#richard hayden

[astralbondpro]

Tommy Boy (1995) // Dir. Peter Segal

[myveryownfanfiction]

18+ MINORS AND THOSE WITHOUT AGE IN BIO DNI

tags: @illiana-mystery

requested by: @moosieworld request: Hi I really liked your Tommy Boy fic with Richard Hayden! I was wondering if maybe you can do one where the reader works with Richard and they’re both on the road with Tommy. They get to the hotel and realize there’s only two beds so someone (*cough cough* Richard) is gonna have the share the bed with our dear poor reader…thank you so much!!!

warnings: swearing

“Oh thank god.” I muttered as we pulled up to the motel. Tommy offered to go get the rooms for us while Richard and I unloaded the car. “If we spent another minute on the road I swear I would have thrown myself out of the car.” Richard gave me a look, chuckling awkwardly.

“yeah well…” he shrugged. “Sorry for the way we act. We can’t really stand each other.” I nodded.

“Yeah that’s clear as day.” I laughed. Richard smiled softly at me as Tommy came back.

“so there’s a tiny problem but I’m sure we can sort it out.” He said, rocking on his feet. “They only had one room available.” Richard looked like he was going to strangle Tommy.

“hey.” I put a hand on Richard’s shoulder and took a step between them. “It’s alright. We can figure something out. Like I can sleep on the couch or something.” I offered. The two boys nodded and we dragged our luggage up to the room. “Well crap.” The three of us stood just inside the door staring at the room. Two beds. No couch or sofa.

“I can uh sleep on the floor.” Tommy offered. I shook my head.

“no. We’ll never get you back up.” Richard scoffed. “Think next time. I’ll sleep on the floor.” He grimaced as we looked down at our feet. “Or not.”

“I can sleep in the car…” I started. Both boys turned to look at me, matching thunderous looks on their face. It was probably the first time they had ever agreed on something.

“no!” They cried. I held my hands up in surrender.

“alright then.” I sighed. “So what are we going to do?” Richard rubbed the back of his neck.

“you’re going to have to share with me.” He said, voice barely above a whisper. “Tommy takes up the whole bed so it’s the only way this works out.” He blushed as he looked at me. “Alright?” I nodded.

“alright.” I blushed as I headed into the bathroom to change. I could hear Tommy teasing Richard through the door, knowing the moment Richard retaliated by the resounding ow from Tommy.

“shut up dipshit!” Richard hissed, making me frown. “They don’t need to know that and you’re going to keep your mouth shut for the rest of this trip.”

“fine. Fine.” Tommy said. “But if you two need me to leave…OW! Quit it Richard!” I finished changing and walked out.

“bathroom is free.” I said softly, jerking my thumb over my shoulder. Richard hurried off into the bathroom leading Tommy and I alone.

“I’m sorry you had to get dragged into all this.” Tommy finally said. I looked up at him. “Richard and me. Always fighting.” I shrugged.

“meh. Par for the course. It was that way back home too.” I said. Tommy nodded. “I will admit I hoped you two would figure things out but in the end as long as we can save the company…” I shrugged again. Richard emerged from the bathroom and Tommy took his place.

“ready for bed?” Richard asked after a beat. I nodded and climbed beneath the covers. Richard did the same, the two of us facing each other. We stared at each other. “Did you want me to put a pillow between us?” I shook my head.

“we don’t have one to spare.” Richard smirked.

“I could take one of Tommy’s.” He offered. I giggled and shook my head. He nodded and we kept looking at each other.

“Richard…”

“(Y/N)…” we said at the same time. We laughed and Richard motioned for me to continue.

“well I just wanted…” I smiled at him. “To say thank you. For bringing me along and I mean…this…” Richard blushed.

“oh. It’s nothing.” He breathed out. “Nothing.” I ducked my head and Richard reached out to touch my arm. “Hey I just wanted to say thank you for putting up with us. And that I’m sorry.” I smiled at him.

