#Catriona Chandler

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Rivals' cast - Harper's Bazaar UK

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2 new BTS pics of « Rivals » and their zoomed versions. No improvements.

1st picture Declan and his 2 daughters

(Taggie and Caitlin)

2nd picture Alex Hassell (Rupert)

Thanks to Isademrio and BTS

[jamiebamberdaily]

The Wives : First Look

L-R: Catriona Chandler as Sky Morgan, Jamie as Charlie Morgan, Jo Joyner as Beth Morgan, Ben Willbond as Frankie Morgan, Katie Clarkson-Hill as Jade Glover, Tamsin Outhwaite as Sylvie Morgan, Jonathan Forbes as Shaun Morgan and Angela Griffin as Natasha Morgan

As part of their Autumn preview, Channel 5 has released the first look image at The Wives which is due to air later this year.

To read everything we know so far about the series, click here!

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Video from Catriona Chandler (she plays Caitilin O'Hara) TikTok account (catrionachandlerr)

[that-wimpy-cowboy-doll]

Abecedarian Drabble Prompts

Hey, friends! I’ve never done this exactly before, but to play with form and flex those writing muscles, I’m starting a prompt list like I’ve seen so many of my talented friends do before!  So if you’re interested, feel free to reach out in my asks for a prompt below.  Drabbles to be posted to AO3.  Ships I’m open to will be under the cut.

After

Asteroid

Again

Blink

Brilliance

Clearly

Contained

Can’t

Define

Dissolve

Dead

Every

End

Especially

Fix

Firm

Great

Genetic

Give

Hold

Hunger

Home

If

Interrupt

Ice

Just

Jerky

Joking

Keychain

Lime

Loop-de-loop

Magnolias

Never

Oval

Pressed

Quartet

Regret

Scented

Staircase

Threshold

Underwater

Unspoken

Violet

Wheat

XOXO

Wheat

Yellow

Yesterday

Zoo

Zombie

Will Write

MCU and Marvel Properties

Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers

Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes

Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers

Darcy Lewis/Sam Wilson

Darcy Lewis/Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

Bucky Barnes/Sarah Wilson

Luke Cage/Jessica Jones

Luke Cage/Jessica Jones/Claire Temple

Karen Page/Frank Castle

Darcy Lewis/Karen Page/Frank Castle

Darcy Lewis/Wanda Maximoff

Darcy Lewis/Joaquín Torres

Darcy Lewis/Carol Danvers

Darcy Lewis/Monica Rambeau/Jimmy Woo

Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau

Natasha Romanoff/Clint Barton

Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis

Bucky Barnes/Wanda Maximoff

Valkyrie|Brunnhilde/Darcy Lewis

Darcy Lewis/Pietro Maximoff

Darcy Lewis/Matt Murdock

Matt Murdock/Elektra Natchios

Frank Castle/Jessica Jones/Karen Page

Steve Rogers/Ava Starr

Valkyrie|Brunnhilde/Carol Danvers

Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop

Nebula/Mantis

Nebula/Kraglin Obfonteri

Penny Dreadful

Vanessa Ives/Ethan Chandler

Vanessa Ives/John Clare

Vanessa Ives/Catriona Hartdegan

Vanessa Ives/Catriona Hartdegan/Ethan Chandler

Brona Croft/Ethan Chandler

Brona Croft/Ethan Chandler/Dorian Gray

Star Wars

Finn/Rey/Poe Dameron

Finn/Rey

Finn/Poe Dameron

Poe Dameron/Rey

Poe Dameron/Kaydel Ko Connix

Rose Tico/Kaydel Ko Connix

Rose Tico/Jannah

Fennec Shand/Cobb Vanth

Fennec Shand/Bo-Katan Kryze

Fennec Shand/Bo-Katan Kryze/Cobb Vanth

Din Djarin/Omera

Stranger Things

Chrissy Cunningham/Eddie Munson

Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler

Robin Buckley/Vickie

Lucas Sinclair/Max Mayfield

Will Byers/A Nice Day or Cute DM

Clerks/Askewniverse

Randal Graves/Gemma Martinez (OC)

