#doctor mike icon

[starlightseraph]

brigadier alastair gordon lethbridge-stewart my beloved

[schnorianfleider]

Jon Pertwee was the first Doctor to…

-be broadcasted in color

-be shown naked

-have no currently missing episodes

-have 2 boyfriends

-fall in love with his nemesis

-be medically examined to have 2 hearts

-record music and release singles

-to know martial arts (HAI!!!!)

Happy Birthday, Jon! We miss you!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

main take aways from Halloween (1978) rewatch:

michael myers is canonically 21??? this bitch should be at the club

*sees tiddies* ***MURDEROUS RAMPAGE NOISES***

that's it that's the movie

outside of the fact that everyone who has sex is murdered by the narrative, this is a surprisingly chill portrayal of female sexuality? these teen girls are horny and actively enjoying Getting It On with their boytoys. no pushy boyfriends sneaking in through their bedroom windows--these ladies are taking the initiative to sneak out and GET SOME. one of them gets laid and then immediately orders her boyfriend to get her a beer. (yes she gets Slashered soon afterward, but so does the boyfriend so honestly, gender equality.) yes the Final Girl is the only one not having sex, but she's not bullied for that, nor are her friends slut shamed except possibly by being murdered by the narrative

actually the only character who is shown being morally condemned on-screen is michael myers. specifically FOR his violent overreaction to other people's sex lives. (people he is spying on). metaphorically, the villain is American Puritanism sticking its judgy nose into other people's business.

aka Michael Myers Is A Republican

but actually the real villain is the doctor. guy's a judgemental, shaming, pathologizing asshole. and he's been in charge of michael's care since he was SIX YEARS OLD? kid never had a chance. i'd go on a killing spree too

also the parents. where are the parents? it's halloween night and all the teenage girls are home babysitting their younger siblings? come to think of it, michael's first victim was his own older sister, whom he killed while she was babysitting him. teen girls are really shouldering a labour burden here. maybe parentification is the true villain

side note: mike commits his first murder wearing a clown costume...which is never referenced again? his 'iconic' costume is a generic mask and wig and jumpsuit, when we coulda had a Killer Clown Michael Myers??? travesty

i like how the Final Girl and her friend casually smoke weed in her car. yeah she's an honor student and her friend is the sheriff's daughter. yeah they smoke weed. so what it's 1978

(to reiterate, mike is 21 and should be at the club. im not saying he shouldn't be rampaging, im saying it's sad that he broke out, tasted freedom for the first time in his life, and immediately snuck back into his childhood home to go rampaging. let's have a remake where he goes to a nightclub and has a few beers. maybe some slutty dancing. then rampage)

oh no he's hot

[kindredspiritsandgoodomens]

The Time Monster really is an iconic Classic Who serial -

Lots of people have to say "TOMTIT" repeatedly with straight faces

The Master announces himself by saying "I'm sorry about your coccyx too, Miss Grant"

The Doctor does backwards Twin Peaks Red Room speak

Mike gets charged by a guy with a lance, shot at with a canon and blown up by a V2 all in the space of five minutes

Sgt Benton (who is supposed to be on leave) I) manages to grasp a complex space time concept nobody else understands II) does not quite manage to eat a marmalade sandwich III) manages to get the jump on the Master twice IV) gets turned into a baby

There are some scientists of the week bickering about women's lib for no real reason

The Master cucks the King of Atlantis

The Brig gets so worried about Captain Yates he calls him Mike

The Doctor tells Jo about the time he was existentially depressed as a child and it's really sweet

Jo attempts to blow herself, the Master, and the Doctor up to save the universe because the Doctor can't bring himself to

When she wakes up she assumes she's I) dead II) 'in heaven or somewhere' and is fine with it - "groovy isn't it"

The Doctor insists on taking personal responsibility for The Master again over him facing external consequences and of course he escapes *sigh*

Kronos says gender is meaningless "But you're a girl" "Shapes mean nothing"

There's a minotaur

[redfluffz]

Do the archangels have nicknames for each other?

Okay, okay that's a fun one!

