#that actress is 19 IRL

[bogunicorn]

i wish every adult man complaining that bella ramsey isn't fuckable enough for them a very eat shit and die, you fucking weirdos

[n7punk]

there are literally too many things to say about hamilton to count, but i will say that i think one thing the showrunners did extremely funny is that when a church put on an illegal, censored production of the musical - which included divine punishment from god and a sermon that managed to work homophobia into it for seemingly no reason - the showrunners sued them and said all the money they won from the suit was going to be donated to an LGBT charity just to spite the church lmao

[joanyio]

excerpt from my long ass letterboxd review of lovely runner: appreciation post for kim hyeyoon as im sol. she’s truly the best. like none of this level of immersion would have been possible if not for im sol and her acting and how lovely she is as a person on and off screen. to me, sunjae was able to shine as bright as he could because of sol. and sol, who has all the agency in the narrative, through every step she makes, with all the buildup of her emotions, in every tilt of her head, every smile she lights up, every fight she starts, every form of protection she does for people around her may it be to change a bit of their future for the better or the immediate present, every realization of the difference between her 19 year old self and the person she is now, every big love she has to give with that tiny body of hers, every time her eyes well up and get red, every tear that falls down her cheek, every ache that feels like your own — she was the heart and soul that brought life to this story that would feel too simple, too sloppy, too childish, too fantastical if not for hyeyoon’s delivery. yes to some extent we can credit the directing but knowing how awful that man is irl i refuse to give him any flower. anyway kim hyeyoon i love yew and only youuuu may you only walk the flowery path from now on and i can’t wait to see how more you can offer as an actress. love you princess 🫶🏼

[mlissyou]

The Violet Harmon fans on here are immature. Not saying that in a bad way. Most of the girls in this fandom are 13 - 19 year old girls. When ur immature and you get hate you blow it out of proportion and get others involved for no really good reason.

These girls have the right to be upset about getting hate and negative attention. In fact I am not judging them for that because that’s exactly what I did just a couple days ago.

But the more you blow things out of proportion, the more the community with become known for being toxic and annoying. If someone says something weird or politically incorrect on here instead of making a post or targeting them GO TO DMS. Lots of us have our moments where we say something wrong on the internet. A hate campaign is not needed.

Also these teenage girls are trying to find who they are and what they wanna be. That’s why lots of them consider themselves “taissa lookalikes” or “Violet Harmon irls” if these girls attack you for looking/wanting to be like her, ignore them. They will learn one day that life doesn’t revolve around who looks more like an actress and truely no one cares.

Everyone knows the Violet fans are sometimes very petty, but like I said they don’t know what else to do and I didn’t for a while also. Especially when the hate is so intense. Lots of girls in this community need to learn how to deal with things (same with me I am not perfect.) but in the end talking it out with someone or turning off anons can be a great solution to the problem.

This is kinda a blog going over what @cxndiedvi0lets said and I completely agree with her on how this fandom has gone to shit over the last couple months.

(I am not hating on the whole of the fandom, there’s some good and some bad. I am just talking about what I have seen on here.)

[oneshotnewbie]

Now this one isn’t the character but for the shoe station-19 in general, what if Carina and Maya have a daughter that’s older in the show, and you’re at the emmys irl. And Y/N won the award for best supporting actress and she thanks stephina and Danielle in her speech cause it’s her first acting gig ever and they took her under her wing and really made her feel like a daughter??? Thoughts?

Authors note: It's very short because at the time I wrote this I was sick and my head wasn't working as well as I would have liked. I hope you still like what I wrote. Have a nice day ♥

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The glamorous ballroom was filled with a sea of sparkling gowns and elegant suits, which showed their full splendor in the festive, warm spotlights. At the center of the stage was a shiny podium with a glowing Emmy Award just waiting to be won.

A strong and unrestrained applause from the audience echoed through the majestic walls and the lights in the hall flickered wildly as the presenter stepped to the microphone with a solemn voice and an enthusiastic smile and announced the highlight of the evening. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's the time we've all been eagerly awaiting! We're here to present the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Are you ready?"

He drummed his hands enthusiastically on the stand in front of him, largely elevating the mood of the celebrities in the room. The camera panned from him to the excited faces of the nominees as they sat tensely in their seats. The tension was literally palpable. "And the Emmy goes to.." he opened the red envelope in his hands and continued with the famous words as he excitedly announced them. "Y/n y/l/n!"

A deafening round of applause erupted and the room shook with applause and cheers as you stood up from your seat, eyes wide and heart pounding. Your hands were shaking with excitement as you walked onto the stage with tears in your eyes and a bright smile, the audience watching you intently as the camera captured the emotionally charged reaction. In that moment, feelings of joy, pride and surprise flooded through you.