Gwen Turner/Dante Hicks

Becky Scott/Dante Hicks

Crossover

Darcy Lewis (MCU)/Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Darcy Lewis (MCU)/Victor Frankenstein (Penny Dreadful)

Darcy Lewis (MCU)/Din Djarin (The Mandalorian)

Jane Foster (MCU)/Poe Dameron (Star Wars)

Darcy Lewis (MCU)/Johanna Constantine (The Sandman)

[wornoutspines]

Enola Holmes 2 | More Cohesive, Complex, and Intriguing

#EnolaHolmes2 remains a light and adventurous romp that knows how to grow with its actors and characters. It's a good weekend viewing #millieBobbyBrown #HenryCavill

The sequel to Enola Holmes, a movie based on Nancy Springer‘s books, aptly named Enola Holmes 2 takes place soon after the first film with a lot of the cast and crew returning; namely Harry Bradbeer is back at the helm, Jack Thorne scripting, with Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter (Cinderella), Susan Wokoma, Louis Partridge (The Lost Girls), and Adeel Akhtar (Sweet Tooth)…

[penny-dreadful-widow]

I’m writing something.

[cptrs]

[dancingsalome]

Summary: Welcome to The Vanessa Ives Foundation where problems of a certain nature are solved.

Title: Will Haunt Evil (For A Modest Fee)

Fandom: Penny Dreadful

Rating: General

Categories: Gen

Chapters: One-shot

Word Count: 705

Characters: Sir Malcolm Murray, Ethan Chandler, Victor Frankenstein, Sembene, Dorian Gray, Caliban | John Clare, Brona Croft | Lily Frankenstein, Renfield, Catriona Hartdegen, Dr. Henry Jekyll, Ferdinand Lyle, Ivy Pearson

Warnings: None

Additional tags: Humor

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Thoughts on Penny Dreadful S3 (3 years too late)

*SPOILER WARNING FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO BUT HAVEN’T WATCHED THIS ENTIRE SERIES*

When I think back about it again, the majority of Season 3 was actually fine (save for the whole deal with Ethan that were, honestly, sort of annoying). Vanessa falling for Sweet only to realize he was Dracula – the very devil that’s been hunting her – and her eventual submission to him was actually a good metaphor of Vanessa’s complicated relationship with the darkness. She also showed a commendable level of strength and determination to take down Dracula, even when she had to do it by herself. Plus, the presence of other strong female characters like Dr. Seward and Catriona Hartdegen was a very welcomed addition that felt fresh compared to the usual male-dominated Grandage Place Team. The only (and a very massive) problem lied with the last two episodes of the season! Hence, I’m going to lay out some of my suggestions on how they should’ve treated these last two episodes and how Vanessa’s story should’ve ended.

Instead of having Vanessa as a passive damsel waiting for the heroes to put an end to her, she should have had a complete choice and agency on her own death. It’s fine for Vanessa to submit to Dracula in a moment of weakness and hopelessness, becoming the Mother of Evil. However, at the end, she should have realized that this was not what she’d like to become. She should have re-discovered herself and her faith in God, and then decide that she’s the one who must put a stop to Dracula, the apocalypse and consequently, herself. The ending of the series should have seen Vanessa killing Dracula even though she knew it would destroy her as well. Her death would be her own choice and by her own hand. She could’ve said to Dracula at their final moment, “Goodbye, my beloved” before pulling the trigger (perhaps quite literally here). Ethan could’ve probably reached her as she was dying and then she could tell him the same last line she said in the finale, “Ethan, I can see our Lord” before she died. This would make better sense because it would translate as if Vanessa finally redeemed herself – and all the sins she had done that all this time made her afraid that she would be condemned to hell – by deciding to go against her fate as the Mother of Evil and sacrificed herself for what was right. Her killing Dracula would also be a metaphor of how she finally decided to ultimately reject and destroy the darkness that she had always loved so dearly throughout her life. It would also credit Vanessa’s story to herself because she had an active role in concluding it.

Hence, there you have it! My own suggestion on how Penny Dreadful should have ended. Vanessa Ives is an incredibly strong and complex female character. She deserved an ending that justified her journey as a lone warrior who had battle demons all her life and finally won the war through sacrifice by her own hands, going down head-on like a badass.

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Penny Dreadful. The Sensing Types.

