#carol hannah

[philocalistwrites]

I ♡ women

[modern-day-classic]

This is so deeply personal to me I don't think you understand

[underrtheskinn]

TED LASSO S02E04: CAROL OF THE BELL

[island-in-the-shadows]

I always find it so wonderfully interesting when people prefer IWTV S1 to S2 but, tbh, they're both great seasons of television.

When I saw S1 as it premiered, I consistently struggled with it. There were (and to this day are) parts of it that severely pissed me off. "A Vile Hunger..." (1x5) is still the episode I like to rewatch the least, for example. It took me watching S1 twice to totally love the show. And it's because, when I saw S1, I was holding onto the source material while I watched.

This was fucking stupid on my part, especially given I took a class on adaptation while at Uni and got the academic tools to discern what makes for a good adaptation in film terms (I've talked about other adaptations with people who are book readers first and they tend to view it way differently). Hell, I wrote a thesis on why Clueless is a great adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma regardless of the change of setting in both time and place.

But IWTV was way too personal to me, it went back to my childhood, so it was hard to let go. I did instantly love a lot of the changes. I love the time change and the change to Louis' race and background. I love that we saw more of Louis pre-vampirism and that show Louis has more complex reasons for his long term struggles whereas book Louis just seemed so whiny to me for no reason. On the other hand, I struggled with: why is it a second interview, why was Claudia SA-ed, why the DV, why is fucking Antoinette a canker sore that never leaves, why the fuck is Armand in Dubai, what the fuck is happening with this timeline? I couldn't let go and my viewing experience suffered for it.

When I sat down to watch a second time, I said, "Ok, do what you were taught and let the source go. Adaptations cannot be 1:1 due to the change in medium". And that's when things started clicking. I stopped viewing S1, and the show as a whole, as needing to use the books as a plot bible and viewed it as using them as a guidebook to function on TV terms and tell its own version of the story. It allowed me to appreciate the things I loved much more and to understand the ones I hadn't been so sure about and, even, love some of those things.

For S2, I went into it with that mentality already so I solely judged it on film/TV terms even though, having read books 1-4 and 6 and reading about the rest, I saw subtle things people with no knowledge of the source canon did not. Like when YT reactors consistently worried about Daniel being killed and I'm just filing my nails because, to those in the know, Daniel has massive plot armour. Or people being confused about Raglan James and I'm sat there like wtf does this trifling ass want? Nevertheless, I enjoyed the tale as it was told and what it was on solely TV terms.

Both season are great television but, to me, S2 just took it up a notch. Daniel Hart popped off extra hard. Carol Cutshall popped off extra hard in costuming (stg she played faves because why did Armand get more fashion slays than anyone else? ^_^). The sets went extra hard. The acting, which was already superb in S1 because this is a fucking excellent cast (Jacob, Sam, Eric, Bailey, and Delainey 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼), went harder as well because we have more players such as Ben Daniels doing the absolute MOST with Santiago, Roxane Duran being absolutely OUTSTANDING as the formidable Madeleine, and Assad Zaman stepping out from the background and giving a STUNNING performance as, to me, what's clearly the definitive Armand. To my taste, S2 is a lot less slow and I felt the pot boiling tension to the explosive ending build more keenly than in S1. And, again to my taste, the ending of S2 felt more satisfying because we have a sense of completion in Louis' journey rather than a, admittedly dope, cliffhanger. S2 has, arguably, the 3 best episodes of the show so far in "Don't Be Afraid..." (2x5) "I Could Not Prevent It" (2x7), and "And That's The End of It..." (2x8). For me, there's just no contest.

And yeah S2 isn't perfect either. The abrupt episode endings, for example, are a bit annoying---especially the end of 2x4. Yes, there's bits I would've changed a bit. (Though I will say, some book readers apparently wanted the show to include book Armand's Franken-experiments and I could very much do without it ever being included because it serves no narrative purpose other than to prolong Claudia's suffering. The show already goes hard to show Armand is a fucking asshole in other ways and it's gonna add to that in S3. We don't need that detail.) But, as a season of television, it just went the extra mile.

Still, I love that some people prefer S1. I love that they prefer S1 because it's more intimate or because it's more of a family season or because of the good Louis and Lestat moments or the good vampire family moments. Or maybe they love it for other reasons, it's all very personal.

