#alison crew

[yourleftpinkytoe-blog]

I need someone else to mental image. Now hear me out.

The foxes but make it stage crew

[themagnustournament]

Redemption Round 3 - Match 3

The Puppeteer comes to us with 173 Redemption votes, and is up against A Long Way Down and its 148 votes from last round.

MAG 136 - The Puppeteer | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Alison Killala, regarding her time as friend and carer to special effects artist Neil Lagorio.

MAG 075 - A Long Way Down | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Stephen Walker, regarding his brother's disappearance from the top of Tour Montparnasse.

[lurking-latinist]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alison Cheney & Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka) & The Master (Scream of the Shalka) Characters: Alison Cheney, Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka), The Master (Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Domestic Fluff, the wardrobe room Summary:

Alison settles in.

[bluetimeombre]

・❥ ‘Are you Hugh down under?’

You and Hugh were the stars of the biggest movie, Wolverine and Ladypool, and fans love the two of you.

[not proof-read, some sexual innuendo, just Hugh being hot af]

part two

You and Hugh Jackman being in love for twenty-five minutes (part one)

Puppy interview

Did you take any props home with you?

'Yea, I took Hugh home,' you said, letting a puppy climb over you and onto your shoulders as Hugh laughed. 'In his suit as well.'

'In the suit,' he said, stroking the puppy in his lap.

'Yep. Great in the house, goes with all my furniture. He's well trained.'

Hugh nodded, enthusiastically. 'I'm not toilet trained, but I'm trained in other ways.'

You raise your brows and the crew laugh. 'I want to know what the other ways are now.' You smirk.

Hugh smirked back, shrugging his shoulders as he held up the puppy. 'Well, maybe you'll find out.'

What was your favourite scene to film?

'Any scene with the incredible talent sitting next to me,' Hugh started. 'Every scene was such fun and never felt like work when I got to work with her. I've never had so much fun playing a character. The whole movie at first, you know, the idea was up in the air for me about coming back but just to get the chance to work with such a talent- an honour and a privilege and I can't wait to do it again.'

Your lips pout into a smile as you listen to him. You focused on Hugh as he smiled at you. 'My favourite scene to film was when I touched his abs.'

He laughed.

'No, seriously it's been a dream of mine to work with Hugh and I can't talk about it too much cause I'd probably get emotional and that'd be embarrassing. I've grown an emotional attachment to him now,; you added.

Hugh looked around at all of the puppies. 'Is there more puppies here than usual?'

'Oh yea, there's more!'

'Someone's been making out,' said Hugh.

'Not us,' you said, leaning over.

He laughed. God, he was always laughing with you.

With Alison Hammond

The two of you sat next to each other, legs bumping into each other repeatedly to tease each other. At times you'd just throw your leg over his thigh and he'd bounce his leg. (Fans ate it up)

'Alright you two,' said Alison.

'Sorry,' you laugh. 'He's taking up too much space.'

'The Wolverine spread,' he said.

You laughed.

Alison gave her a loud laugh. 'Well, is it true, Hugh?' she asked. 'Are you huge down under?'

The three of you laughed, rocking back and forth and hitting your knees.

'I started the rumour,' you said. 'So, take that as you will.'

Hugh showed Alison his shoe as she fanned herself off.

You took another card she offered you and fanned yourself off as Hugh sat back, throwing his arms behind his head.

'So, we should probably talk about the film,' said Alison.

'Let's just talk about Hugh,' you said, leaning back just like he was. 'Ever won an Oscar, Hugh?'

He pulled a straight face at you.

'Now, can I say, Y/N, this is a bit awkward as usually it's just me and Hugh. Last time we had a date, so I've brought champagne, but only two glasses,’ she pulled off the cover that showed off the bucket.

'I'll take the bottle,' you said, reaching over the two of them. 'I can leave you guys, don't worry.'

Hugh grabbed your arm as you tried to leave. 'No, no, you can be our mediator.'

'Your intimacy coordinator more like,' you said as Alison laughed. 'I've seen how these interviews go Alison, I've never had Hugh feed me chocolates.'

Hugh reached over the table as Alison talked about 'a throuple' and he opened the box of chocolates, throwing away the thin layer of film covering them with his teeth. You only realised what was going on seconds before he fed you chocolate from his mouth. You tried to stay calm the closer you got and took the chocolate, chewing down happily.

'Feel like I'm interrupting something,' said Alison.

You stole the box from Hugh. 'Your turn, Alison!'

'So how tough was it working with Hugh, Y/N?'

You slapped your thighs dramatically. 'The toughest ever. You know sometimes I'd actually have to look at his face and I mean, have you seen this-' you frame his face, holding his chin. 'How can I work with this?'

He stuck his tongue out.

(Almost this whole interview was the two of you flirting)

Hot one's interview

'You're watching hot ones. It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings. Today we're joined by Y/N and Hugh Jackman, the stars of Wolverine and Ladypool.'

'I only let Wolverine come first so we could use the greatest showman in the movie,' you said. 'For Hugh.'

First wing and first question.

You and Hugh cheers with Sean before taking a bite. You nod, 'Good wing, subtle, nice.' You went in for another bite, surprising them.

'Oh, you're going for another bite,' said Hugh, eyes watching your lips (comments couldn't let it go).

'Yeah, I like things hot,' you tell him, giving him a dramatic wink.

