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'Filmyhype.com Ratings: 4.5/5 (four and a half stars)

Freely based on the novel of the same name by Taichi Yamada, All of Us Strangers is the new film by Andrew Haigh starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, and Jaime Bell. After being presented at the Telluride Film Festival in August 2023. All of Us Strangers is a journey into loneliness, resentment, and the importance that, for better or for worse, our families have on us. But it is also a story of love, acceptance, and forgiveness. “Every love story is a ghost story”, read the title of the biography dedicated to David Foster Wallace, a brilliant author who died too soon after an uninterrupted struggle with the specter of depression. A prophetic title, because truly every human relationship is populated with ghosts, shadows of the past that each of us carries with us as a legacy every time we transmigrate from an old story to a new one, when we make another friendship and perhaps close one historical, as well as when it puts an end – not without pain – to a bond with someone you loved very much, from a lover to a close family member.

And director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 years old) seems to have unconsciously made this title-mantra his own, outlining through the new film he directed – and wrote – a dramatic ghost story, which is in reality much more: we are talking about All of Us Strangers). Presented as an Italian premiere at the 21st edition of Alice nella Città, the film brings together a cast of British excellence on the screen, starting from Andrew Scott (Fleabag) through the very popular Paul Mescal (Aftersun) up to the rediscovered Jamie Bell (Rocketman) and Claire Foy (Women Talking) to tell a modern story of solitudes that meet at the wrong time, of tragic wounds difficult to fill with the gold of Kintsugi and much broader reflections on sexual and even national identity, as demonstrated by the London location. And right in contemporary London, during an ordinary night, the screenwriter Adam (Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, Harry (Mescal).

They both live in the same almost empty apartment building, they need company and don’t want to spend the night alone, especially Harry: this meeting will break Adam’s routine and, while the two continue their relationship, the screenwriter never stops being obsessed with the fragments of his past, wandering through the terraced houses on the outskirts where he grew up and among which he finds not only his old house but also his parents, who seem to still live there exactly as he left them, thirty minutes later. years after their death. All of Us Strangers is a cosmic melodrama and a torn fantasy, which passes from the tactile to the phantasmatic, isolating the characters in a landscape suspended between an alienating center (a practically uninhabited London building) and an idealized suburb (a villa surrounded by greenery) and connected by a train running on tracks beyond the laws of this world.

All of Us Strangers Review: The Story

London, 2023. We enter the apartment of a screenwriter, Adam (Andrew Scott) that’s his name, with an apparent writer’s block exacerbated by a tragic past. He lives alone in an uninhabited building, or almost so. Thanks to the unmotivated triggering of the fire alarm, Adam, once on the ground floor, discovers that he has only one neighbor, whom he glimpses by scanning the upper floors. The two strangers find themselves face to face only thanks to the cheekiness (fueled by the Japanese alcoholic drink he holds in one hand) of Adam’s only neighbor, Harry (Paul Mescal) who would like some company. He feels alone, he jokingly states that there are “vampires at his door”. Embarrassed and intrigued, Adam declines the offer.

From this moment on, Haigh’s caressing direction transports us into a dreamlike atmosphere, to say the least, in which our protagonist’s past slowly emerges. Orphaned at the age of 12 due to a car accident that took his parents away from his life. To overcome the creative block that afflicts him, Adam decides to return to his old home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) who are younger than him at the moment because they were crystallized at the moment of death, open the door for him and both us and we are aware that it is only a reunion that is as imaginary as it is healing and cathartic. Adam will return to them several times, openly declaring his homosexuality to that couple who, in perfect 80s style, still reveal themselves to be slightly tetragonal to their son’s declaration, even though they had already guessed what his sexual preferences might be, revealing quite a few resentments of the child Adam who felt misunderstood, resentments that are washed away by the tears shed on both sides.

