#Jesse Adams

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Bad movie I have Ms. Magnificent 1979 aka Superwoman

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STORIES TELLING: NED LOWE AND THE DEATH OF POOR REPRESENTATION IN OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

In history, Ned Lowe was one of the most sadistic and violent pirates in the early 18th century, so he’s an obvious choice for a villain for season 2, episode 6 – Calypso’s Birthday.  What is interesting is what the OFMD writers chose to do with him.

Lowe announces himself to the crew of the Revenge with great fanfare (cannon ball attack) and gets right to the point.

Ed is thoroughly unimpressed.

Cut to Ed and Stede tied up while Ned attempts to set the mood so he can monologue about why he wants to kill Ed.

Ed knows what’s coming. He is going to suffer but he still can’t be arsed to meet Ned with anything but vaguely bored dismissiveness (and Stede is happy to play along).

Up on the deck, Ned prepares the crew for his big, dramatic moment of symphonic torture.

Note that the Revenge crew is tied down, braced by vices and generally unable to protect themselves from imminent torture and possible death, but their spirits are up. They don’t seem terribly fussed.

Then Stede uses his people positive management style to happily orchestrate a worker uprising in Ned’s crew.

Ned’s crew responds instantly; severing their allegiance to Lowe and telling him off.

The crew sails away and talks profit sharing while Ned dully threatens to hunt them down.

Ned is now a prisoner of the Revenge crew and seems entirely disinterested in his own survival.

And Ned sinks to the depths, without struggling at all.

There is a lot going on in this episode: pay and labor equity direct action, gay love engagement bliss, kink humor, Stede being a hero and saving his crew by playing to his strengths, then having to decide whether to kill in cold blood and feel the consequences of that choice. Ed having one more reason to be done with piracy (while being so impressed with and fond of Stede), and then watching his man make a fraught choice and having to deal with the fallout from that. (And, damn, I haven’t even mentioned the passionate sex bit.) Anyway, back to the point.

Now for the the meta part

The Ned Lowe sequences are perfectly in keeping with OFMD’s signature blend of madcap violence, humor, and big emotional gut punches. But something about Ned Lowe just strikes me as off for this show.

Ned is seriously threatening the crews’ lives, so why don’t they take him seriously?

Why does Ned have such a boring, throwaway backstory?

Why is Ned so nonchalant about his own death; like it’s a foregone conclusion?

Why does Ned have a silver violin and silver spurs on his slip-on dress shoes?

Why is Ned sartorially monochromatic?

And then I realized who Ned reminds me of.

This guy,

Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971)

And this guy,

Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994).

And this guy,

Xerxes, 300 (2006).

And it sure seems like Ned Lowe isn’t just an episodic villain. He is an archetype of the one-dimensional, stereotypical queer-coded villain that has been endemic in film and television throughout history. The OFMD writers have a lot to say about what to do with this kind of character:

Don’t respect him.

Feel free to openly mock him.

Don’t let him take your joy, even though he will hurt you.

He won’t disappear on his own. You have to throw something at him (take action) to make him go away.

Once he’s in the water, he’s content to drown. He’s not into what he’s doing any more than you are.

Oh and, just to be clear,

The LGBTQIA+ community has a very long history of turning shit media into better stories. So, hey, big media, prepare to have your crap characters wrecked (improved).

Now, back to our transformative pirate show with rich, complex queer characters and a multi-layered plot that surprises me every week and makes me feel big feelings - most of all, joy.

Final thought: I do wonder if Ned Lowe is monochromatically silver as a tribute to/poke at, Hollywood and the silver screen.

This meta was written before OFMD season 2 has fully aired. No idea what’s going to happen in the finale (and I’ve generally fled social media to avoid spoilers). I’ll be back, looking at everyone’s fascinating posts after episode 8 airs.

[fght-ff-yr-dmns]

The streets don't forget

[latenightsundayblues]

Draw Lawrence Gordon telling Mark Hoffman to kill himself….. and Adam in that one Jesse shadow shirt….

or I’ll shoot upu

😱😱😱😱😱right away boss

(It's in cursive. Because Lawrence isn't a savage.)

