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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) + Joe Wright’s DVD Commentary

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The themes of various Commonwealth mystery shows

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The British upper crust deserves a swift beheading at the crest of a proletarian revolution; also the most important thing is a precise moustache.

Vera: Murder reveals secrets that destroy families

Midsomer Murders: Horrible people kill horrible people; also, adoption ruins lives, for some reason

Death in Paradise: A formulaic moment of epiphany reveals all

Beyond Paradise: Death in Paradise is very popular; also, low stakes crime is just as quirky; also, don't base your relationship on reproductive compatibility

Father Brown: Never consult your local pastor for investigative advice, even though he's always right; lip service to moral depth resolves any lingering doubts

Sister Boniface Mysteries: What if Father Brown but always consult your local genius nun for investigative help instead

Brokenwood Mysteries: Midsomer Murders is very popular, but instead of being horrible, we're quirky! Also Frodo is there for some reason

My Life Is Murder: As long as you act confident enough and are also Xena, nobody stops you from interfering even though you're not technically a cop; also the difference between Australia and New Zealand is less than you think

Mr and Mrs Murder: When in doubt, try breaking and entering

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Fabulous clothing and feminism are the answer to any question

Ms. Fisher's Modern Mysteries: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries was very popular

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett series): Sherlock Holmes may have been the first great detective, but the Golden Age of detective fiction was a quarter century later, and it shows

Maigret (Rowan Atkinson series): Maigret is lawful good and finds injustice personally abhorrent

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ANNA SAWAI as TODA MARIKO in SHOGUN (2024)

And this... this is what beckoned me. The horizon more than the deep. The freedom more than the horizon. The fair wind. Be far enough out that you look around, and there's nothing but open seas.

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“writing fanfics is something I do in my free time for fun. I will not treat it like a job and will instead treat it like a hobby because that’s what it is.”

also how it feels being a fanfic writer:

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The Penguin (2024) S01E08 "A Great Or Little Thing"

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER 9.01 | The Locket

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That fic you wrote?

The one about the ship no one else cares about, or the deeply unpopular character, or the extremely unusual AU?

The fic that got no comments or kudos when you posted it?

Months or years from now, that fic might be exactly what someone is looking for in the sea of fics about all the popular characters, ships, and AUs.

Your fic might be the only fic out there that has what someone is looking for. The only fic that scratches the itch that it turns out you and that reader share.

And that's awesome.

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HEROES (2006–2010) rewatch ⤷ chapter one “GENESIS”

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With all the proship stances you've been making recently I just wanted to put my two cents in:

I feel like the reason proshipping gets the reputation it has is because of apps like tiktok where younger people hear a term, water it down to the absolute max and then apply it to nearly everything they dislike, and people make it way worse than it actually is

"Fiction affects reality" is the most used stance i see and to some degree they are right but. Holy moly two characters doing immoral things to eachother isn't gonna change the world, especially when its a situation where you can choose to see it or not

If you really don't wanna see that thing then block and move on, it isn't that hard

(For the record i am not an anti or a proshipper i think labels for ships are dumb: i mainly agree with everything you have said and I do not personally enjoy stuff like noncon or pedophilia in fiction, just to give you an idea)

to be fair, the “proship” and “anti ship” have been one of the most famous fandom discourses way before TikTok was even created.

and I believe that if people do terrible things in real life because of something they saw from a piece of media then chances are they were already troubled and they would have done those terrible things anyway whether or not they consumed that media, as @allthingswhumpyandangsty said before, people do bad things in real life because they are bad people. a movie, a tv show, a book or a fanfic doesn’t make someone do bad things.

no one starts murdering and eating people in real life because they like Hannibal. so the term “fiction affects reality” is a very weak stance because while fiction can affect reality, fiction alone isn’t going to make someone eat people in real life because that someone is a big fan of Hannibal. my point is, yes, fiction can affect reality. but it’s not going to affect reality to the point the entirety of people’s moral compass change. and if it does get to that point then the real issue would be that these people were already troubled. not because they watched a tv show where the main character is a cannibal.

also, yes, the block button is your friend. see something that makes you uncomfortable? that’s what the block button is for. harassing people for liking fictional things you hate just makes you a shitty person in general who values the lives of fictional characters who are not real over the lives of real people.

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when you love characters so much you try to climb inside them to become them. you pick up their strange personality quirks and their lopsided smirks and you try and fail to knit the sweater they wear most often and to play the piano piece that they comfort themselves with. you twirl the piece of hair at the base of your neck and use antiquated turns of phrases and teach yourself how to waltz in the darkness of your bedroom. you swirl an imaginary cape and sprawl bonelessly and draw their tattoos over your arms. and one day you look at yourself and you are an amalgamation of of the fictional people you love. they live through you, and will always be with you, and in that way, they are real.

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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (2021- ) Season 3 | Episode 11

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(posts a picture of the cringiest fictional man imaginable) he has bewitched me btw

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Law & Order: Abortion discussion (1991)

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Terminology Thursday: Juggernaut Ship

It’s time for sailing cause this Terminology Thursday, we’re looking at Juggernaut Ship, a term used for an extremely popular pairing within a fandom.

Although opinions may vary on what can be considered a juggernaut ship, it is typically understood as a pairing that completely overwhelms all others from the same fandom in the amount of fanworks produced.

The predominance of a juggernaut ship can potentially spark ship wars or wank in a fandom as it makes fans of other pairings feel left out. A direct contrast to the juggernaut ship is the rarepair.

Check out the examples for juggernaut ships on Fanlore and consider adding your own to the mix!

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Here is the hard truth, which no one else has the heart to tell you.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 1.02 "The Rogue Prince"

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New Girl, Christmas Eve Eve (S06E10)

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Community + Running gags: Rhyming names