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Stargate SG-1, 02.09 Secrets

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— Jacob Anderson: "He was kind of self-destructive. So I think the fact that Daniel is that kind of, abrasive, like, direct, he's sort of goofy, he's cute, he's funny. That really hit on something different for him."

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Xena Warrior Princess 4x03 A family affair

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"She's coming in like an asteroid." - Rolin Jones, menace to society.

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"'When Adrian showed me the sketch, I laughed,' remembers Hepburn. [...] 'Then he explained to me how he saw Tracy's character. She comes on, you know, and she wants to be running the show. Very bossy. She wants to defy convention, and she won't take advice from anyone. But inside there's a frightened young girl. He thought the hat would help show that Tracy wasn't as stiff as she seemed on the surface, and also give a glimpse of that girl inside. Well, you know, I loved it.'" - Katharine Hepburn on Adrian (Gowns by Adrian: the MGM years 1928-1941)

KATHARINE HEPBURN as TRACY LORD The Philadelphia Story | Costuming (and included sketches) by Adrian Greenburg

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Tangled (2010) Wicked: For Good (2025) The Little Mermaid (1989) The Little Mermaid (2023)

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"He seemed remote from the others now, thought he nodded often enough and uttered a few words here and there so that he seemed a part of them, his hand only occasionally rising from the lion's paw of his chair. And my heart expanded when I saw him this way, saw that no one amongst the small throng caught his glance as I caught his glance, and no one held it from time to time as I held it"

-Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice inspo.

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The Lord of the Rings ➯The Two Towers

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Liu Qianqiao Costume Appreciation: 5 of 5 (Word of Honor)

(masterpost)

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(belated) Weaveweek: Missing scene

The promised missing scene with Rand and Aviendha talking - I ended up writing a post-3x08 scene. @the13thdepository

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Rand tugged the small squash free and placed it gently into the basket he carried.

He hadn’t been able to finish the other day, before Egwene had come to let him know that it was time to confront Lanfear, but his obligation remained.

While he continued his harvest, he allowed the events of the past few days to sink into him — embracing so much saidin was bound to have an effect, as was completely destroying Lanfear’s hopes of a relationship with him.

Egwene’s disappointment and her fear was there too, in the back of his mind, though not as pressing. He had been courting that disappointment for weeks now. Months, truly. It was necessary and needed. Egwene would never have pushed him away, would have stood by his side no matter what. Now, finally, she might leave.

One less person to worry about killing, if the madness took him before the Last Battle came.

Hopefully, she would be able to go back to the White Tower in safety. There was… there was some concern there, from what Moiraine said. She believed that the Amyrlin had either been stilled or been killed, though she hadn’t been able to explain how she knew. There was a grief in her that felt thick enough to touch.

She’d also nearly died, defending him from Lanfear.

Had Lanfear been the one who’d killed Sammael? A possibility, but he suspected it was one of the others. They knew where he was, if Sammael had known. Hopefully, the ease with which he had defeated Sammael would make them hesitate before attacking him so boldly.

Rand felt his fingers tightening around another squash and he forced himself to loosen them before he could crush it.

Alsera. That sweet little girl. Should he hate himself more for killing her or for not being able to bring her back?

“Rand al’Thor.”

Aviendha’s voice. Rand kept his head down, though he glanced towards her out of the corner of his eye. She appeared to be alone. She and Egwene had been whispering together a great deal in the last two days. He would… he would not let himself fall into worry over it. Paranoia and a suspicious mind were signs of madness. He could not allow himself to be mad.

He had so much left that he needed to do.

“I’m almost done,” he said. “Only a few more left.”

“I will wait,” she said.

And wait, she did. No conversation and no complaints. No attempts to help either — this was his toh, not hers.

Once all of the squash had been harvested, Rand set the basket on the ground.

Sat down next to it, cross-legged, feeling… ashes, like a discarded child’s toy. No purpose or direction.

He couldn’t let that feeling last.

