#dolores landingham

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THE WEST WING | 1.02 'POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC' | 09.29.99 Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler Kathryn Joosten as Dolores Landingham

[thebartlets]

unhinged West Wing + text posts Onion headlines (pt 6/?)

[kaboomi]

1.10 In Excelsis Deo

“Toby, if we start pulling strings like this don’t you think every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork?”

“I can only hope so, sir.”

[bartletslesbians]

Mrs. Landingham and 2, 7, 8, 12?

Character asks (accepting)!

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

I love that she keeps cookies on her desk and hands them out depending on which members of staff have pissed her off that day. When she denies Toby a cookie but happily offers one to Sam? Iconic behaviour, I love her so much.

7. What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

I love that even though she's only in the first two seasons, not a single person in this fandom would dare forget about Dolores Landingham and how important she is to the story and to Jed. I love that she's never forgotten, never dismissed, but always understood to have been so important to who Jed is as a person. Even though she's replaced in her job, Mrs Landingham as a character is just so beloved, so iconic, that she can't truly be replaced, and that's just a beautiful thing imo.

8. What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

I honestly can't think of anything? Closest I'm gonna get to an answer is that there aren't enough fix it fics where she didn't die.

12. What’s a headcanon you have for this character?

I recently heard this sugggested on the Queer Gals Watch The West Wing podcast and I love it: she came to work for Jed because by the time Jed was out of school and doing something that required him to hire his own assistant, he asked her for help doing that. Like, he asked her what to look for, what to ask, how to go about this, and she offered to conduct the interviews herself before deciding that none of these candidates would do, and she would simply have to take the job herself. And she never left him. (And this works very well actually with my little headcanon that Donna is the closest to Dolores out of all the other assistants!)

[b99andsoc]

MRS LANDINGHAM!!!!!!

[ithastobethiswhitehouse]

The original ending of the script, according to Martin Sheen in St Anthony Messenger, was to feature the president attending the funeral. 'It was changed because it took away the power of Mrs Landingham and Ziegler, who were deeply affected by the incident: a woman who has lost two sons and a man who gave this guy clothes to keep warm. Had the president been there, it would have [reduced] the poignancy of the scene. That's why I like this show. We try to play honest moments with real characters.'

Excerpt from Inside Bartlet's White House: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The West Wing by Keith Topping

[hitchell-mope]

Poor Dolores.

[sparklygraves]

[kaboomi]

She’s such an icon for this.

THE WEST WING 2.22 – “Two Cathedrals”

[onekisstotakewithme]

Top 10 West Wing episodes

top 10?? ough. (can we tell i'm just really indecisive and bad at narrowing down what I love)

disclaimer: not in ranked order, not comprehensive, etc etc. I'm trying not to feel pressured to just pick the "best" and most high quality episodes, but list the ones I enjoy.

Take Out the Trash Day. This is just such a quintessential West Wing to me. Tell me you don't have a question about the pens, and I was raised on Julia Child... their legacies are safe in my hands and the whole thing with the Lydells... it's so fun but also has heart and captures the very essence of the show to me.

The Stackhouse Filibuster. As a MASH girlie first, the Dear Dad framing device is used impeccably. This episode is a love letter to the power of government and politicians for good, as well as just a cracking good story. That whole last bit about "I've seen a man with no legs keep standing, and a man with no voice keep shouting, and if politics bring out the worst in people, maybe people bring out the best". (I just wrote that down from memory).

Galileo. I also mentioned this one in my "best of CJ" roundup, but this is another one that is just it for me. Love space travel, the "I'm great in bed!", the drama with the green beans. Also hilarious that for an episode on space, the guy who play Tad Whitney ends up playing Werner Von Braun in For All Mankind like two decades later. Sam and Mallory too! Sam's speech about explorers! what's not to loveeee.

