#rick velasquez

[theskiesthatshimmer]

💥☀️

[fuckyeahthemummy]

The Mummy released today 25 years ago.

[livingfandomly]

25 years ago I was born but, more importantly, 25 years ago The Mummy was released. Had a lil rewatch and the smile has not left my face.

First things first, thank you to the cast for awakening my bisexuality. Secondly, Evie is my hero and one of the first female characters I saw growing up that was not only doing a job I daydreamed about but was a badass as well as a librarian. Thirdly, Brendan Fraser…. No one is hotter than you or will ever be. You’re everyone’s type. You’re THE type. Each individual lock of hair on your head deserves its own room in a 5 star hotel. The clothes on your skin as Rick make me want to burn down the entire fashion industry for never being good enough, for never matching the standards you set. Fourthly, Jonathan……. You’re a cash-hungry kook and I will always appreciate you for it. Fifthly, Ardeth Bay… Ardeth Bay…….. Ardeth Bay…………… baby girl……………… you’re gay. You saw a white man trudge through the desert after being in a forbidden city and instead of killing him, as you would do with anyone else, you let him go. The second you saw him the next time your first words were “he’s strong”. When you first came face to face with him and his gun, you walked away AFTER you disarmed him. Then, you ran into mummy zombies to give your boyfriend time to save his girlfriend. Then you came back to say goodbye. You’re gay, son. And you made Rick gay for you too. Sixthly, Imhotep I hate you but in the kinkiest way possible. It’s giving screaming-“fuck you”-just-to-get-you-to-fuck-me vibes and I wouldn’t expect anything less unhinged from myself. Seventhly… Anck-Su-Namun, I too would raise hell and bring every plague to earth if it meant getting to spend time with you. Never seen a hotter human being in my entire liFE. Lastly…. Given that The Mummy has had two perfect movies, I’m still waiting for the final part of this incomplete trilogy. I am a patient child. I will wait forever.

K.

That’s all.

[ladywatereton]

Imhotep, The Mummy turns 25 years🪲🌪️⏳

🎥 The Mummy (1999).

🎶 Bloody Mary, Lady Gaga (ZenEdits Audio).

[ardethbayrulez]

The Mummy

📷 found on Twitter...I mean 'X'.

[kaitlinj16]

The Mummy Returns (2001)

🧡🧡🧡

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[laurelindebear]

Finally saw the Mummy 25th anniverary release in the cinema yesterday and AAAAAAAAHHHHH IT'S SO GOOD ON THE BIG SCREEN. I know it's not all accurate (either to the various parts of ancient Egypt or 1920s Egypt/North Africa) but it's just gorgeous, from the opening shot of 'Thebes' to the golden desert panoramas to giant 15-foot-tall Ardeth on a huge screen aaaaaaaaaaah I'm dead.

I had cuddly baby Horus and his handmade tagelmust with me the whole time, I wore my Key of Hamunaptra earrings, I wore my Medjai necklace, I wore my Ardeth t-shirt. I've never been to the movies alone but I loved every second.

I can't remember if I've even been to the cinema since Covid and I think I missed it more than I realised. I'm not a huge film buff, and we've got a big tv (my partner is an avid tv viewer). But when it comes to some shots, the panoramas, the detail in the close-ups, the shots that are there for unabashed visual aesthetic - like maybe my favorite shot of all time, Wall-E reaching out to touch the swirl of ice/rocks as he clings to the Axiom - the cinema screen gives an immersiveness the tv can't match.

I'd seen it last week again as well, with a friend who'd never seen it, and between the two I noticed some things I hadn't before, or had forgotten. So this is gonna be long and rambly and full of questions and observations.

The brownface and imperialism is bad. Some of it I guess is period-accurate, and partly to indicate that certain characters aren't great people/are earning their grisly deaths (Chamberlain and the Americans). But a lot of it is inexcusable. Omid Djalili's performance is pretty over-the-top (and he is afaik Iranian and not Arab), a lot of 'Egyptian' characters clearly aren't (even beyond the main cast, all of Imhotep's priests look like White guys in gold paint to me. Some of the Medjai eg the one with the hook are also in brownface.)

A lot of local diggers and Medjai are killed in the Medjai raids and the plagues and it's not really acknowledged much. You'd think Ardeth would still have some hard feelings about Rick/Evy/Jon having killed people he's known all his life but maybe you have to develop a different view of violence and death when your whole life is centred on stopping the end of the world.

