#mr pilkington

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Skateboarding Coelophysis [Walking With Dinosaurs] vs. Mr. Pilkington [The Critic]

[hitchell-mope]

Insanely funny movie. I would definitely watch it again.

[sirjohnfranklin]

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through wind, wanting to start again?

@sirjohnfranklin @jamiefitzjamie @jbridgens @lieut-dundy-le-vesconte @drstephenstanley do yall ever feel like our ship is less important. Like if our life was a tv show it would not be called The Erebus

[rosietherivendell]

Every day I wake up and unlock another character from The Terror. Saw a gif set the other day and sure enough there was Edmund Hoar, someone I thought was just a name drop character, doing his background steward duties. I'm half convinced I'm gonna log on tomorrow and see a picture of a guy all bundled up with only 10% of his face showing with the caption "RIP Mr. Hornby gone too soon ❤️" What's next? You gonna tell me Pilkington is an actual onscreen dude and not just a name they keep throwing around to make it seem like they have more friends? It's like we just keep inventing brown haired scurvy ridden lead poisoned white guys except they've been there THE WHOLE TIME I've never had so much fun putting names to blurry faces of background characters before the whole experience is just like

[hacash]

I had to pause the rewatch to double-check on the scripts, but this is the original of what Hickey says at the last (mutineers) supper:

After dinner, we’re climbing the hill, men. There’s something needs doing now that Mr. Crozier’s with us. A few of you will have parts to play as well: An officer, a Marine, a captain, and a ship’s boy. That was the first act of this, wasn’t it?

OKAY. OKAY, so it's explicit. Hickey's weird lead-poisoned, possibly salmonella-poisoned little brain has hunted down Crozier specifically to recreate the first deaths wrought by the Tuunbaq, thinking this will enable him to control it. We end up getting Hodgson, Tozer, Crozier and Golding in the place of Gore, Bryant, Franklin and Evans. I get all that.

What I am gnawing my own leg off about is that Hickey grabs his right-hand man to serve in Bryant's stead. Could have picked Pilkington. Could decided on Armitage as a marine-substitute. But he doesn't. He picks Tozer. A man he's had as his enforcer since the beginning. A man who is the best shot in the party and would be pretty fucking useful to have around. And he chains him up and uses him for Tuunbaq bait! Why? I just...need to grab Kajganich, turn him upside down, and start shaking him until the ideas fall out of his head.

Personally, personally, I think it's because Tozer's vocal motivations have always been about protecting the collective group, and it's very doubtful Tozer would have stood for offering up four men to the Tuunbaq, so Hickey knows he need to get Tozer disarmed for this to work. (I also think it's telling that the other three men would have already known some bad shit is going down and be forewarned, but Tozer's the only one Hickey needs to get the drop on to carry this out. Just sayin'.)

[hikamancer]

A Really Stupid Curse of Strahd Casting

Strahd - Jerma985

Rahadin - Stephen Merchant

Ludmilla - Lindsay Ellis

Anstrasya - Angry Video Game Nerd

Volenta - DreamSMP

Escher - Ster

Ireena - Philomeena Cunk

Ismark - MoistCr1tikal

Kolyan - Hbomberguy

Madam Eva - Anne Rice

Van Richten - Ricky Gervais

Ezmerelda - Jacksfilms

Izek - Borat

Vargas - Jontron

Lydia - Griffin McElroy

Victor - Vinny Vinesauce

Stella - F1NNSTER

Fiona Wachter - Blair White

Wachter Bros. - Jake and Logan Paul

Nikolai Wachter Sr. - Jeremy Fragrance

Blinksy - Justin Kuritzkes (Potion seller guy)

Arabelle - Greta Thunberg

Arrigal - Tyler McVicker

Luvash - Joseph Anderson

Old Shillikuny - Moo Deng

The Abbot - Karl Pilkington

Zhudun - Mr. Beast

Vampyr - Pewdiepie

Tenebrous - Ellen DeGeneres

Godfrey - Jacksepticeye

Vladimir - Darkiplier

Alek - Vargskelethor Joel

Sergei - DanTDM

Tatyana - Jacob Geller

Patrina - SSSniperwolf

Kasimir - Contrapoints

Dusk Elves - Harambe

Zuleika - David Hayter

Emil - Femboy Fishing

Kiril - Asmongold

[ithaca-awaits]

"#love every time we made dave a question and he went all fanficcy #this one and the post-survival one" hello i have a BURNING need to know..... which post-survival question did he answer?