Aviendha sat down in front of him, her knees almost touching his.

“Your toh has been met,” she said. There was a slight discomfort in her voice — they weren’t supposed to talk about it so openly, perhaps, but she felt obligated to because of the Wise Ones telling her to teach him Aiel ways.

“Can toh to the dead ever be met?” he asked her, looking up to meet her gaze.

She looked oddly confused. “While it is possible to have toh to the dead, I do not see your toh to Alsera over her death. What are your reasons for believing you have toh?”

“If I’d had more control over the One Power, then I could have focused it on Sammael. I could have kept her safe.”

Aviendha considered this a moment, then shook her head.

“How would you have acquired this control, wetlander?” Aviendha asked. “There are no Wise Ones for men. Teaching yourself will be much more difficult than it would be if you had a teacher. You have raw power. This much is obvious from what you can accomplish. Control will come with time and practice.”

Maybe that was why Sammael had been murdered. Worry from one of the other Forsaken that Rand might be able to use him as a teacher, the way that Lanfear and Moiraine had wanted.

“I can’t afford to make mistakes,” Rand said, and Aviendha snorted.

“I try to convince myself that you are not a fool, and then you say things that are utterly foolish,” she said. “It is impossible to live life making no mistakes.”

“Do you make mistakes, Aviendha?” Rand asked.

“Coming to speak with you,” she snapped, then she shook her head. “Yes, I make mistakes. I ran away from my duty. I tried to hide from the Wise Ones even as I was leading you back to the Three-Fold Land. I do not pretend to be faultless, Rand al’Thor.”

Rand stared into her eyes for a moment, before catching himself and looking away.

“I worry that if I show others that I have faults… that I make mistakes… it will leave me vulnerable. I can’t afford that,” he said. “I can’t…”

“My people are hard, when they need to be,” Aviendha said. “But we also know that you must allow yourself to be… soft as water, when you’re with the ones you trust. You must allow yourself this weakness, or the need of it will shatter your strength.” She hesitated, then said, “You must show your weakness to people you can trust. Not to Shadowsouled.”

He didn’t let himself flinch but… Light, he wished there had been some way to deal with Lanfear that hadn’t meant he’d needed to confess about- about their relationship.

“I didn’t trust her,” he said. “I… but you’re right. I wanted to trust her. And that was a terrible mistake.”

“Why would you want to trust one of the Shadowsouled?” Aviendha said. “You were sharing blankets with Egwene al’Vere. Why not share your trust with her?”

Rand let out a heavy sigh.

“We weren’t,” he said. “Not… not like that. We tried but… it’s been over with me and Egwene for a long time.”

“I am not certain she agreed with you,” Aviendha said. “You must… if you are to engage in a future relationship, you must trust the shade of your heart, Rand al’Thor. You must be honest and willing to speak openly to her. You must.”

“I… I have no plans on any future relationships,” Rand said, glancing back up to meet her gaze, taken aback by how firm she sounded. “I know that the Aiel are concerned with the Car’a’carn, not the Dragon Reborn, but I’m both. And I don’t… what woman could I hate enough to tie her to the Dragon Reborn?”

Aviendha stared at him for a long moment and then burst out laughing.

She laughed so long that he had to touch her knee to bring her back to the present moment.

“I mean it,” he said, baffled.

“I’m certain you do, wetlander,” she said, still caught up in whatever had made her so amused. “I am certain you mean every word.”

No matter how much he learned about the Aiel, Rand was sure that he would never learn enough.

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Heath Ledger in A Knight's Tale (2001)

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"He's still out there, somewhere. And I'll find him, Gramps. Even if I have to wait a hundred years, I'll find him."

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon soon ☺️

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Xena & Gabrielle | Xena: Warrior Princess

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ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016)

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baby girl I don't know what that acronym means. it would be so sexy of you to write out that piece of media's name in its entirety. Just the one time for momma please.

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STARGATE ATLANTIS || “Hide And Seek” 1.03