#Esme Patterson

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Now Appreciating:

Dearly Departed - Esmé Patterson

https://tidal.com/track/39405723

[fallout-lou-begas]

posts this video lesbianly

[curiouslavellan]

@cactusnymph tagged me to post of a poll of the first 5 songs on my On Repeat playlist, ty for the tag <3

tagging @herearedragons, @layalu, @calicostorms, @fucking-pimberly-i-guess, and @veilkeeper

[wild-fleurs]

Hey just so everyone knows based only on the pilot & the 17 or so gifs I’ve seen of what’s to come for me regarding Agatha x Rio the song Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves & Esme Patterson really works for me & gives me Agatha x Rio energy

Plus it’s fun & catchy

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

it seems really unfair that the movies made edward's religious baggage come from carlisle. surely they could've put the "vampires have no souls" thing on someone else, like, idk, esme? her believing vampires are soulless might explain her whole head-in-the-clouds deal. if it's carlisle that thinks vampires have no souls then it makes him turning the others really questionable imo.

Believe it or not, I understand why the film team made this decision and in their position I probably would have done the same thing.

Adaptations, Films and Profits, Robert Patterson, and a World Without Risk

Let's start at the beginning.

The goal of the Twilight film series was to capitalize on the immense popularity of the books just as much (if not more so) than to tell the story of Twilight. Stephanie Meyer was decently involved and was pleased with the direction (as opposed to the original draft of the script, which Meyer strongly disliked, which is rumored to have featured among other things Bella as an FBI agent shooting vampires) but she seemed to have accepted it was an adaptation and things had to change for it to make sense in the transition. So long as the spirit of Twilight was captured, she was happy.

And here's where we run into an interesting dilemma.

In the novels, we see the characters through Bella's eyes. We hear what Bella thinks and understands why she does what she does (without this, Bella's not only very quiet but borderline incomprehensible). We're attracted to Edward because Bella's attracted to Edward, she finds his terse frowning and dark moods Byronic and romantic, she finds his arrogance and pride charming and sexy, she finds his vampiric nature dark and sexy. Bella puts on the greatest rose colored glasses imaginable to frame Edward in the way we're supposed to see him.

Films don't have that.

Even if they went full narration (which they did not), we would still see both Edward and Bella from a perspective that's not Bella's. We have to see him on camera, interacting with Bella in real time, and Bella can't tell us what we're supposed to see.

Which is a problem because Edward per his dialogue and actions towards Bella is not likeable.

He's constantly frowning, constantly in dark moods and a deep depression, and while he has his moments of happiness which shine for it, for all he says he's very interested in Bella he doesn't express it well. He says fucking bizarre horrifying things like his plans to murder all of Biology, or his plans to kill himself should Bella ever die, his comparisons of Bella Swan to ice cream and then uh heroin, his casually confessing to having planned Mike's murder in gruesome detail for the crime of talking to Bella Swan.

Now imagine if you saw this on screen.

Bella and Edward aren't in a cutesy teenage romance, they're not flirting (and when they are it's fucking weird), Edward's frowning all the time and is too interested in being miserable to be interested in Bella, Bella in turn is just sitting there not saying anything or doing anything, this is dark, boring, and... not something teenagers actually want to watch.

I don't know who exactly this was, my thoughts are likely the producers, but they took a look at the script and went, "Holy fuck, this won't sell tickets."

(Hilariously, this is where Robert comes in, as in I know why he did what he did in doubling down that Edward's this brooding mess, but he made a mistake explainable as it being early in his career: he didn't realize the production staff didn't want Edward at all. Edward better fucking smile.)

Both Bella and Edward had to be greatly changed from their novel counterparts without uh... changing the plot at all despite making them entirely different people.

Which means that we have to change things that are less important to make sure the plot still happens.

Let's Get Back to the Souls Thing

In the book, the only reason that really weathers the storm of why Edward won't turn Bella is that she'll lose her soul.

