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hiei1300 · 6 years ago

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An Avenger’s Secret

Chapter 11: The Rook and The Knight

Pairing: Loki x Female Reader

Summary: Being the epitome of professionalism, you have one rule that must be followed to the T; Never mix business and personal. But how will your integrity fair against meeting the Avengers, or better yet, a certain Avenger’s brother?

A/N: I might slow down again on the chapters, been busy and it’s a little hard to focus. Thank you all for reading and please comment and share, I appreciate all of you and I hope you’re still here when the next chapter comes out.

Word Count: 2966

Warnings: (Slight) Violent tendencies

Chapter 10

The days to follow were beyond awkward and uncomfortable in the tower. It was easy for you to avoid running into anyone while you were placed on hold. Early mornings belonged to you and you relished in the silence. Other than Tony, Bruce and Thor, everyone actively avoided running into you, which wasn’t an issue since you had mostly secluded yourself in your room. When you knew no one was around you would chance a venture to the library where Bruce and Loki would gladly encourage your company.

Steve had attempted to talk with you face to face, but you wouldn’t have it. Him and Natasha knocking at your door to get you to come out. The only ones that were permitted to enter were the two gods and the two geniuses that lived there.

Still, even if you were upset, you still did your usual thing. You still made breakfast for everyone, still made dinner and even still did the laundry. It was easy to maneuver around the compound considering how large it was. Notes would be left here and there, mostly from you letting everyone know where the food was and if anything had run out, one or two left from Clint and Bucky for you to find in the mornings to tell you thank you and that they were sorry about everything.

There wasn’t a chance in the world that you would be leaving out to go shopping while you were still uncomfortable with your appearance.

By the fourth day of not seeing you as often as he would like, Tony finally brought out the big guns, he called Elli.

“I’ll be right over.”

“Thanks E.”

Looking over at Banner, they exchanged a hopeful expression that things would go to normal soon.

-Knock-knock-knock-

With a little hesitation, your best friend peeked into your room.

“(Y/n)?”

With a curious and suspecting glance, you waved her in.

“Tony called, said that you had a bit of a misunderstanding with the other guests in the tower.”

-tch- “That’s an understatement.” You commented dryly, seeing her sit next to you on your bed.

“He didn’t tell me much, just that you got hurt and that you wouldn’t leave your room.” Her voice was soft and caring, wanting to know what happened and you were grateful she didn’t know about Cole.

“I’m fine, E.” you assured her, though she wasn’t buying it.

Brushing your hair back, she gasped at the sight. Biting back the urge to confront you, with a shaky sigh, she continued. “You need to talk this out, (Y/n). We’re worried about you.”

“I appreciate what you’re trying to do for me, really I am, but this isn’t something that can be fix by just talking.”

“I figured as much.” She hummed, leaning against you affectionately. “Which is why I brought over a wild card.”

Before you could ask, your door was kicked open, making you jump at the sudden noise.

“That’s enough of that.”

Eyes widened in shock for a brief moment, you glared at the new presence.

“Hey angel cakes, miss me?”

Standing at the entrance of your door, wearing that same ugly smirk you’d recognize anywhere, was none other than your favorite person in existence.

“Henry.” You greeted through clenched teeth. “You’re still alive I see, joy.”

Six foot tall, messy black hair hidden under a black beanie and dark blue mischievous eyes. Semi broad shoulders and a wide chest, a similar build that Mr. Wilson had. He wore a dark red shirt that was sprinkled with little holes around the bottom with a black wind breaker that had the sleeves ripped off. Ripped faded blue jeans and dirty work boots.

“Jesus fuck.” He laughed, walking up to you, his grin never falling. “You look like fucking shit, what happened to ya, get hit by a semi?”

“No, but I’m tempted to do that to you.” You said coldly. “Why is he here, E?”

“Consider this active therapy.” She giggled, looking innocent.

“Now, don’t be like that, lover.” He jumped on the bed, making himself comfortable next to you. “I hear that my friend needs help, I came running. You should be grateful.”

“Nope.” Getting up quickly, you calmly left the room, E following suit. “Not happening, not dealing with this.”

You tried to act casual when you entered the kitchen where Clint and Nat were eating lunch, catching the attention of them and Tony, Loki, and Sam easily. All of them exchanging bewildered looks at you being there in the middle of the day.

“Come now, kitten, is this how you treat an old friend?”

Their perplexed expressions increasing when they saw E walk in with the boy.

“Whoa.” Stopping in his tracks, his smirk widened exponentially when he got a look at the Avengers. “Now I see why you were hiding.” He chimed teasingly.

“E?” Tony asked, getting up from his seat on the couch. “Who’s this?”

“Hey, Tony.” She greeted him with a hug. “This is Henry.”

Introducing the male, they shook hands before Henry sauntered on over to you.

“How come you never told me you were chillin’ with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, (Y/n)? You embarrassed or something?”

Clint and Nat noticed how your grip tightened around the cup in your hands as you waited for the water in the kettle to boil.

“I mean, it’s not every day that you get to be surrounded by the best of the best. Did you know that they defeated an alien army? That was pretty cool, huh?”

The boy continued to rant on and on right next to you, talking about everything he knew about the company in the room. Poking and prodding at you here and there, his tone got more annoying when he saw Captain America and Thor enter the room wondering what all the commotion was about.

“E,” Tony ushered her to the side, worry clear, “I thought you were here to make things better, not worse. It looks like she’s about to strangle him.”

Smiling widely, she placed a hand on his shoulder in reassurance. “Trust me, Tony. You want our girl back? This is how we do it.”

The others had gathered in the living room away from you and your talkative friend, wondering to each other what was happening. From where they stood, it looked like you were about to bust a blood vessel. You were trying to stay calm but it was a matter of time before you snapped.

“Tony,” Steve called, him and Elli coming over to see what he wanted, “what’s going on?”

“You’re about to find out.” E beamed, everyone turning their attention to you just as the kettle started to whistle.

“What are the odds of me getting Black Widow in bed- “

“That’s it!” you piped up, making everyone jump except Henry and Elli. If looks could kill, all of this would be over, but the guy’s smile only seemed to widen at your reaction, looking like he was getting ready for something. “Run.”

Just like that, he took off, you following close after. Vaulting over the couch where Nat and Loki sat, everyone was very surprised at what they were seeing.

It was like watching a movie, and all the time you ran, he just kept on talking and taunting you.

“What’s the matter, (Y/n)? You seem sensitive.” Dashing around the group, you quickly grabbed Clint’s bow and arrows that he left on the coffee table.

Jumping up at your action, E held a hand up for them not to act, her smile only growing as they all watched.

“Oh please,” he taunted, “You couldn’t hit the side of a barn let alone me- “

-Thmb-

Barely missing, the arrow stuck to the wall several inches from his head. Grinning widely at you, Henry rushed toward you. Dodging him, he took the opportunity to knock you off your feet, landing on your back with an ‘oof’.

“You got slow, (Y/n).” he called half way to the end of the bar.

“Oh, I’ll show you slow.” You seethed under your breath, getting up and sprinting after him. Instead of following after you, Elli suggested that they monitor you on the cameras.

They all watched as you both ran in and out of various room, you shooting at him and him free running to avoid you at all costs. It amazed them at how different you were at the moment. The calm and collected person that they came to know was running about like a child, disgruntled and un-shelved, the complete opposite of who you were in front of all of them. Even Tony was surprised by what he was seeing, bewilderment evident still when Banner and Barnes ran in to ask what was happening.

You were making your way back to the living room, still chasing after the boy that seemed to have gotten under your skin so easily. You ran out of arrows a while back, thinking that Mr. Barton wouldn’t be pleased if you broke his bow, all you had left was the empty quiver.

Taking a sharp turn around the coffee table, Henry lost his footing. Seizing the window, you took hold of the heavy object in your hands and using all the strength you had, you launched it at his head from the other side as he got back up.

It flew passed the others, barely missing Rogers as it skimmed his nose. With a heavy thud, Henry was back on the floor clutching his head in agony.

“You can grab her now.” E giggled, tapping Thor on the shoulder. Not questioning the girl, the god got up and intercepted your path. Coming up behind you, he wrapped his arms around your chest and hoisted you off the ground.

“Let go of me!” you growled, struggling in his grip.

“Nope.” Your friend laughed, coming up in front of you. “Feeling better?”

“Elli, if you don’t let me go this instant, I’m going to hurt your favorite Avenger.” You threatened, glaring passed her at the man being helped up off the floor by your boss.

“I’ll let you go when you calm down.” She shook a finger at you, smiling sweetly.

“I’m calm.” You seethed through clenched teeth.

“Nuh uh~” she chimed back. “Try again.”

Taking a few deep breaths, relaxing as much as you could, your gaze stoned as you waited for Elli to give the ‘OK’ to let you go.

With a happy nod, you landed back on your feet.

“Now that that’s all settled, take a seat.”

“I’ll stand, thanks.”

“Suit yourself. Let’s talk.” Ushering everyone to sit, you stood in front of the Avengers and your friend with your arms crossed. “Who wants to start?”

“This has to be the worse intervention in history.” You commented, becoming uncomfortably aware that you were back in front of all the residents in the tower.

“Not an intervention,” Elli laughed, “This is a trust exercise.”

“Elli, I swear- “

“Just hear me out, (Y/n).” she cut. “This is for the good of everyone here, not just you.”

“I’m sorry but, what’s going on?” Bruce interjected, not quite understanding what was happening, along with some of the others.

“Oh! I’m so sorry.” She shot up, standing next to you in front of everyone. “That was very rude, I apologize. My name is Elli Merz, I’m (Y/n)’s best friend since childhood, and one of your biggest fans.” Her smile beamed like the sun, Bucky was right about her being like a puppy, she was adorable.

“What am I? Chop liver?”

Laughing more, E hopped over to the other guest, “And this is Henry Monroe, he a friend of ours.”

“Yours.” You corrected with a glare.

“Tony called for some help getting peace back in the tower between his friends, I’m here to lend a hand.”

“I’m not dealing with this.” You declared, beginning to stalk off back to your room.

“I’ll send him to get you if you leave.” E threatened sweetly, eying you with triumph when you halted in place. “The sooner you cooperate the sooner he leaves, (Y/n).”

“I’m really hating you right now, E.” you grumbled, stomping over and plopping down on the arm rest of the couch next to Bucky.

From right to left, Loki sat in the recliner seat, you on the arm rest, Bucky next to you on the couch. Clint sat on the back rest with Natasha sitting directly in front of him on the cushions next to the soldier. Bruce sat on her other side followed by Sam, and Tony sitting on the other arm rest while Steve and Thor stood beside the couch.

Elli was standing in front of the glass coffee table with Henry plopped down cross legged on the floor next to her.

“(Y/n), can you please explain to me what caused the rift between you?”

“There’s nothing to tell,” you state dryly, “there was just a slight issue with personal confidentiality, nothing more.”

“Ah, (Y/n), (Y/n), (Y/n), ever still the introvert,” Henry mused with a grin, “still having trouble talking to people?”

“Shove it Monroe.” You growled, Loki raising a brow to the fact that your hand was inching toward a wooden coaster that sat on the side table next to you.

“Alright, so, who wants to clarify?” Elli encouraged happily.

When no one openly volunteered, she decided to pick someone.

“Sam? Wanna help us out?”

“Uh…”with everyone now looking to him, Falcon cleared his throat before speaking. “Alright, this is how it goes; here we have an employee of our playboy genius. Super-hot, girl can cook like a gourmet chef, and is single- “

“Cut to the chase, bird.” Clint interrupts with a strained sigh.

“Hey, man, I’m telling it how I want. You wanna explain, you should’ve gone first.”

“Please, one at a time, gentlemen. Continue, Sam.”

“Alright, so, turns out that she is like the perfect worker. Everything is done without hesitation, and she basically has the entire building to herself since we all know that Tony does whatever it is that he does.

Well, here we come, all buddy buddy n’ yeah, catching up with old friends and asking how things are, ya know, normal conversation. In comes Stark with this big ass smile, walks up to Steve and says, “You’re about to eat your words.” Like, I didn’t know what they were talking about and neither did the rest of us, so, we all follow him to the kitchen where we get a piece of the best pineapple upside-down cake you have ever had, I mean, this thing was moist and it melted in your mouth- “

“Sam.” Steve cut, encouraging his friend to continue.

“Right, anyway, we come back for seconds and that’s when we meet your girl. She’s practically a robot, Vision is more animated than her and he doesn’t get social references. We get introduced one at a time and when she talks it’s like she holds herself as both a servant and a layer, it was both funny and intimidating.

Next thing we come to find out that Tony doesn’t know squat about his newest employee other than the last couple of years. Cap gets suspicious and the two start butting heads. To help ease everything, Snape over there suggests that we all crash for a few days to get a feel for how everything is and to get to know (Y/n) better.

And let me tell you, girl is full of surprises. Hell, just now was something I never would have expected from her.

Everything goes fairly well, we chill at your place, ride the horses and help entertain your little white flyer. Everything is great. Then out of nowhere, she up and dips for a few days. Lines get crossed, emotions fly and we’re all worried about what’s happened and what’s going on.

Loki disappears and we’re freaking out more, next thing you know, he comes walking in with your girl in his arms passed out. Tony is relieved but is freaking out still but we don’t know why, the next day Cap and a few others start poking around and asking questions that they shouldn’t have. Tony gets pissed, and Thor reveals that she’s been hiding some bruises. Everyone feels like shit, (Y/n) gets pissed that no one would leave her alone. Steve claims that they need to trust her to work for Stark and she counters that trust needs to be earned and not given away like candy, that her life is none of our business and that everyone should just drop it.

The last couple of days has had everyone on edge and no one wants to step up and admit fault. So here we are now, with you managing to drag her out and all of us sitting here.”

All the time that Sam was filling E in, Henry was chewing on his zipper trying to keep from laughing out loud. This had caught all of their attention as they listened, you having already grabbed the coaster and a few others getting ready to chuck them at his head the moment he opened his mouth.

