#clown doris

[creatureimages]

whimsical slug

[cinamolrei]

— me core :3

[eldritch-bf]

Considering the sequential hermaphroditism of clown fish I’m waiting for Pixar to release finding Nemo 3 where Marlin transitions. Finding Marlene.

[tinyjordan]

i think it's funny how everyone talks about how Marlin is potentially a trans icon after the events of Finding Nemo/Dory when there's literally a 50% chance that Coral is also already transfem

[shinygeo]

Ya know what's fun

Creating an au out of ur own au.

Been thinking about the Enchantment au if Clay and Viva had got separated.

I'd imagine Rosiepuff would have died as well.

However how they go the au is while JD, Bruce, Floyd and Branch are singing far far away Clay is singing with them to, just to Viva trying to comfort her. They all still get powers. Clay is convinced it means his brothers are alive. While JD and Floyd are convinced Clay is dead.

There would be a lot more issues tbh. JD would be more obsessed with Perfection and also drowning in guilt and probably crazy protective over his brothers.

Floyd would be torn apart.

Bruce still thinks clay is alive, he has four platonic soulmates three are his brothers the other one has to be.

Branch is rather optimistic that Clay is alive and ends up looking into the future to find out.

They'd be so much disagreements with Clay to the point JD would ban then from bringing him up again.

In this au Peppy would give the Crown to JD instead of Poppy who was rather upset by it.

JD would be so torn up about Clay being alive and would 100% break down right then.

So basically Peppy Lives, Rosiepuff Dies, Clay and Viva are separated and everyone is a bit more traumatised!

[0-alicja-0]

[ovesaidso]

(via GIPHY)

[kirnet]

Imma be real. I don’t understand shipping the da companions together I just don’t see the appeal (this post does NOT apply to merrill and isabela who are in LOVE)

[thenameisgul]

they really tried to convince us that dean winchester just woke up, hugged his dog, made breakfast, ate said breakfast and then went out to hunt some clown ass vampires like everything is hunky dory after Cas, Castiel, his bestfriend of 12 years confessed he's in love with dean and then DIED to save his life???? when canonically we know dean ceases to function like a human being everytime Cas dies and basically becomes a grief-stricken alcoholic???

they really tried to gaslight us into forgetting the last 12 seasons

[yorit1]

Elphaba was excited. She was taking Glinda to the aquarium, and Glinda loved fish and other sea creatures. She would be over the moon.

Elphaba went to Glinda from behind and hugged Glinda close to Elphaba’s chest.

“I’m so excited, Elphie. FISHIES!!!” Glinda said excitedly.

“Yes, Glinda fish. It is exciting,” Elphaba said.

Elphaba kissed Glinda softly and then peppered kisses along her cheek and down her face. Glinda giggled.

“Are you ready to go?” Elphaba asked.

“Is my outfit okay?” Glinda asked.

“You look beautiful,” Elphaba said.

“So do you, Elphie. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen,” Glinda said.

Glinda threw her arms around Elphaba and hugged her tightly to Glinda’s chest.

“Okay let’s go,” Glinda said.

Glinda took Elphaba’s hand, and the two walked out the door of their apartment.

Elphaba opened the car door for Glinda and held it open for her. When Glinda entered the car, Elphaba closed the door behind her. Elphaba entered the vehicle on the driver's side.

“I get to pick the music?” Glinda said.

“But I’m driving,” Elphaba said.

“You know I can’t drive, Elphie. Today is my day, so I get to pick the music since you are surprising me with the fishies,” Glinda said.

“Fine,” Elphaba said and rolled her eyes fondly.

“How long until we are at the aquarium?” Glinda asked.

“Chill, we haven’t left yet. It should take five minutes,” Elphaba said.

“Five minutes until the fishies. I’m so excited and can’t hide it,” Glinda started singing.

“Oh, you’re in an eighties music mood?” Elphaba asked.

“Eighties fits the mood of the day,” Glinda said.

“So, what are you most excited to see?” Elphaba asked.

“Nemo and Dory,” Glinda responded.

