#prom was fab

[dangerliesbeforeyou]

ok so ive been rewatching psychoville and saw on the wikipedia that there were a bunch of websites made for the series (they were all written by reece and steve btw) which i've been looking through cos they are genuinely SO fucking funny & also just amazingly creative lol!

anyway i know people in the fandom probs already know about this (since the show came out literally 15 years ago pfft) but i thought i'd share some of my fav bits (but honestly would just recommend just checking them out if you haven't i have been crying with laughter for literally hours lol)

i will say that a lot of the media (videos, games, etc) no longer work on the archived sites rip but i'm sure people have uploaded some of the stuff (vids especially) to yt or other places lol

so a) i love that we get some background stuff on jelly and 2) 'captain CRACKERS' bernie clifton's dressing room reference question mark ??????? (ofc bcdr was AFTER this but i know love the idea that mr jelly trained under len pfft)

what that red raw stump do though 👀 (sorry pfffft)

mr jolly's website wasn't that interesting soz tho i did like him comparing being a doctor to being a clown lol

the comment about fag bears did make me wheeze i'm afraid lol i also loved the blurry photos of lomax's commodities lol (kinda reminded me of the bit in tlog w/ that terrible old photographer guy lol)

when i tell you i DIED with laughter at the 'now known as hull' bit like u just know reece wrote that bit pfft

not really a funny thing but this poem written by david honestly kinda breaks my heart lol... i think it also a lot of additional context to david's guilt when he thought he'd killed his father(faver) because perhaps he felt guilty about NOT feeling guilty you get me? like, it felt to me that when maureen told david it was SHE who killed her husband, it didn't feel like he was mad at her for doing it, but more that she kept the fact from him. it's about... the mutual oedipus-coded obsession with one another that couldn't even be destroyed in death and in this essay i will....

ghoul_lass23 is just like me but about tumblr lol fr

nothing feels more cursed than the phrases 'the river minge has burst its banks', 'crying creamy tears' and 'fleshy rapunzel' (which i've just noticed they misspelt lol... don't think that was intentional lol?) so if i had to read this so do you <3

the way that i kinda wish this actually existed tho pfft... also, it does kinda remind me of that video where jenny nicholson talked about that insane reality show 'opposite worlds' lol

'cross between seven and glee' is honestly sending me pfft

also on this part there was a script from stinkfinger (which is a show mentioned on the show) which sounded suspiciously like a reference to tlc lol

the less said about swastknickers the better

(will say i did nearly piss myself laughing at the nazi section of the hoity toity website lol which wasn't a sentence i thought i'd type today lol)

i just love these kinds of jokes pfft

also the whole biography sections of each of the pantomime cast are fab lol tho i AM kinda pissed they made debbie from yeovil and yet didn't give her a west country accent lol!!! (i guess they thought it'd be a bit much w/ joy being bristolian but i'm still mad about it lol)

also i know people have probably already pointed this out but i do find it funny that brian in the in9 episode last night of the proms is a closeted gay guy who likes watching drag was probably a reference to brian in this show that was a drag queen like... is anything these guys do NOT a reference??? u know those gaylor fans who obsessively look for clues in her songs about her apparent secret sexuality? all i'm saying is that i think they'd really like the extended reece shearsmith & steve pemberton universe pfft

all three of these made me cry with laughter lol

ohh this is interesting lol so obviously they suspected that some people might be all 'um why didn't the sprinklers go off during the fire at ravenhill? plot hole much!' so they wrote this into one of the websites so they could be like SEE! WE'RE ONE STEP AHEAD OF YOU DUMBASSES lol

both the jeremy kyle reference (remember when that was a thing? yikes... my mum used to watch his show CONSTANTLY...) and nurse kenshington's thoughts on david and maureen are interesting lol.. also there's a reference to the serial killer top trumps in this bit lol! (do people still play top trumps?? man i LOVED top trumps lol...)

the entire sunnyvale care home section is so fucking funny (both the website AND in the show lol mrs wren/mrs ladybird face is unironically probably my favourite character on the entire show) these were just some of my fav gags lol...

ok but why is this the SECOND reference to a guy punching a child who was apparently looking at his dick lol!??!! did this happen to one of you ??!!?!? reece did you punch a child ??!???!?!??

&&&& that's it lol

there were a few websites i didn't spend long on or generally weren't that interesting (coughmidgetgemscough) but honestly? i was really captivated with just how funny and well put together all these sites were! you can tell they had a lot of fun making it and i'm sure fans at the time LOVED being able to have this semi-interactive element of the show lol

there was just something so wonderfully late 00's about these websites lol i genuinely don't think i've laughed this much at anything in literal months and all of this is just solidifies that psychoville is a criminally under-appreciated masterpiece lol

[mellarkably]

decided to lay out a few theories that have been solidified for me after watching the trailer!

1) nirmala is getting married. according to an article she has a love interest this season, someone who makes sandwiches, and considering all three vishwakumar girls are sitting on the side for the wedding, i think it’s basically confirmed. also, it’s supposed to be unexpected. can’t think of anything else more unpredictable than pati giving love another chance.

2) the ethan storyline will fizzle out by 405, 406 or 407 maximum. apparently, according to the writers, he has quite a temper, a classic bad boy of sorts. i assume he has something to do with the crude vandalism written on devi’s car after they break up.

3) paxton will give university a chance and decide it’s not for him in 403. i wouldn’t consider this as being regressive, as uni is not the path for everyone. he will work as a swim coach and advisor back at sherman oaks, therefore bringing him back into the love triangle (and also making things easier for the writers to keep him in the story).

also, #trexton4life.

4) ben and margot break up early on. due to the still of ben and margot below, i theorize devi may accidentally start a scene during this, and bring attention to their conversation. how? i’m not sure. 

i’ve never pegged margot to be the type of girl who tolerates any level of bullshit. so i don’t doubt she’ll take herself out of the relationship if there is ex mess involved. either way, don’t think they’re lasting in any way shape or form. mildly sucks because i loved her friendship with ben in s3 but whatever

5) ben and devi will not be on talking terms until 405. regarding why they’re still icing each other out, i’m assuming whatever incident happens in theory 4 above is why ben appears to be ignoring devi, and she is equally mad at him. the still below is from 403.

they patch things up during 405, specifically the scene at the bar when ben sees devi being harassed (?) and helps her out. maybe we’ll get a moment of devi icing ben’s bruise while they finally reconcile. they will NOT get together romantically this early, but will be back on bestie terms. refer to most of s3 benvi for dynamic.

