#this is why I will never be a paleontologist like I want to be | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

jbaileyfansite · 10 days ago

Text

Interview with GQ Heroes

The first time Jonathan Bailey touched a dinosaur, the feeling pierced deep inside his soul like a triceratops horn through the stomach. Thirty years earlier, when he was just five years old, he had tagged along to see the original Jurassic Park with his older sisters at the cinema. Now here he was, in the middle of a grassy field in Krabi, Thailand, walking beside a dinosaur as the lead character in the film’s forthcoming sequel, Jurassic World: Rebirth. (As he’s telling this story, it’s as though John Williams’ euphoric film score is beginning to swell. You know, the one with that weirdly devastating French horn solo, and the flute melody that sounds like it’s just floated down from heaven.)

Bailey was filming a scene in which his character – the suspiciously ripped paleontologist Dr Henry Loomis – reaches out to touch one of the prehistoric creatures on the leg, and marvels at the insignificance of humanity. (By now, listening to Bailey’s very own “Welcome to Jurassic Park” moment, the strings are soaring and you can feel the awe that Sam Neill’s character felt in the original movie, when he turned around to see real! dinosaurs! for the very first time.)

Nothing could take Bailey out of the wonder of that experience. Not the fact that the grass had been painstakingly grown to the right height for this particular scene. Not even the fact the leg was actually a giant blue tube containing a crew member, who was huffing and puffing to keep up with him. “I had to go over and touch the Titanosaur and I can just hear heugh heugh heugh,” Bailey says now, mimicking a timid panting noise. “And still! The magic of Jurassic! The will of the crew! It was a really emotional moment.”

“Spielberg-ing it” is how he describes being in these magical, ridiculous situations which, if you’re doing your job properly, you should never get too used to. “There’s a lot to be in awe of,” Bailey says, in awe. “The moment you wake up and you’re like, ‘Ugh,’ I think you have to get a big ol’ slap on the old botty bott bott.”

Nobody could accuse Bailey of a lack of awe. He arrives at the dramatically dark hotel bar like a bright ball of energy, delighting in the opportunities for humour and mischief that can be found if you’re looking for them. He wants to get out of here. In fact, his dream is to get a coffee and bask in the sun – and so we’re off, with Bailey describing the strange, tall-backed chairs in the bar as “Doctor Who villains” on the way out of the door.

Home ordinarily is Sussex, but Bailey is currently staying in central London during a run of Richard II at the Bridge Theatre, in which he plays the titular monarch. The play, about a charismatic but terrible king who is betrayed and deposed, lowers the audience further and further into darkness over the course of its two acts, with little relief. But today, heavy is not the head that wears the crown. As we wait for takeaway coffee by the Thames Embankment, Bailey gestures at the roadworks around us, which are ripping up the pavement at a deafening pitch, and says sarcastically, “This is why I love living here. I mean, culturally, what a great experience.”

Bailey, 37, has had a career so far shaped by several similarly ground-shaking moments at increasing levels on the Richter scale. First there was the foreshock of 2020’s Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes’ Netflix Regency drama, which had so many sex scenes it could have been named “Ride and Prejudice”. And after a few increasing tremors – like his Emmy-nominated series Fellow Travelers – came The Big One: 2024’s Wicked, the behemoth adaptation of the Broadway musical, in which Bailey played Fiyero, a seeming fuckboy prince caught in a love triangle between witches Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda (Ariana Grande). Right now we are in the middle of a brief lull between seismic waves, with Bailey leading Jurassic World: Rebirth in July, before pulling his jodhpurs back on for the second half of Wicked in November.

We sit on a bench on the riverside, facing the water, which is so sparkling and frothy it looks like it’s been added in post-production. Bailey looks the part for this greenscreen setting, every now and then flashing soft, searching brown eyes from behind his sunglasses. Whenever he arrives on screen, his good looks cause people to behave strangely. In the recent third season of Heartstopper, he plays Jack Maddox, a celebrity classicist whom Charlie (Joe Locke) has a crush on, which his boyfriend Nick (Kit Connor) teases him over. When Nick meets Jack himself, he’s so lost for words it’s as though you can see inside his brain as it malfunctions.

Today, wearing the hot-guy uniform of 2025 – trainers, short shorts, fleece jumper, oversized headphones around his neck, a knowingly nerdy merch cap (in this case, a souvenir from the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb) – Bailey produces a similar double-take effect from passersby. In a few hours he will go on stage as Richard II and perform a total emotional and physical collapse, but far from preserving his energy, he seems to in fact be revving up. “I find the half an hour before going onstage like a Hadron Collider of pressure,” he says, draining his coffee. “Why not add a few more bubbles to the fizz?”

Awe was not in short supply on the many sets of Wicked, one of which included a field of nine million tulips planted in Norfolk to create a technicolour field of flowers. The surrealness of the surroundings was not lost on Bailey. “Being slightly off the M1 in Munchkinland, with Ari [that’s Ariana Grande to you and I] singing a beautiful mezzo soprano, and then seeing cars pulling up on the hard shoulder trying to record it,” he says. “And then seeing men in the sky, [which] turned out to be microlights and drones. It was like Independence Day.”

At the time Bailey had been bouncing between filming the third season of Bridgerton and the Showtime drama Fellow Travelers, about the McCarthy-era “lavender scare” (the persecution of homosexual employees within the US government). He joined Wicked having done only three days of rehearsals. “I remember having four hours to learn how to do a dance move. I did it with Ari, headbutted her, and was like, ‘Gotta go!’” he says. “I think she might have even headbutted me, but it was a meeting of minds, literally.”

Wicked director Jon M Chu had cast him as Fiyero after a ridiculous audition tape Bailey sent of himself half in costume, spinning around on a chair backstage in a theatre dressing room. “You have to be a specific type of person, especially a man, to be able to say ‘OK, this is the ladies’ movie, and I’m going to support them in that journey,’” Chu tells me. “And yet when he’s looking at his character, which could just be seen as a silly character, he had so much depth.”

Bailey only did two and a half weeks of the Wicked press tour, which with each passing interview and new reading of the now infamous “holding space” interview, crept toward the unhinged. “You can’t really gauge the scale of it, even when people say it’s big,” he says. He came home and told his friends things that had happened, and, “Yeah,” they would say, cutting him off, “we already saw that.” His big takeaway from the press tour was: thank the Lord for Jeff Goldblum, who kept him laughing and also told him he’d have a great time in the Jurassic Park universe. “We’ll see how it goes, but there might be a few films down the line where me and him can appear in Jurassic together,” Bailey says. “Dr Ian Malcolm and Dr Henry Loomis on a night out.”

This will be the fourth Jurassic World film and the seventh sequel to Spielberg’s 1993 original. Written by David Koepp, the same screenwriter as the first in the series, it’s a spiritual return, fittingly subtitled Rebirth. Director Gareth Edwards had not seen Bridgerton, but his girlfriend was a big fan. “The second I mentioned [Bailey], her eyes lit up, like, Are you a fucking idiot? You’ve got to get him,” Edwards says. “He’s got this glint in his eye. It’s the sort of thing you can’t teach an actor.”

One day, during night shoots in Thailand, Bailey heard rumblings in the tent next door that Spielberg himself was on FaceTime with his co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali. He was up next, but was so overwhelmed at the prospect of talking to the filmmaker that instead he decided to run away, hiding in a bat cave nearby. “I think that probably sums me up,” he says.

Bailey hopes he’s done Spielberg proud, but he also hopes he’s done all the heroic paleontologists out there proud too. In the film, Bailey’s Loomis is enlisted to help extract the DNA of dinosaurs for a private pharma company, believing the findings could provide a life-saving medical breakthrough. “That’s the brilliant concept of the original Jurassic Park: just because we can, should we?” says Bailey, who relished the chance to play someone grounded and pure after a rogue’s gallery of flamboyant cads and dark charmers. Still, this scientist is not to be fucked with, as early images of Bailey bicep-curling in preparation for the role showed. Thirsty comments underneath the pictures included: “he playing a dinosaur?”

Look, this is an action movie, Bailey tells me, as we walk beside the river and water spills dramatically over its banks. On set, the cast were wading through mangroves and doing an entire rock -climbing sequence and, you know, constantly running away. “Scarlett and Mahershala were like, ‘You have to go to the gym so you can sustain it and get through the day,’” he says. “You’re constantly running with the energy that you’re about to be chomped by a T-Rex.”

But, really, a jacked paleontologist? “You’ll find out. There’s something about his character he talks about,” he tries to suppress a laugh. “He goes to the gym and it’s a moment in the story!”

For Johansson, shooting the film for five months, often in extreme conditions, required a lot of stamina. Bailey’s enthusiasm and ability to buoy her when she needed it got her through. “He’s so twinkly. He’s very alive in the moment,” she told me. “I think sometimes when you say that somebody has a positive outlook it can seem to diminish the fact they’re also deep, because it can appear superficial. But he’s a deep thinker and also incredibly compassionate.”

The first time Bailey went to the theatre, he was five years old. At some point during the production of Oliver!, he remembers telling his grandmother sitting next to him, “That’s what I’m going to do.”

He grew up with three older sisters in Benson, a village between Oxford and London. His father was a DJ, and Bailey still remembers feeling that the music he would play in the car matched the conversations they were having. Music was the family’s shared language: the Gina G and Cream Ibiza albums that his sisters played before going clubbing, or the way he remembers knowing his oldest sister Charlotte was sad by overhearing the particular way she was playing the piano downstairs. The house wasn’t big, and Bailey shared a bedroom until they had an extension built. The main feature was a space to house his dad’s records, which they would dance around in and call “the new room” for the next 20 years.

“Unbearable, hahaha. Total rotter, just a nasty little thing!” Bailey says, when asked what he was like as a child. “I think I was just really enthusiastic.” He did ballet, dance and gymnastics, and at seven was cast as Tiny Tim in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Christmas Carol, after being spotted in a drama club. Though he stayed in education (and has recently told his younger brothers on Bridgerton, and their parents, that they must finish school), he did continuous theatre work throughout his teenage years.

Right now, as his True Movie Star moment arrives, Bailey is being sent more work to read than ever. It’s a situation that during his 20s, when he had a spate of rejections that lasted years, he thought would never come. “My memory and my experience of it was that there was never a moment where I was going to play a leading male part,” he says.

Years ago, the theatre director Nicholas Hytner gave him a piece of advice that stuck with him: always keep working. Hytner had cast Bailey as Cassio in his 2013 adaptation of Othello at the National Theatre, offering Bailey the part right there in the room after his audition. Bailey understood what the advice really meant after he missed out on a BBC period drama in 2017. It was the sort of hyped-up TV show that he felt he should be going for to advance his career, but it would also have meant turning down playing Edgar opposite Ian McKellen’s King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre. Looking back, it was a reminder to follow good work and not the obvious, populist thing.

Working on Richard II after Wicked and Bridgerton, and ahead of his big Jurassic Park moment, has been similarly grounding. “I think actually coming back to theatre is the exact way I process stuff,” says Bailey. “Within the routine and the repetition of it, you get these big expansive thoughts and ruminations on what’s going on.”

