#martin x pam

[fatedxdestiny]

[paristexaz]

The Office: Dwight and Angela moments pt.2

Email Surveillance S02E09

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Angela I remember filming this moment where you offer me a brownie and I have to decide if I'm gonna take it. And it kept making us laugh so hard...It was making us laugh so hard. The brownies were good. They were very good.  -Jenna

[justapotato89]

im on the last episode of the office. im gonna start watching it. im gonna. i will. i promise. just maybe a day later. or two.

[dundermisfits]

Michael Scott Headcannons

Michael Scott x reader

Requested: @maleahoswick

***

• In the beginning, the relationship is kept secret until Dwight finds out about it shortly after you and Michael inform David Wallace

• Not everyone in the office is approving, Kevin is always on the lookout to see if it’s true, sort of how he spied on Pam and Jim. Angela doesn’t approve, she likes to believe that your love is fake

• Most everyone in the office is approving, even in the warehouse below, they all approve and it’s most surprising to know that Roy is one of those that is more supportive than others

• You and Michael seem to have everything in common but you honestly don’t

• When you’re sick, Michael will make you take a sick day, even if you’ve taken them all up he will make you stay home and rest

• Being insulted by the fact Ryan invited you and not Michael to his weekend campout was easy for you turn him down and say you wouldn’t be going if Michael was not invited

• Seeing that Michael is still a little vulnerable to Jan, you have no problem sticking up for Michael whenever she tries to pull a fast one on him, trying to talk him into leaving you, you just weren’t having it

• When it happened one too many times, you let her have it and from that point on, she stays from you both

• You take things slow in the start of your relationship. By about a year into it, you move in together and two years after, you both are engaged

• If you have to work any late nights, Michael will stay with you. But as each person is leaving, he’s doing it more in a way as your boyfriend than he is your manager, and that is something kept between the two of you

• If someone disrespects you in anyway, especially in front of him, Michael will get upset and start defending you immediately, putting that person in their place

• Michael is your comforter during panic attacks and surprisingly, so is Dwight at times if he’s there as well

• Sometimes he likes to leave little gifts on your desk before you arrive. It could be anything from your favorite chips, soda, to your favorite candy with a little note attached to it

• When you had gotten the iPod during secret Santa, you knew immediately it was from Michael and had sort of the same reaction as Ryan did in that episode, only you were more gentle about it

• It wasn’t like you didn’t appreciate it because you did, to you, it was always the thought that counted but truth be told, you were a little embarrassed this happened in front of everyone

• You both LOVED pretzel day, Michael would always wait in line for you both and would brings yours back when he returns because you were often busy with some work

• When you meet Michael, he was with Carol at the time, and because you weren’t there when she rejected his proposal, you comforted him as he told you about it

• This all happened before you got together, so when she refused while breaking up with him, you agreed to go to Jamaica with him, and that’s where things begin for you both

• Michael becomes overly protective of you after Roy’s attempt to attack Jim, so he bans Roy from the building unless escorted by Hank. Your safety to Michael has always been his top priority.

• Michael loves to brag about you and to show you off when given the open opportunity

• Threat Level Midnight was a blast to film

• Michael just loved you to pieces as you did for him

***

@dundermisfits

Requests: open

Characters:

• Michael Scott

• Dwight Schrute

• Jim

• David Wallace

• Angela

• Pam

• Karen

• Kelly

• Erin

[wxnheart]

𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 - 𝙶𝚊𝚣 + 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔!𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

This particular list came out of the blue and was inspired by the dynamic I have with one of my friends, one that's hilarious as fuck and I can see this happening with Gaz, too.

You and Gaz are like two peas in a pod. Except you're not messy. At least, that's what you tell yourself.

If there's one thing Gaz will absolutely have, it's tea intel on just about... everything and everyone around y'all. He never tells you how he acquires it, just that he "has his sources". 🙄

Gaz is as funny as he is passionate; never a day goes by that you don't die from laughter because of him. You can always count on your stomach hurting. A lot.