Institutional Memory. This one. has. EVERYTHING. Soft domestic openers. Everyone recognizing (at last) that CJ has been doing her most to run this WH. MR CJ CREGG. I want us to talk because I like the sound of your voice. Will running for Congress. I've seen it probably a dozen times and it's never gotten old. i could write ESSAYS on this one. Again: MR CJ CREGG.

Two Cathedrals. So like. Obviously the whole MS reveal arc is everything to me, but Two Cathedrals is the S2 GOAT. The "Brothers in Arms" sequence. Young Dolores Landingham played to perfection. The church monologue. Watch this. Watch this. Then God, Jed, I don't even wanna know you. Perfect cap to a PERFECT arc.

Guns Not Butter. The internet could never convince me that this is a mediocre episode. The foreign aid stuff alone is crazy making. but also the goat. "Did the first lady get you drunk and take you shopping?" Donna being her best, sneakiest self to help Josh (as a side note, this episode was what made me ship Josh and Donna -> "and we'll steal the rest?" / "Bet your ass."). Charlie and the food stamps letter. Leo threatening to hide snakes in CJ's car. And the pinnacle: CJ shoving an egg roll in Danny's mouth (they had sex there btw).

Duck and Cover. Season 7 as a whole is actually pretty good, even if I would've loved a little more focus on the west wing and not the campaign (just a bit more balance is all I'm asking). but Duck & Cover is kind of some of the best writing in the season, and it's probably my favourite s7 episode that has nothing to do with CJ and Danny. Tautly written, the fallout (lol) over both campaigns and the White House, and consequences that will continue through the rest of the season. Plus a JK Simmons appearance!

Posse Comitatus. Once again including this as the culmination of an entire arc. Simon and CJ have the most sizzling chemistry, and that's a big part of why this arc works for me, but it's not just their plot that makes me love this episode. The hallelujah stuff is in fact killer though, like peak television. Jed deciding whether or not to go through with his plans, the first appearance of Ritchie... if you're wondering, 'crime, boy i don't know' is when I decided to kick your ass. And then... the crowning achievement of the episode is the final montage -> what's happening on stage juxtaposed with what's happening in Bermuda, and through it all, the lyrics "and victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace." One of the best season finales not named Two Cathedrals.

He Shall, From Time to Time... There was simply no way, no way this was being left off my top 10 list (there were some painful cuts but this was staying). THEE MS reveal episode. All because Aaron wanted a scene with Jed watching daytime TV. The State of the Union. Sam and Mallory. The CJ/Danny kiss. Reframing "the era of big government is over." Abbey and Jed! (This is probably my favourite JedAbbey episode tbh). And then scene between Leo and Jed where they talk about the MS is unbeatable.

The Short List. This is another quintessential West Wing Episode (TM) for me. You've got a major political moment (announcing a Supreme Court justice) on top of the personal (the drug thing). The introduction of Danny and Josh's friendship. Mendoza. Leo's history. And most importantly... Gail the goldfish. (Which I believe TB has said was his favourite scene he did with Allison, as it rightfully should be).

Drought Conditions. I know I said top 10 but hear me out. This was season 6 returning to the strengths of the early seasons, helmed by Debora Cahn (of The Supremes and Institutional Memory, among other TWW classics). The campaigns returning to the White House, the Rafferty bait-and-switch. The friendships. The return of Cliff Calley. The gala at the end! (I have a soft spot for Kate and Will, so that didn't hurt). It's just SUCH a good episode all around.

Honourable mentions go to:

The State Dinner, The two Inaugurations (snowball fight, "what is it you'd do exactly to have me", etc), The Stormy Present (Former presidents! Toby singing suicide is painless!), Internal Displacement (Men are like salmon), most of season 1, King Corn, and 2162 Votes...

[thebartlets]

unhinged West Wing + text posts

[thestarwarslesbian]

How my west wing AU is coming along-

So Far so good.

I wrote the chapter 1 summary yesterday.

