#supposedly of a set harry was filming on

[writerthreads]

Americanisms that annoy the crap out of me in writing

By Writerthreads

Welcome back to another post! Today is a little rant/PSA for all of you who use American English and terminology.

When I read books that are meant to portray British characters, I get so annoyed when I read jarring Americanisms. Here’s a list of them that are especially annoying (I’m sorry):

“Pants”

Pants = underwear. Every time I read something on Ao3 along the lines of “Harry spilled a cup of tea on his pants” I immediately think of him drinking said tea in his undies which is absolutely hilarious.

Somebody who can’t afford to go to the GP/hospital??

Hello, we have the NHS which is free at the point delivery!!! #rare uk w

I had to fully stop reading a fic when a British character couldn’t afford medical care and that was a whole plot-line.

As a medical student, this scenario is fully bizarre for me to comprehend. The only situation in which someone wouldn’t seem medical attention from my pov is if they don’t want to wait for hours at the A&E

Chips/crisps/fries omfg

Chips= the fatter ones you get with fish and chips

Crisps: potato chips

Fries: the thinner ones from Maccies

Cookies vs biscuits

To this day, I still don’t fully get the cookie/biscuit thing but according to my British friends who get annoyed when I mix them up, biscuits are meant to be crunchier (eg. Chocolate digestives & jammie joggers), while cookies are softer, eg. chocolate chip cookies

Biscuits covered in gravy????

What is that. That is not a thing. The UK equivalent would be a scone (sweet, eaten with jam and clotted cream or smth like that and which one goes first is a whole debacle) or a Yorkshire pudding.

Accent/slang

Different people from different areas in the UK speak differently & have different vernacular. When who’s meant to be posh speaks in roadman talk, it’s the funniest thing ever, so please do research carefully!

Takeout

Unfortunately I do say this quite a bit, but people are saying this more in the UK now imo. Takeaway is the preferred term.

Fall

“It’s fall because the leaves fall form the treeeeees” no bro it’s autumn. I grimace every time I read this in a book set in the UK.

I could care less

Ok, then care less? It’s I couldn’t care less, which makes more sense anyways.

Fanny pack

Fannies mean something else in the UK lol. It’s a bum bag, but this term is used more now maybe?

Freshman year? College? Frats? Spring break?

We have a different education system :) uni is three years usually, colleges are halls at uni or sixth form colleges

Little annoyances:

Math: It’s maths. Mathematics.

Vacation: holiday (more interchangeable now tho)

“Line up”: “QUEUE up”

On accident: by accident

Trunk/hood: boot/bonnet (I do a weird mix and say boot/hood, my bad lol)

I drive stick vs I drive manual (learnt this from my ex). Most people in the UK (and Europe) drive manual because it’s supposedly superior

Movie: film (more interchangeable now)

Principal: headmaster/mistress

There’s probably a longer list somewhere…

Thank you for bearing with me. My friends are now subject to me saying ‘trousers’ every time they say ‘pants’, I can’t help it (help I’m getting colonised)

Also look up slang (esp slang from certain parts of London, or roadman slang), they’re hilarious and I can’t help but say some of them now (I blame my friends but honestly calling a meal a scran is so funny)

Anyways goodbye

[nanowrimo]

How to Avoid Token Representation

What's the difference between token representation and authentic representation? NaNo Participant Nayantara discusses token representation and how to avoid doing it in your own writing! The smart Asian character. The sassy Black character. The Gay Best Friend.

Too many stories written today that supposedly have “diverse” casts fall prey to “token representation”: a symbolic effort towards inclusion that gives the appearance of equality, without actually exploring diverse narratives.

Recently in the publishing industry, readers have been calling for more representation within their novels, whether it is the LGBTQ+ community, racially and ethnically diverse readers, people with disabilities, or other marginalised groups of people, and many authors have responded with this easy-way-out tokenism — leaving readers unsatisfied and indignant.

So, what exactly is the difference between token diversity and real representation?

Essentially, tokenism includes a character that checks boxes titled “diversity” in face and name, but does not acknowledge their lived experience.

For example, Cho Chang in the Harry Potter series and Lane Kim in Gilmore Girlsare reduced to harmful stereotypes of their characters (both their names and characteristics) without acknowledging the diverse experiences that East Asian people have. Their Asianness becomes their entire character, yet at the same time, that same Asianness is entirely misunderstood.

In contrast, the recent Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All At Once stars East Asian characters whose lives are affected by their race and background. However, they are fully fleshed out characters regardless of it.

As actor, Anna Leong Brophy, said in an interview, she enjoys it when her “Asianness complements a role, but is not the full role.” Real representation acknowledges how someone’s lived experience as a person of colour, queer person, woman, or member of another marginalised community affects their life — but they have genuine feelings, thoughts, and characteristics far beyond simply their race or identity.

The terms “Black dude dies first” and “Bury your gays” are also commonly associated with token representation. Quite self-explanatory, they are tropes in which the cast’s “diverse” characters are killed early, to save the writer from having to explore or acknowledge their experiences.

Not only is this lazy writing that erases diverse narratives, it also creates the subconscious belief that marginalised groups of people have no place in these stories or in commercialised publishing in general. Everyone deserves representation, whether or not the cis-het (cisgender-heterosexual) white reader can relate to the character’s specific cultural experience.

What counts as good representation, then?

Good representation involves any story that includes a diverse cast and follows each of their story lines fully, allowing them to be well-rounded characters that contain depth and get adequate development.

My personal favourite example of this is Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows duology, where her cast of six main characters includes Black and Brown people, bisexual and gay people, people from different countries and religions, and people recovering from trauma — all of whom have their own, carefully constructed character arcs that acknowledge their identity, but also give them substance and characteristics far beyond that.

However, this is not to say every story has to be as international — The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang has a solely East Asian coded cast due to its setting. But even within this, her characters are from different ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds, and each have their own, carefully-constructed character arc extending far beyond their identity on paper.

As you begin writing for Camp NaNoWriMo, ask yourself the following three questions:

Is my cast truly representing the diverse types of people who exist in this world (either real or imagined)?

Are each of these characters individuals beyond simply their ethnicity, sexuality, gender, disability, etc?

Do each of these characters have a fully fleshed out character arc?

You don’t have to be an author from a marginalised or minority background to write characters with diverse experiences. Just make sure to approach each character with empathy and respect, and devote adequate time to research (or to world building, if you’re a fantasy author!)

Good luck, and I know that you are going to absolutely smash your writing goals next month!

Nayantara is an 18 year old student, green tea connoisseur, bookworm, Spotify-playlist-maker, dancer, and writer hoping to study economics and political science at university next year — and hopefully find some time to work on her many unfinished novels in the meantime! Follow her on Instagram @ moonlitsunflowerbooks.

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels

[lightofraye]

I’ve been seeing a lot of anti Danneel posts lately. I’d like to know why people dislike her? Do you think it’s because she’s married to Jensen and they’re slightly envious?

