#Johnny Mckay

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LAWMAN WHUMP LIST

DESCRIPTION: This is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing - IMBD / WIKIPEDIA

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~ MARSHAL DAN TROOP portrayed by JOHN RUSSELL ~

1x04: Hit in the face with a branch, knocked down. 

1x16: Mauled by a bear, bloody, unconscious, bandaged up, weak, cared for, collapse, arm in sling. 

1x19: Shot in the shoulder with an arrow, bleeding, struggle, kicked in the shoulder, manhandled, collapse, unconscious, arm in sling. 

1x24: Punched in the face, brief fight. 

1x26: Shot in the arm. 

1x30: Manhandled, punched in the stomach, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious. 

1x35: Falls off horse, sick, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported, cared for. 

2x02: Punched in the face, fight. 

2x11: Hand bandaged. 

2x12: Tied up, slapped, fight.

2x16: Falls off horse, steps in a wolf trap, pain, limping, knocked down, beaten. 

2x20: Bit on the leg by a child. 

2x30: Shot in the shoulder, knocked down, passed out, unconscious, medical care, bandaged. 

2x32: Shot in shoulder, knocked off horse, unconscious, medical care, bandaged. 

3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up. 

3x07: Shot in the hand, bloody, hand bandaged. 

3x08: Punched in the face, exhausted, knocked unconscious, manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, collared/chained up. 

3x10: Fight, bloody, supported. 

3x15: Shot in the shoulder, passed out, unconscious, bandaged. 

3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled. 

3x19: Knocked unconscious. 

3x21: Shot in the hand, hand bandaged. 

3x30: Shot in the arm, arm in sling. 

4x02: Shot in the arm. 

4x03: Shot in the arm. 

4x07: Falls into a hole. 

4x08: Knocked unconscious. 

4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair.

~ DEPUTY JOHNNY MCKAY portrayed by PETER BROWN ~

1x06: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, stumbling around, supported, headache. 

1x07: Knocked unconscious, bloody, head bandaged, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported.  

1x15: Smoke inhalation, coughing.   

1x27: Manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious. 

1x38: Manhandled, held hostage, tied up. 

2x03: Wagon crash, shackled to a prisoner, rough fight, held at gunpoint, slapped repeatedly. 

2x06: Shot in the arm, arm bandaged. 

2x08: Punched in the face, fight.  

2x12: Manhandled, held at gunpoint, tied up, kicked, fight. 

2x20: Shot in the arm, knocked unconscious, arm in sling. 

2x22: Thrown from horse, sore, weak, passed out, unconscious. 

2x24: Shot, bullet grazes head, unconscious, bloody head wound, weak/fading in and out of consciousness, cared for.

2x26: Knocked unconscious.

2x37: Shot in the shoulder, weak, supported, passed out, unconscious, carried, medical care, arm in a sling. 

3x02: Knocked unconscious, manhandled, kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, head bandaged, weak, dizzy, passed out, carried, unsteady. 

3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up. 

3x10: Beaten. 

3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up, gagged, dizzy, unsteady. 

3x21: Manhandled. 

3x29: Knocked unconscious, manhandled. 

4x05: Knocked off horse, briefly unconscious. 

4x11: Punched in the face. 

4x16: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, tied up, manhandled. 

4x20: Briefly knocked unconscious, held at gunpoint, handcuffed. 

4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair. 

4x28: Brief fight, thrown into Troop. 

4x36: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious. 

4x39: Knocked unconscious, falls off horse, manhandled, handcuffed to a tree. 

4x40: Kidnapped, tied up, gagged. 

~ HONOURABLE MENTIONS & WHAT-THE-WHUMP COMMENTARY ~

1x27: Johnny pretends his head still hurts to get the doctor out of the saloon and the doc drunkly checks out his head.

1x37: Prisoner smacks a cup of coffee out of Johnny's hand, he looks real upset about it and Troop grabs Johnny's arm to check him out real quick. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 1. 

2x24: Johnny gets shot in the head, only a little don't even worry about it. When Troop goes to check on him he holds him and checks out his head while Johnny's lowkey passing out every few seconds. 

3x02: Johnny x Concussions OTP. Johnny is kidnapped along with Lily, he spends majority of the episode majorly concussed. 

3x13: Johnny falls asleep in a chair and falls out of it. Johnny also gets spooked and spills his coffee on his hand. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee part 2. 

3x39: Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 3

4x16: On the Lawman Wikipedia page there's a picture of Johnny being manhandled and held at gunpoint that comes from this episode.

[thatsprettylane]

[famousinmyfandom]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Laramie (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jess Harper/Johnny McKay (Lawman) Characters: Jess Harper, Johnny McKay (Lawman) Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, sad sex, Angry Sex, First Time, One Night Stands, Choking, Bottom Johnny McKay, Top Jess Harper, Sub Jess Harper, Pining, Power Bottom Johnny McKay, Crying Series: Part 3 of How Johnny McKay Made Jess Harper Gay(er), Part 1 of Slim/Jess BDSM Verse Summary:

Jess Harper fucks Deputy Johnny McKay, but Johnny’s the one planting seeds, aka Johnny is having a crisis and Jess finds out he kind of likes being pushed around.

IT’S HEEEEEEEERREEEEE!! 🤩

[newlabdakos]

Openly LGBTQIA+ Celebrities

These are celebrities who have recently come out as LGBTQIA+ or whom I’ve recently learned about or whom I hadn’t mentioned in previous posts of this type. Needless to say, this list is highly arbitrary and incomplete.