Lucifer aka Samael

> Sammy (by all in heaven)

> Troublemaker, The Walking Chaos, Pest, Dumbo, Stupid, "I swear I'm gonna kill ya!" ... many more (by angered Gabriel)

> Helel (by God and Metatron [cause he thinks he super special when using that name])

> Ugly Swadoron (by Metatron, Swadoron ducklikely creature in heaven, the og story of "ugly duck" is actually invented by Metatron)

> Lord Samael, Lord Morningstar, Great Morningstar (by lower angels)

> Luci (by God, Ozzie, Mammon, Leviathan, Lilith, Eve/Roo), Luc/Lu (Bee, Belle, Ozzie, Leviathan), Lulu (by Lilith)

> Devil, Satan, The Evil, etc. (by many humans)

> Light/Heart of heaven (title)

Michael

> Mike (by all his siblings)

> Empty Shell (by Metatron)

> Mikeeeey (when Luc wants something)

> Sir Michael (by all of the soldiers)

> Lord Michael (by all lower angels)

> Protector of heaven (title)

Gabriel

> Gabe (by all of her siblings)

> Hothead (by Metatron)

> "Please don't kill me!" (by frightened Luc)

> Miss Gabriel, Archive master (by all of her "employes")

> Lady Gabriel (by all lower angels)

> Head of communication and logistics (title)

Jophiel

> Queen, Beauty Icon, Princess Pretty, etc. (Fans in heaven)

> Joph/Jophi (by all of her siblings)

> Little Narcissa (by Metatron)

> Lady Jophiel (by all lower angels)

> Sweet little princess (by God)

Raphael

> Doc, Doctor (by patients)

> Raph (by all of his siblings)

> Medical Disaster (by Metatron)

> Lord Raphael (by lower angels)

Azrael

> Death, etc. (by many humans)

> Azi (by all of his siblings)

> Sleep Emo (Metatron)

> Lord Azrael (by lower angels)

Ariel

> Little freak (Jophiel)

> Unknown (Metatron)

> Lady Ariel (by lower angels)

Well that's what I got so far. There could be some changes in the future.

Anyway, thanks for asking! ✨️

[orchids-library]

FANFIC MASTER LIST

Key: 🤕- Sick Fic, 💌-Fluff, ❤️‍🩹-Hurt/Comfort, 💔- Angst, 🖤- Dark Fic, 🔪- Gore/Death, 🔞-MDNI, 🩸-Blood/Injury, 🩶-Hurt/No comfort, 🩹-Trauma, 🔗- Yandere/Possessive, 🔑-No key available

Here's a compiled list of all the fics I love and their respective authors. Follow the key for categories, all the authors have their own warnings and tags on their work, mine are just for categorization purposes, read their tags and read at your own risk.

*note*- Key icon tags are a link to the original post, be sure to give it some love! The other link is the reblog in the library and my commentary (If you want to read that I guess 😂)

*still adding to this list!*

________________________________________________

Cillian Murphy + Characters

Cillian Murphy

Under the Weather by @cillianmesoftlyyy 💌🤕

Kiss and Make up by @garrison-girl-08 💌

The Last Dance by @garrison-girl-08 💌

And the Oscar goes to... by @ilovetoxicfictionalmen 💌💔

The First Day by @garrison-girl-08 💌

Robert Fischer

It's Time To Go by @hllywdwhre 💔💔💔💔

Spoiled by Robert Fischer by @darlingsfandom 💌

Hidden Scars by @a-nemoiia 💔

Part 2: Sleepover by @mischievouslittlecreature 🩹

Part 13: Here, Kitty Kitty by @mischievouslittlecreature 💌

Part 17: Loved by @mischievouslittlecreature 🩹

Boys like you by @paradiseprincesss 💌💌

Tommy Shelby

Best Man by @garrison-girl-08 💌

The Debt by @zablife 🖤🔪🩸

Daddy's Princess by @garrison-girl-08 💌🤕

Pay the Piper (WIP-Modern Tommy) by @fkmarrycill 🔑

Of Bending and Breaking || Tommy Shelby x Reader By @call-sign-shark ❤️‍🩹

Emmett

A Familiar Pain by @beastofburdenxo 🤕💌

Jonathan Crane

Those Little Things by @mothhball 💌

If There's No End by @mothhball 🖤🔪 🔞 🩶🩸

❝𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙❞ — 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞 by @saintmuses 🖤🔞

Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby by @cillianhead 💔❤️‍🩹💌

Drabble: yandere!jonathan kidnaps you by @pinguwrites 🔗

Curiosity by @gh0stsp1d3r 🔗

William Killick

Drabble: William fakes a PTSD nightmare by @pinguwrites 🩹🔗

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬/Timeless Love pt1 by @viesanterieures / @viesantewrites 💔

Timeless Love Pt2 by @viesantewrites 💔

Jim ( The Delinquent Season)

CPR by @paradiseprincesss 💌

Mike Kiernan

Academic Validation by @cillianmesoftlyyy 💌

Robert Capa

Gravity - Rober Capa x Reader by @system-to-the-madness 💌

Jozef Gabcik

Hope(masterlist) pt1 pt2 pt3 by @lau219 💔(masterlist) pt1💔 pt2💔🩹 pt3🩹💔

Multi

How the therapists react to your "worst" symptoms - Headcanons by @godspeedviper 🩸❤️‍🩹🤕💌