No. Well, let me rephrase--I'm not. Others might be, and certainly that's a popular deflection used.

The real reason is darker.

Danneel has a history of being verbally abusive to fans on Twitter (she's deleted a lot of them, but screenshots exist), even at conventions, calling fans "bitches" because she's claimed Jensen and thinks everyone who approaches him want to steal him away or something. One fan wrote of an encounter at a restaurant (or something) and Jensen was friendly to the fan. When Jensen left, Danneel verbally jumped on the fan, accusing her of flirting with Jensen, etc. It was awful.

Danneel also has a history of verbally humiliating Jensen and emotionally abusing him. She's fat-shamed him and later that year, he became even thinner, not just losing fat but muscle tone as well (which is a seriously bad way to lose weight). She's posted a picture of Jared when she claimed she deleted it and never apologized for it. She's posted a picture of Jensen on the freakin' toilet and never apologized nor deleted it. In a lot of conventions, videos, she's always dunking on him, humiliating him, and never encouraging.

When the Rust shooting happened, she claimed she was scared of flying and refused to go to him when he genuinely needed support. She even told Jensen to never talk about it with her, even though he witnessed the shooting and would've been the person on the receiving end of said gun during filming had Alec not test fired it first. She's never given him proper support.

She's also forcibly included her brother (Gino) in a lot of bad business decisions. Hell, he even accompanied them on their honeymoon, if I'm not mistaken. He was the one running the Family Business Beer Company--which has now claimed to be temporarily closed while they find a better location. Leaves me suspicious that he likely ran it so badly it could no longer stay open.

Danneel's also included her family in a lot of Jensen's business, but deliberately kept his family away.

It was her bad advice that lead to the downfall of the TV show, The Winchester. (Supposedly she told Jensen to use that strange accent, etc.)

She's made posts and claims to be with Jensen, only to have fans mention/photograph him being massively elsewhere.

She's a performative activist, meaning she only does something to get attention and when it's over, she drops it like a hot rock.

She's mentioned cheating on Jensen in a podcast.

It's been wildly speculated that she was not one of the victims of Mark Schwahn's sexual harassment, as Hilarie Morgan (née Burton) stated she recalled a phone call with Schwahn where he mentioned having an affair with Danneel and Hilarie told him she didn't want to hear it.

Danneel also has a history of being a difficult person to get along with on a variety of sets. Neil Patrick Harris stated she was awful to work with. There's a rumor that she had been banned from the Supernatural set for some time because she was awful to the crew and cast.

She allegedly even struck Jensen in front of a PA during an argument.

There's speculation that the scar on Jensen's nose is because of her, not a keg or a slip in the family pool as he claimed (he's constantly changing his story).

There's a lot of reasons to not like Danneel and I've barely scratched the surface.

She's unsupportive of Jensen, constantly wasting his money, never loving to him.

More and more, it's clearly appearing to be a transactional relationship, not a happy marriage, and a lot of it can be laid at her feet.

I hope this helps, Anon. I may make a huge post eventually, with screenshots and citations (if I can!) about her behavior.

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

HnM have now made a document on every single one of Harry's PR/personal brand talking points -

1. Mental health and ptsd - apple doc

2. His family and how mean they are to him (+his love story, which is the most best love story ever) - Oprah, Netflix

3. Invictus and veterans - live to lead on Netflix

4. Polo - being filmed now

5. Commonwealth link - the random one with world leaders, on Netflix, which noone watched

6. Africa (which supposedly was given a go-ahead, but let's see about this one)

Most of their money has also come from these above ventures. And I'm assuming this would count as their joint financial assests. So I am now wondering what Harry has left to offer Meghan beyond 2025. I'm assuming that's when the Polo show would air. And that money would be in their pockets by end of 2024 at the latest.

I won't hedge any bets on Meghan's Roop success or podcast bringing in any money. But ... And this is huge ... Once he is done bringing in any big bucks, and his potential for doing runs dry, that's when I'd say Meghan's interest in him will start to decrease. She has already started laying the foundation for setting him up as a dud husband/father. So, logically speaking, do you think she will officially start the separation PR?

Nothing will bring her bigger eyeballs than becoming Harry's hapless victim on worldstage. And she has been very predictable up until now with her public behavior towards people. And if she launches Roop then she will need the eyeballs.

There's also 1. His Visa issues 2. Diddy scandal 3. BRF discarding him publicly - that gives her all the more reason to do so now.

I don't know.

Harry's whole MO as a royal has been documentaries. He works a few weeks, does a documentary about it, spends the next 6 months doing jack shit, then he trots out War Hero Harry (via Invictus Games or Remembrance Day activities) and coasts on that till it's time to make a new documentary. Rinse and repeat.

As long as people keep giving Harry money to make documentaries (and they will, because he's Prince Harry), Meghan will stick by him. She'll demand to be included in them, he'll agree to it because she probably punishes him if he doesn't.

[mr-divabetic]

Throughout the past year, I've had the opportunity to visit several stunning historic theaters across the country. Some of my favorite theaters include the Carpenter Theater in Richmond, the Temple Theatre in Saginaw, the Grenada Theater in Santa Barbara, and the Palace Theater in Waterbury. While many may not consider touring theaters when visiting cities, these venues offer a remarkable insight into entertainment history. Most of these theaters were constructed in the 1920s, initially serving as vaudeville houses before transitioning into movie theaters with Wurlitzer organs accompanying silent films and eventually returning to hosting live performances.

The Palace Theater, with its luxurious tomato-red velvet curtain, has hosted a myriad of iconic performers over the years, from Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Jackie Gleason to Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, and the Grateful Dead.

In 1924, during a performance by magician Harry Houdini, a crew had to cut an 8-foot-wide hole in the stage floor for a trap door. The hole was later patched up. Unfortunately, when Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus visited, an elephant named Shirley fell through the patched hole from Houdini’s act several years earlier. Sadly, the management had to put the animal down as they could not rescue it. Shirley, the elephant, is now part of Palace Theater lore as one of the four friendly spirits that supposedly haunt the theater.

In contrast to today's black box-style theaters designed to accommodate various stage productions, these historic theaters, with their gleaming neon marquees, elegant lobbies, gold detailing, crystal chandeliers, and Art Deco carvings, were solely intended to transport their audiences from the mundane of everyday life to a magical world. The sumptuous plushness of the velvet seats instantly makes you feel like you're about to experience something extraordinary.

During the pandemic, people stopped attending live shows for health and financial reasons. Still, they continued to stream music, films, and TV in record numbers, proving that entertainment is a necessary commodity. There was a prevailing notion that live theater was a luxury. If that notion still holds, creating elaborate, glamorous theater spaces that encourage people to dress up, celebrate, and experience the joys of life is truly invaluable.

Watching performances by Itzhak Perlman and Rohan De Silva in these beautiful settings is a treasure.