You reached the shining podium where the Emmy waited for you, shiny and golden like a symbol of all the hard work and dedication you had put into your art, feeling the warmth of the golden metal in your cold hands. There was a moment of silence before you cleared your throat and looked up at the crowd. "Wow, I can't believe it. This is really surreal," you began, your voice shaking slightly as you were overwhelmed by the thoughts and feelings flooding your mind.

The bright lights from the cameras almost blinded you as the host presented you with the Emmy. The crowd continued to cheer and you could feel the excitement crackling in the air. Standing in front of the microphone, you felt the weight of the moment on your shoulders and took a deep breath, your eyes immediately scanning the beaming audience until you spotted the familiar faces of the people who had made you who you were today - Danielle and Stefania. A smile spread across your face and your eyes filled with deep gratitude. "I can hardly express how grateful I am for this moment. For me this is not just a trophy, but a symbol of the journey I have taken with so many wonderful people."

Applause broke out again and you took a deep breath, visibly moved as you tried to continue your speech with a big smile and tears of joy in your eyes. "It's my first role and I'm standing here with this incredible award in my hands. I couldn't have done it without the support of some really special people."

You turned your gaze again to Danielle and Stefanie, who beamed with emotion and looked at you with proud eyes. "Dani, Stef, you are the cornerstones of my success. When I was unsure and the world of acting seemed so foreign to me, you took me under your wing. You not only taught me how to play a role, but you made me feel like a real daughter who was truly loved."

The eyes of the two women in question shone with pure emotion, and a hint of it was in the air as they sent several air kisses your way, encouraging you to continue. The room listened reverently as you continued to try to put your thoughts into words. "You saw my fears and helped me to grow beyond myself. Danielle, you were and still are like a anchor in the surf. You saw my fears and helped me overcome them. Stefania, you nurtured my dreams and gave me the wings to fly."

A gentle round of applause accompanied your words as you turned your attention back to the Emmy you were holding tightly in your hands. "This Emmy doesn't just belong to me. It belongs above all to you two because you are not only extraordinary actors, but also extraordinary people. Thank you for being my family. Thanks also to the entire team at Station 19 - Jaina, Gray, Jason, Jay, Barrett... here's to many more years with you as a series family by my side!"

“We love you, y/n/n!” the latina shouted and the crowd cheered once more while you couldn´t help but smile at the call in of Jaina. Danielle and Stefania clapped with proud and emotional faces as you left the stage. The cameras captured the moment, where you fell into the arms of your friends and they celebrated you with happiness. Tears of joy in Danielle and Stefania's eyes in this magical moment could be seen, while the music slowly began to play and the hall celebrated the triumph of this special and successful evening.

[ogprettyprincess]

𝟅𝟈 some of my dr's ! welcoming potential mootties, lets chat <3 | last updated: 170824 12:07pm

✰ anime

⚘ one piece , (1st) genevieve e. blue , 17 , s/o: trafalgar d. waterlaw , trope: captain/crewmate -> lovers (slow burn) , devil fruit: (kūki kūki fruit)air manipulation / (2nd) alira andilet , 18 , s/o: blackleg sanji , trope: crewmates -> lovers (slow burn) , devil fruit: (dangan dangan fruit) bullet manipulation

⟡ blue lock , satoru jena , 17 , s/o: micheal kaiser (slow burn) , family: gojo, geto (parents) + 4 siblings, team: blue locks eleven

𖦹 mha , gojo satori (yes) , 18 , s/o: bakugou katsuki , trope: strangers -> pining -> lovers (slow burn) , hero name: arachne , power: spider , family: satosugu & their 4 kids

⊰ jjk , taira kazuha , 19 , s/o: nanami kento , trope: mentor -> friends -> lovers , technique: string & invisibility manipulation , domain expansion: illusion of fear & desire , family: ren & kyoto taira (parents) kenji taira (brother)

꧞ haikyuu , ukai kananami , 15 , s/o: tsukishima kei , trope: strangers -> friends -> lovers , family: kaito & ben ukai (parents) ukai keishin (brother) , team: karasuno boys volleyball

␥ aot , geneviève ackerman , 15 , s/o: jean kirstien , trope: strangers -> enemies -> friends -> lovers , family: charlotte & oliver ackerman (parents) levi ackerman (uncle) , humanity's second strongest soldier :P , role: the savoir

⊞ atla , aoki kazuha , 16 , s/o: un-named oc , trope: strangers -> lovers , family: aki & rolan aoki (parents) kian & kano (brothers) , element: all , main: air, avatar of 3000 (?)

