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Weekly Press Briefing #49: May 28th - June 3rd

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from May 28 - June 3, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Josh/Donna prompt fest (hosted by @jessbakescakes and @thefinestmuffin) is open for claiming; fics reveal on June 24th. Details here.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from May 28 - June 3.

Amy Landecker posted photos of her and Brad’s trip to Harvard for Brad’s son George’s graduation from Harvard.

Amy Landecker posted a photo of Brad doing the Leg Thing in Boston.

Dule Hill posted a photo of his son saluting Retired United States Air Force Colonel Norman A. McDaniel in honor of Memorial Day.

Marlee Matlin posted a photo and a birthday wish for her friend.

Marlee Matlin posted a video for Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.

Mary McCormack posted a TikTok of her daughter Rose singing and playing guitar.

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a picture of her dog Evie for her 15th birthday.

Rob Lowe posted behind-the-scenes footage with his son Johnny from their show Unstable.

Donna Moss Daily: May 28 | May 29 | May 30 | May 31 | June 1 | June 2 | June 3

Daily Josh Lyman: May 28 | May 29 | May 30 | May 31 | June 1 | June 2 | June 3

No Context BWhit: May 28 | May 29 | May 30 | May 31 | June 1 | June 2 | June 3

Allison Janney Updates: May 30

Editors’ Choice:

It’s summer in D.C., so today we’re recommending some of our favorite fics with the best of summer vibes for you to read beachside!

it's just a water view (and what a view) by mikaylawrites for JessBakesCakes | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Now he thinks of the kids they’ve seen on this trip, chubby babies in unbelievably tiny hats and toddlers running through the tide on unsteady legs. They were cute, sure, but didn’t inspire any real paternal instinct in him. But then he conjures up images of babies with blonde hair and dimples, with his complexion and Donna’s eyes, and something catches in his chest. If he’s being honest, he’s imagined those babies for years.

Josh and Donna and their babies at the beach.

Shenandoah by hufflepuffhermione | Rated G | Gen Fic/No Pairings Listed | Complete | The President makes good on his threat of a staff field trip to Shenandoah National Park, Josh tries to prove he's an outdoorsman, Sam fights a bush, and Donna just tries to keep them all on schedule.

august, honey (you were mine) by sam_writes_fics | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | “Just Sam,” he answers, dropping his duffle bag off his shoulder and holding out his hand to shake. “Sam Seaborn.”

“Josh Lyman,” the other man says as he grasps Sam’s hand. “Looks like we’re bunk mates for the summer.”

// summer camp counselors au

[originally titled nothin' like you, renamed on sep 7 after much debate]

if i had a wish (i'd wish for sunshine all the while) by JessBakesCakes for mikaylawrites | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “The parent who volunteered to coach Leah’s team ended up getting a job transfer. I know it’s short notice, but do you know of anyone who could possibly take that spot?”

// basically an excuse to write tee ball coach dad Josh Lyman.

heat of the moment by rearviewmirror | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/Leo McGarry | Complete | "There’s another reason her innocent teasing hits home so acutely: he’s planning- and has been, for weeks now- what needs to be the greatest, most romantic gesture of his entire life."

all i ever wanted (was a life in your shape) by thefinestmuffins | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Donna sighs and slumps further into her Adirondack chair, pretending to read her magazine, but keeps stealing glances at Josh. He sticks out like a sore thumb amidst her throng of brothers, who are, to a number, tall and broad and blond, with a wholesome, open-faced Midwestern quality. Even at 5’11”, Josh still looks slight amongst them, dark-headed and wiry, palpably radiating his particular brand of beltway cynicism. He’s been fully integrated into the Moss brood, though, with a train of children trailing in his wake all morning: she’s witnessed him happily tossing her nephews around, hoisting her niece up onto his back, sparring good-naturedly with her brothers about whether a pitch was a strike or a ball. And it’s a good thing, it really is — she’d worried he wouldn’t get along with her family and after a couple of hours they’re all thick as thieves — so why exactly does it feel like she’s been struck in the chest with a pickaxe?

Josh is dating Amy. And yet, here he is, in Wisconsin, winning over Donna's entire family and making her acutely aware of everything she doesn't have.

*songfic to Strawberry Blond by Mitski, for October 2021 Big Block of Cheese Day*

i’ll love you with all the madness in my soul by crossingdelancey | Rated T | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | Complete | Through the open window, he hears children giggling, and he figures they’ve taken breakfast outside for the second day in a row. They’ve been blessed with good weather this summer, with temperatures climbing daily. Toby isn’t pleased about that, and he insists he’ll burn, but CJ tells him to lighten up.

When he reaches to undo her towel, she slaps his wrist.

“We’ll be late.”

“We don’t have anywhere to be.” — in which the zieglers spend summer at the farm

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own.

Josh/Donna

Errors and Omissions by Chinesepapercut | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

don’t talk (put your head on my shoulder) by flowersinapril | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Wonderful in a Loathsome sort of Way by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Domestic Days by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

it ain't nothing but a family thing by hell_to_breakfast | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

C.J./Danny

Writer’s Block by krazykitkat | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete

your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep by Luppiters | Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Ten Weeks by Jxjxjx | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete

Off the Record by onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Luppiters, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress

even i don’t know myself tonight by belledamn | Rated M | Ainsley Hayes/Donna Moss | Complete

Multiple Pairings

Paradise City by casliyn | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Josh Lyman & Donna Moss, Amy Gardner/Josh Lyman | In Progress

Operation in the Desert by mlea7675 | Rated T | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Will Bailey/Kate Harper, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott | In Progress

Golden State by miabicicletta for Luppiters, onekisstotakewithme, hondagirll, ballroompink, stars_inthe_sky | Rated M | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

The Best of Wives and The Best of Women by DeborahSampson1776 | Rated T | Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Cliff Calley/Donna Moss, Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler, Amy Gardner/Josh Lyman | In Progress

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nocleansocks · 5 years ago

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Jacquard: 14, 49. Sticks: 8. Florian: 91. Cutlas: 81. Echo: 19. Fouro: 62. Glancer: 98. =)

TRANSFORMERS. ROBOTS IN DISGUISE.

