#from back in 2009

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of St. Trinian's 2 with David Tennant and Christian Brassington

Excerpts from the "Book Off!" podcast with Host Joe Haddow, David Tennant, and Christian Brassington:

[ Talking about how they became friends while working on St. Trinian's 2 ] Christian Brassington: We did that and we were just surrounded by girls everywhere. David Tennant: Yeah Joe Haddow: A friendship just blossomed, I assume, from this? DT: Well I think we were both nervous about being seen to be talking to a lot of teenage girls. [ the others laugh ] DT: So we just sort of sat in a corner and talked to each other. CB: Yeah. DT: We were the baddies. We were the villains. CB: I played David's sidekick DT: We were very subtle. Very subtle performances. CB: Oh my goodness! It was almost like a documentary, what we were doing DT: So nuanced, what we did Host: [ Laughing ]

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[ahappydnp]

Happy do you know where the Phan ship name originates? I assume it came from the fandom then was at some point acknowledged by Dan and Phil? Also why was it that they never tagged #Phan on their tumblr posts but mentioned it by name in vids? Ty x

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[thirdwheelravi]

sorry I’m actually not chill at all and I am pissed off because if you think “a woman who survived a violently abusive relationship can’t be trusted to give romantic advice” is anywhere near a reasonable thing to say GET FUCKING HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[necrotic-nephilim]

jealousy really is the driving force of DamiTim as a ship. love that for them. love how Tim has the Robin mantle ripped away from him and he has to suffer the jealousy of watching Dick and Damian bond. how possessive over Dick Tim can be, to have him stolen by Dick.

even more so though, is the jealousy from Damian. how on earth do you cope when you finally get to be Robin, a role you've convinced is your birthright, and no one really likes you? every prefers the Robin who came before you? Dick regularly reminds you that he can always go and call Tim back when you act out? like the complex Damian has over Tim is unreal. Tim, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and had everything handed to him his whole life. he never had to struggle or fight for his place like Damian did. Damian has spent his whole life fighting and proving himself, and yet he can't ever seem to truly claw the mantle of Robin away from Tim. even when Tim lets it go, becomes Red Robin, they seem to share it. Tim can slip back into the role of Robin whenever someone like Dick or Bruce need him to, because *he's* the Robin who they need. he's the Robin who was able to find Bruce. he's the Robin that Ra's wants an heir out of. he's the Robin who even Jason respects. in Damian's eyes, everything Damian has fought tooth and nail for, was handed to Tim.

so of course he's going to react to Tim with violence and aggression, especially after finding out Tim has contingency plans for him. no matter how much Damian proves himself, he's never going to be enough, especially not to Tim. and so his deep refusal to see Tim as family, to acknowledge Tim's legacy is all driven by such an angry jealousy. Tim understands aspects of Bruce's legacy that Damian doesn't, like the need to sweet talk and play nice with the elites of Gotham, even if they're corrupt. they exemplify different aspects of Robin, and the aspects that Tim exemplifies are the aspects that Damian knows he'll never fully understand and therefore holds such a deep contempt for. he wants to fight criminals, not play nice with politicians. Tim understands the side of Gotham that's utterly foreign to Damian. if anything, he represents that side of Gotham, to Damian. a pretty little rich boy who's nothing but a know-it-all and not a real son of Bruce. he can't be a Wayne. he can't be Damian's family.

and all of that angry jealousy leading to unhealthy obsession turned a weird, angry crush from Damian is just my bread and butter. that is how DamiTim should be. to me. Damian obsessed over hating Tim Drake so much he accidentally ends up sort of in love with him and that only makes Damian angrier. because he can't prove everyone right by *also* liking Tim. he can't let Ra's win like that, because frankly why wouldn't Ra's be delighted by Damian and Tim getting together. and it builds and builds with angry passive aggression towards Tim that culminates in angry hate-fucking-that's-not-just-driven-by-hate. love and hate are always viewed as opposites in shipping and i think they're the same intense passion just in different directions. and for the best ships, they're very intertwined. what is DamiTim is not the peak of that. "i put so much of myself into hating you i had no choice but to fall in love with you somewhere along the way" core. love that bleeds into hate and hate that bleeds into love. "you make me so angry i regularly passively try to kill you but not with any real effort because who would i obsess over if you were actually gone" core. murder attempts as a form of courting. contingency plans to take each other out as a love language. they're unwell.

[thinkingimages]

Book excerpt, "From Back Home" © Anders Petersen. Published by Bokförlaget Max Ström 2009

[queerclarkkent]

Don't romanticise the Victorian era this and don't romanticise the victorian era that

I know it had Cholera

But what am I supposed to do?

It's where my favourite unhealthy twink and his doctor-soldier-author male wife live what do you want me to do about it?

[petercushingscheekbones]

The magic mushrooms flying reindeer story from QI if anyone’s interested (I don’t seem to be able to reblog my previous post with video)

[queeringclassiclit]

Sherlock Holmes & John Watson

from the Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle

[mcrlboro]

??!??!?!??!?!

[mangosno]

I MIGHT BE COOKING SOMETHING but no promises any time soon.

This team of characters have literally been stewing in my brain inconsistently for the past 15 years, probably from when I first finished playing PMD Rescue Team Red.

[sophaeros]

arctic monkeys for observer music monthly, july 2009 (x) [text version]

[mildmayfoxe]

im not going to reblog that post again from yesterday but this morning while i was making breakfast i had to hear that audiobook use the phrases “fugly slut” and “adorkable” and i can’t escalate my threats any further. just know that i am suffering

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Singapore Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso

[phagon]

whoever is in charge of dan and phil's merch (they probably have a big part of it as well)??? well done. honestly, would've never thought i'd be caught dead actively wearing youtuber merch in 2025 but i rly love their designs

[kimquatz]

when i was in middle school i used to be really drawn towards characters with long hair bc i thought it looked ~*~majestic and legendary~*~ (i blame Yue from cardcaptor sakura).

but then some time during college, I took a sharp turn and was really insistent about only drawing/designing characters w short hair bc it was "easier to draw" (i mean... it was 😭 ig it didn't help i was in the animation student trenches at the time)

Now in the past handful of years, i've come back around and just being like "ok yknow what, middle school me was right, long hair IS pretty cool." LMFAO time is a flat circle...

[dragon-familiar]

So you’re telling me that not only does Dick have to deal with protecting Blüdhaven and Gotham, he needs to lead the Justice League and the Titans, all while looking after the entire batfamily?!