'What was the movie that you watched of each other that made you realise you needed to work with each other?' asked Sean.

'As soon as I saw the first Ladypool,' said Hugh. 'I knew these two characters had to be together on screen. I was like these two characters had to be together and I'd literally announced my retirement three days before.'

'Mine was probably when I saw the first ten minutes of Australia,' you said, referring the first ten minutes in which he turns up shirtless and sweaty. 'Knew I needed to see it real-time.'

Hugh huffed out a laugh.

'Or Logan. That was, a masterpiece of a film.'

The next couple wings went down well, getting through the questions. It was the fifth when things started to get heated.

'Yep, that's a step up,' said Hugh as he went for the milk.

'Can you recall the most takes you've had to do for a scene requested by a director?' asked Sean.

'Our steamy scene in the car had quite a few takes,' you said, Hugh agreeing with a nod. 'Kept messing up, you see,' you said, winking.

'That was a difficult scene,' said Hugh.

'Why cause you had to kiss me?'

Hugh shook his head. 'That was the easiest part, I'm laughing, I'm not crying cause of the heat. But doing some of those... positions we had to do in the car, it was hard to work around.'

'I got cramp in my leg.'

He laughed loudly at the memory.

The next wing messed the two of you up, the heat creating sweat. All Hugh could do was laugh and you laughed at him as he went red.

'Look, look at this!' Hugh puts his arm up, showing his bicep.

'What am I looking at? Your raging muscles?' you ask, looking closer.

'No, the sweat.'

'Oh, sorry I was distracted.'

On the next wing, Hugh repeated he took too big a bite, how it was too big and all you had to do was give him a look with raised brows.

You and Hugh take a lie detector test

First hooked up was Hugh, you watched in glee as ties were wrapped around him.

'This is a new kink,' you said, smiling all too widely as Hugh laughed at you.

You started by asking him some simple questions that were easy answers, like his name and where he was born. 'Are you really Australian?'

'Yes.'

You looked to Louis. 'Tell me it's a lie.'

'Truth.'

'This Australian bit has got so far,' you say.

'You love it,' he said.

'We'll find out when I'm hooked up.'

'How you seen all my movies?' you asked.

He thought for a moment. 'No.'

'Deceptive.'

The two of you looked at each other with amused looks and big eyes. 'You can tell me you've seen them all, you can be a fan, I don't mind.'

He shrugged. 'Maybe I have.'

'You're a fan it's fine.'

'I'm wearing my I heart Y/N underpants today,' he said.

You looked wide-eyed and hopeful at Louis.

'Deceptive.'

You cheer.

'In 2008 you were said to be the sexiest man alive-'

'Said to be,' he scoffed. 'Pretty sure the right word is elected.'

'The question is how many copies of the magazine do you have?' you asked.

'How many do you have?' he threw back.

'I'm not the one on the fucking monitor right now.'

'A standard of fourteen hundred?'

'Is there any more to life than being really, really, really, really, really ridiculously good looking?' you ask, leaning back in your chair. 'That's not on the cards, I just want to know.'

'No.'

'Truthful.'

The two of you cackle. After a couple more questions it was your turn to swap. Hugh took delight in seeing you get tied up.

'Starting to sweat a bit,' you said. 'This really is scary.'

'Yea.'

Again, Hugh started off with some simple questions.

'Last one,' he said. 'Are you single?'

You pulled a straight face as he turned red and watched you. 'Yes, I am. Thank you for reminding me of that fact, Hugh.'

He shook his head. 'Don't worry, we can change that, we can change that.'

'Only if you're offering, bub,' you tease.

'Would you rather have had an Andrew Garfield Spider-man team up than Wolverine?' he asked.

Your jaw dropped as he showed you the question on the card. 'That's not fair I love spiderman and Andrew.'

'But do you love him more than Wolverine?' asked Hugh, feigning seriousness. He waited as you thought about it, head in his hand.

'True,' you said.

'That's a lie.'

'Ha!' Hugh shouted.

'I've shocked myself, man, I must really fancy you,' you said.

Hugh slid over a paper, showing you a picture of Channing Tatum. 'Do you think he would make a good Gambit?'

You try to act cool, he was already in the movie and Hugh knew it. 'Yes, I think he would. It's a shame his movie wasn't made. I feel bad for the guy.'

'Truthful.'

You pick up the picture. 'I love this guy, he's a great guy,' you stare down at the picture, 'He'd made a great Wolverine. I mean, I'm just getting lost in his eyes right now, looking at him.'

Hugh reached over. 'Ok, enough of that,' he took the picture and ripped it up, chucking it behind him.

You and Hugh at the premier

The camera snapped shots of the two of you wearing each other's colours. You were wearing a shimmering golden outfit while Hugh wore red. You had agreed to swap.

The two of you took pictures together, his arm wrapped around your waist, yours going between reaching up to hold his shoulder or holding his hands. You didn't stop for many interviews together, but you spoke a lot on the carpet. That tiktoker, the one good at reading lips had a field day on tiktok when she worked it all out.

Hugh: 'You look great in yellow, you know.'

You: 'You should see the colour of what I'm wearing under here.'

Hugh smirked and laughed. 'You look beautiful tonight.'

It was your turn to blush and tug him along the carpet.

[makingqueerhistory]

Spooky Queer Books

Since spooky season is starting, I thought I would share a list of my favourite queer books that are great for this time of year.