Jena Malone (actress)

Emerson Mancini (music engineer, author)

Johnny Massaro (actor, director, producer)

Gisele Mayordo / Gisele Shaw (athlete)

Gerard McCarthy (actor)

Nick McCarthy (athlete)

Charlie McDonnell (internet personality)

Ethan Bob McKay (reality TV personality)

Amybeth McNulty (actress)

Shae Mitchell (actress, model)

Continuing the tradition from my old blog (which has been unceremoniously deleted by tumblr without much of an explanation why) I’m doing daily posts during June to celebrate LGBTQIA+ pride by showcasing openly LGBTQIA+ celebrities and various content about or created by LGBTQIA+ people such as music videos, characters on TV shows, movie trailers, …

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We're back with a new name, What's New to Netflix, and an accidental crossover episode this time around, where we go through all of the new titles coming to Max in October 2023 instead of Netflix. Feeling confused? Don't worry, so were we, but we're seeing this through, as this will be part one of a two-episode special that will be all about stuff coming to Max.

Then we review some stuff that's actually on Netflix when we take a look at the philosophical sci-fi alien film Arrival from 2016, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, directed by Denis Villeneuve. Afterwards, Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger in the gritty historical crime drama Public Enemies from 2009, directed by Michael Mann. And finally, we talk about Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues from 2013, with Will Ferrel reprising his role as Ron Burgundy, directed by Adam McKay.

All of this plus, like we mentioned, we totally goofed up and went over everything coming to Max instead of Netflix! What a way to start our new rebranded podcast! Hopefully, if we do something like this again in the future, it will be intentional. But we still think this will be a cool treat for all of you, and if it isn't, let us know!

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FULL WHUMPS LIST;

Shows, movies, anime, & cartoons (Organized Alphabetically by TV Title)(pinned) - Message me if any of this is outdated! Organized whump of my posts

LIVE ACTION

Ray Palmer | Arrowverse Jake Peralta | Brooklyn-99 Tangerine | Bullet Train Richard Castle | Castle Ryan | Castle Dexter Morgan | Dexter Johnny Gage | Emergency! (1979) John Carter | E.R. Peter Bishop | Fringe Simon | Firefly Malcolm | Firefly Mike Schmidt | FNAF Movie Tom Mason | Falling Skies Matt Damon | Jason Bourne Jake Green | Jericho (2006) Hawkeye | M*A*S*H Steven Grant | Moon Knight Thomas Shelby | Peaky Blinders Shawn Spencer | Psych Daniel Jackson | SG1 Trip Tucker | Star Trek: Enterprise William Riker | Star Trek: TNG Rodney McKay | SG: Atlantis John Sheppard | SG: Atlantis Sam Winchester | Supernatural (S1-S15) Mark Wahlberg | Ted 2 Hughie | The Boys Shaun Murphey | The Good Doctor Dick Grayson | Titans Rust Cohle | True Detectives Cordell Walker | Walker Ryan Gosling | Multiple movies Owen Strand | 9-1-1 Lone Star

ANIME

Hajime Nagumo | Arifureta: From Commonplace To World's Strongest Ciel Phantomhive | Black Butler Ichigo | Bleach Yukio Okumura | Blue Exorcist Rin Okumura | Blue Exorcist Akutugawa | Bungo Stray Dogs Atsushi | Bungo Stray Dogs Yuu Otosaka | Charlotte Lelouch Lamperouge | Code Geass David Martinez | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Allen Walker | D. Gray Man Saiki K. | Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Natsu | Fairy Tail Grey | Fairy Tail Yuki | Fruits Basket Edward Elric | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Edward Elric | Fullmetal Alchemist: 2003 (+ the Movie) Shoyo Hinata | Haikyu!! Nanase Riku | IDOLiSH7 Kuroko | Kuroko No Basket Cheng Xiaoshi | Link Click Lu Guang | Link Click Deku | My Hero Academia Natsume Takashi | Natsume's Book of Friends Yuito Sumeragi | Scarlet Nexus Kirito | Sword Art Online Cid Kagenou | The Eminence in Shadow Naofumi | The Rising of the Shield Hero Ashiya Hanae | The Morose Mononokean Vanitas | Vanitas No Carte Yuri | Yuri On Ice

CARTOONS

Boimler | Star Trek: Lower Decks Ezra Bridger | Star Wars Rebels Bumblebee | Transformers: Prime Optimus Prime | Transformers: Prime Ratchet | Transformers: Prime Smokescreen | Transformers: Prime Jack Darby | Transformers: Prime Lance | Voltron: Legendary Defender Robin | Young Justice Blue Beetle | Young Justice Batman | Justice League / Unlimited, JLA + Movies..

GAMES

Johnny Cage | Mortal Kombat

[tragicallyuncreative]

At The End Of The Road: Chapter 4 Excerpt

“Ponyboy!”

I looked over, and my heart sank as I saw Principal McKay struggling towards me through the swarm of students making their way to third period.

“Shit,” I muttered, seizing Johnny’s upper arm and pulling him behind me as I tried to blend in with the crowd. Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful.

“How are you?” he asked in an unnecessarily loud voice that carried down the hallway. Heads turned in our direction. “I talked to Darrel this morning. He said you had surgery the other day?”

Christ, thanks a lot Darrel. “It wasn’t surgery, it was a minor procedure.” I heard Johnny snickering at my sudden willingness to use Darry’s words and elbowed him in the ribs.

“Well, I was sorry to hear it. That must have been pretty scary.”

“Not really,” I said flatly, trying to look bored. I was doing my best to drop the hint that I wasn’t interested in talking, slowly backing away, but per usual, McKay didn’t get the hint. He was a decent guy, and I knew it wasn’t fair to be such a dick to him when technically, we owed him a lot. He saved our asses at the custody hearing, telling the judge that Darrel was a fantastic student and upstanding young man (McKay was a football fanatic and was nuts about Darry. He wrote him a letter of recommendation for school and everything). He testified that Darry set up a meeting with the school not even 24 hours after the accident to talk with him and Soda and I’s teachers about the extra support we would need and how to make the transition as smooth as possible.

“Well, if you need anything, you know where to find me!” He clapped a hand on my shoulder and I almost died on the spot. I saw Justin Levonsky lurking nearby and groaned inwardly, knowing the whole school would be privy to the reason behind my absences by lunch.

