#except not really john andre

[pollywiltse]

This is about 40-50 years too late for André, but a seal with the motto "I respond to touch" is such a porn!André mood that I'm ignoring the timing problem.

Also that is a really suggestive line to seal your correspondence with.

Also Google translated it as "I answer the button", which is going to make me giggle at random times for the next week.

(I love wandering around online antique shops. Did you know people in the 18th century had something called a "cheese trolley"? I hope they used to get drunk and see who could shove it farthest along the giant dining room table. Or that people in the 1820s and 30s had a pottery equivalent of those keychains with your name, or something that's almost your name but never the right spelling, on them? Or that people around the turn of the 19th century also got their friends cheap souvenirs when they went on vacation but unfortunately none of them said "I got crabs in Maryland" or "My friend went to Bath but all I got was this lousy snuff box"? Or that sometimes hearts used to look like genitals? I may have referred to that last as "the lesbian wedding ring" when I was telling someone about it.)

[docrotten]

THE SHADOW OF THE CAT (1961) – Episode 188 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

“You mean to tell me that an ordinary domestic cat is terrorizing three grown-ups?” Well, yes. Is that surprising? Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Jeff Mohr, and guests Bill Mulligan and Michael Zatz – as they follow the cat everyone worries about in BHP Production’s The Shadow of the Cat (1961). Pssst! It’s really a Hammer Film. Really.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 188 – The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

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A house cat sees her mistress murdered. The cat becomes ferociously bent on revenge while the murderers try to kill her, the only witness.

Directed by: John Gilling

Writing Credits: George Baxt

Production Design by: Bernard Robinson

Music by: Mikis Theodorakis

Cinematography by: Arthur Grant (director of photography)

Selected Cast:

André Morell as Walter Venable (as Andre Morell)

Barbara Shelley as Beth Venable

William Lucas as Jacob Venable

Freda Jackson as Clara

Conrad Phillips as Michael Latimer

Richard Warner as Edgar Venable

Vanda Godsell as Louise Venable

Alan Wheatley as Inspector Rowles

Andrew Crawford as Andrew

Kynaston Reeves as The Grandfather

Catherine Lacey as Ella Venable

Henry Kendall as The Doctor (uncredited)

Even though The Shadow of the Cat (1961) is never identified on screen as a Hammer Film (B.H.P. Productions is credited), it is most definitely Hammer! All the ingredients are there: it’s filmed at Bray Studios, most of the cast and crew are Hammer regulars, and Hammer handles the money management. The one obvious exception is the presence of Hammer’s standard bright red Kensington Gore (the film is shot in black and white). The presence of the wonderful Barbara Shelley and a menacing André Morell seal the deal.

Much to our dismay, Doc and Chad are absent-with-leave. In their stead, Daphne and Jeff are joined by Bill “Cats ’r’ Us” Mulligan and Michael “The Shadow of the” Zatz. Let the feline shenanigans begin!

At the time of this writing, The Shadow of the Cat (1961) is available on physical media as a Blu-ray formatted disc in Scream Factory’s “Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6” along with The Black Castle (1952), Cult of the Cobra (1955), and The Thing Couldn’t Die (1958).

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Next in their very flexible schedule – this one chosen by Daphne – is The Flesh and the Fiends (1960), directed by John Gilling and featuring Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, and Billie Whitelaw. Ah, yes. Burke and Hare strike again!

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To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

[the-firebird69]

Ric Flair challenges Goldberg on Nitro

What exactly is going on here hulk Hogan

Zues Hera

We don't know no they're crazy they're really into it it sounds a little weird it says it sounds very emotional and it's way too into it and he forgot the crowd is watching. And that's what it is. Who is that guy his son or something volume gold bricks on him. And that's very funny but really I understand something people don't know it but they have a rivalry it's gone back a long way and yeah his voice is cracking and it went off a few octaves this is terrible cuz I have something to say it says no I have something to say so I want to hear what it is

Hulk Hogan

He kind of heard part of it but really it's like this and Hera agrees you don't see this kind of passion these days you don't see this type of competitive spirit and you don't see the investment that someone's putting it in there just people up there trying to display being Fuller vulgar some of them and mean and it really does not come across as something personal almost like they're not there as much as they could be even the clones you don't it's like sometimes they do it really all the way at the top and this is the top and I've seen in the past with almost all of them they have these rivalries and people get into it and a lot of people who are not Max and a lot of warlock but these days it's hard it's a lot harder to get into except for the ladies wrestling honestly God they have these real rivalries and the men are just kind of like I don't know what you call it

Zues

It's quite awful they are fighting each other swinging around dancing wrestling doing a few moves sing a couple things and getting out it's like his brother is Lou ferrigno but he was laying low on purpose and he listened to shine and it is something but here I wonder what would happen he said he's seeing a couple matches but they're like top of the line title bouts and they pushed John Cena out and that was a rivalry between his own but really come on that's your own people it was kind of cheesy and it really is

Hera

There's a huge number of people who agree that we had a lot passion for it and energy and even if we lost we still say that we stuck up stood up for what we believed in and that our position and on things but these guys don't really do that not as much come off it's like boa constrictors instead of rattlers and cobra it's kind of annoying and he said that's why he's watching the woman and boy they get pissed off at each other and they really hit each other I mean these men just don't do that that's what he's saying they really don't I mean I've been watching it a lot and they don't toss people on the table you see some of these matches and they're feeding the s*** out of people out back for real and throwing them on the table I mean it's real violence it's not meant to do permanent damage but Jesus Christ suck I mean it's boring and he's right that's not even costumes and stuff until the Rey Mysterio comes out okay well we know he is and he beats all these big guys he's going to have to get huge and come in and he won't be able to go into Vegas and you won't be able to go into the big ring there's no way and he knows it and we know it even wearing a mask it'll be worse since you probably have nightmares we do see that too it's a strange thing but really is a amateur or really novice bout. And he says who's going to wrestle me Andre my grandpa and really they're fighting if you only him if you like my size and yeah he thought he was going to win and he might he says he has his son just power and we saw that too he coming out of nowhere and you're flying around the ring and out of it. Yeah the image of the Fall Guy in the last scene that was great he was great at that that was intense and the guys got to have surgery he's really needs it and so does Mac you're horrible stop talking about that as other stories I don't want to hear that s*** for Christ's sake. But yeah there's a huge difference and he saw it all the time he used to watch it cuz we're really into it and he thought it was going to kill each other at some point but he saw it wasn't really that way yeah if you saw a few things she didn't like I remember why he stopped watching and it was somebody was ranting and I think it was this guy Trump I think it's mad at him and we can't say that and we can't stand you you're ranting so get over it but no and it's just too sensitive for someone to such a loser we decided to help out and we have to there's too much crap here and we heard about him trying to work out as difficult and the girls couldn't do it and they had a team there and why is that weasels for ruining things different weirdos they're just trying to get it back so he's going to try and Schwarzenegger says he's going to try and be his coach and now we know that that means something and he says he was helping before but it's not about the relationship as much as what he knows that I'll turn into and that's amazing what you're saying is amazing he was helping me before and he was doing it it's not about that not not really not really as much so I get that and you got to watch out for the family jewels cuz he has a lot of pretty woman and we get that mature woman a real ones or whatever you call them non-gifted the gifted in other departments so it's actually funny there are some real strawberry blondes out there LOL yeah that's fine I better get my speed boat going the one with no windows but really it's going to be a lot of fun and Schwarzenegger is laughing he wants to say stuff

Hulk Hogan

You're always going to be our hulk but yeah you were telling me you're like six eight now you're short for Christ's sake and it's awful and don't drink the water but you know this stupid frog s*** that's what it is and he's going to be a big boy I don't see any damn difference in a lot of people don't and Sam's got bigger from the grips that I see that but his feet keep growing if we know what he's going to be big boy that is why and it's the other stuff and it's because we had a relationship with training and he was reading my books and he got to do it quick stinky and or quickly or stinky and it was awful I feel bad for him and I had to distance and he got strong but not real big and he's trying to get big trying to get big eating supplements nothing and it's hard to do now he knows why it was ridiculous he's getting stronger and stronger finally get tired he's working and doing it but now it's ridiculous the people cannot expect him to do these weird things you want and the stones fly around and hit your windows I can hear them saying we want the stones and what do you do with them you can make you drainage to train your property off drain your property off you can although yeah it's kind of dangerous here not much really and he's right though if you want to make a wall you use the stone and you save on the concrete he doesn't have to be strong to do a patio or a wall and yeah you need to sand it but really to follow him around and kind of get him going it would be a lot of fun and maybe to coach him and you know what he could be big in the industry but I can't see him doing a show it's grueling it's like an hour long and not now he says but I can do that back in shape but there's no Oxygen here these people are dying I'm doing okay I did see that what I went there and I cut the cigars and I started oxygenating but yeah he says I can do things for hours and hours and it didn't bother me back then yeah something work out for like 2 hours once and he's just going and he's working and just kept going and yeah you could do it he says an hour is a long time and I don't want one of those teeny teeny ones they want to see a rear end but they don't want to see the they want to see the whole thing but not they don't allow g string and you can wear the ones that cover up and he wants to wear the old Roman style I don't know if they let you but it's something it's kind of weird who the hell wants to go up there and just be naked in front of all these people and he knows your body sometimes goes nuts you know Arthur walks in with Liza Minnelli and after them is someone else alone yeah that's a good time. But really I was thinking about it and he was thinking it was a good idea he's going to be a big boy I keep saying that like it's Godzilla for The Terminator or the Terminator and really it's kind of similar I looked at his physique and I looked at some records we have it says 14 ft minimum but if you like the DNA it's bigger so it's weird it's like the physique is changed and he says it's from the chemicals the phosphate and the weak air and it makes a lot of sense but yeah he's going to be huge and he says I'm going to try and limit it at a certain point and he knows what to use is gross but it won't go into lipoma and that's a little bit better so that's the whole deal

