#I MISS STEPHEN

[xenocorner]

Have a quick forever unfinished Asgardian Stephen now that my schedule is a bit more cleared up i say as I still have two uni projects to finish

[cold-boys-fandom-hub]

11 additional behind the scenes photos from Christos Lawton!

[leupagus]

Guys I Might Have Three Nickels

I've been watching "Agatha Christie's Marple" for the past few days and it's pretty good! Marple adaptations all tend to have a better caliber of actors than a lot of bog-standard mystery shows (looking at you, "Madame Blanc"), and while Joan Hickson's Marple is right up there with David Suchet's Poirot and Jeremy Brett's Holmes as "literally can never be beaten, these are the best anyone's done it," both Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie do a fantastic job as Miss Marple.

Then I got to "The Secret of Chimneys," Season 5 episode 2

and guys

Guys

So there's a murder of a viscount, like there is, and this detective Finch rolls up and immediately spots Miss Marple (in her NIGHTIE! standing at the window like some kind of hussy, honestly Jane) and doffs his cap to her with that little smile that makes you go, "huh."

At this point I've watched a couple dozen Miss Marple episodes where she goes through detectives like wildfire and this guy's supposed to be a "*guru*" so I'm expecting some battle of the egos or something and like, Stephen Dillane is great! But bleh, I might have to skip this one.

Then my dude asks Miss Marple to SHOW HIM THE BODY, with a pleased little smile at her as she goes "uhhhhhhhh but my knitting?" (He even does that thing where you use someone's honorific and wait for them to give you their name, and that's when I was like "ohhh this bitch knows exactly who she is.") What follows is what I can only describe as a meet-cute in the secret passageway where the viscount was shot (and in fact the body is STILL THERE) and where Miss Marple literally asks the police equivalent of "is there a Mrs Finch" and he looks at her like this:

At which point I'm like "ohhh my dude not only knows who she is, he deliberately came here without a sergeant so he could draft her," and sure enough he just starts...handing her pieces of evidence like "hey babe can you decipher this note for me thanks love you" while Miss Marple is like, "this approval and camaraderie coming from a cop... not sure if want."

Next is a series of romantic strolls through the gardens while they discuss murder, during which Finch reveals his undying love I mean his research into Miss Marple and the "dozen case files" of her previous exploits that he's collected like some deranged fanboy. Miss Marple responds to this by BLUSHING LIKE A SCHOOLGIRL and stammering about how pish tosh it's nothing really, and I couldn't find a gif of it but he's staring at her like this:

Yeah I bet u r tempted

He also makes a half-hearted attempt at negging her "amateur sleuth" status, only to then immediately assure her that he makes like, so much money being a big fancy detective and can keep her in all the yarn and garden seed she could ever desire.

There's also a late-night tryst at the compost pile right after Finch has been (mildly) poisoned and Miss Marple is like "men are so weak" as she roots through the garbage for clues.

Not how he wanted their first date to go D:

The next morning there's another murder which: bummer, but also allows the two of them to read love letters together and for Finch to give Miss Marple the following look as she explains how secret assignations among lovers can "quicken the ardor":

Miss Marple then goes onto solve the murders and btw hands over the priceless diamond that's been literally missing for two literal decades that she found in her spare time. The entire scene features Finch looking at her like this:

After the dust settles, Finch and Miss Marple have a lovely moment where he calls himself "another one of your casualties," then super casually mentions that he's probably going to have to go on assignment to use the diamond in a daring international espionage case and I can't decide if he's asking Miss Marple to go with him or simply trying to show her that he is cool and smart and would make an excellent wife, but either way the episode ends with her turning him down and Jane, we need to talk about your priorities.

Anyway I've already written 2K about the subsequent 10-year epistolary romance these two have following this episode because I make poor choices.

[likeafantasy]

[eugenoid]

First attempt at Stephen

[avastyetwats]

Memorable (and favorite) moments of Captain James Flint cursing part 2. Part 1.

[coffeeandtonystark]

Warm-light-batch from Eric episode 1

[brotherconstant]

You saying I went too far with him? Maybe you went too far. Maybe you didn't go far enough. Maybe you did it just right. The point is that while you were doing it, you heard a voice telling you that disciplining him would prevent him from repeating the offense, a voice that sounded like reason, and there was reason to it, as the most compelling lies are comprised almost entirely of the truth. But that's what it does. Cloaks itself in whatever it must to move you to action. And the more you deny its presence, the more powerful it gets, and the more likely it is to consume you entirely without you ever even knowing it was there. Now, if you and I are to lead these men together, you must learn to know its presence well, so that you may use it-- rather than it use you.

BLACK SAILS • XXVII.

[trashm0utheds]

if Richie loves getting Eddie's attention then Eddie certainly loves getting Richie's as well.

because why did he need to remove Richie's glasses and hit his face playfully with his foot on the hammock when Richie was listening to Stan about being older and still being friends?

and Richie sighing and acting annoyed when in reality, he's like, "Oh hey, sorry, my love, was just listening to Stan."

it's because Eddie LOVES being the center of Richie's attention.

the end :)

[emieclat]

jesus christ, that's carrie white

[rooolt]

thinking about the kiddads and like whether or not they wanted/planned kids oh my god im gonna be sick with emotion. Like it’s clear Hero was planned and intentional but only because she had a purpose and was a means to an end of sorts, but normal feels as though he was an accident sparrow was not prepared for and has been floundering through raising ever since. I would assume Taylor was an accident too because there’s nothing about Nicky’s parenting style to suggest that he ever planned to be a father and while he loves Taylor and protects him, he doesn’t take an active enough role in his life to seem like it was intentional. Grant actively did not want kids, but he took Lincoln in because he had no one else and it was the right thing to do. And Terry, it’s so clear to me that Terry wanted kids more than anything else and yet he couldn’t have them and so the minute scary entered his life he loved her with all he had until the very last moment

[scary-white]

Sue's minimized involvement in Carrie (1976) is so sad because then you get people talking about the movie online and they refer to her as "the one girl who sent carrie to prom with her bf" and it's like NOOOO! That is the deuteragonist, and her name is SUSAN D SNELL. Her internality and her role in the book's narrative is so so important to highlighting and solidifying the novel's themes–and also she's just a really great character who is both highly relatable and also a cautionary tale against our own callous nature. I'm screaming, the '76 film did her and Amy Irving so fucking dirty. Justice for my girl.

[masked-creator]

I’ve recently been taking ice skating lessons and every time I go I think about how much of a healing experience it would be for Stephen (after Donna) to teach America how to ice skate after she begged him to for months.

He’s definitely a little nervous about it still (thought he’ll never admit it), but she’s having fun and I think that’s helping him a lot <3

[mxdzin]

see how it shines

(alt version under the cut)

[theamazingian]

I’m gonna need you all to watch this

[xenocorner]

I forgot uploading this one when it was done so have it like a month late lol o(-(