Some of these links are affiliate links.

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes--such as the circumspect and resilient "final girl," body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet--spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.It Came from the Closet features twenty-five essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer's Body, Jude Ellison S. Doyle on In My Skin, Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.

Into the Drowning Deep

Mira Grant

The ocean is home to many myths, But some are deadly... Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy. Now a new crew has been assembled. But this time they're not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life's work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.

The Devouring Gray

C. L. Herman

After her sister's death, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn't: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods. Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations from the Gray--a lifeless dimension that imprisons a brutal monster. After Justin fails to inherit his family's powers, his mother is determined to keep this humiliation a secret. But Justin can't let go of the future he was promised and the town he swore to protect. Ever since Harper Carlisle lost her hand to an accident that left her stranded in the Gray for days, she has vowed revenge on the person who abandoned her: Justin Hawthorne. There are ripples of dissent in Four Paths, and Harper seizes an opportunity to take down the Hawthornes and change her destiny--to what extent, even she doesn't yet know. The Gray is growing stronger every day, and its victims are piling up. When Violet accidentally unleashes the monster, all three must band together with the other Founders to unearth the dark truths behind their families' abilities...before the Gray devours them all.

Tell Me I'm Worthless

Alison Rumfitt

Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends, Ila and Hannah. Since then, Alice's life has spiraled. She lives a haunted existence, selling videos of herself for money, going to parties she hates, drinking herself to sleep. Memories of that night torment Alice, but when Ila asks her to return to the House, to go past the KEEP OUT sign and over the sick earth where teenagers dare each other to venture, Alice knows she must go. Together, Alice and Ila must face the horrors that happened there, must pull themselves apart from the inside out, put their differences aside, and try to rescue Hannah, whom the House has chosen to make its own. Cutting, disruptive, and darkly funny, Tell Me I'm Worthless is a vital work of trans fiction that examines the devastating effects of trauma and how fascism makes us destroy ourselves and each other.

[ofmdrecaps]

07/27-28/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Taika Waititi; Galaxy Con Raleigh: Kristian, Con, Vico, and Nathan; Bronson Pinchot; Minnie Driver; Kay Buchanan; Adopt Our Crew: Articles; Voting Reminders; Fan Spotlight; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika

== David Jenkins ==

David posed an interesting question to the gallery. (I know many weeks back someone was mentioning a similar thing being related to Non-Binary Folks, not sure if that was Chaos Dad's intent or not, but you can answer on Instagram if you'd like!)

Source: David Jenkins Instagram

Dad also reblogged the absolutely INSANELY talented @blueberreads' fabulous latest pixel video!

Source: David Jenkins Twitter / Blueberreads Tumblr == Taika Waititi ==

More Taika at the Louis Vuittan Pre-Olympics event.

Source: styledumonde Instagram

PS: I didn't wanna post her post here but sending healing thoughts to Rita Ora (Taika's wife), apparently she was hospitalized in the last couple days. Hope you feel better soon Rita! Rest up hon!

== Galaxy Con Raleigh Updates ==

So many pictures came out of GalaxyCon Raleigh! I was only able to get permission from a few folks-- but if you were there and you'd like me to share them on the recap please feel free to reach out! I'd love to!

Poor Kristian was jet lagged pretty bad.

Source: Kristian's IG Stories

So much Nathan!

Source: Nathan Foad's Instagram Stories

= GalaxyCon Raleigh Panel ==

Tell Tale TV was at the panel and will be bringing some more news in the upcoming days!

Source: Tell Tale TV Twitter

The fabulous @/cecillusive on Twitter was kind enough to let me share their transcriptions of the panel! If you have access to twitter, you can see the Full thread here. First up, apparently audio captioning was displaying what was being said backstage!

Source: Cecillusive Twitter

== Bronson Pinchot ==

Bronson is back with more Ned Low showing up in his Serge clips!

== Minnie Driver ==

Fun news! Minnie will be voicing the new Oswalda Cobblebot (The Penguin) in the animated movie: Batman: Caped Crusade, which arrives August 1!

She was also out at San Diego Comic Con this past week promoting it!

Source: Minnie Driver's Instagram

== Kay Buchanen ==

Our extremely talented leatherworker, Kay Buchanan has been posting some stunning work she's been doing-- including what's available for sale! Are you in the market for some satchels, body harnesses, leather armor, or tassel bags? Well she's got you covered! Visit her Instagram for more info!

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== Adopt Our Crew: Articles ==

Adopt our crew spotlighted some quotes from the latest screenrant article that mentioned OFMD and there's some very interesting honk-inducing information in there. Thank you @adoptourcrew for keeping the honk going!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter

== Voting Reminders ==

Only a couple more days to vote for Rhys and OFMD in the Gold Derby Awards! Reminder, you do need to sign up with an email/account to vote! Vote here! Thank you @adoptourcrew for keeping us reminded!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

We're a down by part of a % on the Tell Tale TV Poll! It closes at the end of July! If you are up for voting-- you can do so every day! Most Heartbreaking Cancellation of 2024 So Far Poll

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

More cast cards from the wonderful @melvisik! Ken S. is an action extra in OFMD and Alison Telford is another one of the Casting Directors!