How the doctors handle your sick days by @godspeedviper 🤕💌

How they’d deal with a student with exam stress: Cillian Characters by @aphroditeslover11 💌

Emotionalcadaver's Main Masterlist by @emotionalcadaver 🔞

What are they like with DIY? by @aphroditeslover11 💌

How the Therapists Handle your Suspicions - Headcanons by @godspeedviper 🤕💌❤️‍🩹

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Mike Luckovich

* * * *

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

July 14, 2024

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

JUL 15, 2024

Shortly after 6:00 yesterday evening at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a shooter on the roof of a building about 400 feet from the stage appears to have shot eight bullets at the former president and into the crowd. Trump appeared to flinch and reach for his right ear as Secret Service agents crouched over the former president. When the agents got word the shooter was “down,” they lifted Trump to move him out. He asked to get his shoes and then to put them on.

With that apparently accomplished, Trump stood up with blood on his face, exposed to the crowd, and told the agents to wait. He raised his fist in the air in front of an American flag in what instantly became an iconic image. He appeared to yell, “Fight, fight, fight!” to the crowd before being ushered offstage.

Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed. David Dutch, 57, was injured and is hospitalized in stable condition. James Copenhaver, 74, was also injured and is in stable condition. 

The FBI has identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by a Secret Service agent. Crooks used an AR-type semiautomatic rifle that apparently belonged to his father. Crooks was wearing a gray Demolition Ranch tee shirt advertising a YouTube channel for gun enthusiasts and people interested in explosive devices. The channel has more than 11 million followers. Crooks appears to have been a registered Republican.   

Trump said he had been “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.” So far, no doctors have briefed the public. 

In the confusion immediately after the shooting, MAGA Republicans blamed the Democrats for the violence. “Today is not just some isolated incident,” Ohio senator J.D. Vance, who is in the running to be Trump’s vice presidential pick, posted on social media. “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.” Representative Mike Collins of Georgia called for a Republican district attorney to “immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.” Indeed, he said, “Joe Biden sent the orders.”  

Edward Luce of the Financial Times noted, “Almost any criticism of Trump is already being spun by Maga as an incitement to assassinate him. This is an Orwellian attempt to silence what remains of the effort to stop him from regaining power.” Indeed, MAGA Republicans appear to be trying to stop discussion of their extremist plans— which are enormously unpopular— by claiming that such a discussion is polarizing. 

The idea that Democratic opposition to authoritarian plans like those outlined in Project 2025 caused violence might convince MAGA Republicans, but it will likely be a hard sell for Americans who remember things like: 

•Trump’s own suggestion in 2016 that “Second Amendment people” could solve the problem of Hillary Clinton picking judges; or his 2020 attacks on Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, who became the target of a kidnapping plot; or election workers bombarded with death threats as Trump lied that the 2020 election was stolen;

•the October 2022 tweet by Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. mocking then–House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul after a home intruder hit him in the head with a hammer; or Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s 2022 campaign video in which she promised to “blow away the Democrats’ socialist agenda” as she took aim with a rifle; 

•in 2023, House Republicans wearing AR-15 lapel pins on the floor of Congress; Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) saying his wife slept with a loaded gun after he voted against Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) for House speaker; or Republican representatives sending Christmas cards showing the whole family toting guns;

•in 2024, the Kansas Republican Party’s March fundraiser where attendees could donate to kick and punch an effigy of President Biden; or Don Jr.’s reposting an image of Biden bound and gagged in the back of a pickup truck;

•or Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson of North Carolina, who is running for the governorship and who is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention starting tomorrow, saying just two weeks ago: “Some folks need killing! It’s time for somebody to say it.”

Indeed, in March 2024, in Vance’s home state, Trump said: if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole…country,” and a 2022 campaign ad by Representative Collins himself showed him shooting a rifle at Nancy Pelosi’s “agenda” and at a cardboard rhinoceros he says is a “RINO,” a Republican in Name Only. 

Republicans under Trump have increasingly advocated violence as a way to gain power because they know their unpopular positions cannot lead their candidates to victory in free and fair elections. In this moment, when there is still little evidence about yesterday’s tragedy, it appears they are projecting their own behavior onto Biden and the Democrats, blaming them for advocating violence when in fact, Biden and the Democrats have tried hard to enact commonsense gun safety laws and have consistently condemned the violent language and normalizing of political violence by Republicans. 

Republicans’ embrace of violence is a hallmark of authoritarian leaders; by definition it  undermines democracy. In Nashville, Tennessee, today, neo-Nazis shouting “Hitler was right!” were involved in fights in the streets. Ending that resort to violence, which never advances society and always injures it, is key to restoring the guardrails of democracy.