Hi! Sorry for the month-long delay in answering this! I don’t usually get asks on this account so I kept forgetting and say I’d answer as soon as I got to check Dave’s Q&As again, which I kept not being able to check. Anywho, the question I was referring to here was made by Liv on the Q&A session that took place on the 25th of June. You can find the complete recording and transcripts here (along with other fantastic fan-curated resources if you’re new to the fandom.)

Q: If the expedition had been rescued around, say, episode 8/9, and made it home, how do you think the various relationships that developed on screen would have fared back in ““civilization””? Would the intimacies some of these men formed between them persist? I’m also curious to know if you think any of them would resign from the Navy, be it for whatever reason: ethical, practical, physical, to explore other parts of themselves, etc.

I’m gonna try to be as brief as possible because Dave gave a very long response (find the non-abridged version in the link provided above), but this was the meat of it:

Crozier and Blanky would talk endlessly about quitting the Navy but only Crozier would. This doesn’t mean that Blanky would do this comfortably, as he’d already have survived two naval expeditions that turned out badly, so maybe he’d join a whaling ship, even if that would also have gotten under his skin.

He doesn’t think any of the surviving Lieutenants would have come back anywhere close to the poles, but he does think that most of them would have succumbed to the calling of fame and glory, i.e. wanting to return to the sea now that they had been named Commanders or Captains of their own vessels.

He’s not sure if Fitzjames would have been brave enough to stay aside of the Navy, even if during those three months he learnt a lot more about himself that what keeping the same persona for thirty years had brought him. He thinks Fitzjames would have written a “hell of a memoir” as well as a “hell of a military career, and that he would have stayed friends with Crozier, even if some of the things that happened in the Arctic would never have been mentioned again.

Goodsir would return to visit Silna “as often as possible.” Not for romantic reasons, but because there’d have been “a friendship there”. (also, taking into account he is making up all these scenarios after 8 or 9 the tuunbaq would have lived.)

“I think Bridgens and Peglar [smiles] would have worked like dogs to be able to afford some goddamn privacy where they could be together for the rest of their lives. [laughs]”

Pilkington and Des Voeux would have stayed friends.

“Little and Hodgson would be in one another’s lives.” They’d help each other patch themselves up after what happened because they’d both be in denial about everything that went down, helping create “a more palatable story about themselves”.

Sophia would feel like she’d have to choose between Lady Jane and Crozier and would chose the former, especially after the loss of her uncle.

Jopson would have stayed close to Crozier, they’d stay best friends for the rest of their lives.

Golding would commit suicide at some point, he was not equipped to deal with everything that happened and much less to go on living carrying it with him.

David Young’s ring would have been delivered to his sister. (with one of the crystal diamonds having fallen off during the journey.)

Mr Diggle would have been fine and stayed friend with some of the AB’s and midshipmen, but not with anyone else further up the hierarchy.

Collins would have lived a very quiet life, as most of what troubled him was PTSD.

Hartnell would have had a family and lived a quiet life. He’d have stayed close to Manson and from time to time he might have met with Crozier.

Hickey would have ended up in prison if he managed not to ger executed. If Tozer and him had ended up in the same prison they would have avoided each other for years, until they realized they were the one’s more suited for each other’s rest and protection. It’s tricky for Dave to say if they’d have become lovers because he is unsure about Tozer, but it’s prison so HE’LL LET US DECIDE. [ten seconds later he changed his mind] Tozer would have turned to Hickey for that kind of comfort and ended up murdering him, while Hickey convinced himself that he was the one letting himself be murdered. (This is already a very long ask, if you want more details on Hickey’s Vermont sex-cult, ping me and I’ll expand on it, because it was an answer from a different day and I don’t currently have it at hand.)

Gibson wouldn’t have wanted nothing to do with anyone. He might have found some new expedition or a house where he could work in as a domestic servant, but he wouldn’t have told anyone.

Hope this helped!

[pomodoriyum]

terror poll time!!!!

[world-of-wales]

─ •✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 ✧• ─

𝟔 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William was spotted at a local pub in Norfolk with his mother-in-law, Carole.. 𝟏𝟎 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William released a personal tweet congratulating Rachel Daly oh her fabulous career with the Lionesses as she announced her retirement from the national team.