[stitching-in-time]

Voyager rewatch s4 ep5: Revulsion

This one is quite the hodge-podge of totally disjointed stories. There's a horror story about a murdery hologram, an awkward comedy about Harry getting a crush on Seven, and little subplots about the Doctor wanting to go on more away missions, Tom having to fill in in sickbay, and Tom and B'Elanna deciding to get serious with their relationship. It's a lot, and tonally, none of them really fit together well.

From the first shot of the teaser, which is of a dead body being dragged across a ship by a hologram who's clearly just murdered the guy, it doesn't set a good tone. While it takes our crew the rest of the episode to figure out that the hologram who supposedly lost his crew to disease and requests their help is actually a psycho who murdered them all, the audience knows it from the beginning, which makes the whole episode feel slow, and makes the characters look kinda stupid for not being able to see it right away too. Especially since the actor who plays the hologram is so creepy and unpleasant to watch, and all the scenes on his ship are shot like a horror movie, with him looming ominously behind people in the shadows, while ominous music plays, it just feels way too obvious and heavy handed. (And I never like to see my girl B'Elanna getting put through crap- everyone needs to leave her alone, she puts up with so much!!) Knowing the whole episode that this creepy hologram is going to try to kill her at some point just feels so schlocky exploitation film-ish, it's not fun or interesting to watch in any capacity. I also don't buy that a hologram that's meant to do menial ship maintenance would have a sophistocated enough program that it could pass through some matter, and not others, at the same time, at will. That was just too convenient to be realistic given what we've already established about holographic technology. But luckily B'Elanna is such a badass that even with her injuries, she still managed to destruct his program like a boss. Queen shit, as always. I love her so much!!

And then there's poor Harry, who gets basically a teenage crush storyline over Seven of Nine. It's supposed to be funny, but mostly it's just a heap of secondhand embarrassment. Idk why they have Harry acting like a dumb kid whenever they try to give him a romantic subplot now- he's in his mid-twenties, he's not a kid, and he used to have a hot girlfriend back home, who he used to go to concerts with in his slutty mesh top, which nobody who was shy and awkward would ever wear. He couldn't be that clueless and inept about dating. (Also, I guess he finally gave up on Libby for good at this point! Sorry girl, you're no match for the hottest lady of all- the USS Voyager!) The worst part is that Harry and Seven are actually kind of cute together, and it would have been nice to see them form a normal friendship, but that possibilty was stifled by giving him the stupid crush plot. Tom at least tries to talk him out of going for a romance with someone who's only been human for basically a few weeks, but Harry doesn't listen, and it just gets more awkward. Ugh. why.

Why on earth they expect us to believe that Tom is the most qualified person to fill in as a medic, I have no idea- there's gotta be some science officer who has more medical training than a pilot, but at least they were giving one of the regular characters more screentime, I guess. And I do love to see Tom taking care of people, it's a nice counter to the weird mean version of him from Day of Honor that I still need brain bleach to recover from. (Why would they do that to my sunshine boy??)

One of my favorite scenes in the episode is Tuvok's absolutely lovely and sweet banquet celebrating his promotion. I love when the crew have sit down meals together, it's always the most heartwarming, adorable stuff. Tom and Harry telling a story about a time they pranked him, Janeway presenting him with his pip, and Tuvok's thank you speech are just so perfectly lovely. Everyone is so happy and having so much fun, including Tuvok, and I love to see it. Whenever I see gifs or screenshots of this scene, it's always of Tuvok saying 'in three years I've grown to respect many of you, others, I've learned to tolerate' like he's being bitchy or throwing shade, but in context, he's actually being affectionate- there's a lightness in his voice and a twinkle in his eye, and Tom and Harry smile at him when he says it. This is Tuvok being happy, and expressing his love for his crewmates with his dry Vulcan humor. It's so good!!! Tim Russ does so much with so little- he always manages to convey the full range of Tuvok's thoughts and feelings in the extremely narrow confines of acceptable Vulcan behavior. With the subtlest of intonations and expressions, he shows us his whole personality and his whole heart, it's really exceptional acting. Tuvok has been and will always be my favorite Vulcan character in Star Trek.

Tom and B'Elanna get a small scene at the end of the banquet, where we finally get to see them talk about what happened in Day of Honor. Once again, Tom is the one to break the silence after three days and say they have to talk about it- they give each other a chance to wriggle out of the whole 'I love you' thing, but B'Elanna admits that she really did mean what she said. Tom responds by kissing her, which is adorable, but still missing the crucial words- all they had to do was tack an 'I love you too' on the end of that 'shut up and kiss me'- would that have been so hard??? Tom is always the one who wants to actually talk about stuff, he would not be reluctant to say it! Certainly not more than she was! What gives??? Idk, but they agree to meet up in her quarters at the end of the episode, so I guess we just get to infer that they talked about it later. (But judging from their earlier kiss, they probably just made out the whole time and never came up for air lol)

Tl;dr: The main plots in this one were both pretty poorly executed, but the little character moments sprinkled in were wonderful and made it worth watching.

[houseofbrat]

But their bills are astronomical. Just the upkeeping on the house alone, housekeepers, nannies, gardeners, cooks, repairs is costing them a few hundred thousand a month. Then there's the mortgage which costs another few hundred thousand. She's spending millions on PR even after getting dropped for being $2million in debt to Sunshine Sachs. The awards she's bought haven't come cheap either. The Gracie award is picking up clout on podcast land. But she has no projects at play that are actually generating money. She may be scrambling around trying to make an Archetypes 2, but she's not gonna get enough big names to interview and her name on its own sends people running for the hills. Spotify has yet to pick up another season though she's buying those awards to pitch hard. She has no source of future income (other than child support) and she's hustling. This is to say nothing of her legal fees, her personal assistants, her publicists, her agents, and (underpaying) the assholes she's got mailing out Starbucks cards at Archewell. I'm sure Doria's services don't come cheap either.  I mean, a bunch of nothing isn't going to do itself. I personally think Doria blackmails her daughter by threatening to tell the truth about who she is and how she didn't grow up like a black girl from Compton, but instead had a more privileged upbring that 80% of US citizens, regardless of their color. Doria also probably knows Meghan's shadiest and most sordid maneuvers to get where she is.  Doria stays silent in the background, but she's got stories to tell. And one wrong move from Meg, and they WON'T be the stories singing Meg's praises.  That's my theory anyway.

I also believe that I was right in December when I said Netflix is done with Meghan. The last thing left on their roster is The Heart of Invictus set to come out this summer, but I've heard it's being edited to focus on the athletes and occasionally Harry.  I've even heard that they may trash a lot of last year's footage, wait until this year's Düsseldorf games, and film those, Harry's-Wife-Free.  NF was reportedly unhappy with how the games suddenly focused on the ILBW, how she commandeered things, taking attention from the athletes and Harry, who's cause this is.

