#Archived Interview

[oscarwetnwilde]

Daily News - Thursday, 14 December 1989:

Wilby's new film, Conspiracy, tells a chilling story of political and sexual perversion. And it's a dramatic change of mood for the handsome young star last seen as Diana Rigg's darling son in Mother Love on BBC.

Wilby plays Stringer, a member of Britain's secret security forces, who's prepared to bribe policemen and murder politicians in order to preserve the British establishment.

"He's the nastiest character I've ever played," says Wilby. "In a way that was the attraction-I've never played anyone completely amoral before. Stringer's prepared to do anything which achieves what he's after."

And Wilby has a genuine commitment to the message of Conspiracy. "I hope people will be disturbed by the film and realise what may be going in Government. The film's set in ten year's time but it's a way of talking about what's happening now."

[skyrigel]

[astrangetorpedo]

Julien Baker covers No Children by the Mountain Goats + an introduction from John Darnielle

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Excerpt from “I Hope We Both Die: How The Mountain Goats Wrote The Ultimate Anthem To Dysfunction” an interview with John Darnielle

[soracities]

Alice Notley, The Art of Poetry No.116

[notyourmusebby]

Back in Bahrain, Ollie was asked by Channel 4 who he’s friendly with in the paddock and of course the answer was Carlos

“I cycle quite a bit with Carlos. We push each other forward on the bikes, which is really fun.”

- He’s pretty good in the bike, is he not?

“Yeah, he’s very good.”

- And competitive.

Exactly! Which is annoying because I should be a little better since I’m younger. But no, I got some time to catch up. We have a lot of fun cycling together.

(x)

[vimflam]

"yeah, now which one of you guys is the one with the, uh, obsession about the World's Fair?"

JL: uh oh ... wow.

[fukutomichi]

∙ Favorite Trope - Headbutt of Love ∙ Suite Française (2014) ∙ The Old Guard (2020) ∙ Pacific Rim (2013) ∙ Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) ∙ Interview with the Vampire (2024) ∙ The Rings of Power (2022) ∙ The Legend of Tarzan (2016) ∙ The Punisher (2017) ∙ Captain Marvel (2019) ∙ Fallout (2024) ∙ The Mummy (1999) ∙ Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) ∙ All the Light We Cannot See (2023) ∙ Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ∙ The English (2022) ∙ Strange Days (1995)

[sonofcelluloid]

i love in fics when Louis calls Daniel on the vamp-phone and is like: “hello Danny:) i love you and i hope you are eating well:) you looked very handsome on the tv last night:) oh, Armand is there?:( tell him if i see him he’s losing two teeth for every second he’s in my presence:( tell him i hate what he’s doing with his hair lately:( tell him there ain’t a Hell bad enough to take him:( Danny share your location. share your location. share your location.”

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

❝ I wish I could say fanfic writing as a part of my special skills while applying for a job ❞ and what if I say you actually can? because writing fanfic can actually be used as a part of your special skills while applying for a job and it is valid. writing is writing. literally the only thing differentiate fanfic writers from writers who publish and sell original works is that fanfic writers can’t publish and sell their works. that’s all. that’s the only difference. don’t let anyone tell you “fanfic writers aren’t real writers because their works aren’t as good as those of writers who write and sell original works” because that’s utter bullshit. I’ve read so many well written fanfics that are so much better than some published original novels. (here’s the proof.)

wanna know the trick? if you don’t think you’re gonna be taken seriously if you say you write fanfics while in a job interview, then say creative writing. because writing fanfics is considered creative writing. it is creative writing.

fanfic writers can write novel-length fiction, fanfic writers can write as good as any other writers who write original works if not better. fanfic writers are writers and they are just as valid.

you, a fanfic writer, may even be more dedicated and passionate than writers who sell original works because, while they write because it’s their job, you literally write 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 free 👏🏻 out 👏🏻 of 👏🏻 pure 👏🏻 love 👏🏻 and 👏🏻 passion.

that’s a whole novel and you wrote that with pure love and passion. that’s pretty mind blowing.

so yes, you absolutely can and should say creative writing while applying for a job, and say it proudly. you are a writer.

[inkpotsprite]

It always makes me sad when people use fanfic as an insult, not only because I personally write it quite a lot, but because I've read works on ao3 that are pure art. That makes these worlds, characters and relationships really feel real, no matter how crazy the scenario is.

There are works that have made me laugh, cry and even heal a little. Works with gorgeous prose, brilliant character arcs, hilarious jokes and heart wrenching scenes; all being put down because they're 'just fanfiction.' As if fanfiction doesn't come from a place of love, inspiration, creativity and passion.

Yes, there are cringe works out there, but let's not act like the publishing industry has a leg to stand on with that either. Fifty Shades, anyone? Twilight? All those old racist, sexist and homophobic books that we call 'classics?'

Part of the beauty of fanfiction is the freedom and experimentation that comes from it. That it's just a community of people writing what comes into their head and seeing how it turns out. And a lot of times it turns out to be amazing.