He uses his charm to maximum effect because most would be surprised at the amount of shit you two get in because of him.

You and Gaz stay texting each other whenever you can, which is how you get the tea intel. Has some memes interspersed throughout. You've had some people around you worried before because you were trying your best not to wheeze out in public. Goddamnit, Gaz.

You know those friends whose faces you can't look at because you'll laugh? Yeah, that's Gaz. And you, too. You two will absolutely refuse to look at each other during meetings because of this. When the situation calls for it, however, you and Gaz share that look. Y'all know that look. He has you beat with his facial expressions, though.

When your schedule allows it, you and Gaz are almost always hanging out because why not? He likes horror movies so he's always roping you into watching them with him.

Your love language is roasting each other. Because you can and you do. It's gotten to the point that the others think you two hate each other with the way your roast sessions go. Rest assured it's all love between you two. You admire how Gaz can do it so effortlessly while doing work. Hell, sometimes you can't help but laugh at what he says in response.

[local-ghoul12]

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM DUNDER MIFFLIN!!

feat. Jim and Pam, Michael and holly, Dwight and Angela, Andy and (my self insert) gabs!

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

The mention of Jim and Pam made me think of Michael and Holly's relationship. There is such a different dynamic between Michael and Holly and Michael and all of his other romantic relationships. Nearly all the other women in Michael's life (also Ryan, but that's another conversation) are objects of Michael's worship/obsession. Most of his other girlfriends don't even really seem to like him that much. Carol got weirded out by him pretty quickly, Helene was just using him as a rebound, and Donna used him as the other woman. Jan is the only other relationship that started out somewhat normal, with mutual attraction, but it mostly stemmed from that forbidden relationship with a subordinate for Jan, who proceeded to completely lose it (whether because or in spite of Michael).

Holly is the only one who "matches his freak," as they would say nowadays, creating a more equal relationship as opposed to worshipper and worshipped.

But there's a problem with Holly, too. She's hardly even a character. She only appears in 17 episodes, and a few of those are just over the phone. It seems like when they were creating Michael's soupsnake, they just took Michael, keep most of the weirdness but make him a little bit more grounded (so that she can make Michael more grounded by the end) and make him a woman.

I love Holly, she's adorable and one of the characters I relate to most, personality-wise. But there's only so much personality there. The rest of her character is just "dorky HR lady who Michael loves and who loves Michael" and that's pretty much it.

I feel like the only woman they really took the time to write any real depth and growth for was Angela. Don't get me wrong, all of the women of The Office are amazing and beautiful, but they're too often objects of affection rather than their own characters.

i don’t know exactly how to say this in a way that comes across clearly, but i am obsessed with the idea of depicting m/f relationships in a way where the hype isn’t all on the man’s love of the woman, and how swoonworthy it is and how powerful. (this has been on my mind an awful lot lately because lost loves to lean on this, especially in season six. it’s also something that often grates on me about the office’s depiction of jim and pam even though i’m very fond of jim and pam.) i really want to see women being active in the relationship too, rather than just being the object to be pursued or worshiped or cherished or whatever the heck! not in a way that depicts women going out of their way for men who don’t reciprocate, which i think is always the go-to assumption when you talk about this kind of portrayal of a relationship. but i love the idea of women being able to make romantic gestures and acts of great love toward their male love interests in a way that is, like, considered cool and iconic in the way that so many male characters’ romantic actions toward their ladies are cool and iconic. idk how to say it. like, something that goes beyond ‘is this woman being honored nobly enough by her man, which is the sum total of all romance?’ i want the women participating tooooooooo! WHY NOT!

