#James Fin

[karen-carlisle-off-the-artboard]

New book merch - for end of year events

https://karenjcarlisle.com/2023/12/01/new-book-merch-for-end-of-year-events/

I’ve made some new badges (yep, procrastinating – but necessary) for my final two events for 2023. All badges are my original artwork and designs.

I want an ALTERNATIVE history – this one stinks  (for my steampunk series)

I like my mysteries COSY (Aunt Enid Mysteries)

Dragon Eye (future fantasy stories)

A new octopus badge (Party On)

Mr B (cat on books) (Aunt Enid Mysteries) and

Doctor Jack is back (James Findlay Journals)

(And I’ve run out of badge blanks, so put in a new order to make my next batch of badges for 2024)

Also Available as t-shirts from my Redbubble store:

Party On (Kraken series #6)

Cat and Books (Mr B.)

[erraticcowboy]

fitzconte but make it belle époque for @strangebabushka

[chernobog13]

Fin Fang Foom on the rampage by James Stokoe.

[girl4music]

Xabrielle VS Spuffy: Correlations between Xena’s ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ and Buffy’s ‘Something Blue’

You know they re-wrote the script 48 hours out before going into production for ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ from Gabrielle being obsessed with sexual positions to Gabrielle being obsessed with herself - but the funniest thing about that is they still had Xena obsessed with fishing but Xena never needs Gabrielle around her as much as she does when she’s not obsessed with that.

“She’s come for me. I knew she would. She can’t live without me for a minute. Not that I could blame her.”

Obviously it’s a metaphor but I still think it’s hilarious.

The way it comes across is that Xena is obsessed with Gabrielle as well as Gabrielle… But it’s just hidden behind the metaphor of “fishing” together. And they always pull that one out in this show: they’re “fishing”.

And so my question is - if Gabrielle’s apparent obsession in the original script was sexual positions rather than just an obsession with Xena… Why is it Xena that’s the main factor there? Obviously it’s because the “non-spell” parts of them still came through just as it does in the re-written script for the actual episode.

I just found it funny how Renee immediately jumped to “being in love with Xena” when the obsession in the original script was just about sexual positions.

Why is Xena even relevant to that?

And in the re-written script, if the obsession is fishing.

Why is Gabrielle relevant to that?

The answer is because they’re already in love with each other and they’re the main factor because that’s who the obsession informs regardless of the spell cast.

In this episode, it’s not a direct spell meant to make the one under it fall in love with anyone. It’s just making them have an obsession about something or someone.

But with Xena and Gabrielle in both the original and re-written script,.. the main factor is each other regardless what they’re apparently “obsessed” with because they’re not actually under a spell with each other.

They’re for real and so the “obsessions” they have are only so desirable because of that reason. Each other.

The same way in BtVS’s ‘Something Blue’ the spell Willow cast was “why don’t they just get married?” and not “why don’t they just fall in love with each other?”

It’s just a natural consequence because they’re for real.

It’s really about removing the restrictions/resistances to the characters’ sexual and emotional inhibitions. Meaning if you give them a reason to gravitate towards each other that does not directly mean “I chose this”, they’ll go for it because then they won’t feel any guilt.

Why would they? It’s just the “spell”.

So with ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ both in the original and re-written scripts, the “spell” isn’t the driving force of what’s pulling Xena and Gabrielle towards each other. It’s the excuse. The driving force is their real love for each other and romantic attraction and unresolved tension because that’s what’s really bothering them.

So depending on how they approached it - it wouldn’t necessarily be an insult to queer people if they were allowed to produce the episode with the original script so long as they made it clear the “spell” wasn’t the main factor just as they did with the re-written script.

There are several times in the episode where their respective “obsessions” were completely forgotten about in the midst of the crisis of losing each other.

Obviously it’s because each other mattered more to them than some daft obsession spell they were under - of which only appears to be desirable to them because they have each other to be “obsessed” with them for.

It’s a metaphor… The “obsession” is really each other and I think that would have been the case no matter which script they decided to go with for the episode.

If Gabrielle was obsessed with sexual positions instead of herself. If Xena was still obsessed with fishing. So long as they still approached it the way they did in the re-written script - I think it would have been totally fine because even in the re-written script, it was pretty clear that these “obsessions” weren’t why they were so,.. so

MARRIED. That’s the only word I can use that justifies what’s going on in that episode. Their need for each other to be around because they’re already married.

Therefore, I think the comparison to BtVS’s ‘Something Blue’ is dead on. Because Spuffy don’t act that way because the spell forced them to get married. They act that way because they already behave as if they are.