“Tommy already apologized.” I shrugged. “But I appreciate it.” Richard nodded. Tommy came back and turned out the light. “Night.”

“night.” I whispered back. The next morning, I woke up with my face pressed against Richard’s chest and his arm wrapped around me tightly. I quietly extracted myself with hot cheeks, rushing to the bathroom before heading out to get breakfast. When I had come back, Tommy was packing their luggage back up. Richard was leaning against the car looking at a map. “Hey.” I said softly as I put the box of donuts on the hood. Richard looked at me with a blush.

“hey.” He said. “About this morning…” he started, reaching out to touch my arm. He was interrupted by Tommy coming out with the luggage. “We’ll talk later.” He said with a smile. I nodded, smiling back at him.

[agaypanic]

bro david spade’s so cute in tommy boy, idc if richard’s hair is fake and that he’s a bit of an asshole😩

[littlelovelyletters]

y’all i need David Spade like religiously

[have-some-candy]

it is embarrassing how in love with him i am

[upon-sunflower-trails]

bald is the new blond?

richard hayden x reader | oneshot | 1290 words

work below the cut!

“Say one word to Y/N and I will kill you, do you understand me?!”

Richard’s shrieking words rattled around in Tommy’s brain now as you bemoaned your relationship with Richard to him.

“It’s like he’s… hiding something! He never lets me stay over, even after almost a year of serious dating. I never want to make him uncomfortable or push something on him, and I let him know that—he said that wasn’t the reason, though. I don’t know what he could be hiding, he knows I don’t care if he snores or has to wear some embarrassing mouthguard while he sleeps,” you ranted. Tommy had invited you out to lunch since Michelle was out of town visiting her parents and he needed some company while his girlfriend was gone.

You sighed, fiddling with the straw wrapper on the table. “I dunno, Tommy… I’m starting to wonder if he even likes me, you know?” Your tone softened as you winced like a wounded animal. Your eyes traveled to the bustling crowd of the restaurant as you took a long sip from your drink.

Tommy’s chest tightened at your saddened state. He mentally scolded the man for making you feel this way over something so insignificant! Sure, he had made a promise to Richard, and Tommy considered himself a great and loyal friend. But you were also his friend, and he couldn’t just stand by and watch you be hurt! Tommy straightened up in his seat, clearing his throat.

“Y/N, he’s bald!” He suddenly blurted out. You nearly choked on your drink, setting it down as you coughed.

“What?” you laughed, tone incredulous. Surely Tommy was just making some sort of odd joke. Your boyfriend had hair, after all. And what did being bald have to do with any of your relationship issues at hand? You just shook your head at Tommy. “Quit being funny, Tommy. I’m being serious.”

Tommy’s eyes went wide and his hands gesticulated wildly as he explained. “No, Y/N, I’m being serious! He’s bald, swear on it! He’s, like, super insecure about it! When him and I went on our big sales trip to save the factory, his hair flew off at one point. It’s a toupee, man! He made me swear not to tell you!” he exclaimed, slamming his hands down on the table as he panted. A small smile broke onto your face.

“He’s bald?”

“As an eagle!”

“Oh my god…” you stood up from your seat, grinning like a madman. “He’s bald!” Tommy watched you as you went, calling you back.

“Hey, you gotta pay for your share!” he cried. You shouted back to him that you’d pay him back later. Tommy chuckled, shaking his head as he watched you dodge through the busy restaurant. He muttered something about being in love as he returned to sipping down his drink, ripping open a sugar packet before the realization of what he’d told you donned on him.

“WAIT, DON’T TELL HIM I SAID ANYTHING!” But you were already gone. Tommy sunk down in his seat, deflating. He’d just have to avoid Richard for the time being… maybe forever.

You pulled into Richard’s driveway, still smirking to yourself at your newfound revelation. All the times he got antsy when you played with his hair, when he accidentally smacked your hands away as you carded them through his hair while kissing. The reason he’d never let you stay for the night was because he was wearing a toupee, for crying out loud! The man slept bald!