Source: @melvisik's Instagram

= OFMD Colouring Pages =

Our darling @patchworkpiratebear is keeping us fed with more and more ofmd colouring pages! Many of these also have multiple versions now so please check out @patchworkpiratebear's tumblr for more options!

Source: PatchworkPirateBear's Tumblr

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies, I'm still on crazy hours for work and will be probably through the end of July. I am always thinking of you though, I hope every one of you is well and having a good or at least not too heavy start to the week <3

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== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Tonight's gifs are courtesy of the lovely, the fantastic, the beautiful, the awesome @ofmd-ann and @starfleetavenger-blog!

[swan2swan]

I know you said the sources are unofficial but can you please let me know what they are?—the ones that suggest Mai may have helped Zuko in the aftermath of their mother's disappearance?

Oh, you mean when Ursa disappeared while Zuko was a kid?

This is old Forum Talk. Back in the day, when Livejournal thrived and there were individual message boards devoted to topics, you sometimes got little fandom discussions. Sometimes, you'd have people who talked to writers and crew members, whether in person or on message boards.

Also, you had some freelance or part-time writers who would be fans of the show would then be pulled into supplementary work. One of them was Alison Wilgus (writer on Kids Next Door, also, please don't go bothering her, this was ages ago, just trust me), and she helped co-write some of the comics for the Avatar magazine between Book 2 and 3.

The word is that there was a black, heart-shaped stone that Mai gave Zuko when he was feeling down (obviously, we can assume that it was probably when his mom vanished). He was supposed to reveal that he'd held onto it the whole time he was banished-- a cute little keepsake.

This was probably just a draft for the "Going Home Again" comic, and thus has no True Canon Power; something from supplemental information that Aaron provided, or that they brainstormed in a writer's room. They just wanted some way to show that Zuko was always thinking of Mai. But it probably became too difficult to justify him still having it after his whole ship blew up (IT WOULD RULE IF HE'D FOUND IT IN THE WRECKAGE THOUGH) and him going through all of his adventures...and it was just easier to have her play with Jin and express herself verbally.

Bottom line: it's a concept that could be canonized at any time, burt also may just be in the scrap heap with all sorts of things like Equalist Asami and....didn't someone have a sibling or something? Guy Toph, I guess, though that's more extreme.

Again, don't hunt 'em down or bother them. You've just gotta have some faith in me as a Fandom Elder. This is part of the writing process, part of fandom growth. Feel free to use it as fuel, though! Fanart. Fafic. Whatever you want. But overall, it's probably just deleted material that was considered to show connections and just couldn't be organically worked in. Would have added some weight to the end of the Boiling Rock episodes if we'd seen Zuko holding it--showing that he took it with him. But they kinda did a little too much ZK ship-baiting and leaned away from the Maiko melodrama (and I do think it was a little to the story's detriment, but that's My Opinion). This is all just part of the writing process, though...you've gotta find things to streamline.

It's also just easy to assume that Mai probably got closer to Zuko after Ursa's disappearance. Whether through hugs and comfort or just bullying him a little harder to keep his mind off things. Becoming a proper Nemesis. Who knows?

And that's just what I picked up. For all I know, there was a whole deleted plotline where Mai and Zuko fell down a hole or something. Did a Fire Nation Goonies. Again. That's writing. You gotta come up with Stuff and sometimes the Stuff doesn't Stick. Asami was supposed to hook up with Iroh Jr. in early drafts. Things change. Have fun. Life's short.

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

02/19/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Cast & Crew; Rhys Darby; Con O'Neil; Kristian Nairn; Samba Schutte; Wee John Wondays; LubeAsACrew; Stats/Trends; Fan Spotlight; Engagement Prompts; LoveNotes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika

Hey All, today's been an off day for me, so please let me know if I've missed something. Hope you all had fun!

= Cast & Crew Sightings =

== Rhys Darby ==

Well, our goofball of a captain is back with more Red Dead Redemption II, check out Part 2 below:

Rhys also did comedy at Bourbon Room Hollywood last week, and = tmiddendorfphoto on IG captured quite a lot of photos of his set. Feel free to visit them:

== Con O ' Neill ==

Whoops! I had this prepped for yesterday then completely forgot, sorry Con! Con was out seeing BettyRules in NYC!

== Wee John Wonday ==

Kristian had Samba on WJW Today! Lots of cool stuff they chatted above! If you're unable to watch right now, there's a small breakdown of various high points below:

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Highlights/Things We Learned:

Samba baby's name is Ocean

Samba was kind enough to stand in for WJW when someone else had to drop off for work.

Samba loves giving Kristian middle names: Kristian Victoria Nairn / Kristian Alexander Nairn / Kristian Valaria Nairn, Kristian Venereal Disease Nairn / Kristian Damien Nairn / Kristian Nicholas Nairn / Kristian Tabitha Nairn

There were live doves that would shit on you on set, and they shat on Samson

Kristian was a professional Chef

Samba wants to do Cryptic Factor w/Rhys

Samba is big into ufo's and cryptids

Kristian is also into paranormal stuff

Kristian - In New Zealand saw weird things on the lawn of his rental place (weird creatures focused on the balcony of his room)

David Fane - ate all the cheese in Calypso's Birthday

They really appreciate all the fans trying to save OFMD and would LOVE to get a season 3, even if only for 2 hours.

Samba would like ot do a bts/blooper combo but has to get permission first

For the wrap party, the cast members got each other gifts:

Samson got everyone crocs

EDIT: David Fane gave them Samoan necklaces (ty @denizbevan)!

