#miss keri

[rumpled]

Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell as Kate & Hal Wyler in Season 1 of The Diplomat

[johncho]

say what you will about this show. but this couple is everything to me

[khattikeri]

you ever wake up and think about nie huaisang's entirely off-screen journey?

(thirteen years.) do you think about how easy and yet nauseating it must've felt for nie huaisang to use his own childhood self as a mask? to maintain the appearance of a vapid child quick to run to others and whine instead of setting aside hobbies and trying to figure out how to work through responsibility?

(thirteen years.) what was he thinking? surely he didn't formulate everything to a tee in one sitting. how long had he taken until he was fully sinking into the balancing act of pretending he hadn't changed one bit in front of all the other clans, in front of his elder brother's close sworn brothers, while running the qinghe nie sect well enough behind the scenes to still maintain their unequivocal loyalty and respect?

(thirteen years.) do you think he hated himself now and then for becoming so quietly manipulative and focused on the ends over the means? looked at himself in the mirror at times and had to turn away because he saw a flicker of the one man he was trying to permanently unravel in revenge, the man his brother despised for always stooping to trickery?

(thirteen years.) how often did he get nightmares of qi deviations and being attacked, of that near-miss opportunity to save his older brother? the war and aftermath changed his school friends permanently and nie huaisang, in spite of his ability to worm his way out of things he didn't want to confront, was not an exception. how long until he got used to shoving his own squeamishness aside, accepting losses and violence and collateral damage and pain to other people for his own goals?

(thirteen years.) it drives me crazy. it drives me so damn crazy that mdzs is a story told from the perspective of wei wuxian. crazy that a few choice words and meaningful reactions at guanyin temple are the only reason we know even a fraction of what nie huaisang did over those years and why.

(thirteen years.) lan wangji and jiang wanyin were not the only ones who had to bear with the weight of time on their grief.

how many fans and paintbrushes can a person collect in thirteen years? (i don't know, i don't know, i don't know.)

[lethalchiralium]

i don’t believe ooc is real. we all write differently and perceive characters differently, why is anyone’s perception essentially called incorrect? i don’t get it.

quit calling other people’s work out of character and especially quit calling your own work ooc. your brain is much different than anyone else’s.

[kerizaret]

I miss scriptwriting wxs 😔

[jamiesinverguenza]

If I’d wanted to deal with him, you don’t think he’d be dealt with?

[mccoyquialisms]

✅ 32 🎂

[the-one-that-weeps]

Not much to say but it's hot and I'm chilling g bit also I miss u guys. Love u hoc <33

Have a nice day!!

Same!! I'm doing yard work so I definitely feel the heat too 😔 have a nice time chilling I wish I was there with you.

[topsee-turvee]

Keri Russell in the Cocaine Bear (2023) trailer

[boogietitia]

[somebluenovember]

The Diplomat is sort of The Thick of It meets (a bit of) Downton Abbey meets The West Wing meets a very heavy dose of Spooks, which, of course, means I am in complete love with it. Also, it’s got a main character with messy hair who loves wearing black pants daily and has her hands in her pockets all the time, there was no way I wasn’t going to love her and it.

Also, bloody excellent portrayal of a long-term relationship on the rocks between people who have also been working together professionally for a long time. The way you know how the other person thinks, acts, and desires. And the way they managed to write some quiet beauty into the private scenes in between the politics and the shenanigans. 

I have a feeling the median age of tumblr might just be a bit too much on the young side for The Diplomat to ever turn into a big thing here, but...if any of you liked the shows I named above, and haven’t seen this one...give it a try.

[damazcuz]

sorry you left your boyfriend with us and we thought you weren't coming back. there's no easy way to say this. we tore him asunder. fully rended. halved.

[khattikeri]

i love the hatoful boyfriend wiki

[manny-jacinto]

Who would you like to see make a comeback?

i have a soft spot for Amanda Bynes. Jonathan Rhys Meyers has also (rightfully) recently been going through a rabbit hole and I hope he gets better :(

also for personal reasons only, kevin zegers because he was in my childhood movies aka air bud (but he also made fun/good movies like Transamericana and It's a Boy Girl Thing)

[kerizaret]

People who draw Torpekasa rarely take advantage of the fact that he can be such a little bitch

[mccoyquialisms]

my god I found the most 2010 ass photo I ever took in my computer today

I'm not rotating the image because it adds to the effect