#Jean Claude Lord

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Michael Ironside as Colt Hawker in Visiting Hours (1982)

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Cover girl 1984 dir.Jean-Claude Lord

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Antes de Robocop: The vindicator, 1986, uma releitura de Frankenstein de baixo orçamento

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Horrorween Day 19 / 31: Visiting Hours (1982) dir. Jean-Claude Lord "William Shatner really wanted to play the role of Colt Hawker. He nearly got the part but was told that before it could be offered to him, there was one more actor left to audition. The actor was Michael Ironside."

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Look he's made a death mask.

Visiting Hours (1982) dir. Jean-Claude Lord

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Summary of Qualifying Round Tilts

Sir Guy of Gisborne [Michael Wincott], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Def. Sir Guy of Gisburne [Robert Addie], Robin of Sherwood (1984)

Robin Hood [Richard Todd], The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) Def. King Arthur [Graham Chapman], Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Arman [Matevy Lykov], I Am Dragon (2015) Def. Antonius Block [Max von Sydow], The Seventh Seal (1957)

Ivanhoe [Anthony Andrews], Ivanhoe (1982) Def. Edward III Plantagenet [Blake Ritson], A World Without End (2012)

Edward, the Black Prince [James Purefoy], A Knight’s Tale (2001)  Def. Henry VII Tudor [Luke Treadaway], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016)

Pero Tovar [Pedro Pascal], The Great Wall (2016) Def. Sir Thomas Gray [Nigel Terry], Covington Cross (1992)

Edward IV Plantagenet [Max Irons], The White Queen (2013) Def. Richard III [Benedict Cumberbatch], The Hollow Crown (212-2016)

Éomer, Son of Éomund [Karl Urban], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Gimli, Son of Gloin [John Rhys-Davies], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Elrond Half-elven [Hugo Weaving], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Elrond Half-elven [Robert Aramayo], The Rings of Power (2022-)

Mr. Tumnus [James McAvoy], The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Def. Carlos I [Álvaro Cervantes], Carlos, Rey Emperador (2015-2016)

Niccoló Machiavelli [Thibaut Evrard], Borgia (2011-2014) Def. Niccoló Machiavelli [Julian Bleach], The Borgias (2011-2013)

Finan [Mark Rowley], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. “The Sherriff of Nottingham” [Alan Wheatley], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1959)

Sir Guy of Gisbourne [Basil Rathbone], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Def. Nasir [Mark Ryan], Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986)

William Thatcher [Heath Ledger], A Knight’s Tale (2001) Def. King Arthur [Charlie Hunnam], King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Darkness [Tim Curry], Legend (1985) Def. Zbyszko z Bogdanca [Mieczyslaw Kalenik], Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)

King Vortigern [Jude Law], King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) Def. Uther Pendragon [Anthony Stewart Head], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)

Corlys Velaryon [Steve Toussaint], House of the Dragon (2022-) Def. Simon Aumar [Justice Smith], Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Asbjörn [Tom Hopper], Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) Def. Connor MacLeod [Christopher Lambert], Highlander (1986)

Matrim “Mat” Cauthon [Donal Finn], The Wheel of Time (2022) Def. Prince Hamlet [Christopher Plummer], Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)

Lord Eddard Stark [Sean Bean], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Lurtz [Lawrence Makoare], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Frodo Baggins [Elijah Wood], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Dong Yilong [Henry Lau], Double World (2020)

King Ecbert Ealhmunding [Linus Roache], Vikings (2013-2020) Def. Bofur [James Nesbitt],The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)

Beowulf [Gerard Butler], Beowulf & Grendel (2005) Def. King Henry V Plantagenet [Kenneth Branagh], Henry V (1989)

King Arthur [Sean Connery], First Knight (1995) Def. Robin Hood [Sean Connery], Robin and Marian (1976)

Thorin Oakenshield [Richard Armitage], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) Def. Thierry of Janville [Jean-Claude Drouot], Thierry la Fronde (1963-1966)

Prince Hamlet [Laurence Olivier], Hamlet (1948) Def. Björn Ironside [Alexander Ludwig], Vikings (2013-2020)

Ser Criston Cole [Fabien Frankel], House of the Dragon (2022-) Def. Martin [Rutger Hauer], Flesh + Blood (1985)

Bard the Bowman [Luke Evans], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) Def. Perrin Aybara [Marcus Rutherford], The Wheel of Time (2022-)

King Marke of Cornwall [Rufus Sewell], Tristan & Isolde (2006) Def. Leofric [Adrian Bower], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022)

Amleth [Alexander Skarsgård], The Northman (2022) Def. Miles Hendon [Errol Flynn], The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Ser Jorah Mormont [Iain Glen], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Little John [Nicol Williamson], Robin and Marian (1976)

Odda the Elder [Simon Kunz], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. Ser Barristan Selmy [Ian McIlhinney], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Nicodemus Ravens [Jakob Oftebro], Skammerens Datter (2015) Def. King Arthur [Nigel Terry], Excalibur (1981)

Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Ciaran Hinds], Ivanhoe (1997) Def. Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Sam Neill], Ivanhoe (1982)

Robert the Bruce [Chris Pine], Outlaw King (2018) Def. King Edward I Plantagenet [Stephen Dillane], Outlaw King (2018)

Prince Charmont [Hugh Dancy], Ella Enchanted (2004) Def. Galessin, Duke of Orkney [Alexis Hénon], Kaamelott (2004-2009)

King Arthur [Richard Harris], Camelot (1967) Def. Ulrich von Jungingen [Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz], Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)

Thomas Becket [Richard Burton], Becket (1964) Def. Brother Cadfael [Derek Jacobi], Cadfael (1994-1998)

Father Beocca [Ian Hart], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. “The Mayor of Hamelin” [Claude Rains], The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

Bronn [Jerome Flynn], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Mikoláš Kozlík [František Velecký], Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Balian de Ibelin [Orlando Bloom], Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Def. Athelstan [George Blagden], Vikings (2013-2020)

Sultan Alauddin [Ranveer Singh], Padmavaat (2018) Def. Sir Tristan [Kingsley Ben-Adir], King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Ahchoo [Dave Chapelle], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Def. Robin Hood [Tom Riley], Doctor Who: “The Robot of Sherwood” (2014)

Thranduil, The Elvenking [Lee Pace], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) Def. Vaisey, Sheriff of Nottingham [Keith Allen], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009)