Playing a key role is the 80s soundtrack (Always on My Mind; Tainted Love and many other iconic pieces) which gives an air of carefreeness, the same that Adam lived in his childhood before it was tragically taken away from him. The music accompanies family meetings in which Adam has a dreamy look that makes you shiver due to the brutality of his tenderness. But let’s get back to Adam and Harry. Adam decided to make up for that first awkward encounter by indulging his curiosity and giving himself the chance to experience a carnality that had so far been dormant and poorly experienced with the stranger downstairs. The two meet in Adam’s house and talk about episodes of real life, of how growing up they felt like strangers due to those irreconcilable differences>> exacerbated by the society in which they lived. Together with passion, understanding, and complicity grow and that same evening they decide to “come out” by going to a gay club and dancing to the notes of “Promised Land” by Joe Smooth which almost seems to want to establish the arrival in a promised land free of judgments and labels made especially for the two of them.

In a painful new visit to his parents, Adam is revealed that he will soon have to let them go and that this enchantment is destined to fade. Before being dismembered once again, or rather, definitively, the family decides to share a last meal, in which the couple will relive the deadly accident. Once home Paul decides to go to Harry, determined to live the love story with him. Adam and Harry in the moments we saw them together were always at Adam’s house, they never went down to Harry’s apartment. This is because the first evening that from strangers they became neighbors, Harry took his own life after the rejection he suffered and the door thrown in his face.

The two go upstairs, Adam reassures Harry by telling him that he is there at that moment, in his company, no matter what the state of his body is. The finale is to the tune of the poignant “The Power of Love” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood of which Adam reassuringly hums the first lines to Harry: <<I’ll protect you from the hooded claw, keep the vampires from your door>>- I will protect you from death (hooded claw) and the vampires at your door. The exact request that Harry had made of him that first evening but that he hadn’t been vulnerable enough to grasp and accept.

All of Us Strangers Review and Analysis

As has already happened in other films – a title above all, Nowhere Special by Uberto Pasolini – All of Us Strangers also represents a journey into the deepest and most unfathomable mysteries of the male universe, undertaken by a British filmmaker perhaps also to exorcise the legacy of a rigid culture, which has compressed male emotions to the point of making them cryptic and even unknown to those directly involved. “Boys Don’t Cry” we could say, and this aspect also flows into the kaleidoscope of colored and irregular glasses created by Haigh, who relies on the power of the looks, the silences, and the very close-ups of his interpreters, on the explosive force of their interpretations that vibrate like tuning forks crossed by emotions, in an emotional overture that involves the spectator until he feels it.

And this crescendo is also rendered by an aestheticized direction, at times strongly permeated by the British psychedelic culture of Ken Russell of The Devils (one of the many films directed by the filmmaker) or by the bizarre eccentricities of Kenneth Anger, director of the 70s. Emotional oddities mark Adam’s slow descent into the burrow of an acidic White Rabbit, due to which the boundaries between imagination and hallucination become increasingly blurred and sensitive, frightening and unpredictable exactly like a portal between two worlds. That same border that Harry also finds himself, despite himself, crossing, partly by choice and partly to chase Adam, a new Orpheus who tries to get Eurydice back from the Underworld into which she was dragged: but also the boy, with his sad eyes, he just needs to be saved and not feel too alone during one of the very long nights marked by a blood moon in the sky, which silently watches over human destinies.

The protagonists share a condition of alienating loneliness, a situation that is represented in every shot and in every scene starting from the uninhabited building, a loneliness that fills every aspect of Adam’s life. It is Adam who is the common thread among the few characters who haunt the story. All of Us Strangers is a journey into the past, but above all, it is a story of love, redemption, and forgiveness. Forgiveness for others, but above all for oneself. Adam is anchored in the memory of his childhood, a period of life that was not particularly happy, but it is the resentment for a life he never had the chance to live that pushes him to return to his parent’s house. Everything gives the illusion that time has stopped: from his parents’ house to the way they are dressed; Adam himself seems imprisoned in a bubble.

