#but she looks so much more like rebecca ferguson i don't know what to say

[meyonherown]

Lanfear, Daughter of the Night, being the haugthy evil woman that she is

[rudikawhy]

Just some thoughts after watching Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 1 tonight...

***SPOILERS***

Okay, first of all: I absolutely LOVED it! Like the whole movie and I know that I will watch it multiple times in the cinema. I mean, yes, it was exciting, of course, it's M:I, but also really funny. My friend and I had to try so hard sometimes not to laugh out too loud. The car race? Amazing. Probably because I love car races in movies in general (even though I am always sorry for all the innocent cars and other things that get destroyed), there are always many funny one-liners, this time no exception.

But let me come to the point that is the reason why I'm writing this. Ilsa. My beloved. I have so many questions (Why the eye patch in the beginning?, for example) but first: No, you can't tell me you're really FUCKING dead!! There were a lot of reasons why I wasn't really, really sad when she "died". One was because so many things were happening immediately after that, there was no time to be sad, even for the audience. Another is; I don't really believe she's dead. I was always half expecting she'd appear in the next second. Like Paris. Apparently, she's not really dead either. And now I have one year, in which I can keep on believing she's still alive.

I mean, I finally get a few (very few) beautiful Ilsa/Ethan moments (this hug, when she realised it's Ethan in the dessert!! was my favorite because unexpected, because not in the trailer, iirc; but also the little looks they give each other), and then this happens!! AHHH. I'm sorry, I just can't handle this Ilsa-loss

Even though it meant less Ilsa, I was positively surprised by Grace. When the movie was promoted and Hayley Atwell seemed more important than Rebecca Ferguson, I was seriously disappointed, partly upset. But Ilsa aside, was Grace actually a really good character. She made me laugh, I didn't want her to die (nor Ilsa), and I the end in the train I wasn't just concerned about Ethan but also about her.

What I did realize was that Grace is kind of like Ilsa was in the beginning. Or at least similar. I realized it when Grace wanted to leave the party, was attacked by two men, and Ethan came to help her. The moment she was free and the men fought with Ethan, she left the scene instead of now helping Ethan. I feel like this is something Rogue-Nation-Ilsa would have done too.

I'm glad that Benji had his bomb defusing scene. When he's under pressure he often has funny lines, and while I know that Benji isn't just there for the funny lines, I appreciate and love them. Also I love that we had multiple (at least two??) times when Benji gave Ethan directions while Ethan ran/drove. My immediate comparison was "like in MI3", one of Benjis first actions, but then I realized that he also does it in Fallout, and it's even more iconic there.

I was seriously confused by Paris. It's probably due to something I missed at one point, but like, what does she even do (aside from having too much fun when driving a car that is too big through streets that are too small, with the intention of apparently killing two people in a yellow Fiat 500, while looking like a maniac)?? I really didn't get it.

Okay, I would love to say more about Ilsa but also about everyone and everything else, maybe another time, I need to sleep...

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

One unanswered question from the first season relates to the very bottom of the silo. Juliette has a crippling fear of water, and very nearly ends up in what looks like a reservoir at the base. But surely that will come into play again? Chekhov's water, if you like. To that question, Ferguson was quick to tease:

"Oh, buddy, you're gonna have to see. That is such a good question. If I tell you, I'm gonna have to kill you. So, you know, we're stuck in that. There's a big door down there. I know we haven't activated the door without wanting to explore what the door might be. I’m just gonna leave it right there."

How Long Could Silo Run? 

The series is adapted from the writings of Hugh Howey. The series started in 2011 with the short story "Wool," which was later published together with four sequel novellas as a novel with the same name. Along with "Wool," the series consists of Shift, Dust, three short stories, and Wool: The Graphic Novel. This means that the series could quite easily be a straight three-season run, or could be expanded, depending on how the creative team—and of course, Apple TV+—feel about the show.

For Ferguson, she's signed her contract, and she's locked in for "two, three years" going forward. As for speculating about how many seasons it could run for, Ferguson would prefer to focus on number two and see where it takes them, with her plan being to shoot Silo for the foreseeable future—SAG-AFTRA strike pending, that is. She went to say:

"I'm a businesswoman. I go in with my head screwed on. I sign a contract and make a deal. I'm not gonna tell you what that deal is. [Laughs] I very much know what I want. It's down to my wonderful team at Apple, as well, to see what they wanna do. You know, we all save our backs. We see what works for the future. At my age and with what I've done, you don't get to a point where you go, “Let's see what happens,” you know? I'm already blocking off November for another shoot."

