#the bill: episode: brothers

[augustusaugustus]

Donna Picspam

Damn did that red wig suit her.

[stemmmm]

if you havent read my wife's gf fanfic WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!

(no sound)

[aliciax3]

[andromeddog]

dude sketches

[four-eyed-floozy]

Are we going to acknowledge that there's a timeline where gideon probably murders dipper??????

[pookielious]

"Hey doc I still have the icthin— everytime I pee it's murder."

"Yeah I know , I'm sorry but i don't have penicillin for your pirouette"

"My WHAT?"

[thetimelordbatgirl]

No One: People in the Gravity Falls fandom on twitter at any chance for some fucking reason: *trying to revive hating a literal 12 year old child, aka Mabel*

[byrdffv]

Finally started watching gravity falls

That triangle man is very silly

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

'Gideon's mom is carla mccorkle' was always a dumb theory because there's no way the gravity falls writers would put that much focus on a female character

[georgieluz]

visited my friends for the weekend and i finally got them to watch the first four eps of band of brothers

[wrishwrosh]

not now, my boss, im busy busy busy writing 1200 words of foot stuff in the foxholes on company time

[augustusaugustus]

14.52 Big Brother

Vicky’s first episode! I’ve been hanging out for her arrival and she is even more staggeringly beautiful than I remembered. I’ve never liked Mike and he’s particularly awful here (and in the follow-up episode). The complete refusal to listen to Vicky is bad enough, but he just dismisses Bob as well, because Mike Knows Best. Knows best how to be an utter dick, perhaps.

The stuff about Matthew being into Vicky and her not being into him is fun to have in her first episode, given what happens later.

[wendybergmann]

not to be a kathleen defender but I love her character and feel as if she fills the role game!bill did but to an extreme. her brother was her person, her sarah, her ellie, her sam, her frank and she lost him. grief shut her down and made her apathetic. she even admitted that her brother wanted her to forgive the man who was responsible for his death but she couldn't do that because she was the one who had to live while he died, had to be weighed down with loss, and she was never the "beautiful" one, that was her brother. kathleen is a warning/ symbol of what can happen in the worst way when your purpose dies

[whenyoulosesmallmind]

I fratelli Karamazov 1969 [EP1] - Dmitrij & Grušen'ka + misc.

So, I’m doing this. The fact that this drama is so little known breaks my heart, so I feel the need to share what little I can with you all - also because it’s making me crazy and I need to share this insanity, too.

part one (you are here!) | part two | part three

Some sparse notes before I leave this first short transcript under the cut: 1. I am not a professional translator, just an amateur, and my english has been mostly self taught, so you might find some imperfections in the adaptation-- don’t be shy and let me know, I do love to learn new language related things <3; 2. I picked these short scenes because I had never attempted a translation of this magnitude, mostly I just transposed my own writing which is a whole other thing, and I wanted to flex my muscles before doing anything longer and more complex-- for example, if this goes well I’d like to try my hand at the Ivan & Smerdjakov dressing scene or do the whole Great Inquisitor; 3. I tried to translate the closest to the original script as I could -- I say script but, well, I had to do my own transcripts because I can’t find even italian subs -- to mantain the same feeling, again if you want to shoot me a message to discuss choices I would love to talk about it! :); 4. I put timestamps and some very basic and bare stage directions if you just wish to read the script and not follow along with the drama, but I wholeheartedly suggest that you do because the acting is the icing on the cake that makes this adaptation so great; 5. you’ll notice I’m using a different spelling for the names as the common american english one, it is the one I’m most used to and what my translation of The Brothers Karamazov uses, so I decided to keep it-- for my sanity’s sake; 6. there will never exist enough words to express how pissed I am that english doesn’t have a formal you pronoun.

A propos of actors! In these scenes you’ll find: Corrado Pani as Dmitrij Karamazov, Lea Massari as Grušen’ka, Franca Mazzoni as Dmitrij’s housekeeper and Giovanna Galletti as Fenja.

Original script by Diego Fabbri, directed by Sandro Bolchi.

You can follow along with the drama here on YT or here on RaiPlay. The quality is shaky in any case, but I suggest you use RaiPlay (it does as you to make an account but is otherwise free-- and you can just link it to your Google account. It’s also the official source for the drama) as the YT bootlegs I’ve seen have the audio going out of sync after a while.

Now, before we get to the transcripts (under the cut), behold my humor (and why this drama’s so great and why Lea Massari as Grušen’ka owns my entire ass):

[INT. – AT DMITRIJ’S] min. 1:04

(knocking noises; Dmitrij is laying on the bed reading a newspaper)

Dmitrij: Come in! (more knocking noises) – I said, “Come in”!

Housekeeper (enters, carrying an envelope): It’s for you, Dmitrij Fëdorovič (reading the name on the envelope) – Dmitrij Fëdorovič Karamazov.

Dmitrij: Leave it there.

Housekeeper: Where?

Dmitrij: Wherever you like.