Arnold Schwarzenegger

So he says where's George I don't know what the hell he said and Ken says he's going to be there and he's going to try and do the routine maybe become a trainer of his and that's what he means and it's a good idea he says no I like it too but we want to know a big boy means

Hulk Hogan

So there's a bunch of girls who don't get it and yeah he's going to be a big boy. And I guess it's the look I give the creature in the movie Conan. No he will be well about 10 ft I mean he's going to be huge like a hulk and I seen those a little bit pictures and documents and they're very big like the juggernaut and he's going to start off like Colossus and for real at six foot eight they say and I guess around 6'9 I mean his arms are going to be gigantic never mind 25 inches okay like 30 and there's nobody in the business like that he would dwarf everybody and those little guys have the biggest attitude LOL if you and we usually fire off on them he has a sense of humor about it though but yeah we fire off on them and I remember recently the clip with his like grabbing his head and toasting it around and the guys going I would like you not to do that it does not make me look good he says okay but really you just in the wrong room if you're that small and if you can get bigger for crying out loud and so they're yelling it out yeah we can but really he's going to be huge. Here's a couple things and he just keeps repeating them it doesn't remember but little skits one of them is maybe next to me in a competition to go Julius you finally got here but in my accent and it's kind of funny and it's a little rude but I think I would start laughing. I was number one did very big for a long time at six four and his brother was 7 ft and that was Lou ferrigno and he was not deaf he's a big fella so I get what the experience was like but he's bigger than him very very young so there's other skin his other skit he's across the gym but he'll Arnold I can't believe you're here and so that's really what he was saying I can't believe you're here and I'd have to say that's good I'll be right over but everybody in the gym would look and you know this this is like working out with rhinoceros he's done it before and he's small you really don't want to do it but he doesn't care he's in a different business and they know it and they give us a break and stuff but you know they come up and say stuff and he'd probably say yeah okay okay you got to get to it usually the laugh but you got serious but really you can handle himself this other girl if he's 10 foot he's going to he can throw a few hundred pounds barbell out there with and then tell the guy onto his car and I do understand what he's saying but really he wants to go to comic Con and he wants to make money as an amateur bodybuilder and he's kind of afraid he's too afraid to go into pro and I don't think he could do it and he agrees it's too much Fame and it would be a bummer for our industry as it is he thinks he can only go to a few a year if that and it's really for cash so if I kind of feel bad for him because that's how it is but then he says I can maybe do a powerlifting I make some money and that makes sense and then the circus so between those three he'll stay in shape and have some money it's like a bear you can't stay in one spot too long.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Those are some real good cigars. And it's going to be some fun and he said he'd like to do an expedition about but I'm way out of shape and if he gets huge I might actually get hurt and just from falling over so I have to get back in shape yeah I hope it's real hard out here and he says there must be something that counters pooping phosphate like fresh flash freezing or and I've tried it all and really the only thing that works is getting better food from other places the food here sucks it's terrible you can't eat almost anything here and he's eating oranges from somewhere else potatoes from somewhere else and still a huge pain I got to tell you we have to be careful there's a lot of stuff going on here too we need to have some people move in we're not really here much at all or in California it's way too dangerous but you know what this does nothing going on here they got to leave they're horrible to him I've never seen people treat someone so bad and Andre is in an awful shape and Preston he says we need them he doesn't work with anyone else actually actually they're the only ones and Ken works with them now I'm starting to see some it's actually the team and mom used to get things to work and Grandpa he does all sorts of work but he's over work doing what he's doing it's never going to change and he can't make too much but really this is hell and floors are a pain but boy these kids are nasty just keep repeating the same damn stuff that's mean but why does it take a look at this and see what you guys look like this looks crazy but you can hear he's into it and he's emotional even though it sounds wacko he's he cares about it yes I'm kind of distant and sick and you know you changed and we don't really know when but we're going to look at it cuz something happened and he went to China and that might be it

Hulk Hogan

Good

Mac daddy

Olympus

[fartibaba-real-saw-jeffeptsien]

watching a movie with my friends and its really hot but its pretty good cuz we gonna get pizza in like half an hour and I am on my computer doing homework but not really cuz I'm on tumblr and we were watching inception but we got bored so we now watching eric andre and then we stopped it to take a break cuz its hot but another friend came with a fan and now its slightly cooler but its still really hot I mean why do some times of the year be hot like omg can we get some air conditioning like come on well anyway tumbler is fun cuz I can do whatever and booba in my dms I wonder if shes single but idk I have negative rizz PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE so we gonna watch bonesaw its a really good movie with lots of plot welp now the tv went into sleep mode and eric andre isn't on anymore wow I really need to do my homework also my mouse sounds like a space blaster and the door to the room is open to try to cool it off but its not working the fan is helping a little tho idk my nicotine tastes good but it makes me sad welp my name is john kramer and I live at 204 negra arroyo lane albequrque new Mexico and yup that's my real address pls come sent pizza cats are really cool I like them they make funny sounds like meow and mrrp and stuff like that dogs are dumb they don't make funny sounds except boof and stuff like that welp actually it got a little cooler for a split second damn tumblr wheres the character limit my god this is taking forever my Grammarly is begging me to stop also my fingers are starting to hurt a little bit more i mean prolly my arthritis i mean like soup that gives you arthritis and stuff like that also there is the beach that makes your dick fall off and start talking to you that's a line from a movie we watched a while ago this guys dick falls off cuz he took the pill that gives you cancer and his dick fell off and started talking to him anyway guys this is my fanfiction I wrote it myself its about the gay love between lucario and john kramer from saw so it all begins in the woods where john is walking his brain tunmor and he hears something in the woods and he goes and follows the noises and its lucario he is stuck in the tree and john is like omg no way lucario and lucario is like lucario so john helps him get out of the tree but lucario falls down and hits his arm with a loud thud and hes like omg jiksaw no way i love your show and john is like omg tysm and lucario is like what can i ever do to repay you for letting me out of this tree and john is like idk so lucario pulls down johns pants and says i just thought of something and johns old man cock is all flopsy and his pubes are like an old asian man wiht a long beard and lucario sucks off john and john is like ooo ooo aa aaa feels so good and lucario is like schlurp schlurp and john cums but its all dust because hes old and all old men cum dust and john is now in the mood so he turns around and says to lucario to take him so lucario gets hard he has a 9inch red rocket cock and he puts it in john but its not very tight because hes old so it kinda just goes in really easy and lucario is thrusting in and out of john and its really hot and john has a backwards baseball cap on and lucario knots him and john does an aheago face and lucario fills up john with cum and makes his stomach bulge so a few minutes later the knot comes out and john passes out cuz he eepy and lucario smirks and is like thats why they call me the steamroller and phases into nothingness like he was never even there john still waits to this day for lucario to come back but he doesnt know if he ever will so that was my fanfiction guys i hope you like it it took me a few months to write in betwwen my classes so yeah pls like and subscribe also its still hot as fuck in this room but the fan is helping a little bit ok according to google i have only a few hundred more characters left so i will leave you with the wordle answers for the next few days i know them cuz my dad works at the york times and knows all the wordle answers so here you guys go the worlde answers for the next days are

[tinykings]

I pray that you bear witness that I met my fate like a brave man.

For Turn: Washington’s Spies week day 3, favorite episode (really favorite moment but WHATEVER): s3e10, “Trial and Execution,” a true masterwork IMO

[warrioreowynofrohan]

If anyone wants it, for the Aug. 1 Dracula Daily, here’s my attempt at translating Mr. Swales, though it lacks the colour of the original. People who are more familiar with this dialect, let me know if I’ve got anything wrong - there are places where I’m guessing about certain phrases.

Mr Swales: “It’s all nonsense - these ghost stories and legends are only fit for getting children and silly women to make a fuss. They and all of the supposed supernatural omens are all invented by preachers and busybodies and salesmen to scare and scam fools and get folks to do something they don’t otherwise want to. It annoys me! Why, they’re the ones that, not content with priting lies on paper and preaching them in pulpits, carve them on tombstones too! Look all around you [they’re in the graveyard] - all these tombstones are falling over from the weight of the lies written on them. ‘Here lies the body’ or ‘Sacred to the memory’ written on them, but in near half of them there’s no body there, and no one cares about remembering them! It’s all lies! My God, but it’ll be a strange sight on the Day of Judgement when the dead are raised, all trying to drag their tombstones with them to prove how good they were, and some not even able to hold onto them because their hands are so slippery from their bodies lying in the sea all those years.”

Mina: “Oh, Mr. Swales, you can’t be serious. Surely these tombstones are not all wrong?”