You shut your car door as you all but skipped up to his front door, ringing the doorbell with a sweet smile on your face. Richard answered, his annoyed expression at once shifting to pleasantly surprised.

“Oh, Y/N! I thought you weren’t coming over ‘til later.” You smirked, pushing past him into the house.

“Well, you know. Plans change,” you replied smoothly. He gave you a look, raising one eyebrow as you practically gallivanted through the house.

He chuckled at your attitude, crossing his arms and leaning against the doorframe of his living room. “What’s got you in such a good mood?” He finally asked as you turned to look at him, eyes glimmering.

“Oh, nothing…” You moved towards him, hands clasped behind your back. “It’s just that a little birdy told me a secret that I’ve been dying to know.”

Richard scoffed, flicking your forehead gently as you stood in front of him now. “What, did Tommy finally tell you about the Meat Lover’s pizza he stashed in my trunk for about a month?” He joked. You shook your head, nose scrunching.

“No. I didn’t need to know about that,” you commented before continuing. You leaned into Richard, kissing up his neck before your lips reached his ear.

“He told me your secret.”

Richard froze, hands that were placed on your hips suddenly stalling. He swallowed thickly, stuttering out a nervous laugh. “Oh, heh, you got me. I never learned how to use an abacus! Haha, silly me,” he muttered as you tutted, shaking your head.

“He told me about this,” you whispered, ruffling his hair. Richard immediately began wildly defending himself.

“Okay, look! It’s not my fault that pattern baldness runs in my family, alright?! I already lost most of my hair by the time I was twenty-two, so I had to do something! And then you came along, and I knew you wouldn’t like me if you really knew, but then we started dating and I didn’t know what to do! I figured I could just lie my way through it, but as things got more serious, I wasn’t sure how I’d keep this up!” He turned away from you and began pacing as he ranted, running his hands down his face. “I don’t want to upset you, it’s the last thing I ever want to do. But I was so deep in the lie that I didn’t know what to do!”

He sat down on his couch now, pulling his feet up as he propped his elbow up on the arm of the couch, massaging his temples. “I’m sorry, Y/N. If you don’t wanna date me now, knowing about this, I understand. Just… can we at least stay friends?”

You sat down on the couch with your boyfriend, gently rubbing his back. “Richard, look at me.” He did as you said, eyes weary. “I never would’ve cared that you were bald. And I’d be crazy to throw away what I consider the best year of my life just because you wear a toupee. I love you, and you know that.” You pressed a kiss to his cheek, grinning. “I know I’ve told you how attractive I find you, but I’d never be that shallow.”

Richard laughed breathily, pulling you flush to his side by your waist. “Thanks, sweetheart…” He kissed the top of your head, smiling. “I love you, too. Even if you’re secretly bald.” You scoffed at his joke, dramatically laying a hand against your forehead.

“Drats, you’ve discovered my secret! Two baldies in love, ‘til the end of time.” Both of you chuckled before you cuddled into one another, turning the TV on and flipping through the channels.

Richard took a deep breath in, looking at you as some sitcom droned on in the background. “You… wanna stay over tonight?” He asked, tone cautious. Your eyes immediately left the screen, turning to the man next to you. You nodded enthusiastically, causing your boyfriend to laugh. “Alright, alright! Then it’s settled.”

He drummed his fingers against your hips as you laid your head back on his shoulder, watching the show filled with laugh tracks on the television. Richard sighed contently.

He was happy to have such a weight lifted from his chest, knowing how lucky he was to have you.

That, however, did not change the fact that he was going to kill Tommy for telling you.

[youngeditor1999]

I decided to make a Tommy Boy playlist for any and all intrested. 🙂

I love that movie so much and think that more people need to see it for the first time or re-watch it if they have seen it but not very recently!!!  

