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jinxfriend · 14 days ago

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Introduction to my blog!

Info Speedrun! (★^_^★)

I go by mainly Jinx (I am sadly not an arcane fan) i'm thinking about going by Jamie too in the future,

Nonbinary, Aroace/Demiromantic, Mayhaps Polyamorous

Infp/Enfp

I MIGHT be neurodivergent

Reality shifter, I believe in Spirits/Ghosts and manifestation and have my own experiences with them,

i apologize to my non-shifter moots im definitely going to be reblogging stuff about it or make my own posts on it 😭

I am 15 so i apologize if i ever did interact with any nfsw blogs or blogs with 'Minors Dni' in them, feel free to unfollow me 🙏 /nm

My birthday is january 12!!

I’ve moved to tumblr from TikTok because of the ban (˶°ㅁ°) i’m still getting used to the features, culture, and etiquette so please be patient and educate me if i do anything annoying/wrong! ALSO my tiktok is oldcatsnbeetles, any moots from tiktok PLEASE MOOT ME HERE 🙏

I would love to make more moots on tumblr also! don’t be afraid to give me song or fic recs, ask questions about my interests or beliefs and just interact with general! i might not be able to explain reality shifting or manifestation well but i can definitely give you some good sources/blogs!

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Fandom List, i’ll probably add more as time goes on: Undertale, Deltarune, GRAVITYFALLS, Marvel (i know basically nothing about it but i love the fanfics) X-men (same thing as marvel) The owl house, Bob’s burgers, over the garden wall, steven universe, adventure time, smiling friends!! Big Top Burger, Good omens, the good place, the amazing digital circus, five nights at freddys and batman/dc stuff (same thing as marvel and x-men) the spiderverse movies, ouran highschool hostclub, dungeon meshi/delicious in dungeon, MY HERO ACADEMIA, assassination classroom, the disastrous life of saiki k, mob psycho, Dandadan i am aware of hazbin’s hotel’s existence

if its pink i adore it and its my entire personality, if its blue i know about it and probably watched it, if its green i only know fandom stuff/things in fics

Favorite characters:

My hero Academia: Shinso, Deku, Nezu,

Marvel/X-men idk: Spiderman (Specifically Tom Holland’s spiderman and Andrew Garfield’s Spiderman), Loki, Dr Strange, Deadpool, Wolverine

Gravityfalls: Waddles, Mabel and Dipper, that one guy that says ‘get em!! get em!!’ Bill Cipher, The Axolotal

Other: The Cheshire Cat, Garfield

Kins: Mabel and dipper, Vee from the owl house, Tina from bob’s burger, Papyrus and sans, Mob from mob psycho, Kinger from TADC, Spinel from Steven universe, Izuku midoriya, bmo from adventure time, UHH A BUNCH OF OTHERS

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Music Tastes, oh gosh this is going to be hard: Stereolab, Adrianne Lenker, Kimya dawson, I.C.P, Lemon demon, Strawberry Switchblade, Rob Zombie, Will Wood

Honorable Mentions: Toby Fox, S3RL, Alex G, Gorillaz, Ayesha Erotica, Boa, Liana Flores, Lady Gaga, Fiona Apple, Scary Bitches

Genres: Old 80s Rock, 2000s, Scene, Goth vampires music, Old 3ds game music (specifically animal crossing new leaf) theres probably alot more i can’t think of atm

Current Favorite Song: Dead Girl Superstar by rob zombie

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Games: Obscure 3ds and xbox games, animal crossing new leaf AND I GUESS new horizons, Tomodachi life #TomodachiLifeForSwitch, Miitopia, Pikmin, Wobble Dogs, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Slime Rancher, Ooblets, Bugsnax, Spiritfarer, Terraria, Cult of the lamb, Cattails, Omori, Viva Piñata

If its Pink i’ve been playing it for all my life or i just really adore that game, If its blue i’ve played it briefly/And or completed it, if its green ive played it once or only know fandom stuff about it

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Other interests

Bugs, Aliens, Expensive Etsy Keychains/Stickers, Art, Louis Wein Cats, Fashion, Cats in general, Colorful stuff, Rainbows, Sparkles

Aesthetics/Fashion: Scene, Kidcore/Clowncore, Twee

Reality Shifting Stuff:

My drs currently are: Mha dr thats also mixed with marvel, dc, x-men and a bunch of other stuff, and an alternate version of that dr where im a vigilante :D,

My drs also have soulmate elements and a bunch of other stuff

I definitely will make an introduction post for each dr!

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DNI:

Basic Dni, Proshippers of any kind, Race Changers, Anti-Shifters, Mabel, Bakugo, and Ochako haters, people who don’t support Palestine, Terfs, Homophobic and transphobic people, AI ART DEFENDERS/USERS

INTERACT:

Reality Shifters, People who like my interests / Music tastes, Non-Shifters who don’t care and are respectful, Gay people,

MOOT ME UP RN:

Mha Shifters, Gravityfall shifters, Furrys, Therians, Kemonomimi people, People who believe in manifestation, Witchs, Pagens, Spiritual People, People who practice Hellenism, Neurodivergent people, Artists, Boring People, Weird/Nerdy/Cringe People, People who want to be teachers in the future/want to work with children/teens, cat lovers, FANFIC READERS🔥🔥

This is a safe space for systems!!

i don’t know much about DID besides the basics, but i do have some friends/moots who have it!

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some will be added in the future!

Links:

some will be added in the future!

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fionafoxx · 2 years ago

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hey. you can call me Fiona or Scruffy or whatever. I'm a Fiona Fox fictive who became gay for Rosy/anti Amy. and I still am. wooo (is goth)

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hlcreators · 4 years ago

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AUTHOR REC: mediawhore / @mediawhorefics

Be sure to show some love and leave kudos and a comment!