Remember that ridiculous kiss between her and Not-the-Heiry, and all her prancing around in couture (which she supposedly at least tried to bill to them) instead of wearing the standard issue festive polo and khakis/jeans, Well Netflix supposedly does and they supposedly don't like it. I always think of her sashaying around in Valentino while everyone else wore the Invictus clothing. It's such a stark comparison to how the other Royals function.

One of my favorite pictures of Wills and Kate is at the London Olympics. They're both wearing the clothing made for Olympics viewers, and in a rare show of affection, they are grabbing each other and smiling from ear to ear while staring downfield  cheering Team Great Britain.  They aren't eye fucking the cameras. They aren't wearing rictus grins and inserting themselves into ceremonies and celebrations where they don't belong. They're embracing, but their focus isn't on trying to make everyone believe how in love they are; their focus is on the games even as they embrace each other! They're dressed in their team colors focusing on THEIR TEAM.  The result is one of the best pictures of them I've ever seen. The soon-to-be-ex Mrs.Mountbatten Windsor looks like a fool at everything she does because she refuses to accept it's not about her. She can scream at, abuse, and gaslight Harry all she wants to, blaming their status as the laughingstock of the world on him, but she's the one who looks ridiculous and unlike Harry, she's the one running around looking ridiculous wearing a million dollar wardrobe.  I wish she'd get a clue but she's a narcissist, and she never will.

[bolton-buried]

Took too long but here’s an OOC intro post I can pin. (It’s out of character because Harold wouldn’t think to write one.) You don’t have to read it to interact, but it contains some information on how I’m running this blog and on what’s happened so far. While the blog belongs to Harold—ostensibly—I may bring other characters into rp posts.

Putting it under the cut for space purposes.

General Character Info

Harold Bolton—call him Harry if you want. He’ll hate it but that’s 100% in character.

24, graduated art school in ‘22 after studying cinematography.

He/Him pronouns, in the “I really don’t care enough to turn off default settings” way.

An average-height man with dark hair and eyes, wearing a long, black trench coat and carrying a telescoping umbrella that he seldom opens. He is almost always dripping wet. He has a large nose, an idiosyncratic British accent, and consistently forgets to shave.

As far as paranormal phenomena, Harold doesn’t breathe and is constantly dripping wet—not just from the storm that follows him. His lungs and other organs are full of silt, making his voice come out gargled and making eating an impossibility.

Harold + other recurring characters from this blog.

The Story So Far

Blood on the Ice

When Harold was 11, his father went on a hunting trip, during which he went mad and killed his companion, whose remains were seen as an empty husk of skin and a pile of cockroaches.

On his way back to the small town above Newcastle, he killed another person who the autopsy found had no internal organs.

When his father reached their home, he chased Harold out of the house with his rifle. Harold fell through the ice above a river and was pulled out downstream, unconscious. He believes the Buried marked him at this point.

Harold, now an adult, visited his father in prison and was told the man had been well-behaved. However, when Harold arrived, his father began yelling “You’re too close, I can’t breathe!” And pounding the glass until it splintered and his fist was bleeding.

An Angel in Harold’s inbox explained that his father had written letters while in prison, and they were withheld from Harold. He sent one to this blog, where Nicholas explains that when around monsters (people touched by the fears) he becomes murderous, leading Desmond to wonder if Harold was marked by the buried even before falling in the river.

In later letters from Nicholas, it’s revealed that on his hunting trip he experienced a vivid hallucination of being tackled by a wolf that attacked his heart, and that’s when this all began.

For Harold’s birthday, the Angel pulled strings to get Josie from the Bookend sent to Nicholas’ prison, where he killed her and escaped, chasing a trail of spiders.

Harold left London to stay with Dez’s brother in order to hide from Nicholas and Kieran (another hunter)

HuntingHauntings

Check the tag (#HuntingHauntings saga).

Harold works for a ghost hunting show that he thinks is cheesy. Due to his large student debts, he can’t quit, despite doing all of the technical heavy lifting for Angie and Charlotte, the co-hosts.

An investigation into a supposedly haunted firing range revealed what Angie believed to be a rifle haunted by the ghosts of things it had killed. A spectral wolf appeared and chased Harold into the rain, where it dissipated.

When they went to film the next episode at the Bookend, they encountered 3 Leitners, one of which opened an emptiness into reality that both show hosts fell into

Harold took all three books and ran.

The show revamped with a focus on actual paranormal events after Harold saved Angie and Charlotte, with an episode on a mold-infested corner store, and the not-them.

Toe in the Water

Harold took the Leitners to Amelie, a librarian at the Magnus institute, and borrowed a book titled “Choke” while there.

By reading Choke, Harold learned about the existence of the Buried (though he knows it as Choke), and based on his observations, he deduced the existence of an opposing force, which he has dubbed Adrift.

Based on interactions between Amelie and the Unholy Bible and the blue book and the rain, Harold reasons that these two forces can be used to counter each other.

After interviewing at the Magnus institute, Harold identified a new pair of fears, which he called the Known and Unseen—rudimentary versions of the Eye and Dark.

After a first outing to retrieve a painting that caused things around it to bleed, his theories spat out another pair of opposing forces: Blood and Decay. Faye corrected his names for the Buried and Vast.

After a dream while drowning laid the fears out for him, and a post from Amelie gave them names, Harold lined them up with each other.

Falling Up

During the events of the Bookend, Charlotte and Angie fell into a hole pulled into reality by a Leitner.

Harold reasons that since matter cannot be created nor destroyed and their bodies didn’t drop, they must still be inside the book. He feels guilty for abandoning them and he needs to get them out.

When speaking with Faye, they confirmed that the Vast doesn’t tend to kill its victims.

Harold took the blue book up to Yorkshire and jumped into the Bolton Strid with it, drowning himself and saving the book’s victims in the course of becoming a full avatar of the buried.

He had a dream in the Strid where he experienced 14 of the fears and ran from each in turn, before falling to the Buried and finding comfort in it.

He called an ambulance for the victims, and they are well on their way to a full recovery, with Angie and Charlotte back in London.

The footage of this event, recorded on his camera, is deeply marked by the buried and causes a claustrophobic feeling when viewed. Harold is alone in thinking it’s beautiful.

The Crushing Storm

Tagged (#the crushing storm saga)

Since Harold’s senior year finals week it has been raining on him. He doesn’t mind it that much, but the havoc it wreaks on some of his personal belongings irritates him.

For the third time, rainwater has begun to leak through his flat ceiling, and he anticipates the apartment flooding (again) and needing to move.

When compelled to answer a question about his mental state, the rain let up slightly when he let the weight off his chest, but came back just as heavily when he denied his answer a moment later.

Harold has deduced that the rains are a manifestation of Choke.

The puddles forming in the rain give Harold access to cramped underwater tunnels, which drag him to places where the Buried is strong—or where it wants him to be.

