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levinson-mannion · 4 years ago

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Currently watching Call the Midwife Series 6 Episode 1 and ruining commentary will probably be added.

Under cut and for the first point calling all CTM Turnadette writers XD

1. Omg can you imagine if Sister Bernadette was still in the order and Sister Ursula was put in charge, even before her questioning. Can you imagine her questioning as well??? Please can someone write this as a fic.

2. On the subject of Sister Ursula the way she told Sister MJ hurt and I despise her.

3. SISTER URSULA KNEW THAT SHELAGH WAS PREGNANT. Or at least had strong suspicion, the comment on eating for two, she can’t if not meant any thing but a jab by it.

4. Sister Monica Joans little hitting of the duster on to the chair is both heartbreaking and sweet because of how much she cares at the same time.

5. Little Mickey is so cute.

6. From the first time I watched this I knew Leister was trouble.

7. SISTER URSULA TOOK THE TV AWAY I HATE HER MORE!!!!

8. Love Delia and the radio.

9. Ugh the party.

10. The worry when the lady seen Phyllis.

11. Tom is so enamoured.

12. The fact that CTM show a domestic abuse couple to me is perfect- showing what happens in real life and how anything can happen to anyone.

13. Also I will throw Leister in prison with ‘Dock road’ up where the sun don’t shine.

14. Mickey 🥺.

15. Favouritism shown by Phyllis to Sister Julienne, not that I am complaining- I would as well.

16. Sister Winifred and Shelagh’s conversation sends me into a fit of giggles every time 😂

17. And the face expressions from the two 😂

18. Not bloody boxing mate.

19. Not everything fine Barbra

20. You can not call yourself a father mate.

21. The panic in her eyes 🥺

22. Well he can't throw a good punch if he can't see and is scared.

23. Peter!!!!! :)

24. I mean, what Peter said is not helping but I still like him, he is just doing his job.

25. No Sister Ursula, you are killing the conversation not the television love.

26. Everyone's expressions says it all.

27. The company will never be enjoyed when you are around Sister Ursula.

28. The police really messed up their.

29. She stood up! Not the best decision but I love her for it.

30. Playing a game 😭

31. DON’T YOU DARE TALK TO SISTER MARY-CYNTHIA.

32. She's out!

33. Sister Juliennes ‘Hurry’.

34. Shut up Sister Ursula.

35. They seen the burns. The look of worry on Sister Mary-Cynthia's face in particular.

36. Dr Turner!!!! THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT HIS KIDS LITTLE DOES HE KNOW HE IS GETTING ANOTHER I’M SQUEALING!!!

37. When she said church bells I thought of Carrie Underwood’s song Church Bells, which fits situation

38. Yet again, SHUT UP SISTER URSULA!!!

39. You go Sister Julienne! You go girl! She is an icon.

40. What the hell is Leister doing here. He can go to hell.

41. Shelagh 🥺 nothing else to say.

42. Tom marks everything.

43. Little insensitive Barbra.

44. Trudy is amazing- she is so brave!

45. You can see Dr Turner really wanted to kill Leister then

46. Sister Mary-Cynthia 🥺🥺 the PTSD is showing so badly 😭😭

47. The hug.

48. Shulienne moment 🥺 it's so serious BUT I WILL LOVE IT IN TWO SECONDS.

49. The sickness!!!!!

50. ‘Breakfasts have been impossible’ EKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!! I am grinning ear to ear.

51. The way the two understand each other and how happy Sister Julienne is for her- I mean the little ‘Breakfasts?’ I'm dying eeek!

52. She's the first to know 😭

53. Sister Julienne is so not afraid 😭 she is to happy.

54. She never stopped praying!

55. I KNOW HOW YOU ARE GOING TO TELL HIM!!!

56. You tell her Phyllis!

57. That mother is a pig.

58. Dr Turner and Sister Mary-Cynthia 🥺

59. Patsy’s letter omg.

60. Phyllis said that so aggressively I laughed but I shouldn't 😂

61. Oh no Patsy.

62. She is brave, so so brave.

63. I yet again say shut your mouth Sister Ursula!

64. North field! I mean it works.

65. IDIOT SISTER URSULA! You sent her away and I promise that won't help.

66. Unscheduled is one word for it.

67. Patsy and Delia is so cute.

68. Phyllis and Trudy!

69. A ring!

70. The voice over!

71. Almost time for telling Patrick!

72. Angela watched Shelagh!!!!!!!!!! Also, if Laura can draw in real life I want to see

73. Special is the understatement if the century.

74. Yay for Trudy!

75. AHHHHH SHELAGH US ARRIVING I’M DYING

76. THEIR LOVE LANGUGE IS LETTERS AND NOTES

77. From me and someone else.

78. He opens it so fast 🥺

79. Please will you be/marry my day I'm crying 😭😭 their relationship is so pure

80. The smile and nod!!!!! 🥰

81. The spin and holding each other!!

82. The way she is wearing her Nurses uniform shows so much development. (I mean if you want to go further she was in her postulant clothes when she probably first read anything of his) She first read the letters in her Habit, she read the proposal in her new lay clothes, she did not really have a place at that point, then she signed Angels adoption papers in her housewife clothes, kind of stuck between jobs, and know she has a husband, a family at Nonnatus and a family which is expanding and a job- as in a nurse with full character development (well there is still more to come but whatever)

83. Phyllis wave is everything 😂

#commenty was added #i don't know why I'm doing this #I have watched this before #5000000000 #times #just middle of a breakdown and one of my fav episodes is cheering me up #CTM helps me so much #maybe choose a wrong episode #but Shelaghs pregnant and that's all I am paying a attention to right now #call the midwife #turnadette #teddy turner #CALL THE MIDWIFE IS THE BEST

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macbetha · 4 years ago

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So very excited to share this! It’s a playlist for my upcoming Free! fic, This Heart of Mine, the rewritten sequel to Eyes Wide Open All the Time. You can listen to the playlist on YouTube; this list simply helps define who or what a song represents to me. This list also includes some lyrics that you may want to pay special attention to. I recommend reading the lyrics by themselves before listening to the playlist. Mind you - some of these lyrics only act as symbolism. Some mean more. Some songs have connections. Some don’t. ;) *go girl give us nothing* List below!

THIS HEART OF MINE: PLAYLIST GUIDE

Theme: Bring Me The Horizon feat. Halsey - In The Dark (MTLT / amo version) Oh so tall, it broke the fourth wall Guess our fairytale had a few plot holes Don’t you know you’ve lost control ↳ Honorable Mentions: ✧ grandson - Bury Me Facedown When I go into the ground I won’t go quietly I’m bringing my crown I won’t get tired Set the town on fire Thinking that they’ve won It’s only just begun ✧ Lorde - Everybody Wants to Rule the World ✧ Ry X - YaYaYa ✧ Rihanna - Goodnight Gotham

CHARACTERS

✦ Haruka ✧ WDL - Monster vs Angel Got my own monster Nobody but me Got my own angel I would never call him enemy He’s the good god I need But both of the sides Fight for me ✧ Mumford and Sons - Broken Crown I’ll never be your chosen one In this twilight How dare you speak of grace But in this twilight Our choices seal our fate I’ll crawl on my belly till the sun goes down I’ll never wear your broken crown ✧ Lia Marie Johnson - DNA Dark as midnight 6 Pack Coors Light You don’t look the same Past my bedtime Blue and red lights come take you away I won’t be like you Fighting back, I’m fighting back the truth Eyes like yours Can’t look away But you can’t stop DNA

✧ Cat Power - Sea of Love Come with me, my love To the sea, the sea of love ✧ Al Green - Love and Happiness (side note: this if my favorite song of all time) Love and happiness Something that can make you do wrong And make you do right

✦ Makoto ✧ The Oh Hellos - Soldier, Poet, King There will come a soldier Who carries a mighty sword He will tear your city down Oh ley, oh lei, oh lord ✧ Labrynth - Still Don’t Know My Name I took your heart I did things to you only lovers would only do in the dark I made you a god Priests, popes and preachers would tell me I did wrong ✧ The Civil Wars - Devil’s Backbone Don’t care if he’s guilty Don’t care if he’s not He’s good and he’s bad and he’s all that I got Oh lord, I’m begging you, please Don’t take that sinner from me ✧ Sleeping At Last - Make You Feel My Love (Cover) I could make you happy Make your dreams come true There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do Go to ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love ✦ Sousuke ✧ Angel Haze - Detox You dance in a cage with some rats in it I’m about chemistry, you just react to me God might turn us to ash, baby I might just taste your last stars tonight We were gods in a world that did nothing but doubt us But fuck it, I got us, from the dirt with the flowers Put in work in the shower ✧ Kaleo - No Good You better start runnin’ When you hear the man coming It won’t do you no good Kiss your baby goodbye Come on love, it’s all right Heaven knows they wanna break you apart ✧ The Oh Hellos - The Lament of Eustice Scrubb Brother, forgive me We both know I’m the one to blame When I touched the water They told me I could be set free ✦ Rin ✧ Halsey - Young God (Lullaby / Music Box Intro, Live from Webster Hall) Running, running, running And we’ll be running, running, running again ✧ SZA - Good Days Tell me I’m not my fears, my limitations I’ll disappear I gotta keep from losing the rest of me Chasing a fountain of youth that’s in the present I’ll await my armored fate with a smile Still wanna try, I still believe in good days ✧ Lola Blanc - Angry Too Does it get your blood boiling? Does it make you see red? Cause it gets my blood boiling It would eat you like poison if you knew what I knew I don’t wanna drink the venom they made me I don’t wanna be controlled by the past But boy, if you were me Could you really blame me? ✧ Kendrick Lamar - u And if this bottle could talk: I cry myself to sleep, everything is your fault Because you shook as you knew confinement was needed I know your secrets Don’t let me tell them to world About the shit you thinking And the time that you - I’m ‘bout to hurl I’m fucked up But I ain’t as fucked up as you ✧ Halsey - More Wooden floors, little feet Flower bud, concrete A little screen, a photograph Mine to take I still believe it won’t be like before I’ve loved you for all of my life ✦ Nao ✧ Johnny Hollow - Worse Things Anger grew like ecstasy And Leda threw the swan on me There are worse things, perverse things You should answer when the phone rings There are worse things I could do ✧ Young Heretics - Bones of a Rabbit You play with wolves But you sleep with the bones of the rabbit You have conquered cities And torched the mighty sea You may keep yourself afloat But you cannot outswim me ✧ Phantogram - Black Out Days (Future Islands Remix) Hide the sun I will keep your face out of my mind I’m hearing voices all the time And they’re not mine Haunting my mind ✦ Natsuya ✧ Gang of Youths - Achilles, Come Down Remember your virtue Redemption lies plainly in the truth Where you go, I’m going When you jump, I’m jumping There is no me without you Today of all days See how the most dangerous thing is love ✧ Florence + The Machine - Cosmic Love The stars, the moon They have all been blown out You left me in the dark ✦ Ikuya ✧ Penelope Scott - Cigarette Ahegao So like, I guess I call it the sophomore slump Always crying and always drunk A few dead, more gone, the rest well on their way Thanks! I hate it Everyone that I love is stuck Because this, that, the other, and the state fucked up We covered it in a class that I’m about to fail ✧ 100 gecs, Laura Les, Dylan Brady - Money Machine Tell me what's the deal, I've been trying to go to bed I've been up for days, I've been trying to get ahead Said it all before, and I'll say it once again I'm better off alone ✧ Halsey - Clementine Through a breakdown or a blackout Would you make out with me Cause I don’t need anyone I just need everyone and then some ✦ Hiyori ✧ Florence + The Machine - Seven Devils Holy water cannot help you now A thousand armies couldn’t keep me out I don’t want your money I don’t want your crown See I’ve come to burn your kingdom down ✧ Michael Buble - Feeling Good (Cover) It’s a new life for me This old world is a new world And a bold world for me Freedom is mine And I know how I feel I’m feeling good ✦ Asahi ✧ Sam Henshaw - Broke If I wasn’t broke Would you spend more time with me Like you said you’d do Tell me what I’m supposed to do Cause the only thing I need Is to be loved by you ✧ Mikky Ekko - Smile Smile, the worst is yet to come We’ll be lucky if we ever see the sun ✦ Aki ✧ Aly & AJ - Church I did bad things, can’t you see it on my face? I get caught in every lie I need redemption for sins I can’t mention For all the things I can’t reverse For all the places where it hurts ✧ ZZ Ward - Ghost Here the devil call out my name I’ve broken promises, burning flame God knows, darling God knows I gave Now the truth cuts like a knife ✦ Nii ✧ Of Mice and Men - My Understandings Keep in mind that I’m a sore eye With blurry vision ✧ Neoni - Outlaw They say that I’m wanted Hear the whispers in the street You better start running Cause nothing scares me Faster, faster You’re the one I’m after You built a fortress But I’ll never kiss the ring I’m my own king

