#CAMP TAKOTA

[buzzbuzzwhs]

I’m not the only one seeing 2023 Maxine Reynolds here, right? Like I’d presumed Max was queer, but huh. Apparently they’re non-binary. Good for them.

[katecharlieevie]

Camp Takota Premiere with Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, & Mamrie Hart

Happy 9th birthday Camp Takota!

[blondbrunetteone]

thank god I was working from home today because I have gotten nothing done since Grace uploaded I really hope she is going to be okay 

[chickensarentcheap]

It's Thirsty Thursday!

@bardic-tales @creators-club

For Thirsty Thursday, I'll talk about how Tyler and Esme met and how 'unconventional' they've been from the very start :)

@tragiclyhip @youflickedtooharddamnit @secretaryunpaid @watermeezer @kmc1989

@mrsmungus @asirensrage @residentdormouse @alisbackalleybbq @ninjasawakenedmystar

Tyler and Esme were both working for Nik Khan: Tyler as a mercenary, Esme an 'intel specialist'. While he was living in Australia, Esme had moved from NYC (where she worked under the High Table along with John Wick) to Prague and made a home and a life for herself there.

I wanted to follow canon a closely as possible and (somehow) successfully weave Esme into events in the first movie, so I slightly altered the story line by having Nik recruit both Esme and Tyler to work together in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Under the ruse of a newly married couple there to do humanitarian work, Esme was in charge of locating Ovi's whereabouts and Tyler was to keep her safe and sound while doing so, then extract Ovi and get him back home.

Nik underestimated just how lonely and touch-starved these two (extremely hot people) were, and didn't take into consideration that five days sharing a hotel room may lead to 'trouble'. While both of them fought to keep things strictly professional and Tyler did his best to scare her off (believing that he was too damaged and too problematic and that she deserved way better), it didn't take long for them to act on the overwhelming want and need. Although initially driven by lust, it soon became evident that there was more developing between them.

In the aftermath of the carnage on the bridge and Tyler's extremely close brush with death, Esme abandoned her old life in favour of beginning one with Tyler. She spent months camped out in his hospital room and rarely leaving his side; unsure if he was ever going to come out of the coma but determined that if he WAS going to die, he wasn't going to be alone when it happened.

Eight months later and a long road of recovery ahead of him, Tyler was released from the hospital and (in the main series) and he and Esme officially began their life together. Renting a small apartment in Sydney and welcoming a daughter (who was conceived in Dhaka) that they named Amelia Grace aka Millie.

A year later, they'd find themselves (because of Tyler's past and people seeking revenge), moving to the USA and settling in Telluride, Colorado. They welcome twin sons, Tyler (TJ) and Tanner not long afterwards.

It's been a whirlwind for these two. Tyler's battled the return of drinking issues and addiction to pain medication and his decision to get back into the military life. Esme's fought to support him and struggled with maintaining a home and taking care of their growing family while he's spend a lot of time away for work. They separated for six months and flirted with the idea of divorce, but their love and need for each other proved to be stronger than anything. Instead of calling it quits, they vowed to do whatever it took to repair things; putting a lot of work into themselves as individuals and as a couple.

In the latest fic in the series, thirteen years have passed since they met. Their marriage is stronger than ever and they own a home on a large chunk of land in Cooktown, Australian. Tyler owns a mercenary business and Esme has a bookstore. And their family has continued to grow: they now have seven kids (Millie, TJ, Tanner, Declan, Addie, Takota, and Brooklyn).

[megalynnan]

Last song: camp it up from Camp Takota??? Cause i was sending it to a friend's as a joke. Otherwise it was the cool down song from my dance fitness class, sit next to me by foster the people. I think the last thing I actively listened to music wise was 3oh!3's set from NYE.

Last Movie: i watched Subserviance last night. It was fine.

Last TV show: Hardy Boys on Hulu.

Last book: currently on I'm Glad my Mom died by Jennette McCurdy.

Sweet/savory/spicy: savory.

Repationship: married for 10 years, together for 14, known each other for 18. Fucking wild.

Last thing I googled: crayfish ettouffee recipe.

Looking forward to: crafting. I am going to glue together some puzzles. I'm also going to pottery tomorrow.