“That’s quite the story.” She commented, giving you a sympathetic look. “(Y/n).”

Looking at your friend, you didn’t know what to say, not really.

“I’m gonna do something that you’re not gonna like, don’t interrupt.” She warned with pleading eyes. Turning back to the Avengers, Elli took a deep breath before speaking her mind.

“I know my friend a little too well, I know you all have questions, this is your chance to ask them.”

You wanted to protest, sitting up straight to stop her. But you froze at her gaze, she was going to solve this dilemma for you whether you liked it or not.

Chapter 12

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swanqueeneverafter · 7 years ago

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31. Going Home, Pt.4

Storybrooke. Present. (In the convent, Mother Superior's body is laid in an open casket as three of her fellow nuns are in mourning. David, Hook, Neal and Tinker Bell approach from behind.) Tinker Bell: “Sorry to interrupt, but we need your help.” Nun #1: “With what?” Neal: “The Black Fairy's wand is here. We need it.” Nun #1: (Backing away slightly:) “We can never...” Tinker Bell: “Yeah, yeah. It's a terrible thing, but what's coming is worse. Where is it?” (Before the nun can answer, a pounding noise comes from outside. They all turn to see something flying at high speed around the building windows.) David: “What the hell was that?” Hook: “Pan's shadow.” (They see the Shadow on the other side of a stained glass window attempting to get in.) Nun #1: “What does it want?” Hook: “The wand.” David: “Run, run, run!” (The nuns flee from the room as the Shadow enters the convent.) David: (To Shadow:) “Get the hell out of here!” Hook: “Stay covered! Over there!” (They run to hide behind the church pews.) Neverland. Past. (Hook and one of his crewman, Smee, are traversing through the island jungle.) Hook: “Mr. Smee, you might want to pick up the pace. It would do our journey and your physique some good.” Smee: “Sorry, Captain. (He stops walking and hears a brief rustle in the bush. He turns to look, but nothing is there:) It's just this place gives me the creeps.” (Resumes walking and doesn't see the watching eyes poking out from the bush. To Hook:) Don't you think we should head back to the ship?” Hook: “Not until I've found a way off this accursed island. We've dawdled here for too long. Now that I know there's a dagger to end the Dark One, we must return to our land. My purpose is renewed.” (He walks off.) Smee: “Why can't your purpose be back at the ship where it's safe?” (As he moves to follow, someone knocks him out.) Hook: (Turns around:) “Smee?” (Suddenly, a knife is held to his throat by Tinker Bell as she grabs hold of his hair.) Tinker Bell: “Aren't you a little old to be a Lost Boy?” Hook: “I'm not part of Pan's brigade and I can assure you I am anything but a boy.” Tinker Bell: “Who are you, and why are you here?” Hook: “I'm the captain of the Jolly Roger and I'm here— (He winces as Tinker Bell tugs harder at his hair:) —looking for some magic to help me make my way back home to my land. You don't have any, do you? Magic?” Tinker Bell: “Fresh out.” (Hook wriggles free.) Hook: “I don't buy that for a second. (He forces her back a few steps:) If I didn't know any better, I'd say you are a fairy.” Tinker Bell: “And if I didn't know any better— (Glances down at his attire:) —I'd say you're a pirate.” Hook: “Guilty. So tell me, fairy, can you help me?” Tinker Bell: “Help you? (She presses the blade to his throat and drags it along his skin:) Aren't you worried about me slitting your throat?” Hook: (Sets down his lantern on a rock and moves his face closer to hers:) “Well, that's not the fairy way. You should be helping me find my ‘happy ending’ or something else equally as precious.” Tinker Bell: “I was a fairy. A long time ago. But then my wings were taken away. As for your ‘happy ending’, you're on your own. (Pulls out another weapon when she sees Hook take something out of his pocket:) Watch it!” Hook: (Grins:) “It's not a weapon. (Pulls out a bottle:) In the traditional sense. (He uncaps the top and offers it to her:) Rum?” Tinker Bell: “What's so important back home?” (Takes a sip.) Hook: “The Dark One murdered the woman I love. (Takes bottle back:) And I intend to make him suffer for it.” (Drinks.) Tinker Bell: “And killing him is your ‘happy ending’? Even by doing so, you could end your own existence.” Hook: “I'd risk my life for two things; love and revenge. I lost the first, and if I die for my vengeance, then that's enough satisfaction for me.”

Storybrooke. Present. The Convent. David: “So all we have to do is light the candle, right? That's how you trapped it in Neverland?” Neal: “Yeah. This time I say we get rid of it for good.” Hook: “I'll draw it’s ire.” Tinker Bell: “You sure you want to do this?” Hook: “If it's the only way to prevent this bloody curse from obliterating us all, then it's a risk I'm willing to take.” Tinker Bell: “I thought you'd only risk your life for love or revenge.” Hook: “And one other important thing—me. (Climbs out from behind the pew. To Shadow:) Hey! (Hook ducks as the Shadow lunges down at him. He flashes a smirk:) That the best you got?” (The Shadow roughly knocks him off his feet; sending Hook sprawling onto the ground. David rushes to pull him back behind the pew.) Tinker Bell: “Can you trap it?” David: “No, it's too high. We gotta get closer.” Neal: “And I can't fly up there. (In realization:) Tink.” Tinker Bell: “If you didn't notice, I don't have my wings.” Neal: “Use pixie dust.” Tinker Bell: “It doesn't work.” David: “Tink, you made it work once. You can do it again.” (Tinker Bell slides out of the pew and uncaps the vial of pixie dust. It begins glowing green. She closes her eyes in concentration and the dust begins working for her. Neal hands her the coconut halves. She lights a flame on the candle and flies into the air to entrap the Shadow inside. Once the lid is placed on, she comes back down to dump the coconut halves into an open fire, destroying it.) Hook: (To Tinkerbell:) “Look who's still a fairy.” Tinker Bell: “Look who's still a pirate. You all right?” Hook: “Well, I lost the hand once. It's nothing.” Mother Superior: (Speaking off-screen:) “Well done, Green.” (Everyone looks behind to see Mother Superior; restored to life.) Tinker Bell: (In surprise:) “Blue. You were...” Mother Superior: “Gone. I know. But when you killed the Shadow, mine was returned and I was revived. Thank you. You finally believed in yourself, Green. Tinker Bell. Welcome back.” Tinker Bell: “I'm a fairy again? Even after I disobeyed all your rules?” Mother Superior: (Laughs:) “I may have been overly strict. You deserved your wings, Tinker Bell. And you have earned them back many times over.” Tinker Bell: (Tearfully:) “Thank you.” Mother Superior: “As for the Black Fairy's wand... (She materializes it in her hand and holds it out to them:) Go, save us all.” (Hands the wand to Neal, who departs from the convent with David and Hook.)

Storybrooke. Present. The Pawnshop. (Emma and Regina are sitting with Henry when they turn to see David, Hook and Neal arrive.) David: “She's back. The Blue Fairy. She gave us the wand.” Emma: (To Mr. Gold:) “Do we need anything else?” Mr. Gold: “Only one more item.” (Opens a cabinet to take out a bracelet.) Mary Margaret: “What is that?” Mr. Gold: “This is one of the only useful things that I managed to pilfer from Tamara before she left for Neverland. It renders anyone with magic utterly powerless.” Regina: (Disdainfully, glancing at Hook:) “I haven't forgotten about all that, by the way.” Mr. Gold: “Let me see your wrist, Henry. (He cuffs it on Pan's arm:) I want to make sure when my dear old Dad awakes that he is weakened. This will lock his powers.” Henry/Pan: “So what happens now?” Mr. Gold: “I enact the spell, you fall into a deep sleep and when you awake, you're back in your own body.” Regina: (To Henry:) “Then you hang onto that scroll and come find us as fast as you can.” (Neal hands the wand to Mr. Gold.) Henry/Pan: (Sighs:) “When I gave my heart to Pan. I thought I was being a hero. I'm sorry.” David: “You're not the one who needs to be sorry. Pan does.” Mr. Gold: “It's time. (Henry lies down on a cot:) Keep your eye on the wand.” (Henry closes his eyes as Mr. Gold casts the spell. Pan's body begins convulsing.) Emma: “What's happening?” Mr. Gold: “Henry's spirit is leaving Pan's body.” (The shaking continues and gradually subsides.) Regina: “It worked.” Emma: “Let's go find our son.” (Everyone begins leaving the shop. Belle and Neal follow suit. The pair stop when they notices Mr. Gold is not budging from his spot.) Belle: (To Mr. Gold:) “You're not coming?” Mr. Gold: “No, no. I think not. My father and I have, uh... some unfinished family business.” (Belle leaves him to it. Neal lingers for a beat longer and stares silently at Mr. Gold before leaving.)

Storybrooke. Past. October 2011. (On the outside school grounds, Henry looks at a family tree assignment he was supposed to complete. It is not filled in. He tucks it into a folder and slides it under his open lunch box. Mary Margaret walks up to him.) Mary Margaret: “Henry? You didn't turn in your homework again. Is there a problem? (Henry does not answer, so she sits down beside him:) Oh, Henry. Things really will change if you just believe it. (He closes his lunch box:) Life is unpredictable.” Henry: “Is your life unpredictable? Because it seems to me like everything is pretty much the same around here. Except me. My birth mom didn't love me. Regina says she does, but she doesn't. I-I don't belong here.” Mary Margaret: “You do belong here, Henry. You are loved. (Her expression perks up as she comes up with an idea:) I wanna show you something. (She reaches for something in her bag:) This morning, I was cleaning out my bedroom closet. Like I've done every week, thousands of times, and do you know what happened? I found something. Something I've never noticed before. (She pulls out a large book, entitled in golden letters as Once Upon a Time, and places it down in front of Henry:) It was just there. Like magic.” Henry: “That's not possible.” Mary Margaret: “Well, of course not.” (Henry begins opening the book.) Mary Margaret: “But it happened. This book somehow arrived. (Henry turns to a page with a drawing of an older man and young boy:) Was it given to me? Did I forget about it? I don't know, but there it was. And do you know what I saw when I looked inside? (Henry looks at her expectantly:) Hope.” Henry: (Glances down at the book:) “Looks like fairy tales to me.” Mary Margaret: “And what exactly do you think fairy tales are? They are a reminder that our lives will get better if we just hold onto hope. Your happy ending may not be what you expect, but that is what will make it so special.” Henry: “Can... can I borrow this?” Mary Margaret: “You can have it.” Henry: (Smiles:) “Really?” Mary Margaret: “Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a powerful thing. Think you could use it. (She gets up and pats him on the shoulder.) I'll see you in class.” (She departs.) Henry: (Flips to another page of a princess and her prince:) “Ms. Blanchard.” Mary Margaret: “Yes?” (He looks up and is stunned to see her dressed as the same princess in the book. A moment later, she appears as normal.) Henry: “Thank you.” Mary Margaret: (Smiles:) “You're very welcome.” (She continues walking away.) Henry: (Flips to a page of a princess and prince with an infant child:) “Emma.” Storybrooke. Present. (Belle, David, Hook, Emma, Regina, Mary Margaret and Neal are following Granny on the streets as she sniffs out Henry's location.) Granny: “I've got a scent. He's nearby.” Emma: “The tower?” (All approach the clock tower building as Henry, now back in his original body, runs out from the library.) Henry: “It's me, it's me! It worked! (He rushes to hug both Emma and Regina:) Mom, mom... I just saw you guys. You guys just saw me.” Regina: “But we didn't see you.” Emma: “He's got it. (She takes the scroll from Henry and hands it to Regina:) It’s up to you now. (When she gives it to Regina, a burst of purple light comes from the scroll and the mayor passes out, falling to the ground.) Regina! (All converge around Regina in concern:) Regina!”

Storybrooke. Present. The Pawnshop. (Pan regains consciousness in his own body as Mr. Gold stands watch nearby.) Mr. Gold: (To Pan:) “Hello, Papa.” Pan: (Still lying down:) “Thought you'd kill me in my sleep, laddie. (He sits up:) I guess you changed your— (Notices the bracelet on his wrist:) Oh, wait. I see. (Scoffs:) You've taken away my magic. That's why it's so easy for you to strut around and pose now, isn't it?” Mr. Gold: “I wanted to talk to you. I wanted you to see me and think about what you've done.” Pan: (Grins:) “Of course. To look at my son here at the end and really see him and think about what might've been. Is that what you want? Because I do. I remember looking at you... the littlest babe. Helpless and all mine. Those big, big eyes full of tears... pulling at me... pulling away my name, my money, my time. Pulling away any hope of making my life into something better for myself. (Vehemently:) This pink, naked, squirming little larva that wanted to eat my dreams alive and never stop! How old are you now? A couple hundred? Can't I be free of you?” Mr. Gold: “Oh, you will be. (Picks up a sword:) In death.” Pan: “Then, one last lesson, son. Never make a cage you can't get out of. (Rips off the bracelet from his wrist as Mr. Gold looks shocked:) I made this cuff, you know. Doesn't work on me. But on you... (He materializes it on Mr. Gold's arm:) Down, boy. (Magically flings Mr. Gold backwards into a shelf:) Let's see how you do without magic.” (Mr. Gold crawls towards the fallen sword, but Pan kicks him away from it.) Mr. Gold: (Frantically:) “I've come too far for this. For them.” Pan: “For your son? No. It's too late. Soon, that fine green smoke will fill their lungs and fog their brains. Not like the rest of this town. I'm not just going to take their memories. No. Because of their special meaning to you, I'm going to take their lives. And you won't do a thing to stop me. Do you know why? Because without magic, you are right back to where you started. The village coward.” (Pan leaves the shop. In fear, Mr. Gold attempts to pull off the cuff, to no avail.) The Enchanted Forest. Past. (In his castle, Rumplestiltskin is lighting a candle in honor of Baelfire's birthday.) Rumplestiltskin: “Too many years to count, Bae. But I've counted every one.” (He blows out the separate wick used to light the candle. From behind, Belle tip toes in with a small basket of flowers as he notices her presence.) Belle: “I-I'm sorry. I didn't know you were in here.” Rumplestiltskin: “Go away.” Belle: “I'll just put these flowers down.” (Approaches table.) Rumplestiltskin: “Go away.” (Douses the candle light with his fingers.) Belle: (Notices a shawl on the table:) “I'm, uh, so sorry. It was a remembrance, wasn't it? How old would he be?” Rumplestiltskin: “Well, he's not dead. He's just lost.” Belle: “Lost?” Rumplestiltskin: (Touches the shawl:) “Today is his birthday. I should be with him... celebrating. We had a chance to be happy together, but I was afraid.” Belle: “Maybe it's not too late.” Rumplestiltskin: “I hope not. (Moves away from table:) No, my ending shall not be a happy one.” Storybrooke. Present. The Pawnshop. (Mr. Gold is still struggling to tear off the cuff, which is completely ineffective. Desperate, he eyes the sword and picks it up.)

