#and the dad options are ...... not great

[edwardwonghaupepelutivrusky4th]

wah i looove their designs and animation...

[carcarrot]

having another one of my job-related crises

[releasing-my-insanity]

Is it just me, or is there an attitude in adaptations of All Creatures Great and Small and articles/books about James Herriot (Alf Wight) that Tristan is optional?

The second movie has no Tristan at all.

According to this post, the only reason the 1978 version has Tristan as a main character is because Robert Hardy insisted. Otherwise he wouldn't have been.

The 2020 version did an entire season without Tristan and articles about it kept saying things like "Tristan isn't here, but Helen made a mistake and it was funny so we don't really miss him."

The biography "James Herriot: The Life of a Country Vet" mentions Tristan (Brian Sinclair) only a handful of times and it's things like "The brothers were very different. "The two men were good friends." "He died and it was sad." There's basically nothing actually ABOUT him.

In real life "James" (Alf) and "Tristan" (Brian) were best friends just like they are in the books. When Brian was in the RAVC, Alf sent him twenty page letters. Post-war when they were living in different parts of Yorkshire, they and their wives got together every week for decades. Brian was one of the few people Alf told he was writing a book.

"James Herriot" did not consider "Tristan" optional. He considered him one of his closest friends.

[radmista]

Sowing seeds of discontent and disharmony by hanging up on my parents birthday phone call the second my mom asked if I gained weight. Hope that sits badly on their minds while they think about how that's the first call I've engaged with them in 2 months and it was for the dogs birthday. Dad scrambling to text me for my mom that she didn't mean it. Like fuck I told her I've been having a rough month and day. She couldn't keep it to herself that badly. Fucks sake

[joyfuladorable]

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More for Pretend that I Never Left, except this time it's all post-fic hurt/comfort and fluff scenes I couldn't stop conjuring in my head at 5AM!! uwu @redstringraven I will laugh gleefully hard if I've somehow managed to predict Anything of what you're doing for the Epilogue

[beaversatemygrandma]

Interview. Interview. Oh Another interview. Interview. Interview. Guess what's next? An interview that a manager is like "Today at 2pm sound good?" which I took bc yeah, it was good...

I'm tired.

Now will ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY Call Me Back???

[toytulini]

I think making sweeping generalizations of specific traits being considered "ugly" is not great the same way i think its rude and unnecessary to call others ugly, i also think its worthwhile to acknowledge that certain traits ARE considered "Ugly" due to societal beauty standards, that doesn't make them ACTUALLY ugly, bc beauty is subjective anyway, and can be found Anywhere, and even someone who seems to tick every single box of societal beauty Ideals will almost certainly have at least one trait or feature about their appearance that they are insecure about or feel is "ugly", bc even within the constraints of conventional attractiveness theres subjectivity

also this fish was so fucking Ugly and i adored it so much. i miss him.

he was also gorgeous.

[thirsty-4-ghouls]

“Hancock is bad with kids” “Hancock is bad with Shaun” no, well, maybe, but where I was getting at was, the objectively funniest dynamic there that I can think of is that Hancock does, indeed, not know what to do around kids BUT Shaun is super curious because of that and will not leave him alone. Hancock will be looking at sole like “I can’t handle this, i don’t know what to do, get your kid” and Shaun is just like “why do you dress like that? Do you still get sunburnt? Do you like lazer rifles? I like lazer rifles.” Like a cat that sees the person ignoring them and goes up to them for attention. And the funniest response from sole is something like “the sunburn question is rude, Shaun” and then they continue doing whatever they were before saying that.

[krikeymate]

Scream 7 opening concept:

It's late, the scene is a police station. It's pretty empty except for a couple of old and crotchety desk jockeys. A handcuffed Tara is being walked into a cell. Her hands are cuffed in front of her and she's a little beat up, and scowling. The cop tells her that her sister is on her way, and not to look at him like that, if she didn't want to be here then she shouldn't have assaulted an officer. She slouches down on a bench with a huff, and the cop leaves. There's some drunk who flirts with her from the other side of the cell - what's a girl like you doing in a place like this, and other such things - he's handcuffed to a bench.

The lights go out.

The drunk makes some comment about it, but Tara's alert, it sets her anxiety off. One of the cops heads over to a breaker box and fixes the lights, mumbling about shitty funding. He goes back into the office to find his partner missing. He looks around a bit, calling for him, before finding him dead under a desk, he sees nobody else around. He runs to the cells to check they're still locked, and Ghostface appears behind him, stabbing him in the neck.

"Hello, Tara. What's a girl like you doing in a place like this?"

Tara's eyes flick between the Ghostface and the drunk, who is visibly confused and upset about what is happening.

Meanwhile, Sam, irritated, walks into the police station and finds the receptionist is conked out at her computer. She puts a hand on her shoulder after she doesn't respond, and she rolls over dead.

Back to the cells, Ghostface bends down to take the cell keys from the cops body and begins to unlock the cell. Tara has stood up and backed away as far as she can. She eyes the door as Ghostface walks in, wondering if she can get past them. She tries, and fails. Ghostface slams her head into the bars, dazing her. "This isn't the place for you Tara, but I know where you belong." The Ghostface grabs her, one hand on her shoulder, the other grabs her by the hair, and marches her out of the cell and back into the office room.

They find Sam holding a gun in their direction, she took it from one of the dead cops.

"Tara, you ok?" "Well, I haven't been stabbed yet, so pretty good I guess." "Great, now fucking let go of my sister. This won't end well for you."

