#BOE Mister Mister

[brokenonyxestate]

LOOK!

Look who I found was interested in riding today! Yes, it is indeed my youngest boy Ares! Normally he finds all horses big and scary, but apparently he has formed a bond with Gråravn's Cover Girl (also called CC) in the pasture, and wanted to try it out today, to see how it would go for him.

I really tried to contain my excitement, as he had never had any interest in riding, and had always been content with just grooming them or doing some stable work instead. But that was definitely hard to do. I gave it my best try though.

So I tacked up BOE Mister Mister, and helped Ares when he asked for it, and tried not to hover too much. Just letting him do whatever he felt like.

Normally it's Rakel who rides Mister, but I thought that being the owner of the stable gave me rights to do so whenever I wanted, so I took that chance - even if the German Riding Ponies are Will's and Rakel's project.

Seeing Ares on a horse for the first time in years warmed my heart though. He seemed a little nervous when getting onto the mounting block, and then again when he put his foot in the stirrup, but it worked for them both. CC stood still as a statue, as he got onto her back and settled into the saddle.

And then he just rode her like he had done it a million times before!

I was actually quite proud of him riding CC today. Mostly because that mare was probably one of the tallest pony mares in the stable, and I was riding the smaller one today! xD

I am still not sure if he wants to do it ever again, but after we exited the arena, and rode back to the stables (yes, he actually stayed on CC's back even outside the arena!) he smiled a smile I haven't seen in a long time. And one I have never seen on his lips, when he was riding or sitting on horseback. That smile of pure joy.

And if all it takes is to make CC his pony, then so be it. If he never wants to enter shows, then so be it, but him finding happiness in something the rest of the family loves? That's big!

[polyacotarweek]

Day 5 Masterlist: Favorite Tropes

Fanfic:

"did something bad (why's it feel so good?)" by @thesistersarcheron (Eluzriel)

"The Fawn of Prythian, Ch 4-6" by @witch-and-her-witcher (Eluzriel)

"Star-kissed Night Beneath My Wings" by @starfall-spirit (Feyre X Bat Boys)

"A Dance Named Starlight" by @chunkypossum (Nerissian)

"The Siren's Song" by @nocasdatsgay (Nessriel)

"Wingspans" by @tsunami-of-tears (OC X Cazriel)

"Romance" by @littlestw01f (OC X Rhysand X Eris)

"Mister Grumpy Pantses" by @readychilledwine (Reader X Azris)

"Omega Ours: Part 1" by @mrs-illyrian-baby (Reader X Nessian)

"Just This Once...Right?" by @danikamariewrites (Reader X Rhyssian)

Fanart & Miscellaneous

"Amarantha/Tamlin/Rhysand" by @copypastus (Not CNM)

"Cold Feet, Autumn Fae, Only One Bed" headcanon with moodboard by @acourtofladydeath (BOE, Lucien X Vassa X Jurian)

If your creation is missing or you see an issue with the masterlist, please reach out to the blog so we can rectify it!

[silverliningtears]

BRING IN BOEING RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, FUCK!!

Honestly wat a ride!!

Mew

Man, Mew is one scary motherfucker!! He had Boston on his knees lmaoo, and that's after punching him and almost playing his sextape TO HIS FATHER!!

Book ate this ngl. Power moves left and right. The true MVP for 2 weeks straight. But after this high comes the crash, jumping into a relationship with ur best friend who is madly in love with you so soon after getting cheated on is not the win he seems to think it is.

Also, reputation era mew dresses like Ray lol.

Ray

Speaking of Ray, man you apologized to EVERYONE except SAND, the one u called a whore?the one who followed u and saved your life? Look at your life and your choices, boy...

He's been waiting for Mew to give him a chance for so long, he's obviously gonna take it lol. But feel like it's gonna hurt him in the long run.

Finally,we met Daddy Ray!!didn't think it would happen!! Thinking he's gonna play a bigger part in the coming eps, esp with Sand..

Raymew getting together now right now is gonna destroy them both. Mew has not dealt with any of the baggage yet. And he has this idea of "no more mister nice guy/boring virgin" so feel like Ray's addiction is gonna play a bigger part in their "relationship" now.Mew is gonna wanna "let loose" and we see the police in the preview.

Ray is basking in the glory of "getting" Mew, he's obviously gonna celebrate with drinks and drugs.

