#judy: YES I AM HIS WIFE

[wexhappyxfew]

no one can convince me that rosie and judy don’t spend their entire russia ordeal fantasizing about each other and imagining they’re married

AND IF I SAID I WAS LOSING MY MIND WHAT ABOUT IT. sweet anon you are SO RIGHT. i just had a convo with a mutual about this and like …. the general idea was that rosie *accidentally but also very intentionally* calls judy his wife out there and then like. it’s canon. it stays a thing. JUDY NEVER SAYS A WORD ABOUT IT. ROSIE JUST CONTINUES WITH IT MOVING FORWARD. and then that of course trickles down to thoughts of the future and all things like that and i- 😭😭😭

just the general thought of judy *finally* having a person she can call home, someone who cares for her and wants to be around her and take care of her and really get to know her makes me emotional af 😭 like! for once in her life, stepping outside of her hometown-comfort-zone is paying off it seems! and rosie is an absolute sweetheart to her and she can’t help but feel so grateful where she is now and just 😭 it’s the sweetest thing!!!!

truly imagine this 3-parter thought in its entirety - starting with judy (ALONE MIND U) in this situation, then reconnecting with rosie ONLY for him to say ‘oh yeah that’s my wife’ and BAM HERE WE ARE 😭 it’s just it’s too good it has to be a thing now haha 🤣 ITS HAPPENING.

[tia-amorosa]

Sunset Died - Bunch Family

Connections (Part 3)

After staring blankly out of the window for a while, Judy felt her husband's hands gently embracing her, which made her flinch a little. “Hey, relax, it's just me, hn. Are you watching the rain?"/ ”I wasn't really paying attention to it and my thoughts are louder than the drops pattering against the window.” Judy's voice was quiet and sounded a little tortured.

“What's keeping you busiest at the moment?"/ ”You know that, Jack. Everything here… There's still so much to do. Winter's coming, most people here still don't have any heating. Smaller and bigger things are needed everywhere… Then the wedding, I promised Blair I'd take care of the organization… And…"/ ‘Why don't you listen to me, or at least to our son?’.

Judy knew what he meant, of course. She almost felt like crying, but she just swallowed it. “Someone has to help them, Jack…"/ ”But you can't be everywhere at once. It's only a matter of time and you'll get a burn out. Is that what you want?”. She shook her head in small movements. “You're so good at organizing. Then make a plan on how best to divide up certain tasks. You really need to relax again”. He gently stroked her shoulders.

Judy was silent for a while. She had to think hard about everything she had done to help in the last few months. It was almost too much “Let go. The people here are almost underwhelmed because of you, because you take so much off their hands. help should actually come from somewhere else.” Judy took a deep, shaky breath “H-hh, I don't even know how to relax properly anymore…”/ “I do…”

Judy was still wearing her old nightgown, which had actually become far too loose for her as she and her husband had lost a lot of weight in recent months. So it was easy for Jack to slowly slip the nightgown off her shoulders so that it fell to the floor. Then he pulled her close to him. For a moment, she looked at him almost skeptically. “Am I… still pretty enough for you?”. He stroked her chin and looked intently into her eyes “Always”.

It had been quite a while since Judy and her husband had been so close. But Jack was still able to seduce his wife. Even if a while ago he still felt uncomfortable about how his appearance would look to others. Sometimes such large scars have a repulsive effect on others. But no one has turned their back on him because of it. And for Judy, he is and remains the man she always wanted….

It's the next morning and despite it being Sunday, the family's day starts quite early. “Mom, can I go to VJ's?"/ ‘It's not even really light outside yet and you want to leave the house again? Can't we at least have breakfast together, is that too much to ask?’/ ”N-no. Sorry. Are you still mad… about the pictures?”. Judy took a moment before answering in a calm and gentle voice. “I was young once too, Lisa, but things like that didn't occur to us so much back then.”.

“It was just for fun. The pictures are just for the two of us, nobody else can see them"/ ”you say that so easily. fun quickly turns serious and then? I don't want anything to happen to you"/ ”VJ doesn't want that either. I know he's difficult sometimes, but…"/ ”You just know him better than anyone else here, you trust each other, I know. Please stay for breakfast, okay?”.

“OK, I'll stay until after dinner. “/ “Thanks…Lisa?”/ “Yes?”/ “I assume you two… Surely more has happened, right?”. Lisa knew that this time would come at some point. But now of all times, so early in the morning, while her mother was preparing breakfast? “You want to know if we've already had sex?"/ ‘Well, yes…’/ ‘No.’/ ‘No??’/ ‘Why are you so surprised?’/ ‘Well, because…hh, it's VJ, I thought he might be pestering you’.

Lisa slowly turned around and leaned against the wall. “No, he's not pushing me, Mom. It just hasn't been the right time yet. But he… He tries really hard, sometimes he even does romantic things…"/ ‘VJ, a romantic? Wow….’/ ”Yes, unbelievable, I know. But don't worry, there aren't even any condoms here anymore, so we'll probably wait until we're 30”. Judy had to smile a little. But the way Lisa had been talking about her boyfriend recently and all the things she'd said about him almost seemed to convince her a little.

A little later at breakfast. “Did you get anything done last night, Daddy?"/ ”Well… I hope so. Now we'll have to wait and see."/ ‘It's got really cold outside, winter's sure to come quickly this year’/ ‘That's exactly why I'll be on my way in a minute.’/ ‘Judy…’/ ‘Don't worry, darling. You told me to make a plan and I have’.

Ethan watched his father eat. “Is everything okay, Dad? Unlike mom, you're the one who looks pretty knackered today“/”cough, huh? Thanks too. I'm fine, I've just… slept a bit too little, that's all.“/”Then it's probably time for a midday rest today.”… After they had finished eating, Lisa stood up “I'm going now, Mom…”/ “All right. Oh… Please wait outside for a moment”.

As Judy was planning to go on a trip anyway, she accompanied her daughter outside. Before that, she went into the bedroom for a moment. When she was outside, she slipped something into her daughter's pocket without saying a word. When Lisa felt for it with her hand and realized what it was, she looked at her mother with wide eyes. “I hope you know how to do that, don't you?” Lisa nodded with a big grin and hugged her mother, who whispered something else in her ear. Then she ran off in the direction of VJ…. “I need to start trusting her too. Well then, let's go.”.

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@greenplumbboblover 😊

[nysocboy]

Episode 3.6, Continued: Kelvin and Keefe fight, BJ and Stephen fight, and nobody likes hologram Aimee-Leigh

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The Second Reconciliation Attempt: Keefe enters with a rocking chair carved with Kelvin's name on a tree. This is way too much for a "let's stay friends" gift: he is attempting a reconciliation. You're the one who left, dude. You could just ask to get back together.

He is not wearing a sexy outfit; actually he is sweaty and rather disheveled, as if he rushed over the moment he finished the chair.  

Why a rocking chair for an athletic 34-year old?  "This is true love: we'll be together forever."  I am reminded of Robert Browning's famous lines from "Rabbi ben Ezra": "Grow old with me -- the best is yet to be." 

Keefe expected Kelvin to be alone to accept his gesture.  Nope, Taryn is there. 

Kelvin looks nervous and decidedly guilty, as if he has been caught cheating; he pulls Keefe into a bro-hug, asks inane questions ("Is that chair made of wood?"), and stammers "We were just...um...we..." until Taryn takes over and explains that they are just working together.  

Platonic pal advocates, pay attention:  Taryn wouldn't think it necessary to inform Kelvin's buddy that he has nothing to worry about, they are not having an affair.  Either she has inferred that they are lovers, or one of the guys told her.   

Keefe turns on the jealousy, and asks if Taryn has replaced him. As assistant youth minister, of course. But he means as a romantic partner.

Angry at the implication, maybe feeling guilty because he was planning to start a relationship, Kelvin plays along: he asks Taryn to give them a moment alone, touching her affectionately on the back to usher her out, exactly as you would ask your girlfriend to give you a moment to talk to your ex.  

Keefe continues to lash out, demanding to know if Kelvin and Taryn have had a "physical connection."   Romantic but not sexual partner advocates, pay attention:Kelvin and Keefe must have had a sexual relationship, or Keefe wouldn't think to ask about sex with his "replicant."  

Kelvin goes on the defensive, denying that he has anything going on with Taryn, but quite accurately pointing out that "You left me."  They have broken up; he has every right to see other people.  

He tries to touch Keefe's shoulder, and upon being rebuffed, pulls back from the romantic partner term "left" to the good buddy "ditched": "You ditched me. If you had said yes to Immigrant Outreach, we could still be dudebros."  Keefe rolls his eyes; even after the break-up, Kelvin can't say what they were.  

He continues: "What was I supposed to do?  Just sit around, be lonely?  Wait for you to deliver some stupid rocking chair?"  He would be going to work regardless, so "sit around, be lonely" returns to the romantic relationship.  He's telling Keefe that it's too late; he's moved on, he is in fact with Taryn now.