Biden spoke to the nation tonight, warning that Americans need to “lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We’re neighbors. We’re friends, coworkers, citizens. And, most importantly, we are fellow Americans. And we must stand together.” He condemned yesterday’s violence, noting that “[a] former president was shot” and “an American citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing…. There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can’t allow this violence to be normalized.” 

The framers of the Constitution, he said, “created a democracy that gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force. That’s the America we must be, an American democracy where arguments are made in good faith, an American democracy where the rule of law is respected, an American democracy where decency, dignity, fair play aren’t just quaint notions, but living, breathing realities.”

Biden rejected the idea that criticizing the Republicans’ extremism was polarizing. While they can “criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country,” he said, “I’ll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law, to call for action at the ballot box, no violence on our streets. That’s how democracy should work.” 

Biden paused all campaign ads and events after the shooting and told staffers to “refrain from issuing any comments on social media or in public.” Trump is fundraising off the attempt on his life, but he spent the day golfing rather than campaigning. 

The Secret Service has launched an investigation of how a shooter could get so close to Trump; Biden has ordered an independent investigation as well. Biden said he has also directed the Secret Service to review the security measures in place for the Republican National Convention, which starts tomorrow in Milwaukee.

Within hours of the shooting, House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that “THE HOUSE WILL CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS TODAY,” saying, “The American people deserve to know the truth.” Although the FBI investigation has barely gotten underway and Congress has no law enforcement power, Johnson promised to have officials from the Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI “appear for a hearing before our committees ASAP.” 

Observers noted that it sounded like MAGA plans to have yet another investigation designed to spread a narrative, in this case, that the “Deep State” was involved in the shooting. 

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[andydrysdalerogers]

Sliding Into Home - A Frank Adler AU

Pairing: MLB!Frank Adler x Abigail Hernandez (OFC)

Synopsis:

After a trade from Boston to Los Angeles, first baseman Frank Adler would seem to have it all. Money, women, an amazing niece, yes Frank should have it all. Except for one thing. One thing that left after a mistake five years ago. Los Angeles should be the chance to start over. Except she is supposed to be in Boston. Not his new medical director.

* A Frank Adler AU x Major League Baseball Story**

Warning: ANGST (i can't stress this enough), second chances, cheating, eventual smut, slow burn, drug use, abandonment issues, betrayal, domestic violence (i may have missed some), flashbacks

AN: This is my new series I'm starting next week! I hope you all will like this one. Tagging my usual tag list but please let me know if you would like to be added or removed!

Taglist: @patzammit @firephotogrl74 @texmexdarling @slutforchrisjamalevans @jennmurawski13-writes @tinkerbelle67 @before-we-get-started @bunnyforhim

Master List and Preview below:

Frank was looking at a Los Angeles icon, Dodger Stadium.  It was his new home, his new team and hopefully his new life.  He asked a security guard where to go and was met at the door by an assistant.  She was a shameless flirt, commenting on Frank’s forearms and his tattoos, cooing about how good of a player he is.  There was zero chance of Frank being interested.  His Friday Night adventures were reserved for road trips only. His one-night stands worked out just fine, in his opinion.  

As he was guided into the conference room, Frank was met with the president of operations, Nick Stanton. “Mr. Stanton.” 

“Frank! Good to see you again.” He shakes hands with Frank. “We’re waiting for everyone so can I offer you a drink?” He gestures to Frank to sit at the table. 

“Just a cola, thanks.” Frank took the seat next to the head of the table.  

“How was the move?” 

“Smoother than I thought it would be. Mary, my niece, threw a couple of tantrums but between me and my nanny, we managed to get her here.”  

“Nanny?” 

“Oh yeah, Scott, he’s great. He was willing to move with us, which is great since Mary seems to only listen to him.” Frank chuckles. “Who would listen to your uncle/pseudo father?” 

“I remember that story,” Nick replies. “You are brave to take on a baby right after bring drafted.”  

Frank shrugged. “Its not that big of a deal. You would do anything for family, especially Mary.”  

More voices float towards the conference room and Frank stands as he sees his agent and lawyer walk in and shake his hand. Then the general manager for the Dodgers comes in, making small talk with Frank.  

“Ok, I think we are just missing the team doctor and our legal team,” Nick tells everyone. “Its not Natasha, she’s busy with another client.  She’s sending in their new associate.”  

Frank just nods as the GM goes over the training schedule and when he would meet the team.  The conference room door opens and Frank turns to see and his stomach drops. He feels himself become clammy and pale. Because this shouldn’t be happening.  

Fuck.  