A shame cos, him denying he's an alcoholic to Sand, i thought we'd finally see some discussion on his dependence and abuse, but NOPE, NOT TODAY, why can't I have nice things?

In the preview, we see him interrupting Sand's hookup AGAIN. Hope we get some conflict in the Sandray dynamic. I want some pushback from Sand.

Sand

Babygirl I love you. You're so sexy, don't do this urself haha...

I was hoping that Ray's dad paid him to look after him and that's why he's immediately all buddy buddy with ray. Since the scene kinda cut out, I'm still holding out hope for it to be true.

I can kinda see him agreeing to it like, oh this guy already thinks im just a whore, why not get paid??

But he did say he doesn't see money in love and friendship. I remember First saying that Sand has to deal with his all his feelings alone in the series and it just makes me feel sad for him.BRING BOEING BACK ALREADY!!

in the future eps, I want to see Ray absolutely obsessed with Sand and being soo pathetic about him. Like foaming at the mouth over Sand talking to Boeing anyone.

On the fence about their endgame tho. I love firstkhao but this ain't healthy man, my heart is hurting. Do Not take the fall for Ray next week, pls!! I'm on my knees here kinda like boston

NICKY BOY

My other baby girl, imma give you like one more ep to cry over Boston, then u gotta move on, c'mon son!

Also, interesting how he didn't reveal it was Sand who gave the sex audio to Boston, but immediately told Mew about Gap, the weirdo. Like, That was Life Ruining Info™ and he just gave it away lol.

Boston

Well, well,well,how the turntables...

Neo is killing it, i don't know if anyone else would be able to pull off Boston so well.

Kitty seemingly lost his claws this week,but he's waiting for a chance to pounce alright. He's just licking his wounds for now. But, all of the mewkarma was so satisfying.

Top

Broooo, he's sobbing all alone in his bed, thinking about past dates. Honestly i cackled like a witch.

No more Mr.Top Tier then?

I expect more grovelling and begging from him, maybe then he'll become more interesting to me idk

[thatgirl4815]

Why bring Boeing back instead of mister freddie II?? he was cute, I liked him! he had a moment with sand and he deserved a little kiss. My man was just happy to be there sandwiched between sandray lmao ray was being obnoxious af and freddie was like have a seat (:

I hope Freddie II is off lounging on a beach somewhere sipping a mimosa. We know next to nothing about him, but he handled that entire situation with such grace. He was willing to have a three-way chat but admirably removed himself from the situation the moment things got messy. Not to mention he did it all with a smile. What a king.

[reviiraes]

♙      ⸻      ·   。…      [      alisha boe  +  twenty seven  +  cis female  +  she / her      ]      the  city  of  new  york  welcomes  cordelia whitmore  to  the  social  season  of  1887.  known  to  be  charming  and  resilient,  their  rumored  resentful  and  cynical  tendencies  might  prove  to  be  their  unmaking.  the  street  musicians  often  string  along  a  tune  that  sounds  like  marjorie  by  taylor swift  whenever  they  are  near,  hoping  for  a  coin  or  two  as  a  reward.  unbeknown  to  their  peers,  character  name  views  the  social  season  as  an escape from london  but  when  holding  a  secret  such  as  she caused the downfall of her ex fiancé’s new wife’s family business,  it  would  be  best  to  keep  their  opinions  to  themselves. 

basic   statistics   :

full   name   :  cordelia  whitemore

nicknames   or   aliases   :  delia  (  by  close  friends  &  family  )  ,  cordy  (  by  her  older  brother,  benedict.  she  hates  it  btw  )

age   :  twenty-seven

date   of   birth   :  august  19th

occupation   :  stay  at  home  daughter  socialite

parents   :  mister  whitmore ( deceased )  &  missus  whitmore

siblings   :  charles  whitmore  ,  miss  whitmore  ,  benedict  whitmore

marital   status   :  previously  engaged  single

sexuality   :  heterosexual  +  heteroromantic

the   secret   :