“Oh yes, our childhood,” Elphaba said.

“I wonder if we will see them together, and they’ll just keep swimming?” Glinda asked. “Are we almost there?”

“Two more minutes,” Elphaba said.

“I’m ready. I’m ready,” Glinda said.

The minutes passed quickly, and Glinda sang her songs. Elphaba parked the car and exited it. She opened the door for Glinda and held out her hand for her to take. Glinda took Elphaba’s hand, and the two walked into the aquarium.

“Yes, it is time,” Glinda whispered to Elphaba.

“Two full-access tickets, please?” Elphaba asked.

Elphaba paid for the tickets, and they walked into the aquarium.

“Can we go to Nemo and Dory first?” Glinda asked.

“Sure. the guide said it was this way,” Elphaba said.

Elphaba laid Glinda to where the clown fish were.

“Elphie look, its Nemo, and there is Dory,” Glinda said excitedly.

“Glinda, there are other people here,” Elphaba said.

“Elphie, you are the best partner ever. I can’t believe we are together,” Glinda said excitedly.

A woman walked up to Elphaba and smiled at her.

“Excuse me, you and your partner are so cute. Do you want a picture of the two of you together?” the woman asked.

“Why thank you, we are adorable. We would love a photo,” Glinda said.

Elphaba stood by Glinda, and the two posed by the fish tank. In one photo, Glinda pointed to the clownfish and smiled. In another photo, Glinda kissed Elphaba on the cheek.

“I love you, Elphie. I can’t believe I get to see the fishies with you,” Glinda said.

“I would do anything for you, Glinda, because I love you too,” Elphaba said.

The woman handed Glinda her phone, and Glinda looked at the pictures.

“We are so cute. All our friends will be so jealous of what a cute couple we make,” Glinda said.

“We are the cutest couple. I’m so lucky to have you in my life, Glinda. Want to see the sharks next?” Elphaba asked.

“O,h sharks. They are so big and bad. I love big and bad things,” Glinda said excitedly.

Elphaba loved sharks. Elphaba felt like she could relate to sharks a lot. They were misunderstood and villainized. Elphaba was also misunderstood and villanized for much of her life. Because of her skin colour, people expected her to be evil, but she was just a rebel who wanted justice for all that was wrong in the world. Before she met Fiyero, Glinda Elphaba thought she would be alone. Fiyero and Elphaba taught her that being different was an asset. Glinda also loved Elphaba unconditionally, warts and all.

“Glinda, I am so lucky to meet you back in college. Without you, I would still be the loner who thought she would forever be alone. But you friended me, and I became more than what was expected of me. I am like the sharks who misunderstand,” Elphaba said.

Glinda took Elphaba’s face in her hands and lightly caressed her cheek.

“Oh, Elphie. Like the sharks, you are much more than what you see on the outside. If it were not for you, I would appear to everyone to be vapid and shallow. But thanks to you and your depth, I am who I was always meant to be. You are the most beautiful person inside and out, Elphie,” Glinda said.

Glinda caressed Elphaba’s cheek and softly kissed Elphaba. The kiss conveyed how much Glinda loved Elphaba. Glinda wanted to show Elphaba that she was wanted and loved.

“I love you more than anything, Elphie,” Glinda said.

“I love you too, Glinda,” Elphaba said.

“Okay, we have seen the sharks and fishies, and now it is time to see the seals. I want to see them do the ball tricks,” Glinda said excitedly.

Glinda and Elphaba walked with their hands clasped in each other’s and to where the seals were.

“Oh My God, they are so cute!” Glinda exclaimed.

“Not as cute as you,” Elphaba said.

“Aww, Elphi,e you falter me,” Glinda said.

Glinda and Elphaba sat down and watched the seals show. The seals played with balls and came in and out of the water. Glinda was mezmerized by what she saw.

“Best day ever. I have the world’s best partner, and she is amazing. I love Elphie more than anything,” Glinda exclaimed excitedly.

The attendant asked them if they wanted a photo with the seal. Glinda nodded enthusiastically.