The entire White House staff bristles with activity when it’s learned that the President (Breha Organa) injured herself during a bicycle accident, and her absence becomes a factor as chief of staff Mace Windu must juggle a host of impending crises, including a mass boat lift of Cuban refugees approaching the Florida coast and the reaction of conservative Christians to a controversial televised comment by deputy chief of staff Padmé Amidala. Meanwhile, Cody Fett, the trouble-prone deputy communications director, unknowingly spends the night with a call girl (Satine Kryze) and then makes another critical error during a children’s White House tour. 

I just finished assining characters.

Main cast 

Cody Fett [Sam Seaborn], Deputy White House Communications Director 

Luminara [Mandy Hampton], Media Consultant 

Thorn Fett [Charlie Young], Personal Aide to the President 

Fox Fett [C. J. Cregg], White House Press Secretary 

Riyo Chuchi [Toby Ziegler], White House Communications Director 

Mace Windu [Leo McGarry], White House Chief of Staff 

Padme Amidala [Josh Lyman], White House Deputy Chief of Staff 

Breha Organa [Josiah Bartlet], President of the United States 

Bail Organa [Abbey Bartlet], First Lady of the United States 

Recurring cast 

Anakin Skywalker [Donna Moss], assistant to Padme 

Ponds Fett [Margaret Hooper], Assistant to Chief of Staff Windu 

Depa Billaba [Dolores Landingham], President Organa's executive secretary 

Yan Doku [Danny Concannon], senior White House correspondent for The Washington Post 

Leia Organa [Zoey Bartlet], the youngest of the President's three daughters 

Calab Dum [Mallory O'Brien], Leo McGarry's son 

Adi Gallia [Admiral Percy Fitzwallace], Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Shaak Ti [John Hoynes], Vice President of the United States 

Satine Kryze [Laurie], law student and part-time high priced call girl Sam sleeps with in the pilot. 

Hera Sendulla [Gina Toscano], the Secret Service agent assigned to Leia 

Bo-Katan Kryze [Joey Lucas], a Democratic political consultant 

Thrie Fett [Andrea Wyatt], Congresswoman from Maryland's 5th district and ex-husband of Riyo Chuchi 

[bartletslesbians]

7, 8, 12, 20 for Donnatella ❤️❤️

Character ask game (accepting)!

7. What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

This feels like a cop-out cause it's not a specific thing? But I just love the enthusiasm for her? Like, it's just so fun to see the love for Donnatella Moss because she deserves every single bit of it. I love seeing the depth people can add to her character, I especially really love the concepts where she gets to truly thrive in her career post administration, or the AUs where she gets to spread her wings earlier in the timeline. It's a damn joy.

8. What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Is it cheating to bring reddit arguments onto here? Cause the only big thing that comes to mind is the way some guys on reddit just can't get over their hatred for Donna. If I have to see one more person call her annoying and not worthy of Josh I am going to lose my damn mind; it's insulting, it's ridiculous, it's just so frustrating to see, it's wrong. But outside of reddit threads, I really don't see that sentiment much at all, so like, it's fine.

12. What’s a headcanon you have for this character?

Just a little thing I like to imagine: I like the idea that out of all the assistants, she was closest to Mrs. Landingham. There's something about Dolores visiting the campaign (I don't think she was travelling with them the whole time) and meeting this young girl who hired herself onto Josh's staff? And it's not the kind of near familial relationship Dolores has with Charlie, but it's a close bond, and she really cares about Donna, and it's just sweet, and then so damn heartbreaking when she dies.

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn’t matter?

CJ feels like the obvious answer. "A criminal mind equal to my own"? The fact that Donna pulled the alarm on CJ's death threat when CJ wanted to bury it (saving her life)? Donna staying the night with CJ in season 7 and neither of them wanting to admit they want to cancel for a guy? I love it. They're such good friends and I would've loved more screentime for that dynamic. I love them in No Exit too, the calling out of each other's behaviour around Josh and Ben? Just beautiful.