Cesare Borgia [Francois Arnaud], The Borgias (2011-2013) Def. Ancelyn ap Gwalchmai [Marcus Gilbert], Doctor Who: “Battlefield” (1989)

Prince Oberyn Martell [Pedro Pascal], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Amarendra Baahubali [Prabhas], Baahubali Series (2015-2017)

Galavant [Joshua Sasse], Galavant (2015-2016) Def. Sir Galahad [Michael Palin], Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

The Kurgan [Clancy Brown], Highlander (1986) Def. Allan-A-Dale [Joe Armstrong], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009)

“The Mute” [Jon Bernthal], Pilgrimage (2017) Def. Arn Magnusson [Joakim Nätterqvist], Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)

Uther Pendragon [Gabriel Byrne], Excalibur (1981) Def. Rilk [Jesse Lee Keeter] JourneyQuest (2010)

Alessandro Farnese [Diarmuid Noyes], Borgia (2011-2014) Def. King Alfred the Great [David Dawson], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022)

Ser Davos Seaworth [Liam Cunningham], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Gest [Jakob Þór Einarsson], Hrafninn flýgur (1984)

Lin Shu [Hu Ge], Nirvana in Fire (2015) Def. Cesare Borgia [Mark Ryder], Borgia (2011-2014)

Charles Brandon [Henry Cavill], The Tudors (2007-2010) Def. Asneez [Isaac Hayes], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Erik Thurgilson [Christian Hillborg], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. Much [Sam Troughton], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009)

Vlad III Dracula [Luke Evans], Dracula Untold (2014) Def. Chris Vexler [Karan Soni], Miracle Workers: The Dark Ages (2020)

Prince Chauncley [Daniel Radcliffe], Miracle Workers: The Dark Ages (2020) Def. Bilbo Baggins [Martin Freeman], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)

Aguilar de Nerha [Michael Fassbender], Assassin's Creed (2016) Def. Wil Ohmsford [Austin Butler], The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

Mordred [Jason Done], Merlin (1998) Def. Robin Hood [Kevin Costner], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Murtagh Morzansson [Garrett Hedlund], Eragon (2006) Def. Geralt z Rivii [Michał Żebrowski], The Witcher (2002)

Turgut Alp [Cengiz Coşkun], Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014-2019) Def. Elendil [Lloyd Owen], The Rings of Power (2022-)

Uglúk [Nathaniel Lees], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Azog the Defiler [Manu Bennett], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)

Prince Aemond Targaryen [Ewan Mitchell], House of the Dragon (2022-) Def. Kai [Michael Gothard], Arthur of the Britons (1972, 1973)

King Arthur [Bradley James], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) Def. Arondir [Ismael Cruz Córdova], The Rings of Power (2022-)

Wen Kexing [Gong Jun], Word of Honor (2021) Def. King Arthur [Alexandre Astier], Kaamelott (2004-2009)

Sir Gwaine [Eoin Macken], Merlin (2008-2012) Def. al’Lan Mandragoran [Daniel Henney], The Wheel of Time (2022)

Hamlet [Iain Glen], Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Def. Count Rugen [Christopher Guest], The Princess Bride (1987)

Inigo Montoya [Mandy Patinkin], The Princess Bride (1987) Def. Robert of Huntingdon [Jason Connery], Robin of Sherwood (1984)

Lord Tywin Lannister [Charles Dance], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. King Henry VIII [Ray Winstone], Henry VIII (2003)

King Edmund the Just [Mark Wells], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) Def. Merlin [Nicol Williamson], Excalibur (1981)

Gawain [Dev Patel], The Green Knight (2021) Def. Sir Elyan [Adetomiwa Edun], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)

Boromir, Son of Denethor [Sean Bean], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Sir Percival [Tom Hopper], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)

Sir Leon [Rupert Young], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) Def. Merlin [Colin Morgan], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)

Aragorn, Son of Arathorn [Viggo Mortensen], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Isildur, Son of Elendil [Maxim Baldry], The Rings of Power (2022-)

Samwise Gamgee [Sean Astin], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Rand al’Thor [Josha Stradowski], The Wheel of Time (2022-)

Chu Hun [Peter Ho], Double World (2020) Def. Ash Williams [Bruce Campbell], Army of Darkness (1992)

Khal Drogo [Jason Momoa], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Loial [Hammed Animashaun], The Wheel of Time (2022-)

Gandalf [Ian McKellan], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Merlin [Sam Neill], Merlin (1998)

Gendry [Joe Dempsie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Ubbe [Jordan Patrick Smith], Vikings (2013-2020)

Sandor Clegane [Rory McCann], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Sir Lancelot [Nicholas Clay], Excalibur (1981)

Will Scarlet O’Hara [Matthew Porretta], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Def. Phillippe Gaston [Matthew Broderick], Ladyhawke (1985)

Ahmad [Mahesh Jadu], Marco Polo (2014) Def. Glenstorm [Cornell John], The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

King Henry II Plantagenet [Peter O’Toole], Becket (1964) Def. King Henry II Plantagenet [Peter O’Toole], The Lion in Winter (1968)

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan [Antonio Banderas], The 13th Warrior (1999) Def. Trumpkin [Peter Dinklage], The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Thraxus Boorman [Amar Chadha-Patel], Willow (2022) Def. Tyrion Lannister [Peter Dinklage], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Durotan [Toby Kebbell], Warcraft (2016) Def. Prince Daemon Targaryen [Matt Smith], House of the Dragon (2022)

Rosencrantz [Gary Oldman], Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Def. Lord Harekr [Bradley James], Vikings: Valhalla (2022-)

Étienne de Navarre [Rutger Hauer], Ladyhawke (1985) Def. Prince John [Richard Lewis], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Fili [Dean O’Gorman], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) Def. Renly Baratheon [Gethin Anthony], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck [Dominic Monaghan], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Fjölnir [Claes Bang], The Northman (2022)

“The Player” [Richard Dreyfuss], Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990) Def. Ravenhurst [Basil Rathbone], The Court Jester (1955)

Prince Prospero [Vincent Price], The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Def. Francois Villon [Ronald Colman], If I Were King (1938)

Richard II Plantagenet [Ben Whishaw], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) Def. Will Scarlett [Christian Slater], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Saladin [Milind Soman], Arn: The Knight Templar (2007) Def. Fezzik [André the Giant], The Princess Bride (1987)

