#TBT s3

[arabella-strange]

lololol shoutout to #NBCBlindspot — even after all this time

[charlieconwayy]

Shameless Celebration ● [6/10] episodes ↳ Order Room Service [3x11]

[readbetween]

@gildedlife

the very first thing diane does is misspeak, "it's the most incredible thing, i almost didn't recognize you."

but her schema for comportment around james is challenged – informed as it has been by ill-fitting conversations, which over time, gradated more comfortably into cursory pleasantries. glib greetings, as one shouldered past.

what she means to say, "it's the textbook example of the – disorientation – a person feels when they happen upon someone outside of their established context for them."

diane's astonishment of such happenstance outshines any impulse to make herself elusive (and, without pretense, his is the first familiar face she's seen in weeks).

[arabella-strange]

the cannonball contest [x]

Endless TLOVM

[cagedchoices]

@clochanam said: there's always a choice .

GOOD GIRLS S1 STARTERS.

Sunset looms on behind Aisling, bathing their arranged safehouse’s taupe interiors in a carrot glow, trial by fire pouring in through the western windows. They’ve been running on fumes since the last stop, finally managed to throw a tail off their tracks and narrowly evade capture. If it’s that bad out here, Caleb figures while sinking into a padded chair (that will almost definitely put him to sleep if he sits still too long), they might not have made it out the front door if he’d opted to stay in the city.

A retro diner, a distant beach pier, a far too recent memory, affixed to data on a tablet screen designed to seal his fate one way or another. [MORTALITY INDEX, PROJECTION: Suicide - 10-12 years…Marriage not recommended, children not approved.] If it had been his idea, would he have still chosen that? Gone by mid-forties, potentially half or more of a life unlived and deeply unsatisfied to a bitter and violent end. But maybe some part of him even believes that would've been kinder than letting it waste away with no potential to change.

What is a human, if not a sum total of the choices made in their lives— does it even fully matter that something else has been pulling their strings all this time? Every decision, a carefully curated illusion, designed to let people think they are the ones calling the shots, only to realize too little too late that no, no… no… no.

“What if there wasn't?” he pitches down quietly, eyes to the floor, head turned off-center. Things were certainly different now. He can't prevent the pang of guilt that twinges in his gut, supplying the thought that if he had not gone into her diner, he may never have met Aisling. Never have asked her help in slipping the net of other criminals on the hunt to take pleasure in pain by interrogating him for answers he did not have. That vicious cycle of cause and effect. It’d have been a shame not to meet her, but she’d be safe and not on the run in some neo-reimagined Bonnie and Clyde-type getaway story.

He picks himself back up, looking at her again. “What if someone came along— maybe just dropped into your life out of nowhere— and told you everything you thought you knew about the world was wrong? That nothing you thought was a choice…was ever really yours to make?”

[realmythsmoved]

a pristine infirmary , mostly empty . Gregory @ Daphne! Gregory's absolutely gotten herself hurt Again lol

How her sibling had gotten hurt again, Daphne doesn't know. But she had been tasked with taking the poor young one to the infirmary. Once there, and once a sling is applied to her sibling's left arm, and the necessary things are done for the minor cuts and bruises, Daphne sighs. She looks at her sibling with a stern expression, saying "You have to be more careful. Next time you could be seriously injured. Imagine how we'd all feel if something terrible happened to you."

She pats her sibling's head tenderly, gently. "Promise me you'll be more careful from now on." She is unsure if the promise will be made or even more if the other sibling will stick to it. But Daphne has to try, at any rate. She knows she would hate for anything bad to happen, and she's certain the rest of the family would feel the same. Her young sibling really needs to be more careful when exploring the world.

Curiosity is one thing, but getting injured is another. She doesn't want any of her siblings to get hurt, ever, but she knows she won't always be around to prevent it from happening. Hence why she wants the promise, the guarantee that her young sibling will be careful from now on. Daphne may have a husband and children of her own now, but she will always be a Bridgerton, and always care deeply about her family, especially her siblings.