Glinda and Elphaba posed with the seal, which was a ball on its nose. They stood with their hands around each other. In one picture, and kissed Elphaba’s cheek. “Ready to head home?” Elphaba asked.

“Yeah, I’m ready to head home. I will show you how much I appreciate you when we get home. You and me in bed,” Glinda said, holding Elphaba close to Glinda’s chest.

Glinda kissed Elphaba with a promise of what was to come. Elphaba drove quickly to their home, and they enjoyed the rest of their day in bed.

[misscinnamonroll16]

Brozone headcanons

Clay is the type of brother to not believe what any of the others tell him. Whether they're lying to him or not, he don't believe them

John Dory can get his brothers to fall asleep in minutes. He's got all the tricks that knock them out. They worked when they were kids and still work now that they're adults.

Whoever ends up with John will get a wonderful lil house husband. He can cook, clean, bake, sew, and take care of children. Basically a house husband (or pod in this case)

John definitely dated Delta Dawn. They broke up bc they were too similar and too different. This was shortly after the band broke up and before Delta became queen. They were both young and adventurous. They wanted to travel the world together but Delta had responsibilities that she couldn't leave.

Floyd had ONE girlfriend. When he got on his own, Floyd told people he was bisexual bc he knew he wasn't straight but he thought he liked girls. He and that girl broke up on good terms bc she understood when he told her he's gay.

Floyd is scared of clowns

Bruce probably traumatized the little brothers more than John Dory did. He was the one that would force them to go into a haunted house, purposely jump out with a scary mask on type stuff

Drinks of choice: JD prefers whiskey, Bruce likes margaritas and brandy (obviously), Clay doesn't drink often, he likes white wine while he reads, Floyd likes SHOTS SHOTS and mixed drink (club/party drinks), branch doesn't drink much either but likes wine and occasionally mixed drinks.

Floyd is the holder of all the family secrets. He's really good at keeping them secret. Bruce and John are too but they're also known for telling embarrassing stories so none of the brothers want to tell them their secrets and risk it getting leaked

John is incredibly handy, he's very good at fixing most things. He can FIX things most of the time. He's no good at building.

All the boys are hopeless romantics

When one of the brothers (excluding Bruce in this case) get married after reuniting, they are all excitedly helping plan the wedding

Floyd can walk in heels

John Dory handles his machete very well. Nothing gets cut that he doesn't want cut. He also flips it around like a butterfly knife

When JD and Spruce went out to those teenage parties, they had a silent rule of one of them had to stay sober to make sure the other didn't do anything stupid, was safe and they both got home in enough time to get some sleep before having to wake up for the day. Spruce made sure John didn't wander off while stoned and listened to him talk whatever came to his high mind. John Dory made sure Spruce didn't eat something he wasn't supposed to while stoned or do anything stupid while drunk. It was never discussed but they knew that one of them had to be responsible for the other

Despite the band getting back together, both John and Floyd have sole careers that take off. Floyd is more for the performing and shows, JD is more for releasing songs and disappearing for several months. Floyd is selling out shows, John is dropping a song on YouTube that blows up within the first ten minutes. Brozone fans eat it up

While on stage and interacting with fans, the boys do very different things. John Dory leans towards the crowd and the fans go wild, he's a bit taken back but blows them a kiss (cue someone fainting). Bruce still plays up the heartthrob card, showing off his body, a fan yells and calls him daddy. He whispers into his mic "I didn't give you permission to call me that." in a flirty tone, cue the deafening screams. Clay was always shocked a little bit when fans start screaming when he gets close to the end of the stage, he's talking into his mic like "you good? You need something?" which causes the fans to all scream something at him. Floyd is the most memeable, hes making faces and sitting on the edge of the stage. He didn't used to that but after V&V he gets tired pretty quick. So he often ends up laying on the stage, his leg hanging off, his mic by his head along with a bottle of water. Clay kicked him off once and nobody knows if it was on purpose or not. Branch is NOT used to the fans. They're screaming at him and he's backing away. He's also very memeable until he gets more used to it. He didn't perform as much as his brothers (by that i mean he only truly performed once)

Bruce teaches John Dory how to surf. After several hours he gets the hang of it, it's like skateboarding only rougher.