*Sweet Principal McKay who has his student’s best interests at heart, trying to be empathetic and show that he’s supportive*: “wow, surgery must’ve been scary!” *Ponyboy, full of teenage attitude and rolling his eyes so far they’re about to get stuck*: “not really 😒”

[dr-futbol-blog]

The Gift, Pt. 1

The penultimate episode of the season The Gift (S01E18) is a Teyla-centric episode, and really sets up her arc for the remainder of the series. The 'gift' is a reference* to her particular brand of 'the shining,' the special connection she has to the wraith on a genetic level. It also allows us to see the expedition one step closer to total annihilation. They are nearing their collective 'dark night of the soul,' hitting rock-bottom, the peak of their desperation.

We start with what appears to be Teyla's dream within a dream. We are shown Atlantis at night as it might be, business as usual. It is unclear whether this is a reflection of how things have been recently in their actual state or whether this is how Teyla has been seeing and/or interpreting things to be. That is, it's not certain whether she is dreaming McKay being in his lab in want of coffee and Sheppard asleep in his bed, or that we are to understand this being the case and her dream involving just the wraith disrupting this normal state of affairs in the city. Both layers of her dream feature Sheppard, the first one sleeping in his bed and the other one having been killed by a wraith, his drained corpse laying in the same bed. Dreams have no meaning, Heightmeyer later tells us.

Both Sheppards of Teyla's dream have the poster of Johnny Cash on the wall of his quarters that Teyla had actually seen in Sheppard's self-constructed reality in Home (S01E08). While he does get one for his room later on, he shouldn't have one at this time, not yet. Sheppard was allowed to bring one personal item with him, and he had chosen a video tape of the Miracle in Miami game from 1984, and he had also brought a copy of War and Peace** (which can also be seen on his bedside table in the dream). Sheppard does not yet seem to have the poster in his room in Atlantis during Home (which this episode seems to intentionally call-back to). So, this is an odd detail.

All of this--the poster on the wall where it shouldn't be, the wrong angle from which Sheppard's room is shot (usually, his room is seen from the right side of the bed), the door to his quarters being on the wrong side of the room, and McKay being out of coffee (they should have been out of coffee ever since Chaya drank the last of it during Sanctuary, S01E14)--suggests that what we are seeing does not correspond with actual reality but is symbolic, is all fabrication of her subconscious mind.

And since we are introduced to the expedition psychologist Kate Heightmeyer in this episode, even though she tells her that dreams are basically meaningless, having dream symbolism in the episode would make sense. Sheppard does eventually get the poster for his room but not until they have re-established contact with Earth. Her seeing it in his room before it happens may even be foreboding, some form of augury on her part. But the fact that we were previously introduced both to the poster and to his copy of War and Peace in the same episode is not meaningless.

Teyla is startled awake from her first-order dream and, still asleep, she seeks out Sheppard in his quarters. When Sheppard does not answer her call, she opens his door with a hand-wave and walks in (and it's never made entirely clear how locking the doors of private quarters works on Atlantis; whether the doors are programmable, whether anyone can just walk into anyone's quarters like Weir walked into Sheppard's room after knocking in Home, if Sheppard has made sure that she is able to access his room in an emergency as member of his team, or whether Teyla just dreams that she is able to walk into his room at will).

This is Teyla's dream, so we don't actually even know whether Sheppard had been sleeping in his own quarters, and if he has, the reason could simply be because McKay has still been pulling those all-nighters at his lab as is textualized in a later scene. The dead Sheppard in Sheppard's bed may even be symbolic of the fact that in her subconscious, she knows that her leader does not sleep there. With that being said, it is suspicious that they show everyone else's quarters but McKay's. They hold off showing his quarters for a long time and even then we only get a quick peek.

It is of course possible that Sheppard had been sleeping in his own bed. This may well be the case. But the following morning when we find Sheppard and Teyla training in the same Athosian martial art we saw them practicing in Hot Zone (S01E13), they have a conversation that once more calls into question whether he does, in fact, sleep alone:

Sheppard: You OK? Teyla: Yes. Sheppard: Are you sure? Cos it's usually me picking my butt up off the mat. Teyla: Truthfully, I have not been sleeping much. And when I do, I have been having nightmares about the Wraith. Sheppard: Well, you're not the only one.

They could definitely use some quality bonding time together following the events of the previous episode.

First thing to note is that Sheppard has no problem kicking her ass if she's going to let him because he sees her as a warrior first and woman somewhere way down the line. It is uncharacteristic of her to be losing this badly, though, so he is starting to get worried about her. But more importantly, Sheppard doesn't actually say that he has been the one having nightmares about the wraith, or that he has been the one not sleeping much lately. It is a natural assumption to make and one that Teyla probably makes, as well. Only, it would be very unlike Sheppard for him to make himself vulnerable like that, to confess that he has a weakness.

Yes, they are friends, they are close, he does at least sometimes try to share personal things with her, to connect with her. But clearly there is nothing wrong with Sheppard's physical prowess, here, compared to hers. He even admits it himself that usually Teyla is beating him with little effort. So it follows that he is not the one who has been sleeping poorly, and as he has not been sleeping poorly, he also has not been the one having nightmares about the wraith. We also learn a few episodes hence that his nightmares are about what he had to do to Col. Sumner, not about the wraith as such. Also, he makes the comment much too casually (ie., the casualness is feigned) for him not to be genuinely concerned about who ever he is talking about.

So. There is someone else that has not been sleeping much (and this much even Teyla knew in her dream, McKay is becoming seriously sleep-deprived) working around the clock. And even when he does sleep, he has nightmares about the wraith. McKay, who has personally been to several hives, has seen the wraith up close and personal, has watched a wraith almost kill Sheppard without being able to stop it. Yeah, whether or not Sheppard is talking about him, McKay has definitely been having nightmares about them. Sheppard further has a strange reaction to Teyla mentioning his father being taken, here ("It has not been so bad since my father was taken"). Yes, Sheppard has issues with his family and we have just recently been reminded of this. But his father is still alive. McKay's parents, we already know, are both dead. Teyla and McKay may be paralleled in this, as well.

