#TC Pascal

[popfizzles]

So this was the original concept art for a Tavern Crawl comic; meant to be entirely virtual (so drawn with the idea of scrolling in mind).

I know it is so crunchy and may be hard to read but this is about as far as I ever got, and figured it should see light at least once before it's forgotten.

Anyway Dinias and Pascal's meeting ended up with them being kicked out onto their asses and banned from that bar forever. But they became quick friends and have been traveling ever since!!!!

[kookiekult]

There are 3 stages to becoming a dilf.

Twink

Late 20's/Early 30's awkward ugly phase

Dilfism

[darlin-daryl]

I made a playlist for reading fanfics, or just imagining things in general <3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SkQWZsrsWOkmAwLrfP89b?si=ELr-sO6HSWC92vXqR6vgoQ&pi=aT6jEXu0SzqL4

[cafedeotocom]

PORSCHE; PASCAL WEHRLEIN İKİLİ ZAFER HEDEFLİYOR.

Pascal Wehrlein (TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team), bu hafta sonu Suudi Arabistan’a yöneliyor ve geçen sezonun Diriyah çift yarışındaki üstünlüğünü tekrarlamayı hedefliyor, aynı zamanda ABB FIA Formula E Dünya Şampiyonası sıralamasında erken bir liderliği sürdürmeyi amaçlıyor. Wehrlein, sezonun ilk yarışında Meksiko Şehri’nde (Cumartesi, 13 Ocak) zafer elde etti, Julius Bär Pole Position’ı…

[inklore]

i know i say this every time i reach a milestone, hell anytime i get a new follower that isn't a blank blog or bot, but i can't believe you guys are still here! still supporting me! still putting up with my chaos! i mean it each time i get all sappy about how grateful i am for each and every one of you and how i lucked out with you beautiful souls occupying this space with me. if i could send you all a little cupcake and a forehead kiss i would <3.

but since i can't do that let's have a little celebration instead!

like the flyer above states this celebration will focus solely on graphics and ya girl putting that photoshop to work and brushing off some of my old graphic and creative skills.

★ THE RULES.

you do not have to be following me to send something in unless something is specifically labeled 'mutuals only' then, unless we are mutuals, you cannot send anything from that section.

you can send in as many requests from whatever section as you want, there is no limit. but please refrain from sending requests for animated projects.

this celebration does not have an end date so unless the above image says 'closed' then send things in whenever you wish!

blank blogs and ageless blogs as well as minors please refrain from sending things in, respectfully.

do not steal or claim any of the graphics i make as your own.

♡ MUTUALS ONLY.

moodboards...i'll make you a personalized moodboard / aesthetic. ➥ a 'your vibe' moodboard aka i'll go off of the vibes and aesthetics you give off to me or a character + trope + scenario moodboard

gif requests...i'll make a gifset of whatever character you ask for. ➥ can be a certain scene, from a certain movie, what have you. but please note the list of characters + movies from the actors down below are more likely to give me the most inspo to make something from. but please feel free to ask me for someone not on the list because chances are i'll do it unless i truly dislike the actor or character.

ship edit...i'll make a little edit of a character i ship you with. ➥ i may include some extra things in the graphic because i can't just be simple with things, so you can give me a small list of your favs, your vibes, your likes, and dislikes, if you so wish.

✩ FREE FOR ALL.

movie recovers...i'll make you a movie poster. ➥ this goes for tv shows + some artists + character posters as well.

book + movie recs...ask me to rec some things. ➥ 'your favorite movies' + 'movies you suggest people who like [insert something here] watch' + 'underrated shows' + 'books with this vibe' + 'songs that remind you of this character' are all requests that are applicable plus so so much more, please be as creative and detailed as you wish.

banners...request a banner for whatever you wish to use it for. ➥ these are not personal which means anyone can use them not just you. can be for navigations, masterlists, etc. gifs are not applicable.

headers...just like the above but for mobile headers. ➥ same rules apply as the above section. shows, movies + characters, vibes + aesthetics all applicable.

dividers...i'll make you a set of fancy dividers. ➥ again these are not personal and for everyone to use and enjoy.

magazine designs...i'll make a little magazine-esk outtake for a movie, show, or character.

personal favorites...ask me my favorite anything and i'll make a cute little something to showcase it.

♥︎ CHARACTERS, SHOWS, MOVIES, ACTORS APPLICABLE. ➥ actors + their characters: adam driver, pedro pascal, oscar isaac, jodie comer, will poulter, aaron taylor johnson, thomas doherty, tgm cast but no tc. ➥ movies: scream franchise, any spooky movie, john wick, twilight. ➥ shows: killing eve, hemlock grove. ➥ etc characters: finnick odair, bruce wayne (except affleck and bale).

this list is only for the gif requests so disregard it for everything else or use it as inspo for your requests if you want. also please note that the gifs will be posted on either three of my gif accounts.

here you can find my graphics board on pinterest of past graphics i have made over the years + some inspo if you need it for requesting.

[indecentpause]

Find the Word Tag

@oh-no-another-idea tagged me to find the words stone, brick, iron, and wood! thank!

