#Dick Tracy Forever

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LOVE IS A LEASH THAT PULLS BOTH WAYS OR, A STUDY OF BRUCE AND DICK’S RELATIONSHIP

mabel podcast, episode 30 / nightwing (1996) #2 / traci brimhall, “lullaby on mount moriah,” come the slumberless to the land of nod / grayson (2014) #5 / martin eden (2019) dir. pietro marcello / otto künzil, ring für zwei (1980) / outsiders (2003) #21 / yusef komunyakaa, “april fools’ day,” neon vernacular: new and selected poems / batman (1940) #416 / bianca stone, “other wound,” what is otherwise infinite / the new titans (1988) #61 / let them live! unpublished tales from the dc vault #2 / rivers solomon, model home / nightwing (1996) #15 / donna tartt, the secret history / this post / robin & batman #3 / gus moreno, this thing between us / forever evil #6 / birdcage

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RPF Services Edition Fic Rec:  amazing real adventure stories, vol. 46 by @sea-changed (foxlives on AO3)

Peace, justice, freedom, and other lies your country taught you.

Fandom: Band of Brothers Character: Joe Liebgott

Read this incredible character study of Lieb waaay back in June, haven't stopped thinking about and revisiting it since. War is hell and time is cyclical. Joe is right in the middle of it all, refusing to take off his dog tags. So painfully grounded in historical context, you will look at it through the eyes of this Joe Liebgott. The scratched up latrine walls that read the same way as Guarnere's, "that prick's a son of Abraham." Critiques the camaraderie/brothers-in-arms/as-long-as-we-have-each-other narrative by putting focus right back into the war and who suffers for it. Winters is not the golden boy. Instead we have Joe, a scab constantly picked and never quite healing. The writing is incredible, but godd GOD the context. Everything is destabilized and Joe Liebgott can't seem to resurface. I love this fic so much.

“You will always be at the camp. You will always be on the plane. You will always be in the foxhole. Time, which before the war had always run straight, has come off its tracks. Nothing stays where it's supposed to. The war is then; the war is now; the war is forever."

Art featured is a mock up I based off of Armed Services Editions. I used elements from the original book cover for Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the mini book cover detail a tiny illustration of Liebgott in my attempt at Dick Tracy style).

[keira-incognita]

The Many Faces of Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck is arguably one of the most versatile cartoon characters ever created. He has played a myriad of roles over the course of his long career and shown many distinct personality traits. Each director that has worked on Daffy has brought something to the character and has helped define and develop him. The transition Daffy has made over the years has been startling and quite hilarious. From his humble beginnings as an uncontrollable screwball to the greedy egomaniac we all know and love, Daffy Duck has shown more range than most of today’s live-action actors.

It all began in 1937 with Tex Avery’s cartoon "Porky’s Duck Hunt." At this point in time, Porky Pig was, surprisingly enough, the most popular Looney Tunes character and its main star. This cartoon begins much like any other Porky cartoon, but takes a definitively wacky turn that would change the course of animation forever. The first appearance of the as yet unnamed Daffy introduced a new kind of cartoon character: the screwball. Daffy was unlike anything audiences had seen before. He was manic and uncontrollable, insane for no discernable reason. He defiantly stood up to the gun-toting Porky and bounced and laughed his way all over the place, including the end titles. His frantic energy and loony personality were just what cartoons needed.

Daffy, the "crazy, darn fool duck," continued to be an unbridled ball of hilarious lunacy throughout his early pictures in the 1930s and '40s. He received his name in his second appearance, Tex Avery’s 1938 picture "Daffy and Egghead" — which also featured the man who would be Elmer Fudd. However, it was director Bob Clampett, not Avery, who truly developed Daffy’s madcap character. Clampett’s Daffy was a bit taller and leaner than the original squat and pudgy design used by Avery. Clampett’s Daffy was a gleefully wild screwball, who was content to "Woo-hoo" his way throughout life, an almost ever-present thorn in the side of Porky Pig. In fact, Daffy’s popularity began to eclipse Porky’s. Based on 1940’s "You Ought To Be in Pictures" by director Friz Freleng, one might imagine this is exactly what the crafty duck had in mind from the start. Here, Daffy tries to trick Porky into leaving cartoons for live-action features so that he can become the new star of Looney Tunes. While Daffy’s efforts on-screen are not so successful — Porky returns and soundly thrashes the duck — in real life audiences could not get enough of Daffy, and he soon became Warner’s new king of the cartoon hill.

Clampett and the other animators would continue to develop Daffy’s personality and visual design throughout the 1940s. Most notably was the work of Robert McKimson. McKimson made Daffy a little bit leaner, a little less crazy, and a bit wittier. The once great Porky Pig now found himself reduced to being the straight man for Daffy’s wacky antics. Daffy also found himself involved in World War II, much to his chagrin, as evidenced in the 1945 short "Draftee Daffy," where he is constantly evading the "little man from the draft board."

The Daffy of the 1940s was a good-natured goofball who was zany but a little more in control. And just as "You Ought To Be in Pictures" foreshadowed the duck’s rise to stardom, so did "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" give a glimpse of the next stage in the duck’s evolution. This 1946 gem by Bob Clampett features Daffy as gumshoe Duck Twacy, hot on the trail of a piggy bank thief. This parody of comic strip detective Dick Tracy is complete with a ludicrous rogues gallery featuring such oddballs as Rubber Head and Neon Noodle. Daffy was still a crazy darn fool duck but showed that he could do more than just comedy.

The next director to leave his mark on Daffy was the great Chuck Jones. Jones, I feel, contributed the most to Daffy’s evolution. While he still displayed occasional fits of lunacy, Jones’ Daffy was much more defined by his large ego, his lust for fame & fortune, his greediness, and his uninhibited jealousy of Bugs Bunny. Jones also altered the duck’s design yet again, and it is his taller, lankier and scruffier Daffy that is most recognized today.

The first contribution that Jones made to Daffy’s character was a continuation of what Clampett began in "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery." This is what I like to refer to as Daffy as the hapless adventurer. The 1950 film "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" was the first of many Jones cartoons placing Daffy in the role of an adventure hero parodying popular movies and literature. Harkening back to "You Ought To Be in Pictures," this cartoon features Daffy pitching his masterpiece script to the head of Warner Brothers and proclaiming that he is tired of being typecast in comedy and wants to try his hand as a dramatic leading man. What follows is an all-star Looney Tunes extravaganza that sets up the formula for following cartoons: Daffy relentlessly tries to be a dramatic leading man & hero and proceeds to fail miserably at both. Try as he might, he can’t shake his comedy roots, and time and time again winds up with the short end of the stick.

Daffy’s wacky adventures continued in such classic Jones shorts as the western farce "Dripalong Daffy" in 1951, the sci-fi spoof "Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a ½ Century" in 1953, and "Robin Hood Daffy" in 1958. Not so surprisingly, and in a brilliant bit of revenge, Porky Pig is often featured in these stories as Daffy’s sidekick who ends up overshadowing his mentor and saving the day. While Daffy’s ego and bad luck get the best of him, it’s Porky who is competent and resourceful. Porky defeats the outlaw in "Dripalong Duffy," outwits Marvin the Martian in "Duck Dodgers," and subdues the Shropshire Slasher in the Sherlock Holmes parody "Deduce, You Say." An almost fitting turn of events given what Daffy had put him through over the years.

The final stage of Daffy’s development was as the spotlight craving, greedy, upstaging, egomaniacal foil to Bugs Bunny. Indeed, the pairing of Warner’s two biggest stars was a stroke of pure genius. For just as Daffy had eclipsed Porky in popularity, so had Bugs overtaken Daffy. Daffy was none too happy about it and was determined to get the spotlight back.

The Bugs-Daffy dynamic began with Chuck Jones’ 1951 masterpiece "Rabbit Fire," where the two toons square off against each other in a continued effort to convince Elmer Fudd that the other is the animal currently "in season." Daffy proves to be no match for the superior wit of Bugs and is perpetually on the receiving end of Elmer Fudd’s gun. The debate over whether it was Duck Season or Rabbit Season would continue in "Rabbit Seasoning" in 1952 and "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!" in 1953, the latter were it is ultimately revealed to be Baseball Season!

The Bugs and Daffy rivalry does not stop there, not by a long shot. The animators realized they had a successful formula on their hands and continued to pair the rabbit and the duck in many more films throughout the 1950s and early '60s. Two shorts in particular stand out. The first is the definitive Daffy Duck cartoon and one of the finest animated films ever made. The second is the best example of the Bugs-Daffy one-upping each other relationship, which was surprisingly directed not by Jones but by Friz Freleng.

The first cartoon is the 1953 classic "Duck Amuck" where Daffy is continually plagued by an unseen animator who rearranges the duck’s world and appearance and effortlessly torments our star into a frenetic rage. The animator is finally revealed to be none other than Bugs himself, showing that he has, and always will have, the upper hand. This cartoon exemplifies everything that Daffy is: a wild, loony character, an actor capable of playing any role, an egotist in constant need of attention, and a loveable rogue who is at his funniest when he is losing.

This point is further driven home in the second cartoon, Friz Freleng’s "Showbiz Bugs" in 1957. The rivalry between the stars to see who is funnier, more talented and more popular comes to a head on the Vaudeville stage. Daffy tries and tries to win the audience over and garner applause, but to no avail. He is constantly overshadowed by the effortless performance of Bugs, whose simple dance step gains more appreciation than any one of the duck’s acts, save perhaps for the last one, in which Daffy blows himself up. Unfortunately, as Daffy himself states, "he can only do it once." Daffy finally receives the admiration he seeks and winds up losing anyway. This film proves a simple truth of cartoons. Bugs Bunny is funniest when he wins; Daffy Duck is funniest when he loses.

