#Anne Stewart

[starkdirewolflove]

“What’s that?”

The greatest use of a Spice Girls song ever.

[alexlacquemanne]

November Who Watch → The Five Doctors

"Oh, I know, I know. Drag you through time and space without so much as a bye or leave, then leave you out when things get interesting."

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

Something is going on and I’m here for it

[adamnablelittledevil]

Okay, but hear me out: Anthony Head as Marius. Since they have aged up everyone, I believe they'll do the same with him and it's probably for the best. And Anthony totally can pull off the kind of, well, posture and body language I imagined Marius having when I read the books. Plus, he's talented, versatile and I've seen him deliver great performances before.

[old-deerstalker-hat]

Stills from "The Giggle"

[e-v-i-lb-o-y-s]

3rd Annual Cam for a Cause Gala 💜

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3rd Year Update

[whatsfourteenupto]

Fourteen follows Donna to work one day, “Not to do any world-saving, just to look around! Check out the archives, see how Kate’s getting on, the like!” It lasts until about 11:00, at which point he’s become such a distraction that Kate calls Shirley and tells her that her schedule for the rest of the day has been cleared, and to “For the love of God take him down to the lab, show them the projects, goof off for all I care, just don’t cause any structural damage and get him out of my hair.”

[mieczyslawn]

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ★ . . . take a look at my girlfriend

[kingchad]

via IG

[oldschoolvillageidiot]

27% of the movies I've seen this year boil down to "Be Gay Do Crimes."

[candy-pants]

descendants + my favorite lines (part 1/?)

[supercosplaylover]

Fly High, Carlos De Vil 🙏👼😞

[chaoticreader139]

Love how the Spice Up Your Life scene is simultaneously hilarious and weird for the audience and just straight up terrifying for the characters.

[starleska]

🌹 The Toymaker's Spice Up Your Life Lip-Sync Spectacular! 🌹

[ober-affen-geil]

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All gifs are of Dean and Henry from Big Eden. Henry is shorter than Dean by about half a foot and is wearing a brown sweater. Dean is wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt partially unzipped with a plain white t-shirt underneath.

Gif 1: Front shot of Dean facing the camera with Henry standing behind him. Henry has his hands on Dean's shoulders, resting his head on Dean's back. Dean has one hand up on his chest, his fingers barely brushing Henry's where they are peeking over his shoulder. Dean is pausing, caught in the quiet tension of the moment. He seems to make a decision, then starts to turn towards Henry.

Gif 2: Cut to shot of Henry and Dean as he finished turning around, his hand coming up to cup the back of Henry's head and meeting Henry for a gentle, easy kiss.

Gif 3: Dean, still kissing Henry, angles his head to deepen the kiss and pulls Henry closer with his other hand around his back while moving the hand cupping Henry's head to his neck.

Gif 4: Dean and Henry kissing, clutching at each other but not really moving otherwise. The hood on Dean's sweatshirt is bunched at the back where Henry's hand has moved it.

Gif 5: Dean is still kissing Henry, but something is wrong. His eyes, already closed, start to squeeze shut harder as Dean screws his face up with effort. Eventually he breaks, and his face drops into Henry's shoulder as he gives up, still clutching Henry in an embrace.

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So I finally watched Big Eden, and the whole thing is generally sweet and warm and I love that Henry and Pike find each other by the end and the whole town coming together to make sure it happens is so incredibly heartwarming. But I want to look for a second at the quiet tragedy of this moment with Dean, from his perspective.

Dean is introduced to us as Henry's high school crush, the one that got away. The straight boy he could never have. We are also told that he has now separated from his wife and he has what appears to be full custody of their two young sons. No details are given, but full custody of two children under 10 years old? Doesn't paint a positive picture of the relationship.

Immediately upon gracing the screen, we see Dean is a person who is friendly, loving, and easily physical with pretty much everyone, especially his sons. Which is where this scene starts to become heartbreaking.

It's clear that Dean had been in a committed relationship, and for one reason or another is no longer in it. It's also clear that he loves Henry as his friend, and misses him. He says as much himself. And it's achingly clear that Dean is both longing for a deep human connection and also wants to reconnect with his friend, break through the wall he can feel Henry has built around himself.

So when Henry leans on him, tired and anxious about his grandfather's condition in the hospital, Dean recognizes the domestic nature of the moment (Henry has made him coffee and he is making Henry eggs). And, wanting in some way to connect with Henry, Dean reaches for him in the only way he may know how. In the way he knows Henry wants.

It just. Doesn't work.

"I can't. I can't. I'm so sorry. I want to. I can't."

He tries. He really, really tries to give Henry everything he wants. He's gentle, and sweet, and he holds Henry like he's something precious because he is, he is precious. But Dean just...can't. He knows this isn't something he can give Henry no matter how much he wants to.

And while of course this is a sad confirmation for Henry, from Dean's perspective this is him reaching, desperate for a connection, and being unable to make one. This is the grasp of a drowning man at the only lifeline in front of him and it doesn't work.

It's no one's fault. He wants to. But he can't.