#Sammy Fabelman

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duel, steven spielberg |1971|

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The Fabelmans (2022) Dir. Steven Spielberg

Capture every moment.

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

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Today’s problematic ship is Sammy Fabelman and Mitzi Fabelman from The Fabelmans

Mother/son incest

Requested by anonymous

[creepling]

dating sammy fabelman headcanons

can be read as gn!

you definitely star in a lot of his short films. you are his muse

the way the light hits your face, the way you look on camera... oh he gets carried away

you're probs shy to be in his films and ask him to give you small parts -- or just cut you out entirely. but he says "no, nooooo you're amazing"

you'll be like "sammy i'm not an actor, give the part to someone who wants to do it"

and he hits you with the "you should be an actor! what, you just wanna have a normal, boring job like everyone else?"

and you're like "...yes, sammy. normal is fine"

you admire his creativeness, and he loves how straightforward you are. you can't think outside the box like him, but when he's getting too carried away with ideas, you're there to ground him.

he likes to film you doing mundane things. doing homework? cameras on. styling your hair? smile!

"sam, put the camera away"

"why? you're gorgeous"

"enough with the romantics, romeo"

his parents actually found out about your relationship because of the abundance of film he has of you. one day he was showing one of his movies to his family, but put the wrong film in by accident. then your face projected onto the screen and sammy can be heard saying behind the camera "there they are, the love of my life"

sammy's sisters erupt in shocked laughter "you're DATING someone?"

mitzi gushes "who is that, sammy? do they go to your school?"

sammy is fumbling with the film that refuses to shut off, his face crimson, "MOM STOP"

sammy's a hopeless romantic. before you become official, he was smitten by you and found it difficult to not gawk at you

and now he's dating you?? good golly, he feels so lucky

he makes it mandatory to take you on a date every weekend. your favourite spot is the beach, sitting on the shore and watching the sunset.

i see his love language being words of affirmation. he constantly wants to remind you how much he loves you, and likes the favour returned, but doesn't get butt hurt when you're not as intense as him. he's tries his best to refrain it but.... oh he loves you too much

you hate to admit it, but you like it when he's clingy. because on the days and weeks where he's too busy making his movies, he can't spend as much time with you (hence why he always wants you starring in them)

so when you meet him after a week of not seeing each other, and he just hugs you and splatters kisses all over your face, it makes you feel so happy.

when you don't have classes together and past each other in the corridor, you brush your hands in passing, taking in each others faces, before you have to go off again.

you love watching sam when he's concentrated. the way his lip is tight and eyes hyperfocused, it's a derpy face, but you think it's cute

he likes it when you play with his hair and sing songs softly in his ear. he thinks you have a lovely voice.

when sam is prone to have a panic attack, you're always there to comfort him. you get him a glass of water, sit with him silently and rub his back. now and then you'll say to him "everything is okay" "i love you" "i'm here for you, always". you seem to be the only person that can help him surpass it.

whenever you're having a bad day, sam knows you don't like the extravigants, so he does small things for you. when you graduate and live together, he cleans the house, does the dishes, makes the bed; and cooks your favourite meal for you coming in from work.

he'd just be an amazing partner, and you'd be high school sweethearts grown into loving, supporting relationship later in life. you're there for each other, thick and thin.

he really makes an effort, considering he seen how his parents ended up. he doesn't want the same happening to your relationship. if you were to leave, he'd have no idea what to do with himself.

[klearilist]

can you believe that steven spielberg made a movie about me??? a dude named samuel with anxiety, autistic traits, parents issues, who's a bit fruity and who loves cinema? hm yeah that's literally me thank you steven. he's so me i'm so him steven i see you

[puzzlekinq]

cant sit on chairs normally and he did the gay ass hand on hip pose twice. sammy your parents love you very much and you can tell them anyth

[susandsnell]

No actually I am going to pick a fight, if you can only empathize with a narrative by projecting queerness on it when other axes of oppression exist, maybe work on that inside yourself instead of posting how “uwu queer” the bullies who beat Sammy Fabelman bloody and called him a k*ke and a Christ-killer were with him - things that happened to Spielberg in real life and absolutely impacted him to the point he felt ashamed of his Judaism until well into adulthood - because the fictionalized version didn’t try to get outright revenge and showed compassion. It’s incredibly offensive to people who have actually experienced antisemitism although lord knows nobody here takes that seriously as a form of oppression (and I’m also queer so don’t even fucking start.) like fucking idk fawn over cast members or something, the line is literally “you dumb antisemitic asshole”

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Gabriel Labelle at the Oscars.

[samsdei]

Gabriel LaBelle

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sammy fabelman on set |1980|

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The Fabelmans (2022, Steven Spielberg)

17/03/2024

The Fabelmans is a 2022 American film directed by Steven Spielberg.