From the aesthetics to the music to the television shows that aired decades before that Adam uses as a background to write, everything takes us back to a past that is only apparently better, but extremely fragile as Adam himself says: “It seems like we live in a better time, but it doesn’t take much to reopen old wounds”. Haigh’s screenplay is infused with nostalgia for a time that had its dark sides, for a difficult childhood that ended too quickly and left Adam completely alone to face the discovery of his homosexuality, the cruelest period of his life. AIDS, complex adolescence, but also without anyone with whom to share the best memories such as having bought an apartment, being able to make a living from writing, or his relationship with Harry. Adam also remembers his parents in an honest way, not sweetened by the desire to paint a better family than it is.

His parents are a traditionalist couple where homosexuality is seen as something distant, not natural, not every day, a condition frowned upon. While his mother is worried and dreams of a marriage with a woman and grandchildren for him, his father realizes the mistakes he has made, and his failure to be close to Adam when he needed him most. All of Us Strangers bring to the screen a sad everyday reality where homophobia is not represented through physical but psychological violence. A homophobia that distances, alienates, forces people to live on the margins of society, alone and abandoned. Stranger is a film made of pauses, silences, and extrapolated moments. Nothing is left to chance. Haigh both in the intimate direction, both in the silences and the music, and the cast reduced to the essential, but where each actor manages to carve out a space for himself, he manages to conceive an intelligent film. Intelligent in the way he combines the pieces, carrying forward a dramatic story that however does not fall into the usual clichés.

All of Us Strangers Review: The Last Words

Are we all alone in the universe, lonely stars scattered in a remote galaxy, or can the force of love unite even what is distant, in time and even in physical space? All of Us Strangers also tries to answer these questions by creating perhaps the definitive film on the very concept of love and feeling, instilling doubts, trying to provide solutions (but never answers), and exorcising even the worst specter of all: that of the past, with the risk of remaining stuck in our tragic wounds without being able to move forward, stuck in a path of growth and self-determination to finally truly know ourselves. Being able to hug each other again, clarify, apologize, confess. Become children again, perhaps, lying in bed together. “As if the future didn’t matter”. And no longer because the pain has turned everything off. But because in love there is only light that shines. Like a star.

Editor's Rating: 4.5

Pros

* The issue of loneliness and how it is addressed * The story is full of suffering and drama, but does not give in to clichés * The cast and direction are the real highlights that enrich a brilliant screenplay reduced to the essentials

Cons

* It may be a little slow at first, but slowness soon becomes essential to enter Adam's daily life and better understand his world'

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What’s your favorite 90's Greatest Shows?

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Ferrari 296 GT3 / Laurent De Meeus / BEL / Jamie Stanley / GBR / AF Corse by Artes Max Via Flickr: International GT Open 2024 / Circuit de Barcelona

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Inktober day 4: Exotic

Jamie ran to Bel's shop and literally dragged her out by her hand to see the new, exotic plant she had found. Bel was flabbergasted, amazed, totally in awe when she saw the weird thing and she's already thinking about all the potions she could make with it!

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Some of the best sitcoms from the 90s and 2000s!!!

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this is so fuckinh real. tumblr knows i dont stop thinking about these two fools

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this has to be viewed with irony but its just funny to me but i understand i didn’t do the format correctly

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Ranking All Books by Holly Jackson

Since I've read all of Holly's books, I'm going to rank them! Disclaimer: This is my opinion. If we don't have the same opinion, then respect that. Let's go!

Warning: this may contain spoilers for all books published by Holly Jackson. If you don't want to be spoiled, then scroll away.

6. Killjoy (2021)

I found this story cute! Very fun and fast-paced. I loved seeing how it all started and loved seeing the friend group's dynamic again. I just found this to not be the best out of all of Holly's books (granted this is a novella, but it's not my fave). Also, too much Ant Lowe in my opinion. I would have preferred more Jamie Reynolds. Also, I personally think Connor and Zach should've kissed but oh well.

Overall, fun book! If you wanna go back to where it all started, then this novella is worth it.

5. Five Survive (2022)

Guys... I have a reason why this book is ranked so low. I'm going to start by saying that I did not hate this book. I found the story intriguing and was engaged once the action started. For her first standalone, this book was really good and exceeded my expectations. My main problem with this book was that I found that I could care less about the characters. Personally, I found Red Kenny to be a weak protagonist in comparison to Pip and Bel and, not to mention how I could care less about Red and Arthur. Red and Arthur are cute, but honestly, I could care less if they got together or not.