Ferguson continued, "I think two, three years ahead. Right now, sir, it’s one fantastic fucking show, and we’ve green-lit number two. Apple is extremely happy, and I'm happier. That's where I'm gonna leave it. We started filming Season 2 quite recently, so we are chockablock, smack back in the beginning of the shoot. I am doing this for some time in the future."

Ferguson is a Fan of Silo's Production and Apple TV+

Where Ferguson was happy to elaborate, however, was her praise of both Apple and the production of the series. Lauding their ability to combine techniques and styles, bringing in directors and seeing what works and what doesn't was an aspect of Season 1 that was widely praised. Ferguson expects that process to be further streamlined as the show evolves into its sophomore year.

"We work with different units and different directors, and it's something I really love because everyone has their style and their technique," she said. "So what we've seen in Season 1 is not a smash of what worked and what didn't work, it's an ongoing change because we have new directors dedicated to new episodes. And they will themselves see what they like or didn't like, or where they want to take it, and what feeling they want. Do they want, you know, Wes Anderson? Do they want David Lynch? Where do they want to take it?" She went on to say:

"And that's what I love. It's the creative individual, right for their episodes. And then, obviously, there is a thread going through, you can't sort of wing it in every direction, but there is a lot to be learned. But we all learn different things, and we all love different things. But what's really amazing is—and once again, I can throw it back to Apple, but I am one of their biggest fans—their trust in this process, their trust in Graham and in the directors and in us, gives us such freedom to actually feel free to create. It's not a common thing for studios to be like that as a buff. So it's a playground. It's a fantastic playground."

She continued on to say, "I feel like a sponsor for them, but I really love them. And take away the fact that we're doing Silo, the shows are so meticulously thought through of what they make, why they make it. You can see a thread of the quality that they make, so I feel so bloody honored that we are making it for Apple."

A key component of that creative process is the writing on the show, with��Graham Yost playing a major part in it. During a writers' strike, the work of those behind the screenplays becomes more magnified—it always should be—but Ferguson adores the way the show sets up ideas and then pays them off. She's a fan of how it doesn't need to answer every question, but answers them enough to have you come back for more. Ferguson went on to say:

"What I feel with the writers—and I'm referring to Season 2, seeing it further on—things that I have questioned before and things that I was wondering about really ties up. If Graham is very good at something, it is tying knots together. It might not give you a complete answer to things, but enough to satisfy your urge of the huge questions. Then you have emotional feelings, or why or how did that happen? And you know, we might not want to answer all of those questions, down to character, as well, and our own little secrets we sit on as actors. But the way things are linked together, it's brilliantly written. Absolutely brilliant."

Ferguson Shares Her Biggest Challenge

One might think playing Juliette could end up being a career-defining role for Ferguson. The lead in an acclaimed series—particularly when she's already become such a star through the likes of Mission: Impossible—certainly puts you on a certain trajectory, but the chance to tell a story over a prolonged period of time gets you out there more, and it allows you to reflect on what aspects of the character require more nuance and get more of yourself into that performance.

In the case of Juliette, however, she's so closed off from everybody else that Ferguson almost had to fight to keep from putting too much of her own personality into it, which was her biggest challenge.

"I think I was having so much fun… For me, Rebecca, I am a person, I'm curious, I lean in, I'm so sure in work or interviews or promotions. I speak a lot. I'm not loud, but I'm not scared of making a fool out of myself. Privately home, I'm quite quiet and I'm very calm. I have two very separate identities. Juliette is awkward, and I am not socially awkward. I mean, I am maybe because I'm very blunt [laughs], and people might find it uncomfortable, but I'm not Juliette in the sense that she's very socially awkward and she doesn't like people. She doesn't like being close to them, she doesn't like their energy. She walks around people. And sometimes, when I was comfortable in the scene, I forgot about it, and I moved into my own character. So I had little tricks that I had to do for myself to kick myself into Juliette. The way that she holds herself and the shrug or she leans back when people lean forward, and I found that quite hard."