Current obsession: mini blocks. Crafting. I was REALLY into mormon housewife sodas last week. Like dr pepper with coffee creamer in it.

Tagging mutuals: idk. I can't copy paste this on mobile so I am skipping this.

Tag game i have been tag gamed by @doppelgangerleaverite

Rules: tag 10 people you want to get to know better

Last song: Hellborne Shove - Impossible by Walkways

Last movie: Blame! (2017) this was several months ago we don't watch many movies

Last TV show: currently rewatching Firefly bc my wife hasn't seen it. Last show I finished was Arcane S2

Last book: Most recently finished was The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson. Currently on Father Of The Mountain by Torsten Weitze.

Sweet/savory/spicy: Savory or spicy depending on the day

Relationship status: Married ❤️

Last thing I googled: top movies 2005 (for a stupid Facebook meme my mom shared in the family groupchat)

Looking forward to: Getting started building a coffee table I designed for my sister and BIL. Also found out Dune pt. 2 is on Netflix so looking forward to watching that too.

Current obsession: probably would have to say furniture building and design just based on the sheer proportion of free thought that it takes up. That's a long term hobby tho. Current short term obsession probably pre-gunpowder battlefield tactics

Tagging beloved mutuals: @awoo-ga @coloredgayngels @beemovieerotica @enjoylentgreen @hocuschlocus @literally-just-a-blog @leave-me-alone-doctor @roman-noodlezz @megalynnan @el-patito-de-los-ojos-triste

[imateacuphuman]

Make it a montage

[uolycul]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/luccollingwoo0

Hi everyone!! I’m selling a load of limited edition/signed stuff on eBay for cheap!!

[supercorpdanbeau]

Tagged by @delulu-with-wandanat

I'm not sure I have 7 comfort movies, at least that people are gonna know.

1. Saturdays Warrior

2. Camp Takota

3. D.E.B.S

4. Girltrash: All Night Long

5. Carmilla the movie(after I watch the series)

6. Captain Marvel

7. Lord of the Rings

Tag: anyone who wants to

Tagged ages ago be @sheet-metal-memories, thank you!

List 7 comfort films and tag 7 people:

Big Trouble in Little China

I Know Where I'm Going (Powell and Pressburger)

LotR (obviously)

101 Dalmations (original animated)

Aristocats

Greencard

Just Like Heaven

tagging @geekloverlz @itripandfallalot @polithicc @cakeyouareoh @argentumcor @cats-and-metersticks @lilaccatholic

[rocrown]

I love Camp Takota. Mamrie should get more screenwriting work. Dirty 30 is great too. I love how all the primary characters get their own arc. That’s just good writing. Hannah is the silliest bundle of fun. And the way Grace delivers her lines is amazing. She’s either hilarious or wholly relatable like:

“Suck me!” — hilarious

“I just want to be me but like a happy version” — relatable. (Also my favourite line in the movie)

[beautifulfaaces]

Grace Helbig

Facts

September 27, 1985

American comedian, actress, and YouTube personality

Filmography

Kelly [The Wedding Year: 2019]

Grace [Alternative Lifestyle: 2018-2019]

Evie [Dirty 30: 2016]

Anna [Side Effects: 2014-2015]

Elise [Camp Takota: 2014]

Tara [Sweet Misery: 2011]

Appearance

blonde

brown eyes

1.77m

Roleplay

playable: young adult, adult

[thatrinity]

watching camp takota today was the best decision I’ve made in a while, thanks @gracehelbig @mamrie and hannah

[katecharlieevie]

Logan Riley in The Prom.

[sassylittlephoque]

guess who just found out you can play Camp Takota in the background of zoom meetings?

[chickensarentcheap]

Rachel in episode 3 of Accused.  

Good feed for the muse also!

