#this scene is my favorite

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Just the way you say his name. Oh. -Will

It's so cute. And I love it. It's just the cutest. -Danielle

...I mean, this is just great dialogue. It's so funny. -Rider

Run right through the joke in the perfect way. Ugh. That's what I'm telling you. You were hitting beats, you were hitting comedy beats in this one that I don't recall you hitting in previous episodes. -Will 

[cup-of-starlight-waters]

really, I’m just…crying over North and South rn

John Thornton is such a wonderfully imperfect character. He’s bad tempered and prideful and jealous. He thinks and speaks harshly of those less fortunate than them, and is the worst sort of board-room capitalist, calmly and reasonably propounding cold explanations for why giving a starving striker food makes them worse off in the end.

And yet—and yet—

Throughout the whole novel his harsh words are belied by kindness after kindness. From convincing the owner to repaper the Hales’ new home, to his hand picked fruit baskets for Mrs. Hale, to the hour of tender companionship he gave to Mr. Hale in his grief—as the narrator puts it, he “had tenderness in his heart—‘a soft place,’ as Nicholas Higgins called it; but he had some pride in concealing it; he kept it very sacred and safe, and was jealous of every circumstance that tried to gain admission.”

It’s this kindness that wins Margaret over in the end, but where he won me over was the gorgeous sequence with Higgins in the second half of the novel. Such a perfect blend of his faults and virtues. In his bad temper and his pride, he brutally rejects Higgins, only to change his mind. But what really gets me is that it’s not finding out that Margaret told Higgins to ask him that convinces him! If anything, his pride tempts him to reverse yet again.

No—“it was the five hours of waiting that struck Mr. Thornton” that convinced him to consider Higgins more thoroughly—and his character, “because it was right.”

Margaret is instrumental in her own way, as an outsider breaking down the barriers between class and wealth and privilege, but in the end, it’s Higgins and Thornton themselves who learn to respect each other:

“Yo’ve called me impudent, and a liar, and mischief-maker, and yo’ might have said wi’ some truth, as I were now and then given to drink. An’ I ha’ called you a tyrant, an’ an oud bull-dog, and a hard, cruel master; that’s where it stands. But for th’ childer. Measter, do yo’ think we can e’er get on together?”

“Well!” said Mr. Thornton, half-laughing, “it was not my proposal that we should go together. But there’s one comfort, on your own showing. We neither of us can think much worse of the other than we do now.”

[unblissfulawareness]

Drop Dead Fred 🥰🥰

[illustroxx]

that scene with eiland and juniper was pretty funny, wasn't it?

[teamunee]

context:

[yamujiburo]

look at delia. absolutely gobsmacked. speechless. clearly in awe of how pretty jessie looks in a suit

[morningsaidthemoon]

“I know who’s in those ducts. It’s my freak-ass uncle.”

[armandaughter]

with a boy! things got heated with a boy! i was at home picking lint off the sofa. the night's gone, the room's soiled, and once again i'm here with mop and mindlessness to clean it up. no! i clean it up! you make the mess and i clean it up! mark it on the calendar, align it with ursa major, louis' tri-annual FUCK OFF and find me with apologies to follow!

[egophiliac]

he did it! 🐍 and it only took...uhhh...well, there probably could've been less punches, but why hold back!

PUNCHES FOR EVERYONE

[doodleswithangie]

"My car does not make that noise! What are you doing to it?!"

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Image One: Crowley casually leans against the Bentley as Aziraphale pats the hood of the car, saying to it, "Thank you for the ride, my dear!"

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[michaun]

You see ghosts, Cole? They want me to do things for them. They- They talk to you? They tell you to do things? They’re the ones that used to hurt me.

[nicknelosn]

best of b99: best of raymond holt

rest in peace, andre. you will be greatly missed. thank you for bringing captain raymond holt to life. ♡

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[hankandmonty]

Happy dimension 20 day that last one was a doozy

[garpen]

12 yrs old Jason having just been dropped off at Wayne Manor: Do you just take in every orphan you meet off the street?

Bruce: No, you're the first kid I picked up off the street. I picked up my last one at the circus.

Jason: Is that a joke? I can’t tell if that’s a joke.

Bruce: My son's name is Richard, but he insists on going by Dick.

Jason: And he’s…from the circus?

[eggpuffs]

the way dungeon meshi seriously talks about the importance of good eating is so so beautiful 😭