Again, I don't hate this book. For Holly's first standalone, it was really good. However, I found that I didn't really care for any of the characters.

Overall, good book! Wish I connected more to the characters because the premise is incredible.

4. Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020)

All books in the AGGGTM series are five star reads in my opinion, but I find this the weakest book in the trilogy. Honestly, I love this book with my whole heart. Coming from being Connor Reynolds's biggest fan, I love how much he appeared in this book and how he aided in finding Jamie.

I think this book suffers from what I've dubbed "Sequel Slump" - meaning that the first book is so good that the sequel "slumps" in comparison. In this case, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is so good that this book just "slumps" in comparison, and I think it's because it takes a while for the mystery to officially begin, since we're taken through a quick recap over the previous book's events and then the memorial.

Also, I personally think that Connor and Zach should've kissed. Connor going to Zach's house to play Fortnite after the memorial? Very fruity to me (joking... or am I?)

Overall, love this book. Wish it got more recognition in the fandom.

3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019)

LOVE THIS BOOK. This book is fast-paced, thrilling and mysterious. It has a healthy dose of mystery and romance, along with characters I truly felt interested in. Pip's an amazing protagonist who fought hard to prove Sal innocent and find the real killer under the guise of her EPQ, all as she got the guy (Ravi Singh) in the end.

I loved that this book kept me guessing until the very end. I was suspecting everyone (Max, Jason, Naomi, Elliot, etc) and was genuinely surprised finding out Elliot killed Sal. Holly had written him to be such a likeable person that I couldn't believe he would kill Sal just so he could frame him as Andie's killer. AND BECCA? Never would've guessed it. Holly Jackson knows how to write compelling thrillers and I love that for her.

My only real complaint is again, Zach and Connor should've kissed. Connor honey I get that you liked Pip, but Zach Chen is literally right there. You boys are soulmates and I pray that the show recognises that (along with LauCara).

Overall, AMAZING BOOK. Deserves all the hype!

2. As Good as Dead (2021)

AHHHHH I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. THIS BOOK IS HOW YOU END A TRILOGY GUYS. From the beginning, I was hooked by the mystery of Pip's stalker. This book broke my heart with Andie's email - poor girl was so scared of her father and died trying to escape him. I really like how this book doesn't give Andie a full redemption arc, rather it explains her actions. It really humanises Andie - a girl who grew up in a toxic environment and died trying to save herself and her sister.

My heart shattered when Pip broke up with Ravi. AND HIS SUGGESTION WAS TO MARRY SO THEY COULD GET SPOUSAL PRIVILEDGE??? RAVI FUCKING SINGH WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME???

The ending? EVIL. FUCKING EVILLLL BUT I LOVE HOLLY EITHER WAY. In my heart, I believe Pip got back together with him and they married. They also got another golden retriever in my mind after they got married.

Only complaint was WHERE WAS ZACH CHEN? CONNOR AND HIM SHOULD'VE KISSED WTF. Not to mention Lauren and Cara... Love my girl Steph though. Hoping that Lauren and Cara are a thing in the show though since we don't know much about Steph.

Overall, BEST BOOK IN THE TRILOGY GUYS.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price (2024)

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

THIS BOOK... I WILL ONLY SAY ONE WORD: BRILLIANT.

When Holly Jackson said that this book was her favourite, I can see why it is. While I struggled to get into it from the beginning, once I read past 100 pages, I was hooked. Bel Price is such a complex protagonist that I could find myself relating to. All the characters were just so complex and you truly don't know who's lying until the very end, when we find out (spoiler alert) that Charlie (Bel's dad) had ordered his father to kill Rachel.

Not to mention how insane the sibling plotline was??? I NEVER WOULD HAVE SUSPECTED THAT CARTER WAS RACHEL'S BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER. My heart broke when Rachel spoke about how Patrick took Carter away from her when Carter was only two weeks old. The Price family are truly disgusting - Rachel, Bel and Carter deserved so much better.