By the 1960s, Daffy’s journey from unstoppable madman to greedy SOB was complete. While cartoons after this period were of significantly less quality and misused Daffy as the mean-spirited tormenter of Speedy Gonzales, they could not tarnish the memory and reputation of one of the world’s most beloved characters.

Daffy Duck continues to delight audiences to this day in movies and on television. Films like Space Jam and Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and cartoon series like Duck Dodgers continue to show Daffy as the multifaceted comedic genius that he is. He is and always will remain: the greatest foil of Bugs Bunny, the least successful adventure hero ever born, and a crazy, darn-fool duck. And I for one wouldn’t have him any other way.

Selected Filmography

"Porky’s Duck Hunt" (1937) – Tex Avery

"Daffy Duck and Egghead" (1938) – Tex Avery

"You Ought To Be in Pictures" (1940) – Friz Freleng

"Draftee Daffy" (1945) – Bob Clampett

"The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" (1946) – Bob Clampett

"The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (1950) – Chuck Jones

"Rabbit Fire" (1951) – Chuck Jones

"Drip-Along Daffy" (1951) – Chuck Jones

"Rabbit Seasoning" (1952) – Chuck Jones

"Duck Amuck" (1953) – Chuck Jones

"Duck Dodgers in the 24th and ½ Century" (1953) – Chuck Jones

"Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" (1953) – Chuck Jones

"Beanstalk Bunny" (1955) – Chuck Jones

"Deduce, You Say" (1956) – Chuck Jones

"Showbiz Bugs" (1957) – Friz Freleng

"Robin Hood Daffy" (1958) – Chuck Jones

This essay was written in 2005 for the History of Animation course at Columbia College Chicago. It has not been updated to include more recent film & television series featuring Daffy Duck.

[therealcocoshady]

Recovery - Chapter 29

Eminem x FemReader Fanfiction

Summary : Em explains the situation with Tracy to Y/N.

Tags : Fluff - Angst

MARSHALL’S POV

Marshall’s brain instantly froze when he realized that Y/N had heard his conversation with Tracy. Of course that had to happen. Why wouldn’t his girlfriend walk in just as another woman was mentioning sucking his dick a few days ago ? The universe definitely had a weird sense of humor. He wasn’t sure just how much of the conversation she had heard but, judging by her face, it was bad. She was staring at them in shock, an awkward expression on her face. 

I… Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb, she said. 

He knew she was trying to keep a straight face, but he knew her too well. He could see her bottom lip quivering and the upper part of her face crumbling with sadness. All he wanted was to push Nicole out of the way and take his girl in his arms, telling her it was all a big misunderstanding. Because it was. Well, kind of. To be fair, Tracy had indeed been in his hotel room but it was a little more complicated than what she had implied. Y/N was starting to walk away but he was unable to move. Fuck. He needed to think and think fast. 

Babe, he said. 

I’ll let the two of you talk, she said as she ducked her head down. I just needed the key to your room but I… I’ll go to mine. 

What ? No, he said immediately. Babe, let me explain, ok ? 

You have nothing to explain, Marshall, she said as she could see the sadness take over her beautiful face. I didn’t mean to intrude. 

With these words, she headed to the reception desk and he heard her ask for a keycard to her room. He quickly looked at Tracy who was facepalming herself. He excused himself and ran to catch Y/N. She was already in the elevator but he could not be bothered to wait so he decided to take the stairs. He thought he had gotten in shape for the tour, but running up four flights of stairs proved him wrong. Or perhaps it was the anxiety and the terrifying perspective of losing her. She had left the country when they broke up, God knows how little she would need to walk out of his life again. He banged on the door to her room. He could already see her packing her suitcase and running away from him forever. When she opened, she had tears streaming down her cheeks. He tried to hug her but she avoided his touch. 

Y/N, please let me explain, he pleaded. It’s not what you think. Please don’t hate me. 

I don’t hate you, Marshall, she said with a hint of sadness. Two days ago… I wasn’t here. You don’t owe me any kind of explanation. I heard that you weren’t doing too well while we were apart so it didn’t cross my mind that you could have… you know. But it was stupid. I’m not mad, I just need a minute. 

She stared at him and he could see the deep sadness the thought of him with Tracy caused her. To be fair, the many times he had thought of her in the arms of other men, it had crushed him too. He could absolutely see where the sadness was coming from. 

Can we talk about it ? He asked softly. 

I’d rather not, she shrugged. 

Please, he pleaded. It’s important. 

She sighed as she looked at him but she nodded eventually. They sat on the bed and he took her hands in his. He took a deep breath before talking to her. 

So, hum… I think I should start by explaining what the deal with Tracy is, he began. 

Well I think I know what the deal is, she said as she rolled her eyes. You don’t need to spell it out for me, she just did. 

It’s more complicated than that, he tentatively explained. Tracy and I have known each other for… Over twenty, twenty-five years. She was there when we started Shady Records. She was one of the first people we hired. She’s part of my team and she does a bit of everything. She’s basically Paul’s right-hand woman. She’s known me since the very beginning of my career and she’s a friend. 

Friend ? His girlfriend asked with a raised eyebrow. That’s really the narrative you’re going with ? 

He looked at her patiently. He knew she could have a bit of an attitude when she was hurt. She was entitled to her own feelings, he wasn’t going to deny that, but it didn’t really make it easy for him in that instant. 

She is, he assured her. She’s been with me through thick and thin, at the height of my addiction and when I recovered, when I was on and off with Kim… She is important to me. 

Marshall, I already told you it was fine. You don’t need to express her many professional and personal qualities to justify why it’s ok that she slept with you, Y/N said. I don’t need her resume. In fact, I don’t need this conversation. 

She started getting up but he quickly grabbed her arm and forced her to face him. 

Baby, I have a point, he said sternly. Please let me make it ? 

Fine, she said. Sorry.

He sighed and took her hand in his as he continued his explanation. 

After I got sober, she was one of the first people I dated, he explained. We were together for about a year but it didn’t work out. We were good together on paper but that wasn’t it. So we decided to remain friends and collaborators. But I’m not going to lie, through the years, we’ve slept together a bunch of times. Not because of feelings, but because it’s comfortable and easy. It’s basically a friends with benefits arrangement. That being said, I haven’t slept with her in years. 

Until two days ago, that is, she sighed. 

No, not even, he said. What happened is… I was heartbroken over you. I was considering flying to Paris to see you after the tour, but at that point, I was pretty sure you were with someone else already and making plans to have babies with him or whatever. So I had no hope whatsoever. I managed to keep to myself for the most part of the tour but two nights ago, I don’t know if it’s because I was tired, or my birthday was coming up, or I was stressed out or what, but I was in a bad mood. It was right after the show in London, before we had to fly to Amsterdam in the morning. Tracy came to my room to make sure I was alright. We talked about her divorce and well… she was lonely, I was lonely and… we kissed. That's all that happened. 

Don’t sugar coat it, his girl groaned. She said she sucked your dick. 

Well she attempted to, he admitted nervously. But I… uh… wasn’t really in a state to. 

Meaning ? She asked. 

I couldn’t get it up, he groaned. 

Obviously, he wasn’t too keen to admit that he hadn’t been able to perform sexually. No man ever wanted to say that out loud, especially to his woman. However, he realized that, for once, it could actually play in his favor. 

So, technically there was some… action in that department, I guess, but not that much, he said. 

I’m sorry, she said sheepishly. 

You don’t have to be sorry about anything, he said. We did what friends do. We shrugged it off, talked for a bit and went to bed. In separate rooms. 

Ok, she said softly. 

So… Are you alright ? He asked. 

I am, she said. I mean… It makes me feel less bad that I slept with my ex before the flight that brought me here. 

You did what ?! He almost yelled. 

He was staring at her with big eyes. Now the shoe was on the other foot and he was livid. He had no idea who that dude was but one thing was sure, if he ever found out, he would beat his ass. He looked at her and saw a grin form on her face. That’s when it hit him : she was messing with his brain. 

You didn’t ? He asked. 

I didn’t, she said. I just wanted you to experience how I felt for a second. Sorry, that was a little petty. 

A little ? He chuckled. I’m supposed to be the petty one, here. 

Sorry, she giggled. I guess you’re rubbing off on me. 

So… No one else ? He asked, just to make sure. I mean, I won’t be mad if there was. As you said, we were broken up. I’m just curious, I guess. 

No one, she assured him. The idea of anyone else was just preposterous to me. You’re the one I want to be with. 

He pulled her in for a hug and kissed her softly. She wrapped her arms around his neck. 

How about you ? She asked. 

You know everything, he said. You’re my one and only. 

So… No date ? No nothing ? You mentioned something about Tinder selfies this morning and it freaked me out a little… 

That was years ago, babe, he chuckled. And believe me, that was short-lived. People kept on reporting me because they thought my account was fake. But lately, no date, no nothing. I wasn’t in the mood to date and I had too much work anyway. 

Ok, she said. 

He kissed her again but she seemed a bit absentminded. 

Everything alright ? He asked. 

I’m just… I have questions, she said. About Tracy. 

I just told you everything, he said. 

Yes but you said you were together before, she recalled. 

I did. We dated for a brief period of time, but we broke up because I wasn’t available, emotionally, he explained. 