𝟏𝟐 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William and George attended the UEFA Conference League Semi-Final between Aston Villa & Lille at Villa Park.

𝟏𝟑 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William and Catherine released a personal tweet expressing their condolences for the Sydney terror attack.

𝟏𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William was received by Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey (Mr. Michael More-Molyneux at Surplus to Supper. William made a donation from the Adelaide Cottage Kitchen of a crate of pasta, potatoes, and tinned soup for the charity and joined them in making deliveries to the Hanworth Centre in Feltham.

𝟏𝟗 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : He attended the Memorial Service for Major Michael Sadler at Hereford Cathedral.

𝟐𝟑 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : The Prince of Wales was appointed Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath by The King.

𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William carried out a series of engagements in West Midlands. He visited St. Michael's Church of England High School where he was received by the Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Sir John Crabtree). Afterwards, William was received by Vice Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mrs. Louise Bennett) at Woodgate Valley Urban Farm. He later opened Anchor Point and was received by Deputy Lieutenant of West Midlands (Dr. Derrick Anderson). Kensington Palace released a statement in support of United For WIldlife's India Chapter via social media.

𝟐𝟕 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : Duffryn Mawr Country House, released an unseen photo of William and Catherine from their 2023 stay with them.

𝟐𝟗 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William and Catherine celebrated their 13th Wedding Anniversary. Kensington Palace marked the occasion by releasing a new portrait from their wedding day taken by their private photographer Millie Pilkington. 𝟑𝟎 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 : William was received by the Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham (Mrs. Susan Snowdon) at Low Carbon Materials. Afterwards, he officially opened James' Place was received by the Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear (Ms. Lucy Winskell).

[wushigod]

The Harry Potter actor pays tribute to his “favourite human”, who died on 24 March, saying: “I miss her hugs.” “Her passing has left a huge hole in our lives as a family,” he added. Mrs Davis was also an actor, appearing alongside her husband in the final Harry Potter film in 2010, in which she played a goblin. The couple, who lived near Peterborough, met on the set of the film Willow in 1988, before marrying three years later. The Star Wars star described Sammy, as he called her, as his “most trusted confidante and an ardent supporter of everything I did in my career”. She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes,” he said. Davis said that with his wife by his side, he felt sure he could achieve anything, adding: “It was like having a super-power.” “Without Sammy, there would have been no Tenable quiz show, no Willow series. No Idiot Abroad Series 3.” He added it had been his wife who persuaded comedian Ricky Gervais to send him with Karl Pilkington for the travel series. The couple’s children, Harrison and Annabelle, joined their father in paying tribute, saying “her love and happiness carried us through our whole lives”. “Mum is our best friend and we’re honoured to have received a love like hers,” they added. Davis played both Professor Flitwick and the goblin Griphook in all eight films in the Harry Potter franchise. He also played several characters in the Star Wars film series, and starred in both the Willow film and the 2022 sequel. His wife’s other acting credits include the children’s series Through the Dragon’s Eye (1989). Outside of acting, Samantha Davis and her husband founded the charity Little People UK in 2012 to help individuals with dwarfism and their families. “She was passionate about helping people, without judgement. She had time for everyone and a genuine listening ear,” the Tenable host said. Davis said in recent years his wife’s mobility had become impaired but she was “determined that it would not impact her quality of life”. Disney, the network the Willow series was on, said Samantha was “beloved member of the UK film and TV community”, adding: “Our thoughts are with the Davis family during this difficult time”.

[franciscrozierofficial]

Captain’s Blog.

The northern lights aren’t hideous tonight. I can see their ribbon-dance from my window— I still haven’t been well enough to leave my chambers, but the thrice-damned withdrawals are finally receding. I felt… better, today.

I woke up to a warm bed. Thomas snores very gently in his sleep. It’s a steady, tidal sound.

He’s off duty now. I wonder if he ever feels like he’s on-duty, when he’s only with me. I wonder if in those times he sees himself as I do: Thomas, my Tom. not just Mr. Jopson. Hopefully by now he’s gotten some supper in him. He’s been getting too thin. I worry.

Also worth noting: Mr. Collins claims to be pregnant will Pilkington’s child, Dr. Stanley was nearly drowned— and— Lt. Hodgson has found company with Lt. Le Vesconte. This last piece of news is the only one I feel personal tie to. My hatred for the latter is not sufficient to prevent my well-wishes to the former. Hodgson deserves comfort and stability. I only hope that his beaux can provide that for him.