Bruce sometimes watches his boys and sees him and his bros. Theyre wrestling and he can practically see himself, Clay and Floyd on the floor of their Grandma's pod

Grandma Rosiepuff spanked JD and Bruce with a wooden spoon. By the time she stopped, Clay was old enough for him to be next, so he got lucky. The wooden spoon she used had a wooden chunk taken out of it from when she hit John once. They find it while going through her old stuff that Branch had.

"Hey look it's the whooping spoon!"

"The what?!"

"The whooping spoon. The spoon grandma used to spank us."

"What makes you say that?"

"You see this chunk taken out, that's from my ass."

[awesomefringey]

You might be right about someone pointing out to him old tweets because that fan said that they were glad or something like that that Doris and Ernest didn't stay with the Tomlinson for christmas. I didn't see the tweet myself but I saw other fans talking about it. We don't know what drama is going on in the family again for them to not been seen with Doris and Ernest and I get why he could get mad about it. Some fans really go overboard talking about his family and their dynamics.

Huh. His entire fanbase discusses Freddie nonstop, but a Doris/Ernest tweet is where he draws the line?

Solo Louies are the nastiest people, they mock Louis’ band, they mock 1D, they mock all the other boys’ careers, they mock Liam. Also if you’re looking at Larrie accounts, why can’t he go for someone that only exists to come up with the wildest conspiracy theories about how babygate will end, how H/L will come out, how everything’s a warning, a message, a signal, because they’re so loud… Nothing against some clowning here and there but they make us all look insane.

I’m afraid since we can’t trace back what initially rubbed Louis the wrong way, what will stand out and what will only be relevant to antis and solos is that he specifically chose to block a larrie.

[seldomscilence16]

The Dream au gift part 3!

So at some point in this part, a character will 'make a face', obviously whatever face you think is valid, but it was in fact an accident on my part and I decided it could stay cause I imagined the character making that face and thought 'yeah he would'. But such a face is not one I can describe easily, so feel free to send your best pictures/memes of faces you thought of! And check out the dream au tag!

.

John Dory drops from the vents in a roll, the empty room so much larger than himself somehow feels stifling all the same. He finds an empty perfume glass, though it doesn’t smell like perfume, rather he sees speckles of familiar stomach churning glittery red and a smell he can only describe as suffering. 

There's no sign of Floyd. 

A shadow falls over him, not unlike the nightmare that the tree was, he sees a hand- giant and quick- reaching towards him. He has seconds to react, to dodge and run and get back into the vent, blood rushing in his ears too loud to catch whatever the giant screeches. Huddled in the vents, hair surrounding him, he makes no sound as he waits the giants out. Always hide. They can catch you if they can see you.

“Find him! The rage dome is around the corner and we need his talent!” 

John doesn’t stick around to hear the rest. His brother wasn’t here. 

But maybe… maybe he was somewhere else, maybe they all were. 

.

It started as a mostly normal day. 

Sure there was that strange critter that definitely got eaten by another, but Clay was putting it behind him thank you very much. 

So as night crawled closer, and their little colony settled into their normal nighttime routine, he was ready to chalk up that uneasy feeling in his gut to a bad milkshake. Of course, that is always when the universe decides to mess with him. 

A scout issues the warning noise for approaching unknowns, and Viva issues the camo and ready defenses response call. The course is dark and silent, and Clay can make out what sounds like voices and wooden wheels on the overgrown path that might have once been a road. Rarely do they get anything more dangerous than a large critter, to hear an… argument? It has them all on edge. 

He ushers the younger Trolls further into their hidey hole, hears Viva’s scary clown voice begin, and waits for any sign they’ll need to activate the rest of their defenses. 

“-Trolls?” 

His ears flicker, the clown shuts down, he heads out of hiding cautiously. 