It’s just more so because “it’s not us”/“we’re forced”.

‘Fins’ is exactly the same. Behind the metaphor or the excuse - it’s just 2 suppressed idiots in love that can let go of ALL sexual and emotional inhibitions and just be happy because in those moments they’re just “Xena” and “Gabrielle” and the plot/seasonal arc can TAKE A SEAT to allow for some crucial character stuff that needs to take some precedence after what happens.

Those kind of “love spell” episodes are worth watching because you are seeing what’s for real there with them.

It’s just so exaggerated because it’s a release for them.

The spell doesn’t actually matter. But without the spell as the excuse - they’d never go there with each other.

They’d never be brave enough to because of all the other shit going on around them or they’re enemies.

But it’s like when real romantic feelings are there - none of that is even a focus. None of that is even relevant.

Only each other. That’s how I see ‘Fins’ and ‘Something Blue’ because the spell cast is really only the metaphor.

What’s the real deal is why the metaphor is necessary.

The desire for each other and unresolved tension there.

If you can show that that’s the driving force and the main factor - then any “spell” episode - be it love, obsession or anything else - is successful storytelling and - if approached well - successful representation.

There’s major correlations between these two episodes because the “spell” is not why the characters behave as they do. But it is the reason why they would allow it in the first place and why they go way over the top with it.

As far as the characters are concerned - it’s a release of everything that’s pent up inside of and between them.

When you use a “spell” episode like that - and that ends up being what is interpreted out of it - it is successful. I mean technically Spuffy is just a “b-plot” of ‘Something Blue’ whereas Xabrielle is an “a-plot of ‘Fins’ - but nevertheless - what stands out is their odd behaviour.

It’s what people remember of the episodes themselves. But what’s not communicated is that behaviour is real because “we’re under a spell”/“we can’t be blamed”.

Yes, well that only stands when the spell is directly a love spell on each other. If it’s not - then it’s just void and the behaviour is a natural consequence of what is not being acknowledged and addressed in both the relationship and in the individual. So it’s a release for it.

In ‘Fins’ Xena figures out that the obsessions they had had nothing to do with the spell put on them but rather what it was that was bothering them deep down that they needed to get in touch with. It was about insight. Now if they were allowed to use the original script, then that insight could well have been that they were in love and were not letting themselves express it frequently. In that sense, it could have actually been a proper coming out episode that was very sincere in its intentional goal despite the “spell” factor because… I mean… I might be totally wrong about this but I don’t think anyone who watches ‘Something Blue’ - especially not on rewatches - believes that Willow’s spell was forcing Spuffy to kiss, so I don’t think that the spell in ‘Fins’ would have forced Xabrielle to “experiment with sexual positions” either - especially not if the obsession was really about insight because then the insight is that enough was enough. Either they come out to themselves and each other in how they really feel for each other and what to do about expressing those feelings physically or leave each other. And we all know there is absolutely no way the creators - not these creators - would have ever done the latter because despite not knowing the best way to go about handling it, they were all always on the side of the fans and shippers which is the only real striking difference between Xena’s ‘Fins’ and Buffy’s ‘Something Blue’.

Practically everybody in the writer’s room was on-board with Xena and Gabrielle. Not everyone was with Spuffy. But the jokes on them really because it was ‘Something Blue’ that even made Spuffy a twinkle in anyone’s eye because we had never seen either character so happy.

You know sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them. Other times they’re just a happy accident. A closer look at both Xena’s ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ and Buffy’s ‘Something Blue’ provides that of something which is missing in the TV art/entertainment of today.

FUN. CAMP. RELEASE. The other side of the spectrum where the plot/seasonal arc is not so important then. But the character representation and development is.

[dominustempori]

SPOILER ALERT FOR THE GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE TRAILER!! (long post, fyi)

Alright Ghostheads, I'm writing all this down now, so I won't forget all these thoughts and observations I'm having JUST a few hours after this awesome teaser for the "Afterlife sequel" has dropped.

I'm sure I'm missing some bits here, so comments are duly welcome, just don't go all negative energy on me =)

Definitely felt a similar vibe to when the first trailer for "Afterlife" came out like 2 years ago now. Normal summer day, good background music, then...sh*t happens. Even worse than that burst of PK energy from the mine shaft. And yeah, I saw bits of "Day After Tomorrow," I'd be lying if I didn't get JUST a little hint of that, but only because, you know, massive storm system overwhelming the south shore of Manhattan. But anyway.