What if you guys still have feelings for each other ? She asked nervously. You just said that you kept on sleeping with her for years. 

I said we slept together a few times, he corrected. But it’s not like she was in bed with me every night. In fifteen years, we have probably slept together ten times, tops. And it was always just sex. Nothing more. 

Do you think she has feelings for you ? She asked. 

Pretty sure not, he shrugged. If she’d had feelings for me, she would have had every opportunity to tell me a while ago. Plus, she knows more than anyone that I’m a burden. I’ve been a lousy partner to a lot of women and she’s part of the list. 

You’re not a lousy partner, she said as she rolled her eyes. 

Not to you, he said. At least, I try not to be. But you have to understand that I’m not the same person I was a while ago. I have changed a lot over the years. Believe me, I’ve been an asshole when it comes to dating. Kim and Tracy are prime examples of that. If you women had a  collective black list of men you shouldn’t date, mine  would probably be the first name on it. 

I’m sure it’s not that bad, she said. 

I have lied, I have cheated, I have been manipulative and sometimes violent, so yes, he said in all seriousness. And even when that got better, I was emotionally unavailable. So, believe me, I’m no prize. I probably shouldn’t say that, anyway. The goal is not to convince you to run away when you just came back to me. 

She hummed and stared at him, taking in everything he said. 

So, believe me, no feelings between Tracy and I, he said. And even if she had feelings for me, it wouldn’t matter. You are everything I want and need. And I’m happy nothing more happened with her that night because as much as I needed to get laid and would have probably enjoyed it, you are the only woman I want to sleep with. 

Right, she said as she gave him a side-eye. 

I’m dead-serious, Y/N, he said. And even if I had slept with other women, which I haven’t, it wouldn’t matter one bit. Any other woman, I would fuck her. You are the only person I make love to. I am in love with you. For fuck’s sake, I introduced you to Dre and Curtis, tonight. In my book, it means more than introducing you to my mother. You’re my girlfriend, everybody on my team knows it now. Not to mention my family. We’re going on vacation with my kids. I’ve never done that with any other woman. There’s only you. 

Ok, she said softly before kissing him. 

I need you to know that I am absolutely serious about us, he said sternly. I lost you once and now that I have a shot with you again, I will do everything in my power for our relationship to work out. If you ask for the moon as backyard decor, I will get it for you. 

I’m serious about us too, she said. 

He rested his forehead against hers. Prior, he had absolutely no intention of telling her about Tracy or his past experiences with women. There was nothing glorious there and he wasn’t fond of these memories. And, obviously, when she came back to him, he didn’t feel like telling her about what had happened shortly before. He was so scared to lose her again. However, it felt good to be honest with her. He meant every word he said when he told her he would do anything for her. As far as he was concerned, she was the only woman in the world. He got up and took her hand. 

How about we go back to our room ? He offered. 

We can stay here, she said. I don’t mind. 

Come on. The penthouse suite is bigger, the bed is more comfortable and all our stuff is there, he argued. 

She shrugged and they left the room. All he wanted was to climb in bed with her and cuddle while she wore one of his tee-shirts. She was the only thing he was interested in. However, he was brought back to reality when they saw Tracy in the corridor. Putting all of the team on the same hotel floor had its advantages but also its drawbacks. 

Hi, Tracy said. 

Hey, he said. 

Are you alright, dear ? Tracy asked Y/N while she grabbed her arm. I am so sorry you had to hear that. Really, I am mortified. 

Don’t worry about it,  his girlfriend said with a smile he knew for a fact was fake

Marsh, I’ll need to see you before I leave, Tracy said. We’ll need to go over your schedule for when you get back from your break. 

Sure, he said. Can that wait ? 

Of course. I’m leaving tomorrow night. 

Good then, he said. Goodnight Tracy. 

They went back to the room and, as soon as they closed the door, his girlfriend looked at him with a deadpan expression. 

I swear to God, Marsh, if that woman talks to me like a child and grabs my arm one more time, I will make sure it’s the last thing she ever does, she said. 

She meant no harm, he assured her. She’s like that with everybody. 

Not with me, she assured him. I will not have it. I swear I will go all BTK on her. 

I’m starting to regret all the times I showed you true crime documentaries, he muttered. 

She called you Marsh in front of me and was batting her eyelashes at you, she pointed out sternly. 

She was not, and everyone calls me Marsh, he chuckled. But I do like that you’re jealous. Now, how about you let me prove to you that you are the one and only woman I care about ? 

He spoke seductively and pulled her to him before kissing her passionately. She laughed softly into the kiss, making his heart melt. He ran his hands underneath her dress, gently grabbing her butt. She moaned softly and he could not resist kissing her neck, sucking on her sweet spot before carrying her to the bed. 

We still don’t have condoms, she reminded him. 

Jesus fucking Christ, he groaned. I don’t suppose we can call the front desk ? 

Probably not, she giggled. Why don’t you send your assistant to the nearest pharmacy ? Maybe she’ll get the message. 

You are the pettiest woman ever, do you know that ? He chortled. 

And you love it, she said with a smirk. 

I probably shouldn’t, but I do, he admitted. God, you’re fucking perfect. I want you so bad, it’s frustrating. 

Maybe that’s karma, she said. 

He gave her a playful side-eye. It was clear that, even though she had acknowledged that they weren’t together and that he could technically do what he wanted with Tracy, she was jealous. It made him smile though : it meant she cared. Plus, she was way too cute for him to think it was annoying, not to mention the fact that she was probably too nice for it to become an actual problem. 

I think Karma was when I had the opportunity to get some and the universe wouldn’t let me, he pointed out. 

Maybe she’s just bad in bed, his girlfriend shrugged with a smirk. 

No, that’s not… I mean, yeah, probably, he said as he caught himself. 

They chuckled and he kissed her forehead. At least, they were able to laugh about it. He got in his boxers and she put on one of his tee-shirts before getting under the covers. She curled up on his side as they watched a movie. He could feel her falling asleep and it gave him peace of mind. He breathing was slow and steady against his skin. He closed his eyes and muttered a few love words. He was about to fall asleep when he felt his phone buzzing next to him. He quickly grabbed it and saw a text from Tracy. 

From Tracy : Can we talk ? 

He glanced at Y/N to make sure she was asleep before replying. 

To Tracy : I’m in bed. What’s up ? 

From Tracy : Can you come to my room ? I’d like to finish our conversation.

[moonchild-in-blue]

HIMYM TRUTHERS UNITE, THE FINALE HAD MANY ISSUES BUT THE CORE OF IT??!!?! THE CORE BEING THAT WE JUST LOVE PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES EVERYTHING WORTH IT?!?! AND WE JUST KEEP TRUCKING ALONG TO LOVE PEOPLE?! YEAH THATS GOOD SHIT

TRUE STORY BRO 🥃

No but you're so right! The last two episodes were absolutely awful - not because of Tracy's death (which had been hinted at back in S8), but because they invalidated any and all progress of their characters (save for perhaps Lily and Marshall. Their epilogue was so realistic!).

There's this one episode on S9 (Sunrise) where Ted and Robin are taking a walk on the beach the morning before her wedding, and it opens with Ted narrating -

"If you love something, you can never let it go, not even for a second, or it's gone forever. It was a lesson that took me nearly thirty years to unlearn."

- and ends with him physically letting go of Robin (the infamous balloon scene, visually cringy but my GOD the emotional weight). I love this episode, despite the season being the most subpar, because it's quite literally the end of Ted's journey with Robin before he meets Tracy. Like. My boy spent what, 15? FIFTEEN years in love with this girl, only to see her get married to his best friend. And he actually, truly, finally, let her go. That's a gigantic moment in the show and in Ted's life.

AND THEN. THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY OF MAKING HIM RUN BACK TO HER?? Hell no. Robin and Barney could've made it work after the divorce, I know it. They grew so much together, and at that point in their lives, I really do believe they were each other's soulmates.

But aside from that colossal fail, the show itself?? Unmatched. My GOD, even just writing this is legit making me tear up. As funny as it is (and it IS hilarious), How I Met Your Mother does a fenomenal job at showing the realistic side of love and friendship and adult life.

Sometimes friends drift away. Sometimes the person you love doesn't love you back - or you do love each other but just aren't right together. Sometimes jobs suck, and parents die, and your career just isn't going anywhere. Sometimes you do everything right and STILL get fucked over. Sometimes you're the bad guy, and all you can do is learn your lesson, move on and be better.

Marriage is hard. Parenthood is hard. Friendships are hard. But my GOD, they're beautiful. Love is hard, and painful, and the most wonderful thing ever. True friends can't be measured by how much time you spend together, or how often you talk, or how compatible you are. It's about who's there to pick up when you call for help, no questions asked. It's who will listen to you when you're at your lowest, not with judgement, but with understanding. It's who will call you out when you're being a dick, and still buy you a drink anyways.

The ending sucks, sure. But my goodness, the journey is just wonderful. People talk so much shit about Ted (my favourite actually), but his whole "Love is the best thing we do" speech is the core of the whole show, and really, of life. Because at the end of the day, that's really all that matters.

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

Lol at movie director fucked 🤣 anyone who calls that a publicity stunt is a moron - HS is piece of work (and that's being polite) and nothing could've shown his truer colours than how he treated Olivia.

The only person I felt bad was for Jason Sudekis - poor Ted.

I think maybe a few months before Jeff’s wedding (Olivia and Harry debut), I had watched a video of Jason, Olivia, and their kids in bed, laughing, playing, and talking about the pandemic and their creative projects.