✰ shows

❀ obx , geneviève lambert , 17 , s/o: rafe cameron (not psycho) , trope: childhood friends -> "enemies" -> friends -> lovers , family: lyla lambert (mom) logan westwood (step dad) , role: man in the middle

⪩ twd , charlotte grimes , 21 , s/o: daryl dixon (32) , trope: strangers -> lovers , family: oliver & evie grimes (dad & mom) rick grimes (uncle turned dad) carl grimes (cousin turned brother) judith (cousin turned sister) , main weapon: dual blades

✵ bcd (/behind closed doors ; original reality) , katara brown , 18 , s/o: nakamoto arito (oc) , trope: strangers -> friends -> lovers (slow burn) , occupation: assassin in training , role: the finalist

✰ games

✶ genshin impact , (1st) princess enver le'mistral , 21 , s/o: kaedehara kazuha (?) , trope: strangers -> playful enemies -> lovers , vison: anemo , home: sky city (og) + fontaine , family: nalani & alain le'mistral (parents) navida le'mistral (aunt) , position: champion dualist / (2nd) tashita jinx - [under construction]

✰ other

✦ youtuber , (1st) geneviève eden silvestrè , 18 , s/o: matt sturniolo , trope: strangers -> friends -> lovers , family: evangeline & antonio silvestrè (parents) leo + angelina + dom (brothers & sister) / (2nd) imani eden monroe , 21 , s/o: berlin edmond , family: nilani monroe (mom) angelica & clementine (sisters)

◎ footballer , violet dupont , 21 , s/o: elisa de almeida , trope: teammates -> lovers , family: jamais dupont (dad) claude & blaise dupont (brothers) , team: psg feminines + women's french national

☆ actress , (1st) violette eden irl last name , 20 , s/o: drew starkey , trope: costars -> lovers , family: leila (mom) anastasia & june (sisters) , main roles: charlotte in obx + edith in despicable me + peyton in the game plan / (2nd) valerie eden auclair - [under construction]

𐙚 kpop , (1st) jenevieve eden levesque , 19 , s/o: christopher bang , trope: strangers -> friends -> lovers , year: 2020 , family: nilani levesque (mom) leo + angelina + dontai + alias + charlotte monroe (siblings :3) , groups: nct, nct 127, nct x / (2nd) - [under construction]

ᡣ𐭩 teen fame , genevieve eden morgan , 14 , s/o: elisa de almeida (15) , trope: friends -> lovers , family: jeffery dean morgan (dad) , main rolls - [under construction]

一 that's all ! if you have any same / similar dr's feel free to talk about them or dm me so we can !! (i desperately need to see satosugu happy if you can't tell)

❥ i didn't mention my waiting room cause that'll be another post, but it's basically a city shifting hub / giant waiting room for shifters from all different realities ! lemmie know if you wanna hear about it :)

[lilpixielixie]

Delicate | hwang hyunjin x fem! reader

"This ain't for the best, my reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me"

- Delicate, Taylor Swift

Summary: Moving to Seul wasn't something that Selene expected to do, but her broken heart and tired soul were craving for peace. She didn't even think too much about it: she simply saw an opportunity that would let her hide from the media and Hollywood for some time and took it. However, she will have to make a decision by the end of the year and she hopes that, when the time comes, the same world that was hating on her right now would forget everything. Maybe she wasn't meant to be an actress, but she was sure she wasn't meant to be loved. At least, that was what she thought before meeting an idol who wasn't treating her like a broken and pitiful person.

Status: on going (started 08/02/2024)

Genre: actress!reader x idol!hyunjin, SLOW BURN, angst, hurt/comfort, eventual smut (minors dni)

Warnings: there will be descriptions and heavy talk about mental illnesses (depression mainly), past abusive and toxic relationship (the character is oc and not present in the story), past abusive household, depression recovery, cheating (not between the main couple), hate on the web (idk how to tag this), the not so secret dark side of being a celebrity and I think nothing else...I will add things up if anything else comes into my mind.

General info: I won't be constant with the updates because it's a complex plot and I need time to write it down and I'm a perfectionist. Also, this is just a hobby, unfortunately I need to work irl (being an adult sucks and your girl needs money🥲). Actually, it's been two years since I got this idea and I've been thinking about it everyday since then and finally I decided to write and post it. This fic is settled back in 2021 because it follows skz's career from the end of hyunjin's hiatus to (for now) the release of case 143. For now it will be divided into two seasons: the first one is from their meeting to them becoming friends and the second one will focus on them going from friends to lovers. Even though in the first season they're not a couple, there will be hints to romance. Also, it's necessary for the introduction to the backstory of the reader. As for the reader, I'll make a post with the basic info you need to know before diving into the story. There will be all skz members, some members of enhypen for plot reasons and mentions of other idols.

