#Dallas/Bain

[wwillywonka]

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[what-yadoking-likes]

Phil Collins' Against All Odds is such a MasterGuide (Bain/Dallas) song, and you cannot convince me otherwise.

How can I just let you walk away?/Just let you leave without a trace/ When I stand here taking every breath, with you, ooh/You're the only one who really knew me at all...

Bain and Dallas have been secretly meeting and, well, fell in love. Became fuck buddies. Take your pick. Most likely, they fell in love whilst desperately trying to hide that fact from one another - no no, this wasn't love, this was - this was two equally paranoid men helping each other out. They were friends with benefits.

Bain is the one who calls it off. He realises he can't watch Dallas go on heists anymore - not when he needs him. He needs him to survive and would do anything to ensure his survival - even if it meant leaving the rest of the crew behind, and Bain knew that wasn't right. It didn't sit right with him, at all.

That being said, it isn't easy on either of them. They both understand, sure. They both agree it's for the best and part amicably. Nevertheless...

How can you just walk away from me?/When all I can do is watch you leave/'Cos we've shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears/You're the only one who really knew me at all...

I wish I could just make you turn around/Turn around and see me cry There's so much I need to say to you/So many reasons why/You're the only one who really knew me at all...

Dallas knew he was in way too deep. Could he stop himself? Absolutely not. He'd been this way when he was in the mob, too - thinking he could do it all and failing spectacularly, crashing and burning into a chaotic mess where he nearly died, would have died - but the pain of being told it was over, it needed to end - he understood, agreed even - but he grieved the life he wanted them to have, knew they would never have - wanted Bain to see the agony on his face, knowing full-well he knew without needing to look - because they were that entwined.

And when Bain dies - well, it becomes even more tragic, doesn't it?

Take a good look at me now/'Cause I'll still be standing here/And you comin' back to me is against all odds

Dallas won't ever truly recover. A gaping hole has been torn into the fabric of his being, and he may stuff it with as much tear-stained wadding as he liked - but he would always be beyond repair - ripped - without Bain.

[horangislittletiger99]

Describing my taste in men in one image

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

Things That Happened At Dallas Fan Expo- Panel and Epilogue

David and Catherine doing a panel together was such a wonderful surprise and it was lovely to see David be so unabashedly himself after how overwhelmed he seemed last night in autographs, complete with Refusing To Sit In Chairs Normally oh my goodness I can’t believe I got to see it live and in person 

If not everyone got to answer their questions it’s because the combined adhd energy from both David and Catherine was far too strong and resulted in them taking 5-10 minutes to  answer very simple questions and David oversharing quite a bit about his feet and stomach problems “I just want to share” why is he me

There was a very sweet girl who broke down in tears bc she’s from a small town and really wants to be an actor and David and Catherine have been really big inspirations for her it was so moving as someone in very much the same situation

Catherine gave an AMAZING speech about how being funny helped her empower herself against bullying 

Merlin and I were lucky to get early enough in line to ask questions, I asked about takin over the asylum which surprised him in a really good way, and Merlin asked what it’s like forming very strong and very temporary connections as an actor! We had to leave immediately to get on our flight, but it was such an excellent note to end the weekend on

We ALSO were two people behind Alex Kingston at the airport, I didn’t get to meet her at the con so I was like “I loved your panel! Your hair is amazing! My mom loved you in ER!” She obviously was in a hurry but she was sweet, smiled and said hi and stuff, which was nice considering she very easily could’ve just shot me a withering glare and I would’ve thanked her. She also let a woman in front of her in security. A+ very elegant lady

All in all quite possibly the most insane weekend of my life. Definite ups and downs but overall I met so many LOVELY people, got to meet everyone I really wanted to and they were all everything I could’ve ever hoped for- especially the boy ;) @elsinore-and-inverness

Attached my question, and close up of David’s reaction to the video essay!

[lestatslestits]

“Wow, look at you!”

I had the total pleasure of meeting David Tennant at Fan Expo Dallas this weekend, and it was a great opportunity to finish my Campbell Bain hoodie. The recognition on his face was delightful, and the next day I had the opportunity to give him a Campbell doll I made (in addition to getting his signature on a very silly Broadchurch meme collage).

Campbell as a character has been an absolute blessing to have around this year as I’ve navigated some unexpected mental health challenges, and getting to share my appreciation of Campbell with David Tennant was wonderful.

[metalgrateeater]

Yeah whatever man

Anyone rememebr this

[hqbits]

found some old payday doodles hehe

[pyonicpyro]

Turn one of them into that really smug porcelain clown

Why stop at just 1? When you can have the main four!