✦ Gou ✧ Melanie Martinez - Lunchbox Friends We can be friends if you wanna be But only till the clock hits three I don’t want no lunchbox friends, no I want someone that binds the ends, no Come to my house, let’s die together Friendship that will last forever ✧ Maroon 5 - Come to the Water Come away little light Come away to the darkness Away from the life that you always knew Come away little lamb Come away to the water To the arms that are waiting only for you ✦ Isuzu ✧ Jessie Reyez - NO ONE’S IN THE ROOM Spent my whole life being graded, being told I’m not enough Being told go find the one and sit and wait for death to come I don’t want to I need to talk to God There’s things I just don’t understand Like who am I when no one’s in the room EMI - Bad Friends Yeah, I got some bad friends No you cannot have them If you wanna talk to them You talk to me, yeah We don’t fuck around with just anybody, yeah

✦ Takuya ✧ Imagine Dragons - Ready, Aim, Fire Off in the distance, there is resistance Bubbling up and festering Here in the casing Shaking and pacing This is the tunnel’s light Blood in the writing, stuck in the fighting Look through the rifle’s sight ✧ Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown (acapella) Bite my tongue Bide my time Wait till the world is mine, ocean eyes Count my cards Watch them fall Blood on a marble wall You should see me in a crown I’m gonna run this nothing town Watch me make ‘em bow One by one ✦ Kinjou ✧ Urban Country - Knife and Stone Tell me, have you ever seen a mirror Mirror in the middle of the forest Just waiting for the rain or the crown I’ve been up for thirty days Someone point to lost and found Ain’t no blood in the temple Just a knife and stone

✦ Mikhail ✧ Elsie Lovelock - Friends on the Other Side (Cover) The cards, the cards The cards will tell The past, the present, and the future as well I got voodoo, I got hoodoo I got things I ain’t even tried And I got friends on the other side I hope you’re satisfied, but if you ain’t Don’t blame me You can blame my friends on the other side ✦ Ryuuji ✧ elbow - Grounds for Divorce I’ve been working on a cocktail Called Grounds for Divorce Down comes him on sticks but then he kicks like a horse There's a hole in my neighborhood Down which of late I cannot help but fall ✧ Mumford and Sons - The Enemy I am not the enemy It isn’t me, the enemy I came and I was nothing So why did you choose to lean on A man you knew was falling? ✦ Nadia ✧ Halsey - Castle (Orchestral Version) They wanna make me their queen There’s an old man Sitting on the throne Saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut I’m headed straight for the castle

THEMES: GROUPS

✦ FREEBIRD ✧ Kaleo - Way Down We Go Oh father, tell me Do we get what we deserve They will run you down Down till you fall They will run you down Down till you crawl Till you can’t crawl no more And way down we go ✦ ROUGH RABBIT ✧ Imagine Dragons - Who We Are Up on the mountain Down in the king's den It's who we are Doesn't matter if we've gone too far Doesn't matter if it's not okay Doesn't matter if it's not our day ✦ DIAMONDBACK ✧ Florence + The Machine - Bedroom Hymns This is good a place to fall as any We’ll build our alter here In the wine, the women, the bedroom hymns Such selfish prayers, I can’t get enough I’m not here looking for absolution Because I’ve found myself an old solution

✦ HONEYBLADE ✧ Megan Thee Stallion and Normani - Diamonds I love me this much My pear-shape all dripped up He want me to be a little more lady-like? Come through with my girls and beat your ass on ladies night ✦ BLOODHOUNDS ✧ Angel Haze - The Wolves Nothing left out there for me I left my fucking heart out at the sea This shit sounds like the danger zone I’m the big bad wolf Gonna take the throne

THEMES: PAIRINGS

✦ Makoto + Haruka ✧ Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals One of your eyes is always half shut Something happened when you were a kid I didn’t know you then and I’ll never understand why It feels like I did ✧ Radical Face - Welcome Home Peel the scars from off my back I don’t need them anymore I’ve come home ✧ The Track Team - Heart Chakra ✧ Blackmill - Redemption ✦ Sousuke + Rin ✧ Kaleo - Bang Bang (Cover) Seasons came and changed the times I grew up, I called him mine He would always laugh and say: “Remember how we used to play? Bang, bang.” ✧ Zayn - Good Guy I’m not a good guy But I know you’re mine (bang) I know you’re mine (bang, bang) ✧ L'Orchestra Cinématique - Crazy In Love (Instrumental Cover)

✦ Natsuya + Nao ✧ Cosmo Sheldrake - The Moss But have you heard the story Of the rabbit in the moon? Halsey - Colors Your little brother never tells you But he loves you so I hope you make it to the day you’re 28 years old

✦ Hiyori + Ikuya ✧ Elvis Drew - Where Are You I been trying to figure out where you from Is it the moon? Is it earth? Is it this place, where nothing is worse? Nothing can compare to the life we had My dear just grab my hand and let me take you To my wonderland ✧ Swae Lee - Sunflower Some things you just can’t refuse I’m not tryna lose

✦ Isuzu + Gou ✧ Snow Patrol - The Golden Floor I’m a peasant in your princess arms Penniless with only charm

#thomfic #free! fic #thomplaylist #thom

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buzzdixonwriter · 4 years ago

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Another Pointless Top Ten List (But You’ll Keep Reading, Anyway)

My brother Rikk recently mailed me another top ten list of his, in this instance being his top ten favorite TV comedy shows (which he defines as 30 minutes or less, no movies).

The Three Stooges

M*A*S*H

The Andry Griffith Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

Hogan’s Heroes

I Love Lucy

The Honeymooners

All In The Family

Get Smart

Gilligan’s Island

His honorable mentions include F Troop, The Patty Duke Show, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle USMC, Batman, Petticoat Junction, Mr. Ed. Bewitched, and I Dream Of Jeanie.

Again, one of those personal favorite lists that you really can’t argue with because it reflects personal tastes and / or fond nostalgia (though I am calling shenanigans on The Three Stooges; they were theatrical shorts shown in movie theaters, not a TV show, and besides, Laurel & Hardy are soooooo much better…).

But of course we’re going to play the game, so I’ll respond, first throwing in a caveat: No skit comedy shows such as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Marty Feldman Show, Benny Hill, Second City TV, The Kids In The Hall, or Love, American Style.

I’m also omitting programs like The Gong Show and Jackass because while hilarious and under 30 minutes, they weren’t scripted or story driven.

So here’s my list:

The Dick Van Dyke Show -- the sitcom art form at peak perfection. Carl Reiner’s insight into what writing for a mercurial TV star is like (in his case, Sid Caesar on Your Show Of Shows, for Van Dyke’s Rob Petrie it was Carl Reiner as Alan Brady). If you’ve never seen the show, start off with their two best episodes, “Coast To Coast Big Mouth” and “October Eve” (though they’re all good). “October Eve” is the one where Sally (Rose Marie) finds a nude painting of Laura (Mary Tyler Moore playing Dick Van Dyke’s wife) in an art gallery. SALLY: “There’s a painting here you should know about.” LAURA: “If it’s what I think it is, I can explain.” SALLY: “If you need to explain, it’s what you think it is.”

The Mary Tyler Moore Show – this is the first American novel for television. It’s a novel of character, not plot, and it traces the growth of Mary Richards, a 30 year old woman-child who realizes she needs to grow up, as she blossoms into a mature, self-reliant adult. You can select two episodes at random and by comparing her character growth determine not only which season they were filmed but when in that season.

I Love Lucy -- eking out a bronze medal for its longevity and pioneering of the art form. The first sitcom shot on film, it led the way in the rerun market. Not just a historical icon but consistently funny.

WKRP In Cincinnati -- as crazy as a sitcom could get and still be within the realm of plausibility. Never loved by its network, they bounced it around for four seasons until it faded away (it made a syndicated comeback a decade later, of which we shall not speak). Great supporting staff, dynamite writing. While they never steered away from serious subject matters (such as an actual rock concert tragedy in Cincinnati where several fans were crushed when rushing the stage), they will be forever and justly remembered for the beloved “Turkey Drop” episode.

Fawlty Towers – only two seasons and a mere 12 episodes and yet more comedic bang for the buck than anything else on this list. John Cleese as a frustrated, short-tempered, conniving hotelier practically writes itself. SYBIL FAWLTY: “You know what I’ll do if I find you’ve been gambling again, don’t you, Basil?” BASIL: “You’ll have to sew them back on first, m’dear.”

That Girl -- looking back it can sometimes be hard to judge just how groundbreaking certain shows were. Marlo Thomas as a struggling young actress finding romance and success in Manhattan seems positively wholesome today, but in the mid-1960s it was considered quite daring and progressive. The Mary Tyler Moore Show took their opening credits inspiration from Marlo Thomas’ character exploring Manhattan in the opening credits of That Girl.

He & She -- a one season wonder from 1967. Another daring and progressive show for its era. Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss played a young married couple, he being a cartoonist who drew a superhero strip (the actor playing the superhero on TV in the series was Jack Cassidy at his manic best). Another show with a dynamite supporting cast…and just too hip for the room at the time (honorable mention to Love On A Rooftop, a similar show from the previous season that also proved too advanced for audiences at that time).

Green Acres -- started out silly but quickly took a turn into the surreal, breaking the fourth wall, commenting on the opening credits as they ran by, all sorts of oddball stuff. Dismissed as a hayseed comedy, the truth is the supporting cast possessed dynamite comedic chops and their sense of timing is a joy to behold. Forms a loose trilogy with The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction since all three referenced the same small towns of Hooterville and Pixley as well as occasional crossovers (honorable mention to the first season of Petticoat Junction which is as pure an example of Americana as one could hope to find and could easily be distilled into a feature film remake).

The Young Ones -- another two season / twelve episode wonder from the UK. Four stereotypical English college students go through increasing levels of insanity as the series progressed. Unlike most shows of the era where there was no continuity episode to episode, damage done in an early episode would still be seen for the rest of the series. (They also would simply end a show when they ran out of time, not resolving that episode’s plot.) Their random / non sequitur style proved a tremendous influence on shows like Family Guy.

Fernwood 2 Nite / America 2-Nite -- a spin off from the faux soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, this presented itself as a cable access variety show for Mary Hartman’s hometown of Fernwood. With Martin Mull as the obnoxious host, Fred Willard as his incurably dense second banana, and TV theme song composer Frank De Vol as the band leader. Because it’s so rooted in 1970s pop culture it doesn’t age as well as some other shows on the list, but many of the gags still land solidly today. For the second season the show-within-a-show went nationwide and became America 2-Nite. Very funny, very well written, and all the more remarkable because these guys were doing five episodes a week!