14. Has [Jaquard] character ever been in love?

HOO BOY This question hit me in some sorta way I’m not sure why. I think Jaquard is absolutely a pining romantic. I mean, he basically looks like the incognito mode icon, so. I think he’s the kind of pining romantic that can slip into Jane Austin mode at the flick of a switch. He hasn’t just dwelled on the concept of love in the regards of loving another but also in the sense of love itself. Love for the past: he’s romanticized the life he wasn’t apart of, Asteriniolians’ life, perhaps even Asteriniolian himself. But is that a familial love, or maybe a selfish love? Are they the same person? Different? With that being said though, he’s also dwelt on the concept of love as appreciation, for the present, for family, general thanks. Love for what you do: he has a lot of love for the arcane, for history, for hobbies and function. And of course, love for intimacy. There’s definitely an overwhelming love towards Fouro, something that’s wavered from friendship to interest to respect to family back to confusion. Something unspoken and, again, in his Jane Austin submerged mind, something that’s maybe even more beautiful unexplored.

49. What colors are associated with [Jaquard]?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAGLkyxQG0

8. What location encountered in the campaign has [Sticks] felt the most “at home” in, or just generally liked the most?

I think Sticks specifically has taken very well to Colkirk. As one of the younger ones, a lot of their formative years were with everyone else in hiding and running, and now they have this big new city to explore full of new people and new opportunities, yet it still has all the familiarity of the city to the east. In all honesty, they’ve been at home each and every time the warforged are all together. They were the most lost in the absence of Fouro. They loved the tower when he was there, because everyone was there! But now, in Colkirk, not only are all of the warforged there, but there’s so much else to explore, too.

91. What is [Florian]’s guiltiest pleasure?

Eating dirt Florian absolutely enjoyed the fighting. The pits in Stormhelm were corrupt and dangerous and the conditions he was fighting under (staking his life to try and free his family) were deplorable, but somewhere inside, the moments between the start of the fight and the end of the fight where the only thing you could focus on was yourself and the person in front of you... he enjoyed that escape. He’s still a pacifist, he can never support violence for the sake of violence, but mutually agreed combat with established limits? Definitely something he never expected to get a rush out of.

81. What does [Cutlass]’s name represent to them? (Or: why as a player did you choose [Cutlass]’s name?)

Answering the second question first, I obviously chose names for all of the warforged inspired by their respective envoy tool. Jaquard - a fabric - for the weaver; Florian, a riff on florist, for the gardener; Os - Osmium - for the alchemist, etc etc. Cutlass was more-so a riff on Cut, focusing on his jeweler’s abilities, and then I settled on Cutlass because he was actually supposed to have Glancer’s personality, originally. Defensive, sharp... all the things that Cutlass himself ultimately turned out not to be. The first session the warforged were all introduced, when they were all in a big room together and we went through introductions like it was the start of a murder mystery detective game, so many of the warforged’s personality came out of nowhere. I had sat down beforehand to give myself a rough idea of how they all would act. I think I remember messaging my players that I was coming dangerously close to homestuck territory, making ten characters and assigning each a zodiac. I can’t remember what I had settled on for Cutlass, but regardless, he was definitely supposed to be more fiesty. Then he started talking in-game, however, and the lovable coward was born. So long story short, what does his name represent to HIM? Something he wishes he could be; a heroic adventurer, weapon in hand, saving the day. But little does he know he shines in just as good a way.

19. Where in the world does [Echo] most want to visit?

Echo isn’t much of a geographer and hasn’t extensively studied the world map, not even Laerakond’s really, but she has definitely heard tales a plenty from Seabor. If she were to make a trek somewhere new, she’d want it to be entirely new. Everywhere in Laerakond sounds too similar. No, if she were to travel to new lands, she’d want it to be an entirely new continent. She’s a bit too hipster for Faerun, though, that’s too popular. She hasn’t dwelt on the idea too much, but Osse sounds perfect for her: far to the southeast on Torillian maps, it’s almost on the other side of the globe from Laerakond. It has just enough mystery and distance to pique her interest.

62. What is [Fouro]’s greatest achievement?

Protecting his family. He’s created a ton of impressive tchotskies. He created a bauble that was able to double the size of a building, for goodness sakes! And if you had asked him this question years ago, yeah, he could’ve given you a list of the magic items that he’s proudest of. But now, his greatest achievement is the fact that nine other warforged are alive and thriving in a big city. Every time he’s able to bring them together in any way it’s a new greatest achievement for him.

98. What advice would [Glancer] give to a younger version of themselves?

It’s funny, cause “younger version” in this case almost even means “two-months-ago-self”. Glancer would give themselves a lecture on reciprocity. You get back what you give out. Whatever you put out in the universe is what will come right back to you. Shroud yourself in illusion? You’re gonna have a hard time with trust. Surround yourself with art, though, and your world is going to light up. Selfless acts actually are worth it, in the end.

#long post #ask meme #soc

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