It follows that Sheppard is likely not talking about himself when he makes the comment that Teyla is not the only one that has been having nightmares about the wraith, he's not going to leave an opening like that for anyone at this time, is not even able to expose himself like that, to make himself vulnerable like that, to anyone but McKay. So he has to be talking about someone else. And if he has personally been sleeping poorly, it's because he has had to sleep in his too-small bed alone where McKay has had no time for sleeping whatsoever. But compared to everyone else, it seems like Sheppard has been the one getting sleep.

This is all but confirmed as they return to this very topic in the following scene in the meeting room where a large contingent of the expedition have gathered, among them both scientists and military personnel. The meeting is already underway as we join them:

Weir: I want options. McKay: You mean, besides crying ourselves to sleep? Well, not me! I haven't slept in days. Weir: And what do you have to show for your sleepless nights, Rodney?

The lady doth protest too much. He frigging volunteers this information completely unprompted. He admits it himself that he has been sleeping poorly if at all recently. He is the only other person besides Teyla that we know for a fact has not been sleeping lately. That tracks with what Sheppard was saying to Teyla. But he also says crying ourselves to sleep. Ourselves. Ourselves.

Also, while he does not look at Sheppard, he does gravitate toward him as he says this. He turns his head and says the first part to Sheppard and then turns to Zelenka with his explanation as though Zelenka--his closest lab collaborator--is the one who most needs to be convinced that McKay hasn't been sleeping for days. If anyone should know whether he has been sleeping or not, surely it should be Zelenka. Now, I'm not suggesting that McKay and Sheppard have actually been bawling their eyes out ugly-crying together every night because a) Sheppard has been trying real hard not to feel anything at all and b) they're both grown-ass men. But this is highly likely to be an example of parapraxis, of unwittingly speaking out thoughts that one tries to put outside of consciousness. At the very least the show has gone out of its way to make us think about their sleeping arrangements over several episodes.

Over the seasons we learn that Sheppard and McKay know so much both random shit and extremely private information about each other that it would not be out of the question for the two of them having spent these, what they believe of be their final days (and nights) not only together but alive at all, sharing things about one another in the small hours (whether in the bed that they most definitely share together at this time, or in "the game" room, if you prefer). And some of those things probably at least make you want to cry, knowing the kind of crap the two of them have been through in their respective lives that we have been hinted at. So, yeah. While what McKay says might not be literally true and he's certainly not admitting to it even if it was, the thought did not come out of nowhere. Also, when we find him exiting the office of Heightmeyer later, McKay does seem to be wiping his eye so it is entirely possible there has been some weeping in his recent past.

The scene in the meeting room has some interesting cuts again. We are not shown Sheppard and McKay in the same frame at all but they are not standing as far apart as they first seem. Only Teyla is between them, and they (and Zelenka) are all leaning against the tables to allow the people standing behind them a better view. There are, once more, marines standing guard at the meeting showing us the precautions Sheppard has been taking (and the fact that he has done this may have spared them a lot of trouble down the line as, unbeknownst to them, there is a wraith loose in the city at this time).

And once more, we don't see the beginning of the meeting, we don't see people coming into the room and settling to their places. When the meeting is already underway, everyone's attention is on Weir. Weir tells them that she would like everyone to focus on what they do best so it's fascinating that in this meeting, McKay is being somewhat combative and Sheppard is being conciliatory, again telling us which one of them has not been sleeping.

Now, what McKay and Zelenka are doing in the meeting can only be described as bickering:

McKay: Well, since we've got here, we've uncovered a number of defensive weapons systems beyond the shield. Wh-- Zelenka: We think our best option is the control chair. McKay: I was gonna say that. Zelenka: Yes, but you were taking too long as usual. McKay: Yes, but the point is, this may not be our best chance. Zelenka: Name a better one. Weir: Gentlemen!

First of all, Zelenka says that McKay usually takes too long which is something that Sheppard might heartily agree with. See discussion on Sheppard having helped speed McKay up and McKay having helped slow Sheppard down in connection with The Brotherhood (S01E17). Sheppard, of course, has suffered from this affliction of his more than most but Zelenka is also clearly running out of patience with hm.

The fact that McKay would ordinarily be doing this kind of back-and-forth in a meeting with Sheppard is only emphasized by Weir's "Gentlemen!" which she has had to say to the two of them several times previously. With regards to bickering, I have referred before to the scene in First Strike (S03E20) where Sheppard finds the two of them all bickered out, which actually makes him worried because he's so used to them working together that way. When they do start bickering again, Sheppard flippantly suggests that they should just make out to get it over with but he had been genuinely concerned to find them not bickering. Listening to this exchange must be comforting to Sheppard because, for one, he likes listening to McKay and second, Zelenka actually forces him to walk other people through his thinking and somewhat translates him to a lay audience.

So, in the previous scene we saw Sheppard with his best buddy doing physical exercise and here we see McKay with his best buddy doing some mental sparring (I mean, Beckett does theoretically hold the title of his best friend but in this episode, Sheppard-Teyla and McKay-Zelenka are clearly paralleled; it is meant to highlight to us the difference between friendship and something that is more than that). It's very poetic. But when we compare the way McKay bickers with Zelenka and the way he usually banters with Sheppard (which also happens toward the end of this scene), there is a difference. Often, McKay and Sheppard are going back-and-forth because they enjoy it, they want to get a reaction out of the other, it's teasing but good-natured, they are doing it to get closer to the other person. With Zelenka, they are actually in contest, trying to one-up each other. They are actually sick of having spent so much time in each other's presence recently and are airing the frustration born out of this. It is very differently motivated. For Sheppard and McKay it builds tension, for McKay and Zelenka it diffuses it.