6) eleanor pursues acting in new york and succeeds, which may drive a wedge into her relationship with trent. however, they will last. i also have a slight suspicion this is an eleanor pov episode.

she might also run into her mother due to that scene in the teaser where she is very visibly upset in the same outfit.

7) swimming will be the connection between devi and paxton, as maybe devi gives it another try. she’s said to be in her speedos in a leak during the middle of the season which i assume means she’ll join the swim team again.

this still below is in 407. they might have a moment of rekindling romance here. however, considering how different devi and paxton’s paths are and also the fact that he is now a staff member and she is a student, it doesn’t quite make sense for them to work out realistically or enter a relationship, more on that later. won’t make any guesses further than that, though.

8) devi, fab, and el will not make it to prom. the car crashes. they’re sitting on it while it’s night. that insinuates that they either make it very late or not at all.

9) ben climbs through devi’s window after prom to comfort her. he knows very well how much prom has meant to devi since they were kids and probably understands how much this must suck for devi. he’s also not in a suit which may mean he also could not go to prom. i won’t speculate the reason but it could be related to the altercation at the club if it was during a school field trip, maybe not. either way, they will finally have a proper conversation about their feelings. 

however a) i don’t think they will say their i love you’s here but either way, b) i have a slight feeling they might have sex, this time doing it because they feel it’ll work out and out of love, without any sort of miscommunication. the awkwardness from 401 will not be there post coital antics.

there is also the chance that this entire scene is a dream. i wouldn’t put that past the show because ben has never been the type to climb through devi’s window. however, it is sweet considering how willing ben is to step out of his comfort zone when it comes to her, so i choose to believe it’s real for narrative sense.

10) ben and devi have some sort of prom retry in 410, maybe in the last few minutes of the show, and their final love confessions happen here. the last scene maitreyi and jaren filmed was in a library, and she had a corsage on her wrist after wrapping. as mentioned before, attending prom meant a lot to devi and ben knows of this fact. as for the place, probably their college library, assuming they both go to the same place for post secondary education.

EDIT: it's also possible the library scene is a timeskip into the future. we shall see.

shows do film out of order, and the corsage could have been unrelated to onscreen plot. so as of right now, it’s just speculation

it is important to note that i do not want to assume who is endgame, as i try not to set any expectations. but personally, i don’t understand how devi and paxton would work from here if devi is going to university and paxton is staying at sherman oaks. her future seems to align with ben’s more. writing wise, and just logically, it would make more sense.

anyway, if i think of any more i’ll add them! thanks for entertaining my delusions ideas.

[cecekeating]

My 613 Jordayla Analysis and Commentary pt 2

We see the parents' theme again in this episode through the gifts given to Jordayla by Olivia and Laura. Loved the gift Olivia gave to Jordan and their sibling banter. It was super sweet and MikeSam always deliver with Baker twin moments. Them gossiping about Luke and Olivia organizing that prank had me laughing hard.

Laura’s gift to Layla was super sweet. Not only were the diamonds blue, a sweet callback to Billy and his fav color by the way, it was from her mother’s wedding necklace. So Layla had her something blue, old and borrowed. Very thoughtful on Laura’s part and also a fantastic callback to prom where Laura helped her with her earrings and they talked about her mom. Also, I just realized in the prom episode, Layla was missing her mom which was exactly what happened on her wedding day! I have always wanted a moment where Laura tells Layla that she doesn’t have to call her Mrs Baker anymore - I was kicking my feet when I eventually got to hear this. Again, we have Laura alluding to Layla having her own little girl - this is really making me think that the writing may actually explore a motherhood arc with her as a girl mom. I didn’t think so before but I am open to that possibility now. 

Now let’s talk about JP and Layla. I know some citizens of Jordayla nation were actually opposed to the idea of JP walking Layla down the aisle but hear me out. I know JP Keating wasn’t the best of dads but one thing I will give to him is how he wanted the best for Layla especially as she grew older. He clocked Jordayla at that dinner she hosted in 412 and he encouraged her to open her heart. Say what you want to say about JP but I always consider that moment to be key in Jordayla’s arc. If he didn’t say anything, she wouldn’t have made that call to Jordan.

We see him come through again for Jordayla in 420 when he encourages Layla to stop using work to hide from something that scares her and in 517 when he talks to her about balance. Each time he talks to Layla, it brings Jordayla closer. Even in 401, he trusted Jordan to check on Layla by himself. Quite poetic that in that episode, Layla told him she would be safe with Jordan and well, here we are.  If you also pay attention to the Jordayla arc, he is actually the parent woven in strongly into their love story, as opposed to Billy and Laura. So I think it was fab to see him there and I loved that we got to see her dance with him. Even if it was for a little bit. 

Loved the moment Jordan shared with Laura and GW. If you pay attention to the conversation, they gave Jordan pieces of marital advice. We didn’t see that for Layla. Again, using my writer’s brain, this may mean the writing will likely explore Jordan’s identity as a husband and leader of a home. This can be a whole arc on its own or it can be tied to him being a father. Having Laura and GW give him advice may mean they would likely be his support system. Like I said, this is the writer's brain talking, if it makes no sense to you, throw it out.

Then let’s talk about the moment they became husband and wife. Having the moment be a comical moment is very Jordayla. Remember, they are the light ship of the show and I think their theme is about joy and young love. So their wedding having moments of jokes and laughter is on brand and spot on. 

Spencer told no lies with his speech. Jordayla’s love is worth the wait. Jordan had to wait from middle school until freshman homecoming to get his first kiss with Layla. He waited for her to be his girlfriend, waited for her to be ready for them to go public, waited for her to be ready for sex. Even in this season 6, Jordan waited for her to go through her recovery process in her own time and pace. The love of Jordan that is immensely patient is why Jordayla is where they are today. 