[thehopefulwonderlandcollector]

TBT when I was watching S2 Mando and remembering that I DID sense chemistry between Din Djarin and Bo Katan Kryze, but I wouldn’t let myself ship it because I thought I was overreacting and didn’t appreciate platonic friendships between men and women enough, only to watch all of S3 Mando, including Guns for Hire and “Your Song is Not Yet Written…”

[iantimony]

tuesday!

hello again! another 2-weeker because I was in Washington (Da Capital) for a portion of last week for an academic conference and boy howdy did that sap my will to live/energy to post.

listening: I finished relistening to TANIS! season 5 felt completely unfamiliar so I either never actually listened to it or it was just that forgettable. which tbh, it was. very forgettable. definitely good background white noise but really nothing cooking in there. very clear to me that at the end there terry miles was way more interested in writing a book than an audio drama.

for the sake of completeness I also am relistening to the black tapes. definitely a more cohesive narrative happening there even though I know the "finale" is looming ahead. also has not generally aged super well, and some of the attempts at writing academic experts of things in make me laugh a lot, and the overlap in voice actors for side characters is also amusing. I think this universe of podcasts only work if TANIS is a fictional podcast in TBT and vice-versa but that's not news. also why did they make cuneiform on…parchment…as a plot point in s3…it's cuneiform…wouldn't it be on a slab of clay…anyways a reference to "current political discourse" in a s3 ep made me check the date and I didn't realize that this came out in 2020????? insane. way more recent than I thought (derogatory).

music-wise, saw Mahjong Crib live a few weeks ago at a local bar so I've been letting that run in the background. the bassist was incredibly high (as he should be) and very funny. the last song of the set he put the bass down and started going ham on cowbell. definitely in the family of freeform jazz which isn't normally my thing. still not sure this band is my thing, will probably not be purchasing this album for example.

reading: How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular (David Gauvey Herbert): what it says on the tin. didn't realize how much of it came down to monopoly of an industry again. womp womp.

read these both on the plane back from the conference: By Proxy (Lise): mind the tags. really nailed a good dynamic between LWJ and JC imo. Wuxian The Ninth (spockandawe): was linked by the author in a server we're both in. the choice to just do the intro and finale is so incredibly valid. I should do that for my abhorsen/TLT crossover actually because I have the beginning done and definitely have a finale cooking in my head but writing all the bits in the middle seems exhausting and this has made it occur to me that I am allowed to just. skip all the shit in the middle. nothing is stopping me.

watching: fallow

playing: fallow

making: I have been speed knitting a pair of fingerless gloves for my mom! chose this pattern specifically to do them flat style because I was on the go and didn't want to think about using dpns, and I don't have the equipment for knitting in the round comfortably on that small of a scale.

finished carving the block for my holiday cards BUT printing them has proved. challenging. I have what turns out to be kinda shitty water-based ink that is a real pain in the ass to do more than one print at a time with because it dries so fast. it's also applying and printing extremely unevenly and patchy, and while I don't actually mind the texture that adds, the fact that I have to wash off my block & roller every 2-3 prints or so is really stymying my speed. I am abusing my boyfriend's amazon prime to get an oil-based printmaking ink shipped to me so I have put further printing on hold til today when that allegedly arrives. I miss living in closer proximity to a more professional art supply store :-( I've printed about 15 or 20 now and depending on how much nicer the ink looks I may restart lol… either way next year I think I will get thicker paper to mail postcard-style instead of in an envelope to save on postage and work? we'll see. I'm hand delivering around half of my cards over the course of the holidays as it is to make it simpler and cut back on the amount of envelopes and postage I'll need anyways so it's really not TOO bad…

I kind of want to carve a return label stamp as well but obviously the scale/detail of that is more challenging. the easier move is to order return label stickers obviously so maybe I will design some of those, not for this year at this time scale but y'know. I was thinking of putting up my holiday card designs on redbubble or etsy or whatever as well just for funsies.

eating: made deb smittenkitchen's lentil soup with sausage, chard and garlic! really good! my sausages are generic beef from the farmers market so I feel like I lost a little flavor in there by not using some sort of sweet or spicy sausage but it's still tasty and filling. according to comments it freezes very well so I made the full recipe and will be freezing about four servings. I am rich in frozen soups rn.

I was GOING to make her crispy cauliflower and cabbage salad as well but the half a head of cabbage I had in the fridge tragically finally went bad. so instead I did an improvization at her cauliflower with dates and pistachios salad. I did not have dates or pistachios, subbed in craisins and almond slivers, lmfao, but still tasty and has the same structure. I also got some salmon burgers from kroger that have TWENTY FIVE GRAMS of protein each and were very tasty.

misc: feeling very [horror movie scare chord] from networking at that conference. my advisor's previous student who I did not overlap with but am familiar because I have continued his work casually commented that he applied to over Four Hundred Jobs before getting the one he currently has that he. does not even like that much. (I think? unclear. he is kind of a hater at heart in the funniest possible way, bless him.) so I have the fear of god in me a little bit but it's Fine, I'm doing what I'm "supposed" to be doing that a lot of other people are not by doing extensive networking and looking for summer internships for what will hopefully be the last summer of my PhD program.