Also, I preferred the romance between Ash and Bel over Arthur and Red. Ash is such a fun character and I was genuinely sad when him and Bel weren't endgame. I believe that one day, in the near future, they reunite and get together officially.

Overall, LOVE THIS BOOK. If you haven't picked this up yet, then do so now!

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[liesmyth]

top 5 royjamie / ted lasso fics!

picking 5 was like pulling teeth. I probably left out many faves but as we know the economy is tough rn

let it come down by @antspaul, amazing showstopping exceptional 1970s AU that is SO immersive and SO bittersweet and I need to go lie down just thinking about it.

One cold Manchester night in 1978, good-for-nothing Jamie Tartt comes across his childhood hero at a punk show.

the rookie by @belmottetower & @scoatneyhall. I'm being soo brave and limiting myself to only one Bel&Hall fic and I pick this one because of the untapped endless potential of S2 AUs! This is Roy & Jamie with background Roy/Keeley and I enjoy the dynamic A Lot

“Well now, back home, our friends in the NHL have this little tradition that I think might just be the solution to our problems. Sometimes, when a rookie is signed to a team, especially a younger player, someone who maybe needs a guiding hand, a bit of looking out for, they’ll move in with the captain, right into his home, when they first start out. Obviously Jamie isn’t new new, but he definitely needs a guiding hand. So how about it?” Roy stares in disbelief. “Fuck off. This is a joke, right?” (Roy and Jamie move in together)

Roy Kent's Dramatic but Inevitable Jamie Tartt Induced Bisexual Awakening by chelicerata. There's no description I can offer that will make this fic justice. Go read it!

When Roy’s world gets turned upside down, it’s because of Jamie. Fucking typical.

therefore, dark past, by @mykingdomforapen Gen! Jamie-cenytric. THEEE definitive Jamie & his dad fic (written pre S3), to me. It's so multifaceted and human and I love the ending very much.

“Christ, Jamie, he’s dying,” Dad said. His voice did something weird–it hitched. “What, you’re gonna pencil him in your busy celebrity schedule? Squeeze your own granddad in between your ickle interviews and your fancy dinner dates? My old man is fucking dying.” OR: Jamie breaks the cycle.

tied up in this yoga knot by @reinvent-and-believe. This is a 5 times / slice of life / getting together post-canon fic and it's guaranteed to improve my mood every time I read it.

The absolute worst person Roy can imagine meeting the yoga mums is Jamie Tartt. Not to mention, Jamie would inevitably pick up on how many hours Roy spent drinking rosé and glaring daggers as Jamie fucked his way through the cast of Lust Conquers All. And that sounds fucking exhausting.

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Soda/orange/fanta/kidcore/drink/sweetvoice themed names?? Sorry if this is a weird suggestion, we've been looking for more names for me!! My current ones are in am attachment below :]]

Tommy︰ ali. alice. alvin. amy. ari. ava. benji. billy. bobby. chad. charlotte. dani. demi. ella. emma. emmie. emmy. ernie. ethan. frankie. henry. hollie. isabella. jack. jaime. james. jamie. joey. justin. krystal. leo. liam. lily. louie. lucas. malik. mason. mikaela. molly. noah. oliver. ollie. perry. poppy. raleigh. reggie. rocky. ronnie. shawn. sonny. tahan. taimo. taj. tama. tamma. tammy. tana. tanya. tatum. tawny. teddi. teenie. teman. temi. terry. thameena. thanh. theo. theodore. theone. thian. thomas. tiimu. tim. timea. tina. tiyenna. toby. tom. tomai. tomo. tomoya. tomoyo. tonia. tony. tuan. tunu. tyme. william.