cordelia  was  set  to  be  married  the  previous  year  .  she  had  been  engaged  for  more  than  a  year  with  a  man  who  she  called  her  first  love  .  in  the  days  leading  up  to  their  wedding  ,  she  had  noticed  that  her  fiance  started  acting  weird  ,  missing  out  on  supplier  meetings  ,  always  disappearing  ,  or  if  he  was  around  he  seemed  distracted  .  this  ,  of  course  ,  bothered  cordelia  .  however  ,  she  attributed  this  behavior  to  the  fact  that  his  fiance  had  just  inherited  his  grandfather's  title  which  came  with  new  responsibilities  .  on  the  day  of  their  wedding  ,  he  never  showed  .  it  was  his  sister  who  delivered  the  devastating  news  that  he  was  not  coming  .  cordelia's  whole  world  shattered  ,  feeling  sorry  for  herself  and  left  utterly  embarrassed  .  her  fiance  had  gotten  another  woman  pregnant  and  the  woman's  family  demanded  that  he  marry  her  instead  .  after  hiring  a  private  investigator  and  through  her  family's  string  of  connections  ,  she  was  able  to  find  out  more  about  the  woman  and  her  family  .  she  was  surprised  to  discover  that  her  ex  and  the  woman  secretly  married  in  scotland  to  cover  up  the  pregnancy  which  sent  her  into  a  fury  .  she  was  told  that  the  woman's  family  had  just  moved  to  london  from  the  countryside  and  was  in  the  process  of  purchasing  a  hotel  in  mayfair  .   after  a  day  ,  they  were  turned  away  as  someone  had  already  put  in  "  a  bigger  offer  "  for  the  hotel  .  london's  circles  ran  quite  small  and  cordelia  happened  to  be  in  the  center  of  it  .  anyone  who  knows  the  whitmores  knows  not  to  transact  with  this  new  family  so  to  not  offend  them  .  she  was  told  that  her  ex  and  his  new  wife  moved  to  france  as  london's  high  society  was  not  exactly  welcoming  . 

thoughts   on   high   society   :

cordelia  sees  it  as  burden  however  she  acknowledges  that  it  was  her  life  .  she  was  lucky  to  be  born  into  opulence  however  there  are  certain  standards  that  one  must  attain  to  be  '  accepted  '  by  society  .  she  sees  new  york  as  her  '  escape  '  from  london  society  after  all  she  had  endured  post-wedding  cancellation  .  she  is  not  particularly  fond  of  change,  however  ,  this  is  a  fresh  start  for  her  ,  something  she  things  she  needed  . 

headcanons   :

though  the  whitmores  were  not  titled  ,  cordelia  still  enjoyed  the  perks  of  being  born  into  a  well-known  family  .  their  father  was  a  third  son  of  an  earl  and  was  member  of  parliament  .  and  so  he  may  not  have  inherited  any  title  ,  their  family  was  still  considered  to  be  of  the  same  caliber  as  those  who  were  .   this  privilege  allowed  him  to  do  things  on  his  own  ,  owning  businesses  and  focusing  on  investing  and  inventing  .  he  was  known  to  be  an  intelligent  man  and  cordelia  was  told  that  he  was  but  she  wished  she  had  gotten  to  know  him  .  he  was  always  busy  ,  always  away  .  she  knew  she  had  a  father  but  never  truly  felt  his  presence  .  her  mother  on  the  other  hand  was  the  only  person  she  considered   a  '  parent  '  . 

partly  why  she  did  not  know  her  father  very  well  was  that  for  most  of  her  childhood  ,  cordelia  in  switzerland  .  she  came  back  to  england  in  her  adolescence  where  she  took  up  private  lessons  . 

character  influences  :  blair  waldorf  ,  regina  george  ,  princess  margaret  ,  emily  gilmore  ,  cher  horowitz 

connections   :

new yorkers she kind of ' like ' to be around with / new friends . people who have the same attitude or tolerate her 

someone who heals her broken heart ? part as to why cordelia is snobby and snarky is that she is still quite bitter . give me someone who teaches her to soften up ! 

enemies ? frenemies ? 

flings  ,  flirtationship  ,  fwb 

lowkey  open  for  anything 

[fragileizywriting]

god the more i think about it the funnier it is

please god let me remember if i were to actually write it, adrien calling for a lucky charm in the middle of fucking nowhere 1800s ish paris with witches and demon cats and nagas and deer

and the lucky charm warps and brings—

a fucking 747 boeing airplane engine/motor. just one. a big ol fucking plane engine.

both viperion and mister bug have to catch it before it crashes onto the ground

i think it would be SO FUNNY in the middle of an intense battle they get one of the most useless things in the world given their circumstance that viperion is so desperate to hold onto his laughter while kitty and mister bug are casually looking up just to make sure it’s one engine, and not, like, the whole plane.

flp marinette and chat have no idea why they look so worried as they look up. DL trio are losing their collective minds.

