#a year repeating the same day

[laylanatorseventeen]

not on my watch!!!! not!! on my!!! watch!!!

[myoonmii]

I can’t believe Arthur had his entire perception of Merlin shattered before him and still managed to fall in love with him all over again in a day

[heartorbit]

the actor's art consists of dying before the audience

[aaandbackstabbed]

Della and Donald: you’ve told us this story many times

Scrooge: and you’ll hear it again!

[randomfoggytiger]

Tiger! Curious, what are your thoughts on Scully’s “oh brother” after Mulder’s “I love you” in triangle?

I took it as her being frustrated over Mulder almost getting himself killed and it was the wrong time for a proclamation of that kind.

I’ve also heard that he was on pain meds and Scully knew he wasn’t in his normal state of mind, but I don’t buy that.

Thanks!

I think I sit on the drugged side of the fence, personally; though I might change my mind in future if given more thought.

Scully was frustrated-- mad even-- at being ditched; but Triangle focuses solely on her determination to save her partner. TLG thought Mulder was in trouble, and she took it as a matter of course that he would be (hence her FBI shenanigans.) We are led to assume she found Mulder face-down in the water; but even so, the end of the episode concludes with her talking gently and calmly at his bedside while fondly bossing him around.

In Mulder's past hospitalization scenarios, Scully was prone to take a careful, soothing approach (even when she assumed he was in the wrong.) This episode is relatively the same... except: she addresses Mulder as if he were high, stating "Mulder settle down, that's an order"/"Yeah, yeah I did"/"I want you to close your eyes and repeat, 'There's no place like home'" (all loosely quoted.) She says these statements while listening to her partner ramble on about the Queen Anne or Thor's Hammer or her saving the world. Although she's not the only one who thinks he's high-- Skinner and TLG are convinced, as well-- she's the self-appointed, rational one there to talk him down. (Skinner prefers sarcastic Toto quips instead.)

As realistic as it would have been for her to be frustrated with his foolhardiness or tangled up in lingering Diana Fowley emotions... Triangle doesn't conclude with either of those. (Diana Fowley, for example, is entirely forgotten until One Son by both agents; and is forgotten again after a quick "look, they made up" moment at the end of Agua Mala. Yes, that is a writing problem; no, I am not complaining.) It's up to the audience to inject more into this scene than the writers or actors or directors intended-- complicated emotions weren't a part of Triangle's vision. (But are we surprised, with The X-Files?)

In Triangle's conclusion particularly, Scully isn't angry or closed off, nor does she shut Mulder down like she would if she were frustrated (or took his words or the intent behind them seriously.) Instead, she thinks he's just high; and sighs (at the wall-- a Jim in The Office moment, before it's time) the infamous "Oh, brother" before turning heel and walking away. In her mind, Mulder's too high to take these actions personally, or even to remember them. She's so convinced that she walks away exasperated and just a smidge humored (e.g. her exaggerated posture, shoulders, and expression.) It's so... Mulder to acknowledge and proclaim their love openly at the strangest time while basking in, as Scully sees it, the high of her "saving" the world (i.e. saving him.) It's endearing, perhaps, but it's also so ridiculous (to her) that she automatically doesn't give his confession the time of day.

Why didn't Scully continue to dissuade or reason with Mulder, as she was doing up to this point? Scully wrestles through the last scene trying to get Mulder back to sleep: she sweeps in, tries to calm him down; then spends the next few minutes fruitlessly attempting to untangle his logic so she can get him to unwind and drift back to dreamworld. But, after achieving practically nothing, she ends the interlude with an injunction to close his eyes and go to sleep. Mulder obeying then popping back up is so Mulder that she comes back and tucks in her chin, expecting another line of unimportant, sleep-stalling rambles. So when he says, "I love you", she takes it as the height of drug-induced delirium and walks off before he can embarrass himself further. Almost-- but not quite-- the attitude of a parent being called back by their child on a sugar high and hearing such a string of jittery nonsense that they regret their decision, and strictly reinforce bedtime rules.