I'm revisiting The Most Beautiful Puzzle for one last readthrough and check and then it should be ready to start sharing in full!! :D for now have some excerpts :)

stone rock:

[Josselin]’s already primed you on what to look for, but you don’t know who was here last or how long ago or what for. You’re mostly there to drive and make things look convincing. Josselin backtracks to the wall where you parked and drops into a crouch. You try to be useful by overturning rocks and leaves with your cane, but you won’t be able to see anything not immediately obvious, and there’s no way you can crouch or kneel. From the sidewalk, a man calls, “You guys need help with something?” You look up. A guy your age, maybe a few years older. Unassuming. Crew cut brown hair, t-short and jeans, average everything. The only thing that stands out is his shiny black combat boots. “Oh, he just dropped something. Thanks, though!” The guy lingers a moment. You offer a wave, trying to politely tell him he can go on his way. He offers a wave back and moves on.

brick:

[Josselin] sighs and lets go before you can ask him what he’s doing. With a huff, he rubs quick and hard at his shoulder where the officer was touching him. “I was okay,” he says softly. You offer a weak smile. “You’re still okay!” you say, trying to be supportive. “He just needs to get his paperwork in order. It’s technically private property, so they probably have to just make sure everything’s sorted. Josselin leans back against the brick wall of the building, mumbling to himself in annoyance. You join him.

iron:

“Okay, so, what’s this about a baseball bat?” “I keep one under my bed,” he explains again. “I have mitts and baseballs and stuff too, to make it look like it belongs there. Just in case. So it doesn’t look like I was planning to use it as a weapon. But I could get you one, if you wanted. And maybe a tire iron to keep in your car, if you didn’t want a bat there? People keep tire irons in cars, right? I’ve never driven a car.”

wood:

For a moment, things are quiet. Occasionally, you hear the Inspector and Pascal’s feet one the hardwood floor upstairs. Familiar and Grandpa are purring. Crackerjack has fallen asleep under the table. Your phone rings, loud and shrill in the quiet room. All three cats jump and dart under various pieces of furniture. It buzzes on the table and continues to ring a second or two more until you finally grab it. An unknown number. You send the call to voicemail.

tagging @drippingmoon @calicohyde @jezifster @winterandwords @digital-chance @tc-doherty @anoelleart to find the words grey/gray, heavy, bright, and strong/strength

[robinfrinjs]

Update following Robin to Envision:

Both Sam Bird and Robin Frijns are officially going to be announced right after the season has ended. René Rast his departure from McLaren will also be announced by the end of this month

DS Penske: I think they're both staying on. It would make sense imo and neither drivers have been rumoured elsewhere

Nio 333: Unsure about them. They could remain with the same line-up. Afaik Dan Ticktum isn't rumoured somewhere else, Sergio Sette Camara is in talks with other teams, but not sure if anything is coming from that.

ABT Cupra: Both had contracts however they're both free to leave. Robin really wanted to leave and now is leaving to Envision. Potential drivers in his seat could be Kelvin van der Linde or Adrien Tambay

NEOM McLaren: Jake Hughes is likely staying on and Rene Rast is leaving FE completely. He'll likely be focussing on a DTM/WEC double with BMW. Sam Bird is very likely to get his seat.

Maserati MSG: I remember reading Edo has a contract for next year, though contracts don't always mean that much. Günther could be leaving to return to a team like Andretti or join Nissan or Envision. Meanwhile Nyck de Vries is rumoured to maybe join them. He was meant to race for them this season but an F1 seat came in between. Felipe Drugovich has also impressed during rookie sessions so he could also be a candidate. Also added Sergio as he was among the list but I'm unsure if he's actually in contention for a seat there.

Mahindra: Mehri is definitely leaving, and now di Grassi also seems to be in discussions with teams such as Nissan and Andretti. Mahindra needs stability if they want to improve but I don't think someone like Lucas wants to stay with this performance. Norman Nato could be joining them, he doesn't have too many options as he's being booted from Nissan. Also speculated could be Jordan King or Jehan Daruvala. Both have done rookie tests with the team.

Jaguar TCS: Mitch Evans is staying and getting a new teammate in Nick Cassidy. Sam Bird is leaving to McLaren

Tag Heuer Porsche: Both drivers, António Félix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein are likely to stay on.

Envision: Envision: Buemi is staying and Cassidy is leaving to Jaguar. Frijns is taking his seat.

Nissan: Sacha Fenestraz is likely staying on. Norman Nato seems to be booted from the team. However the second seat seems to belong to a lot of other drivers. It's a question who ends up there.

Avalanche Andretti: Jake Dennis is staying and Andre Lotterer is leaving to completely focus on WEC with Porsche. For this seat many drivers are also rumoured.

[motorsportverso]

Resultado E-Prix do Mexico 2024, Pascal Wehrlein e Porsche vencem a primeira etapa

Resultado

1-94-Pascal Wehrlein-Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team-37 Laps

2-16-Sebastien Buemi-Enviosin Virgen Racing

3-37-Nick Cassidy-TCS Jaguar Racing

4-7-Maximilian Gunther- Maceratti MSG Racing

5-9-Mitch Evans- TCS Jaguar Racing

6-25-Jean-Eric Vergne-DS Penske

7-5-Jake Hughes-Neom Mclaren Formula E Team

8-2-Stofel Vandorne- DS Penske

9-1-Jake Dennis-Andretti Formula E

10-17-Norman Nato- Andretti Formula E

Os Brasileiros Lucas Di Grassi(ABT Cupra), bateu logo na largada completou duas voltas e abandonou , já o Sergio Sette-Camara(ERT) teve alguns problemas durante o qualyfing e a equipe não conseguiu resolver e nem largou essa primeira etapa.