We’re approaching the Tower of London, where the real Richard II spent two days hiding with his mother Joan of Kent in 1381. The Bridge Theatre is just across the river from the Tower, and as part of his preparation for the play, Bailey was taken on a tour where he went inside one of the turrets that has only recently been opened to the public. It was spooky, standing where Richard had stood, looking out on the place where thousands of peasants revolted as the Tower was breached. It made Bailey feel like he had Richard’s back. “Although you’ll see Richard and be like, ‘Wow, he’s an absolute monster,’” he laughs. As we walk in the shadow of the building, Bailey realises he’s running late for his warm-up. He tracks down a Lime bike and pedals off towards Tower Bridge.

There is a recurring trick in the second act of a Jonathan Bailey performance. He did it in the second season of Bridgerton, as the cocksure Viscount Anthony met his match and fell in love. The same front-footedness and ego is how he initially played his Wicked character Prince Fiyero, only for doubt and sadness to creep in when he realises he’s picked the wrong girl. “Elphaba awakens him when she says, ‘Otherwise you wouldn’t be so unhappy,’” Chu says of Bailey’s transformative scene in the film. “You can see his whole face change: it’s like black and white to colour.”

Bailey doesn’t flip a switch, but instead slowly turns the volume down on his performances, as though he’s playing with the contrast. The bigger the ego, the steeper the fall; the more energetic the prelude, the more damaged he is by the end. In Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s 2016 Channel 4 series Crashing, Bailey plays Sam, a lothario with frosted tips who tries it on with anyone and everyone. In the final episode of the first season, Sam’s friend Fred asks if he’s in love with him, to which he replies, “You don’t have anything I want, honey.” As his confident voice falters, Bailey strips Sam and his one-liners down to show that it’s all been an act. Watching the scene, it is as though you can see the two different characters fighting it out inside him.

A few hours after he leaves me at the Tower, I watch Bailey perform this trick on stage as Richard II. Bailey plays the king like one of the petulant Roy children from Succession, gumming from a bag of coke and storming off when he doesn’t get his way. It’s surely impossible to feel for this arsehole. And yet when it’s all over for him, and Bailey configures him into a sad little boy who keeps snatching his crown back after pretending to surrender it, you really do. The last we see of Richard is a black body bag on stage.

After the show, I walk to Bailey’s dressing room backstage, expecting to find him withdrawn or quietly coming down. Instead he seems to be just getting started. “Was it like as you thought you might?” his words jumble out excitedly. “Wait, what!?” He recomposes himself, as though shaking off a glitch. “Was it similar to how you thought it might be?”

Bailey had joked earlier that years ago he would have been “running around naked backstage like a toddler” before a performance, but now he’s come to understand the need to focus. Still, that image of naughtiness is what comes to mind as we sit in his dressing room, drinking a bottle of red wine by the glow of a yellow lava lamp. In the hallway beyond us, his castmates are chanting along to Irish sing-songs and banging on the walls. Today is 1 April, April Fool’s, and Bailey had the idea that maybe he would burst out of Richard’s body bag at the end of the play: Surprise! Sadly he was beaten to it: in between the scene where Richard is dramatically deposed and when he appears again in handcuffs moments later, Bailey came off stage to find the rest of the cast in Bob the Builder costumes, playing the cartoon mechanic’s theme tune.

Even in some of the most pitch-black moments of one of Shakespeare’s bleakest plays, Bailey got plenty of laughs from the audience. This desire to find the humour and ridiculousness amid the pain, he thinks, is true to how life is: “In my experience, in those moments of absolute grief and sadness and identity crisis, there’s so much humour.” He says it with such certainty that it feels like a decision he’s made, to hold onto the joy like an energy reserve that will keep him going.

It was the same act of peering through darkness to find light that made his performance in Fellow Travelers, Ron Nyswaner’s series based on the Thomas Mallon novel, so extraordinary. Bailey plays Tim Laughlin, a junior congressional staffer who falls in love with senior state department official Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer). The series flashes between the ’80s – when Tim is ill with Kaposi Sarcoma and PCP, precursors to HIV/AIDS – and the origin of their relationship at the height of senator Joseph McCarthy’s targeting of what he called “sexual perverts” within the US government. Bailey was nominated for an Emmy for his performance, which held on tightly to moments of happiness. “It’s easy to look back at something as brutal and terrifying and desperately angering as the AIDS crisis and think that nobody had fun. It’s bullshit,” he says. “People find more joy in desperation and terror, and so the lightness of touch was meaningful.”

In the end, Tim dies, but we never see him go. Instead, in the last shot of him in the film, he is furiously chanting during a protest of the government’s lack of action during the AIDS crisis. It is a reversal of Bailey’s usual trajectory, transforming a shy man into a resolute fighter. “Tim is finding his sense of purpose and self and strength; as his body fails him his mind and spirit come together,” Bailey told me earlier. “That was a life-changing experience for me.”

As a child, he was so sure of who he was until other people made him question it. “I really remember knowing everything about myself at a young age,” he says. “I remember at primary school being really clear and then it sort of gets murky as you get older, which is such a shame, especially when it’s to do with sexuality.”

As a gay actor, Bailey is often asked to speak on LGBT+ issues, and while he’s very aware of the importance of representation, he’s keen to do something rather than just talk about it. In 2024, he set up a charity called The Shameless Fund, which collaborates with artists and brands to fund LGBT+ non-profit organisations. “There’s so many amazing people you meet along the way who wanna get involved,” Bailey says. The first campaign, in collaboration with designer Jonathan Anderson, featured a hunk chugging milk, captioned with the seductive order Hawk gave Tim in Fellow Travelers: “Drink your milk”.

Bailey is also committed to keeping theatre accessible for everyone. He thinks he knows what the next play he’s going to do is, and while looking at possible theatres, he made sure to go and sit in the seats right at the top – the same ones that his grandmother used to be able to buy for £5.50. He still associates going to the theatre with the feeling of vertigo; the ceiling just above your head and seeing the action unfolding from on high. The tickets for tonight’s performance are reasonable compared with Denzel Washington’s Othello in New York, which has attracted outrage for prices of up to $900. “It can’t become an elitist, inaccessible thing,” Bailey says. “It’s amazing what filming live theatre has done, but nothing beats being in the room.”

Just as Bailey began his run in Mike Bartlett’s play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre in 2022, the second season of Bridgerton dropped on Netflix. The public attention was so intense that one day, when Bailey was cycling to a performance at the theatre, someone grabbed him at a set of traffic lights, screaming, “IT’S ANTHONY BRIDGERTON!” The subsequent demand for the play meant that ticket prices reached £400, but the theatre dropped them back down. “I sent an email,” he says quietly.

“Ding ding,” says the stage manager, who has stuck his head around the door. We have to get out, because it’s almost 11pm and the theatre is closing.

“Ding ding!” Bailey says. “Shall we go for a little stroll? Shall we take our wine?”

When Bailey started his run of Richard II, the only person at the theatre who could control the crowds that would form at the stage door was Danny, a security guard. “He’s the guy you go to,” Bailey told me earlier. In fact, Danny did such an incredible job of silencing the crowd that waited to meet Bailey after performances that on the first night, he walked out to total silence. It was so awkward that Danny had to gesture for them to give the poor guy something. But as the run continued, the crowd got more raucous. Danny was able to tame them initially, but by 11pm Bailey would walk out and all hell would break loose. Eventually they had to shut the stage door, due to noise complaints from residents.

“We’ve been talking about you a lot,” Bailey tells him.

“Oh yeah?” replies Danny, leading us through the labyrinthine corridors of the Bridge, where clothing rails and furniture line every room and Bailey notes the smell of a school canteen in the air.

We walk at a dramatic pace, exactly like a stealthy 007 mission sequence apart from the fact Bailey and I are both carrying Stanley cups from his dressing room filled with red wine. Nobody is waiting for us outside the stage door, but Danny knows better than to drop his guard now. He walks ahead of us, swivelling his head to check for stragglers. “It makes me want to skip around and be a naughty little nymph,” Bailey says as we follow Danny into the night.

The riverbank is shadowy and silent, with a bright slice of moon lighting up Tower Bridge and the dark stretch of water underneath it. In front of us, a vast orange crate with a clock timer attached to it catches Bailey’s attention. We walk towards it. Up close, it emits a supernatural humming noise. On closer inspection, it is an activation for the video game Call of Duty: Warzone that has 41 hours to go.

“I hope there aren’t actors inside there,” Bailey whispers.

Danny had insisted on taking us as far as the river, but now he is struggling to find a place to turn off and, mortified, is apologising that he is now tailing us. After he slips off, we walk back in the direction we came to the sounds of lapping water and our straw-slurps of pinot noir. Bailey has been sent the music for Wicked: For Good, which will be released in November, though he declines my request to play it out loud on the move. “It’s darker, and I’ve got a sense it’s going to go there politically as well,” he says of the next film. “Fiyero’s arc really kicks off and he literally is transformed by the end.”

Though the first film stuck closely to the original stage show, the musical’s shorter second act has allowed space (“held” space?) for them to add new details into the sequel. “There really is lots of new stuff,” he says. “When [Fiyero] leaves with Elphaba and they go to her lair where she’s staying – on stage you just accept that she’s living in a pit of dry ice, but in the film it’s really beautifully realised and thought out by the departments and Cynthia and me.”

There’s also a lot more richness to Galinda and Fiyero’s relationship too, says Bailey, emphasising what the character gives up in order to follow his heart. We pass through a cloud of weed smoke and judgement from three teenagers, who fall silent as two people in their mid-30s walk past enthusiastically discussing Wicked. Bailey keeps going as we start climbing a flight of stairs to cross over another bridge: “Fiyero sacrifices and utilises his power and control and command of the army…” But then he starts to laugh. “I can’t believe we’re talking really earnestly about this.”

The truth is that Bailey really does believe that Wicked and Jurassic Park are as vital and important as Shakespeare. More important, really, because of how many people you can make feel seen by them. Early on during the filming of Wicked he remembers a long conversation with Chu, who told him that when you make big movies, one small shift can totally change their impact. “Having Michelle [Yeoh] play Madame Morrible. Having Cynthia play Elphaba, having me playing Fiyero, what that means,” says Bailey, who is so excited that young people have watched Erivo speaking out at the GLAAD awards and wearing her hair in microbraids. “You can perform every night to 1,200 people and that’s extraordinary for those 1,200 people, but a film like Wicked can transcend boundaries.”

It has never been easier to feel cynical about the world – about cinema and politics and the internet and all of it. But really, truly believing in things is underrated. And maybe you’re bored of reboots and musicals and period dramas and greenscreen CGI and press tours that go viral. But when Bailey saw the footage of himself touching a dinosaur, 30 years after first seeing Jurassic Park in the cinema with his sisters, it brought a big, Hollywood tear to his eye. (It wasn’t just him. Edwards, the director, tells me that after they shot the scene in that grassy field, Spielberg got in touch, having seen the footage: “He said that it really moved him. He found it incredibly emotional.”)