Will Scarlett [Harry Lloyd], BBC’s Robin Hood, (2006-2009) Def. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence [David Oakes], The White Queen (2013)

Faramir, Son of Denethor [David Wenham], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)| Def. Richard Cypher [Craig Horner], Legend of the Seeker (2008-2010)

Francesco de Pazzi [Matteo Martari], Medici (2016-2019) Def. Geoffrey Chaucer [Pier Paolo Pasolini], The Canterbury Tales (1972)

Jareth, the Goblin King [David Bowie], Labyrinth (1986) Def. Jafar [Marwan Kenzari], Aladdin (2019)

Sir Guy of Gisborne [Richard Armitage], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) Def. Prince Dastan [Jake Gyllenhaal], Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Geralt of Rivia [Henry Cavill], The Witcher (2019-) Def. Roose Bolton [Michael McElhatton], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

“One-Eye” [Mads Mikkelsen], Valhalla Rising (2009) Def. Le Maître d'Armes (the fencing master) [Christian Bujeau], Kaamelott (2005-2009)

King Caspian X [Samuel West], Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) Def. Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford [Claude Rains], The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Jon Snow [Kit Harrington], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Ramsay Bolton [Iwan Rheon], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Haldir [Craig Parker], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Robin Hood [Douglas Fairbanks], Robin Hood (1922)

Gu Tingye [Feng Shaofeng], The Story of Minglan (2018) Def. Gündoğdu Bey [Kaan Taşaner], Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014-2019)

Hubert Hawkins [Danny Kaye], The Court Jester (1955) Def. Saburo Naotora Ichimonji [Ryu Daisuke], Ran (1985)

Giuliano de Medici [Bradley James], Medici (2016-2019) Def. Jack [Tom Cruise], Legend (1985)

Sir Henry “Hotspur” Percy [Joe Armstrong], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) Def. Prince Humperdink [Chris Sarandon], The Princess Bride (1987)

Robin Hood [Cary Elwes], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Def. Jaskier [Joey Batey], The Witcher (2019-)

Prince Jingim [Remy Hii], Marco Polo (2014) Def. Ragnar Lothbrok [Travis Fimmel], Vikings (2013-2020)

Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish [Aiden Gillan], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) Def. Gríma Wormtongue [Brad Dourif], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Madmartigan [Val Kilmer], Willow (1988) Def. Podrick Payne [Daniel Portman], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Hugh Beringar [Sean Pertwee], Cadfael (1994-1998) Def. Prince John [Claude Rains], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Prince Henry [Dougray Scott], Ever After (1998) Def. Massetto [Dave Franco], The Little Hours (2017)

King Henry V Plantagenet [Tom Hiddleston], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) Def. Arthur Pendragon [Oliver Tobias], Arthur of the Britons (1972, 1973)

James Douglas [Aaron Taylor-Johnson], Outlaw King (2018) Def. King Richard IV [Brian Blessed], The Black Adder (1982)

“The Sherriff of Nottingham” [Peter Cushing], The Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) Def. “The Red Death” [John Westbrook], The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Philip II [Timothy Dalton], The Lion in Winter (1968) Def. “Man With Snake” [Barry John Clarke], Edward II (1991)

Prince John [Oscar Isaac], Robin Hood (2010) Def. Willow Ufgood [Warwick Davis], Willow (2022)

King Richard [Timothy Omundson], Galavant (2015-2016) Def. “Unnamed Elf Escort” (“Figwit”) [Bret McKenzie], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Mehmed II [Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu], Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020-2022) Def. Robert of Artois [Jean Piat], The Accursed Kings (1972)

Sir Lancelot [Luc Simon], Lancelot du Lac (1974) Def. Tormund Giantsbane [Kristofer Hivju], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Legolas Greenleaf [Orlando Bloom], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Shah Ala ad Daula [Olivier Martinez], The Physician (2013)

Rollo [Clive Standen], Vikings (2013-2020) Def. Sir Lancelot [Richard Gere], First Knight (1995)

King Henry V [Laurence Olivier], Henry V (1944) Def. Saruman [Christopher Lee], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Théoden, Son of Thengel [Bernard Hill], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Steapa [Adrian Bouchet], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022)

Richard III Plantagenet [Aneurin Barnard], The White Queen (2013) Def. “Taunting French Guard” [John Cleese], Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Wat [Alan Tudyk], A Knight’s Tale (2001) Def. Ser Jaime Lannister [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Kili [Aiden Turner], The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) Def. Daario Naharis [Michiel Huisman], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Osferth [Ewan Mitchell], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. Robin Hood [Jonas Armstrong], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009)

Rodrigo Borgia [Jeremy Irons], The Borgias (2011-2013) Def. Jacques le Gris [Adam Driver], The Last Duel (2021)

Ivar the Boneless [Alex Høgh Andersen], Vikings (2013-2020) Def. Stannis Baratheon [Stephen Dillane], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Caspian X [Ben Barnes], The Chronicles of Narnia (2010) Def. Guildenstern [Tim Roth], Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

Robin Hood [Errol Flynn], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Def. High King Peter the Magnificent [Noah Huntley], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010)

Peregrin “Pippin” Took [Billy Boyd], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) Def. Little John [Eric Allan Kramer], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Uhtred of Bebbanburgh [Alexander Dreymon], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. Robin of Loxley [Michael Praed], Robin of Sherwood (1984)

Sihtric Kjartansson [Arnas Fedaravicius], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) Def. Robin Longstride [Russell Crowe], Robin Hood (2010)

Edgin Darvis [Chris Pine], Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023) Def. “Cinderella’s Prince” [Chris Pine], Into the Woods (2014)

Tom Builder [Rufus Sewell], The Pillars of the Earth (2010 Def. Thomas Cromwell [Mark Rylance], Wolf Hall (2015-2024)

Adhemar, Count of Anjou [Rufus Sewell], A Knight's Tale (2001) Def. Sir Bowen [Dennis Quaid], Dragonheart (1996)

Azeem [Morgan Freeman], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Def. Prince Graydon Hastur [Tony Revolori], Willow (2022)

Tajomaru [Toshiro Mifune], Rashomon (1950) Def. Niankoro [Issiaka Kane], Yeelen (1987)

Will Scarlett [Patrick Knowles], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Def. Syrio Forel [Miltos Yerolemou], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Geoffrey Chaucer [Paul Bettany], A Knight’s Tale (2001) Def. “The Sherriff of Rottingham” [Roger Rees], Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

George, Sherriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Def. William Wallace [Mel Gibson], Braveheart (1995)

Sir Lancelot [Santiago Cabrera], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) Def. Sid [Luke Youngblood], Galavant (2015-2016)

Xenk Yendar [Regé-Jean Page], Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Def. Eamon Valda [Abdul Salis], The Wheel of Time (2022-)

Westley [Cary Elwes], The Princess Bride (1987) Def. Forge Fitzwilliam [Hugh Grant], Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

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[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV S2 - ANOTHER commercial teaser!? Analysis & EP5 Theories

Lord, I have places to be in the morning, but AMC thinks it's cute to release multiple teasers in a day. 😭

This is a SPICY one for Louis, too! 👀

We start with the familiar "Me n' you; you n' me" from Louis, but we see a teensy bit more of his fallout with Claudia:

Claudia's head is being pushed down into something as she screams.

And thanks to the teaser we got earlier today, we can assume Lou's in the burlap sack the (the night the Theatre jumps him, Claud & Madz).

They jump from Claudia yelling at Louis, to Louis yelling "YOU left ME!" I NEED to know who Louis is talking to--it's a hard cut from Claudia to Louis, but I bet he's talking to someone else.

Cuz of the cut to Armand looking concerned as he calls Lou's name (Merrick?), now I'm thinking about the books, where we know Armand left Louis (in IWTV) for Daniel (in QotD). So is that a Loumand argument? 👀 Cuz I'm telling y'all, I don't trust them in Dubai, and the goat Carol Cutshall already threw shade their way, with the "so-called love of his life" line. I'm side-eying them HEAVY.

And good grief, poor Louis' going THROUGH IT in his dark room.

But the REAL reason I'm posting all this is cuz of this juicy morsel:

😳 LOUSTAT KISSING IN EPISODE 5 FOOTAGE. 😳

AMC, what in heaven's name is HAPPENING!?

Neither Louis nor Lestat are injured here, so does this clip happen:

1) In 1931, right before Claudia came home?

2) Or even earlier, back in 1923, when Loustat was arguing about Claudia's "hunger strike"? Cuz we know Louis wore the same blue sweater TWICE in Ep5.

3) OR, this is legit from the Ep5 fight, while they were upstairs, during the parts we didn't see while they were in the coffin/bedroom?

Was it "over" cuz Louis was desperately tryna kiss and make up? Did it not work, cuz Lestat knew/convinced himself that Lou was playing him--"maybe it's the gin, my love"? Cuz Les is the one to push Louis through the wall.

I dunno, I need sleep. 😫

[EDIT] I'm dead wrong (and blind).

Thank you so much @loustat-0 -- yup, I just saw @squirrellypoo's post explaining that you have to really crank up the lighting to be able to tell that this is Louis' jean jacket from Hallucination!Lestat we've seen in 1000 other trailers, NOT the blue sweater from EP5.

Thank GOD, cuz I went to bed just DREADING what people would start saying about Ep5. 🤦

[katyawriteswhump]

the freak in the penthouse, pt 4.2

E-rated (for sexual content), accidental millionaire eddie/sex-worker steve.

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4.2 Playing hardball

Steve kneeled beneath the piano, contorting himself awkwardly to avoid the pedals. He was giving the blowjob of his life, which crazily, he was enjoying.

After his candy-ass panic nearly triggered an asthma attack in the plunge pool, he’d felt pretty shaken. On top of that, his ‘saving’ the situation through riding Eddie cowgirl was gonna make sitting down a world of ouch tomorrow. Once he’d escaped the pool, however, he’d managed to dash to the other restroom, take a puff of his inhaler, and… Bam! He came out swinging. 

Unfortunately, Eddie had then turned all jittery and Steve’s dumbass piano recital had been a bogus move.

Eddie seemed happier now, however.

He moaned, fists clamping rigid in Steve’s hair, while Steve pulled out all his neatest tricks. He pawed at Eddie’s balls, massaging and kneading, digging how they drew up, hard as pebbles. At the same time, he lavished his top-trump skill on Eddie’s cockhead. His lips slid wetly on and off the engorged plum, while his tongue swirled and dabbed at Eddie’s slit. He really hoped he was doing too much of an awesome job for Eddie to try and deep throat him.

His hopes paid off.

“Christ… Stevie… You’re fucking slaying me… Yes… there. Aaaaaagh, fuck, fuck, FUUUUUUCK!”

Eddie came hard, hot liquid coating the back of Steve’s throat, giving him little choice but to swallow. Meanwhile, Eddie jerked back, spurting the remnants of his load across Steve’s face:

“Shit… sorry, I was… Oh man, you’re sweet.” Eddie slumped forward, arms thumping the keyboard with a loud, dissonant plink. “You okay?” he panted.

“Mmmm.” Steve licked Eddie’s salty taste from his lips, dragging his arm across his disaster-zone face. He usually loathed this, struggling to conceal his revulsion. It made a helluva lot of difference when he actually fancied the guy who’d mini-bukakid him. He crawled out from under the piano, nearly braining himself. Eddie, looking kinda sheepish, offered him a glass of champagne.

“To wash away, the… erm…”

“Come? I love a cocktail."

“Pun intended?”

“Um, no?” Steve took the flute—internally cringing at his latest lousy line—chugged it back. He knew he should go drink some water. He said, instead: “Gonna be brutally honest. I prefer beer.”

“Christ, me too. I’d murder for a six-pack of Bud.”

After that, they showered together, got wasted on iced beer, then watched a Van Damme movie on cable from Eddie’s enormous bed. Steve lay belly-down across Eddie’s lap, while Eddie fiddled with Steve’s ass.

As Jean-Claude was high-kicking some punk out of existence, Eddie dealt his own killer blow: “Stevie, I want you to stay.”

“You paid for the night, man. I’m not about to split.”

Eddie switched off the TV with his remote. “Not that. How much dough d’ya want for a week? A month? To stay all the time. What do you say?”

“Woah! You really hate your money, don’t you?”

Steve rolled off Eddie’s lap, rested his chin on his fist, and stared. Was Eddie on the level? He was blatantly buzzed. A hot mess, basically. Steve was pretty fuzzy headed, too, after mixing the beer and champagne.