[twenty-words-or-less]

Top 5 Best Films of 2019

Okay, so I don't normally do this, but I've seen so many films this year that I thought I would summarise them by making top 5 lists. This one deals with my top 5 best (or favourite) films of the year.

IMPORTANT: I shall keep these as spoiler-free and short as I can.

5. Midsommar

A film that feels like it was made by a 50+y/o European that was actually made by a 30+y/o American. I initially thought it was kind of 'eh'. However, it did lodge in my head, and the more I thought about it and the more analyses I read/ watched, the more I liked it. It grew on me much like grass grew on our poor beleaguered protagonist in the numerous hallucinations she has over the course of the film.

4. Booksmart

Like the female answer to Superbad only with zero period jokes (thank fuck). Legitimately funny, rewatchable, and the lead characters have great chemistry. Shame that only ten people saw it, but roughly seven of those people - including [REDACTED] and I - enjoyed it immensely. Special mention goes to Billie Lourd, who was a fucking delight to watch in every scene she was in.

3. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

A coherent, beautiful-looking action film that manages to be as good as its predecessors, which is highly unusual in a film series. I still care about the characters at this point, and I'd be happy to follow these characters through many more installments.

2. Doctor Sleep

The only TRULY good 2019 Stephen King adap, do not @ me. Despite one incredibly distressing scene, I would probably buy this on DVD or at least rewatch it. It's good to see Ewan McGregor get work again, especially as a ravaged, PTSD-ridden Dan Torrance, and it's fantastic to see Rebecca Ferguson get good work after the shitstorm that was "The Snowman" and the dull-as-fuck, grossly overrated "The Greatest Showman". Again, it's a shame that only five people saw it (basically). Genuinely good film.

Honourable mentions before we get to my #1, in no particular order:

Ready or Not: Samara Weaving gives it her all in this blackly comic slasher. I want to see her in more things. Also, on a more superficial note, her wedding dress in this was really pretty, even ripped to shreds and completely soaked in blood.

Crawl: A surprisingly good creature feature that was an absolute blast to watch. Also, the dog lives, which I am very happy about.

Knives Out: the best thing Rian Johnson has done since Looper. Strong cast and beautiful to look at (the film, I mean, not the cast), even if I did get a little lost near the end. Oh, and it automatically improves lad culture if you change the title to Get Your Knives Out For The Lads.

Child's Play: a remake that actually managed to update the setting and keep the things that made the original, well, the original? Holy shit. Also, the end credits song is incredibly catchy.

Avengers: Endgame: as anyone who knows me knows, I'm a slut for superhero films. Long as this was, it stuck the landing; it was a 3hr thank you for sticking with the franchise despite most of the films being 'eh'. Also, I LOVED Cap's ending, just saying.

And now, the most important one...

1. Brightburn

Or as I like to call it, We Need To Talk About Kal-El. Jackson A. Dunn was uncannily perfect for the titular role and the gore effects were fantastic (the car scene in particular). It works as a standalone film and the groundwork for any sequels, which I would happily go and watch, btw. I'd been looking forward to this for months, and I got exactly what I wanted from it. End of.

Whew, this turned out to be longer than I anticipated! Thanks for reading if you made it to the end. This has been my top 5 best; I shall post my top 5 worst later today (I'm seeing "Cats", and I anticipate it making the list). 🎵 Stay tuuuned... 🎵

~Mikey

[shipcestuous]

have you seen Dune? I really think there are incest vibrations between mother and son throughout the film.

Yesssssssss

So, I saw the Dune from the 80s a long time ago (and the Children of Dune miniseries) but I don't remember a lot of specific details about it, so I kind of went into the new Dune not knowing too much. When I saw that Rebecca Ferguson was playing Paul's mother my pupils tripled in size because that is one young, good-looking pair. (And two of my favorite actors too.) How am I not going to ship Rebecca Ferguson and Timothee Chalamet playing mother and son? But from their first scene together you see how special their relationship is, and then of course they end up spending most of the movie together and it's one of if not the most prominent relationship in it. They're close and get along well but it's complicated too because of her plans and the Bene Gesserit, so it’s a very dynamic relationship. And the icing on top is that scene, you know the one. Non-canon but more than suggestive enough for an eager shipper.

