#Jenny Platt

[wwemcumuscleslover]

Our fearless Sargent Trudy Platt was in Movie Theaters recently.

Amy Morton Play Jenny Bloom in IT END WITH US, she is the Mother of Blake Lively' caracther.

[someoneinthemirror]

Ben Platt

[giantkillerjack]

I am so so happy that the Dear Evan Hansen movie was laughably bad. I hated that show so fucking much, and the world would absolutely be a worse place if that movie was successful and inspired even MORE productions of the stage show. I mean I would have been seeing FAN ART of the movie if it had been competently made, and thank FUCK that didn't happen.

Here's the Jenny Nicholson review that I am currently watching for a second time, if you wanna see the one good thing to come from this horrible musical:

[coraniaid]

As frustrating as I find the way that Jenny Calendar is often written in the show, it is nonetheless kind of bizarre to me how the fandom has collectively -- and fairly consistently -- decided to give her a set of personality traits that she simply doesn't show any sign of having in canon.

Remember that, in canon, it's Giles (and not Jenny) who rebels at the idea of sending Buffy to die fighting the Master in Prophecy Girl (Jenny only comments that she's surprised the Slayer is "so little"). It's Giles, too, who Buffy turns to for reassurance when she thinks she's made any serious mistake (whether that's in how she treated her friends in When She Was Bad or her role in Angel losing his soul in Innocence). It's Joyce (and, for obvious reasons, not Jenny) who looks after Buffy, Willow and Xander when they all get sick at the end of Killed By Death and who lets the group hang out in her kitchen (at the end of Helpless, for example) and who offers to make everyone hot chocolate after letting them spend the night at her house in Restless. It's adult figures who appear in only a single episode, like Teacher's Pet's Dr Gregory and Beauty and the Beasts' Mr Platt, who offer Buffy praise and encouragement at a time she's not getting it from Joyce or Giles.

Jenny Calendar's only relationship to Buffy in canon -- beyond being her metaphorical father's on-again, off-again girlfriend -- is to be variously somebody she blames (for reasons the plot isn't ever quite clear on) for her boyfriend having lost his soul and then somebody she blames herself for not being able to save from said soulless boyfriend. Buffy and Jenny don't even seem to like each other. Jenny does have more of a connection with Willow, but it's not a particularly nuturing or parental one (she gets Willow to help her out in class because Willow is obviously competent, but she doesn't encourage Willow to think about plans for her future or ask about Willow's home life or really offer any kind of support beyond being one of her school teachers). I can believe Willow looks up to Jenny a lot and even has a (repressed) crush on her, and she does seem to shape her life post-Season 2 around Jenny in ways the show never explicitly acknowledges ... but that's all stuff happening on Willow's side; I don't think there's evidence Jenny is equally invested in their relationship. She hardly seems thrilled when Xander and Willow show up to interupt her first date with Giles. Her only involvement in Cordelia and Xander's lives is to make them come in on a Saturday for remedial computer science. She only interacts with neophyte magic practioner Amy Madison in one [terrible] episode, and said interaction is limited to squabbling over the romantic affections of Xander Harris [look, I said it was a terrible episode...]. She never even meets Kendra; they don't appear in any of the same episodes.

And yet for some reason we have all -- and I include myself in this -- apparently decided that, okay, maybe Joyce and Giles would let Faith live out of a motel for months, but if she'd been around in Season 3 there's no way Jenny would've let that slide. Jenny is The Good Parent, you see. But ... why? Because she referred to Buffy and her friends as "the kids" a grand total of one time? What shred of evidence is there in canon to support this reading?

[the-rainbow-meme]

love, against all odds.

Killing Eve, 04x09 "Hello, Losers" / Out of the Woods, Taylor Swift / The Good Place, 04x09 "The Answer" / Somebody to Love, Queen / jenny slate on Twitter / Francesca, Hozier / Grow As We Go, Ben Platt / fran on Twitter / Doctor Who, series 11 ep 6 "Demons of the Punjab" / Haven't Met You Yet, Michael Bubble / The Love Song of J. ALfred Prufrock, T. S. Elliot / This Is How You Lose The Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

[cringecompanionapologist]

Women That Turlough Has Been Depicted Being Attracted To

This almost definitely isn't a complete list, but it's what I can definitely confirm.

TW: The two PDA examples are dubcon at best.

Imperial Moon (Past Doctor Adventure, Christopher Bulis, 2000): Lytalia

Gets Turlough to fall in love with her as part of an evil plan. Her species produces pheromones that can sort of mind control humanoid males. Trions are humanoid males, so it’s possible that he became infatuated with her because of mind control pheromones that would make virtually any humanoid male fall for her.