A good actor can make you believe Emerald Cities and dinosaur kingdoms could be real. But for Bailey, it is real. His commitment to the fantastic is so full-bodied and invigorating that after a day of walking through both sunshine and moonlight, and screaming and sobbing and snorting his way through Shakespeare, he is still charging on ahead, powered by the wonder in everything. Right now he’s talking about how brilliant the toxic trio of girls are on The White Lotus, and this incredible festival he’s going to with a group of friends this summer, and I’m sure there’s darkness and pain inside him, but he certainly doesn’t answer to it today.

It is almost midnight when we stop outside St Paul’s Cathedral, its fluted columns and hovering angels lit up celestially by the moon. The street is totally deserted. We stare up at it for a while and I try to take a photograph, because the longer we look, the more ridiculous and miraculous it becomes. This is what Bailey means when he says there’s a lot to be in awe of. “Just go for a walk and look up,” he says, as though we were always heading towards this reminder that, if you’re paying attention, it doesn’t take much to feel like you’re Spielberg-ing it.

I finally surrender so Bailey can walk the last stretch home alone. Later, I remember something he told me, something that I came to realise actually sounds like an act of defiance. “You’ve got to be so careful about what permeates the way that you see the world,” he said. “You’ve got to protect it.”

Source

#jonathan bailey #jonny bailey #interviews #interviews:2025 #GQ heroes interview #jurassic world rebirth #wicked

37 notes · View notes

ra1nst0rm-tmblr · 2 months ago

Text

Are you serious??

This is just. Such a shitty excuse. Seriously. The first and most obvious point to me is that these aren’t actually dire wolves. They’re genetically modified Grey Wolves. To quote David Coltman, the chair of Western’s Biology department: “It’s not a dire wolf — it is almost entirely grey wolf genome with some genetic engineering to make it look like something dire wolfy.” Beth Shapiro, the chief scientist at Colossal Biosciences, also conceded that that they were not fully genetically dire wolf. Meaning that Dire Wolves have not been ‘de-extincted’ and so bringing back a fully extinct species isn’t actually something we’ve done yet.

Additionally, being able to ‘de-extinct’ the species does not at all mean that the species will be able to support itself and survive on its own once brought back. Even if the creatures are genuinely 100% the extinct species, there is no guarantee that they could learn to behave as their ancestors without a group or parents to teach them.

In this post, Burgum says “The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave” Like. YES BRO. Maybe there’s a reason that like 97% of species on the list are still on the list. We agree that that’s not a good thing. But the way to solve the problem isn’t to come up with obscure reasons why the animal doesn’t need to be protected- the solution is to make sure the animal is no longer endangered. You could be working to actually save Red Wolves and other existing endangered species instead of hyping a basically untested and also frankly irrelevant alternative. The primary reason for failure here is late action- in the past 10 years 34 species have gone extinct while awaiting listing. How about we fund the ESA so that doesn’t have to happen and continue to focus on actually sustainable method of conservation, huh?

Julie Meachen, a Des Moines University paleontologist who helped uncover the dire wolf genomes but was not involved in Colossal’s project to birth the ‘dire’ wolves, told The Post that she worries that the Trump administration will hinge on de-extinction as a reason to delist endangered species. She states very clearly “This technology does not replace protections for endangered species”.

Should also probably mention the fact that Colossal Biosciences recently cloned 4 red wolves. Colossal discussed with Burgum the possibility of using the company’s cloned red wolves in recovery efforts. I mean. I hope it’s not too hard to understand why that is again not a sustainable method of conservation. Considering there are only around 20 red wolves left in the wild, and just a couple hundred in captivity, cloning them can’t be the solution. It would just create such a small gene pool which would lead to more problems down the line.

But of course. Trump’s administration can’t bother to read past the headlines and actually understand the facts and implications of the sources behind their decisions, and the rest of us just have to deal with it.

Sigh

Anygays, I took a photo of a wolf rb to boop him or if you want to spread information :>

30 notes · View notes

doffyslittledove · 3 months ago

Text

Get to know mutuals 💞

tagged by @bankaizen ily so much ex-hubby

What’s the origin of your username? it started in the server where i believed 'little dove' would be one of doffy's go to pet names for his darling, then it morph into an oc for him named dove. basically i've made loving donquixote doflamingo my whole personality

OTP(s) + shipname: i'm more of an oc/canon shipper nowadays BUT bege/chiffon, frobin, zorobin, zolu, zolaw, are all GREAT ships

Favourite colour: PURPLE!!! and black of course

Song stuck in my head: How Bad Do U Want Me by Lady Gaga. i've been obsessed with it tbh

Weirdest habit/trait: i literally never stop picking my fingers. it's more than a nervous habit bc i do it even when i'm not nervous. it's why i use fake press on nails religiously bc it is the only thing that actually deters me from completely picking my nails to the point i draw blood

Hobbies: singing, gaming, reading, want to pick playing guitar back up too bc i haven't in a long time

If you could have any job you wish what would you have? i really don't YEARN any particular career any longer bc i'd rather just... not BUT i have always wanted to work in a museum or just anything having to do with fossils. as a kid, i always wanted to be a paleontologist

Something you’re good at: my job 💞 even when i feel like i'm not doing a good job i always get a pat on the back for a job well done

Something you hate: peanut butter, shit is fucking DEESGUSTIN

Something you forget: i forget to call my parents sometimes and i always feel so bad bc i don't get to see them that often anymore

Your love language: words of affirmation to the EXTREME. pls tell me you love me and that i'm pretty and that you need me and that you love me and that i'm pretty and-

Favourite movies/shows: ONE PIECE!!!! best thing i've ever decided to watch. my fave movies of all time are jurassic park, pacific rim, and aliens. basically big monster movies my beloved.

Favourite food: PASTA. and also burgers.

Favourite animal: PENGUINS!!!!!! and also hippos, horses, and foxes

What were you like as a child? attached to my mom at the hip. i did not want to be around anyone else tbh.

Favourite subject in school: english and probably science

Least favourite subject: math and pe literally wanted to die bc i was a fat kid and couldn't keep up so i got made fun of a ton for it

What’s your best character trait: i'm a fierce friend, i don't do a lot of defending for myself, i usually just brush things off, but if my friends are upset i will LEAP and defend them and FIGHT for them if i need to

What’s your worst character trait? i constantly feel like everyone hates me far too often, and i can't stand the feeling of being left out. it consumes me that everyone is just doing better and happier without me, and i let those thoughts become my reality and i operate as if everyone truly believes the things my brain came up with

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? i might take college a little more seriously and actually gone for something that could have made me more money but.... then i never would have met my soulmate that i've spent a decade with so... i truly believe everything happens for a reason

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? i honestly don't have a great answer lol

tagging: @shinjihirakos @mandiemegatron @nina-ya @shanalikeanna @physics-of-one-piece @eussstasss

#meg.txt #tagged in; 💞#tag game

31 notes · View notes

rarepairdumpster · 4 months ago

Text

Jurassic Park AU Part 2

Part 1

Pairing: Viktor/Silco (Arcane) Rating: M C/W: Post-Island, Flirting, Hot Tub Sex, Viktor gets hot for chaos

When they finally leave, Viktor doesn't call Silco for a long time, thinking that what they had was just trauma bonding.

Meanwhile, Silco writes and publishes a book about his experience at Jurassic Park and gets invited on talk shows, and they all ask him what happened with the cute paleontologist.

Silco told Viktor to meet him at a book signing and Viktor walks up with a book in hand and asks "So, what did happen with the cute paleontologist?"

"I don't think he was that interested in the end," Silco answers, smiling mildly, though there's a hint of disappointment in his eyes. "But I'd like to be proven wrong for once."

"Well, I hope you'll be pleasantly surprised," Viktor flushes. "Are you...busy after this?"

Silco arches a brow. "I'm meant to be at a party; I made the New York Times' number one, you know."

But then he smirks.

"But I've never been one for parties."

Viktor chuckles. "I really can't see you at parties."

Silco sweeps the tip of his tongue across his bottom lip. Just visible for a moment.

"I have a hotel room not too far away, if you're open to a private bottle of wine."

Viktor taps his book and smirks. "Only if you sign my book, bestseller."

Silco leans forward and takes his copy, and writes the filthiest personal message before signing his name. Silco also includes the hotel and room number in the message.

"I should be finished by 8," Silco smiles as he hands the book back over.

"I'll let the concierge know to let you in."

Viktor gets there early, and the concierge recognises him instantly, and he is led up to the suite.

Silco comes back to find Viktor taking full advantage of the jacuzzi tub.

Silco leans against the doorframe of the bathroom and smiles as he sees Viktor relaxing.

"Mind if I join you?" Silco asks, already starting to loosen his tie.

"Only if you pour me another," Viktor moves to the edge of the tub and watches Silco undress as he holds out the nearly empty wine glass.

Silco tuts.

"Started without me, hmm? I'm unsure whether I ought to be offended."

"You're a bright one," Viktor smirks. "I think you'll catch up quickly."

Silco takes the glass, but not before running his fingers along Viktor's wrist.

Viktor shivers and his eyes follow Silco's now bare form as he pours another for him and then a glass for himself.

"I have to ask," Silco says, finally stepping into the tub and handing Viktor's glass to him, "why did it take so long for you to reach out?"

Viktor shifted a little. "I wanted to be sure it wasn't the...heat of the moment, so to speak."

"What made you realise it wasn't?"

"I saw you on a talk show." Viktor fidgets with his glass and then he laughs. "And I still wanted you to fuck my brains out."

Silco moves closer to Viktor, sitting next to him and letting his arm slide around Viktor's shoulders.

"I do believe I promised you a gentlemanly railing on a counter," Silco teases, brushing his nose against the wet strands at Viktor's temple. "but a frisk in a hot tub is a good start."

Viktor snorts. "I don't think gentle made an appearance in the promise."

"Ah, well it doesn't have to," Silco sets his barely touched glass of wine down and brings his fingers to Viktor's jaw, gently turning his head towards him.

"I've been thinking about you ever since I left that island."

Viktor shivers despite the heat of the tub. Swallows. "You have?"

Silco chuckles. "How could I resist thinking about such a beautiful, brilliant person like you?"

Viktor sucks in a ragged breath in the moments before Silco leans in and kisses him, lips as skilled as Viktor had fantasized.

Silco pulls Viktor into his lap, knowing the water is easier on his joint, but still holding Viktor's hip up, regardless. He runs a hand through the half damp hair at the nape of Viktor's neck and kisses him like he's wanted to ever since the helicopter ride to that godforsaken island.

Viktor's hands flutter embarrassingly, before settling, one curling around a strong shoulder and the other splaying across a pec

Viktor can feel the rough texture of Silco's scars against his inner thigh

Silco trails his hand behind Viktor, letting his fingertips brush against Viktor's sensitive hole.