Weir doesn't seem to have patience for the McKay and Zelenka show any more than she has for the McKay and Sheppard show, so she changes the topic. They have established an Alpha Site on another world:

Weir: Sergeant Bates: where are we with our Alpha site? Bates: We've completed the ground and aerial security sweep and are ready to begin establishing base camp. We're just awaiting final inspection by Major Sheppard. Sheppard: Right after lunch.

So, apparently Sheppard has lunch plans and can't go before. Which is real fucking interesting considering that in that the next scene, we find Teyla eating alone and being joined by Heightmeyer. The fact that Sheppard makes explicit reference to lunch and then we don't see him having lunch with his best work-out buddy and team member with whom he should be going to the Alpha Site right after lunch is something. That is a damn lampshade.

And like McKay turned his head toward Sheppard when he mentioned the crying ourselves to sleep thing, Sheppard here nods to McKay's direction as he mentions lunch, glancing at him from behind Teyla's head. It's not that he's meaning to signal to everyone what (or who) he will be doing for lunch, it's a subconscious gesture. It's his body-language revealing things that he has no conscious desire to disclose to anyone.

Weir and Teyla have a discussion about what the Athosians intend to do during this time that turns somewhat philosophical. Note that Weir and Teyla are mirroring each other, Teyla is tilting her head to the same direction as Weir whereas Sheppard... isn't (in fact, his head was tilted the exact opposite way; his face turned to McKay while keeping his eyes looking forward).

Note also the fact that here Teyla emphasizes the word "ourselves," indicating that she means herself and Sheppard, which just makes McKay's "ourselves" earlier so much more likely to also contain Sheppard. And Sheppard also reacts to this "ourselves" in particular; they probably briefly share in the memory of what they saw on the planet. We did not get to see how if at all he reacted to what McKay said earlier about the crying ourselves to sleep.

Weir then mentions McKay by name, prompting him to do a little wave to acknowledge what she was saying, accompanied with a raising of his brow. He also looks at Sheppard because obviously his reaction is what he most cares about. And where Zelenka seems to be so very done with McKay at present, Sheppard on the other hand, is all about him. His entire world is oriented to McKay.

Sheppard almost smiles at McKay, catches himself before he does. They cannot be seen mooning at each other during a meeting especially when there are goddamn marines standing just behind Weir looking right at them. This is a subtle exchange between the two but in that context, really rather bold.

I will also remind you of the fact that when McKay was removing the control crystal in Home (the episode is again calling back to it), kneeling underneath the table with Sheppard seated next to him completely zoning out, Sheppard was so damned turned on. This was when they were still just flirting. When nothing had happened. When Sheppard had only his imagination, and a cold shower waiting for him. Now, I can't tell you for sure that this memory is where Sheppard's mind went here but it certainly is the first thing it reminded me of. Especially given that McKay's flirtatious little wave here matches with his flirty tone back then.

Weir and Teyla go on for quite a while and are only interrupted by Kavanaugh who, as an honest coward, has no desire to die. The thing is, Sheppard doesn't really know what happened between Weir and Kavanaugh during 38 Minutes (S01E04) beyond possibly reading the mission report. We know that later on he really hates the man which, to be fair, seems to be a common experience for pretty much anyone that runs into him including actual aliens. But here, Sheppard doesn't really have any reason to dislike him. And you can see that while he very much disagrees with what Kavanaugh says and even makes light of it (he is playing with words and Kavanaugh either fails to notice or just ignores him; Sheppard is saying that considering is within the realm of possibility, not the actual doing), he is trying really hard to be respectful toward him. Sheppard's disagreement is meant to make the others believe in themselves, to keep hope alive:

Kavanaugh: We can't possibly consider staying and fighting. Sheppard: I disagree. I think it's entirely within the realm of possibility. Kavanaugh: There are tens of thousands of life-sucking aliens in highly advanced spaceships on their way here to destroy us, and we have, what, two hundred people, most of whom are scientists who've never even fired a gun before? McKay: Shockingly, first time ever I've found myself having to agree with Kavanaugh. Sheppard: All I'm saying is, let's not give up--just yet.

Sheppard looks at Kavanaugh to whom he is responding, he looks at Weir who is holding the floor, and finally he looks at McKay to see what he thinks about what he was just saying. Because that's what he cares about the most.

Yes, Sheppard is probably hoping that McKay will come up with something, some Hail Mary pass, that might save them even though he knows not to pile any more pressure on him at this moment since the man seems to be crushing under it as it is (and having nightmares and sleepless nights about it). He is trying really hard to keep an upbeat can-do attitude, and to express his faith in the scientists. What he's saying here is very similar to what the said at the beginning of the previous episode ("It means there's still time, Rodney. There's no reason to panic--yet"). And here, too, it is McKay's pessimism that makes him attempt to comfort him and him specifically. He may not be feeling any hope himself but he is damned if he's going to let his own feelings of impending doom and certain death get in the way of trying to make the person he cares about feel better about it all. This is him taking care of McKay emotionally, and in a very public setting, at that.

And since he's doing that, McKay apparently immediately transitions to having a private conversation with him that has very little to do with their current meeting, a general debate over the merits of the military and scientists with McKay arguing that warriors like Sheppard are much more courageous, gallant, and disciplined than scientists like him (although unlike Kavanaugh, McKay would not be afraid to go to the front line if it was needed), and Sheppard cheer-leading for scientists like McKay (who he knows can build an A-bomb and which, frankly, turns him on)*** that are able to do so much more than to just take a stand and lay down their lives for the greater good.