I ship mother/son when the shipping is good but it's not one of my top top favorite types of incest ships but boy, I went for this one big. I actually have a lot to say about them because I have been loving this movie and shipping those two a lot. And I've been trying to decide whether I'm going to do a deep dive on the whole thing and watch all the movies and read the books and do a proper commentary with all the details an angles covered. I want to, but of course that's a huge time commitment, on top of a number of other unfinished projects and things I would like to be working on. I'm also not sure if I want to spoil myself because there's only a few things I remember/know about what comes next and a part of me just wants to experience Dune, Part II unencumbered.

OK, since I may never do my larger commentary I'm going to mention a few things. Spoilers for Dune:

-I know Paul is only supposed to be 15 or so, and we know his mother isn't very old because she's pregnant, but I think when they cast an actor as old as Timothee Chalamet they had to have known the character wasn't going to be read as a young teen, no matter how young his mom is. They never said his age so as far as movie canon goes, I'm imagining him 18-20 and I have really no problem with he and Jessica in a sexual relationship already or just about.

-On Discord (there’s an invite on my links page), @intothecest shared that there was a version of Dune that was never made with a third draft script by Alejandro Jodorowsky in which Paul is actually the father of Jessica's baby. So Paul/Jessica was actually almost canon in one imagining of the story and this Jodorowsky fellow obviously saw something in the novel or the potential of the relationship that made him have those ideas.

-Paul has a vision in which he sees his mother holding her new baby, and when he's awake he tells her that he knows that she's pregnant. It was fascinating that most of his dreams and visions were about Chani, his love interest, but he has also this dream about his mother which reveals something very intimate. (And in another scene, he dreams Chani is saying his name but it's actually his mother saying it. Conflation of mother and love interest? Yes please.) What I really wanted to say is that he smiles when he tells her that she's pregnant, and I totally imagined he was smiling because he knew it was his and he couldn't believe he was going to be a father but he just couldn't help but be happy about it. (And that was before I knew about that draft with canon Paul/Jessica.)

-The scene in which they have to take their clothes off and change into the suits while alone at night in the desert is interesting in a couple of ways. Someone else in the discussion that happened on Discord pointed out that they made no effort to go and change behind the rocks that were right there, which they might have done without too much effort and which might have been expected of them enough to the point that it really is suggestive that they didn't. If you haven't seen the movie then you don't know what I'm talking about, but they both sort of glance back at the other while their backs are turned. Obviously it's an awkward situation and would be awkward for any mother and son or family members in that situation, but there's really a vibe to it that makes you feel like it's awkward particularly for them because there's a latent attraction. What else is interesting, and it took someone else pointing this out for me to see it, is that the moment lingers for a bit. It could have gone by a lot faster or been hit on as a quick moment of levity, but that's not how it's depicted at all. It resembles more what you would see between love interests. It was also totally unnecessary, and could have been avoided. The director clearly wanted this scene. Which I think is the most significant point of all. 

-@rainbowamory said this about the relationship from the books: “Also there's a moment in the book in which he is trying to defend his mom against accusations of betrayal and he says something about realizing that no one can come between his mother and her love for his father.. and Paul seemed kind of sad while saying that. Almost like he felt left out (as in, loved by his parents, but left out of their romantic bubble).”

-I saw someone criticizing this movie by saying that it doesn't feel like it has any regular people in it, no regular folks just inhabiting these planets. I actually agree, although at the same time I appreciate what was done stylistically and I don't necessarily think that's something that needs to be fixed. But anyway, even from the first scene when you meet Jessica, and she and Paul are dining alone in this big empty room, you get this sense of how close they are and how there's really not a lot of other people around. His only friends seem to be men in his father's service. We see Paul saying goodbye to his homeworld and he's staring at the sea and touching the sand and whatnot, he doesn't have people to say goodbye to. I really think his mom makes up a huge part, maybe even most of his world. And no wonder he falls in love with Chani – she's probably one of the first women his age he's interacted with! (I'm sure the book contradicts all of this. But it's movie canon.) As foreigners on Arrakis, and particularly because of the way they're regarded due to the myths spread by the Bene Gesserit, they're even more isolated.