Okay, so what can this list tell us?

Buzz is old. Like really, really, really old.

Buzz stopped watching sitcoms in the mid-1980s.

There’s a reason for that. By that time I was writing for TV and trying to get my own work done. I didn’t have time to sit and watch TV on a regular basis (still don’t), and too often I could see the gears turning and guess where the episode was heading by the end of the first scene (still do).

I’ve veered away from “must watch” TV, especially shows that require the audience to keep track of what’s gone on before.

Tell me I have to see the first six seasons of a show to appreciate what happens in the seventh and you’ve just lost me as a potential viewer. I’m strictly a one & done kinda guy now (though I will binge watch if a mini-series has a manageable number of episodes, say six).

My list represents a time capsule for what caught my interest and attention during a very formative period of my life, i.e., from the early 1960s as I became more and more aware that writing was where my future lay, to the mid-1980s when I hit a good peak stretch.

I don’t doubt there are great and wonderful hilarious comedies out there that I haven’t seen, I’m just listing what I have seen that did make an impression on me.

Your mileage may vary.*

* It should vary! Be your own person!

#media #comedy #sitcoms #Dick Van Dyke #Mary Tyler Moore #Carl Reiner #top ten lists

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gellavonhamster · 4 years ago

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♫`~ R/Sally Sebald, R/Beatrice, Moxie Mallahan/Ellington Feint, - Lemony/Bertrand - Beatrice/Lemony - Bertrand/Beatrice -, Kit/Beatrice, Jacques/Jerome, Jerome/Totally Real Cow, Snickets/fleeting moments of happieness ~`♫

Wow! Okay, let’s get it started, and let’s put it under read more because the lyrics snippets make it Long

R/Sally Sebald: She Keeps Me Warm by Mary Lambert, because they’re one of the few Snicketverse ships that I can see getting a happy ending in canon:

She says I smell like safety and home I named both of her eyes "Forever" and "Please don't go" I could be a morning sunrise all the time, all the time yeah This could be good, this could be good

R/Beatrice: let me cheat again by picking a song from the playlist for them that I made earlier. Palace by Hayley Kiyoko:

There's a silent peace in the tragedies Water washes clean until they're dry Turn your shattered dreams into rhapsodies This is where I keep you in my mind I need you to be free So this is where I leave you Sitting in a palace covered in gold inside my head This is where I see you On a bed of roses when I wanna kiss your silhouette

Moxie/Ellington: this is a tough one. Perhaps Allies or Enemies by The Crane Wives? The lyrics don’t fit too well, but I’d say the vibe is right.

The words I speak are wildfires and weeds They spread like some awful damn disease I swear I didn't mean what I said I swear I didn't mean it Now listen close You owe me ears for dropping eaves Forget it all You caught me in a moment weak Sometimes I just can't help myself Sometimes I can't help myself at all Are we allies or enemies? This will be the death of me

Lemony/Bertrand: I can’t say all lyrics to Dirty Gold by Angel Haze fit them perfectly, but some lines really remind me of them:

We were two different children But we born of the same moon Blowing entire opposite We were brought up the same too I used to hate you because they celebrate you And you made them notice every single thing I can’t do But really I honestly wanted to be you And I just hope my desire to wasn’t that see through

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And I never got to thank you, at least not in the way I planned But I had to learn before I did that, I hope you understand It takes a lot for me to bury hatchets but consider them cremated All the ashes burned to ashes And I’m dusting off my vocal box and finally saying thank you

Beatrice/Lemony: this is overused but I can’t think of anything more original at the moment. The Engine Driver by The Decemberists:

And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones And if you don't love me, let me go

Bertrand/Beatrice: Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars:

Don't you dare look out your window, darling, Everything's on fire The war outside our door keeps raging on Hold on to this lullaby Even when the music's gone Gone Just close your eyes The sun is going down You'll be alright No one can hurt you now Come morning light You and I'll be safe and sound

Kit/Beatrice: another tough one. Maybe Laura by Bat for Lashes? I’ve used it for the R/Beatrice playlist before, but I basically see it as a song for anyone in love with Beatrice:

You say that you're stuck in a pale blue dream And your tears feel hot on my bedsheets Drape your arms around me and softly say Can we dance upon the tables again? When your smile is so wide and your heels are so high You can't cry Put your glad rags on and let's sing along To that lonely song You're the train that crashed my heart You're the glitter in the dark Ooh Laura, you're more than a superstar

Jacques/Jerome: Strawberry Blond by Mitski! Keep my eyes on the road (while driving the Snicket Taxi) as I ache.........

Reach out the car window Trying to hold the wind You tell me you love her I give you a grin Oh all I ever wanted was a Life in your shape So I follow the white lines Follow the white lines Keep my eyes on the road As I ache

Jerome/Totally Real Cow: I REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT THIS

Snickets/fleeting moments of happiness: Be Calm by fun. is not exactly happy lyrically, but: 1) it sounds quite lively; 2) this is Snicketverse, after all:

I don't remember much that night Just walking, thinking fondly of you Thinking how the worst is yet to come And from that street corner came a song And I can't remember the man The panhandler or his melody The words exchanged had far exceeded Any change I'd given thee Oh, be calm, be calm I know you feel like you are breaking down I know that it gets so hard sometimes Be calm Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times You hate your pulse because it still thinks you're alive And everything's wrong It just gets so hard sometimes Be calm, be calm

#thank you!#asks #anonymous #gella talks snicketverse #sing with me the songs we knew #beatrice x r #lemonberry ice #js x js

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paperclipninja · 6 years ago

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Younger post-ep ramble 6x01

The waiting, the anticipation, the trying not to pass out every time the Younger team posted some ridiculously next-level pic or gif or clip...it was all leading to this, the season 6 premiere! The sheer joy and elation I feel from seeing new footage and new moments for these characters takes me by surprise every single time. I am perpetually thirsty for this show and there is not much I delight in more than drinking it all in as it unfolds. “Big Day” most certainly did not disappoint, it was a fast paced sensory overload and didn’t hold back in setting a whole lot in motion straight out of the gate.

What is interesting to me is that so much of this first ep had been included in the official trailer and other promos, so in a way I felt like I’d seen lots of it but also it was all new because I didn’t have the full context of any of the bits. Take the opening scene, for example - we had seen part of it in the First Look table read, part in the trailer, part in other promos, yet there I was trying not to catch on fire in those first two minutes because it was h.o.t. I am a sucker for a coming-up-behind-the-person-while-they-get-ready-in-the-mirror scenario and this season opener raised it a notch by putting Charles in a pair of boxer briefs, you know, to emphasise the morning situation (and the abs situation lbh) while giving us the dual angle of the mirror and the foreground just to make sure we could see all that was happening (noted and appreciated). My brain is still not computing Liza and Charles as an actual out-in-the-open couple so the whole ‘I know why your neck is sore’, ‘as long as you’re in [the bed] when she gets home’ (this talking in the third person thing they’ve had going on since that fountain scene in the finale = YES), chatting about the day ahead, intermittent kisses, arms wrapped around each other...I’m sorry, what were we talking about? Oh yes, very good scene, 5/5 would recommend.

I am thrilled at the way Liza just dropped the ‘love you’ so naturally, it was exactly the right way for that to happen considering how long these characters have been doing their dance. Dare I say that I loved it even more when Liza told Kelsey she loves her in the office and Kelsey said ‘aw, you didn’t even run away’. Lol. Such a great tie in and I am really feeling the Kelsey/Liza dynamic in this ep right from the get-go. From the moment they’re walking up to the office together, the support they’re showing for one another is so evident and adding Lauren into the work mix is going to be fab. Lauren may have only been in the ep for about a minute but as always she makes such an impression, me and my English degree feel seen. I cannot WAIT to see her relationship with Diana grow and also, did I miss Zommy being a thing? Is this Zaddy but flipped?

As always Liza has her relentless belief in Kelsey, but it is so nice to see Kelsey stepping up to reassure Liza that they will make sure the company is stronger than ever and showing that she respects Liza’s relationship and is also supporting her in her new role. I really hope this continues throughout the season and I appreciate that the writers may be responding to the somewhat lopsided friendship we were seeing last season. I enjoyed both conversations about clearing desks way more than I probably should have and I am as happy as Liza that she finally has an office with an actual door that closes (p.s. here’s hoping these very specific references are alluding to future door shutting and clearing desks because I am trash and I know you’re all thinking it).

Of course we couldn’t have Liza getting too settled before Quinn appeared to drop the bomb that Page Six are running the blind item with her age printed as 28 and that the entire Charles stepping down so there would be no more lies/celebrating Liza rally was only ever really going to be on Quinn’s terms. I was SO hoping that Quinn and Liza could become friends. I saw such potential in the finale, however I also see that this stays consistent with the ruthless business woman we were presented with, who is only in it for herself. The way Quinn says ‘let’s not make this a pity party about ageism’ with such contempt is a stark contrast to the ‘ageism is wrong’ mantra from the last time we saw the character and I actually gasped. Laura Benanti is going to play this evil turn so well that I am now officially excited to see Quinn’s true colours, I love a deliciously dodgy character (shout out to C.Sussman the real MVP). I do wonder if the whole glass cliff phenomenon we learn about during this ep is actually going to end up being Quinn’s M.O, especially after the finance meeting when she told Kelsey to enjoy making cuts before going to get on a plane *insert shrug emoji*. The justification for keeping the age thing on the DL was legit, Kelsey’s ewww at the idea of banging the boss was so in character and props to Liza being all ‘excuse you and your ewww’, but just in case we needed convincing that people would assume the 28 year old in the story was Kelsey, enter Diana.

It had all started so well, the day that is. I really liked how Diana was supporting Kelsey as the boss when she first arrived at work and Kelsey saying she wanted to talk to Diana about hiring Lauren, a glimpse at the way these women are going to work together. But let’s put all that on hold while we recount the shattering of my heart into a million pieces. First of all, Diana’s immediate assumption that Kelsey ‘bottomed her way to the very top’ (that was brutal and I think all our jaws were with Quinn’s in hitting the floor in that moment), followed of course by Liza running after her, Diana not wanting to hear any excuses for Kelsey and the great office reveal as Liza tells a room full of colleagues, who may or may not have all started that day because who are all these people and what do they do, that she is the 28 year old associate having an affair with the publisher. It was momentarily comical until Liza turned to see Diana’s expression. My heart hurts even thinking about the scene that follows as Diana reassures Liza that it’s a story as old as time, the assistant sleeping with the boss, but as Liza continues to try and explain you can actually see Diana shutting down. Miriam Shor deserves every freaking award for the way she conveyed so much just with her eyes.

Diana meeting with Redmond (what a treat having him in the premiere too!) absolutely epitomized how much value this show can get out of a short scene that’s well written and wonderfully acted. The entire exchange, from Redmond wanting the goss on the regime change (I love that he wasn’t even available but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get some dirt and asking whether Kelsey’s feet touch the floor in Charles’ chair, all the LOLs), to Diana asking him to put the word out she’s looking for a new job (one of my fave lines of the ep, ‘oh Redmond, if I wanted it kept quiet I would’ve never come to you’) was an utter joy to watch. Despite the brevity, this scene captured the real feel of Younger for me, the setting, the conversation, something about it just oozed that essence that has been running through the entire series, almost like a familiarity that re-orientated me amidst all the newness I was trying to get my head around.