“I can’t ditch my day-job. Playing yo-yo in elevators is still better than”—having sex with the regular breed of a-hole John— “other crap. But listen, as long as I get some sleep and my cash, I’ll come back tomorrow. And the day after that. Aaaaand the day after that, if you’re not sick of my ass.”

A smirk flirted across Eddie’s lush lips, only to be replaced by total sincerity. “I’d like that, Stevie. I’d really like that. And as much as I’d love to fuck you all night every night, sleeping beauty, I ain’t got that kinda stamina. While you’re here, you can nap as much as you like. So…. any other rules? Expectations of your liege lord? Any more buck for your bang?”

“Say what?” This is where I play hardball. Negotiate a higher fee. “Nope,” said Steve, smiling up into Eddie’s big chocolate and slightly bloodshot eyes.

“Okay, I got one new rule,” said Eddie, crossing his arms tight around himself. “No games of poke the grizzly.”

“You lost me again. Is it some loopy sex-game?”

“Nope. You don’t ask me diddly-squat about my past. I won’t ask you.”

Cool. I don’t even have to feel guilty about keeping quiet about… stuff. “You got it, Eddie-cakes.”

Steve came back the next day and so it began.

They usually had sex. Some nights, they just chilled, ordered everything and anything on room service, plus take-outs from all over town, and stuffed their faces. 

Eddie proved a heavy sleeper, which was fortunate for Steve, who often woke himself up coughing. It got easier to control now he’d picked up his prevention meds, but Eddie’s smoking offset that a bit. Not that Steve was gonna say anything, which was kinda dumb, he knew, but… he really didn’t want to.

He’d muscle through.

By the end of a fortnight, it was all routine. When Steve’s alarm went off at 6am, Eddie would groan, lift his arm for Steve to roll away, then snore on. And Steve would often say a silent prayer of thanks to Eddie that he still had an alarm to swiftly silence. That digital watch was the last thing his father gave him. He’d been about to pawn it yet again before Eddie showed up.

On the fifteenth morning, all this usual shit happened. Steve flung on his uniform and slipped out of the suite. He was tucking his shirt in his pants when he reached the service elevator.

“What are you skulking around up here for, Harrington?”

Steve cringed, turning on his toes to confront that total creep, Kline. He needed an excuse, any excuse. Wearily drawing a blank, he was forced to drag out the one thing he’d got in his pocket. His inhaler.

“I was looking for this. Figured I dropped it when I was up here, delivering room service. Seems I was right.”

“Nothing about you is right, son. You’re a gutter-trash, good-for-nothing, snivelling runt.” Kline looked at his own watch, tapped it. “You better hurry up, or you’ll be late for your shift.” His eyes narrowed to slits. “Unless you’re already on shift?”

Steve longed to cave the asshat’s teeth in, break his nose, then scream in his ‘snivelling runt’ face. Instead, he muttered, “Don’t start for two minutes,” and dived past Kline to use the stairs rather than the elevator.

What did Kline mean, ‘Already on shift?’ Steve had been extra careful about not being seen entering Eddie’s suite, or even inside it. Anyhow, what he did in his free time was up to him, right?

Dream on. He rules the roost in this hotel. He’ll want a cut, or worse.

Steve slopped way more coffee than usual at breakfast. Even his trainee-sous-chef ally, Robin, hollered at him when he forgot to pick up the hollandaise to go with an Eggs Benedict. Kline told him to take the rest of the day off—without pay, naturally. He was heading off, when Robin came running after him. “Steve, wait!”

“What?” He hooked his hands on his hips.

“I’m sorry I yelled,” she said, dropping her voice to a whisper. “Listen, however much that penthouse bum is paying you, you need a night off to actually sleep.”

“I am sleeping, Robin! Only not in a linen closet.” Okay, that was where he’d been heading, but only for a snooze. “Jesus, how many times do I have to tell you? Eddie genuinely is the best thing that’s happened to me in a fucking age.”

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[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

Friends, enemies, comrades, Jacobins, Monarchist, Bonapartists, gather round. We have an important announcement:

The continent is beset with war. A tenacious general from Corsica has ignited conflict from Madrid to Moscow and made ancient dynasties tremble. Depending on your particular political leanings, this is either the triumph of a great man out of the chaos of The Terror, a betrayal of the values of the French Revolution, or the rule of the greatest upstart tyrant since Caesar.

But, our grand tournament is here to ask the most important question: Now that the flower of European nobility is arrayed on the battlefield in the sexiest uniforms that European history has yet produced (or indeed, may ever produce), who is the most fuckable?

The bracket is here: full bracket and just quadrant I

Want to nominate someone from the Western Hemisphere who was involved in the ever so sexy dismantling of the Spanish empire? (or the Portuguese or French American colonies as well) You can do it here

The People have created this list of nominees:

France:

Jean Lannes

Josephine de Beauharnais

Thérésa Tallien

Jean-Andoche Junot

Joseph Fouché

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Joachim Murat

Michel Ney

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (Charles XIV of Sweden)

Louis-Francois Lejeune

Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambrinne

Napoleon I

Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Jacques de Trobriand

Jean de dieu soult.

François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann

17.Louis Davout

Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla

Eugène de Beauharnais

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Antoine-Jean Gros

Jérôme Bonaparte

Andrea Masséna

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

Germaine de Staël

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

René de Traviere (The Purple Mask)

Claude Victor Perrin

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

François Joseph Lefebvre

Major Andre Cotard (Hornblower Series)

Edouard Mortier

Hippolyte Charles

Nicolas Charles Oudinot

Emmanuel de Grouchy

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

Géraud Duroc

Georges Pontmercy (Les Mis)

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont

Juliette Récamier

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

Louis-Alexandre Berthier

Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

Catherine Dominique de Pérignon

Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Charles-Pierre Augereau

Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

England:

Richard Sharpe (The Sharpe Series)

Tom Pullings (Master and Commander)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Jonathan Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)

Captain Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin books)

Horatio Hornblower (the Hornblower Books)

William Laurence (The Temeraire Series)

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Beau Brummell

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Benjamin Bathurst

Horatio Nelson

Admiral Edward Pellew

Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke

Sidney Smith

Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford

George IV

Capt. Anthony Trumbull (The Pride and the Passion)

Barbara Childe (An Infamous Army)

Doctor Maturin (Aubrey/Maturin books)

William Pitt the Younger

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh)

George Canning

Scotland:

Thomas Cochrane

Colquhoun Grant

Ireland:

Arthur O'Connor

Thomas Russell

Robert Emmet

Austria:

Klemens von Metternich

Friedrich Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza

Franz I/II

Archduke Karl

Marie Louise

Franz Grillparzer

Wilhelmine von Biron

Poland:

Wincenty Krasiński

Józef Antoni Poniatowski

Józef Zajączek

Maria Walewska

Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

Antoni Amilkar Kosiński

Zofia Czartoryska-Zamoyska

Stanislaw Kurcyusz

Russia:

Alexander I Pavlovich

Alexander Andreevich Durov

Prince Andrei (War and Peace)

Pyotr Bagration

Mikhail Miloradovich

Levin August von Bennigsen

Pavel Stroganov

Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna

Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Dmitri Kuruta

Alexander Alexeevich Tuchkov

Barclay de Tolly

Fyodor Grigorevich Gogel

Ekaterina Pavlovna Bagration

Ippolit Kuragin (War and Peace)

Prussia:

Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gebard von Blücher

Carl von Clausewitz

Frederick William III

Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Alexander von Humboldt

Dorothea von Biron

The Netherlands:

Ida St Elme

Wiliam, Prince of Orange

The Papal States:

Pius VII

Portugal:

João Severiano Maciel da Costa

Spain:

Juan Martín Díez

José de Palafox

Inês Bilbatua (Goya's Ghosts)

Haiti:

Alexandre Pétion

Sardinia:

Vittorio Emanuele I

Lombardy:

Alessandro Manzoni

Denmark:

Frederik VI

Sweden:

Gustav IV Adolph

[humbledragon669]

S1E3 – Hard Times Write Up P3 - Paris (1793) and St. James’s Park (1862)

Alright, first thing’s first for this scene. For those of you that haven’t seen the script, the translation of the executioner’s entrance speech is as follows:

Ah, the music of the blade, and the joy of the people. Beautiful, no? Now, let us inspect your neck.

Alas, nothing of hidden meaning there. Something I did pick up on when I was watching this scene back is that just after the executioner’s (Jean-Claude) entrance, an execution takes place offscreen. It’s talked about, and we are informed that the victim here was female. In what seems to be a really dark bit of humour here, it actually sounds like this is a botched execution. The audio for this scene is below - you’ll need to listen carefully as the script continues over the background soundtrack, but to me it sounds like we hear the falling of the blade, followed by a female scream that does not stop when we hear the thump of the guillotine hitting its target.

Jean-Claude even laments over the poor work that the executioner does, and that Aziraphale is lucky that he will not be executed by the inexperienced knave. I have a pretty dark sense of humour, but even I feel like I would rather believe the screams we can hear are of a spectator, perhaps a loved one of the condemned, distressed at the scene. *shudder*

Moving on to something a bit lighter, we have a reminder of the noise we should be associating with Crowley’s time freeze miracles – that little wobble board noise played over the miracle whoosh (not to mention the underlying tingly sort of noise that can be heard throughout the scene as the time freeze stays in place). Just why Aziraphale doesn’t realise that Jean-Claude has frozen until Crowley actually speaks is a mystery to me. Too caught up in his own impending administrative perils perhaps. What is less mysterious is how the angel feels about Crowley’s unannounced arrival in his cell.

There’s no denying that Aziraphale is delighted that Crowley has appeared – that little smile is pure reflex and he all but breathes his name. I’m sure some people will read it as relief as his friend showing up just when he needs help, but I am not one of them. The painfully obvious once over that he gives Crowley tells us everything we need to know about Aziraphale’s true feelings here. And then there’s that “good Lord” line – it’s not the only time we hear somebody refer to Crowley in this way. It’s an interesting choice of words for sure and if it wasn’t for the way that the angel is drooling looking at Crowley, who I should point out hasn’t exactly positioned himself in what one might call a demure pose, I’d say that he was trying to sound disdainful.

We’re treated to the first (chronologically speaking) mention of the book shop in this scene. There are a couple of other sources that fill in some gaps for us on this front – Neil himself confirmed that Aziraphale bought the land for the shop in the 1630s and the Script Book contains a deleted scene that shows the book shop would be opened in 1800. Seeing as it’s a feature of the series that will become so integral, it’s nice that we’re given a bit of its backstory.

We’re also given a bit of insight to Aziraphale’s insatiable appetite for human food in this scene. Whilst we as the audience have already been given some context around this, it’s only now we see just how strong his attachment to food is. After all, he abandoned his book shop opening plans and travelled to Paris at the height of a revolution that targeted the aristocracy whilst dressed head-to-toe in finery just to get some crepes. Crowley’s expression of disbelief when he finds out that this foolish errand has been driven by pastry-lust feels as though it embodies the thought process of everyone bearing witness to this conversation:

Aziraphale doesn’t appear to think his actions are out of order though. What’s interesting is that his attention is engaged not by the dressing-down he’s receiving, but by Crowley’s use of a particular phrase:

There’s an incredibly subtle eyebrow raise at Crowley’s use of the word “nibble” – it comes a split second before he talks about Aziraphale’s choice of clothing. It’s a real blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, so I cut it and slowed it down a little to demonstrate:

As if the angel hadn’t given enough of a clue about how he’s feeling about Crowley’s presence. Honestly, he needs to tell his face to stop giving away his heart’s desires so obviously. Though I’m not sure how much of his heart is involved in that flirty little expression.

At this point we find out that Aziraphale has been reprimanded for performing too many frivolous miracles, to which Crowley responds that the angel is lucky he was in the area. This does raise an interesting question about Crowley always being around when Aziraphale most needs him.

There’s something quite knowing about this exchange – as if they know luck really didn’t have anything to do with it. I don’t think that they were in Paris together, or that Aziraphale even knew Crowley was in Paris - the bit of the conversation about the book shop opening and Crowley’s disbelief at the purpose of the trip is enough for me to believe Aziraphale genuinely didn’t know of the other’s proximity. I do however think that it’s unlikely this is the first time that Crowley has “conveniently” been in just the right place at the right time for Aziraphale, and that they both know there’s more at play than luck. My money’s on Crowley always knowing exactly where Aziraphale is, somehow managing to keep tabs on him in a non-creepy way, purely because he knows the angel has an uncanny knack for getting into trouble. For confirmation of his love of being Aziraphale’s knight in shining armour, see season 2, episode 5.