~ Selene Profile

SEASON ONE🔓

~ Chapter one (08/02/24) ~ Chapter two (14/03/24) ~ Chapter three (21/04/24) ~ Chapter four (27/04/24) ~ Chapter five (21/06/24) ~ Chapter six (19/07/2024) ~ Chapter seven ~ Chapter eight ~ Chapter nine ~ Chapter ten

more to come!

SEASON TWO🔒

© lilpixielixie all rights reserved | do not copy, repost or translate this fic.

[jacenotjason]

Have you done fun and not so fun fact for Julie?

I have not! Let’s do that! Sorry this took so long, it was rotting in my drafts!

Funfacts n Notso Funfacts round with Julie!

Fun Facts!

Julie still has her siblings! I’ve been meaning to redraw that group photo of them all but with their opposite versions! They’ve all sort of.. rotated? (OP. Julie is more like Franny, OP. Franny is more like Julie, OP. Bea is more like Jonsey, OP. Jonsey is more like Bea.)

She still loves her siblings, but she doesn’t like them, sort of like most actual siblings.

She performs stand up regularly and is incredibly popular, (both in show and outside of it)

She is incredibly skilled with self defense, and is really good at identifying actual helpful self defense tools, she also has a large collection of them! They’re all pink, ofc, and she gave a pink taser to Sally as a gift! (And also non-canonically gave a sparkly pink pocket knife to OG Julie!)

Her cigarettes of choice is a pun. They’re on her original introduction sheet, they’re called “Rose Butts” …get it :3

^ they’re also pink

She absolutely loves anything spicy. She is a CHEF when it comes to spices and shit >:D she gets excited whenever she discovers a sauce or spice shes never tried (“IF IT MAKES YOU COUGH WHEN YOU SMELL IT YOU KNOW ITS GOOD!”)

She is very knowledgeable when it comes to fashion, but much more aggressive then OG Julie. She will get very angry if she sees someone wearing low rise jeans

Julie does actually perform standup irl. Well.. irl in the puppet universe. So, she does it on the show, but her actor was also a comedian! She began using the Julie puppet on stage behind a table, like Randy Feltface! The actress sadly had to stop using the Julie puppet after the show was cancelled :(

Her favorite drink of choice is Cherry Wine.

Her favorite food is cherries!

She’s very open about expressing your sexuality and femininity! :D!

Despite being the youngest, she moved out first. She does not leave her siblings alone about this.

Her Venus Flytraps are her children! I talk about this more in depth in her home profile, but she loves them! Here’s some old art for it! This was made in like 30 minutes back when the profiles were still in development and i wanted to show Julie with her plants:

In the distance you can hear Sally furiously googling “how to become a Venus flytrap”

Not-So Fun Facts:

She was raised by a single mom, who passed when she was about 19. She misses her a lot :(

Her dad dipped we dont talk about him

…thats all i got

Maybe ill have more when I FINALLY DECIDE ON A BACKSTORY FOR HER

ALSO I MADE A TAG FOR THE FUNFACTS N NOTSO FUNFACTS ROUNDS!! Yaay!

[stansaaa]

another ship rant into the void but people on tiktok are so annoying about daryl & beth shippers. like if it’s not your thing, that’s totally fine but again, i feel like it’s never deep enough to be like “y’all are weirdos for thinking there was anything romantic between them” when i’m like 90% sure that they canonically both had more-than-platonic feelings for each other, they just weren’t given enough time to process what they actually meant. i have a feeling that if the writers decided not to kill her off (like they should’ve), they would’ve at least tried to explore their relationship in that way. like mind you, this is the same show with rosita & abraham, and their age gap is practically a decade more than daryl & beth’s. and i get it, rosita’s brain was probably fully developed when she met abraham lol, and beth was 16 when daryl met her and 18/19 after the prison, but i feel like the context of the end of the world really matters here. there are no real power dynamics anymore, they’ve all been through every circle of hell so i kinda just feel like age differences matter less in that world? obviously i’m not advocating for 18/19 year old girls to get with much older men irl, been there done that and it’s not all it’s cracked up to be believe me, but this is fiction and i do believe in separating the two for the most part. the actress who plays beth was also much older when she did those scenes with daryl, so it doesn’t feel so weird to me to read romantic chemistry there. anyway, no i don’t have a love life of my own currently and yes, i have too much time on my hands so i think i should probably just take my own advice and realize that it is indeed not that deep on either side <3

[2rats1gogh]

Olivia looks young but it happens irl, some people looks late-twenties in their mid and late 30s. Ewan looked almost the same at 18, its just his face, some people have such features that make them look older, also any actor would look older in an eyepatch, a scar and with Aemond's styling in the show.