It's very sweet how they are each arguing for the other person with such conviction but their exchange clearly has the potential of turning into a more heated debate if it's allowed to go on for much longer. It does not seem like the first time they are having a discussion on this topic, either:

McKay: Now what was that we were supposed to all remember? It was something important. Oh yes, that's right--the Alamo! Sheppard: Granted you guys are scientists. No one's considering putting you guys on the front line, but science can turn the tide of war. Look at the... A-bomb. Zelenka: Not exactly our proudest moment.

McKay is clearly more testy than he usually is in meetings with Sheppard, his exhaustion showing in his need to argue for the sake or arguing even when he doesn't really disagree with Sheppard (and more shocking than his siding with Kavanaugh is that he takes, possibly for the first time, a public stance against Sheppard here; not because he doesn't think that they should fight back but believing that most of his science team will be unable). We see an even better example of McKay's exhaustion driven testiness with Weir later which Sheppard diffuses, confirming the fact that Sheppard and McKay have had a discussion about his lack of sleep not shown on screen.

It's good of Zelenka to interrupt them for the sake of everyone and for Weir to call the meeting to an end (once more telling the two of them to focus) so that they can continue this discussion over lunch. Or what ever else Sheppard had in mind to do during lunch when he definitely isn't eating in the cafeteria. While they're not exactly jumping for joy the situation being what it is, there's a clear to-be-continued here for the both of them. And as Sheppard gets up to leave, he turns to McKay.

You can see by his body language that this man is walking out of that room following McKay (just as we later see him more explicitly walk out of a meeting following McKay). That man is his Alamo.

Continued in Pt. 2

-* Since we see the poster of Johnny Cash in Teyla's dream, there may be a reference to one of his songs hiding in somewhere. See for example the lyrics to The Loving Gift (a duet with his wife June Carter):

You gave me a blanket to keep me from the cold of Siberia/Antarctic You gave me a song I learned to sing You showed me some beauty through the windows of your puddle jumper soul And you showed me a galaxy world I've never seen

Each giving to the other love and giving it away We spent the precious time we knew was borrowed 'Cause you gave me the courage to live with yesterday And you gave me tomorrow

You brought me a candle to light my way to bed You erased those shadows I'd been seeing You brought me a pillow to rest my weary head You taught me a gentle way of dreaming

Not only have we been made to think about their sleeping arrangements a lot over the past several episodes, even in this very episode we not only see Sheppard asleep in a bed, we are hinted that McKay has been having nightmares and that Sheppard is the one that pushes him to see Heightmeyer about them (see next entry), teaching him a gentle way of dreaming, as it were. For what possible reason do we need to know this much about how they spend their nights, hm?

-** So, we are told that "there are no hidden meanings" in dreams but there is certainly symbolism in scenes that pertain to dreams. There seemed to be a reference to War and Peace the last time we saw the book in Home so it follows that there's probably a reason to show us the book again in this episode. There is an interesting scene in the novel (Epilogue 1, Chapter 16--which suggests that Sheppard is almost done reading the book by this time), where a third character is startled awake from a nightmare pertaining to war (Teyla), in which Pierre (McKay) and Natasha (Sheppard) "began to talk as only a husband and wife can talk":

As soon as Natasha and Pierre were alone they too began to talk as only a husband and wife can talk, that is, apprehending one another's thoughts and exchanging ideas with extraordinary swiftness and perspicuity, contrary to all the rules of logic, without the aid of premises, deductions, or conclusions, and in a quite singular way. Natasha was so used to this kind of talk with her husband that for her it was a sure sign of something wrong between them if Pierre followed a logical train of thought. When he began proving something, coolly reasoning, and she, led on by his example, began to do the same, she knew they were on the verge of a quarrel. [Cf. the beginning of both this episode and the previous episode] From the moment they were alone together and Natasha, wide-eyed with happiness, stole up to him, suddenly seizing his head and pressing it to her breast and saying: "Now you are mine, all mine! You shan't escape!" — from that moment there sprang up a conversation that was contrary to all the laws of logic, contrary because entirely different subjects were talked of at the same time. This simultaneous discussion of many topics, far from hindering a clear understanding, was the surest indication that they fully understood each other. Just as in a dream when everything is unreal, meaningless, and contradictory except the feeling that governs the dream, so in this communion of thoughts, contrary to all laws of reason, the words themselves were not clear and consecutive, but only the feeling that prompted them. ...

"There now—you talk of my absence, but you wouldn’t believe what a special feeling I have for you after a separation....” “Yes, I should think...” Natasha began. “No, it’s not that. I never leave off loving you. And one couldn’t love more, but this is something special.... Yes, of course—” he did not finish because their eyes meeting said the rest.

The scene also features them sharing things about their pasts, their insecurities, the kinds of private thoughts couples share. This is the only time dreaming is mentioned in the entire book so if the episode is meaning to reference to the book, this chapter would be it. I don't know about you, but for me this chapter explains a lot of what happens in this episode.

-*** Here, McKay smiles bitterly as Zelenka reminds them of the role scientists had in the creation of the A bomb but in Underground (S01E07) McKay and Sheppard were having a very different discussion over the topic:

Cowen: The secrecy of who and what we are is the only defense we have against the Wraith. One day, all that will change. McKay: And you think you can do that with an atomic bomb? Cowen: Now it's you who surprise me. McKay: Well, radioactive readings; your fascination with our C4... Sheppard: You're just mentioning this now? McKay: It just came to me when he said one day all that would change. I assume you're hoping our C4 will solve your super-criticality problem. Cowen: Will it? McKay: It might. Depends on your designs. There's a host of other considerations. Sheppard: You know how to make an A bomb? McKay: Major, most of my high school chess team could design an A bomb. The actual hard part is having sufficient fissional materials of an appropriate grade.

I will also remind you of the fact that listening to Mckay talking about the A bomb on the Genii home world is when Sheppard realized that he feels something more than mere physical attraction toward this man.

[70s80sandbeyond]

Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on "Lawman"

[battle-of-alberta]

Alberta is often called the Texas of Canada. But have you instead thought of it as Texas being the Alberta of America?