Also, bonus Bain

[dracoleopardo]

Hate these gay bastards

Closeups under the cut

YEAHHH

[vvioviiovioo]

Considering the gang robs stuff mostly when it's sunny out, you have to admit they probably stink

[walterfartzroy]

thought payday tumblr deserved to see this too. og under cut

[what-yadoking-likes]

In all my Pokémon x Payday crossovers why tf have I never considered... gym leaders?

So the OG 4 would HAVE to be the Elite Four (with Houston never letting Hoxton about the time he was booted out in favour of him for a year or two). Dallas would have to be the last of the Elite 4 members.

The Champion, of course, would be Bain (version 1) or Shade (version 2).

I imagine Bain would have a lot of annoying setups. Think stealth rocks/poison barbs, hex setups, dream eater setups, toxic stall strats, minimize/double team, and absolute tanks in terms of HP (Blissey et al). He would have insane luck where one hit KO moves always seem to hit (Sheer Cold, Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill). He would make Cynthia look like a Bug Catcher in Viridian Forest.

[horangislittletiger99]

I did a thing

[possum-in-a-hat]

Dublin date

[bainofjustice]

Kitty's Notes On Episode 2 Of The Payday Web Series

It is really funny to me that they made a “previously on” part for a web show and to recap a episode that clocks in at 6 minutes 

It's funny that Dallas & Houston have time for a very small argument. Also helps set up the insane amount of tension the web show portrays them having

The editing/camrea is so choppy like this isn't a review but omg I had to write that down

Okay it looks like Wolf keeps zip ties on his belt, makes sense both for the game stuff of tying up civis and also is probably helpful for his mechines

Chains and Houston demask INSIDE A FUCKING VAULT post running out of ammo and while they do tell the civis present to not look this is just such a bad idea especially because the vault is basically surrounded by cops 

But also the bromance between Houston & Chains is real, like they're in a bad situation and they plan it out

Also it seems like Dallas and Wolf are the main movers of goods within this heist, I'm not sure they're the best picks but with the limits the gang had at the time I suppose they aren't the worst, it just feels like in general the plan doesn't cater to the real talents of the gang. Which tbh is probably because the web show is meant to be a ad, so they wanted more action which required mostly gun fights and they didn't do fight scenes in a intelligental way 

Also I just realized for some reason Chains is using a damn hand gun meanwhile it's Houston with a assault rifle, which really doesn't seem catered to their skills

I just remembered a little later after writing the above that Chains mentioned being out of ammo for his own assault rifle so not as bad as I thought, still wonder why they didn't switch at any point, like it worked out but yeah

One thing I do like about the action scenes is that the gang uses more than juet guns and use melee attacks as well

Houston is able to flat out flip a guy over and steal his gun, I feel pretty confident in saying Houston has probably taken some hand to hand combat lessons.

Also it appears that both Dallas and Wolf are using assault rifles which makes sense given their roles in the heist.

WE GOT A WILHELM SCREAM!!!

In better lighting it seems Wolf actually has a shotgun which is even better for him actually 

We see the escape driver when Dallas and Wolf are ambushed at the escape van, he appears to be at most middle age, white, brown hair, slightly fatter build and wears a black hoodie with a band or event tee-shirt under the hoodie, grabbing a pic to see if I can locate the shirt later.

We see several of Vlad's men during the ambush including who we later learn seems to be his right hand / personal bodyguard

Vlad's intro is so funny to me, like he holds the gang at gunpoint and stalls their escape and this actually manages to end with him getting the gang to work with him, like I am sure that Bain or Vlad carefully planned this part but it could have easily gone wrong if for example Wolf shoot someone without thinking it through, or if a officer managed to follow them to the van, especially since everyone unmasks!

Houston Vc: Do you know these guys?.    Dallas, who is being held at gunpoint vc: does it look like I know these guys?

1. Vlad decides to shout “Bain” while explaining he is a ally, 2. He calls Bain in this instance “Mr Bain” which I find to be a fun detail of characterization and also to how at the time the only people sorta comfortable enough around Bain to be confident when saying his name and such is the core members of the Payday gan

Ah and then Dallas has to go back uncover which requires faking a injury, which he lets Houston do the honors of punching him, only adding to the family feud they seem to have in the web series. Also this one punch is enough to knock Dallas to the ground.

Also funnily Dallas or should I say, “Nathen Steele” is the one to call in the first world bank heist

Bain vapes! We see him vape, we also hear him in game talk about smoking cigars, so either he does both or in my opinion more likely he lies about the details of his smoking habits even to the gang.

We can see that Bain wears a leather jacket with a design on the back & front when in his lair, the design most looks like fire to me but it's very dark, I would love to someday see some behind the scenes footage or something with the costume.

[metalgrateeater]

gifs i made of bain in the payday web series because i couldn't find any on tenor

bonus houston punching dallas i love how its recorded like a school fight