oddly enough, the thing that crystalized my feelings on The West Wing and Jed Bartlet is finally watching the last season of Madam Secretary this month, where Elizabeth McCord gets to be president for ten episodes.
She's besieged on all sides, dealing with some truly galling and, surprisingly, named-for-what-it-is sexism from Congress that snowballs into impeachment hearings. Back to the wall, allies disappearing, hope a thing of the past—and what does she do?
She looks around, sees where she is and the power she still holds, and makes a wish list. A shoot-for-the-moon, if-you-could-have-anything-you-wanted-what-would-it-be list...and gets to work on it. In the middle of a series of blockbuster televised congressional hearings about her and her family, Elizabeth McCord decides she's still the fucking president and she'd damn well better act like it. Her game plan is to refuse to give the political bullshit any oxygen in her administration, and to go on doing things that need doing. Like land disputes in the south china sea. and gun control. and carbon reduction. and expanding access to health care.
RUSSEL: Do you really want to take on one of the most intractable problems in the world while your head is on the chopping block?
ELIZABETH: Yep.
Jed Bartlet could never.
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"Miss Daae has returned"
"She needed rest!"
Just drawing Meg and Madame Giry before painting west end style Elissa dress 😎😎
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Playing Horizon Forbidden West and I picked up a Bristleback (that I named Pickles) and I noticed the toddler looking very concerned.
Babybean: is dat the bad guy one?
Me: what do you mean?
Babybean: the bad piggy that taked that friend's arm?
Me: ohhh no no this one didn't hurt Kotallo
Babybean: oh good
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The Girys! Maiya Hikasa (Meg Giry) and Francesca Ellis (Madame Giry) at West End Live 2024. Photos from here
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I've seen a couple versions of this going around for other fandoms, so:
Spin this wheel for a random Tai Sui character, then tell me whether you want to
Tell me in the tags who you got 😁
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A’hally (A’halla, an OC, and Wally West)
Commission from Maru Davalos Art!
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From Melanie Gowie's Instagram Story
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Witches of Disney
A picture I commissioned from the artist twisted-wind from Deviantart. It features Disney characters as the witches of Oz:
Wicked Witch of the East - Mad Madame Mim (The Sword in the Stone)
Wicked Witch of the West - Magica De Spell (Ducktales [2017])
Good Witch of the North - Fairy Godmother (Cinderella)
Glinda, the Good Witch of the South - Elsa (Frozen)
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Can we just appreciate that in Andrew Webber’s POTO, Erik comes to the masquerade in that full skeleton outfit… without needing to. He literally already wears a mask. Nobody except Christine and maybe Madame Giry know what he looks like. Or he could have put on a full white mask.
Idk he didn’t need to go all-out but he did. He’s so dramatic and bbg I love him <3
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