#rachel iii

[coeurdeverre82]

[mr-foods]

[moraypink]

gay xmen sketches……

[vitriolo]

“This is a song I wrote.”

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, season 4 (2018).

[illyanarasputinfan]

Rise of the Powers of X #5 (2024) Marvel Comics

[braddocklegacy]

“You are cordially invited to the Hellfire Gala”

[wwprice1]

Kick ass X-Men covers coming in May!

[vodkacheesefries]

I made a cleric of Selûne and accidentally just remade Sailor Moon if she was a Seldarine Drow named Io, so I figured I’d lean into it and have fun and I drew something for the first time in months.

And then I had to do a lil’ enemies-to-someday-lovers doodle featuring Shadowheart (and Io pre Volo-botomy) because I saw a screenshot of Rei and Usagi and it was perfect for them

[goldenboyreturns]

“I’ll make them big like the huge buildings going up. People will be startled; they’ll have to look at them— and they did,” (Georgia O’Keefe).

[tropicalfreckles]

Get wrekt Lupin.

[evilspiritweek]

rc9gn driving headcanons

Randy - Not like,, old enough to get a license during the run of the show, but I do believe he thought Mario Kart translated to actual driving. Gets tickets a lot, but surprisingly never gets into an accident

Howard - On the same level as Randy, I imagine. Really sees it more as a status symbol than actually uses it. In turn though, when he gets his own, he does become a better driver. I firmly believe his personal car would have those fuzzy dice hanging on the mirror

Heidi - I initially thought she'd be a bit reckless, but in actuality, I think she'd be one of the safest drives bc she's low-key on edge the whole time. This is partially due to the fact that it's her parent's car at first, but his anxiety carries over into her personal one tenfold. Again, it's a status symbol. Howard is not allowed anywhere near her car, but if her dad forces her to take him somewhere, he's sentenced tot he back and can't even sit shotgun

Viceroy - Dreads driving. Not necessarily a bad driver, but he hates having to drive with the rest of the public. Thankfully, his job means he doesn't really have to do it much.

McFist - He would get chauffeured around a lot more than actually drive, which is good because he kinda sucks. Definitely no accidents, but he's too impatient, so he'd have bad road rage if he needs to get somewhere. That begin said, if he was just cruising, I think he'd stay in his own lane and actually be chill. Goes to those antique car shows.

Bash Johnson - Technically has his own car, but it'd be under his dad's insurance. Always going at least fifteen above the speed limit. Would ride your ass until he could pass you, flip you off, and then sit at the red light in the lane parallel to you because he didn't realize it was going to change.

Marci - Similar to her husband, doesn't need to drive, and that's probably for the best. She doesn't drive bad, but her parking is the worst- takes up two spots every single time. But at the same time, what are you gonna do about it? That's McFist's wife bro?? (I think she'd actually be really nice about it tho- she can totally adjust if you asked)

Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll - Their licenses have expired.

Principal Slimovitz - I think he'd be a good driver, but with how many times his car's been totaled, he'd also have really bad road rage. If you see him trying to merge, just let him in. His car's been totaled three times that month already, he totally ready to make it a fourth.

Morgan - shes fine overall, but ooooh my god, does she tailgate like it's her fuckign job. Only one in the Dancing Fish with a car, so expect to see all of them squashed in their after practice.

Rachel - Abysmal. doesn't know the first thing about cars. It starts making a funny noise and she's just like "oh! that's a new one ^.^" until her car stops working all together. She knows she's supposed to change the oil, she just doesn't know how frequently or why.

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[incorrectoldgodsquotes]

Jack, sighing in relief: It’s over. We won. We’re free.

Rachel: Um.

Jonah: *points behind Jack where the Gray Ladies, Horned Head and the Men of the Rock are standing*

Jack: No, I’m not turning around. I said it’s over, so it’s over.

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

Hi BeautifullyObsessed,

Having heard the recent news regarding RDJ and who he's going to be play in the MCU in what I am assuming is future films( Avengers???), I guess, I must admit to being beyond infuriated with the MCU at this point. Don't get me wrong, I ADORE RDJ, but why in the HELL does he get play a whole new character, whether said character be a variant/from another universe/whatever, yet Rachel McAdams, who I also adore immensely and utterly despise how Marvel has treated her(ex. attempting to throw away/disgard palmerstrange and Christine like nothing), can't be Clea/ a Christine variant that is Clea? Yet, RDJ gets to do essentially that himself. Why? What's the difference? If he can do so, shouldn't Rachel be able to be a vastly different character as well? It's just so unfair, not to mention makes zero sense to me whatsoever how one person gets to do something, yet someone else doesn't get to do essentially the exact same thing :@ Not the mention, they would have had me automatically invested in that ship had they allowed Rachel to play the character. I seriously loved the idea of her in that role, waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy more than I will ever like the idea of CT in the role( not at all fan of that casting personally).

Thanks for taking the time to give your thoughts xx!

Honestly, when you put the question as you have, Nonny, the first response that came to mind is that there's some not so subtle misogyny at play here (the same sort of misogyny that enabled the Russos to dismiss Natasha Romanoff as being of no future value to the franchise beyond 'Endgame'). Coupled with Feige/Marvel/Disney being both desperate and greedy for a way to return the MCU to its former glory.