2. I SWEAR that one building shot from the side is 55 Central Park West, aka Spook Central. Probably not significant plot wise this time, just a nod to the original movie. And considering I toured some of the filming sites on my trip to NYC this past summer, SURE looks like it!

3. Deadly icicles ripping up the streets? Like the earthquake tearing up the asphalt in the original movie only BETTER!

4. The discourse is already happening about details...I know some people like Ecto 1-A from GB2, and some fans are still angry about "they ignored it in Afterlife! It's so canon! WTF Jason Reitman?" Yeah...missing the point? [They're not DELIBERATELY ignoring GB2! I LIKED GB2! A lot! Not perfect but still I LIKE IT! Probably a lot more than other fans! The film only had so much time to focus on the past to keep the story moving, so only put in so much of the lore to help a new audience along. That's my theory I'm sticking to it.]

ANYWAY...yes the car IS the original Ecto 1, NOT the 1-A (which was WAY too busy for its own good, just sayin'). I saw the plate on a freeze frame, it's Ecto 1, the original.

5. Enter the exposition cut scenes. or whatever you want to call them. Swear to God that Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, Dan, McKenna, and Logan are NOT at Ray's Occult Books...I mean come on look at those glass cases! It's GOTTA be the NY Public Library (throwback!) Patton's character is most likely a staff member, probably a librarian (related to Alice? God I hope so!) [GBs do their research yo! If that's one thing I love about the IDW comics, is how Ray and Egon and Kylie RESEARCH.]

That one bit with the frozen dude with the eyepatch? Looks like a flashback. Like, maybe Manhattan in the...late 1800s? Recurring hauntings is def a thing in the GB universe. Another secret society? Which, yeah, they did to death (sorry) with the Gozer thing, especially in the video game.

6. Liking all the concerned closeups. Paul Rudd still looking good, and I REALLY hope Carrie Coon as Callie has full on dropped the baggage about not having her Dad in her life. Well, mostly. Turned me off from her QUITE a bit in Afterlife, but that's just me. Finn's hair lookin' good short, love how McKenna still rocks the OshKosh look, and Logan with the retro vibe.

7. James Acaster HAS TO BE an adult Oscar. I WILL fight people on this =) Not Louis' kid, not Janine's... (well, maybe?) Peter and Dana are OFFICIALLY still a couple, what's to stop Peter from adopting the boy he saved in GB2? Or at least, maybe they have their own kid later on...? Damn I hope he's Oscar. I mean come on, this is still "Ghostbusters: the Next Generation" in my mind.

8. HAUNTED LION STATUE!!! (Yeah, that's right from Real Ghostbusters...kinda) It's the Library! And on another freeze frame...it's going after Ray (GASP!) That little elevator? Maybe they're going to...Special Collections? Remember the video game? Maybe? Squee?

9. DUDE, it's attacking GBHQ! Blew the freakin' doors off! It's gonna...NO NOT LUCKY! Dude she (they?) is getting the short end of the stick again...first she gets possessed by Zuul and now...please don't kill off Lucky, Gil! Also OGBs FTW!!! yeah Winston! bad ass mf as always! And man does Pete look proper scared. Go Bill Murray!

10. I'm presuming that the big bad/entity was originally trapped and stored in the ECU, hence the blinking red light in the post credits scene from Afterlife. And it's whatever's pushing out the cinder blocks this time around...and freezing Lucky in the basement of HQ? And it's the...thing pushing its demon horns in...(so far others are calling it a minotaur - totally NOT. this guy is so reaching, i mean an old obscure RGB comic reference from a wiki page? dude, just...no. a cross between a White Walker and Slenderman? yeah THOSE I get. I'm personally thinking some ancient demon from a summoning gone wrong...or maybe right in this case.) any case, DUDE with those icy blue staring eyes and 20 feet tall...f*ck yeah.

11. Also F*CK yeah Paul and Carrie in the jumpsuits! YES!!!

12. Alright, I can sort of buy a hidden room in Kumail's character's (presumably?) apartment, secret door at the back of a kitchen pantry with some pretty lead/silver tiling...but, what's with the horn? (SUMMONING HORN! Read the Bartimaeus Trilogy people!) and the shackles? the bells? well, yeah noise to drive away evil spirits...or not? again... SECRET SOCIETY! Or maybe Lucky and Trevor have their own place now? Nah, maybe not...wait and see I guess.

13. Dude...Paul Rudd is TALL, boy! Would like to see if they've actually gone and married...or, too soon? Nah, romantic/life partners is good.