******

Fandom:  Extraction

OC Name: Esme Drummond/Rake

Partner/SO: Tyler Rake

Age: (in the new fic) 29.     In “Never Gonna Be Alone”: 41

Birthplace: Snowmass, Colorado, USA

Currently resides: In Never Gonna Be Alone: Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.  In Lost and Found: The Kimberley, Australia (the most northern of western Australia’s nine regions)

Height: Five foot one inch

Weight:  120 lbs 

Gender: female

Identifies as: bisexual

Family: (as of “Never Gonna Be Alone”) Tyler Rake (husband),  children: Amelia, 12 (Millie), TJ (Tyler James Rake Jr) and Tanner , 10,  Declan 8, Adeline (Addie) 6,  Brooklyn and Takota, 4

Occupation:  Former intel specialist USMC,  former black market intel specialist (under the High Table),  former black market intel specialist (under Nik Khan),  currently (in NGBA) a silent partner in Tyler’s mercenary business, owner of ‘Turn the Page’ bookstore, and runs a little business (called ‘Seven Holigans’ ) from home selling handmade baby clothes, blankets, hats, mitts etc etc etc.  She also is vice president of the Cooktown Business Improvement Area and secretary for the Chamber of Commerce.

Interests:  gardening, baking,  crocheting, sewing,  buying old pieces of furniture and refurbishing and modernizing them,  paddle boarding, swimming, hiking, camping, bike riding. Loves cheesy 80s and 90s movies and pop music,  and reality tv shows.

Personality:  Esme is a ‘forever optimist’ as Tyler refers to her. A social butterfly who is well loved in their community and by the tourists who visit her store (she was featured in magazines and a ‘places to visit in Australia’ documentary) where she doesn’t just sell books, but homemade pies, cakes, muffins, cookies and other various goodies.   She is warm and friendly and a little too trustworthy.   She is highly intelligent and has a quick and playful wit, but can be cutting and hurtful if deserved.   She describes herself as ‘slightly neurotic with a hefty serving of anxiety’.  She is compassionate and understanding, but do not cross her.  Do not betray her confidence or hurt her family in any way. She may be small, but she can more than hold her own and won’t think twice about enacting revenge.

Background: a graduate of Arizona State University, Esme holds a degree in psychology.  Served in the USMC as an intel specialist in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Married a superior from USMC who was sixteen years her senior, but the relationship crumbled due to abuse (of all kinds). She met Tyler through Nik Khan, who -in a tweaked storyline from the first Extraction- needed the two of them to team up in Dhaka to find Ovi so Tyler could then extract him. After the incident on the bridge,  Esme stayed by Tyler’s first in a Mumbai hospital and then one in Sydney, Australia.   In the series, they settled down in Sydney after his release and that year she gave birth to their first, a daughter they named Amelia Grace Rake.

In ‘Lost and Found’, they lived in Tyler’s shack (featured in the movie) in The Kimberley.  They eventually (after a four-year separation) settle in Broome. 

Find Esme here: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Chickensarentcheap/pseuds/Chickensarentcheap

@tragiclyhip, @youflickedtooharddamnit, @secretaryunpaid, @appletreesinwinter, @thesirenrealm, @asirensrage, @munstysmind, @residentdormouse, @mrsmungus, @themaradaniels, @ocappreciationtag, @starryeyes2000, @ninjasawakenedmystar

[thevitorussotest]

Camp Takota (5/6)

The Vito Russo Test (3/3):

At least one queer character… ✔️ Once again Hannah Hart’s character, Allsion, is a lesbian. Although I will say that this is only alluded to twice. I hear both sides of the argument here: it’s great to have a character be queer and have that fact not matter at all; vs. I want it to be emphasized that she’s queer / my life revolves around being queer / I blog about it.

Who is not predominantly defined by their sexual orientation/gender… ✔️ Nope. Her big thing is her ambition to be a chef and go to culinary school. 

And is tied into the plot in such a way that their removal would have a significant effect. ✔️ As one of the main three, the movie would pretty much fall apart without her.

My Two Cents (2/3):

What made me cringe:

Well, it was someone’s first time writing a movie, and some people’s first time acting. It’s not top notch quality in any respect. But it sure is fun.

What made me happy:

I love the cast. You may learn this about me. I mean I crowdfunded it. I have the tee shirt. I was all in from the start.

Women being friends, women supporting women, women encouraging each other. Yes, please! And yet, all of this positivity does not mean that the relationships are fake. There is conflict. There are differences and disagreements. Wow, it’s like they’re real people with a lot to sort out!