The Murmur of Yearning (93k)

Four years ago, Harry Styles was forced into a marriage of convenience to enrich and ally both his and his promised's families. The sudden, and slightly suspicious, death of the Marquess of Haxshire, however, brings great disturbance to Crescentfield Hall and, as his late's husband's closest male relative, Harry unexpectedly finds himself the head of a family he never felt he belonged to. Between a meddling distant cousin hellbent on inserting himself in Harry’s life, his wicked and mistrustful mother-in-law and his late husband’s advisors refusing to help or take him seriously, Harry struggles in the fight to keep what he’s earned and make the Estate finally feel like home.

Luckily, he doesn’t stand completely alone and finds himself an unlikely ally in Mr Tomlinson, the elusive Land Stewart who has been taking care of the property in the shadows for years. Louis Tomlinson is caring, patient, and unlike everyone else, he doesn’t seem to think Harry committed a murder.

‘Sup (6.7k)

Gemma really wants her little brother to sign up for a dating app and get back in the game after a messy divorce. Harry thinks he’s way too old to swipe. They compromise to devastatingly embarrassing results.

Meanwhile, all Louis wants is to finish the play he’s been commissioned to write, but one of the regulars at his local coffee shop keeps distracting him.

ft. older larry, pushy gemma, harry being a disaster gay and silver fox louis.

Tired Tired Sea (113k)

As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter.

The Blood of Words (33.7k)

Louis Tomlinson hasn’t sworn off relationships per se. He just doesn’t think he’s quite ready for one yet, despite his therapist’s encouragements. He’s comfortable in his position as editor for Styles Publishing and he’s happy to focus on his career while he gives himself more time to heal.

Enter his CEO’s brother, a boxer with a heart of gold who is determined to carve himself a space in Louis’ life and, more importantly, his heart.

Peace In Your Arms (1.5k)

The happily ever after ... Or a series of TEC codas

the dead things we carry (25k)

September ‘49 He hasn’t seen him since that day in France, that horrible muddy day where for one terrifyingly long second, Louis really thought he was going to die. He winces with the phantom pain, the hand not holding his cane going to his stomach automatically, remembering the franticness, the tenderness, of Harry’s hands while Louis was bleeding out.

This is the man who saved Louis’ life.

For one second, Louis fears Harry won’t recognise him, but his eyes widen when he turns to his left and they meet Louis’. He takes a step forward, reaching for him with a shaky hand before stopping himself.

“Louis,’ Harry says with a shudder and Louis doesn’t think his name has ever carried more weight.

This is the only man Louis ever thought about kissing for real.

“Oh,” Mrs. Padley says, clearly taken aback. “You two know each other?”

There are some things people never fully come home from. Until, one day, if they’re lucky, home comes to them.

Things Gone Cold (24k)

"your heart is warm for things gone cold.”— Sophocles, Antigone

With his soulmate’s thoughts about him written on his skin and the world’s eyes trailing his every movement, Harry Styles is having a bit of a rough time releasing his second album in peace. And that’s not even counting the breakup. Or the car crash.

Through Eerie Chaos (102k)

For as long as anyone can remember, Old Hillsbridge Manor has always been believed to be haunted. Everyone in the village agrees and keeps a respectful, fearful, distance. New in town after a bad breakup and an internship that led to disappointment rather than a permanent job, Harry Styles figures taking pictures of the decrepit building could be a great new creative project. Or at least a much-needed distraction while he searches for a job and crashes at his parents’ new house. No one warned him about the apparitions though; about the music, the laughter, the people who flicker and vanish when you call after them, the echoes of a past that should be long gone… Harry has never believed in spirits but even he can admit that there’s something weird going on. What starts as mere curiosity evolves into a full-blown investigation and soon enough, Harry finds himself making friends with an aristocrat from the 1920s and struggling with finding the best way to tell him that he’s dead.

The Ghost Hunter AU where Niall lives to prove ghosts are real, Zayn is a skeptical librarian and Harry gets caught up in a century-old mystery and catches feeling in the process.

Sleep It Off (844)

I've felt better ! Hello 2017 !!

What do you mean he’s coming? (15k)

When Harry accepted to be his sister’s Maid of Honour, despite how non-traditional of a choice he was, he didn’t think writing a speech for the wedding reception would be this hard. Now, not only does he have less than two weeks left to find something moving and inspirational to say, but Gemma just confided in him that her old childhood best friend is going to be in attendance. The one who moved to LA and they haven’t seen in fifteen years because he was too busy becoming an Academy Awards winner. But hey, no pressure. It’s just Louis Fucking Tomlinson.

Harry is screwed.

a fully armed battalion (to remind you of my love) (5.6k)

“He was flirting with you by the way,” Niall says casually once he’s finished saying goodbye to Louis and he’s joined Harry outside.

“No he wasn’t,” Harry replies automatically, feeling his heart clench at the thought. Was he?

Niall simply raises a mocking eyebrow in response before wrapping his scarf twice around his neck.

“Not that it matters!” Harry says quickly, eyes widening. “I wouldn’t care even if he did because he’s awful and the worst.”

Everyone at Hogwarts knows that Professor Styles and Professor Tomlinson absolutely despise each other. It's too bad that they're in love.

Coax the Cold (86k)

England, 1897.

English Professor Louis Tomlinson’s passion for the occult has been a source of mockery and derision for most of his life. When he hears whispers of a travelling freak show newly established in London claiming the existence of a monstrous sea hybrid, half-man, half-fish, Louis sees it as his ticket to credibility amongst his peers. The summer he spends undercover working on the show, however, gives him much more than that.

All These Lights (34.8k)

“People vote for alphas because they’re strong and they’re not only beautiful but also mesmerizing. They make you want to give them all of your attention, make you want to beg for some of theirs back. They’re shiny, oozing sex appeal and a commanding presence, and people always want more and more. Omegas are enticing too for sure, but it’s not the same. It makes people uncomfortable. It doesn’t make them want to root for you.”

the canon fic where Harry is an omega and dreams come with a price.

wash him deep where the tides are turning (3.7k)

"When Harry finally tells Louis about his family’s curse and the true love spell that broke it, they’ve been dating for seven months, nineteen days and about twelve hours and Louis’ cock is buried deep inside his arse."