We also have Spencer alluding to them sticking through tough moments. Again, this season was proof and evidence of how regardless of how messy life is, Jordayla will never give up on each other. Again, Spencer in his speech brought in Monica and Billy - The parent theme continues again. I got my wedding kiss and I got them exchange rings - full circle moment from 504. I am not mad at all.

More in part three

[shortpplfedup]

My School President Episode 11: So what now?

Man I freaking loved this episode. Grief, healing and the power of friendship? An overprotective mother's internal struggle to let her son grow up and live his own life? Sign me up. An incredibly focused episode this week, as Chinzhilla doesn't win Hot Wave and almost comes apart over it, and Ms. Potjanee contemplates how to broach the subject of Gun with Tinn now that she's realised they're together.

Verse: Sad est moi

Didn't I give it all? Tried my best Gave you everything I had, everything and no less

Adele | Take It All (2011)

The stages of grief, starring Anger as the main character. Watching our boys first turn away from each other, then lash out at each other as Por (!) tries desperately to keep them all together...that hurt a lot. To fail at this thing they had so much of their self-worth tied up in causes a big spiral. They really left everything on that stage, and still came up short. Life goes that way sometimes. Add in the disastrous return trip to the temple at the beach where everything that can go wrong does go wrong, and it's no wonder they're all at each other's throats. Harsh words are spoken. Fisticuffs are threatened. Tears are shed. Watching Win lash out at Gun was especially painful, because Win has been the most loyal. He has been the one most supportive of Gun's leadership, so to see him scream repeatedly at Gun that their loss is his fault...oof. We already know that's exactly how Gun feels, so for Win to just scream it in his face over and over and over was the absolute worst. I hated every minute of the boys fighting, they're all so fragile, so scared, so hurt, so sad.

We've already seen that Por may be dumber than a bag of hair, but has a keen emotional intelligence. I loved him bringing the fight to a swift close by taking the blame onto himself, by reminding them that THEY ARE FRIENDS FIRST AND FOREMOST and they shouldn't be fighting like this, that they have to mourn together, and keep going. He basically shames them all into acting right, all while wearing a fab outfit and sporting a broken leg. And then Yak, who understands intimately this particular pain, calls to remind them in his own way that there's life after this. That losing Hot Wave doesn't mean they're losers. Yak's band winning their Freshy Music Contest (look, in my head BB and MSP exist in the same universe, just go with it) is some sweet after the bitter. This defeat isn't the end, as much as it feels that way. There will be victories to come, and one of those victories is getting to see the next generation try and hopefully succeed.

There hasn't been a great deal made of the fact that the Music Club doesn't have any juniors for Gun et al to hand the Holy Chinchilla over to, but it's been noteworthy to me. Chinzhilla is a tradition that's been passed down, along with You Got Ma Back, for generations we've been told, but Gun and the gang seem to be the end of the line. There hasn't been interest in joining the bunch of slacker losers who just eat BBQ pork and never accomplish anything. But it seems like the band are more loved than they think, with the student body voting for them to play the prom. The school year might be winding down, graduation might be approaching, but there's still time for some kid or kids to poke their head around that corner and ask 'is this Music Club?'

Bridge: Facing the music

I'm holding on (barely) Mama's got a lot to learn (it's heavy) I'm holding on (catch me) Mama's got a lot to learn (teach me)

Adele | My Little Love (2021)

The other big story this week is Ms. Potjanee slowly and quietly coming to terms with her baby boy being queer. She almost fumbles it at every juncture, but she always pulls back and does the right thing. I was SO NERVOUS when she went to see Gun, but in the end she didn't put her jumbled feelings on him and I breathed a sigh of relief. Her asking Tinn flat out if Gun invited him to the beach, and him deciding to trust her with the truth that he is going on Gun's invitation, and her just quietly allowing it without asking questions in that moment...it's all so well done. Potjanee is trying so hard to do right by her son, even as she struggles with all that means, like not being overprotective and trusting that she has raised Tinn to handle the slings and arrows of the world. It's a different response from Ms. Gim, who I think is going to start wedding planning when Gun tells her he and Tinn are dating, but it's still the response of a loving mother. It's why I don't buy the cliffhanger dread and the doom preview: because Potjanee has continued to struggle but in the end do the right thing.

Ad Libs

It looks like most of the Chinzhilla boys haven't secured a university place. I wasn't surprised at Gun and Win, but Pat and Por not having future plans in place yet was a bit unexpected. I wonder if this is kids who've done the direct admission exams at this point while the others are still preparing for the GAT.

Watching Chinzhilla dream-sing 'Healing' to themselves put me right in my feels.

Is Ford gunning for the Mix Sahaphap sultriness crown? There was WAY too much sauce for a high school romcom coming off Por when he was flirting with Tiw.

That said, the Tiw/Por came out of nowhere but I refuse to be mad about it.

Tinn is EXACTLY the kind of boy who would gift his musician boyfriend a custom-made music box that plays the love song he wrote for him. Mixtapes are for the weak!

They're playing with us now when it comes to a Tinn/Gun kiss...lol. But in a way I'm glad they're dealing with the parents stuff first.

After the Bad Buddy episode 12 preview I'm absolutely not believing a single moment of this one.

The finale is going to be prom, and I can't think of a more fitting way to end this story (until Our Skyy 2 anyway).