-I do ship Jessica with Leto (Paul's father) and I do think they were in love with each other, but it seems clear enough that she was placed there by the Bene Gesserit for political reasons and one could easily spin the story that however fond she might have become of Leto, he wasn't her great love. Meaning she might have been willing to cheat on Leto with Paul (if you like imagining that she and Paul were in a sexual relationship already), or that her grieving period wouldn't preclude her developing relationship with Paul. Contradicts the book but works for movie canon. 

-There was something almost sexual about the scene at the beginning when she tells him to use the Voice to make her give him a cup of water.

I actually do ship Paul and Alia, of course, and they have a great scene in Children of Dune between them - rather suggestive - that I had giffed and tumblr deleted it because she’s naked even though you can’t see her female presenting nipples, but I will repost soon. When Paul smiled when he told Jessica that he knew she was pregnant at the same time I was like, “aww, it’s Alia, he know she’s gonna lover her”.

OK, I think those are all of my thoughts for now, I'm sure I've forgotten plenty. Without breaking down each scene there's bound to be some stuff slipping through the cracks.

[caranfindel]

Walker 1.17

Here we are at episode 17. No recap but plenty of random comments. And some blurry caps.

Oh no. A debate. And I'm watching on the app so I can't skip it. Oh, the horror.

Doesn't seem like Cordell would be tasked with driving either of these candidates. Don't they have someone who has a connection to neither of them?

Trey's mom is such a contrast to Micki's mom. That's going to be an interesting wedding reception.

If Trey’s mom isn't staying with them, why didn't she leave her suitcase in the car? (Oh, maybe she took a cab.)

Richard Speight! \o/ Can we thank him for the pretty tonight?

This seems like a Significant Moment when Micki gets her gun out of that chest. (Spoiler alert: it's not.)

Whew! Thank goodness for the bomb threat. I almost had to sit through the debate.

I think the most important thing in this episode is going to be Jared's curls peeking out under his cowboy hat. It must have been awfully humid in Austin that week.

I mean. Come on.

Cow! (Too obscure?)

Wolverines! (Too obscure?)

Remember what I said about not needing bad Photoshopped photos?

Why did they use pictures of Jared as a 30-year-old? I know there are teen photos out there.

Ah, we've answered the question of what time of year this is supposed to be. Thank you, Walker.

That's two mentions of Rebecca Ferguson. Foreshadowing or red herring?

You know, my kid’s high school doesn't give out yearbooks at the end of the school year any more. You have to come back and get it in the spring. I don't like it.

Is this chick Ruby, or was the other chick Ruby? Anyway, she is up to no good. Parents out of town indeed!

Some of this music sounds just like the music they made fun of on Supernatural. Like, the Dr. Sexy MD music.

Why doesn't Micki just kick Travis's gun away. (Was Stella's thug boyfriend named Travis? I can't ever remember.) Also, this Travis reminds me of Ash.

So, what's the difference between police and Rangers? Are rangers like sheriffs and deputies, or state highway patrol, or what?

Hmmm, Geri really started paying attention when Cordell said he was going to talk to the guy who falsely confessed to killing his wife. Almost like she has a vested interest in this or something.

This Ruby chick is really up to no good.

Why is this reporter being dumped at the Walker ranch?

Oooh, Stan is the bad guy! Despite his white hat! Don't hit the reporter, Stan! It's pretty much guaranteed to get you bad press! Oh no. Oh no no no. Right before the election, accidentally killing a reporter? Bad look, friend. I guess it's pretty convenient that the reporter didn't drive himself, though, because there would be a car to get rid of.

Well, I thought this deathbed confession was going to involve Geri, not Stan!

But seriously, these curls.

Stan washing his hands. Out, out, damned spot! I hope you thought to delete that reporter's recording.

Oh, you saw Grandpa taking a pill? Look, Stan, old people take pills. It could have been ibuprofen for all you know.

Enough with Becca Ferguson already!

Shouldn't these guys be doing some last-minute electioneering? Pressing the flesh?

Anyway. I’ve been a little snarky about most of this episode, but then we get to this last bit. And friends, it gently caresses my buttons and whispers sweet nothings into their ear and then pushes them. Hard.

First, is Stan literally going to try to kill Cordell on the road? And claim it was an accident? Oh, no, wait, that ain't Stan.

This rollover seen from the inside is actually pretty good, especially since it ends with hurt Jared. Thank you, Richard Speight. You know how to make our boy look good.

Hello my name is caranfindel and I have a problem.

