’m not responding to that.”

Westbrook attacked the basket with under 2:30 left in the third quarter and was upended midair during a layup attempt. Pachulia, who was trailing the play, then fell directly onto Westbrook’s knee, causing him to grimace and writhe in pain on the floor. No one was behind Pachulia, and no one pushed him on the play.

Dirty or accidental? pic.twitter.com/Yq47Qh2BtI

— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) February 25, 2018

Westbrook has knee injury history. He underwent three surgeries between April and December of 2013 after he tore the meniscus in his right knee. Pachulia fell on Westbrook’s left, but when Westbrook was asked if he thought Pachulia is a dirty player, he responded: “Yeah. For sure.”

Pachulia surely has a reputation as a dirty player

One Twitter user strung together a thread that highlighted nine previous plays where Pachulia appeared to intentionally opposing players. After all, it was Pachulia who accidentally slid underneath Kawhi Leonard during the Western Conference Finals, turning a 23-point Warriors deficit into a 4-0 series sweep of the Spurs.

Saturday night’s incident was the second that included Westbrook after Pachulia hit Westbrook in the face when the Thunder traveled to Golden State last season.

The fall onto Westbrook’s knee caused concern among basketball fans social media. Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving commented on the replay on Instagram: “The league has to take a look at this man, this shit is ridiculous!!”

Kyrie Irving has thoughts on Pachulia falling on Westbrook’s leg: “that s*** is ridiculous” pic.twitter.com/fPJayhbzT4

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) February 25, 2018

Westbrook’s teammate, Paul George, also addressed the play with pool reporters after the game.

Russell Westbrook was heated about the Zaza Pachulia play. Will post that, but here’s Paul George on it. pic.twitter.com/U0wBFVnZP2

— Brett Dawson (@BDawsonWrites) February 25, 2018

“I’m gonna take the Russ approach to this. Did you see it?” George said, via The Oklahoman’s Brett Dawson. “You know Zaza, you know his history, and you know nobody pushed him. He aimed where he was going to fall.

“That’s Zaza making a Zaza play. He’s on the end of hurting a lot of guys.”

Was it a dirty play?

It damn sure looked like it. No one was even close to Pachulia when he fell onto Westbrook, and the fact that he fell over directly onto Westbrook’s knee doesn’t make matters any better.

Yes, momentum is a real thing. Pachulia is a big, seven-foot guy, and big seven-foot guys aren’t supposed to be running too, too fast. Pachulia was trailing on the play, and stopped at Westbrook. But then he fell over, and things get real iffy there.

We’ll never know if Pachulia did this on purpose. He has the history of someone who might think to do these things intentionally, and the video sure doesn’t lie. Either way, the NBA will probably take a look at this.

Expect to hear something from the league at some point.

Kyrie Irving has thoughts on Pachulia falling on Westbrook’s leg: “that s*** is ridiculous” pic.twitter.com/fPJayhbzT4

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) February 25, 2018

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New Post has been published on https://shovelnews.com/brits-battle-brexit-frustrations-with-brexfit-workout/

Brits Battle Brexit Frustrations With 'BrexFit' Workout

LONDON (Reuters) – Londoners fed up with Brexit can vent their rage with a special gym routine that includes high-intensity exercises like pummeling punchbags bearing photographs of some of the main players like Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker.

The 30-minute circuit also features the “Theresa May Sack Race,” “Jacob Rees-Logg lifts” and “Politico Headslammer” in which participants slam balls on to pictures of British Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Simon Dawson / Reuters

A gym member drop balls on images of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during a Brexfit gym class at Gym Box in London.

There is also a “Cameron Quitters’ Corner” named after May’s predecessor David Cameron to take time out.

The Brexfit classes are being offered by fitness company Gymbox, whose boss Marc Diaper said the theme was chosen by a members’ poll of their main frustrations with living in the British capital.

Fifty two percent of respondents said Brexit, followed by rent prices and train delays.

“We thought well, what better way to actually release frustration and anger than actually put on a Brexfit class as we’ve called it, where you can actually punch your most hated politician in the face on a punch bag,” he told Reuters.

Simon Dawson / Reuters

Gym members jump in sacks containing an image of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May during a Brexfit gym class.

The course was designed with the help of an anger management expert, said fitness instructor Boriss Visokoborskis.

“It’s for our members to relieve the stress caused by Brexit, and all the frustration they see in the mass media and internet and so on,” he added. “They are leaving our classes feeling relieved, lighter and they do something good for themselves, they work on their body.”

Simon Dawson / Reuters

Student Ania Jarzabkiewicz, 26, originally from Poland, said she felt “amazing” after the class.

“I have a problem to get my student loan because of Brexit, so today I really take out my frustration on this whole situation and I feel really good,” she said.

Fitness coach George, 25, said his favorite exercises were the sack races and punch bags. In this particular class, leading Brexiteer and former Foreign Secretary Johnson bore the brunt of his frustration.

“It’d be wrong to punch him in the face in real life so … doing it on a punch bag there’s nothing wrong with that, and it’s definitely a great way to get your frustration out,” he said.

Simon Dawson / Reuters

With six months until Britain leaves the EU, May has yet to reach a deal on the terms of the divorce, and her plan for future trade ties has been rebuffed by both the EU and many in her own Conservative Party.

Corbyn said this week that Labour would vote against a Brexit deal based on May’s proposals, the strongest warning yet to a prime minister whose plan to leave the EU is hanging by a thread.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brexfit-fitness-routine-brexit_us_5bae9735e4b0343b3dc0240a

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Boris and Brexit gym punchbags help Londoners vent their rage

LONDON (Reuters) – Londoners fed up with Brexit can vent their rage with a special gym routine that includes high-intensity exercises like pummeling punchbags bearing photographs of some of the main players like Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker.