The reconciliation attempt failed, Keefe starts to cry.  He says "I will not disrupt what you and Taryn are building together," referring to the heterosexual trajectory of marriage and family.  Kelvin grimaces in disgust at the thought of becoming Taryn's husband.  

Keefe runs out, doing a cartwheel on the way to demonstrate the hotness he's missing.  Kelvin kicks the chair and screams.

We fade out to a close-up of the Kelvin tree. 

More Humiliation: At home, BJ is working out.  He reads on Judy's laptop that Stephen is asking for another hookup -- after everything that's happened!  His wife and kids are gone -- he's alone in the house, if she wants to stop by.  Pretending to be Judy, BJ responds "Coming." 

The Aimee-Leigh Hologram:  Later that day, the family -- except the partners, all in the midst of marital riffs --  gathers in one of the Gemstone theaters for Jesse and Baby Billy to unveil the hologram Aimee-Leigh.  

They hate the hologram: disrespecting the memory of their loved one, turning her into a carnival sideshow or a Sith Dark Lord. Eli starts to cry.  Judy and Kelvin rush up and destroy the hologram machine, and then quit their jobs as co-ministers.  Now it's Jesse by himself.

The nude fight: BJ goes to Stephen's house, sneaks inside, and finds him in the bedroom, masturbating. If he thinks Judy is coming over for a hookup, why isn't he waiting?  BJ attacks. They fight for three full minutes of screen time, through the house and out into the yard, with Stephen completely nude throughout. Stephen beats BJ into near-unconsciousness, but BJ triumphs.  Fans wondered if there were consequences -- an arrest for aggravated assault?  But Stephen's story has ended; he is not mentioned again. 

BJ goes home, all banged up, and tells Judy: "I hope you like me now."  Amber, BJ, and Keefe could all be asking that of their partners as we fade out. The end.

The full review, with nude photos and explicit sexual discussions, is on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends

[tinygamertris]

Jude kir Dravis

WoL/OC tag meme! Tagged by @ecosystem-administrator, thank you!

Tagging in turn: @nights-at-crystarium, @graha-stan-account, any FFXIV fans who see this and want to go for it!

(Choose whichever WoL/OC you want, do it more than once, ignore me entirely. what am I, a cop?)

B A S I C S

Name: Jude kir Dravis (kir for Veteran Medicus)

Nicknames: Hey Jude, Judy, Mongrel (Derogatory)

Age: 24 at the start of ARR so probably somewhere around 27-29 at this point

Nameday: 21st Sun of the Fifth Astral Moon

Race: Half Garlean half-Keeper Miqo'te

Gender: Male leaning nonbinary

Sexuality: Homosexual

Profession: Medic, Scientist and Engineer in a big ol' mess

P H Y S I C A L     A S P E C T S

Hair: Dark Brown, shaggy, formerly short but grew to jaw length during his time in Elpis

Eyes: Amber

Skin: Light dusty brown

Tattoos/scars: A scar on the left side of his face centred around a blade's cut with branching lightning-like patterns leading out from it, courtesy of Zenos yae Galvus in Doma. An Archon tattoo on his right shoulder post-Endwalker, for the studies he did on Akasa/Dynamis and how it manifests in Ultima Thule.

F A M I L Y

Parents: Father, a pureblood Garlean and head of House Dravis before the second Garlean Civil War; Mother (Mama), a Keeper Miqo'te who rose 'above her station' under Emperor Solus as a Medicus; Adopted Mother, his Father's pureblood Garlean wife. His Father and Adopted Mother have an open relationship and both have brought children and partners into the family through adoption.

Siblings: Three half-siblings through his father, one pure Garlean and two half Elezen. Two half-siblings through his adopted mother, both half Hyur. A sibling adopted from an orphanage after showing immense potential with magitek, pure Hyur (Gentian).

Grandparents: Father's parents, both pure Garlean, former heads of House Dravis, both deceased. Mama's parents, somewhere in Ala Mhigo, current status unknown. Adopted mother's parents, both pure Garlean, current heads of House Priscus. (Yes this means Maxima is a distant cousin.)

In-laws and other: No official in-laws but try telling House Fortemps that he's not family, they'll laugh in your face! Ameliance considered him family long before they met, and Fourchenault has been talked around to naming him a ward of House Leveilleur after seeing how much he adores and will protect the twins.

Pets: He had a pet cat called Scraps when he was young, but no pets since. He considers his life in Eorzea too disruptive (and downright dangerous since falling in with the Scions) to be a responsible pet owner.

S K I L L S

Abilities: Has inherited an empathic talent from his Azem, which manifested along with his echo during the aftermath of Carteneau. Two years training at the Magitek Academy in the Imperial City before transferring to Medicus training. Able to use a gun, gunblade and bow with decent proficiency, and a strong talent with the geometry and mathematics of the Arcanist and both its offshoots. Became a Reaper when the Telophoroi made their appearance with the full intention of returning to Garlemald and doing what needs doing to protect his people. Noble upbringing gave him some small diplomatic knowledge, but he prefers to leave that kind of thing to Alphinaud.

Hobbies: Cooking, sewing, reading, pretty much all kinds of crafting. Loves animals and has been known to spend off-days helping with chocobo stables all over Eorzea.

T R A I T S

Most positive trait: He has a deep, deep love for his friends and family, and will go to ridiculous lengths to protect them. If he decides you're one of his, you can expect him to go to the full extent of his abilities and then some for you.

Most negative trait: He has a lot of difficulty with life-long depression and anxiety, a habit of thinking that his problems 'aren't big enough' to try and get help for (he's on the spectrum but Garlemald doesn't have very good mental health anything let alone support), and these have combined into a nasty tendency to hide his negative feelings and bottle them up until he explodes.

L I K E S

Colors: White, black, grey and dark green.

Smells: Herbs from cooking and making medicine, mild soap.

Textures: Soft, fluffy, smooth and warm. Give him a nice soft fuzzy blanket and he's a happy lad.

Drinks: Cool to cold, fruity, sometimes fizzy. He loves lemonade with berries in it especially.

O T H E R    D E T A I L S

Smokes: Not a chance, he knows what that does to people's lungs!

Drinks: Only occasionally, he doesn't enjoy being drunk and tends only to partake at his very lowest or very highest moments.

Drugs: He's tried weed a few times - on Urianger's suggestion, which surprised everyone but the Pixies - and didn't mind it but he doesn't really see the point in seeking it out. And as for anything stronger, well, he's a Medicus. He doesn't want to risk holes in his brain!

Mount Issuance: Precious, their Grand Company chocobo, is still one of his most trusted companions and is pampered at every opportunity. Muffin, his black chocobo, lives a cushy life in Gridania and is often visited by Kan-E-Senna herself; Jude gets sick at the idea of the 'bo that Haurchefant raised getting hurt. He recently was gifted a flying crescent moon mount by the Loporrits and has great fun giving them all rides.

Been Arrested: Only in MSQ incidents, although he's absolutely come close once or twice. Looking at you Asahi you colossal piece of shit!

[ohtobealady]

Lady, what is your headcanon for the first night Robert stayed? Why, how, when? I'd really like to hear your thoughts :) Have you maybe written about it something that I've missed?

Hello, hello! I love this headcanon question and would love to know others' headcanons! My headcanon used to be that he just gradually stayed longer and longer after performing their *duty*, but now I don't think so.

I think that one night, after an emotional day, he just decides to Stay.

It's most likely best portrayed in my fic Things Given to Tomorrow, Ch 9.

Here's the excerpt if you don't feel like reading all that :)

“And speaking of gossip,” Cora shifted down in her bed. And Robert followed suit. “I caught Rosamund in your old nursery today.” Her voice was low between them. “She was going through old crates.”

“Oh?”

Cora nodded against her pillow, facing him now. “Yes. An old set of puppets.”

“Punch and Judy?” Robert’s interest was piqued. “What should she want with those?”

She shrugged. “I don’t know. Unless she’ll need toys soon.”

“Why would she need that?”

“If she’s … well … do you think she could be pregnant?”

Robert hadn’t the slightest idea. He loved his sister as a good brother should, but he didn’t ruminate on her private life often, if at all. “I suppose she could be. She and Painswick’ve been married for quite some time.”

“Oh.”

Robert massaged the top of his head with his fingers, his head and elbow resting on her headboard. And then he stopped, and looked again at her. “What is it?”

“Nothing,” she was hardly convincing. “Only, of course she can take whatever toys she likes. They were hers too, after all —“

“—Punch and Judy are mine,” he interrupted. 

“But I suppose I would like her to leave some for our own children. It just felt …” she trailed off. And then with a click of her tongue, she shrugged. “I don’t know.”

“Actually,” Robert’s mouth was braver than his heart and he paused. 

“Yes?”

“Rosamund suspected that you might be.” There was no reaction. None. So he continued. “I didn’t tell her it was impossible. She needn’t know.”

There was still no expressive reaction in her features. Even in the firelight, he could see her expression was blank. But she moved. She tilted her chin up to him, and quite like a moth to a flame, he met her. And they kissed. Deeply. Again. His mind wandered, drifting away from him and his hands wandered, to lift her nightdress, her warm, velvety skin delighting his fingertips. 