I still think "In Throes of Increasing Wonder" is an outstanding pilot and it's one of my favourite episodes. Louis' confessional scene/the church scene is definitely one of the top moments of the show. Claudia's monologue at the end of "The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood..." still gives me goosebumps. Claudia stomping on Antoinette's fucking face and Daniel reading Louis to absolute FILTH at the end of "The Thing Lay Still" both make me clap and stomp like I'm at a concert or a sporting event.

Either way, S1 or S2, it's great TV and it deserves more love and recognition. I hope it gets it because it's truly deserving. Maybe we just need to hear our Brat Prince have his say for the uninitiated to awaken to it. S3 I have been seated since they made the call to release that teaser.

[myobsessionsspace]

India, France, Uganda, England…🗺️

It’s 2024 but it might as well be 1924, 1824…

For all the advancements we make on this earth…

When will women and children around the world be safe? Free from physical, mental and sexual abuse and violence? Allowed governance of their own bodies and the right to live in peace, free of fear and oppression. Allowed to be the girls and women they want to be?

**Please take care of your mental health. Please don’t read further, if triggered by violence against women and children, as below talks about the current state of the world**

Sudanese women & children

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[knowthatiloveyou]

"...I want it [Hannah's Christmas Special] to be like a meeting of Dean Martin and Carol Burnett."

Hannah talking about meeting Carol Burnett at the Emmy Awards

[whichcouldmeanothing]

this is WILD

[sunflower1274]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

(Carol is being impersonated by an evil Skrull, Quill is there to help the Marvels figure out which is which)

Quill: OK, there's only one way to figure this out (to both Carols)...you both need to make out with me.

Carol #1: OK!

Carol #2: Ewww...!!!

Quill(points to Carol #2): - That's the real Carol.

[alpineglow]

REQUESTS ARE OPEN!!!

HEY GUYS! I know I technically never closed my requests (in my defence I stopped getting them so I let nature take course), BUT I am officially on semester break from uni, so I am announcing they are now open again! A few new faces to the eligible lineup - if you request THG or Bly I think I'll love you forever!!

RULES:

I can deny requests at my discretion!

I'd prefer not to write PWP, or anything heavily smutty

General no-go-zones are the usual culprits - noncon, incest, etc.

x Readers are fine by me!

Generally I prefer to write female or non binary readers, I can occasionally dip into male reader territory though!

The more detailed the request the better!

FANDOMS/CHARACTERS I WRITE FOR:

* I also write character/character ships! Most male characters I don't tend to write for, so they're not listed, but if it's character x character, I probably will! Pls specify romantic/platonic in the ask!

The Last of Us: Joel Miller Ellie Williams Dina Abby Anderson

Mean Girls (2024): Janis Imi'ike Regina George Gretchen Wieners Cady Heron

Marvel: Natasha Romanoff Wanda Maximoff Peggy Carter Kate Bishop Yelena Belova Carol Danvers Valkyrie

The Haunting of Bly Manor: Jamie Taylor Dani Clayton Hannah Grose (with Owen) Owen Sharma (with Hannah)

The Hunger Games/TBOSAS: Katniss Everdeen Peeta Mellark Tigris Snow Lucy Gray Baird Coriolanus Snow Sejanus Plinth Johanna Mason Finnick Odair

Criminal Minds: Emily Prentiss Jennifer Jareau/JJ Penelope Garcia

[animated-character-of-the-day]

Today’s character of the day is: Bamm Bamm Rubble from The Flintstones 

[gameofthunder66]

'The Falling' (2014) film

-watched 7/27/2024- 2 [1/2] stars- on Tubi (free)

76% Rotten Tomatoes

[underrtheskinn]

TED LASSO S02E04: CAROL OF THE BELL

[trendfilmsetter]

The 76th Emmy Award nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

Carol Burnett in Palm Royale

Liza Colon-Zayas in The Bear

Hannah Einbinder in Hacks

Janelle James in Abbott Elementary

Sheryl Lee Ralph in Abbott Elementary

Meryl Streep in Only Murders in the Building

[lunar-years]

I also think if any episode had me as a momentary tedbecca convert it was absolutely Carol of the Bells. Like they kind of had me with that one I can’t lie.

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 91st Birthday to 2x Academy Award Winning, BAFTA Winning, 3x Golden Globe Winning, SAG Award winning actor Michael Caine! ^__^