There was something so domestic, in the best possible way, about Enzo opening the door to Kelsey and Liza and I adore that they went to Diana’s apartment in the hope of finding her. Kelsey being warned by Zane not to lose Diana was a really surprising but lovely moment, I enjoyed their scene a lot; Kelsey admitting how hard the job is, Zane being open about trying to figure out his next move (we now know he’s not at Chicky...lol the comment about his dicky), I see the set up and it’ll be interesting to see how their relationship will play out this season. So for now Zane is being a friend to Kelsey and it was thanks to this that she and Liza were able to find Diana at Marie’s Crisis and we were blessed with the most surreal Younger experience to date, a rendition of 9 to 5 which we’d already seen prior to the ep but I will happily watch as many times as is offered. And while the Dolly tribute was an absolute treat, the part of this scene that lingered with me was prior to that, when Kelsey and Liza first find Diana and Kelsey tells her how much she respects and values her (my Kelsey love in this moment is possibly the realest it’s ever been).

As Diana explains that the problem is she’s not a millennial, my fragile heart actually broke. I understand on the one hand that Liza revealing her age in this moment may have been too much on top of the Charles news, but the other part of me wanted and needed her to take Diana, sit her down and tell her the whole damn truth. I said it at the end of last season but at this point, Diana not knowing about Liza’s age feels cruel. I understand Liza not being able to declare her real age publicly but there’s absolutely no reason she couldn’t tell Diana. I am hoping that she will find out in the very near future because I feel like Diana Trout and Liza Miller both openly in their 40′s will be next level and I need this friendship please and thank you.

You know another friendship between people in their 40′s I love? Bob and Charles. So imagine my delight when this scene started and we have Bob’s tiny mind being blown as he discovers that the woman Charles has been speaking to him about for the past 4 years is actually Liza, ‘the yodelling mom’. So we have Bob giving Charles some real talk and the mirroring of Charles starting over to Liza way back in season 1 is duly noted, but if you look up Swoon-worthy in any dictionary you will in fact see a clip of Charles saying ‘I can’t explain it, when I’m with her I feel...free’ playing on a continuous loop. This show and these lines I swear, RIP: Me.

As I’m sure you have gathered, this ramble is not following the chronology of the episode, so I want to jump back to a scene that I have been waiting for with a ridiculous amount of excitement and that is the Maggie and Charles meeting. I cannot explain why, but my desire to see these two meet has been strong and unrelenting and the fact Charles wandered into the lounge with his shirt open and completely unaware Maggie was there was everything I didn’t know I wanted. I appreciated Maggie’s appreciation of the male form but boy she sure didn’t waste any time getting her grill on. I do love how ferociously protective of Liza Maggie is and I get that there is clearly the need to set in motion a potentially ominous foreshadowing, but truthfully, this scene felt too rushed to me. Like, what happened after Maggie said ‘no-one ever does it on purpose’? Did they sit there awkwardly in silence? Did Charles ask Maggie if she wanted to do the quiz in the newspaper when he got to that part in his cover to cover read? I wanted more but I also felt a bit disappointed that there wasn’t a little more lightness in their first meeting. I have no doubt we will see more of them interacting, so hopefully we will still get Maggie and Charles bonding and becoming friends.

Maggie’s friendship with Josh is still one I really enjoy and the conversation about getting a paternity test was a nice way to bring Josh, Maggie and Liza together, bonus points to the use of the phone assistant to create that great ‘things to do in Wililamsburg’ moment. I have to say, Josh and Clare’s conversation when she was getting him up to speed and he felt the baby kick was lovely. His joy and disbelief was palpable. I found the whole scene to be really beautiful and I am one of the people who was always a fan of Clare, I really liked her and Josh together and I still feel like they have a really great, natural chemistry. I also felt like Josh being the dad was never really a question because I simply cannot see the point in bringing back pregnant Clare if he wasn’t, but Kelsey’s ‘holy shit’ reaction was great as was the conversation that followed between him and Liza.

I really enjoyed their banter about Liza being a baby whisperer and her reassurance that ‘I got you’, I desperately want to see this relationship as a true friendship because the potential is there. But I gotta say, I’m a bit conflicted about Josh bringing up the fact that they broke up because Liza didn’t want him to give up having a kid and suggesting that they could be together if she wasn’t with someone else. I appreciate that it is realistic that this news would make both Josh and Liza reflect on their relationship given that having a baby was a significant reason for them breaking up, but bringing it up then and the implication that if Liza was single now they could be together just sort of ruined the moment for me. And it’s nothing to do with me wanting Liza with Charles, regardless of who she ends up with or without, for me this is how trying to keep love triangles alive in tv shows starts disrupting character and story growth and progression.

I wanted to hear Josh talk about feeling the baby kick and for Liza to tell him some funny anecdote about when she was pregnant and was kicked in the bladder and peed herself in the supermarket. I realised I was feeling a bit resentful that I got pulled from this moment of enjoying the current place their relationship is at and back into this whole ‘look what we could have been’ because it feels tiresome and stagnant, but I’m sure there are many fans who feel differently. I liked the echo of Josh’s ‘timing’ by Liza. I felt like hers had a different meaning, that timing was bigger than just their singledom and parenthood aligning. I still overall really enjoyed their interaction, and I am looking forward to seeing how this relationship moves forward this season.

Liza bringing Diana coffee was the perfect way to show that things will be ok between them (until the age reveal that is...and yes Diana, I agree re: Liza’s outfit) and I’m quite sure that necklace Diana is wearing can be seen from space. I do like it when it feels like the balance has been restored and this was only made better by the phone call from Maggie to share the new bed arrival news. I feel like Maggie might be warming up to Charles after this.

Full disclaimer: this part will contain gushing. I tell you, this end scene of the ep was just too much. The expression on Charles’ face when he opened the door to Liza, ugh GUSH, such pure delight to see her and her joy in receiving the gift that she thought was nothing more than a joke, GUSH. Seeing these two so candid and giddy is everything. How far our Liza has come, from when we first met her and she was worried she’d forgotten how to have sex to now unabashedly telling the man she’s with that she thought she’d spend her lunch time thanking him in person (there are so many dirty puns I wanna use here but I shall refrain). I love their continued openness as she acknowledges missing Charles at work and he misses being there, but the way Charles’ reciprocation of Liza’s ‘love you’ from the start of the ep is delivered, I may have actually melted. As in, I am now liquid goo. Liza’s reaction as she asks ‘did you just tell me you love me?’ is divine and while we’ve heard the ‘I’ve pretty much had feelings for you for 16 years’ in numerous promos, Charles’ ‘long enough to know’ was what led to any remnants of my heart not shattered by the Diana ordeal to explode.

Zane’s interruption is only acceptable because Liza’s ‘hello’ is so damn hilarious and I love that they are two grown ass adults who were busted making out. And while I know that we are left with a lingering sense that Charles and Zane are up to something potentially secretive/shady as Liza leaves, I am HERE for Charles and Zane working together. I love the idea of Charles and Zane vs. Liza and Kelsey. I have no idea if that is where this is going, but I do know this smells of a set up for some serious DRAH-MAH and ngl, I am in 100%.

So all in all, what a cracking start to season 6. SO much going on, I think we’re in for a wild one.

#youngertv #younger tv #tv show #ramble #review #6x01 #team charles #younger season 6

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sleemo · 6 years ago

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Stardust

[ Translated from Spanish to English by @sleemo and @nightblossoms-and-spinebarrels ]

Two years after ‘The Force Awakens’, the Imperial March plays again. The galactic saga returns to the big screen with ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, a movie that promises to be quite unique. Director Rian Johnson and his protagonists tell us what this new stellar adventure will have for us, at least as far as Kathleen Kennedy allows them.

— Cinemanía | December 2017 - Janire Zurbano

“I don’t want Disney princesses, I want Leia,” said the little Rey in costume who was standing in front of me in one of the booths for Funko Pop figures in D23. Now that the success of the saga is measured in mind-blowing figures, the Disney convention has become a coming and going of Gamoras, Méridas and Thors, carrying bags full of Funkos.

“Before, the fans used to tell me how they met their wives because of Star Wars and now they show me the toys they’ve bought for their children,” Mark Hamill tells us. We met with the director and part of the cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi after the hangover of D23. “I appreciate all this as I never would have been able to at 20. People ask me: ‘Doesn’t it bother you to be remembered for a single movie role?’ I never expected to be remembered for anything. And now someone has a doll with my face!”, adds the actor.

In all honesty, the merchandise for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has given us more clues about the future of the saga than any trailer or official photo of this new release. In February, a toy box made all the galactic alarms go off by showing an image of Rey with what looked like a padawan’s hairstyle. She just needed to say: “I am your Jedi apprentice”. “I cannot talk about that,” laughs Daisy Ridley.

Everything is kept under wraps in the mysterious universe commanded by Kathleen Kennedy, as the cast well knows. “At the beginning of rehearsals, we didn’t know the plot. I remember being with Mark, making conjectures all the time,” says Ridley. “We could not take the script outside Pinewood Studios,” recalls John Boyega. The newcomers also did not get any special treatment. “That room in Pinewood was like a cave,” says Kelly Marie Tran, to which Benicio del Toro adds with laughter: “I read the script with a timer.” It is not surprising that the Puerto Rican actor speaks cautiously about the film: “Star Wars was the first science fiction film that I felt was mine. I don’t want to be the first to ruin something for the fans.” Without Funkos to dissect and now that Kennedy can’t hear us, let's put them to the test.

New King of the Galaxy

It’s been two years since J. J. Abrams expanded the universe created by George Lucas, this time for Disney. The Force Awakens revived the essence of the original trilogy, far from that attempt to renew the prequels. Many specifically criticized that it was a copy of A New Hope. However, what struck Mark Hamill was something else: “Twice a week, for 50 weeks, I was tortured. They called it physical training. I even did a diet of ‘If it tastes good, don’t eat it’. I lost 20 kilos! Then I discovered that I only appeared for a few seconds at the end looking like a grumpy neighbor.”

Now, to Hamill's good fortune, Abrams has handed over the controls of the Millennium Falcon to Rian Johnson. “I remember asking J.J. if it felt like when, in a divorce, your children go to live with the new cool guy. He told me that it was fine with him but I know he thought: ‘I’m going to miss them,’” says Boyega. The creator of Lost will return to lead Episode IX, but before that Johnson will have to prove if The Last Jedi, which promises shocking revelations, is as “unique” as the cast assures. For now, it will be the longest film in the series, with two and a half hours. But will it be up to the much acclaimed The Empire Strikes Back?

“No comparisons,” Hamill says: “This movie is different from the others in Star Wars thanks to Rian. If it had not been for him, I would have dreaded coming back... I wasn’t sure I wanted to be part of the new trilogy. I thought Harrison Ford wouldn’t come back, he was my savior. But then he accepted and I felt trapped. Since I was the only one who wasn’t here, I would’ve been the most hated.”

The Return of the Jedi

“The Last Jedi starts right where we left The Force Awakens,” Ridley tells us, something unheard of in the saga. We will reunite with Rey the scavenger delivering the lightsaber to Luke Skywalker in Ach-To, after having spent the previous film on his trail. “I don’t remember what Luke says when he takes the saber, but he should have said, ‘That came with one hand, did you bring it too?’, jokes Hamill.

“Rey must accept that she has power and begin to show her potential,” explains Johnson. She and Darth Vader's son will be the focus of the film, although for now nobody dares to say whether the last Jedi master will train the young woman in the art of the Force. It is as if every time a journalist mentioned the word “Jedi”, a fairy died. “Jedi training? That remains to be seen,” says Ridley sounding mysterious, and adds: “In The Force Awakens, Rey was out of control, but now she will learn from Luke and from herself. She will experience growth.”