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New pic of Aidan, taken last evening in an elevator, probably at the Bafta 195 Picadilly, before or after the « Rivals » Bafta TV preview + Q&A.

Next to Aidan, from left to right :

John Lynch (cinematographer), Dee Koppang O’Leary (one of the directors of « Rivals ») and Catriona Chandler, who plays Caitlin, the second daughter of Declan.

A new pic of last evening, October 4th, at the Bafta 195 Picadilly, for the « Rivals » Bafta preview + Q&A, when Aidan and Alex Hassel took drinks with this woman, Kirsten ‘Birdy’ Lane.

She said that she was « a featured SA in Rivals ».

[jamiebamberdaily]

The Wives - Trailer

The series will begin airing on Monday 16th September at 9pm, with the second and third episodes airing on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th September at 9pm on Channel 5 (UK).

Episodes 4-6 will air the following week.

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I love them all😭😭

Video from Catriona Chandler (she plays Caitilin O'Hara) TikTok account (catrionachandlerr)

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Penny Dreadful, season 3

I’ve just finished watching Penny Dreadful and I have to say I’m utterly disappointed. After the ingenious second season I expected the third one to be of the same quality only to discover it unfortunately wasn’t. The first part wasn’t bad; like in the second season, where in the middle it rose to the high and remained there until the end, I thought it will find its pace around the fifth episode, but the second part was truly a let-down, being even bad. But maybe let’s focus on some characters or story arcs, shall we?

The Gang. One of the things that I completely loved about the second season was how they were all together, one big family that was ready to give up their lives for each other in an instant, always there to support the other. That was beautiful and made the finale all the more heartbreaking, with the words “We walk alone” truly resonating with everything that happened. The third season was completely different in that matter, because they really did walk alone practically up to the finale. Vanessa made some new “friends”; Victor forgot about practically everything that wasn’t his walking and breathing obsession; Malcolm decided that saving Ethan was more important than coming back to Vanessa (not criticizing him for that, just stating the fact); and Ethan... well. 

Ethan. His and Victor’s arcs were the most disappointing for me. Ethan’s journey through America to finally confront his father was interesting, but what happened with Hecate was not. Ethan fought with his guilt and who he was for all his life; he left the woman he loved behind to pay for his sins, loving her with all his heart but thinking he didn’t deserve her. And so we find him in the desert, giving himself to the witch that offered him the complete opposition to Vanessa, serving Lucifer included. I understand that momentarily, he might have been alluded by the promise of hellish redemption, erasing guilt and finding his use in the darkness, “momentarily” being the key word. Don’t tell me that the Hound of God wouldn’t just wake up the next morning and thought “Oh my God, what have I done”. But he didn’t. And here we see new Ethan who’s ready to give in to the darkness entirely, with his new lover who he somehow comes to care about after she viciously murdered two people he wished to spare. This new Ethan is ready to kill the whole world and serve the Devil. And this new Ethan lasts for how long? A day? Or two? Which doesn’t make any more sense than anything else here. Without Hecate around, Ethan immediately reverses to his old self. Like really? That’s your resolution, that’s how strong your decisions are? You lose the temptation, see the old friend who you suddenly open up to although you never did it before, and you remember that you are to serve God, not the Devil, and that woman you love might be needing you? What was the point of these reversions, I have no idea. 