"Ah, I see you really did start without me," Silco teases against Viktor's lips

"I didn't want further delays," Viktor answers, flustered. "I took so long to come to you as it is."

Silco pushes a finger into Viktor, letting his lips capture the gasp that passes from Viktor's. "Gods, you're irresistible," Silco breathes, already feeling Viktor harden between their bellies.

"You're one to talk," Viktor mutters. "All that talk of chaos would get anyone randy."

The comment startles a laugh from Silco.

"I suppose I'll save my lecture on the three different kinds of chaos for when I really need to get you going," Silco smiles and kisses Viktor's cheek and jaw

Viktor kisses his mouth more determinedly, and Silco chuckles, but obliges.

After a few more moments of kissing, Viktor reaches behind himself and grabs hold of Silco to line himself up.

"No more delays," Viktor repeats, letting out a breath before letting himself sink down onto Silco.

Silco almost groans at the tight, wet slide down his cock. He leans back against the edge of the tub and slides his hands down to grip narrow hips.

Viktor kisses Silco, moaning as he's filled up, and just so deep. How he denied himself this, he doesn't know.

"You're not as big as I thought," Viktor gasps against his lips, because he can't help being a brat

"We both know that's a lie."

And Silco gets an evil look on his face before he just starts bouncing Viktor relentlessly on his dick.

Viktor almost cries out as he digs his nails into Silco's shoulders, the water splashing up between them as Silco pounds him hard and fast.

Arch + Woods

#vilco #viktor arcane #silco arcane #viktor #silco #fanfic #rarepairdumpster #jurassic park au

26 notes · View notes

smallmartiniolive · 1 year ago

Text

Thinking abt how Jurassic Park is like obviously abt chaos and the evils of mindless capitalism that destroys what it touches for a profit but also it’s abt the people you know? This is coming from the movie standpoint bc the book didn’t really check off the right boxes for me but the movies are just so inherently abt people and connection! To me

I’m gonna just give my thoughts abt mainly dinot3 bc they are something. So special. To me.

Imagine you’re Alan Grant, in love w dinosaurs and being in the field, ur at the top of your game and it doesn’t even matter as long as you get to study what you love. Then, unexpectedly! You get to share this passion and love w another person and part of you doesn’t understand why it works but that’s ok as long you get to dig up dinosaurs and be with her, Dr. Sattler (understandable

Imagine being Dr. Sattler and always chasing after something and wanting more. You find the love of your life and he doesn’t hold you back at all, he’s perfect! You both thrive in your own lanes! You get on a helicopter to who knows where and you meet this exciting new guy, you don’t love him, not like Grant but he’s exciting and new and you feel like he sees you for something you’re not even sure you see yourself

Imagine you’re Ian Malcolm and you’re made aware of people trying to remake dinosaurs and you know it’s impossible but you also know that life finds a way so you go along. You flirt w some paleontologists, have fun, berate the senselessness of the actions around you. I mean what else is there to do. Then, you get a life altering injury that’s gonna bug you forever and the last person you see is a person you hoped you got to save, who is risking his life to save children (I.e. Grant) and then suddenly you’re waking up to the face that saves you (I.e. Sattler).

And through that all, nobody comes out ok! There’s nightmares and injuries and assumedly they’re quarantined in a Costan Rican hospital till everything’s sorted and people are good to go. Alan and Ellie always find each other, planets in orbit etc, and of course Lex and Tim are connected to Alan after everything. The kids cling to them and they protect them, but also they at least have each other and are stronger for it, but it also makes them aware of how awful it would be to be alone right now- Ian Malcolm. So they all spend time together drifting in and out of hospital rooms (most commonly Ian’s bc he can’t move around much) and after all that they’re connected by shared experiences and the knowledge they can’t share. Pandora’s box and all that but they all end up woven together.

They separate but I’m sure it’s apparent that Malcolm ends up alone, not wanting to rely on anyone, especially not his ex-wives and kids cause that would be unfair and even in pain he’s still trying to protect other people. So they end up together again, how could they not? Malcolm needs help, they all do but that’s a touchy topic and it’s easier to focus on what they can see. Alan and Ellie and Ian finish up at the dig and Alan just wants everything to be the same so he can forget and Ian needs the change, but Ellie? She’s not really sure and it leaves her unsteady.

All at the same time you have Malcolm writing his book bc the truth was always what was most important to him, like Alan to dinosaurs. Alan doesn’t want him to ruin his life, and Ellie wants to support him but doesn’t know how but they coexist.

Ian gets better. He leaves w/ Sara a woman he met shortly after the hospital and whom he seems inexplicably fond of having witty banter with. He leaves so that when he publishes his book it doesn’t come down on them, he leaves because Ian Malcolm has never been one to want to settle down and he’s afraid of becoming complacent, that if he stops moving he’ll lose something critical (he’s shark-like, Ian).

And then the digs over and Alan’s ready to throw himself back into another, but Ellie simply isn’t. She gets a teaching position in another state, and Alan doesn’t ask her to stay but by god he wants to (just like he wanted to w Ian although he never had the chance bc he was gone so much quicker) and it’s the biggest mistake he ever makes.

Ellie leaves. Ian reconnects w his kids, reminded by Alan and Ellie how important family is and that hiding only does them a disservice. Alan digs.

They still stay relatively close, stuck in orbit even though they’re separated, they message and mail and spontaneously stop by when they’re in town (Ian). There’s distance but it’s not uncrossable, they’re still there for each other. They still call and those calls never go unanswered, no matter how late.

Ian goes to Isla Sorna and it’s shoved in his face that he’s changed, whether he wanted to or not. He wants something more stable, of course he still wants independence but he also wants to come home to *something* (he misses what he had w Alan and Ellie but he’s trying to avoid that iceberg). Alan and Ellie find out and it’s the beginning of an end, they fly out immediately and check in w him, and stay a few days. But. But Ian didn’t tell them, didn’t tell them abt something so critical to the three of them.

They grow a lil farther apart.

Alan goes back to work. Ian mutually splits w Sara (word is she and Nick have something weird going on when they aren’t traveling the world for respective careers)

Ellie marries Mark, the guy she met while teaching. He made her laugh and was a lil plain but she liked it (reminded her of Alan). Although Mark is different, he brings up kids on the third date and he’s everything she needs right now, he’s stable and kind and his job travels w him so she never has to worry which would take precedence (her or the job). He loves her for her or what she is right now and there’s something in the back of her mind but she loves him and they build a life together.

Ian meets a woman he can settle down with, an intellectual and a perfect mix of Ellie and Alan (although he doesn’t know it) and he settles down too, finally ready for that build-a-family lifestyle that he’s started to want. They have two kids (canon compliant due to the five kids comment in Dominion) probably around Ellie’s kids age, they probably have play dates. Alan doesn’t come around too much but he mails occasionally or helps set up furniture, but he’s undeniably pulling away.

Alan who couldn’t just ask people to stay, is alone and he’s become increasingly aware because of his new grad student. Billy Brennan is a mirror, he’s everything Alan was (admittedly more flirtatious tho) and Alan can’t do anything but nurture it because he wouldn’t even know how to change (because god knows he wants to). So he pulls away and focuses on work and at least w Billy he’s not alone and maybe maybe he can help him get on a better track (his version of accepting defeat)

Of course he doesn’t stop seeing Ellie or visiting w Ian over mail or the occasional spontaneous visit (couldn’t bring himself to) but he pulls away still. During play dates, Ian sneaks looks at Ellie’s calendar and will conveniently tell Alan when Marks out on business ( bc I refuse to believe Alan didn’t visit Ellie even tho Mark first meets him when Charlie is 2 so I believe he snuck on in cus it makes sense you know). Alan loves Ellie’s kids more than himself and probably bought Charlie his dinosaur toys (Ellie groans abt his taste but she knew it would happen and loves him anyway).

And then Alan, who has never really been alone but has isolated himself to that point, gets a chance to see dinosaurs again (he says it’s for the money but dinosaurs are what’s always made sense to him). He gets lost. He’s got no way out. He calls Ellie bc she’s always been his beacon of light, saving grace, Hail Mary etc etc. (Also him bringing Ian up to Eric bc that man has never been normal about *either* of them).

Ellie meets him at the hospital (maybe w Ian who knows) and Alan is made increasingly aware (between yelling and crying and thank gods) that he’s not alone he’ll never be alone as long as they’re around.

And after that they’re sort of ok. They have regular visits and there’s distance but they settle, they try. They bitch abt Jurassic World together and how all the kids they’ve collected are doing. One of Ian’s eldest going into paleontology bc she met Alan Grant at the age of 15 and it altered how she thought academically and Ian is exhausted. Ian and Ellie’s partners don’t really understand it but they also know not to interfere (even if sometimes frantic calls wake them up in the middle of the night).

Alan stays in his ways (hoping for a change but not seeking one).

Ian and his wife have a tiff bc she accused him of loving her bc he loves Alan and Ellie at least at first (still does in a different and perhaps more powerful way than her?) and he can’t lie bc it’s all the truth with him. He says it’s not fair to her to not know that Alan and Ellie are just his people, you get it. She doesn’t, not really, it only ever made sense to the three of them. They divorce but it’s amicable.

Ellie and Mark have been on the rocks for a little, they’re relationship has always been a bit boring but that was never a real problem. However, she wants to go out and do more field work (writing books was great but she’s ready for a change bc the world turns quick but she’s always moved faster). He wants to have an at home life and one thing spirals to another. She chose him bc he’d never need to choose between anything and she wouldn’t either, they could both have everything and he’s a great guy, but. But now she needs a change and once again she’s left in a situation where someone can’t bend for her, so she breaks it. They divorce and it’s heartbreaking, they love each other, but Ellie has always needed some flexibility (she calls Alan and Ian later on and they drop plans to have dinner together, she doesn’t bring up the break up but she does note how they changed things for *her*, it’s nice maybe they changed)

Maybe they’ve all changed a lil you know? Ian travels, lectures, makes connections, and visits w the people he loves. Ellie writes paper after amazing paper after amazing book between field work. Alan digs. They communicate in academic papers and books that they send each other, their love notes are annotations that feel a lil too raw so they’re kept private. Every new paper and book and interview fuels the three of them forward and keeps them in orbit. Despite everything.

Then, Ian is hired by Biosyn (Ellie encourages it a bit bc she doesn’t trust them, Alan discourages it for the same reason). And then they’re back, they are SO back. They come together to fight against what they’ve always had to fight against, it’s a lil exhausting but they have each other. Through it all it’s always them. Every single time. Alan and Ellie meet and see each other like they don’t see anyone else. It’s a little unfair to Ian because they’re prepared and his entire world gets flipped for a second when he sees them (it’s ok he recovers pretty quick). They fall in step, into old conversations and patterns.

And between taking down Biosyn and avoiding dinosaurs they all kind of fall in love, not again bc it’s always been that way for them but it’s just so so apparent. They can’t give each other up and everytime they look at each other there’s comfort and understanding without words. It was easier to deny a part but now they are here and it’s just so. Perfect

Ellie tells Alan she needs to go, she’s always been too fast for this world, Alan tells her he’ll stay which is the best love declaration she could have asked for.

