#David and Dan screw you

[sophiemariepl]

Another problem with the rushed narrative in HotD is that the series is in many ways not understandable to a viewer who is not already familiar with the source material. And that is a bad sign. Because the point of a good adaptation is that it conveys the story in a way understandable to a viewer who meets this story for the first time.

Like, sorry for anegdotic example, but I realized that when I watched HotD for the first time - with my mom. Her whole experience with Martin’s universe is reading “A Game of Thrones” 10 years ago when GoT season 1 aired. She stopped reading the book in around 25% due to lack of time. She continued to watch the show tho, and she understood the plot well.

Meanwhile, when we watched HotD, I literally had to explain the plot to her so many times, I think that at some point we had to pause every 5-15 minutes so that I could explain to her what other part of crucial information was cut out from the series.

And of course, this is the fault of cuts made due to the budget being eaten mostly by CGI for dragons, which in turn is a by-product of David and Dan’s failure with GoT season 8, which left HBO not being as willing to fund this universe as much as before.

Now think how great HotD could be if David and Dan did not f**k up GoT.

[theambitiouswoman]

hiya, please can we also have ted talk recommendations like your book recs post? :) for the categories you mentioned ♡ thank you

Here you go angel ♡

Business:

The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed - Bill Gross

The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers - Adam Grant

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen

How to Pitch to a VC - David S. Rose

The Future of Money - Neha Narula

Personal Development:

The Art of Being Yourself - Caroline McHugh

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Lee Duckworth

The Power of Believing That You Can Improve - Carol Dweck

How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over - Mel Robbins

Try Something New for 30 Days - Matt Cutts

Mental Health:

The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage - Susan David

Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid - Guy Winch

Depression, the Secret We Share - Andrew Solomon

All it Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes - Andy Puddicombe

The Art of Stillness - Pico Iyer

Relationships:

The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship - Esther Perel

The Power of Vulnerability in Relationships - Tracy McMillan

Rethinking Infidelity... a Talk for Anyone Who Has Ever Loved - Esther Perel

The Mathematics of Love - Hannah Fry

The Hidden Influence of Social Networks - Nicholas Christakis

Success:

The Happy Secret to Better Work - Shawn Achor

Embrace the Near Win - Sarah Lewis

Why We Do What We Do - Tony Robbins

Keep Your Goals to Yourself - Derek Sivers

Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career - Larry Smith

Goals:

The Power of Setting Goals - John Doerr

The Puzzle of Motivation - Dan Pink

Smash Fear, Learn Anything - Tim Ferriss

Why We Do What We Do - Tony Robbins

The Skill of Self-Confidence - Dr. Ivan Joseph

Self Love:

The Art of Being Yourself - Caroline McHugh

The Power of Vulnerability - Brené Brown

Your Elusive Creative Genius - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Psychology of Your Future Self - Dan Gilbert

The Surprising Science of Happiness - Dan Gilbert

Confidence:

Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are - Amy Cuddy

The Art of Self-Confidence - Dr. Ivan Joseph

Dare to Lead - Brené Brown

The Hidden Influence of Social Networks - Nicholas Christakis

The Confidence Gap - Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

Health & Wellness:

The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise - Wendy Suzuki

How to Make Stress Your Friend - Kelly McGonigal

The Science of Cells That Never Get Old - Elizabeth Blackburn

Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work - Sandra Aamodt

The Art of Stillness - Pico Iyer

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Fic Titles W/ Parenthesis Masterlist

Absolutely Smitten (I’ll Never Let You Go) - manchestereyes

Summary: In which Dan is a much-adored primary school music teacher, and Phil is just the science teacher who can’t keep his mind off of him. But when the students notice and try to get in on the action, will Phil finally work up the courage to ask Dan out?

As Fate (or a really weird guy named David) Would Have It (ao3) - husbants

Summary: Phil has been stood up. Just as he’s leaving, a frantic (and absolutely handsome) guy rushes in the restaurant, looking for his own first date.

Maybe tonight won’t be as bad as it once seemed it would.

before we turn into a monster (with two heads) (ao3) - blueshirt

Summary: “Once this case is over, I’m getting a new job. Maybe one where I just sit in my bedroom and make videos about my life. That would be nice,” Dan muses dreamily to himself—or rather, mumbles indistinctly to himself, because it’s a little hard to articulate when you’ve been shoved into the trunk of a moving car, bound, and gagged.

Or, the 30K Secret Agents AU that nobody asked for, featuring an undercover mission as husbands, annoying coworkers with a betting pool (Dan is going to complain to HR about Felix), and inevitable slow-dancing to Ed Sheeran.

dancing on the blades (you set my heart on fire) (ao3) - kishere

Summary: Dan Howell is an ice skater in England, a non power player in the world of competitive ice skating. Phil Lester is the greatest ice skater to come out of England in the past decade, part of a family legacy. When Dan is offered a spot at Phil’s family gym, he learns what he was missing the most to be the best ice skater he could be.

Or: the yuri on ice inspired au

First Impressions (Perhaps I Was Wrong) (ao3) - Ablissa

Summary:

Phil Lester goes back to university for his third year, expecting to live in the dorms with his childhood best friend PJ. That’s how it’s been for the past years, after all. However, due to a mistake of some sort, he finds himself with a new roommate to spend the semester with. Daniel Howell, three years his junior, has rich brown eyes, a laptop to hide them behind, and not more than two words to spare in Phil’s direction. Phil is no fortune teller, but he foresees the upcoming months will be filled with a whole lot of awkward silence.

Unless, of course, Dan proves him wrong… Could one little mistake lead to something entirely life-changing? Perhaps it could. After all, nearly everything changes when Phil meets Dan.

First to Listen (To Anything I Said) (ao3) - SylvesterLester

Summary: It’s 2004, and Dan Howell is screwing up in school. He can’t help that he’s stuck in boring classes with boring people and just doesn’t care. So when Phil Lester, one of the geekiest kids in school, is assigned to be his tutor, he’s expecting this to just be another crappy part of his already crappy life.

But when it turns out Phil might be Dan’s first real friend, his hormones threaten to screw all that up. Because that’s all it is, right? Hormones?

for the first time in such a long time (I know I’ll be okay) (ao3) - possumdnp

Summary: Three conversations in Phil’s bedroom in 2009.