[the-headless-horsedude]

Red vs Blue S4E70 "Sneaking In"

[firstfullmoon]

twin peaks “there is a sadness in this world” / richard jackson “sometimes I don’t know how to live in the world. why is there always this scent of sorrow?” / hayden carruth “I had always been aware that the universe is sad; everything in it, animate or inanimate, the wild creatures, the stones, the stars, was enveloped in the great sadness, pervaded by it” / pádraig ó tuama “not all sadness comes from you, but sometimes you are just wearing the world’s sadness for a while and trying to figure out what to do with that” / ada limón “there is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce” / rainer maria rilke “don’t be afraid to suffer—take your heaviness and give it back to the earth’s own weight; the mountains are heavy, the oceans are heavy”

[weepynymph]

Gilmore girls boyfriend ranking (these are my opinions you are allowed to disagree but like don’t yell at me please I’m fragile)

1. Dave (my beloved has never done anything wrong in his life ever)

2. Jess (he screws up A LOT but he gains points for s6 and for being my little meow meow)

3. Morey (he serenades his wife daily, need I say more?)

4. Kirk (10/10 devotion will not even LOOK at another woman even if it mean crossing the street with his eyes closed)

5. Luke (I love him he waited EIGHT YEARS for her but he loses points for s6/7)

6. Richard (he screws up sometimes but he’s Emily’s no.1 fan devoted 4 life they’re made for each other)

7. Max (good guy had rizz but just not The Guy unfortunately)

8. Alex (it’s billy burke the only reason he’s not higher is we barely see him but he is good vibes and like the only guy we see get on with lorelai’s friends)

9. Jason (funny but not The Guy, plus kinda a snob. I like Jason though he’s entertaining, even if the idea of him and Lorelai actually having sex does not compute in my brain AT ALL)

10. Jamie (he was sweet and kinda deserved better tbh still a little boring)

11. Doyle (devoted and entertaining but a little boring at times - I wanted more for Paris)

12. Marty (we all know a Marty and I hate to say it but I think he’d be a terrible boyfriend and a bad kisser)

13. Jackson (mad points lost for lying about having a vasectomy that was not cool man)

14. Henry (he bailed on lane - fool)

15. Logan (I’m sorry but he loses SO MANY points for gaslighting those scenes trigger me so hard)

16. Tristan (he loses points for actual harassment but at least he’s mildly complex)

17. Zach (I hate him)

18. Christopher (no)

19. Dean (the hardest no)

20. Asher (die)

I’ve probably forgotten someone I made this in a fever dream like four months ago and decided to post it on a whim lol

[ineedsleepsoleavemealone]

I had a thought about this, and this has probably already been done, but... Reasons Anakin Skywalker and Rory Gilmore are the same person. I hear you saying, "They're just the same archetype of character. They're not similar at all!" However, I strongly disagree. Their similarities go much deeper than the same basic story line they both share. (And, also, this is just an excuse to mash two of my hyperfixations together, plus an excuse not to write a scene I've been stuck on for a month.)

They were both without father figures in their youth for a significant amount of time.

Both Anakin and Rory lacked a father figure in their youth. Firstly, like Anakin, Rory only lived with her mother, Lorelai, during her youth. She had a strained relationship with her biological father, Christopher, who came in and out of her life frequently and lived in several states while Rory had lived in Connecticut her whole life.

In addition, Rory, whose mother ran away from home at sixteen with an infant Rory, had very little to no contact with her grandfather until the age of sixteen.

A counter argument could be made that Rory had Luke Danes, a neighbor and local diner owner who is good friends with her mother and is shown to have a parental bond with Rory throughout the show. However, Lorelai and Luke didn't meet until Rory was twelve in 1996. This is based on a line during Lorelai and Luke's first date in 2004. Luke pulls out a piece of paper that Lorelai gave him on the day they first met "eight years" ago, which puts them meeting sometime in 1996. Rory was born in 1984. Therefore, it's safe to say that Rory didn't have a stable father figure until after she was twelve in 1996.