[formulatalk]

Norman Nato Sets Pace in Second Practice for Diriyah E-Prix

In a thrilling showcase of speed and precision, Norman Nato of Andretti Global emerged as the frontrunner in the second practice session for the Diriyah E-Prix. With his final lap of the session, Nato clinched the top spot, setting a blistering pace that left his competitors trailing behind.

The daytime session, while offering valuable track time, did not entirely mirror the cooler nighttime conditions awaiting drivers in today's crucial qualifying and race sessions. Nonetheless, Nato managed to clock a best time of 1m13.584s, edging out Maximilliam Guenther of Maserati MSG by a mere 0.031s.

The top five positions showcased the diversity of drivetrains in the competition, with Jake Dennis of Andretti, powered by Porsche, securing the third-fastest time. Sebastien Buemi of Envision Racing bounced back from battery issues encountered on Friday to claim the fourth position, while Mitch Evans of Jaguar TCS Racing rounded out the top five with a strong finish as the session drew to a close.

Stoffel Vandoorne of DS Penske narrowly missed the top five by a razor-thin margin of 0.002s, highlighting the intense competition among the drivers. Oliver Rowland and Sacha Fenestraz of Nissan delivered impressive performances, securing the seventh and eighth positions respectively after a late surge in the session.

Lucas Di Grassi of Abt Cupra and Nick Cassidy of Jaguar completed the top-10 lineup, setting the stage for an electrifying battle among the contenders.

Further down the grid, Dan Ticktum of ERT and Jean-Eric Vergne of DS Penske showcased their skills, positioning themselves for a competitive run in the upcoming sessions. Sam Bird of NEOM McLaren and Nico Mueller of Abt Cupra claimed the 13th and 14th spots, setting the stage for a challenging race ahead.

Pascal Wehrlein emerged as the highest-placed factory Porsche entry in 15th position, marking a significant contrast to the performance of the customer Andretti entries. Antonio Felix da Costa of TAG Heuer Porsche faced a challenging session, finishing 22nd and last, sandwiched between Jake Hughes of NEOM McLaren and Sergio Sette Camara of ERT.

Eduardo Mortara of Mahindra, Robin Frijns of Envision, Nyck de Vries of Mahindra, and Jehan Daruvala of Maserati rounded off the grid, setting the stage for a thrilling showdown in the upcoming qualifying and race sessions of the Diriyah E-Prix.

[popfizzles]

Here are all the Paintbrush prompts I got done for Paz and Dinny (along with three sketches I would have finished, but I actually ran out of steam for).

All for your viewing pleasure!

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[Neopets Paintbrush Challenge]

[diarioelpepazo]

Los Ángeles Lakers descubren su camino en medio de una fiesta de la anotación.El equipo oro y púrpura encadena tres triunfos seguidos en la campaña tras imponerse (150-145) a los Indiana Pacers EUGENIO MUÑOZ FERNÁNDEZ Los Ángeles Lakers aprovecharon su serie de partidos en casa, el Crypto.com Arena, para enderezar el rumbo y conocer su camino. El de las victorias, fundamentalmente. Hasta tres seguidas ante Atlanta Hawks (136-105), Philadelphia 76ers (101-94) e Indiana Pacers (150-145) que 'arreglan' un récord peligroso por la dificultad de 'bailar' en el límite de la repesca a los Playoffs. Anthony Davis y LeBron James, los más que sabidos referentes, impusieron su potencial ante Indiana en un partido loco por anotación, números y jugadores implicados. Un 150-145 no es moco de pavo. Con los números en la mano se entiende todo. Davis fue el más destacado, en unas semanas dominantes con cada balón por encima del aro. Firmó 36 puntos (15/21 TC), 16 rebotes, 3 asistencias y dos robos de balón. LeBron James acompañó con 26+10+5+1 tapón. Y se sumaron dos 'armas' más. Algo inconstantes en la mayor parte de curso, pero al 100% todo un peligro: Reaves, con 25+5+8+1 tapón y Spencer Dinwiddie, con 26+2+5+2 tapones. Un recital, en el que Indiana no se quedó atrás con 36 puntos y 12 rebotes de Pascal Siakam. Los Lakers remaron, pese a entrar con diferencia a su favor a los últimos minutos (123-110, 39'). Siakam y Nesmith cerraron diferencias, cosa que obligó a emplearse a fondo a LeBron y Dinwiddie con dos entradas y un triple más del 'Rey'. Y Davis por supuesto. Dejó en evidencia a Turner tras rebote ofensivo, continuó con una gran bomba y colocó una entrada más. Hacía bueno un gran final y el esfuerzo grupal, en el que, por ejemplo, Reaves también dio aire desde la defensa. "Para nosotros ganar es todo. Debemos controlar lo controlable, como ganar un partido en el momento que se debe. Pero debemos conocer a cuánto está el sexto puesto e ir hacia allí, sin presionarse demasiado. Pero somos novenos todavía y seguimos enfocándonos en nuestro estilo de baloncesto", relató Davis. Mira a la tabla, con 39-32 como récord, y se permiten creer en esa entrada directa al Playoff. Quieres competir y cada vez que tocan la pelota les pitan falta Anthony Edwards Aunque eso sí, hay alguna voz crítica. Muchas siguen focalizadas en los tiros libres. Los púrpura y oro lanzaron 43 ante Indiana... ¡por 16 de los Pacers! Implica que el diferencial de lanzamientos de la personal suba a +420. El segundo equipo de la NBA con mayor diferencial son los Milwaukee Bucks... ¡en +222! Ya lo había señalado con anterioridad, por ejemplo, Anthony Edwards, estrella de los Wolves. "Es muy duro cada noche cuando vas a la línea de personal mucho menos que el otro equipo. Quieres competir y cada vez que tocan la pelota les pitan falta. Y van a la personal. Es duro, no sé ni cómo explicarlo", explicó. Para recibir en tu celular esta y otras informaciones, únete a nuestras redes sociales, síguenos en Instagram, Twitter y Facebook como @DiarioElPepazo El Pepazo/Marca

[etiennedaho]

Le clip de « Boyfriend » est disponible !