Karli is right, Stella, your dad is fucking hot!

Now he’s being forced to dig a hole. Are they going to bury him with the reporter? How long would it take one man to dig this hole? Have y'all not heard of a shallow grave? (I know, everything's bigger in Texas.)

Hello, Bigger.

You know, if anyone ever held a gun to my head and made me dig my own grave, I'd just lie down and say "shoot me now." But Cordell is obviously the kind of guy who’s going to stay alive and come up with a way out of this.

Then Cordell does this amazing thing where, when the guy holding the gun is distracted, he hits him with the shovel, grabs his gun, shoots the other guy, and then grabs the first guy, pulls him close, and shoots him point blank. It's glorious. Unfortunately, it's impossible to get a cap, and I can't find gifs on Tumblr.

I tried, though.

He's also fucking hot holding a gun on his former buddy. And luckily our friend @jaredwalkertexasranger did capture this in gif form.

Mmmmm...

Is this the first time we’ve seen Cordell kill anybody? I didn’t watch the first few eps so I could have missed it.

And what do we think he is going to do with Stan once he gets him in the car? Drive him off to an even more secluded location and put a bullet in his brain? Nah. If he was going to do that, he could have done it right here at this convenient hole. I think he's taking him in, no matter what he said.

Also, Geri is still involved, right?

[honey-lets-fucking-run]

Rebecca Ferguson: The Art of Versatility

A recent discussion with the lovely @imfmi6 has given me the spark to finish an essay on which I was fumbling for a couple of months. Therefore, I decided that I must be courageous enough to publish it, so here it is.

However, before we begin, I shall give to all of you some predisposition: this post may be very long and contain lots of letters for I'm an insatiable movie geek, and maybe, I'm partial to analyzing everything I watch and read. Maybe a little too much. Anyways, you have been warned, so...

I'll start at the beginning: a little over two years ago, one dear friend of mine suggested to me that I should watch the latest two entries in the ”Mission Impossible” franchise. For more precise effect, the suggestion was supplemented with a picture of a very beautiful woman, looking at someone unseen, but with such deep affection evident in her gaze, that I was immediately intrigued. That was all it took. A picture. Intrigue is a very tricky feeling at its core, indeed.

So that same day I sat down to watch ”Fallout”. To say I was blown away by it would be a huge understatement.

To elaborate, I had seen the first four entries of the franchise before, I sincerely admired them for the precision that a viewer can rarely encounter in an action flick, but at that time, MI wasn't something I would grasp after. Now, after looking back, I'm pretty sure it was for the best. As they say, some things tend to come right back to you.

Back to the matter at hand. I fell in love with everything. I fell in love with the direction. I felI in love with the cinematography. I fell in love with the cast and the characters. I fell in love with the way in which the film was so cleverly written, even though I had a certain amount of difficulty understanding some plot points, because I was watching out of order, but even then, I pretty much understood everything that was necessary to get. But there was one person with whom I had ended up being enamoured the most. That person was, as I'm sure, you had guessed already, Rebecca Ferguson.

To say what it was that affected me the most? Of course, Ilsa Faust is badass. I mean, she can fight without seeming ridiculous. She takes her heels off, because it's practical and easier to fight without them. She's an expert bike driver. She looks every bit as lethal as well believable while holding a weapon, be it a knife or a gun. She can be lethal without a weapon, and if that's not a definition of true badassery, then I don't know what it is. But, as much all this serves the purpose of being integral to her character, that wasn't what surprised me the most.

What surprised me the most was the plain fact that Ilsa, while being badass, is also very human. It was evident in every facet of the character, be it her seemingly untrustworthy nature of pursuing a goal of her own to the very end, or be it her vulnerability. Vulnerability that was not treated as a weakness, but as an another facet of Ilsa's personality. Human are vulnerable beings, and throughout both Rogue Nation and Fallout, we're reminded of that hundred times, sometimes in a brilliantly subtle ways. And that's the entire point of my never-ending rambling here, because, at the end, I was blown away and became totally fascinated with one thing. Which was, of course, Rebecca Ferguson's acting.