Ian says he needs to tell the truth, he’s always had to, and they say “we’ll be with the you, we will tell the truth with you.” You know and that’s their love declaration, Thats them asking him to stay, to be with them.

And at the end of it all, Alan says in the end he’d just rather not be lonely again, and Ian and Ellie look at him like he’s absurd bc of course he’s stuck w them now. It’s always been them even if they didn’t realize it

OH MY GOD LOOOOONG POST IM SORRY IM NOT NORMAL AT ALL HAHA. Dinot3 is something I’m not normal about because look at their stories!! Look at how through everything they fit together!! They are in Montana somewhere rn having a beer and laughing abt something silly one of them did and talking abt their collective kiddos.

TLDR; just my thoughts on DINOT3 and just their canon timeline and how it’s always been those three.

78 notes · View notes

storytellingbadger · 20 days ago

Text

Walking With Dinosaurs 2025: “we think our audience is stupid”

This is not a complimentary review. Beware of misery and spoilers.

In short, all issues circle back to the programme not trusting the audience to get it. Same as a lot of modern film. Explain the joke. Screw nuance. Show your workings. Give an excruciatingly big, face-scrunching wink! It’s dumbed down, not simplified. There’s a cavernous difference.

Let’s get visuals out of the way. Obviously, they’re not groundbreaking. But I’m not going to linger on CGI quality - to me, that’s a secondary issue to pacing/plot/legibility/accuracy/entertainment/etc. That’s just lack of budget. I hope. So put that to the side while the bigger problems take centre stage.

I wasn’t expecting it to be a perfect replica. The original came out in 1999. New facts, new discoveries, new shebang. But if you’re going to base your appeal on it being a sequel of the OG dinosaur documentary, you need to pay at least a token gesture of respect. But it has sod all to do with the old one, aside from the title. Not in format, not in series layout, not in scripting. Not even an updated rendition of the iconic intro.

Missed chance for easy brownie points.

Speaking of format. Personally, I’m really, really not a fan of the modern day dig site cutaways. Not because I don’t want to see that - I bloody do, I want to see every bit of it. I want to see these talented, dedicated humans teach me something new, leave me in awe. Give me a whole programme of that! But I despair of it here on 2 big points.

1: it irretrievably breaks the pacing—and immersion

The beauty of the original was that it was immersive from start to finish. The lack of stop-start means you can get invested in the animals. There weren’t cutaways to dusty dig sites and intelligent people standing around a fossil, pointing and nodding for the camera’s benefit. You saw a dinosaur story based on modern science, and the script/story/visuals trusted you to follow without handholding or storyboarding. What starts as charming in the 2025 rendition becomes quickly irritating.

2: why show dinosaurs when we can kill time with sod all

The real life cutaways are set up to eat time rather than showcase exciting discoveries or professionals at the top of their game. Take Spinosaurus teeth. Conical. Wiggly fish-stabbers. Cool. All that needs in the script is something like a “At first glance, Spinosaurus teeth might not be fearsome bone-crushers like Tyrannosaurus Rex, or flesh-shearing blades like Carcharodontosaurus—but they’re perfectly adapted for snaring their elusive prey.“ Or something similar written by a documentary expert. Cut to Sobek hunting Onchopristis. Ta da. Instead we get a whole modern section of paleontologists finding a tooth, talking about how crocodilian it is, but then never actually explaining why that shape is efficient at catching and holding slippery, thrashing prey. Even if they had, instead of showing the facts at work with the dinosaurs, the palaeontologists are filmed talking about it instead.

Masterclass of tell, don’t show.

These are clever, specialised experts who know their shit. If you insist on cutting to them every 5 minutes, let them tell us something new, not force the poor buggers to give a paint by numbers stilted lecture.

Why not do as many other modern BBC nature documentaries have done, and have the nature documentary on first, then a “behind the scenes” feature with all the real-life work at the end? Instead of this clunky, tedious Frankenstein effort of people trying to look dramatic flying a drone or pretending it never occurred to them before this exact moment that Spinosaurus’s sail may have been used in threat displays. It’s insulting to the audience and the palaeontologists.

Somehow making a dinosaur dig site boring is quite the achievement, I suppose.

The “treating the audience like morons” theme pervades the entire script. It’s stunted and prescriptive, despite Bertie Carvel’s seemingly sincere efforts in making it compelling. Constantly telling the audience what to think instead of setting the scene, dropping facts and trusting us to have the grey matter to understand.

The original was refreshingly bereft of faux theatricality. It wasn’t overtly contrived or exaggerated. Never mind the dinosaur liberties taken in the new one (baby Triceratops dodging a biting Tyrannosaurus on repeat like a Marvel movie because “she’s nimble?” Give me strength.) And god help the eye-rolling cliches, fuck me. I dread to think how many times the line “but danger is never far away” gets used. Could be a good drinking game.

To be clear, I am not a paleontologist. I like dinosaurs, I’ve watched a lot of documentaries and read some books and papers. I’m a sad, wet enthusiast, nothing respectable. But there’s nothing here that made me sit up and go “holy shit.” There’s material in here presented as ground breaking that I recognise from 2011’s Planet Dinosaur, for god’s sake.

Ultimately, this isn’t a sequel to Walking With Dinosaurs. It’s not even an homage. It’s a “that’ll do” dinosaur programme making convenient use of an iconic title. It would’ve been better off standing alone rather than piggybacking off the original, in which it disappointingly falls off the wagon and just looks silly for the effort.

Worth a watch? Sure, if you’re really keen and starved for paleocontent. Easily better than Dinosaur Fight Club or whatever “is Megalodon still alive” bollocks occasionally eating air time. A worthy successor to the Walking With Dinosaurs mantle? Let’s cutaway to my workings…

…

No.

#walking with dinosaurs #walking with dinosaurs 2025 #walking with dinosaurs 2025 is mid #at best #not a worthy successor #I’m devastated #I was so excited #had it in my calendar and everything #I wanted so so so badly to love it I really did #not my usual content

14 notes · View notes

whowantslovergirl · 1 year ago

Text

Two nerds in a pod

Ross Geller x reader (reader is female with she/her pronouns)

warnings: just pure fluff, y/n is a doctor yall aka paleontologist, but that’s it 🥳 friends masterlist

Summary: The one where Ross met someone just like him and fell in love

posted: May 10, 2024

“And that’s why the Salin theory is pure bullshit!” Ross was going on and on about some paleontology theory. You overheard and walked over to the couch in the coffee shop. “Hi sorry I couldn’t help but over hear but are you a paleontologist by any chance?”

“Yes, yes I am.” You immediately got happy and squealed and his two friends jumped. “I am too!”

“Oh my god?! You are?!” You nodded. “Yes I love dinosaurs.”

“Oh my god there’s two of them.” His friend said you didn’t say anything cause you can tell he was joking. “Sorry for him that’s Chandler.”

“I’m Y/n. But ima go but here’s my number you should call me sometime and we can talk about how the Salin theory is indeed not bullshit.” You left your money at the coffee table and left. Ross had a dreamy look on his face.

“Wow! I never met another paleontologist?!” Ross said while looking at the card. They all just looked at him. “She’s just like you Ross.”

“I know!”

______

Ross never called. But that didn’t matter because you called him.

“Um hello.” He tried to sound cool. You laughed. “Hey mystery man. You know I never got your name.”

“Oh it’s Ross, Dr.Geller.”

“Oh we’re being formal? Well I’m Dr. L/n”

You guys got to talking and you kept trying to hint that you wanted to go on a date but he just wouldn’t get it.

“So what’s your dream date Ross?”

“Um probably something with astrology.”

“Oh my god! Ross I’m asking you on a date wanna go?” You took his silence as a yes. “Ok pick me up at 7:30.”

Oh he’s in for it.

______

You guys went on exactly ten dates. You were finally going to meet his friends and sister. You were nervous but excited. He just walked in and everything looked at you. That made you even more nervous.

“Everyone this is Y/n. Y/n this is Joey, Chandler, Phoebe, Rachel, and Monica.”

“Hi Y//n.” They all said. You just waved then the questions started. “So what do you do?” The blonde one with the unique style said.

“Oh I am a paleontologist.” They all groaned and you instantly felt insecure.

“Hey! Hey! Don’t be rude.” Ross said and they all fixed their attitude. He turned to you. “They’re just scared they’re going to hear about dinosaurs.”

“Oh I try not to bore people with my job.” They all smiled and went to hug you.

“We love Y/n!”

______

You guys were all at the coffee shop just talking. Then you found out something that you didn’t know about Ross.

“You were married three times?!” He looked at Joey who brought it up.

“Thank you Joe.”

“You only told me about the lesbian.” You turned to Ross in amusement. “What’s the story with the other two?” At the mention of the other two divorces everyone just walked away but stayed close. He grabbed your hands. “Well the second time I kinda said the wrong name.”

“Whose name did you say?”

“Yea Ross whose name did you say?” Phoebe added.

“Um well it was Rachel’s and before you say anything that was when I was in love with her.” You just nodded.

“And the third time?”

“Married Rachel is Vegas.”

“Wait after you said her name at the last wedding?!” Is he still in love her? Are you just a rebound? All the thoughts running through your mind. I mean you can be that girlfriend that completely takes him away for his friends.

“Well are you still in love with Rachel?”

“No no no. I don’t think about her anymore. Like ew Rachel.” He chuckled nervously.

“I’m right here Ross.” Rachel said.

“Rachel not the time!” Ross exclaimed. You are a little suspicious. I mean who wouldn’t be?!

“I promise Y/n. I am not in love with Rachel.” You just nodded.

Let’s hope this wasn’t a mistake.

______

“Come in!” I walked into Ross’s apartment. “Hey babe.” You gave him a peck on the lips. You came over so he can show you his fossil collection. You already showed yours and he swears he has a batter collection.

“These are 58 fossils ok?”

“Yeah Ross I can count.” He just shushed me dramatically and you giggled. You really like how funny he is especially when he doesn’t try. He began to show all them off and explain as if you guys aren’t in the same career path. But you let him geek out anyway. You got a little turned on by how excited he was and one thing led to another.

He should talk about fossils more often.

_____

You and Ross were at the coffee house with all his friends and you guys were talking about the Salin Theory. He said it doesn’t make sense and you say that it was a groundbreaking discovery. Obviously his friends were not fond of this conversation.

Chandler groaned. “I cant take it anymore!” You both just look at him. “Leave them alone Chandler I think it’s cute.” Phoebe said.

“Thanks Phoebe.” You and Ross said.

“Yea they’re like two nerds in a pod.” At this you both made a face and left. Now that you think about they’re really not all that different.

And you love that.