Nothing is forever but dang, that picture of a happy family sure was short-lived. I only feel sorry for the kids.

(Incidentally, if anyone watched Ted Lasso S2, the shade was hilarious. That kind of shade comes from personal hurt, not a corporate contract lmao.)

Harry was so smug the entire time (he even pretended to care about feminism) until the DWD reviews came out. It wasn’t even the professional critics but the movie-watching public who destroyed him. Every scene he was in, the internal cringe of the fellow actors was as palpable as a set prop. I hadn’t noticed how terrible Harry’s acting was in Dunkirk, but DWD was too much.

At the time, I remember reading about roles for Harry in Marvel (a three-movie contract?), Nosferatu, Elvis biopic, Wicked. Chloe Zhao (Eternals) kissed his ass and wore his TPWK merch. I remember Olivia Wilde getting ready to direct a female Spider-Man flick and some other things. Sure is quiet now.

I’m really old, so I remember Madonna getting lambasted for Dick Tracy and finally semi-redeeming her acting in Evita. She wanted to be a movie star so much. Warren Beaty, who was smitten, wanted it too; he was hoping to be with Madonna the Actress. But talent is not always symmetrical; Madonna will always be known more for sugary pop and scandal. That’s how I see Harry— rich, famous, universally recognized. But still frustrated. Music videos, alas, are not movies. Posing isn’t acting.

Harry will be fine. Hollywood doesn’t seem to have forgiven Olivia.

[a-little-bit-of-tradition]

Two years after his departure from Chicago P.D., Jesse Lee Soffer is staying within the Dick Wolf universe for his big return to series television. As the new team leader of CBS' globe-trotting police procedural, FBI: International, Soffer officially moves on from Detective Jay Halstead, the character he played from 2013 to 2022, and begins a fresh chapter as Agent Wesley "Wes" Mitchell.

Discussions did take place between Soffer and showrunner Matt Olmstead, who oversaw the first five seasons of P.D., about whether Jay could feature prominently on FBI: International. After all, the One Chicago and FBI franchises are invariably linked, thanks to a P.D.-FBI crossover episode in 2020. "We joked about it," Soffer told TV Guide. "It was never out of the cards to come back one day." While viewers won't be seeing him flashing his badge as Jay in the streets of Budapest, there is plenty to discover about Wes, whom Soffer describes as unconventional, unaffected, and playing by his own rules.

Ahead of Soffer's debut on FBI: International, the actor opens up about why he signed on to lead the CBS procedural after Luke Kleintank's exit, the differences between Jay and Wes, and why he's okay with forever being associated with his P.D. character.

TV Guide: Did you ever imagine that you would find yourself leading another Dick Wolf series?

Jesse Lee Soffer: It was never out of the cards, even when I left P.D. It was not out of the cards to come back one day. I love that character and he's always going to be in my bones, and I was really grateful to Dick, Peter Jankowski, Anastasia Puglisi, and everybody at Wolf for the opportunity to direct P.D. And then I was like, I kind of want to go back and start acting again. So it wasn't a huge surprise. The surprise was that it was in Budapest.

What led you to say yes to FBI: International and decide that this was the show you wanted to come back for?

Soffer: It's a really fun show. It's really cinematic. I played a cop for so long on [P.D.], and Wes is another cop but he has less baggage than Halstead. It just seemed like a great fit. [Showrunner] Matt [Olmstead] called me after I got the offer and we talked about it. I get to bring a veteran vibe of a guy who knows what he's doing and does things his own way. And I get to bring that energy to this team and that was a fun opportunity.

It's been established that the One Chicago and FBI franchises exist in the same universe after Tracy Spiridakos' P.D. character appeared in an FBI episode in 2020. You're playing a completely new character here. Was there ever a discussion — even a fleeting one — about whether you would play Halstead again?

Soffer: Am I allowed to talk about this? [Pauses] We joked about it. And Hailey Upton's character did a crossover on FBI, so hypothetically her character exists in this universe. But the other joke is that, if she ever showed up on International, Wes would be like, "Do I know you?"

How vital was it for you to familiarize yourself with FBI: International before stepping onto set?

Soffer: I watched a lot of episodes. I watched almost the whole run of the show, I think.

How do you describe Wes? How do you want to introduce your character to audiences?

Soffer: Wes is an ex-cop who's been an FBI agent and was Vo's training officer, so they have an interesting dynamic. He was hard on her, which comes full circle because now she's grateful for that tutelage and she's the one that brings him in. He does things his own way. He doesn't always follow procedure, which gets him into trouble, but his attitude is there's no trouble you can't work your way around. He's always going to, unconventionally, get the job done. I love how carefree he is and his easygoing attitude of, "We're just gonna keep moving forward and get the job done." I'm used to brooding a lot and carrying a lot of baggage, so it's a breath of fresh air.

You alluded to it, but how does Wes compare to Halstead in terms of mannerisms, personality, and how he approaches work?

Soffer: They might hold a gun the same way. But I think their attitudes are really different. I think Halstead was more aggressive, more brooding, had darker thoughts, and Wes is more unaffected and enjoying himself a little more.

What kind of leader is Wes since he's coming in to eventually lead the Fly Team?

Soffer: He's a lead-by-example guy. He's doing his thing and he's going to get the job done. You might like it, you might not like it. But this is how it's going to go.

How would you describe the team dynamic?

Soffer: There's apprehension, there's uncertainty. Smitty is like, "Oh god, he's gonna get us in so much trouble." There are a lot of different dynamics to play out. And the Vo dynamic because there's a backstory and a history there. That ends up being an interesting partnership.

That leads me to my next question. Because he was Vo's training officer, is that a relationship or a partnership people should keep an eye on as it evolves?

Soffer: Yeah, it's definitely something to keep an eye on. She keeps him in line. But because he operates by his own set of rules, sometimes she's got to talk some sense into him and he lets her. He respects her. He respects the agent that she is now and if she tells him he's out of line, he'll go, "OK, I'm out of line. Got it." It's kind of like a big brother-little sister [dynamic].

Are there any other interesting dynamics that develop in the early part of the season?

Soffer: There's a budding friendship with Raines. There's constant frustration with Smitty trying to hold him back. Wes is a bull in a china shop and she's like, "Put a leash on this guy." But I think she likes him and respects that he gets the job done. There's a fun episode where Tate goes undercover and he promotes her, not literally a promotion, but she gets to do some field work.

How have you adapted to filming in Budapest?

Soffer: We get to film in locations where I'm sitting [somewhere] having lunch, or I'm doing lines with a friend, and we're in this beautiful setting. But the tricky part is I can't find the right protein mix. Like, I can't find my brand and that's the hardest part about the job.

Which locations have stood out to you so far?

Soffer: We were in Portugal. We're going to Paris. There are rumors of various places in the U.K. we might go. It's such a fun adventure. Two episodes from now, you're like, "Wait, where are we going to be?" It's really cool.

Another perk of this job, right?

Soffer: And really good coffee. Really good coffee in Budapest. I live above a coffee shop so it's a nice perk.

For people who watched you on Chicago P.D. and are now tuning into FBI: International, they may still associate you with Halsted. Are you OK with that?

Soffer: This is a different thing. Of course Halstead is always going to be in my blood and my bones, and there will always be an association with that [character], I'm sure, for some people. But I hope that the fans watch this and [realize] it's a new attitude, it's a new energy, it's a new vibe, and that's what this is.

Lastly, what do you want people to know about your introduction?

Soffer: I hope they're excited. The one thing I'll say is, I want people to tune in. More eyeballs, that's what we want. The first few episodes are high intensity, action-packed. It's exciting and this new character, Wes, is carefree, fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants, and doesn't do things by the book. He's carefree about procedure and unaffected in that way. Tragedy strikes and he's even more carefree [moving forward]. It's going to be a treat for the fans.

[dreamsofalife]

((Seriously I'm going down a Dick Tracy rabbit hole. This shit got weird.

Dick Tracy's son Junior married a woman from the moon. She was the first alien on earth and her name was Moon Maid. Except it wasn't, because it got retconned to Mysta.

They also had a half alien baby who was born on the moon, because someone was trying to politically assassinate Moon Maid. Did I mention that interstellar travel is just A Thing that happens now???

Half alien baby is named Honeymoon Tracy. Her fingers are magnetic.

This whole arc happened in the late 60's when space travel was the big thing, and basically was a huge embarrassment to the comic as a whole and was hugely scaled back.

Except they decided to put a stopper on it forever by killing off Moon Maid via a car bomb meant for Dick.

Junior Tracy goes on to marry his second wife, Sparkle Plenty, and they have kids together. Honey loves her stepmom and the moon stuff just. Doesn't get mentioned again?

UNTIL 2013.

Moon Maid seems to have returned from the dead. Except no, it's not her. It was Sparkle's beauty pageant rival, Glenna Ermine, who has been genetically and surgically altered as well as brainwashed to think she's Moon Maid. She decides to keep her new face and memories and use the name Mysta Chimera because she has no attachment to her old life.

And she becomes a regular character.

Dick Tracy is fucking weird.))