That she'll lose her human life is a weak argument when in Twilight, Bella had to go on the run anyway and was nearly tortured to death because Edward wouldn't turn her. Edward, in fact, risked her life and nearly killed her just so that she wouldn't become a vampire.

That she'll eat humans doesn't stand up without admitting (and not glossing over details) that most of the Cullens have accidentally eaten humans and Edward really did go on quite the bender. That's not something the production team would want to focus on in order to make Edward and the Cullens likeable. (Which is why the films spent about 0.05 seconds on both of these details).

On the other hand, if Edward has deep religious convictions that Bella will become a soulless husk and abomination on becoming a vampire... that's starting to sound reasonable.

Except that it isn't.

Because if vampires are soulless husks, then how are we supposed to like Edward and the Cullens. In the books, we get around this by characters like Carlisle denoting that he himself, a very religious person, believes differently but that he understands why Edward believes what he does and that he once did too as well as Edward realizing vampires do have souls upon Renesmee being born.

But the problem is, this makes Edward look overly dogmatic and unhinged in a way that you just don't want your romantic teenage lead to be in what's supposed to be a generic romantic teen film.

It makes Edward seem unrelatable to the teenage audience.

However, if Edward's beliefs are the product of somebody else, then the audience can safely remain enamored with Edward and treat him as a poor woobie whose tragic self-hatred is fueled by a) being a vampire b) his parents.

Teenagers get being fucked up by their parents.

So, Why Carlisle?

A few reasons.

One, the films really want us to like Esme. Like most the characters, Esme got a complete makeover in a positive direction. Esme is now the mom figure who's a mom appropriate age and acting like the cool mom we'd all like to have. She's a great character.

However, they don't want to make her unlikeable/as weird as she was in the books. They want you to like the Cullens, remember? Add onto this that Esme never was religious in the books and didn't have any meaningful conversation with Bella. They would be adding weird, unlikable, aspects to her character that weren't there originally. So, it can't be Esme.

Alice, while Edward's best friend and favorite sibling, has also gotten a makeover to chique cosmpolitan girl best friend who will gladly take you shopping. She can't be Edward's wingman to the same degree she was in canon because she's not. Also, see above with Esme, she was never a religious character so it'd be weird coming from her and nobody would like it.

Well, a vampire on the side of the road can't have told Edward this, as that would just make no sense and be a cop out.

Carlisle, however, is already a religious character and better yet gave the first half of the speech he gives in the film to Bella in the novel. He explains that Edward believes vampires are damned creatures who don't have souls. There's a "however" though as the part that was cut is Carlisle explaining he once believed the same, but in time came to see that vampires could be worthy of the afterlife and were not inherently damned. He notes that this is something Edward's struggling with and just how he views vampirism.

So they already took what Carlisle had said in the novel, they just cut out the last bit.

But isn't it a Problem Making Carlisle Unlikeable?

Not really.

Carlisle's a relatively minor character in the series. Certainly, far less important than Edward. No one really cares if Carlisle looks like a hypocrite or his motivations have changed.

He already said half of what he said in the books and nobody would blink if he left the second half of it out.

And, frankly, nobody did blink.

People wondered what the fuck was up with Carlisle turning people if they had no souls and were damned, but for the most part fans were fine with him being less than ideal if they thought him less than ideal at all in the films.

He's vampire dad, he really has very little bearing on Edward and Bella's love story, which is what the film was there to sell tickets for.

TL;DR

To make Edward look better in the films, they had to make everyone else look worse.

[beeeinyourbonnet]

The Beginning of a New Book | Chapter 8

Pairing: Bellish (Belle x Hamish Macbeth, from Hamish Macbeth)

Rating: E

Summary: After a dangerous breakup, Belle finds herself stuck in the little town of Lochdubh.

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Esme was meeting Rory at the Stag after school, so Belle sat at the bar counter with Doc and Barney, drinking Agnes’ new fruity alcoholic concoction. 

“So what do you think?” Barney asked, leaning on the counter. 

“It’s good. I like it. It could maybe use some more lemon?” 