Kristian said his "Gifts got stolen"

Samba gave them pictures / BTS videos

Q: Who was most elusive in regards to BTS?

Joel - also Ewan

Q: Favorite Soup?

Sambas favorite Soup - Chicken Noodle (chicken soup)

Kristian's favorite Soup - Cream of Tomato

Q: Did anything change with Roach in S2?

Yes, he became softer / trusting

Q: Lots of great energy and hanging out between crew members and family, (not something often seen) what do you think led to that?

Casting director Alison Jones - awesome at casting

Energy on set was positive and acceptance from the get go that helped

Sailing training, stunt training, sword fighting together helped bonding

Everyone on the cast was odd, and people moved out together so lots of small found family situations

Long hours together

Note: Stede's story time everyone is actually asleep, cause they've been up for like 18 hrs

Q: What's your favourite dessert, that you could live off forever?

Roach - Chocolate Mousse, really fluffy and airy

Kristian - Black Forest Cake

Q: What was best part of working in New Zealand?

8 hr days instead of 18 hrs days

Nature was gorgeous

Maori Elders did a land blessing

Q: Roach played a lot of roles, what do you think was his main role?

Cook, Doctor, therapist in that order.

Q: Would Aamba release a cookbook?

If enough interest, Yes - OFMD Cast Favorite Cookbook

And Mac and cheese recipe

Cakes and desserts

Q: What's it like being a new dad?

Amazing , no time to catch breath, feeling a lot of protectiveness and excitement and energy to step up and take care of the kiddo So fulfilling, Sambas a great dad.

Original Script / Deleted Scene Stuff:

In original script: Roach was going to end up with the crew of revenge, but then changed the script cause Samba would look like a kid who stole his dads jacket, so Frenchie was cap

Originally Zheng called the crew "beta" instead of "tender" but they changed it.

Innkeeper deleted scenes:

Everyone's eating soup on deck, roach was supposed to be serving people soup, and Fang says "Ah, Leroy, I'm so glad you're alive?" and Lucius goes "I'm sorry do you think my name is Leroy?"

Oluwande was crying, Jim asks if he was, he says no he gets that thing when he's around grass, and Jim says "A yeah lots of grass around here"

Other deleted scene:

Kristian saying "its sizest" doing big guy stuff

And roach says he's stuck doing tall skinnhy guy stuff

Pete asks if he's stuck doing bald guy stuff

More Deleted scenes:

Ewan zip lines over first and yells: "I was born to fly"

Roach zip line screams quietly cause they tell him to be quiet, and then he lands and says, "why its so sticky I wanna go back", and he tries to get back on the rope but Frenchie flys in and knocks him over.

Another Delete scene:

Wee John was going to dress up as cupid, would have encouraged Stede and Ed, who would have danced to "At Last" and then when and boned.

== Samba BTS ==

In honor of Wee John Wonday's, Samba added some more BTS starring Kristian, and shared the video he talked about in WJW regarding Kristian's birthday.

== Lube As A Crew ==

Astroglide sent @Seven_Sugars a carepackage for a lovely review!

== Stats Stats Stats / Trends ==

Thank you @meowzawowza_ as usual for the awesome insight!

Trends! Thank you @merryfinches and @debphotog for catching these!

== Fan Spotlight ==

For those of you not on twitter, you may not have seen @wndrngnomad's collage's she's been doing each day for the cast members! They go back quite a while so I'll add them all to the repo, but they kind enough to give me permission to share them with the everyone outside of twitter!

== Engagement Prompts ==

Over on Instagram @saveofmdcrewmates have some engagement prompts for tomorrow: #CrossoverCruesday. Time to switch it up! What is your fantasy crossover beween another show and OFMD? Crossover AU anyone?

== Articles ==

Special thanks to @heide79728 on Twitter for sharing all these international headlines!

HBO MAX "praised the loyal audience that engaged with the series and contributed to building an interactive community around it." - Article in Arabic

"14 Recommended Series-fans are already deeply engaged in a massive campaign to encourage another network to buy the rights and produce another season to give the story the ending it deserves" - Article in Hebrew

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies.

Have you had any water lately? Did you get to go outside and take a walk? Please remember that you need breaks sometimes, even if they're only a few minutes here or there.

You deserve rest-- and when things get rough, your brain needs a couple minutes to reset. Remember to take care of yourself and practice some self-care.

Self care means fun too!

Do something you enjoy that makes you smile. I'm not a fan of sticker/sticky things-- but I know a lot of people who love googly-eyes so I figured this was appropriate.

Anyway, gnight/gday crew, have a lovely one.

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

I think I've done this Darby one on these recaps before, but I needed to have a theme tonight, and the them is well, I think you know. Yes that is Taika in the stash, from "Boy".

[shitswiftiessay]

Swifties have found ANOTHER female co-star of Joe’s to harass

I know, I know, I said I was taking a break. I AM going to be significantly less active in the next month-ish because of exams. So if you tag me or message me and I don’t respond, don’t be shocked by that. Also, I don’t see myself being active when the Whinging Narcissist Department drops because I just need to protect my mental health bc you know the swifties (and their cult leader) make me genuinely angry with the way they act.