Right before we see the manacles miraculously fall off Aziraphale’s wrists, we can, if we’re really eagle-eyed, see another one of those micro-expressions that betray Aziraphale’s feelings. It’s off the back of Crowley’s indignant response that he has somehow been entirely responsible for the Reign of Terror currently occupying Paris. It’s minute, but it conveys so much to me – Aziraphale knows that Crowley isn’t really interested in causing anything so heinous and is basking in being reminded of that.

It’s worth noting the leagues of difference in Crowley’s reaction to being told “thank you for the rescue” and being called “nice” as we saw in episode 2. Here he simply (vehemently) tells the angel not to say “rescue”. No violence, no grabbing of lapels, no hissing in Aziraphale’s face. The words might be different, but the sentiment is most definitely the same, and yet the two reactions are light years apart. If I might be forgiven for referring to my own head canon for a moment, this actually makes sense. As a reminder, it’s my belief that Crowley and Aziraphale actually form a romantic relationship as of the day of Adam’s birth, some 200+ years in the future from Paris. This reaction we see from Crowley in the Bastille is a genuine and simple one, whereas (I believe) the wall slam at Tadfield Manor is the beginning of some sexual role play. It’s no wonder the two reactions are so different really. That said, I do not think Aziraphale isn’t playing some sort of role play game here – his insistence that he was unable to miracle himself out of the cell is rudely undermined when he performs a “frivolous miracle” just to change his clothes so that the two of them can go to lunch together. If Crowley’s preference for playing the hero was known to him, it suddenly makes sense why Aziraphale wouldn’t just miracle himself out of the cell, safe in the knowledge that Crowley would do it for him. He even defends his choice to miracle his own clothes to the demon, and it’s a pretty weak excuse.

I think it’s just a shame we don’t see Crowley’s face when he hears this, but what we do see is Aziraphale’s expression of resignation when he realises that he has to miracle his own change of clothes. It’s as if he knows the game has come to an end so now he has to stop the pretence of not being able to help himself. It’s charming really. What’s also interesting is that in switching clothes with Jean-Claude, he condemns the man to an almost instant death, yet he seems to have no qualms about the consequences of his actions in the slightest. He doesn’t even react to Crowley’s little dig that Jean-Claude was “asking for trouble” dressed in Aziraphale’s clothes.

The last exchange of this scene still delivers with subtext – it’s interesting that Crowley asks Aziraphale what’s for lunch whilst showing no preference whatsoever. He doesn’t even look affected when the angel declares joyfully that crepes are the first thing on his mind. Given that I believe Crowley to take much more pleasure in watching Aziraphale eat than eating himself, I think this question more likely means “what do I get to watch you eat for lunch?”. It’s a pleasant, light way to end this scene, which has had its fair share of dark humour squirreled away in its corners.

The first thing I noticed about this scene is that the placard announcing the date and location are different from all the other instances where this device is used. Firstly, both the location and date are on the same side of the sign. Secondly, this instance is the only one that doesn’t thrust itself upon the camera lens, instead being submerged in water. It stands out as being different, but I don’t know that there’s anything of meaning in it other than it’s used as a way to set the scene.

Speaking of setting the scene, we have another instance of David Arnold’s musical mastery with his treatment of the main theme for the soundtrack as we zoom in on Crowley and Aziraphale. The use of the harpsichord gives it a more Baroque feel, rather than being of the Romantic period that 1862 would actually fall into. To me it summons thoughts of Austen-era balls and olde-world courtships with their highly formal etiquette, all which would have taken place about 100 years prior to this scene, so I do find it interesting that it’s been chosen to orchestrate the theme in this way. Nevertheless, it’s a very pretty arrangement and definitely makes us feel that we’re still in England in a time when society had strict rules that needed to be adhered to.

Quick side note: the jacket Aziraphale is wearing in this scene appears to be the same one from the paintballing scene, which he says he has owned for over 180 years. This scene takes place approximately 155 years before the present day of this season, so even at this point he’s already owned that jacket for more than 25 years.

There’s a strange formality between the two of them in this scene, right from the start. Crowley doesn’t even look at Aziraphale as they’re talking to one another, staring stubbornly straight ahead.

Crowley opens the conversation with, what I think, is a really strange line:

What if it all goes wrong? We’ve got a lot in common, you and me…

It consists of two very different ideas that I just can’t seem to make have meaning when you put them together in one sentence. Not only that, I can’t even really make much sense out of the second part of the sentence – it just makes me want to utter the age-old phrase “and…?”. If anybody has any ideas on this one, I’m all ears.

This weirdly awkward meeting continues with Aziraphale’s belittling of Crowley from his first words, which he tries to shrug off, only to have the angel continue to make light of their companionship, claiming that the only thing their partnership is good for is to satisfy the agreement, making sure they “stay out of each other’s way”. This whole interaction just feels so out of character for the pair, particularly given that we’ve just seen them gleefully heading off to have lunch together not 30 seconds previously.

Crowley’s summation of his fall from Heaven here could be telling us a lot about his state of mind when he was still an angel – to me it sounds as if he’s saying that his mindset hasn’t actually shifted very far, and that it wasn’t a sharp sudden descent into his demonic state of being but a gradual (and willing) move. It’s a very different point of view from what we know Aziraphale holds: that there are only two states of being for ethereal beings – good or evil. It’s something we see a lot throughout the series – the comparison of the two opposing opinions on morality, along with the idea that Crowley is much happier in his “limbo” state than Aziraphale, who constantly fights against the notion that he is anything other than purely good.

Despite the fact that it’s painfully obvious that Crowley is really struggling with what he’s asking (there’s a little gulp before he mentions things going pear-shaped that says an awful lot, not to mention the attempts at deflection with his talk of ears), Aziraphale really isn’t listening to his friend in the slightest. Apart from the word “pears”. Surely Crowley should know by now that any use of food-related language is going to send the angel into fantasyland?

Aziraphale really proves that he hasn’t been listening at the point where he finally starts paying attention, though in an ironic twist he has to ask Crowley what he’s been talking about. The further ironic twist is that he starts listening at exactly the point that Crowley will only communicate his needs in writing (I’m not sure why it was necessary to write down the words “holy water” when they’re standing in broad daylight having a conversation out loud…). He’s clearly distressed at Crowley’s request though and his instant refusal to get him what he wants prompts the demon to look at him, albeit briefly, for the first time in this scene.