Réalisé par Studio L’Etiquette et produit par Newlightfilms

Productrice exécutive : Virna Martini

Productrice senior : Cléo Ferenczi

Directeur de production : Amine Ketem

Post producer: Bianca Benloukil

Coordinatrice de production : Marie Marsan

Assistante de production : Juliette Unsworth

Special Thanks : Newlighfilms, Johanne Olesen et Marie Alegre

DOP : Caroline Champetier

1er assistant réalisateur : Zadig Hein

2e assistante réalisateur : Romane Humbert

1er assistant OPV : Hugo Martin

2e assistant OPV : Thibault Walckiers

3e assistant OPV: Téo Fery

Chef électricien : Laurent Bourgeat

Best boy : Camille Houguenague

Électricien : Adèle Arlot Belliot et Guillaume Mandin

Chef machiniste : Walter Xavier

Machiniste : Thierry Ramanana et David Bigard

Hair & Make up Etienne Daho : Gil Lesage

Stylist : Aurélien Storny & Alexandre Misericordia

Stylist assistant : Alena Ballet

Set Design : Antoine Lamperière

1st assistant : Gustave Birchier

Ripper: Allegra Mangifesta et Jules Reyes

SFX : David Laurent

Choreographer : Clément Gyselink

Régisseur général : Jean-Pascal Mabille

Régisseur : Bastien Labat, Eric Schmidt et Pierre Boussiquet

Makeup : Elodie Barrat

Assistant : Marine Oketokoun et Emilie Krutul

Hair : Delphine Bonnet

Avec la participation de : Andy Gillet, Brice Michelini, Nassim Guizani, Gaspard Bellisant, Lily Rose Ciannamea, Marguerite Monat, Lili Felder, Theo Treil, Chiara Corbetta, Axel Prepont, Marie Clo Ramos Ibanez, Val Wairimu, Ambre Cuissu, Natascha Wiese, Kolya Mykola Shipov, Natacha Le Jeune, Marine Sigsimeau, Julia Coma, Paul Mulocher, Bianca O’Brien, Bastien Hegedus, Mohamed Bougenghour, Justine Ponthieux

Post-production: Firm

Post producer Firm: Coralie Duarte & Clémence Gasnier

Editor: Léo Gatelier

Assistante monteur: Camille Miranda

Etalonneur: Nicolas Gautier

Assistant TC: Etienne Glaudeix

Graphiste 3D: Benoît Revilliod

Flamiste: Jonathan Lagache, Christophe Croidieu, Tristan Barbaron et Philippe Szabo

Graphiste 2D : Olivier Stéphant, Simon Bouicanges et Antoine Richy

Remerciements :

Sophie Bramly et l’équipe Barclay (Jérome Marroc-Latour, Laurence Ferracci, Paul François Thierry , Marina Hanna)

Unloved #jadevincent

Studio L'Étiquette #newlightfilms Barclay

[guess-my-next-obsession]

what part of my warped brain thought it was a good idea to have five different series active at the same time ??

i am overwhelmed

but here’s a little update for those of you keeping up with me and my multitude of unfinished stories!

Peña’s Anatomy — season one finale coming September 1st

Love In The Time Of Covid — chapter one coming September 2nd POSTPONED 9/10

The Stable Girl — chapter two coming September 2nd

The Mandalorian & The Corellian — chapter five coming September 5th

August — chapter eight coming September 7th

[bedlamsbard]

All right, reactions to Mando 2.05, “The Jedi”, in...semi-coherent form. Spoilers, obvs. I hated this episode, so keep scrolling now if you don’t want to see negativity.  This is not in any kind of order except stream-of-conscious.

again, I reiterate, spoilers.

again, I reiterate, this is REALLY negative.

Rosario Dawson...yikes.

how...did Bo-Katan know that Ahsoka was on Corvus? are they in contact? since when? Ahsoka seems to have been on Corvus for long enough to be a nuisance to the Magistrate (Morgan Elsbeth), but normally Ahsoka is very efficient and she just...really does not seem to be here? I did not get the impression she was planning on sticking around for any period of time.

(the same could be true for Frog Lady and Bo-Katan on Trask several episodes back. that wasn’t a convert, that was three Mandalorians hanging around the port in cloaks. I guess they could be doing that on the regular, but? would the Empire not then be more worried about being attacked by Mandalorians?)

there was only ever a very, very slim chance that I was going to be happy with any translation of Ahsoka from animation to live action.  I am on record as thinking that animation is the medium for Star Wars and that live action is always going to be a weaker medium than animation and that a lot of things that can be done in animation just cannot be translated to live action in any meaningful form.  I knew Ahsoka’s fighting style couldn’t translate to live action convincingly (here’s what I said about the mo-capped duel in TCW); it never occurred to me that they couldn’t pull off TOGRUTA given that Shaak Ti, you know, exists, and also there are so many excellent Ahsoka cosplayers.