“More lemon?” Agnes walked up with the plate of chips they’d ordered to share, setting it down between them. “I’ll keep that in mind.” 

“Thank you, this looks great.” Belle smiled at the Doc, who nodded his agreement. Seconds later, his eyes widened, and he covered his pipe with his palm and sucked his cheeks in. 

“Constable Patterson!” Barney said in a hearty voice that Belle had never heard. 

[desos-records]

Locklyle Aesthetic Playlist

Lockwood & Co Playlist

Anthony Lockwood Playlist

Lucy Carlyle Playlist

George Karim Playlist

Little Talks (Of Monsters and Men) // King And Lionheart (Of Monsters and Men) // Hundred Days (The Bengsons) // Check Yes, Juliet (We The Kings) // Til Kingdom Come (Coldplay) // Fall For You (Secondhand Serenade) // We Don't Believe What's on TV (Twenty One Pilots) // Still into You (Paramore) // Little Black Submarines (The Black Keys) // The Night We Met (Lord Huron) // If the World Was Ending (feat. Julia Michaels) (JP Saxe) // Kill the Director (The Wombats) // Baby You're a Haunted House (Gerard Way) // Please Don't Say You Love Me (Gabrielle Aplin) // Dearly Departed (feat. Esme Patterson) (Shaky Graves) // Your Hand In Mine (Explosions In The Sky) // Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) (Buzzcocks) // Putting The Dog To Sleep (The Antlers) // Skinny Love (Birdy) // Burn the House Down (AJR) // Don't Give Up On Me (Andy Grammar) // Forgive Me Friend - Acoustic Version (Smith & Thell) // Orange Juice (Noah Kahan) // Ride (Twenty One Pilots) // The Kitchen (Tow'rs) // Love Like Ghosts (Lord Huron) // Look After You (The Fray) // Ghost Stories (The Narcissist Cookbook) // A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard (jeremy messersmith) // Home (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros)

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A Thousand Lives

"Love is a tricky and dangerous thing. You'll never know when it can lead you to happily ever after....or stab you in the back"

Riley Romanian betrayed by Marie Avgeropoulos 

Age: 3,024

Looks 19

Power: copy cat (can copy any power)

"Love is just a false hope that there is someone out there waiting for you"

Vladimir & Stefan Romanian betrayed by Noel fisher and Guri Weinberg 

Vlad= Age: 3,028 Looks 23 

Stef= Age: 3,035 Looks 30

"Our sister isn't just some girl you can have fun with and then leave when your done"

Jasper Hale betrayed by Jackson Rathbone 

Age: 162

Looks 19

Power: Pathokinesis (manipulation of emotions)

“How do you talk of Love that way when you e never experienced true love”

Esme Cullen played by Elizabeth Reaser 

Age: 111

Looks 26

Carlisle Cullen played by Peter Facinelli 

Age: 366

Looks 23

"He's changed because of you. And we thank you for it"

Rosalie Hale played by Nikki reed

Age: 91

Looks 19

Emmett Cullen played by kellan klutz

Age: 91

Looks 20

"You may be the only human I like"

“Jasper your girlfriend is cheating!”

Bella Swan played by Kristen Stewart 

Age: 17

Power: shield

"Riley it's been so long! I've missed you!"

Edward Cullen played by Robert Patterson 

Age: 105

Looks 17

Power: mind reader

"I don't know what you are but I will find out"

Alice Cullen played by Ashley Greene 

Age: 105

Looks 18

Power: clairvoyant (sees future)

"I've been around Jasper along time, and he's never been as happy as he is with you"

Carlos Hale played by Joel Courtney 

Age: 120

Looks 18

Power: illusion 

"Jasper and I have been together since we were kids and I can tell you he has never been this whipped"

Jacob Black played by Taylor Lautner 

Age: 16

"I'm Jacob nice to meet you"

[cryinginblaseball]

top 5 Talkers Moments!

