#the shootist

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

The Shootist (1976) - John Wayne

One of my favorite John Wayne films.

[all-action-all-picture]

Clint was such a fan of John's wallpaper that he got a shirt made out of the bits that were left over.

The gentleman on the right in the full picture is Don Siegel who was directing the Duke in The Shootist at the time and directed five Eastwood movies too.

[gameraboy2]

The Shootist (1976), movie poster illustrated by Richard Amsel

[docholligay]

Anon, I'm not going to answer your question directly because whether you meant it or not the phrasing of the question is INSANELY loaded and I legitimately cannot handle a shitstorm right now but:

No, I'm not doing anything and I haven't even listened to the songs and I'm not watching and this is borne of no viewpoint more layered than, "I am struggling to take part in things I enjoy lately" which is why I haven't picked up a book in weeks or written anything I wasn't forced to in almost half a year or done any crafts, barely paid attention to Passover, or even hardly baked if I didn't have to. Sorry if that is in fact a boring answer.

[bacallbazaar]

Lauren Bacall in stills from The Shootist (1976).

[omercifulheaves]

The Shootist (1976) Saw this years ago on cable with my dad and the passage of time and seeing it edited for television had me remember it as more in line with your more traditional John Wayne westerns, just that he was really old in this one. Then I saw it again this weekend and instead was presented with one of the bleakest, most bitter mainstream westerns this side of Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid. The story of an old west legend who can’t accept that *this* is how he’s going to go out...played by a legend of western films that also is pretty pissed off that *this* is how he’s going to go out...and so decides to just commit suicide by rival gunslinger. And even then he’s denied the blaze of glory he wants to go out in. And of course, it’s Don Siegel so the violence carries the exact same horrific bluntness you’d see in crime thrillers like Dirty Harry, only it’s able to weaponize the fact that it’s All-American Film Icon John fucking Wayne shooting people in the back and then finishing them off with a shot to the head while they lay there defenseless. Maybe an even more effective example of taking Wayne’s screen persona and warping it into something darker than even The Searchers. No surprise David Webb Peoples cites it as a big influence on his script for Unforgiven. Was lucky enough to snag a copy of Glendon Swarthout’s novel recently. Definitely need to dig it out and give it a read.

[oneofusnet]

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[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 70th Birthday to 2x Academy Award Winning, 4x Emmy Winning, 2x Golden Globe Winning, Grammy Winning filmmaker, producer, actor Ron Howard! ^__^

[valereth2]

Birthday presents

I got $120 and used some of it to get Breath of the Wild and Kung Fu Hustle

[picatea]

Finally playing a stressed out apothecary and unlike my Dark Angel, Marion's maxed out the interrogation and investigation skills.

He's got great a bedside manner, I swear.

[leftovies]

Outlaw

[dailycharacteroption]

Drow Shootist (Pathfinder 2nd Edition Archetype)

(art by Ranjeet Verma on Artstation)

 Ah, the hand crossbow, commonly associated with the drow since they are often depicted using them to stealthily deliver their signature sleeping poison at range.

They’re also the source of some controversy with some fans who remark on the fact that they were never real and wouldn’t have that much penetrative power, which is fair, but while the pistol-sized and gripped crossbow we often seen in art never existed, there certainly were smaller crossbows which could be held and fired in one hand.

And even then, these are fantasy games, where spells and fast-acting poisons are a thing, so who really cares?

In any case, we are focusing on the drow shootist archetype today, representing characters who have picked up the hand crossbow and it’s variants, either having learned to use the weapons from the drow themselves, or figured them out on their own or with a different trainer.

These shootists have an almost gunslinger-like mastery of these weapons, making them deft assassins with these small, concealable ranged weapons.

 As the base dedication, these deft snipers become more and more skilled at using hand crossbows, and have mastered the art of drawing and fireing, or firing and concealing their weapons.

Some also master repeating crossbows as well, using them in the same way, with the potential to quickly load magazines of them on the fly.

They are often just as fast reloading and firing their crossbows as they are drawing them. They can even do this with a repeating crossbow, though doing so jams the magazine after firing, requiring quick field maintenance to set right.

Those that delve more into drow secrets also master the formula for various proprietary drow poisons, adding sleep and stupor-inducing venoms to their arsenal.

Further, they also learn how to quickly apply poison to their weapons, and even craft a supply of minor poisons as well.

Reloading on the fly is an important skill for any crossbow user, and even with their smaller size, the wielder learns to do the same.

They can also learn to move and strike on the run as well, becoming mobile death-dealers.

Obviously, this archetype works best with martial and sneaky classes that focus on fighting at range, such are ranged fighters, rogues, rangers, and the like, though really any character that prefers to stick to the shadows, use poison, and attack swiftly with a signature weapon could make use of it.