BUT, I also need to do a little dump of posts because UNFORTUNATELY, swifties do not ever take a break from being HORRIBLE little fuckshits. And I saw this so I have to talk about it.

So here are swifties attacking Alison Oliver, Joe’s CWF co-star, calling her a demon and a whore, quoting Taylor’s slutshaming Better Than Revenge lyrics at her. All because of a rumor that THEY FUCKING MADE UP.

They did the same shit to Emma Laird last year, because s posted a photo dump of all her co stars (including Joe) and now they’ve made up rumors about Alison being Joe’s “mistress” to justify attacking her.

They even used a clip of a sex scene as PROOF that Joe was cheating on Taylor, because apparently he “moaned her name”. 1) He said “ah shit” but swifties twisted things as they always do. 2) Having a sex scene, with an intimacy coordinator and camera crew, IS NOT THE SAME AS CHEATING. And 3) even if Joe accidentally moaned Alison’s name how the fuck would that be HER fault? If he actually moaned the wrong name they would have to reshoot the scene, but that would be HIS mess up, not Alison’s.

Anyway… idk if it’s because Alison and Joe recently reunited and took a picture, and that made swifties feel INSECURE on Taylor’s behalf, because they’re extremely parasocial about her and see her exes as THEIR exes. So I’m wondering if seeing Joe next to a pretty woman triggered them, and poor Alison who has committed the crime of BREATHING too close to Joe has become the new target of their wrath.

All of this is once again, why I keep saying, that swifties are one of the most misogynistic fandoms, CERTAINLY the most misogynistic popstar fandom, that I have ever come across. Swifties aww always pulling the misogyny card anytime Taylor gets criticism for ANYTHING but then they will go and be misogynistic towards any woman who isn’t Taylor.

[holmesxwatson]

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes play with Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke, 1988/1989

audio bootleg on SoundCloud, restored by Alison Carter (Act 1) (Act 2)

the play script (x) (x)

the program (x)

info about cast, crew, tour dates, pictures, etc. on The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia (x)

fan site with lots of links (x)

Finding out that this play existed was one of the best days ever. I can't believe this is a thing that actually happened, I literally think about it daily, what a cool thing. This one is up at the top of my time machine list (the one where I discover time travel and only use it to go see shows and concerts in the past) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just thinking about Jeremy Brett's voice (as Holmes !) booming across a theater that I am sitting in gives me chills.

I know I'm not the first person to post about this play, but if even one Granada Holmes fan sees this post and gets to discover this play, I think that would be pretty neat.

[natjennie]

I love when Mike addresses the ghosts at all but my favorite is when he says something and then the camera cuts out and they're not even there. like they're in a completely different wing of the house.

so I like to think he slowly becomes more ingratiated into the ghost crew because I mean robin saved his life and they're his wife's family at this point so the least he can do is really buckle down and get to know them all, so he pays attention. he listens to alison's side of the conversation and tries to pipe up more, nervous about interrupting but trying to be more proactive anyway. he memorizes the board, names deaths and time periods he's got like the back of his hand. and he watches. their presence isn't easy to spot, because the only one with a physical impact is julian, but he keeps an eye out anyway. when the TV is on, he can make a pretty good guess at who's program it is. when there are new books in the stands he makes a note to look up a summary. when that window is open, it's thomas soliloquizing, but when it's that one it's for the captain's garden view. he's starting to get it. and the ghosts already incorporated Mike into their lives deaths anyway, so they're largely unmoved and confused by the effort, but sure, maybe a little grateful that he's more mindful of them.

and when he thinks he knows them, really knows them, he starts talking. because if there's one thing mike cooper knows how to do, it's talk. he stops jotting down ghost ideas to bring to alison and starts vocalizing them. passing by the tv and there's a match on? he remarks to pat that he's about to try a new sandwich recipe, if he wants to join him for lunch. absolutely nailed it, mike, gold star work. problem is, pat is in the "living" room listening to thomas describe the worst denim outfit he could imagine. and he lived through the 70s. but mike thinks he's crushing it.

on a trip to the kitchen for tea at 5am when he can't stay asleep one night, who the fuck else might be up this early? cap, that's who! so he leans out the window towards the makeshift starting block and does a couple hushed whoops of encouragement, "hell yeah, rise and grind, bruv! you got this, captain, for king and country and all that!" fuck yeah, mike, got em again. passionate, respectful, cap would love that. incredible work, yet again. he's gonna get a good grade in dead person friends. but, unfortunately, it's Sunday and the captain pushes his warm-up to 0800 hours for a sensible 0900 lap, to be more respectful to alison on her day of rest. but again, Mike is convinced he's doing great.

do you see my vision?

[caps-clever-girl]

"morally bankrupt" cap you voted to kill alison and mike because they inherited the house and then framed a workman for robbery because u didnt like having the construction crew about. do u maybe want to shhh.

[qaxqxd]

Just like that.

♡Pair: König x F!reader

Genre: Angst

Warning: Injuries, blood, and etc. Heartbreak and other dark topics.

A/n: Credits goes to this lovely person, @valuzii for giving me the idea to write this <33

Summary: König didn't pay attention to (Y/n) anymore, as he found a liking to the new recruit. He would put his focus and care on the new recruit more than he did to (Y/n). He didn’t know this would bite him back later.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There was a new recruit that joined. Her name was Alison, she was a new female recruit. You were so glad that another female joined the task force. You were going to meet her tomorrow.