[musingsofmonica]

September 2023 Diverse Reads

September 2023 Diverse Reads:

•”Coleman Hill” by Kim Coleman Foote, September 05, Sjp Lit, Literary/Historical/Saga/African American/Own Voice

•”Land of Milk and Honey” by C. Pam Zhang, September 26, Riverhead Books, Literary Dystopian/Asian American

•”The Museum of Failures” by Thrity Umrigar, September 26, Algonquin Books, Contemporary/Women/Family Life/Asian American/Cultural Heritage

•”This Is Salvaged: Stories” by Vauhini Vara, September 26, W. W. Norton & Company, Short Stories, Literary/Women/Family Life

•”Evil Eye” by Etaf Rum, September 05, Harper, Contemporary/Women/Family Life/Cultural Heritage

•The Fraud” by Zadie Smith, September 05, Penguin Press, Literary/Sagas/Historical/Biograpical/Britain/Janaica

•”Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation” by Tiya Miles, September 19, W. W. Norton & Company, History/Women's Studies/Human Geography/19th Century/20th Century

•”The Devil of the Provinces” by Juan Cárdenas, Davis (Translator), September 12, Coffee House Press, Literary/Noir/Crime/World Literature/Colombia

•”And Then She Fell” by Alicia Elliott, September 26, Dutton, Literary/Horror/Native American & Aboriginal

•”Wednesday's Child: Stories” by Yiyun Li, September 05, Farrar Straus and Giroux/ Literary/Short Stories/Asian American

•Three Holidays and a Wedding” by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley, September 26, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Romance

•”What Start Bad a Mornin'” by Carol Mitchell, September 19, Central Avenue Publishing, Contemporary/Immigration/Women/African American/ United States/Trinidad/Jamaica

•”The Book of (More) Delights: Essays” by Ross Gay, September 19, Algonquin Books, Personal Memoir in Essays/Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/African American & Black

•”What You Are Looking for Is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts, September 05, Hanover Square Press. Literary/Coming of Age/Friendship/World Literature/Japan

•”Thank You for Sharing” by Rachel Runya Katz, September 12, St. Martin's Griffin/Romance/Jewish/POC/Multicultural 

•”The Name Drop” by Susan Lee, September 12, Inkyard Press, Romance/Family/Parents/Social Themes/Class Differences/Diversity & Multicultural

•”The Golden Gate” by Amy Chua, September 19, Minotaur Books, Historical/Thrillers/Suspense/Mystery/Detective

•”South” by Babak Lakghomi, September 12, Rare Machines, Political/Dystopian

•”The Death I Gave Him” by Em X. Liu, September 12, Solaris, Science Fiction/Crime/Mystery/Thrillers/Technological

“A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller.”

•”Others Were Emeralds” by Lang Leav, September 05, Harper Perennial, Literary/Coming of Age/Family Life/Siblings/Friendship/Cultural Heritage/World Literature - Australia

Happy reading, Mo✌️

[femslashrevolution]

Popular Pairing List Update

The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:

Aaliyah Amrohi x Cruz Manuelos (Special Ops: Lioness)

Ainhoa Arminza x Luz Romaña Lasierra (4 estrellas)

Audrey Jensen x Emma Duval (MTV Scream)

B'Elanna Torres x Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager)

Bette Porter x Tina Kennard (The L Word)

Gwen x Morgana (Merlin)

Gyoza x Manaow (Love Senior)

Hannah Taylor x Shira Bolitar (Harlan Coben's Shelter)

Hermione Granger x Narcissa Malfoy (Harry Potter)

Isabel x Josie (Bottoms)

Laura Lee x Lottie Matthews (Yellowjackets)

Mantis x Nebula (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Riri Williams x Shuri (Marvel Cinematic Universe; Marvel Comics)

Seo Ji-wan x Yoon Sol (Nevertheless)

Tendo Akane x Unryu Akari (Ranma 1/2)

The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:

Aerith Gainsborough x Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy)

Alice x Ludmila (Rune Factory)

Anne Boonchuy x Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)

Bernadetta von Varley x Petra Macneary (Fire Emblem)

Bess Till x Miss Audrey (Snowpiercer)

Candace Powell x Lilly Fortenberry (Astrid and Lilly Save The World)

Cora Hale x Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf)

Dani Ramos x Grace (Terminator: Dark Fate)