The humor, for the audience, is that Scully doesn't doubt that Mulder loves her-- that's not a question; that understanding, in fact, fuels her early, mid, and latter Season 6 decisions-- but that she can't believe he's devolved into such lovey dovey delirium that Mulder's willing to (potentially) embarrass himself when he remembers later. He just confessed his feelings that summer (after five plus years), and didn't drop the L word then, even in the midst of heightened anxiety and mutual misery. Here, to her knowledge, he is in no state to own up to or confess the depth of his feelings, either. And yet, it's such a Mulder thing to do-- to do it anyway, and like this-- that she's left with a bone-deep sigh ("Oh, brother") and a determination not to feed into this delusion.

Still. She keeps this confession in mind as the season progresses (or, more truthfully, the writers do), testing the waters and pushing the boundaries to see how deep Mulder's reticence or repression goes (classic examples include Dreamland, Arcadia, Alpha, Milagro, The Unnatural, etc. etc.) It's why Season 6 is so fun to me... but that's another topic for another time.

Those are my thoughts, anyway! Would be interested to hear yours¬.

[creativity-deficient]

Soooo what are y’all’s hcs on the Tweak family 🤔🤔🤔

[mofffun]

Kingoh pre-finale wall of text

...that said, I've actually written much over the past month. I thought I wouldn't be able to take the Kingoh loss, but turns out I'm unexpectedly fine with it, but now that it's near, I'm running away covering my ears again.

"Final", "Last". Shut up. That's enough of a trigger to burst out in tears. That's sadness, that's inevitable. But winding back, I've been feeling a calmness because the hardwork and passion of the cast and crew have culminated into a spectacular grand finale. The fact that I was so obsessed with conveying my gratitude to the show, I forgot in the end, the final word the show leaves me will be none other than,

"Thank you for your support this year!"

The fact that their messsage reached us, and ours to them, and back again. This is the best ending a beautiful story can have. It connects people, and it lives on as a legend.

Kingoh helped me through some hard times. Its importance to me is not going to be shadowed by any flaws it definitely has.

Sentai being a yearly toku means there is only this moment that the two of us cross paths. One year of "we", once in our lives. Had Kingoh not been a toku, it could've sequels until the day I have my own kids. But because it's a toku, a heroic fairy tale, this one chance is what it is. A miracle that brought me hope and courage.

Most of all, I'm thankful for meeting all of you on this blog, and fans in other countries on different platforms. If I had to sum up what Kingoh gifted me, it's "Connections". I became more proactive and adventurous this year. I learned to be "selfish", to try again, to say it out loud. I get to be a kid again not because I'm escaping anymore, but because I can believe there's still good in this world, the little that we can do.

[rickybaby]

Peter Bayer is so annoying, every time he opens his mouth it doesn't make Daniel's situation any better. He brings chaos to everything around Daniel with his cowardice and inability to stand up for his team. How can he say that it's good that Daniel deleted his IG when we have to ask for updates on his life through IG posts that he posts no more than 20 times a year. I hate peter so much 🤬🤬🤬

In the past few days, I've made up my mind to not pay any attention to what's said in the media about Daniel - whether that's from Helmut, Bayer, Laurent or Christian.

Red Bull is currently a political bloodbath and Daniel, being the only driver without a contract, has become a pawn in that game. Whether this means Daniel is more likely or less likely to get renewed for next year - I don't know. These past 4-5 races have shown Daniel in on an upward trajectory, and if people are wilfully ignoring that, it just shows there are factors other than performance at play.

It sucks, but I also think what will be, will be and we should just enjoy Daniel racing. Like these three races obviously mean a lot to him - his 250th start, his birthday, his parents staying back in europe for all this and him having Jack around to document it all!