Mr Swales: There might be a few that aren’t wrong, except when they make people out to be better than they are; for people will think a little bowl is like the sea, as long as it’s their own. All lies! Now look, you come here as a stranger and see this churchyard. [Mina nods.] And you think that these stones are about people who are buried here, safe and snug? [Mina nods again.] That’s where the lie comes in! Why, there are loads of these that are completely empty! And my God! how could they be otherwise? Look at that one, read it!

Mina: Reads: ‘Edward Spencelagh, master mariner, murdered by pirates off the coast of Andres, April, 1854, age 30.’

Mr. Swales: “Who brought him home to put him here, I wonder! I could name you a dozen whose bodies lie in the Greenland seas up north, or where the currents have carried them. And there are their tombstones around you! You can read the lies from here. This Braithwaite Lowrey - I knew his father, lost in the Lively off Greenland in 1820; or Andrew Woodhouse, drowned in the same seas in 1777; or John Paxton, drowned off Cape Farewell a year later; or old John Rawlins, whose grandfather sailed with me, drowned in the Gulf of Finland in 1850. Do you think all these men will have to make a rush to Whitby when the trumpet sounds at the Judgement Day? I doubt it! I tell you, when they got here there’d be sho much shoving and crowding and jostling that it would be like a fight up on the ice in the old days [when he was a sailor in the far north], when we were trying to hang up our catch of fish by the light of the aurora borealis.”

Mina [paraphrased]: But surely you don’t think people will need to take their tombstones with them on the Day of Judgement.

Mr. Swales: Well, why else would people have tombstones?

Mina: To please their relatives, I suppose.

Mr Swales: Ha! To please their relatives! Why would it please their relative to have lies written over them, with everyone here knowing they’re lies? Read the lies on that tombstone?” [The seat where they are sitting is on top of this stone - it’s a flat tombstone, not an upright one.]

Lucy: Reads: ‘Sacred to the memory of George Carson, who died, in the hope of a glorious resurrection, on July 29, 1873, falling from the rocks at Kettleness. This tomb was erected by his sorrowing mother to her dearly beloved son. “He was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.” [That last line is a Bible quote.]’

Lucy: “Really, Mr. Swales, I don’t see anything funny in that!”

Mr. Swales: “You don’t see anything funny! Ha! But that’s because you don’t know the ‘sorrowing mother’ was a hell-cat that hated him because he was hunchbacked and lame, and he hated her so mich he committed suicide so she couldn’t get the life insurance she bought on him! He blew the top of his head off with an old musket that they had for scaring the crows. It wasn’t for crows then - it brought them to him! That’s how he fell of the rocks. And, as to hopes of a gloripus resurrection, I’ve often heard him say myself that he hoped he’d go to hell, for his mother was so pious she’d be sure to go to heaven, and he dudn’t want to be where she was. Now isn’t that stone a pack of lies? and won’t it make Gabriel laugh when Geordie comes panting up with his tombstone on his hump, and asks it to be taken as evidence [of how good he was]!”

Lucy: “Oh, why did you tell us of this? It is my favourite seat, and I cannot leave it; and now I find I mudt go on sitting over the grave of a suicide.

Mr. Swales: “That won’t harm you, my pretty girl; and it may make poor Georgie happy to have such a pretty girl sitting on his lap. I’ve sat here on and off for nearly twenty years, and it’s done me no harm. Don’t worry about the people lying beneath you, or those that don’t lie there either! It’ll be the time to get scared when you see the tombstones run away with and the place all bare! There’s the clock [chiming], and I need to go! Good-bye!”

This isn’t just local colour - there is one thing in this conversation that’s relevant to the plot (in addition to the things other people have mentioned about how it ties into the themes of the book, which I hadn’t thought about before!).

[christinegrrl]

Some thoughts on Phantom 10/8

I was lucky enough to see Phantom on Broadway this past Saturday and wanted to record a few thoughts!

Cast: Paul A Schaefer as the Phantom, Emilie Kouatchou as Christine, John Riddle as Raoul, Raquel Suarez Groen as Carlotta, Carlton Moe as Piangi, Erica Wong as Meg, Nehal Joshi as Andre, Craig Bennett as Firmin, Maree Johnson as Mme Giry

The Overture really Hits Different when it may be your last time hearing it live with a full orchestra 

Raquel’s Carlotta is just. So good. She lives the role, every detail is carefully thought through and executed. Obsessed

Erica Wong is an adorable Meg. I was bummed not to see Sara Esty again because I adore her Meg, but Erica was so cute and also very thoughtful with her acting. The Megstine hug at the beginning of Angel of Music was !!!!!!!!

Emilie. My love. I have been wanting to see her live for almost a year and she completely lived up to the hype, just incredible. Her Think of Me cadenza was so beautiful, the notes were hit wonderfully and her smile just lit up the stage, it genuinely brought me to tears, which I was not expecting. 

John is always doing The Most to be kind and supportive, a genuine friend to Christine. You can tell that he and Emilie are friends off stage, they have wonderful chemistry and you’re really rooting for these crazy kids (yes, even us E/C and Raoul/Giry shippers). Their Little Lotte is sweet, and I have it on good authority that his delivery has become a bit more horny since Jordan Donica’s Raoul which. good. We love to see it

Emilie full on smiles during the Mirror, she is very happy to see him 

Much has been said about Paul’s Phantom. Or, well, little has been said because people seem to think little of him. He has a really lovely voice, pretty classical musical theater (as opposed to Ben who’s voice veers a little on the rock side for my taste). His Act 1 was not fantastic. The title song was fine, an inkling of Hand(TM) at the beginning of Christine’s cadenza, an okay hat toss, and then. unfortunately. a very meh cape twirl followed by him folding the cape. The disappointment in our box was palpable. He definitely is a more conventional phantom, Doing the Blocking, and there were moments in Music of the Night where I was getting into it, and then he would like. walk. and it was just the most pedestrian walk you’ve ever seen. and it didn’t work. He also seemed to not know what to do with his arms when he wasn’t doing the blocking which. you could argue is on-brand for Erik but I don’t think it was a Choice. Emilie’s O-faces during MOTN were excellent though, she definitely brought the energy level up, and he quite tenderly tucked her under the cape. STYDI was fine, the plorp was a bit disappointing but he slithered on the floor quite well so we’ll call it a break even 

Notes with this cast is great! Nehal, the new Andre, has such an anxious energy about him and I relate on a deeply personal level. Raquel crushed it as always, and Carlton is so great at the little Piangi moments he gets. John is such an attentive actor, he’s always in character even when he’s not the focus, I love watching him in the background of scenes because he clearly loves this role so much! The end of Prima Donna also brought me to tears because it’s just. so good with this cast. 

Nothing much for Il Muto except John smiles when Emilie is doing the little pillow toss/plump. I hate them I love them. Also Raquel is still wonderful. They’ve been really playing up the “Maestro bring the ballet forward”/Andre tutuphobia and it hits every time, we really need some levity at this point in Act 1 and Nehal’s yelps were very endearing and hysterical. Shout out to the ballerina who notices the Phantom shadow and then turns around to hit her pose with a forced smile, she brings down the house, give her a raise 

AIAOY is just. so cute. John and Emilie are so great together, it’s a very tender rendition, they smile, they giggle, they look like they’re having fun. The first kiss is tender and timid and then Emilie goes for it for the second one and you just want to say “get it girl.” AIAOY reprise gave us some good whimpers, nothing too special but nothing bad either. The gasp at the angel is always a highlight for me

Erica has a leopard print-like Meg Masquerade costume (also like an ombre-ish pink/purple I think?) and it’s important for the world to know this 

John Riddle ships Raoul/Giry more than I do, the sexual tension during Mme Giry’s Tale is palpable, and it’s important for the world to know this

Emilie’s “Twisted every way” was heartbreaking, her acting is always phenomenal but your heart aches for her in that moment omg. I cannot sing her praises enough, run to see her if you haven’t yet. Her “Wishing” felt so meaningful given [gestures vaguely around] and if I hadn’t been so dehydrated by that point in the show I would have cried. Really fantastic

The trio for “Wandering Child” was so good, their voices blended really well and it was goosebump-inducing in the best way

Okay. PONR. Paul definitely had a Red Bull or something during intermission because there was energy!! We had some Hands. We had a body shudder when Christine went up behind him. He put his hands on his stomach! His proposal was begging her omg. I was here for it

Emilie was also great. I do enjoy the new blocking and I think she played it really well, showing the evolution of Christine’s realization and feelings over the course of a short time. She really lingers when putting her hand over his mask to show that she Knows, and her realization is one of anger (justifiably). She shoves him close to her at the end, and it’s just. so good. 