Also fuck you for this one in particular

[squashfolded]

Happy Halloween here’s the saw guys going as Carlisle and Jesse for Halloween because I think it’s very funny

[ravioligobbler9000]

sopping wet transgender starter pack

[keefechambers]

For Christmas, I'm gonna get Kelvin a weapon, so the little dum-dum can defend himself. I'm thinking knives. Don't buy your brother a knife for Christmas, Jesse.

[medixnoche]

average tboy tuesday

[jollypawwn]

SMOOOCHESNSAIDIFF HEHEHEHEEDEKJCDDN

Trust me guys they actually kissed they didn’t hug they fully like ran and reunited into a pea pod trust me LMACOOOASDKVJ

They’re AAGHAJSFGJASFJGJJFDUJ I literally freaked out like 10 times while drawing this they so- DAMN LIKE I DID THAT!! LMAOOFJV

I recently just started season 2 (I didn’t even finish the first episode) and I love Petra like ten thousand times more I didn’t even know my love could expand even more BUT NOW I PFFTFTDFHFUGGF

She’s just- so cool?? And so carefree and fun,,,, all I want is to be like her!!!! Arghghghaerghfigrrjbrgobjsrtb,,,,,,

(I may or may not have a whole doc full of fun/badass Petra quotes to draw because I just love her that much)

(BTW JESSE HAS TO TIP TOE IN ORDER TO KISS PETRA BECUASE OFC OFSUEUE HEHEHEHHEHEEY )

[valentinajadehill]

one chicago masterlist

jay, adam, kevin

admirer central o

adam ruzek

memory lane o

jay halstead

crossing lines o

jealousy jealousy o

leap of faith o

showtime part one, part two, part three

only mine o

back off o

bullpen chatter o

work related encounters o

jesse lee soffer

new romance o

closer than most o

connor rhodes

come back to me o

ethan choi

secret relationship o

attention o

nerf gun war o

the toothbrush o

antonio dawson

hug me o

nurse dawson at your service o

i tried to help o

fight me o

strip

will halstead

medicinal purposes o

kelly severide

resanoona masterlist

give into you o

second chances part one, part two, part three, part four, part five

the way home masterlist

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As an unapologetic Jesse Pinkman apologist I can’t begin to tell you how utterly uninterested I am in fan work that excuses his actions by characterizing his parents as explicitly abusive or neglectful, especially because so much of his character arc centers around not only taking responsibility for his actions but developing a sense of agency. If anything, I’m interested in Jesse’s relationship with his parents as yet another subtle dig at the myth of the “American Dream” by Breaking Bad’s creators. Jesse’s parents are a “nice”, normal, suburban white couple, the pillars of the foundation for American propaganda. They clearly care about him, but based on their treatment of both their sons, it’s relatively obvious that they care more about keeping up appearances than they do the welfare of their children, who effectively act as status symbols. This is why they write Jesse off quicker than some viewers would have liked (although it should be noted we don’t know the whole story there), and why Jake is so weighed down with extracurriculars when we meet him. They provided Jesse with all the physical necessities afforded to children who grow up well-rounded, well-behaved and on good terms with their parents, but in their conditional love they left him without a support system, and with dangerously low self-esteem due to equating academic success with self-worth. And while Jesse’s mother demonstrates a clear reluctance to cut him off entirely, his father seems somewhat less conflicted, showing disinterest in Jesse’s sobriety and treating his infrequent reappearances as an intrusion on their lives. Jesse has a good heart, but starts the series selfish and without any real comprehension of consequences, not surprising for someone raised by “nice” people who weren’t really all that compassionate. Jesse doesn’t gravitate toward Walter because Walter acts abusively towards him but because Walt can give him the academic and parental validation he hinges his self-worth on, and because Walt, like his father, prioritizes the projected image of himself as a wholesome family man over actually being there for his family, or for Jesse.

In this essay I will-

[katebeckets]

GET TO KNOW ME  ✰ [4/10] Musicals ⤷ RENT (1996)

"There's only us. There's only this. Forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way; no day but today."

[cripplestein]

twitter found this picture and im going insane

i feel like my worlds have collided

[itsscatballou]

Me: yeah, I’ve weirdly always had a thing for guys with long hair. I don’t know why ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My childhood:

[serendipity-in-love]

Chicago P.D.  (2014– )

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