Eleanor Roosevelt x Lorena Hickok (The First Lady)

Ellen Waverly x Pam Horton (For All Mankind)

Esther Warner x Max Chapman (Amazon A League of Their Own)

Eve x Mazikeen (Lucifer)

Franki x Taylor Bloom (Love Classified)

Ginny Weasley x Pansy Parkinson (Harry Potter)

Haniwa x Wren (See)

Jester Lavorre x Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role)

Kira Yukimura x Malia Tate (Teen Wolf)

Laurie x Mira Harberg (Irma Vep)

Lucy Westenra x Mina Murray (Dracula)

Midge Maisel x Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Regina Mills x Ruby (Once Upon A Time)

Root x Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest)

[derekfoxwit]

The Best Picture Oscar My Way (1980-1999)

Here’s Part 2 of Best Picture My Way (as started here). All information about my approach with this category can be found on that linked first part.

For convenience sake, I’ll relay this message. Only the films I add onto here as nominees will have listed nominated producers next to the movie’s title. (Here’s the Wikipedia page for the rest.)

1980

The Empire Strikes Back - Gary Kurtz

Raging Bull

The Elephant Man

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Ordinary People

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Das Boot - Gunter Rohrbach; Michael Bittins

Reds

On the Golden Pond

Chariots of Fire

1982

Tootsie

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog; Willi Segler; Lucki Stipetic

Missing

Gandhi

1983

Fanny and Alexander - Jorn Donner

Terms of Endearment

Scarface - Martin Bregman

Mender Mercies

The Right Stuff

1984

Amadeus (still)

The Terminator - Gale Anne Hurd

Love Streams - Yoram Globus; Menahem Golan

Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman

A Passage to India

1985

Back to the Future - Neil Canton; Bob Gale

The Color Purple

After Hours - Robert F. Colesberry; Griffin Dunne; Amy Robinson

Ran - Masato Hara; Serge Silberman

Witness

1986

Platoon (still)

Misery - Rob Reiner; Andrew Scheinman

Hannah and Her Sisters

A Room with a View

Blue Velvet - Fred C. Caruso

1987

The Last Emperor (still)

The Princess Bride - Rob Reiner; Andrew Scheinman

Broadcast News

Moonstruck

Fatal Attraction

1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Frank Marshall; Robert Watts

Rain Man

Dangerous Liaisons

Mississippi Burning

The Last Temptation of Christ - Barbara De Fina

1989

Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee

Driving Miss Daisy

Dead Poets Society

My Left Foot

Cinema Paradiso - Giovanna Romagnoli

1990

Goodfellas

Dances with Wolves

Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton; Denise Di Novi

Ghost

The Godfather Part III

1991

The Silence of the Lambs (still)

Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott

Beauty and the Beast

Boyz in the Hood - Steve Nicolaides

JFK

1992

Unforgiven (still)

A Few Good Men

Malcolm X - Spike Lee; Marvin Worth

Reservoir Dogs - Lawrence Bender; Harvey Keitel

Aladdin - Ron Clements; John Musker

1993

Schindler’s List (still)

The Piano

Philadelphia - Jonathan Demme; Edward Saxon

In The Name of the Father

The Fugitive

1994

The Lion King - Don Hahn

Forrest Gump

Pulp Fiction

The Shawshank Redemption

Eat Drink Man Woman - Kong Hsu; Li-Kong Hsu

1995

Toy Story - Bonnie Arnold; Ralph Guggenheim

Se7en - Phyllis Carlyle; Arnold Kopelson

The Postman (Il Postino)

Before Sunrise - Anne Walker-McBay

Braveheart

1996

Fargo

Trainspotting - Andrew Macdonald

Secrets & Lies

Jerry Maguire

The English Patient

1997

Titanic (still)

Good Will Hunting

L.A. Confidential

Princess Mononoke - Toshio Suzuki

Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson; Lloyd Levin; John S. Lyons; JoAnne Sellar