Final Lair time! (this is. so long omg). Paul was very hunched over and skeleton man during the boat ride, good stuff! It felt like he aged 10+ years since the unmasking. He had some interesting deliveries, his tone shifted A Lot throughout the scene which I really enjoyed, very sarcastic when Raoul showed up versus very monotonous post-kiss. When Emilie went to hug him post-”why make her lie to you to save me,” he almost violently flinched away? I can’t describe it but it was like he couldn’t stand for her to touch him. He also waited a good amount of time post-kiss to release Raoul, good build up in tension. A nice “I love you” post-ring return, and he full on got down on the floor to touch his face to the veil for a veil sniff, which we have to love. Overall just much more engaging and emotive than Act 1, I really enjoyed his performance here 

Emilie was also super fantastic, her “tears of hate” was so so so angry, if someone sang like that at me I would simply melt into the ground. Her going for the hug (that’s how I choose to interpret that part anyways) was also interesting, desperate but you could still tell she was pissed. I was angled away from her for most of the scene unfortunately so I couldn’t see all of her acting, but vocally wonderful 

John has so much swagger in his totally unbuttoned shirt like sir this is not the time (but also good for him). He also continues to commit to looking/sounding like he’s full on dying in the noose, I really enjoy a more active Raoul in this scene as opposed to Raouls who are just. there. He’s just wonderful

Overall, a lovely time! I was expecting very little from Paul and he was better than these very low expectations, especially in the second act. I also really don’t care for Ben’s interpretation so I was happy to see something new. Emilie was just incredible, lovely singing and great acting, one of my favorite Christines for sure. The rest of the cast was also great, the energy was fantastic, especially considering it was a matinee 

Other things: people were standing. They paid like $40(?) to stand for 2.5 hours omg. I’m not over it. Packed house, standing room tickets. The audience was also so into the show. We do not want it to leave Broadway </3 

[pollywiltse]

Found someone's rp blog for André while wandering through the John Andre tag, and honestly I don't know how because they haven't updated in over a year; I'm starting to think tumblr's algorithm is Facebook levels of suck.

Anyway, along with the more orthodox Peggy/John, it looks like she also sort of ships André/Simcoe, and it's the Turn versions of both, obviously, but I desperately want to know if she knows they were BFFs in real life. Not that it would matter, since my impression of the Turn version of Simcoe is that he bears so little resemblance to the real guy that he's basically an original character. (Also, points for the André rarepair. Not that I don't like André/Peggy and André/Tallmadge, and not that all André ships don't count as rarepairs because there are so few of them - and also I think I always remember there being way more André/Tallmadge fics than there actually are - but it also amuses me to see how committed one can be to finding random people to ship André with - I have fragments of drawerfic for André/John Despard, André/Isaac Van Wart, and André/this girl that he actually had a thing with when he was in Germany, but she's mentioned like once in one of his letters where he tells his sister Louisa that he doesn't know anyone near Strasbourg except this girl who was a "sort of flame" of his and I'm not sure if anyone even knows her first name. And then we won't talk about my abandoned modern AU.)

I'm also really curious where she got the impression that the order of the kids in André's family isn't known. Sometimes it seems like Sargent forgets he had three sisters instead of two, but I'm pretty sure everyone's always known that John was the oldest and William was the youngest by a lot and then there were some number of sisters in the middle. Like if she wants to headcanon Turn!André as the youngest, I don't care, since Turn!André isn't real André and he'd probably still be more historically accurate than Turn!Simcoe. (Real André honestly seems like the classic oldest child stereotype, though that may also be at least partly because his father died when he was 19, so he presumably saw himself as the head of the family even though I think in practice his mother and his two uncles mostly ran things except for the time he bought William a commission against his mother's will which turned out to be a terrible idea because all William wanted to do was dick around not combing his hair and expecting John to pay his debts. I assume his mother was too tactful to tell John she told him so, but I hope she enjoyed the fact that she could have.) But I'm really curious where she got the idea there was a debate about the André children's birth order. I'm blaming JJ Feild until proven otherwise.

[eitiledaaa]

hello! could you recommend me some books or authors? anything really. you seem to have great taste and i'm trying to diversify my library. to be honest i haven't read anything from start to finish in a while, except for college stuff

hi!! wow thank you, that's so kind of you to say, and it's sort of funny for me to come across like that because i haven't finished a book in ages. one that's not too heavy and could get you out of that reading rut is andre aciman's alibis which i'm loving but have abandoned even though i'm almost done w it! haha. another one i liked and read quickly (so, not too dense a read, although in terms of topics it might be) is john steiner's errata. he does go into specifics with some topics and that might be a bit boring but generally i found it entertaining and flew through it, and absolutely loved it. hmm what else! i wish i had more recs to give. some of my favs are the book of disquiet, ari and dante + call me by your name (actually good ya/contemporary; easy reads!), notes from underground, el arpa y la sombra by carpentier, anything by borges (idk what the translations are like though), and maybe you could read the ask polly book! (another light read) again, didn't finish it hahaha, but i think it's more for like skimming through the chapters and reading what you like! hope this was somewhat useful haha xx

[youreamonocoque]

The Laver Cup Makeover

The Laver Cup, a chance to see the best of Europe face the best that the rest of the world has to offer. Watch the best play the best. Exciting right? Who wouldn’t want to see Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal team up to take on the rest of the world? Who wouldn’t be interested in seeing the best players all at one event?

Er me?

Don’t get me wrong the first year in 2017 was very exciting! With Team Europe consisting of legends of the sport Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Exciting youngsters Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem and seasoned pros in Marin Cilic and Tomas Berdych. To top all of that off they were captained by Swedish icon Bjorn Borg. And what about Team World? Well captained by the ever-lively John McEnroe they had a whole heap of American talent in John Isner, Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. The Quartet were joined by the entertainer – Nick Kyrgios and up and coming Denis Shapovalov.

5 of the Worlds Top 10 in one place? Sign me up that sounds exhilarating! For the most part the matches were, most of them went to ranking but they were filled with high class points, and it was a fantastic showcase for the doubles where you got a ‘Fedal’ Team Up, thrilling stuff.

Team Europe won the event in 2017 (As you’d expect) 15 points to 9. While at the time it was very exciting, part of that was due to the newness of it all. You’ve got the best players in the world playing in one city in this ‘exclusive’ team event. However, did I mention that 5 of the Top 10 were all on one team? And given that I mentioned that Team Europe won the event can you take a wild stab at which team those 5 were on? Yeah…

What about 2018? Well Europe’s average world ranking was 7 and World’s was 19. Do you want to guess the winner? (Spoiler alert: Europe won 13-8). 2019 reads similarly, Europe average of 5 and World average of 57 (Jack Sock brings the average down by quite a bit, at the time he was ranked 210). Amazingly the 2019 edition was the closest yet with a notable upset being Jack Sock against Fabio Fognini. Furthermore 2 out of 3 of the doubles matches went to Team World. “Great it’s working then…why do we need a makeover?”

Well, you see we arrive in 2021 and as usual we have our teams and as per tradition Team Europe is packed with players in the Top 10. No Rafa or Roger or Novak but still 5 of the top 10 have snuck in. “Is this balanced out by some exciting lower ranked youngster being the sixth player?” Ah well, the sixth is an exciting youngster! Hooray! The Youngster just happens to be Casper Ruud who is currently ranked 11th in the world. “Oh.” Yeah…That gives us an average ranking of 6!

“Yeah, but you said only 5 of the top 10 are in Team Europe, what about Team World?”

They do have a top 10 player! They’ve got Denis Shapovalov who is ranked at 10! Yay! He’s also the only guy outside of ‘Europe’ ranked in the top 10.

“Wait why did you put ‘Europe’?”

Okay a question for you, dear reader, this time. Russia – Europe or Not? If you pop that question into Google, you end up with ‘Russia is a transcontinental country. 77% of Russia’s area is in Asia, the western 23% of the country is in Europe.’ (Source: nationsonline.org). I’m going to be honest; I have no idea what my answer to that question would be other than part of it is in Europe and part of it is not. The Laver Cup obviously considers the Russians as part of Europe as that is who Medvedev and Rublev are down to play for.

“That’s fine, isn’t it?”

Yep! Except this is where our make over begins! Move the Russians into Team World and you end up with 3 of the Top 10 in Team World and 3 of the Top 10 in Team Europe. Oh boy look at the balance! Now you’ll get exciting matches such as Daniil Medvedev against Stefanos Tsitsipas. World Number 2 against World Number 3. Not Medvedev against Isner for the fifteenth time…

Moving on! Hmm I think 3 top 10 players is okay for now, but we might come back to that…For now we’ll limit the teams to only being allowed three top 10 players. Now our teams look like this:

Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), Alexander Zverev (5), Matteo Berrettini (8) and Casper Ruud (11) for Team Europe. Two places to fill.

Daniil Medvedev (2), Andrey Rublev (7), Denis Shapovalov (10), Diego Schwartzman (14), Felix Auger-Aliassime (17) for Team World with one place to fill.

The ATP tour is all about the ‘Next Gen’ we’ve even got the Next Gen Finals that take place In Milan. How about we get some of those exciting Next Gen players in the Laver Cup? Start preparing our next superstars?

“Sounds good? Who?”

Well leading the race for Milan is Jannik Sinner, 20 years old, three titles to his name already (all won when he was 19), ranked 15 in the world, Incredible young talent. Oh, and he’s Italian so we’ll put him in Team Europe. After him is Auger-Aliassime who is already on Team World, so we move on to Sebastian Korda. American, 21 years old, 1 career title, ranking of 45. Let’s pop him in as the final member of Team World.

We have one place left in Team Europe. Would you like a Spanish guy or an Italian guy?

“Er got any more information?”

Sure! First up for your (well my…sorry you can have your say in the comments) consideration is Lorenzo Musetti of Italy. 19 years old, current ranking of 61 with a career high of 58, Reached the fourth round at the French Open this year, beat Diego Schwartzman in Acapulco earlier this year…Does that name ring a bell? Yeah, he’s on Team World!