He looks at the brunette that walked in.  

she’s definitely not supposed to be here.  

What the FUCK! 

Abby Hernandez, his ex-girlfriend, love of his life, walked into the room.  

It Doesn't Stay In Vegas

The Future is West

Are You Sure We Aren’t Going Crazy

You Were Enough; You Are Everything

Fastballs and Fiancés

You Left Me

Take Your Niece to Work Day

Don't You Know How to Spell Assume?

Wanna Feel Safe Again

Maybe I should Have Ducked?

When It All Falls Apart

WTF Just Happened!

D N A: Diane Nicole Adler

Not Just a Pretty Face

It's A Ruff Life

Status: All Star

Since When is Ice Cream Evil

On the Hunt for Mike Weiss

The Next Adventure

A Bump in the Road

Unexpected Surprises

For Reasons Unknown...

Evidence, Emotions, Whatever

Trial By Fire

The One With the World Series

Oh Captain! My Captain!

Finale

[egg-emperor]

(Probably should've asked in DMs, but.. eh fuck it, need to use this app more.)

What did you think of the dialogue changes in sonic generations overall?

I'm just a bit weirded out, amused, and confused about the point of most of it. It feels really weird to hear different deliveries and even entirely different voices and dialogue come out of the scenes you've seen a million times a different way

The way the animations and shots weren't changed for the most part is amusing because now some doesn't fit at all. Especially a couple of lines that were way too wordy of Sonic's compared to the og and it had to get shoved into little bits of animation

Some of the changes were literally pointless, like getting out a thesaurus and finding similar words to reword it. Which I don't get because an entire scene of Eggman's went completely unchanged in terms of dialogue, despite being revoiced of course

There's not anything I'd say is better in terms of how Eggman was written, I really loved the old dialogue and Mike Pollock's original performance and delivery was great and iconic and memorable, it's really strange seeing him say something different in place of them now

But I always enjoy new Eggman audio so I'm just gushing at it all because of that alone lol 🥰 I love hearing the experience and age in his voice now. It's very fitting for him with his age and really sexy jfdkshfkgdkjfgjdfk 🥴

However if there's anything in terms of actual rewritten dialogue, I do love the "my dear doctor" change with Eggman where despite how modern and classic Egg's bickering made them seem like just as much of a couple alongside the blatant flirting in the old version, they just emphasized how gay for himself he is and it's so awesome lol

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Ewan McGregor Honoured with Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 🤩

Ewan McGregor, who has played the legendary Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi for 25 years, was celebrated by friends and family on Thursday morning at the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - who administer the attraction that draws over 10 million visitors a year. situated just a few feet away from the star honouring the late Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia in Star Wars 1977; later called Star Wars: A New Hope)

Ewan McGregor on 12th September, 2024. /photo FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY

Since being catapulted to fame in the Danny Boyle films Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, McGregor has appeared in a string of box office hits including Moulin Rouge, Black Hawk Down, Big Fish, Doctor Sleep, Salmon Fishing In Yemen and He has also starred in Fargo.

McGregor was 26 years old when he first played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. A fan of Star Wars since childhood, McGregor recounts fond memories of watching the original trilogy of films with his brother. His enthusiasm for becoming part of the galaxy far, far away has never faded in the years since, and he most recently reprised the role in the 2022 six-part series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Star Wars co-star Hayden Christensen ( best known for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader in the Star Wars media franchise) joined Ewan McGregor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. | Getty Image

McGregor first played Obi-Wan in the three prequel Star Wars films from George Lucas that also included Hayden Christiansen

The Trainspotting actor gets up close and personal with the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Filmmaker Mike Mills, who directed McGregor in the 2011 film 'Beginners' was also at the ceremony. | Getty Images

Film producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Ewan McGregor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He produced 'Black Hawk Down' in which McGregor starred. | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

McGregor with the plaque in recognition of the honour of receiving a star on the famous Hollywood street. | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

McGregor serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF UK, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

He was made an OBE in 2013 for services to drama and charity and has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe, and Critics’ Choice Awards, and the Star Wars prequels, in which he took on the iconic role of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

EwanMcGregor #Honoured #Hollywood #actor #StarontheWalkofFame #Obi-WanKenobi # star #HaydenChristensen # AnakinSkywalker #Darth Vader #Trainspotting #StarWars

Posted 13th September 2024

[flanaganfilm]

Hi Mr Flanagan!

Doctor Sleep is one of my favorite movies ever! I was wondering if you could speak to the challenge of following up 2 really iconic pieces of pop culture (the King's book vs Kubrick's movie) that have different themes and execution. I'm really curious to hear about how you approached that specific aspect of the movie and if you could share your feelings of the book vs movie, specifically which themes you feel are emphasized in each. If you've answered this before in interviews or other ask my bad, just always wondered about your interpretation of theses works and how they impacted your interpretation of the sequel. Thanks!!!