Lost Highway - Deepak Nayar; Tom Sternberg; Mary Sweeney

As Good as It Gets

The Full Monty

1998

Saving Private Ryan

Life is Beautiful

The Thin Red Line

The Big Lebowski - Joel and Ethan Coen

Mulan - Pam Coats

Central Station - Arthur Cohn; Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre; Robert Redford; Walter Salles

The Truman Show - Edward S. Feldman; Andrew Niccol; Scott Rudin; Adam Schroeder

Rushmore - Barry Mendel; Paul Schiff

Shakespeare in Love

1999

The Matrix - Joel Silver

American Beauty

The Green Mile

The Sixth Sense

Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson; JoAnne Sellar

The Straight Story - Neal Edelstein; Mary Sweeney

Man on the Moon - Danny DeVito; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher

Being John Malkovich - Steve Golin; Vincent Landay; Sandy Stern; Michael Stipe

[sbrown82]

You know what I ain’t like about Gina? Martin would say all kinda fucked up shit to Pam: teasing her for wearing a weave or calling her “beady bead”, for not having a man, constantly referring to her as some kind of animal, and saying she’s got an attitude…and Gina would just…sit there and not say anything. That shit used to piss me off. Like, I’d be damned if I let some nigga disrespect my best friend or any Black woman like that. I swear, I don’t know how y’all can lay down with colorists, because girrl I could fucking NEVER!!!

GINA & PAM.

-

Martin (1992-1997)

[reflectivearchive]

P.A.M. x Martine Syms

Selfie Scroll Stretch Top - (Collage)

Source: https://perksandmini.com/collections/pam/products/selfie-scroll-stretch-top-martine-syms

[smokeybrandreviews]

Okey Dokey

Jenna Ortega is the new Winona Ryder. She's sitting in the same space that Rachel Ziegler was supposed to occupy until she started running her mouth about politics. Ma is the brand new "It" girl, staking her fame on quirky little remakes, fun if a little formulaic reimaginings, and the occasional slasher or two. She followed the Scream Queen route to stardom, building her resume on sh*t like X and two Scream flicks, before getting Wednesday and being vaulted into the mainstream. I like Jenna. I think she's good at her job. I think she's MUCH more intelligent and aware of the business she's in, than most women her age. I think her opinions are both valid and true to reality, but the way she says the things she does and gets away with it, boggles my mind. Because, again Ziegler said the same sh*t and her entire career is dead because of it. I still haven't figured but that disparity but that's not what this post is about. Jenna recently said something to the effect hat women should be leading their own projects, that they shouldn't be pigeonholed to remakes or sequels. They should have their own franchises to lead and i agree. The thing is, the vast US audience does not.

It's odd hearing Jenna say these remarks during the press junket for Beetlejuice II. Sh*t comes off a little hypocritical and a lot ungrateful, but then you have to kind of look at it from her perspective a little. Ortega got her shine of her performance as Wednesday Addams in Netflix's Wednesday. I adore that show but i have been a fan of the Addams Family since i was a kid. I also shill pretty hard All that said, Wednesday is a reimagining of a franchise that has existed in literally every form of media, for decades. for Tim Burton AND they got my evergreen crush,Christina Ricci, who played the character on film before Jenna, to play a pretty substantial role in that story. Plus, it was just generally really cute. She was also in the two newest Scream flick, sans Wes Craven. Again, established IPs. Every major Hollywood production she's been in thus far, with the exception of X and that weird one with Martin Freeman, has been basically a recycle of some other concept or established idea. I imagine she's frustrated. I would be, too. This isn't biting the hand which feeds you, it's bringing awareness to a real problem in the industry, one that she's going to need to solve herself.