An: hope you enjoy my lovers 🤍🤍🤍

#my lovers on top #friends x reader #fluff #ross geller #ross geller x reader #friends #kinda bad sorry

101 notes · View notes

jabbasyogainstructor · 3 months ago

Text

Ok, continuing on my Jurassic Park kick: finally watching Lost World: Jurassic Park for the first time in a few years

It’s nice to see that overbearing mothers exist at every tax bracket

This kid did not have to go far to find a bunch of dinosaurs. Really surprised that nothing bigger popped out for a treat.

People love to point out Jeff Goldblum’s shirtless scene from the first one, but I think he looks better here. He’s definitely peak hot in Independence Day (I like a more nerdy vibe.)

I bet these kids flip out hearing the word “dinosaur” and I’m surprised that they’re still allowed to visit Grandpa Hammond at all.

Hammond admits he was wrong and then goes “we have more dinosaurs! My interest is definitely in protecting them. Not recouping my losses. Go take pictures of them! I won’t sell them for profit.” 🤨

“I sent your girlfriend. Not my fault you bang every woman you see. I couldn’t find a paleontologist you didn’t date, including Dr Grant and Dr Sattler”

Hammond told this guy there were dinosaurs, but he didn’t believe him???

This kid is mad that her parents love and trust her, and in revenge she decides to ruin all of that by sneaking her way into this trip.

This guy has a T-Rex dropping weapon, never tries to use it until it’s too late

There’s 5 islands! What was InGen doing on the other 3? Fishermen won’t go near any of them, so something is going on.

Vince Vaughn does not look surprised at stegosauruses. Like at all. Man didn’t believe there would be dinosaurs at all and now he’s like “oh. Interesting.”

Yelling Sarah’s name and she’s five feet away? And she won’t ANSWER?

She rattled off a bunch of dinosaur facts at Ian, who is definitely not going to remember any of it

The baby stegosaurus is so damn cute. I want one.

Why are Sarah and Ian a couple? They’ve been together for 4 years? That sounds awful, they both are terrible at communicating or showing up to important events. Actually, you know what? I think I was in this relationship. This trip will kill it for sure.

This hunter has had enough of rich assholes on hunting trips, he is so done and he hasn’t even started yet lol

The dino headbutting a guy through the truck is an amazing touch, that should have been a recurring gag

All it took for the five mains to become convinced to conserve the island was watching the hadrosaur throw three guys around like a theme park ride

Dieter is a dick and I will be very glad when the compys get him

The poor baby rex! I am surprised that Nick found him before his parents did, isn’t that the whole deal with the parent T-Rexes in this film? They’re tracking the baby by scent?

Yeah, San Diego is gonna love this idea to put a dino zoo in their city. It’s not like they’ve ALL escaped from the last zoo…

Whaddya mean “San Diego Chargers?” What do you think that is man? It’s a football team. Do you think Boltman exists in the wild?? He’s not Gritty.

That baby rex is super loud, again surprised that they made it back to the campsite with him.

I also feel sorry for Enrique. Does this lady only communicate with her boyfriend by radio?

Jeff’s gift for comedy is unmatched. Watching him fall out of the high hide always fills me with joy.

I read somewhere that the male Rex has scars and broken teeth to signify territory or mating scuffles. It’s really clear at the campsite. There’s likely other T-Rexes on this island. These are just the only two that they pissed off so hard that the rexes now follow them around.

I would have absolutely wet myself putting that baby outside with both of them there. Jesus.

Were the… were the T-Rex pair just waiting in the woods to see if anyone survived? Oddly vengeful for a couple of lizards.

Aww, they’re sharing a meal

Nick and Roland have met before, Nick has sabotaged Roland’s other hunting trips. It really is a small world.

He really does want to kill that Rex. Roland tried to compare himself to Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest, but uh… Hillary climbed it with a couple of sherpas who probably did most of that work for him. Roland had Dieter and Arjay, I suppose

Sarah in the last scene said the T-Rex could scent the baby’s blood and keep hunting her. Why the hell is she still wearing her bloody jacket?

Ngl, I think this guy purposely left Dieter behind. They’re using the buddy system and he was watching Dieter’s stuff

Peter Stormare, who seems like a nice man in real life, is so good at playing dickish antagonists in multiple films, that it’s always a highlight to watch him die.

Nobody listens to Peter. He is not in charge 😂

I think deep down, Sarah wanted to see how far the T-Rex would track her. It’s good for her research if she survives the trip. I mean, she’s putting everyone else in danger. But hey, she’s a scientist.

I did not know that the T-Rex could extend its tongue far enough to lick someone. That would be great in sequels if it started flicking its tongue out like a snake.

Aaannd raptor time. The reptor scenes in this franchise feel like they’re part of a different film. The T-Rex is nearly always escapable, but the raptors are like serial killers, tense music and darkly lit horror movie vibes

Ian never dealt with the raptors before, he is severely underestimating them

I think the raptor digging under the door just said “help” lol

I wanna see the other gymnasts at Kelly’s school if she got cut from the team

Sarah landed right in front if those raptors and they continue fighting each other. Darwin was wrong, the fittest aren’t necessarily survivors.

Kelly is regretting absolutely everything right now. Just all of it, from the second she went to see her dad when he was going over equipment.

Roland just quit being a hunter. Wrong moment, really could have used him in San Diego. Nowhere to be found, just sticking to those newfound principles.

The dock is an odd place for this announcement

Ludlow just quietly backing out of the room 😂

Ok, so what was supposed to happen was that velociraptors got on the boat and ate the crew. So either raptors also running around San Diego was cut from the film, or the Rex ate them.

T-Rex iconically roaring on a rock at the city “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?” Is definitely what that translates to, because this T-Rex is on amphetamines. That they gave it.

This kid has the best expression at seeing a T-Rex of anyone in the entire movie. Biggest side eye I’ve ever seen. And his parents are so funny. Too bad it ate their dog lol

Ian and Sarah stroll up, no security badges or clearance, no one’s ever seen them before, and they’re like “here to steal a dinosaur! Shoot us!” And nobody tries to stop them at all

The T-Rex is personally offended by traffic lights. Same.

I encourage you all to pause and look at the movies being advertised in this Blockbuster: King Lear starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, super jacked Tom Hanks in Tsunami Sunrise, Jack and the Beanstalk with Robin Williams but I think it’s about a kids hockey team. Fun stuff.

No joke the Japanese tourists are actually screaming “we left Japan to get away from this”

Mr Rex that ball is way too big for your baby to play with

Hahahah there’s an animal control truck and it’s running away

Bye Ludlow. You had a stupid run. Maybe Hammond has some other relatives or clones that could replace you.

Baby’s first hunt! Daddy looks proud

Ian looks very very very tired

The mother rex met them at the boat! And immediately they had a nice meal of stegosaurus. Watched by the only pteranodon in the entire movie. I’m sure they told crazy stories around the dinner table (stego carcass) like “he killed something all by himself” and “while you were licking people in a waterfall, they gave me uppers and downers and sent me to actual hell”

End credits

Ok, I will watch JP3 next week. Or sometime soon. I am definitely not on any kind of schedule lol

#jurassic park #lost world #ian malcolm #jeff goldblum #sarah harding #julianne moore #jabba’s live reactions

10 notes · View notes

zzcrypticcoyotezz · 1 year ago

Note

Read your Ian Malcom Nonbinary/genderfluid and now I can't get it out of my head. IT'S SUCH A COOL HEADCANNON THAT I SEE HAPPENING. Can you rant more about it, please? give more scenarios of what your take is LITERALLY ANYTHING GO FERAL. That is all thank you. Also Trans Alan?! yoooooooooo. Love the concept of Ian helping him come out more too. Just GRAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

aaaaaa thank you so much!!! AND YES i would be happy to! you're the first person to ever send me a question, i'm so excited my posts are starting to pick up and people like the dumb things i write haha. i've had this rotating in my brain like a microwave for a while so enjoy! doesn't make much sense with my headcanon being that malcolm messes with his gender after the events of JP, but i've been really wanting to reimagine the first scene of them together in the plane and make it extra fruity.

- - - -

"So... Are you a man, or a woman, then?" Alan asks, his eyes studying the mathematician carefully. He'd heard of Dr. Ian Malcolm and his work on chaos theory, sure. But he had no idea who the man himself (person?) was. He had absolutely no idea what to expect when he and Ellie boarded the plane, and he still doesn't know.

Ellie, gentle but still firmly elbowed Grant, giving him a glare. "Alan, you can't ask somebody you just met that question!" She whispered, sounding like a mother upset with her unruly son interrupting Sunday school.

Ian laughed, his sharp features curling into a smirk. He loved toying with the paleontologists, supposed men and women of science yet they couldn't wrap their head around someone defying societal gender norms. He leaned forward, his voice smooth, his long fingers gently pushing down the rim of his dark sunglasses revealing his big brown eyes, the windows to the soul some might say, and the makeup he had done that morning. Just something simple and easy to miss, just like his nails painted black or shoes secretly bought from the women's section, but undeniably himself, his style, his expression. He responded, his voice smooth with a hint of flirtation.

"I'm whatever you want me to be."

Alan sputtered. "I- uh, wh... What? What do you mean? That doesn't make any sense!" And Ellie couldn't help but laugh at his confusion. His voice grew quieter. "Pardon me if my wording isn't right, this isn't my expertise, but are you gay? One of those... Uh... Queers? I have no problem with any of it, I'm just looking for clarification."

Dr. Malcolm laughed. "Uhh... I, Well, uh, you could- you could say that, I suppose." The two still looked bewildered. "Here, uh, how about we look at it this way. Gender is.... Hmm... Something, uh, humans made up. A social construct. It doesn't truly matter what clothes we wear or what we put on our skin or how we style our hair. Life's too short to worry about that kind of thing. I'm just me. I'm not a man, or-or a woman, I'm a human being. And we're living things, we can't be put in- organized into a box. Life will always find a way to defy expectations."

Ellie's brows rose. "I actually think I understand. I've never really thought about any of this before, but it makes sense to me." She looked over at Alan. His face wrinkled in deep concentration, grappling with some kind of debate going on inside his head. After a moment, he finally responded.

"I'm sorry- but I'm still confused. How can you not be a man or a woman? The clothes thing, sure, okay, I get it." Before Dr. Malcolm had a chance to answer, Ellie spoke up.

"Just look at nature, Alan. There are definitely more than two genders or sexes. For fungi, there can be tens of thousands! And many animals can even change their gender or sex by themselves. Humans, we aren't separate from nature, we're a part of it. If Dr. Malcolm doesn't fit with either box then I don't see why they can't go past the binary."

Alan was starting to understand, but was still wrestling with a lot of concepts in his head. Things in his life he'd never told anyone before, things Ellie has no idea of. Alan Grant was not born as Alan Grant. Alan Grant wasn't born a man. He knew from the beginning that he wasn't a woman and he could never feel comfortable as one, and he was now dead to his family as they couldn't accept that. They'd rather have a "normal daughter" over a "transsexual for a son". He would lose his career if this came to light. He hasn't spoken to his parents since the day he left home at 18. They returned every letter he wrote.