Storybrooke. Present. (On the streets, Emma tries to shake awake Regina.) Emma: “Regina!” Regina: (Awakens:) “Emma.” (She gets up.) Emma: “What happened? You okay?” Regina: (In a pensive, distracted tone:) “Yes, I'm fine.” Mary Margaret: “What is it? What happened when you touched it?” Regina: “I saw what needed to be done.” Henry: “Mom, are you going to be okay?” Regina: (Places a hand under Henry's chin:) “The important thing is you will be.” (Henry grabs her hand in reassurance. Suddenly, the scroll disappears from Regina's palm.) Pan: “No, he won't.” (He walks up to the group. They all back away, stunned.) Hook: “He has the—” (He is cut off as Pan binds everyone in place with a freezing spell.) Pan: (Holds up scroll:) “Curse? That I do.” Storybrooke. Present. The Pawnshop. (Mr. Gold pulls up his sleeve to unveil his cuffed wrist. He takes the sword; contemplating using it to cut off his arm and be free of the bracelet.)

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Wild, Wild Rake by Janna MacGregor

Cavensham Heiresses #6

What if your parents decided you should marry someone you did not want and that did not want you?

What if your husband openly and truly loved another woman but had to beget an heir?

What if you were verbally abused and sent away to live alone?

What if…

Well, Avalon was married off to a marquess and though she had position and access to money she was never happy as Richard’s wife. Ten years after she was widowed, with her young son beside her, she had made a good life in Thistledown. She had respect, loved the villagers and was loved in return, had a purpose, was solvent and perhaps a wee b it lonely.

Devan Farris is a Man of God with a wicked reputation. He is gorgeous, kind, likes to tease, smiles readily and loves to stir the woman he calls “Lady Warlock” up. His life’s path was determined by his eldest brother and though not the course he had hoped to follow he did make the best of it. When he ended up in Thistledown to spy on Avalon and Tutor her son Thane, well, sparks did begin to fly.

What I liked:

* Avalon: she had grit, vision, determination and managed to make the best of a bad situation.

* Devan: friendly, likable and a whole lot more than surface charm.

* Thane: a son who knew what was best for his mother and went about acquiring it

* Mary Bolen: a strong woman that loved deeply and did what s he had to to make a living

* The possibilities for stories about Henri (ladly’s maid), Devan’s three brothers,

* Sophie (Avalon’s sister) finding Marcus

* The tying up of Penelope’s story

* Side stories about the women who benefited from Avalon’s organization

* Pretty much all of it except…

What I did not like:

* Richard, Marquess of Warwyk – understood him but did not like the way he treated Avalon

* Penelope – though I finally understood her a little bit better after a few things were made known

* Renford – you will understand when you read the book

* Avalon’s parents – ewww

Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Definitely

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Paperbacks for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

BLURB

Wild, Wild Rake, the next sweeping, emotional, witty, and sharp romance in the Cavensham Heiresses series from beloved author Janna MacGregor.

Her first marriage was an epic fail.

Lady Avalon Warwyk never did love her husband. Arrogant, selfish, and cruel, it’s a blessing when she’s widowed and left to raise her son all by herself. Finally, Avalon can live freely and do the work she loves: helping fallen women become businesswomen. She’s lived these past ten years with no desire to remarry—that is, until Mr. Devan Farris comes to town.

Can he convince her to take another chance at happily ever after?

Devan Farris—charming vicar, reputed rake, and the brother of Avalon’s son’s guardian—is reluctantly sent to town to keep tabs on Avalon and her son. Devan wishes he didn’t have to meddle in her affairs; he’s not one to trod on a woman’s independent nature and keen sense of convictions. But she’ll have nothing to do with a vicar with a wild reputation—even though he’s never given his heart and body to another. If only he could find a way to show Avalon who he really is on the inside—a good, true soul looking for its other half. But how can prove that he wants to love and care for her. . .until death do they part?

EXCERPT

Excerpt from Wild, Wild Rake by Janna MacGregor

Avalon read the first line in the letter from her son’s guardian, Gavin Farris, the Earl of Larkton. By all appearances the words resembled something innocuous, purely designed to lull a person into thinking it contained real concern with a touch of whimsical affection.

My dearest lady, I do hope this finds you and your intrepid son well.

“Avalon, did you hear the news?” Seventeen, on the cusp of eighteen years of age, Avalon’s sister, Lady Sophia Cavensham, looked up from her embroidery and smiled. Her gaze darted to her friend Miss Penelope Rowley, the one and only niece of the wealthiest gentry landowner in the shire. Though she was two years older than Sophia, Penelope had become somewhat of a fixture at Warwyk Hall over the last six months since she’d moved to her aunt and uncle’s home. The two women were inseparable.

Penelope let out a dramatic sigh then collapsed in a swoon across the pink-and-gold brocade sofa. In the process, she kneed the table, upsetting the delicate pink china cup and saucer. “Oww.”

Avalon tried to ignore their chatter. The Earl of Larkton’s correspondence had increased in frequency over the last several months. The weekly letters were turning into biweekly posts. Each one wanted more and more control over the Warwyk estate and more decision-making control over her ten-year-old son, Thane Pearce, the Marquess of Warwyk. She doubled her concentration on the letter as she read the entire first paragraph.

The purpose of my correspondence is to inform you that I’ve appointed a new vicar for the village of Thistledown. The man comes with impeccable standing and experience. In addition, his educational training is second to none. He’s a protégé of Lord Bishop Marlowe.

“He’s extraordinary.” Sophia’s dreamlike whisper floated through the air like a dandelion seed.

“He’s . . . simply exquisite.” Penelope’s voice joined Sophia’s in a chorus of dazzled fascination.

My dear Marchioness, it’s my pleasure to announce that my brother—

Avalon swallowed the sudden onrush of bile that marched up her throat. It couldn’t be. Fate was not that hateful.

“Mr. Devan—” Sophia sighed.

“Farris.” Penelope finished the sentence and slowly drew her hand against her forehead as if saying his name caused her to faint.

“No. Not him.” Avalon murmured the words aloud. The sanctimonious prig had arrived to make her life a living hell. Avalon grimaced to keep from casting her accounts. Now she was just exaggerating like the girls. She wasn’t really physically sick, but the news could make a person ill. “When did he arrive in the village?”

Clueless as to how the news affected her older sister, Sophia scooted to the edge of the crimson-and-white striped club chair that sat adjacent to Avalon’s matching one. “Two days ago. Penelope and I just happened to be walking in front of the vicarage when we saw the Earl of Larkton’s coach arrive. The new vicar followed behind on horseback.”

Penelope nodded vigorously as if Sophia’s story needed affirmation.

Avalon wanted to roll her eyes. The two women “never just happen” to do anything. They orchestrated and connived everything from shopping to men. God save anyone who crossed their paths. If one of the girls took a shine to any of the ton’s marriageable men, then London’s finest would soon understand what it meant to be hunted.

As the girls continued their chatter, Avalon devoted her full attention to the rest of the letter. Better to finish the horrid task, then take a long walk through her gardens. Though it was January and bitterly cold outside, a brisk hour of exercise would help Avalon clear some of her unease at the news that Mr. Devan Farris had invaded her village.

I’ve considered your request that the young marquess continue his studies at home, but at the age of ten, his interests would best be served by attending Eton sooner rather than later. That’s where boys turn into men. Your suggestion that he attend Harrow won’t do. His father had insisted that I promise he attend Eton. However, since his Latin skills are somewhat lacking, I’ve decided to hire my brother, Mr. Farris, to tutor him in the subject.

Her blood simmered at the words. The earl’s declaration was nothing more than gilding the lily. Everyone within fifty miles of London knew that Devan Farris sought to marry an heiress. Until he found one, the fortune-hunting vicar thought to use her son’s marquisate to pay double for his services. Since her son’s estate paid for the vicar’s wages, Mr. Farris would receive another wage from the coffers for tutoring lessons.

But what really brought her blood to boil was that the smug vicar would be nosing into her business, and that wouldn’t do at all. She and only she ruled the parish with a fair and impartial hand. No one, including Devan Farris, would upset her world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Janna MacGregor was born and raised in the bootheel of Missouri. She is the author of the Cavensham Heiresses series, which begins with The Bad Luck Bride. Janna credits her darling mom for introducing her to the happily-ever-after world of romance novels. Janna writes stories where compelling and powerful heroines meet and fall in love with their equally matched heroes. She is the mother of triplets and lives in Kansas City with her very own dashing rogue, and two smug, but not surprisingly, perfect pugs.

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Decluttering

A/N: I saw a sp about the S7 Regina and she was wearing a ring necklace... This is my take on where it came from. Thanks to Polly for giving me the idea and Grace for betaing!

It's been three weeks. Three crazy weeks when you look at all that happened. She split herself, Mr. Hyde came into town, the ship from the Land of Untold Stories crashed down in Storybrooke and her evil half, the Queen, is trying to transform the town into chaos. It's been three weeks, but this morning, when she went to her closet in order to pull out the beige silk blouse, one of his shirts slips from the hanger. And with it, her emotions.

Regina doesn't know how long she stares at the dark blue tee before she bends down to pick it up. He didn't have a wide selection of clothes, justifying it by telling her why buy lots of different things when I like these? She'd tried to argue with him about it, dragged him shopping one time, but they wound up finding more things for her instead of a new wardrobe for him. So with the few shirts, pants and jackets that occupied a rather small space in her closet, it has almost been too easy to forget his clothes were still there. Almost.

Pressing the shirt against her face, she catches a slight whiff of forest and something that is just him. And why? Why? She's tearing up, stumbling backward until her calves hit the side of the bed and she can finally sit down, the shirt still pressed to her face, soaking up the tears. Why is she still not over it? Why do little things like this, like a simple shirt, make her break down as if his death only happened yesterday?

He died for her. Fuck, he'd thrown himself in the way between her and Hades' crystal, not thinking at all. The idiot. Regina is still not sure why and at the same time she’s never been more certain. Because he loved her. It's hard to believe, but he loved her so much that he died to protect her. It's not fair, none of this is fair and when she looks around, it seems like everyone is able to bring back their dead loved ones, except for her. She's never been this lucky. The rules of destiny were unfair, seem to make an exception for everyone… but Regina doesn't get an exception. She's a villain. No matter how much she's changed, maybe she still deserves to suffer for the sins of her past.

It's a good thing Henry isn't here, because he would tell her the opposite, that she's changed, that she's a hero now, but deep down, Regina knows. Even splitting herself and crushing the Evil Queen's heart didn't help, just brought more trouble to the town for which she deems herself responsible.

She takes a deep breath, once again catching a hint of him which calms her down immediately as if he wanted to say stop this - you're wrong. Thinking of it, that's probably exactly what it is. Slowly, she dries her face with the shirt, smoothing out the wet spots and wonders whether she should wash it. But if she's honest with herself, there is no point. As much as it hurts to think of it… She has to let go of him and maybe, maybe it is time.

This is how she finds herself later in the afternoon with a moving box, labeled with thick dark letters of his name. She's alone in the house; Henry is staying with Emma, the pirate and the Uncharmings because it's safer for him. Whether that's true or not, she’s not sure, but she hadn't been in a good place when the decision was made and didn't have the energy to protest. Maybe Snow had tried to give her space. She doesn't know.

It's a simple thing, putting some shirts and pants into a box. Well, it should be a simple thing, but when it's the last physical remains of your soulmate, it makes it a thousand times more difficult. Where does she start? While she's telling herself to just get it over with!, her body isn't moving at all. Why is she so powerless, why does she have no control?

Damn it, Regina. Damn it, damn it, damn it! With every 'damn' she reaches into the closet, pulling out one article of his clothing and throws it behind her. She doesn't care if she doesn't hit the box, just wants to get his stuff out of the closet. One by one, in a state close to blind rage, she throws the things behind herself until there is nothing left other than his dark green jacket. It somehow seems stuck on the hanger, so she rips and rips, until it comes off and falls to the ground in front of her. One by one.

Out, everything is out. Her bedroom is a complete mess now. He is everywhere. His scent is everywhere and she can't stand it any longer, sinking down onto the ground, she starts crying. Why? "Why did you have to die, Robin?"

Regina doesn't know how long she's been sitting there, sobbing, burying her face in her hands, thinking and overthinking everything that happened. It's only when she looks up and the sky outside is turning almost dark that she realizes she has to stop. She has to get herself together, knows this is hard. She allowed herself one more breakdown and this was it. Now it's time. Slowly, Regina wipes her tears away and takes a deep breath before looking at the mess in her bedroom.

The moment she tries to push herself up from the ground, her hand lands on something hard, hidden in one of Robin's jacket pockets. Carefully, she pulls the jacket open and is surprised when a little black velvet box falls out. Her breath catches in her throat as her shaking fingers pick up the box, tentatively opening it. "Oh, Robin…"

Inside, a bed of white velvet reveals a matte golden ring with three white brilliants. The thought that this ring was most likely meant for her is so overwhelming she cannot help the tears which are once again spilling over. She should wonder when he got it, when he was going to ask her, how he would have staged the proposal, but instead her mind is quiet. So quiet, her mind is blank as she stares in wonder at the engagement ring in her hands.