Way back when Negroes not named Sydney Poitier couldn't get jobs in Tinseltown, we did our own thing. Yes, i am a Black. They were called Blaxploitation. Now, i hate that entire genre but i respect what it did for our visibility. There would be no Denzel without Shaft easing the general audience into accepting Black dudes as leading men. We don't get Black Panther without Superfly, and as absurd a statement that is to hear, it's true. Hell, Tarantino basically paid homage to that entire era of film making with Jackie Brown, who starred Pam Grier in the leading role. Grier is KNOWN as THE Blaxploitation femme fatale! Bruce Lee did more for Asians in Hollywood with Enter the Dragon, than anyone else, at any time in history. Dev Patel is doing his best, right now, as we speak, to get that corner turn on Indian actors with his work on Monkeyman and the steady influx of K-culture is making their content much more palatable for the general eye. Seriously, don't sleep on Korean entertainment. Those motherf*ckers make dope sh*t. If Jenna wants those roles, she's going to have to make them, herself. Just like everyone else. And she has a fantastic home for that.

Jenna is a Netflix product, let's be clear about that. None of this success is possible without them. None of it. Wednesday popped hard and she was able to parlay that into her near mogul status. She's getting Producer credits on season two, so this is a perfect opportunity to branch out. Millie Bobby Brown did, to middling results. I generally enjoy her Enola Holmes fair but that dragon movie sucked so much ass. Still, those were her projects. She chose them for herself. She developed and produced them. Ma is all over her sh*t lately and that's because Stranger Things has a shelf life. She knew there needed to be something after and she did her thing. Charlize Theron put together that Old Guard flick, the first in a franchise she wanted to push. Dunno where that is considering we only got the one flick, but there is a lot of potential there, in that world. Jenna has to do something like that in order to prove her point. She has the star power now. She has the cache. Now, she needs to put her money where her mouth is and bet on herself. Obviously, there are strong hits she can study. Wednesday, itself, did gangbusters but so did Fallout and Yellowjackets. That said, those odds still feel dummy long

Most of these female focused, female lead, franchise attempts suck ass. I'm going to be honest, i can't think of a single one that i actually like. Alien, is the only one that comes to mind, and Ripley was written as a dude. Now, the flicks which came after, to varying success, are a definite mixed bag, most starring Ripley, but Romulus didn't and was dope as f*ck. If they ever get around to putting Machiko Noguchi on screen, we'd have another solid protag in a franchise that almost exclusively gives the nod to female strength. That sh*t should, for sure, be an anthology series but I digress. What else do we have? Resident Evil, Charlie's Angels, Underworld; Most of them are just okay. None of them are "great", all of them have diminishing returns. If Jenna wants these types of roles, if she wants to see more original IP developed for women, she's going to need to make that sh*t, herself, because no one has cracked the code on making them good. Enola Holmes is a decent distraction, but when compared to the BBC version of her older brother's adventure? Not so much. The Old Guard is lost in development hell. The one Halle Berry made for herself, bombed. On Netflix. The two Karen Gillan and Mary Elizabeth Winstead dropped were fun as f*ck but didn't have the support behind them to really gain momentum. Here's hoping The Ballerina breaks that glass ceiling because i agree with Jenna. We need more female lead franchises, if not for anything other to diversify the content out in the wild.

[smokeybrand]

Okey Dokey

Jenna Ortega is the new Winona Ryder. She's sitting in the same space that Rachel Ziegler was supposed to occupy until she started running her mouth about politics. Ma is the brand new "It" girl, staking her fame on quirky little remakes, fun if a little formulaic reimaginings, and the occasional slasher or two. She followed the Scream Queen route to stardom, building her resume on sh*t like X and two Scream flicks, before getting Wednesday and being vaulted into the mainstream. I like Jenna. I think she's good at her job. I think she's MUCH more intelligent and aware of the business she's in, than most women her age. I think her opinions are both valid and true to reality, but the way she says the things she does and gets away with it, boggles my mind. Because, again Ziegler said the same sh*t and her entire career is dead because of it. I still haven't figured but that disparity but that's not what this post is about. Jenna recently said something to the effect hat women should be leading their own projects, that they shouldn't be pigeonholed to remakes or sequels. They should have their own franchises to lead and i agree. The thing is, the vast US audience does not.