As it happens, I just did a podcast interview where we talked about this very thing at length. Here's the link: https://www.scriptapart.com/episodes/episode-66-doctor-sleep-mike-flanagan-interview Hope you enjoy!

[lightfromandromeda]

over time, after infodumping to my sister about doctor who alot, she remembers alot and has actually started to like it and we watched the first two eps of terror of the autons and so far

she loves jo. "ive only known her for an episode and a half and i already love her. i wanna make tiktok edits of her."

ive already shown her the doctor who movie and she already loves the master but i had to show her delagdo!master cuz hes iconic. we would cheer whenever he came on screen.

(about the dr and the master) "you know i love ppl that are always in each others lives for better or for worse. like sonic and shadow....... naruto and sasuke..."

the fucking SECOND mike yates come on screen she pointed at him and said "whos this fruit" clocked him immediately

[hybridshaverisen]

So I finally watched the FNAF movie! Here’s my live reaction!

* 1st dream scene: so if Mike is an Afton, and Garrett is a stand in for CC, this could mean that CC died first.

* Phone guy = W. Afton theory?? Hello???

* SAVE MY BOY DOUG. HE HAS SEEN THINGS

* Vanessa’s appearance: THEY REFUSE TO SAY MIKE’S LAST NAME

* Park scene: THEYRE OPENING UP THE IDEA THAT MIKE SCHMITT IS AFTON

* Side note: if this is the Aftons, we got the sibling ages. Michael as the oldest, CC as the middle child, and Elizabeth as the youngest. I mean it fits lol.

* OOH. CLOWN GIRL ANIMATRONIC. BABY???

* “[The killer] influences them.” I CALLED IT!!! ITS JUST LIKE THE FUCKING BOOKS!!! FUCK YEAHHH!!!

* ??????? VANESSA IS WILLIAM AFTON’S DAUGHTER???? HUH????

* “I won’t be any used to you.” -Vanessa. Hello?? 👀👀

* ABBY IN BABY!!

* Abby with the arcade: JUST LIKE THE OPENING OF SILVER EYES!!

* Wait, but that was Charlie in that position. Is Abby supposed to be Charlie???

* WILLY BOY! HELLO!!! :D

* HE REMEMBERS????

* I love his voice :)

* YEAAAAHHH!! HIRING DUDE IS WILLY AFTON CONFIRMED!!!!

* OH! THEY HAD TO BE REMINDED! JUST LIKE THE BOOKS!

* Hello FNAF 4 mini game :)

* Eh.. The death could’ve been done better.

* But at least we got confirmation that it wasn’t an instadeath :)

* Fun fact! I showed the FNAF 3 cutscene to my mother who’s a doctor and told her what was happening. She said that depending how he got steward, he could’ve been alive for weeks before finally dying.

* WHY ARE THEY STILL RED?? THATS ONLY WHEN WILLY IS IN CONTROL????

* Wait. Could the “Vanessa is W. Afton’s daughter” a false memory? Just like the game?

* ITS THE FNAF 3 TRAILER

* YOOOOOO FNAF 1 SONG

* OUR ANTHEM

* YO BALLOON BOYYYY

* AAAAYYY! FNAF 2 MUSIC BOX!

* AYO? DISTORTED VOICE???

* Distorted voice: C O M E F I N D M E

* “Come find me”???????

* So this is obviously said by W. Afton. It’s used with the same voice by the FNAF 2 mini game. Does this mean that the voice in FNAF 2 also said by W. Afton?

* My dad told me that the actress for Abby is going to be in the second movie which clearly takes place in FNAF 2 location. If she’s a stand in for Charlie, she’s going to die here.

Final thoughts:

Overall, I’m really happy how it turned out! It’s defiantly prioritized the most hardcore fans, and that’s ok!

The biggest criticism I have is that the Afton death scene could’ve been done so much better. This is one of the most iconic moments in FNAF. I wish it recognized that.

[rookie-critic]

Rookie-Critic's Halloween Horror-thon: Part 2 - #6-10

#6: Doctor Sleep: The Director's Cut (2019, dir. Mike Flanagan)

I have, of course, seen Doctor Sleep before, but I am not labeling this as a re-watch because the Director's Cut of this film, while not really that different from a plotting/through line perspective, is a wholly unique experience to the theatrical version of the film from a character perspective. This version of the movie gives you much more context around the its antagonists, The True Knot, and it's secondary protagonist, Abra Stone, that those major story beats existing in both versions hit with much more impact in the director's cut. It bumped this particular work of Flanagan's up in my ranking of his stuff all the way to third behind Hill House and, now, Usher.