Speaking of stability, I received word (via one of the ship’s boys I caught blabbing by my door) that at the Carnivale Lt. Le Vesconte proposed publicly to Captain Fitzjamie, and received no answer.

I hope she’s well. I know, from the other end of things, incomplete proposals can wear on the heart.

…. At least…. The Aurora is a marvel tonight. These green curtains, that purple shower of light, dousing the stars… Almost makes all this worth it. I hope, wherever and however she is, Jamie can see it too.

End of Captain’s Blog.

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Best Fictional Dinosaur Tournament: Saurischian Bracket; Round 1G, Poll 8/8

[hooked-on-elvis]

"Mr. Songman" (1973-1975)

Recorded on December 12, 1973 at Stax Studios, Memphis · Released on January, 1975 · Album: Promised Land.

MUSICIANS Guitar: James Burton, Johnny Christopher, Charlie Hodge. Bass: Norbert Putnam. Drums: Ronnie Tutt. Piano & Organ: David Briggs, Per-Erik Hallin. Vocals: Kathy Westmoreland, Mary (Jeannie) Greene, Mary Holladay, Susan Pilkington, Voice, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps. OVERDUBS Guitar: Dennis Linde, Alan Rush. Percussion: Rob Galbraith. Piano: Bobby Ogdin. Organ: Randy Cullers. Vocals: Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Mary Cain.

Elvis and Donnie Sumner. C. 1972.

RECORDING SESSION Studio Sessions for RCA December 10–16, 1973: Stax Studios, Memphis The group Voice was becoming a permanent fixture on the Elvis scene. Their deal with the singer included a publishing arrangement, and accordingly they brought songs — their own and those of their friends — to the session. Lamar Fike, watching his territory being encroached upon by the newcomers, was irked. “Who wrote this piece of shit?” Lamar gasped while Elvis was recording a Donnie Sumner tune, “Mr. Songman,” as unadventurous in its way as anything from Freddy Bienstock’s stable of English writers. But Elvis stuck with his new friends (and to the Colonel’s design to increase publishing income), even going to the length of releasing “Mr. Songman” as the B-side of a single. Excerpt: "Elvis Presley, A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions" by Ernst Jorgensen. Foreword by Peter Guralnick (1998)

In late 1973, Donnie Sumner, pictured here second from the right left, along with tenor Sherill Neilson, pictured at the lower left, and Tim Baty, pictured behind Donnie Sumner, formed a new group called Voice.

"MR. SONGMAN" — RELEASES The song was released for the first time on the album Promised Land, on Elvis' birthday, January 8, 1975. In April the song was released as B-side single ("T-R-O-U-B-L-E" is the A-side track).

Elvis Presley: Promised Land (1975); Singles "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"/"Mr. Songman"

"Mr. Songman" — LYRICS Songwriter: Donnie Sumner Here's another dime for you, Mr. Songman Sing the loneliness of broken dreams away if you can Yes, it's only me and you, Mr. Songman Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman In your ivory covered house safe behind your walls of glass You keep staring back at me like a memory from the past Won't you sing me away to a summer night, let me hold you in my arms again I know memory's not re-living but at least it's not the end Here's another dime for you, Mr. Songman Sing the loneliness of broken dreams away if you can Yes, it's only me and you, Mr. Songman Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman Won't you sing me away to a summer night, let me hold her in my arms again Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman

Elvis arriving at the Stax Studio in Memphis, TN, for a recording session. 1973.

TAKES — "Mr. Songman" Elvis occasionally sang it on tour during 1975 and 1976, but I couldn't find any recordings unfortunately. However, here's TAKE 1 which was sung in a different way than the master, and I LOVE IT! I hope you enjoy too.

[saints-who-never-existed]

Rereading The Terror

Chapter Forty-Five: Blanky

The end is nigh for poor Blanky and I for one am heartbroken!

He's on his third leg now. The first was finely crafted but snapped off around the time that Pilkington and Le Vesconte (Blanky calls him Harry) died. That day he rode in a boat with Mr Honey the carpenter who fashioned him a new one, rather impressively, while on the move.

When he's up and hobbling along once more he does all he can to show solidarity with the men. They're doing things just as Blanky describes to Fitzjames in the show - carrying half a load a day's march then doubling back for the other half. And even though Blanky himself can't carry much or haul at all, he still tries to do those things anyway and makes a point of marching in both directions alongside the other men.

