#Maggie London

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Desperate Diplomat (6.4, ITC, 1968)

"What happened to him?"

"Well, it's nothing to do with us, old boy. He was unconscious when we got here. He's lost a lot of blood. Got two bad wounds, making off with the money."

"He ought to have medical treatment."

"He'll come round. Then he'll tell us where the money is. After that, I don't much care if he lives or dies."

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Maggie Service at the London Comic Con Spring, 2.3.2023 :) ❤

Reporter: Also in Doctor Who but better known for her role in Good Omens, the series which promotes inclusivity, it was Maggie Service's first Comic Con.

Maggie: I've just had this lovely mom, who whose children aren't here today, but are non-binary and trans and - it's going to make me cry again - but they've just, you know, they've said that the character gives them a place to be.

[avelera]

Sometimes in genre fiction stories, you’ve got magical characters talking about their magical lives in public or wearing their superhero costumes out in the regular world.

Often times, the magical characters feel they need to hide or whisper about things like magic or immortality or fighting demons or like pretend they’re going to a convention to explain their superhero costume.

These are often lovely and charming scenes but let me be clear:

Nobody in a major city would give a fuck.

Just as one example of many, I was literally in line for a book signing in NYC and a man walked by stark ass naked wearing only body paint and basically after the initial surprise, no one did or said anything about it.

The amount of crazy you encounter on any given day walking around a major city makes you basically immune to surprise or taking any kind of action about weird shit happening around you.

If I heard someone talking about their magical powers next to me at a cafe back when I lived in NYC, I’d assume either 1) they’re rehearsing for a play, 2) playing/discussing D&D, and/or most importantly 3) it’s none of my fucking business.

I’m always curious what exactly people think would actually happen in the real world if a supernatural or magical character was overheard by someone who wasn’t actively hunting them or who wished them harm.

If you overheard a time traveler or an immortal or magical person in general candidly speaking about their life at the table next to you, what would you actually do about it?

Would you call the police?

Tell the whole world you just sat next to a real magical person and your evidence is that you overheard their conversation?

Report them to their nemesis? How would you even find them??

Seriously, besides telling your friends about the weird conversation you overheard at lunch or the strange looking person you saw, what exactly would a normal person do even if they really did overhear someone like a time traveler speaking candidly about their travels for anyone to hear?

I ask because I see so many stories set in a superhero or urban fantasy setting worrying about being NOTICED. Noticed by WHO? With what result?? What do you actually worry is going to happen? What would any average person actually do besides shrug and go back to whatever they were doing?

I’d accept that maybe in a smaller town you could become a topic of conversation and even widespread notice.

But let me assure you, friends, in any major city, no one would fucking notice much less say anything about any level of weird shit they saw. The whole point of a big city is that everyone basically ignores the weird shit happening around them at any given point.

So let the fairies and ghosts and time travelers of your fantasy story relax. If they’re in a big city, they could literally fly around downtown with rainbows shooting out their ass and the only comment they’d probably get is from people wondering what movie is being filmed nearby.

[galina]

Went to see the play adaptation of Bluets and only realised when I arrived that I had dressed for the occasion

[arsenicflame]

maggie today! the wigs giving me hell so lets see how long i last :)

[thegivenchythree]

Erdem spring 2025

[matlab-exe]

salvo calling

[alexiasleftoversalmon]

WANDS UP FOR MAGGIE SMITH /*

This was not on my bingo card 😭

[maggiiiiiiiiiebones]

So like, do you think he just leaves a trail of down feathers everywhere he goes, or…?

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

DAME MAGGIE DIED THE DAY AFTER MY B-DAY -- SHE & CLIFF DIED ON THE SAME DAY, IN FACT.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on English actress Maggie Smith at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards (age 27-28), London, UK, 25th January 1962.E 📸: Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton Archive.

PIC #2: Dame Maggie Smith in the present day.

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (28 December 1934 – 27 September 2024).

Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986).

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3466715201171828058, Wikipedia, & X.

[whatithinkaboutdarkshadows]

Episode 656: Mister Jonathan

The residents of the estate of Collinwood are under the impression that the mistress of the great house, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, is dead. Her brother, Roger Collins, is on a business trip to London, and cannot be reached, even by the executives of the business he is there to represent. Liz’ daughter Carolyn is her heir, but she is apparently too doped up on sedatives prescribed by permanent…

[anaamaya]

Maggie Smith, you will always be remembered! 🖤🪄🖤

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[jeff-rees-jones]

Plaque on the corner of Hampstead hight street and Willoughby road for Maggie Richardson, 1901-1974 who sold flowers there for 60 years...

[actaecon]

Dame Maggie Smith Loewe London

[arsenicflame]

heading out to the con now! you can find me out there as maggie!