[basiltonpitch]

But I feel like we'll be getting so much emotional, soft and intimate Benvi this season and I can't wait. I think Devi's reluctance to fully enter into a relationship with Ben is partially because she doesn't feel good enough, she's hurt him in the past, and she's afraid to let herself get so close to someone only to lose them like what happened with her father. I can't wait to see her realize all of this and I'm pretty sure Dr. Ryan knows she is just using everyone else as a distraction from Ben. Side note but I think Treleanor will break up and I'm so not ready for that even though it makes sense for their characters

YESSS to your first point!!! i really want, to encompass all three, that delicate emotional intimacy that the two of them so obviously crave. especially as these characters are starting to grow into young adults and mature, i definitely see this season being on the track for at least two deep, emotional conversations between ben and devi. personally, i'm hoping for three, and i want them to feel realistic - yes devi has been in therapy for the past 3-4 years but i don't want therapy speak coming out of her mouth or ben's - i don't think that would feel very in-character for them, you know?

i do agree, dr. ryan is going to be, once again, instrumental in helping devi realize she needs to get her head out of her ass and go after what she wants (because we already know she does want). and i'm hoping that eleanor and fab take part in that too; we've got that scene fron 2x10 with eleanor and ben ("she wanted to choose you.") and that other scene from 3x04 with fab and ben ("yeah, well, she broke my heart.") so they've both got this peek at a heartbroken ben, the two people closest to devi have seen how this boy hurts for her, because of her, and now they've got their hands full with devi who's hurting for him (and like this can probably be argued, but that still of ben and devi in her bed when shes wearing her prom dress? that's more than just "i'm sad i didn't go to prom" and you cannot convince me otherwise). i don't think they're going to push ben and devi together by any means - both of them need to find their way back to each other - but i definitely think they're going to play a part in helping. (and honestly, i hope paxton does too - i can see him being on ben's side, in his corner.)

and i KNOW this post is already getting long but like before i forget because i so desperately want to touch on this: on the note of that emotional intimacy i mentioned above...there's just something so terrifying about being that vulnerable, you know? and i know i already sort of touched on this before but like, if we go back to what kamala said in 3x01, "when you sleep with someone, you're the most vulnerable you'll ever be. and if you rush into that, you could get really hurt." and i'm thinking, what if devi internalizes this afterwards? what if she thinks back on those words, thinks that she just rushed into that with ben? because they weren't together. they didn't discuss what it meant for either of them. they didn't talk, they just did it. obviously, from our perspective, this seems anything but rushed, because they've been doing this push-and-pull for the past three seasons. but devi, having her reputation as impulsive and destructive, could easily file this away as something else she followed through without thinking it over. so, she thinks she rushed. so, she's scared she's going to get hurt. or that ben will get hurt, maybe. or that both of them will. and so she runs, and he stays, and both of them ghost, until they're both breaking at the seams and they know this is their last chance to get it right. and yes, it hurts. it hurt in the beginning and the middle and it hurts when they're finally coming back together but god is it worth it. and it isn't rushed - it's just this beautiful progression, this journey with mountains and valleys that they've both endured and come out all the better for it.

on a slightly lighter note yeah i also think treleanor is going to break up 😭😭 HOWEVER i think it's going to be mutual, with no hard feelings, and a hope to meet again in the future 💕

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, January 17

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that picture with Ben and Devi on bed together after prom is deffo *THE* confession scene. Something will happen at prom and this will be the definitive moment for them to talk about their feelings (prom is 409 btw).

and Devi, Elenour and Fabiola have a scene together prior to that so I think they’ll make Devi admit she wants Ben and is in love with him. Kinda a parallel because they were the ones that made her go with Paxton the first time so they will be the final push for Devi to admit her feelings for him.

I honestly am not sure it's a huge confession scene. It honestly seemed like a much quieter, more intimate moment where they talk about something serious, or are just casually together and it's really comfortable for Devi in a romantic context, which she's not used to. I feel like the confession scene will need to be this giant, epic moment. This could be them deciding to date for a little bit before heading off to college, or breaking up/talking about how they'll go their separate ways (as @basiltonpitch wrote a lovely lil ficlet about) I do like the idea of Fab/El supporting Devi and Ben though, especially because they both have a little inkling about his feelings.

[jackstanleyroberts]

The descriptions of the characters in the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise Part 5

Hello everybody, if you have seen part 4 of the characters in the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise, here's part 5 of the characters in the Scream franchise because I have done the characters of the friend groups of The Fab Twelve & The Friendly Posse & the Supporting Characters but here's the new characters of the Scream franchise.

New Characters: Part 1

Joe Kerry as Johnny Landry, an Smart, & Intelligent young man who's been on a roll in his career because he's an gaming geek & an FBI Agent, he's the love interest of his best friend Jessie Crane, one of the gaming buddies with Terry & Larry Watkins & Nicholas "Nick" Rodriguez & the big brother of Ethan Landry. He's also the partner of Kirby Reed when they investigate the ghostface attacks.

Logan Lerman as Quentin Bailey, an Tough, Loyal, & Extremely Confident young man who's been born & raised in New York because he's the protective big brother of Quinn Bailey & the elder son of Detective Wayne Bailey & he's being buddies with Derek Shepherd & he's not a fan of horror movies but he loves action movies.

Judah Lewis as Derek Shepherd, an Protective, Supportive, Independent, & Intelligent young man who's been one of the students at Blackmore University in New York & joins the friend groups of The Fab Twelve & The Core Four because he's being buddies with Quentin Bailey & he's the boyfriend of Lillian "Lilly" Davis. He's also watching the Evil Dead movies starting with Bruce Campbell.

Brec Bassinger as Lillian "Lilly" Davis, an Beautiful, Funny, Charismatic, Kind, & Supportive young woman who's being one of the students at Blackmore University in New York & she's an Photographer because she's the girlfriend of Derek Shepherd, the niece of Riley Davis, & she's being frenemies with Carrie Tatum Riley-Weathers.

Michael Rainey Jr. as Anthony "Anton" Mercer, an Loyal, Calm, & Focused young man who's been living in a apartment behind Danny & Danielle Brackett & he's living with Grace-Lynn "Gracie" Moore & Elena Connors & he's also working in law enforcement because he's the brother-in-law of Terry & Larry Watkins & he's being partners with Riley Davis & Johnny Landry.

Jessica Stroup as Riley Davis, an Tough, Resourceful, & Resilient woman who's being the older niece of Lillian "Lilly" Davis & she's an FBI Agent.

Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Susie Kayoko, an Kind, Friendly, Loving & Beautiful young woman who's being friends with The Core Four & The Fab Twelve & one of the students at Blackmore University in New York because she's the younger half-sister of Hannah Kayoko.