It's odd hearing Jenna say these remarks during the press junket for Beetlejuice II. Sh*t comes off a little hypocritical and a lot ungrateful, but then you have to kind of look at it from her perspective a little. Ortega got her shine of her performance as Wednesday Addams in Netflix's Wednesday. I adore that show but i have been a fan of the Addams Family since i was a kid. I also shill pretty hard All that said, Wednesday is a reimagining of a franchise that has existed in literally every form of media, for decades. for Tim Burton AND they got my evergreen crush,Christina Ricci, who played the character on film before Jenna, to play a pretty substantial role in that story. Plus, it was just generally really cute. She was also in the two newest Scream flick, sans Wes Craven. Again, established IPs. Every major Hollywood production she's been in thus far, with the exception of X and that weird one with Martin Freeman, has been basically a recycle of some other concept or established idea. I imagine she's frustrated. I would be, too. This isn't biting the hand which feeds you, it's bringing awareness to a real problem in the industry, one that she's going to need to solve herself.

Way back when Negroes not named Sydney Poitier couldn't get jobs in Tinseltown, we did our own thing. Yes, i am a Black. They were called Blaxploitation. Now, i hate that entire genre but i respect what it did for our visibility. There would be no Denzel without Shaft easing the general audience into accepting Black dudes as leading men. We don't get Black Panther without Superfly, and as absurd a statement that is to hear, it's true. Hell, Tarantino basically paid homage to that entire era of film making with Jackie Brown, who starred Pam Grier in the leading role. Grier is KNOWN as THE Blaxploitation femme fatale! Bruce Lee did more for Asians in Hollywood with Enter the Dragon, than anyone else, at any time in history. Dev Patel is doing his best, right now, as we speak, to get that corner turn on Indian actors with his work on Monkeyman and the steady influx of K-culture is making their content much more palatable for the general eye. Seriously, don't sleep on Korean entertainment. Those motherf*ckers make dope sh*t. If Jenna wants those roles, she's going to have to make them, herself. Just like everyone else. And she has a fantastic home for that.

Jenna is a Netflix product, let's be clear about that. None of this success is possible without them. None of it. Wednesday popped hard and she was able to parlay that into her near mogul status. She's getting Producer credits on season two, so this is a perfect opportunity to branch out. Millie Bobby Brown did, to middling results. I generally enjoy her Enola Holmes fair but that dragon movie sucked so much ass. Still, those were her projects. She chose them for herself. She developed and produced them. Ma is all over her sh*t lately and that's because Stranger Things has a shelf life. She knew there needed to be something after and she did her thing. Charlize Theron put together that Old Guard flick, the first in a franchise she wanted to push. Dunno where that is considering we only got the one flick, but there is a lot of potential there, in that world. Jenna has to do something like that in order to prove her point. She has the star power now. She has the cache. Now, she needs to put her money where her mouth is and bet on herself. Obviously, there are strong hits she can study. Wednesday, itself, did gangbusters but so did Fallout and Yellowjackets. That said, those odds still feel dummy long

Most of these female focused, female lead, franchise attempts suck ass. I'm going to be honest, i can't think of a single one that i actually like. Alien, is the only one that comes to mind, and Ripley was written as a dude. Now, the flicks which came after, to varying success, are a definite mixed bag, most starring Ripley, but Romulus didn't and was dope as f*ck. If they ever get around to putting Machiko Noguchi on screen, we'd have another solid protag in a franchise that almost exclusively gives the nod to female strength. That sh*t should, for sure, be an anthology series but I digress. What else do we have? Resident Evil, Charlie's Angels, Underworld; Most of them are just okay. None of them are "great", all of them have diminishing returns. If Jenna wants these types of roles, if she wants to see more original IP developed for women, she's going to need to make that sh*t, herself, because no one has cracked the code on making them good. Enola Holmes is a decent distraction, but when compared to the BBC version of her older brother's adventure? Not so much. The Old Guard is lost in development hell. The one Halle Berry made for herself, bombed. On Netflix. The two Karen Gillan and Mary Elizabeth Winstead dropped were fun as f*ck but didn't have the support behind them to really gain momentum. Here's hoping The Ballerina breaks that glass ceiling because i agree with Jenna. We need more female lead franchises, if not for anything other to diversify the content out in the wild.