The 30-minute circuit also features the “Theresa May Sack Race,” “Jacob Rees-Logg lifts” and “Politico Headslammer” in which participants slam balls on to pictures of British Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

There is also a “Cameron Quitters’ Corner” named after May’s predecessor David Cameron to take time out.

The Brexfit classes are being offered by fitness company Gymbox, whose boss Marc Diaper said the theme was chosen by a members’ poll of their main frustrations with living in the British capital.

Fifty two percent of respondents said Brexit, followed by rent prices and train delays.

“We thought well, what better way to actually release frustration and anger than actually put on a Brexfit class as we’ve called it, where you can actually punch your most hated politician in the face on a punch bag,” he told Reuters.

A gym member drop balls on images of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during a Brexfit gym class at Gym Box in London, Britain September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

The course was designed with the help of an anger management expert, said fitness instructor Boriss Visokoborskis.

“It’s for our members to relieve the stress caused by Brexit, and all the frustration they see in the mass media and internet and so on,” he added. “They are leaving our classes feeling relieved, lighter and they do something good for themselves, they work on their body.”

Student Ania Jarzabkiewicz, 26, originally from Poland, said she felt “amazing” after the class.

“I have a problem to get my student loan because of Brexit, so today I really take out my frustration on this whole situation and I feel really good,” she said.

Fitness coach George, 25, said his favorite exercises were the sack races and punch bags. In this particular class, leading Brexiteer and former Foreign Secretary Johnson bore the brunt of his frustration.

“It’d be wrong to punch him in the face in real life so … doing it on a punch bag there’s nothing wrong with that, and it’s definitely a great way to get your frustration out,” he said.

With six months until Britain leaves the EU, May has yet to reach a deal on the terms of the divorce, and her plan for future trade ties has been rebuffed by both the EU and many in her own Conservative Party.

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Corbyn said this week that Labour would vote against a Brexit deal based on May’s proposals, the strongest warning yet to a prime minister whose plan to leave the EU is hanging by a thread.

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Review: DUNKIRK

*MILD SPOILERS AHEAD*

Christopher Nolan comes back to theaters with his new masterpiece, Dunkirk. The film features an ensemble cast, starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. It is set in World War II during the harrowing evacuation of Dunkirk. The film follows three separate storylines: I. The Mole (on land covering one week), II. The Sea (at sea covering one day), III. The Air (in the air covering one hour).

Let me start off by saying I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I saw this film at my local theater which offered Century XD (the next best thing to IMAX), with quality surround sound and comfortable leather reclining seats. So I had some time to really piece this together. The acting was great, the use of visuals was great and the story was well thought out. Instead of going into the basics, I want to cover four things with my thoughts and opinions: Cinematography and the three parts, The Mole, The Sea and The Air. Let’s begin!

Cinematography

The film was shot on a combination of IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large format film stock in Panavision System 65, on IMAX cameras. Hoyte Van Hoytema once again is behind the camera for this film after having done previous work on Interstellar. The cameras and lenses used in this film were the first to be handheld, supervised by Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. Filming took place in the UK, Netherlands, United States and the real beaches of Dunkirk, France. The color of the film used that weird war movie filter that can be seen in films like Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor and Letters from Iwo Jima. It uses a lot of blues, browns and blacks to give it a dark tone. Nolan and Van Hoytema probably spent weeks preparing to shoot this film. A big film preservationist, Nolan again shoots on film as previously mentioned. Nolan’s big on shooting on film and it definitely was the pinnacle of his work when it came to Dunkirk.

I. The Mole (one week)

Why it’s called the Mole is because I think there’s a certain character in the group that is out of place... if you’ve seen the film, that’s probably why this section is called that but for the most part, I am not sure. Regardless, this section of the film is where our story begins. We follow a soldier named Tommy. He rarely speaks and when he does, it doesn’t really move the plot forward. This section had good moments however it lacked depth. A lot of it were the characters slowly looking up at the sky as Luftwaffe planes picked them off. It was harrowing to see but these moments really played out well. The photo above really highlights the characters and their reactions as the story progressed.

II. The Sea (one day)

Taking place over the course of one day, this section covers one of the Little Ships of Dunkirk from their leaving the UK to their arrival at Dunkirk across the English Channel. The Royal Navy are commandeering private boats to ferry soldiers back from Dunkirk however the characters Mr. Dawson, his son Peter and their friend George, take the evacuation into their own hands and sail across the channel. Along the way, they encounter several characters from the other threads in the movie. I think this section is the more interesting parts of the movie. It blends both civilian and military types that push the story forward. It also gives perspective to the civilians who had to take part in the evacuation of Dunkirk as well as their morals, feelings and outcomes.

III. The Air (one hour)

Tom Hardy once again acts in one of Nolan’s films. He was the star of this section in the film. Flying Submarine Spitfires, three pilots head to Dunkirk to provide support for the waiting troops. Without spoiling too much, Tom Hardy takes down several planes and barely survives in the knick of time. There’s so much I want to say about this section but I can’t say it without spoiling it!

My Conclusion

This movie was incredible. It was big, it was loud and there were moments that just make you go in awe. It wasn’t the best Nolan film I’ve seen but it also wasn’t the best World War II film I’ve seen. If you are going to see this movie, see it in IMAX. It’s big, it’s loud and it’s masterfully shot. 

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