First of all, she doesn't give the impression of acting. Throughout both movies I was a witness to a transformation so complete and sublime, that I forgot about the acting part. I saw only the character. I saw Ilsa's tiredness and emotional insecurity (over her job and moral ambiguity that comes with it, which was surprising in itself, given that female characters who are stressed over something that's not tied to her male partner, are a rarity). I saw her as a complete equal to Ethan; she doesn't need him to save herself, but they understand each other on a much more deeper level, which you can't squeeze to a simple: ”oh, they're in love, look at that”. (There's not only love. In their relationship, respect and mutual recognition comes first and foremost to any romantic feelings). I saw her desire to escape from the spy life before it was plainly stated by her in the scene at the train station. Why? Because it was all over her face in the scenes before that one.

And that is the key. Not only Ferguson does not give the impression of acting by transforming so completely, you forget the word ”acting” in the first place, but also she has such an incredible in-depth understanding of her character's emotional and psychological undercurrents that she's able to transfer it into acting without being overly explicit. It's all in the details: the lighting-quick slideshow of different emotions, from fear to utter contempt, demonstrated by her in the ending seconds of ”Fallout”, during which Ilsa was captured by Lane for a brief time; the complete loneliness and sense of not belonging within any group, hidden beneath the mask of a world-famous opera singer (Jenny Lind was glorious, and she had her reasons, no one will trick me into believing otherwise); again, tiredness and the feeling of emotional drainout, which she transfers brilliantly from Rogue Nation to Fallout, not only without seeming illogical or out of place, but altering that state into something completely different (you can see that Ilsa is on a verge of the burn-out, you can see it so clearly in the scene at the alleway alone, that you literally feel like your heart is going to combust); the aura of evil hidden beneath such affability, that you cannot help being hooked, even knowing there's something unquestionably wrong with the owner of that ”magic” hat (Rosie, darling, I want that hat, seriously).

I can go on and on, but to bring the point home, you know what the greatest part is? The greatest part lies in the fact that Ferguson is so goddamn flexible in terms of acting ability, that her characters totally differ from each other. I mean, they completely different. Usually, you know, there's a trademark, some kind of trait that actors bring with themselves from role to role in order to be distinguished from others. Ferguson doesn't even have that. Each new part is a clean slate. Literally. The only trademark I was able to find that unites all of the characters she played, other than the obviousness of being portrayed by her, is her perchant for being barefoot (aside from some unintentional sarcasm, I find that incredibly cute and free-spirited). And each time, I don't know what she will do. I mean, I know she will deliver something mind-blowing, I know I will be surprised beyond being able to form an adequate and coherent reaction in response to what I have seen, but I can't and absolutely would not try to guess how she'll manage to surprise me.

In conclusion to all this, I would like to say, that, in terms of acting, Rebecca surely embodies something I have never seen before. And that's exactly what makes her so gloriously distinctive in her own way.

P.S. The picture that had started it all:

[notallwonder]

Rewatching CM 16x03 "Moose"!

Spoilers and stream of consciousness under the Read More:

Okay so we have a time skip, of undetermined length. At least a few days to a few weeks?

Mr. Fuckhead makes his basket but the ball mysteriously does not fall back to earth before he goes back inside, lol.

"ugh maybe she's a vegan"

Poor Chad has a mean dad who says things like "beta cuck"

Poor Chad also has a bummer haircut, he seems nice otherwise

So the time skip has been long enough that Voit has had time to condition Moose into a murderpuppy...how long is that? And what happened to the girl, did he just steal the dog or do something to her too?

ELEVATOR SCENE! So Rebecca has been working at Quantico on loan from DOJ, or does DOJ have offices at Quantico?

I was wrong before when I said JJ & Penelope's scenes did not give me a sense of their friendship. It's been a while since I've watched early seasons CM, so I'm not even sure I have in my mind a sense of their "specific" friendship. They're great together in this episode, a little bit of banter and a lots of investigatory expsosition. I'm glad they were paired up in this ep.

Also the "cyber" joke is much funnier to me now. I think AJ's delivery is a little sarcastic / flat, so it didn't stand out as a joke to me the first time I watched, but her eye roll made me giggle.

Again, awkward dialogue recapping "this is what we're doing and what we're up against." Almost sounds like a result of moving things around in a later draft.

OH HAI Emily. *insert heart eyes emoji* I really enjoy the little hint of a smile she has while she's reporting to Noodle Bailey - that pride in her team. Her hair in this scene is a DELIGHT (yes I'm obsessed)

Involving Domestic Terrorism might be a bad idea...but involving Counterterrorism seems like a GREAT idea, assuming Agent Jordan Todd may still be there!!! LOL I wish.