Okay this is a big question so I hope I do it justice:

5. Heist of the century -- What's bigger than a heist? Pulling one off against the Shoe Thieves. In short, Eugenia Garbage decided to steal former Talker Lachlan Shelton, from the Shoe Thieves. In beta season 8, Day 44, while playing the Thieves, Eugenia feedbacked for Lachlan Shelton, bringing him back to the Talkers. A few innings later, she feedbacked back to the Talkers in exchange for Simon Haley, starting and ending the game as a Moist Talker.

When Lachlan asked her about it later, she told him simply, "You needed to come home."

4. CMMNUE -- After PolkaDot Patterson stepped in for York Silk to be shelled in beta season 7, an opportunity came to serve the Moist One, the Monitor, a giant egg, as he desired. We wanted to please our Moist God, and we knew that he wouldn't hurt Dot... probably. Like 50/50. Instead of being eaten, Dot was freed from their shell, and blessed by the Moist One with Squiddish. How wonderful it was that the Moist One smiled upon us!

3. Kiki Familia -- When Ruby Tuesday took Elijah Bates and gave us Kiki Familia, we used the siesta to bring her to life. In one intense hour, the Orb Corner chat created Kiki, a cat(fish) magical girl from CCOHS, determined to investigate the unsafe playing environment the ILB played in, and to make the game safe for all. The next game, Kiki took to the field, caught a fly out, hit a triple, and was incinerated.

It was shocking, of course it was. It felt like the sim was aiming right for us. We had loved Kiki for what little time we had with her. And when the time came, we made sure she was with the Hall Stars, fighting and killing a god. She's one of my favorite Talkers ever and I love her.

2. "hey talkers." -- The Moist One talked to us! We waited at the Hall, licking the doors while we waited, and finally, he came out to address us. It was this beautiful culmination of 17 season of us following this entity with the faith that it would do right for us. And then, in the climax of everything, he came out and addressed us. Our Moist God. It was an incredible moment, and it still makes me smile.

1. Season 14 -- "For York." -- Beta Season 14, Day 87, York Silk is incinerated. For many Talkers, this was early in the morning, and we woke up to the news. We were devastated, and we went into mourning. And suddenly, the rest of the season became about winning the Championship for York.

We hit 69 wins (nice). When playing the Shoe Thieves at the end of the season, incinerated Talkers inhabited Esme Ramsey, as if to see us to victory. We took the Magic to game 6 in a 5 game series. It brought the Fridays and Talkers closer. I remember in the blur of the chat after the win, someone asking "Is this what being a real sports fan is like???" (Yes, it is). It was this incredible moment. We did it! We won a championship, and we did it For York.

And then the Crabs had to go and fuck it all up /lh

Thanks for the ask!

[fallout-lou-begas]

Because it's something kinda like praying, it's something kinda like praying.

The way the waves all kiss the shore, well that's what I'm going for.

Yeah, that's the way I love you. Oh, that's the way I love you.

[creekdontrise]

Ten Songs Ten People

Tag Game Rules: put your library on shuffle and post the first ten songs. Then tag 10 people

@bellisadinosaur tagged me!! 🥰 Let’s see what we GOT

Voodoo in my Blood/Massive Attack, Young Fathers

My Young Man/ Esme Patterson

Vignette: Panacea / Disasterpiece

Nightmare / Artie Shaw

Amindinine / Bombino

The Body is a Blade / Japanese Breakfast

Take A Load Off Annie /The Boys from Nazareth

My Valentine / Paul McCartney

Chrome Country /Oneohtrix Point Never

Unbelievers / Vampire Weekend

I donut know who would want to do this HMMMM @1000deaddraculas @bfleuter @applebutterbomb (not ten but. Whatever)

[givemhell]

dearly departed ft esme patterson

[eudaimonia83]

📸 a photo of the gigantic tree in my backyard (which I’m convinced has a dryad living inside it)

🍫 cheese. I love choccies, no hate, but a creamy burrata…a stinky bleu…a luscious Brie…gimme that any day and I will slaughter it

✨ some people call me Lisey.