 It’s a pity that drow aren’t in 2nd edition as a playable ancestry yet, because this archetype would certainly suit them as characters. As it stands, the implication of this archetype is that they learned these secrets and techniques without drow society approving or knowing, but maybe your drow are not so xenophobic or villainous?

  Local legend speaks of fox spirits that put those who wander too far into the forest to sleep and leave them at the edge. The truth is actually pretty close, as the kitsune enclaves hidden within the forest keep intruders at bay with concealed crossbows and sleep-inducing toxins, carrying them back to nearby houses on the border, the occupants being friends of the foxfolk, to tend to them. Being allowed further into the forest requires gaining their trust.

 Recently, a pact between a clandestine group and their myceloid allies has broken down, the myceloids no longer providing their spores to the group for their mind-altering poisons they use to make key figures susceptible to suggestion and control. Wary of being enslaved by the myceloids, the group contracts the party under false pretenses to clear out and harvest the spores, not only for their use, but to set up a myceloid farm they can directly control.

 Struck by bolts in the dark while pursuing a group of drow infiltrators, the party awakens to discover they have been captured not by more drow, but by a group of counter-infiltrators, seeking to undermine such efforts by turning their tactics against them. However, as the party gains this group’s trust, they begin to realize their true agenda.

[catzclaw]

“You want a turn? You can have a turn and hit me with the car.” (( @the-shootist

Should Thomas hit Floyd with the car? || Accepting

"You know what, maybe. We'll pick a day to do it when either Bane isn't home or when we have nothing lined up and you can recover from your broken ribs or what ever."

[classicwoodie]

J.B. Books (John Wayne, in his final film role) is an aging gunfighter diagnosed with cancer who comes to Carson City, Nevada at the turn of the 20th century. Renting a room from widowed Bond Rogers (Lauren Bacall) and her son Gillom (Ron Howard), Books is confronted by several people of questionable motives, including a man seeking to avenge his brother's death and a few who are looking to profit from Books' notoriety. Not wanting to die a quiet, painful death of Cancer Books devises a plan to go out with a bang. John Bernard Books sets out to get shot in the line of duty rather than fight a terminal illness. In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, and manages to reaches out to new friends in the process.

Respect🔫

[wolfled]

tag dump. ( finally. )

[weirdsociology]

hey writers we have to talk.

if you've read any romance or fanfic in the past twenty years (i know you have), you know that there are a certain number of scents associated with hot dudes. you can probably recite the list of Things Men in Fic smell like in your sleep: leather, black pepper, pine, sandalwood, "something uniquely him", clean sweat, and if the character has ever fucking been within 50 yards of a firearm, something called "cordite".

here's the thing.

NO ONE SMELLS LIKE CORDITE.

cordite was a highly specific type of smokeless gunpowder developed in the 1890s by england specifically and used mostly in wwi.

if your good-smelling guy is not (a) english (b) using a very specific type of british rifle (c) dying in a trench in flanders, he does not smell like cordite. technically even if he does meet all those conditions he still doesn't smell like cordite because he smells like trenchfoot.

the point is, cordite is so far from universal that no one but the most hardcore gun nerds give a single shit about it. making your Sexy Hero smell like cordite is like naming a cassette-only bootleg live recording from the 1970s as your favorite grateful dead album. everyone at the party hates you immediately and knows you're doing it for clout. also, it's just factually... wrong. please stop. i know everyone else is doing it, but you can do the right thing here, i believe in you.

so what do people who are using guns smell like?

well if your story is set before the late 1880s, the smell of a fired gun is black powder, which, unfortunately, smells like seventeen flatulent cows have been shoved in a tire factory. trust me, you do not want your Hot Dude to smell like black powder. it's b a d.

if your story is set after the late 1880s, guns are using some variety of modern 'smokeless' powder - which speaking broadly doesn't really have a ton of scent when used. it does have some, but it's sort of non-descript: the best way i can describe it is the sweet, ozone, hot-plate smell of popping your car hood with a warm engine.

people who use guns a lot don't smell like fired guns all the time anyway, so while those scents might work in a fight scene, they're not realistic all the time. but there are some things that your Sexy Shootist will smell like basically 24/7 and that's metal and gun oil. metal you can go and sniff (i recommend non-stainless steel), but if you want a reference, most gun oils have a sharp, organic smell that's not dissimilar to canola oil but muskier and with a tang overtop. it's not unlikely leather is in the mix as well due to routine handling of leather equipment and gear. modern gear also tends to have a certain smell although it varies by production country and storage conditions - lots of opportunities there.

in conclusion: gunslingers and hired killers and military folks can be sexy and smell great on page, but i am begging you not to say "cordite" when you mean "gunpowder" ever again. we can do this. we are writers and therefore pedants. i believe in us!