[the-90s-music-colosseum]

Round 4 Match 15

propaganda below the cut! (massive wall of text warning)

Tracy Chapman:

"I can’t think of anything clever to say because I’m too busy sighing dreamily"

"GUYS ITS FUCKING TRACY CHAPMAN VOTE FOR HER OR ELSE ILL EAT PLAYDOUGH"

"Tracy Chapman made the best song of all time (fast car)"

"ik im the hope sandoval guy but if hope doesn't make it tracy has to she made me realize i was a lesbian i just thought i was bi then i listened to her and now im a lesbian she is powerful she is strength if you looked at her and looked at my art you would see 20 years of inspiration from one single woman"

"she's too good to commit atrocities to me but im the gore guy and you aren't for that. i would let her take out my vocal chords and use them as floss. i would have her saw down my bones to make a vinyl of her music. i would go on all fours and let her slaughter me like a pig. i want to be her cat"

"The most powerful written and performed voice of the 90s. Everyone, of any nationality or belief system, could feel the words Tracy Chapman sang. She gets her dues but deserves even more."

Stephen Malkmus:

"i can't even stand stephen malkmus but there's a very special girl out there who needs this win"

"My perpetually stoned, nonsensical girlfriend...if we don't invent the time machine soon I might die. He's like 6 ft tall so unfortunately I'd be like one of those birds that ride on giraffes and eat bugs out of their fur. And then I'd die in a weed accident during the recording of Wowee Zowee? Before that though I'd spend 25 hrs a day in bed with him. Alright thanks"

"Stephen Malkmus chronically addicted to moaning and gasping in Pavement songs like he’s getting the best dicking down of his life in the back of the tour bus while everyone else is asleep"

"This is the indie-label match, right? Then it has to be Malkmus, he *made* the scene. And he's still releasing excellent music today. He's just the most influential rockstar of the 90s."

"my gay pavement fan uncle gets out of prison tonight and he knows you ratted him out in '06. the only way to make this right is to vote for stephen"

"Pretty please vote for him, my friend loves him and he really wants him to win"

""There were times he refused to speak to his bandmates, pulling a jacket over his head and referring to himself as "the little bitch"." I have also heard him refer to himself as a brat, a queen, a primadonna, a sociopath, and a narcissist. All of these descriptors have made me want to slam him against a wall and turn his neck fun new colors."

"I mean, Pavement is THEE indie band of the 90s. The lowkey snark, Koreaaaa, so much style that it's wasted. And Malkmus is an understated cool rockstar: the hair, the face, Silver Jews! He never ever sold out. He's the 90s."

"the most beautiful man ever he looks like a gorgeous fairytale prince. he has been hot since he emerged on the scene and continues to be so as their reunion tour comes to a close. stephen forever"

"we have to consider the autism swagger. find me a pavement write up that doesn’t spend three paragraphs waxing lyrical on his inability to make eye contact. find me a YouTube comment section that doesn’t have hoards of moms swooning over his flat affect. his refusal to wear anything more formal than a flannel for the first decade of his career? genuinely culturally influential. 30 glorious years of expressionless performances. sunglasses in the dark. so many straight men falling over themselves for him they made a joke about it in the Barbie movie. raw tbh sex appeal. and he’s got a great nose"

"he had a couple of unfortunate haircuts during this period but highkey i would break both of my arms to just be able to make out with him. please vote for SM my life is in danger if you don't"

[beardedmrbean]

“The founding fathers wouldn’t want this”

“The founding fathers meant something different”

The founding fathers thought women were sex toys and black people should be enslaved forever

Who gives a fuck about what the founding fathers want? They’re ll racists and rapers and are burning in hell for their crimes against god

But sure let’s let those horrible founding fathers guide us through our civilization because they sure know about machine guns/tanks/Facebook/phones/cars/anything at issue in the world

They gave us a framework, one they knew wasn't perfect so they also included a way to change it but made it so changing it would be difficult so it couldn't be done a whim.

As for firearms they likely saw repeating arms becoming a thing as well as many other things, consider some of their ages when they put pen to paper.

My grandfather was born before commercial radio was a thing, when he died he'd seen us go land on the moon and have Dick Tracy's watch radio become reality in the form of smartwatches.

His father saw the birth of the automobile and airplane, electricity put to wide use, served in both world wars, saw man land on the moon, and all kinds of other innovations. Mother much the same except the world wars bit.

I've been around since before the CD, home computers, and the internet and look where we are now with all of that.

Foolish to think they wouldn't anticipate improvements in all walks of life, also several of them were abolitionists just not enough of them sadly.

That sex toy bit is untrue as well, as a blanket statement at least Franklin was a manwhore, but women were partners back then, there was tons of sexism and sexist laws and all that (not so) good stuff, really though who wasn't.

Like I said they left us a mechanism for change and if you can convince enough people that your position is the good one that change can happen.

Good luck given that there's only been 17 after the initial 10 needed to get the states signed on post revolution and one of those was there to cancel out the other (prohibition was a dumb idea)

I see that crimes against God thing there too, got bad news for you about a lot of the people involved in the major world faiths from when they were formed.

Whew lads.

But hey, most of them have abandoned the majorly bad bits, don't stone children for cursing their parents anymore and such, slavery is strongly frowned upon by most of the 10 global religions with the most adherents.

Buck up buttercup, things get better, takes time is all.

[idkaguyorsomething]

Shitty Superhero Tournament Rules and Bracket

Finally, ¡the tournament is about to begin! The bracket will be posted under the cut, but first let’s get some clarifications and rules out of the way:

The movies here have been selected (with two exceptions*) based on their Rotten Tomatoes movie scores and do not reflect my opinion of their quality. The tournament will be divided into six rounds.

Each movie will come with a quick summary of some of its highlights (or lowlights, depending on your point of view) but feel free to create and submit your own propaganda.

You may vote in any way you want, rooting for whatever gives you the most entertainment in a train wreck sort of way, the movie that’s the most incompetently made, a film you feel is actually really good, or however you want to interpret what the winner of a Shitty Superhero Movie Tournament entails.

Personal attacks/bigoted comments and propaganda WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. If you are here looking for an excuse to be racist/sexist/homophobic/anti-semitic/body-shaming/a dick to people trying to collect a paycheck under the corporate grindstone, fuck off. Just because these movies may be shitty doesn’t mean you should be.

If I make a factual error, feel free to correct me on it. Reblogs are encourage, ofc.

¡Have fun and be kind to each other!

THE BRACKET:

Superman III (1983) vs Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

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Fant4stic (2015) vs Ghost Rider (2007)

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Black Adam (2022) vs Man-Thing (2005)

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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) vs Dick Tracy (1990)

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Constantine (2005) vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) vs Morbius (2022)

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The New Mutants (2020) vs Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

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Catwoman (2004) vs Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

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The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) vs Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

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Elektra (2005) vs The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)

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Howard the Duck (1986) vs The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) vs The Amazing Bulk (2010)

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Man of Steel (2013) vs Spider-Man 3 (2007)

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Blade II (2002) vs Captain America (1990)

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Blade: Trinity (2004) vs The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

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Batman Forever (1995) vs Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)

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Supergirl (1984) vs Superman: Doomsday (2007)

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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) vs Punisher: War Zone (2008)

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) vs The Fantastic Four (1994)

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Justice League (2017) vs Tank Girl (1995)

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Jonah Hex (2010) vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) vs Eternals (2021)

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Daredevil (2003) vs Dark Phoenix (2019)

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Steel (1997) vs Super Buddies (2013)

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) vs Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore (2013)

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Fantastic Four (2005) vs Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) vs The Punisher (1989)

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Suicide Squad (2016) vs Hellboy (2019)

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Green Lantern (2011) vs The Flash (2023)

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X-Men: Origins; Wolverine (2009) vs Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

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The Punisher (2004) vs Venom (2018)

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Batman and Robin (1997) vs Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)

[saltlickmp3]

hi mack i have not seen or read good omens but here’s 002 for aziraphale so you can be matchy matchy :))

hehe thanks murph <33 appreciate it

how i feel about this character -

HOO BOY do i have feelings about this character. ofc Aziraphale is so loveable and wonderful & i do love him so much BUT he's complex in a way Crowley isn't. there's this bit of fic that sums it up really really well uhh here's the fic if anyone is wondering

he is so full of contradictions and thinking multiple things at once and mentally tying himself in knots to get himself to do things he Knows are the right thing to do (or even just. something he likes doing) which is such a fascinating thing to watch but also really heartbreaking if i think about it too much. like i love aziraphale and want to give him a big hug but also i want to argue with him sometimes. like in the 1827 minisode he is kinda a dick and absolutely zero-nuances the whole situation, but it's even worse because you can see exactly how he thinks what he's doing is right. i will defend his decision (key word decision!!) to go back to heaven forever because He Is Doing What He Thinks Is Right. he's also such a sweetheart, i too would like to live in a bookstore full of dusty old tomes & wear the same waistcoat for ~200 years.

all the people i ship romantically with this character -

can only be Crowley. there's a fun theory Aziraphale had an affair with Oscar Wilde while Crowley was sleeping through the 1800s but lets be real here he's saving himself for marriage (/JOKING OKAY) it was flirting for fun at most

non-romantic otp for this character -

i really had to think about this one but i think Madame Tracy. i mean there's a reason that of all the psychics in london he ended up in Madame Tracy's head, i just think they'd get along fairly well. they'd have high tea together. scones. but in reality i think he'd mostly rather be reading than making friends. ooh and he'd get along with Newt too i think.