The film is a semi-autobiographical story loosely based on Spielberg's adolescence and early years as a director. The plot is told through the original story of the fictional Sammy Fabelman, a young aspiring filmmaker who explores how the power of film can help him see the truth about his dysfunctional family and those around him. It stars Gabriel LaBelle in the role of Sammy, alongside Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen and Judd Hirsch in supporting roles. The film is dedicated to the memories of Spielberg's real-life parents, Leah Adler and Arnold Spielberg, who died in 2017 and 2020, respectively.

Spielberg had conceived the project as early as 1999, with his sister Anne writing a screenplay titled I'll Be Home. Spielberg revisited the project in 2019 with screenwriter and frequent collaborator Kushner while they were making West Side Story, and the script was completed in late 2020.

It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022, where it won the People's Choice Award. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film opened theatrically in the United States on November 11, 2022, and then expanded to wide release on November 23, grossing $45.6 million against a $40 million budget, a disappointing result for a film directed and produced by Spielberg. It received largely positive reviews from critics and was named one of the ten best films of 2022 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. The Fabelmans earned numerous awards and nominations, including seven nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including seven nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Williams) and Best Supporting Actor (Hirsch). It also earned 11 nominations at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Young Performer (LaBelle), and five nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Director.

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MITZI GAYBELMAN. IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME HOW DID I NOT GET THAT.

to ME they're ALL gaybelmans

[thisismystrangeaddiction]

Sam Fabelman x Male Reader

A/N: So after getting my hands on this movie on 4K, it’s finally time to tackle this thing. This takes place a little while into Sam and his family moving to Cali, before the whole monkey thing-. As we all know, Sam is really bad at school so you are tasked with tutoring him. I apologize if there’s any grammatical errors. This one’s for you @danny-boy27 

TW: none (I think-)

He/Him/His pronouns used for the reader insert.

Y/N woke up tired, like really tired. He had stayed up last night studying for a chemistry quiz and his brain was still fried. It took all his energy to get up and get ready for school. Once he got ready he trudged his way to school still on the precipice between being awake and falling asleep. He made it to his math class and was on his way to his seat before his teacher called him.

“Hey, Y/N.”

Y/N turned around and walked up to the teachers desk.

“Yes sir?”

“Hey, so, you know Sam Fabelman right?” The teacher asked.

Y/N nodded even though he never had any interactions with Sam, Y/N only knew him as the new kid.

“Would you mind tutoring him?”

Again, Y/N was tired so it took him a minute to respond.

“I, uh, yeah sure- I wouldn’t mind.”

“Ok great!” The teacher said with a big smile on his face.

Y/N just nodded and went to his seat.

Once Sam had made it into the classroom the teacher told him about the tutoring situation and Y/N supposed that the teacher had also told Sam to sit next to him since Sam was making his way to the seat next to Y/N. Sam sat down and timidly turned to look at Y/N.

“Hey, I’m sorry that you have to tutor me.” Sam said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

“Don’t worry, it’s fine.” Y/N said with a reassuring smile.

“I’m Sam Fabelman, even though you probably already knew that.” Sam said, holding out his hand with an awkward chuckle.

“I’m Y/N L/N.” Y/N said as he shook Sam’s Hand.

After school Y/N followed Sam to his house so they could begin their tutoring session. By the way Y/N got a 100 on his Chemistry quiz so he was very happy.

“Soooo, Sam, where are you from?” Y/N asked, trying to start up a conversation.

“Well, I'm originally from New Jersey, but we moved to Arizona after a couple of years.” Sam responded.

“That’s cool.” Y/N said looking up at the sky.

“So how was Arizona?” Y/N asked.

“Hot.” Sam said bluntly.

The two shared a laugh over that response.

“Did you do anything interesting in Arizona?” Y/N asked after the laughter died down.

“I, uh, made movies. Little short films.” Sam responded.

“That’s cool!” Y/N said, genuinely interested, “Have you made any more recently?”

 “Uh, no, I haven’t touched my camera in months.” Sam said, a tad bit sad.

“Ah, what were your films made in Arizona like?”

“Well, the first one I made was a western about a sheriff going after some criminals, and the second one was a war film about World War 2.” Sam said with a smile.

“Wow…do you still have them?” Y/N asked.

“Yeah, probably somewhere in my room.”

“Do ya think you could show me them? After we’re done studying of course” Y/N asked.

“Uh, well, sure! But they’d be without music since I don’t have the record anymore.” Sam said.

“That’s fine.” Y/N said with a smile.

“This is it.” Sam said, pointing at a house that the two were now in-front of.

“Wow, this is a big house-“ Y/N said as he admired it.

“Thanks… I guess” Sam said, unsure if that was the right way to respond to that statement.

Sam opened the door to the house and the two walked in.

“Do you want to, uh, meet my mom?”

“Yeah sure.” Y/N said as the two walked into the kitchen.

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“Mom?” Sam called as he entered the kitchen.

“Oh hey sweetie. Oh, whose this?” Mitzi asked, looking at Y/N.