I've been letting this sit in the ask box for well over a year for which I apologize, so I guess I put a little more effort into fleshing it out to make up for the wait. I started really overthinking it and I wanted to do a lot more reading than I was ultimately able to and decided, screw it, I'll just take a little chunk of the question.

Texas (Stella) belongs to my dear Texan friend @thisnameisquitequeer who has been a sympathetic ear over the years to my ranting and raving and who has been a part of numerous conversations about the frustrations of being in the state/province constantly being painted in a stereotypical loud/dumb/redneck fashion.

Initially I wanted to talk more about that (including my frustrations with people here appropriating symbols like the Confederate flag for dumb reasons) in this ask but I decided to just narrow the scope to say that Texan culture and reputation, obviously, precedes whatever passes for those things here by quite a lot. I have done a little reading on ranching history in Alberta, but I need to read more about the relationship via the growth of the oil industry to say more about that.

Some more explanations and notes below.

tldr but I don't think anyone thinks of Texas as anything but Texas

"not so much for pretty" is a quote from Charlie Russel, famous cowboy painter that Calvin is high key obsessed with, describing the difference between the two types of cowboys on either side of the Rockies.

fun fact: the cattle that eventually became Texas longhorns were dropped off in the areas by the Spanish in the 1500s- by the mid 1800s, these free ranging cattle were rounded up and driven northwards (with some obvious interruption during the American Civil War). Usually, they would be sent upriver to Missouri and reach Fort Benton, Montana before they were sold to Alberta ranchers.

Alberta ranch land was relatively "untouched" compared to the devastation in Montana and Utah, so a few ranchers including McIntyre mentioned above took the risk to drive their cattle across the border.

(by untouched y'know i mean having the people and the bison forced off it, but here we are.)

I got to visit John Ware's cabin this past June, which was a treat! The park obviously is not the cabin's original location, but you can still get some idea of what it might have been like back then.

"American cowboys, coming to work on Alberta ranches, shed their six-shooters at the border like leaves in the fall" is a quote from Pincher Creek area rancher F.W. Godsal

Some other famous Texans in Alberta included John Lamar, who was a legendary gunman and cowboy and got in a famous gunfight with John McKay in the streets of Lethbridge. Lamar shot McKay twice before McKay had a chance to aim, and then turned himself into the authorities (who ultimately decided he was in the right and let him go). There was also Johnny Franklin who was considered "the greatest bronc rider in the province", and Lige Abel, a black cowboy and famously strong, winning a bet that he couldn't walk a mile with an iron rail on his shoulder.

Anyway, to settle the question, ask random people where they think the biggest rodeo in the world probably is and see how many of them say Texas even though the answer is Alberta :) our reputation is still in its infancy, I guess.

[what-the-whump]

~Lawman, 2x24, Thirty Minutes~

[thatsprettylane]

[famousinmyfandom]

Tiny excerpt from my Jess/Johnny fic because I am thinking about them right now ❤️ Full fic is set to be posted on June 1, 2024!

“I think…” McKay says, staring at Jess’ mouth. “That you’ve cooled off enough. You’re free to go.” If you want.

The deputy pushes himself to his feet and gives Jess a long look before slowly walking across the room towards the far door. There’s something deliberate in the way he moves, hips swinging a little more than before, and he pauses when he reaches the door, hand settling on the knob.

He glances back over his shoulder then, eyes dragging slowly from Jess’ boots and back up to his face. They stare at each other for a moment longer, and then McKay pushes open the door and disappears into the darkness of the back room.

He doesn’t close it behind him.

[art-of-manliness]

Odds & Ends: August 23, 2024

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. We recently finished reading this book aloud as a family (nothing relaxes kids before bed like a tale of serial murder). Having sold over 100 million copies, And Then They Were None is not only Christie’s most popular novel but one of the bestselling books of all time, and it lived up to its renown. Christie manages to make a plot that might seem ridiculous — ten people are invited to an island and killed off one by one — not seem ridiculous, and keeps you guessing whodunit til the very end. Huckberry Icons of Style. Fall is just around the corner, so it’s a good time to start thinking about picking up some new items for your wardrobe. Huckberry has published “30 Icons of Timeless Men’s Style,” which offers short profiles of figures from Steve McQueen to Johnny Cash describing what made their signature styles distinct. They’ve also put together a shop of modern smart casual clothes that draws inspiration from these icons to help today’s men put together some classic-looking outfits of their own. “Ladyfingers” by Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. My dad was a big Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass fan back in the day. He owned all the albums, including the iconic Whip Cream and Other Delights, which featured a pretty gal seemingly dressed only in whip cream. Lots of great songs on that album, but my favorite is “Ladyfingers.” This song features Herb Albert’s signature trumpet playing that blends cool jazz with Latin flair. Surprisingly, my 13-year-old son Gus is a big fan of this song. He loves to cue it up during sunset drives.  An Ode to Old Bay, the Great American Condiment. In a previous edition of Odds & Ends, we highlighted one of the McKay’s favorite seasonings: Old Bay. We put it on eggs, meat, and sandwiches. I like to use it when I make this healthier, at-home version of the classic crispy chicken sandwich. Well, Old Bay recently got the hagiographical treatment in The New Yorker. Casey Cep takes us on a historical tour of this Maryland staple and why you, too, should make Old Bay a standby in your spice rack. Long live Old Bay!  Quote of the Week To find one’s work in the world and do it honorably, to keep one’s record clean so that nothing clandestine, furtive, surreptitious can ever leap out upon one from ambush and spoil one’s life, to be able, therefore, unafraid to look the world in the face, to live honorably also with one’s own soul, to walk life’s journey unhaunted by the ghosts of people from whose ruin one has stolen pleasure, and so at last to be a gentleman, one, that is, who puts a little more into life than one takes out—gather up the significance of such character, forty years old, sixty years old, eighty years old—one may well celebrate the solid satisfactions of such a life. —Henry Emerson Fosdick Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support! http://dlvr.it/TCJ9F6

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

Update on how many unique characters you’ve received?

