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Violet Bridgerton is truly gods strongest soldier. Every season she tells one of her children they're in love and every season they scoff in her face before causing seven different scandals to reach the same conclusion.

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I’ve been seeing lots of posts of people being relieved that Brett isn’t going to be in the new Harry Potter series (he was never actually considered for the part but that’s beside the point) and it makes me think lots of people don’t know about his relationship with Mae Martin? If you don’t, you should! I mean, look at these fuckin cuties.

Mae is an openly trans comic. They’ve know each other for many years. They lived together at Edinburgh Fringe (during a summer that neither of them could get laid, apparently). Brett takes them as his plus one to quite a few events. They had a stand up gig together called “Brett and Mae make love to one another (live on stage).” They make out….a lot. So, like, what’s the opposite of straight guy transphobia vibes?

Also, Mae had a public twitter feud with the Harry Potter Author a few years ago.

Obviously you can’t know what’s in someone’s heart. But I don’t think you have to worry about Brett.

Bonus pic of him marching with StonewallUK, partly because I admire him sticking with his black on black look no matter the what’s happening around him.

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Vimes: I hate the rich, and nobility are pretty much just scum

Vetinari: let me be real funny for a moment

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"Would you look at that, mercury's in Gatorade."

"I don't believe in astrology."

"No, I mean there is a recall."

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Look, if you're having a bad day, here's a 6,000 year old pig-shaped pottery pot.

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english people know what stonehenge was for. they just wont tell us so that we have to come to their wet little country

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Best type of episode

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I’ve recently watched all the “Bridget Jones’s diary” movies, and come to the concerning conclusion that i am, in fact, Bridget Jones herself.

Except without the gorgeous men fighting over me.

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And her innate goodness and kindness not only makes her popular but changes all the men around her for the better.

No wait let me talk some more about Bridget Jones and how despite all of it's faults I think it's a positive movie for women in general and fat women in particular

So yeah, Renée Zellweger is not fat. While I think we should not forget that she was still body-shamed in media for the slight weight she put on for the movies, she was never fat or even "chubby". It is obviously a problem that in the first two movies she is constantly treated as fat when she never was. But even thought I do not like it, that is how it is. And in the Bridget Jones cinematic universe, Bridget Jones is seen as fat. As someone who is not desirable, who is embarrassing to date and who should constantly feel ridiculous for daring to exist in the world.

And you know, when you grow up fat, you learn that you need to compensate for the crime of being too big. Especially when you are seen as a woman. You need to be smart as a whip, and funny and entertaining to be around, and talented in so many ways, and you may never be clumsy because when a fat girl falls down, the first reaction is not "are you okay", it's laughter. And you may not have standards. If a guy likes you, consider yourself lucky. You can't be too loud or annoying because you already take up too much space. When it comes to looks, you must excel at femininity. You must wear make-up and have a beautiful face and lovely eyes and you have to wear clothes that compliment your body, that draw the attention to your breasts and hips. You must always be ready to be sexualized because that is the closest thing you can get to having your body accepted.

And then there is Bridget Jones. She drinks too much, she smokes too much, she talks too much and I love her with every fiber of my being. Look at how they dress her in the first two movies. Look how they style her hair. The clothes are often ill-fitting, the hair is messy and flat. When she goes to parties, she tries so hard to look good but never looks like a typical romcom lead. She is reaching towards femininity and falling face first into mud. She is crass and has a weird sense of humour and she always says the wrong thing in every situation.

But she is sincere. She is loved by her friends, she is desired by several men (and one woman) and she is allowed to have standards. The first movie's plotline with Daniel Cleaver is so good in this regard. Daniel sends Bridget sexual texts, sleeps with her, never says he loves her and then he cheats on her. Do we laugh at how silly Bridget was to get her hopes up when she thought this guy played by Hugh Grant could like her when he never said he did and obviously only wanted sex? No. We focus on how hurt Bridget is. And I love the scene where Bridget is with her friends and Mark Darcy when Cleaver comes to apologize. He comes through her door and seems surprised she's not alone, waiting for him. It is her birthday. Of course she is with her friends. Who you would know exist if you cared about her life at all, Daniel. And you know, then he apologizes and doesn't wait for Bridget's response, he just assumes she takes him back. Because how could she possibly do better? And after Daniel and Mark have their legendary fight for Bridget's affections and Bridget tells Mark to piss off, Daniel just assumes this means Bridget has chosen him. Because a woman like Bridget needs to have someone to make her feel less like a waste of space, right? Which makes it delicious when Bridget counters Daniel's pathetic little love confession "If I can't make it with you then I can't make it with anyone" with "That's not a good enough offer for me". She is still looking for something more extraordinary than that.

And she gets it!! I can not stress this enough! She is seen as a fat woman who isn't brilliantly smart, isn't polite or suave, is clumsy and crass and socially awkward, and can't cook anything but blue soup and marmalade and is a hot mess express in general, and the archetypical romantic hero, literal Mr Darcy falls in love with her just as she is. Bridget never needs to become smarter or less awkward or less clumsy, she is loved and treasured just as she is. That is why I have loved her for twenty years.

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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Dir. Sharon Maguire

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COLIN FIRTH as MARK DARCY in Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones' Baby (2016), and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)

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I've slowly been chipping away at drawing scenes from that imaginary Muppet retelling of the Princess Bride, figured it was about time to share what I've drawn on Tumblr!

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I-I'm sorry but I can't stop thinking about this

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Mr. Bennet: Sure, I haven't taken care of my daughters' financial security, but have I at least taken care of their education? No. But have I taken care of their emotional needs? Also no. But have I been a good protector and supervisor? I'm afraid not. However, have I been a good example for my children of being a kind and respectful spouse, parent, and all around human being? No again. But through it all, have I nailed being funny? Yes. And isn't that the most important role of a father after all?

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Twins