[while typing this i realised that in the Crowley one i missed that Crowley & Anathema would get along Excellently hehe]

unpopular opinion about this character -

people like to paint him as being completely brainwashed by heaven HE'S NOT STUPID. HE KNOWS WHEN HE'S REPEATING A PARTY LINE WHEN HE DOESN'T MEAN IT. CROWLEY KNOWS THIS TOO. HE SAYS SHIT HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH ALL THE TIME. JUST COS HE FEELS LIKE HE HAS TO SAY IT DOESn'T MEAN HE'S BRAINWASHEDDDDDDD AHHHHHHHHHH sorry i just really hate that one. re: contradicting ideas in his head!! working himself into loopholes for right and wrong!! people like 'ohhh he's so distant in *whatever time period* it's cos heaven brainwashed him after they found out he was seeing Crowley!!!1! HE'S BEING NORMAL HE'S JUST EXTRA TOUCHY FEELY IN 1941 & S2 THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S BEING AWFUL EVERY OTHER TIMEEEEEEEEE augh. sorry. anyways. moving on

one thing i wish would happen / had happened in canon -

ough it would have been fun to see him fem presenting. i think he would have a really fun time gossiping with rich noblewomen & getting into court drama heheee

otp -

literally can only be Crowley <33

crossover ship (platonically) -

i think he'd be good friends with Zachary from the Starless Sea - for one they'd hide at opposite ends of the bookshop and read in silence and just peacefully coexist. but they woudl not so much get into situations as try very hard to avoid every situation ever cos they're in the middle of a chapter and don't want to talk to anyone other than like. three specific people. & they both know what it's like to just be someone else's part in the plan/story & have to find your own role in it.

Aziraphale & the Eleventh Doctor was the first thing i thought of but honestly they're too similar they'd drive each other up the wall half the time. the other half they'd be good but the slightest annoyance & they'd be at eachother

headcanon for them -

we already know he can draw really well FROM MEMORY so i reckon he has pages and pages of drawings of Crowley in every ridiculous outfit he's ever worn, smiling and sulking & sleeping & drinking & sprawled over on the couch & he hides them away in a drawer so no one ever finds them but he has them.

baby angel :D

[quoththemaven]

2023 Favoritest Book Reads

Vineland - Pynchon, Thomas

Prophet - Blaché, Sin & Helen Macdonald

And the Ass Saw the Angel - Cave, Nick

Lou Reed: The King of New York - Hermes, Will 

The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) - Pratchett, Terry

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative - Kleon, Austin 

Sonic Life: A Memoir - Moore, Thurston

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) - Jemisin, N.K. 

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law - Roach, Mary

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too - Sun, Jonny

The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) - Okorafor, Nnedi 

Home (Binti, #2) - Okorafor, Nnedi 

Binti: Sacred Fire (Binti, #1.5) - Okorafor, Nnedi 

Binti (Binti, #1) - Okorafor, Nnedi 

Black Paradox - Ito, Junji

David Bowie's Low (33 1/3) - Wilcken, Hugo

Faith, Hope and Carnage - Cave, Nick

The Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Aslan, Reza

Smashed - Ito, Junji

Time Shelter - Gospodinov, Georgi

Brian Eno's Another Green World (33 1/3) - Dayal, Geeta

Armageddon in Retrospect - Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

Neverwhere (London Below, #1) - Gaiman, Neil 

The Committed (The Sympathizer #2) - Nguyen, Viet Thanh 

Into the Great Wide Open - Canty, Kevin 

Mongrels - Jones, Stephen Graham 

DisneyWar - Stewart, James B.

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - Roach, Mary

The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin, Ursula K.

My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (33 1/3) - McGonigal, Mike 

Suttree - McCarthy, Cormac

Life's Work: A Memoir - Milch, David

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Schwab, V.E.

Against the Day - Pynchon, Thomas

Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood - Ryan, Maureen 

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA (33 1/3) - Himes, Geoffrey

La Moustache - Carrère, Emmanuel

Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid (33 1/3) - Favreau, Alyssa 

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea - Pinsker, Sarah 

The Man Without a Shadow - Oates, Joyce Carol

The City & the City - Miéville, China 

Mem - Morrow, Bethany C. 

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Harari, Yuval Noah

Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs (33 1/3) - Eidelstein, Eric

Gutshot - Gray, Amelia 

The Price of Time (Watch What You Wish For #1) - Tigner, Tim 

The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever - Sepinwall, Alan 

Just Kids - Smith, Patti 

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir - Hindman, Jessica Chiccehitto 

Flicker - Roszak, Theodore

Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers - Miller, James Andrew 

Flashback - Simmons, Dan

Flaming Lips' Zaireeka (33 1/3) - Richardson, Mark 

The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer #1) - Nguyen, Viet Thanh 

Pavement's Wowee Zowee (33 1/3) - Charles, Bryan

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) - Gibson, William

Invisible Cities - Calvino, Italo

Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) - Jones, Stephen Graham 

The Wes Anderson Collection - Seitz, Matt Zoller

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - Dick, Philip K.

Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly (33 1/3) - Maner, Sequoia

The Nineties - Klosterman, Chuck

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Zevin, Gabrielle 

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age - Mitenbuler, Reid

A Heart That Works - Delaney, Rob 

Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) - Butler, Octavia E.

Cryptonomicon (Crypto, #1) - Stephenson, Neal 

Blacktop Wasteland - Cosby, S.A. 

Pearl Jam's Vs. (33 1/3) - Brownlee, Clint

Tracy Flick Can't Win - Perrotta, Tom

Devil House - Darnielle, John 

Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) - Butler, Octavia E.

Heat 2 - Mann, Michael & Meg Gardiner

Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures (33 1/3) - Ott, Chris

Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) - Butler, Octavia E.

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Stephenson, Neal 

The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) - Lynch, Scott 

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) - Atwood, Margaret 

[whyihatemidou]

I forgot about this Dick Tracy genderbend I made for class forever ago... what was even the assignment

[brookston]

Holidays 10.4

Holidays

Assault on Friedrichstadt Day (Denmark)

Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day

Cable Street Day (UK)

Carrying in the Pudding (London, UK)

Crew Appreciation Day

Ctenophore Day

Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)

Day of the Space Forces (Russia)

Dick Tracy Day

eDay (New Zealand)

Forever Alone Day

Get Your Friend Day

Global Work From Home (WFH) Day

Golf Lovers Day (a.k.a. National Golf Day)

Hug a Non-Meat Eater Day

Improve Your Office Day

International Dakota Johnson Day

International No Disposable Cup Day

International Sputnik Day

International Toot Your Flute Day

International Walk & Bike to School Day

International Wound Hygiene Day

International Zookeeper Day

Kids Music Day

Kindness to Animals Day

National Capicola / Capocollo / Gabagool Day

National CB Radio Day

National Clothespin Day

National COVID-19 Remembrance Day

National Day of Action for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit People (Canada)

National Day of Chilean Music (Chile)

National Day of Life (Colombia)

National 4-H Spirit Day

National Laura Day

National Mask Exemption Awareness Day

National Ship in a Bottle Day

National Side Bae Day

National Sisters in Spirit Day (Canada)

National Talk Like a Trucker Day

National Teach German Day

National Trucker’s Appreciation Day

Odd Socks Day (Australia)

Peace and Reconciliation Day (Mozambique)

See the Light Day

Snoopy Day

Space Forces Day (Russia)

Territory Day (Christmas Island)

Thanksgiving Day (Saint Lucia)

Thimpu Tsechu (Bhutan)

Ten-Four Day

What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? Day

Winter Squash Day (French Republic)

World Animal Day

World College Radio Day

World Day of Bullying Prevention

World Pet’s Day

World RBD Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Canadian Beer Day

Cinnamon Roll Day (Finland)

Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Bun Day; Sweden)

National Frappe Day

National Taco Day

National Vodka Day

Sardines Day (Japan)

Independence & Related Days

Belgium (from the Netherlands, 1830)

Constitution Day (Vanuatu)

Lesotho (from UK, 1966)

1st Friday in October

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Barrel-Aged Beer Day [1st Friday]

Byte Night (UK) [1st Friday]

Cerrado Mineiro Day [1st Friday]

Children’s Day (Singapore) [1st Friday]

College Radio Day [1st Friday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Fast Food Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Freaky Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

French Canadian Heritage Day (Michigan) [1st Friday]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Kids Music Day [1st Friday]

Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest begins (Canada) [Friday before 2nd Monday thru 10.19]

Manufacturing Day (a.k.a. MFG Day) [1st Friday]

National Beep Beep Day (Ireland) [1st Friday]

National Body Language Day [1st Friday]

National Denim Day (a.k.a. Lee National Denim Day) [1st Friday]

National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day [1st Friday]

National Diversity Day [1st Friday]

National Potato Day (Ireland) [1st Friday]

National Tree Planting Day (Jamaica) [1st Friday]

Plaidurday [1st Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

World College Radio Day [1st Friday]

World Multiplication Table Day [1st Friday]

World Smile Day [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 4 (1st Week of October)

Cleveland Beer Week (Cleveland, Ohio) [thru 10.13]

Milford Restaurant Week (Milford, Connecticut) [thru 10.13]

National Manufacturing Week (thru 10.10) [Begins 1st Friday]

National Storytelling Week (thru 10.6) [1st Full Weekend]

World Space Week (thru 10.10)

Festivals Beginning October 4, 2024

Alabama Butterbean Festival (Pinson, Alabama) [thru 10.5]

Alabama National Fair (Montgomery, Alabama) [thru 10.14]

Anacortes Bier Near The Pier (Anacortes, Washington) [thru 10.5]

Applefest Celebration (Franklin, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.6]

Apple Harvest Festival (Southington, Connecticut) [thru 10.6 & 10.11-13]

Arkansas Apple Festival (Lincoln, Arkansas) [thru 10.6]

Art & Wine Walk (Chico, California) [thru 10.6]

Austin City Lights (Austin, Texas) [thru 10.13]