Housekeeper: Look, Dmitrij Fëdorovič, I’m leaving it here – it might be important, the man who brought it said, “The sooner he’ll come, the better will be for him.”

Dmitrij: Who said it was important?

Housekeeper: It was a bearded man, he gave me this and left with that warning.

*

[INT. – AT GRUŠEN’KA’S/FOYER ROOM] min. 1:50

Fenja (to Dmitrij): You must wait, Miss Agrafena Alexandrovna is busy; you might sit down in the meantime. 

(to Captain Snergirëv, who just entered) You’re already done, Captain? (he gives a court nod to Dmitrij and leaves without saying anything)

(to Dmitrij, who is barging into Grušen’ka’s study) – hey you! Wait a moment, just a moment!

[INT. – AT GRUŠEN’KA’S/STUDY ROOM] min. 2:12

Dmitrij (enters): Was it you who had me summoned?

Grušen’ka (looks up from her papers): Who are you?

Dmitrij: You don’t know me? I’m Dmitrij Karamazov, I came to–

Grušen’ka: You are Dmitrij Karamazov – well, I have some promissory notes in your name given to me by your father to collect. We’re working together, Fëdor Pavlovič and I, you didn’t know?

Dmitrij: But I don’t owe one ruble to my father – not one ruble! When I was a military officer he lent me money stealing from the inheritance my mother left me… and pretended I signed promissory notes… this is new, eh, Agrafena Alexandrovna? Theft secured by promissory note, a dirty swindle of which I am the victim.

Grušen’ka: Your father knows how to deal in other people’s money like few others.

Dmitrij: It is a sad family story and the protagonist is him – Fëdor Pavlovič! My father! They say you know him well, very well.

Grušen’ka: Your father is greedy, greedy for anything.

Dmitrij: For you, too? – Be careful, he’s a Karamazov, damned even by demons, his soul is stained – me, I’m not a son to him, I’m a dog who hunts in dark hallways, hissing “The law will be on my side, only a judge may decide, the money is mine!”, and so the buffoon makes me look like the perpetrator.

Grušen’ka: The role of the victim doesn’t suit you very much but – you too, I don’t know how to say it, you seem obsessed by something, too.

Dmitrij: I’m a Karamazov too, why should the worms that are corrupting my father spare me instead? (rubs his forehead nervously, sits down on the couch) – I’ve known you for such a short time and already I’m confessing myself, this bothers me, why do I speak to you with such brutality?

Grušen’ka: Because you’re a savage (laughs) – as I am, after all! I’m a peasant, Dmitrij Fëdorovič, eh, don’t be formal with me. Mah, maybe you’re wrong, but maybe you’re right, too, I don’t know; anyway here are your promissory notes, take them, I’m not interested in them anymore.

Dmitrij: No – they belong to the old man, they must be deducted from what he still owes me, return them to him! Thank you… thank you Agrafena Alexandrovna.

Grušen’ka: Call me Grušen’ka – and don’t believe too much in my kindness, no, I can be very greedy too: you see, those who spent a childhood in misery as I have cannot be very soft; they might feel something else, though, another thing…

Dmitrij: –pity?

Grušen’ka: Oh, savages like you are cannot inspire pity – anger, maybe… or–

Dmitrij: –or?

Grušen’ka (calling out): Some tea, Fenja, bring us some tea.

[vaperarmand]

i’ve seen the greatest companions of doctor who ruined by some of the worst episodes of television ever written :/

[mysoulspiralbound]

ford didn't think it was worth the risk to bring himself back, he was furious with stanley for doing so. but when bill threatened the kids? he almost made a deal. he was willing to end the rest of the world if it kept *his* family safe. so i think ultimately it depends. i think ford would hesitate, but he would be extremely conflicted about whatever answer he chose.

to ford, stanley knocked him into the portal carelessly, and clearly stanley blames himself, even if he doesn't think it's his fault. if stanley fell? it would be on ford. his lack of safety features. his refusal to destroy his own work. his insistence on bringing stanley to gravity falls in the first place. coupled with the guilt ford seems to show when he doesn't stick up to stanley in the back story ep, i think ford would blame himself for stanley's fate.

the question is simply "is all that enough to justify risking it all." Mabel and Stanley choose with their hearts when it comes down to it. Ford and Dipper are far more likely to rationalize and compartmentalize. Ultimately, I think Ford would try and find Stan, but he would prioritize trying to find a way to bring him back safely. this goes extra for when Ford eventually has the kids with him. i also think he's more likely to tell the kids what happened (since dipper is research minded and ford's not faking his identity) meaning i could see the kids being the one to pull the switch to bring stanley back, not ford.

was chatting with my brother about gravity falls (again) and i said something like “man, can you believe stan waited and worked for 30 years just for the chance to try and bring his brother back?” to which my brother responded, “yeah, it’s nuts when you think about it. i wonder if stan got trapped in the multiverse instead, if ford would do the same.” HELLO???