The only thing that's really keeping him going is the thought of being able to take to the water in the boats and put his ice master's knowledge to good use once more. It's come up a few times now, this notion that many of the men who survive longest and show the fewest signs of illness are those who have the most to live for and Blanky's definitely in that group, I think. There's even more immediacy to his situation though: "Still, it was not only his usefulness that was being decided by the ice, but his survival... once the ice master was at sea again, he would survive... If he could last until they took to the boats, Thomas Blanky would live."

Then, of course, there is Tuunbaq, still stalking them on their journey south and coming for Blanky first, so he believes. And, to be fair, that's an astute assessment of things - his leg is in a sorry state indeed and he leaves a trail of blood for it to follow wherever he goes, after all.

Blanky does what he can to hide the extent of it, sweltering in his greatcoat long after the other men are hauling in their shirt sleeves in the comparative heat of summer. "I'm cold-blooded, boys" He'd said with a laugh. "My wooden leg brings the chill of the ground up into me. I don't want you to see me shiver." :(((

Blanky reflects on a few other events as he hobbles painfully along. He recalls that two other men have died of the same tin-based poisoning that killed Fitzjames (though Richard Aylmore remains unaffected). And he notes that, even with the temperature rising, the men are plagued by frostbite still as well as snowblindness and headaches from refusal to wear their mesh goggles. One man notes that "wearing the God-damned wire goggles was as difficult as trying to see through a pair of lady's black silk drawers but much less fun." which is very amusing to me.

Blanky is especially aware of these medical issues as he's begun to help Goodsir where he can. Interestingly, Goodsir trusts Blanky not only to fetch things from the locked medicine chest but seemingly trusts him not to blab about the final secret vial of laudanum he's got in there, despite lying to the men that it's all gone.

Blanky also notes, heartbreakingly, how their minds and very identities as sailors are deteriorating away along with their bodies: "Sailors who had tied off complicated rigging and shroud knots in the roaring darkness fifty feet out on a pitching spar two hundred feet above the deck on a stormy night off the Strait of Magellan during a hurricane blow could no longer tie their shoes in the daylight."

When his third leg finally snaps, Blanky sits down on a rock and accepts his fate. It's gut-wrenching just like the show but also funny as Blanky finds opportunity to be sassy to both Tozer ("He had always enjoyed irritating the stupid sergeant by using his first name.") and Crozier.

He doesn't have quite the same close relationship with Crozier as in the show, though there's clearly still respect and some love there. They argue the matter a little but Crozier respects his decision, offering him a water bottle and promising to get word of Blanky's fate back to his family (although, as with Irving and his supposed Bristol-based upbringing, Blanky's family and home in Kent (?!!) are details that Simmons apparently pulls right, infuriatingly, from his arse)

It is after midnight when Tuunbaq finally appears. Blanky greets it like an old friend ("Welcome back," said Thomas Blanky to the shadowy silhouette on the ice.") before meeting his fate grinning fiercely all the while. "You're late," said Blanky. He could not help it that his teeth were chattering. "I've been expecting you for a long time." Unlike with the front he put up for the men beforehand, Blanky knows it doesn't matter anymore if Tuunbaq sees him shivering... :(((

[hacash]

‘If I were a braver man, I’d kill Mr Hickey, though it would mean my death too. But I’m hungry. I’m hungry, and I want to live.’

But that’s the thing: it wouldn’t, necessarily, have meant his death! He could have got support! We know Goodsir doesn’t like Hickey, we know Diggle isn’t with him either! De Voeux abandons him as soon as it makes sense to do so! Armitage and Pilkington are one stubbed toe away from throttling Hickey with their own bare hands! I even maintain Tozer isn’t working with Hickey for affection’s sake, so much as because of necessity and because Hickey is good at making people feel like he knows what he’s doing, so if someone had presented a compelling case I genuinely think he could have been turned against Hickey too! Pretty much no one’s here because they actually like the man!

Like, literally the only man here who’s fully committed to Hickey is poor Manson, and that’s it! If someone had been co-ordinated enough and smart enough to lead a rebellion, they could all have put Hickey out of their collective misery! The problem with the mutineers is no one has any follow-through!

[wpilks]

(Sighing from the other side of the confessional door) Scratching your balls is not a sin, Mr. Pilkington.

It is the way i do it