The King of Terror (Past Doctor Adventure, Keith Topping, 2000): Eva Oblon

Turlough seems out of character going to a bar, getting absolutely wasted, and actively trying to pick up girls. Eva lures him to her apartment and turns out to be an evil alien who needs alien DNA to take of the world. This leads to an extended period of uncomfortably sexualized torture and her continuing to flirt with him for no practical reason, since he’s afraid of her now. He violently murders her and calls her a bitch and I honestly don’t blame him.

Loups-Garoux (Big Finish, Marc Platt, 2001): Rosa Caiman

It’s implied that they have sex but in a way that’s very easy to interpret as chaste cuddling that Rosa sees more significance in than Turlough does. When the Doctor brings her up to Turlough he says there’s nothing between them.

Kiss of Death (Big Finish, Stephen Cole, 2011): Deela

A past relationship on Trion. Turlough was the bad boy Deela’s dad told her to stay away from. In the present, Turlough will only kiss her when literally held at gunpoint.

Gardens of the Dead (Big Finish Short Trip, Jenny T Colgan, 2016): Nyssa

Apparently Turlough had a crush on Nyssa that lasted forever. Because everyone has a crush on Nyssa in Big Finish. That probably includes Peter Davison and at least half the writers.

So we have a situation that can be blamed on mind control, a situation involving alcohol, torture, and a lack of consent, an ambiguous possible misunderstanding, awkwardly executed backstory, and the same crush that basically every character in Big Finish Doctor Who has.

[broadwayreprise]

Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond backstage at Parade Jenny Anderson (jennyandersonphoto on Instagram)

[glitterfairy-21225]

No thoughts. Just someone, anyone, referring to Spider as Quaritch’s “little boy” the way Jenny Nicholson referred to Ben Platt as his father’s that way in her Dear Evan Hansen video.

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Second Reading

Ayes: 351 (96.6% Lab, 2.3% Ind, 0.8% Green, 0.3% SDLP) Noes: 84 (100.0% Con) Absent: ~215

Day's business papers: 2024-7-29

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: Committee of the whole House

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (341 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Emily Darlington Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett

Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephen Doughty Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (8 votes)

Adnan Hussain Apsana Begum Ian Byrne Imran Hussain John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana

Green Party (3 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Social Democratic & Labour Party (1 vote)

Colum Eastwood

Noes

Conservative (84 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Claire Coutinho Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Jack Rankin James Cleverly Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

[mischief-lies-and-stories]

Another Loki Playlist?!

If you're tired of the comic posts, I've got good news for you. If you're not tired of the comic posts, I've got more on the way.

I said on my last playlist post that I have six Loki-themed playlists. I've posted about 4 of them on the blog, and the fifth is Sigyn-specific that is an overlap of the Sylgyn and Logyn playlists. So now I'm posting about the (currently) last one: Frostiron. There are some overlap songs with my main playlist.

Many of these are specifically frostiron vibes from my Nights on the Roof series, though some were originally pulled from other frostiron playlists I've listened to.

"All Through the Night", Sleeping At Last

"In Case You Don't Live Forever," Ben Platt

"Temporary Love," Ben Platt

"North," Sleeping At Last

"For the Dancing and the Dreaming," from How to Train Your Dragon 2

"The Last of the Real Ones," Fall Out Boy

"The Lighthouse Keeper," Sam Smith

"Fair," The Amazing Devil

"Who Wants to Live Forever," Queen

"Immortals," Fall Out Boy

"Asleep At Last," The Wailin' Jennys

"I'll Be Your Man," Passenger

"Feels Like Home," Josh Groban

"Running Home to You," Grant Gustin

"Twilight of the Gods," from Thor: Ragnarok

"Wouldn't It Be Nice," The Beach Boys

"Someone Who Loves Me," Sara Bareilles

"Til Kingdom Come," Coldplay

[pragmatic-optimist]

This week's theme: Rec a fic that starts with the same letter as your username (or, if you like, a part of your username). 

The rules: Tag a fic that starts with the same letter as your username and describe why it's so good / how it has a hold on you. Then tag some people to see what everyone else is reading. Spread the love! Please tag @welcometololaland or tag #fic rec friday so they can compile the masterlist.