But she was quiet. There were no soft whimpers or moans, and he pulled away from her to look at her. 

On her side, in his arms, she looked back at him. And she whispered, “Do you want me to be?”

He furrowed his brow. “What?”

He felt her ribs expand beneath his arm. “Do you want me to be pregnant?”

Yes, he thought, but he kept quiet. Her face, the way she looked at him kept him quiet. 

“Only, perhaps I am being foolish.” She exhaled the breath she’d taken. “And when I saw Rosamund, and with my aunt, and I … perhaps it is unfair of me to have everyone wait just because of my naive ideas.”

“You aren’t a fool,” he said, and she tried a small smile. 

And then they kissed again. And again. But Robert’s mind did not float away. He stayed grounded as she pulled herself closer to him. As she pressed herself against him. Closer and closer until, at last, he pulled away. 

He whispered again. “Truth be told, I’m rather tired.” 

“Oh,” her voice was soft. She unlaced her fingers from his hair. “Are you angry with me?”

“What? No! I’m not cross.” He grinned at her in the dark. “No.”

She nodded and pulled further away from him. She drew the blankets back up to her chin. 

He sat up away from her, but then stopped and peered down at his wife. “Do you mind if I stay in here tonight?”

Her face lit up the entire room. “Of course I don’t mind, Robert. I want you to.”

He laid back down, and shifted his weight down deeper into her bed. When he turned to tell her good night, she was still smiling.

[the-rewatch-rewind]

New episode!

Script below the break

Hello and welcome back to The Rewatch Rewind! My name is Jane, and this is the podcast where I count down my top 40 most frequently rewatched movies in the 20 years from 2003 through 2022. Today I will be discussing number 27 on my list: MGM’s 1949 courtroom comedy Adam’s Rib, directed by George Cukor, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Judy Holliday.

When housewife Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) shoots her husband Warren (Tom Ewell) at the home of his lover Beryl Caighn (Jean Hagen), assistant district attorney Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) is assigned to prosecute her. Adam’s wife, defense attorney Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) is moved by Doris’s story and fed up with the double standard for men and women regarding adultery, so she decides to represent her. The tension in the courtroom leads to tension at home between the Bonners, which is further strained by their neighbor Kip (David Wayne), a musician who is very openly interested in Amanda.

I think this was the first Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn movie I watched, but it was the sixth that they made together, out of nine total. Somehow this is the only one to make it into my top 40, although Pat and Mike was very close, with 14 views. Both Adam’s Rib and Pat and Mike were written specifically for Tracy and Hepburn, who were together in real life, by their friends Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, who were married to each other, so it’s unsurprising that the stars and the scripts were perfectly suited for each other. And yes, I am talking about the same Ruth Gordon who was also an actress and won an Oscar for being delectably creepy in Rosemary’s Baby. Looking back on my viewing history of Adam’s Rib is very interesting to me: I watched it twice in 2003, once in 2004, and three times in 2005, then took a fairly long break and saw it again in 2009, then 2011, then another break until 2016, and then I watched it twice in 2018, once in 2019, once in 2020, twice in 2021, and three times in 2022. So I watched it a lot soon after I started keeping track, then hardly revisited it at all until the last five years I was tracking, when I watched it a lot again. This wasn’t a conscious decision so I’m not sure exactly why it happened, but I do know that there are things I appreciate about it now that I didn’t quite catch when I was younger, and I think I needed some time away from it to realize that.

There are two main reasons I enjoy this movie. One is that it’s very entertaining and funny, and the other is that it’s fascinating from a historical socio-political perspective. When I was younger, I mainly focused on the first reason, but more recently the second reason has particularly compelled me to keep rewatching. I’m definitely still there for the comedy though. Some of it is broad and over-the-top, such as the scene when a witness, who is also a female weightlifter, picks up Adam in the courtroom and lifts him over her head, but most of it is more understated. As I mentioned at the end of last episode, I’m pretty sure my favorite part of the whole movie is when Beryl Caighn is on the stand and says she heard a noise, and when Adam asks her to clarify what kind of a noise, she pauses for a moment and replies, “Like a sound.” That is so perfectly tailored to my sense of humor that I can’t believe that my parents weren’t even alive when it was written. Also I would like to acknowledge that this was Jean Hagen’s film debut, and while she doesn’t have much screentime, every moment of her performance is gold. (Jean Hagen is, of course, best remembered for playing Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain three years later.)

Adam’s Rib was also an important steppingstone in Judy Holliday’s career. She was starring in Born Yesterday on Broadway (which was also written by Garson Kanin) but was relatively unknown in Hollywood and was initially not considered for the film adaptation. Her performance in Adam’s Rib convinced the producer of Born Yesterday to give her a screen test, and she ultimately got the part and won an Oscar for it. Katharine Hepburn in particular worked hard to get her recognized, asking director George Cukor to focus more on Holliday than on her in their shared scenes, and then leaking stories to the press about how Holliday’s performance was so fabulous it stole the spotlight from her and Spencer Tracy. This behavior is particularly surprising from Katharine Hepburn if you recall how competitive and envious she was when working with Ginger Rogers in Stage Door. Clearly she was far more mature and self-assured at this point in her career than she had been 12 years earlier. And she was also correct: Judy Holliday gave a fabulous performance in Adam’s Rib, and nobody else could have played her role as well as she did in Born Yesterday. She had such perfect comedic timing. My second favorite part of Adam’s Rib, after the “noise like a sound” exchange, is when Amanda is interviewing Doris in jail – which was the main scene that convinced the producer of Born Yesterday to consider casting Judy Holliday. The way Holliday just keeps talking every time Hepburn thinks she’s finished and is about to say something is brilliantly done. Apparently Holliday was trembling because she was so nervous to be working with Hepburn, but she managed to turn that into part of her character and it works perfectly. That scene also features Eve March as Amanda’s secretary Grace, whose snide remarks greatly add to the humor as well. Watching these three women masterfully turning a serious situation into comedy never gets old.

The character I’ve changed my mind about the most over the years is the neighbor Kip, played by David Wayne. Kip is the kind of guy who clearly thinks he’s the funniest person in the room, and when I watched this movie in my early teens, I was inclined to agree with him. I enjoyed his antics, and I felt bad for him when Adam was mean to him. But as I continued to rewatch this movie, he started to irritate me, and now I can barely stand him. Granted, I do still enjoy his song “Farewell Amanda,” which in real life was written by Cole Porter, although the way he just casually walks into a married couple’s apartment and sings a love song to one of them is so rude. In last week’s episode I talked about the trope of the married couple’s male friend who is interested in the wife, and Kip is one of the most obnoxious instances of that trope. He’s not anywhere near as funny or charming as he thinks he is. This isn’t meant as a criticism of the movie; I feel like he’s intentionally irritating, and he’s definitely important to the plot and the message of the film. But I do think that when I was watching this movie mainly for the comedy, realizing that I no longer found Kip funny was a big part of why I started rewatching it less frequently.

But what I’ve grown to appreciate more recently about this movie is how progressive it was for its time, and the fascinating way that it has aged because of that. Bear in mind that this movie was made in 1949, shortly after WWII, very much in the “women stay home and support your man and raise those boomer children” era. So it was quite bold of this movie to question gender roles, particularly in terms of the infidelity double standard. After Amanda reads about the shooting in the paper but before she has taken the case, she asks Grace what she thinks about a man who cheats on his wife, and Grace replies, “Not nice, but…” and shrugs. Then Amanda asks, “What about a wife who cheats on her husband?” and Grace says, “Something terrible!” When Amanda demands to know why there’s a difference, Grace protests, “I don’t make the rules!” And Amanda retorts, “Sure you do; we all do!” And I think that’s such an important point: even if you don’t agree with social norms, accepting them and perpetuating them is equivalent to endorsing them. Amanda decides to argue that if a man confronted his cheating wife with a gun, people would consider him to be justified, and there shouldn’t be any difference in this case just because the genders are swapped. Adam, on the other hand, argues that nobody has the right to just show up at somebody’s house and shoot them. And what’s so great about this conflict is that they’re both partly right and partly wrong. Amanda’s right that women shouldn’t be punished more harshly for cheating on their spouses than men are, but at the same time, that doesn’t mean everybody should go around shooting each other. And Adam’s right about that part, but he’s wrong in the way he dismisses his wife’s legitimate concerns and fails to recognize the effects of misogyny on society and on his marriage.

