#it's JUST LIKE SAMANTHA

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

wait i just realized that the whole time Roy (2.0) is being a little twit in season 1 of YJTV, his... not exactly mom but kinda mom???.... is the den mother of the team he turned his back on and is actively betraying beyond his control. why does this seem poetic to me.

[may12324]

Sabran and the White Wyrm - from The Priory of the Orange Tree.

[linusbenjamin]

We're perfect for each other. You're gonna figure that out someday.

[saintmelangell]

season eight of the x-files is considerably darker than any of the previous seasons and really emphasizes how inherently gothic the show is even as it flits between sci-fi, horror, and procedural...mulder has a fluidity usually associated with gothic heroines that allows him to pass between spaces and realities and that allows scully to become the more masculine/dominant in their partnership EVEN as she winds up in "damsel in distress" situations all the time. but its an intellectual dominance she has. without mulder she is forced back into the typical female role in the gothic novel and endures this very graphic version of victimization that is absent from earlier seasons and i do think its because the locus of power has shifted in the absence of mulder's femininity

[layaart]

a day of fallen night 🗡☄

[hot-or-not-polls]

bonus poll: help me settle a debate with the girls

[oliviabaker]

OLIVIA BAKER All American 6.14 "I Do (Part l)"

[out-of-body-xperience]

Sex & the City

[blusandbirds]

it's a femininomenon!

[sparxyv]

samantha dale doodle for the soul 💙

+ slightly edited traditional sketch that i started with 🫶

[mercuryferns]

So, my Czech friend was telling me something really interesting about Kaz’s name. Apparently in Czech, “kaz” means a flaw, a defect, if you make an adjective of it, it means "rotten". As he said, it suits the “dirtyhands” persona perfectly.

However, this also made me reflect on the more “Dutch inspired” names of the book, and specifically Wylan van Eck. I speak Afrikaans (a Dutch creole). Dutch people can sound off in the comments if it’s different for them, but these languages are obviously mutually intelligible so I’m going to assume what applies to us applies to Dutch too.

Wylan’s name was an issue for me for a huge reason: It’s spelling is aggressively American English, while the character himself is tentatively “Dutch-coded”:

1.) “W” doesn’t exist as a sound in Afrikaans. The letter represents a “v” sound.

2.) “Y” also doesn’t really exist in the same way as it does in English. In English it seemingly means whatever you want it to be in the given moment. But in Afrikaans, it’s “ay”. As in the word “ray”.

3.) “a” never means “ih”. Depending on accent it’s usually either “ah” or “uh”.

This may seem inconsequential, but let me tell you my surprise when my partner told me that his name is actually “WHY-lin”. WHATTTT??? I’ve been saying “VAY-lahn” this whole time????

(Not to mention his surname also means “of me”, which is clever, but to be honest it reads a bit stupidly to someone who speaks the language being imitated. She succeeded in other ways though!)

[rebiesque]

"You have the stars in you, rider. I will see you in the sky one day."

[linusbenjamin]

Oh, dear. It appears we have an issue with facial recognition. Person of Interest 5.02 — SNAFU

[greenofrain]

Okay I want to shoutout Beth May. She gave killer performances as both Scary and Ron.

Ron telling Terry that "I don't think you've been someone you'd choose to be be around lately." KILLED ME. It got me right in the heart. Ron is a good father to his kid. Even when Terry did something that he couldn't take back, Ron was still there to care for him, but he didn't downplay Terry's actions or pretend like he didn't do anything wrong. The actions of the kiddads (especially code purple) have been a sort of gordian knot this season, and Beth sliced through it in a way that was profound and raw and beautiful and felt like real actual IRL parenting. That moment means the world to me.

And Scary. God damn. Everything about her conversation with Terry makes me want to cry. Referring to her dad as her Biological Father, telling him that she's glad to see him, telling him that he doesn't deserve this (both being in hell for it and punishing himself by holding onto the guilt), and being grateful that he was present. We've spent a lot of time on Scary's Guilt this year and having her see that guilt in someone else and forgive them for their actions is so good. I don't know if that was an Anthony move or a Beth move, but thank you for doing that. It's something I relate to a lot and it's so meaningful to see.

[nateyweb]

Sorry I can't come out tonight. Super busy adding photos of Carrie and Samantha in happier times to my vision board.

[quicksweetdreamer]

Ok we all know and love that moment in Window of Opportunity when Jack resigns so he can kiss Carter

I just rewatched it and for the first time I noticed General Hammond’s face while it’s happening and it is

Absolutely

HILARIOUS

LOOK AT HIM

HOW is he able to look like he’s both thinking "I’m hallucinating, this can’t be real"

and

"Fucking FINALLY" ???