Yet here now, in front of him, was someone who completely defied expectations. Someone who didn't care what others think. Someone who actively broke the rules. And this wasn't just anyone, but a world renowned mathematician! If a man, no, person of science can feel so comfortable with this part of themself... Then maybe he wasn't some freak of nature or mentally ill. That this is actually a normal human experience, that he wasn't alone or some kind of outlier. His expression softened.

"You're right, Ellie. I... I think I understand now. I apologize, Dr. Malcolm." His voice had a slight shake. Memories were flooding to his mind, memories he didn't want to remember, memories of his youth, and after he was kicked out of his parents' life. How much he'd fought to become the man he is today. How alone he felt, throughout so much of his life. He took in a deep breath, rubbed his temples and wiped his eyes, then cleared his throat, he held out his hand in a greeting. "I'd like to start over."

Ian smiled warmly, reciprocating the handshake. He felt like they have more in common than Grant would like to admit, and things were going to be alright.

#jurassic park #jurassic park franchise #jurassic park trilogy #jurassic world #chaos theory #dinot3 #ian malcolm #alan grant #trans headcanon #nonbinary headcanon #jurassic park fanfic

28 notes · View notes

kiefbowl · 1 year ago

Note

I live in Seattle and wanna move back to Chicago one day. Your blog is cool, mine ain't and that's why I'm anon. Serious question here: my family is pressuring me to have kids (I'm a lady) and I don't want to do that. I'm 31 and hetero-married. I wonder about if it'd even matter if I regretted my decision to not have kids. Is this potential regret going to shatter me emotionally? I don't think so. Has anyone ever pressured you to have children? I wonder if I'd be ready to have kids if I was not expected to. Does that make sense? Anyway love your blog because you're real and super relatable.

Yeah, I feel a little pressure. I think when compared to other women, it's really not so bad. I think my mom feels like she can't talk to me at all about children (which isn't true...she's just unwilling to have the conversation on my terms), so she has made some off handed comments to people who aren't me within my earshot, things like "well I'll never have a grandchild at this rate" and other nonsense. The thing is I actually haven't decided yet, and I am leaning towards yes as long as certain things happen in the next couple years financially. I also feel the "biological clock" as it where in the fact that it would be nice to have a baby by a certain age if I'm going to have any, and that age gets closer. However, I'm not overly concerned about that either. It weighs on me but ultimately I want to make this choice intelligently, because I'm not interested in bringing a child into the world without it being the best situation possible for that child, so if I haven't reach certain goals by 35, I'm not going to say fuck it let's get pregnant just so I'm having a baby by 35.

I'm quite satisfied with what my life is and could become without kids, so I don't think I'll regret it if it never happens. I think I could feel sad though, only because if it doesn't happen, it feels like a choice I didn't get to make freely, and I can see myself lamenting never meeting the child I could have love. That being said, my life won't be over! I'll have freedom, youth, money. I'll lament it in the same way I didn't try to become a paleontologist or travel vlogger now knowing with hindsight I could have with the right guidance and knowledge. You can't be everything, and if I don't become a mom, I'll be the other things I'll be.

All that's to say, if you don't feel like me right now, you're probably right that you won't regret it. And if you start feeling like me in a couple years, that's fine because you still have time. And if you do end up feeling shattered with regret...you know, you just can't avoid grief and pain, so why try to hedge your bets on this one when it involves brining another person in the world? Maybe you will feel sad later, but I think you'll have the wherewithal to shoulder it, because you've probably already lived through many sad things and disappointments and jealousy and anger, why would this be something so uniquely different?

In the end, you can't live your life for others. You have to make your life your own, and every choice you make will have detractors. Ultimately, you have to say "well fuck off lol" even if it's your own family.

Good luck sis!

15 notes · View notes

smiley-mcdoggington · 2 months ago

Note

⭐diresctors cut!!!!!

You didn't say specifically which one of my writings you wanted the director's cut for so I get to pick!

Firstly not my catboy Stan (1) or that one weird artsy scene in pokerchips (2 & 3) because I went way too ham in the ao3 comments section and should probably post it:

So I'm picking my relativity falls fic because it's still fresh in my brain

So there's not a lot of originality I can bring to an au that's been redone so many times without making too many statements in the context of the fic that might throw readers for a loop and distract them from the current happenings, so first, basics: Dipper and Mabel never seperated before Mabel got pushed through the portal (why Mason called it Their House as a correction to His House and not Her House), I love Dipper because he has Ford's smarts with Stan's mentality, so Dipper was a gifted kid burnout and nothing can burn out Mabel, Dipper still had this idea in his head (pre-portal) though that he was supposed to be the smart twin and he would be if he could just apply himself better (it was the 70s) so Dipper threw himself into mysteries and gravity falls has so many of those. Mabel was in it for the anomalies themselves, and because her parents wouldn't pester her to get married if she was living with her brother, a man (again it was the 70s) which lead to a very suspicious sibling relationship in their house in the woods where they would study anomalies (Mabel got a research grant so long as she uncovers enough weird bones every year, she never disappoints, she has devistated the scientific community by showing them manotaur fossils before most of them chose to not believe her, there are some paleontologists that are die-hard Mabel Pines fans tho, believe she disappeared because of a government conspiracy, and visit the house every once in a while. Mason likes them, points out good dig sights for them and warns anomalies away so they can have peace digging)

Mabel kept a diary, she didn't call it a journal because it was mostly for her opinions on and experiences with anomalies while Dipper obsessed over the facts, but Ford and Stan both loved it because Ford had to puzzle out her experiences and polaroids into locations to follow and Stan thought she was hilarious. Neither of them knew The Author was Mason's sister though because she called him variations of 'Dipper' and it's hard to see Mason's birthmark with the fez and when Mason's not so mad his forehead smooths out. It looks just kinda like age spots if you're not looking close.

Dipper and Mabel both fell for Bill. Dipper knew he was shadey at best but also he was desperate for the sake of his unified weirdness theory, and Mabel trusted Bill because Bill was just a silly little creature (until he wasn't), they built the portal with a local they befriended and sometimes pinesandwiched - Pacifica (or "Paz") - who helped pay the obscene electricity bills for the whole thing with her inheritance and helped with the programming because she was one of the few people that had computers in her house growing up and taught herself. She made the memory gun after she got her head stuck in the portal for a moment and didn't use it on the locals (she's a local, she's desensitized to gnomes) but she did use it on herself, Dipper and Mabel to get them to forget bill (it didn't work because Dipper had accidentally given himself to Bill as a puppet to own Forever so it doesn't work and just ends up making it harder for Mabel and Dipper to put their heads together because Bill can and will kill Mason if Mabel doesn't comply)

Then Bill opened the portal, dropped Dipper and went to his body to get through, but the portal has a habit of closing the second one entity goes through, so Mabel apologized, kissed a very dazed Dipper on the forehead, and ran into the portal to close it before Bill got out. The portal was unstable, and broke down after being turned on a second time. And Dipper was alone, with a broken portal, the only written instructions left were in the diaries Dipper insisted Mabel hide somewhere not even Dipper could find, he didn't remember most of building the portal, and he had to get her back, he refused to think about any other option for even a second. He starts the mystery shack (which is mostly real non-dangerous or taxidermied anomalies) as a way to make money without Mabel's grant or a degree of his own, and its pretty successful because people think it's a tourist trap (and yeah maybe Mason has started jacking up the price of snow globes it's not his fault they sell so well)

Another thing, Dipper wanted to educate the boys on gravity falls, sadly he was very paranoid about hurting them so it was mostly just "Come here kids maybe if we stare at this bush for an hour the sleeping plaidypus will come out :D" and then the boys have wandered off before he finished his sentence to go track down the ravine Mabel fell down in 79' and found a wendigo

That's all I can think of for right now about the general context of the fic, but I would love more questions if you have them!

#pinecest #stancest #<- with the pictures at the top of the ao3 comments specifically

6 notes · View notes

c-t-r-l14 · 2 years ago

Text

I think enough time has passed for me to talk about this. Keep in mind that this is just MY personal opinion.

……

First of all, I just want to say that Saku is an absolute BEAST at writing—whether that be at writing scripts or his characters. His voice acting is incredible—he puts so much emotion into ALL of his work—and voice acts like rent is due—and this audio was no different. I have such a tremendous amount of respect for him and his work, always and forever.

That being said: This audio annoyed me to NO END.

Specifically, ALEX’S behavior annoyed me.

THERE IS AN EGREGIOUSLY LONG RANT ABOUT IT UNDER THE CUT‼️

Now, before any of ya’ll get all up in arms, I fully agree with everyone when I say that listener was most certainly in the wrong for how they acted in part 4. Not only did they accuse their boyfriend of four years of cheating on them with absolutely no proof, but they also invaded his privacy by going though his phone. I cannot imagine coming home from a long day of work and wanting to cuddle up with your partner, only for them to accuse of you something that you’d never do with no evidence to back it up. That must hurt, and I completely understand why Alex was so distraught by the way listener was acting.

HOWEVER, this whole incident only happened ONE TIME. ONE TIME over the course of FOUR YEARS of this relationship. Now, it’d be different if listener accused him of cheating many times. It’d be different if listener regularly invaded his privacy; it be different if situations like these were something normal in this relationship—but its obvious that it’s not. Alex mentioned many times in the breakup audio that listener usually isn’t like this—that they’re usually a calm and rational individual—which leads me to believe that them accusing Alex was a lapse in judgement on their part. A moment of weakness that stemmed from the trauma they had to endure by their last partner who also cheated on them. I am not at all saying that their actions are suddenly wiped clean from the face of the Earth because they have trauma—hell no. However, context in many situations is important—and this case is no different. If this was something that happened again and again over the course of four years, Alex would’ve left way sooner than this—this was the one and only time they’ve done this, and normally, people who usually have such a calm temperament don’t switch up very easily—which means there must’ve been a reason WHY they’re acting like this in the first place.

This brings me to my next point: Alex actively acknowledges the fact that this behavior was new for listener—so, if this is the case, why hasn’t he tried to get to the bottom of it yet? I’m not saying that he suddenly needs to morph into a Paleontologist—trying to dig up ancient artifacts to discover the secrets of the world or some shit—but I’m saying, if you KNOW that this isn’t normal behavior, why haven’t you at least TRIED to ASK what’s wrong them? You’d think that if someone you loved started acting differently from their usual temperament, it’d be a cause for a little concern, and would prompt you to ask them what’s the matter, but even in THIS AUDIO, it’s still very apparent that Alex still doesn’t know the reason why listener acted the way they did—because he is STILL SPECULATING on why what happened, happened! And yes, although he TECHNICALLY asked them, “What has been going on with you lately?” He said this as a response to listener catching onto the fact that he just told them that they weren’t the right person to be in a long distance relationship to their FACE. He said this in an accusatory tone, and I really don’t think he was actually asking for the ACTUAL reason why in that very moment. It’s just so very odd to me that he makes absolutely no attempt to try and figure out what happened to them—especially if this behavior is recent. Kayson is a really good example of this. In the New Years audio, he noticed that his listener wasn’t acting like their usual self—and he asked them what was the matter because he loves and cares about them. What ensued was a healthy conversation, where his listener was able to explain what was going on with them—and they were both able to come to a solution. Now, was Kayson’s and Alex’s situation the same? No, but the point is that Kayson recognized that there was something wrong his partner and actually made an attempt to get to the bottom of it because he CARED. Alex never did this, despite him saying how much he loves his partner.