Viva is talking with two Trolls. One with hooved feet and red hair, a scruffy stressed face, and the other bright pink and more familiar features. Behind them is a shorter troll who looks akin to the taller, and three more behind him. Despite the oddness of three of them, his eyes are drawn to the one eyeing the course with a tense line to his shoulders. 

There's something about him, and the feeling of familiarity only grows the closer he gets. When their eyes meet, despite how different he looks from his memory, Clay knows. 

“Baby Branch?”  

But his little brother does not light up and smile that joyous smile, 

“Just Branch.” And gosh doesn't he sound so different too, what happened to that little boy he knew? 

“You okay Branch?” The other Troll, the Pink one, slips her paw into his, a worried look on her face. 

The softness that enters his eyes, that blue shine it had lacked just a moment ago, tells Clay all he needs to know about who this is to his brother. 

“Yeah Poppy.” He turns back to Clay, a guarded look about him, “We just found the wrong brother is all.” 

Her own eyes are intense as she turns to him, and he knows he’s seen that look somewhere before,

“Hi, I’m Poppy.” Despite her cheery tone, there's an underlying hardness to it, “We’re here looking for Floyd, his boyfriend hasn’t seen him in months and he’s been worried sick. Don’t suppose you’ve seen him?” 

It's a lot to take in, he finds himself blinking several times, 

“Floyd’s… missing?” 

“News to me too.” Branch confirms, “Since I thought you all were dead, or at least dead to me.” He shrugs, ignoring Poppy’s light smack in admonishment, though Clay thinks it was more for show than anything. 

“He’s… he’s not here. I haven’t seen him since… Does this mean you guys made it through the tunnels??” 

Branch’s brow furrows and a million emotions flash through his eyes, Poppy is the one that answers,

“Floyd wasn’t part of the Escape…” Hesitant as she gauges Branch’s mood. 

“But… He was with you and Grandma..”

“I haven’t seen any of you since that night.” Branch finally says, shoulders slumping, “We were following a flying critter of some kind, Dickory says it usually stays around giants, so we were hoping it would lead us to some.” 

“Giants?” Clays voice lowers, “Do you mean Bergens?” 

“Oh no, not at all! We’ve established peace with the Bergens now! I’m best friends with the future Queen.” Poppy’s bright tone is met with silence, several Putt Putts have already rolled away to hide, a child is crying he thinks. 

“So… he was taken by different giants…?” 

“It's a long story.” 

.

“This guy?” Clay jerks a thumb where Hickory is still talking with Viva, an incredulous curve to his brows.

Branch nods, his own face betraying his astonishment. 

Hickory wasn’t a bad dude, despite the whole… thing that happened a few months ago, but it was still weird to learn of his previously thought dead brothers love life before he even knew about his life life. And Poppy mentioned something about the whole, siblings teasing each other's relationships? But he’s not 100% sure about all that either. 

Mostly Branch was just trying to ignore the hole in his heart in favor of actually finding his brother, he could deal with everything else later. 

“So, what's our next lead?” Barb sidles up beside them awkwardly, Poppy joining the two yodelers and Putt Putt leader. 

“There's only so many Giants within the area of the Kingdoms.” Branch points out, to which the Queen nods her agreement, Clay giving a tight-lipped, lost look but motioning for him to continue anyway, “I doubt it was Bergens, Gristle has warned the other settlements and it's kinda hard to miss them. So we just find the next closest one?” Branch ends it on a question, he’s not well versed in ALL giants, honestly he's just well versed in fighting things bigger than himself, but he’s still learning about the other Troll Tribes, he hasn't gotten around to other races yet. 

“I mean I guess that's fair…” Barb pulls a map from her bag, the updated ones the Funk Trolls had worked on, “I guess it would be this mountain thing over here.” 

Clay and Branch look over her shoulders, seeing the strange mountain labeled Rageous. It's not far considering, but far enough to remain unseen in their adventures. 

“Rageous sounds dangerous-” Clay pauses, a face made at his own semi rhyme, “But what would they want with a Troll?” 

.