You and Konig were roommates. When you two met you were shy around him, due to his size. And he was scared of you. It was an experience that you wouldn’t mind happening again.

You two were the bestest friends. Nothing could separate you two apart. You guys were like two peas in the pot. You two weren’t dating, but definitely acted like it. Showing physical contact in front of the whole crew sometimes.

And maybe. Maybe… You have a slight crush on König.

“What do you think she’s like?” You asked König. You were holding the new recruits file. She was impressive in multiple things. You were very excited to meet her.

“Ahh, ich weiß es nicht, (Y/n).” He spoke, as he was on his phone.

(Ahh, I don’t know, (Y/n).)

“Well, I’m just glad we’re getting another female recruit.” You said, laid back on the couch. It was true. There usually weren't any female recruits. So when you heard that there was going to be a new recruit. You were so happy.

You even begged Price to read her file. Which he agreed to. Of course.

Tomorrow was the day she was going to arrive.

+-~-+

You were in the briefing room. Sitting right between König and Ghost. As the new recruit enters the room. Price introduces her and everything, as you fangirl inside. König's eyes softened at the girl.

Alison.

König's attention draws to her. Just like that.

“Hey König.” You nudge. “König?” You called again. He wasn’t answering. “König?” You nudge a little harder as he flinches.

“You alright, König?” You asked with a tone of concern.

You sighed slightly. As the new recruit walked and sat right next to König. They were talking. You felt slightly jealous, but shook it off. König was finally talking to more people. You should feel happy.

“I’m fine, (Y/n). Just lost in Gedanke.” He tilted his head slightly. Looking back where he

(I’m fine, (Y/n). Just lost in thought.)  was looking at.

Ghost tap your shoulder, checking if you were alright. You nodded. He noticed your mood slump.

As you left the briefing room. You watch König walk away with Alison. Guess you were walking back to your quarters alone. As you heard a voice behind you.

It was Ghost. Maybe you won’t walk alone to your quarters. As he tried to get a conversation started with you. You smile at him.

+-~-+

You were holding onto a pole, waiting to be dropped down to your next mission. The helicopter filled with you, Ghost, König, and of course, Alison. König and Alison decide to partner up. While you and Ghost were partners.

You didn’t have anything against Ghost. It was just you and König always would always be partners Since you guys were good friends with each other. You let the thought slide as the helicopter landed.

You and Ghost walked through the shady buildings. As you two spotted the cartel men in the warehouse. They were plotting something. Ghost raised his fingers counting down from 3.

As he places down his last finger you both charge inside. Aiming at the men. You guys hid behind barrels.

While König and Alison were fighting off another cartel warehouse.

"(Y/n)! Watch out!" He yells.

 As Ghost watches you get tackled. You quickly kick the man's face, but not before he stabbed you in the thigh. You hiss in agony. Ghost runs over to you quickly, clearing out the warehouse.

Once the warehouse was clean of cartel workers, he looked at your wound. Closely examined it, as he tries to stop the bleeding with the cloth he found lying around.

He was no medic, but he knew the basic medical training. He did a pretty good job patching you up slightly.

"Does it hurt?" He questioned.

"Like hell." You responded. He gave you a low chuckle. As he stood up to look for what they came for.

He dug around the warehouse for a good 5 minutes before returning to you.

"You found it?" You uttered, holding your stabbed wound.

"Affirmative." He held up the USB. "Let's get you back, can't have ya dyin'."

He lifted you up, supporting you with his shoulder.

"S'This okay?" Ghost asked. You nodded at him. As he radios König and Alison. As well as a helicopter crew. 

As two helicopters arrived.

One filled with medical supplies for you.

+-~-+

You were in the Med Bay, waiting to be bandaged. König, your "best friend" was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he was busy? But if he was. He would have texted you…

Right?

You watched everyone who walked in and out. Waiting for König, but surprisingly Ghost walked in. He stood by you. He seems a little guilty or a little sad. But you really couldn’t tell any of his emotions behind the skull mask.

“You al’right?” He asked in a stern voice.

You gave him a small nod.

“Have you seen König?” You asked, looking at your bandage leg. Ghost’s arm crossed.

“Yeah, he’s training.” He spoke.

“With Alison.” You mumble.

“Huh?” Ghost tilted his head. He didn’t seem to hear what you said. 

 “Nothing!” You smiled. He gave you a light chuckle. Ghost’s company has been.. Really nice lately. But the thought of König and Alison flooded your mind again. They’ve been really close lately.

Just like that you couldn’t shake the thought or feelings of jealousy. You and Ghost continue speaking for a bit. Well, it was more as you were talking and he was listening. Until you stopped talking for a bit.

You were lost in your thoughts.

“(Y/n)?” He spoke. Snapping you out of your thoughts.

“Yeah, L.t?” You responded. You heard him softly sigh.

“Call me if you need somethin’. I, best be going now.” He gave you a thumbs then walked out of the Med Bay.

Shit.

Now you're there alone. Maybe you should head back to your quarters. Walking back there shouldn’t be too hard with a limping leg. 

Right?

König could help you back! But, he’s working out… He is probably busy. Or you could call Ghost. He offered to help you if you needed something. But, what if he’s on lieutenant work. You shouldn’t bother him.

Gah. You should just do it yourself.

You limped back to your quarters. Opening the door. And of course. König was nowhere to be seen. You even looked in his room to see if he was there.