“what the hell are we going to do with this?” kitty complains. “jesus, buggaboy, couldn’t you have picked something that didn’t need electricity to power up? i don’t think these people even have telegraphs yet.”

it’s DL adrien that saves the day, actually, because he knows about planes (he can fly them, duh, he had Extensive… war training) and can figure out how to possibly make mister bug’s idea come to fruition

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 2.19 (after 1950)

1953 – Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established. 1954 – Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. 1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960. 1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread. 1965 – Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh. 1968 – Mister Roger's Neighborhood made its US national debut on NET, the predecessor of PBS. 1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417. 1978 – Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat. 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital. 1985 – A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest in Basque County to occur. 1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka. 1989 – Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four. 2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. 2003 – An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275. 2006 – A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners. 2011 – The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore. 2012 – Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. 2021 – Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

[interplanet--janet]

This is where I know it from:

He ain’t heavy, Father… he’s m’ brother.”

Those iconic words have symbolized the spirit of Boys Town for decades. But many people don’t know how it originated.

Back in 1918, a boy named Howard Loomis was abandoned by his mother at Father Flanagan’s Home for Boys, which had opened just a year earlier. Howard had polio and wore heavy leg braces. Walking was difficult for him, especially when he had to go up or down steps.

Soon, several of the Home’s older boys were carrying Howard up and down the stairs.

One day, Father Flanagan asked Reuben Granger, one of those older boys, if carrying Howard was hard.

Reuben replied, “He ain’t heavy, Father… he’s m’ brother.”

But the story doesn’t end there.

In 1943, Father Flanagan was paging through a copy of Ideal magazine when he saw an image of an older boy carrying a younger boy on his back. The caption read, “He ain’t heavy, mister… he’s my brother.”

Immediately, the priest was reminded of a photo of Reuben carrying Howard at a Boys Town picnic many years before. Father Flanagan wrote to the magazine and requested permission to use the image and quote. The magazine agreed, and Boys Town adopted them both to define its new brand.

-Father Steven Boes

apologies if this is a weird ask but since u know tons of poems, are you familiar with this one poem about brothers? it was something ab "hes not a burden hes my brother" and something involving a radio. thank you soo much for ur time!!!

i don't know this, i'm sorry. "he's not a burden he's my brother" turned up a bunch of bible quotes. i'll keep looking though!

[avengerscompound]

Plus Two - Chapter 15

Plus Two:  A Pepperony Fanfic

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Pairing:  Pepper Potts x Tony Stark x F!Reader

Warnings:  grief

Synopsis:  Tony Stark- Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist, Pepper Potts, his long-serving and overworked assistant, and you, their on-again/off-again girlfriend and lead singer of the hit band, Arctic Fire.  Three very different people navigate a world of fame, addiction, betrayal, and superheroes, while they move from having a plus one to a plus two.

Chapter 15

You climbed the stairs into Tony’s Boeing 737 behind Tony and Pepper.  Happy was coming up behind you with the luggage, and for the first time since you arrived in New York months ago, you wished you had Jaimie with you to organize things.  She still worked for you, but with the whole laying-low thing you’d had her stay in LA to look after the house.  It was a lot to ask her to do a permanent move anyway.  You were going to need to talk to her about how things had changed.

You had been on plenty of private jets before.  You didn’t own one, but they were often used for the international legs of your tours.  They were never anything even remotely like Tony’s.  All the pirate jets you’d been on were definitely over the top, but they were all small and narrow with different sections of the cabin curtained off down the fuselage.

Those jets you’d flown on could have fit inside Tony’s jet and there would still be room available.  Even the large entryway with its white and gold staircase to the second floor seemed grand compared to any plane you’d been on before.  It was grand compared to the home you grew up in.

“Welcome, Mister Stark,” a flight attendant said.  “Your guests are all in the main cabin.  When you’re ready we can take off.  Did you want any refreshments?”

“I asked for a dry bar,” Tony said.

“Yes, of course,” she replied.  “There’s no alcohol on the plane.”

“Good.  Bring out some tea and coffee but wait until we’re in the air.  We can take off when our luggage is on board,” Tony said.

“Of course,” she said.  “I’ll let the pilot know.”