Anakin, however, didn't just have a strained relationship with a father, he literally doesn't have one. He was born because the Force impregnated his mother, Shmi. In actuality, Anakin didn't have anyone resembling a father figure until he was around six to ten years old, (I don't actually know how old Anakin is in The Phantom Menace, but six to ten is generally the age range I see for him.), when Qui-Gon Jinn takes him in to become a Jedi. Even then, Qui-Gonna Jinn dies and doesn't have the proper time to build a father-son relationship with Anakin. Other options for Anakin's father figure are Obi-Wan Kenobi, who looked out for Anakin for many year and has a Master-Padawan relationship with him, but may be more of an older brother to Anakin, or Palpatine, who guided Anakin through life and generally took on a more parental role towards him even if his teachings were misguided and manipulative.

If you're insane, you might say that the Force or Watto count as father figures towards Anakin. The Force, a foundation of nature or type of energy that Anakin didn't know about until Qui-Gon's arrival, is technically Anakin's father, but I don't think it counts as an actual father figure. It's more of a concept than something a child can lean and depend on to get them through tough times. Additionally, Watto, the alien that enslaved Anakin and his mother, is also not Anakin's father figure because... no... absolutely not

Both Anakin and Rory only lived with their mothers until they moved out.

This is a point I made in the last section, but neither Anakin nor Rory lived with anyone but their mothers. This is plain and simple, so I'm not going to expand on this much.

Both Anakin and Rory came from simple beginnings. (AKA: They were poor.)

In addition to them bith living with their mothers, both Anakin and Rory were poor growing up. Rory lived in a potting shed behind a inn with her mother before Lorelai made enough money to buy a house. They didn't have very much, and it can be inferred that Lorelai made some of her and Rory's clothes because she makes costumes and dresses multiple times throughout the series.

Additionally, Shmi and Anakin lived in the slave quarters on Tatooine. While we don't know much about this time in Anakin's life, we can infer that they very poor because they were slaves.

Both Anakin and Rory were put on pedestals and had lots of expectations burdening them.

The members of both Rory and Anakin's communities put expectations on their shoulders which no child should bear. Rory always had high expectations put atop her because of her intelligence. She always loved reading and school in addition to being incredibly smart for her age. She was always expected to go to an Ivy League school, not because of a prestigious family name, but because she was so smart. She was always expected to get A's in her classes and be the smartest person in the school. Also, she was also expected to be a good person all the time. As a teenager, she fit into the "good girl" stereotype and was expected to keep that up 24/7. In addition, her grandparents put their grand expectations originally meant for Lorelai on Rory, and when Rory fulfilled these expectations, they put her of a higher pedestal and believed she could do no wrong. Even her whole town thought she could do no wrong. Everyone around her put the burden of being perfect on her shoulders. Basically, she was expected to be the perfect girl/daughter/granddaughter 24/7/365.

Anakin, on the other hand, was expected to be perfect, not because he was a "good boy," but because he was expected to save the galaxy/bring balance to the Force. He was expected to be the picture perfect Jedi because that is what the Jedi believed would save the force. He always had a lot of pressure on him from the get go because of the prophecy that dictated he would bring balance to the Force. There's really nothing more to say on Anakin's behalf because putting the pressure to save hundreds of trillions of lives on a child is not fine nor healthy even if there's a cyptic prophecy about them.

Rory and Anakin both had a downfall.

Rory and Anakin both had a long, hard fall from the pedestals the members of their communities put them on. Rory, after realizing her years of being a straight-A student and goody two shoes were useless in the real world, decides to stop trying to be the person she was raised to be. She drops out of Yale, an Ivy League school, and moves in with her rich grandparents. She joins the social club her grandmother is in, the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). She starts going out with her rich boyfriend, Logan, every night, and she completely cut contact with her mother, who she had been very close with before she dropped out of Yale. In addition, she steals a yacht with her boyfriend and goes to jail and, after she's been convicted, community service for 300 hours. Essentially, she goes against everything her mother raised her to be. Her personality does a complete one-eighty. From being a goody two shoes, to not caring about school, the law, or her mother.