Vanessa. Speaking of reversions, here we have another one. Vanessa’s ultimate turn to the darkness made much more sense, but what came later did not. There we have a woman who has been abandoned by everyone she loved; and if it wasn’t for Mr. Lyle (whose every scene I deeply adore), she wouldn’t have even left the house. But she does and soon finds new love, new reason to live; for a moment she’s happy and that’s the state she never knew before. True happiness and a belief that people might be better than she thought. And then this illusion collapses when she realizes her beloved doctor is, in fact, Dracula. His speech when she confronts him seems true, and her giving up to him seems justified and even rational, if I can call it like that. She accepts herself, as she says it. She accepts being the Mother of Evil, which she in fact is. And that’s fine with me. She’s always been a strong woman, independent, determined. She didn’t lose the fight or give it up, she saw it was senseless. And let’s face it, Dracula wasn’t Lucifer and he treated her better than most of the people in her life did. Did he look evil to you? Because for me he did not. I love complicated, tragic villains, but this one was not like that. He was simple, way too simple for someone who should be sophisticated. He didn’t kill anyone by his own hand, while he should be cruel and kill the whole gang in an instant. Where is the evil? Where is the cruelty? With the prophecy that was all about Vanessa and not him? What comes after Vanessa and Dracula’s reunion is another disappointing thing. I’ve seen plenty of Apocalypses and I wasn’t expecting to see such a cliche on such a good show. But I’ve got one and it was... weird. There is a plague in the air and people die in thousands, yet the rest of our characters or the people near the factory seem completely unaffected or unaware of this news. There is a fog and... there are rats. And bats. And when you want to fight with someone you can always find yourself a vampire. That’s the big Apocalypse? Seriously? Nope, I don’t buy it.  I also completely don’t buy Vanessa’s behavior and the ending in general. She agreed to be who she was, knowing the prophecy, knowing full well what will happen. I would love to see dark!Vanessa, but all in all we didn’t get her. We didn’t see her evil. And after a few days and seeing Ethan she’s all like “Kill me, that’s your destiny”. That’s not the Vanessa I knew. The Vanessa I knew remained faithful to what she believed in; if she chose darkness, she would remain in it and not behave like a victim. It was her own choice, her own decision coming out of disappointment, loneliness and tiredness, but her own nonetheless. And even if she came to regret it, Vannesa I knew wouldn’t mope, but would act to make everything right. She would fight. But here we have her giving up to the helplessness and Ethan who miraculously returned to God, and suddenly she needs to end her road by his hand, because that’s his destiny. Bullshit, I say. And Ethan, the obedient hound he is, without any further fight for her soul, just does what she says. Another bullshit. That’s not Vanessa, that’s not Ethan. I don’t know what this is. 

Victor. Our dear doctor spends the whole season moping and obsessing over his lost love. He is suddenly so alone and doesn’t have anyone to talk to (for fuck’s sake, you remember the only woman that showed true kindness to you? who used to be your friend?) that he turns to his old friend, who he later treats more like an old enemy or a servant than a friend. He turns into deeply misogynistic, selfish and rude man, who really doesn’t need love, he needs an obedient slave (”a proper woman”??? Like really?). Later he joins Malcolm like they were never apart, like he was just waiting for the words “Vanessa’s in danger” to jump up in a fight again. And there he is, sitting in the living room with the two man that truly lost their loved woman, grieving with them. On what basis, I dare say? He forgot she even existed. His arc is what really hurts me - he used to be a broken, lost puppy who I just wanted to hug and comfort. And that puppy grew up into a monster he always considered himself to be.  

Dorian & Lily. One of the two storylines I really didn’t mind, because it was true to the characters. Lily, who wanted to raise an army and start a revolution; and Dorian, who became bored with the idea as quickly as he did with everything else. There were also few really sad elements here - Lily’s story about her daughter, and the ending with Dorian saying he’ll always be there. Sad life this one has. Sad immortality, can there be something worse than that?

The Creature. And the second storyline. I liked how his and Vanessa’s lives were strangely intertwined, with the whole series ending with him kneeling next to her grave. She was his only friend and even though he didn’t remember their time in the Banning clinic, he always remembered she was the only one to show him kindness, to see the man in the monster. His story in this season is as sad, if not more, as ever. 

Malcolm. Underused here, in my opinion. Did some shooting now and there, had some heart-warming talks with Ethan, and that was mostly all. Plus an interesting chemistry with Catriona, which would be nice to see if they got another season. 

New characters. So Dr. Jekyll and Catriona, whose potentials were completely wasted. Where was Mr. Hyde? Who was Catriona, female version of Van Helsing? So much potential, yet so badly executed. The Apache, on the other hand, is a different issue. I don’t know how Ethan could fight next to someone who murdered his young sister and made him a wolf. I really don’t know how he could forgive him, but maybe it’s “everything for a mission” attitude. 

In conclusion, the season lacked the clear motivations of characters’ behaviors, changed the personalities of a lot of them and had an anti-climatic resolution. In the end, I’m not so certain I would want to see the fourth season if they got the renewal.