As usual, super long list, so here we go!

These characters have two+ (2+) submissions, and are likely to be included.

Vriska Serkat

Eridan Ampora

Shiver

Kokichi Ouma

Haiji Towa

Minoru Mineta

Simon

Boston

Bill Cipher

John Gaius

Regal Farseer

Ayin

Kylo Ren

Mal

Jurgen Leitner

Merlin

Darkstalker

Kyubey 

Ty Betteridge

Sasuke Uchiha

Dazai Osamu

Glenn Quagmire

Rose Quartz

Makima

c!Dream

Izzy Hands

Akio Ohtori

Katsuki Bakugo

Bramblestar

Michael

Don Quixote Doflamingo

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Ansem the Wise

Kusaka Masato

Azula 

The Metatron

Evan Hansen

Stella Goetia

Pierce Hawthorne

Le’garde

Lance Dubois

Santa Claus

Meenah Peixes / Her Imperious Condescension 

Greg Heffley

Tony Stark

Donald Trump

Jace Herondale / Wayland / Lightwood / Morgenstern

Teddy / Kuma

Mr. Bungee

Julia Mazzone

Sentinel Prime

William Afton

Cullen Rutherford

Shou Tucker

Junko Enoshima

Ardyn Izunia

Sosuke Aizen

Happosai 

Simon Laurent

Caillou 

Ōchi Fukuchi

Jin Guanyao

Micah Bell

Cici

These characters have been submitted only once, and have a lower chance of being accepted.

Michael Scott

Detective Saracusa

Paul Von Oberstein

JJ

Box

Damian Wayne

Cersei Iannister

Shredder

Splinter

John ‘Jack’ Seward

Akane 

Abyss Sibling

House

Nickel

Julie-Sue

Tim Drake

Xisuma

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Hisoka 

Gra’ha Tia

Elias Ainsworth

Trishna 

Erlina and Brugaves

Five Pebbles

The Entirety Of Homestuck

Willy Stampler

Miguel O’Hara

Medusa Gorgon

Gamzee Makara

Rohan Kishibe

Teruhashi Makoto

Gordon Blackwall

Rebecca Costwolds

Dio 

Anakin Skywalker

Sigma Kilm

Caesar Clown

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Mori Ougai

Asuka 

Marlon

Pencil

Touichiro Suzuki

Alexander Hamilton

Georg Weissmann 

Dean Winchester

The Operator

Kromer

Scrappy Doo

Foreman Oyun

The Eleventh Doctor

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Will Shuester

Marie

Silver Spoon

Jayne Cobb

Byakuya Togami

Prince Louis 

Coco

Princess Daisy

Light Yagami

The Pale King

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Himiko Toga

Sebastian Mechaelias

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Muzan Kibutsuji

Clara Oswald

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Heath cliff

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Roland

Huey Emmerich

Tom Wambsgans

Yuri Briar

Jacopo Bearzatti

Quiche

Alastor

Meredith Rodney McKay

Every Single Country In 1993

Cicero

Val Velocity

Jiren 

Noor Pradesh

Blackbeard 

Kristoph Gavin

Morris 

Dan Moroboshi

Muu Kusunoki

Julia

Shen Jiu

April O’Neil (2012)

Johnny

Adam

Ronaldo

Makoto Itou

Ianthe Tridentarius

Disembodied Voice

Viren

Spamton

George Wickham

Floch

The New Ninja

Sakazuki Akainu 

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Childe 

Wen Chao

Stormcaller

Chibiusa

Ashfur 

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd 

James T. Kirk

Billy

Mikan Tsumuki

Teruteru

Orochi

Millions Knives

The Mage

Lotor

Otto Apocalypse 

Sanji

Woodes Rogers

Zeke Jaeger

Dean Venture

Absalom 

Aloise Trancey

Cynte

Akito Sohma

Pierre

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Edelgard 

Chrollo Lucifer

Chloe Bourgeois 

Zhou Zishu

Wanderer/Scaramouche 

Elon Musk

Il Dottore

Goeffry St. John

Nikola Tesla

Louie

Ogai Mori

Astarion 

Mary Keay

Dr. Henry Miller

Booker

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Akechi Goro

Victor Frankenstein

Five

Riley Finn

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Elias Ainsworth

Nefera DeNile

Angel Dust

Blitzo Buckzo

The Once-Ler

Moash

Zenos Galvus

Marvin Falsettos

Solf J. Kimblee 

Father / Dwarf In The Glass

Henry the Eighth 

Aranea Serkat

Bro-Strider

Caliborn / Lord English

Feferi Peixes

Skizzleman

Black Pete

Narumi 

Cozy Glow

Holly Blue Agate

Every Genshin Impact Character Ever

Drew

Dio (Zero Escape)

Matou Shinji

Chris McClain

Thistleclaw 

Rumpelstiltskin

Ruruka Ando

Sheldon Cooper

Buck Cluck

Valens Van Varro

Verstael Besithia

Kevin

France (Hetalia)

Tumblr Staff

Slayer 

Volgin 

Yumichika Ayasegawa

Roshi 

Chibiusa

Akio Himemiya

Ali Lectric

Rafe Cameron

Raven Queen

Duke

Sandy

Everyone In Romeo And Juliet

Bella Swan

Haiji Senri

Tsumugi Aoba

Vivienne Medranno’s Impsona

Buzz McCallister 

Eugene Coli

Live Action Buggy

Aizen Sosuke

Kyouichi Saionji

Ibara Saegusa

Yu Ziyuan

Mahiru Koizumi

The Little Palace Mistress

Eichi Tenshouin

The Old Palace Master

Rafal 

Jonah Magnus

Queen Scarlet

Nanami Kiryuu 

Hiyoko Saionji

God

Roger

Judo

Ken

Steven Universe

JD