You followed Tony and Pepper through to the main cabin.  You recognized everyone there though you’d never met them.  Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon all sat in the plush leather chairs ready for take-off.  They all stood when Tony entered and there were quick embraces and handshakes between everyone, reminding you that you were the odd one out here.  The tourist on your lover’s grief.

When they had finished greeting each other Steve turned to you with a look of confusion and held out his hand.  “Hello,” he said.  “I wasn’t expecting to see you again so soon.”

It was a very polite and cordial way of saying; why the fuck are you here?

“Hey,” you said, shaking his hand.  “Came to support Tony.”

“Yeah, about that,” Tony said, gesturing for everyone to take a seat.  “I don’t wanna make a big deal about this.  And I’m well aware this is the worst time to drop this on you all - and I need you all to keep it on the down-low because we’re not out publicly - but the reason she’s here is we’re seeing each other.  We actually live together.”

Steve’s jaw dropped open and he looked over at Pepper.  “I thought you were…”

“Oh, we are,” Pepper said.  “Tony was speaking for me too.”

“Oh this is great,” Natasha said with a smirk.

“The three of you?” Steve asked.

“Yep.  All three of us.  They used to date -” he gestured to you and Pepper “- we used to date -” he gestured to Pepper and himself “- we used to fuck -” he gestured to you and himself “- now we’re just all together.  It’s not a big deal.  We don’t want it to be a big deal.  But I did want my girlfriend to be there with me for Aunt Peggy’s funeral.  I hope you can understand that.”

Nobody said anything for a moment and the plane began to taxi away from the hangar.  Everyone buckled up as the flight attendant came in and did her checks.  When she left again Sam looked over at Tony.  “So are you gonna introduce us or what?”

Tony introduced you to Natasha and Sam and Steve ran his hand through his hair.  “I can’t believe you’re doing this, Tony,” he said.

“What part?  Polyamory or settling down in general?” Tony asked.  “Because while I agree with the second, I would have thought the first was on brand.”

“No.  Not that.  Dropping this the day before Peggy’s funeral,” Steve said.  “Like that wasn’t enough.”

“Hey! Hey, now,” Tony said, raising his hands.  “I don’t even want to do it at all.  I just want to live in my happy little sex bubble and forget terrible shit keeps happening.  But you’ve got these two with you…”

“I’m not dating either of them, Tony,” Seve deadpanned.

“And yet,” Tony said.  “You wanted to know why she was here, right?  You brought friends but you wanted to know why I brought one too?”

“I didn’t say anything,” Steve said.

“No, you didn’t say it,” Tony said.  “But you thought it.  And now you’re being all judgy about us.  Don’t try and play all high-and-mighty on me now, Cap.”

“I just wanted to go and grieve the love of my life without extra drama,” Steve argued.  “Was that too much to ask?”

“I’m so sorry that my relationship means drama for you!” Tony shouted as he unbuckled his seatbelt.  “God forbid I find something that makes me happy.”

He stormed out of the cabin and down deeper into the plane.  You, Pepper, and Steve all sighed and unblocked your seatbelts.  “No, I’ll go,” Pepper said, and kissed your cheek.  “I don’t even know what that was.”

You and Steve sat back and buckled up as Pepper strode off in the direction of Tony.  “Well this is awkward,” Sam said, breaking the silence.

You nodded and smiled awkwardly as the plane began to pick up speed.  A moment later it was in the air and angling up.  You tapped your foot impatiently as you fought the need to be drinking.  There weren’t too many flights under your belt that you took sober.

When the noise of takeoff backed off Steve looked over at you.  “I wasn’t questioning why you were here,” he said.  “And I wasn’t flirting.”

“I mean, yeah you were, to both of those things,” you said.  “But you weren’t wrong to ask.  It would have been weird for me to be here, and you thought you were flirting with a single friend of Tony’s.  I think he’s a little stressed out about the funeral and he expected you to react badly to our whole thing.  Not many people know and most of them are people we pay so they’ve all signed NDAs and are too scared of us to say anything about it.  The only friends he’s told are Rhodey and Happy, and well Happy he pays and Rhodey was a little judgy too from what I hear.”

“I’m not being judgy,” Steve said.  “I just wish he’d told us not on the way to Peggy’s funeral.”

“Oh, come on now, Steve,” Natasha scolded.  “You’re not being a little judgy?”

“Okay, maybe a little, but come on?  Like you wouldn’t be judgy if I had two girlfriends?” Steve said.