In the second prequel movie, Attack of The Clones, Anakin massacres the men, women, and children of the Tusken Raider clan which murdered his mother. After a few years and the Clone Wars, in Revenge of the Sith, he goes on to, after a dream about his wife, Padmé, dying in childbirth, switch to the darkside to acquire the powers to save Padmé's life. He massacres most of the younglings at the Jedi temple, kills Master Mace Windu, tries to kill Obi-wan, and, finally, kills his wife believing that she had betrayed him for Obi-wan. His "fall" is because of his attachment to the people around him. He kills because he either: thinks they deserve it after hurting his loved ones or thinks he has to so he can save them. Unlike Rory, his personality doesn't do a complete one-eighty, rather his negative emotions start to outweigh the positive ones which starts a slow progression of a burning grief turning into hatred.

Anakin and Rory both had lovers that helped them "fall" from their pedestal.

Rory and Anakin's downfalls were aided by the help of their lovers unintentionally. Logan, Rory's boyfriend, brought out the worst in her. He never cared about school, was a privileged brat, and was an overall asshole. His charismatic demnor and eventual change of character unknowingly led Rory down a path of self destruction. He was the one who suggested dropping out of Yale and stealing the yacht. I'm not suggesting that Rory's downfall was all Logan's fault, she should've recognized that what he had wasn't what was best for her, or she should've stayed broken up with him after the first break up, but I am saying he played a significant part in her downfall.

Padmé's influence, however, was good for Anakin. She loved him and tried to set him on the right path, tried to fix him after the Tusken Raiders incident. Unfortunately, this had the opposite affect on Anakin. Her influence made him love her so much that he'd do anything for her, and he did. He couldn't stand to lose her, so he killed and massacred children all for her sake, and it was all because she was too good for him.

Both Anakin and Rory's downfall was helped along by a man.

Both Anakin's and Rory's decisions were influenced by a man in power that they held in a high regard. Rory got her dream internship under the guidance of her boyfriend's father working in a big newspaper company. At the end of this internship, Rory has worked her butt off trying to impress this man by being a goody two shoes. He crushes her dreams saying something along the lines of, 'You don't have the guys for this job, you don't speak up, you have to be mean in this world.' Something like that. Directly after this conversation, Rory runs to Logan and says she wants to do something spontaneous. They then steal a yacht and a few weeks later Rory drops out of Yale. The conversation about Rory not having the guts for the job directly influences what happens during her downfall. She becomes more spontaneous and she doesn't care what people think anymore which were problems she had at the internship.

Anakin, on the other hand, has manipulated throughout his life as a Jedi by Palpatine. He fed lies and made Anakin trust him as a young boy. As Anakin grew older, he started confiding in Palpatine about how the Jedi council treated him and about his wife. Palpatine then sewed seeds of distrust between Anakin and the Jedi and seeds of unhealthy attachment with his wife. Once Anakin was in a vulnerable state, worried about his wife dying in childbirth, Palpatine used his influence to turn him to the darkside. In addition, he also influenced Anakin to kill Count Dooku even though Anakin was worried about the killing "not being the Jedi way." These actions directly influenced why Anakin behaved the way he did once he was vulnerable. He turned Anakin paranoid against the Jedi and his wife, compelling Anakin to slaughter them.

At the very end of their stories, both Anakin and Rory get a redemption.

Fortunately, there was light at the end of the tunnel for both Anakin and Rory. For Rory, after a wake up call from Jess, she reunited with her mom, went back to Yale, moved out of her grandparents house, and quit the DAR. While she had made mistakes and burned bridges, she made amends and tried to own up to her mistakes. At the end, she became a better person than she was previously.

As for Anakin, he finally realized that the love his son, Luke, outweighed the desire to rule the universe and killed Emperor Palpatine. While he can't undo the millions of people he killed, he killed the man who would kill millions more. In his final moments, he did the universe a final service and turned to the light side again because he loved his son so much. Fulfilling the prophecy that ruined his life.