“And the Spanish guy?”

Carlos Alcaraz, 18 years old and already has a title to his name with a career high ranking of 54, a third-round appearance at the French Open, no wins over the Top 10 yet but we’ll put that down to him being 18, shall we? Very exciting young player.

“I don’t have a say really?”

Nope so we’re going with Alcaraz because Team Europe is lacking in the Spanish department.

“We have our teams then great!”

Team Europe – Tsitsipas, Zverev, Berrettini, Ruud, Sinner and Alcaraz. Average ranking of 16.

Team World – Medvedev, Rublev, Shapovalov, Schwartzman, Auger-Aliassime and Korda. Average ranking of 15.

Oh, we are balanced! Look at that! Team World looking pretty good there, some tight matches, interesting doubles pairs. I’m fairly content with that but-

“Uh oh there’s a ‘but’”

Is Team World looking a bit…? North American? 3/6? I’m just saying that the other side of the globe is there…de Minaur? Nishikori? Kwon? Kyrgios? Ah we’ll leave it as it is for now. But there’s something up with Team Europe…A certain German…Let’s quietly remove him and bring in Pablo Carreno Busta. That does mess with the average ranking a little bit taking it down to 17. We could switch out Auger-Aliassime for Alex de Minaur bringing World’s average down to 16 but I don’t think a difference of two in average ranking is too much to be concerned about.

There we have our teams then. We don’t necessarily have star power like the Big 3 but we have 5 of the Top 10, an Olympic gold medallist, an Olympic bronze medallist and several entertaining youngsters. I suppose we could bring in the star power in some capacity…Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer as Co Captains? Agassi and McEnroe against them? I don’t know but we need some draw for the crowds that they’re going to get to see at least one of the Big 3.

I haven’t completely overhauled the teams, most players that are going to play in the actual Laver Cup have been included in my team lists but that is partly because Team World are yet to announce the rest of their team. I have a horrible feeling that it’ll be fleshed out with three Americans and Africa and Asia will once again be ignored. I’m not saying I fixed that by moving the Russians into Team World, but it would be nice if they could include Kei Nishikori or Yoshihito Nishioka from Japan or Lloyd Harris from South Africa. Personally, I’d also like it to be a mixed event with the best of the women’s tour coming to play but I think I might be asking for a bit much there.

I’ll leave you with my teams then:

Europe – Co Captained by Roger Federer and Bjorn Borg.

World – Co Captained by Andre Agassi and John McEnroe.

Stefanos Tsitispas (3)

Matteo Berrettini (8)

Casper Ruud (11)

Pablo Carreno Busta (12)

Jannik Sinner (15)

Carlos Alcaraz (54)

Bye!

Daniil Medvedev (2)

Andrey Rublev (7)

Denis Shapovalov (10)

Diego Schwartzman (14)

Felix Auger-Aliassime (17)

Sebastian Korda (45)

[doomednarrative]

I’m doing this for fun simply because I'm rewatching them all so,

Here's my personal ranking for Every Gorillaz Music video, based both on song and the video itself:

(This is going to be a long post)

PHASE ONE:

Tomorrow Comes Today: 7/10. I love this song and the video fits its vibe, but its still pretty simplistic and not a whole lot of actual animation and no story, so it gets points off for that.

Clint Eastwood: 10/10. I love this one honestly. Its still so charming after all this time and showcases the band well for their early days. Love the more moody tone of it, and I always love seeing the band actually play instruments in their videos too. Bonus points for Murdoc's laugh opening this one because I love that.

Rock The House: 9/10. Pure fun. I don't have a lot of commentary for it, I just think its fun and I love the song itself too. One point off for Murdoc thrusting his hips too many times for my eyes tho.

19-2000: 10/10. This one was the first Gorillaz video that I saw and it really is just a nice non plot connected video. The 3D animation still manages to hold up because of its mix with 2D animation in my opinion and I enjoy it.

Rockit: 5/10. I like the song but the video is kinda meh.

PHASE ONE MV'S OVERALL: Overall I like phase one and I miss Del. Bring him back.

PHASE TWO:

Dirty Harry: 8/10. 2D is just vibing so hard in this video and I'm living for it. That’s all that matters. (Side note but I love the version of this video they did for the BRIT's as well.)

DARE: 10/10. Noodles time to shine, a perfect song, what more could you ask for?? (Also love the bit with Murdoc at the end of course.)

Feel Good Inc: 10/10. This one is obvious if you know me at all. Murdoc playing his bass is what sells this one for me cause I enjoy the animation. The songs amazing and one I find comforting to listen to, and the mood of the video fits it perfectly. Theres some really fun shots with lighting while 2D is standing at the window too in the tower in here that I've always liked.

El Mañana: 6/10. I love this song but it makes me sad and so does the video.

PHASE TWO MV'S OVERALL: Phase One is iconic for its art style and for being The Beginning, but Phase Two is my favorite of the two for its art. I love how these videos are animated, and even if Demon Dayz is my least favorite album, the songs in these videos are all very good. Pretty solid as a whole all things considered.

PHASE THREE:

Stylo: 10/10 LISTEN, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HATE THE CGI, BUT I LOVE IT. It’s so expressive, this song is one of my absolute faves, I’m sorry to be such a Murdoc liker but hes so much fun in this video and so expressive and it starts the story off for Plastic Beach. I love it so much.

On Melancholy Hill: 7/10. It’s not a bad video, and I love the song a lot, but...not a lot actually happens in the video aside from the bits with Noodle. Bonus points however go to just how seamlessly it puts 2D and 3D animation together, and for how cute 2D looks this whole video.

Rhinestone Eyes: 9/10. WOULD BE A 10/10 IF WE’D GOTTEN OFFICIAL ANIMATION FOR IT ;-; (The fan animated video for it tho is Very very good and i applaud that whole team.) Amazing song, this video has the most story packed into it so far from all the other videos and it’s memorable from its storyboards for that alone.

Doncamatic: 10/10 Listen...Listen I know its a one off and it doesn't really have anything in it but I’m obsessed because its one of my favorite Gorillaz songs tbh and I love Daley’s outfit in it so it gets a full pass from it.

PHASE THREE MV’S OVERALL: I love every video this phase tbh, none of them are bad. All of them are fun,and even if Melancholy Hill is a little slow, it’s still enjoyable. I love this phase because they all connect and I know I’m not the only one who feels that way either.

PHASE FOUR:

Hallelujah Money: 7/10. It’s not at all bad, but I’m as not fond of this song, and the video itself is much too trippy for me. Still has its own merits tho that I won’t knock it for even if it’s not my personal taste.

Saturn Barz: 10/10. Everything about this video is amazing. Character designs and as a comeback for the bands animated counterparts, it was perfect. I loved hearing them actually speak again too it made the whole thing so fun. The song is fuckin awesome and it fits the vibe of the whole video. Bonus points for the more lineless animation style they gave everyone in this video, it was a really neat change from past phases. My one complaint is again stop making me see so much naked Murdoc, I may like him but not like that.

Sleeping Powder: 6/10. I am so split when it comes to the mo cap models. This songs good but the video is again too trippy for me.

Strobalite: 9/10. Would have been 10/10 if Russel got to dance with 2D and Noodle, but other than that its pretty damn good. The mo cap looks way less awkward in here, particularly Murdoc and Russel. Also hilarious that Murdoc made a deal with the devil, and the guy who played him is actually his voice actor irl. This songs too much fun to vibe to as well.

PHASE FOUR MV’S OVERALL: Not much for story, but makes up for it in updated art and great music again. Solid overall yet again. I like it.

PHASE FIVE:

Humility: 20/10. Literally every single person I know who’s seen this video loved it. The animation is Beautiful, the song is so fuckin catchy, Jack Black is in it! What more do you want!! (The only thing I could have asked for was to see more of Ace but that’s its only flaw.)

Tranz: 9/10. I love this song so much but this video is Again just a little too trippy for me. However, we get to see Ace just jamming out in this video and I’ll take the trippiness just for that.

PHASE FIVE MV’S OVERALL: I was surprised there wasn't at least one more video for this phase honestly? I feel like Kansas or Souk Eye would have made for great videos for this phase. That aside tho, both the videos it does have are a lot of fun. My literal only complaint is that I wanted to see more of Ace. Bring him back in the future.

PHASE SIX:

Momentary Bliss: 8/10. This songs fine, but what sells it for me is the video is more slice of life/a day in the life of the studio. I’m always a fan of those moments. Bonus points goes to Murdoc trying to fuckin poison Jamie and it backfiring on him.

Désolé: 10/10: ooooh this song is so beautiful...I love it so much. 2D Noodle and Russel got to have such a fun time in this video and they deserve it. And poor Murdoc, having his little sad times by his asshole self. I love him but I think he deserved it. The others needed a good break from the bullshit and I’m glad they got it.

Aries: 6/10. Video itself is kinda boring, but the song is nice. Murdoc deserved to be left behind in Désolé after what he tried to pull here.

Friday the 13th: 3/10. I don’t care for this video and I really don’t care for the song. Not much else to say.

PAC-MAN: 6/10. Video’s fine, I like some of the little details in it, but it’s nothing special. The song itself is nice tho, super calming, I like it.

Strange Timez: 20/20 MY GOD I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH...VISUALS ARE SO FUN, I LOVE ROBERT SMITH SO I LOVE HIM IN HERE, ITS JUST A GOOD TIME ALL AROUND!