Score: 9/10

Not currently available on streaming.

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#7: Gemini (1999, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto)

This one surprised me by not being the kind of film I was anticipating it to be (this happened a handful of times this month). Gemini is the story of three characters plagued by their circumstances/upbringings, and a look at classism and people's desire to give and receive love, shot and told in a frenetic, gonzo style that only Japanese cult-director Shinya Tsukamoto can make work. Tear down the walls of your expectations for this one, it's a great watch.

Score: 8/10

Not currently available on streaming.

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#8: Nightmare Detective 2 (2008, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto)

The sequel to Tsukamoto's lukewarmly received 2006 film Nightmare Detective (which you will see further down on this list), this one makes the original look like a litmus test for the concept. A much more restrained and patient film compared to just about all of Tsukamoto's prior efforts, Nightmare Detective 2 sits in the corner, quietly analyzing its core cast in a story about misfits and generational trauma. Really, a lot of the themes and ideas presented here would be honed in on and presented again, albeit from a different viewpoint, in Kotoko. This one really feels like a turning point for Tsukamoto in terms of tone and approach. Not to say that his earlier, more frantic films aren't sometimes just as good, it's just the mark of a talent that's willing to evolve.

Score: 8/10

Not currently available on streaming (this film has actually never seen any kind of official release in the States at all, so unless you're willing to do a little swashbuckling, this one's out of your reach).

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#9: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970, dir. Dario Argento)

Horror icon Dario Argento's (Suspiria, Deep Red) debut feature is an unrivaled "whodunit" mystery thriller with that hallmark giallo flair that Argento would become known for. There isn't a whole lot to say about this one other than this was one of the most singularly entertaining of my October viewings, and that I highly recommend it for just about anyone.

Score: 8/10

Currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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#10: Noroi: The Curse (2005, dir. Koji Shiraishi)

This is the best Japanese found footage horror has to offer. Noroi is told in a documentary style, acting as the discovered footage of the final film made by a supernatural investigator that has disappeared without a trace. This was my final watch of the Horror-thon and I couldn't think of a better way to send off the spooky month, because this was one of, if not the scariest watch of the entire month. It had me wanting to turn the lights on and sleep with one eye open, and certain images from the film's final moments will be burned into my retinas until I die. If I had any complaints, it's that I honestly could have used even more, although I guess an argument could be made that that's actually one of the film's good qualities.

Score: 8/10

Currently streaming on AMC+/Shudder.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Gabe Fleisher at Wake Up To Politics:

Historically, the closest parallel to what happened last night is probably the assassination attempt of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Like Donald Trump — who was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday — Roosevelt was a former president when he survived a gunman’s fire. Also like Trump, Roosevelt at the time was running to reclaim the White House, in the midst of a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Finally, and most importantly, the attempts on both men’s lives will likely be best remembered for their defiance in the face of a would-be assassin. In his case, Roosevelt continued delivering his speech, even as a bullet was lodged in his chest. “It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose,” he famously declared, going on to speak for another 50 minutes before seeking medical attention. Secret Service protocols would not allow such a display today; still, the attack on Trump will forever be defined by this instantly iconic image, of Trump’s face streaked with blood, his fist raised in the air, the American flag waving behind him. It has been 44 years since a federal elected official (Allard Lowenstein, a New York congressman) was successfully assassinated in the United States, a streak that often masks the fact that political violence has been steadily increasing over the last decade.

This is not the 1960s — when a president, a presidential candidate, and several civil rights leaders were killed in a five-year period — but more from a lack of successes than a lack of trying. It has not been an era, thank God, of murdered politicians, but it has been one of dangerously close shaves. On January 6, 2021, rioters came within 40 feet of then-Vice President Mike Pence, as Trump supporters chanted for his hanging and searched for then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), among others. Less than two years later, Pelosi’s husband sustained an attack by hammer; if a police dispatcher had not understood his coded messaging, he may have ended up with worse than just a skull fracture. In 2017, doctors told Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) that he had been “within a minute of death” after being shot at a congressional baseball practice. Then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) also survived gunfire, but she has never fully regained the ability of speech after a 9-millimeter bullet cut through her brain in 2011.

A man made it just outside of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in 2022, armed with a pistol, knife, hammer, crow bar, and zip ties, but his assassination plot was foiled when he called the police himself, his second thoughts having taken over. Someone made it even closer to then-Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) one month later, climbing on stage during a gubernatorial campaign rally; thankfully, the attacker was armed only with a keychain. Quantifiably, according to a University of Maryland database, political violence since 2016 has been at its highest levels in the U.S. since the 1970s. Before 2016, the U.S. Capitol Police had never opened more than 1,000 threat investigations in a single year; last year, more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress were investigated. Similarly, “investigated threats against federal judges have risen every year since 2018,” according to the U.S. Marshals Service, while election officials are also facing an unprecedented level of menace.