Havana Rose Liu as Hannah Kayoko, an Beautiful, Tough, Caring, & Smart young woman who's being friends with The Fab Twelve & The Core Four in the Extended Cut of Scream VI & one of the students at Blackmore University because she's the older half-sister of Susie Kayoko by proxy they're both half-sisters of Anika Kayoko. Her favorite movie is Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II.

Paige Hurd as Hayley McDaniel, an Tough, Gorgeous, & Badass young woman who's been one of the students at Blackmore University in New York because she's the older sister of Holly McDaniel.

More descriptions of the characters in the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise are coming soon.

Stay Tuned!

[ulkaralakbarova]

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Nino Brown: Wesley Snipes Scotty Appleton: Ice-T Garald “Gee Money” Welles: Allen Payne Pookie: Chris Rock Stone: Mario Van Peebles Selina: Michael Michele Duh Duh Duh Man: Bill Nunn Park: Russell Wong Old Man: Bill Cobbs Kareem Akbar: Christopher Williams Nick Peretti: Judd Nelson Keisha: Vanessa Williams Uniqua: Tracy Camilla Johns Frankie Needles: Anthony DeSando Reverend Oates: Nick Ashford Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney Police Commissioner: Thalmus Rasulala Don Armeteo: John Aprea Master of Ceremonies: Fab 5 Freddy D.J.: Flavor Flav Frazier: Clebert Ford Prom Queen: Laverne Hart Fat Smitty: Eek-A-Mouse Biff: Gregg Smrz Teacher: Erica McFarquhar Singer at Wedding: Keith Sweat Gigantor: Max Rabinowitz Woman in Hallway: Marcella Lowery Judge: Manuel E. Santiago Prosecuting Attorney: Ben Gotlieb Reporter: Thelma Louise Carter Reporter: Linda Froehlich Bailiff: Christopher Michael Recovering Addict: Kelly Jo Minter Recovering Addict: Tina Lifford Recovering Addict: Erik Kilpatrick Assistant DA: Ron Millkie Kid on Stoop: Harold Baines Kid on Stoop: Sekou Campbell Kid on Stoop: Garvin Holder New Year’s Eve Band – (Guy): Teddy Riley New Year’s Eve Band – (Guy): Aaron Hall New Year’s Eve Band – (Guy): Damion Hall Singers – Spring – (Troop): Rodney Benford Singers – Spring – (Troop): John Harrell Singers – Winter – (Levert): Gerald Levert Singers – Winter – (Levert): Sean Levert Butchie The Doorman: Jimmy Cummings Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Akosua Busia Prostitute in The Pool (uncredited): Lia Chang Gangster Standing at Bar (uncredited): Jake LaMotta Barber (uncredited): Larry M. Cherry Brides Maid (uncredited): Cynthia Elane Girl in the Window (uncredited): Toni Ann Johnson Connie The Waitress (uncredited): Candece Tarpley C.M.B. Member (uncredited): Chris Thornton Film Crew: Director: Mario Van Peebles Story: Thomas Lee Wright Music Supervisor: Doug McHenry Screenplay: Barry Michael Cooper Casting: Pat Golden Production Design: Charles C. Bennett Director of Photography: Francis Kenny Casting: John McCabe Editor: Steven Kemper Unit Production Manager: Preston L. Holmes Costume Design: Bernard Johnson Original Music Composer: Michel Colombier Music Supervisor: George Jackson Associate Producer: Fab 5 Freddy Associate Producer: Suzanne Broderick Associate Producer: James Bigwood First Assistant Director: Dwight Williams Stunt Coordinator: Jery Hewitt Stunts: Danny Aiello III Stunts: G. A. Aguilar Second Assistant Director: Joseph Ray Production Supervisor: Brent Owens First Assistant Editor: Kevin Stitt Camera Operator: John Newby First Assistant Camera: Gregory Irwin Second Assistant Camera: Myra-Lee Cohen Additional Camera: Ed Hershberger Steadicam Operator: Ted Churchill Production Sound Mixer: Frank Stettner Boom Operator: Keith Gardner Cableman: Rosa Howell-Thornhill Art Direction: Barbra Matis Art Direction: Laura Brock Art Department Coordinator: Roberta J. Holinko Set Decoration: Elaine O’Donnell Script Supervisor: Cornelia ‘Nini’ Rogan Makeup Artist: Diane Hammond Assistant Makeup Artist: Ellie Winslow Hairstylist: Larry M. Cherry Hairstylist: Aaron F. Quarles Wardrobe Supervisor: Barbara Hause Wardrobe Supervisor: Jane E. Myers Wardrobe Assistant: Jill E. Anderson Gaffer: Charles Houston Rigging Gaffer: Martin Andrews Best Boy Electric: Val DeSalvo Key Grip: Robert M. Andres Best Boy Grip: Paul Wachter Dolly Grip: Tom Kudlek Property Master: Octavio Molina Assistant Property Master: Laura Jean West Assistant Property Master: Kevin Ladson Charge Scenic Artist: Jeffrey L. Glave Construction Coordinator: Raymond M. Samitz Special Effects Supervisor: Steven Kirshoff Special Effects Coordinator: Wilfred Caban Second Unit Director: Jeff Lengyel Second Unit Director of Photography: Jacek Laskus Second Unit First Assistant D...

[hangrenadezthriftz]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: VINTAGE PINK MARLBORO BUTTON DOWN.

[foone]

Sure. Basically, computers (and any other computerized components) need somewhere to store their base code. This is before things like hard drives and floppy disks: they need to know how to boot enough to access those things. Big explanation under the cut:

So you need ROMs: Read Only Memory chips. These contain that firmware, which is used to boot up the system. On something simple like a microwave, this is all the code they have, but on more complicated things, this is just the stage one: the firmware boots the system enough to talk to hard drives/floppy drives and loads the operating system off them. So, that's what they're for.