I know that, and I agree mostly, but just because an actor IS as a certain age, doesn’t mean that they LOOK like that age.

Thomas Brodie Sangster is 33 but he absolutely doesn’t look like it. You could cast him as a 33 year old father of a ten year old girl, but he wouldn’t look believable, doesn’t matter if he technically is the correct age.

Or Maggie Smith. Since she was fairly you g she looked much much older than her actual age.

Imo they could easily have casted two actors that are 25 for Aemond and Alicent as long as the actress that plays Alicent looks 37~ and the Aemond actor looks 19~. (it’s a bit exaggerated but you get my point)

[klonoadreams]

I was reading all the posts about Mako and, damn, now I have a taste(? for the couple that won't be a couple, Dellinger x Mako.

It's impossible but that has never stopped the ships. (And then I remember the age difference they have, it would be more or less the difference between Pudding and Sanji, right?)

Would there be about 4 Fishman/human hybrids? Big Mom's twins, Mako and Dellinger?

Who would be your actress in mind for a live action? I dominate Anya Taylor Joy or Isabella Gomez.

Lmao the NOTP of interest, like nope for reasons but also owo 👀

I getchu tho, its the concept, the parallels, but also, without Dellinger, we wouldn't have had Mako in the first place.

It's an interesting concept. Also yee, those actresses seem cool, Jenna Ortega or Xochitl Gomez are also some I'd have in mind too. So fun :V

Idk about the hybrids, yes maybe??? Idk lmaoo

Also gather round for my tirades. Its gonna get looong lmao and also at some point I went fuck it because nuance but also I don't have the brain cells to even go anything further than what I just blurbed lmao.

Like, sometimes I forget that Pudding is 16, but like that's why I had to make One Piece the exception to a lot of shenanigans, given the complexity of the fact that you got 17 and 19 year olds drinking so much, which even by the standards of Japan's drinking age, its still under it (which is 20).

So at soem point I was just fuck it, we ball. It's like with my Naruto fics, where you just set apart the civilians from our ninjas. Do that with pirates and whatever.

But remember, civilians are exempt from this. Thats why you got Mei flirting (albeit, playfully) with Chouko and how Killer B said she wasn't his type do to marriage custom shenanigans. And of course pre official genin Haku considered a civilian when he got engaged to Chouko, even tho he's older than her lmaooo.

It's honestly easier this way, but always keep in mind there is a line to be drawn. And that's why you got Law, Robin, Mako, and so many others that are resentful of the World Government.

Because they didn't even have a choice when they were all forced to grow up so soon, which is why so many of them are stunted to a degree. Even Mako has her own suffering, with how she kept suppressing her own emotions, to the point it made her sick because her body could not handle the strain at all.

Zoro probably has the most "normal" ish upbringing like he went through a lot, but no abuse, no neglect, no world government bs, but something along the lines of what I call Bridge to Terebithia, where you lose your childhood friend so suddenly like that. Because life is random sometimes and it sucks (also the writer's son's friend irl died via lightning strike, but it was tweaked to what happened in the book because it wasn't as realistic so yeah), and it will forever stay with you. So live on.

Probs the most stable as a result, he is a rock. Love him. :V

[bohemian-nights]

Hi there. I'm not sure how reliable this is, but I think we might already have our Nettles. Check this Twitter post here.

https://twitter.com/theblacks_/status/1671633395623899136?t=OZ4su6M-HXJW-LrTvBlC0Q&s=19

If it really is her, I'm glad they casted someone visibly of black descent. In my imagination though, she looked a little different. Darker skin, for instance.

This is strange to me since they don't seem to have a problem casting darker skin men for their roles, yet for Nettles especially, her defining trait being her skin tone to make the part of Rhaenyras hatred for her that clearly stems from racism probably now falls short and won't quiet hit and frame the reality of what has become of true Rhaenyras character the way it should. And if they try to keep it up like in the books, it will feel a bit off considering there people who are darker than her (Adam for instance), especially with that one line Rhaenyra said with clear distaste, using her skin tone as jeer to mock her. I don't know though, maybe I'm over thinking things?

It's just with all the illustrations and what have you, it felt like it was building up to a promising portrayal.