Bill︰ abel. abiel. able. aidan. amelia. arthur. bahula. bail. bailey. bala. bayle. baylee. beale. beau. beil. beile. bel. bela. belah. belay. bell. bella. belle. bello. ben. benjamin. bernon. bernot. bertek. beulah. beyla. bilal. billie. billy. blu. blue. bly. boyle. brinleigh. brinley. bull. cain. caleb. cleveland. dahlia. daisy. ed. elesio. ethan. frank. georgie. glasgow. greene. greg. guss. henry. hillel. jack. jericko. killiean. kylar. lacrosse. liam. luke. marys. matthaeus. miami. miller. mills. mozes. narcisse. stella. summer. suse. will. william. wyatt. zoe.

Ollie︰ albie. alfie. ali. alia. allie. amelia. ari. arlo. armani. augie. avi. briar. cali. charlie. charlotte. corentin. darby. dorcas. eli. elis. ella. ellie. emmett. evoni. finley. finn. freddie. harleigh. harris. henry. hollis. holly. ike. jack. joey. kali. karlie. kinsleigh. kinzley. leen. leo. leone. liam. lon. louie. malia. maraca. marlee. marleigh. marley. mcpherson. mel. milo. mollie. molly. myrtis. neera. neeva. nicolina. noah. nonya. ohela. ola. olai. olalla. ole. oleh. oliver. olivia. olya. oscar. owen. owl. oyewole. ozie. ozzie. pixie. raleigh. ruby. sahari. sunya. theo. theodore. tylda. violet. westyn. + more + more

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Family Feud Nominations, Who is the Best Doctor Who Family

If I've missed a character out of one of the families let me know (within reason, I imagine all these families are massive in the EU, so prioritise tv or significant characters)

Currently, the only rule is no families may inculde anyone who is even ambiguously The Doctor, it'll get super complicated super fast imo

Any characters, eg River, who can link up multiple different families to create a single massive family unit will be treated on a case by case basis. If it is possible to pick one of the smaller family units that they are a part of to include them in while not including them in any of the others (in a way everyone will agree at least makes sense) they will be included in that family only, otherwise they will not be included

Please bare in mind when you are nominating that I am hoping to keep the number of nominations under 64 to run this as a mini-tournament. This is not a hard rule so if nominations do exceed 64 its not a big deal, just something I'd like everyone to bare in mind

Nominees

Foreman-Campbell (Susan, David, Alex)

Chesterton-Wright (Ian, Barbara, implied to be married after they leave)

McCrimmon (Jamie, Heather, V.M.McCrimmon, various others)

Waterfield (Victoria, Edward (father))

Lethbridge-Stewart (Kate, The Brigadier, Doris (Brig's wife in Battlefield), Archibald Hamish (TUAT), Gordon (Kate's son in Downtime), Kadiatu, The Great Intelligence, Lucy Wilson)

Grant/Jones (Jo, Cliff, Santiago (Jo's grandson in Death of the Doctor))

Smith (Sarah-Jane, Lavinia (aunt), Brendan Richards, Luke, Sky, Mr Smith, K9 (they are her family and I will not be hearing otherwise), Barbara, Eddie (parents in Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith))

Leela, Andred, Veega, Rayo

Adric and Varsh (brothers)

Nyssa, Tremas, and Kassia (daughter, father, step-mother)

Jovanka (Tegan, Vanessa (aunt in Logopolis), Colin (cousin in Arc of Infinity))

Turlough (Vislor, Malkon (brother in Planet of Fire))

McShane (Ace, Audrey (mother), Kathleen (grandmother), Liam (brother))

Tyler (Rose, Jackie, Pete, Tony (baby mentioned in Journey's End), no I will not be adding the metacrisis to this list)

Another Smith (Mickey, Rita (grandmother))

Slitheen

Harkness (Jack, Grey, parents, Alice Carter (daughter), Steven Carter(grandson))

Isolas (Fear Her)

Jones (Martha, Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo, Leo has a baby as well, Adeola Oshodi)

The Family of Blood

Redfern-Smith (Joan, John (various), possible dream children and grandchildren)

Shafe Kanes (from Utopia, Kristane, Beltone)

Mott-Noble-Temple (Donna, Sylvia, Wilf, Shaun, Rose)