14. I WANT THAT RED WINTER JACKET WITH THE PATCH! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

15. Also, Paul's reaction...SO my own after watching this. He is still fanboy-ing out and I LOVE IT.

Holy hell that was a long post. First genuine reactions on the day. Online journaling. All good.

OK peeps, let me have it. What are y'all thinking?

Until March 29!

[karaverse]

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐲𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐲𝐧𝐞 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

🦪 ᨘ 𓇼 ‘ 🎧 🍧 ׂׂૢ ‘ 🩰 ⁺ ⁺ 　°

sol + fin + jun + minseok + jaehoon + sam

- triptych is a fictional co-ed kpop group started in 2015 by hbh ent. that is forever expanding in multiples of three (3,6,12 etc) . triptych is not only made up of sub-units, but also generations which are started when three new sub units debut . shyne is a 6 member subunit that debuted in 2019.

( originally created by taylor @triptychexe )

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐬𝐞𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

- stage name : sol

- born in ‘98

- face claim : kim donghyuk

- role : best friend 4 sora

- storyline :

sol and sora have been best friends for years , even before they debuted. he is like her brother and tries to stop her from causing even more chaos

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

- stage name : fin

- born in ‘99

- face claim : kim doyoung

- role : love interest 4 sora + best friend 4 sora

- storyline :

fin met sora through sol and had a crush on her for sometime before they started dating. it was sora’s first relationship and the two dated for 2.5 years ( 2020-2023 )

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐧 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

- stage name : jun

- born in ‘99

- face claim : jung wooyoung

- role : love interest 4 minseok + friend 4 gina

- storyline : n/a

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐤 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

- stage name : minseok

- born ‘01

- face claim : choi soobin

- role : love interest 4 jangmi

- storyline :

minseok has been co-hosting mcountdown with jangmi for over a year now and has made a good friend in her. jangmi has developed a crush on him but minseok is gay and in love with his bandmate jun.

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐞 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

- stage name : jaehoon

- born in ‘01

- face claim : lee heeseung

- role : love interest 4 taeji

- storyline :

james was a jyp trainee him and jeongin immediately became best friends and still are to this day. taeji has had a crush on him since he was a trainee but never made a move. james has now created a reputation of playing girls but when he’s with taeji he’s different. he is also harboring feelings for her but has not acted on them because he knows of jeongin secret crush on taeji.

་ ۪ ۟ 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 ™ ་ ۪ ۟

- stage name : sam

- born in ‘02

- face claim : song hyungseok

- role : love interest 4 jangmi

- storyline :

jangmi has been hanging out with sam much more since she befriended minseok. sam confessed his feelings but jangmi turned him down to protect their friendship despite liking him too. he is one of the few friends that she has right now.

[euphorial-docx]

“Once he feels something, he stops feeling it.”

HAPPY OPEV ANNIVERSARY! chapter one of temps sans fin has been posted <3

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The Intrigue James Ensor (Belgian; 1860–1949) 1890 Oil on canvas Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Antwerp, Belgium

[storywriter12]

I know I haven't publish for a while especially my split book so chapter 6 of my split book is now up, also my Olivia and Rafael chapter 8 is now up on wattpad

[tahnisreu]

what i dont get is how dead set the development team are in saying 'there's no feathers on pandora' and then they go and design something like this? THAT IS A FEATHER AND YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE. SCALES MY ASS.

[tomoleary]

James Stokoe “Fin Fang Foom” Marvel Monsters #1 (2019) Source

Mike Allred “Ulvar Meets Gigantus” Marvel Monsters #1 (2019) Source

[genevieveetguy]

How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker (2023)

[wrivghts]

siente que la presión cae al suelo y rostro palidece cuando visualiza escena: saint tropieza con una piedra y se va de frente, logrando que james se despegue de su sitio y corra en su dirección, pronto el llanto infantil detonando. el golpe ha sido suficiente para que diminuta barbilla y manitas se ganen raspones, emanando un poco de líquido bermellón. busca calmarlo, sentado en el suelo con mejillas sonrojadas empapadas de lágrimas. no quiere alzarlo porque se altera más, así que a la primera persona que se acerca / pasa por ahí, le hace seña con la mano: "oye, oye— ¿me puedes pasar eso?" señala su bolso, que ha quedado abandonado en la banca a unos metros de ahí. "por favor, necesito sacar un pañuelo," o lo que sea para limpiar al pequeño, que no para de llorar.

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

So this is 100% poking fun at the creators that Next Wave is based on (Todd, Jim, and Rob) but this is also our first look at Fin who will stick around for pretty much the rest of the book.

[mostunderratedawards]