Originally these were just "ROMs", specifically mask ROMs: they were made the same way other computer chips were, where you design it and submit it to a fab to make it out of silicon for you. This worked well in some ways: your cost per chip is pretty low, they don't take much power (important if your device runs off batteries!), and they last forever. (I don't believe we even know how long mask ROMs will last if they don't get fried or rusted. Centuries, possibly)

But the problem with mask ROMs is that they are one design you make thousand and thousands of. I said the per-chip cost is low, but that's because you basically end up paying 50,000$ for the first chip and 25 cents for every one after that. Making new designs of computer chips is expensive, and every mask ROM is a new design.

This still works fine if you're making NES games or something, where you're making a cartridge that just has a few mask ROMs in it containing the game code and graphics: you're gonna sell thousands of these things and they never need to change, so it works well.

But mask ROMs are terrible for development (if it takes weeks and 50,000$ to get back the new chips, you can't test changes very quickly. And each mistake costs another 50,000$ to fix.

So, enter PROMs: Programmable Read Only Memories. These are special chips where they basically programmed them to just be full of 1s, no zeroes. But each 1 is a little thin trace on the chip, and by using a programmer you can select individual bits and burn them out by dumping more voltage in them. So that 1 can be turned into a 0, selectively. You repeat this process for every bit in the chip that needs to be a 0, and now you have a programmed ROM, for relatively cheap (maybe a hundred bucks per chip early on, dropping to 10-20$ later), and you did it in-house, without waiting for a silicon fab to set up a production line.

This is better for development! You just buy a bunch of these PROMs and each time you need a new version, you throw out the old chip (since you can only turn 1s into 0s, not the reverse, they can't be reused). So long as you have a ready supply of new PROMs you can keep making new ROMs. (usually you'd switch to mask ROMs for the final product, unless your production run was real low).

So that was handy, but someone (Dov Frohman of Intel) figured out how to make it even better: EPROMs!

Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories.

Now you can go back to blank! So it's a PROM that you can reuse over and over (to a relatively high limit: you will eventually burn out the chip).

The way this works is each bit is stored in a transitor where it gets programmed through quantum effects and then can be re-ionized to erase the programming. The way you ionize them is by exposing it to a bright UV light, which triggers some chemical changes in the coating of the transitor.

So now you can reuse EPROMs. Their ease of use made them very popular, both in development and in use. Like, the BIOS/UEFI for your computer was an EPROM for a long time: they're cheap and programmable and BIOSes change enough to not make mask ROMs a good solution.

Plus it was now possible for a technically advanced user to pull the ROM chip from its socket and reprogram it with a new version of the BIOS.

Anyway, EPROMs are the subject of this post. Like I showed above, they've got a very distinctive quartz window. That's because the UV light to erase them has to get in somewhere. You'll often see these with a paper label or tape over them, to keep them from getting erased.

(realistically it'd take years of exposure to normal UV labels to erase them, but that's still a risk, so they get covered often, even if they're always buried inside computers and appliances).

The development didn't end with EPROMs, though.

Shortly after the development of EPROMs, somebody (Fujio Masuoka at Toshiba) figured out how to make the EEPROM:

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.

These use more of that quantum effect and can basically erase themselves, without needing any UV lights. So they no longer have the little quartz window, you just shove some extra volts in a specific pin and they erase themselves, and can then be reprogrammed like an EPROM.

This was the ancestor of the flash memory used in SSDs, phone storage, and SD cards. It's the same basic technology but in a different form factor, with some extra circuits to help make it more usable or fast. (There's a lot of complicated stuff modern flash memory uses to prolong the life of flash cells, since they inherently have a limited lifespan: data slowly leaks out, and individual sectors can only be written so many times before it'll damage the physical transistors too much to be usable)

So yeah. EPROMs are a middle child in the timeline of ROM chips, which goes:

Mask ROMs -> PROMs -> EPROMs -> EEPROMs -> Flash memory

The Big Book of How Things Work by Peter Lafferty, 1990.

[shiftingpixelz]

Kiss It! by Abbie Trayler-Smith

'Kiss it!' is the result of a long-term collaboration between photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith and Shannon, a young woman living with obesity. Over the course of 12-years, Abbie documented Shannon’s journey from teenager to adult—navigating friendships, family, first-boyfriends, prom nights, holidays and jobs. Shannon has been the central inspiration for Abbie’s long-term project, ‘The Big O’ examining obesity in school-age children and young adults.

“So much is yet to be understood about obesity, but the more I learn the more convinced I am that hormones, processed foods (pushed by government and industry), sedentry lifestyles pushed by society, and idealogical aspirations pushed by social media are as culpable as any individual (seemingly of free) choice or responsibility and therefore an issue for us all to ponder” - Abbie Trayler-Smith.

I started scanning negatives for Abbie on this over 10 years ago and it's so delightful that Abbie stayed true to my work and gave me the opportunity to scan the edited images for this project that she has devoted more than a decade to. Both her friendship and trust mean everything when it comes to translating negative colours from scanner to cmyk for print. I love how it looks, the cover is just fab there is real intimacy in diary entries plus the text essays makes this genuinely feel sensitive and loving for Shannon; the girl she first photographed in 2010 and followed for 12 years.

You can buy the book by clicking on this link Gost Books 

All images ©copyright Abbie Trayler-Smith

[glamorweb]

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[basiltonpitch]

I neeedddddd to know your predictions based off the trailer (of Benvi in particular, I really do care about other things in the show but I love them the most)

ooooh okay so.....not all of these predictions are actually serious some of them i just think would be FUN but i dont think they'll actually implement lmao. also....as usual i dont know when to shut the fuck up and stop typing SO. predictions under the cut!!

my prediction for benvi is: devi ghosts ben post-boinkening (basically confirmed; the trailer insinuates that they havent spoken since); ben goes after margot because she likes him (and we all saw how well it went the last time ben started dating someone else bc devi wasn't an option), it implodes, devi retaliates by dating ethan because he's hot or whatever the fuck (and honestly good for her im sure he's a tool but like.....rebound arm candy isnt necessarily a bad thing.....except in this case it is bc that is Also going to implode.) i think it would be HILARIOUS if margot and ethan ended up going out lmfao but. i doubt it. after both their rebounds fail (ben's i want to say around episode 2 bc i dont think they'll drag it out super long, and devi's probably episode 5?) they're still.....skirting around each other, in a will they/won't they kind of situation. i can see fab & eleanor trying to talk some sense into devi but devi just not listening bc she's stubborn as hell and of course she knows there's something there with ben but they've done this back-and-forth dance for so long that she's still nervous about taking that full leap.