It is a little odd that Doris is charged with attempted murder instead of assault with a deadly weapon or something like that, but this way it’s easier to believe that she is found innocent. She definitely did commit assault, but it doesn’t seem like she really meant to kill anyone. I’m kind of surprised the censors allowed her to be acquitted, since my understanding of production codes is that crime couldn’t be shown to pay. I guess Warren getting shot was his punishment for cheating, so now they’re even? I want to know what happens to the Attingers after the trial – hopefully they get divorced and manage to find some happiness – but we don’t get to find out because ultimately the story isn’t about them; it’s about the Bonners. Adam has moved out after the whole weightlifter-picking-him-up episode, and Kip has started to attempt to take his place. After the trial, Amanda is at Kip’s apartment to go over a contract with him, but she’s distracted with worry about what’s going to happen to her marriage, and instead of listening and being a supportive friend, Kip decides it’s a good time to confess his love for her, using the irresistible line that he’s in love with her because she lives across the hall and it’s so convenient. And then Adam bursts in with a gun, and Amanda, terrified, says, “You have no right! Nobody has the right-” and then realizes what she’s saying. Satisfied, Adam reveals that the gun is actually made of licorice, and Amanda is furious, but it’s kind of the best possible outcome here: Doris doesn’t have to go to jail, but her actions are not being condoned, which I assume is what appeased the censors. And then later Adam demonstrates that men and women are truly equal by crying to get what he wants, which is…not great, but…I guess it’s good to challenge the stereotype that masculine men aren’t supposed to cry? It’s just not great to perpetuate the stereotype that women cry to manipulate men.

And that’s when you have to bear in mind that this movie is 74 years old. In addition to outdated gender role assumptions, there’s some weird body shaming and normalization of domestic violence that is very uncomfortable. But on the whole, it does a pretty good job of supporting women standing up for themselves in a post-WWII, pre-second-wave feminism America. Also, in a time when pretty much the only non-white characters in mainstream Hollywood movies were servants, it is worth noting that there are some people of color in the background of Adam’s Rib. There’s a black man on the jury, and when Amanda brings in a bunch of witnesses to demonstrate that women are equal to men, there are a few women of color in the crowd. Granted, when the judge rules that only three are allowed to testify, all three are white women, and the juror doesn’t get to speak either, but the representation bar was so low that even this tiny amount of racial diversity among the extras feels noteworthy.

While I’m pretty sure it wasn’t intentional, this movie also shows the harms of amatonormativity, and possibly even heteronormativity. Doris and Warren certainly should not have gotten married, but amatonormativity told them that that was the life they should want. When Warren is on the witness stand, Adam asks him why he married Doris, and Warren responds, “How should I know? Why did you marry yours? Does anybody know?” The assumption that everybody wants and needs a long-term monogamous romantic and sexual relationship leads to so many incredibly dysfunctional marriages that the people trapped in them think they’re not only normal, but universal, and that’s a problem. Nobody should feel like they have to marry someone they can barely stand just to have a partner. And speaking of people I can barely stand, let’s go back to Kip. While I don’t like him as a character, I do find it interesting that he’s kind of queer-coded, and Adam in particular mocks him for being effeminate, yet he pursues and tries to seduce Amanda. Of course, being a rather effeminate man and being attracted to women are not mutually exclusive, but it does feel a bit like he’s going after Amanda because he thinks that’s what he’s supposed to do. I mean, he says he’s into her because she’s his neighbor and it’s convenient – not exactly the most convincing display of attraction. When Amanda finally understands what Kip is saying, she has this great line: “Now, you look here, Kip. I’m fighting my prejudices, but it’s clear that you’re behaving like a, like a – well, I hate to put it this way, but like a man!” – meaning in the entitled to women’s attention and bodies sense of the word. Which, as someone whose masculinity has been repeatedly called into question, is probably what he was going for. I can’t really blame him for struggling to figure out how to perform gender in a way that’s socially acceptable, but that’s not an excuse for being a jerk who refuses to take no for an answer. As Amanda pointed out earlier, we all make the rules. The only way to overthrow harmful norms is to refuse to perpetuate them. So to summarize what we’ve learned: only get married if you want to, not because you think you should; if you find out your spouse is cheating, either work it out or get divorced, but don’t shoot them; and listened to your married neighbor when she says she doesn’t want to have an affair with you.

If this movie sounds kind of weird, that’s because it is, but the true story that inspired it is, if anything, even weirder. When actors Raymond Massey and Adrienne Allen got divorced, they were represented by husband-and-wife lawyers William Dwight Whitney and Dorothy Whitney, who then divorced each other to each marry their client from that case. Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon then took the idea of married lawyers on opposite sides of a trial and turned it into Adam’s Rib. While the acting is fabulous, ultimately the script is the best part of this movie, and it was even nominated for an Oscar, which has always been unusual for comedies. While in some ways this movie presents a cynical view of marriage, it is worth noting that Kanin and Gordon’s lasted for 43 years until her death in 1985 and seems to have been a relatively happy one. They were clearly both very talented writers, and I think the film’s commentary on gender roles greatly benefitted from having a man and a woman working on it together. Gender roles have changed a bit in the decades since this movie was made, so from that perspective it feels a bit outdated, but it definitely makes some important points that are still relevant. And if nothing else, the script is clever and the performances are captivating.

Thank you for listening to my analysis of another of my most rewatched movies. I appreciate those of you who have stuck with me through this stretch of relatively obscure older films. If you’ve been enjoying hearing about them, don’t worry, there will be plenty more, but if you’re ready for a break, good news: the next movie was made in the 21st century, and you’ve probably at least heard of it! As always, I will leave you with a quote from that next movie: “I haven’t slept with hundreds of men.”

[msookyspooky]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Spooky! I AM SCREAMING! ITS HAPPENING!

Judy needs to fuck off! >_< I'm so tired of her! She's so punch-able! the whole "so, do you like scary movies, YN?" ARE YOU SERIOUS HOW FUCKING DUMB? Her whole character will always blow my mind like excuse me? What is she on?

Also, Dewey's "yes, if she's a danger then proceed." like fuck off! There's killers on the loose! LIKE HELLOOOO!! WHAT THE FUCK YOU MEAN?

I cant wait to see what happens next! Everything is coming together and y/n is out fOR BLOOD! This update is giving pièce de résistance! I cant wait to see how this ends! Spooky, you NEVER disappoint! I can just eat your writing up!

I hope you are doing well! I love you and your beautiful writing talent! <3

Me and my sister watched Scream 4 for the first time 2 thanskgivings ago and all we said was 'I can't stand this bitch' ☠️

Between her so enraptured with Dewey when he's a married man to her overly lawful ideologies to being disrespectful af to Gale aka her bosses wife (Gale can be a bitch herself and probably deserves some of it but Dewey just letting a Deputy be shitty to his wife without setting boundaries with her at all??) I liked Wes in 5 but I do not like his mama even Judy telling Sam to leave town when Sam was visiting her sister??? What? Did she vandalize a building or steal or something as a teen? Her sister is in the fucking hospital and she's 25 stfu what is this the wild west and you 'own' the town? For me, I know ppl like Judy but I am not one of them. I would be as shitty as Gale with her if I was in Gale's shoes and shitty with my husband for allowing the behavior and overstepping to continue.

So with the way she treated Sam and YN being like Sam and Sidney mixed together I can 100% in canon beileve this shit she would pull. Especially if Dewey told her he was worried about YN with her 'past tendencies'.

And of course Dewey going from Scream 3 willing to get arrested to protect Sidney and or YN to Scream 4 unwilling to bend the law or ignore it in certain situations as the Sheriff and most of all as her friend for her safety? It gave me whiplash a bit honestly.

No hate to those that like Judy but I cannot stand her character in 4 or 5 only time I empathized with her was when she tried to save Wes.

THANK YOU!!! I love these, these are food for me they fuel me 😩😭💘

[sufandomgirl]

Hell's Belles Fanfiction Part 1

[A/N: This was actually my first Hell's Belles fanfiction, long before Gabriella was even thought of. Speaking of, she will appear, but this isn't a prompt story. I simply put the prompt in because it reminded me that I wanted to expand my fanfiction. Anyways, enjoy!]

{The brunette woman walked up to Penny's desk, fully expecting to be course corrected.}

Penny: Welcome to the Hellp Desk--I am...really mixed in my feelings from the impromptu send-off party that was recently hosted in honor of my friend and co-worker, Ruggy's reincarnation. We're all very proud of her for her growth and earning her chance at it. We all miss her, though. How may I help you?

Woman: Oh, congratulations to your friend. I didn't understand it, but it sounded like a big deal and a good thing. Anyway, hi, I'm here to address a mistake. The people at the Front Death-k were trying to send me to Paradise, but my husband when I was alive told me that I needed to come down here and be punished for my actions until he could forgive me for my insubordination from Heaven.

Penny: (looks down at her desk) Well, that explains why I don't have a file for you. Um, tell me, what's your name? We use only first names down here.

Woman: Oh, my name is Desiree.

Penny: Okay, and um, out of curiosity, were you married to Christian man who told you that you needed to obey and serve him, no matter what you thought or felt and/or were you perhaps were part of a church that taught you that from a young age?

Desiree: Yes, I was in both. I had an eight-year-old son with my husband, John and remember sending him away with his grandparents in the park right before I felt a burning pain in the back of my head and woke up at the Front Death-k. You see, I'd just found out about John's affair, and I always felt that he was threatening our son. I was trying to leave him, without the support of the church or our community, but with my parents' because even though I knew that I deserved my husband's violence, our son didn't.

Penny: (eyes wide; looks at Judy)

Judy: (looks at Desiree; sighs) Oh, sweet pea.