Fuck The Past (Dan vs Phil vs Daniel) (ao3) - phandomsub

Summary: Daniel and Phil decide to mess around with a book of spells for their new video. It’s all just a good laugh, until they somehow end up transporting 18-year-old Dan from 2009 into 2017. The only logical solution is: threesome.

He Keeps On Dropping Hints (so i won’t be the only one that’s going down for this) (ao3) - cafephan

Summary: Dan has discovered that solo tour life can be lonely in more ways than one. One particularly restless night, he aims to satiate himself - though Phil seems determined to make it as difficult as possible.

I Don’t Know Anyone Else (Who Can Make Me Feel This Way) (ao3) - rainbowchristy

Summary: It started as a simple video idea. Little did Phil know, it’d lead to the missing piece in his life. A piece by the name of Dan.

Or: Phil tries cooking and his pregnant neighbour comes by to ask for some of whatever smells so good. Several times.

I’ll follow you into the dark (or at least off this zip-line) (ao3) - nivi_chip

Summary: basically Dan’s stuck on a zip line, and well, you can read the rest :)

(not a) boyfriend hoodie (ao3) - dizzy

Summary: Phil really likes cuddling up in Dan’s new hoodie.

Which would be fine, if it were actually Dan’s hoodie.

oh, i’m trying (not to give in to you) (ao3) - Buttercups

Summary: dan is greg’s little brother. greg is phil’s best friend.

phil discovers what craving someone actually means

Our Wildest Dreams Came True (Not One of Them Involving You) (ao3) - roryonice

Summary: Based on Misery Business by Paramore. Dan has a crush on Phil and always flirts with him at parties, and Phil hooks up with someone else to make Dan jealous.

Pretty Odd (Things Have Changed For Me and That’s Okay) (ao3) - Cadensaurus (orphan_account)

Summary: Baby!fic in which one day, Phil wakes up with a baby in his bedroom and finds out that apparently he and Dan are the only ones who don’t know where this baby came from, as everybody else claims that it’s Phil’s. What happens next is they then end up raising a baby together, with no less than a few existential crises from both of them along the way, as well as plenty of blunders and mishaps. Oh, and through it all, Phil starts falling for Dan but doesn’t dare tell him because he can’t risk losing his best friend.

Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (ao3) - phantasticworks

Summary: Dan has some jealousy issues to deal with when he finds out Phil has had a run-in with someone from his past.

so tell me i’m a rainbow (it makes me feel alright)(ao3) - natigail

Summary: Dan wanted to go to London Pride this year, but doubt and anxiety creeps up on him and he can’t make himself go. It’s okay.

The city is so loud (but you drown out all the noise) (ao3) - natigail

Summary: Phil’s pack might have kicked him out for mating with a human, but his love for Dan was much stronger than anything he’d ever experienced before. It wasn’t easy to adjust to living with Dan in his - now their - small flat in London, but Phil would do it again in a heartbeat. With Dan by his side, Phil was sure he could get used to all the weird things humans did.

they don’t know (about us) (ao3) - calvinahobbes

Summary: Dan and Phil in Jamaica, July 2010.

Tried To Do Headstands For You (Every Time I Fell On You) (ao3) - popsongnation

Summary: coffee shop/uni AU in which Dan keeps injuring himself in increasingly ridiculous ways, Phil regularly has to patch him up, and it’s Christmas time.

[bwoahtastic]

please could you write a lil drabble about sweet sub maxy? maybe the fallout of his horrible subdrop, where the grid realises that they were all so wrong about him? the thought of dan angrily hissing at them whilst holding an incoherent maxy in his arms is so delicious! maybe one of the gentler doms hands him a gag for maxy to suck on instead of his fingers (but dan doesn't want it, bc he wants maxy to have as much kind human contact as possible - poor baby has been touch starved!)

It looked all wrong, seeing Max so small and frail, so unlike the blunt, strong man Dan had gotten to know. Of course he knew Max was a sub, but he had always seemed to keep thst part of him private and Dan wasn't one to pry. This was the first time it was so clear to see, and even more so, it was clear to see Max had been treated so poorly.

Max was curled up in a little ball in the FIA meeting room, tucked away in a little corner as some drivers crowded around, unsure what to do. Sub drops weren't rare, but this seemed extreme, Max not even reacting to any of them as he rocked himself and whimpered.

"Get David, I heard he is into the rough stuff, like Max's no hard limit preferences," Dan vaguely heard someone say.

"No!" Daniel bellowed, even surprising himself. "He doesn't want any of that rough stuff." He added.

"But his list-" Charles spoke hesitantly next to him. Daniel shook his head.

"It's all wrong, he doesn't want it rough." He said decisively. It wasn't like he had been with Max, like he knew from experience, but he was just so sure about it. He stepped forward, and after no one stopped him, he knelt down at Max's side.

"Maxy? Maxy it's going to be okay." He cooed sweetly. "I'm going to hold you, okay? It's all going to be alright, my sweet boy..." He continued to ramble and praise as he sat down and pulled Max onto his neck. Max wasn't wearing a collar, and Dan could hardly expect any of the other driver subs to take theirs off now they were all stressed and on edge, so he settled for gently cupping one hand over the back of Max's neck as the sub sank into his chest.

"Dan..." Max mumbled into Daniel's shoulder, stirring slightly and letting out a shaky breath. "Please may I-" He trailed off, too tired. Even when dropping, he was so polite and sweet.

"What do you need, Maxy? You're being such a good boy, I'll give you anything you need." Daniel murmured, gently squeezing Max's neck. Max, eyes still screwed shut, let out a soft sound and parted his lips. He seemed too out of it to speak any longer, letting out a soft, wanting sound.

Daniel knew what he wanted, knew what a sweet, gently sub like Max needed to be grounded again. He brushed his fingers of his free hand over Max's plush lips, and Max eagerly parted them more, taking two digits into his mouth. He suckled on Dan's fingers a little clumsily, gasping happily as Dan continued to whisper soft praises.

"Dan, I have a gag for him, if he needs it..." Carlos spoke up. The young dom protectively stood near the door, keeping unwanted guests out.

"No, he needs direct contact. He has deprived himself of it." Daniel answered determinedly. As if to prove his point, Max managed to lift a shaky hand, curling it into the fabric of Dan's shirt and just clinging on tightly. What a beautiful sweet sub, Dan would sit there as long as it took.

[rank-sentimentalist]

Sports Night, "The Sweet Smell of Air"

Conference Room NATALIE: He's gonna bake the bread?