Part two of a practical magic au.

a long way down (to the bottom of the river) (24k)

“ Most people would call Harry silly for believing in curses. Childish would also be a probable insult thrown his way. In their little town full of little people, Harry’s whimsical nature and beliefs mean that he’s subjected to frequent judgemental looks and whispers. It doesn’t usually bother him. Most people don’t know about the magic thrumming through his veins or about how powerful words can truly be. Most people don’t carry around their ancestors grief like a burden. They don’t have to pay for deeds hundreds of years old like Harry and his family have. They get to love freely without fear.

Harry and his kin aren’t so lucky.”

a practical magic au in which Harry and his sister accidentally kill her abusive boyfriend with magic and Louis is the D.I working the case.

loose lips sink ship all the damn time (not this time) (39k)

“Louis Tomlinson is gay,” Fiona announces and she sounds calm at least. “That’s not a scandal,” Nick replies automatically even though he feels slightly sick. He needs to call Louis back. Now. “No,” Fiona agrees quickly. “But his underage gay sex tape is.” The one where Louis is outed via a sex tape he made before the X-Factor and Nick can't resist flying to America to give him a shoulder to cry on. Told through flashbacks, this is a story of getting together and getting back together.

all that i’ll ever need is in your eyes (4.2k)

Louis has known he's going to marry Harry Styles since he was eighteen years old. Five years later, he has the perfect proposal planned. Too bad he can't help blurting it out while they're detained at the mall.

hi hater, kiss kiss (3.8k)

Nick has had a crush on Louis Tomlinson ever since he first saw him perform on the x-factor. Almost four years later, he's finally accepted that their ongoing, unstoppable feud is the only thing the two of them will ever share. One game of Call or Delete with Niall Horan, however, starts to shake this belief.

your bones illuminate (5.4k)

High School AU Snapshots of Harry and Louis' relationship through their last year of sixth form. Warning: There is no plot. Only fluff.

the last people standing (at the end of the night) (7.4k)

Sequel to the greatest pretenders (in the cold morning light)

A year after his undercover assignment ended, Louis should finally feel at peace. With Cowell & Co finally dead or behind bars, his life is more simple than ever. It's too bad his feelings can't be buried as deep as the people he's lost.

An undercover cops AU

you think fashion is your friend, my friend (fashion is danger) (27k)

"Louis has one rule, and one rule only, that he simply refuses to break. He forbids himself to be attracted to anyone he might work with. No wanking to models who might wear his clothes! It’s hardly fair, considering he spends 95% of his time working with the most attractive men on the planet, but his career is more important. Besides, in Louis’ experience, it always leads to disaster. Harry Styles makes respecting the rule really damn hard though and Louis is not quite sure why."

the one where Louis is a famous British designer and Harry is the clumsy, most likely straight model that makes his heart race.

the greatest pretenders (in the cold morning light) (41.5k)

undercover cops/the departed au

Louis and Nick are on two different sides of the law and mobster Simon Cowell is not the only person they have in common. The one where Louis is an undercover cop and Harry is the court-ordered shrink who refuses to prescribe him Valium.

#writer appreciation week #1dsource #hljournal #fics #author rec

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fullregalia · 4 years ago

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20/20.

This year, in hindsight, was a real write-off. I had grand plans for it, and while I ushered it in in a very low-key manner since I was recovering from the flu, I’d expected things to look up. Well, you know what they say about plans (RIP, my trip to Europe). I got very, very sick in early February, and I’m not entirely sure it wasn’t COVID. Since March, the days have been a carousel of monotony: coffee, run, work, cook, yoga, existential spiral, sleep. My Own Private Year of Rest and Relaxation, if you will. Of course, life has a way of breaking through regardless; I attended protests, completed my thesis, graduated from grad school, took a couple of road trips upstate, and celebrated the accomplishments and birthdays of friends and family from a safe social distance. It was all a bit of a blur, and not ideal circumstances to re-enter the real world, or whatever this COVID-present is.

Throughout it all, in lieu of happy hours, coffee dates, and panel discussions, I’ve turned even more to culture and cuisine to fill the the negative space on my calendar where my social life once resided. However, since a global pandemic ought not to disrupt every tradition, here’s my year-end round up of what made this terrible one slightly more tolerable.

After an ascetic fall semester abstaining from TV in 2019 (save for my beloved Succession), I allowed myself to watch more as the year wore on, and especially after graduation. I caught up on some cultural blind spots by finally getting around to The Sopranos, Ramy, Search Party, and Girlfriends. I wasn’t alone in bingeing Sopranos, it absolutely lived up to the hype and then some; this Jersey Girl can’t get enough gabagool-adjacent content, pizzeria culture is my culture!

Speaking of my culture, there was also a disproportionate amount of UK and European shows in my queue. Nothing like being in social isolation and watching the horny Irish teens in Normal People brood. I’m partial to it because I share a surname with the showrunner, so I have to embrace blind loyalty even though there was, in my opinion, a Marianne problem in the casting. Speaking of charming Irish characters with limited emotional vocabularies, I belatedly discovered This Way Up a 2019 show from Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan. And while Connell and Marianne are actually exceptional students, I found the real normal people on GBBO to bring me a bit more joy. Baking was abundantly therapeutic for me this year, and watching charming people drink loads of tea and fret over soggy bottoms was a comfort. I also discovered the Great Pottery Throw Down, and as a lifelong ceramics enthusiast, I cannot recommend it highly enough if you care about things like slips, coils, and glazing techniques. GPTD embraces wabi sabi in a way that GBBO eschews flaws in favor of perfection, and in a time of uncertainty, the former reminded me why I miss getting my hands in the mud as a coping mechanism (hence all the baking). Speaking of coping mechanisms, like everybody else with two eyes and an HBO password, I loved Michaela Cole’s I May Destroy You; though we’ve all had enough distress this year for a lifetime, watching Cole’s Arabella process her assault and search for meaning, justice, and closure was a compelling portrait of grief and purpose in the aftermath of trauma. Arabella’s creative and patient friends Kwame and Terry steal the show throughout, as they deal with their own setbacks and emotional turmoil. Where I May Destroy You provides catharsis, Ted Lasso presents British eccentricity in all its stereotypical glory. At first I was skeptical of the show’s hype on Twitter, but once I gave in it charmed me, if only for Roy Kent’s emotional trajectory and extolling the restorative powers of shortbread. For a more accurate depiction of life in London, Steve McQueen’s series Small Axe provides a visually lush and politically clear-eyed depiction of the lives of British West Indians in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Lastly, how could I get through a recap of my year in tv if I don’t mention The Crown. Normal People may have needed an intimacy coordinator, but the number of Barbours at Balmoral was the real phonographic content for me.