The Pink Phantom: 5/10 I just don’t really care for this song?? I like Elton John but I couldn’t get myself to like this one no matter how many times I’ve listened. 2D got to be happy in this video tho so I’ll give it a pass.

The Valley of the Pagans: 6/10. This song fuckin slaps but the video feels like a boring redo of 19-2000 except for it’s ending. It gets points for giving everyone Plastic Beach feelings at the end and hyping up the video after it.

The Lost Chord: 20/20. Y’all knew this was coming. This was something I’d BEEN hoping for story wise and I finally got it. Was it maybe a little rushed? Yes. But GOD it was such a nice thing to see them say “hey we’ve wrapped up this part of the story for good and want everyone to move on from it, so we’ve given it a properly acknowledged final send off.” And tangibly seeing everyone's emotions laid out about the island and their times there was very nice. And  I know Jamie and Damon have stated Murdoc is irredeemable, blah blah yes I know hes an asshole still, but I WILL think about Murdoc in this video and how he seemed actually regretful and what that means to me and the fact that it was no one else but 2D himself being the one to reach out to Murdoc in the end to save him until my dying breath, thank you very much. And this song?? Fuckin beautiful, it had those Plastic Beach vibes again and felt good for it’s send off song, I love it.

PHASE SIX MV’S OVERALL: I may be a little split on some of them and on Song Machine as a whole, but tbh I love the phase six art style so much and most times the videos were pretty good. Bringing back PB in the end was something I always wanted too so it really does get bonus points from me for that. I’m 50/50 on them overall. The great ones are great, and the meh ones are just kinda boring, so it evens out in the end.

STAND ALONE VIDEOS MENTION:

Do Ya Thing: 10/10. I’ve said before I love the 3D animation and the slice of life stuff, so this one’s obviously a favorite, and you really cant go wrong with an Andre 3000 feature either. 

Superfast Jellyfish: 3/10. This song is kinda fun but I don’t give a single shit about the music video.

Garage Palace: 8/10. Very fun pixel visuals for a change along with a killer song, super enjoyable.

So what’s my final verdict on Gorillaz and their long music video history?

Honestly for a group thats been going as long as they have, I dont think they have too many misses in their catalog. The ones that aren’t as fun are just kinda there, but the videos that really stand out stand out far above the ones that don’t hit the mark as well and in the end it all feels like a good balance. No band has a perfect video every time, but the ones that Gorillaz did well they did amazing on and I enjoy it immensely when that happens.

Sidenotes after watching all of those:

For the love of god please put Russel in the videos more, please, he deserves it and I would love to see him more.

On that note, BRING DEL BACK WITH HIM TOO!!

And speaking of characters to bring back, I want Ace to come back and join Murdoc sometimes, even if its only once or twice more, I need to see them interact PLEASE.

Last note but Jamie, please, I’m begging, show less of mostly naked or fully naked of Murdoc in future videos, we’ve had our fill by now.

[twistedtummies2]

UPDATED: Top 20 Dr. Watsons

As of yesterday, I finished my "Ele-May-ntary" countdown with my Top 31 Versions of Sherlock Holmes. I decided, after a suggestion from someone who shall remain nameless, to do two more Holmes-related lists here. However, there are a few exceptions. One, they will be description-less: just pictures, credits, and rankings. Two, they will be Top 20s, and will be posted all at once. For the sake of fairness, the same rules will apply here: I will TV, film, video game, and audio/radio adaptations only. No comics, novels, or stage versions. With this in mind, let's start with Holmes' faithful friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. John H. Watson is a character who has undergone quite a number of interesting changes over the years. In the early days of Holmes adaptations, he was actually a surprisingly peripheral character; it wasn't really until Nigel Bruce's more comedic turn that he became truly on-par with Holmes. More modern Watsons tend to eschew Bruce's more clownish take in favor of making the character more close to the literary version, which means making him more serious, action-ready, and overall human. Here are some personal favorite versions of mine, when it comes to Holmes' right-hand roommate...

20. Thorley Walters, from Silver Blaze (1977). (He played Watson several times, but this is my specific favorite.)

19. Donald Houston, from A Study in Terror.

18. Nigel Stock, from the 1960s BBC Series.

17. Sir Ralph Richardson, from BBC’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Radio Show.

16. The Frogwares Games Version. (Voiced by John Bell, David Riley, Nick Brimble, and Andrew Wincott throughout the series.)

15. Yuki Ono/Ryan Colt Levy, from Moriarty the Patriot. (Sorry he’s so low; trust me, I struggled a lot with where to place this one.)

14. Dr. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective. (Voiced by Val Bettin.)

13. Kenneth Welsh, from the Hallmark TV Film Series.

12. Roger Morlidge, from Sherlock: Case of Evil.

11. Nigel Bruce, from the FOX/Universal Films and The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Radio Show.

10. Howard Marion Crawford, from the 1950s TV Series.

9. Vitaly Solomin, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson.

8. Robert Duvall, from The Seven Per-Cent Solution.

7. Lucy Liu (as Joan Watson), from Elementary.

6. Ben Kingsley, from Without a Clue.

5. Martin Freeman, from Sherlock.

4. Andre Morell, from Hammer’s Hound of the Baskervilles (1959).

3. Jude Law, from the Guy Ritchie Films.

2. Edward Hardwicke, from the Granada Series and The Secret of Sherlock Holmes.

1. David Burke, from the Granada Series. (Again. Burke was on for the first season, and Hardwicke took over from the second season onwards.)

Tomorrow, I’ll post a Top 20 of my favorite takes on Professor Moriarty!

[the-firebird69]

The guy who made the car says you need to get a license from him after so many years it's been like 10 years and they're saying 5 years and he agrees but they can get him something for it and they appreciate it maybe even seen the dealership and or what would be better would be part of the licensing cuz they did the work and to have them assemble the kits and they think it's a great idea. We need to make a few changes his people want involvement they're in southern Los Angeles and we're there too there's a lot of people there now and these guys need to be in there it probably in order for us to stay open they're saying they have a lot and it's an empty lot and they have a place to store things so it could be one of these guys these trumps pretending but we get that and they're a pain in the ass but they'll be knocking forever and if they want to modify and mess with the vehicles and parts you know it's too much of a hassle I'll tell you what you can have a certain percentage of the cars and you'll have a holding lot and they like that better they might switch cars out on you it says no but okay so we both do it so you know why he says okay just like to be a little vendor or dealer kit car company he likes that idea and he can Warehouse the stuff himself and try and keep the parts decent a lot of people might want to do that then we might just sell tons of these but they're going to be money and this is going to be a fast vehicle and I remember he looked at that firebird company Pontiac and said wow this thing has some cool doodads and I said that is way ahead of its time and it still is so I think I'm going to do that and I can design it he says to design it within mind that you can go to your guy and haven't tried to use a Chevy Camaro chassis instead they lowered they might fix change the suspension and it's a little bigger actually and I like that too this is a great idea and I'm going to do it and your people said they're going to help get it going and they can contact me so we're going to roll this is great and I like the name of the company and the kid would be something then you name the Cena after your kid gets going can you make a real car. We have made race cars and we know how to make them very well actually and super cars and it looks like a weird frame believe it or not you know how to do the stamp version too and this would be a great opportunity this would be perfect I mean you could stamp the bottom and top and stick them together they put cross bracing in and a giant can step on it you're just push it into the ground that's the kind of thing we need so I'm going to get going on it

John Cena

And really I don't think I was swear but I probably would if I saw that.

Yeah the announcer mean Joe Greene but holy s*** 1500 lb no it break the ring Andre was up there okay nobody knew it but he was about 700 pounds and some of these wrestles were that heavy they said he'd be that heavy at 6 ft 8 not six foot four and he needs new vehicles and stuff and we get that

Mean Joe Greene

It doesn't really mean anything but that's what it is and I want one of these cars from John Cena and he can build things and we know he's getting expert advice top notch and the two guys will probably be there and they want cars like this too this car is enormously fast as a fly car would be unbeatable hard to handle but he normally fast it looks really really cool I got to get one so I'm hoping to do it John Cena we're going to try and help you get there he says he needs help everybody is crippling everyone and it doesn't really do anything for the project except make it harder when they see him doing stuff I get that

Hulk Hogan

Yeah very funny hahaha

Macs

Olympus

[official-weasley]

The Irreplaceable Charlie Weasley: Pt. 6, Ch. 2

PART 6: THE YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE Chapter 2 - The Captain and the Quit

Nova

I couldn't believe I thought we had more time this year than the year prior. We had fewer subjects but they were more demanding so the free time was just on paper. I still attended Advanced Transfiguration with McGonagall and I was now officially a proud owner of a Salamander named Pyro.

The first day after the classes began, I went to talk to Professor Kettleburn to show him my O.W.L. result for Care of Magical Creatures and to convince him to let me take care of a Salamander. He was over the moon when he saw my results and took me to see one immediately.

I jumped for joy when I saw the little guy and I couldn't help but fall in love. Kettleburn told me that they are a big responsibility and if I will take good care of him, I would get extra credit in his class at the end of the year. I assured him that I would be good with the animal even without the extra credit and I was sure that is exactly what he wanted to hear.