When the heroes are fleeing from the museum, they crash the car and run a short distance away. Rick, Ardeth and Jonathan escape via a manhole to get to Winston at the airfield. When they arrive at the airfield, they seem to be in the same car. How?

Why does Evy seem to be waking up on the slab? When we last saw her she was wide awake and chastising Beni. Feels like something was cut here.

The Medjai with the hook also has the following tattoos on his cheek: Gardiner's sign U6 or U7 (mr) and 2x H6 or (I think) M17 (y or j). What is ymr or mry? 'Beloved'? Is Anck's name in there too? What do they all mean? I must know! Would it be weird if I tried to write to the designers and artists from the film about it?

Some of the Medjai (or other workers) performing the Hom Dai have no tattoos on their arms. Most of the Medjai have tattoos which include one of the eye symbols (Eye or Horus or Eye of Ra) on their shoulders. Sidenote, I think Ardeth should have worn the old-timey Medjai outfit just once, for science. (Good thing we have the amazing @minilev to imagine it for us.)

The Hamunaptra cat is really totally out of the bag by the end of it. Not only is there treasure and archaeological finds (sadly not the Book of Amun-Ra, dammit Jonathan 😜) but Cairo had about 5 simultaneous (super)natural disasters. Ain't no covering that up. They're gonna need to recruit a lot more Medjai. (I volunteer! It will not go well for me though. I would be the worst Medjai of all time.)

Did Patricia Velasquez play the mummified version of Anck as well?

Who was Imhotep going to sacrifice the first time? One of his priests?

Was already thinking about this before I rewatched it but...the law is distinctly that no other man may touch Anck-su-namun. Has anyone written an AU where Anck and Nefertiri fall in love and escape Seti together? 👀 (I know he treats Nefertiri ok but Anck is clearly not a happy and willing participant in their relationship.) I would read that. (No, me, you already have half a dozen stories you'll never finish. Don't even think about it.)

Where are the camels at the end from? Didn't they all get ridden back after the first time they left Hamunaptra? And I thought there were more horses than camels, anyway.

Ardeth really was supposed to die, it was so clear. He was fist-fighting mummies and then had dynamite thrown at him. I'm not even slightly sad he survived (it's my favorite plot hole of all time!) but...how. Thank you Stephen Sommers for your vision. 🙌

Jonathan's face-journey for his 'Iiiiimhooooteeeeep' line is even more amazing on the big screen. I remember why my sister and I loved it so much. John Hannah and Jonathan are very underrated IMO.

Kevin J O'Connor also underrated. Beni is a weasel through and through...but Kevin plays him so, so well.

What does Beni say in ?Hungarian when Rick confronts him in the egyptologist's office? And how does he understand Imhotep - magic? I can buy he'd learn protective prayers in 10 different languages, but translating Middle Egyptian is another thing entirely.

Evy and Rick doing the 'I love you' 'I know' thing with just their eyes when Evy goes with Imhotep to try to save them. SO GOOD.

Has Brendan Fraser ever been hotter than when Rick first catches sight of Evy after her Bedouin makeover? (Which, coincidentally, has been living rent-free in my head ever since...it's almost an anti-niqab since the sheerness and beading on the veil arguably draw more attention to her and her eyes but...damn girl. 😍

Evy's delight at getting to Hamunaptra on her camel and finally getting to do field work is delightful, it's infectious, it's a pure joy to watch. As a female lead who could so easily have been an ineffectual trophy, she holds her own and carries the film as an equal protagonist to Rick in her own right. And I love her for it.

Evy and Jon are one of the better portrayals of siblings I can think of offhand. They have just the right mix of ride-or-die familial bond and squabbling.

Ardeth Bay's cheekbones cut more deadly than his sword tbqfh. (oops. but it's true.)

I should stop talking because this is so long. But if anyone wants to talk about anything Mummy-related, my inbox is very open!

[dovesndecay]

[img: Text at the top reads, "My sexual orientation is: The cast of 'The Mummy' (1999)" followed by a photoset of the cast.

In order, right to left, top to bottom: Patricia Velasquez as Anck Su Namun, Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay, Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan, and Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell. /end]

This is just blatant Jonathanfucker erasure.

[i-prefer-west-side]

ONE-NIGHT STAND

She isn't in her bed.

Her head hurts like someone hit it with a sledgehammer, her eyes can barely open, and she's in someone else's bed.

Did she stay with one of her friends last night?

There's a grunt to her left, and she freezes.

Who the hell is she with?

It takes a minute, but eventually, the night comes back to her.