(Consider KM Creations’ excellent silicone lekku (S7), which have beautiful movement; the cosplayer behind that is CallMeSnips and her epilogue prototype is from SWCC is in there somewhere.  I think Rei Kennex’s are latex (you can tell they don’t have much movement) but at least they’re the right length.  I think Ahsoka94′s are also latex (again with the movement); this is her Mortis vision grown-up Ahsoka.)

AND YES, THE LEKKU/MONTRALS WERE A DEAL-BREAKER FOR ME.

I feel very “you have made your bed and now you have to die in it” about that -- apparently the reasoning is for stunts and movement, but for me here’s the thing: her lekku length wasn’t optional.  This is not the equivalent of changing a hair style, which some people seem to think (believe me, I have read so many hot takes); this is like...I’m trying to think of a good comparison.  Like putting Peter Mayhew or Joonas Suotamo in a wig because Chewie’s head was too hard for the actor to see out of, or giving them normal human hands because they can’t grip with the Wookiee hands.

Also your main character wears a helmet at all times that (if it’s anything like my Mandalorian helmet) is pretty poor visibility and full body armor and THIS was your breaking point for stunts?

Ahsoka’s lekku and montrals grow as she ages. These are about S7 length; as @reena-jenkins put it, THEY DE-AGED HER HEAD.  Ahsoka fans coming in know this.  PEOPLE SAW THE REBELS EPILOGUE.

I wonder how many of the people being self-righteous about being totally fine about Ahsoka’s lekku are the same people who claim that Katee Sackhoff is too young to play Bo-Katan.

this also puts them in a weird position in regards to the inevitable merchandise: do they go with normal Ahsoka from TCW and Rebels, the one everyone is familiar with, or do they go with these stunted lekku?

(I can’t believe they’re going to make Her Universe sell merch with this Ahsoka on it. it’s not going to happen but I wish HU was going to be petty enough to not sell any nu!Ahsoka merch.)

Here is some nice art of how Ahsoka’s lekku and montral should have looked.

hoo boy were those prosthetics also just Bad.

“but the stunts” buddy I’m sure Pedro Pascal and his various stunt doubles aren’t having a great time in full armor with almost no visibility either

if you’re going to put the character in, do it right

YOU CAN’T CHEAT

look, I am really, really aural -- the best example I can give is that even though intellectually I know that Matt Lanter and Hayden Christensen both play Anakin Skywalker, I literally cannot parse them as both being the same Anakin Skywalker and for that reason TCW and the PT don’t exist for the same continuity for me.  (This also goes for Ewan McGregor and James Arnold Taylor, Natalie Portman and Cat Taber, and Samuel L. Jackson and TC Carson. I can kinda cope with the multiple Palpatine VAs. Yes, the decision to use Hayden and Sam in Ahsoka’s vision in “Shattered,” even blending into Matt’s voice from Hayden’s, threw me so badly I couldn’t take the vision seriously.)  Ashley Eckstein has a very distinctive voice, and moreover has been the only person to ever voice Ahsoka up to this point (even in the Ahsoka novel audiobook). Barring a MIRACLE I was never going to be able to parse another actress’s voice as Ahsoka’s, solely because of how my brain works.

I could probably have parsed someone else’s face because animated Ahsoka is pretty stylized but the voice thing is a huge problem for me because of how aural I am.

(I say this but when Squadrons did a more live action-style Hera -- knowing they mo-capped Vanessa Marshall I think they used Vanessa’s face for Hera’s, which is also what it looks like on the revised art and face sculpt for the Black Series Hera -- I kind of had a meltdown about it (for...weird reasons). And that was the same VA.)

(The timeskip between TCW and Rogue One, then Rebels, probably saved Saw Gerrera for me here, but he was also never a main character.)

can you believe that Sam Witwer’s Maul got more live action respect than Ashley Eckstein’s Ahsoka

I love Sam’s Maul but wow

this is particularly jarring because Dave Filoni and Ashley Eckstein always seemed like they were friends? I realize that this gets skewed by how little of their actual lives we see online, but that is the vibe that I’ve gotten from interviews and social media posts.

can you believe that TROS gave more respect to Ashley Eckstein’s Ahsoka than Dave Filoni’s Mando episode did (here is her statement on TROS.)

back in March, when the Dawson casting rumors first dropped (or leaked, as the case may be), Ashley posted a statement about it saying that she was not involved in The Mandalorian. she has over the years been very vocal about desperately wanting to play live-action Ahsoka, who is a character solely associated with her up until today, and honestly this just breaks my heart.

I am not the massive Ashley Eckstein fan that many Ahsoka fans are, but I have never heard anything bad about her (I saw her at my hotel at SWCC while I was waiting for my roommate to arrive! that’s the closest I’ve ever gotten to her, a distance of about six feet), and I really desperately hope that someone told her about this beforehand and she didn’t find out from watching the episode.