With our lessons being so demanding and the ton of homework we got in each class, I've made a decision to quit Quidditch. Andre wasn't happy about it and neither was Orion. But after I told him that I didn't bring them that many wins last year due to that Bludger hitting me in the back, he stopped trying to get me back on the Team.

I knew Charlie was going to be disappointed as well, as he couldn't wait to play against me this year. He talked about it a few times when we were at the Burrow. I, on the other hand, realized that I don't miss it all that much and that I have other talents that are much better than my flying.

After telling Orion, I wanted to find Murphy and tell him as well. I felt so bad the other day when he asked to hang out with me and I turned him down. I didn't do so just because Charlie was sitting right next to me but also because I don't know how I feel about him anymore. He still gave me butterflies and I still couldn't get enough of his blue eyes but the problem was, the same thing was happening to me with Charlie. I was so confused the entire Summer as I didn't know what was happening inside my head. Truth be told, I still don't know.

I thought about Murphy and I felt my cheeks flush red but being around Charlie made me feel something entirely different that I haven't felt before and the way he was acting around me made him more attractive each day. I liked his calmness and the fact that I couldn't figure him out. It was like he was hiding something from me all the time.

I caught myself daydreaming about him almost every day and when the boys were playing Quidditch at the Burrow I couldn't take my eyes off him. I was ready to admit to myself that I have feelings for my best friend, for which I am not sure how I feel about, but then Murphy asked me to hang out and made my heartbeat raise and that confused me even more. I can't like both of them at the same time, can I?

I couldn't find Murphy anywhere so I decided not to push my luck. He will find out at the tryouts anyway and I didn't know if I wanted to be around him or not. I didn't want to give him false hope in case he fancied me because I didn't know where I stood with my feelings and it wouldn't be fair to him in case I would realize that I don't like him like that anymore.

The day I quit Quidditch I sent Charlie an owl to meet me down by the Lake. I wanted to tell him in private and I wanted to know if he was made Captain of the Gryffindor Team. He was their best player and I doubt they would pick anyone else.

“Pip, I can't always draw you.” I smiled at my owl when he hooted rather disappointingly when he saw I was drawing a Salamander. “He is not going to replace you. I am only looking after it. I promise.” Pip was skeptical and I knew I was going to have to visit him a lot this year to stay on his good side.

“Here's my favorite person!” Charlie sat down next to me on the blanket.

“Hi.” I greeted him, moving my pencils.

“I meant Pip.” He said with a serious face. At this point, I really couldn't tell if he was joking or not. Pip obviously didn't care as he hooted cheerfully and started picking at Charlie's hair. I couldn't stop myself from wanting to go through his hair too, it was so soft.

“Nova, I'm joking.” He said gently when he saw my stunned face. I shook my head. I have to be more focused around him. “I'm happy you invited me to hang out.” He smiled and I felt like melting. FOCUS!

“Pip wanted to hang out not me.” I teased him back.

“Then Pip and I will take this elsewhere.” I stuck my tongue out at his smug face as he was pretending to get up and leave. Pip was hooting happily, enjoying this as much as we were.

I knew we were both glad things went back to normal between us even though I still had a feeling something changed in the Forest. We had this energy whenever we were together that I am not quite sure I can explain. It's like everything is falling into place and I feel more comfortable around him than I did before.

“I actually have to tell you something.” I didn't know why I felt nervous, I knew he was going to understand.

“Go ahead.” He turned to me, reached for my hand and placed it in between both of his. Was I reading too much into this or was he more affectionate?

“I decided to quit Quidditch.” He let go of my hand.

“Why?” He asked concerned.

“After last year's accident, I kind of got scared. I still need healing sessions with Madam Pomfrey and I don't know...I guess I lost interest.” I shrugged and looked into his eyes to see how he was feeling about this.

“Okay.” He said, gently. “Is that the only reason?” He knew me too well.

“No.” I shook my head. “After everything that happened with us last year, I am trying to manage my time better. You know how much school work we have this year and between taking care of Pyro,” his lips curved as I said my Salamander's name, “and Advanced Transfiguration, I would rather spend more of this year with friends and with you.” I smiled and I knew there was no way to hide my red cheeks.

“You have to stop blaming yourself for last year, Nova. It's behind us, we're good.” He pulled me into a half hug. He always smelled so nice. He smelled like home.

“I know.” I sighed. “But I'm not changing my mind. What I did to you last year was horrible and I will never forgive myself.”

“I forgave you.” He pulled away and looked at me. His eyes were full of understanding as if last year didn't happen. I, on the other hand, still couldn't get over how much I hurt him. How could I do that to my best friend?

“Thank you.” I tried looking him in the eyes but I kept looking away. Suddenly his gentle smile turned into a smirk.

“Look on the bright side, you will have one more match to stare at me.” He winked and my heart skipped a beat. Why was he doing this to me?

“Oh, no! You found out my real reason for quitting.” We both started laughing.

Every moment I spent with Charlie, I held close to my heart. I know I am never going to take him for granted again. He was the most wonderful person I know and I was the luckiest girl to call him my best friend. He was understanding and always put his friends before himself and the fact that he was able to find it in his heart to forgive me last year was something that I don't think anyone else would be able to do.

“What did Orion say about it?” He asked. I think I was beginning to freak him out by staring at him so much.

“He wanted to persuade me to stay, of course.” I chuckled. “But I made it quite clear that I wasn't the best Seeker and they will probably do better without me. When I reminded him of every time I didn't catch the Snitch, he gave up.”

“And Skye?” He mocked. He knew Skye and I were usually not on the best of terms. She was shouting at me more than smiling and I never knew if she was serious or if I could relax around her.

“She didn't want to show that she was pleased to see me quit, even though she did a really poor job hiding it.” I laughed.

“I am really curious who they will pick to replace you.” He laid down on my legs, looking at the sky, probably wondering who it will be.

“Oh, I didn't tell you!” He said suddenly. “I was made Captain.” He said casually as if predicting the next day's weather.

“What?” I screamed in excitement. “And you let me go on and on about me quitting!” I poked him in the ribs.

“Your thing was more important.” He smiled.

“Nothing is more important than you being made Captain, Char!” I was so proud of him and I knew he was being modest telling me so casually as I knew he wanted the position.

“You are.” Seriously, when did he get so smooth? It was moments like this that made me question my feelings for Murphy.

“Well, congratulations! I am so happy for you! When are you holding tryouts?” I ruffled his hair. He chuckled as I changed the topic back to him.

“Saturday morning. I am really curious about my applicants. I am thinking of keeping all of the teammates as we work really well together, but I do need to find a new Keeper, John was a Seventh Year like Bill.”

“I'm sure you're going to do great, Cap!” I smiled. “And I can stalk you with Penny from the stands.” I smirked.

“I'm counting on it.” He grinned.

Even though we had so much work and at this point, I was dreaming about McGonagall and Transfiguration, I found time to spend with Charlie and all of my friends. Even though I barely saw Tulip except in our dormitory and Penny was Merlin knows where, probably with Andre. I felt like I was studying more than her this year! And Tonks was so busy developing a new product with Bilton that I don't even know if she was sleeping in her dormitory.

But I didn't mind. It gave me time to focus on my studies and suddenly I had more time to draw which I don't remember when the last time was. I also visited Pip at the Owlery more and invited Charlie to tag along when I went to take care of Pyro. I was feeling more like myself than I did in two years and I promised myself I will do everything to keep it that way because last year, I was a disaster.

[gumnut-logic]

Minerva (Bit 1)

Okay, this fic is an attempt to get my mojo back. Every time I go on holiday it gets sideswiped. Being sick definitely did not help, though admittedly coughing all night last night may have made me my usual sleep deprived self, so who knows, it might have helped :D

But anyway, This fic is Kermadec because I needed a boat :D It also required a little research - Minerva Reef is a pair of actual atolls not far from Tracy Island. I’m not sure of the distance so I fluffed it.

Andre and Cecil are a pair of private nurses first mentioned in Gentle Rain. I like to recycle my OCs but I haven’t read that story in ages. Here’s hoping I’ve kept them true to form. They haven’t been sketched out in this much detail before, in any case.

There is fluff. I broke Virg again, oops, but there is resultant fluff. I’m sick, I can’t help myself. 

Many thanks to @scribbles97​ and @vegetacide​ for the read throughs and support. I haven’t forgotten about The Tattoo, I just needed a little self indulgence first.

This bit is mainly set up and I hope to write more asap. 1726 words.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Two broken legs.

If there was anything worse than a broken limb, it was more than one and two broken legs was the worst.

Or two broken arms. He wasn’t sure as he hadn’t managed to break two arms as yet. But two broken legs definitely sucked.

Of course, it was worth it. Saving children was always worth it. But weeks of confinement, of being unable to do anything for himself, was about to send him around the bend, out the window and into the Pacific.

His brothers did their best and both Andre and Cecil, the family nursing staff - yes, they had enough injuries on enough of a regular basis to have nursing staff on their payroll -  had been called in on this one to cart him back and forth across the house, see to his necessaries, and pretty much do his bidding.

Which was fine, since he and Andre got on like a house on fire. The man spoke both paint and piano almost as much as Virgil and there had been fun times, despite his infirmities.

Cecil was a Gordon clone and those two got up to much more mischief than was really acceptable for an employee. But since Gordon usually took all the credit, even the time Scott had his eyebrows shaved, they got away with hell.