Ghostface releases Tara's shoulder to hold a knife to her throat instead. "Are you going to shoot me Samantha? Have you been practising your aim?" Ghostface moves Tara more in front of them, using her as a shield. "I hope so, you wouldn't want to accidentally hit Tara now, would you?"

Sam falters, the gun lowering slightly. Tara tries to struggle, but the grip on her hair is strong and they press the knife harder to her neck. "Ah ah, behave."

Ghostface starts to move forward, Sam stepping back. They pivot around the room, until their positions have been reversed. Ghostface goes to step out the room when a shot rings out and the knife goes flying. Ghostface's been shot from behind, it's Kirby.

The shock has them loosening their hold on Tara, and she throws herself forward at her sister, who grabs her and lifts the gun up again. Sam presses Tara's head against her and covers her free ear with her hand before taking a couple shots at Ghostface, while Kirby does the same from behind.

Ghostface dies, and when they unmask them... they have no idea who this person is... or what they wanted. Well, they search him and find several photographs of Tara. Guess they do know what he wanted afterall.

[fazcinatingblog]

Alright, which one do I submit for Cody's drawing competition 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[supercantaloupe]

because i know you have food opinions and i am thinking about it being in the carolinas this weekend. opinions on barbecuing?

my personal taste preference leans towards a dry rub on the meat and a vinegar based sauce. i like the way the acid pairs with the fattiness of the meat. but i also think the meat itself should taste really good on its own. i don't like when the meat comes pre-sauced when it's served, i prefer to dose sauce out myself, cause i want to be able to taste the meat on its own too. and because i think pre-saucing everything up front might be a way to try and hide what might be a bland or dry or otherwise not preferred piece of meat. i'm not a huge fan of the thick, sweet sauces that are based on molasses or tomato. i tend to find them too sweet and gloopy, and i generally avoid store/chain brand bbq sauces for that reason, but i won't outright turn up a house made sauce without trying it first. i think pork is my favorite meat for barbecue because it's got good flavor and lots of fat to stay juicy, yet it's not so strongly flavored that strong spice or sauce covers it up. though i prefer a cut like shoulder to ribs. beef brisket is good barbecued, i think that's a texas specialty, but i've had some really dry smoked brisket before, and also i'm very partial to brisket prepared other ways like braised or cured into pastrami. and as far as chicken goes, it CAN be quite good, but for me it's gotta be dark meat and it's gotta be cooked competently. i've had too much "barbecue" chicken that is either just plain roasted chicken drowned in mediocre sauce or overcooked so badly it's like chewing on linen fibers. but a nice, simple, salt cured/brined and dry rubbed chicken leg quarter smoked and served with a good sauce on the side? now that's a great dinner. gimme some cornbread and fried okra to go with. yummy

[aroaceleovaldez]

okay that is all i can muster for tonight. my insanity will have to wait.

[thatone-churro]

hey quick question for fellow out queers with questionably supportive parents

does anyone else’s parents preach and harp about how they totally support you and love you “anyway” yet whenever you actually bring up something queer that you’ve got going for you and they literally can’t even be bothered to pretend to be interested?

like, when i was coming home from college for the summer, i told him about the absolute insane love triangle that was my poetry class and the last weekend hangout that turned out to be a plot for two of my friends to get closer to their crushes (myself included for once) and how i found that out on a date two days later and how yeah i’m talking to her now. now, the general consensus on the story itself was that it was funny and cute for me from the friends i had already told. but he just didn’t seem to care. he just gave a bunch of “oh”s and a final “that’s interesting” in that disappointed dad voice and sounded i don’t want to say skeptical but not genuinely happy for me when he asked if i was gonna talk to that girl and when i said yes. and i wouldn’t think so much about it if he hadn’t seemed genuinely happy for me when i talked about my regular friends i was still in touch with.

and he always seems to have the same reaction whenever i talk about going out with another girl, whether we date or not. i’m not saying he has to like, go out of his way to understand queer culture or all the weird shit we lesbians get into when it comes to flirting and dating and relationships, but it just seems like he can’t be bothered to pretend to care 99% of the time.

this isn’t new; i’ve been out for a few years now and i’ve had partners & girlfriends before, but he always seemed the same about it.

is this like a “normal” thing other queers have happen or is it just another facet of my daddy issues? how do y’all deal with it? i mean, i know i don’t need his support or validation to live (trust me, that’s never stopped me before), but it just feels different/hurts more with this. it just. idk where i’m going with this. i don’t wanna say that i feel like i need validation for it because i hate asking for that but idk what i’m making this post for other than to ask or put it out there

[halliserres]

Jacob had so much potential! His romance is actually quite funny in ME2 ("but the prize?" that's a classic), and then boom, they pull that bullshit in ME3. For no reason?? Not even mentioning his loyality mission, like did Bioware go through a manual of negative stereotypes in media associated with Black men and just dumped them all there??

ngl at this point i just assume lukas kristjanssons goal when writing any character is to insert as many negative stereotypes as possible 🥴️ just look at sera

[lecliss]

Oh. Okay so, if I do end up leaving to visit my dad before the start of September, then it'll be impossible for me to get Freminet in Genshin since his banner starts on the 5th. So that means this whole week of me playing like 8+ hours a day to grind for primos has been entirely pointless. I can't get Freminet and I wasted all this time trying anyway. Hm.

[lupismaris]

My trans masc friend just sent me a "happy daddy's day, send this to all the hot daddies/daddies in training in your life" and I've never been more affirmed and more hysterical in my life