Also, while I’m here talking about Ashley Eckstein, the characterization here was extremely off, in that specific way that happens when a writer/director is working with their absolute favorite character, DAVE FILONI. I do trust Ashley to course-correct Dave on Ahsoka (in the same way we’ve heard about Sam Witwer pushing back on people about Maul), and that...was not happening here.  (I think Katee Sachoff said something similar to this about Bo-Katan in her interview last week, as well.)

how did you get Bo-Katan so right and Ahsoka so wrong

look, Dave Filoni is truly living up to George Lucas’s legacy in that he can story tell pretty well but he’s not actually that great at nitty-gritty of writing and directing. (none of the really good TCW episodes are his.)

this episode made me think of A Friend in Need (which he directed) which is not, like, a BAD episode but quite notoriously includes the Bo-Katan ass-slap and also Ahsoka beheading four Mandalorians at once.

it also includes a helpless village of oppressed and exploited Asian-coded civilians who are there mostly as background scenery so the bad guys can be bad and the heroes can feel righteous

I’ll come back to that one

the level of violence in this episode was...weird. honestly, too high? in a way that probably would not have registered if it was anyone but Ahsoka. look, I am an animated shows person. I know TCW and Rebels inside and out. I know that neither one is particularly shy about killing off faceless bad guys (though if you watch Rebels S1 compared to Rebels S4 they really dial back the amount of fatal violence the main characters commit in the last season, lol).  But this felt off for Ahsoka in a way I can’t really articulate.

why is Ahsoka attacking a random Mandalorian (her allies are Mandalorians!) who is walking through the woods WITH A BABY? WITHOUT WARNING?

part of that is just her movement -- when they animated her for TCW back in 2008, they made a deliberate decision to give her mannerisms and movement and a fighting style that a human can’t do because she isn’t human and animation can do that. which means that they hobbled themselves when they came to translating her to live action because uh a human can’t do that.

something about her lightsaber blades looked really, really wrong and I can’t put my finger on what. it’s like they just used the illuminated blades of the stunt sabers but didn’t do the extra CGI that the films do? I don’t know.

Ahsoka did a LOT of dramatic posing and what WAS that?

Dave can’t direct live action, that’s what that was

since when can you canonically convey that much information mind to mind

are Ahsoka and Grogu a dyad in the Force (I know the answer is no but also: what? what was happening?)

the only people we’ve seen who can do that sort of thing are Quinlan Vos and Cal Kestis, who both have the rare talent for telemetry, and even that’s not mind to mind communication, that’s touching a thing and going “YIKES”

you are telling me that Ahsoka Tano, whom six months ago we saw take on Darth Maul, a whole barrage of Mandalorian warriors, and her entire clone trooper battalion and walk away without a scratch, had to work up a sweat fighting one woman with a spear

you do know that we all saw TCW and Rebels right

and here’s the problem! this episode makes zero sense if you HAVE seen TCW and Rebels because (1) she doesn’t look right (2) she doesn’t fight right (3) timelines? we’ve never heard of them? (4) is Thrawn back? did you find the Chimaera? (you all do remember that Ezra and Thrawn aren’t out there alone and are in fact with a 40,000 man crewed star destroyer right) (5) did you NOT find them? (6) are you even looking? (7) this is supposed to be AFTER the Rebels epilogue unless you’ve decided to take advantage of that specific ending scene not being super specifically dated and if it’s before IT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE! because I desperately hate that epilogue and its implications EVEN AS IT IS! (8) why would you call this episode “The Jedi” when since 2013 Ahsoka’s whole thing has been not being a Jedi

to be fair I’m pretty sure S7 tried very hard to course correct that but unfortunately, they could not because the rest of canon exists

are you still trying to deny me grown Ahsoka and Rex when we know you got Temuera back for a five second shot of Boba

to be fair I would have the same aural problems with Temuera voicing Rex because that’s Dee Bradley Baker as far as I’m concerned (I reiterate that this is because of how my brain process character and sound, not anythign else)

if you haven’t seen TCW and Rebels this is a random Jedi wandering around for no specific reason namedropping a completely random person who has no prior significance unless it’s going to turn up later

this entire show has consisted of namedropping random people and things with no prior significance within the show itself and it remains entirely unclear whether they’re ever going to have significance within the show itself

look, I can buy Ahsoka not wanting to train the kid both for her stated reasons and for some implied stuff from earlier on in canon (the kids in the Ahsoka novel, the babies from Future of the Force), even what happened with Ezra, and obviously she has Plans and cannot haul a baby around with her when that baby is going to be a baby for an indeterminate amount of time

which honestly is something that ought to come up because even if Ahsoka wanted to train the kid by the time she grew old and died he might, if we were very lucky, have advanced to being essentially a pre-teen and then would be on his own again? this is also true for Din.

lol sure go cast yourself out into the Force, I’m sure there’s absolutely not a single darksider still wandering around the galaxy who might perk up at “ooh, free apprentice!”

I’m literally starting to think that this show takes place in an alternate universe where Luke and Leia either don’t exist or died at some point in the OT

me, baffled, last season: you’re telling me Cara Dune, Alderaanian, had never heard of the Jedi? was she not keeping up with whatever Leia Organa was doing? was the Rebel Alliance actually big enough that PEOPLE IN IT HADN’T HEARD OF LUKE SKYWALKER?

what...is Luke doing right now. isn’t he training Leia?