DAN: He's not actually gonna bake it. I doubt they have a suitable oven in the classroom. He's just gonna pretend to bake it.

JEREMY: I'm looking forward to the day when I have kids and I do a demonstration in their class.

ELLIOT: What would you do?

JEREMY: Whatever I was in the mood for. I could make a nuclear reactor if I could get my hands on some decent plutonium.

DAN: Sure.

JEREMY: I can accelerate the aging process of a pumpkin.

KIM: Really?

JEREMY: Yeah. Pretty simple, actually.

KIM: Hmm.

CASEY: I'm back.

DAN: Hey.

CASEY: I'm back and I'm triumphant.

NATALIE: They bought the bread?

DAN: Misdirection, Natalie.

CASEY: I didn't do the bread.

DAN: What'd you do?

CASEY: I did what I do, Dan. I did what I do.

DAN: You screwed up your romantic life in front of fifth graders?

CASEY: No. I got there early and I'm standing out on the playground during recess, and I'm trying to think what I can come up with at the last minute, but I can't concentrate on that because all around me kids are playing games. There's some kickball going on over there, dodge ball over here, hopscotch in the corner, and like a flood, like a surge, I'm suddenly filled with this sense of "I know what the hell I'm doing." And when recess was over, we go back into the classroom—

DAN: And you called the highlights.

CASEY: I called the highlights. It was fantastic. I did interviews with the kids, I did injury reports. I had a little girl named Phoebe do a demonstration of jacks -- shy little girl, barely speaks above a whisper because she's so afraid she's gonna say something stupid, but when I got her talking about foursies, she was like Muhammad Ali.

NATALIE: Nice, Casey.

JEREMY: Beats an aging pumpkin.

CASEY: What?

DAN: Don't worry about it.

Sports Night, “The Sweet Smell of Air”

Season 2, Episode 12

Director: Alex Graves

Writers: Aaron Sorkin, David Handleman, and Kevin Falls

Transcript from sntranscripts.livejournal.com

[dollarbin]

Dollar Bin #6:

Steeleye Span's Rocket Cottage

You are absolutely encouraged to judge this record by its cover.

Is Rocket Cottage a colossal joke thrown together by some tanked up Brits while on their hollibobs? Yes.

Is it the horrifying end of a great band? For sure.

Even so, does listening to the record today replicate being blasted into deep space while within a thatched cottage? Hell yes!

For any of you who confuse Steeleye Span with Steely Dan: don't worry, we are not spending this blog Reelin in the Years with these guys and their nonsense.

Instead, we are focusing on these nutjobs.

Here's the backstory: around 1968 Ashley Hutchings of Fairport Convention went a bit insane and suggested they invent an entirely new genre of music that married west coast folk rock, a la The Byrds, with medieval British song. If that sounds like a popsicle slathered in mayo, please know that the result was the previously mentioned Liege and Lief, and if you ever find that in the Dollar Bin repair immediately to the nearest cloister for grateful meditation and thanksgiving.

Next Hutchings went even more insane and insisted that the band no longer Rock. Fairport's seventeen Daves replied, "Sorry Mate, but you've clearly gone and left your trousers in the bog. No more bangers and mash for thee."

And so Hutchings assembled Steeleye Span instead and ordered them Not To Rock. Thus the mayo fell off the popsicle and latched itself onto your pancakes, but once again the results were awesome. Here's some proof from the first Steeleye record, which is entitled, incomprehensibly, Hark! The Village Wait.

Fast forward 8 years. The band's membership had changed more often than you can say I've done forgot me pants in the loo and they kept up the typical blinding 70's pace of a record a year at all costs. Some of the resulting records are worth your dollar and then some (Below the Salt) and some feature David Bowie and still are not worth a buck unless you are me (Now We Are Six).

The band's heart through it all was Maddy Prior. She's often credited with "Step Dancing" on the gatefold but don't be fooled. She's another Dollar Bin goddess, this one always sporting a very goofy grin.

Prior doesn't have Ronstadt's looks or power, nor does she ache and glide like Emmylou. But she brings pathos and sincerity to every proceeding.

And then came Rocket Cottage.

Athen's failed Sicilian Expedition in 415 BCE took an ax to classical Greek culture. It was bad. But according to Rob Young in his mostly lovely book Electric Eden, Rocket Cottage was worse. Forget Dylan going electric; according to Young, Steeleye Span going disco effectively took an ax to all of Civilization.

Yes, Rocket Cottage features wacka chicka disco guitar work. You know what I'm talking about. I get Young's point: medieval balladers likely did not plug in their wah wah pedals and choke down the strings of their stratocasters while singing Tam Lin. But today in the Dollar Bin we are defending Steeleye against Young's wrath. Life as you know it will not come to an end if you listen to Rocket Cottage. You might even like it!

Let's start with the song that should supply the soundtrack to Owen Wilson bowling 300 in slow-motion midway through an upcoming Wes Anderson picture.

Rocket Cottage bombed, making it a hard find in a dollar bin these days. 1976's biggest hits had titles like Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang and (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (no, I did not make those titles up) so it's no wonder that Steeleye's ancient British ballads couldn't compete no matter how many wacka chickas they mixed in.

But screw the marketplace. I love tracks like Orfeo in large part because I understand very little of what is going on. Who are these faerie and what exactly is happening in their hall? No clue. Why does the whole thing fade into an unrelated violin reel? Beats me. Orfeo is mixtape ready and too weird to pass by.

The album is consistently strong though Side 1. Lords and Ladies of London Town ride about in a coach and six with nothing but claret wine. Later, 12 witches assemble. The whole thing swings. Sure, when the boys sing The Bosnian Hornpipes without Prior you wonder whether they intended to sound silly. Rest easy and take another look at the cover: no one was taking this very seriously.

Let's talk about those boys for a moment. Check out the back cover.

Where in name of Ringo are Tim Hart's clothes? Is Rick Kemp's shirt unzipped all the way? How many times a day does Peter Knight comb that stash? What boy band did Nigel take a pass on?

And then there's Robert Johnson. No, not that Robert Johnson. The one in Steeleye did not meet the devil and lay down the foundation for much of what we continue to consider as popular music, all without ever being photographed. That's the other Robert Johnson. At some point Steeleye's Robert Johnson called himself Bob instead, and who can blame him? If my name was Joni Mitchell I'd change it too.