The Adipose

Pond-Williams (Amy, Rory, River, Brian, Anthony, Amy's aunt and parents)

Owens: (Craig, Sophie, Stormageddon Dark Lord of All)

Gillyflower (Mrs Gillyflower, Ada)

Paternoster (Jenny, Vastra, Strax)

Oswald (Clara, Ellie, Dave (parents), grandmother, and I'm going to say Danny makes the cut, Orson)

Potts (Bill, Mother, Moira (foster mother))

O'Brien-Sinclair (Graham, Ryan, Grace, Aaron (Ryan's father))

Khan (Yaz, Najia (mother), Hakim (father), Sonya (sister), Umbreen (grandmother))

Lewis (Dan, Eileen (mother), Neville (father))

Swarm and Azure

Bel, Vinder and their as yet unborn child

Sunday (Ruby, Carla, Cherry, many many foster siblings)

The TARDIS and Lolita

Little House of Cwej

The House of Lungbarrow (Grandfater Paradox, Qenceus, Inocet, various cousins, Irving Braxiatel, Maggie Matsumoto, Ulysses, Penelope GAte, Anna Joyce)

The House of Dvora (Morbius, The War King, Thessalia, Romana, various others)

Langer (Clyde, Carla (mother), Paul (father))

Jackson (Maria, Alan, Chrissie)

Chandra (Rani, Haresh, Gita)

The Wu Diaspora (Cindy Wu and her clones)

Munmeth and Mutmunna (Medicine Man)

Ada and Alice Obiefune

Who (Susan, Barbara, Louise)

Jones-Davies (Ianto, Rhiannon, Johnny, David, Mica)

Summerfield (Bernice, Issac, Claire, Jason Kane, Peter, Wolsey, Keith, Rebecca, Cousin Eliza, Benedict I-IV, Christine)

Miller (Lucie, Pat (aunt))

Schofield (Hex, Cassie, Hilda)

House of Witforge (Narvin, Lenaris, Helico, Narvin's father, Rexin)

Faction Paradox

Pollard (Charley, Louisa, Richard, Margaret, Edward Grove, The Sound Creature)

Mesh Cos, Lon Shel, Julian White Mammoth Tusk

Cooper-Williams (Gwen, Rhys, Anwen, Geraint, Mary (Gwen's parents))

Chenka (Liv, Tula, Kal, Garlon Rosh)

Sinclair (Helen, Albie, Trev Bailey)

Forrester

Proctor (Cleo, Jordan, parents)

Nominations will be open until Midday Friday (03/05, 12:00 BST (GMT/UTC +1)), I will try and give a more specific time then

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Ferrari 296 GT3 / Laurent De Meeus / BEL / Jamie Stanley / GBR / AF Corse by Artes Max Via Flickr: International GT Open 2024 / Circuit de Barcelona

[dearabby1990]