The threats were all able to be foiled, but several — like the bullet that whizzed just inches away from Trump on Saturday — came horrifyingly close to fruition. And oftentimes, even as the politicians live, others become collateral damage of our toxic politics. Yesterday, at least one American was killed simply for attending a political rally of their preferred presidential candidate. [...] Rarely do Democratic or Republican officials stop to acknowledge that their own side might have a role to play in our divisive politics. Instead, when horrors like last night’s unfold, each side reliably finds a way to blame the other party, which only serves to exacerbate further the cycle of hatred and violence that brought us to this point. Even in their responses to tragedy, more toxicity flows loose.

Gabe Fleisher details in his Wake Up To Politics newsletter the history of close calls that would have resulted in the death of various politicians over the past decade and a half or so, such as Gabby Giffords, Paul Pelosi, Steve Scalise, Mike Pence, and most recently, Donald Trump.

[brainrot-yumm]

so to tally up the ramblings so far:

And I just feel the need to emphasize that I'm crossovering all the characters based on personality, not relationships. Which means there are gonna be some weird as hell dynamics going on. That's where the spice comes in, you understand.

Going by the list in the "reoccurring character" section of the wiki

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Jon - Twilight Sparkle - Twila "Twi" Sims

Martin - Fluttershy - Flora Blackwood

Sasha - Rarity - Rachel James

NotSasha - Sweetie Belle - "Rachel James"

Tim - Rainbow Dash - Ramona "Rain" Stoker

Danny - Scootaloo - Lucy "Scoot" Stoker

Melanie - Applejack - Adelaide King

Georgie - Sunset Shimmer - Sasha (listen it'd be funny) Barker

The Admiral - Spike - Sergeant

Basira - Trixie Lulamoon - Tohfa Hussain

Daisy - Starlight Glimmer - Aurora "Starry" Tonner

Gertrude - Starswirl - Sulien Robinson

Jurgen - Sunburst - Siegurd Leitner

Rosie - Coco Pommel - Colette "Coco" Zampano

Smirke - Zecora - Zephyra Smirke

Dekker - Daring Do - Delilah Dekker

Mikaele - DJ Pon-3 - Penina Salesa

Gerry - Diamond Tiara - Dorothy "Dottie" Keay

Mary - Spoiled Rich - Sophia Keay

Eric - Filthy Rich - Fred Delano

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Elias - Cadence - Cecilia Bouchard née Lukas née Bouchard née

Jonah - Celestia - Clara Magnus

Peter - Shining Armor - Solomon Lukas né Sims né Bouchard né

Maxwell - Luna - Lilith Rayner (neé Magnus)

Callum - Cozy Glow - Cinna Brodie

Manuela - Moondancer - Marzana Dominguez

Natalie - Babs Seed - Bonnie Ennis

Jane - Chrysalis - Chrissy Prentiss

Timothy Hodge - Thorax - Theodore Hodge

John2 - Flash Sentry (it'd be funny) - Frank Amherst

Jordan - Zephyr Breeze - Zach Kennedy (né Blackwood)

Michael - Cheese Sandwich - Camillus Shelley

Helen - Pinkie Pie - Phoebe Richardson

Emma Harvey - Sweetie Drops

Angela - Lyra Heartstrings

Tom Haan - Grand Pear -

Nikola - Discord

Breekon & Hope - Flim & Flam

Sarah Baldwin - Applebloom - Annabelle King

Jane Doe - Sugar Belle

Max Mustermann - Party Favor

Doctor David - Double Diamond

Annabelle - Adagio Dazzle -

Raymond - Big Mcintosh

Neil - Photo Finish

Simon Fairchild - Sonata Dusk

Mike Crew - Lightning Dust

Oliver - Ditzy Doo - Desdemona "Dezzie" Banks

Agatha - Tempest Shadow

Jude - Aria Blaze

Jack Barnabas - Joe

Diego - Iron Will

Edwin - Cheerilee

Jared - Snips & Snails (I got an idea)

Robert Montauk - Sombra

Julia - Gilda

Trevor - Tirek

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??? - most of the rest of the mane 6's families

??? - silver spoon

??? - Twist

??? - Suri Polomare

??? Sapphire Shores

Wonderbolts?

Tree Hugger

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Also Twilight greys out through the first few seasons, but when she reawakens it's all gonna turn into her iconic hair streaks

Is my hyperfixation obvious yet