A sudden warmth fills her heart. It's something she cannot explain, it just happens, like a caressing touch of Robin's strong hands. A smile pulls at her lips the moment she feels it and she knows, deep down, that he's there. In her heart, where he will always stay. It doesn't matter that Robin's not physically there to ask her herself, Regina knows what her answer would have been.

"Yes. I do." she says in a soft whisper and puts the ring on her finger. A perfect fit. Just like her and Robin.

#outlaw queen fic #oq ff #oq fic #glinda writes #outlaw queen #regina mills #robin hood #thanks for reading

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vincentpennington · 5 years ago

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Holiday Gift Guide 2019

It’s that time of year again, when I share some of my favorite things in this 2019 Holiday Gift Guide! As in years past, I recommend only items that I have personally purchased myself and truly love. You won’t find ugly sweaters or any junk that won’t stand the test of time. In fact, some of these items are holdovers from previous holiday gift guides because I think they’re well-made, well-tested, and will bring joy for many years to come!

Gifts to help you sleep

Good sleep is the ultimate gift! And as a recovering nightshift worker, it’s the one thing I prioritize above all other aspects in my life. Every night, my aim is to get high quality sleep in a dark, cool room for at least 7 to 8 hours—and I’ve personally tested a bunch of handy aids that help me achieve the maximum in high quality sleep!

Oura Ring

I LOVE my Oura ring and won’t stop telling everyone how great it is! It’s hands-down the best sleep and activity tracker on the market, and every morning I synch it with my app to assess my readiness for the day. Yes, I have a subjective sense of how I feel in the morning, but as a natural-born rule follower, I crave objective data to nudge my sleep-promoting behaviors in the right direction. For example, if my Oura ring tells me my readiness level is high I’ll make an effort to go the gym even if I’m feeling lazy. Conversely, if Oura says my readiness is low due to poor sleep or an elevated body temperature, I’ll opt for a brisk walk instead of going balls-to-the-wall at the gym. My Oura offers up all sorts of data to help me figure out how to optimize my sleep—and it looks pretty slick, too! Get one here.

Luna Weighted Blanket

I bought a Luna weighted blanket earlier this year, and it has been one of my favorite additions to my bedtime routine. It feels like I’m getting a cozy hug all night! The heaviness of this particular blanket is perfectly balanced; unlike some other weighted blankets, the heavy parts don’t end up migrating to one side or corner, leaving the blanket lopsided. Truth be told, it took me a couple of sleeps to get used to it, but now I can’t sleep without it. We now have weighted blankets on every bed in the house! Get the one here.

’Lectrofan White Noise Sound Machine

When I was a nightshift worker, I wore earplugs to block out all sounds when I slept during the day. However, they didn’t work well because ear plugs often fall out, feel uncomfortable, or fail to block out sharp, abrupt noises.

Nowadays, I use the opposite tactic to help me sleep—a ’Lectrofan white noise machine. The constant fan-like sound lulls me to sleep and masks outside noise and disturbances. I pack it with me whenever I travel, and it definitely drowns out big city sounds and adds a relaxing hum that helps me drift off to slumberland. Get one here.

Tempur-Pedic Eye Mask

I have been a happy owner of a Tempur-Pedic eye mask for many, many years. I’ve tried plenty of other highly-recommended eye masks, but for me, none of them have worked as well at blocking out light and not squashing my eyeballs into my skull. I’ve purchased quite a few of these eye masks, though the only reason I’ve had to replace them is because I keep accidentally leaving them in hotel beds. Get one here.

Need more items to help with your sleep? Here’s a list of other items that help me catch my zzzs.

My Favorite Kitchen Gear

I’m keeping my kitchen gear gift recommendations short and sweet this year—mostly because these four items will level up everyone’s cooking for many years to come.

Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus (6-quart)

I know there are a bazillion variations of the Instant Pot, but this newest model is the one you should buy for your pals—and yourself! The new Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus is an improvement on and evolution of my two favorite models, the Ultra and Duo Plus.

Why is the Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus the best model to buy?

Improved venting for quick pressure release!

The inner pot now has stay-cool handles to make it easier to remove!

The inner pot has a flat bottom for better browning AND you can use it on other cooktops!

An easier interface for programming the Instant Pot and a digital display!

Want other options? Click here are my four favorite Instant Pot models ranked in order. But as I said, my number one pick is the Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus, and you can get one here.

Thermapen Mk4

The super-accurate, quick-reading instant read Thermapen Mk4 thermometer has been my trusty companion in the kitchen for a few years! Plus, it’ll be be marked down 25% for Black Friday starting 11/27/19. Get one here.

Chef’s Choice 15 Trizor XV EdgeSelect Electric Knife Sharpener

There’s nothing that helps a cook better in the kitchen than a sharp knife. I have my own favorite chef’s knife, but I can’t tell you which one’s best for you; to see how they feel in your hand, you really need to personally test out knives yourself. But once you pick out the perfect knife, you’ll need to keep it sharp and the Chef’s Choice 15 Trizor XV sharpener is fantastic and super easy to use. Get one here.

Magic Mushroom Powder

Magic Mushroom Powder is my go-to all-purpose seasoning that makes everything taste better! Use it in place of salt in all of your favorite recipes and everyone will compliment you on your culinary creations. But don’t just take my word for it: Dylan Dreyer, an anchor on the Today Show, proclaimed our Magic Mushroom Powder as her favorite food seasoning!

You can buy cute tins of Magic Mushroom Powder nationwide at a Whole Foods Market near you or make it yourself by following this recipe!

Want to see what other kitchen gear I stock in my kitchen and pantry? Go here to check out all of my recommendations!

Fun Gifts For Active Folks

Got a pal who loves traveling or getting their fitness on? These items may just put a spring in their step (literally)!

Bellicon Classic 44” Exercise Trampoline

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Our family loves books and cookbooks. If you love food and/or laughs, these books will fit the bill!

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Dear Girls by Ali Wong

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My buddy Teri Turner is an inspiration inside and outside of the kitchen. Her debut cookbook, No Crumbs Left, is filled with incredible heart and amazing recipes! Get it here.

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My friend Amanda Haas is the coolest. Not only is she an amazing cook, mother, and entrepreneur—she just published a fab book that helps women live their best life. Amanda’s book has amazing gluten-free recipes and tons of tips she’s mined from her expert pals on everything from the healing powers of yoga, acupuncture, meditation, humor, and even sex! Get it here.

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Previous holiday gift guides from 2018, 2017, and 2016!

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Press/Video/Photos: Interview - Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie

From Star Wars to the new Top of the Lake, Gwendoline Christie has become a screen heroine for our times. Lorraine Candy meets the unconventional actress who embraces the joy of being an outsider

SUNDAY TIMES STYLE – Let’s get the tall bit out of the way first, shall we? Gwendoline Christie is a delicate 6ft 3in tall. I say delicate because, personally, I’m always struck by how dainty the Game of Thrones superhero is. She is all fine blonde curls and flawless porcelain skin. Feminine, girly, graceful are the words that come to mind when I think of the Gwendoline I have known for several years. Gosh, we have had some fun together, this elegant outsider and me. “The world is absurd, Lorraine,” she will often observe with characteristic wry humour, “and if you can’t find it absurd, then I don’t know how you’d get through.” Indeed it is — especially when you look at it from Gwendoline Christie’s perspective.

The 38-year-old actress is a composite of opposites, if such a thing exists: an introverted extrovert, a soft strength, the most conventional unconventional person I know. She’s both intellectually intense and wonderfully silly. Time spent with the ever-so-polite and well-brought-up Gwendoline is like going to a spa for your mind: it’s never ordinary, even if it is just having a cup of peppermint tea, as we are for this interview.

For most of her life, mostly because of her height, Gwendoline has been on the margins of what is considered normal. From being bullied at her local village school, to the relentless fruitless auditions she didn’t ever get through, she was continually told, as she puts it, “that your outside can’t come on the inside”. How demoralising, but also, perhaps, how wonderful, because if you can overcome those cruel obstacles, you develop a rare confidence that is unbreakable. Then, one day, you wake up and deliver to the universe the gift that is Brienne of Tarth, the one woman who is everything all women want to be.

I don’t need to tell you how fantastic Brienne is — the defiant medieval knight, protector of kings and queens, slayer of evil men. One scene, her infamous fight with the Hound, took two months of intense stunt training (she is still seeing a physiotherapist twice a week). It is epic, no other word for it, and even if you are not a Throner, you cannot be anything but grateful that a character like Brienne has been imagined, written and brought to life so spectacularly well. She is, to borrow a phrase, a giant step forward for womankind.

“I have loved doing Game of Thrones,” Gwendoline says. Season 7, the penultimate series, has just started on Sky Atlantic. “I’ll be devastated when it finishes. I’m so proud of that part and the way the audience created a connection with the character. Brienne is a different version of what we normally see. She is not just conventionally unattractive, she is unconventionally unattractive. This part was the reason for all my acting training. In a world where we have so much access to these sexy ideals all the time, this was such a subversive role.”

Amen to that. But how do you follow Brienne? Captain Phasma in Star Wars was superb, if predictable, casting, but it is the junior detective, Miranda, in Top of the Lake: China Girl, a woman who is the polar opposite of the one Gwendoline has been playing for six years, that I feel will redefine her.

Ever conscious of the need to test herself as an actress (she is rigorous in her devotion to the craft and has an accomplished theatre career), Gwendoline has created a new character who is physically and mentally fragile.

She has done it with the acclaimed writer and director Jane Campion, with whom she has wanted to work since she was very young. “I asked the universe then — no, I told the universe nicely — to make it come true,” she recalls, after explaining how many buses she had to take across the Sussex countryside after lying to her parents about her whereabouts and sneaking into the cinema to watch Campion’s groundbreaking 1993 film, The Piano.

Miranda is a broken, vulnerable, lonely and actually comic police officer who appears in the second series of Campion’s award-winning BBC2 drama Top of the Lake, on screens now. The role was written specially for Gwendoline, and she lived in Sydney for five months while filming it. I have seen the first two gripping episodes, and you are in for a treat — it’s addictive cinematic TV at its best. Elisabeth Moss reprises her role as the steely Detective Robin Griffin to investigate the death of an Asian girl washed up in a suitcase on Bondi Beach. The Oscar winner Nicole Kidman rounds out the cast.

“It feels like Jane is always subverting form,” Gwendoline says, “and that’s exciting to me. In 2008, a friend of mine offered to introduce me to her because she felt we would get on so well, but even then I couldn’t do it. When I saw she was doing Top of the Lake, I wrote her a letter — I knew I had to be in it. I can’t tell you what I said, but I kept it for 18 months before posting it. I tried to keep it short, didn’t want her to die of boredom reading it, then she emailed me back about four months after I sent it. We spoke on the phone for hours and she told me she would create a lead part for me. I asked for a challenge and Miranda is a challenge. She is constantly destabilised, she fails at everything, she is on the outside and still continues to be on the outside. This is a new story for me to tell.

“It’s great to be a hero, but the reality for many of us is that we feel like we are failing all the time. We’re all trying to find ways to deal with that.”

If you watch one box set this summer, watch Top of The Lake — it will give you goose bumps. Everyone is playing the opposite of the characters you expect them to be, so it’s constantly surprising — just like Gwendoline herself.

I was editing Elle when we first met on the fashion front row. We got on like a house on fire: she is more than a foot taller than me, though we have the same size feet; the physical comedy of us never fails to delight. Her partner is my friend the fashion designer Giles Deacon, and Gwendoline takes getting dressed as seriously as I do. “I have always been fascinated by clothes and their transformative powers,” she says. “I was about 6ft at the age of 14 — I was enjoying the process of youth, wondering what kind of human being I would grow into, what kind of size I would be, what the dimensions would be as I grew more.

“A doctor had told me I would be lucky if I stopped growing at 5ft 11in, but I thought, why stop there? I thought it was brilliant being so tall, and they were quite shocked by that response. I didn’t see what was interesting about conforming to the rule when the rule seemed nonsensical.

“I read a lot of fashion magazines as a child. I was fascinated by who the stylists and photographers were. The images were captivating for me. I used to scour second-hand shops for vintage clothes, and I delighted in the different proportions of my size. It doesn’t make sense to me not to embrace being outside the norm. I don’t want to feel inhibited by anything.

“I like to experiment with scale. I used to dress up a lot. My male friends would wear women’s jackets, and I would wear massively oversized things I’d found in vintage places. I really enjoy wearing men’s clothes, and often still do. I also liked the way Courtney Love dressed at the time, all those 1990s dresses, but worn with a femininity that had a violence to it. It seemed inappropriate at my height to wear such floaty dresses, so I enjoyed wearing them. I am all for drawing attention to the differences between us and not hiding from them — it is good to be spectacularly different.”

When we meet, she is wearing a black Chloé dress, carrying a brown Margiela handbag. She buys mostly designer: Giles, Henry Holland, Roksanda, bits of Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu and more recently Isa Arfen.

Gwendoline is a very private person, and I can see interviews are a form of torture for her. She wants to be known for her work and questions about her home life are playfully batted away with humour. It’s understandable given the level of fandom surrounding her, thanks to Game of Thrones and, of course, Star Wars. Plus, she can never hide, never be anonymous in the street; she is someone you stare at, famous or not.

Last year when I interviewed Giles for a book about London designers, I asked him what kind of women he designed clothes for. Someone smart, confident in who she is, different from everyone else and happy with that, spirited, unpredictable, a woman who is fun “and looks like she would be a bit of trouble on a night out”, he told me. I think he has described Gwendoline perfectly. And, if I had my way, she wouldn’t be the outsider — we all would.