Harold realized that other people were falling into his tunnels through a statement an institute worker gave him. After he started pushing people in himself, his powers developed further, allowing him to control if the storm is real or only visible to him, and have a bit more control navigating the caverns.

Boltzmann’s Brain

At the Bookend, Angie read the two annotated papers by Robert Kirk that made up a Leitner and became convinced that she is the only real person in existence.

When Angie emerged from the book, this effect was still in place. She is rude and frightened, and Harold is struggling to talk her out of Solipsism.

She attempted to steal a bunch of lapis from a crystal shop, meaning to use it to enhance her “psychic abilities”. She was arrested and when Harold paid her bail, she mellowed out, realizing that even if people are fake, her experience of the consequences are not.

A Stranger Streamer

Harold won a giveaway to see one of his favorite twitch streamers (d.parfit.plays (fictional)) in a private Q&A

Desmond recognized Harold from his HuntingHauntings work and arranged a meetup for coffee. Tea in Harold’s case.

They began dating, and Harold’s attempts to keep it private blew up when he accidentally hugged Desmond during a livestream.

Dez used Harold’s phone to run a Q&A, mentioning that he’s been streaming the video of Harold drowning, because he knows it feeds Harold.

As Hunting Hauntings rebooted, Dez added supplementals to each video, explaining that he was being followed, and investigating into the Angel.

During a stream, Dez was attacked by the notthem, which managed to convince Harold the screams were just a prank.

Eight-Legged Angel

While Harold was confused of an aspect of the powers, he got an ask explaining it in terms he understood, signed “an angel”—only this ask was sent in before he mentioned the issue aloud.

Harold received several taunting messages from this angel, leading to it revealing that it has the letters his father wrote in prison, and while it will send the first one for free, to get the others, Harold will need to do exactly what it says.

The Angel had Harold find two statements in the archives, pointing him to the NotThem and the moldy corner store that became the first two episodes.

On Interacting with This Blog

I intend to have some posts that are like, actual narrative rp, and some which are in-universe posts. Please don’t respond to an in-universe post like it’s narrative rp or vice versa. If you do I will ignore it.

I will not rp a romance with someone I am not actually romantically involved with. Light flirting will usually be fine, but it will not be reciprocated and I will not hesitate to say you’re going too far.

If you’d like to approach me in DMs to plan out story arcs involving both our characters, they are open. I will not rp in DMs.

I will also not rp in post tags, those are simply for meta blog organization.

If my character is upset, that does not mean I am upset. If I am upset, I will say so in tags or DMs, not in the body of a post.

Feel free to tag me in chains and ask games and such, I might not interact on all of them, but I’ll probably see it.

The One Behind the Curtain

Names are all made up in the first place. Why do you want mine? So you can moan it? That’s gay.

I’m 20. Really not sure what else to put here since I, as a person, am pretty irrelevant to this blog as a whole.

Mountain Time so if I’m not responding, check the hour. I’m probably asleep or at work.

[josiehook200]

What did Dove do during d3?

Keep in mind that A. This has never been confirmed nor denied by ethier Dove Cameron or anyone else that was on the set of D3 and B. I’m a major Huma shipper.

According to someone who was at least friends with someone who was an extra in D3 that Dove was in general not exactly the greatest person to be around during the filming of D3. Supposedly had her mom on set during that time to pretty much watch her boyfriend at the time which was Thomas Doherty (he played Harry Hook) when she wasn’t around. Keep in mind they broke up in 2020 and this whole supposed crap happened around maybe 2018, a year before D3 was released in 2019.

Also supposedly, Uma and Harry were supposed to kiss at the end of D3 instead of what we got. I’m not sure if that was in the original table read or not. If it was, it was changed to keep Cameron happy because she also supposedly started to act super weird around China Anne McClain (she played Uma) because of that.

This is all what I’ve heard that she supposedly did during them making D3. This has never been confirmed nor denied if this actually happened or not. Is it petty of me to not like her because of a ship not becoming canon? Yes. Do I care? Not really.

[vivianbernadetteaurora]

So let’s talk Patty Boyd, she one that was one of the main main models of the 1960s. She gained recognition in the film a hard days night(Beatles film) just Anita Pallenberg was with the Rolling Stones she was with the Beatles and that is how George Harrison met her on the set of a hard days night when she played a schoolgirl. She has a very interesting life story. Her sister was with the drama of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, they were both models she’s a Pisces and so is George it’s very interesting when you and your partner are the same time because they give us the same essence and you are the same essence in your sunshine. The rest of the chart can be a lot more complicated in all composite, so some of the best songs ever have been written about Patty Boyd, Layla, being the most well one and also you look wonderful tonight by Eric Clapton who stole Patty from George, but I don’t believe anybody can be stolen if the relationship is truly over and those two people have had enough of each other.

When it became the end of the relationship, Georgia got very into Indian culture and Harry Krishna. He was chanting around the house all the time when she was chaunting around the house when she was trying to get through to him, he cheated on her with Maureen Starkey, which was Ringo Starr‘s wife, which is very deceitful and very mean for her from both parties because her and Maureen were supposedly quite close, and also it was very wrong of George to do that to Ringo Ringo, who is a cancer Maureen who is a Leo which is very common for Leo women. They can’t always be a girls girl as much as they want to be. They won’t always be but let’s not forget that Patty did the same to George with Eric, even though that came as you later, and then what did Eric do to Patty he cheated on her too they both had the most beautiful woman in the world and they treated her not so we’ll.

Later on in her late years, she is not resentful of any of this, and she has wrote a book about all of the debacle and everything that happened in those times of her lives, and I believe that she has many happy memories 😌☀️🙏🌞💎🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 they love, George and Eric would’ve been attracted to patties exhalted Venus in Pisces, which squares her Gemini Mars, so her masculine energy brings out the bad of her feminine energy. I think astrology squares are more significant and oppositions, and there are a lot more difficult to deal with because for example, let’s say you’re a Leo a Scorpio, which squares you is going to make you feel uncomfortable they might make you feel less prideful. They might make you feel protective where is for a Scorpio and Leo Leo may make the Scorpio feel uncomfortable by being overconfident or by being oversensitive or by letting themselves be on show of who they really are, George was a Scorpio moon, Scorpio Moons, feel very intensely. They are very private. They are private about things that they should not maybe even be private about it is in detriment. Sorry it is in it fall . Hi rising sign is in Capricorn. His rising sign is in Libra, so they square each other so putting that together, his libra ascendant sat in her eighth house, so she could’ve had a lot of delusions about the relationship in a very dark and twisted way and she could’ve been controlled by that because his moon would’ve also been sat in the night house which was higher power higher learning on the Sagittarius household so those two placements were sitting together very closely, and when the moon and Neptune come closely together, you can have very unreal estate and delusions around relationships for her. That must’ve been very difficult, and I spoke, she had a whole life because she had it with Eric, too

For George, he is a libra rising and her ascendant is going to sit in his Hot ascendant is going to sit in his fourth house which is to do with family lineage heritage where you come from your roots and who you are as the person from a very young age. It also is the house that rules cancer so yeah we’ve Capricorn being here in the opposite sign. There might be some conflict there, but he is going to feel very deep connection to her emotionally, as I believe it’s the house of the moon some argue it’s the house of the father while some argue it’s the house of the mother but there’s a little interesting story for you about the Beatles. I’m sure many of you knew this already .