But also, sidenote, just because I can: I do so love that AU we once talked about where Donna, in order to move out of Josh's office, becomes Andy's Chief of Staff or someone else in her office. And we never canonically see those two interact, but I do really think that they could have such a good relationship both at work and in their personal lives. And the simple image of Donna and the twins is adorable enough to make anything work really.

[tangleweave]

10 Fandoms / 10 Characters / 10 Tags

Tagged By: @kylo-wrecked

I have to admit I needed a few minutes to assemble ten fandoms, and a few minutes more for each one to think of ten characters for a couple of them! Fortunately, having an RP blog means I already interact with a few...

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Marvel Universe Eddie Brock / Venom Beta Ray Bill Peter Parker / Spider-Man Phil Coulson Groot Stephen Strange Vision {Seriously, did anybody expect the first seven to be any different?} Curt Connors / The Lizard Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler Henry McCoy / The Beast

DC Universe Clark Kent / Superman Barry Allen / The Flash James Gordon Alfred Pennyworth Dick Grayson / Nightwing Tim Drake / Red Robin Kyle Rayner / Green Lantern Jimmy Olsen J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter Victor Stone / Cyborg

Star Trek Universe Data Julian Bashir Saru Wesley Crusher Spock Miles O'Brien The Doctor Nog Worf Jadzia Dax

Star Wars Universe (yes, I count Legends, come at me) Corran Horn The Dark Woman Plo Koon Luke Skywalker Han Solo Anakin Skywalker Chewbacca Leia Organa Wedge Antilles Din Grogu

Trigun Nicholas D. Wolfwood Vash the Stampede Hoppered the Gauntlet Milly Thompson B.D.N. Rem Saverem Midvalley the Hornfreak Meryl Strife Dominique the Cyclops Legato Bluesummers

Yu-Gi-Oh! Joey Wheeler Tristan Taylor Yugi Muto Yami / Pharaoh Atem Rafael Mai Valentine Duke Devlin Mahad Odion Mako Tsunami

Power Rangers Universe Billy Cranston Zack Taylor Kimberly Hart Trini Kwan Jason Lee Scott Adam Park Robert James Anubis Cruger Lord Zedd Tommy Oliver

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Donatello Leonardo Michelangelo Splinter Raphael Casey Jones Bebop Rocksteady Mondo Gecko Muckman

Babylon 5 Stephen Franklin Zack Allan Vir Cotto Lennier G'Kar Lorien Marcus Cole Michael Garibaldi Jeffrey Sinclair John Sheridan

The West Wing Josiah Bartlet Charlie Young Toby Ziegler Sam Seaborn Dolores Landingham C.J. Cregg Margaret Hooper Leo McGarry Debbie Fiderer Josh Lyman

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Tagging: @brooklynislandgirl @nightmarefuele @illbringthechaosmagic @itmeanspeace @morgansmornings @sokovianfortune @defectivexfragmented @yggdrasilushxrt @tabbyrp @corinnebaileyrp

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casually reading fanfiction and OH MY GOODNESS, DOLORES LANDINGHAM SIGHTING

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The Person Behind the Camera by Shelb253947

Fandoms: The West Wing  

 Rated

No Archive Warnings Apply

F/M

Work in Progress

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Josh Lyman/Original Female Character

Original Female Character(s)

Josh Lyman

Donna Moss

Leo McGarry

C. J. Cregg

Toby Ziegler

Jed Bartlet

Mallory O'Brien

Dolores Landingham

Slow Burn

Politics

Idiots in Love

Not Actually Unrequited Love

Dialogue Heavy

Summary

Photography is an important aspect of any Presidency as it not only helps to record memorable events that occur throughout the course of that President's term in office, but also plays a crucial role in shaping the President's public image to garner support. However, the field of photography, and more importantly, the individual's behind the lens are often ignored in favor of more prominent roles. This is the story of Winifred Ludwig, the Chief Official White House Photographer throughout the Bartlet Administration.

Language: English 

Words: 5,417 

Chapters: 1/?