But being named Bob Johnson didn't help all that much seeing as there was already another Bob Johnson who is arguably the best record producer of all time. Poor Robert/Bob Johnson couldn't catch a break.

But Robert/Bob brought the wah wah peddle to Steeleye, then bailed on them to make a concept record called The King of Elfland's Daughter which features - I kid you not - Saruman on lead vocals, then he went back to school and became a psychotherapist and sired a son named Barnaby. I'd say he did all right!

We can't wrap this up without addressing the problem that is Side 2. Fighting For Strangers sounds like the band is mucking about in a medieval root cellar and Sligo Maid could ably serve as the B-Side to the disco version of Beethoven's 5th.

But nothing compares with the last track, The Drunkard. The title describes the song's recording session, or at least I hope so. If they weren't drunk while they recorded it, and even drunker when they decided to put it on the record, then everything we hold to be self-evident needs reassessment. Prior does what she can to salvage things at the end but it still sounds like Stephen Stills crashed their cottage.

The band fell apart Athenian style after this record and never made anything exciting together again. That's not surprising when the final track sounds like their Rocket Cottage has lost control, reentered Earth's atmosphere and splashdown is expected in your horror struck face in T minus 10, 9, 8 seconds.

But so what! I'll feel forever smug that I found my copy at Amoeba for $3 while everyone else was buying T.Swift records for $45 a pop. Drop the needle on Side 1 again. The Dollar Bin is hurtling toward space and Steeleye Span is at the helm.

[gamora-borealis]

more insane self-reflection rambling regarding similarities in the media figures I'm drawn to

something else interesting that occurred to me recently is that I don't typically hyperfixate on real people? but the real life figures who have become special interests of mine are brian wilson, dan howell, and david tennant. dt I was more so just obsessed with his acting and he's also a fun silly guy irl who is a very strong ally too so that's cool. but brian wilson and dan howell... it's just interesting because they are both "tortured" artists (though brian wilson went through wayyy more heavy shit) who are neurodivergent and geniuses in their own right imo? but like, at face value a lot of people dismiss them. like if I say "oh yeah I love the beach boys" the average person might be like "oh like... cheesey songs about surfing?" when I'm like... okay yes I do like those because the brian wilson magic is there too but have you never heard of Pet Sounds??? One of thee greatest albums of all time that inspired the Beatles to write Sgt. Pepper? Or the infamous unfinished (now finished) Smile album that people used to sell bootleg recordings of? and then if I'm like "Yeah I love Dan and Phil" people think of like, PINOF or TATINOF and a fandom full of deranged teenage girls. And like, PINOF and TATINOF are soo special to me (and groundbreaking in their own right) but I'm like... do they know the layers of Dan and Phil? Like how smart they are, their wild story, how they were YouTube pioneers, how they have developed this wild relationship with their fans and how freaking hilarious they are? that Dan just filmed a spectacular solo comedy special and was going to write a TV show if not for getting screwed over by YouTube (one of many projects between dnp that have been squashed?). That he wrote a pretty helpful book about mental health??? That he made sooo many videos that were ahead of his time about internet culture in the 2010s?

Idk it's just funny to analyze my interests and see the patterns in them.

[just-some-random-blogger]

The anon with the Euron Greyjoy quote (which goes HARD) most probably meant David and Dan, I don't know how much you are involved in the Game of Thrones fandom or how much of the show you have seen but these two are the showrunners known mostly as "D&D" who are largely hated by the fandom for screwing up the later seasons. And Euron as a character did get screwed over, tbh most characters did in the last 3 seasons or so. But he is like the furthest he can be from his bookself, Book Euron is a MENACE.

David and Dan were fine and even great when they followed George R.R. Martin's writing but once they ran out of material and starting changing shit up the show went downhill.

AH that's what D&D meant AHAHAHHAH i was very much 'huh that cant be right but dungeons and dragons is the only d&d i know' LOL. thank you so much for taking the time to explain this to me! I'm actually like on season 1 💀 so far, so good. im most invested in daenerys and ned stark. i know ned dies but whatever sean bean is incredible HAHAH. My older brother has explained to me what went wrong with the show and im already disappointed because so far, its so compelling and attractive and damn )))): poor daenerys T_T my baby girl )))): poor everyone.

i keep getting remotivated to watch game of thrones because of asks like these cause i dont really want to read the books HAHAHAHH. I look forward to seeing Euron when i see him HAHAHAHAH. i hope they treat hotd with more care ):

[kvlarnet2]

Reptile Movie (Review) and Film Summary

Benicio Del Toro slinks and weaves through Grant Singer’s debut thriller “Reptile,” but the film struggles to develop a confident personality around him, ultimately coming apart at the seams. Clearly inspired by David Fincher’s meticulousness—Singer too is a music video vet and has worked with The Weeknd, Skrillex, Sam Smith, and many more—“Reptile” is overly mannered and precious with its details, but its biggest misstep is its failure to understand that procedurals need to get narratively tighter and not just more convoluted. Del Toro always brings it, and this is actually one of his more intriguing performances in a long time, but one consistently wishes that it was in a movie that knew what to do with it.

Will Grady (Justin Timberlake) is a Scarborough real estate mogul dating an agent named Summer (Matilda Lutz). They flip foreclosures on expensive homes in the area under the watchful eye of Will’s mom, Camille (Frances Fisher), and there seems to be some brewing tension in the relationship. One day, Will meets Summer at a house she’s showing and finds her brutally murdered.

The suspects line up quickly for Detective Tom Nichols (Del Toro) and his partner Dan Cleary (Ato Essandoh). First, Grady couldn’t be creepier—Timberlake leans way too hard into the slimy silver spoon kid background of the kind of dude who lines up a new girlfriend who looks a lot like his dead one almost immediately. Will is clearly into some shady shit, but he found the body, right? Or did he? Could it be Summer’s soon-to-be ex-husband Sam (Karl Glusman)? He, too, is sketched as a few cards short of a full deck, introduced on CCTV footage cutting a stranger’s hair so he can turn it into art. Yeah, he’s weird. That’s not it! The cavalcade of creeps on the suspect list also includes Eli Phillips (Michael Pitt), a guy whose dad got screwed on a Grady deal. Did he kill Summer to get revenge?