But more than anything, one of biggest things that bothers me the most about Alex’s dialogue to the listener was his excuses for why they shouldn’t stay together. The way he broke things off with them is really sickening, to be honest.

When listener (rightfully) gets upset that they were the last to know about Alex’s job offer in NYC, a big life event that affects them both, he tells them, “I thought I knew you”. Which is odd. So—what you’re saying here is: because your partner acts out of their usual temperament this ONE TIME, you suddenly you don’t know them after FOUR YEARS together? I understand that them snapping at him was very jarring and surprising, given their usual temperament—however, just because they did it one time doesn’t mean that they suddenly morphed into a person who acts purely off of emotion. They are still the same person! Why is he acting like they’ve suddenly switched personalities because of the one time they let their emotions get the best of them??

Then when listener presents the idea of long distance, he tells them:

“Long distance? I mean, I think I could do it…if I was with the right person….”

…

What the hell is THAT supposed to mean? Is this NOT an out of pocket thing to say to the person you’ve been with for four years??

And when listener asks him something along the lines of, “So, we’re breaking up?” Or “So, am I not the right person?” This man had the actual AUDACITY to snap at them and accuse them of jumping to conclusions and even go so far as to denying that he was even alluding to it in the first place! If you weren’t alluding to it, what was the point of saying it AT ALL? And how the hell else was listener supposed to interpret that? This part really pissed me off because he was straight up gaslighting listener into thinking that they were in the wrong and that they were “jumping to conclusions”, when they had every right to react the way they did! And I find it absolutely insane that he scolds listener for jumping to conclusions when he is doing the same thing a well. He jumped to the conclusion that he doesn’t know the person he loved for four years because they let their emotions get the better of them. He jumped to the conclusion that listener would react terribly to the news of getting that job offer in NYC, and therefore, he waited who KNOWS how long to tell them about it. And, most importantly, he jumped to the conclusion that this relationship wasn’t worth saving because of just ONE SINGULAR ARGUEMENT. He cries and cries, saying how he loves them so much and how he doesn’t want to loose them, and yet does absolutely nothing to keep them around. He sobs and tries to comfort them, but also puts all the blame on them as well. Instead of trying to solve things with the person who he claims to be the love of his life, he instead makes flimsy ass excuses and tries to find all the reasons he could think of to leave. And for someone who claims to love them so much, he certainly gave up way too damn easily.

Look, it is very apparent that Alex’s passion is his first love—period. And I really do think that listener should do their best support him in his endeavors, but his dialogue in his audio was just full of excuses to make the breakup easier on himself, which is not only selfish, but a little cruel, too. He never tried to make things work.

If he would’ve told listener about the job offer in NYC sooner, there would’ve been a different outcome. If he would’ve told them that he was still feeling terrible after the whole argument, there would’ve been a different outcome. If Alex had actually made the effort to see what was the matter with listener, there would’ve been a different outcome. If listener would’ve handled their emotions in a calmer manner, there would’ve been a different outcome. Alex has a really big problem with keeping things to himself. It seems like he doesn’t communicate how he feels until it all bubbles over and he jumps to his own conclusions instead of actually talking it out.

It would’ve been a whole different story if listener refused to admit that they have trust issues, and refused to seek help, but that is not the case here. They were willing to work on themselves; they were willing do better. The only person who wasn’t willing to try was Alex. Listener did everything they could to get Alex to stay. Hell, they even proposed to go to NYC with him—just so they could stay by his side, and Alex couldn’t even find it in himself to even ATTEMPT to work things out with them. That’s what made this whole break up so goddamn sickening.

He made such a big point about “being honest ourselves” and “to not say things we don’t mean”, and yet the most dishonest person in the room is him. He makes such a big point about trust being one of the most important parts of a relationship, and although he is not wrong, EFFORT is was keeps the relationship going, and that is something that he clearly lacks. And in all honesty, if THIS is how he is going to act when he runs into problems and gets into quarrels with his future partners, then good luck on trying to maintain a long term relationship. Four perfect years, and all it took was ONE argument to make him leave. He just didn’t want to be tied down, thats it, and thats all. It pisses me off that he even tried to tell listener that this will benefit them both because “they will be with someone else who they could fully trust”, as if it’ll be different with anyone else. Trust issues won’t poof into thin air because you are with another person. He got cheated on himself and his ass STILL doesn’t know how trust issues work.

In conclusion, this whole audio was just Alex blaming listener for their breakup, him crying, making flimsy ass excuses on why the relationship will not work—giving up on the relationship before even trying to make things work, and him gaslighting them, too. And out of ALL the audios I’ve watched from Saku, Alex’s character was the FIRST one to actually give me the ick.

Listener needed reassurance and love, and they executed their feelings horribly. Alex has problems with communication, and maybe even honesty. He put all the blame on listener and made it seem like they were the one who made the relationship fail, all the while trying his best to not pass as the bad guy; but in reality, it was both of them who made this relationship end.

….

WHEW! That was A LOT!

If you made it all the way down here, I thank you so much, and I apologize for it being so damn long. I’ve been sitting on these feelings for a long time now, and I just needed to get them out.

Thank you so much for reading! ❤️

#sakuverse #zsakuva #Alex zsakuva #THIS SHIT IS SO LONG I’M SO SORRY 😭#I REALLY NEEDED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST

46 notes · View notes

grinningkatz · 3 months ago

Text

Get to know your mutuals!

Thank you for tagging me @holy3cake and @lord-aldhelm! 😊💖

What's the origin of your blog title?

Well, I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan and my favourite character has always been the Cheshire Cat but most of that was already taken. So I used the german name of the character, "Grinsekatze" (grinning cat, yeah we're pretty literally here) and simply translated the first part to Grinning, lol.

OTP(s) + Shipname:

Irenides - Eugenides & Irene (Attolia) from The Queen's Thief series

Jacegan - Jacaerys Velayron & Cregan Stark from Fire and Blood

Vanja & Emeric from the Little Thieves series

New Dream - Rapunzel & Eugene Fitzherbert from Tangled

Gelphie - Glinda & Elphaba from Wicked

Honestly too many to count, those were the first few I could come up with

Favourite colour:

Red! I don’t know why, but I love it. And purple, but that's mostly because of my love for Disney's Tangled ✨️

Favourite game:

Tbh I never was much of a gamer 😅 I got into D&D some years ago and that’s a game I love I guess?

Song stuck in your head:

Two actually!

Alibi – Pabllo Vittar, saw an edit to that one a few days ago and it never left since then

Would you fall in love with me again – Epic the Musical

Weirdest habit/trait?

Oh lord... too many... I like stuff to be in geometrical forms that only make sense to me I guess, like bottles always have to stand in a certain order and everything has to be organized in ways that keep my mind from buzzing 😂 Ever since my wisdom teeth removal I also tend to have jaw issues so I started moving my jaw a bit every few minutes... It’s a pretty bad habit at this point.

Hobbies:

Reading (no question about that), I'm basically plotting and leading a lot of online rps, and I'm currently planning to try out pottery and sword fighting once I finish my bachelor thesis 😊

If you work, what's your profession?

I'm working part-time as a student in a business consulting office, we're doing a lot of trainings and stuff for companies, bosses and employees for all kind of things.

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

I'd love to be an author but also hopefully will work as an editor for books one day ✨️ A part of my also still longs for my childhood dream job as a paleontologist like Jurassic Park lol 🦖

Something you're good at:

Losing my mind over stuff, lmao. I'm pretty good at organizing stuff, whenever I go out with friends it’s mostly me planning when and how and stuff, and I'm very good at sticking to my plans.

Something you're bad at:

Starting to talk to people 😅 Doesn’t matter if it’s irl or here on tumblr, I can’t really start a conversation even if I really want to (I'm always trailing behind store workers like a ghost haunting them until they ask me if they can help me)

Something you love:

Books was the first thing on my mind hehe, but I also love cats (even if my own ignore me in favor of my father) and the ocean! A beach day and diving is just wonderful and I miss summer vacation now ugh 😂

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff:

Either greek mythology or various books and shows, like don’t get me started on a rant about current Disney or the House of the Dragon show.

Something you hate:

HotD – okay but seriously I hate rude people who just can’t seemed to treat people with basic respect? It’s especially vile in some fandom spaces sadly so I tend to not get involved as much as I'd like.

Also mushrooms, if I could I would destroy every last mushroom. They're my mortal enemy.

Something you collect:

Those cheap gemstones you can get anywhere, my brain is like a goblin or a dragon going "treasure!!!!!!" whenever I see them lol

Something you forget:

Birthdays. Every. Time. So if I forget anyone's birthday, it’s not in mean spirit I swear 🙈

What's your love language?

Gift giving, I love to gift my loved ones stuff and always try to make it special and fitting just for them. Also quality time, just being together and talking about all kinds of stuff is perfect for me.

Favourite movie/show:

Ohhhh I'd have to say Tangled (I love everything about this movie) although it's a difficult decision 💖 For TV show I have to go with Interview with the Vampire and Once Upon a Time (OUaT was the first TV show I was allowed to say up longer for and all the fairy tale characters are exactly my cup of tea).

Favourite food:

Pasta! In almost every version imaginable, I just love it hehe 🍝

Favourite animal:

I can’t decide between cats (because I have two) or octopi because they're fascinating as hell or wolves tbh 🫣

What were you like as a child?

So much more social??? Like I was always pretty bookish but I also made friends so easily? I don’t know when that changed exactly, probably once all my friends started to be interested in boys while I still wanted to play silly imaginary adventure games?

Favourite subject at school?

German and history! I was always pretty good at writing and grammatical stuff so it was a lot of fun, and learning about ancient times was the best for me (until all we talked about in history class anymore was WW2)

Least favourite subject:

Gym class. Utterly hated it. And I always discussed with my gym teacher instead of actually doing the exercises lmao.

What's your best character trait?

I'm very reliable I'd say. Like group projects or whatever people need, I'll get my part done on time and if necessary take over other people's stuff as well, or listen if people need it.

What's your worst character trait?

I tend to be pretty unforgiving if someone hurts people I care about, I won’t forget about that ever 😅 Also I have a pretty big imposter syndrome

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be?

Already be finished with my bachelor, sigh. It’s stressing me out so much. (And maybe not being single anymore but I'll start with the bachelor.)

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?

I'd love to meet Shakespeare and experience a play at the Globe theater live how it was back then, it must've been quite the spectacle. Or, random, but I'd love to meet the author of the prose Lancelot – we have no idea who wrote it so I could learn who manages to write that big piece of literature.

No pressure tag for @brynnsasha191 :)

#tag game #get to know your mutuals

2 notes · View notes