🎵 “dearly departed” by shakey graves & esme patterson

✏️ yes…I’ve written it for most of my life honestly. But I only really gained the courage to let people read it this past year. It’s still a very personal thing for me lol.

😏 yes I’m on discord but not very active haha

💛 yep, piercings in both ears. no other locations yet. I’ve been thinking of getting cartilage piercings for my mid life crisis tho…

🐰 how you learn to balance the desire to be right and the desire to be kind. Still working on that myself.

🍪 lemon sammich cookie. sweet, sharp, delicious but not for everyone 😈

🐶 dog person 100%. Like, cats are cute but I don’t understand them

🎧 headphones. Immersive listening FTW. Gotta block out the surrounding noise.

🌼 “silly boy come get your treato, I wuv yoou”

🙃 there are sedative drugs that do not actually sedate you, they just prevent you from forming memories. You are completely awake when docs give you those meds. You just won’t know it. 😳

🦉 night owl. I have a fubar sleep schedule. And i hate mornings with the heat of a thousand suns

🧸 in a hammock or on a porch. Must be within reach of my dogs for maximizing peaceful sleep.

🏳️‍🌈 yep. Cis queer lady.

🦋 slightly unhinged introvert

👖 jeans. much more versatile.

🥤 double tall one pump vanilla latte. OR a grande vanilla sweet cream cold brew.

🧡 puce 😂 even it’s name is gross

💎 my house

☕️ I’m primarily a tea drinker but I appreciate coffee’s ability to wake my ass up, so I use it strategically

🦖 woolly mammoth

🌙 almost 4 months

🌴 water lol (snark)

🐸 for decor: craftsman, natural materials, soothing colors. for personal dress: lately I’ve been leaning toward fem-dressy with a menswear vibe. Like, blazer and button down but with long flashy earrings

🔮 I’ve had my dream job for almost ten years and now it’s starting to not be my dream job anymore..,so I dunno!

💙 single

🌿 long tailored pants. Lace corset or bodysuit. Bespoke combat boots. Sparkly jewelry.

🎤 yes there’s a million lol. My brain is ar least 40% song lyrics.

🤎 very dark brown. Looks black in most lighting/outfits

Yes I’m always talking to myself somehow lol

💄 I’m not good at it so I mostly don’t wear any myself, but I love seeing the looks people come up with. My theatre background loves that kind of thing

🌸 “being around you makes me feel better”

💞 @slightlyrebelliouswriter23 @thebluenickel @cursebrkr @acourtofthought @camreadsum @readingwritingwatching (no pressure to do this goofy survey I just love y’all’s stuff, take that as you will ❤️)

~ 💖 ASK GAME 💖 ~

📷 What’s set as your phone’s lockscreen?

🍫 Cheese or chocolate?

✨ Do you have any nicknames?

🎵 Last song you listened to?

✏️ Have you ever written fanfiction?

😏 Are you on discord?

 💛 Do you have any piercings?

🐰 What do you think says the most about a person?

🍪 If you were a cookie, what kind would you be?

🐶 Are you more of a dog person or a cat person?

🎧 Headphones or earbuds?

🌼 What’s the last thing you said out loud?

🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know?

🦉 Are you a morning person or a night owl?

🧸 Favorite place to nap?

🏳️‍🌈 Are you a member of the LGBTQIA+ community?

🦋 Describe yourself in three words.

👖 Jeans or sweatpants?

🥤 What’s your go-to Starbucks order?

🧡 A color you can’t stand?

💎 What’s your most prized possession?

☕ Coffee or tea?

🦖 Favorite extinct animal?

🌙 How long have you been on tumblr?

🌴 Desert island item?

🐸 Describe your aesthetic.

🔮 What’s your dream job?

💙 Relationship status?

🌿 Describe your favorite outfit.

🎤 Is there a song you know all the lyrics to?

🤎 What color is your hair?

💌 Do you talk to yourself?

💄 Do you wear makeup?

🌸 Best compliment you ever received?

💞 @ your favorite blog.

Reblogs are appreciated!