As if that trio of potential murderers isn’t enough, the script by Singer, Benjamin Brewer, and Del Toro himself fills out a massive cast with the people in Tom’s orbit, including his wife Judy (an effective Alicia Silverstone), who helps him work angles on the case in some of the film’s best scenes. She’s fearless and intellectually engaged in discussing the mystery. She knows and loves Captain Robert Allen (Eric Bogosian), Tom’s boss, who is introduced receiving an MS diagnosis. Yes, this is one of those scripts where everyone has an instantly identifiable trait that tries to take a traditional character just a bit left of center. It's all over-written, exaggerated stuff that only reminds you that you’re in a movie.

Of course, it’s perfectly fine to be aware of a writer's voice and director’s eye—no one would say someone like Fincher quietly observes—but the problems of “Reptile” comes down to style vs. vision. There’s plenty of style here, but it never feels like anything coheres into an actual vision. The great Mike Gioulakis (“It Follows,” “Split”) slides his camera through these imposing spaces, but to what end? Does it mean anything? The abundant style of “Reptile” is increasingly hollow as its overlong 134 minutes unfold. "Reptile" tries to hold onto too many things at once and lands none of them, leaving subplots unresolved and characters inconsistent.

And yet, there’s that performance in the center. Del Toro is so good here, capturing a man who has seen it all and just wants a peace that won’t come. He doesn’t overplay trauma or experience; he just allows those elements to influence his body language and the stares from those unforgettable eyes. It’s also a playful performance at times as Tom uses elements of his journey into real estate to influence his home remodel. There are some decent turns in the ensemble—Silverstone, Bogosian, Pitt—but Del Toro is on another level, existing in his own space. A space that belongs in a much better movie.

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[childofaura]

I didn't realize you were a Sonic fan! who are your favorite Sonic VA's?

Yes! I’ve been a Sonic fan since I was a wee lass, kind of came with being autistic, lmao. But Oh MAN, if we’re talking about Sonic VAs then I HAVE to break it down character by character. Sorry but this WILL be long:

Sonic: Jason Griffith, hands down. My first Sonic actor was Ryan Drummond (My actual first very own Sonic game was Heroes but I was watching the AoStH cartoon and watched the OVA when I was a kid. But this is strictly for the games), but all things considered I really warmed up to Jason’s Sonic, especially because he was the warmest and friendliest-sounding Sonic. Easily the best Sonic voice for me overall. I will give props to Roger though for FINALLY sounding decent in Frontiers, the decent writing (THANK YOU, IAN FLYNN) and the voice directing helped him out. But Jason’s still the best.

Tails: Amy Palant. While I do like Colleen O’Shaughnessey a lot, Amy’s was pretty distinct. Though my actual favorite Tails voice, William Corkery, was very short-lived but it was the cutest. But I liked the fluctuations of tone in Amy’s Tails voice.

Knuckles: oh man, THIS one is hard. It’s a toss-up between Scott Drier and Dan Green. Travis Willingham is ok but he was just imitating Dan’s voice. And I like Dave B. Mitchell but I think I need to hear his voice more. But yeah, Scott or Dan are both my top faves because Scott made Knux sound younger and less like a stereotypical musclehead, but Dan Green is… well, it’s Dan Green! You can’t beat his “ARE YOU CRAZY?!?! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!?!”

Amy: Could go either way between Jennifer Doulliard or Lisa Ortiz. I respect Cindy Robinson, but… I don’t think she was the best fit for Amy.

Shadow: MAN this one is also tough, between David Humphrey and Jason Griffith, they were both insanely incredible choices for Shadow. May have to lean with Jason due to nostalgia. Also side note, I think people give Kirk Thornton too much shit because of the horrible voice direction in the games he was in. He can do a decent Shadow when the voice director isn’t screwing him over (AND WHEN THE AUDIO MIXING IS ACTUALLY COMPETENT. LOOKING AT YOU, FORCES).

Rouge: I like all three a lot, though Kathleen Delaney is the one I probably lean the most towards. Perfect sultry tones for Rouge. But I adore Lani and Karen as well.

Omega: uhhh, I think as long as the voice has the proper robot filter, it doesn’t matter too much lol

Silver: Pete Capella. No contest. Though Quinton Flynn did a good job too.

Blaze: Probably stick with Bella Hudson, she was the OG Blaze and she did it best in my opinion.

Babylon Rogues: The OG cast, Jason, Dan, and Bella, we’re the best. I can’t be convinced otherwise.

Team Chaotix: I think they’ve all had good voices each time around, though for Charmy I will say that Amy Birnbaum was the best.

Eggman: No contest, Mike Pollock. His voice is iconic! He has the range! He IS Eggman! I did like Deen Bristow though too, for the short time we had him. But Mike is the best and I can’t stand to hear anyone else playing as Eggman.

I think that’s my general opinions so far, I mainly covered the games since that’s what the media is based in more. BUT! Special props to OVA actor Martin Burke, AoStH actor Jaleel White, and movie actor Ben Schwartz for their roles too, they were all fitting voices (oh and Idris Elba was such a badass pick for Knuckles).

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What We Know About Netflix's Eric Starring Benedict Cumberbatch

"Benedict Cumberbatch is a man of many roles: he has played the world's greatest fictional detective, a superhero, a fire-breathing dragon ... and now he's set to play a puppeteer. 

The actor will headline Netflix's next, a thriller series penned by "The Iron Lady" and "Suffragette" writer Abi Morgan, from "Chernobyl" producer "Sister" and a stellar cast has been roped in. The six-part limited series follows Cumberbatch as Vincent Anderson, a famous puppeteer who struggles to come to terms with his son having gone missing.

What we know about the story of Eric

"Eric" is set in 1980s-era New York and follows the "desperate search of a father when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school." Cumberbatch plays Vincent, one of Manhattan's most popular puppeteers, with a children's television show of his own. His character struggles to cope with the loss of his son Edgar, and in an attempt to bring him back home, he clings to his son's drawings of a blue monster puppet that he believed lived under his bed. 

Terrorized by the guilt surrounding his son's disappearance, Vincent engages in progressively volatile behavior, and his destructive attitude isolates him from his family and colleagues. He convinces himself that if he can bring Eric the puppet on television, his young son might return home. The synopsis further describes Eric as "a delusion of necessity, who becomes Vincent's only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home."

The series already feels eerie and one-of-a-kind — just the kind of project we'd expect Cumberbatch to get his hands on. Writer Abi Morgan described the show as "a dark and crazy journey into the heart of 1980's New York, and the good, bad and ugly world of Vincent." "Eric" is expected to be a tense thriller and an "intimate portrait of a delusional father" who will go to any lengths to look for his child.