I think the one thing I'm holding dear is Daniel's comment that they overachieved in Austria. It's been so long that he's said something like that - it just shows he is finally performing at that level where he is satisfied with himself, that he's putting everything into it and it feels like a personal reward to himself

Also just saying that yeah, Daniel is caught up in the red bull power struggle, but that man is also cut from the old red bull cloth - he can play that political game in his sleep. So he's not an unfortunate collateral as much as we'd like to think.

[wymgreenteam]

https://www.tumblr.com/zeegras/730882872879267840

Can I tempt you with a Nico Hischier Baker!AU ?!?!

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anon when i tell you i've been losing my mind over these images since yun sent me them yesterday, i mean it wholeheartedly... i had to go unearth the old cooking au i had buried in my drafts because of this new development... it's more of a celebrity chef nico and celebrity NOT chef jack au than a baker nico au specifically, but there is baking in there, i promise!! so no tempting needed haha :)

excerpts under the cut!

“This is a bad idea,” Cole says for the third time.

“Fuck you, this is a fantastic idea!” Trevor points a pinkie at him, the rest of the fingers on his hand preoccupied with holding his beer. “It’s like Worst Cooks In America but for celebrities!”

Jack’s smile drops. “It’s like what?”

“It’s one of the shows Jimmy likes to watch—“

“He’s not even American, Z, what the fuck?”

Quinn pinches the bridge of his nose. “Sorry, the fact that Jamie’s not American is the problem you have with this concept?”

“But I can cook!” Jack protests. Silence and four flat stares greet him. “I can! Guys, come on!”

“That,” Quinn starts, leaning back in his seat, “Is one thing I think we all can disagree with you on.”

Jack throws a wadded up napkin across the table at him, but it misses when Quinn ducks. Whatever.

————

“I don’t like how this started as cooking lessons but has slowly devolved into me being the fire safety marshal while you try and look at an egg without setting the smoke alarms off,” Nico muses, clearly trying to keep the smile off his face for the sake of Jack’s already fragile pride as he peeks over Jack’s shoulder.

“This is exactly how it was before you showed up… just minus the precautions,” Jack comments, looking forlornly at the egg that’s no more than a smoldering pile of crisp stuck to the bottom of the frying pan. He pokes at it sadly with a spatula, a pout making its way onto his lips. “There’s no hope for me.”

“And I’m beginning to think you might be right about that,” Nico mutters, shaking his head as he rolls up his sleeves. Before Jack can protest, he pats Jack's hip gently and says, “Move over and I’ll show you again, yeah? Try and pay attention this time.”

————

Jack heaves the door open, not thinking as he kicks off his shoes and they land next to a pair of sneakers that fit much larger feet than his own. He doesn’t notice the familiar, worn brown leather jacket hung up on the usually-empty hook as he shucks his suit jacket and loops it over his arm as he shuffles down the hallway into the kitchen. Frowning, he loosens his tie. He’d swear he turned these lights off before he left. It also smells really good, which is weird, because he hasn’t even ordered his takeout yet, and—

“There you are.”

Jack jumps, turning to see Nico standing in his kitchen, a towel tossed over his shoulder, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, smiling. “Nico?”

“It’s Wednesday,” Nico says, tilting his head to the pan on the stove that’s simmering with something thick and red-brown. That’s what smells so amazing.

“Oh, fuck, sorry, I—” Jack feels so frazzled all of a sudden, his days jumbling up in his head. How could he forget that it’s Wednesday? “I had a work thing and it ran late… I didn’t mean to leave you waiting, sorry.”

Nico shrugs. “No worries, things happen,” he says, turning back to the stove to stir the sauce. “You look nice, though.”

Jack feels his face heat through eight increasingly deep shades of red. He has to duck his head hastily, grateful that Nico’s back is still turned. “Uh— Thanks? You too?”

Nico just chuckles. It sounds so good, all warm and deep. Jack kind of wants to roll over and die.