Besides, Scott’s eyebrows had been partly burnt off already and had looked stupid, so shaving them both off was an improvement that had to be done. How Gordon had managed it, Virgil didn’t have a clue...and also didn’t want to think too hard about it because it gave his rapscallion little brother powers that he really shouldn’t have.

Cecil played it straight and the Tracys put up with it. Because despite Cecil’s idiosyncrasies, the two nurses were very, very good at their jobs.

That and they came as a pair because Andre and Cecil were married.

So, other than expanding Gordon’s power of pranking, things were good. Well, as good as they could be while he had two broken legs. 

But there were days.

God, were there days.

Days, so many days, and today was one of them.

Scott had been called out early in the morning and consequently everyone was up. Alan was called next and he and Kayo were out dealing with yet another space freighter collision. Scott was going to kick some space agency ass about updating some space etiquette rules in the near future to stop this stupidity from happening, and considering how much profanity was bouncing down from orbit, both John and Alan would be there to back him up.

So three brothers were out, leaving Virgil imprisoned with Gordon, Andre, Cecil and Grandma. This combination wouldn’t normally be an issue, but Grandma was cooking up a storm and Virgil was trapped.

Gordon may be a pain at times, but he saw the hazard coming and he was a good brother at heart. So, with some assistance from Andre and Cecil, the Fish deployed his yacht, A Little Lightning, and suddenly the day seemed so much brighter.

Virgil was ensconced in pillows and the best of comfort on the back deck and had the privilege of watching Mateo pass on their starboard side as Gordon guided the yacht out into the open ocean.

Why he seemed to always be injured when aboard this boat, he had no idea, but Gordon was a life saver.

Virgil had no idea where his brother might be taking him and he didn’t really care. He just lay back and enjoyed a beautiful day, the breeze, the many sounds of water and the gentle bounce of the boat.

At some point he dozed off.

It had to be a sign of how much healing his body needed, but somehow he managed to sleep the entire trip, because it was the sudden change in the engine noise that woke him.

Andre was smiling at him in that soft caring way he had about him. Dark hair, blue eyes and a soft smile, the nurse was somewhat reminiscent of his big brother, but without the fire and the drive. The man was quiet and reassuring, exactly what was needed when ill or injured.

“It looks like you needed that.”

Virgil grunted, never a fan of waking up. 

But Andre knew this and had exactly what the injured engineer needed - a mug of steaming coffee.

Virgil forced the last few steps to full consciousness, and, pushing himself up, made a grab for the mug.

The mug moved away. “Uh-uh, stretch first.”

Shit.

It was a thing Andre made him do every time he woke. Before coffee, he had to stretch abused muscles that were forced to sleep in awkward positions due to his legs.

Virgil mumbled and grumbled, but did as he was bid. He knew how important the exercises were, but the lure of coffee was just cruel. He vaguely noted the yacht’s engine dropping to a slow cruise and the open ocean having just that touch more sway, rolling the yacht in the swell.

“Where are we?”

“Cecil says we’re visiting Minerva.”

“Oh.” Virgil blinked. He’d flown over the Minerva Reefs many, many times. They were a navigation marker not that far from Tracy Island. Though they were far enough away for him to have been asleep for some time. “How long was I out?”

That smile again. “Several hours. Did you good.” The nurse had placed the coffee on a side table and was helping Virgil sit up straight enough to consume the taunting liquid from heaven.

A breathless moment and the mug was in his hands and coffee was pouring down his throat. God, Andre made great coffee. Yet another reason to put up with his husband.

He surfaced at some point and managed a thank you that set the nurse grinning just as a coral reef started to drift past.

Virgil didn’t know much about the Minerva Reefs other than Melissa Fisher on Raoul swore about them..alot.

They were on the very edge of the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary and she had wanted to add them to the exclusion zone for a very long time. But the reefs were owned by Tonga or Fiji, depending on which country you spoke to and the environment continued to suffer from it.

He vaguely remembered Gordon saying something about visiting the reefs in Four on several occasions and Virgil had no doubt that he and Melissa were likely doing some kind of sneaky ecological monitoring or some such. After all, the reefs were rather close to Tracy Island and Gordon rather passionate about such things.

As A Little Lightning cruised between two reef headlands, Virgil surmised they were at the northern of the two atolls.

As Virgil guzzled the last of his coffee, the yacht came to a complete halt in the lee of one of the headlands - if you could call it that, the reef barely made it above the water line. He heard the sea anchor deployed and there was suddenly silence except for the crashing of waves against coral and sand and the breeze.

Virgil closed his eyes and soaked it in.

The empty mug was tugged gently from his hand and he vaguely registered a plate being placed on the table beside him. “Cecil made pie.”

That snapped him out of it. “Pie?” The prankster could cook and he was suddenly assaulted with a delicious aroma.

“Steak and bacon, topped with mashed potato and cheese.” The plate had a generous serving along with salad piled up beside it. Andre was grinning at his expression. “He’s mine, you can’t have him.”

Virgil had to grin. “Well, at least I know one of the reasons why you nabbed him.”

Andre’s grin softened, but it was still a grin. “In the top five.” A hand landed on Virgil’s shoulder. “Eat up, you’ll need it for this afternoon’s workout.”

That deflated him a little.

The nurse noted what must have been in his expression. “Okay, perhaps it can be a brief session today.” A shrug. “After all, an atoll is hardly a swimming pool.”

“Virg trying to con you out of rehab?” Gordon bounced onto the deck, a grin on his face and that look of absolute relaxation the man got whenever he was out on the water.

“‘S not rehab.” So Virgil was pouting and acting like a child. “It’s maintenance.” Of what still worked, until the casts came off and then the hell would really start.

“Don’t let those baby browns lure you from the path of righteousness, Andre.”

“What? Like you attempted last time?” The nurse was grinning at the aquanaut.

That brought Gordon up short.

“I have to say that your eyes are a lighter brown, not quite the same colour, but the manoeuvring is almost identical.”

“What?” It was a two Tracy chorus shot at Andre with two brows, one dark, one light, shooting daggers at the nurse.

Andre just laughed and turned back to Virgil. “You going to eat your pie?”

The nurse’s blue eyes did some manoeuvring of their own and Virgil found himself snatching up the plate and hovering over it to protect his slice of pie.

Cecil chose that moment to appear. As usual, there was never a laugh far behind him as he was wearing a bright pink chef’s cap canted at an angle. But it was the two plates of pie in his hands that drew the attention of the other two men on deck.

Gordon didn’t hesitate, grabbing his plate and shovelling pie down his throat with barely a thank you. Virgil growled in his direction.

“What? It’s good pie. Cecil knows I appreciate him, don’t you, Cecil?”

But the cook was accepting a gentle kiss from his husband as the man took his plate, his other hand drifting from Cecil’s shoulder, down to the small of his back in a gesture simple but intimate enough for Virgil to turn away to give them privacy.

His eyes landed on Gordon, who’s face had an odd expression as he looked back at Virgil, as if he knew something that Virgil didn’t.

Virgil glared at him.

It, no doubt, had something to do with Kay. He would slap his little bro about the head later.

In the meantime...”So, what are we doing here?”

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Bit 2

[littlebloogirl]

TURN with Lizzie

aka @spookygarbagepailsister

Currently On: Season 2, Episode 5

Felt bad for Simcoe, momentary weakness

Apparently Andre's braid doubles in length every 6 months

Still says Annlett and Tallster rights

Also Peggy x Andre rights

Peggy is really pretty

Immediate reaction to wigless Simcoe was "hE HAS NO HAIR"

We saw Simcoe in Target the other day apparently???

"i dont like that he has this much power" -when Simcoe was appointed as head of the Queen’s Rangers

"can we just get the annlett love story we deserve"

"someone should accidentally stab him with the bayonet" -about simcoe when the rangers were training

Everything Hewlett does is absolutely adorable to her

Except the t̷i̶t̴t̵e̵a

Character Opinions!

Ben: "A rad boy but a sad boy" Caleb: Brother bear, "ya know how they call gay men with lots of hair bears? Caleb is a bear" Abe: Quit being so awkward you're gonna give yourself away! "The one part of being a spy is you gotta be sneaky" Robert Rogers: "He really said No Lives Matter" Anna: "Cutie deserves all love" Abigail: "Getting roped into some shit that I dont think she wants to be a part of" Sackett: She thought he was Mr. Benjamin Franklin "Ben Franklin? Not Ben Franklin-" Richard: "Just needs to calm down" "I get you're a judge, but for a judge you're really judge-y!" Hewlett: "Favorite! Absolute favorite! King! Deserves so much love!" Andre: "Cutie." Simcoe: "Simcoe can suck a dick" Peggy: "Pretty" Robert: "Asshole" Mary: "Cutie"

Ships!

Annlett Tallster John x Peggy Simcoe x Castration Abe x School Abe x P.E Abe x Therapy Hewlett x "Some goddamn piece and quiet away from all this bullshit"

I FUCKING LOST ALL OF THE CHAT HISTORY THAT WASN’T ^ THAT STUFF

B U T I’LL TRY TO REMEBER HER THOUGHTS

Uhhh Simcoe cutting the tongue off was gross to her

I can’t remember anything after that :(

but tonight’s events hehe I am very excited for the reaction >:)