Bayfield Apple Festival (Bayfield, Wisconsin) [thru 10.6]

Beaufort Shrimp Festival (Beaufort, South Carolina) [thru 10.5]

Berlin Festival of Lights (Berlin, Germany) [thru 10.13]

Berwick Riverfest (Berwick, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.6]

Bloomfield Apple Festival (Bloomfield, Indiana) [thru 10.6]

Brews and Brats Oktoberfest (Kingman, Arizona) [thru 10.5]

Brunswick Pecan Festival (Brunswick, Missouri) [thru 10.6]

California Avocado Festival (Carpinteria, California) [thru 10.6]

Cedaredge Applefest (Cedaredge, Colorado) [thru 10.6]

Clayton Oktoberfest (Clayton, California) [thru 10.6]

Colisium International Music Forum (Moscow, Russia.) [thru 10.5]

Ertel Cellars Winery 18th Annual Festival (Batesville, Indiana) [thru 10.5]

Fall into Tupelo featuring Chili Fest (Tupelo, Mississippi) [thru 10.5]

Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival (Highwood, Illinois) [thru 10.6]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 10.6]

Harrisburg Wine and Fine Spirits Festival (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

L.A. Comic Con (Los Angeles, California) [thru 10.6]

Lebanese Food Festival (Lewisville, Texas) [thru 10.6]

Lincoln Park Wine Festival (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 10.6]

Lone Star Gourd Festival (Dripping Springs, Texas) [thru 10.5]

Louisiana Cattle Festival & Fair (Abbeville, Louisiana) [thru 10.6]

MagicCon (Bonn, Germany) [thu 10.6]

The New York Coffee Festival (New York, New York) [thru 10.6]

North Carolina Seafood Festival (Morehead City, North Carolina) [thru 10.6]

Ohio Gourd Show (Delaware, Ohio) [thru 10.6]

Oktoberfest (Amana Colonies, Iowa) [thru 10.6]

Oktoberfest (Fredericksburg, Texas) [thru 10.6]

Oktoberfest (Lava Hot Springs, Idaho) [thru 10.5]

Oktoberfest Northwest (Puyallup, Washington) [thru 10.6]

Ozark Fall FarmFest (Springfield, Missouri) [thru 10.6]

Pumpkinfest (Zeeland, Michigan) [thru 10.5]

Pumpkinfest (Webster, South Dakota) [thru 10.5]

Republic Pumpkin Daze (Republic, Missouri) [thru 10.5]

Sorghum Festival (Springfield, Kentucky) [thru 10.5]

Squealin' on the Square (Laurens, South Carolina) [thru 10.5]

Springs Folk Festival (Springs, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.5]

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Food Festival (Phoenix, Arizona) [thru 10.6]

Twin Cities Oktoberfest (St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 10.5]

Unicoi County Apple Festival (Erwin, Tennessee) [thru 10.5]

West Point Crab Carnival (West Point, Virginia) [thru 10.5]

Feast Days

Amun (a.k.a. Ammon; Christian; Saint)

Anne Rice (Writerism)

Aurea (Christian; Saint)

Beethoven (Positivist; Saint)

Buster Keaton Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Buttering-Up Final (Shamanism)

Chong Yeung Festival (Festival of Ancestors; Macau)

David & Dickory (Muppetism)

Day of Victory of Heaven (Unification Church)

Double Ninth Festival (China) [9th day of 9th Lunar month]

Edwin, King of Northumberland (Christian; Saint)

Elder’s Day (China) [9th Day of 9th Lunar Month]

Feast of Hathor (Egyptian God of Drunkenness)

Fortified Wines Day (Pastafarian)

Francesco Solimena (Artology)

Francis of Assisi (Christian; Saint)

Frederic Remington (Artology)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Artology)

Jejunium Cereris (Fast of Ceres; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Jean-François Millet (Artology)

Jejunium Cereris (Feast for Demeter; Pagan)

Kazuki Takahashi (Artology)

Lucas Cranach the Younger (Artology)

Marcus and Marcian (Christian; Martyrs)

Martyrs of Triers (Christian; Saint)

October Winds Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Petronius of Bologna (Christian; Saint)

Pietro Consagra (Artology)

Robert Lawson (Artology)

Roy Blount Jr. (Writerism)

Wolf Kahn (Artology)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Rosh Hashanah, Day 3 (Ends at Sundown; Judaism) [29 Elul-2 TIshrei]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Prime Number Day: 277 [59 of 72]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [46 of 57]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [46 of 60]

Premieres

ABC After School Specials (TV Series; 1972)

Alice in the Wooly West (Ub Iwerks Alice Disney Cartoon; 1926)

All the Right Reasons, by Nickelback (Album; 2005)

An American in Paris (Film; 1951)

Around the World (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest (WB Animated Film; 1997)

Beverly Hills 90120 (TV Series; 1990)

Blackboard Jumble (Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1957)

Bound (Film; 1996)

Bridge of Spies (Film; 2015)

Commando (Film; 1985)

Dolemite Is My Name (Film; 2019)

The EGGcited Rooster (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, by Donald J. Sobol (Novel; 1963)

Extraordinary Machine, by Fiona Apple (Album; 2005)

The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1981)

Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (Ub Iwerks Laugh-O-Grams Cartoon; 1922)

Gravity (Film; 2013)

How Wet Was My Ocean (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby, by Louis Jordan (Song; 1943)

Joker (Film; 2019)

Jumping with Toy (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Knight Templar, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1930) [Saint #4]

The Last Emperor (Film; 1987)

Last of the Curlews (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1972)

Leave It To Beaver (TV Series; 1957)

The Longest Day (Film; 1962)

Lost Horizon, by James Hilton (Novel; 1933)

Lovesick (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; 1937)

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1962)

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, by Albert Camus (Essays; 1942)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese Anime; 1995)

Notes on Democracy, by H.L. Mencken (Political Book; 1926)

River Ribber (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)

The Saint, starring Roger Moore (TV Series; 1962)

Showdown (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#11]

Spree for All (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1946)

That Thing You Do (Film; 1996)26)

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2022)

200 Motels, by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention (Soundtrack Album; 1968)

Walls & Bridges, by John Lennon (Album; 1974)

Today’s Name Days

Aurea, Edwin, Franz (Austria)

Franciska, Franjo, Franka (Croatia)

František (Czech Republic)

Franciscus (Denmark)

Randel, Rando, Randolf, Ranno (Estonia)

Frans, Saija, Saila (Finland)

Aure, Bérénice, François, Frank, Orianne, Sarah (France)

Aurora, Edwin, Emma, Franz, Thea (Germany)

Ierotheos, Kallisthenis, Verina (Greece)

Ferenc (Hungary)

Francesco, Petronio (Italy)

Francis, Modra, Zaigonis (Latvia)

Eivydė, Mąstautas, Pranas, Pranciškus (Lithuania)

Frank, Frans (Norway)

Edwin, Franciszek, Konrad, Konrada, Manfred, Manfreda, Rozalia (Poland)

Ierotei (Romania)

František (Slovakia)

Francisco (Spain)

Frank, Frans (Sweden)

Damara, Damaris, Berenice, Bernice, Bonita, Bonnie, Bunny, Fannie, Fanny, Frances, Francesca, Francesco, Francine, Francis, Francisco, Frank, Frankie (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 278 of 2024; 88 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 40 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 2 (Xin-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 30 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 8 Orange; Onesday [8 of 30]

Julian: 21 September 2024

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 26 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Weber / Rossini]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 13 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 12 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 10.4

Holidays

Assault on Friedrichstadt Day (Denmark)

Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day

Cable Street Day (UK)

Carrying in the Pudding (London, UK)

Crew Appreciation Day

Ctenophore Day

Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)

Day of the Space Forces (Russia)

Dick Tracy Day

eDay (New Zealand)

Forever Alone Day

Get Your Friend Day

Global Work From Home (WFH) Day

Golf Lovers Day (a.k.a. National Golf Day)

Hug a Non-Meat Eater Day

Improve Your Office Day

International Dakota Johnson Day

International No Disposable Cup Day

International Sputnik Day

International Toot Your Flute Day

International Walk & Bike to School Day

International Wound Hygiene Day

International Zookeeper Day

Kids Music Day

Kindness to Animals Day

National Capicola / Capocollo / Gabagool Day

National CB Radio Day

National Clothespin Day

National COVID-19 Remembrance Day

National Day of Action for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit People (Canada)

National Day of Chilean Music (Chile)

National Day of Life (Colombia)

National 4-H Spirit Day

National Laura Day

National Mask Exemption Awareness Day

National Ship in a Bottle Day

National Side Bae Day

National Sisters in Spirit Day (Canada)

National Talk Like a Trucker Day

National Teach German Day

National Trucker’s Appreciation Day

Odd Socks Day (Australia)

Peace and Reconciliation Day (Mozambique)

See the Light Day

Snoopy Day

Space Forces Day (Russia)

Territory Day (Christmas Island)

Thanksgiving Day (Saint Lucia)

Thimpu Tsechu (Bhutan)

Ten-Four Day

What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? Day

Winter Squash Day (French Republic)

World Animal Day

World College Radio Day

World Day of Bullying Prevention

World Pet’s Day

World RBD Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Canadian Beer Day

Cinnamon Roll Day (Finland)

Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Bun Day; Sweden)

National Frappe Day

National Taco Day

National Vodka Day

Sardines Day (Japan)

Independence & Related Days

Belgium (from the Netherlands, 1830)

Constitution Day (Vanuatu)