and well. then she ends up getting like...accosted in new york (which im guessing the trailer may have been a bit misleading about that exact scenario because, ya know, it's a trailer) and ben tries to play knight in shining armor and well. we all saw what happened lmfao. cue devi icing ben's face n devi being like "why did you do that?" and ben just says "for you" or smthn cheesy as hell. this is probs around like? episode 7 i'd like to think? and they probably at least partially get their shit together but like. lbr it's ben and devi. so it can't be 100% smooth sailing. like you said im excpecing a tatbilb sort of thing - they agree to date & then break up before going to college. (we all know devi gets denied for early decision from princeton - this could play into her actually going to a school in new york - something prestigious, ofc, she graduates as valedictorian).

based on the trailer....im honestly torn on whether ben goes to prom or not! i know you said smthn about him perhaps going home and changing, but part of me also thinks - what if he didnt go at all? what if he stays home, because he knows this is gonna be one of his last good memories with devi and he just cant do it? i know we havent seen a lot of bts for season 4, but we have seen bts of maitreyi + lee + ramona in their prom dresses, and i dont recall jaren being there at all or wearing a suit (the only suit bts ive seen is of him in 2x10). so......maybe he doesnt go, but he comes to her after. idk exactly how that will play out but thats what im hoping for!!!

and of course, they end up going to the same school - thats been something ive been sure of since, well, forever lmao. i'm 100000% convinced that the last shot of the show is going to be devi coming up to ben in the library of their college or vice versa and if im wrong i will eat my mf words

as for other predictions....

i'm with you on thinking it might not be kamala's wedding anymore, but i'm still not sure who's wedding it would be - perhaps another family member? a family friend? who knows.

i think treleanor is going to break up, which is TRAGIC because they r everything to me <3 but i feel like they're the kind of couple to come back to each other after years apart so im holding out hope for them 🤞 in treleanor we trust u know !!!!

paxton's.....there. idk. he's there. devi probably like. goes after him or whatever in the midst of the ben/margot/ethan bullshit bc she doesnt want to be alone and shes like oh i finally like myself maybe i can have this since i can't have what i really want but ya know power dynamics due to him being sherman oaks staff or whatever so. im HOPING as the party with the upper hand in that scenario he turns her down or whatever. maybe she even waits until after this to go after ethan - make both ben and paxton jealous, kill two birds with one stone

i have no idea what else im hoping for and this is straight up a Wall of text aksjdss;d im SO SORRY u know how i get !!!!!

[heycoyotegirl]

@ibrushmyteeth-donttellanyone I (a Benvi) am actually really interested in what you mean by this. Could you elaborate? I'm curious I promise I'm not looking for trouble!

Yeah, no worries! I love talking meta :)

So I've realized that Devi and Paxton were actually on parallel arcs for the entire series, but I'll focus on the college/career aspect of the show, since that's what I was talking about in the original post.

Every major character other than Devi and Paxton knows what they want to do in the future. They either have a specific career in mind, or a field that they're interested in. Fab has robotics, and Eleanor wants to be an actress (and later, director). Ben plans to go to Columbia and then be a lawyer like his dad. Even Trent has an (admittedly bad) plan to make a career out of reacting to reaction videos. ((Aneesa's an outlier here, but she was barely in season 4 at all (and was only introduced in s2), so she doesn't really count for this discussion.))

Even when there are bumps on the road—like Ben sending himself to the hospital in s3 or having a bad visit to Columbia in s4 or Eleanor being rejected by Julliard—the end goal doesn't change. Ben is still admitted to Columbia and then Devi gives him a pep talk that convinces him that he can fit in there (and, if you take the alternate ending into account, ends up becoming a lawyer). Eleanor decides to pursue directing so that she can cast herself.

But unlike everyone else, Devi and Paxton don't have plans for after college.

In season 2, Paxton tells his parents that he wants an education and a career. But he doesn't actually say (or know) what career. And in season 4, Devi literally admits that she's worried about the future because she's never thought about what comes after getting into Princeton, but that plot line is never meaningfully explored.

For both of them, the goal was getting into college. Full stop. No idea what comes next.

Obviously the fixation on just-getting-into-college comes from different places (Devi clinging to her memories of her dad and unable to think of anything other than getting into Princeton vs Paxton who had his plan to go to college on a swimming scholarship ripped away and then had to fight to even have a chance of being admitted), but it gives us the same result: Characters who are uniquely aimless compared to everyone else.

Even their struggles with getting into college are similar. Fabiola and Ben both get into colleges right away, and then any conflict that arises is whether the school they're thinking of going to is a good fit. But Paxton and Devi both have a "maybe I'm not good enough for college" arc. Paxton's conversation with Ojichan where he asks if he's too stupid to get into college parallels Devi's conversation with Dr. Ryan after she's deferred by Princeton.

(sorry, my daxton bias is gonna show for this paragraph) This is also why I think the post-prom scene would've been stronger with Paxton. It was sweet with Ben talking about how hard she's worked and how she would regret not writing the supplemental essay, but he can't actually relate to that experience. He hasn't lived it (and, in fact, his arc was the opposite: learning to work less rather than pushing himself). But Paxton has. He spent an entire season realizing that other people's opinions don't matter; all that matters is that he puts in the effort and believes in himself.

Devi and Paxton both have a series long arc of figuring out who they are and fighting to escape from the boxes that other people put them in (which I will probably make a post about in the future). And season 4 gave us the conclusion to that arc for Paxton: He's returning to college to become a teacher.

But the insane part—the part that makes me froth at the mouth and rave and believe that something went seriously wrong in the writers' room this season—is that we never get a conclusion to that arc for Devi, our main character.

She gets the dream college and the boy, but narratively, she still has no future! In real life, yes, it's totally normal to go to college not knowing what you want to do (though, often if people don't even have a specific area of interest, they take a gap year), but it doesn't make any sense for this character in this show.