WHAT HAS AHSOKA BEEN DOING FOR TEN YEARS are we seriously supposed to believe she peaced out of the Rebel Alliance after Malachor and whatever the hell they’re going to make that out to be (honestly at this point I’m betting on “they will never touch it”)

does or does Ahsoka not know that Luke exists

hoo boy can you just see them trying to cast a younger Luke, or do you think they’d CGI de-age Mark Hamill?

oh yeah let’s go through this again in a season with someone else playing young Luke, let’s, I’m not emotionally invested in that so I’m prepared to be entertained

hasn’t Sebastian Stan been floated (even if just on Twitter) for young Luke?

why are these not-imperials on this planet. what are they doing here. what’s the point.

 why is the planet...being burned? I was half-expecting, like, normal deforestation (in terms of logging for lumber) but I’m also a bit ??? about this.

since when is beskar resistant to lightsabers, I thought cortosis was the only thing that was? whatever, it’s new canon, they can do whatever they want. (ETA: apparently that’s been true for a while; I am more a Jedi person than a Mandalorian one as far as the EU goes and my Mandalorian lore is my weakest point.)

dear god were these fight scenes bad

I did spot Morai and I appreciated the tookas

okay, I am taking the next thing out of bullet points because I was really, really upset by it, and as an Asian-American woman it affects me directly.

I was really, really shaken by the use of village of (space) Asian people who were portrayed solely as background victims to be tortured and exploited.  Star Wars has a long history of Orientalism, and some of it I can look away from and some of I can’t.  Mando especially has a very bad track record with its treatment of Asian characters (Fennec Shand), and in recent years the rest of Star Wars live action has also been pretty bad about it; I will never forget how shaken and upset I was by Paige Tico’s death at the beginning of TLJ, and Rose’s sidelining in TROS was a lot to deal with. There has also been some pretty appalling anti-Asian racism from the Mandalorian fandom that I have seen in regards towards casting rumors about Sabine (which brought me to the point of tears as recently as yesterday).

I had been braced for Rosario Dawson Ahsoka because it’s been rumored for so long, if never officially confirmed by Lucasfilm, and after they pulled the original VA for Leia from Resistance a few years ago (without ever making an official statement but it was after she made really dismissive statements during the Kavanaugh hearings) I was still really hoping they’d pull Dawson for the transphobic assault allegations, or that the rumors were false, or...something.  I was not expecting the way that they treated the Asian civilian population here.  I kept hoping that there was going to be something, and it’s like they kept almost going there with Governor Wing (you want to make either his name or his position clear in the actual episode, maybe?) but then kept pulling back, which just made the whole population victims that had to be rescued by outsiders. And exploited, and tortured, and abused in general.

And yes, I’m aware the Magistrate/Morgan Elsbeth is an Asian-American woman.  That doesn’t make it better?  Since Ahsoka presumably kills her offscreen?

(Also Diana Lee Inosanto is a stunt performer and a fight choreographer, why is that fight scene so wooden, damn.)

okay back to bullet points to wrap up

I realize I haven’t said much about Din and the kid and that’s because they didn’t...do...much? I guess if you’re actually invested in them “YAY HE HAS FEELINGS” is a major thing but I’m not

I have flashes of being invested in Din, but the problem is that I never know what the hell this show is doing because it’s all over the place.  We are 5/8 of the way into season 2 and I have no idea what it’s trying to do: they keep setting stuff up and then not doing anything with it. I can make vague predictions based on what’s set up and based on my knowledge of canon, but this show is so weirdly set up and paced that I can never tell if they’re something for A Reason, for the lulz, or for the Aesthetic.

I feel extremely vindicated by the revelation a few weeks ago that Din grew up in a cult but I also straight-up feel like I spent the past year being gaslighted about what Mandalorians were, and that’s...not a great feeling. Do I think that the show is going to do anything with that? Fuck, I don’t know. I hope so. I know what I’d do as a writer. But I can’t predict anything they’re doing and that makes me really uneasy.

jeez, at least when George Lucas was making Star Wars you knew he was doing it to entertain himself and tell a specific story rather than constantly having to go back and wonder what story lines got compromised for a project down the road.

like, is this why they did mo-cap Ahsoka in S7, to brace us for live action Ahsoka here? I know they had already filmed Mando S2 before S1 came out. WHY THEY DIDN’T THEY REUSE LAUREN MARY KIM AS AHSOKA’S STUNT DOUBLE THEN? it’s not like she hasn’t stunted in Mando before?

if this was supposed to be a backdoor pilot to a Rebels sequel...I will flip a table

I enjoyed the Bad Batch eps in TCW S7 but knowing that there’s going to be a Bad Batch show I’m now wondering if they’re only in S7 to backdoor pilot that show

how far back does this go? did they put the Legacy of Mandalore story line in Rebels S4 solely to set up for this? especially considering that that’s the one thing in S4 that actually has saga weight and then they immediately got rid of everything it accomplished to set up for this?

I presume that this is the reason they refused to release the turnaround for Ahsoka’s epilogue look two years ago. apparently it doesn’t matter given they changed her entire epilogue color scheme and also her lekku and personality.

Look -- at the end of the day, there was only about a 2% chance I was ever going to like this episode, but I was holding out for it nevertheless. I do get surprised from time to time! I liked the Bo-Katan episode! This was, however, a hot mess. And yes: a lot of the things that bother me are not going to bother other people. (I haven’t seen anyone comment on the Asian villagers, for example.)