I'd like to know your thoughts on this as well..

Yeah, I know. Colorism is a huge problem when it comes to casting Black women(actually scratch that, they barely like to cast light-skinned mono-racial Black women anymore).

Playing devils advocate, the photo of Nettles potential actress is taken from afar and very very blurry.

For all intents and purposes, she could be brown-skinned (more the actress who plays Baela’s color) instead of just light. I don’t think she is dark-skinned though. If you’re thinking in the vein of Corlys or the guys playing Alyn and Addam she doesn't appear to be as dark as them.

People think(and I’m leaning towards that way as well) that the actress Anna Jobarteh is playing her and she’s obviously light and biracial.

All that being said, Rhaenyra mocking her and looking down whether she’s light, dark, or in between still makes sense to me(I mean you do have white women irl who date/marry Black men and then turn around and bad mouth Black women, but I’m not really going to get into that can of worms here). I do understand your concern though due to how the writers have handled things in the past, but they can make it work if they try (and they need to hire more Black writers because how they are treating certain characters hasn't been great🫠).

[grungeeuvu]

honestly i wanna say 0-44 for the nosy anon thing but if you are not bothered to do that then i request 44, 39, 37, 33, 29, 6 (if you're comfortable answering these ofc!)

I did them all for you, anon!!! Every single question is answered under the cut :DD

0: I think I'm 5'3?

1: never ask a lady her age!!

2: 5 1/2 (UK standard)

3: Nope and I'm not planning to

4: Nope and I never even want to try

5: I do not take any drugs

6: fifteen or sixteen because I've got a very round face 😭

7: nnnnnope!!

8: I do often think about to tattoos I'd like but I never follow through lol - I'd like a dragon somewhere tho :)) a small one

9: nnnnnope!!

10: I keep meaning to get my ears pierced but I forget 😭

11: my online best friend is either @astrowaffles or my friend Eren on discord

12: takennnnnn <3 (yesterday was our one year anniversary, actually :D)

13: that is a secret lol

14: Men 💪

15: my favourite film is probably How To Train Your Dragon (1)!! I know the entire scirpt lol

16: I'll love you if you let me talk about specific fixations - I often fixate in my fanfics or certain characters really badly. If you talk to me about my ramblings, I'm never leaving lol

17: I miss my grandparents

18: this one's a long story but TL:DR I made friends with a very bad person. Best way to put it is I was isolated from others a year before Covid even struck haha. I won't go too into details, since it might be too triggering

19: I have a wickedly sharp sense of humour and I love making morally inappropriate jokes

20: I hate how two-faced I can be, and I hate my ADHD

21: I love that my naturally long and white nails get mistaken for acrylics at first glance

22: I really want to be an author and tell all my stories in every possible medium

23: I have one sister and we've got an amazing relationship :)) we're very close.

24: my dad is great but gets angry very easily. My mum and I used to argue frequently but then we suddenly just stopped and now typically get along

25: just walking and talking somewhere with nice things to look at :))

26: blind optimism. I'll just think you're an idiot

27: short hair, my height, and with a charming Scottish accent

28: short, very skinny, hook nose, black hair with bangs, cut just past the shoulders, and a wide stare

29: ......I wanted them to think I was cool and interesting TT-TT

30: I hate all the independence the teachers expect us to have - I suffer a lot from it

31: "Oh gods that's early 😭😭" - sent to my partner

32: being humiliated or looked down on just makes me feel like shit

33: compliments on my writing or art, usually :))

34: when they're friendly tbh

35: when they're fictional, from anime, and look like women 💪💪 (in seriousness, tho, I always trust a man who has a bright smile or cuddly disposition)

36: in the countryside of either the UK or Japan

37: I don't like my face a lot haha - I typically black it out in photos even when sending them to friends irl

38: an author-actress-artist!! Tripl threat lol

39: Vanilla

40: I wish I was Mu Qing from TGCF icl (I'll carry the trauma just to be super pretty)

41: I wanna be in my bed lol

42: a slice of red velvet cake

43: no one comes to mind lol

44: Charles Darwin married his cousin

[threebooksoneplot]

Episode 32 - "Son-Zoned" (Show Notes)

listen along here

General New Moon content warning for ongoing discussions of suicide!

[00:05:44] Wikipedia's article on "comp het"

[00:06:14] Brokeback Twilight

[00:08:06] Maggie Stiefvater's substack about page-to-screen adaptation from an author's POV (spot the Catherine Hardwicke mention. And oh quelle coincidence, I wonder what happened to that adaptation of the Raven Cycle?)