Benedict Cumberbatch headlines the show as the "charismatic yet narcissistic" Vincent Anderson, who neglects his wife Cassie and their son Edgar. Vincent is shaping up to be quite a gray character, and it'll be interesting to see how the "Sherlock" star will tackle the role. Gaby Hoffmann ("Field of Dreams," "Sleepless in Seattle") plays the actor's on-screen wife, Cassie, who struggles with her husband's "womanizing and volatile" behavior. Young actor Ivan Morris Howe plays their nine-year-old son Edgar, who is described as "artistic yet deeply withdrawn from the world."

Other cast members include McKinley Belcher III ("Mercy Street," "Ozark,") who portrays leading detective Michael Ledroit, and Dan Fogler plays Lennie Wilson, Vincent's best friend, colleague, and fellow puppeteer. George Lovette plays Clarke Peters, Phoebe Nicholls ("The Elephant Man") stars as Anne Anderson, and David Denman ("The Office") plays Matteo Cripp. Wade Allain-Marcus ("Insecure," "Snowfall") plays club owner Ali Gator. Also joining the cast are Bamar Kane, who stars as Yuusuf Egbe, Adepero Odyue, who will play Cecile Rochelle, Alexis Molnar, as Raya, and Roberta Colindrez will play Ronnie.

There's no news about the show's trailer or release date yet, but you can watch this space for more information in the future!"

They're trying to do it, again! After screwing up his Oscar campaign, working with piece of shit, Sophie Hunter and Birkin, Netflix actually thinks this sounds original. He's already played a dad who loses a child. He's already played 'Charismatic yet Narcissistic '. He's already played men with serious drug problems who suffer delusions. So how in hell is this series, Eric, IN ANY WAY ORIGINAL?! They'll do the exact same thing they did with his last projects. Praise everyone else in the film, make sure their people get all the awards, and block Benedict Cumberbatch from getting any. Netflix can go to hell. I guess I should start warning Benedict's fans to expect more bullshit from this project, that every project he's forced to do with Netflix is tainted. Vincent, huh? Just so they can cross promo Eric with Stephen Vincent Strange. They did the same thing with Olsen's Wanda character by putting a similarly dressed and behaving character on Stranger Things.

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Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child (Official Vi...

The analogy is that supposed to be dave aka Dan and I take my brother down and if you think about it Kronos name is Saturn and when I was little I had a Golden throne I would have pretty much whatever I needed but it's time went on I had to learn about money and things like that and he was cutting me off and didn't have any start any business or anything like that and he knew he was doing and he was pretty Sharp the analogy fits oddly enough into a different scenario where I supposedly hit my brother and he slowly dies and he really was hit in the tunnel and my dad made you at least for my computer she made the laser light computer that was my dad who did that and lots of times hardware rules over software that's a rule of computing and it was seems that is what this song means and he's saying he got us to fight and such it's really did not happen and my dad is considered to be gone and that would be something nobody confirmed but my dad knew that David would be a problem and he always used to say heaven has a place for me. Problem being that he was running things and never really had a place for me and said it but didn't do it and it's far worse than what happened to Dan I was left Wally Wally and it still is pennies and really if it's enforced by him and he's on Saturday you're kind of screwed and it's shown here isn't doing anything for you but this is the world according to other people not mine and there's an analogy that the max draw yet Christ is not defeated until his computer is and it is within Saturn so I'm not sure what to say they have the strand delusion and analogy and did not do the work it was there before the Great space battle and it created a ghost fleet

Zues

There's a few things to say at my husband was in a worse situation and still is than Dan would ever be in but Dan was in a terrible situation and still is where his father is a massive tyrant and keeps them poor on purpose and says it all the time and he's a stupid person it causes the civil war and between himself and his kids and he's a loser you got a lot of them killed permanently you can see them on Dan's belt it's mostly his family and he's not respected for it it's disgusting and he's a loser pig and my husband says he wouldn't do it unless Trump was pushing it and the guy pushes people in the wrong way that's very very true and it's pushing and he just don't doubt it either he doesn't have it he's pushing and telling him stuff and just losing massive numbers of people counting on a program in computer that he has never seen that's how I feel and who cares if you side is a fool hes easy to fool.

Hera

What's true is this kind of stuff is terrible for us and I don't see me in there but this guy Dan has to die it's a dick hes ruining everything. We had it all and we lost it and it all turned out to be this guy here trying to blame Chris all day and all night because he's had so much guilt. Turns out ca doesn't care that much it says everybody knows what I'm doing and this guy's a jackass and we did that I got to get out of here you're so dumb dan

Sarah

Well it looks like it's all in writing and our friend here says you're kidding you should see what it says. And I see what it says saw the stupid s*** about your brother and supposed you and yeah the analogies to your people and it's supposed to be crushing them and such too and it makes sense kind of tired of this s*** and you look at them people that looks like different people too and it's saying who it's not who they are but that's what the max are saying and they're trying to knock people off and blame him then it's kind of like he's going to try and poison people and that's what they're saying and then they're mad at him for going to Thailand it's a kidnapping thing and it's just a threat and they're running that routine and that's what it is

Dan

All of this is the max doing it's disgusting and horrifying and it is no fun if it's happening to you and if it's happening to me it's what they're doing it's a bad thing and this is Tommy f I had a concert and a friend was saying it's after he took over and he does have a father but he wasn't saying that kind of stuff and he didn't know much about it he wasn't stupid I heard but no it wasn't him it's about a friend here and his actual father not his eternal dad is telling him that he has a place in heaven and it's not easy now but not to worry about it I guess I'm bringing him down on myself and I'm spreading you it's pretty easy out and a friend says you think and is laughing very loudly and Dan is smiling thank you kidding it's obvious to everybody on Earth and outsiders in the solar system and it's obvious they say obvious I made a huge mistake and I keep making it and it could have spread alignment to my own clans here's something stupid why didn't I do that and it's because Dan is after me yeah he wasn't after me at the time this sucks it was a mistake

Trump

It's about greed and this guy thought he could use ai and it didn't work at all and he does not have it and he's a fool

Thor Freya

We're going to close by saying that you people are dead here and this is how you die and the people on his belts are not necessarily his clan no they really actually are and he's a pig like his father and he learned about it have you seen this kind of thing before but you people are gross and that's because you're losers okay he reported losing Dan if you still are and it's terrible had a terrible family

Olympus we are singing to our people and our son and daughter he has a special place and she does too and it was him singing he saw the Blue lake and had his first hurting heartache because he knows what it means the lake should not be that deep and it shouldn't be so big and he had to wreck most of the planet in order to free us and that's what's happening he says that he has a plan for the heavens and we know it is and it's good and she does too they both of them are helping. We like to solve these problems here for our son it'll help our daughter and we're going to shortly

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✨Andreil wedding🥺

I bet Andrew and Neil have a surprise wedding like April and Andy from parks and rec!!