“If you had even one girlfriend I’d think a miracle had happened,” Natasha shrugged.  “Besides, I never judge people for things like who they love or who they’re sleeping with.  I’m just happy that people I know have it together enough to go after things they want.”

“That’s very open-minded,” you said.

She shrugged.  “I was raised by assassins.  I have no basis on which to judge anything as normal or wrong,” she explained.  “How come we’ve never met?”

You shrugged.  “Combination of things that include the amount of travel I do for work, the fact I’ve been in rehab three times since he met the rest of you, and that I pulled away pretty hard when he and Pepper got together.”

“Wow, you’re just an open book aren’t you?” Sam teased.

“It’s not like you couldn’t have found out most of that by googling me,” you said.  “Might as well have it all out on the table.”

“So how’d all that happen,” Sam asked, waving his hand in the direction that Tony and Pepper had disappeared.

“Well, we all go way back.  Like Tony said, he and I used to hook up,” you explained.  “Then Pepper and I met through him and the two of us dated on and off for years.”

“You really dated Pepper?” Sam asked.  “How did that never make it to the papers?”

You laughed.  “We were in a few gossip magazines, but they just said ‘gal pals’.”

Sam laughed.  “Good old gal pals. Palling around.  Being gals.”

“Something like that,” you chuckled.

“That doesn’t completely explain how you all ended up in a relationship now,” Steve said.  “Tony and Pepper have been together since I met them.”

“Did you know they broke up recently?” you asked.

“No,” Steve said.  “When did that happen?  Why wouldn’t he tell me?”

“You know Tony,” you said.  “He keeps his armor up.  Telling you might have made it real.  It was a few months back.  She came back to LA and moved in with me.  He came to check up on her, and things came to a head and we realized there was a bunch of shit that we all hadn’t been saying.  So we said them.  Now here we are.  I think we’re pretty happy.”

“You’re not worried about what the public will say?” Steve asked.

You shrugged.  “They didn’t exactly catch on when Pepper and I were in a monogamous relationship.  If they figure this one out on their own I’d be impressed.  But no, not really.  If you haven’t seen the kind of shit they say about me already - or Tony - or even Pepper whose greatest sin is falling in love with me and Tony - I’m impressed.  I developed a thick skin a while ago.”  You paused and let out a breath, looking around to see if it might be okay to get up yet.  “Look, Captain Rogers…”

“Steve,” he corrected.

“Steve.  Neither Tony or I care what random strangers say about us.  Pepper maybe does a little, but not me or Tony.  If we did neither of us would have gotten up to half the shit we have over the years,” you said.  “We do care about what our friends think.  I know mine won’t care.  I’d have told them right away if we didn’t all agree to see if we worked as a triad before we outed ourselves.  Tony’s not so confident.  He already had to convince Rhodey he wasn’t just being his old -” you waved your hands around as you looked for the right word “- slutty, reckless self.  He came in here expecting the worst from you just because he wanted me here.  And I’ve known Tony much, much longer than any of you.  I’ve known him longer than Pepper even.  He didn’t want to take from you by bringing me here.  He just wanted me to be there to prop him up when he was struggling.  The way he has done for me.  And trust me - I have struggled.  I’d probably be dead if it weren’t for him and Pepper.  So - I don’t know - maybe you can open your mind to the fact that this isn’t about you at all.  He’s just in love.  You can get that, can’t you?”

Steve frowned and looked down at his lap.  “You’re right,” he said.  “I’ll go talk to him.  I’m sorry if it felt like I was judging you.”

You shrugged.  “Don’t worry about me.  I can take it.”

“Yes, but you shouldn’t have to,” he said, getting up.  “I’m glad he’s happy.  And I’ll go talk to him.  You really do have a way with words don’t you?”

Sam laughed.  “That’s quite the compliment, coming from you, Cap.”

You smiled and watched as Steve moved up to the back of the jet, happy that Steve was on board to support Tony’s new relationship.  You knew that meant a lot to him.  When you looked back over at Sam and Natasha they were both smirking at you.  Sam leaned forward a little to speak.  “So Steve was flirting with you, huh?”