[00:13:10] Donate to the Quileute tribe's Move To Higher Ground project here!

[00:20:30] M references Gravity Falls season 1 episode 04 (Bella be like)

[00:30:33] “Carpe Diem. Stand on your desk”

[00:32:51] Sweethearts candy, for the rest of our not-so-tragically deprived international listeners

[00:33:19] vs. Sweetarts

[00:34:37] M is correct, it’s “Kim, there’s people that are dying”

[00:35:54] Face Punch

[00:36:01] The irl Crosshairs movie (yeah it looks bad)

[00:39:06] Tomorrow is Forever

[00:41:51] I can only assume M is referencing this moment of Bob's Burgers

[00:44:24] “Like that Predator gif” (Jacob and Mike be like)

[00:46:26] - A glimpse of M’s new “Jacob’s music” playlist

[00:50:47] The movie theater non-handholding scene from G’s tumblr header

[00:58:25] The Julia Cudney video where she reads all the Bridgerton books and discusses misogyny

[01:04:16] G references the Bible verses about “cutting out your eye,” Matthew 5:29-30, while M references Much Ado About Nothing act IV, scene i

[01:05:26] “Ok A/B/O” (G is alluding to the Omegaverse trope of “claiming”)

[01:15:30] By “it’s her little Pretty Woman moment,” we assume M is alluding to the scene where that movie's sex worker protagonist, Vivian, refuses to be financially "rescued" by her love interest

[01:17:53] “Nemo” is Shannon’s Honda Fit and “Priya[nka Chopra]” is G’s Toyota Prius hatchback

[01:30:57] G is making an extremely unintelligible reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray character Sibyl Vane, an actress who finds fictional romance is ruined for her because it doesn’t compare to the real thing (cw: suicide mention)

[simsinfinitylt]

What AI thinks my sims would look like irl part 3:

Daisy, gen 14: Is it just me or does she lowkey look like Kendall Jenner

Jaquecline, gen 15: the lips and the nose look amazing!!

Juliet, gen 17: absolutely spot on! Also she reminds me of an actress but I can't remember her name

Rose, gen 18: Literally the cutest little angel/fairy princess

Katie, gen 19: THE LIPS OMG exactly the same!

[badedramay]

I’m going to say something unpopular which is that, I don’t think Fawad and Mahira should’ve played Sikander and Liza in a 2023 adaptation of JBHSSL. Even if this drama was being made 5 years ago, they could’ve worked, but not anymore. I’m glad it’s not them, but I will acknowledge that the actual casting is pure nepotism if the rumors are true.

Anyway, FK is over 40 and Mahira is also 38. Listen, they look PHENOMENAL for their ages, and Bollywood and Lollywood have serious ageism issues (where a 31 year old actress will start playing mothers to 20-something actors but 55 year-old actors will romance girls who are 19). Those are important issues for another post.

But specifically speaking of the characters of JBHSSL, Mahira and Fawad just don’t look like Sikander and Liza, young adults who are lost in several ways when they cross paths, anymore. Fawad Khan is a gorgeous man but he can’t pass for a 20-something anymore, and neither can Mahira. It was difficult enough accepting her as an MPhil student in HKKST, and that was already two years ago. They just don’t have that same youthful innocence that they did, and that’s ok, they’re humans. They’re not supposed to look the same for 12+ years.

And I’m not saying that only people who look like they’re in their 20s can be romance leads, but for this specific novel, unless they significantly change timelines, that bit of naïveté of youth is important and I just don’t think it would be believable coming from them at this point.

We are a country of over 200 million people. We should try and recruit new talent because we have more than plenty, which is another reason I’m bringing up not defaulting to the same stars over and over again because they’re, well, “stars”. I completely understand bringing MK and FK on board because they are some of our biggest stars, and we should all be rooting for this drama to be a hit since it can open doors for more Netflix ventures, but I agree with what the casting directors reportedly did here. They brought on massive stars to build hype and pretty much guarantee views but they also tried to do some realistic casting in terms of ages as well. You can say it’s low key unfair to Mahira and Fawad fans to bring them on board and use their names but not make them the stars, but they’ve both been in this industry for 15+ years; nobody forced them to do this. I’m sure they can see the value of being in the first ever Netflix project for a country. They want their names out there as much as their fans do, trust.