Turning my attention across the Channel, after the trainwreck that was Emily in Paris, I started watching a proper French show, Call My Agent! It’s truly delightful, and unlike the binge-worthy format of "ambient shows” I have been really relishing taking an hour each week to watch CMA, subtitles, cigarettes, and all.

Honorable mention: The Last Dance for its in-depth look at many notable former Chicago residents; High Fidelity for reminding me of the years in college when my brother and I would drive around listening to Beta Band; and Big Mouth.

Music

My Spotify wrapped this year was a bit odd. I don‘t think “Chromatica II into 911″ is technically a song, so it revealed other things about my listening habits this year, which turned out to remain very much stuck in the last, sonically. I listened to a lot more podcasts than new music this year, but there were some records that found their way into heavy rotation. While I listened to a lot of classics both old and new to write my thesis (Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Prokofiev, and Bach) the soundtrack to my coursework, runs, walks, and editing was more contemporary. Standouts include:

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee, which makes me feel like I’m breathing fresh air even when I’m stuck inside all day

La Bella Vita by Niia, which was there for me when I walked past my ex on 7th avenue (twice!) and he pretended that I didn’t exist

Fetch the Bolt Cutters by THEE Fiona Apple, because Fiona, our social distancing queen, has always been my Talmud, her songs shimmering, evolving, and living with me every year

Shore by Fleet Foxes, for the long drive to the Catskills

Women in Music, Pt. III by HAIM, because these days, these days...

Musicians have been reckoning with tumult this year as much as the rest of us, and the industry has dealt with loss on all fronts. I’d be remiss not to talk about how the passing of John Prine brought his music into my life, and McCoy Tyner, who has been a companion through good and bad over the years.

Honorable mention to: græ by Moses Sumney; The Main Thing by Real Estate; on the tender spot of every calloused moment by Ambrose Akinmusire; Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers; folklore by you know who; and songs by Adrianne Lenker.

Reading

What would this overlong blob be without a list of the best things I read this year? While I left publishing temporarily, books, the news, and newsletters still took up a majority of my attention (duh and/or doomscrolling by any other name). I can’t be comprehensive, and frankly, there are already great roundups of the best longform this year out there, so this is mostly books and praising random writers.

Last year I wrote about peak newsletter. Apparently, my prediction was a bit premature as this year saw an even bigger Substack Boom. But two new newsletters in particular have delighted me: Aminatou Sow’s Crème de la Crème and Hunter Harris’ Hung Up (her ”this one line” series is true force of chaotic good on Blue Ivy’s internet). Relatedly, Sow and Ann Friedman’s Big Friendship was gifted to me by a dear friend and another bff and I are going to read it in tandem next week.

On the “Barack Obama published a 700+ page memoir, crippling the printing industry’s supply chains” front, grad school severely hamstrung my ability to read for pleasure, but I managed to get through almost 30 books this year, some old (Master and Margarita), most new-ish (Say Nothing, Nickel Boys). Four 2020 books in particular enthralled me:

Uncanny Valley: Anna Wiener’s memoir has been buzzed about since n+1 published her essay of the same name in 2016. Her ability to see, clear-eyed, the industry for both its foibles and allure captured that era when the excess and solipsism of the Valley seemed more of a cultural quirk than the harbinger of societal schism.

Transcendent Kingdom: Yaa Gyasi’s novel about faith, family, loss, and--naturally--grad school was deeply empathetic, relatable, and moving. I think this was my favorite book of the year. Following the life of a Ghanaian family that settles in Alabama, it captured the kind of emotional ennui that comes from having one foot in the belief of childhood and one foot in the bewilderment that comes from losing faith in the aftermath of tragedy.

Vanishing Half: Similarly to Transcendent Kingdom, Brit Bennett’s novel about siblings who are separated; it’s also about the ways that colorism can be internalized and the ways chosen family can (and cannot) replace your real kin. It was a compassionate story that captured the pain of abuse and abandonment in two pages in a way that Hanya Yanagihara couldn’t do in 720.

Dessert Person: Ok, so this is a cookbook, but it’s a good read, and the recipes are approachable and delicious. After all the BA Test Kitchen chaos this summer, it’s nice we didn’t have to cancel Claire. Make the thrice baked rye cookies!!!! You will thank me later.

Honorable mention goes to: Leave The World Behind for hitting the Severance/Station Eleven dystopian apocalypse novel sweet spot; Exciting Times for reminding me why I liked Sally Rooney; and Summer by Ali Smith, which wasn’t the strongest of the seasonal quartet, but was a series I enjoyed for two years.

Podcasts

I’m saving my most enthusiastic section for last: ever since 2018, I’ve been listening to an embarrassing amount of podcasts. Moving into a studio apartment will do that to you, as will grad school, add a pandemic to that equation and there’s a lot of time to fill with what has sort of become white noise to me (or, in one case, nice white parents noise). In addition to the shows that I’ve written about before (Still Processing, Popcast, Who? Weekly, and Why is This Happening?), these are the shows I started listening to this year that fueled my parasocial fire:

You’re Wrong About: If you like history, hate patriarchy, and are a millennial, you’ll love Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes’ deep dives into the most notable stories of the past few decades (think Enron and Princess Diana) and also some other cultural flashpoints that briefly but memorably shaped the national discourse (think Terri Schiavo, Elian González, and the Duke Lacrosse rape case).

Home Cooking: This mini series started (and ended) during the pandemic. As someone who stress baked her way through the past nine months, Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway’s show is filled with warmth, banter, and useful advice. Home Cooking has been a reassuring companion in the kitchen, and even though it will be a time capsule once we’re all vaccinated and close talking again, it’s still worth a listen for tips and inspiration while we’re hunkered down for the time being.