So, yeah. It makes me sad when I see people putting fanfic down. Because so many authors have impacted me through their writing, haven't gotten a penny for doing what they do and are getting sneered at by both fans and so-called 'real' writers on top of that.

Anyway, please share and comment some of your favourite fics/authors below or in reblogs. I'm adding my collection full of works and authors I love from a mix of different fandoms.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/CarefullyCuratedWorksOfArt

[skyrigel]

“That ship is toxic ! They're so unhealthy—”

[sorrysamgirls]

spn + faceless s1-5

[dearmash1975project]

It was fitting that Brian was the first person I spoke to for this. It was his letter, after all, and the age written on it (age 11), that touched me so deeply that it sparked this whole project. I’ll keep my methods on how I tracked him down close to the vest, so as not to illustrate how easy it is to find anyone in this digital age; needless to say�� getting an email back that read “Dear Lily, Yes I did!” was thrilling. We scheduled to speak on the phone and did on July 15th, 2024.

{Interview continued under the cut}

Brian Nores was no longer 11 when we spoke on the phone. Between the passage of time and the life that fills the mind since age 11, he didn’t remember writing the letter until my email.

An email, he told me, that his partner advised him not to answer as it was “probably a scam.” Thankfully for me, Brian is “always getting himself into trouble” and answered my inquiry about a letter he may or may not have sent while living at X address in 1975. In hindsight, his partner was definitely right for being wary.

Brian credited his late father for the letter’s existence and described memories flooding back after reading the words he wrote nearly 50 years earlier. Not long before he wrote the M*A*S*H letter, Brian was a boy scout who wanted to quit. His father instructed him that he could quit, but he had to write a letter to the scout master explaining why he wanted to leave the troop. His dad ‘never let him off the hook for that,’ and it was likely this instillation of values that gave Brian the confidence to speak his mind after the fateful episode aired. [In a fascinating ending to the boy scout anecdote– Brian, who still lives in the area, was at the local frame shop years later where the owner recognized his name and produced the letter, which the scout master was having framed.]

When I asked if he remembered the episode he responded how anyone who has seen it would; he remembered it very well. He recalled being “disturbed” and “shocked” by it. In a world before spoiler alerts, he explained, “the whole world saw that episode and reacted in real time.” As an 11-year-old, but also as an American youth raised on American narratives of war, he remembered expecting Henry to “go off into the sunset” and be okay.

“For me, M*A*S*H ended after that episode.”

Brian watched occasionally after season 3 but had no idea the series continued for as long as it did (M*A*S*H aired from 1972-1983). “It was never the same, certainly.”

Brian was in 5th grade in 1975, and at his young age he had never seen something on TV that disturbing. He told me he reached out to an old friend to discuss the letter, and they reminisced about their lives at that time. “Age of innocence” was the term he used with me. At that point in his life, he had never lost any relatives or experienced any hardships. “The most shocking thing that I had experienced prior to that was a large earthquake in ’71.” For Brian, this episode marked one of the first experiences he had had with death.

It's an extraordinary level of influence to have, that the simple ‘writing off’ of a character can have such an impact on a young life. We often characterize television as a sort of hobby, one that has less of a cachet than movies; but the mechanism by which media compels our emotions is the same.

Brian reflected more on this impact when telling me that The Mary Tyler Moore Show was his favorite series, and he recalled crying at the finale in 1977. He remembered thinking “How could they end this?”

To Brian, television was “taken a little more seriously then.” With one TV, there were fights over who got to hold the clicker when you sat around the set as a family. “You got one chance to watch it.” He explained. “What a different world we live in now.”

Brian still lives in the area where he grew up and drives past his old house and “down memory lane” often. He is still close to two of his childhood best friends. He shared with me some of his thoughts on aging, a topic that still feels “surreal” to him. “Only recently have I started to experience change. Restaurants etc. going away. Everything that we grew up with has changed. TV, movies, roads, politics. I don’t like this!” He laughed. “You look in the mirror and think.”

Brian had no idea that his letter ended up in the archives of our country’s National History Museum. “Really surprised” is how he described his reaction to the news; one of the aforementioned childhood friends was “blown away.”

“What it said to me (...) was that it reaffirmed/reinforced some of the things that my dad told me. Doing the right thing and following through.” Brian shared.

“What a difference it can make. That this moment is occurring because I spent a few minutes writing.”

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Thank you so much to Brian for granting me this interview.

Subject photos courtesy of Brian: Letter-era Brian/current-era Brian, Huntington Library Garden, California.

Accession information: Photo taken by me, 3 July 2024. “Letters from viewers regarding the death of Henry Blake.” Box 22, Folder 4. M*A*S*H Television Show Collection, 1950-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0117/ref359?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=NMAH.AC.0117&i=0

[ohmyoldheart]

PLEASE 🙏 I FORGOT TO POST MY LAPTOP STICKERS, HOW COOL ARE THEY!!!! 🥳

[dyke-in-crisis]

these divas are having a sims off

[oldbutchdanielcraig]

in the past six years a bunch of casting directors have looked at eric bogosian and been like "this guy looks like he goes CRAZY on asking bad people hard hitting incisive questions" and you know what. they were right