that's the thing. this novel has been in the news to be adapted for YEARS. literally..YEARS!! i remember when Balaa was on air (2018) and Bilal Abbas was THE rage on social media..he gave off immaculate Sikandar Shehryar vibes to me. i couldn't believe anyone else to do that role more than him in those days. he looked the part, he gave off the aura of the part. back then Fawad was so distant from PakTV as a whole that just on that principal i didn't want him to be part of the project. but then years passed and nothing was confirmed and actors aged up and changed their style so I just forgot about it all. Namal Khawar when she was doing Anaa was gave the perfect Liza vibes. she could pull off the half Pakistani, half Italian heritage and Namal is an artist irl so like..WHO ELSE COULD'VE BEEN BETTER?! and then Namal and Hamza got married and Hamza toh hai hi Hamza..he pulls off silent broody somber romantic hero extremely well (Mann Mayal is a great example). what better pairing than them?! but again..years passed. nothing happened.

i digress. i meant to say that for YEARS fans have been fancasting this novel. ab finally jaake there's some confirmation about this project and it is a mix of some of the old favorites and some completely new names so I get why there's such "strong" backlash from the fandom. this backlash is not 100% because of the acting prowess or star power of the actors supposedly playing the lead roles but more due to the sentiments attached of the fans with their personally preferred casting that they'd have been hoping to be canon for years. FaHira fans aren't as mad about Fawad and Mahira not playing Sikandar and Liza as they are mad that the two aren't paired romantically. chances are if they are given the confirmation that Fawad and Mahira, while not playing the lead roles of the novel, will have their own romantic track in the drama and the fans will shut up. unhen sirf apni jodi ka romance chaiye, aur kuch nahin. FaHira fans have always disliked the Fawad-Sanam jodi because in their head it's blasphemous for Fawad to have two successful romantic jodis that continue to garner praise. if Humsafar was a hit, so was ZGH. and ZGH toh was a bigger hit in India. the fact that it was Sanam Saeed who was also considered for Raees and the only reason she couldn't make it to the auditions was due to her wedding proves that Indian filmmakers had noticed Sanam's potential to be received well in India. Mahira Khan is not as "exclusive" as the fans thought she was. and yeah, that hurts their ego.

The casting IS messy, YES but considering the story it is also FINE. i am reading that Netflix wanted Fawad, MK, and Hamza for the project so they had to be cast one way or another. fact is that these actors with their age and seniority can NOT pull off the characters as WRITTEN in the novel. the limitations of the body can not be overcame by sheer force of the fandom. yeah..but they can be accomodated in the adaptation if they play completely different roles. there's nothing wrong with them playing older generation in a flashback. so what? didn't Fawad and Mehwish play great grandparents or something to Ms. Marvel in one episode? DIDN'T THAT ONE SINGLE EPISODE HAD THE WORLD PRAISING THEIR CHEMISTRY AND STORY???? it was nothing more than a one episode cameo but it was done WELL and it WORKED. just because these actors are potentially playing the parents of the leads of the novel doesn't mean they will necessary be relegated to insignificant roles. Farhat Ishtiaq is GOOD when it comes to expanding the story of her novel to accommodate the demands of TV adaptation. she has done that in Diyar e Dil, Yaqeen Ka Safar, and Mere Humdum Mere Dost. are the makers absolute FOOLS that they'll cast some of the BIGGEST names of the industry that are widely known internationally and give them no significant story line or characters??? c'mon now.

Actors can play characters older than their real life age on screen more convincingly than the actors playing characters younger than their age. Ahad can pull off the carefree youth of Sikandar just as well as he's capable of portraying the angst of a 30 something Sikandar. Fawad cannot do both the things. THAT'S A FACT. THAT'S A FACT!!! Ahad and Khushhal can pull off a sibling bond with both the bitterness of youth to the understanding of maturity that Hamza and Fawad cannot. bhayee aap se KIS NE KAHA HAI ke Netflix pe show karne ke liye aapko Oscar nominated hona laazmi hai. HAVE YOU SEEN NETFLIX ORIGINALS?????? they literally adapt dramas from novels all around the world and cast up and coming actors from the industry ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME!!!! this is NOT a new phenomenon. had Netflix wanted to they could've simply gone over every contender's head and take completely NEW actors for the project from Instagram content creators lot and that would've STILL fit their MO. yahan toh phir bhi they are taking established names. like???

so yeah, the casting is messy but not irredeemably disastrous. once they officially reveal the actors and their characters, the fans will come around it. as for the new audience that Netflix is of course targeting to get via this project..they'll don't care about the casting as much anyway. the only absurd decision the makers have done so far is the way the project was announced and confirmed. not a single word from the actual people making the show but plenty of noise from unconnected sources. that ain't it bruh. this should've been done via a proper press conference like how Parwaz Hai Junoon was announced (even uss time pe bhi the casting had ultimately changed but hey..it got the buzz going on in the right manner!)