Chapter 35: Best friends day out

You’re finally done drying your hair & add a little makeup just to brighten up your face a bit & spray some of your favorite perfume. Heading downstairs towards the living room you noticed how oddly quiet it is for a house full of guys only to be met with gareth relaxing on the sofa watching Miami vice he notices you & sits up “hey goober the others went out shopping for god knows what you know how Eddie gets when he wants something so I figured I’d stay behind maybe we could have a best buds day beings it’s been awhile since we hung out just us two figured we could grab a bite & hit the record store or something” you smile and plop on the sofa next to him “sounds good fluff & stuff” you giggle & toss him your car keys & you barely let anyone drive your baby it’s a 1961 Chevy bel air not as spiffy as the one you all had for prom but still you cherish it beings it was your moms car putting lots of love & care into it replacing parts with Eddie’s help & she just got a new paint job as a gift from your love he knows how much you love light purple so he went ahead & had jimmy paint it all for you. “Really?! I can drive Paula?! Sweet!!” You laugh and you both take off to the car “man this is so fuckin cool jame!” He starts up the engine & the radio pops on you dig through your cassettes & pull out Billy Squire & show it to him “oh fuck yeah pop it in!” “Alright this is gonna be the best day ever!” My kinda lover comes on & you & gareth are singing & using your bottle of cola as a microphone laughing having a ball “oh I have an idea gare bear watch this” you flip the switch to drop the top and his eyes bulge from his head “no fuckin way this is so bad ass!” You both have the wind in your hair & not a care in the world your glad you got to spend time with gareth you both haven’t had fun like this since middle school. He pulls into the parking lot & you notice he took you to your old fave spot his parents would take you guys here before the end of the camping trips before your parents would pick you up. An old 50’s style malt shop with the best milkshakes & burgers Indiana had to offer waitresses on roller skates 🛼 glide up to your car with a note pad & pen “welcome to Marybeth’s malt shop my name is Dolores I’ll be your server what can I get for y’all this fine afternoon?” She says with a megawatt smile teal dress white apron pink skates blonde hair in a high ponytail chewing gum gareth knows me well enough to where he knows what I always get so he orders for us both “yes can we get 2 bacon cheeseburgers an order of cheese fries & 2 black cows” (old school drink gross but very popular it’s cola & ice cream like a root beer float) “sure hun anything else for you & your lovely lady?” “Oh we’re just best friends but that’s all thanks” she winks at gareth “I’ll be right out with your drinks” she skates off. You start laughing hysterically “WHAT?!” He’s confused as to why you think something is so funny “she was totally checking you out man as soon as you said we’re friends her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree” you start laughing again “bullshit she’s just being nice it’s her job!” You try to calm you laughing for a minute “okay we’ll see about that” he turns to you “what does that mean?” “Ohh you’ll see” she comes skating back with your drinks “here you both go here’s some straws is there anything else I can get you both?” You look at gareth and smirk “actually Dolores my friend here has an extra ticket to guns & roses & needs a date & you’re so beautiful maybe you two can go together hed need your number though” his face is red he looks like he wants to kill you “really?! Yes I’d love that!” She scribbles down her number and hands it to gareth and skates back off into the restaurant “how the fuck & I don’t have an extra ticket to shit Jamie what the hell?!” You pull out an envelope & pass it to him “this was supposed to be a part of your graduation gift but I can see you need it now more then later” he rips it open to pull out two front row center seats to guns & roses & flies across the gears to engulf you into a hug.

You both eat your lunch talking of ideas of what to look for in the record store. “I still can’t believe this shit what a day & it’s only the damn afternoon not only did I get a date but I have tickets to the hottest concert in Hawkins this month thanks to you jame thanks for hanging with me today” he nudges into your shoulder you chuckle “no problem fluff & stuff but let’s hurry I have to get something for Eddie at the record store as part of his graduation gift OH! Before I forget I wanna throw a graduation party for Eddie & hellfire but I want to surprise him you think you guys could help me out?” “You don’t have to tell me twice I’m here for whatever ya need”. Pulling into a parking spot you both bolt into the record store grabbing the new Iron Maiden album for Eddie knowing he’s been wanting it for quite some time. Gareth finding all he was looking for “so what else did you get him for graduation?” You smirk at him “well… I was gonna keep this a complete secret but since I know you’re good at not spilling the beans I’ll tell you since it involves us all.. so I have an account from when mom passed I haven’t touched a red cent at all I have it for future decisions but I wanted to splurge a little so I went ahead & got us all tickets to fly out to Detroit for a few days not only to go on a trip but two concerts I got us all tickets to see Kiss & 6 days after that we go see… METALLICA!!” His eyes bug out of his head “I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!” He’s swinging you around the store almost taking out a whole display you’re cracking up. “I love ya too gare bear but remember secret!” He nods like a mad man “my lips are sealed promise.. oh man this is gonna be so fucking cool!!” You both head to check out it’s almost dinner time you’ll have to head back to start cooking sundown isn’t too far away. Hopping in the car you & gareth had a ball & have to try and make time for all your friends from now on.

[kissablelips-desireslure-vol3]

Title: GIVE AND TAKE 3

Subtitle: The Best of Bel Ami Flip Flops

Models: JAMIE DURRELL ROCCO ALFIERI

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