[mirandahamilton]

what were your thoughts on seven kings must die?

LOADED ass question lol

controversial mayhaps but i liked it well enough! in the sense that i was entertained, and i did get some satisfaction from my viewing experience.

positives:

i really loved the updated intro/credits!

finan's narration was a cool change

the acting! it was all hitting for me :) i think harry especially did a great job, imo he had the most character work to do and i really felt his conflict (maybe this is gay bias but idc). the new actress for eadgifu did a really good job as well, her character was consistent and i enjoyed her interactions with uhtred

the action sequences were very well done and i loved the battle

sets, costumes, hair/makeup...all looked great!!

the ending! loved the callback, and although i wish we'd seen more charcaters in valhalla ik most of the actors weren't available so it's cool. really enjoyed the ambiguity. althoooooough unlike most ppl i don't think uhtred went to valhalla at the end (would love to chat/debate on this one)

uhtred getting stabbed at the final battle....lowkey i was emotional esp when sihtric and finan found him and he was serving cunt dead

aethelflaed shoutout :( miss my wife and i think they did the female characters so dirty but i would have turned it off if they went to aegelesburg without even namedropping the queen

i really enjoyed osbert & edmund being besties (BUT their stories should have been more developed)

i go into my critique below lol but i won't apologize for unironically vibing with the catholic guilt evil homosexual drama. in many ways it hit for me and i shan't be issuing an apology

i loooooooved the new locations, especially the shetland islands

problematizing the christians 🙏

negatives:

WHERE the abject fuck were any of the women characters???????? STIORRA? hild? aelfwynn? aelswith?? eadith???????? like??? not even a shoutout????? make it make sense. this was the most offensive thing for me and i won't be getting over it anytime soon thanks

i wish we'd heard something about cynlaef and aelfwynn!!! wasn't he like besties with aethelstan?? would have been so easy to make it work smh

pacing :/ it was impossible to tell how the story was meant to be moving through a concrete sense of time. a quick look at the wikipedia for king aethelstan shows that there were years between his coronation and the battle of brunanburh, yet the movie makes it seem like from beginning to end the story takes less than a year? and it's also unclear how much time has supposedly past since the end of s5. it started off pretty slow, but regardless i was admittedly engrossed by the halfway mark

sloppy evil gay drama :/// like in some ways. listen. i am not complaining lol. but i think it would have worked much better with more breathing room. ingilmundr was just so clearly intro'd as a villain, and i would have preferred seeing some more subtlety and cunning over a period of time, plus some actual internal conflict for him. by his last line ("i grew fond of you, but my love for my people prevailed") it seems as though he did have some genuine affection for aethelstan, and even though he completed his mission in the end i wish there'd been more depth there.

also, fwiw and as other people have said, unhinged to go 5 seasons with no queer characters only to haphazardly throw a couple in the follow up film...and have them be villains!!! gay people CAN be villainous lmao but idk how intentional they were being about any of this

overall just felt rushed. there were a lot of parts that would have benefited from some breathing room and dramatic build up. plus we didn't get to connect with a lot of the characters, and the writers were relying on viewers to care based on the tv series -- mostly fine for our mains like uhtred & co, but a real disservice to the newer characters. even finan and sihtric didn't do much besides follow uhtred around, which is par for the course but i wish they'd had individual arcs. ingrith's death didn't hit that hard bc she barely had lines. aelfweard's too, and he needed to be built up as more of a threat (even tho his death is mainly supposed to serve as a character moment for aethelstan).

hollow villains! i wrote abt ingilmundr above, but anlaf and astrid were so 1 dimensional. and the writers could have tried a little harder lbr. and let astrid SPEAK

ALDHELM. ok. his death was such a waste. james did an incredible job, but it felt so meaningless. oooh ah uhtred was upset. but he was upset already? and it didn't make him turn his back on aethelstan????? so tell me quickly what did we accomplish

aethelstan's redemption....i feel like he went from being a villain to back to besties with the squad in 2 seconds and i think it should have been fleshed out more. like i'm fine with them reuniting and i was rooting for it but i think we could have gotten more of aethelstan realizing his mistakes and showing remorse, and demonstrating that he has changed -- uhtred will probably always have his back, but besides Realizing Things he didn't really do anything to show that he has grown and prove that he's different and better than edward -- this was an issue throughout the movie, but it stands out the most with him since his actions drive most of the plot

no offense but where tf did uhtred get his little army from

[alarrytale]

Fandom is setting themselves up for disappointment by creating expectations

I totally agree with you. I saw several rumours that Harry was there since latam tour started and that video where a guy tries to hide his face is very suspicious but some fans say it’s Liam cause of similar clothes he wore that day. I guess when you believe these rumours and then you see that he is actually in Italy you get disappointed with them but it’s actually not on HL.

I feel that they don’t follow each other on tour if it’s far away like LatAm, Australia or Asia and Harry can’t afford to be mia that long, It’s too risky for them especially when some fans expect it and follow their every step. They are heavily closeted and even if they visit each other I don’t think we would notice, like I don’t think Harry would use a front door at the hotel and walk past the fans.

Hi, anon!

Yeah, i've seen all the rumours as well, but i'm more interested in what the hype accounts are saying about H's new era that's supposedly just around the corner. If that's true H must be busy doing photo shoots, interviews, fittings for performances, doing rehearsals and filming music videos. I don't know how he'd have time to follow Louis on tour. Also Liam is there, is Liam playing third wheel then? I think H's visit to Italy is for work and that he's busy preparing for album launch. According to the hype accounts they're going all out with the promo and aiming high.

I also agree if Harry were there we most likely wouldn't know. We wouldn't get pics at least.

[denimbex1986]

'Cillian Murphy will be involved in the production of 28 Years Later. The movie, which is currently in development, will be the third installment in the horror franchise. The original 2002 movie, 28 Days Later, followed a rage virus turning most of the population of the U.K. into violent, mindless creatures and starred Murphy as bicycle messenger Jim, who wakes up from a coma in a drastically different world. Jim did not appear in the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, which followed a group of people attempting to repopulate the region after the disease was supposedly wiped out.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming 28 Years Later will see Murphy return to the fold. The project, which was picked up by Sony after a fierce bidding war, will see Murphy stepping into the role of executive producer opposite returning director Danny Boyle and returning screenwriter Alex Garland. Although Murphy could potentially return as Jim, no onscreen appearance for the star has been officially confirmed at the time of writing.