Okay, so clearly, I can’t read because I chose fics that started with an “S” for my actual first name and not my URL lol. I tried to fix this, but the amount of fics that start with a “P” in my bookmarks is almost nonexistent. So I’m going to just stick with my incorrectness; forgive me. Lola - thank you for always tagging me; I finally managed to post because looking through my AO3 bookmarks made this “easier.” You know how indecisive I am. Lol. I also promise I tried to keep this short, and this is what keeping it short looks like.😂

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911 Lone Star

Say You’ll Remember Me: This is a Ryderdie WIP by @myemergence, and I really look forward to more. It’s one of my absolute favorite tropes (Amnesia!) and a canon-divergent AU for 2x9 featuring one of the best fictional couples to ever exist. I love Judd and Grace Ryder so much. Jenny nails the angst in that way where it hurts but GOSH it is good. It’s just *chef’s kiss* and I can’t wait to see where the rest of the journey takes us. 

Searching For A Trail to Follow Again:  Paige’s (@sunshinestrand) fics are classic, butterflies in your stomach, grinning from ear-to-ear, romantic comedies. This AU was so charming and, like all of Paige’s writing, leaves you with the biggest smile on your face because you’re just over-the-moon Carlos and TK have found one another in this story and in all her AUs (again and again and again). Contrary to popular belief among certain showrunners, letting characters just be happy is quality and compelling storytelling, and I’m grateful for fic writers like Paige who know that and give us a slice of that joy. 

So Many Somethings: Rae’s (@iboatedhere) AUs are iconic by now, but this one will always be near and dear to my heart. Not just because it’s the You’ve Got Mail AU and it’s an incredible nod to the film, but also because it was the first fic I ever beta-read for her, and the whole process bonded us. Rae, thanks for trusting me! This fic is remarkable, I love the balance of enemies-friends-lovers and the banter. Oh, the Banter™️. Nora Ephron would be proud! 

Sanctuary: If I had to use one word to summarize this fic, it would be ✨DESTINY✨. Honestly, I think all of Kim’s (@reyescarlos) fics have a destiny vibe to them, you can feel that these two characters are meant to be together, and they will find a way. I loved the first meeting in this one; the tension in the scene was palpable, and Kim’s writing always makes you feel like every interaction is happening right in front of you. She’s magic in that way ✨. 

Slowly Becoming Lovers: I love fics that show us the little moments between Carlos and TK, how they fall in love through the little things, and the way Holly (@morganaspendragonss) portrays that journey in these short vignettes is so so SO beautiful. This is one of the fics I have reread the most, according to the AO3 clicks lol, and there is a reason for that. It is truly lovely. Also, the title is inspired by one of my favorite Ben Platt songs, and fits the story perfectly! Highly recommend! 

Red, White, and Royal Blue

Snowed in? Snow problem: This fic is such a blast to read, lol. I laughed so hard, and I still laugh just as hard when I reread it because the ugh!Hunter slander is top-tier. A direct quote: “Well, I’m not bunking in with Hunter or you’ll be dealing with a murder by the end of the day.” Same, Alex. Same. Forever mood.😂 Add to that, “there was only one bed” plus Rae’s (@rmd-writes) ability to write Sexual Tension™️ x 5467893204858, and this college au is a must-read. Also, THE TITLE. YAAASS. A+ pun. No notes. 

Sink Beneath the Waves: This fic. THIS FIC. You know how in every fandom, there are stories that are essentially required reading, this one by @indomitable-love is one of those fics for me in the RWRB fandom. The love, the yearning, the pain, and the utter joy at Henry’s “I’m into making History.” Getting the chance to see these canon plot points from Henry’s POV is a gift, and I’m so grateful this fic exists for us to revisit again and again. 

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I think this has made the rounds already because it is Saturday for me, so consider this an open tag to whoever has fics they would like to share with us! 

[maximiliano-aedo]

What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

[tarotmantic]

Ben Platt at the 2023 Tony Award Nominee Luncheon | Photos by Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

i am so very excited about these photos and about the tony awards okay i want a parade sweep xoxo. very awesome to see ben and colton together again, and of course to see all the other nominees (names are in alt text and tags!). i might collate other photos from the event, especially those of micaela!!! but we'll have to see because strictly speaking i shouldn't even be doing this i am so behind on classwork </3

[bisummers]

top ten OMG I LOVE BUFFY SUMMERS moments

Oh boi!! (It’s been a minute since I’ve rewatched so I’m going in no particular order and top of my head)