First^^ Prev<< Next>>

[jenitheneptunian]

Hello!!!

🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖

Joy/jei/jeni

19

08-31-2005

Therian

Virgo

Autistic

🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖😍🌟💖

Fandoms

⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨

Mega man, Undertale, dragon ball/z/super,

Friday night funkin, kirby, rocky Horror picture Show, my hero academia, pokemon,

Earthbound, Ena, Hazbin hotel, helluva boss,

all sorts of indie games, analog horror videos and games, and moooore!!!

⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨🤖⭐🍨

Music

🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵

🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵

Favorite artists

Lana Del Rey, Ariana Grande, Tate McRae, Sam Smith, Lauren Hill and the fugees, Ed Sheeran, Vocaloid, mother mother, Doris Day, Billie eillish, green day, Nirvana, queen, Maretu, Selena Gomez And insane clown posse

🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵⭐🎵

🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡🌟⭐⚡

blorbos

Jewel man, Flash man, top man, Gemini man, fire man, snake man, spark man, plant man, wood man, king cold, asgore, sans, gaster, Mettaton, Frank n furter, Columbia, Dio Brando, okuyasu, bf and gf, starecrown, oruta, princess Peach, princess daisy, Rosalina, Pikachu, jigglypuff, giygas, the magypsies, Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka, koji Koda and Himiko Toga

🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟⚡⭐🌟

🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖊🖍📝🖊🖍

I do requests, Trades and collabs!

I don't do commissions.

Do's: anything within my fandoms, semi nude, robots (Mega man style, preferably) food, Nonhuman characters, gore and scenery

Don'ts: proship, inc*st, noncon, s*x scenes, death scenes, r*pe, lolicon, hate art and n*zi stuff

🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖍🖊📝🖍🖊

Blogs for other shit

@ketsuban-the-hedgehog

@joysjoys

@bloodcoloredbutterfly

@pluto-myu-paint

[justforbooks]

Loretta Swit

Actor who found global fame as the stern head nurse ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in the television sitcom M*A*S*H

The American actor Loretta Swit, who has died aged 87, achieved worldwide fame as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, head nurse with a mobile army hospital during the Korean war, in the TV sitcom M*A*S*H. She appeared in all 11 series, from 1972 to 1983 – longer than the conflict that inspired it – taking over the role played by Sally Kellerman in the 1970 film.

Misogyny ran throughout the big-screen version of M*A*S*H in a way that was not present in the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker on which it was based.In the TV version, too, Major Houlihan, a strict disciplinarian, was the butt of sexist jokes from the surgeons and other men in the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit, particularly “Hawkeye” Pierce (played by Alan Alda). Swit – who had the only leading female role in the show – took a stand before the fifth series began. She was then allowed to contribute to her character’s development, making Houlihan more three-dimensional, warm and brave. “I am a feminist, from the top of my head to the bottom of my toenail, and I favour playing strong women,” she told the American magazine Closer Weekly in 2022.

From then on, Swit’s character was referred to mainly by her real name rather than as “Hot Lips” and a more human side emerged when Houlihan broke down in front of her nurses, confessing she was hurt by the disdain they held for her because of her stern manner. The character’s long-running relationship with Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) ended and she married Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott (first played by Beeson Carroll and then Mike Henry), whom she later divorced when he cheated on her. Swit’s performance won her two Emmy awards as outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, in 1980 and 1982.

She might have had global recognition for a second TV role, in a programme that was groundbreaking for its portrayal of women, if the M*A*S*H producers had not refused to let her out of her contract. Swit played the police detective Christine Cagney, alongside Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey, in the feature-length 1981 pilot of Cagney & Lacey. It was the first American police drama to feature women in the two lead roles. In Cagney & Lacey, there was gritty realism and the authenticity of women balancing their work and home lives but, as Swit was unavailable, Meg Foster took over as Cagney when the series began, replaced after six episodes by Sharon Gless.

Swit never had another starring vehicle. “Actors are always identified with certain parts,” she said. “To some, Marlon Brando will always be the Godfather. That’s just how it is.”