RDJ's Ironman was the initial foundation stone of the MCU and remains a huge fan favorite five years after his death. So, of course, his return to Marvel in any form is going to fill theatre seats that have gone vacant in the past several years with films that have well under performed those of the MCU's glory days. That's gotta be a huge win for the financial health and popularity of the franchise. And as for Downey Jr, well, he doesn't need the work in particular, but consider first how playing Tony Stark revitalized his career and gave him a cadre of Actors that became as family to him; who wouldn’t want to work with those folks again? Second, he really treasured being Stark, he was the perfect embodiment of Stark, and he must surely expect the same fulfilling experience as Doom. I wish him all good things--while I hope like hell that Doom turns out to be a Variant of Stark; there's so much fantastic story potential (including adversarial interaction with my man Stephen) they'd be throwing away to not have it so!

But Rachel, though--she's been treated shamefully, and like an afterthought, despite the incredible onscreen chemistry she shared with Benedict. And in 'Multiverse of Madness', 616 Christine got the same brusque treatment courtesy of Waldr🤢n and his enablers Feige & Raimi. First, they put words in her mouth that denied her canon feelings for Stephen--'couldn't love you...', wtf!!!...

...then the last shot we got of her, she was irritated while watching Stephen try to save the city from a Monster, as though he was doing it to interrupt her wedding! You can bet your sweet bippy she would've been treated far better if Scott Derrickson had been at the helm (as would Stephen). But based on 838 Christine,

I would have whole-heartedly embraced Clea as a Christine Variant.

I've said as much about a dozen times. Clea is so much more than a badass queen in the comics. She is not only Stephen's student but fully comfortable in her femininity. Unafraid to be soft despite her toughness and the battles she has had to wage in the Dark Dimension. Frankly, the perfect feminine foil to Stephen's delicious brand of masculinity [my knees go briefly weak at the thought of him🥰❤️‍🔥🥰]. They are true Yin/Yang.

Again, the story potential would've been awesome. Imagine Stephen shocked to encounter a Christine so different than either one he knew. A tough, battle-hardened, brusque, even impatient woman, not at all like the Christine he loved. He doesn't even like this Clea--until he glimpses hints of unexpected yet familiar compassion and softness, which draw him in. Ugh. As a storyteller myself, the waste pisses me off.

Academy Award winner she may be, but what I saw in Charlize's brief appearance as Clea showed me that either Feige/Marvel/Disney doesn't get Clea's beautiful duality or they simply don't care. And surely didn't provide CT with any indication that Clea is way more complex than Badass Woman--and that Stephen DESERVES that so much more in his future wife and partner in the Mystic Arts.

Maybe it's just my perception, but replacing Rachel as they did (and it was very last minute I recall, in December 2021, near the end of photography; they created Charlize's makeup & costume design pretty much on the fly in like 48 hours), feels like they said 'Thanks Rachel, you've been swell, but the foundation we built with you isn't necessary anymore, we got us a statuesque, super duper A++Lister. Ta ta, kiddo.' Which infuriates me.

So yeah, in the end, I'm thinking the reason Rachel isn't playing Clea while RDJ is playing Doom? GREED AND MISOGYNY. And after how abused Stephen was in DS II (ie: ignoring his whole experience in living out 14 freaking million timelines and barely letting him mention Donna's death, the most formative experience of his young life), I'm not even looking forward to DS III (unless Benedict gets significant input, especially in story/writing, as he's said more than once that he wrote things for MoM & No Way Home). Charlize's Clea (thus far) doesn't bode well for what I would have loved to see in Cleaphen.

[tomorrowusa]

The New Statesman podcast panel on Friday braved sleep deprivation and provided quality election analysis.

Here's some breaking news. The last of the 650 constituencies was finally decided on Saturday after a recount. The Lib Dems won in the Scottish constituency of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire. You can add +1 to their existing count of 71 seats in the election.

The Lib Dems felt confident enough to post this even before the recount was complete.

Let's meander a bit around the results.

A fun fact which got mentioned in the podcast above was that constituencies once represented by Conservative prime ministers are no longer in Conservative hands.

Margaret Thatcher (Finchley and Golders Green – flipped to Labour) David Cameron (Witney – flipped to Lib Dems) Theresa May (Maidenhead – flipped to Lib Dems) Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip – flipped to Labour) Liz Truss (South West Norfolk – flipped to Labour)

All the current seats of past Tory prime ministers dating back to Thatcher's time, except for Rishi Sunak and John Major, are no longer in Tory hands.

Outside the UK the role which Scotland played in this election may not be fully known.

I've long suspected that the surge in Scottish pro-independence sentiment since 2010 may have been connected to the desire of many Scots simply to put distance between themselves and the Conservative government in London.

So with the strong likelihood of a UK Labour victory, support for the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) plummeted in Thursday's general election. The percentage of votes in Scotland for the SNP dropped 15% while Labour upped their share 17%.

The SNP held 43 seats in Parliament in London at the time of dissolution in May and had won 48 in the 2019 general election. They now have only 9 seats in the just elected Parliament.

Scotland seems to be returning to the Labour fold after a long break.

In Wales the Conservatives got totally wiped out. The principality is now a Tory-free zone.

According the stats on the House of Commons updated State of the parties page, women now account for 263 of 650 seats in the chamber. That's 40.86%.

Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his cabinet choices. Most were already known. 11 of the 25 cabinet positions are now held by women.

Who's in Keir Starmer's new cabinet?

Notably, Rachel Reeves is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer – essentially the finance and budget minister. She's the first woman to ever hold this position.

Finally, the closest thing to an inauguration ceremony was Keir Starmer's visit to Buckingham Palace to be asked formally by King Charles to form a government. The beginning of that meeting was released to the media.

[flammechesdoodles]

“No more ups and downs It's just ups and ups and ups!”