She was wired after solving a case that had dead end after dead end for almost a week, broken only when Officer Velasquez pointed out a small detail that she otherwise may have ignored. The adrenaline from solving the case wired her up so much that she wandered around the city for an hour before eventually stopping for a drink.

The bartender had been handsome, she remembers, and she was one of the only customers. So they'd talked about everything and nothing, like strangers do when they know they'll never see each other again.

And they'd flirted.

Oh, had they flirted.

She wasn't shy about her attraction or desire, and only got more bold as the drinks flowed.

By the time he announced closing time, she was drunk enough to be less inhibited than usual, amd get a hangover apparently, but not so far gone that she wasn't in control of her actions.

No, she knew exactly what she was doing when she grabbed his shirt, tugged him to her, and kissed him.

They're in his apartment, she remembers, and with that insight, she looks around, trying to take in his place with what little light comes in through the window.

She feels the mattress dip, and she turns her head to face him, to take in the slightly blurry face of the man she let take her home - and definitely had sex with, she notes with a satisfied sigh.

God, what the hell was his name? It started with an...R, she thinks? Was it...Roger?

Oh God, had she fucked a guy named Roger?!

Her eyes adjust as she takes him in, and her lips quirk as her gaze roams over his face. Strong jaw, soft lips that definitely made the night worthwhile. He was a great kisser, she remembers. In fact, he was great at everything they did.

His eyes flutter open, and he blinks a few times before they land on her. "Hey," he husks, his voice deep and raspy and-

"You're really hot," she blurts.

He just stares at her for several seconds, then lifts the corner of his mouth and leans forward to brush his lips across hers. "So are you," he murmurs before drifting back off to sleep.

Rick, she suddenly remembers, his voice sparking the memory of their introduction.

Yes, Rick.

She settles back into his sinfully soft bed. Maybe she'll stay until morning after all.

[theskiesthatshimmer]

smols

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[castle-dominion]

flavours of ice cream

Cherry Tyson - black cherry, AND sour cherry, AND sweet cherry - 3xk (my brother just said "cherry tyson" at some point & I wrote this)

Rick's Café Americain - coffee & whisky?? rum raisin? - Rick Castle

Irish Delight - irish cream - Kevin Ryan

Choco Tacos - just... choco tacos bro, just like the mixed race actor - Javier Esposito

Mango Martha - pineapple, mango, melon, raspberry, coconut, papaya, strawberry, & banana sorbet, plus a splash of red wine - Martha Rodgers

Kitkat Beckett - ice cream with chunks of kitkats in it - Kate Beckett

Vulcan Cinnamon - cinnamon & carob - Vulcan Simmons

Limer Tiger - licorice, lime, & orange - LT

Red Velasquez - unfermented cocoa (ruby chocolate) - Velasquez

Coonan Cookies - small ice cream sandwiches between little cookies - Dick Coonan

Gourmet Gates - triflavoured with raspberry, blueberry, & blackberry - Victoria Gates

Banounty Hunter - Banana - Mike Royce

Soy Mintgumery - dairy free ice cream with mint flavour & chewy bits - Roy Montgomery

Alex-ice cream - strawberry sorbet marbled with strawberry flavoured ice cream marbled with strawberry syrup/purée/jam with chunks of strawberries mixed in - Alexis Castle

Lanie Parish

Jenny O'Malley

Ashley, Owen, Max

Pi pie - apple pie ice cream - pi

Sophia Turner, Serena Kaye, Kyra Blaine

Castle's Dad

Will Sorenson

Vinny The Scar

Finn Rourke, Bobby S, Siobhan O'Doule

Ethan Slaughter

Rocky Rhodes - brownie chunks, almond chunks, pecan chunks, marshmallow bits, mini-marshmallows - Natalie Rhodes

Monster - cookie dough, chocolate chip cookie chunks, oreo cookie chunks, little marshmallows - Joey Malone

Ike Thornton

Raglan

Lockwood

Tory Ellis

Detectives Sullivan, Karpowski, Elden

Tom Demming

Ann Hastings

William Bracken

Johnny Vong, Eric Vaughn, Derrel Meeks

I'm trying to just get reoccurring characters but there are so many memorable characters

[ladywatereton]

Meela Nais/Anck Su-Namun It girl 2000s🗡️🐍🖤

🎥 The Mummy Returns (2001).

🎶 if god didn't want us to snort worms he wouldn't have made them cylindrical, MimiDeath.

[ardethbayrulez]

Happy Anniversary !

The Mummy (1999)

[dancingsalome]

They may all be past 50, but I would still love a new Mummy movie with this cast.