// NEXT

[brokenonyxestate]

BOE GENERAL INFORMATION, PART 3

GERMAN RIDING PONIES

Stallions

BOE Mister Mister, BOE Mr. Bright Eyes & BOE Flyover

Mares

Gråravn's Cover Girl, BOE Ruby's Dream & BOE Silverflame

[jerrylewis-thekid]

Lucky little boy that I am! It turns out that I had the privilege of attending for a day the shooting of the film, certainly considered the most unlikely in the history of cinema, even by its director. Who, on the verge of denial, however, accepts that the work is published … but not before 2025! Because he believes that the film, shot in 1972 in Paris (for the circus part) and Stockholm (for the rest), is a failure. Following in his footsteps, the privileged few who got to see The Day The Clown Cried were very reserved about the end result. However, it is not forbidden to think that in fact the work - which could never be completed - has suffered the repercussions of the indelicacy of a producer who is in no hurry to finance how and when the needs of the shoot. To the point that Lewis satisfies the needs of his own money and that, in solidarity, the French actors will refuse to be paid. But, in my opinion, it's not just a big money story …...

So it was an afternoon in March 1972. I had just turned twenty. He and I could have celebrated our birthdays together since we were both born on March 16. An unthinkable festivity because of our respective situations: him, director at the head of the ship and me, a simple admirer who is exceptionally tolerated.Lewis' physical condition struck me. He was emaciated, worried, overwhelmed. We were far from the hilarious character he had embodied and made become a real darling in France: who in this country had not seen on Sundays with the family in a neighborhood cinema, at least one film with Jerry Lewis? Who hadn't seen the same films shown repeatedly on the windows on Sunday afternoons? That day, however, dressed up as a white clown, he seemed even sadder. Beaten down. Discouraged. Almost depressed. Later, I learned that financial worries due to production deficiencies were the cause of this condition. Previously, there was this heart attack and these two broken vertebrae during a bad fall for a failed stunt. The violent painkillers taken in massive doses even pushed him to think about suicide... To this sad assessment, we can add the 17 kilos lost for the needs of his film.Jerry Lewis is on camera placed in the first rows of the bleachers, the lens turned towards the entrance to the track where I thought I saw Serge Gainsbourg…

Sitting on an orchestra chair, right next to the director, Pierre Etaix was then about to create the circus school. The two met in Paris through Robert Benayoun on the set of Boeing Boeing. Roger Trapp, one of Etaix's favorite actors, listens to Lewis' precise instructions for a scene. And that's where it all lies. In the eyes of Lewis. In this compassion for its actors. In this way of talking to them. Never one word higher than the other. Total and mutual respect. Mister Trapp, would you stand there, then there and over there again please. And Trapp to move just the way Lewis wants. The agreement and the complicity between these people are real and sincere. It is not just different professionals who are present, but alter egos. Not a hint of the simpering of which show biz is very popular... So, all this made me take a serious bet on the future, because I have always defended this film and its director. Relying only on what I was able to observe that day, I always believed in its rehabilitation when it will finally be screened to the general public. Because so much humanism and such a story cannot give birth to a fiasco. There is no doubt that The Day The Clown Cried is at least a great film. And maybe even, who knows, simply a masterpiece?

Source (X)

[theonewhopoops]

MISTER HANDS WORKED FOR BOEING???

Fly Airbus: our planes aren't falling out of the sky, and at time of writing, none of our employees have been fucked to death by a horse!

[themandilorian]

What's up I am five glasses of sangria in and I watched the 2019 Les Mis concert courtesy of this magnificently kind person who posted this link.

AND I HAVE THOUGHTS

First of all, this benefits HUGELY from Nick Jonas not being there. It beats the one at the O2 by that virtue alone. But good lord Michael Ball is a close Jonas replacement. I can write a dissertation on how terrible he is as Javert?! I also think I prefer this smaller setting. There are more movement and blocking in the background too, so a little closer to the actual show, but it's still a concert format.

Random note: it's a cravat NOT A BOW. Why are they all wearing stupid little bows!? Marius has a pastel PINK one?! Who is in charge of that decision?? Please I just wanna talk.

Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine): I love her! Her voice is very round and projects so well in a theater setting. Her Fantine is less damsel in distress and more mad at the world and tbh, she's right.

Alfie Boe (Valjean): 11/10 no phoning in. One of the best if not the best bring him home out there.

Shan Ako (Eponine): also a little less sad and more assured. We are very used to Samantha Bark's tragic Eponine and I don't mind this new direction! The new arrangement made on my own a little more pop-sounding too, which is a little jarring at first, but I think it suits her voice perfectly. She and Gavroche also have a little hands clasped moment and it was ADORABLE. I hope every production does this from now on.