As little light side note here, I love how Crowley’s handwriting looks so childish on the slip of paper he hands to Aziraphale:

It feels so appropriate for his character that, even after 6000 years, he really has no interest in investing time to improve his writing skills. And what’s with the underline? Trying to convey how important he feels his request is? Whatever the reason, it just compounds the idea that this note was written with someone with the emotional IQ of an amoeba, which is far from the case.

We start to see how distressed Aziraphale is at what he thinks Crowley is asking for at this point.

He impassioned plea comes complete with a little gasping breath before he speaks that’s almost heartbreaking. What I find really interesting about the way he handles this situation is that his distress turns to anger very quickly. When he tells Crowley that he would be in trouble if their liaisons were ever discovered, I read that as him appealing to the demon to try and remind him that they are both at risk doing what they’re doing. Not only that, but there’s no way that he’s going to provide Crowley with an “easy” way out, which I suspect is his way of telling the demon that he doesn’t get to leave him behind. Pity he has to use a word that’s pretty aggravatory to try and hammer his point home – I think his choice would likely be driven by what Heaven would call their meetings, rather than how he sees them, but Crowley has already been told he can’t have what he’s asking for and is in no mood to allow Aziraphale any slip ups at this point.

That word clearly rubs Crowley up the wrong way (and rightly so I say, fancy trivialising 6000 years of companionship in as base a way as to call it “fraternising”). In his defence, Aziraphale does try to take it back, but it’s too late – they’re both too emotional charged at this point to see any sense. Crowley’s scathing response that he has plenty of other people he can “fraternise” with is perhaps not meant as a snipe to undermine their friendship further, but an angry declaration that whilst he might do that with others, it is not how he would choose to describe the interactions with the angel. If that is the subtext, Aziraphale misses it, seeing only the insinuation that Crowley is claiming he has plenty of people he can hang around with, making him less important.

Despite the seriousness of the subject matter driving the argument, we are once again leaving this location and time period with a bit of lightness.

My instinctive response to Aziraphale’s awkward storming off and disposal of Crowley’s note, along with Crowley’s snotty closing remark? A little groan followed by the disdainful muttering of “bloody children…”.

As always, comments, questions, discussions, all welcome!

[cliozaur]

Here comes the story of the mysterious ex-convict Jean Valjean. If I had to compile the top three saddest episodes involving Jean Valjean, this one would definitely be among them. His story includes another example of touching sibling relationships, where they take turns taking care of each other. His sister’s story is another illustration of the harmful outcome of society’s insistence on women’s absolute dependence on men (and the absence of birth control: seven children in just eight years!)

Valjean’s care for his sister’s children—the way he doesn’t mind giving the best pieces of his food to them, the way he pays for the milk to cover up their trick, etc.—foreshadows him being a good caregiver to Cosette. And the most heartbreaking part of this chapter:

he wept, his tears stifled him, they impeded his speech; he only managed to say from time to time, “I was a tree-pruner at Faverolles.” Then still sobbing, he raised his right hand and lowered it gradually seven times, as though he were touching in succession seven heads of unequal heights, and from this gesture it was divined that the thing which he had done, whatever it was, he had done for the sake of clothing and nourishing seven little children.

The court, not seeing the need to provide for a big family as a mitigating circumstance, forever imposed this attitude on Valjean, who will never even mention mitigating circumstances concerning this or other episodes of his life. “There occur formidable hours in our civilization; there are moments when the penal laws decree a shipwreck. What an ominous minute is that in which society draws back and consummates the irreparable abandonment of a sentient being!” Another similar case was that of Claude Gaux, which Hugo knew too well and mentioned in his short digression.

Valjean’s poaching is mentioned! It is a very important reference for the barricade section of the book, don’t forget about it. Concerning poaching, I would like to add that this “crime” only existed because of the unfair expropriation of forests by lords.

“Jean Valjean had entered the galleys sobbing and shuddering; he emerged impassive. He had entered in despair; he emerged gloomy.” That’s a sad summary of what happened to Valjean after he lost and made himself forget his family.

[vidavalor]

Thinking about the Greek mythology themes you've noted already... Possible Orpheus-and-Eurydice nods for S3? (Thinking about the first bit of the S2 opening, with the Ineffables in the tunnel)

Ooh, interesting thought! That seems possible, in a very general kind of way. The story is playing pretty fast and loose with its Greek myth nods (thankfully because most Greek myths are bananas lol.) I love the idea of everyone going to Hell after Aziraphale. Aziraphale can hold his own but everyone does need help sometimes and this might be a case where he does need a hand. Plus, it'd be fun to have Gabriel and Crowley working together. No idea if the rescue is where they'd take the story but we'll have to see. The main characters kind of do need to reconnect again pretty quickly so it does seem like a possible way forward?

I also have been thinking about which bits of S1 aren't mirrored yet in S2 and how they might fit into S3 continuing the rest of this last week of the end of the world, if that's where this is going, and one of the biggest is, to both my intrigue and horror... 1793.

I suppose it would be, right?

I'm of two minds-- the writer in me can definitely see why we wouldn't see the mirror of 1793 until we're on the other side of Aziraphale's fall but the part of me that loves these characters is just shuddering at the idea of a mirrored 1793... although, I do think it really likely that Gabriel is going to be helping Crowley with this rescue if it happens and that's sort of funny considering we'd be going from Crowley and Aziraphale mocking Gabriel in the Paris scene to Gabriel being the walking holy water Crowley takes with him to Hell to get to Aziraphale.

1793 was also kind of built to be evocative of Aziraphale in Hell. He's imprisoned, it's all dark, people are screaming... it's the closest thing to Hell on Earth that we've seen in the series. It's the only scene in which Aziraphale wears red and one of the only times he's in black-- and the only time he's fully in Crowley's colors, which are more Hell colors than Heaven ones. It's also arguably one of the most direct scenes that involves the Satan story so it winding up having foreshadowed part of the Aziraphale's fall storyline would work really well. Heh, what if we see Satan in his true form for the first time and he's being played by the guy who was Jean-Claude the Executioner? 😲

Let's just hope that it's not a completely dark mirror, though. We at least need the humor of Aziraphale not yet remembering Crowley but still reacting like oh hiiiiii yes you can rescue me! there must be something I can do for you in return, my lord? 😂

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