How Long Gone: I don’t really know how to explain this other than saying that media twitter broke my brain and enjoying Chris Black and Jason Stewart’s ridiculous banter is the price I pay for it.

Blank Check: Blank Check is like the GBBO of podcasts--Griffin Newman and David Sims’ enthusiasm for and encyclopedic knowledge of film, combined with their hilarious guests and inevitable cultural tangents is always a welcome distraction. Exploring a different film from a director’s oeuvre each week over the course of months, the podcast delves into careers and creative decisions with the passion of completists who want to honor the filmmaking process even when the finished products end up falling short. The Nancy Meyers and Norah Ephron series were favorites because I’d seen most of the movies, but I also have been enjoying the Robert Zemeckis episodes they’re doing right now. The possibility of Soderbergh comes up often (The Big Picture just did a nice episode about/with him), and I’d love to hear them talk about his movies or Spike Lee (or, obviously, Martin Scorsese).

Odds & Ends

If you’re still reading this, you’re a real one, so let’s get into the fun stuff. This was a horrible way to start a new decade, but at least we ended our long national nightmare. We got an excellent dumb twitter meme. I obviously made banana bread, got into home made nut butters, and baked an obscene amount of granola as I try to manifest a future where I own a Subaru Outback. Amanda Mull answered every question I had about Why [Insert Quarantine Trend] Happens. My brother started an organization that is working to eliminate food insecurity in LA. Discovering the Down Dog app allowed me to stay moderately sane, despite busting both of my knees in separate stupid falls on the criminally messed up sidewalks and streets of Philadelphia. I can’t stop burning these candles. Jim Carrey confused us all. We have a Jewish Second Gentleman! Grub Street Diets continued to spark joy. Dolly Parton remains America’s Sweetheart (and possible vaccine savior). And, last, but certainly not least: no one still knows how to pronounce X Æ A-12 Boucher-Musk.

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traumasombra · 8 years ago

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i miss fiona!!!! i miss f i o n a

#txt #kin tag #delete later #i miss... fiona so much #where is my fox

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littlemusicreviews · 7 years ago

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50 Best Albums of 2012

50. Angel Haze – Reservation [hip-hop / best tracks: “Werkin’ Girls”, “Chi (Need To Know)”, “Castle On A Cloud”]

49. Icona Pop – Icona Pop [electropop / best tracks: “Downtown”, “Good For You”, “My Party (feat. Smiler)”]

48. iamamiwhoami – Kin [electropop / best tracks: “Goods”, “Play”, “Drops”]

47. Sigur Rós – Valtari [post-rock / best tracks: “Fjögur Píanó”, “Rembihnútur”, “Ekki Múkk”]

46. Blank Banshee – Blank Banshee 0 [vaporwave / best tracks: “Wavestep”, “Purity Boys”, “B:/ Start Up”]

45. Mac DeMarco – 2 [jangle pop / best tracks: “The Stars Keep On Calling My Name”, “Cooking Up Something Good”, “Still Together”]

44. Mac DeMarco – Rock And Roll Night Club [jangle pop / best tracks: “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans”, “Moving Like Mike”, “One More Tear To Cry”]

43. Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror [noise pop / best tracks: “Comeback Kid”, “End Of The Line”, “You Lost Me”]

42. Motion City Soundtrack – Go [pop punk / best tracks: “Bad Idea”, “True Romance”, “Floating Down The River”]

41. The All-American Rejects – Kids In The Street [pop rock / best tracks: “Beekeeper’s Daughter”, “Kids In The Street”, “Fast & Slow”]

40. Julia Holter – Ekstasis [art pop / best tracks: “Goddess Eyes II”, “In The Same Room”, “Fur Felix”]

39. Mitski – LUSH [chamber pop / best tracks: “Abbey”, “Brand New City”, “Liquid Smooth”]

38. The Fray – Scars & Stories [pop rock / best tracks: “The Fighter”, “I Can Barely Say”, “1961”]

37. Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss [pop / best tracks: “Call Me Maybe”, “Turn Me Up”, “Curiosity”]

36. Waxahatchee – American Weekend [indie rock / best tracks: “Be Good”, “I Think I Love You”, “Catfish”]

35. Susanne Sundfør – The Silicone Veil [art pop / best tracks: “White Foxes”, “The Silicone Veil”, “Rome”]

34. Tame Impala – Lonerism [psychedelic rock / best tracks: “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”, “Elephant”, “Endors Toi”]

33. Flume – Flume [wonky / best tracks: “Left Alone (feat. Chet Faker)”, “Holdin’ On”, “Warm Thoughts”]

32. Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream [alternative R&B / best tracks: “Adorn”, “Use Me”, “Pussy Is Mine”]

31. Ellie Goulding – Halcyon [synthpop / best tracks: “My Blood”, “Only You”, “Anything Could Happen”]

30. Alpine – A Is For Alpine [indie pop / best tracks: “Gasoline”, “Seeing Red”, “In The Wild”]

29. Walk The Moon – Walk The Moon [indie pop / best tracks: “Anna Sun”, “Tightrope”, “Quesadilla”]

28. Chairlift – Something [synthpop / best tracks: “I Belong In Your Arms”, “Sidewalk Safari”, “Wrong Opinion”]

27. Grimes – Visions [synthpop / best tracks: “Genesis”, “Oblivion”, “Circumambient”]

26. Death Grips – The Money Store [alternative hip-hop / best tracks: “Hustle Bones”, “Get Got”, “I’ve Seen Footage”]

25. All Time Low – Don’t Panic [pop punk / best tracks: “Paint You Wings”, “Somewhere In Neverland”, “The Irony Of Choking On A Lifesaver”]

24. San Cisco – San Cisco [indie pop / best tracks: “Fred Astaire”, “No Friends”, “Toast”]

23. Last Dinosaurs – In A Million Years [indie rock / best tracks: “Andy”, “Zoom”, “Weekend”]

22. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan [experimental pop / best tracks: “Unto Caesar”, “Dance For You”, “Impregnable Question”]

21. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man [art pop / best tracks: “Laura”, “Lilies”, “A Wall”]

20. Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon [indie rock / best tracks: “Handshake”, “Sun”, “Settle”]

19. Wild Nothing – Nocturne [dream pop / best tracks: “Nocturne”, “Midnight Song”, “This Chain Won’t Break”]

18. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems [dub techno / best tracks: “Hatch The Plan”, “Numb”, “Up The Box”]

17. fun. – Some Nights [indie pop / best tracks: “Some Nights”, “Carry On”, “We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)”]

16. Crystal Castles – (III) [witch house / best tracks: “Affection”, “Insulin”, “Plague”]

15. Azealia Banks – Fantasea [hip-hop / best tracks: “Fierce”, “Fuck Up The Fun”, “Jumanji”]

14. The Tallest Man On Earth – There’s No Leaving Now [indie folk / best tracks: “1904”, “Little Brother”, “Revelation Blues”]

13. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Pamyu Pamyu Revolution [j-pop / best tracks: “PONPONPON”, “Drinker”, “Tsukematsukeru”]

12. Ball Park Music – Museum [indie rock / best tracks: “Coming Down”, “Great Display Of Patience”, “Bad Taste Blues (Part II)”]

11. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel… [art pop / best tracks: “Werewolf”, “Jonathan”, “Periphery”]

10. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It [chamber pop / best tracks: “Hood”, “Take Me Home”, “Floating Spit”]

9. Marina & The Diamonds – Electra Heart [electropop / best tracks: “Primadonna”, “Lies”, “Bubblegum Bitch”]

8. Miike Snow – Happy To You [indietronica / best tracks: “Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)”, “Pretender”, “The Wave”]

7. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city [hip-hop / best tracks: “Swimming Pools (Drank)”, “Backstreet Freestyle”, “Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock)”]

6. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die [chamber pop / best tracks: “Born To Die”, “Video Games”, “National Anthem”]

5. Passion Pit – Gossamer [synthpop / best tracks: “Constant Conversations”, “Carried Away”, “Take A Walk”]

4. Purity Ring – Shrines [synthpop / best tracks: “Fineshrine”, “Ungirthed”, “Shuck”]

3. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave [indie rock / best tracks: “Breezeblocks”, “Matilda”, “Taro”]

2. Beach House – Bloom [dream pop / best tracks: “Myth”, “Irene”, “Lazuli”]

1. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE [alternative R&B / best tracks: “Thinkin Bout You”, “Pyramids”, “Bad Religion”]

#best albums of 2012 #best of 2012 #best albums #music review

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owensmovieblog · 4 years ago

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100 Albums from 2020 That You Need to Listen to Right Now

I listened to 364 albums in 2020, so I’m obviously an expert and you need to listen to my opinion. This is the culmination of my year-long project so it’s very important. The official Spotify playlist is here and here’s my last.fm if you’re interested.

1. Aiming for Enrike - Music for Working Out

2. Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas

3. Mac Miller - Circles

4. BRONSON - BRONSON

5. Run the Jewels - RTJ4

6. Georgia - Seeking Thrills

7. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

8. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

9. Inwards - Bright Serpent

10. Ball Park Music - Ball Park Music

11. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

12. IDLES - Ultra Mono

13. Caribou - Suddenly

14. Poppy - I Disagree

15. Franc Moody - Dream in Colour

16. Special Interest - The Passion Of

17. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You

18. Lomelda - Hannah

19. Melt Yourself Down - 100% Yes

20. Moor Jewelry - True Opera

21. The Smith Street Band - Don't Waste Your Anger

22. Moses Boyd - Dark Matter

23. Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar

24. The Microphones - Microphones in 2020

25. Bush - The Kingdom

26. Sevdaliza - Shabrang

27. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter

28. Algiers - There Is No Year

29. Lyra Pramuk - Fountain

30. beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers

31. Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor

32. Against All Logic - 2017 - 2019

33. Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open

34. Puscifer - Existensial Reckoning

35. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

36. Fleet Foxes - Shore

37. Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

38. Wolf & Cub - NIL

39. Tired Lion - Breakfast for Pathetics

40. Mild Minds - MOOD

41. Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music

42. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - K.G.

43. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over

44. EOB - Earth

45. Gengahr - Sanctuary

46. All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal

47. The Kite String Tangle - C()D3X

48. BENEE - Hey u x

49. Enter: Shikari - Nothing is TRUE & everything is possible

50. Phantogram - Ceremony

51. The Vision - The Vision

52. Bartees Strange - Live Forever

53. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

54. Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide

55. The Chats - High Risk Behaviour

56. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

57. Northeast Party House - Shelf Life

58. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - rejoice

59. Disclosure - ENERGY

60. Deftones - Ohms

61. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?

62. The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed

63. Alice Ivy - Don't Sleep

64. King Krule - Man Alive!

65. Sons of Apollo - MMXX

66. Big Black Delta - 4

67. John Frusciante - Maya

68. JK-47 - Made For This

69. Field Music - Making a New World

70. Joe Satriani - Shapeshifting

71. Dogleg - Melee

72. SAULT - UNTITLED (Rise)

73. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall II

74. Mimi Gilbert - Grew Inside the Water

75. Biffy Clyro - Celebration of Endings, A

76. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind

77. Wajatta - Don't Let Get You Down

78. Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM

79. Alain Johannes - Hum

80. Jónsi - Shiver

81. Eels - Earth to Dora

82. Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven

83. Dope Body - Home Body

84. A. Swayze & The Ghosts - Paid Salvation

85. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

86. Touché Amoré - Lament

87. Adrianne Lenker - songs

88. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

89. Something for Kate - The Modern Medieval

90. Pinegrove - Marigold

91. Seasick Steve - Blues in Mono

92. Katie Dey - mydata

93. Nas - King's Disease

94. Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

95. Amaarae - Angel You Don't Know, The

96. Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK

97. Miiesha - Nyaaringu

98. Pomplamoose - Invisible People

99. Frazey Ford - U Kin B the Sun

100. Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic

#2020 #music #best of 2020 #albums #tunes #Aiming for Enrike #lianne la havas #mac miller #bronson #run the jewels #georgia #dua lipa #grimes #inwards #ball park music

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vixvitali · 4 years ago

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⋱⋱ V : 01 ;; HEADCANONS.