They invite the foxes over for a dinner, which wouldn’t necessarily be unusual, but this time they invite wymack and bee as well.

when everyone gets there they are a bit confused but everything else seems normal so the sit down for dinner and eat like normal

when they are all finished with dinner Neil tells everyone to met outside, as he goes to his room to grab something.

They walk out and they see seats and a simple arch way with a random women standing under it, they look around confused when Andrew walks out and stands at the front, he’s in the same casual clothes he was wearing at dinner.

At this point everyone is seated but they can’t believe their eyes.

Neil then walks out in Andrews old jersey and a ratty pair of jeans (again the exact same clothes he was wearing at dinner) but now he has a little pillow with rings on it.

this can’t be happening they all think wide eyed but of course Neil just walks up to the front, takes Andrew by the hands and smiles

The ceremony starts.

The Foxes all cry. Including Andrew, but of course only Neil sees.

Because they heal

They are happy.

(If you are a actual writer PLEASE feel free to rewrite this but ya know, better than I could lol)

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I’m sorry but you guys give D&D way too much credit. You really think these idiots went “ok so we’re gonna make Dany leave her hair up and Jon too so people can see their sex is a service and not love.” This is D&D we’re talking about.

Hi, Anon.

Well, short answer: Yes, I do think they did that.

1) when speaking on the GoT commentary, Dan was notoriously obsessed with the tiniest details (which to GA would have seemed inane and not worth their time), to the point where even David would tease him about it. Dan was also the one that allegedly got upset about 8x03's airing and being so dark.

2) Have you seen behind the scenes of the Dany and Sansa scene in 8x02? D&D were directing Emilia on how to gesture to Sansa to sit, even though David Nutter was the credited director of the episode. This once again, goes in line with the point above.

3) D&D were the ones to convince GRRM to do a show in the first place. He had turned down offers before that. The story is infamous at this point, and GRRM confirmed that one of the reasons he agreed to their pitch is because they had guessed who Jon's real mother was, after going back over the books.

4) They had crew working for them that played into the details like the hair being left up or down. Sophie Turner confirmed that Sansa's hairstyles usually echoed who she was learning from and/or channeling. If you look, you can see at one point in the series for each queen who Sansa learned from/was channeling. Season 8 has Dany-style hair for Sansa even. Michele Clapton, the costume designer, has confirmed that not only did she put little clues into the costumes as much as she could, but that the crew did these types of things knowing full well that people would go back and rewatch the series over and over again, and their goal was for the viewer to find something new each time (a la the books).

5) The show utilized different storytelling devices that many television shows and films use, across the board. That includes different shots and angles, framing, panning, set dec, props, music cues, lighting, costuming, blocking (like when Dany is moved away from fire), actors' performances/notes, editing, and of course, the dialogue/writing. Each one of these examples is present over the course of the series.

Look, I'm not saying that D&D didn't screw things up in the end nor am I defending them nor am I calling them as geniuses, but they both did do some decent work as showrunners at some points during the show. I don't think they were stupid as much as I think their egos grew too massive and got in the way. They literally rushed the last season so they could go make Star Wars which lol they didn't even do. They had started pulling their celebrity friends in for cameos (that had nothing to do with the show or industry at all, I think one of them was an NFL player iirc), and even put themselves into the show (in 8x04 as the widlings Tormund is boasting about Jon to). Some might say, well Taylor Sheridan put himself into Yellowstone or 1883, and they would be right. But the difference is, the characters he embodied worked with the story, and he was an actor before being this highly successful writer. These two simply put themselves into the show because they wanted to be immortalized in this series (and they chose the feast scene of all scenes to do it) and did it in the last season because that's what they were doing with all of their celebrity friend cameos. Getting it in as a last hurrah. Massive. Egos.

So to go back to your point, Anon, yes, I do think they did that to show that Jon was simply giving Dany what she wanted. When you break down the boat sex scene, it's pretty easy to spot what they did there. They are still in the Queen Dany and Bent-the-knee Jon here. Same as in this scene:

If they were in love or just having really great sex but bonding then we would have seen Dany like this:

Or Jon like this:

Especially when you compare it to Dany's love scene with Drogo where she takes control, the seduction scene with Daario where she takes control, and then her pillow talk scene with Daario (photo above).

So yes, Anon, I don't feel that we're giving them too much credit. I do think they absolutely kept in mind that people were going to rewatch the series and find new clues each time, just like they themselves used to do with GRRM's books. Listen, they screwed up in a lot of ways, but as for what they showed with Jon and Daenerys in that boat scene, I don't think they did.

Hope you have a great rest of your day!

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Folds In Time Part 1 Playlist

Hey everyone, for those who are interested, I just wanted to let you know I’ve officially completed the Folds In Time Book 1 playlist. It’s currently 67 songs. It’s usually one or two songs per chapter. If you’re interested in which songs go with which chapters, you can see it under the cut. Totally willing to answer questions about why each song goes with the chapter I put it with. (Me scaling the wall wanting to talk about it, but also knowing most people don’t care as much as me.)

Here’s a link to the playlist on Youtube!