Lily: So, back up, what made you feel as though you deserved the abuse?

Desiree: Well, simple, I disobeyed the word of God that was taught by my church, I acted independently of my husband, even though I knew it was wrong, and I tried to leave him.

Lily: What church did you attend, by chance?

Desiree: Oh, it was the Designated Gospel Church. DGC, for short.

Sharkie: Hey, Mom, isn't that that new cult that's parading as a religious denomination to commit tax evasion?

Lily: (typing on computer) It is. Desiree, honey, I'm so sorry you had to get sucked into that, but that cult is getting a lot of publicity after your murder. Check this out. (reads) 'Pastor of cult calls for institution to release man arrested for abusing and publicly killing his wife on the grounds of religious practices'. Pastor Ulysses, to be exact.

Judy: Isn't Greg already preparing for his arrival down on Level 9, Penny?

Penny: Yeah, he's super excited. He gets a certain kick out of punishing religious leaders who abuse their power. (turns back to Desiree) It's really not your fault. We deal with corrupt church teachings and clergy all the time. Their victims like yourself do usually come down for therapy on Level One or Two, but usually come out ready for their Paradise. If not, they sign up for reincarnation to try again at life.

Desiree: That can't be right! Pastor Ulysses told me that God would scowl upon me for helping a Muslim and Pagan avoid shaming from a fellow church member and accepting my lesbian sister and her trans son. My parents left the church because they wouldn't support them. I was already married to John and continued speaking to them despite his wishes. This caused him to strike me for my disobedience. It only got worse when I kept in contact with an ex-communicated friend who disagreed with Pastor Ulysses sermons of obeying men and such.

{The Hellp Desk stare at her, wide-eyed.}

Lily: So, amidst this...enlightening conversation, do you notice any...recurring themes about...Ulysses and John that may or may not contribute to your view of your actions? Clearly, you didn't agree with them, which was fine, but then when you were judged and sent to Paradise, did you ever question that maybe they could've just been trying to manipulate you? I mean, why send your son to your parents unless you knew what they were doing was wrong?

[drabbles-mc]

For the Fandom Game: Narcos

The gasp I fucking gasped at this! I love it. Letsgoooo

The first character I first fell in love with: My unhinged colonel, Horacio Carrillo. I love him and all of his war crimes. 😌

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Okay so someone who grew on me in a major way was definitely Amado. I never disliked him, but for the longest time he was just Some Guy to me but now when he's on screen I am fully 👀 paying attention 👀

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: I feel like there's no one in OG Narcos that I dislike that people would really consider an unpopular opinion. I'm gonna tweak this a little and do a character from Narcos: Mexico because??? I can 😂 My apologies to the Calderoni girlies but I would throw that man off a roof with my bare hands if given the opportunity. And I wouldn't feel bad about it. 😌

The character I love that everyone else hates: Okay I know that he is not everyone's cup of tea, but there is something that I am just so fucking obsessed with when it comes to Navegante. I don't want him. But I want to study him. I want to put him in a big ol' terrarium on my windowsill and take notes on his behavior.

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: I still love all the characters that I loved that the start. Momma didn't raise a quitter. 😌

The character I would totally smooch: He's a Wife Guy so I know that he would never, but god the way I just want to plant one on Jorge. I love him. Let me put him in my pocket I'm begging. (There are hardly any gifs of him in the search which is fucking CRIMINAL I'm weeping. Look at him and his little beard. God. He could fix me I know it.)

The character I’d want to be like: Please let me be a boss bitch like Judy Moncada. I want a painted portrait of myself and a tiger hanging in my living room. I want to have weird, antagonistic sexual tension with Javi. Por favor.

The character I’d slap: The list is too long! I love all these men but god they can all be so stupid sometimes! Passing one brain cell around just simply isn't enough. 😂 Although I will say, despite how much I love him, I think that my hillbilly husband Steve Murphy should've caught hands at some point. Maybe someone could've slapped some Spanish vocab into his brain idk 😂

A pairing that I love: Limon and farming. 😌 Lmaooo no but real talk I will be a Steve/Connie girlie till I die. I love them so much. God. Yes.

A pairing that I despise: Not a romantic pairing, but the entire dynamic between Pablo and his mom drove me absolutely up the walls. The cognitive dissonance of those two really had me putting my head through drywall lmao 😂 It's not even like they have a ton of scenes with just the two of them or anything but they are just such a horrid little feedback loop for each other.

Thank you for this!!! xoxo

Send me a fandom!

[neverwalka1one]

Tie between: (with a read-more break because oops this got long)

a animal science class about herd management/breeding goals. We were each given a herd of electronic milk cows (no real cows were hurt in the production of this class :D) and a few bulls with the stats for the cows direct production/milk fat%/etc and the legacy stats for the bulls. Each person was also given a goal - increase the herd's production, or increase the milk fat of the milk produced, or increase the protein - there were a bunch of metrics. Each week we had to choose which cows we would keep and breed, or cull. It was startling how fast you could get attached to cows that were basically a number and a stat list. Grades were based on success of improving your assigned metric. Sims but for cows.

a medieval science class (yeah I was STEM but there is a limit, friend) where we had three assigned papers to make up our grade - and each was a letter from some historical person, to some other historical person, about something that was happening at that time. Each of these three letters had a historical, real counterpart - if we could find that real letter, we could just submit a copy of that. I never found any of them. In lieu of finding the real thing, we had to write the letter, from the POV of the person who actually wrote it, echoing their morals, in the tone needed, and it needed to be convincing. One of the letters was from an Archbishop about why killing Joan of Arc was good, actually. SO hard, so much fun.

With an honorable mention going to: My elective animal care animal science class where I got up at unholy-early AM to go help at the sheep barn. There were baby sheep, it was unbearably cute, and I got to ride in the back of a truck throwing hay bales around. The rams were borderline terrifying though.

Second honorable mention to the other elective animal care class where I spent afternoons with the milking herd. I do not miss you, cow 666 (yes, that was her number, she was hand-raised and an absolute asshole of a cow, she taught me how to jump fences). I still think about the barn manager every time I go through a gate, thanks to his rants about Making Sure You Close And Lock The Gate Every Time OMFG Guys.

Third honorable mention to the other other elective animal care class where I spent afternoons caring for the campus bird population - I got a paying job out of that one, though I may never forgive the ducks. I did get to use a high-pressure water cleaner though, for the win.

Fourth honorable mention to the Shakespeare class in community college - the prof said she didn't give A's and I said 'bet' (not really, this was 1999, and I wasn't that cool as a teenager anyway) and proceeded to argue that Kate was better wife by the biblical model than Bianca (and she's just a more well-rounded character, sorry Bianca, but Kate's my girl). That prof had a love for Shakespeare and gave it to us (and let us watch a taped version of Sir Ian Mckellen and Dame Judi Dench in Macbeth, and took us to a live production of Taming of the Shrew).

can't do this one as a poll bc there's endless choices but if you're in college/university or went to college/university what's been the most fun/enriching class you've had?

[herdeardiaryy]

devotion 52

"He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he."

Proverbs 16:20

My parents always told us, their children, that whatever we do in life, we need to entrust it to the Lord, even if we know that we can do it, everything will be smooth in process when we walk by it with God. And it's true.

Lately, I learned everything about it. Yes, my parents always told us about God's promises and truth, but most of the time I forgot how great God is before. But now, everytime I wake up, regardless if I have a good sleep or not, I thanked God, because having another air to breathe is a very precious.

I learned that, I need to surrender everything to the Lord. I encountered His greatness when He healed my father from life and death situation, even when I experienced a lot of pressures and episodes of panic attack, the Lord is always true to His words, that if we surrender everything to Him, He will never leave us nor forsake us, and also He will blessed us more than we expect.

At this Bible verse, whatever happens, even if I lost people in my life due to being so steady in my spiritual devotion, I will forever and always choose to surrender my life to the Lord.

Let us pray:

"Father God, thank You for this day that you have given to us. Thank You for giving me this day to rest and do whatever I want outside my workplace. Thank You, Lord, for my family who has a lot of time bonding with each other. Thank You very very much, Lord.

Forgive me, Lord, if I did something wrong out of control for this week. I admit that I have sinned and cannot avoid being a sinner, but please Lord, see my heart, I am sincerely trying my best, everyday, to do good according to Your will. Those intentional actions that I made, I am sorry, Lord, and again, I will try not to do it again for You. May You clean my heart and change it into something that make You proud of me.

Lord, again, I thank You. For the air that my family and I breathe, for another life, for another overflowing blessings, for the continuation of healing, for reminding us what to do, for correcting us, for the experiences that we had and having, for the challenges in life, and most of all, for forgiving us. Words cannot express how thankful I am for all the things you've done in our life. Thank You so much, Lord.