1. You were myth-taken

2. When she goes to jenny and forgives her cause she wants giles to be happy

3. I’m only 16 i don’t want to die

4. When she goes to mr. Platt a second time even though she was initially not wanting to do therapy (rip platt)

5. Sharing her powers wt all the potentials

6. I’m fairly certain i said no interruptions

7. Getting chosen as class protector

8. I meant to, but then i just got really busy

9. You have a choice, you don’t have a good choice but you have a choice

10. Me.

[coraniaid]

Top five Buffy characters who only appeared in one episode? Or if you want just top five Buffy characters you'd want to have seen more of

I think any list of the top five Buffy characters I'd liked to have seen more of would be pretty predictable: Faith, Amy and Kendra for sure. Probably Jenny Calendar too (although this requires the Season 2 writers to actually care about her enough to make her an actual character with a personality and motives). Not sure who the fifth would be. Ethan, maybe? Drusilla? Mr Platt?

For best one episode characters though, I'm a bit more confident on my list.

Billy Fordham [from S2E07 Lie To Me]

Lie To Me is a great episode, setting the tone for the rest of the season to come, and while Ford isn't the only reason it works so well he is definitely one of the reasons it does. There's a trend in the first couple of seasons where the show will introduce a character we've never met before, claim they have some important connection to the cast, only for them to die that episode and never be mentioned ever again. Ford is definitely in that tradition -- and I think later seasons of the show would have given him the Scott Hope or Parker Abrams treatement, introducing him a couple of episodes earlier before the big betrayal -- but in his case suddenly appearing out of nowhere works in a way that Xander's various former bullies and Willow's constantly changing intellectual competition don't always manage to do. The impact of his actions on Buffy by the end of the episode doesn't seem unearned at all.

Ted [from S2E11 Ted]

Arguably one of the show's best single episode villains ever from a consistently under-rated episode. An episode which asks deep questions that the show will come back to again and again; questions like "what if the Slayer accidentally killed a person? can she justify that to herself?" and "how would Buffy's mother react if she told her she was the Slayer; would she think Buffy was crazy?" and "what if there was some kind of freaky robot? that'd be weird, right?". But for all the goofiness of the end of the episode, there's something genuinely unsettling about the way Ted veers between John Ritter's usual sitcom dad persona and the controlling, abusive figure that only Buffy ever sees. If anything, the reveal that Ted is an unkillable monster with a string of murders to his name makes him significantly less scary than he was before.

Gwendolyn Post [from S307 Revelations]

Mrs Gwendolyn Post has so much fun being evil and making everybody's lives a little worse that I'm willing to forgive her for the fact her actual plan is laughably short-sighted and was obviously never going to work for long. Of all the Watcher-affiliated characters we actually see on screen (so, not counting Faith's first Watcher or Kendra's Watcher, both of whom I wish we'd seen as well), she's the one I wish we'd seen a little more of in the show.

Fun fact: depending on where exactly you draw the line, Gwendolyn Post is arguably the adult human woman with the fourth most speaking time over the show's entire run (after Joyce Summers, Jenny Calendar and Maggie Walsh). And yet she's only in this one single episode. Bonus fun fact: that sucks, actually.

Sunday [from S4E01 The Freshman]

Bizarrely, Sunday is one of the last named vampires the show would introduce, despite her sole epsiode falling in the first half of the show's run. I think there are ... what, maybe half a dozen more after this episode? (I understand the various factors behind it, but I think it's a shame that there are fewer and fewer actual vampire villains in the show as it progresses beyond the high school seasons.) Sunday is really fun though; I like The Freshman a lot (as I've said in another post recently), and she's a big part of why. She should have been in more episodes, frankly.

Cassie Newton [from S7E04 Help]

I've talked before about how much I like Help (and the early episodes of Season 7 more generally). I like the human level focus. I like the idea of Dawn getting to go to a new school and make new friends. I like Buffy having the chance to metaphorically go back in time and try to save her younger self. I like all the callbacks to the high school seasons. I like how unsubtle the name 'Cassandra' is. I like Cassie. She was great.

(Yes, the actor returns later this season but the character herself doesn't, so she counts.)

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, February 5

Buffy: He was my first... I loved him, and then he... Mr. Platt: ...changed. She looks up at him, surprised again. Buffy: Yeah. Mr. Platt: He got mean. Buffy: Yes. Mr. Platt: And you didn't stop loving him. Buffy doesn't know what to add or how to respond. Mr. Platt: Look, lots of people lose themselves in love. It's, it's no shame. They write songs about it. The hitch is, you can't stay lost. Sooner or later, you... you have to get back to yourself. Buffy: (considers) And if you can't? Mr. Platt: If you can't... (inhales) Well, love becomes your master, and you're just its dog.