I gotta start thinking about my yearly roundup too!!! I did a bad job of keeping a spreadsheet this year for this to note everything down in an easy format so maybe I will do that in retrospect as a time-filling activity in the next few weeks…

[destinyc1020]

I really like your approach of going with the flow. Some newer shippers start making all sorts of predictions and become disappointed when they don't turn exactly right. Both Tom and Z have busy professional lives and we are not privy to their specific schedules so sometimes they miss big events together. But what we've seen overall in 2.0 is that they are making a big commitment to spend a lot of time together

We do know that there's a big PRIVATE event for TBT on Feb 9 in London that Tom is supposed to attend (we don't know if we're going to get pics of the event) and we know that Z is nominated for the SAG (Feb 26) and NAACP Awards (Feb 25) and that Euphoria S3 should start preproduction soon. We don't know much besides that. We also don't know if Tom flew directly to London or went with Z to LA for a few days before flying back. I'm just happy they decided to spend a whole month together in their own little bubble. I hope that 2023 will provide us with a few more sneak peeks on their lives

Exactly.  I agree Anon…. 💯👏🏾 I think you have the right mindset when it comes to Tomdaya.

I always try to take a level-headed approach to just about everything, and that involves TZ. I think it’s also good to remember that we don’t know these people personally…We don’t know what they have planned in their lives, or what their personal obligations are. 🤷🏾‍♀️  So when I see fans EXPECTING things, or trying to predict things, I get nervous. 😬 👀   I learned the hard way back in 2021 (for the Oscars) and the Avengers Campus event NOT to “expect” anything lol. 😅😅

To me, trying to predict future appearances is the quickest way for fans to wind up disappointed.  🥴

This expectation, or trying to “predict” where they’ll wind up next is not my cup of tea tbh.  😔 I just like going with the flow, and when there’s content, I’ll reblog it and post about it.  But trying to PREDICT where someone (who I don’t even know) will be when there aren’t formal announcements that this person is going to be at said event? I’m sorry, but that’s just ridiculous to me.  I don’t know these people personally lol, and as we saw from this years awards season so far, TZ are NOT above missing out on award shows even when nominated. 👀

Soooo….I’m really not big on “predictions” on my blog. Sorry! 🤷🏾‍♀️ Maybe some people find it fun, but I just find it a waste of time honestly, unless something has been stated that they will actually attend a particular event.

I just go w/the flow and I’m just happy when new content arrives, or when they are spotted together.  😊

[bluevalleybreakingnews]

how would hournite have gone on with no development with s3 confirming they get married later? That would be the biggest drama. If stargirl got renewed they would have to deliver. They’d HAVE give us fans something. Right? (Right!? 😰)

The marriage reveal in the finale was always something I think was only going to happen if it was the SERIES finale. If it were just a season, I don’t think there would have been anything and Hournite fans could rightfully be mad waiting for season four.

I think part of the issue with Hournite is a) Courtney was always going to need to have her relationship(s) prioritized and b) Geoff Johns only wanted to put them together towards the end, since he stated that he doesn’t like when couples are together and stay together with no drama (which was kind of elaborated when Steve Harper came on The Squadcast— a shameless self-plug, but also kind of a tbt lmfao). So, they might have written slightly more flirtatious dialogue, but I don’t think any romance would have been in the cards until season 5 (but it would have been smooth sailing* from there on out).

*Smooth sailing from a couple standpoint. From the fandom standpoint I think people would vent their frustrations every week until Hournite held hands in a park together or something lmfao

[starfiresupernova]

Pretty sure that line about Alex being under-utilized at Scarlet was a subtle jab at us asking for Alex to get more screentime lol

[vivala-swanqueen]

THEY ARE SO CUTE I CRY

[politicalprocrastinator]

I love that the bold type is one if the few mainstream shows talking about body positivity. But it does concern me that their "real women" are the main cast, whom are all incredibly thin, and Paige, who never gives her own opinions on body positivity. It just rubs me the wrong way a bit that this show's discussion of body positivity revolves around very thin women embracing their insecurities and not focusing on the experiences of fat women that kickstarted the movement and face the brunt of the abuse on behalf of the movement

[imaslowlearner-butilearn]

Patrick is so fucking irritating

[lexa-el-amin]

my respect for queen adena el amin is higher than my self respect :(

[belasso-archive]

think i’m settling on ted’s middle name being dean. 🤔