Lord, I pray for the safety of my family, relatives, and friends. Protect them from any harm, accidents, and diseases, in the Name of Jesus. Continue to love them with Your Holy Spirit, show how amazing You are. I pray for my Father's healing, I know he is doing great now, Lord, but have Your way in his life. I prophecy complete healing in the Name of Jesus. Evem for my brother, Reneld John, I pray for something in his heart, Lord, that my sister and brother-in-law heard, I declare clear results upon his check up, heal now what's inside of his body, whatever it is, Lord, I know you will heal my brother, in the Name of Jesus. I pray for the strength, knowledge, and energy for my mother, Lord. You know how great she is not only as a mother and wife at our home, but also Your soldier. Give her blessings, both her and my father, that they truly deserves. And I pray for my sister and brother-in-law's departure this September, Lord, protect them Lord by the time that they arrived at the airport until they landed in Germany. Extend Your greatness upon them as they take another step for their future, even for baby Rohan, I pray that he grows according to Your will and Your words will stay in his heart forever. I also pray for our pets, Lord, for Cloud and Mikasa, thank You for giving us as part of our family, I pray that You give them longer life, for us to be with them. I pray for a healthy life, Lord, protect them from any accidents and diseases in the Name of Jesus.

And for my friends: Judy Lyn, Jace, Rose Ann, MC, Cecil, Angel, Alner, Azi, Wewe, Regine, Raymond, Airene, Marvic, Shane, Joy, Jovel, Alex, Rona. You know what they are going through right now, Lord, whether it is good or bad or worst, be with them. Never get tired of reaching their sufferings and challenges, Lord, I know they needs You so much. Protect them at any costs, Lord. Let them know You more. And always remind them how good and great You are in their life. Continue to bless them, nourish them, love them, protect them, guide them, and forgive them, in every situations. They are very precious to me, Lord, that's why I am helping them to surrender their cross to You alone.

Lastly, I pray for my life. I pray that You continue to guide me, Lord, for whatever my decisions is, what will I do, what will I think, You will be the center of my life. I pray for peace of my heart, I rebuke negative thoughts in the Name of Jesus, I command pressures and panic attacks to go away in You powerful name, Jesus. Help me to be someone that you've always wanted me to be, Lord. Have Your way always for my life. I prat that You provide all my needs, and some of my wants, Lord. I lift up everything to You.

Thank You so much, Lord, for being You. I love You so much, Lord.

This I pray in the Mighty Name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior,

Amen."

010923 | 22:58

[jokekinsjoke505]

Stay with us

( so this is after about 2-3 years after Judy was born, you were at the run at the same time has them when they were on the run for 3 days so that's how you meet)

Ed (age 26) X male reader(age 26) X Lorraine Warren( age 25)

Warnings: mention of drugs and alcohol, suicide attempt, cutting, Ed and Lorraine Warren, childhood Trauma, abusive parents, blood

Summary: you always have been the 3 wheel you always wanted to be something more 2 them other than a friend. But they have always loved you they were only scared to tell you.

You sat in one of your kitchen chairs drinking your beer with tears slowly forming in your eyes ' why does it have to be so dangerous to leave me alone with my own mind. '

You heard your phone ring you took a quick sip while looking at the phone wondering who it was. You got up and awnserd " hello this is m/n l/n" " hi m/n how are you I just wanted to check up on you since you said you were a bit sick a couple days ago" I blushed a bit of hearing the voice of Ed " oh hi Ed yeah I'm feeling a bit better but I'm still a bit sick but I am feeling a bit better"

* time skip to after the conversation*

" k bye say hi to Lorraine for me" " bye" you hung up the phone again sat down again. Love was one of the many reasons for the occasion for tonight you grabbed a peace of paper and a pen starting to wright down. Leaving it on the kitchen counter slowly walking in to your bathroom bringing the sharpest knife you had with you

( here comes the sucide part)

You sat in your bathtub dressed in a nice light blue suit with a black tie that you wore on Ed and Lorraine's wedding. Tears streaming down your face but no sadness you only felt numb, high on cocaine and smoking normal and weed cigarettes, drunk on whisky. You were in a nightmare that you couldn't escape from, your parents belts, feet and nucles hitting your body over and over again and yes it was nearly 6 (you were abused between 4-17) years ago but you were able to get away but never away from the memories, so painful memories.

You grabbed the knife bringing it to your wrist and started to cut, both of the water and the sleeve of your suit and a bit on your chest got blood on dripping on it and the water turning more red and the suit getting more red spots on it ' I love you Ed and Lorraine Warren even when you two will never love me back the same way I love you' you hoped that it was your last thought you lifted the knife a bit bringing it closer to your vains and cutted so deep that blood just flooded out making you feel funny, you slowly closed you eyes.

Your bathroom door being kicked down and the feeling of being dragged out of the bathtub and hearing the sirens out side getting closer and closer and the feeling of being carried "stay with us m/n stay with us " hearing a fainted familiar male voice but couldn't figure out who it was " I'm so tired" your heart beating in your hears slowly closing your eyes again " no no no don't close your eyes whatever you do not close your eyes." Your body gave up a long time ago but the people around you hasn't yet, you felt a little electric shock go through your body starting from your chest and traveling down to your feet but you and your body have just given up completely.

(time skip to after the doctors were able to save you and you are awake)

Ed and Lorraine held each other and hoping that you will be alright and they were sitting at your house around the table Ed could stop reading your suicide letter that you wrote " we should have talked to him more we should have said that we loved him" Lorraine said sobbing. Ed kissed his wife forehead hugging her tight

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" I'm sorry it's all so hard i wanted to let you go guys to be happy but that would be easier if I wasn't here so I'm going to leave i love you ed and Lorraine more than a friend

Y/N"

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Part 2 will be coming soon

[stormclouds-chainmail]

[Image description: several Reddit screenshots. Image 1 and 2 described here. Images 3 to 5 have alt text which I've included here too as Tumblr sometimes loses alt text.

Image 1: Reddit user Dependent_Top_4425: Robins see their reflection in your glasses and go into attack mode.

Reddit user RazorFlea: Why the fuck did Batman teach them that

Image 2: Reddit user MyCatCalledLuna on Dec 26, 2023: My favourite Reddit post is someone whose sis-in-law is pregnant with a girl and her brother wants to name her Stephanie which SIL doesn't like (brother will not accept another name). You then find out they have two boys already, Richard and Jason, named by brother. Someone asked if he liked batman and it ended badly for the brother.

Reddit user gibbsith on Dec 27, 2023: @ MyCatCalledLuna i'd never seen that post before so i looked it up and Yes its crazy but my fave comment was on the update post where someone was like "i cant believe someone was a big enough robin stan to fabricate this lie and keep it going!" to which someone rightfully responded "tim drake behavior"

Image 3: an AITA post by u/JustBeingHonest4 titled AITA for telling my SIL that no one in our family is named Stephanie?

Verdict: Not the A-hole

I can't figure out if I did anything wrong, or if so, what, because I honestly have no idea what's going on. Hopefully someone here can give me a clue. Here's the relevant info, as far as I know.

My brother and his wife are expecting their first girl after two boys. I love Ricky and Jace, and so does my SIL, but she has always wanted a girl and is very excited to be having one. She also wants to name the girl Chloe, as she loves that name. My brother hates the name Chloe and really wants to name their daughter Stephanie. They have been arguing about it for a few weeks, since finding out the gender.

I got to my parents house late last night and my SIL was the only person still awake. We talked for a little bit, and she asked me the weirdest question. She asked me if I knew any stories about great aunt Stephanie. I was so confused. I literally said "who?"

SIL clarified that she was talking about our grandmother's older sister that died when grandma was a little girl. Our grandma had two sisters, but their names were Judy and Lynn. There's no one in our family named Stephanie, as far as I know. I told as much to my SIL. She changed the subject after that, and we soon went to bed.

This morning my brother and his wife were both sulking during breakfast. Even the kids could tell. Ricky kept saying "stop being grumpy on Christmas." So it wasn't just my imagination. I got my brother alone and confronted him. He snapped at me for "meddling" and told me to stay out of his marriage.

My brother is pissed at me, and my SIL won't even talk to me. I'm afraid to say anything to my parents and drag them into this, especially since I still don't know what this is. Either my grandmother had a secret sister that I don't know about but my brother does for some reason, or my brother lied to his wife to convince her to name their baby Stephanie. Both options seem equally weird to me. Maybe there's a third possibility I'm not seeing?

Reddit, am I the asshole? If so, please explain to me why. I don't want to be the reason Christmas is ruined.

Update: Most awkward Christmas Eve dinner ever. Gotta keep this short; lots going on. Everyone now knows what my brother was doing with the kids names(except the kids obviously). They are pissed. Weirdly my mom is the most pissed. A Christmas truce is in place for the kids, so no fighting on the holiday. However the baby is definitely going to be named Chloe. My brother very quickly backed down when my mom said some few choice words to him. The topic is completely banned for the rest of festivities, so, for now at least, they've tied a bow on the situation.

Image 4: Christmas morning update: Aside from some glaring over a couple of the boy's stocking stuffers (Robin Funko pops) everything went well with the gift opening (as well as being woken up at 5:30 AM by being jumped on by one's nephews can). I think my brother realizes he crossed a line and has been very attentive to his wife. He mentioned getting Chloe's name embroidered on some stuff when they get home. He even told mom he would do the Christmas breakfast so she could have a break and he gave me an "I'm sorry" grin when I opened his gift. I think everything is going to be fine.