Her friend, John Boyega, insists on the novelty of the project: “Rian has done something very different. We wanted Finn to have an identity, like Han Solo or Leia. He supported Rey and the Resistance in Episode VII, but now he must decide if he is willing to fight a battle that is not his. His relationship with Rey and now with Rose Tico [Kelly Marie Tran] will push him into action.” The stormtrooper who deserted the First Order will thus find a new ally in this Resistance mechanic. According to Tran, she is “a nobody” that will star in “several fun moments” with Finn.

And what awaits us in the Dark Side? “Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is as important as Rey in this new film,” says Johnson. After killing dad Han Solo, the pupil of Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) will threaten the Galaxy again, with a new ship like that of his grandfather Anakin. Another who will be back, to Finn's disgrace, will be his former superior in the First Order, Captain Phasma. “I cannot confirm if her face will be seen, but we will learn more about her and she will leave an impression,” says Gwendoline Christie.

DJ, the hacker who Benicio del Toro gives life to, is one of the great mysteries of the film. Will he brandish a lightsaber? “No”, says Del Toro. And does he look like some other character in the saga? “He has elements of Boba Fett, maybe Jabba the Hutt,” the actor replies. According to Boyega (official spokesperson of the Galaxy), DJ resides in the casino planet of Canto Bight, where Finn and Rose Tico will go looking for him because “they need a codebreaker and he is the best”.

“The interesting thing was being able to propose things to Rian and that he was open to my suggestions, even if they changed the story,” Del Toro assures us. Another fundamental issue for the Puerto Rican is the diversity that exists in the saga: “I saw that Oscar Isaac joined Episode VII, and that Diego Luna appeared in Rogue One, and I thought: ‘They already have two Latinos, I don’t think they need three’, but they called me. It's also great that there are women in leading roles.”

The Girls Are Warriors

And speaking of women... Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), princess-turned-general, marked a before and after between the heroines of the cinema of the 70s, a legacy that the saga has continued to reinforce. “They told me that a child wanted to run like Rey because, apparently, she is running the way she should,” Ridley recalls, adding: “The reaction of many parents made me realize what Rey means to them. They told me: ‘My daughter has something to wear now that isn’t sexualized.’” The actress is aware of how much Star Wars does for the empowerment of women, although she believes that “as long as we keep talking about it, there will be work to be done. If there was equality, we wouldn’t be repeating that Wonder Woman is starring and directed by women.”

For Gwendoline Christie, this "feminist” aspect of the saga is fundamental: “We live in a patriarchal society, so being able to play the leader of an army is a luxury. Kathleen Kennedy showed me the results that appear when you google ‘female heroines’: many women with barely any clothes.”

The actress still remembers the impact Princess Leia had on her: “I was six years old and seeing that Leia was smart, funny and did not look like other female characters made me question how women are portrayed in movies. I hope Captain Phasma will also help change the concept of femininity.” In addition to Rey, Captain Phasma and Rose Tico, Episode VIII will feature Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern), Vice Admiral of the Resistance.

Goodbye Princess Goodbye

Among all the star warriors of Star Wars, General Leia continues to shine more than any other. Outside of the screens, with no Skywalker brawls involved, the cast makes for much closer family: “Mark is the father. Adam is the serious one, but he has a great sense of humor. Oscar is the charmer, John is the fun one, Carrie is the hilarious one, Benicio the cool, and I'm the one who always sings,” sums up Ridley.

Therefore, the premiere of this film is a bittersweet experience after the death of Fisher in December 2017. For the British actress, “it is strange to be together again without her”. Little did Johnson imagine that he would direct Carrie Fisher’s last film: “We have a beautiful and very powerful performance from her. We have not changed it.”

The one who gets most excited when talking about the actress is her ‘brother’ Mark Hamill: “I keep missing her. I keep talking about her in the present. Selfishly, I’m so angry. She should be here to share Episode VIII and shoot Episode IX.” The Last Jedi is the farewell to an actress who, 40 years later, continues to make us want to be Leia princesses, not ‘Disney princesses’. The Galaxy will not shine the same without her.

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shotsbyshae · 6 years ago

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It’s Not Goodbye

Summary: Lexi Wilson story set after the events of Endgame. A small scene showcasing her emotional farewell to Tony and Natasha.

Year: 2023

Lexi stands at the end of the dock, two long-stemmed red roses in her hand. She's wearing a knee-length black dress with long-sleeves and classic black Mary Jane heels. Tears fall down her cheeks as brings one of the roses to her lips and gently kisses it before carefully dropping it into the water.

"Goodbye Nat," she whispers quietly.

She kisses the second rose and releases it as well as she barely utters the name, "Tony."

The hand carefully touching her back startles her, having not heard the man in the black suit walk out onto the dock. She glances up and relaxes upon seeing her blue-eyed friend.

"Hey," he greets her, the sadness evident in his tone, "Pepper asked me to give this to you, she found it on his desk."

He hands her a folded-up piece of paper with the name Kimmy written on the outside of it. She smiles sadly at it, running her finger across his handwriting.

"Do you want me go?" Steve questions quietly.

"No," she replies quickly, "please."

The man nods as he places a comforting hand on her back, while she unfolds the letter.

Hey there, Possible,

My little witch, I'm writing this hoping you never have to read it, but everything happens for a reason though, right?

I hope we are able to pull this off tomorrow and we're able to bring everyone home. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the plan, but I won't have you be a part of it. Pep and I were lucky, not everyone else was, especially you, and I hope tomorrow we're able to fix that. You were the first stubborn, pain in the ass kid I never knew I wanted, and I thank you for that, because Morgan is the best thing to ever happen to Pepper and I.

I saw so much of myself in you the first time we met, and I want you to know I'm so proud of how far you've come since that day. There is more good inside of you than you realize, I see that, and no amount of darkness will ever diminish it.

Please, always remember, above everything else, choose to be happy, you deserve it. I hope I'm able to take away some of the pain tomorrow, bring back those you love. I know if you're reading this, it means I didn't make it, in which case, I'm so, so sorry kiddo, but Lexi, know that I love you very much and I know that you love me, so there was nothing left unsaid between us, it's okay and know this isn't good-bye, just, I'll see you later.

Love Always,

Tony

A barrage of tears have silently fallen while reading the note and Lexi folds it back up as she stares back out across the lake. Seeing him use her actual name brought a small smile to her, but also an aching pain that she would probably never hear the nickname she had once loathed again.

Lexi leans into the man beside her and he tightens the grip he has on her shoulders. The two of them stand there for a while in silence, grieving the loss of Natasha and Tony. It's not long before a small voice interrupts them, and they turn to look at the small brown-haired girl.

"Aunt Kimmy," Morgan Stark says, her dark eyes looking up at Lexi's, "Uncle Happy's going for cheeseburgers, do you want one?"

Steve smirks at the fact Morgan calls her by Stark's nickname and Lexi smiles brightly as she brushes the tears away before picking the girl up in her arms, "I would love a cheeseburger. What about you, Uncle Steve?"

"Sounds great," he replies, forcing a grin before following them back to the house.

"Two more," Morgan says to Happy as Lexi places her back on her feet once they step up on the porch.

Happy gives a half-hearted smile to Steve and Lexi before he shoves his phone into his pocket, "I got it. I'll be back shortly. May, would you like to go with me?"

Peter's aunt gives a smile as she agrees and follows him to his car.

"We're heading out," Barton says as he approaches Steve and Lexi, giving Rogers a quick embrace while Laura gives Lexi a sad smile before hugging her tightly.

"Don't be a stranger," the woman whispers to her before she releases her and Lexi nods in understanding as Clint steps over to pull the dark-haired hunter into his side, kissing her temple quickly.

"You heard her," the man comments with a small grin before releasing her.

"I promise," Lexi says quietly before they make their way off the porch and over to where their children stand waiting for them.

She feels Steve nudge her arm with his elbow and she glances over to see the boy leaning against the porch railing where he nods toward. Lexi makes her way across the porch and over beside the boy.

"Hey kid," she says, brushing her shoulder up against his.

"Please don't ask me if I'm okay," he states, his eyes red and swollen, much like hers are she imagines.

"I wouldn't dare," Lexi replies, turning her head to look at him, "but you're not alone, okay?"

Parker chews on the inside of his lip as he nods his understanding, before he looks back out over the lake. Lexi takes a deep, ragged breath, another wave of tears burning the already raw skin right below her lower lashes. She leans her head against the boy's shoulder and feel's comfort when he rests his head against hers, the two of them sharing in this moment of silence together.

Year: 2020

She heard the familiar sound of the repulsor technology outside and she rushed into her backyard to find a man standing there, his familiar red nano-tech suit withdrawing back into the compartment located on his chest. He's dressed in a solid black track suit and there is concern on his face.

"I came as soon as I got your message," Stark said genuinely as Lexi took a deep breath, fighting back the tears.

He made his way over to her quickly and pulled her into his chest, "I'm sorry sweetheart."

Lexi sobbed into his chest, as he rested his chin against the top of her head.

"I'm right here," Tony reassured her, "you're not alone, okay?"

Lexi and Stark had formed a long-distance friendship over the past year, and in a way, he was more of a father figure to her than anyone had ever been. She'd had several women step into the role of Mom throughout her life and she could name them all, but when it came to the person she looked up to as a father, she'd never had that…until Stark. She had not expected him to show up when she texted him what happened. Lexi had assumed he would call her, but for him to drop everything to come right then, because he knew she was hurting, that spoke in volumes.

#avengers fanfiction #tonystark #oc #avengers endgame #captain america #steve rogers

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starspangledbanner27 · 6 years ago

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Fandom: Saving Mr. Banks

Description: Don DaGradi’s musings about P.L. Travers. Oneshot; may eventually include more chapters featuring different characters’ perspectives.

Characters: Don DaGradi, P. L. Travers, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Walt Disney

Rating: K+

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Read on Fanfiction.net, AO3, Wattpad, Quotev, or below.

Many thanks to Laura and Dr. Riley for beta-reading this story, and to my mom for her constant encouragement and support.

A/N: This story was inspired by Ink Mage’s fanfic entitled “Saving Mr. Sherman” on FFN, so if you enjoy this, I would recommend that you check out “Saving Mr. Sherman” as well. And, as always, please leave reviews! :)

Disclaimer: I don’t own Saving Mr. Banks, Mary Poppins, or any of the characters from those two movies.

Chapter 1: Don

A heavy, brooding silence hung over the dimly lit rehearsal room in the Animation building at Walt Disney Studios, where three men were working late into the night. Don DaGradi, the animator-turned-screenwriter, slouched despondently in a rolling chair with his feet propped up on the end of the long table in the center of the room. He’d spent the last twenty minutes staring with unseeing eyes at the sketchpad in his lap while his mind stewed over the conundrum that was Mrs. P. L. Travers.

He should have seen it coming. He’d been working at Disney Studios long enough to know that most authors jumped at the chance to have their stories make it to the big screen, as Mrs. Travers herself had put it, “in glorious Technicolor, for all the world to see.” But she, the author of the Mary Poppins books, was less than thrilled about the opportunity, and had made sure to let them all know it. Don pursed his lips in frustration. He should have known. A woman who, after denying Walt the film rights for twenty years straight, had finally accepted his offer only on the condition that she be given the authority of script approval—he should have known she’d be nothing but trouble. But, despite everything, he had still held out hope that she’d at least turn out to be tolerably friendly and cooperative.

It had taken her all of five minutes to crush his optimism.

“Good morning, Pamela!” he had greeted her as she stepped out of the car that first day.

“It is so discomfiting to hear a perfect stranger use my first name,” she’d returned with a coldness that belied the smile on her face. “Mrs. Travers, please.”

And things had only gone downhill from there.

Every time they came up with a new idea to show her—a new song, a new sequence, a new concept drawing—she immediately shot it down.

“No, no, no!”

“Goodness me, no!”

“It’s all a big mistake; it’s all wrong!”