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

Chapter 1: Burnt Rubber Pop-Tarts

Disappear- Eli

Burn Rubber- SOPHIE

Chapter 2: Green Light

Nyan Cat

Chapter 3: Eye of Gold; Thigh of Blue

Masquerade- Motion Picture Cast | Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack

Charleston- Bob Crosy

Arc I Playlist

Chapter 4: Before All The Paperwork Got Signed

My Roommate is a Cat Opening- Unknown World

Straight Shot- DeVotchKa

Chapter 5: It Spills Itself in Fearing to be Spilt

Highly Suspect- Gath Salts

By Myself- FIDLAR

Vodka- Korpiklaani

Chapter 6: You Try to Cut Her Wires

Auld Lang Syne- Guy Lombardo (1947 Version)

Time Bomb- Iration

Chapter 7: Not Much Has Changed But They Live Underwater

Year 3000- Jonas Brothers

Auld Lang Syne (Cool Techno Remix)

Chapter 8: Just in the Nick of Time

Timebomb- Kylie Minogue

In the Nick of Time- Patti Labelle (Brewster’s millions movie)

Chapter 9: 大碗宽面 (Big Bowl Thick Noodle)

大碗宽面 (Big Bowl Thick Noodle)

Leave Me Be- Choir Boy

Chapter 10: All the Subliminal Things

Sucker-Jonas Brothers

Chapter 11: Right Place; Wrong Time

Meet Me By the River- Jacob Browne

Right Place Wrong Time- Dr. John

Chapter 12: French Lessons

French Class BLAJK

Chapter 13: Out of the Loop

1940- The Submarines (Amplive Remix)

Chapter 14: Crepe Date

Savory Truffle (2008 Remastered)- Beatles

Chapter 15: We’re No Strangers to Love

Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley

It’s Not Unusual- Tom Jones

Arc II Playist

Chapter 16: Do the Mambo

Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)- Lou Bega

Chapter 17:

Carnavales Cameguey 2016 (Just music from the festival)

Chapter 18:

L-O-V-E Multilingual Version (Nat King Cole)

A La Mode- Los Abandoned

Chapter 19: Let Me Count the Waves

Flying Dutchman- Blasterjaxx & Zafrir

Let Me Count the Ways (I Love You)- The Temptations

Chapter 20; Two Wrongs Fix a Hole in Time

Distortions- David Guetta

Chapter 21: Promotion

Climbing the Corporate Ladder- Nmesh

Chapter 22: Late Night Trips

My Sister- The Juliana Hatfield Three

All Men Are Liars- Nick Lowe

Chapter 23: What Came First?

Egg- CG5

Chapter 24: Taco Pancakes

I Am Not a Robot- Marina and the Diamonds

Chapter 25: Now You See Me

DJ Got Us Falling in Love- Usher

Now U See Me- Dan and Drum

Chapter 26: Time is a Double-Edged Sword

Double Edged Sword- James the Seventh

Unfounded Revenge (Smashing Song of Praise) Super Smash Bros Soundtrack

Chapter 27: Now You Don’t

Disappear- Selena Gomez

Vanish- Dro Kenji

Arc III Playlist

Chapter 28: Face the Future

My Future – Billie Eilish

Chapter 29: A Storm Before Time

Romance Is Boring- Los Campesinos

Time- FreshmanSound

Chapter 30: Janus and Patton’s Get Along Hole in the Ground

Together- DJ Falcon & Thomas Bangalter

Chapter 31: Fishing for Laughs

Travel Song (Shrek the Musical)

Chapter 32: When It Rains

Time Travel- Daley

Ease- Troye Sivan

Chapter 33: Head Full of Paper

Origami- Capital Cities

Chapter 34: Raging Storms

Getting to Know you (King and I)

The Storm Inside- Daniel Gunnarsson

Chapter 35: Mistakes We Make

Rain Like Tears- Mirabai Ceiba

Numb Little Bug- Em Beihold

Chapter 36: 1000 Cranes

River- Ibeyi

Nothing Lost- The Alternate Routes

Chapter 37: Helpless to the Bass and the Fading Light

Together We’re Screwed- Robotaki

Shut up and Dance- Walk the Moon

Chapter 38: Not Quite Time

Time-Bomb- All Time Low

Let’s Go- Stuck in the Sound

Chapter 39: Coming Home

In My Blood- Shawn Mendes

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Fics Rec (written by me)

You know what? Screw it, I feel like this. Top 5 fics I, AO3 user Szarka, have written, according to myself.

1) Uncle John (The Lone Ranger)

I have put so much work into this one! And then nobody read it, because it’s a dead fandom, but still, maybe this is the fic I’m the most proud of. It deals with the adoption of Dan Reid, and him, John and Tonto kind of adjusting to being a family of three now.

2) Land Without Magic (BBC Merlin)

Magic reveal fic. Idk, I just feel like this is one of my better works. Arthur gets to make a wish, it seriously backfires, and as a consequence, all of the magic gets drained from Camelot. As the show itself keeps insisting, magic is a vital part of the land, so this is... Less than ideal. Arthur finds himself in a race against time to discover what is going on and somehow reverse it, before he ends up causing the death of all magic users in the kingdom.

3) The Holmes Family Secret (Sherlock Holmes, some version of him that lives in my head)

Also known as “the one that got me accepted into film school” (I didn’t think I stood a chance so I just went “whatever” and submitted my latest fanfic). Also one I know did some tangible good in the world, based on comments I received. So we both agree that the “Sherlock has a secret sister who is running a world domination gig out of a high security prison”-plot line in BBC’s Sherlock was stupid, but what if it wasn’t? So, Holmes has a secret sister fic, but instead of being a supervillain, she is severely mentally ill and institutionalized. Also make it Victorian because that is  clearly the superior Holmes version.

4) Jack’s Monster (The Incredible Hulk TV show)

Yes, there is such a thing, from the 70′s. It has a shockingly small fandom, despite being one of the best TV shows ever made. This is the other fic where I received some comments making me feel like I did some good in the world. Within the show, Dr. Banner (called David for some reason) is being chased by a newspaper reporter, Jack McGee. THEY ALMOST NEVER MEET AND IT IS THE CRAZIEST TENSION I’VE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE. By the time I got through the first season, I was sitting on needles enough to write a fic about them actually meeting. Also shippy, because of course.

At this point, it becomes a bit of a tie, as there are multiple fics I like on the same level. Special shout-out to Old Ally (MCU crossover with that one really very bad Russian superhero movie), The Kidnapping Ring (Green Hornet Britt and Kato getting-together fic), Outsiders (Luke Skywalker discovers that he is asexual fic), and Two and Two Together (post-canon fic to the second Superman cliffhanger serial). Anyway, I had to pick something, so I’m just taking the most recent one:

5) Some Kind of Loophole (Arthurian Mythology)

Easily the most relaxed writing experience I had from all of my fics. And I maintain that it’s quite good, despite the plot being, well. Not the deepest. After it is revealed that Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot have that affair, King Arthur discovers some weird legal loophole that would make it acceptable, supposing he too starts sleeping with Lancelot. It takes him a while to figure out that Lancelot would actually be into it.