#sam the bright sessions

[laughable-umbrella]

sometimes a family is

-an art nerd who can read minds

-an introvert who can time travel

-a jock who can feel your emotions

-his emo boyfriend

-their collective therapist/ mom

[xylospongium]

SAM CANONICALLY LISTENS TO ALICE ISN'T DEAD, IT FITS SO WELL WITH HER AND MARK I LITERALLY CAN'T

[castingpods]

Me when there’s a morally ambiguous woman with panic attacks in a podcast

[indigo-greer-collins]

dude why didnt it click for me sooner thats LITERALLY why bright eyes is gone

everyone seemed to forget that the characters' portrayal of events isnt always going to be 100% correct, they are fueled by emotion, they have their own biases, their experiences are shaping how they view other characters

bright eyes isnt just some dumb reckless villain and in the heat of sam's anger and panic he forgot that they were probably terrified and confused themselves. bright isnt right, but sam's response was also inappropriate because they didnt have any malicious intent.

in fact as far as they were concerned, it would be crazy to think that the danger they were in was THAT serious because they have been raised their entire life magic isnt real.

but sam didnt have that nuance cuz hes not got all the context us as the audience have, nor any of the objectivity. and so bright got crucified.

like i knew, this was the case for bright BUT IT DIDNT HIT ME THAT DARLIN IS A VICTIM OF THIS UNRELIABLE NARRATION, and so some people (possibly because of their attachment to other characters? idk who knows) arent seeing their whole character, but seeing them through the eyes of other people chat i CANNOT

some of the fandom see them as darlin, sam's mate, some see tank, david's pack mate/subordinate, some see precious, quinn's ex, i personally think that they're all parts of a whole person and they are so much more complicated than their relationship to other canon characters.

im tweaking @lookitseddie i hope you know i am like bouncing off the walls because of you /lh/pos

[phoet]

finally started listening to the bright sessions one million years late and 1. obviously it's incredible, Lauren Shippen is a genius and can do no wrong but 2. Doctor Bright was so suspicious from the get go and to have Chloe put her so on edge (episode 9) is SO GOOD.

[jellywizard01]

redraw of this post

i am re obsessed with tbs and the old line up was bothering me.......

[thelaurenshippen]

So sorry if this has been asked before, but I’m curious on your reasoning for casting yourself as Sam. Do you think you’re a lot like her? Do you think that no one could portray her exactly the way you wanted to? Thanks!

thank you so much for asking! I love that the show has been around long enough and made its own way in the world enough that folks may not know the origin story!

I actually started The Bright Sessions because I wanted a role to play. I was an actress before I was a writer and really wanted to give myself an interesting and fun role to play. so, from the start, I knew that I would be playing someone major in the show - I flirted very briefly with the idea of playing Dr. Bright, but ultimately, Sam was the character that started it all and she is me. I mean, not really, there are a lot of differences between us, but she was very much inspired by my own experiences.

I was 23 when I wrote the pilot script and very, very lonely. I'd also been having regular panic attacks since I was a kid that I never really told anyone about (extremely ironically, writing TBS was what finally got me to go to therapy). Sam was the first time I tried to externalize that experience and, while there are certainly plenty of actors out there who could do better/more interesting things with Sam, she was so close to my heart and intertwined with the heart of the show that I couldn't imagine anyone inherently understanding her in the way that I did.

I hope that answers your question! if TBS ever does make its way to an onscreen adaptation, I'd be so interested to see another actor take a crack at her.

[podcast-official]

guess who finished the juno steel finale and isn't sad because he immediately started the bright sessions and is now obsessed and binged ten episodes in one sitting

[npdclaraoswald]

Constantly rotating this line in my head. The fact that Mark actually talked to Oliver about Damien when he couldn't do that with Sam or Joan

[0-sunstranger-0]

Drew this a while ago for a friend and was reminded of it because I'm trying to draw them again but drawing ladies is so much easier and nicer

also I wanted to draw some of that toxic yuri I keep hearing about

[pernillecfcw]

The blues last session in Portugal 💙🇵🇹

[ineedyoutheretokeepmegreen]

Having the Adam and Caleb playlists on my phone is the BEST (I’m an Apple Music user). Listening to them really makes you feel all of the emotions in the best way (even the sadder songs). I highly recommend checking them out!!!💚😇

I have also attached links from The Bright Sessions website that lists all of the songs from each playlist if you want to listen to them too (including all of the other characters too!)

@thelaurenshippen @thebrightsessions @briggonsnow

[castingpods]

Representation is so important bc im sitting here crying again to foolish from the bright sessions musical episode. I never DID dream I never DID hope I never did have the time!!!! I never dared I never tried to yearn for something that never could be mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[indigo-greer-collins]

curse vampires and their healing factor or whatever the fuck. i want my vampires scarred tf up this is EVIL!!!!

(further description of scarring here, including self harm & surgery)

lemme give lovely top surgery scars. lemme give bright eyes a scar across their abdomen from something stupid they did as a far too curious kid. lemme give fred self harm scars across his arms because he used to fucking hate himself. lemme put a scar across vincent’s nose that he can’t stand to look at. porter with a lip scar!!!!! alexis with scars on her shoulders!!!!!!!! william with a scar through his eye!!!!!!!!!!!! sam with a scar down his back!!!!!!!!!!

[fandomscraziness22]

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the bright sessions parallels and callbacks 2/?

[thegaycousin-upgrade]

What was the point if listening to Safehouse II for the 40th time still makes me cry? WHAT WAS THE POINT?!?

Man, the voice actors really did NOT pull their punches for this episode, huh? (Pun not intended)