Eventually, this routine had become as predictable as it was painful, like throwing one’s body against a stone wall in the pathetically vain hope of knocking it down on the hundred-and-first attempt. Obviously, it hadn’t worked. None of their attempts had; on the contrary, everything they did only seemed to make her more upset. A few times—earlier that very day, in fact—she had even left the room in anger. And, try as they might, none of them could ever figure out what it was that had ticked her off, or why, or what they could do to fix it. All they knew was that she seemed to hate the entire project.

After witnessing the ruthless way she picked apart his script—and it was his script, no matter what she said—Don had quickly concluded that this peevish author could give any Disney villain a run for their money. “Whatever she says, don’t let it get to you,” Walt had encouraged him after the first day of fire and brimstone. “Remember, you don’t work for her; you work for me.” But that assurance was small consolation when Don still had the woman’s venom to contend with on a daily basis. His mind was exhausted; his nerves were shot; his head had been aching for the past three days . . . yet still he had to push through it and keep swallowing her barbs, because it was the only way this project would ever have any hope of completion.

The last week had been a lot of walking on eggshells for him. As the scriptwriter, he was more or less the head of this whole collaboration period, which made him responsible for keeping things running as smoothly as possible—a difficult task when he himself struggled to conceal his exasperation. But he had to press on, to keep doing and saying whatever it took to placate that woman—no matter the cost, no matter how distasteful—because, as they had discovered the other day, she still had the upper hand in the form of the unsigned rights agreement. And now that they knew about it, she took perverse joy in holding it over their heads as a reminder that if any of them displayed even the slightest hint of “impertinence,” she wouldn’t hesitate to flounce back across the pond and throw all their hard work to waste.

He remembered what it had felt like to watch that whole showdown between her and Walt. Up until then, he’d been at a loss as to why Walt was letting her walk all over them. It was completely contrary to everything he knew of the man—Walt, who always got what he wanted, who always had the last word. That day when Walt had confronted Mrs. Travers about her demand that the color red not appear in the film, it had been clear that the man was at the end of his rope; and Don had fully expected to see him finally put the petulant author in her place. But then she had pulled out those papers, and the two of them had stared each other down for several long moments . . . and then, much to Don’s surprise, Walt had drawn a deep breath and turned to his team in exasperated defeat.

“All right . . . no red in the picture.”

With that, he had stormed out of the rehearsal room; and Mrs. Travers had sat there, smugly fanning herself with the papers as she watched him go. Bob Sherman had been the one to finally break the stunned silence.

“He doesn’t have the rights.”

“Quite,” she’d replied with a self-satisfied nod; and Don, from where he stood next to the window, had heaved a sigh and shaken his head hopelessly. It was discouraging enough that Walt couldn’t simply win her over as he did everyone else with his trademark Disney charm. But now that they knew the truth, that Mrs. Travers had his hands tied . . . well, what was the point in even trying?

Suddenly he thought of the drawing he’d made the other day—a rough depiction of Mrs. Travers sitting primly in one of the rolling chairs in the rehearsal room, snapping “No! No! No!”—and he smirked wryly. He might have to grin and bear it while in her presence, but at least no one could stop him from venting his frustration on paper. In fact, after the “Spoonful of Sugar” incident—when she had bashed the lyrics to the nursery song and tossed a copy of the script out the window before stalking out of the room, as usual—Don had shown his snarky sketch to Dick and Bob Sherman, and the three of them had shared a hearty laugh. He remembered thinking that in the face of all she had put them through, it hardly made sense to laugh—but then he’d realized that the moment they ceased to find humor in the absurdity of the whole situation would be the moment they might as well give up.

As he glanced up at Dick and Bob where they sat on opposite sides of the table, looking just as dispirited as he felt, Don couldn’t help wondering if they hadn’t finally reached that moment. There was certainly no laughter in this room now; only a heavy tension that hung palpably in the air—as if Mrs. Travers, though absent in body, were present in spirit, just waiting for something to find fault with.

Don’s heart went out to the two songwriters, for he knew that Mrs. Travers’s constant criticism had taken just as severe a toll on them as it had on him, if not more so. Dick, whose lively cheerfulness she had rebuffed at every turn until it was all but squelched; and Bob, whose outspoken annoyance at her ornery demands had led her to single him out several times as the object of her fits of temper—neither of them should have had to endure the treatment she dished out. Don hadn’t been personally acquainted with the Sherman brothers for very long; but through working on this project, he had developed a sort of fraternal bond with them. Not only did they live up to their reputation as legendary creative geniuses, but they were also good men and great friends. And having to stand by and watch Mrs. Travers unleash her wrath upon them day after day . . . it was just too much.

Of all the insensitive remarks she had made to any of them, the singularly unforgivable one—to him and Dick, anyway—was what she’d said about Bob’s leg. It was only the second day of negotiations; and after a long morning of her quibbling about petty details, the older Sherman brother had unwisely dared to voice his annoyance. What had happened next was all too predictable: he and Mrs. Travers had gone head to head; and this time, in his frustration, he had pushed her too far. She’d sent him out of the room like a disobedient child . . . and as he limped out the door and down the hall, she’d asked, “What is wrong with his leg?”

“He got shot,” Dick had replied; and for a brief moment, Don had thought she might actually show some sympathy. But instead, she uttered a little scoff.

“Well, that’s hardly surprising.”

Don’s mouth had fallen open in shock; and he hadn’t needed to look at Dick to sense the fury radiating off him. But all Mrs. Travers had to say was, “Can I expect any more drama from anyone else?” The heartless witch. How she had ever managed to write a children’s book series was beyond him.

He should have come to hate her by now. In the face of such unyielding hostility, it seemed like the only natural response. And yet he still couldn’t bring himself to—because, much as he hated to admit it, a part of him (albeit a very small part) sympathized with her. He was, after all, a writer . . . maybe not on the same level as she was; but still, he understood the protectiveness a writer felt for his—or her—stories. And for a woman as set in her ways as Mrs. Travers clearly was, it couldn’t be easy to cope with all the modifications that necessarily took place between the page and the screen. Don understood this; and he’d have been more than willing to work with her to make sure she was satisfied, if only she had given him the chance. If only she had given any of them the chance.

But she hadn’t. And now, there they all sat, at a loss as to how they could ever hope to pull this off. The current state of things was disheartening, to say the least; in fact, they probably would have given up long ago if Walt weren’t so particularly invested in this project. The company had put out many films over the years, but this one . . . this one was special. For it was the fulfillment of a promise that Walt, all those years before, had made to his little daughters: that someday, somehow, he would make their beloved Mary Poppins fly off the pages of her books. And he was clearly determined to keep that promise, at whatever cost to his and his team’s sanity.

Don sighed. As fathers, he and the Shermans understood the necessity of keeping promises to one’s kids; but still, it seemed almost cruelly unreasonable of Walt to keep them working on a project that was so obviously futile. After all, Walt himself had already battled the author and lost; what made him think their luck with her would be any better?

Just then, Don heard the door to the rehearsal room swing open. Knowing that there was only one person who’d be coming to see them at this hour, he took his feet off the table and sat up a little straighter as Walt strode over, hands on his hips. “Guys, we gotta fix this,” he stated.

“Easier said than done,” Don muttered.

“How?!” Bob demanded. “How can we fix it when she hates everything we do? What is there to fix, anyway? She’s the problem!”

Walt heaved a sigh. “Well . . . I don’t know. I’m taking her to Disneyland tomorrow; if nothing else, that’ll at least give you guys a day to come up with something.”

“You’re taking her to Disneyland?” Dick repeated incredulously. “How on earth did you get her to agree to that? She hates that sort of thing.”

Walt smirked. “Well, I don’t have to get her to agree to it; I’m the one who pays her driver.”

“So, what, you’re just going to kidnap her?” Don asked sardonically. “That’s sure to go over well.”

“Hey, you never know,” Walt replied. “They say Disneyland is the happiest place on earth; maybe a few hours there will soften her up a little. I might even get her to try out one of the rides.”

Don gave a wry chuckle. “Now there’s something I’d like to see.”

“Mrs. Travers on a Disneyland ride?” Bob snorted. “All due respect, Walt, I doubt even you can pull that off.”

Walt’s eyes twinkled mischievously. “Really? Care to bet?”

Bob’s eyebrows rose in disbelief; but when he saw Walt was serious, he laughed. “All right.” He reached into his pocket, drew out a bill, and waved it in the air. “Ten bucks says you can’t get that woman on a ride.”

Grinning, Walt looked over at the other two men. “Any more takers?”

Dick shrugged. “Well, I hate to take your money, Walt, but since you offered . . .” He pulled two five-dollar bills from his pocket and held them up. “I’m in.”

Walt then turned to Don, who regarded him skeptically. “Walt, how come you’re suddenly so confident about this?” he asked. “What do you know that we don’t?”

Walt drew a deep breath and looked downward, thinking. “I’m not sure yet,” he answered after several moments. “But what you guys told me about how she reacted to the bank song, how it seemed like she was close to tears . . . that got me thinking. Maybe this isn’t just about her being ornery. Maybe there’s something else going on, something we’ve been missing.”

“And you think you can find out what it is?” Dick asked.

“I don’t know,” Walt admitted. “But if I can, then I think that’ll be our best shot at getting through to her.”

The three men nodded slowly in assent. Then Don spoke again. “So, what do you want us to do now?”

“For now? Go home.” Walt waved his hand in a gesture of dismissal. “Get some sleep. Goodness knows you’ve earned it.”

“And then what?” Bob pressed.

“Well . . .” Walt sighed again and ran his fingers thoughtfully over his moustache. “When you boys came to me earlier, you said Mrs. Travers seemed to be upset specifically about Mr. Banks.”

“Right,” Dick and Bob agreed. Don nodded silently, thinking back to what had happened earlier that day.

In retrospect, he realized, they should have noticed that something about her was off from the minute she arrived in the rehearsal room that morning. Rather than lighting into them immediately with some biting remark as usual, she had walked in without saying a word, only giving a brief nod to acknowledge their greetings. Then, after setting her purse down on the table, she had meandered over to the window—the very same window she had tossed the script out a few days ago—and stared out, silent and subdued, until Don approached her to ask if they might play her the Sherman brothers’ new song: “Fidelity Fiduciary Bank.”

Upon receiving her go-ahead, he had proceeded to act out a short segment of the scene leading up to the song—the dialogue between Dawes, Sr., and Michael Banks. Mrs. Travers had given it a rare nod of approval; and Don, encouraged, had then turned his full attention to Dick and Bob’s performance. When, a few minutes into the song, he glanced over at Mrs. Travers to catch her reaction, he had found her apparently distracted, with her gaze fixed not on them, but across the room. Don had thought nothing of it in the moment, his attention absorbed in helping act out the song. The men poured all their energy into it, Dick pounding out the tune emphatically while Bob pumped his fist and Don tapped his pencil in time with the beat, until at last they reached the end, and all three belted out the last line together with dramatic flair. It was afterwards, as they were remarking excitedly on how well the song fit with the rest of the scene, that the storm had hit.

“Why did you have to make him so cruel?!” she’d exclaimed, whirling around to face them. “He was not a monster!”

The men, taken aback by this outburst, had stared at her in bewilderment. Don had been the first to regain his power of speech.

“Who are we talking about? I’m confused.”

Ignoring his question, she’d asked, “You all have children, yes?” Once they had all replied in the affirmative, she’d continued: “Well, and do those children make letters for you—do they write letters, do they make you drawings? And would you tear up those gifts in front of them?”

They had remained silent, unsure how to respond.

“It’s a dreadful thing to do! I don’t understand! Why must Father tear up the advertisement his children have made for him, and throw it in the fireplace? Why won’t he mend their kite? Why have you made him so unspeakably awful?!”