Top of the Lake: China Girl, Thursdays at 9pm on BBC2

Styling: Katie Felstead. Hair: John D at Forward Artists for Tresemmé. Make-up: Stoj at Streeters using Charlotte Tilbury. Nails: Marisa Carmichael

I’ve loaded the beautiful photo shoot in the gallery. Check it out! I should be adding the scans to the gallery later today.

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Initial Thoughts—6x21-6x22: The Final Battle, part 2

In the first part of my meta, I discussed the Charming/Jones/Mills family and their adventure in the Enchanted Forest. (You can find that here, if you missed it.) In this part, I’m going to discuss what was going on in Storybrooke throughout the finale. Rather than group things thematically, I’m basically going to go through the episode chronologically.

--We start out with Henry waking, still on the rooftop where CS were married. He’s got the book and he’s obviously got his memories. As we learned later that no one else (other than Fiona, obviously, and Gold) retained their memories, I can’t help but wonder why Henry got to keep his. (I mean, obviously, it was important for plot purposes, but in story…why would Fiona allow one of the two people most likely to help Emma remember and believe keep his memories?)

--I thought it was an interesting idea to have Fiona’s curse basically work the same way the original dark curse worked. It makes sense, of course, because Fiona was the one who created that original dark curse to begin with. I liked that the curse reset everyone’s memories to the moment just before the first curse broke, yet the writers gave an explanation about the obvious passage of time.

--The Black Fairy obviously took over Regina’s season 1 life, but she was far darker and more twisted than Regina ever was as Mayor Mills. The BF continues to be a frightening villain. Her danger is less physical (although, she obviously wasn’t above using physical violence, as Henry can attest. Yikes!), but far more psychological. She comes off as this sweet, gentle woman who wants nothing but the absolute best for those in her town, but underneath it all she’s more manipulative than anyone we’ve seen on the show (with the possible exception of Rumple). She spreads poison with a smile. The way she managed to convince Emma to choose to burn the storybook and give up her belief was frightening. Even more so was the cold and cruel way she taunted Henry about his inability to do anything about it. I can’t even imagine how powerless Henry must have felt!

--I love all the call backs to season 1 with the Swan Believer scenes. It really brought the show full circle and served to remind the audience just why we fell in love with this show to begin with. We get Henry once again trying everything in him to make his mom believe in the truth of their crazy magical existence. Only this time the stakes are much, much higher.

--One thing I’ve mentioned in past metas is that villains always, always make fatal miscalculations and it leads to their downfall. The major miscalculation most villains make is in not understanding the strength and enduring power of love and the heroics it leads people to undertake. The same holds true of the Black Fairy. Her fatal miscalculation was in taking away Belle. She was so very, very close to getting all she wanted with her son by her side as her right-hand man, but when she took away said son’s wife, it reminded him that she doesn’t have the family’s best interest at heart; she only has her best interest at heart, and it was this very thing that finally gave Rumple the strength and courage to oppose his mother and do the right thing. Good job, Rumple! (A phrase I’ve very, very rarely used throughout this series, lol.)

--Henry has a very good plan about how to jog Emma’s memories. Taking her back to the place of her wedding, the moment her “happy beginning” started was an excellent plan, and to an extent it worked. I love that when Emma stood on the spot she married Killian, she had flashes of memories of him and of their lovely ceremony.

--But Fiona has done quite a number on her. Throughout what felt to her like 2 years’ worth of time in the mental hospital, Fiona convinced Emma she was crazy, and her craziness led to her son’s near death. Given that fact, it only makes sense that she would have difficulty believing her own flashes of memory.

--My heart goes out to Emma here. She’s so broken, so in pain. She just wants to get well so that she can have a normal life with her son. She’s tired of fighting and just wants to rest. It makes perfect sense that she would be very tempted to return to Boston, to a life that’s familiar and “safe”.

--I did like the fact that Rumple and Gideon had a happy relationship in the curse. It would have been easy for Rumple to just go with that and enjoy having what he’s always wanted—life with his son while retaining his power, but Rumple doesn’t do that. Rumple takes every opportunity to remind Gideon of his mother and the fact that she did love him, whatever else has happened. I liked that. It was really, really tragic that the Black Fairy made Gideon believe his mother abandoned him. It hurt to see how much loathing Gideon held for the mother who was willing to make any sacrifice for him.

--I kind of like that Henry gets more of a “starring” role in this episode. The Black Fairy doesn’t treat him as a kid to just ignore or brush off. She treats him as a real threat. Quite the scene in Archie’s office when she let him know she was well aware he was awake and she wasn’t going to let him derail her plans. I’m still shocked she went so far as to throw a 14 year old down the stairs! Talk about chilling!

--Back to Rumple. I think, though he didn’t trust his mother, Rumple very much wanted the vision she offered him in 6x19. He went along with it, hoping he’d be able to have his family, his power, and a good life. When he realized the Black Fairy had obviously done something to Belle, he started to rethink the situation, but I think the moment he decided once and for all to fight against his mother was the moment she showed him the very, very badly photoshopped photos of Belle around the world. (Seriously, though, Fiona, you have the strongest magic out there yet you can’t figure out photoshop? I’m disappointed in your deception skills.)

--Near the midpoint of the double episode, we reach a moment when all seems hopeless. Fiona succeeds in convincing Emma to burn the storybook for Henry’s own good. I do love, though, that when it begins to burn, it flips to the picture of Captain Hook, and that obviously stirs something in Emma.

--One of the most chilling moments from the BF comes next—when she goes to the hospital to gloat to Henry. She gleefully tells him that his mom burnt the book…which not only destroys her belief, but also all the realms of story and the remainder of their family. It’s hard to fathom that level of malice.

--I liked getting a chance to see Emma’s Boston apartment again. Quite the callback to the pilot, complete with the discarded birthday candle just before everything started. Emma tries (very briefly) to go back to her old life, even accepting a job with a new mark, but Henry, the truest believer, comes to the rescue once more. His last ditch effort to leave a hastily-rewritten book detailing Emma’s story in her bag is just the spark he needs to convince Emma to go back and choose to believe.

--I love Henry just walking into Gold’s shop and into the back room, not even caring that Gold’s there trying to stop him. He’s just so done with everything. He’s going to destroy the Black Fairy and get his family back, and no one’s going to stop him. I love that Henry is able to figure out that Rumple’s awake simply from his magical concoctions. Rumple is still not willing to fight for anyone but Belle and Gideon at this point, but at least he gives Henry what he needs.

--(Speaking of which….um Henry…planning to use the sword on the Black Fairy is very, very brave, but what were you thinking, dude? She’s one of, if not the most powerful musical being around, just what did you think you were going to be able to do with that sword?)

--Such a wonderful moment when Emma shows up again just as Henry’s about to go up against the Black Fairy. I love, love, love the message of Emma choosing to believe in the story Henry wrote her. I love her deciding that even if she doesn’t remember what happened, she chooses to be the woman Henry wrote about in the book, because that’s the woman she truly wants to be. Such a powerful moment of character development!

--As the conflict really starts to heat up, we learn that Fiona did not, in fact, return Gideon’s heart to Rumple. She kept it for herself. As Emma returns, and thus starts to put a damper on her total world domination plans, Fiona’s calm, cool exterior starts to crack. She gives up the pretense with Gideon and simply orders him to kill Emma. As she holds his heart, he has no choice but to obey.

--This leads directly to the pivotal confrontation scene between Rumple and the Black Fairy. I find it interesting that her first line of attack was to insist that Belle was wrong for insisting he turn away from his darkness. Fiona insists that Rumple—and those who love him—should accept him as he is, darkness and all. We know, given the fact that this is coming from the show’s ultimate villain that this is the exact opposite of what Rumple’s loved ones should do. In a season where a big theme has been accepting all of yourself, Rumple is the exception that proves the rule. Belle was absolutely right in insisting he turn from his dark impulses. I honestly love that so much. Rumple had some of his own season 5 logic reiterated for him, but he finally realizes how wrong it was and he rejects it. I really, really needed to see that moment if there was to be any hope for me to “buy” a Rumple redemption arc.

--Fiona offers Rumple a deal it’s got to be almost impossible for him to refuse. She paints a rosy picture where she has absolute control and is not even bound by the laws of magic. She insists at that point she’ll wake up Belle and Gideon, and Rumple can do whatever he wants to ensure they love him and are his perfect little family. What’s more, Fiona says that with her unlimited powers, she can even bring Bae back from the dead. It’s everything Rumple’s ever wanted—his family and his power.

--But Rumple realizes that such manipulation would have a cost, and he’s no longer willing to pay the cost. So, instead, he manipulates her until he has control of her wand and uses it to kill her.

--The good? Fiona really, really needed to go. The bad? After all the buildup about how the Black Fairy was the most formidable of formidable foes, this defeat felt way, way too easy. For me, it didn’t feel satisfying.

--The Black Fairy’s death breaks the curse, and Emma’s memories are restored. She and Henry don’t get more than a few seconds to celebrate, though, before Gideon shows up to kill her once more.

--Before dying, the Black Fairy told Rumple her evil villain plan that was already set into motion. She’d already sent Gideon to kill Emma, thus ensuring light would destroy light, because that’s something the darkness could never do (love that thought, by the way). My first thought was why didn’t Rumple even try to get Fiona to tell him where Gideon’s heart was before killing her?

--But putting that aside, once Fiona was gone, and Rumple and Belle were reunited, Rumple finally started doing things the right way. Not only did he choose to do the right thing in refusing when the Black Fairy offered him everything, but he came to realize that he can’t go it alone. He needs to work with the heroes. To that end, he called Henry, told him his plan and asked for his help in the meantime. Rumple found the third way. He didn’t have to let Gideon do what he was going to do, and he didn’t have to stop him forcibly. He could find the heart and give Gideon his free will back. Good job, Rumple! (Wow…there it is again!)

--And with the Black Fairy out of the way, we come to the big climax of the episode—of the whole season really: Emma’s swordfight with Gideon. I love that the breaking of the curse brought Emma’s whole family back to her in time to be there, give her strength, and help her remember who and what she’s fighting for.

--The heroes immediately realize the conundrum: Pretty much any outcome of the fight will result in darkness winning. If Gideon kills the savior, darkness wins. If Emma kills an innocent person, darkness inters her heart, and thus wins. I have a bit of a moral problem with the way this was framed, as always when it comes to heroes killing villains on this show. There’s a very, very important distinction between murder and killing in self-defense, which this show always seems to ignore. If Emma had gone through with the sword fight, not going on the attack, but only defending herself, and Gideon had been killed, by rights, her heart shouldn’t have been darkened at all.

--Regardless, I love how heroic and selfless Emma is here. She wants to do what she has to do to save her family, but she doesn’t want to kill someone who has no control over his actions. I like that Regina took her aside and gave her a hope speech, urging her to find that hero’s third way. That was a really good moment!

--I love Emma coming into her own during the swordfight. She kind of talks it out, and finally figures out that third way. She has to do what all saviors do—save her loved ones and all in her town—no matter what sacrifice to herself that might entail. She realizes that if she uses the light, follows love and heroism, light will triumph. I love this statement of hers: “Light cannot destroy light, only create more light”. I love that she decides not to give up hope no matter what. She throws down her sword and sacrifices herself for the greater good. This was basically the culmination of Emma’s whole arc. The ugly duckling has finally finished the transformation to swan!

--While this confrontation is going on in the middle of town, Rumple and Belle go to the mines to try to find Gideon’s heart. Before they make it, however, Belle twists her ankle (I feel for you Belle; I’m still dealing with a little pain from my own sprained ankle), meaning Rumple is left alone for what turns out to be his one final test.

--Just as Rumple finds Gideon’s heart—and realizes the Black Fairy put a spell on it, so it won’t be as easy as just returning the heart to his son’s chest—sparkly, golden EF Rumple shows up. This is literally the devil on Rumple’s shoulder. Sparkly Rumple reminds Gold that all he has to do is stand back and let Gideon fulfill his task, and he has it all—love, family, ultimate power, darkness, everything. But Rumple realizes, at long last, that he cannot do it. Giving in to the darkness won’t give him what he wants because none of it will be real. He rejects Sparkly’s temptation and walks away, his son’s heart in hand. Good job Rumple! (Three times in one meta? Crazy!)

--I felt bad for Rumple when he got back to Belle and had to tell her he failed. He’d made the right choice, done the right thing, but he still failed. Belle realizes, however, the importance of Rumple’s choice. She comforts him, smiles at him, comes to realize maybe there’s not only hope for his soul, but hope for their relationship as well. I knew they were going to give Rumple a redemption path, I’m just glad they went the way they did, because this was really satisfying. I think Rumple’s still early in his redemption journey. He’ll still backslide and stumble—just as Regina and Killian did throughout the early days of their redemption—but he’s made the choice to go down the right path, and that’s impressive!

--Back on the streets of Storybrooke, things are looking dire. After letting Gideon stab her, Emma explodes in light and falls, supposedly dead to the ground. In a move that parallels the end of season 1, Henry gives Emma a True Love’s Kiss and she wakes up. In the context of this particular episode and all the Swan Believer moments leading up to it, it makes a lot of sense that Henry was the one who gave Emma the TLK that woke her up, but I’m still a bit disappointed. I really, really, really wanted a CS TLK! I know we didn’t need it to prove Emma and Killian are True Love, but I really wanted them to get that moment.

--I love the aftermath of the TLK! I love that everyone finally got their happy beginning! Snow gave one last hope speech about how they get to live out the rest of their lives together. The storybook reappeared, with the last page filled out: “When Good and Evil both did the right thing, faith was restored. The final battle was won.” There was no end, because the happy “ending” is actually a beginning. What a lovely way to finish things off!

--(One little quibble with how they ended the book. It’s not really true that good and evil both did the right thing. I realize what they were trying to get at there. Both sides of the coin—the Savior and the Dark One both chose to do the right thing, but that wasn’t good and evil. By doing good, Rumple was no longer following evil. Thus it wasn’t that good and evil both do the right thing. Evil switched sides and joined good.)