[dundermisfits]

Michael’s date

Pairing: Michael Scott x reader

Warnings: None

Requested by: @johnnysmarr

Plot: Ohayo! 😊 could I request something for Michael Scott? A scene where it's their first date together and the reader is really shy but Michael makes her feel comfortable as possible? Thank you 🩷

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You had been working for Dunder Mifflin for about a good four years now, and since Pam started at about the same time, you both became instant friends.

Seeing that as it be with Pam being your closest friend and all, you were discovering new feelings for your manager, Michael Scott and those feelings grow stronger every day, so much that you are uncertain on how much longer you could hold your secret crush in. You didn’t even want to say a word of this to Pam, despite of her being your closest friend. In all honestly, you weren’t quite sure how to approach and take a look at those feelings in your head.

The very day Michael had asked you for a date, you hoped for that first first date experience in the past could finally be left behind. It was one of those where your date “forgets” his wallet and you ended up having to use almost your full paychecks for whatever activity you chose to go do. You wanted to shake it out of your head, but of course it was impossible… for now at least. There were plenty of fish in the sea, and everyone had to do the waiting until the right one for them swims by for you to catch.

So when it came time for you date with Michael Scott, who by the way, asked you out two years after you started working for the company, it was pretty obvious that you were a little shy once Michael swings by to pick you up for your date night. But a hint of confidence started brewing within you when Michael doesn’t just show up by himself, but with a bouquet of your favorite colored roses. The next thing that helped you to become less shy was when he offered his arm out for you to take before walking you out to his car parked next to the curb. It was as if he had a sixth sense that allowed for him to read your emotions and to know how you must be feeling, while driving to the restaurant were reservations had been made, Michael started asking you the getting to know you questions in addition outside of the office.

While doing so, one of the first questions he asks you is what kind of music genre you preferred and when you told him rock, hard rock, punk rock, and alternative, he turns the radio on to the rock station and the first song you both get to hear is The Offspring’s “Self Esteem” and before you know it, you’re both singing along to it, although Michael does find it a tad bit obnoxious.

“The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care. Right? Yeah!”

Your date with Michael was actually the first date you’ve ever been on, and all you could say it gave you the time of your life as it seemed to end rather too quickly.

There was definitely a connection between you and Michael, as for the next day while working in the warehouse department, Michael had come down not to just visit you, but to also hide from his boss, Jan. But when he gets to where you are, he sees Roy hitting on you once again while making yet another attempt to ask you out. Michael steps into your defense and suspended Roy from his job and paycheck before calling Hank to come and escort Roy to his car while staying behind to make sure Roy was off company property. After having made sure you were okay, Michael decides to take you back upstairs to the office and that’s exactly where Jan was waiting with her arms crossed and an agitated expression before Michael explained what happened just minutes before returning.

Jan takes it to David Wallace and speaks to him about it, along with Toby. The result of this happening was corporate fired Roy and refused him his last paycheck. When the end of the work day comes up close, Michael called you back to his small office space and asks you out for a second date. Of course, you accept and a fun night exploring New York in the cold weather together.

After several more dates together, you both made your relationship official not to just family and friends outside of work, but eventually to everyone you worked with in the office.

They all now know.

The relationship lasted two years until Michael decides it’s time to get you a ring, he felt the timing was right and he was ready to pop the question and make big comments with you, and it was truly a happy ending.

You said “Yes” to his proposal.

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@dundermisfits

Requests: open

Characters:

• Michael Scott

• Dwight Shrute

• Andy Bernard

• David Wallace

• Jim

• Pam

• Angela Martin

• Kelly Kapoor

• Karen

• Erin