Noodle Bailey you're a little bitch

This whole administrative plot does make me think fondly of Erin Strauss. I wonder if Emily has re-evaluated her opinion of Strauss now that she's in that Section Chief position. Prentiss was still with the BAU when Strauss went to and returned from rehab (end of season 7). I wonder if Strauss ever tried to make amends to Emily. I think that could have been an interesting scene. I can see Emily not being enthusiastic about accepting those amends. I liked Jayne Atkinson, and Strauss felt like a more natural villain to me.

I LOVE Rebecca's burgundy peak lapels blazer situtation. *grabby hands*

Emily says being a spotter or drone pilot is like training for being a serial killer - this strikes me as off. I guess if you get trained to lure targets into an area where they will be killed, that's a transferable skill. But on first blush it sounds to me like they're saying that being involved with drone strikes is serial killer training and...you could make that argument about any military position. I don't know, that rubbed me the wrong way a bit. And, turns out that assumption was wrong anyway.

If the remaining episodes don't give me any more Prentiss personal life (still hoping!), I will still be happy if I get more steely-eyed Prentiss standing between Noodle Bailey and her team. Emily, let out those frustrations!

JJ's reactions to Tara dating Rebecca still seem a bit cold to me. Really, there's not much there to read. But, where Prentiss has that obvious lightheartedness from the beginning, JJ comes off as shocked at the initial reveal, then a little brusque/businesslike when interrupting Tara and Rebecca's conversation in this ep. I don't know. Again, there's not much there TO read or read into, it just still feels a bit weird to me.

Not-Hal's thrashing at the end still cracks me up, I guess my brain is broken. Also the guy looks more like Jesse Ferguson (from Modern Family) to me than Hal.

[findingblissinignorance]

🎉 Hello!! This is your Holiday Harbinger mini-minion (gifter), coming into your inbox to visit! 🎉

I noted that you mentioned your own Shep, Ardelia in your message that the keeper passed along. I was curious if you had any tags I could peruse through for clarification on her character & inspiration for your gift! Alongside that, I have a handful of questions that I'd be super grateful for if you could answer them:

♡ Does Ardelia have a face claim? If so, who? If not, who could I base their features on? If they have any scars or identifying traits, what are they? ♡ Do you have any in-game screenshots of them you could pass along? ♡ Any basic things about their character that could make gifting more personal and appreciated! Including physical aspects + personality traits.

Very excited to get to work on your gift, and Happy Holidays!

Ah I'm so excited!!! So I don't have any tags, but I got the idea from someone else to start a pin board so I dusted off my pintrest and put together this: https://pin.it/3sJkdT2 Just to give you an idea of her vibe I guess. I haven't added much, but it is a start.

She doesn't exactly have a face claim but I'm like in love with Rebecca Ferguson so I can see her looking a lot like her. With the sharp features and the freckles and the light eyes, Ardelia’s are probably a light blue, almost silver color though. I know I said this last playthrough my Ardelia had the short purple hair, but I think just dark auburn hair that its probably chin length but then cut short in the pixie cut for ME2. I also feel like it goes white quickly with the events of ME3 because of all the stress she's under. That's just a headcanon of mine.

She definitely has scars. In ME she's got a notable eyebrow scar and many others but then they remove all those when she is rebuilt in ME2. She definitely built plenty up over the course of the last two games. (I feel like this was something her Kaidan commented on when they reconnected) She also has tattoos. I've never specifically designed them but probably mostly spacey themed. I think probably some flowers too.

Ardelia is a Spacer kid, war hero and a vanguard. Despite her background, or maybe because of it, she toes the line when it comes to "respecting authority". She does what she believes is right (you could say verging on chaotic good - also basically paragon with hints of renegade when it called for it) and if that means skirting authority, she'll do it. She is also a very empathetic. Even with the things she has seen, she has not let herself turn cold. She probably feels a bit too much and lets it get to her a bit too much, but puts on a show. Def uses sarcasm as a defense mechanism.

I've never actually gotten to talk about my Shepard so sorry if this is a lot of information. I'm just very excited! If you have any other questions let me know!