Will Jim Return In 28 Years Later?

A Murphy 28 Years Later return is a distinct possibility. Jim lived to see the end of 28 Days Later, with the ending hinting at the imminent rescue of himself and his companions Selena (Naomie Harris) and Hannah (Megan Burns) after the infected humans have largely died of starvation. None of those three characters were alluded to in 28 Weeks Later, so there is no canonical confirmation of their fate after that, implying that they could very well have survived, though the virus' spread throughout continental Europe in the sequel's ending likely complicated their chances.

Ultimately, Jim's return depends on Murphy's willingness to commit to a more involved role in the project. This may not be a given, as he likely has a wealth of new projects to choose from following his Oscar nomination for his role in Christopher Nolan's 2023 smash hit Oppenheimer. Even if he is too busy to star in the movie, however, his involvement as a producer could place him on set for long enough to film a cameo appearance detailing Jim's fate.

One point in favor of Jim's return is the fact that the star has shown a willingness to return to the post-apocalyptic horror genre with his appearance opposite Emily Blunt in the 2021 sequel A Quiet Place Part II. However, even if Murphy doesn't return onscreen in 28 Years Later, that doesn't necessarily preclude any other 28 Days Later characters from coming back. So far, the movie has reunited three of the major players in the original movie, so the presence of more would hardly be out of the question.'

[theinsatiables]

“Please Baby Please” plays like the love child of John Waters and David Lynch, with the queer campiness of the former intermingling lushly with the unsettling surrealism of the latter.

But while it’s drenched in style and features performances from an eclectic cast of actors who are deeply committed to the bit, and its expressions of erotic desire can be quite steamy, director and co-writer Amanda Kramer’s film feels limited and grows tiresome rather quickly. The heightened artifice of the setting, which is so amusing at first, soon reveals itself as a superficial concept. And while Kramer’s script with Noel David Taylor includes some delightfully deranged lines, the intentional archness becomes overbearing in its one-note nature by the end of the first act. Some scenes feature characters sitting around spewing bad beat poetry, but, in time, it all feels like bad beat poetry.

“Please Baby Please” grabs you off the top, though, as a leather-clad gang of ’50s street toughs called the Young Gents dances and snarls its way through the foggy, trash-strewn streets of lower Manhattan. They kick, leap, snap, howl—a heavily winking homage to both “West Side Story” and “The Wild One”—before brutally beating an unsuspecting couple on the sidewalk with pipes and wrenches.

Newlyweds Suze (Andrea Riseborough) and Arthur (Harry Melling) witness this attack and find that it stirs something unexpected in them. Previously adherent to traditional gender roles, the husband and wife begin exploring more fluid sexual identities with a mixture of terror and titillation. Adopting an exaggerated New York accent, Riseborough is ferocious, crawling around on the ground and approaching her co-stars with an animalistic physicality. As she spends more time bantering with the Young Gents, Suze’s signature cat eye and teased-up ‘do steadily transform into a more butch lesbian look and ultimately into the sort of fetishistic ensemble you’d see on a figure from Tom of Finland. A gleefully vampy Demi Moore, appearing briefly as the couple’s ritzy upstairs neighbor, also inspires Suze’s evolution. Shifting her trademark husky voice into a higher, breathier register, Moore teases with playful lines like: “I’m a wife, but I’m no wifey.” More of her would have been welcome.

Meanwhile, the meek and gentle Arthur enjoys an unexpectedly tender connection with the gang’s leader, Teddy (an alluring Karl Glusman). A wannabe Brando, he cuts a seductive figure with his sharp cheekbones and soulful eyes, and he’s more introspective than his tough-guy façade would suggest. While their scenes together have an exciting sexual charge, they’re also bogged down with seemingly endless and banal conversations about the nature of masculinity. (A sample: “Men get away with everything. But I’m not interested in getting away with anything.”) 

Yet within this grandiose morass, every once in a while, there’s a legitimately striking moment. A heavily made-up platinum blonde stands in a phone booth in an empty parking lot. Suddenly, everything is covered in an explosion of roses—the booth, her dress, her eyes—as she sadly, sweetly croons The Skyliners’ “Since I Don’t Have You” to an unknown lover on the other end of the line. This scene is a great example of how the film’s minimalist set design results in a powerful aesthetic. The apartment furnishings are all super stripped-down—Moore’s supposedly luxurious abode consists of a bunch of fake-looking kitchen appliances and blocks in the place of furniture, all drenched in a bold cobalt blue. And the lurid lighting offers the kind of shock you’d experience in a Giallo film—rich shades of red, blue, and purply-pink that immediately grab you and hold you in their spell.

Kramer takes some big swings here, both tonally and visually, and that kind of singularity of vision is thrilling in itself, but “Please Baby Please” far too often tells rather than shows, as its characters melodramatically and incessantly pontificate. The self-awareness of these exchanges is clearly the point, but they become repetitive and wearying.

-Christy Lemire

[princessmadafu]

Their Truth, Their Love Story

Netflix has landed, though I've only watched part of the first episode. My academic privilege, I should point out - I conquer my reluctance to waste an hour of my life on a badly researched project that will not stand up to peer review, in return for not having to pay Netflix to watch the H&M story, their love story.

Except it never was a love story, was it? Markle's role in Suits was coming to an end, she arrived in England and made it clear that she wanted a rich, famous English husband. If I remember correctly, Piers Morgan (her friend at the time) confirmed this. The rich, famous English footballer Ashley Cole wasn't interested, and I'm sure a few other rich, famous English “potentials” were smart enough not to get involved with her either. And then an "unnamed friend" from the Soho bunch set her up with a blind date. With a dimwit prince who had spent his life protected from the machinations of gold-diggers and who couldn't keep a genuine girlfriend because of his - well, let's give him the benefit and call them his Insecurities.

Harry was Easy Prey. He was Rabbit in the Headlamps stuff, blinded and blind-sided when this supposedly adoring woman stepped out of her car, picked up and rescued the scared snuffly-wuffly wabbit and gave him a big cuddle. Who knows? A cuddle with all the love she expressed for beef cattle when she made that burger-grilling video for Men's Health. Ooh, that would have been some cuddle. Poor bullock, by the way! Had to die and be minced up and slapped on a barbecue so she could flip him and lick her fingers seductively. Just... like... Yuck!

Cue opening sequence, shots of Heathrow and cut to Harry in March 2020, not knowing what day it is. One minute in, and I'm wondering why he's recording himself whinging - supposedly BEFORE HE HAS A NETFLIX DEAL.

1:23 in (after some B&W shots of them in Frogmore) and we have "What on earth happened?" I'll tell you what happened, you issued your wife-led demands and HMTQ said no. That's what happened. You - as junior members of the RF - were being told, either you work on behalf of HMTQ or you don't and you're out. Junior executives don't tell the CEO what to do.