Image 5: Comment from Chandak562: Your brother is a comics fan, right? Is he by any chance a big Batman fan, because I'm seeing a kind of pattern with these names.

Reply from op: Yeah, big time. How did you know?

Reply from FKAlag: Let's just say that if this baby had been a boy he would have suggested Tim.

Reply from op: That was the name he wanted if they were having a boy! How did you know that?!

Reply from FKAlag: These are all the names of former Robins. As in BATMAN & ...

Richard Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown and Damian Wayne.

EDIT: In all fairness, it was u/Chandak562 who figured the Robin connection out.

Reply from op: I am going to confirm this on Wikipedia, but if you're right, and I can't imagine why you would make this up, my brother is about to be in so much trouble.

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i’ve always thought reddit is a hellscape but my friend just sent me this and yk what maybe i’ll give it a chance

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Hey slug, thanks for the hard work you and your team do for the fandom!! me and some friends were discussing this and i thought it would be nice to see ur answer to this (only if it doesn't bother u, of course!!): what characters do you think parents would give a big thumbs up if you introduced them as your partner (in terms of personality and traits)? I personally think Hifumi or Ichiro would be the best son-in-law...

What an entertaining question. Believe it or not, I’ve given the matter some thought before for reasons entirely unrelated to this, so presenting: Hypnosis Microphone Men and Whether or Not You Should Bring Them Home to Your Parents.

Since there’s a wide age range among the cast members, assume that the “you” in question is roughly each character’s age.

Ichirou: Absolutely. This man is objectively a dream boat. Runs his own successful business? Check. Respectful to people of all ages? Check. Cooks? Check. Cleans? Check. Good with kids? Check. Take Ichirou and marry him before your parents marry him themselves.

Jirou: As far as high school boyfriends go, Jirou’s not a bad choice. He’s a sweetheart, popular, plays music. Doesn’t do drugs in the school bathroom. Could have better grades, but hey, you can’t win them all. He seems like he’d have you home by 8 pm. You know what? Sure. Why not? You could do worse.

Saburou: Saburou is the kind of middle school boyfriend that your parents openly like and privately dislike. What I mean is that he’s very polite to most elders and super smart, so he’s the kind of kid who is entirely unobjectionable, but he’s also the kind of kid who would try to mansplain your parents’ jobs to them. Worst of all, he would be entirely correct in what he’s saying. Your parents probably want to punch him, but they don’t because assaulting children is illegal, not to mention immoral. They will breathe a collective sigh of relief when he finally breaks up with you so he can focus on studying for the Science Bowl nationals.

Samatoki: I am so torn on this one. On the one hand, he’s every parent’s worst nightmare. He smokes indoors, has an awful temper, and is a fucking gangster, for pete’s sake. Yet he can also be a sweetheart who cooks for you and does everything to treat you right. I’m really stumped. Probably the best solution, if you’re really wanting to get in on that Aohitsugi ass, is to cut out the middle man and date Nemu instead. She is perfect in every way, so your parents will love her.

Juuto: If your parents watch Antiques Roadshow, then he will have a lot to bond with them about. Otherwise I think he’d be that kind of person who tells stories about himself way too loudly at family dinners, and after he leaves, one of your parents pulls you aside to say, “Your boyfriend’s really kind of an asshole, don’t you think?” I guess date him if you’re okay with your parents thinking you have cruddy taste.

Riou: I feel like the hard part here is luring him out of the woods and into a family dinner, but from there, it should go great. He’s over 6 feet tall. He can cook well. He has a strong sense of purpose and knows what he wants to do in life. Most importantly, he has a wonderful heart AND every survival skill known to man. He will change the oil in your parents’ car, fix the leaky pipe you’ve been meaning to get around to for six months now, clean the hood above the stove, and then swap recipes and heartfelt compliments with whichever parent does the cooking. Who cares if he doesn’t have a stable income? You don’t need that with guns like those. (insert flexing Riou image here)

Ramuda: I’m trying to think about the concept of a) dating Ramuda and b) introducing him to a set of parents, and I’m drawing an utter blank. There is nothing but “???” in my mind. I’m going to hazard a guess that this one would be a terrible idea.

Gentarou: Wow, your parents had no idea you were dating a prince of a tiny little kingdom in the Mediterranean AND a Harvard law graduate AND the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize AND the man who discovered a cure for cancer in an expedition deep into the heart of the Amazon rain forest. Look at you! What a catch. Only attempt this if your parents are gullible.

Dice: As much as I love Dice to death, this one is a no. Your parents do not want you dating a homeless man with a gambling addiction and bad table manners. Plus, the MIL here seems hard to get along with. Nuh-uh.

Jakurai: Absolutely. You’re in your 30s, so your parents are at least middle-aged. Probably they have some joint problems or some back pain. Jakurai can let them kiss that pain goodbye, and in return, they can let him kiss you! A win-win. He also boasts a handsome salary, has a lovely house, and seems like he’d be super respectful in a relationship. Yes. Go. Marry him.

Hifumi: If you’re a girl, you’re probably going to have to sit this round out. If you’re a guy or nonbinary... yeah, you’re probably going to have to sit this round out too. See, if you have a mom, how is Hifumi supposed to meet her? I guess you could... idk... stick a lampshade on her head and expect him not to notice. That could potentially work, but it’d raise a few awkward questions. If you do happen to live in a female-free household, though, you’ve hit upon the golden opportunity to make this man yours. You can replace every instance of the word “wife” in Judy Brady Syfer’s famous essay “I Want a Wife” with the word “Hifumi” and still have it make perfect sense, and it shows.

Doppo: I can’t in good conscience recommend this one. Sure, he’s hardworking and certainly polite enough, but does he have the time to respond to your emotional needs? Hell, does he have the time to respond to his own? If you invited him to family dinner, there’s a good chance that he’d need to work overtime and miss it. He’d apologize and buy you flowers to make up for it, but you know he’d also be worrying about the cost of those flowers, so... is it really worth it?

Kuukou: For some reason, my parents actually like Kuukou (although I think he’s also the only character they know besides Ichijiku), but I don’t think this would hold true for most parents. He sounds good on paper, but he’d probably make a disparaging comment about someone’s ass in the first five minutes. Perhaps if you tape his mouth shut and tell your parents he’s doing a vow of silence, then yes.

Juushi: As far as high school (is he still in high school?) boyfriends go, Juushi’s not that bad either. He’s shy but sweet. Respectful. In a band, but the kind that makes money and doesn’t operate out of someone’s garage. Yeah, you know what? Go for it. You could do worse. Just scroll up on this list if you need proof of that.

Hitoya: Yeah, absolutely. Hitoya has a great career and a fantastic attitude. He doesn’t take shit from anyone but can still be polite in the correct contexts. He also seems like the type who would get into a serious relationship and treat his partner right. Fuck it up. I support your love.

Sasara: Yes. He has the exact type of humor favored by parents of the father variety. Plus, he’s a famous comedian. There is good money to be had right there.

Roshou: Absolutely. Rather shy but very talented, hardworking teacher who obviously puts his heart and soul into his job? Of course. As long as he doesn’t death glare your parents, it will work out fantastically. Plus, he can talk about sports! That’s a thing that parents like, right?

Rei: Absolutely not. You remember last May when your parents answered a call from the IRS telling them they were about to lose all their money unless they gave the nice man on the phone their bank account password right at that very instant? He was the nice man on the phone. Why the hell would you bring this threat into your parents’ home? Look, you’re in your mid-40s. Your parents are getting up in years, and they want to see you settle down and be happy with someone. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is not it. Why are you with Rei in the first place? Is it the fur coat? Listen, you are a grown-ass adult, and you can buy yourself as many fur coats as you want. I believe in you. It doesn’t have to be this way - you deserve better.

[thekingdomofelfhame]

Jurdan Fanfic: Jealousy

Summary: Jude feels that Cardan hasn’t been giving her much attention since she came back from the mortal realm after visit her sisters. She decides to play a game with him when an opportunity arises at a party...

I am not surprised to see Cardan lounging on his throne, extremely drunk, the bloodcrown resting on his brow. He wears one of his ridiculous robes, one with a massive number of black feathers stretching from his shoulders to his ankles.

How does he not trip in such extravagant clothing?

I snap out of my thoughts as I feel a hand on my shoulder, heavy yet comforting and I turn around to see my twin sister, Taryn, her hair tied up into a beautiful bun, making her hair look like a rose. She is dressed in a forest green gown that glimmers like a thousand emeralds in the moonlight, her legs showing from the slit in her dress.

“Hey”

“Hi. So what are you up to nowadays?”

“Oh. You know. Trying to correspond with the low courts, crushing small rebellions and other usual stuff. Honestly, I have not been able to find time for myself”

“And that is why I want you to meet someone”

“What are you up to?”, I ask suspiciously and she just gives me a sly smile before saying, “Come on! You are going to love him”

Before I can protest, she takes me by my hand and drags me through the crowd to a grey-haired man with blue amber-lined eyes, a tattoo partially covering his arm.