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We now go into claims that are a bit of a stretch, but I still wanted to include because I spent too long thinking of them.

After reaching a big milestone, both Anakin and Rory traveled a lot.

After graduating highschool, Rory travels the world by going to Europe several times with her mother, grandmother, or boyfriend.

After becoming a padawan, Anakin travels to other planets for missions and battles.

Anakin and Rory both come from lines of failure.

Rory was born to a teen mom in a rich/conservative family. Lorelai was a failure to her parents and overall family because she A) got pregnant, B) didn't marry the baby's father, C) ran away from home, and D) made a living by working as a maid in an inn and worked her way up. Rory, therefore, came from a failure.

Anakin came from the infamous Disaster Lineage, where Count Dooku turned into a Sith, Qui-Gon died, Obi-Wan can't train a padawan to save his life, and Ahsoka left the Jedi order. Anakin, therefore, came from a lineage of failures.

Anakin and Rory were both taught life skills from a young teacher.

Everything Rory was taught was by her sixteen year old mother, and Obi-wan was barely a knight before he started training Anakin.

Hope you enjoyed my mad rambling session. Here's how I felt writing this:

Last minute change before I post this, I'm not trying to compare Anakin and Rory to see who had the better character arcs, trauma, or whatever. I just had a thought and ended up writing several paragraphs about why I thought this. All I am saying is that both Anakin and Rory share some of the big strokes of their character arcs and personalities. I am a huge fan of both Star Wars and Gilmore Girls, and I love both Anakin and Rory. If you want to hate on Rory or Anakin this is not the post to do that on. Please and thank you.

[laylaplease]

If I had myself the dream litter of all the older men I've ever fancied I wouldn't even indulge in my nasty sexual fantasies and rather have them on a king sized bed, lined up neatly like a tray of teddy bears for me to cuddle the shit out of in whatever way I want.

[annairaleigh]

Ya know, I really think Richard would have weighed Luke reimagining his father's business into his own practice in the same location on a lot higher of a scale.

No it's not the same hardware store but he learned from him and then utilized the same storefront for his own business that's been open and thriving for at least a decade and a half.

Richard would have heard that and respected Luke regardless of what business it is.

Christopher and Lorelai both sprinted from their families and family businesses and Luke worked with his father until his death and then kept his spirit alive.

I wish ASP had a more consistent grasp on people's emotions and responses.

[judy1926]

Protesting the methods of the House Un-American Activities

From bottom to top: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Coute, Geraldine Brooks, Paul Henreid, Evelyn Keyco, Sterling Hayden, Danny Kaye, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, June Havoc, Jane Wyatt and John Huston, among others

[soisaidfine]

Ethel Cain: 'i love feeling bad from time to time' / Roland Barthes: 'Where there is a wound, there is a subject'

Parsifal: The wound I saw bleeding now bleeds in me

Ethel Cain: "i love feeling bad from time to time, i always just fully lean into it. when i was a kid i’d chew holes inside my cheeks while i read at night until they’d bleed and then i’d have horrible sores that would ache for days afterwards, but sometimes i’d bite the sores between my teeth and make them hurt even worse because when i let go, for a moment they wouldn’t hurt at all. i think life as a whole is kind of like that."

Roland Barthes: "Where there is a wound, there is a subject: 'The wound! The wound!' says Parsifal (Richard Wagner), thereby becoming 'himself'; and the deeper the wound, at the body's center (at the 'heart'), the more the subject becomes a subject: for the subject is intimacy ('The wound … is of a frightful intimacy'). Such is love's wound : a radical chasm (at the 'roots' of being) , which cannot be closed, and out of which the subject drains, constituting himself as a subject in this very draining." (Roland Barthes, Fragments of a Lover's Discourse, OC V, 234)

VIDEO: Ethel Cain - Famous Last Words

Ethel Cain

Parsifal (Jonas Kaufmann, The Metropolitan Opera)

[have-some-candy]

looks at you with my autistic eyes