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God Rhys is so dramatic and I love him for it

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@pscentral​ event 26: minimalism & 2024 album releases: The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology by Taylor Swift

"The Tortured Poets Department is an album that, I think, more than any of my albums that I’ve ever made, I needed to make it. It was really a lifeline for me, just the things I was going through, the things I was writing about, it kind of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life. I’ve never had an album where I needed to write more and I needed on The Tortured Poets Department."

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Decided to have some feelings about fictional men this morning

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WHO’S AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD ME?

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Sometimes I like to think about the fact that in supernatural Dean and Sam discussed ship names for Dean and Castiel...

I'm pretty sure Sam jokingly was teasing Dean and said something like "What would it even be, DeanCas or maybe CasDean"...

And then the fandom collectively ignored that and came up with Destiel.

The spn writers (and Sam) upon realising this...

Personally I think DeanCas is a pretty lazy ship name though, we were right to amend it 😂

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Yet again I'm thinking about the eradication of culture within the THG universe,, I have very complex opinions on culture wars within Panem and if they would exist at all in certain cases but like. Do you think they still speak Spanish in Ten? Do you think trans people can still change their names and wear what they please as long as they meet their daily quotas? Do families with religious ancestors remember to observe their holy days, even if it's in private, or was the eradication of religion in Panem so concrete that they don't remember anything at all? Much to think about

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— A fortnight making TTPD 🤍

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I do sometimes think about how we watched two middle-aged male pirates, covered in the blood of their enemies, run across a battlefield to throw their swords aside and make out, then turn around and go back to slaughtering British sailors. And it was, like, one of the most romantic scenes I've ever seen on TV.

What a time, man.

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There is something about proudly proclaiming a show "tumblrista catnip" that makes me emotional.

Something about how for years tumblrinas were ridiculed by show creators.

Something about Supernatural having a meta episode set at a convention with all the weirdo fans that made the main characters uncomfortable. Something something about Becky and the message that fangirls are gross and obsessive.

Something about Sherlock and the way fans were portrayed as crazy obsessive nutjobs for trying to figure out how he faked his death.

Something about creators mocking fandoms, dismissing them as freaks. Something about queer people not being welcome to engage in their creations because "why do you have to make everything gay?"

Something about the malicious culture of queerbaiting throughout the 2000s/2010s, followed by Bury Your Gays tropes across the media landscape because hell, you should be grateful we even gave you queer characters to begin with - and everyone dies in our show! You ain't special!

Something about Destiel questions being banned from conventions...

And then...

Something instead about Good Omens, and letting the story adapt naturally, embracing the fanbase and leaning into the fanservice.

Something about Our Flag Means Death, and the genuine outpouring of love and affection between cast, crew, and fandom that culminated in an explosion of fanworks that were never once mocked or deemed gross or wrong.

Something about Sandman, and staunchly digging in their heels on the queerness of it all, refusing to give in to the homophobes and instead avidly mocking THEM on social media rather than us.

Something about the writers hearing about fandoms favourite ships and excitedly stating that YES! We DID lean into that because it happened naturally and made sense.

Something about a firefighter coming out as bisexual after 7 seasons...

So yeah, something about a new high quality show made FOR US. By creators that love US. Respect US, and WANT our love.

Something about US FINALLY being a target audience for the best shows being made on TV now.

Tumblrista catnip. Creators saying "we made this for you. You are important. Your voices have been heard."

It just... all got a bit overwhelming for a moment there.

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Henry Fox for his first book signing, also his first official appearance since the abdication

📷: Alex Claremont-Diaz

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"You mean you're going to feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas too?" - Dean to Future Dean.

Translation: Cas is more than a friend.

Right? Right?

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Taylor Swift

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i can't wait for polin to get married bc love and stuff, but also because i hate typing out "featherington" and fuck it up 9 times outta 10.

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I love you, it’s ruining my life 🤍🪶 @taylorswift

I’m loving this album so much!!! Can’t stop listening to it

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genuinely the way taylor clearly falls hard and fast and hopelessly in love every single time is very endearing. writing "this happens once every few lifetimes" and "no one's ever had me, not like you" on the same album that covers the breakdown of two relationships that were also seemingly destined and life changing and unmatched by anyone else is exactly what makes her so good at writing about relationships. if a songwriter doesn't feel everything with their whole chest and throw their whole being into it then I don't want it