⟶ 「 VERSE SHARED WITH @fallenusurper 」 ⟵

:: as scourge has stated multiple times, fiona is his queen — & while they may not be married, the two still hail the throne over alicia, the ANTI-SALLY, & monarch over MOEBIUS as they see fit. however, as much as it is a dustbowl of demolished civilization & wrecked havoc, fiona’s found some homage to help staple down scourge from all his rampant dimensional hopping ; she’s started to try & ressurect the deadbeat kingdom by stealing saplings from SONIC’s MOBIUS in an attempt to bring back the forestation that’s withered from all of the EX anti-sonic’s neglect.

:: even if fiona’s still a girl without much blown to the wind or love for others in her heart, she will still take to people thanks to scourge’s romantic beckon call ringing like a promenade in her mind. from her dark history stems a new leaf, less to be turned over & more to let her flourish in her criminal ways while still finding the chance to tender up to those she deems worth the effort. typically these select few are partners or regulars on her missions or relatives of the DESTRUCTIX or her MOEBIAN crew, but anyone farther than a friend’s immediate family is getting a cold shoulder.

:: physical affections come as far as the eye can see, from blown kisses to pecks on one’s cheek ; fiona can deliver them all. HOWEVER, it’s only the intimate acts that she saves for scourge. handholding, kisses on the lips, ear scratches, tail frisking, or even a stupid game of under-the-table footsie — it’s all for that shark-toothed idiot she calls her boyfriend & BEST friend. when it comes to love, fiona’s only got eyes for this crackerjack in a barrel, & she hopes it’s at least reciprocated.

:: both scourge & fiona have MAJOR trust issues, especially regarding letting down their guard or mental walls. occasionally they’ll hit one or another’s boundaries from time to time & immediately take to backing off as they never want to deliberately ride that edge of their fence. both seem proactively compliant with being set firm in their comfort zones, but at the very least promise to work towards shimmying out of those training wheels someday. on the other hand, the two can always been seen consoling one another when one of them goes into a breakdown, panic attack, or traumatic episode. there’s been times where fiona will accidentally roll an arm around scourge in her sleep & it’ll trigger him hairline instantly, rousing her from her light sleeping habits & activate her instant soft girl mode. ergo, when SHE goes into her moments, it’s always been scourge who gently holds her head steady & strokes those claws of his through her scalp. ( tldr ; it’s a token of motherly affection she took to in the mines, but affiliates with safety / security REGARDLESS of how much she detests her own kin & blood. )

:: fiona has a few scars of her own from her time under robotnik’s reign, hence why she wears her elbow-sleeved gloves & boots. there are multiple cuts from how taut the cuffs had been, let alone the jaunting around causing irritation & drys / thins the skin. she has such sensitive skin on her wrists that she’ll occasionally break out into a rash from simply wearing her garments, & on those days she refuses to leave home. fiona’s always feared being seen with her battle scars & scourge tries to urge her to wear them with pride. while he can’t sympathize with her enslavement, he certainly ( & cornily ) empathizes with the whole ‘being scarred’ thing — more literally than figuratively. though it makes her laugh, the fox still worms her way out of taking that intiative she needs to face her demons. ( & that’s something she & scourge share AS A PAIR. )

:: when one is seen without the other, that’s usually a sign of danger. as a duo, they’re less of a threat to their opponents due to them hailing some form of morality in front of the other, or rather some form of restraint so that their partner can hit harder or go bigger. scourge & fiona try to encourage ( or rather CHALLENGE ) each other in battle to take that next step & go for the gold — though on their own, they go for the throat since their better half isn’t around to accomplice their crime & possibly go down for it too. whether they like it or not, either party is ( almost! ) fully willing to get caught just to prevent the other from the NO ZONE.

#: : — ♡ 「 NOT THE VILLAIN I APPEAR TO BE ;; OOC. 」#: : — ♡ 「 ALL MY PRIDE HAS DISAPPEARED ;; HEADCANONS. 」#: : — ♡ 「 I’M THE BONNIE TO HIS CLYDE ;; FALLENUSURPER. 」#: : — ♡ 「 CHESSBOARD’S QUEEN ;; VERSE 01. 」

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thisdaynews · 5 years ago

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How Peak TV Prepared All of Us for the Impeachment Hearings

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How Peak TV Prepared All of Us for the Impeachment Hearings

Yes, it’s true, we’re living in a time of short attention spans and reality-show screaming matches, exploited by a president who measures success through the lens of TV ratings. But these televised hearings also come at a time when television has conditioned viewers to do much more than passively watch. The serial shows that fill the broadcast, cable and streaming channels—the phenomenon known among critics as Peak TV—have sprawling casts and rich dialogue, sympathetic antiheroes and complex storylines. They actively train viewers in feats of unprecedented engagement, driving a passionate fan ecosystem online, promising big payoffs if everyone can just sit through the slow parts.

So maybe TV hasn’t ruined us for politics, after all. Maybe, instead, it’s been preparing us for precisely this moment. That may even offer one explanation for why Trump supporters are likely to stick with him through the coming weeks: Nobody ends up winning our sympathy more than a Walter White or a Don Draper.

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“Peak TV,” a term coined in 2015 by FX network chairman John Landgraf, referred to the dark underbelly of the Golden Age of Television: a glut of scripted programs across a growing list of networks, which Landgraf predicted would someday lead to a Darwinian winnowing-down. The challenge Landgraf named is, essentially, the same one some impeachment skeptics have raised: With so much competition for eyeballs, how can any new show gain attention, let alone traction?