————

Nico peeks up at Jack from his position between his legs, making deliberate eye contact as he bends one of Jack’s knees until it touches his chest, leaning forward to lick the line of honey from his sensitive inner thigh. Jack has to choke back an incredibly embarrassing sound when Nico stops to nibble a bruise at the juncture of his hip. He feels so deliciously stretched out and exposed, wrists still obediently pressed to the mattress above his head, and it doesn’t help that Nico’s looking at him like he wants to eat Jack alive.

[cheese-crusts]

ask game! current nine fav albums: chose 9 then tag 9 people

tagged by @a-bed-of-moss

In no particular order:

An Evening With Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars

Its Bruno Mars

Unreal Earth by Hozier

An album based on Dante's Inferno?

Without Fear by Dermot Kennedy

One of my all time favorites, its so incredibly soul crushing.

Believe in Me, Who Believes in You by Aries

Not much to say here, I really like this one.

Shadowglow by Flipturn

Really, I love all of their songs. This one is really personal.

Tim by Avicii

Yeah no I really dont have much to say here.

Doom Days (This Got Out Of Hand Edition) by Bastille

Every song in this is a banger no I will not be taking questions

Wild World (Complete Edition) by Bastille

EVERY SONG IN THIS IS A BANGER NO I WILL NOT BE TAKING QUESTIONS

All This Bad Blood by Bastille

EVERY SONG-

No pressure tags! @fuckterfs-deactivated20221212 @the-second-visitor @stargazing-enby @shredded-cheese-wizard @gec-co @joaniejustwokeup @/anyone who sees this!

[rottenlittlefink]

I’m sorry but I don’t think it should take months/years to manifest…

[popcorn-plots]

Me: I got a 25 on the ACT!

Mom: it won't get you into BYU, especially with your math grade the way it is.

Me: I have a 3.7 GPA, and I can always retake the ACT?

Mom: you're going to need a really good admissions essay if you want to get into BYU.

Me: thanks, mom.

[omegawolverine]

what kyle gallner movies have you watched? i’ve watched uhm. 4 at this point! i think he’s a really great actor but man some of these movies SUCK. well they’re alright, just psychological horror isn’t exactly my thing i’ve figured out. do you have any recs (if you have watched other movies he’s been in) that aren’t “dinner in america,” “the passenger,” “smile,” or “mother, may i?”? i finished “mother, may i?” today and it was not exactly what i expected. a review i liked a lot was “mommy issues: the movie.” which is absolutely right, but still really funny. also pointing at that man and clocking him for his very evident bpd.

(i have a tiny hyperfix on kyle gallner right now if that weren’t obvious lol)

i have honestly watched very few movies with him and most of the ones i have seen he's like barely in (scream and jennifer's body for example, plus the like multiple shows he did one episode in- speaking of which he was in one episode of twd as beth's boyfriend who immediately dies. he's the one who kept guessing what daryl did before the outbreak).

i just watched the passenger today on a whim and it was very much not what i expected based on how people talked about it but it was good enough. if im being so real he's in a lot of movies that just do not seem to appeal to me (and im not much of a movie person in general so if a trailer doesnt appeal to me im not trying it on my own) but im planning to watch strange darling which ive heard good things about and probably the nightmare on elm street movie he's in. also the haunting in connecticut just bc i live so close to CT i can be judgey about details. i might watch smile just bc i think id find it laughably bad but besides that idk! maybe ill watch mother may i bc mommy issues the movie sounds right up my alley LMAO

wishing u the best in finding more movies of his that appeal to u tho...some of the best actors have the most busted filmographies </3

[adhdo5]

Fucked up and deranged btw how JGY is like three months older than NHS. Think about it for long enough and you start dying

[lavendarneverlands]

I have the Stars Hollow Musical stuck in my head… someone send help, for I have lost it .

[showrunnerihardlyknowher]

As the first math anon (the one with the failed exam), I really do appreciate you writing out a response for me. I will sincerely take your advice and tips to heart.

I hope it helps, anon!! If there's any specific parts giving you trouble (except geometry bestie sorry) I'm happy to try and help break it down!