Lesotho (from UK, 1966)

1st Friday in October

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Barrel-Aged Beer Day [1st Friday]

Byte Night (UK) [1st Friday]

Cerrado Mineiro Day [1st Friday]

Children’s Day (Singapore) [1st Friday]

College Radio Day [1st Friday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Fast Food Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Freaky Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

French Canadian Heritage Day (Michigan) [1st Friday]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Kids Music Day [1st Friday]

Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest begins (Canada) [Friday before 2nd Monday thru 10.19]

Manufacturing Day (a.k.a. MFG Day) [1st Friday]

National Beep Beep Day (Ireland) [1st Friday]

National Body Language Day [1st Friday]

National Denim Day (a.k.a. Lee National Denim Day) [1st Friday]

National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day [1st Friday]

National Diversity Day [1st Friday]

National Potato Day (Ireland) [1st Friday]

National Tree Planting Day (Jamaica) [1st Friday]

Plaidurday [1st Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

World College Radio Day [1st Friday]

World Multiplication Table Day [1st Friday]

World Smile Day [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 4 (1st Week of October)

Cleveland Beer Week (Cleveland, Ohio) [thru 10.13]

Milford Restaurant Week (Milford, Connecticut) [thru 10.13]

National Manufacturing Week (thru 10.10) [Begins 1st Friday]

National Storytelling Week (thru 10.6) [1st Full Weekend]

World Space Week (thru 10.10)

Festivals Beginning October 4, 2024

Alabama Butterbean Festival (Pinson, Alabama) [thru 10.5]

Alabama National Fair (Montgomery, Alabama) [thru 10.14]

Anacortes Bier Near The Pier (Anacortes, Washington) [thru 10.5]

Applefest Celebration (Franklin, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.6]

Apple Harvest Festival (Southington, Connecticut) [thru 10.6 & 10.11-13]

Arkansas Apple Festival (Lincoln, Arkansas) [thru 10.6]

Art & Wine Walk (Chico, California) [thru 10.6]

Austin City Lights (Austin, Texas) [thru 10.13]

Bayfield Apple Festival (Bayfield, Wisconsin) [thru 10.6]

Beaufort Shrimp Festival (Beaufort, South Carolina) [thru 10.5]

Berlin Festival of Lights (Berlin, Germany) [thru 10.13]

Berwick Riverfest (Berwick, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.6]

Bloomfield Apple Festival (Bloomfield, Indiana) [thru 10.6]

Brews and Brats Oktoberfest (Kingman, Arizona) [thru 10.5]

Brunswick Pecan Festival (Brunswick, Missouri) [thru 10.6]

California Avocado Festival (Carpinteria, California) [thru 10.6]

Cedaredge Applefest (Cedaredge, Colorado) [thru 10.6]

Clayton Oktoberfest (Clayton, California) [thru 10.6]

Colisium International Music Forum (Moscow, Russia.) [thru 10.5]

Ertel Cellars Winery 18th Annual Festival (Batesville, Indiana) [thru 10.5]

Fall into Tupelo featuring Chili Fest (Tupelo, Mississippi) [thru 10.5]

Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival (Highwood, Illinois) [thru 10.6]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 10.6]

Harrisburg Wine and Fine Spirits Festival (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

L.A. Comic Con (Los Angeles, California) [thru 10.6]

Lebanese Food Festival (Lewisville, Texas) [thru 10.6]

Lincoln Park Wine Festival (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 10.6]

Lone Star Gourd Festival (Dripping Springs, Texas) [thru 10.5]

Louisiana Cattle Festival & Fair (Abbeville, Louisiana) [thru 10.6]

MagicCon (Bonn, Germany) [thu 10.6]

The New York Coffee Festival (New York, New York) [thru 10.6]

North Carolina Seafood Festival (Morehead City, North Carolina) [thru 10.6]

Ohio Gourd Show (Delaware, Ohio) [thru 10.6]

Oktoberfest (Amana Colonies, Iowa) [thru 10.6]

Oktoberfest (Fredericksburg, Texas) [thru 10.6]

Oktoberfest (Lava Hot Springs, Idaho) [thru 10.5]

Oktoberfest Northwest (Puyallup, Washington) [thru 10.6]

Ozark Fall FarmFest (Springfield, Missouri) [thru 10.6]

Pumpkinfest (Zeeland, Michigan) [thru 10.5]

Pumpkinfest (Webster, South Dakota) [thru 10.5]

Republic Pumpkin Daze (Republic, Missouri) [thru 10.5]

Sorghum Festival (Springfield, Kentucky) [thru 10.5]

Squealin' on the Square (Laurens, South Carolina) [thru 10.5]

Springs Folk Festival (Springs, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.5]

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Food Festival (Phoenix, Arizona) [thru 10.6]

Twin Cities Oktoberfest (St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 10.5]

Unicoi County Apple Festival (Erwin, Tennessee) [thru 10.5]

West Point Crab Carnival (West Point, Virginia) [thru 10.5]

Feast Days

Amun (a.k.a. Ammon; Christian; Saint)

Anne Rice (Writerism)

Aurea (Christian; Saint)

Beethoven (Positivist; Saint)

Buster Keaton Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Buttering-Up Final (Shamanism)

Chong Yeung Festival (Festival of Ancestors; Macau)

David & Dickory (Muppetism)

Day of Victory of Heaven (Unification Church)

Double Ninth Festival (China) [9th day of 9th Lunar month]

Edwin, King of Northumberland (Christian; Saint)

Elder’s Day (China) [9th Day of 9th Lunar Month]

Feast of Hathor (Egyptian God of Drunkenness)

Fortified Wines Day (Pastafarian)

Francesco Solimena (Artology)

Francis of Assisi (Christian; Saint)

Frederic Remington (Artology)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Artology)

Jejunium Cereris (Fast of Ceres; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Jean-François Millet (Artology)

Jejunium Cereris (Feast for Demeter; Pagan)

Kazuki Takahashi (Artology)

Lucas Cranach the Younger (Artology)

Marcus and Marcian (Christian; Martyrs)

Martyrs of Triers (Christian; Saint)

October Winds Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Petronius of Bologna (Christian; Saint)

Pietro Consagra (Artology)

Robert Lawson (Artology)

Roy Blount Jr. (Writerism)

Wolf Kahn (Artology)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Rosh Hashanah, Day 3 (Ends at Sundown; Judaism) [29 Elul-2 TIshrei]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Prime Number Day: 277 [59 of 72]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [46 of 57]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [46 of 60]

Premieres

ABC After School Specials (TV Series; 1972)

Alice in the Wooly West (Ub Iwerks Alice Disney Cartoon; 1926)

All the Right Reasons, by Nickelback (Album; 2005)

An American in Paris (Film; 1951)

Around the World (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest (WB Animated Film; 1997)

Beverly Hills 90120 (TV Series; 1990)

Blackboard Jumble (Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1957)

Bound (Film; 1996)

Bridge of Spies (Film; 2015)

Commando (Film; 1985)

Dolemite Is My Name (Film; 2019)

The EGGcited Rooster (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, by Donald J. Sobol (Novel; 1963)

Extraordinary Machine, by Fiona Apple (Album; 2005)

The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1981)

Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (Ub Iwerks Laugh-O-Grams Cartoon; 1922)

Gravity (Film; 2013)

How Wet Was My Ocean (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby, by Louis Jordan (Song; 1943)

Joker (Film; 2019)

Jumping with Toy (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Knight Templar, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1930) [Saint #4]

The Last Emperor (Film; 1987)

Last of the Curlews (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1972)

Leave It To Beaver (TV Series; 1957)

The Longest Day (Film; 1962)

Lost Horizon, by James Hilton (Novel; 1933)

Lovesick (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; 1937)

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1962)

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, by Albert Camus (Essays; 1942)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese Anime; 1995)

Notes on Democracy, by H.L. Mencken (Political Book; 1926)

River Ribber (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)

The Saint, starring Roger Moore (TV Series; 1962)

Showdown (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#11]

Spree for All (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1946)

That Thing You Do (Film; 1996)26)

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2022)

200 Motels, by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention (Soundtrack Album; 1968)

Walls & Bridges, by John Lennon (Album; 1974)

Today’s Name Days

Aurea, Edwin, Franz (Austria)

Franciska, Franjo, Franka (Croatia)

František (Czech Republic)

Franciscus (Denmark)

Randel, Rando, Randolf, Ranno (Estonia)

Frans, Saija, Saila (Finland)

Aure, Bérénice, François, Frank, Orianne, Sarah (France)

Aurora, Edwin, Emma, Franz, Thea (Germany)

Ierotheos, Kallisthenis, Verina (Greece)

Ferenc (Hungary)

Francesco, Petronio (Italy)

Francis, Modra, Zaigonis (Latvia)

Eivydė, Mąstautas, Pranas, Pranciškus (Lithuania)

Frank, Frans (Norway)

Edwin, Franciszek, Konrad, Konrada, Manfred, Manfreda, Rozalia (Poland)

Ierotei (Romania)

František (Slovakia)

Francisco (Spain)

Frank, Frans (Sweden)

Damara, Damaris, Berenice, Bernice, Bonita, Bonnie, Bunny, Fannie, Fanny, Frances, Francesca, Francesco, Francine, Francis, Francisco, Frank, Frankie (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 278 of 2024; 88 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 40 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 2 (Xin-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 30 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 8 Orange; Onesday [8 of 30]

Julian: 21 September 2024

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 26 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Weber / Rossini]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 13 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 12 of 30)