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My dream for the election is that it’s definitive. I want a 2012-style Election Day where everyone built it up beforehand to possibly be close but then the results start rolling in and it was like “Oh, nevermind. It’s obviously Obama. Everyone go to bed.”

I just want voters to put a stake right through the heart of Trumpism so that it crumbles to ash before our eyes. That’s the dream.

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"the hell's a Sophie?"

"-UNSEX ME 🙅🏻‍♀️ and FILL ME 💃🏻 from the crown 👑 To the tOE 👸🏻 make thick my BLOOD🩸-"

👁️👁️ 👁️👁️ 😃 👁️👁️

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Been waiting to watch 911 till the first 3 episodes were on Disney so I could watch the full S8 opening arc and wow, was I reminded why I love this show ("I love you" "tell me in person" might go down as one of my top TV moments ever - Bobby and Athena, how I adore you).

But it also reminded me just how much FUN this show can be. It handles switching tone SO well, going from out and out comedy (Eddie's bee run!) to emotional hits (Athena finding out about the sentencing deal). Nobody is doing it like them.

It's smart enough to know when it needs to play things completely serious and when episodes don't have room for that comedy - the end of the tsunami arc, the Eddie shooting aftermath - and of course, it's lucky enough to have actors the calibre of Angela Bassett, who add gravitas just by their presence. But it's not scared of being completely and utterly bonkers. These characters grab your heart and squeeze, but hanging out with them is also JUST. SO. MUCH. FUN.

I watched Fire Country over the summer - I used to hate fire fighter shows but since 911 converted me I thought I'd give it a chance. And it's a perfectly decent show - solid cast of good character actors, plenty of action, gripping storylines. I watched the whole first 2 seasons. Will watch the 3rd when it drops.

But god it made me realise 911 has RUINED me. I was like. God. What do you mean this firefighter crew puts out fires. Every week? *Another* fire?! Again ?! Where's my woman getting maggots from corpse hair? Where's my curses? Where's my weighted blanket saving someone from a meteor, goddamit?!

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911 is like, my wacky best friend. and she’s beautiful and funny and can be sooooooo smart and deep but also she says the craziest shit where sometimes you’re like? wait what ?? babe you’re SO crazy 🤪 but i love you. you’re the best. and she’s like, i love you sooooo much here’s a story about 20 million killer bees and also the most beautiful love story ever witnessed, and let me teach about found family and love in beautiful and profound ways while we dance over our almost dead racist boss ✨💖💓💫 and you say I can’t waitttt to see u again next week 😍😍😍😍

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Somewhere in the Brooklyn Nine Nine universe, there is a Halloween heist going on right now.

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the fact that walls get dusty is ridiculous. you're vertical. act like it.

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Any red state can turn blue if enough voters turn out.

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To all Americans out there:

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Addams Family Values — 1993, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

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you know what they say: boop!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

and a merry boop to all <3

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decided to rewatch the carnival job tonight and as much as i love when the cons get goofy, or there's a really satisfying gloat at the end, my most favorite thing is the way this episode goes from "this is a standard con" to "kid's missing? scorched fuckin earth baby" in less than 30 seconds

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hen and chim and the nonsense counter for @cosmicclownboy !

this is a prompt fill with the @911actions gotcha for gaza—the submission period has come to an end, but you can still donate to a good cause!

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Just a couple of extremely normal every day Ankh-Morpork dogs. Very normal. Nothing exceptional here.

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One of the things I love most about Leverage: The Carnival Job is that it's one of the few times we are reminded just how very dangerous all of these people actually can be.

The pivot is so fast, so severe - from kinda fun heist that has Sophie and Nate Sophieing and Nateing to the max - to deadly serious the minute a child is in danger. Eliot's pivot is usually the most commented on - because we love protective Eliot! - but it's also the least surprising because we already know how dangerous he is.

This is emphasized by their badass entry into the carnival. We usually see them together like this during the Gloat, so it's often goofy, or at least smug. Here they are just grim determination.

It's also evident in how they present Hardison - usually he's styled to hide what a big guy he is and to play up his gentleness and goofiness (even before Hodge bulked up for the movies) and to emphasize his brains over brawn role in the team. Here he has his hoodie up, his face shrouded, hands in pockets, which makes his silhouette look bigger.

The camera work also changes in the first few scenes after Molly is taken: starts swooping, mirroring a carnival ride, disorientation.

It's just so many little details that make this such a great show.

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cliché but classic trope: when the person who almost died wakes up in a hospital bed, looks around and sees the object of their affection sleeping uncomfortably in the chair next to them because they haven’t moved in days.

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This is the best idea in the history of film.