“Hey, Sky!”, Taryn says excitedly.

“Hi, Taryn. I did not know you would be here”, he says, his voice deep and smoky. His eyes shift towards me and my midnight blue dress, “this must be your twin sister. Judy? I am guessing?”, he says, extending his hand to me.

“Jude”, I snap and reach out to shake his hand, simultaneously giving my sister an exasperated look as she leaves me with him. Taryn has been dating quite a few guys since she killed Locke and each time sets up a meeting between me and her date, just so I can give my judgement and it has been worse than hell.

I skim the crowd to find Taryn, giving less attention to what Sky is saying; something about him being a wildlife photographer or something. I can’t seem to find Taryn and it makes my blood boil until I find Cardan’s black eyes upon me, not paying attention to the Fae standing beside him. That is when it hits me.

Not giving me much attention have you? Too bad. Let’s play a game

I turn back to Sky who seems to have finished his story, “So, what about you? What is your occupation?”

“Really? Taryn did not tell you”, I say, twirling my chestnut curls, “I am the seneschal”. I lie with ease as I feel Cardan’s gaze on me, sending a shiver down my spine. And yet, I continue to flirt with Sky as he continues to flirt with me and the only indication of our silent flirting was the smirk on his face and the smile on mine.

I feel as if I have flirted enough as I turn around to see Cardan, his eyes filled with fury. He jumps up from his throne and walks towards us while I pretend that I am oblivious of him, oblivious of his fury, oblivious of the fact that I was his wife and he was my husband.

“And that is how I met Taryn”, he says, waiting for me to speak.

“I wish I was there. I would have witnessed your cuteness long before my sister”

We both laugh at that but soon stop when Cardan interrupts, his hand firm on my waist.

“Please do entertain me with one of your jokes as well”, Cardan says, his voice rough. 

“Oh, hey, Cardan! I almost didn’t see you there. Sky here was just telling me about himself”, I say exhilarated before turning back to Sky, “You should really tell Cardan about your time with the whale”

“I do not think that will be necessary”, Cardan interrupts, clearly exasperated.

“And why is that?”, I question him.

“Because, Jude dearest, we have to leave”

“What about--”

“Now!”

I don’t even get to say goodbye to Sky as Cardan pulls me away, his breath ragged with anger and I am certain I would have a hand-shaped bruise on my waist in the morning.

I protest all the way to our chambers while Cardan remains dead silent and does not utter a single word until we reach our chambers.

“What the hell was that?!”

“It is not necessary for you to know”, he says calmly while locking the door.

“What do you mean ‘it is not necessary for you to know’? Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? What will Taryn’s boyfriend think of you now? Huh? For God’s sake, answer me!!!”

He does not answer for a long time, just...stares.

That is when I draw the line and rush towards the door, “Fine. If you don’t wanna answer me, don’t. I am gonna go back to the party and clear your mess”, I shout and add, “Oh, and I will be staying at Vivi’s today. You can sleep here alone tonight”

I am about to unlock the door when his hand grabs a hold of my arm, turning me around to face him.

“Jude”, his voice is apologetically soft.

“What?!”, I am sure half of Elfhame must have heard my voice, “Cardan, I do not know what is wrong with you! You are not answering me! You have been ignoring me since I came back!”

His expression changes. His face is unreadable. 

He steps towards me, closing that last bit of distance between us.

“You think I have been ignoring you?”

“Aren’t you? Let’s take tonight, for example. What kind of a person leaves his wife alone in a party?!”

“Jude. You had company. What was his name? Sky, was it?”

“He is Taryn’s boyfriend! I only got stuck with him because of Taryn!”

“But you seemed to be enjoying yourself”, he looks down as his cheeks redden.

“I was only pretending for Taryn!”

Relief floods his face and his cheeks are now a striking red.

Is he blushing?

“Thank god you were only pretending because I swear he was looking at your body the whole time. I really wanted to punch him and I would have if it wasn’t for you”

“Cardan Greenbriar, are you jealous?”, I tease. 

He does not answer but instead kisses my neck.

His lips are soft and warm against my skin and the way he kisses me... soft and raw.

Finally, he pulls back and says, “yes” and before I can tease him more, his lips find mine. My hands go to his silky black hair that are now damp with sweat. His lips move along my jaw finally stopping by my ear to whisper, “ Only I get to touch you this way. Oh, and by the way, I was not ignoring you. I was simply giving you space to adjust as my Queen and Elfhame’s”.

If my heart could explode, it would have. 

He was so caring. Why did I have to be angry at such a beautiful and kind person?

I cannot control my emotions and, despite my attempt to blink my tears away, my eyes start bursting with them and my nose becomes runny.

Cardan must have sensed my flooding emotions for he pressed my head to his chest, one arm wrapped around my waist while the other playing with my hair. Tears trickled down my rosy red cheek that was now drenched in sweat.

“Jude”, Cardan says pressing a kiss to my forehead, “please do not punish me this way or I may go and do more than just punch that guy”. I laugh so sudden and hard that I wheeze.

“You know, no matter how upset I am, you always seem to make me laugh”

“Well, that is my job. Isn’t it, my sweet nemesis?”. With that, he kisses me again. None of us really sleep that night and the next morning I wake up with a hand-shaped bruise on my waist...

[queermarzipan]

ALL OF THIS OMG. Every SINGLE thing you said is 100% correct so I'm just gonna add whatever tidbits I can think of that seem vaguely relevant. Lmao

Michael Sheen was in Wilde too. He jumpscared me lmao

Oh it gets more meta trust me

David is also MASSIVELY slutty like top notch love it the GROWL. The BITE. The HOODIE + BARE CHEST. I am DECEASED

David's son Ty was Job's son in Good Omens. His father-in-law Peter Davison was Job. Jic you beeded more confusion XD

THANK YOU THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT

Georgia also calls Anna her wife. (On Instagram not the show.) I'm going to scream

Georgia posted a pic of the same sunset as Anna with the words "we're so linked! (also neighbours)" on her story. People are VERY EXCITED about it and also apparently people have forgotten that "neighbours" can live farther than five houses away from you (AND since it's a translation from slang in the first place it could stretch the definition much farther than social convention usually allows)

Judi Dench is a god in the world of acting. She is Judi Dench.

YES BUT IF YOU WATCH THE BLOOPERS IT WILL HEAL YOU. PROBABLY. IT HEALED ME AT ANY RATE. A BIT.

No you know what. This is fair

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

I. did not know this. lmfao

GO ASMI!!!! WOO

staged but i've never watched it and i'm drunk

hello mascot good omens mascot here okay so THE STAGED LIVESTREAAM IS ON SATURDAY BTW. That is a thing that is happening. So. You know. If you're above 18 because @thescholarlystrumpet (and I ig) are responaible adults come and like. Join us. Watch me react to staged and probably die. i'Ll probably share details when I'm not drunk and when it's not nearing midnight.

But until then I'm drinking battery acid (this red wine cost like the equivalent of 2.5 USD) and I am here to summarise staged.

It's about David Tennant and Michael Sheen, who, until barely a month ago, I had no idea existed (we don't talk about Michael sneakily being in Twilight and Passengers I'm actually pretending the Twilight thing didn't happen pklease respect my denial)

It started over Zoom and it's about them rehearsing a play during COVID but like it's scripted so it's a show about rehearsing a play and it stars the actors as themselves very meta very fourth wall

David has hair extensions and Michael does not

David keeps switching locations because he has to quote Michael "twenty children" and they're everywhere. Because of this hellsite that's obsessed with David to an unhealthy level I know that this is not true, he has five children and I can probably give you details and how is this my life

Michael stays in the kitcehn and some watchers think this is a poetic choice it's not David just has to shift because humans are everywhere in his house

Georgia who is David's wife and Anna who is Michael's wife which I also know because of this hellsite both also star in it

They're all neighbours now by the way which this really creepy hellsite was DETERMINED that I know about okay thank you tumblr I'm uh that's knowledge for sure I'm sure they're having fun

Judi Dench is involved and I'm not sure who she is but she's a Dame and she's a very good actress and she's kinda intimoidating and also for some weird reason I associate her with that Cats nightmare fuel even though I didn't watch it but yeah she probably had nothing to do with it

There are three seasons and FOR SOME REAOSN EVERYONE IS CRYING AT THE END. WHY ARE YOU ALL ALWAYS CRYING WHY HAVE YOU DRAGGED ME INTO THE CRYING TOO I'M STILL CRYING OVER GOOD OMENS WHAT IS THIS NOW.

it's uh it's a comedy but I've realised now that in Britain comedy = will make you sob harder than a tragedy but will be more subtle and sneaky about it

god this wine tastes like shit i really need to make money so i can afford better alcohol. any suggestions, maggots? wait this is a summary not a life update

uhhhh the silhouette of one of david's kids appears in one of the episodes

that's all i've got i'm sorry time to go make more bad decisions I love you all byebyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee stay rotten