Throughout her impassioned speech, Don and the Shermans had barely reacted except to blink in astonishment. Her yelling at them was nothing new, but this . . . this they had never seen coming. It wasn’t just another temper tantrum; no, this time there was real emotion behind it. Her mask of cold severity had, for once, been stripped away, revealing tears of distress in her eyes; and the men, who had almost ceased to believe she was even capable of feeling anything besides irritation and self-importance, were flabbergasted, with no idea what to say or do.

“If you claim to make them live, why can’t he—they—live well? I can’t bear it. Please don’t. Please don’t.”

Those were the last words she’d uttered before leaving the room in a fluster—or at least, the last words she had directed at them. As she was walking out, Don had thought he heard her mutter something else—something about having “let him down again” . . . whoever “him” was. Don had called after her; but if she heard him, she ignored him, and neither he nor the other two men had made any attempt to follow her.

She hadn’t returned to the rehearsal room for the rest of the day, and they had later heard a rumor that she’d been seen sitting out on the lawn with her driver, making a peculiar little setup with twigs and leaves, or digging holes in the ground and pouring the contents of a paper cup into them, or some strange thing like that. After everything else Don had seen of her, he was hardly surprised. Meanwhile, shortly after she walked out, he and the others had gone to Walt’s office to tell him about the incident. Walt had listened with folded arms and a furrowed brow that revealed him to be as perplexed as they were; and once they’d finished recounting everything, he took a deep breath.

“All right,” he’d said quietly. “You boys get back to work; I’ll see what I can do.”

So they had. And now, here they sat, waiting expectantly to hear Walt’s next words. After a brief pause, he spoke again. “So, if it’s Mr. Banks that’s bothering her, then I think that’d be a good place to start.”

Suddenly, in a flash of insight, Don recalled what Mrs. Travers had said right after throwing the script out the window the other day.

“You think Mary Poppins has come to save the children, Mr. Disney?”

Walt had merely given her a blank stare; and she had then stalked out of the room in disgust, leaving them all to speculate about what she meant. It wasn’t until now that Don finally figured it out.

“It’s not the children she comes to save,” he murmured to himself as the realization dawned.

“What’s that?” Walt asked.

Don met his gaze, a wave of excitement bubbling up within him. “That’s it!” he exclaimed. “That’s what she meant; that’s what we’ve been missing! Mary Poppins—she’s not there to save the children. She’s there to save Mr. Banks!”

He looked over at the Sherman brothers, who nodded slowly. “That’s why she was so upset earlier,” Bob mused aloud.

Don grimaced. “I guess we did make him pretty harsh.”

“Well, that is how he came across in the books,” Dick reminded him.

“Maybe, but—and, believe me, I never thought I’d say this—I think Mrs. Travers has a point. Mr. Banks might be harsh, but he isn’t cruel, not really. And I think we—I made it seem like he is.” He sighed. “I hate to think about rewriting the whole script, though.”

Bob shook his head. “No, you can’t. We’ve come too far for that. There has to be some other way.”

They all fell silent for several moments. Then Dick snapped his fingers. “I’ve got it!”

“Huh?” Don and Bob looked up at him quizzically.

Dick leaned forward eagerly in his chair. “Mr. Banks is harsh in the beginning. He has to be; otherwise there wouldn’t be a story. The only problem with our version is that he never changes. So, really, all we have to do is rewrite the ending!”

“A redemption arc.” Don nodded thoughtfully. “I can work with that.”

“And we could write a song for it,” Dick added, gesturing between himself and his brother. “Something upbeat.”

“A happy-ending song,” Bob agreed. “I like it.”

“What do you think, Walt?” Dick asked.

Walt, who had stood there in silence while the seeds of inspiration germinated, now spoke. “Well, it’s an idea.” He looked around the table at each of them in turn. “You think you can pull this together in twenty-four hours?”

Don shrugged. “I don’t think we have a choice.”

“Well, all right then,” Walt said. “I’ll stop in tomorrow afternoon to see how it’s coming along. But for now, you boys should go home and get some rest.”

They nodded again; and once he had bid them good night and left, the trio rose from their chairs and made a cursory effort to tidy up the table before grabbing their jackets and heading out of the room. As they strode down the hall, Dick heaved a sigh. “Just five more days, guys,” he said. “Then she’ll be gone, and we can get back to work.”

“. . . Following some drinks, a large bottle of aspirin, and a forty-eight-hour nap,” Bob amended, eliciting a weary chuckle from the other two.

They walked the rest of the way in silence, until at last they emerged from the building into the breezy cool of the southern California night. There on the front walkway, they paused, and, as if drawn by some ethereal pull, tilted their heads back to gaze up at the heavens. Although the smog and city lights of greater Los Angeles obscured the stars from view, Don found the velvety blackness of the sky to have a soothing effect upon his soul; and for a moment, he allowed himself to be lost in it, forgetting everything else.

At last, Dick broke the spell by inhaling deeply. “Ah . . . the sweet smell of fresh air and freedom.”

With a sigh, Don shook himself out of his reverie. “Enjoy it while you can,” he remarked wryly. “We’re all going to be back here bright and early tomorrow.”

“Don’t remind me,” Dick groaned, then turned to nudge his brother. “Hey, you think our wives are still awake?”

“Well, I told Joyce not to wait up for me . . . but I doubt she listened,” Bob replied, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

Dick laughed. “Yeah, it’s probably the same with Lizzie.” Heaving a sigh, he laid a hand on Bob’s shoulder. “And on that note, I’m gonna head home. Tell Joyce and the kids I said hello.”

Bob nodded. “Sure thing. You do the same for me, all right?”

“You bet.” Dick gave his brother a thump on the back, then turned to their friend. “’Night, Don.”

“Goodnight,” Don replied. “Drive safe.”

“Thanks.” With that, the younger Sherman brother headed down the sidewalk towards the lot where his car was parked.

Don drew a deep breath. “Well, we should probably get going too. Goodnight, Bob.”

He had just turned to walk away when he felt a hand on his arm. “Don, wait a minute.”

“What is it?” he asked, turning back around.

Bob glanced over his shoulder to confirm that his brother was now a good distance away, then leaned in toward Don and lowered his voice. “I didn’t want to say anything about this when Dick was around, but . . . what are we going to do if she finds out about the ‘Jolly Holiday’ sequence?”

“You mean the animation?” Don asked.

Bob nodded.

Don sighed heavily. “Well . . . that’s just not going to happen.”

“Well, yeah, but . . . you know . . . what if it does?”

“It can’t,” Don replied firmly. “Because we’re not going to let her find out.”

They remained silent for several seconds, staring across the street at nothing in particular. Then Bob shook his head. “I don’t like doing this,” he muttered. “Mrs. Travers might be a pill, but I don’t like lying to her.”

“Neither do I,” Don replied. “But Walt’s the one who insisted on the animation; and honestly, at this point, I just want to get this whole thing over with.”

“Yeah,” Bob agreed. After another few moments, he turned to face Don once more. “Well, you’re right; we should head out.”

Don nodded. “See you tomorrow.”

“You too,” Bob replied; and with that, the two men parted ways.

She can’t find out, Don thought as he walked to his car. A sick heaviness settled into the pit of his stomach as he realized, not for the first time, that everything they’d had to endure from her up to that point would be nothing compared to the wrath she would unleash upon them if she discovered the hidden truth about that sequence—that, save for Mary, Bert, and the kids, it was entirely animated, in direct violation of the terms of her contract.

He took a deep breath and blew it out slowly. No, she couldn’t find out. She wouldn’t find out. And worrying about it would do nothing to help. So, as he got into his car and drove home, he instead tried to focus on what tomorrow would bring. Together, he, Dick, and Bob would somehow manage to come up with a new ending—one that, hopefully, would meet with her approval. A happy ending for Mr. Banks. And then she would be satisfied, and they would finally be able to move forward and bring this project to fruition. Walt would be happy. Mrs. Travers would be . . . well, hopefully the closest thing to happiness that she had the capacity to feel. Anyway, she’d soon be headed back to England, and then everything would return to normal.

In just a few more days, Don would once again feel the relief of coming to work every day without a cloud of dread hanging over him, the pleasure of doing the job he loved without a constant stream of vitriol assaulting him. He’d once again know the joy of going home at a reasonable hour and kissing his wife and having dinner with his family and saying goodnight to his kids. As for Mary Poppins, she would eventually make it from script to screen, like every other Disney movie Don had been involved with . . . and then life would go on, and all this insanity would be nothing but a distant memory.

And everything would work out fine. Because it had to.

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vermiculated · 6 years ago

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baller as all heck, part one

I read 270 books this year.

Someone to Wed - Mary Balogh

Lord of Scoundrels - Loretta Chase

The Shadow and the Star - Laura Kinsale

To Love a Traitor - JL Merrow

Here are the ones I would recommend:

Dunbar - Edward St Aubyn fiction, gosh remember being seventeen and passionately, passionately into Regan/Goneril/Edmund, possibly also with a side of Edgar? This is not that book, but I liked remembering that self in the winter. Good kid. Warnings for death (people and animal) and cruelty (deserved though it may be)

Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie fiction, here is how to write a pastiche, oh my gosh, it's masterful. (mistressful?) Imagine putting every incisive political critique you've ever thought while riding the train home and being secretly glad of your wild mind while you clutch your backpack, for you can go anywhere with it, with a fold of Attic tragedy to a devastating effect. I was particularly enchanted by the Ismene section. Relax though, say with me: bodily disposition matters. Warnings for death, torture, and politics.

Half-Bad - Sally Green fiction, I read this previously and got into the "Lawrence of Arabia" motifs (#the trick is not minding that it hurts -- I did that at a work party and no one cared, my dramatic talents simmer and fester) and on the second time around I got really into how hopeless Nathan feels. feels right, feels good. Warnings for torture.

The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead fiction, an underappreciated misandrist classic. Beloved of Australians, carcinogenic in its Baltimore setting. It's hardly about the title character (a man) at all: Louisa is one of the beloved children and she becomes a picaresque monster, flitting from place to place and fitting in none of them. It features those wonderfully casual scenes of life-destroying cruelty that nineteenth century authors did so love and in profusion. I'm still thinking about Hetty peeling up the floorboard to rob her son.

Testosterone Rex - Cordelia Fine non-fiction, please check out that conjunction of pun title + pun name.

The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui non-fiction, warmly brutal in the way a family story always is. I found the art perturbing enough that I liked seeing more of it and the narrative moves with a deliberative pace through maxims of 'showing, not telling' and 'artistic decorum.' Warnings for death, war, and displacement.

My Favorite Thing is Monsters vol 1 - Emil Ferris fiction, the Hammer Horror treatment to the above's 1990s thriller. Secrets, families, lies, full-color trauma. I adore the visit to the Art Institute and the monster and her friends climb into the paintings: it's all the things I wanted from "The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankenweiler" and with drawings. Warnings for assault, war, and death.

Dare Me - Megan Abbott fiction, a great re-read. A great work of art about teenage girls which definitively answers the question 'what does a teenage girl sound like in her head?' She sounds like a genius. Warnings for assault and death.

Life in the French Country House - Mark Girouard non-fiction, did you know that the du Berry Hours depict what Gothic castles really looked like? I learned so much about towers from this.