~~Beauty and the Beasts~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Nobody knows it like you do, babe (the lengths we will go to) (Angel/Lindsey, E) by test_kard_girl

Call Me Cupid (Angel/Drusilla, M) by TheClowniestLivInExistence

Cherry Pop (Buffy/Faith, E) by ThatShipper13

Hangover Bad (gen, G) by ardavenport (adavenport)

Please Be Gentle (Darla/Drusilla, M) by AmmoniteSkin (AmmoniteFlesh)

Practice Makes Perfect (Buffy/Spike, E) by MaggieLaFey

[Chaptered Fiction]

Bonds of Shadows Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Chewbacha

Cinder-Buffy Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by holetoledo

Rise Chapter 26 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten

Lie to Me Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only) by In Mortal

A Second Chance- Their Story Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Loup Noir

Cherry On Top Chapter 29 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Maxineeden

Rebehold the Stars (Love from the Other Side of the Apocalypse) Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Asokatanos

If You Don't Want Him... Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Spikelover4ever

Coming Through Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only) by hulettwyo

Love Lives Here Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Passion4Spike

The Apron Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by hulettwyo

Rise Of The Sineyans Chapter 3 (Buffy/Faith, M) by BlueZeroZeroOne

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:happy 20th anniversary of ats season 5 episode 12 you’re welcome by artsying-ifer

Artwork:Intervention by frenchublog

Artwork:Angel by pinkpersonsblog

Artwork:they made a male character so fuckable they had to give him the manic pixie dream girl speech by justafriendofxanders

Artwork:⚰️ BTVS 517. Forever ⚰️ by tmcarlee

PODCAST:BTVS 509 - Listening To Fear by anotherbuffypodcast

PODCAST:Episode 14 - ReVivicaFoxication and the Bowling Nemesis (When She Was Bad) by thesunnydalediaries

PODCAST:Season 6 As A Whole (Buffy and the Art of Story Podcast) by lisalilly

[Fandom Discussions]

reasons why Riley sucks by elysianholly

Ask game - Spike by yesitsterriblysimple

Ask game - Giles by yesitsterriblysimple

Buffy vs Black Widow (by Joss) by Synch

Initial Reaction to Buffy continued by multiple posters

30 Day Challenge: BtVS vs AtS continued by multiple posters

Discussion of 4.01 "The Freshman" - Aired 10/5/99 (WB-US) continued by multiple posters

Comical Quotes by Moptop

Explaining Jenny’s body - questionable policework in Sunnydale by Taake

S2 EP 20 "Go Fish" - Finally It's Over by olliedollie1204

So I just finished “I Will Remember You” in Angel by Irislovesneko

You wake up and find yourself in Sunnydale. What's the first thing you do? by RemoteAvocado4258

OMWF, a live performance by caldude1985

That smirk is pure Angelus by altright

I'm watching season 5 for the first time by heartacheaf

Plot hole s3e3 by ZiggySaysSmile

Season 4 appreciation thread by jdpm1991

Does anyone happen to know why eps are missing on Disney+? by benedictwinterborn

At the end of Tabula Rasa... by BeccasBump

Clem appreciation post by Unable_Earth5914

What was D'Hoffryn's agenda re: Anya in S7 by Nostromo87

What did one of your least favorite characters do that you actually respected? by InfiniteMehdiLove

BTVS for a modern audience? by RegisterAfraid

Which one of these do you think it’s the best dialogue between Wes and Illyria? by JellyfishDry9464

In this episode when Buffy decided she had to kill Anya she came off as such a hypocrite by Mundane-Client3467

What is Your Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and/or Angel WTF Moment? by Big-Restaurant-2766

S5E7 Fool For Love, Buffy's Look by PurplishPlatypus

S6 1st *rewatch* ever by caldude1985

One thing I have learned to really appreciate about BTVS with streaming/binge-watching by dragonsrawesomesauce

how did it not occur to the remaining scoobies that they would need to dig out the grave by Wendy-M

The Sunnydale High Sentinel staff doing the real journalism by altright

The grappling hooks though by EuphoricNebula1947

Thoughts on this conversation from "Never Leave Me"? by SafiraAshai

What storylines did BTVS do in 1997-2003 that they couldn't now? by Old-Emphasis-7190

What was Angel's deal? by Jazzlike-Dog-8401

[Community Announcements]

Welcome to Spangel Saturday by spangel-fic-marathon

Welcome to Day Five of February Fangfest! by februaryfangfest

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