--Alright, well that was more than 3000 words! I think it’s time for me to stop for the day. One last (much, much shorter) part tomorrow to talk about the “happy beginnings” all our favorites get to live out and to look at the new story they’re setting up for season 7.

#initial thoughts--6x21-6x22 #6x21-6x22 the final battle

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• A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online. – Joanne Harris • A lot of negative words adults call the young, like ‘naive,’ ‘impulsive’ and ‘way too connected online,’ are all things we can turn into strengths to help us. – Adora Svitak • A lot of people are living their lives online in much more public ways with Facebook and Twitter. – Dan Savage • A sense of that kind of narrative movement that we experience online could have been in my mind easily, though not consciously. I do rely so much on my unconscious, the way I write my stuff the way I do. I let my unconscious work. I have better ideas that way and more interesting work. – Jennifer Egan • A smartphone links patients’ bodies and doctors’ computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the management of an individual’s internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer, and digital vandal on Earth. – Charles C. Mann • An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Microsoft started with programming tools, but came out with an operating system. Oracle started doing contracts for the CIA. AOL started out as an online video gaming network. – Marc Andreessen • An online job search seems cheaper. But what HR is doing is turning away valuable candidates. They’re experiencing false negatives. That means the right person applies for the job electronically but the algorithm kicks them out so they lose that individual. – Nick Corcodilos • Angry Birds is one of the fastest-growing online products I’ve seen, growing even faster than Skype, and the company has done a brilliant job of extending it across different platforms and merchandise. – Niklas Zennstrom • Any online gamblers here? Well, Congress is looking in shutting that down.There’s going to be a massive congressional investigation of online gambling and they’re going to shut it down. And when they get done with that, they’re going to look into this North Korean thing. – David Letterman • Anything I really want I can find online. – Rachel Maddow • As each generation comes up that doesn’t have the habits for paper it’s just easier and cheaper to get your stuff online. You know, people go to what they’re used to. Certainly our generation, you know, we’ll always want to have a magazine in our hands. We like that, but millennials didn’t see the value in that necessarily. – John Buffalo Mailer • As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I’m gone. – Henry Rollins • As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world. – Ron Wyden • As there are more online archives of improvised music, it becomes more like the daily practice of playing it. It lessens the idea of there being masterpieces of improvised music through benchmark recordings. – David Grubbs