#books 2018 #'life in the french country house' was maybe the best non-fiction i read this year #otherwise I would never have stopped about the Landsdowne House dining room

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biblical-womanhood · 6 years ago

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Reading Record (2016 - 2019)

Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 John Ferling ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Memories of My Life Auguste Escoffier ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Different By Design: Discovering God's Will for Today's Man and Woman John MacArthur ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Christian Modesty and the Public Undressing of America Jeff Pollard ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

JFK, Conservative Ira Stoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminism F. Carolyn Graglia ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Feminist Fantasies Phyllis Schlafly ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Marriage: From Surviving to Thriving Charles Swindoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman Danielle Crittenden ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Mastering The Art of French Cooking Volumes I & II Julia Child et al. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well Pellegrino Artusi ⭐⭐⭐

Fascinating Womanhood Helen Andelin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Shaping of a Christian Family: How My Parents Nurtured My Faith Elisabeth Elliot ⭐⭐⭐

Beautiful in God's Eyes: The Treasures of the Proverbs 31 Woman Elizabeth George ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Remarkable Women of the Bible: And Their Message for Your Life Today Elizabeth George ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dancercize Debbie Drake ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Vintage Secrets: Hollywood Diet and Fitness Laura Slater ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dressing With Dignity Colleen Hammond ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Love for a Lifetime: Building A Marriage That Will Go The Distance James Dobson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together Mark and Grace Driscoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Great Marriage Q and A Book Gary and Barbara Rosberg ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

He Said. She said.: Eight Powerful Phrases That Will Strengthen Your Marriage Jay and Laura Laffoon ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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His Needs, Her Needs: Building An Affair-proof Marriage Willard F. Harley, Jr. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Love Dare Stephen and Alex Kendrick ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Marriage You've Always Wanted Gary Chapman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

10 Pounds in 10 Days: The Secret Celebrity Program for Losing Weight Fast Jackie Warner ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts Gary Chapman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men James Dobson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Love Busters: Overcoming the Habits that Destroy Romantic Love Willard F. Harley, Jr. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

How to Encourage the Man in Your Life H. Norman Wright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Global Sexual Revolution: Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom Gabriele Kuby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Straight Talk to Men: Timeless Principles for Leading Your Family James Dobson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? Gary Thomas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men Shaunti Feldhahn ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Marriage Builder Larry Crabb ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Husbands Who Won't Lead and Wives Who Won't Follow James Walker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul John Eldredge ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Lost Art of True Beauty Leslie Ludy ⭐⭐⭐⭐

What the Bible Says About Love, Marriage, and Sex David Jeremiah ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Four Pillars of a Man's Heart: Bringing Strength into Balance Stu Weber ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Storm Warning Billy Graham ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Journey Billy Graham ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In Praise of Stay-at-home Moms Laura Schlessinger ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade Charles Swindoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Growing Wise in Family Life Charles Swindoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Grace Awakening Charles Swindoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Strong Family: Growing Wise in Family Life Charles Swindoll ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Men Are Like Waffles - Women Are Like Spaghetti: Understanding and Delighting in Your Differences Bill and Pam Farrel ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Hidden Value of a Man Gary Smalley and John Trent ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In the Footsteps of Faith: Lessons from the Lives of Great Men and Women of the Bible John MacArthur ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Treasures from the Heart: The Value of Godly Character Cheryl Ford ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Romancing Your Husband: Enjoying a Passionate Life Together Debra White Smith ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Every Woman's Desire: Every Man's Guide to. . . Winning the Heart of a Woman Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

That's My Son: How Moms Can Influence Boys to Become Men of Character Rick Johnson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Man Whisperer: Speaking Your Man's Language to Bring Out His Best Rick Johnson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul John and Stasi Eldredge ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Communication: Key to Your Marriage H. Norman Wright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Sacred Foundation: The Importance of Strength In The Home School Marriage Michael Farris and L. Reed Elam ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

31 Days to a Happy Husband: What a Man Needs Most from His Wife Arlene Pellicane ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women James Dobson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Boy's Passage: Celebrating Your Son's Journey to Maturity Brian D. Molitor ⭐⭐⭐

Rocking the Roles: Building a Win-Win Marriage Robert Lewis and William Hendricks ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Men's Relational Toolbox Gary Smalley, Greg Smalley, and Michael Smalley ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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The Four Loves C. S. Lewis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Money Secrets of the Amish: Finding True Abundance in Simplicity, Sharing, and Saving Lorilee Craker ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Every Man's Battle: Every Man's Guide to. . . Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Let Me Be a Woman Elisabeth Elliot ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Marriage On The Rock: God's Design For Your Dream Marriage Jimmy Evans ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Finding Your Perfect Mate H. Norman Wright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers Gary Chapman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Biblical Womanhood in the Home Nancy Leigh DeMoss ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Heartland: The Best of the Old and the New from Midwest Kitchens Marcia Adams ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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What Every Man Wants In A Woman/What Every Woman Wants In A Man John and Diana Hagee ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Way Home: Beyond Feminism, Back to Reality Mary Pride ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?: Timeless Lessons on Love, Power, and Style Pamela Keogh ⭐⭐

Every Woman's Battle: Discovering God's Plan for Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment Shannon Ethridge ⭐⭐⭐

When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage Dave Harvey ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of Masculinity Elisabeth Elliot ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Hello I recently began reading historical fiction (both mystery and romance) and I remember you commenting some time ago that you like to read historical romance. Do you have any recommendations? I’m still new to the genre and am finding what I like and don’t like. Thank you. Ps I like your header , Julia Quinn is grate

Hi Anon,

I’m quite fussy myself when it comes to historical romance, but hopefully I can be of some help - I’m really not into ham joints for hands, musclar men and a lot of authors across romance genre tend to base their hero’s around this image. It’s always important to read reviews especially when you’re testing the waters, they sometimes give more detailed descriptions or offer trigger warnings or just warnings of distress (which are much needed, my heart has been broken many a time and a spoiler would have been appreciated). However, don’t base all your judgment on others views, if you think it sounds good but top reviews don’t, just go for it - but if it’s got mostly 2 star reviews then maybe not.

Amanda Quick might be your cup of tea as she combines mystery and romance in a 19th century setting. If you’re just into period mystery then Agatha Christie is always a reccomendation. She’s actually how I got into hr, well Christie and a really good fic writer who wrote an amazing historic au years ago.

A few of my favourites:

Fool for love by Eloisa James. Some heartbreaking moments in this book, for context the heroine has had an injured hip since birth, “They said you would never marry, Henrietta. You are married. They said you would never dance. We are dancing. And they said you would never give birth. But I know you. I know you want this baby. We’ll go to every doctor in England if we have to. We can find someone who will save the baby. And you.”

A week to be wicked by tessa dare - this book is wild - fake betrothals, sharing a bed, science fairs, scientific dirty talk, impromptu weddings, sword swallowing, pretending to have an affair to hide in plain sight, misunderstandings, highwaymen chasing them and lets not forget being robbed at gun point with our hero left for dead before our heroine knocks the lights out of the unsuspecting bandit. This book seems like fanfiction, more specifically fitzsimmons fanfiction. Once I read it I was tempted to write it but I’m a bad writer. Worth noting this book is one of the few books I enjoy both by the author and in the ‘spindle cove’ series, the book prior to this is a good read, the rest are mixed.)

Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day is great, I like-love it but I don’t love-love it. The hero coveted heroine for several years however she married during this time, she becomes widowed and the two meet by chance and explore the sparks that have been between them since the moment they laid eyes on one another.

Scandal of the Year by Laura Lee Ghurke - fyi only a pretence of adultery none actually committed- Hero and heroine are discovered in bed together by heroines husband which results in divorce, yes the scandal! Hero has no idea how he ended up in bed with the heroine, he remembers nothing other than her kiss before all fades to black. One later, they meet again, we learn their lives have intersected since they were 16, each coveting the other at one point or another yet too afraid to say something. Basically, Hero wants a future with heroine, heroine is scared and wants to enjoy her freedom after her horrid first marriage.

Her Ladyships Companion by Evangeline Collins - fyi, adultery is committed but your heart aches for the heroine, she was so young when she married and he is so horrid you just want her to be happy ahh spoilers anyway - Hero is a male prostitute (I blame fanfic for my love of this rare trope), he is hired by our heroines close friend who believes heroine deserves some attention in her life. She has every intention of sending him away until she meets him and everything changes. Their relationship is great until Hero realises he wants more than she can give him. He leaves and asks she not to contact for him again, yet he is summoned once more. Does he go back? Will they ever be able to have a real relationship? 🤷🏻‍♀️

When beauty tamed the beast by Eloisa James - the Hero honestly reminds me of Fitz from aos, he’s such a grump. Our hero is a doctor - an upfront and emotionless one at that. He was injured as a child resulting in a permanent limp and the use of a cane. Our heroine is beautiful, the talk of the town and allegedly pregnant having been spotted kissing a prince then throwing up after eating less than fresh prawns at a season event. The hero’s father thinks that his son will never marry or beget an heir (he believes his son impotent) and so arranges a marriage between he and the hero, believing that she is already pregnant which would provide him his heir. The hero is no fool, as a doctor he knows a stuffed pillow when he sees one. This book is packed with affairs by the beach, a spreading disease, a race against time and thunder storms. This book also includes the heroine coming to terms with what she perceives as her loss of looks, as someone who prided herself on looks alone it is such an amazing journey to see her inner thoughts. This book is great, and I really recommend it.

The Earl takes All by Lorraine Heath - I cannot put this book into words. It’s heartbreaking but it’s worth the pain.

Less angsty books include the Westcott series by Mary Balogh (all save the last, Someone to Care, I didn’t care much for the protagonists as I had grew to dislike the heroine in prior books). I’m currently re-reading this series.

Someone to Love - Anna Snow has lived at the orphanage for as long as she can remember, whilst others left once of age, she stayed on to become a teacher (alongside her best friend Joel). One day she receives a letter from a solicitor to meet him in London. She discovers she is the only legitimate heir to an aristocrat after it is revealed he committed bigotry. She is thrust into a life she could never have imagined, with the help of Avery, a handsome lord, to guide her.

Someone to Hold - Camille Westcott begins teaching in the very orphanage Anna grew up in so she can find herself - if her half sibling can live so lowly, so can she. She meets Joel, an artist who teaches art once a week - they immediately dislike each other, due to his loyalty to Anna who is his best friend and the woman he once proposed to. He admires the way she engages the children and sees something in her that Camille doesn’t see herself. There’s sparks, heartbreak and a new discovery that could change Joel’s world forever.

Someone to wed - upon inheriting the Westcott title as the closest male relative to the late Earl of Riverdale, Alexander, the penniless Earl also inherits a mansion which is in desperate need of repairing. Thankfully for him, Wren, his neighbour, has just the solution to his financial problems. Marriage. Having only met Wren, a woman who hides herself behind a dark vail, ten minutes prior, Alex is taken aback by her offer. It’s the perfect solution but why would she marry a total stranger? And what is she hiding behind the vail?

I would also recommend Anna Bradley, her writings are quite light hearted and The Firstborn by Quenby Olson (latter is a clean romance).

I hope you enjoy these recommendations anon, I have tons more if not. I must warn a majority of these are angsty and so Julia Quinn may be a good read in between books. I hope you’re able to find the trope that you like 💕🦔

#i wish i could have put multiple ‘read more’ but you can’t #most of these are angsty #sorry #some are absolute trash #but to each their own #historical romance rec #anon ask #nonny 💕🦔#there’s this great book i can’t remember the title of #the hero asks the heroine to marry him by writing his proposal on paper and showing her through the window #she’s pregnant (not his) and he doesn’t seem to realise until they meet in person rather than through the window #it’s so lovely #spoilers: they basically marry but she moves to a lavender field farm whilst he continues to work in london #he has a dream of owning his own business but as the months go by without her he returns to the farm #realising she and their child are his dream #they make their marriage a real marriage rather than one of convenience and it is so beautiful #i wish i could remember it for the life of me but #amanda quick #julia quinn #eloisa james #rl matthews #sylvia day #laura lee ghurke #evangeline collins #mary balogh #anna bradley #historical romance

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