“This is Y/N and he’s here to tutor me.” Sam said, slightly embarrassed admitting that he had to be tutored.

“Well it’s nice to meet you, Y/N.” Mitzi said with a smile as she shook Y/N’s hand.

“And it’s nice to meet you Mrs. Fabelman.” Y/N said with a smile.

“Please, call me Mitzi! And it’s great that you're tutoring Sammy, he definitely needs it.”

“Mom!” Sam groaned, embarrassed.

"Alright, alright, you boys go do your thing, I'll be here being busy." Mitzi said as she grabbed some pots and pans from the drawer.

 “Alright , we’ll be in my room.” Sam said as he walked to his room, Y/N close behind him.

 Once the two made it to Sam’s room the two plopped their textbooks on Sam’s bed. 

 “Alright so, let's begin.” Y/N said, picking up his math textbook.

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 “This makes no seeeennsssee!” Sam groaned, pulling his hair.

 Y/N smirked, “I know, I struggled, hard, with this stuff last year too.”

 “I doubt that, you’re like the smartest dude at school.” Sam said, falling onto his bed, defeated.

 “Come on Fabelman cheer up I’ve got faith in you, and we’re almost done with what we’re supposed to go over anyways” Y/N said with a reassuring smile.

 Sam got up and sighed, “Alright.”

 After an hour the two were finally finished and they were tired. 

 “Do you still want to watch the movies?” Sam asked

 Y/N smiled, “Sure.”

 Sam got up from his bed, opened a drawer and pulled out two small cans of film. 

 “This might sound weird but we’re going to have to move into the closet. It's the only place without light.

 “Yeah sure, that’s fine.” Y/N said, getting up from the bed.

 Sam reached under his bed and pulled out a box. He opened it and pulled out a camera. The two boys moved into the closet.

 “Dang, it’s dark in here-” Y/N said looking around.

 “Yeah, sorry, I just need to set this up real quick.” Sam said, genuinely embarrassed.

 “Don’t worry, take your time.” Y/N said.

 After a minute of darkness an image appeared on the wall.

 “Alright, aaannnddd action.” Sam said with a chuckle. Y/N laughed before putting his full attention on the image in front of him.

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 Sam looked at Y/N’s face so he could see his reaction to the film but after a couple of minutes it wasn’t just to see his reaction anymore. Sam started noticing how good Y/N looked when he smiled, and how Sam got butterflies when Y/N smiled. Sam took in every detail of Y/N’s face, just in awe of how good he looked in this lighting, not even just in this lighting but just in general. Sam wished he could get a camera and film this so he could have this moment forever. Sam only came to when the film ended and Y/N looked right at him. Sam’s eyes widened and his face turned beat red. 

 “That was great Sam!” Y/N said with a smile.

 “I- uh, I- thanks.” Sam said, wiping his face, as if he could wipe the blush away, as he pulled off the can of film from the camera and put in the next one.  

 “You’re not even going to ask me what my favorite part was?” Y/N teased.

 “Oh, uh yeah. What was your favorite part?” Sam asked.

 “Probably the part where the sheriff was shooting the crooks, how did you do that effect with the shooting?” 

 “Oh, I poked holes into the film.” Sam said.

 “Wow, well I've got to tell you Sam, you might suck at math but you’re damn good at making movies.” Y/N said smiling and looking right into Sam’s eyes.

 Sam sighed trying to stop himself from blushing again, “Thanks.”

 “So are you going to show me the second one?’ Y/N asked , gesturing at the camera. 

 “I, uh, sure.” Sam said fumbling with the camera to get it to start projecting the movie. Once it finally did Sam didn’t look at Y/N anymore because he did not want to be a blushing mess again.

 “Damn, that ending-” Y/N said when the film was over. 

 Sam smiled, “So what was your favorite part,” “Hmmm, I think I loved all of it.” Y/N said with a chuckle.

 “I mean, just from those two, I can already imagine the billboards advertising your future movies with “Directed by Sam Fabeman” in big bold letters.” Y/N said gesturing the “billboards” with his hands.

 The two shared a laugh over that. 

 “Well I guess that's a wrap on our tutoring session.” Y/N said, getting up. 

 “Oh, um, yeah.” Sam said getting up as well and opening the closet. 

 The two stepped out and Y/N sighed.

 “Well I guess I’ll see you tomorrow Mr. Director.” Y/N said, making Sam chuckle and blush.

 “Yeah, thanks for your help.” Sam said with a smile.

 “Anytime.” Y/N said, smiling, as he walked out of Sam's room. 

 Sam let out a big sigh and collapsed onto his bed, his heart racing.

 

Yuuhhhh look at me finishing a fic 🤪🤪🤪🤪. I hope you guys enjoyed this and I just wanted to say that I am open to making a part two to this soooo if you’d like that, let me know. (But also know that I am very slow so a part 2 to this would probably take a while-)

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added Sammy…if you disagree you hate silly boys