#guest babes

[sprolden]

SAHAR: Imogen got a boyfriend last year and then stopped texting me. IMOGEN: ...Er, no! You stopped texting me!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I have never seen this man in my life.

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[theriverbeyond]

yeah

[voguefashion]

Truman Capote's Swans

"To be one of Truman's Swans, it wasn't enough that a woman be elegant, beautiful, and rich. She had to be amusing." -Laurence Leamer, Capote's Women

Babe Paley (1915-1978), photographed by John Rawlings for American Vogue, February 1, 1946.

Slim Keith (1917-1990), photographed by Horst P. Horst for American Vogue, February 1, 1949.

Lee Radziwill (1933-2019), photographed by Cecil Beaton for American Vogue, March 15, 1962.

C.Z. Guest (1920-2003), photographed by Irving Penn for American Vogue, March 15, 1954.

Marella Agnelli (1927-2019), photographed by Horst P. Horst for American Vogue, October 1, 1967.

Gloria Guinness (1912-1980), photographed by Horst P. Horst for American Vogue, January 1, 1949.

Pamela Harriman (1920-1997), photographed by Horst P. Horst for American Vogue, September 1, 1962.

[bonejunky6669]

"she and i both understand that the goal is always worth the cost" IANTHE. HARROW WOULD HAVE LITERALLY RATHER CUT OUT PIECES OF HER BRAIN THAN MEET THE GOAL. SHE CLUNG TO THE COST AS TIGHTLY AS SHE POSSIBLY COULD. SHE WAS FORCED TO PAY IT AND NEVER WANTED THE GOAL IN THE FIRST PLACE. STOP ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW HER YOU'RE JUST A HORNY FREAK OMG

[kerryweaverlesbian]

They really fumbled the season 14 emotional core specifically by not having Mary be present and recognisably Mary for MOST of the season. It feels like we see more of her after her death than before it, and when we do see her before it she's a completely different character who's their uncomplicatedly loving mom.

Take season 10 Charlie, who was present and dynamic and alive and forming new relationships with other major characters and was generally a big part of the plot for season 10. Take season 12 Mary even! So cool they fridged her thrice. The high level of emotion from Dean and Sam after her (apparent) s12 finale death was meaningful to the audience because Mary IS season 12. Take season 7 Bobby! He is active and present and having an emotional arc and has been consistently a part of the fabric of the show.

And compare these to season 14 where she is living in a cabin with an unimportant side character, she's being sweet and motherly full stop, she's in The Pearl where her husband comes back from the dead and she has NO complicated scenes or emotions to process with Dean or Sam and gets maybe 3 lines in the whole 'pisode. The show doesn't give a fuck about her. And this is after season 13 where she's mostly in another world doing fuck all.

For a death to have weight in fiction you need to remind the audience consistently that THIS CHARACTER IS IMPORTANT by having them form new relationships, do things for the plot and generally be present onscreen. As it stands, even though intellectually I know that if MY mom got killed and her murderer came to see me going 🥺 it was her fault really 🥺 will you comfort me 🥺 and I knew they were going to kill more people, I would probably be easily persuaded to put them in eternal prison or shoot them in the head - the emotional truth of it on the show just doesn't carry through.

It feels like an overreaction for Dean to be so angry about this for so long because the show didn't care about Mary enough to have her around. What is he losing by not having her around? In season 14, they don't show us. They did in s12 - the potential to be seen, and the complex joy of getting to know his actual mother rather than the idea of her. And by not showing us, it makes it not exist, because its a tv show and anything that isn't being depicted implicitly isn't important to the story. If you removed all of Mary's scenes from s14 before her death, what would change? Pretty much nothing.

Now to be clear, I don't think they should have fridged Mary at all. But they could have at least done it properly. The sexism that made the writers less bothered about characterising Mary thoughtfully in s14 is a blight on the show.

[locked-in-the-tomb]

A Theory (or, Jod help me, I'm yanthy posting again)

As per always, I've been pondering the implications of The Unwanted Guest and what it might mean for Ianthe in atn. And I've come to a realization.

(Major spoilers for Nona the Ninth and The Unwanted Guest to follow.)

It's been a hot minute since I've reread htn, but from what I recall, Ianthe generally presents as femme and seems to push "femme-ness" on women in general, to the point that she manipulates Harrow's body so her hair grows out and there's an entire scene in which she dolls up Harrow in preparation for the big lyctor dinner party.

But then in ntn, we see Ianthe: 1. Is strutting around 100% of the time in a uniform that could be described as either gender neutral or literally masculine 2. Is calling herself a "prince" (recall that Naberius Tern was a prince) 3. Has literally renamed herself Ianthe Naberius (a female and male name shoved together, among other things)

(Another detail I want to mention from htn: Ianthe's eye is color constantly changing, showing how she is struggling to assimilate Babs.)