Perhaps her best film role was as the first female American president – succeeding a former circus clown, a parody of Ronald Reagan – in Whoops Apocalypse (1986), the writers Andrew Marshall and David Renwick’s variation on their British sitcom.

Loretta was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to parents of Polish descent, Nellie (nee Kassack) and Lester Szwed, an upholsterer, who anglicised the family name to Swit. She attended Pope Pius XII high school, Passaic, where she appeared in school plays, and Gibbs College, Montclair, New Jersey, then had various secretarial jobs. Moving to New York, she trained in acting with Gene Frankel at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1959. Her break in New York theatre came off-Broadway, at the Circle in the Square in 1961 when she joined the cast of the long-running Actors’ Playhouse production of The Balcony, by Jean Genet.

She spent the rest of the decade exclusively on stage until travelling to Hollywood in 1969. Then, she began to get small roles on television, including three in Hawaii Five-O (between 1969 and 1972) and two in Gunsmoke (both in 1970).

Later, she starred on Broadway as Doris in Bernard Slade’s “annual adultery” play Same Time, Next Year (Brooks Atkinson theatre, 1975-76), taking over the role originated by Ellen Burstyn. The New York Times observed that she gave a “stylish impersonation” of Burstyn, who had won a Tony award for her performance.

Swit was on Broadway again in Rupert Holmes’s musical version of Charles Dickens’s unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Imperial theatre, 1985-86), replacing Cleo Laine in the dual roles of the Princess Puffer and Miss Angela Prysock. One stage part that seemed made for Swit was the title character in the British playwright Willy Russell’s one-woman show Shirley Valentine, which she took first in Chicago (Wellington and Wisdom Bridge theatres, 1990), then on an American tour (1995) and Canadian stages (1997 and 2010). The role of the bored Liverpool housewife escaping her humdrum life and uncaring husband had been played in the West End of London and the film version by Pauline Collins, who also took it to Broadway. Swit said of the character: “A lot of her experiences are universal – her ambition and desire, her lust for life and feelings of frustration at not fulfilling certain aspects of her own potential. I had kinship with her the moment I read the script.”

Eve Ensler’s comic and at times seriously political play The Vagina Monologues had Swit as one of the three women taking multiple roles, first at the Westside theatre in New York (1999), then in the West End (Arts theatre, 2001-02) and on an American tour (2002-03).

The actor was a passionate animal activist and supported many charities, as well as setting up her own, SwitHeart Animal Alliance. Her book SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit was published in 2017.

Swit’s 1983 marriage to the actor and lawyer Dennis Holahan ended in divorce 12 years later.

🔔 Loretta Jane Swit, actor, born 4 November 1937; died 30 May 2025

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

[pastelalleycat]

Clown had some... pretty creepy ideas with beta Barnaby, I'll say that much, but one thing that really interests me about the beta is that though he seems to have always been the jokester of the Neighborhood, beta Barnaby was grumpy. He was melancholy. His (again, beta) color palette was very muted compared to the other neighbors. Goofing off in a depressed sort of way.

Meanwhile, the Barnaby we have in canon is vibrant, both in color palette and personality. He's boisterous, he's cheerful, and most of all, he's so chill to the point of being seemingly unflappable. I don't think we've ever seen canon Barnaby express genuine frustration or anger. When Frank tells him off or Julie gets riled up over a failed joke, it's water off a duck's back.

Canon Barnaby's role is as Wally's best friend, and he takes the job of supervisor and teacher quite seriously, but he also cares- in a roundabout way- for his other neighbors, like joke-loving Howdy and even Julie, who he (I think genuinely) wants to teach how to tell jokes. As long as he can tease his buddies and have a jazzed-to-the-nines hot dog at the end of the day, everything's hunky-dory.

To be clear, Clown has stated that beta Welcome Home art/concepts and everything off the WHRP website should NOT be considered canon. Still, I can't help but wonder- how long will Barnaby's chill last? He puts up a fun-loving front, but something's going to have to make him snap eventually.

And when he does, it's going to tear my heart open.