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[clickbank-storefront-bestselling] • Calling China’s online censorship system a ‘Great Firewall’ is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be breached with the right tools. – Evgeny Morozov • Chess: It’s like alcohol. It’s a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online. – Charles Krauthammer • Collections are certainly abundant online. It’s complicated, because it’s not like these people didn’t want computers, although there was some nonchalance about it. I would sometimes ask the people I interviewed if they wished they had a computer, and in a lot of cases, it was like they couldn’t process the question. You don’t know what you don’t have, I guess. – Miranda July • Communicating online goes back to the Defense Department’s Arpanet which started in 1969. There was something called Usenet that started in 1980, and this gave people an opportunity to talk about things that people on these more official networks didn’t talk about. – Howard Rheingold • Do you guys remember that woman who disappeared a few years ago, Chandra Levy? Do you remember her? I found this fascinating. Apparently, the day she disappeared, she had gone on her computer, and the last website she ever visited was an online map of the park where her body was found. That’s true. I just hope that if I ever disappear, people don’t look for me based on the last websites I visited. – Christian Finnegan • Don’t fool yourself that you’re blogging when you’re really just putting stuff up online. – Andrew Sullivan • Every generation has a changing of the guard in media. We do the same stuff that everybody else does, but we just do it differently. We do our content online differently. We do our magazines differently. We do our TV differently. We never had anyone tell us how to do magazines, so we just developed it in a different way. – Shane Smith • Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008…That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it. – Barack Obama • Everyone is looking for a purpose in life. The reason we all go to the cinema, or online, is because we haven’t found a purpose yet. We are always wondering why we’re here. But I’ve learned that we have to create that purpose for ourselves. My purpose, which I finally found thanks to social media, is helping all of these people find their purpose. – Jerome Jarre • Everyone told me, “Don’t ever talk about international stuff,” and “Don’t do long-form content online,” and “Don’t get too serious in news,” and “Don’t be too heavy” – all this stuff, all the rules. But we broke the rules, and that, ironically, has led to some of our most successful stuff. – Shane Smith • Fans decide what pop culture is. We can define ourselves. Music and the presentation of art nowadays is totally in our control, with the Internet specifically. You no longer need record labels. You no longer need movie distribution companies. You can just make it and put it online, and it will distribute itself to millions of people. The borders and everything have been broken down. It really is in the hands of the people. – Laura Jane Grace • Finding information is either a software question or a question of how much information is online. – Bill Gates • For me the core principles of privacy online are transparency, choice and control. – Marissa Mayer • Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn. – Tom Felton • Having an avatar doesn’t give you an identity, and having a persona online doesn’t make you a personality either. – Marilyn Manson • Here’s a habit I never thought I’d develop: I gravitate to anything online that’s marked ‘most popular’ or ‘most e-mailed.’ And I hate myself a little bit every time I do. – Susan Orlean • I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn’t due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships. – Gary Vaynerchuk • I always thought that digital first was a simplistic notion, and I am not even sure quite what it means. It should be stories first. Let’s take the Paris story: the New York Times covered it all day, we held nothing back. Everything we learned, we published online. Then, when you approach your print deadline, you have to do two things. You have to polish those stories that are online because print is less forgiving of mistakes. Secondly, in an ideal world, you pick one thing that will feel fresh and compelling to people in the morning when they pick up the print paper. – Dean Baquet • I am alone a lot, which is good. I need that time to just be alone after a long day, just decompress. So, I go to either my house or the hotel, or my apartment, or whatever – wherever I am, I go home and I watch TV and I sit there, with my cat, and I just watch TV or go online, check my emails. – Taylor Swift • I bet he never goes on YouTube. He’s too busy. It’s only tragic cases like you and me who are always online. – Sophie Kinsella • I binge write. I think it’s because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. – Erin Morgenstern • I did skit comedy online for many years, beginning around 2001. Around 2006 I started watching a lot of food television and got re-interested in food. I come from a very food-obsessed family. But I also wanted to do my own thing, which was the comedy. – Nadia Giosia • I dislike the phrase ‘Internet friends,’ because it implies that people you know online aren’t really your friends, that somehow the friendship is less real or meaningful to you because it happens through Skype or text messages. The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. – John Green • I do find some of the meanest, most exclusionary people are the nerds. And they rebel against other nerds! What are you doing? As much as I love nerds and the nerd movement, the nerd-on-nerd violence is really bad. A lot of times, nerds are the meanest ones online. And also, the trolling can be very extensive because they’re smart. – Chris Hardwick • I do shop online! But I’m shopping online mostly in the home categories – One Kings Lane and Gilt. At a lot of architectural websites, I buy a lot of hardware for cabinetry like hinges and things like that from England. So you know for me, I shop at Net-A-Porter, but I don’t really shop that much for clothing online. – Nate Berkus • I don’t follow anything online. I am rather slow on that side. – Christian Louboutin • I don’t know of any source for online maps showing the platform, stairs, escalators, elevators, mezzanines and other station details. – Robert James Thomson • I don’t play online games. ‘Warcraft,’ I’ve played that, but I mainly play action games. – Steven Spielberg • I don’t see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs. – Umberto Eco • I don’t spend a lot of time online. My mother’s really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she’ll forward it to me. She’s like my little Internet filter. It’s always nice to see something going up; if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I’ve got a nice little delivery system in my mom. – Nathan Fillion • I don’t think a true company – one that builds sustainable value – can ever only exist online or remotely. – Margaret Heffernan • I don’t think there’s a… boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is doing an online version. – Bill Gates • I don’t think they’re more temperamental people now. With social media we hear a lot more about it. The nastiness you get online, there were always mean girls – always – they didn’t have such a big forum as they do now. Mean girls ought to get a life, I think. – Jacki Weaver • I don’t want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein. – Steven Morrissey • I feel like my perception has changed a little because when I was posting stuff online it was an extension of my studio and then it started getting some of the attention. Now it’s like, “Oh, this is actually a place where you can make money,” but I’m not interested in competing in that space. It seems like too much to deal with. – Kalup Linzy • I find myself using music metaphors all the time, but this is too perfect, I feel like. Digital downloading is like photographs online. It’s great, they’re available, you can see lots of different work, but it’s a limited experience of the form. A book is like an album. You don’t have to have a million dollars to be able to buy it, you have to save some money, you have to buy your album, then you take it home, and you put it on your turntable. – Alec Soth • I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people’s lives… The greatest fear that I have is losing touch. – Queen Rania of Jordan • I hate online bullying. Those little comment boxes can brim with the most vicious, acidic, and pointless remarks. – Alexa Chung • I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online. – Ed McBain • I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day. – Felicia Day • I have always kept my personal relationships pretty private, whether it’s intimate or my family or friends – at least in videos. It’s always been something that I’ve sworn off from sharing online. – Tyler Oakley • I have given money to the Obama campaign online and now they bombard me with emails every day. Why did I do that online? Why didn’t I just walk into an office? – Anne Heche • I joined Facebook purely so I could play online Scrabble. You have eight tiles instead of seven, so you tend to have higher scores. I’m somewhere between 400 and 500. – Moby • I know there’s an online petition to have another referendum [like Brexit] but I think honestly I think if people want to go for it a little further down the line it would be a hiding for nothing. – Nigel Farage • I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they’re still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions. – Michael Moore • I like to shop. That’s what I do. Online shopping; any kind of shopping. – Sloane Stephens • I listened more than I asked. There’s a lot of information online, so many Youtube videos, countless interviews with all those obvious questions that were all answered for me. I just wanted to absorb her essence. I wanted to see the details, she has such mad style. I just wanted to see – the way she communicates with her hands, these gestures, her smile, how she moves through space. – Vera Farmiga • I live, I shop almost exclusively on the Internet. I’ve bought cars on the Internet. I watch television, I do everything on it. I even watch my son online. – Tom Ford • I love knowing and learning about people around the world displaying my art online. Also, it’s how I learn about new artists that are in various parts of the world. The positive thing about Tumblr and Instagram is that they’re a fantastic platform for art lovers. I also like, when I search for my art and it says, “see also or related artists,” and I see those other artists that relate to me, at least according to the internet. I think it’s fascinating – it’s interesting to see hashtags people are using in relation to my work. It’s another tool of communication. – Mickalene Thomas • I love teaching online at my website and soon I’ll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don’t have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming. – Danica McKellar • I often find things at thrift stores and library sales that I never could have been looking for. In those cases, the research is done after the fact to figure out what, exactly, I’ve found. It’s surprising how much out there still has no online presence. – Michael Dumontier • I posted a video a day for almost two months and was hardly sleeping, but I think it really pushed me to give music everything I had in me. I knew it was a chance I couldn’t miss. The funny thing is I never saw my music video when it aired during the Super Bowl because as soon as I heard my song start I was in tears for the next 10 minutes! The most amazing thing that came out of all of this, however, was the support that had developed online. Without the people that came back day after day to vote for me, I’d be nowhere, and I really owe it all to them. – Kina Grannis • I read every fan forum and every blog, and every message board, and every chat room. I read it all. There’s nothing online that I’m not aware of. – Joe Budden • I read everything I could find: books and online. Sometimes bigger revelations came to me through finer details or something that you wouldn’t pick up just by surface reading. – Abbie Cornish • I remember a day and time when the streets indicated what was hot online, and now I think it’s starting to reverse a little bit. – Joe Budden • I saw it on the Twitter of today, on the online boards. There was a huge amount of negative reaction that’s been forgotten because the quality eventually shined through. But usually it takes people a while to see what they’ve got on their plate. And I think, with “Jessica Jones,” it’s this anomalous thing where, and because of the original property being so good, people saw it right away, which is very unusual. – Jane Espenson • I spoke to a blogger. It was election time when we were doing the movie and Hillary Clinton was still in the running. This blogger was doing a story on democratic women who were anti-Hillary. He was on the computer speaking to these women and it made me realize that you can reach a much broader audience online but on the other hand Russell’s [Crowe] character argues that you still need to get on the streets and see people face to face, and check your facts. – Rachel McAdams • I started moving into online work, and that exposed me to design and the impact it has on the flow, shape, and narrative of the story. This got me thinking that maybe this is a way of doing journalism, a way of telling stories and revealing patterns. – David Mccandless • I think anything we do – eating, walking down the street, online shopping – gives you another perspective on writing stories. – Peter Orner • I think in the end, anger and negativity from other people is all about what’s going on inside them. So I don’t really mind it. There’s a lot of it online, there’s a load of it on the roads, but I just plow on regardless. – Jeremy Vine • I think it is effective when activists work from the margins, and I think that’s the best way to go about it. And I do think that it’s increasingly being more effective with the work that’s being done online, that it is a bit more democratized, that whatever kind of activism is being done, it’s not necessarily coming from one centralized place. – Jessica Valenti • I think it’s both annoying and beneficial that there’s so much freedom online. – Rachel Maddow • I think that online harassment has become so ubiquitous on the Internet that a lot of women do feel safer, whatever that means, in spaces where they know like people are not going to bother them in that kind of way. – Jessica Valenti • I think the way design was practiced for most of the 20th century was very declarative. A designer came up with a solution for a project and put it in place and shipped the solution and it landed in a reader or a customer’s hands as a brochure. They would see it as a poster, or as a piece of signage. And that was sort of it. That was the end of it. I think Internet technology has really upended that whole equation because in some ways a designer’s work is never really done online. – Khoi Vinh • I think, it’s so difficult to create a buzz anywhere, whether it be online, the streets, radio, anywhere, that if you are able to create a buzz somewhere, it definitely means something. – Joe Budden • I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself… because I’m a writer, and it’s like: to have a procrastination tool, like, within my computer… it was just getting too hairy. – Mike White • I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression. – Evgeny Morozov • I want to make sure (a user) can’t get through … an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad. – Steve Ballmer • I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. – Jeremy Rifkin • I was single for a really long time, then I realized I had abandonment issues. Then I found love online. – Patti Stanger • I waste a lot of my time documenting my “search for great esoterica” online. It gets so complicated trying to identify or give credit to all of one’s influences. – Michael Dumontier • I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play. – Gary Vaynerchuk • I wouldn’t say you have an online life and a real life. I think technology is just mapping and organizing what already exists. – Ashton Kutcher • I`ve been spending a fair amount of time in the recesses of white nationalist, white supremacist social media online areas, what called itself is the “alt right”, which is sort of the euphemistic term they use for what is essentially modern day white supremacy. And they are some of [Donald]Trump – this has been reported from the beginning but they are very excited about [anti-Muslim] proposal. – Chris Hayes • If you get a chance, whenever you’re traveling, do go to the local boutique comic book shop and don’t buy your comics online ’cause those guys are going to go extinct, in a minute here, and we want to be able to have those experiences with our kids. – Nicolas Cage • If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you’re going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there’s no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I’m fine with the consequences. – Tim Ferriss • I’m astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any substantial sense, and basically traded them for being able to screw around online. – Jaron Lanier • I’m fond of online testimonials: people writing about their experiences with ghosts or drugs or bad boyfriends. – Michael Dumontier • I’m going to go do this crazy thing. I’m going to start this company selling books online. – Jeff Bezos • I’m not an anti-online person. I get what the modern world’s about and I understand that that’s the nature of music dissemination. – Tim Hecker • I’m not big on awareness about what’s going on online but usually if you do too much online stuff then you usually bump into something that hurts. – Alice Eve • I’m not big on to-do lists. Instead, I use e-mail and desktop folders and my online calendar. So when I walk up to my desk, I can focus on the e-mails I’ve flagged and check the folders that are monitoring particular projects and particular blogs. – Bill Gates • I’m working on a mixtape called I Made Hip-Hop Smile. It’s going to be a free online mixtape. I think it’s going to get some crazy buzz. We have a few marketing campaigns, that I think are going to make it pull through. – SonReal • In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn’t exist online, it didn’t exist at all. It showed me criticism’s future. – Jerry Saltz • In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and wife need to acknowledge that when the Bible speaks of fools, it is not just speaking about other people, but about them as well. Even the wisest among us has moments of folly. So God gives us spouses to serve as wise friends by praying with and for us, attending church with us, speaking truth, and providing Scripture along with good books and online classes, lectures, and sermons to nourish fruitfulness in our lives. – Mark Driscoll • In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his house you played PlayStation, at your house you played Xbox. Now that it’s online, all those early buyers who… you want to play with, they’ve got their reputation online of who they are and how good they are at these games. – Bill Gates • In this age of omniconnectedness, words like ‘network,’ ‘community’ and even ‘friends’ no longer mean what they used to. Networks don’t exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check. – Simon Sinek • In this age of Twitter and Snark every misstep gets posted online in twelve seconds. – Howard Kurtz • It is nonsense that people shopping online in some parts of Europe are unable to access the best deals because of where they live. I want completing the single market to be our driving mission. – David Cameron • It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor. – Steve Jobs • It was really bizarre for me to go from being a very private and obscure person and then to be in any way on the internet – like having my picture or videos online. – Erika M. Anderson • It’s everywhere, constant criticism of women’s appearance in magazines and online. It’s not easy to navigate. – Shirley Manson • It’s fun when the writers start writing jokes to you, but also it’s fun when the writers will come to you and say ‘Hey, listen, we’re working on this story and we need to know if you speak any foreign languages.’ And I said ‘No, I don’t. I speak a little Spanish, but I can learn a foreign language.’ And they go ‘Okay, do you think you can learn Portuguese?’ And I go ‘Yeah, whatever it takes. If it’s funny, I’ll do it.’ So of course I start looking online and learning Portuguese, and as it turns out, I get the script and it’s now Serbian. – David Alan Basche • It’s important to distinguish between “worry versus harm” when it came to privacy online. – Larry Page • It’s so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it’s all about singles, it’s really quick, it’s online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but – I don’t know what the key is. – Avril Lavigne • It’s time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child instead of forcing the child to follow the dollars, so that every child has the opportunity to attain an education. – Bobby Jindal • It’s very important to have a good song – one where you can strip away all the production and just play it on guitar or at the piano. It has to hold its own. That’s why I’ve put videos online with acoustic versions of my songs, so you can hear them in their original form. – Lights • It’s very much a back and forth conversation between the fans and the writers, between the writers and the powers that be. Their opinions, especially when expressed online or via correspondence, are important and are taken into consideration. – Wentworth Miller • I’ve also worked with various producers and artists around the world, which has helped with my international recognition. We’ve sold a lot of albums online in places like Norway and France. Sometimes we track my hits online daily and we are getting regular hits from people all over the place. – SonReal • I’ve gotten so far past the Android and iPhones that I’m back to a flip-phone. It’s funny, you can buy antique flip-phones online. A lot of us collect them. Clearly, they’re considered antiques. – Tim Allen • I’ve made choices in my life to be somewhat broke to do art and I think it is going to be the same thing with online exposure. You have to be able to make the choices that can make you happy or it will make you crazy. – Erika M. Anderson • I’ve spent a lot of time in tiny venues in the way that I got my record deal and got my name out there just performing live. I was literally performing my songs in all kinds of different ways with different guitarists, and I didn’t have an album up online or anything. It’s been a lot of work; it definitely hasn’t been a sudden explosion into fame. – Florence Welch • I’ve started researching online journals for the project. Thanks for decoding Dr. Heller’s notes before sending them to me. If you’d have forwarded them to me without a translation, I’d be searching for a tall building/overpass/water tower from which to yell “goodbye cruel world. – Tammara Webber • Just as TurboTax simplified much of the tax process, so has the colossally scary legal process been reduced to a kinder, gentler series of mouse clicks and ‘Continue’ buttons by LegalZoom, the online leader that has become so prominent in its market that it’s practically a generic. – Lynda Resnick • Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It’s so important. – Danica McKellar • Kenny Goldsmith from Ubuweb describes himself as an amateur archivist, and people can download files from Ubuweb – it’s not a streaming service. But it’s a miracle that it’s still online and they’re able to make it work through the donations of server space and volunteer efforts. – David Grubbs • Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that. – Talib Kweli • Look, I don’t have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn’t in this position, I’m sure I would use it every day. – Jesse Eisenberg • Luckily, there’s enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play them. – Regina Spektor • Luxury is not a static concept, but it shapes and changes with society. Now somebody who might not have the time to come to one of our boutiques can shop online. – Stefano Gabbana • Make your initial contact short and sweet. Five sentences or less, or under 150 words. If someone instant messages you while you’re online, go ahead and IM them back if you want. Otherwise, wait twenty-two to twenty-three hours between email contacts for the first few messages. Don’t send messages while most people are sleeping, even if you’re wide-awake. Shoot for business hours or just after dinnertime. – Amy Webb • Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don’t normally interact with. – Jimmy Wales • Microsoft loves losing money with online services, so this should stay free forever… unless they get a new CEO who isn’t crazy about pouring billions into a hole. – Marco Arment • Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online. – Evgeny Morozov • More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services – from movies to agriculture to national defense. – Marc Andreessen • More and more major industries are being run on software and delivered as online services—from movies to agriculture to national defense. Many of the winners are Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurial technology companies that are invading and overturning established industry structures. Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not. – Marc Andreessen • More platform-sensitive generations will make distinctions between online and in-person intimacy, whereas fourteen-year-olds have very nuanced online selves and might embody their virtual identity in the physical, analogue version of themselves. They have a much more pluralistic understanding of the self. I don’t think we’d be here now in this amazing sexual and gender revolution without the online space where young people can see and share other versions of identity and sexuality. – Charlotte Cotton • Most of the books, music and movies ever released are not available for sale, anywhere in the world. In the brief time that P2P nets have flourished, the ad-hoc masses of the Internet have managed to put just about *everything* online. What’s more, they’ve done it far cheaper than any other archiving/revival effort ever. – Cory Doctorow • Mrs. Gautier, I hear there are places online where you can sell children for a good price. Nick is still young enough, he should fetch enough to tide you over for a bit.” – Rosa – Sherrilyn Kenyon • My goal is that we should have a rich engagement online that caters to a general and scholarly audience and that can provide a seamless experience for people, whether they are up the road or on the other side of the world. – Thomas P. Campbell • My hunch is that people often affiliate with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes. Sometimes, it may be as simple as trying to impress their online friends, and once you have fashioned that identity, there is very little reason to actually do anything else. – Evgeny Morozov • My laptop seems to know where I am, even if I don’t. My cellphone asks me if I want directions to anywhere from the spot I am standing in. I buy a record online and Amazon.com sends me letters, telling me that people who bought what I bought also bought these other records. – Henry Rollins • MySpace is somehow more welcoming than Facebook. And Twittering, I just… Ugh. I like having radio silence. I think radio silence is an important part of any public figure’s day. We haven’t seen it yet, but there’s going to be a generation that comes up where the new trend will be complete anonymity. It’ll be cool to have never posted anything online, commented, opened a webpage or a MySpace. I think everyone in the future is going to be allowed to be obscure for 15 minutes. You’ll have 15 minutes where no one is watching you, and then you’ll be shoved back onto your reality show. – Patton Oswalt • New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might put it to you, ‘Jane is now friends with Tom.’ The connection has been made; the picture is getting more complete. – Douglas Rushkoff • New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free? – Nathan Myhrvold • Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement. – Malcolm Turnbull • Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it. – Bill Gates • Now, I’m as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those Google scanners crouched in the basements of libraries around the world, madly feeding books through their machines. I download obscure tomes onto my iPad and give thanks to the dual gods Gates and Jobs, singing hymns to all the lesser pantheon of geniuses. But there’s nothing like a book. – Laurie R. King • Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they’re not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them. – Bill Gates • Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They’re fairy tales for grown-ups. – Gena Showalter • One of the things I really like about doing work online, and the thing I like about the work I’m doing now, is that I get to meet feminists all the time and I get to read new feminists every day on the blogosphere. – Jessica Valenti • One of the unintended negative consequences of online advertising has been the loss of value in traditional classifieds. It’s simply quicker, simply easier for an end user who’s online, on a broadband connection, to look things up and to figure out what they want to buy. – Eric Schmidt • One thing we didn’t know in 1996 is that it’s very, very difficult, if not impossible, to sustain a culture with online advertising. – Howard Rheingold • Online advertising may not be much more successful than an old double-barrel, but – like a good spray of buckshot – it makes up for its lack of accuracy with sheer volume. There are 10 unique ads listed with every Gmail message in your queue, each tied to the message content. And a paying sponsor. – Douglas Rushkoff • Online communities are an expression of loneliness. – Joanne Harris • Online education is pretty special for two reasons. One is that you can get the very best lecture in the world and wherever you are, whenever you want, you can connect to that lecture. The other is this interactivity, where if you know a topic, you can kind of skip over it. Or if you’re confused about it, [the area] where you’re confused can be analyzed by software. – Bill Gates • Online gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people told you to work hard and get ahead, but when someone shows you something and it’s too good to be true, it probably is. – Ben Affleck • Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane. – Gary Hamel • Online I see people committing ‘social media suicide’ all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you’re never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don’t warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic. – Tim Ferriss • Part of creating the future is to follow this consumer. Women are working; we’ve moved the store to the desk. Now though, she’s is in the back of a cab with her iPhone or her iPad, she’s tweeting an outfit that her friend is wearing and desperately trying to find out where she got her shoes online. – Natalie Massenet • Peak hours for sending a first email through the online dating system tended to be during work (eleven A.M. to four P.M.) and then just after dinner (seven P.M. to nine P.M.). I did have a few women send me a first message after eleven P.M. Those who did had an 82 percent chance of coming from a profile that had too many words. – Amy Webb • People are different in different situations and people are different online than they are in real life. – Joel Stein • Personalization can be very useful in some contexts but very harmful in others. Searching for pizza online, it’s probably OK to keep showing the same pizza shop as your No. 1 choice. I don’t see any big political consequences out of that. – Evgeny Morozov • Point me to 50 people online who think I’m super sexy. I’ll point you to 50 more who say he’s old and looks like my dad. – Jon Hamm • Popular women use positive, optimistic language in their online profiles, not buzzwords like “future thinker”. Here are the ten most often used words I found: easy-going, love, laugh, laid-back, optimistic, outgoing, fun, down-to-earth, pleasure, adventure. – Amy Webb • Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song ‘Gangnam Style,’ and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports. – Ai Weiwei • Rhage burning deep inside Uncontrollable Phury, unable to hide Trust me and I’ll let my Wrath begin This Tohrment building up within My Vischous attitude will shine through ………I’ll let my Tehrror free on you -my own zsadist quote from the black dagger brotherhood that i found online – J.R. Ward • Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara. – Evgeny Morozov • San Bernardino involved two killers were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online, and online as late as – as early as the end of 2013, they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged and then married and lived together in the United States. – Keith Ellison • Shopping, eating, and being with my friends. So, anytime that I am at home chillin’, I will find a way to shop online. I’m like, “If I’m not allowed out of the house tonight then I am shopping online! – Miley Cyrus • Simply getting a country’s population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking. – Evgeny Morozov • Sleephackers go to bed with sensors on their wrists and foreheads and maintain detailed electronic sleep diaries, which they often share online. To shift between sleep phases, sleephackers experiment with various diets, room and body temperatures, and kinds of pre-sleep physical exercise. – Evgeny Morozov • Social media’s currency is the single photograph. Whereas, every time I look at a photograph, I look at twenty or thirty photographs. I’m looking for a narrative. And that’s a different kind of construct. If you’re a poet and you put a line from your poem online, “The trees bending over gracefully,” or something, you can get a tick. But that has nothing to do with your longer poem. – Stuart Franklin • Some people get the wrong idea, you know. If you’re quiet and you’re just not the most gregarious person, that you’re like.. I don’t know, self-involved, rude possibly, frigid. I get that a lot from people who don’t know me, like online all you guys think I never smile, ever. It’s not true. I do smile sometimes. – Kristen Stewart • Some people say that it’s so hard with the Internet, but I know for a fact that the Internet has made it easier for someone to establish themselves. There’s so much you can do online. If you know how to use it right, the web serves as the great equalizer for someone that’s just getting into business. – Jordan Belfort • Sometimes markets err big time. Markets erred when they gave America Online the currency to buy Time Warner. They erred when they bet against George Soros and for the British pound. And they are erring right now by continuing to float along as if the most significant credit bubble history has ever seen does not exist. Opportunities are rare, and large opportunities on which one can put nearly unlimited capital to work at tremendous potential returns are even more rare. Selectively shorting the most problematic mortgage-backed securities in history today amounts to just such an opportunity. – Michael Burry • Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree. – Dan Rather • Team Obama continues to dominate new media, spending far more effort and money than Team Romney in targeted online youth outreach. – Jennifer Granholm • Term Life Insurance is the only insurance I recommend. It’s the least expensive way to get the coverage your family needs and allows you to lock in rates for 15, 20 or 30 years. Zander’s online quoting system will help you find the most competitive options. It’s more affordable than you think! – Dave Ramsey • The [Hillary] Clinton campaign posted a pretty clever online quiz that makes a similar point with the Republican presidential field. Who said it? Donald Trump or not Donald Trump? For example, quote, “I mean you can prove you are a Christian. You can`t prove it, then you err on the side of caution.” That was not Donald Trump. It was this guy, who strongly denounced Trump`s proposed Muslim ban but supports a religious test for refugees. – Chris Hayes • The actual process of travel I really like, because that time on planes and in airports makes me feel like I’m moving around like a ghost. There’s a certain aspect of justifiable downtime. I really feel like being online is so pervasive now. – Johnny Marr • The audience might not be the size of Facebook, but how much time can you spend online and think, ‘What did I just learn? – Chris Hughes • The best remote companies I’ve seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis. – Margaret Heffernan • The best thing about the world today is that everyone is connected and you can go online and quickly find people all over the world doing incredible things. – Benjamin Stone • The biggest thing is online shopping. So that you don’t have to dress up, go down Bond Street or Rodeo or wherever, go and be intimidated by shop assistants to buy Gucci shoes or a Prada dress. You can just go online and, if it doesn’t fit you, send it back. And I think that is the biggest, biggest difference, because that means everybody can do it. – Jennifer Saunders • The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites. – Evgeny Morozov • The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom. – Evgeny Morozov • The easiest way to figure out who the customer is in an online space is to figure out who is paying for the thing. Usually, the people paying are the customers. So on Facebook, the people paying are marketers. That makes them the customers. And it means we are the product being delivered to those customers. – Douglas Rushkoff • The first thing I do every morning is go online to check the surf. If the waves are good, I’ll go surf. The beach is 10 minutes away. – Marisa Miller • The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages and so forth? A platform for transmitting narratives. There are others. The scroll is coming back (Twitter is a scroll.) Short forms are returning online. Interactivity is coming back; it was always there in oral storytelling. Each form has its pluses and its minuses. – Margaret Atwood • The grand prize was $10,000, then there was a people’s choice award where people could vote online. – Pamela Geller • The idea that a musician can submit music online for the chance to have it promoted to a nationwide audience is the American dream come true, and a major step toward democratizing how music is discovered. – Ali Partovi • The Internet … is an amazing communications tool that’s bringing the whole world together. I mean, you sit down to sign on to America Online in your hometown, and it’s just staggering to think that at the same moment, halfway around the world, in China, someone you’ve never met is sitting at their computer, hearing the exact same busy signal that you’re hearing. – Dennis Miller • The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment. – Bette Midler • The internet has opened the door for millions of businesses to do things differently, because there are other assets now, assets that can transcend location. Your permission to talk to customers, your reputation, your unique products-you can build a business around them online. – Seth Godin • The Internet is the new public space. And because women are out in public, people don’t like that in much the same way that if you’re walking down the street you get harassed. I think the same kind of thing happens online, and I think that’s why a lot of women are hesitant to put their voice out there. – Jessica Valenti • The Mail Online is like carbs – you know you shouldn’t but you do. Probably two or three times a day. – Lily Allen • The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history. – Thomas P. Campbell • The profitable part of the online business is very likely several years away. Entering the business because it’s the hot topic of the day doesn’t make a profitable business nor satisfied customers. That’s why it will be a part of Nintendo’s strategy, not the mainstay, as other companies are attempting to do. There still are too many barriers for any company to greatly depend on it. – Satoru Iwata • The recent arrest of Younis Tsouli in the United Kingdom was no doubt a significant victory in the war against online terrorism. Tsouli was one of a very select few individuals who have successfully used the Internet as a means to network and share resources with a host of Al-Qaida-linked terrorist organizations. – Evan Kohlmann • The Simpsons and Futurama are such big projects, going on for years and working in different media, that everything involved with them, promotion and merchandise and online presence and all the rest, deserve to be scrutinized, so that’s part of it. I have a great deal of sympathy for anyone at the core of a multimedia juggernaut, even if you might not care for the specific pop-culture invasion of your brain. The people who do it work really hard. – Matt Groening • The smartest thing I did was to stop going online. I’m the sort of person who will just look for the negative – Michael really can’t understand it, but that’s just the way I am. And with my bipolar thing, that’s poison. So I just stopped. Cold turkey. And it’s so liberating. – Catherine Zeta-Jones • The survey of more than 100 waterways downstream from treatment plants and animal feedlots in 30 states found minute amounts of dozens of antibiotics, hormones, pain relievers, cough suppressants, disinfectants and other products. It is not known whether they are harmful to plants, animals or people. The findings were released yesterday on the Web site of the United States Geological Survey, which conducted the research, and in an online journal, Environmental Science and Technology. – Andrew Revkin • The thing about online gambling is that it’s never away, it’s always accessible. And so, if you have an issue with gambling, it’s designed to take advantage of that. – Ben Affleck • The White House New Media team circulates multiple highlights each day of what people are looking for online – Twitter trending topics, popular Google searches, etc. – and it gives us a sense of what’s breaking through, what isn’t, and a sanity check for what the larger online population cares about at any given time. – Daniel Pfeiffer • The worst thing about the internet, as far as Greg’s bosses were concerned, was that it was now impossible to distinguish a roomful of people working diligently from a roomful of people taking the What-Kind-of-Dog-Am-I? online personality quiz – Rainbow Rowell • There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing – nothing at all or in any way – be done about any guns whatever, anywhere. – Dick Cavett • There is evil prowling in the world – it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. – Rick Perry • There was a clown that tried to eat me as a boy, in my nightmares. Years later I found a clown for booking online who resembled him named Patches. Needless to say, Patches is dead now. – Thom Yorke • There will be a few people who will resent the fact you have to be online to play a single-player game. But it’ll change. – Tim Willits • There’s a lot of controversy online, some people say i’m a genius and other say i’m hugely talented. – Andy Kindler • There’s always a tricky issue when you get into stolen material or pornography. The laws for online publishing the same as for print-based publishing, where if you’re hosting certain types of things and somebody notifies you about that. – Bill Gates • There’s nothing that beats proving you’re funny by making a funny thing, and right now there are huge outlets for that, with You Tube and all the other stuff online. – Louis C. K. • There’s tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time. – Henry Rollins • Things have a behavior online, whereas in print, there is a single canonical expression for them, but online everything responds to different criteria or has inherent states to it based on that criteria. So, you have to design that in a different way. It’s a completely different dynamic even though it may look similar. – Khoi Vinh • Today Monopoly added a new game piece: the cat. The new piece was chosen after weeks of online voting. Is that a surprise? Whenever there’s a vote for something on the Internet, the cat always wins. – Craig Ferguson • Virtual Reality is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life. Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures. – Mark Zuckerberg • Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want freedom. Washington wants amnesty, the people want rule of law. Washington wants power over the internet, the people want freedom online. – Ted Cruz • We [me and Jennifer Salke] talked about the characters and different kinds of families and where are we today. We certainly pitched the gay couple, but we also talked about what it was like to be a single mother with a young daughter, what is it like to be a woman in your 50’s who is completely starting over and dating again and having to go online to date again. We talked about the whole spectrum of the characters, but I don’t think it ever came up about whether people are ready for it or not. – Ryan T. Murphy • We all have a suspicion and hope that we’ve just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one else knows this makes it seem like we are living with a secret that we would like to share, but can’t, sort of like having a superpower that’s not come online or being president elect. For the moment, our lives proceed as usual, but within a month, we think, everything will change. It’s a frustrating, if exciting, disconnect. – Rob Lowe • We are living our lives more online and you need to have different ways to capture that. – Nate Silver • We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning. – Andy Hargreaves • We in CNN have 27 reporters out in the field – from Alaska to Florida, and everywhere in between. 29 if you count the White House and the Hill. We are in every key state, in every key district and on the ground where key issues are playing out. Political campaigns’ success is all about the ground game and CNN feels the same way about election coverage. Expect to see original reporting from all our remote locations all night long. On air and online. – Andrew Morse • We need more filmmakers of color telling the story. I’d like to see more filmmakers take their products out independently, put together a good commercial film and distribute it online. – Will Packer • We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online. – Carly Fiorina • We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent. – Marco Rubio • We seem to live in a world where forgetting and oblivion are an industry in themselves and very, very few people are remotely interested or aware of their own recent history, much less their neighbors’. I tend to think we are what we remember, what we know. The less we remember, the less we know about ourselves, the less we are. (Interview with Three Monkeys Online, October 2008) – Carlos Ruiz Zafon • We should differentiate between criminals who make violent threats online, and trolls who are just arseholes – Bonnie Greer • We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people – and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through. – Christopher Meloni • We’re at a point in time in our history of humanity where the systems we use for mass production have to be reevaluated, and it first struck me that online communities are a way to have local production with a universal reach. – Mary Mattingly • What’s always struck me is how different the sensory, especially auditory, experience is when you’re in the middle of the music with the musicians playing off each other around you. I wanted to find a way to unlock the intensity of that, to recreate that unique perspective, first for the hundreds of people who attended the concert, and eventually for a much larger online audience. – Chris Milk • When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist, and we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online. – Al Franken • When it became easy enough to do dairy online, then I just thought, “Oh, I’ll start doing this. I’ll put the parts online that aren’t going to get me in trouble. I’ll save the rest for myself.” It became also this kind of self-therapy. I could write about stuff that was bothering me, or personal stuff. And the very personal stuff I could edit out. But it was kind of the catharsis of getting it out and writing about it, that made me think, “Okay, I see why people do this, why they keep these diaries.” So I thought, “Well, let’s see what happens when I post some of it.” – David Byrne • When it comes to people who are saying really extreme things online, we have the tendency to think that they are just kooks, or that you shouldn’t pay attention to them, you shouldn’t take them seriously. – Jessica Valenti • When something online is free, you’re not the customer, you’re the product. – Jonathan Zittrain • When we started OD2 in 1999, we were really expecting to work more with independents and so on because the major labels were spending millions on their own Pressplay and equivalents online, which haven’t been very successful. – Peter Gabriel • When you think about email or IMing, why aren’t you writing back? I can see your avatar, I know you’re online, why aren’t you writing me back? But with Twitter, everybody sends their responses to Twitter, and Twitter then sends them out to everyone. So there’s not this constant connection. You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine. – Biz Stone • When you’re doing stuff online, you should behave as if you’re doing it in public – because increasingly, it is. – Jon Kleinberg • Who are the executives, and what are the stories that are being released? Not just in movie theaters but online. When you watch Master of None, you’re like, yes, this is real life to me. These are refreshing types of stories. – Daniel Radcliffe • Why the confidential advisor provision is so important, because most women – the first place they go is online: “What do I do if I’m raped?” There’s no knowledge about “How do I proceed?” in a way that’s going to protect them. – Kirsten Gillibrand • With any video you see online, like with YouTube, you gotta watch an ad, and that’s gotta stop. And I think it’ll stop by…the shitty network shows they put out will just have the ads in the shows. The characters will be eating Cheetos or whatever. – Derek Waters • With lower start-up costs and a vastly expanded market for online services, the result is a global economy that for the first time will be fully digitally wired – the dream of every cyber-visionary of the early 1990s, finally delivered, a full generation later – Marc Andreessen • With the development of the web everything is instantaneous. Everything is about how quick you can get it. So with online gambling you don’t have to travel to Vegas, Atlantic City, or anywhere in the world to gamble. – Brad Furman • Yes, e-commerce is a strange situation for an old guy like me. You can buy a TV online, OK, but to buy a dress or shoes? Ugh. The customer has to go back to the store and breathe and smell and have a good time. Because shopping is a good time – like going to a nice restaurant. – Max Azria • Yes. It is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username, and I have a great one. ‘Little Kid Lover.’ That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at. – Steve Carell • You buy a new iPhone, a few months later, another new iPhone comes out, and you get online to buy another one. You can’t get enough. You are addicted to Apple. – J. B. Smoove • You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what’s out there. I find that a little overwhelming. – Moby • You know, it’s not a given that there is an ‘online’ and ‘offline’ world out there. When you use the telephone, you don’t say that I’m entering some ‘telephono-sphere.’ You don’t say that, and there is no obvious need to say that when you are using a modem. – Evgeny Morozov • You put a group of people in that come from a variety of backgrounds and who are out there in the world with different opinions and different ways of expressing themselves online. It’s hard to say. – Allison Grodner • You thought you could figure that out online? Somehow I don’t think hellions are much into social networking. – Rachel Vincent

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