Moving on the The Unwanted Guest, we see Ianthe taking on anonymous dueling opponents and criticizing their form, then recounting Naberius' duel with Gideon as though she were present (she was not).

Now, consider this in light of the other lyctors, who lived for thousands of years without noticing themselves taking on characteristics of their cavaliers or recognizing it happening in the others. You'd think if a lyctor generally started virtually transforming into their cavalier as quickly as Ianthe, somebody would have picked up on that by now, right?

Now consider the one thing that makes Ianthe different from every other lyctor in the series: she ate her cavalier's soul against his will.

My theory is that Naberius is trying to take control of Ianthe. They are a house divided against itself. I think in atn Ianthe is going to be torn apart (maybe literally??) by the division in her soul. Hell, maybe we'll even see Babs take over for a scene. They are already a half-dead Frankensteinian wreck of a human being. Even though Ianthe is far from the worst (in terms of committing large-scale atrocities) character in the series, I think she is going to end up suffering one of the nastiest fates. Because for her, after a lifetime of trying to find a way to prove her worth, losing herself forever is the worst thing that could happen. Ianthe can't prove that she's better than everyone if there is no Ianthe! Ianthe Tridentarius is gone. (Long live İ̵̧̡̛̤̟̗̟͈̼̻̰̺͉̺̂̏͐͆͗͂͊͝ă̴͔̞̺̥͕̗͚͗̏̿̍̏̈́̎̏͊̆͑̚͠ṋ̴͕͕͕̥̰͓͖̬̪̖͖̩͙͗͜t̸̖̘̓̈́͜h̵̛̪͙̯͚͙̲͕̫͓͙̪̽̓̓̆̏̂̒̀e̸̡̛̫͙̩̭̼̙̤̱̪̩̦͇͑͒̂̈́̆̀̐̑̄͜͜͠ ̸͎̣̫̹̱̦̯̘̥̞͌N̵̢̨̢̛̬͉͖̰̖͈̝̦͗́̈̀̈́́̄̕͝͠ͅą̸̧̢̡̩̼̯̯̻͎̯͔̻̺͗̿̽̒̉̑͂̀̋̾̔͐́͘͝b̵̨͎̪͖͍̙̮̎̓̽̾́̉͂ę̷̩̻̼̼̙̯̭̩̘̳̖̅͗͐̍͘͜r̸͕̲̘͚̘̮̙̺̟͙̐͛̏̎̔͛̂̌̓̈́̐̿͆͌̏i̴̠͙̗͎̣̻̽̃͐̇̚͜ư̷̛͙͔͉̅̀͂̎̉͠s̶͙̤̗̻̫̹̯̞̦͔͛͑̌̃̒̏̊̊͌̉̆̄́̕).

Basically, we're going to find out what happens to someone who consumes a soul against that person's will. And it isn't going to be pretty.

[evankinkley]

donovan rocker in every swat episode → 1x10

[dapg-otmebytheballs]

They didn't even have a housewarming party yet. Is it because of the hole in the ceiling or because the heating was broken earlier or because the plumbing wasn't done or-

[existingingrey]

Wedding after-party

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[silverraes]

favorite first watches of 2023

tagged by @alienwlw ty <3

took me a while to get this done but I just had to steal your idea with the gifs haha

The Guest (2018) // Ultimate Note (2020) // Choco Milk Shake (2022) // KinnPorsche (2022) // Moonlight Chicken (2023) // Sweet Home (2020) // Pit Babe (2023) // The Sign (2023)

(I know Pit Babe and The Sign aren't even complete yet but shh)

tagging (no pressure and obviously you don't have to make gifs): @sparklyeyedhimbo @supanuts @buddhamethods @vegasandhishedgehog @mysterygrl20

[mayasaura]

I just got to the compliment-sandwich line of The Unwanted Guest. If the voice from the back of the auditorium isn't Dulcinea I'm going to do something unspeakable

[hischiersjohnston]

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS | Maple Leafs Tims Run!

aka: what happens when you get a pair of hockey players trying to work a cash register and another pair of hockey players to put on a disguise ft. Willy channeling his inner Canadian and making small talk with everyone; Bunts Trying His Best™️ at the cash register, Mo Being Done™️ and reminding Willy that he has a job to do and Auston channeling his Inner Karen™️.

[frownyalfred]

suddenly getting more and more comments where someone will say “this was great, but I refuse to leave a kudos because of [trope]” which is just baffling to me.

[chaos-has-theories]

I FINALLY read The Unwanted Guest yesterday! And by "read" I mean "did a reading", I got to do Ianthe, none if us had read the script beforehand, and we randomly improvised with chairs to follow the scene instructions, it was absolutely glorious.

ANYWAY. I cannot decide what is hotter: Palamedes in his terrible half-burnt suit and the cigarette he doesn't know why he's holding, or Ianthe with her maid/butler routine.

Believe me, no one is more horrified to realize this than me.