[robinfrinjs]

Based on the latest the Race article I have this now

it mentioned several drivers in talk with several teams so most i just added to all of those teams. But like obviously not Norman to Nissan cuz he's getting booted. So anyway:

DS Penske: I think they're both staying on. It would make sense imo and neither drivers have been rumoured elsewhere

Nio 333: Unsure about them. They could remain with the same line-up. Afaik Dan Ticktum isn't rumoured somewhere else, Sergio Sette Camara is in talks with other teams, but not sure if anything is coming from that.

ABT Cupra: Both have contracts however they're both free to leave. Robin really wants to leave the team and is rumoured to join Envision. Nico hasn't really been rumoured so far. There is a chance they retain the same line-up but if Robin does leave there will be a free seat there.

NEOM McLaren: Jake Hughes is likely staying on and Rene Rast is leaving FE completely. He'll likely be focussing on a DTM/WEC double with BMW. Sam Bird is very likely to get his seat.

Maserati MSG: I remember reading Edo has a contract for next year, though contracts don't always mean that much. Günther could be leaving to return to a team like Andretti or join Nissan or Envision. Meanwhile Nyck de Vries is rumoured to maybe join them. He was meant to race for them this season but an F1 seat came in between. Felipe Drugovich has also impressed during rookie sessions so he could also be a candidate. Also added Sergio as he was among the list but I'm unsure if he's actually in contention for a seat there.

Mahindra: Mehri is definitely leaving, and now di Grassi also seems to be in discussions with teams such as Nissan and Andretti. Mahindra needs stability if they want to improve but I don't think someone like Lucas wants to stay with this performance. Norman Nato could be joining them, he doesn't have too many options as he's being booted from Nissan. Also speculated could be Jordan King or Jehan Daruvala. Both have done rookie tests with the team.

Jaguar TCS: Mitch Evans is staying and getting a new teammate in Nick Cassidy. Sam Bird is leaving to McLaren

Tag Heuer Porsche: Both drivers, António Félix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein are likely to stay on.

Envision: Buemi is staying and Cassidy is leaving to Jaguar. It's rumoured Frijns could take Cassidy's seat. He's definitely the top favourite. Also rumoured was Jack Aitken, he has a relationship with the team, however he'd have to choose between IMSA and FE and I think he'd choose IMSA. Also Maximilian Günther as he's rumoured to be speaking with several teams.

Nissan: Sacha Fenestraz is likely staying on. Norman Nato seems to be booted from the team. However the second seat seems to belong to a lot of other drivers. It's a question who ends up there.

Avalanche Andretti: Jake Dennis is staying and Andre Lotterer is leaving to completely focus on WEC with Porsche. For this seat many drivers are also rumoured.

[jayankles]

Multifandom and Requests

I finally got around to making an official post about the nature of this blog. It is now the home of multiple fandoms. Requests will be open for as long as I am on this beloved hell site. The list is more organised, concise and has better readability. You are more than welcome to use prompts from my unfinished bingo cards but please be a little specific when requesting. -> Bingos Masterlist

Supernatural;

Dean Winchester/Jensen Ackles

Sam Winchester/Jared Padalecki

Jack Kline/Alexander Calvert

Gadreel

Donna Hanscum

Ruby 2.0/Gen

Anael/Danneel Harris(Ackles)

Open to Poly/Ships: with Jenneel, Jarevieve, Jenevieve, Genneel, Winchester bros (no wincest), J2

Marvel:

Ben Barnes/Billy Russo (this is for Prince/King Caspian too)

Frank Castle

Matt Murdock

T'Challa

Sam Wilson

Joaquin Torres/Danny Ramirez

Thor Odinson/Chris Hemsworth

Loki Laufeyson/Tom Hiddleston

MJ

Peter Parker/Tom Holland

Scott Lang

Steve rogers/Chris Evans

Bucky Barnes/Sebastian Stan

Claire Temple

Misty Knight

Luke Cage

Carol Danvers

Brunnhilde

Wanda Maximoff/Elizabeth Olsen

Pietro Maximoff

Eddie Brock

Deadpool / Wade Wilson

Open to poly with rare pairs and crossovers

Triple Frontier

William “Ironhead” Miller/Charlie Hunnam/Raymond Smith

Santiago “Pope” Garcia/Oscar Isaac

Frankie “Catfish” Morales/Pedro Pascal

Benny Miller

Dc:

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

Kara Danvers

Mick Rory

Ray Palmer

Barry Allen

Oliver Queen

Adrian Chase/Josh Segarra

Henry Cavill

Heath Ledger/Patrick Verona/ Snowy Bowles(platonic)

Ouat:

Killian Jones

Jefferson

Regina

David

Robin Hood

Prince Eric

WWE/NXT:

Finn Balor

Seth Rollins

Roman Reigns

Drew McIntyre

Rhea Ripley

Raquel Gonzalez

Scarlett Bordeaux

Cesaro

Adam Cole

Dexter Lumis

Liv Morgan

Xyon Quinn

Elektra Lopez

Open to Poly

Lucifer:

Lucifer/Tom Ellis

Mazikeen

Open to Poly

On My Block:

Oscar Diaz

Mario Martinez

B99:

Rosa Diaz

Jake Peralta

H50:

Steve McGarrett

Danny Williams

Magnum P.I.

Thomas Magnum

Juliet Higgins

Orville "Rick" Wright

Theodore "TC" Calvin

The Office (U.S)

Jim Halpert

365 Days

Massimo Torricelli

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin

Vikings

Ubbe

Ivar

Ragnar

Lagertha

Torvi