The logical conclusion to Devi's story is her finding a passion to pursue, which would've shown her growth and how much she's healed; she's now able to think about her future, rather than centering her entire life around this goal she made with her dad.

currently going feral over the way paxton's arc (wrt figuring out life after high school) is a mirror of devi's, while ben's is more similar to her friends/the supporting characters

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, January 12

(Giles gets up and walks towards her.) GILES: Um, Buffy, all of this is rather dependent on you're being able to control the Mayor. BUFFY: Faith told me to play on his human weakness. WILLOW: Faith told you? Was that before or after you put her into a coma? BUFFY: After. WILLOW:Oh.

~~Graduation Day Part 2~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Weekly Drabbles #68 — Wasteland by veronyxk84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Daily Drabble #8: Broken Mirror (Harmony/Anya) by MadeInGold (Harmony/Anya, G)

Resurgence by CoffeeHunt (Giles/Spike, E)

Prowling the PleasureScapes by teddyscott (Oz/Spike, M)

The female of the species by FPBarbieri (Sineya, T)

Daily Drabble #7: A Song of Sorrow (Spike/Xander) by MadeInGold (Xander/Spike, T)

Self-Care by Maxineeden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Shadowed Suspicion - Ch. 408 by madimpossibledreamer (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure xover, T)

How I Met your Father - Ch.10 by Nyleve_Hacy_Careese_Helliam_03 (Angel/Cordelia, other pairings, Not Rated) COMPLETE!

Back undead and little again - Ch. 1 by AnkiKind (Angel, Spike, Fred, M)

If I Died In Your Arms (Third Chances) - Ch. 1 by The_Red_Rabbit (Angel/Darla, Not Rated)

Slaying the Slayer - Ch. 3/? by WillowBee326 (Buffy/Faith, E)

For The Dark - Ch. 3/7 by CharcoalTeeth (Buffy/Faith, E)

[French language] Les deux Phénix - Ch. 6/? by FridayQueen (Buffy/Faith, M)

Halloween Horrors - Ch. 9 by AJ Fields (myfanfiction) (Xander/Anya, Tara/Willow, T)

Breaking Broken Hearts - Ch. 12/? by Jess_Ann_Perreault (Jenny/OFC, Giles/Jenny, T)

Do We Serve Water In This Bar? - Ch. 5/? by Alwaysandforevermylove (Buffy/Faith, E)

Omission - Ch. 9/? by toutes_les_routes (Spike/Riley, Buffy/Riley, E)

New Beginnings - Ch. 1 by slinky (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Afterburn - Ch. 3 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

What If Love Was Enough? - Ch. 10 by Spikelover4ever (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

A Waxy Gent Chuckled Over My Fab Jazzy Quips - Ch. 12 by violettathepiratequeen (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Pack My Box with Five Dozen Liquor Jugs - Ch. 12 by honeygirl51885 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Love Ridden - Ch. 5 by scratchmeout (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Goodbye to Everything That I Knew - Ch. 16 by fortes775 (Buffy/Spike, R)

The Neighbor's Point of View - Ch. 76 by the_big_bad (Buffy/Spike, PG)

Buffy the Tenno - Ch. 35 by DarkPhoenixLady (Buffy, Warframe universe xover, FR15)

A Darkened Night of the Soul - Ch. 1-24 by In Mortal (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

A Waxy Gent Chuckled Over My Fab Jazzy Quips - Ch. 12 by violettathepiratequeen (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Pack My Box with Five Dozen Liquor Jugs - Ch. 12 by honeygirl51885 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Love Ridden - Ch. 5 by scratchmeout (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Out For A Walk... Bitch - Ch. 6-7 by MaggieLaFey (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)

What the Drabble? - Ch. 68 by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, R)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: The Watcher by SortDeep5635 (Giles, worksafe)

Artwork: Commission for @greensword101 based on their angel au... by artsying-ifer (Connor, worksafe)

Gifset: Faith told me to play on his human weakness... by fuffygifs [by charmedslayer] (Buffy, Faith, worksafe)

Gifset: It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero... by andremichaux (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Gifset: I can't explain what it is that I feel right now... by andremichaux (ensemble, worksafe)

Manip: SuSuSunnydale, here's to the fools who love by loveisntbrains (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

... I've just finished Lullaby (Angel 3x08) and a couple of things... by keanherself

Day: 10 Favorite Season 3 Episode [Bad Girls, The Prom] by k0nstantly-tragic

Day: 11 Favorite Season 4 Episode [Hush, This Year's Girl, Who Are You?] by k0nstantly-tragic

Recently watched the episode of Buffy where Jonathan... by hieronymus-botch

[Recs & In Search Of]

ISO: aeongsoul seeks Buffy/Faith fic recs [responses in the notes]

In_Imbolic by duh_i_write rec'd by February Fangest [Throwback Thursdays - Spike/Drusilla]

[Fandom Discussions]

Angel and the Claddagh Ring by abreathofsnowandashes

[Kendra Young commentary in the tags] Season 2 Inkworks 1999 Trading Card by spikedru

Just wanted to say I have a crush on you... [Buffy x Faith text messages] by captain-peroxid3

Why is Spike so polarizing? updated by garfan

Would Buffy and Faith Stay In The Police Force? [post S12 in the comics] by Priceless and Stoney

Times where a character dropping the F bomb would have been appropriate? by jdpm1991

What's with the double standards with how Buffy and Willow are treated? by Rainbow_dreaming

I’m on my first watch through and up to season 6 and these are my thoughts... [Spuffy question] by constantsurvivor

Xander’s speech to buffy in S5E10 was not for her at all [anti Riley] by Stranger_2000

That time Anya read Xander to filth..... (spoiler in second image) by alrtight

Giles playing dress up with Spike when he was living with him by alrtight

What is the worst thing this character has ever done? [Giles] by Buffster13

I’m currently watching Angel (mid season 1) and Cordelia changed so much since Buffy. I’m loving her! by kindaweird0

What do you think of “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been”? by JellyfishDry9464

What was evil Cordelia’s original plan before the rewrite? by grkpektis

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