1:45 and we see Markle attempting to act - to be fair, if you didn't know she was a former actress on Suits, you might be fooled into thinking she was genuine, but this is in Canada, supposedly BEFORE THEY HAD A NETFLIX DEAL.

What are the chances, eh? You film yourself sitting on a kitchen counter, apparently newly upset, just on the off-chance that a TV company may want to pay for it. Was that prescient of them or what? I'm voting for the "what" option. How much proof do you need that they - or at least one of them - had Megxit planned right from the start, before the wedding, before the engagement; was in secret multi-million dollar tell-all negotiations before the wedding, before the engagement; had no intention of being part of the working Royal Family and doing all the boring hand-shaking and factory-opening stuff; but was only interested in fame, celebrity and adulation.

And I'm still only 1:54 into Episode 1.

1:58 and Harry says it's his job to keep his family safe. Cue shots of H&M and Archie's first appearance... and 2:10 - the level of hate being stirred up against his wife and his son... and 02:25 and we're back with Meghan perched on the kitchen counter in Canada being all upset and sighing and wanting (sigh) - to - (sigh) - get to the other side of all this... and (umm) (sigh) (long pause) (very long pause) whispers in 100% victim mode "I don't know what to say"... (rueful smile and slow release of nose-sigh) (fiddles with fingers)...

2:52 H mentions duty and service for the first time, and how he feels it's his duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our Media. The same Media that H&M are now exploiting and bribing with their trashing of the RF, oh and it's back to Meghan on the kitchen counter fiddling with her fingers again: "They are destroying us", and now 3:20 cut to images of Bristol statue toppling - first hints of their accusations of racist Britain, racist Empire that his family is part of... and then 3:45 we have the Netflix Documentary Series screen. Bloody hell, the programme’s not even started yet.

Ye gods and little fishes, how much of this do I have to watch on your behalf? I'll keep going with Episode 1, because I'm keen to see when Netflix bring in the other side of the story to provide a balanced documentary full of real truth, not just cherry-picked one-sided truth from a pair of proven liars.

Back in a bit, if I don't crack open the gin and cigars and start kicking the computer. All my own personal opinions, etc etc...

xxx

[ulkaralakbarova]

Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Chris Knight: Val Kilmer Mitch Taylor: Gabriel Jarret Jordan: Michelle Meyrink Professor Hathaway: William Atherton Kent: Robert Prescott Major Carnagle: Louis Giambalvo Lazlo Hollyfeld: Jon Gries CIA Man Decker: Ed Lauter Shuttle Pilot: Stacy Peralta Laser Ray Victim: Daniel Ades Bartender: Andres Aybar Air Force General: Charles Shull George: Beau Billingslea Larry: Charles Parks Boy at Science Fair: Sean Frye Girl at Science Fair: JoAnn Willette Old Lady: Ina Gould Student at Science Fair: Nadine Vix Mr. Taylor: Paul Tulley Mrs. Taylor: Joanne Baron Darlington Recruiter: Harry Johnson Sherry Nugil: Patti D’Arbanville Dr. Dodd: Monte Landis Mrs. Meredith: Sandy Martin Dr. Meredith: Severn Darden Cornell: Randy Lowell Carter: John Shepherd Reid Bodie: Tommy Swerdlow ‘Ick’ Ikagami: Mark Kamiyama Math Professor: Martin Gundersen Carpet Man: Brett Miller Milton: Dean Devlin Fenton: Yuji Okumoto Chris’ Girl at Party: Lynda Wiesmeier Ick’s Girl at Party: Penny Baker Cornell’s Girl at Party: Marcia Karr Girl at Party: Isabelle Walker Girl at Party: Marii Mak Girl at Party: Cheri Wells Girl at Party: Catherine MacNamara Student: Johnny Vasily TV Makeup Man: Ed Garrabrandt TV Stage Manager: Isabel Cooley Waitress: Robin Stober Susan: Deborah Foreman Student in Hall: David Marvit Air Force Gate Guard: Michael Crabtree Air Force Gate Guard: Charles Sweigart Air Force Gate Guard: Peter Parros Computer Technician: Ronald Taylor Air Force Major: James Carrington Air Force Controller: Michael Backes Air Force Sergeant: Corki Grazer Laser Technician: Jeanne Mori Engineer: David Ursin Congressman: Joe Dorsey Laser Specialist: Will Knox Air Force Technician: Kevin Hurley Girl in Popcorn (uncredited): Kimberly Spak Film Crew: Director: Martha Coolidge Set Decoration: Phil Abramson Camera Operator: John J. Connor Producer: Brian Grazer Casting: Jane Jenkins Production Design: Josan F. Russo Hairstylist: Edie Panda Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard L. Bennett Casting: Janet Hirshenson Screenplay: Neal Israel Screenplay: Pat Proft Editor: Richard Chew Makeup Artist: Zoltan Elek Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman Art Direction: Jack G. Taylor Jr. Special Effects Coordinator: Phil Cory Executive Producer: Robert Daley Director of Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond Screenplay: PJ Torokvei Associate Producer: Sam Crespi-Horowitz Music Supervisor: Becky Mancuso-Winding Music Supervisor: Michael Papale Supervising Sound Editor: Julia Evershade Sound Designer: George Budd Music Editor: Ted Whitfield Costume Supervisor: Marla Denise Schlom Costumer: Joseph Roveto Costumer: Michael F. Hamer Visual Effects Supervisor: David Stipes Stunts: Kenny Alexander Stunts: Shane Dixon Stunts: Kenny Ferrugiaro Stunts: Linda Lee Franklin Stunts: Allan Graf Stunts: Marian Green Stunts: Debby Porter Stunts: Bernie Pock Stunts: Spiro Razatos Stunts: Edward J. Ulrich Stunts: David M. Graves Unit Production Manager: Billy Ray Smith First Assistant Director: Stephen McEveety Second Assistant Director: Joseph P. Moore Set Designer: Erin M. Cummings Set Designer: Steven Wolff Other: Alex Tavoularis First Assistant Camera: Ken Nishino Second Assistant Camera: Robert Samuels Second Unit Director of Photography: Frederick Elmes Key Grip: Richard W. Deats Grip: Jerry D. Deats Best Boy Electric: Robert Jason Additional Editing: Arthur Coburn First Assistant Editor: Albert Coleman Other: Alexandra Leviloff Other: Deborah Cichocki Other: Bill Wilner Sound Editor: Anna Boorstin Sound Editor: Virginia Cook-McGowan Sound Editor: Cari Lewis Sound Editor: Marshall Winn Sound Editor: Roxanne Jones McCarthy Supervising ADR Editor: Beth Bergeron ADR Editor: Lauren Palmer Assistant Sound Editor: Paul C. Warschilka Assistant Sound Editor: Christy Richmond Sound Effects: John P. Fasal Sound Effects: Doug Hemp...