Rob Houchen (Marius): an actual noodle. Fandom Marius incarnate. Actually shows up in pastel and a stupid little bow as that one post says. He's pretty great though. Empty chairs was heartbreaking.

Michael Ball (Javert): OOH BOY. Where do I begin? He sounds like he has a cold the whole time?? And this is pretty much like...Javert but make him a Disney villain.

Bradley Jaden (Enjolras): perfectly intense. Extremely dramatic and extra 12/10 brick Enjolras would approve.

(Seriously, I love him unconditionally on principle but he looks so dumb with that damn bow.)

(You cannot convince me that this Enjolras is straight)

Raymond Walsh (Grantaire): ok I am incapable of not loving any version of my trash gremlin but he is ADORABLE. Perfect little annoyance and R+ Gavroche is perfection.

(actual thing that happens on stage. Treat yourself, go watch this now.)

OK if you read this far I know you just wanna know about ExR AND GOD I LOVE THEM. They have a perfect Enjolras trying to herd kittens and Grantaire dangling cat toys everywhere thing going on. LOOK:

(Just wait til we get home mister)

(But babe come back I'm not done making fun of Marius)

(This was SO tender. He had one hand on the small of R's back and the other on his arm. When R stormed off to hug Gavroche my heart broke a bit more)

(only lovers left alive. My soul for a production where they clearly die holding hands. Like what are you afraid of Cameron Mackintosh?)

[burntlikethesun]

Last of the timelords? 💕

'Dying. Everything dying. The whole of creation was falling apart, and I thought, there's no point. No point to anything. Not ever.'

Well this is one where I was a bit let down as a kid, but as an adult I appreciate it a lot more, just in terms of character.

Martha's whole story, the trick with ridiculous gun in four parts hidden across the world, to laughing in the Master's face - brilliant. And her triumphant exit with her head held high is so good. Barely anyone remembers what happened anymore and have retroactively decided she left because 'Ten is a dick' rather than 'She now knows her own worth, and she is too good to waste her life pining after something that is not going to happen' which is so much more interesting. She says 'See you again mister' and makes him promise to come running the minute she calls him! That's not the words of someone who hates his guts. The scene where she gives the flowers to Professor Docherty and says she doesn't blame her is one of my favourite ever Martha scenes and it shows the attention to character that RTD has- any other writer, you'd never have seen Docherty again once the episode had moved past her.

It is probably my least fave of the 4 RTD finales. Logically, the countdown, the rockets, the arc angel satellites, the Paradox machine, the time reversal etc all make sense with what the plot has laid out, I just don't get as swept up in it as much as S1, 2 or 4. I do love the Toclafane are human reveal though, I'm glad RTD saved them from the Dalek script before they got the license rights to use them in S1. It's so horrific when it all clicks what they are.

Love Lucy Saxon as a character though, she does a lot with barely any screen time. And if you've only watched the short version that's on netflix that skips Francine threatening to shoot him first and being talked out of it, you need to rectify that.

Jack being the Face of Boe is an amazing comedic gag but the second you talk about it as anything more than a joke I lose interest! I don't need to know if it is 100% actually true, I like it being ambiguous.

[schreeuwekster]

Recs for 'uncorrupted' children's movies? (ook Nederlandse films)

k, so, top of my head right now:

the old timey Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry Cartoons.

David de Kabouter.

Roek loves Mister Bean, we have both the life action and some of the cartoons.

Narnia

Decently animated fairy tales (including some early Disney (only buy those second hand, don't feed the monstrous mouse), but also non-disney. Ik kijk ook naar Efteling sprookjes, afhankelijk van de casting keuzes)

Alfred Jodocus Kwak (I can still remember the opening song for that one)

Boes Boes

ik wil de Heer Bommel en Tompoes films (had er als kind een)

Lucky Luke (currently pregnant with a boy, and Roek loves these too. he has a bunch of the comics)

Some old Disney, such as the old Donald Duck/Mickey mouse cartoons, the original Ducktales, the rescuers. winnie the pooh Again, all second hand, cause we ain't feeding Disney.

We had a whole bunch of Pinoccio when I was small, don't remember what studio they were from, but not the disney one.

Pippi Langkous - animated and life action versions

The Smurfs (not the new terrible movies, the old cartoon)

Kuifje, animated and the newer Tin Tin movie

Basically, we think back to what we used to watch, do a check on the content, and then see whether we can find it.