One answer is to create the kind of rich, immersive series Landgraf’s network has specialized in, from “The Shield” and “Nip/Tuck” in the early aughts to challenging hits like “Sons of Anarchy,” “The Americans” and “American Horror Story.” These shows are kin to HBO’s groundbreaking dramas, from “The Wire” to “Game of Thrones” to “Watchmen;” AMC’s “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad;” ambitious network hits like “Lost.”

Nothing on that list is designed for casual viewing; watching a Golden Age show is a commitment, and following the byzantine plotlines requires both a healthy memory and a body of background knowledge. Sometimes, the media and fans create an online apparatus to help viewers keep it all straight. Often, episodes are followed by a flurry of recaps and podcasts and online conversations. And despite all the talk of Americans’ micro-attention spans and celebrity crushes, the serial drama shows no sign of fading. In 2018, there were nearly 500 scripted series across the TV landscape, and the crash Landgraf fears hasn’t yet come to pass.

It all represents a massive shift in viewing habits since the Watergate era, when there were three major networks plus PBS, and, of course, no livestreaming opportunities over a yet-to-be-invented internet. In 1974, interest in the Richard Nixon impeachment hearings was high—because of civic interest, to be sure, but it couldn’t have hurt that there wasn’t much else to watch. Some 70 to 80 percent of Americans reported that they tuned in for all or some of the hearings.

Over the years, TV audiences splintered as cable channels proliferated. There’s still no shortage of (or shame in) cheesy, easy, or mindless entertainment: “NCIS,” “America’s Got Talent,” and “The Masked Singer” earn some of the highest network ratings. But there’s also ample proof—in the recordbreaking viewership of “Game of Thrones,” in NBC’s willingness to invest in a sitcom about philosophy, in the growing audience for Hulu’s dystopian “Handmaid’s Tale”—that Americans will also flock to long, slow TV that requires their full attention.

So it shouldn’t be a big surprise that, by today’s scattered standards, the Trump impeachment hearings have done more than all right. About 13.1 million people tuned in to the midday programming across six major networks last Wednesday, when Ambassador Bill Taylor and George Kent testified; 12.73 million watched Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on Thursday; another 13 million watched on Tuesday afternoon. (For reference: midday network soap operas draw 2 to 3 million viewers apiece, and “The Ellen Degeneres Show” draws about 4 million.) And while Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing drew an even more robust 20 million viewers across the networks, it’s worth remembering that the Kavanaugh hearing was a dramatic one-day affair, full of highly emotional testimony about allegations of sexual assault and alcohol—not the intricacies of the foreign service and national security apparatus.

“I think sometimes we don’t give the public enough credit” for paying attention to today’s impeachment process, says Arthur Sanders, a political science professor at Drake University who specializes in how media shapes public opinion. As the hearings continued, he predicted at the start, day-to-day viewership would ebb and flow, but interest would stay high.

That’s a sign, not just of civic engagement, but of stamina the public doesn’t often need to exercise, at a time when political scandals appear and disappear like fireflies on a summer night. Indeed, impeachment has been one of the first truly binge-worthy opportunities of the Trump era, and everything slow-burn TV has been preparing us for.

Peak TV has proven that viewers are perfectly capable of accepting that plot needs to be tempered with exposition, and the impeachment hearings fit this mold precisely.It’s fair, in retrospect, to think that the first day of hearings, featuring sober diplomats Taylor and Kent, laid the groundwork for more dramatic testimony to come—and it’s fair to wonder if Sondland’s testimony would have packed the same punch had it not been already established how the players fit together. The questioning from members is easier to follow when the action rises and falls, and there’s enough lawyerly case-building to counterbalance agitated rants from Reps. Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan.

The hearings have also given us a chance to latch onto quality characters, from fiery inquisitors like Jordan, Rep. Elise Stefanik and Rep. Sean Maloney to understated diplomats and civil servants like Yovanovitch and former top Russia adviser Fiona Hill. (Sondland, with his incendiary opening statement and his string of one-liners, seemed to view himself as a star player in a rollicking dramedy.) There have been a steady stream of viral moments when viewers collectively gasped, as when Yovanavitch reacted to Trump’s real-time tweet or Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman demanded that he be addressed with his military title. ( Ryan Murphy, when you create the inevitable miniseries, please cast John Hodgman as the Vindman twins.) And those characters have also been deployed in efficient, creative ways; like the president in “The West Wing,” who sometimes functioned as more of a symbol than a player, Trump has made an occasional high-impact cameo with a midday statement or a Twitter rant.

Like dialogue crafted in a writer’s room, the rhetoric sometimes manages to soar. There have been speeches about the value of America and truth that might as well have been penned by Aaron Sorkin: Vindman reassuring his Soviet-Union-born father that he won’t be punished for telling the truth in the United States, or Hill recounting the career opportunities the United States afforded a daughter of poor English coal miners. The members of the House Intelligence Committee seem to understand, implicitly, how to wring out those moments, or at least prep them for memes and sharing. On Tuesday, Maloney asked Vindman to re-read a dramatic part of his opening statement, presumably so that viewers who tuned in late could still experience the thrill.

Whether the public’s high attention will change public opinion is another question. As Sanders points out, the most engaged viewers are likely the most partisan: The most popular network for viewing the first week of hearings was Fox, followed by MSNBC, and those channels amounted to 43 percent of the TV viewership. Still, history suggests that, if people keep watching, their views could shift in one direction or another. With the Watergate hearings, public opinion changed in stages over time, as viewers followed the plotline and lost faith in Nixon. During the 1998 Bill Clinton impeachment hearings, Clinton’s public approval ratings actually rose as proceedings went on; Sanders says the public increasingly thought, “‘He had an affair, he probably lied about it, people lie about affairs all the time, so why are we going to remove him from office for that?’”

That’s clearly the outcome Trump is hoping for, and the conclusion Republicans are pushing. Their best hope is that casual viewers see Trump, if not as a lovable rogue, then at least as one of those prestige TV antiheroes. Those kinds of characters are what make serial dramas so intriguing; what draw people in; what make a series last. But from Stringer Bell to Jaime Lannister, the antiheroes tend to get their comeuppance in the end. And viewers are fine with that, too.

#Foreign #hearings #impeachment #Politics

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