Nope.

You walked into your room. You had enough of today. As you hop into your bed lying face flat onto it. Forgetting your injury. You hissed.

You really had ENOUGH of today or any day to be honest. You didn’t want to see Alison- König, Ghost- Or anyone for that matter for today.

+-~-+

It was the next day. You were walking down the cafeteria. As you spotted König at a table on his own. You sat by him.

“Yo?” You looked at König.

“Hallo.” Königs Mutter.

“Did you sleep okay last night?” You tried to start a conversation with him. It's been a couple of weeks since you guys have spoken.

“I slept fine.” He said.

“Well… How was the mission yesterday?” You asked. You wonder if he knew you were injured yesterday.

“It was pretty nice. Alison and I cleared the warehouse pretty quickly.” His tone in speaking was lightened.

You could feel your heart crushing, but you wanted to be happy for him. It was obvious that König liked her. 

A lot.

“How about you?” He asked.

“Well.. I was injured during the mission.” You stated. As you realize König wasn’t paying attention. Just like that. You look at the direction he was looking at.

It was Alison. Of course it was her. No other girl would have König admiring them like that. You could feel tears well-up in your eyes. As you got up from where you were sitting. König probably wouldn’t even notice if you left.

You didn’t feel like eating. You limp slowly out of the cafeteria. You weren’t paying attention to where you were walking, since you were looking down on the floor. As you bumped into Ghost.

“My- My bad, L.t '' Your head was looking down. Not wanting him to know you were crying.

“Are you okay, (Y/n)?” He asked.

You wiped a tear away, and nodded. He placed a hand on your shoulder.

“Are you sure? You don’t look so great, s’especially when you're limping heavily.” Ghost looked at your limped leg.

“Do you want help wherever you're going?” He lent his hand. You took his hand, putting some of your weight onto his arm.

“I just want to go back to my quarters.” You spoke, your voice crumbling.

“I’ll take you there-” He was then cut off.

“(Y/n)?” He spoke. It was König. You couldn’t bear to look at him. Not now. You didn’t want him to see you cry.

Ghost could tell that you didn’t want to see him right now. 

“She’s in pain right now. She wants to be escorted back to her room.” Ghost spoke with a stern voice.

“In pain-? What- happen?” He asked, not knowing at all you were injured. AFTER you told him. Of course he wasn’t paying attention.

“The latest mission? She was injured from the latest mission. Were you not informed?” Ghost held your waist, helping you. König stood there in silence. As you both started walking away.

Ghost and You both were talking about random things but, it managed to lighten the mood. You both eventually got to your shared quarter with König. You told Ghost to just drop you off there.

You walked into the place, going straight to your room.

+-~-+

Walking out of the room, you spotted König on the couch. As he saw you he stood up.

“(Y/n)!” He yelped, with a concerned voice.

“Oh… Hey?” You spoke with a confused tone.

“Are you alright? Do you need anything? I could get something for you.” He asked. He seems more weary and worried about you. But you didn’t like it.

 You… Didn’t like it? Isn’t this what you wanted? For König to care and look at you again? Yes, of course you did, but why does it feel different? The thought of Alison made you cringe.

You felt like the second option.

+-~-+

As the days went König tried to get closer to you. Trying to ‘Protect you’

He did stuff such as, making sure your every mission he was at least on it. Team assignments such as duos? He was your pair. But as hard as he tried, the wound between you and him just grew.

As much as he tried to ‘Protect you.’ It was more like pushing you away from people.

It wasn’t the same anyways. Even if you tried to accept he was trying to get close to you again. You would see him leave you, when Alison came along.

You were sick and tired of it, but you didn’t want to tell him. He was a colonel after all. König probably wouldn’t have power abused, but you didn’t expect him to leave you like that either.

You decide to take your chances and take it up to König.

Walking to where he was with Alison. You tapped on the tall shoulder. He turns around to look at you. His eyes looking down at you. His stare was enough to send chills down your spine.

You got this far, no time to back out.

“König we need to talk. Like. Right now.” You grabbed his arm. He followed you, seemingly annoyed.

“S’What is it?” He asked you, leaning against the wall, arms crossed.

“You need to stop.” You stated.

“Stop what?” He tilted his head.

“Watching over me! I’m a soldier too, you know!” You started to raise your tone.

“But, i'm just protecting-”

“Protecting me? Yeah, right.” You scoff.

He wasn’t protecting you, he was just overwhelming you. His protection was getting you far from Ghost or anyone. While he stayed with Alison. All giggly.

“I don’t understand? Why are you mad?” His glare sharpened.

“Wh- Huh- Why am I MAD? König you're pushing me away from everyone. While I sit in silence! You over there talking to Alison.”

“Schatz, why are you bringing Alison into this?”

(Darling, why are you bringing Alison into this?)

“Alison? Did you not hear what I said before that? Is that all you care about? Alison? Leaving me injured, alone, ignored, just for her?” You felt your eyes start to water.

He went silent. So did you.

You walked off, just like that. The thin string you were holding on broke.

 Just like that.

+-~-+

Another mission you needed to handle. A solo, to be exact. Well not really, some of your teammates were in the other buildings. Get the information we need and leave. Not like this is going to be any hard, yeah?

It was a simple stealth mission. You kept telling yourself. As you enter the building, quiet and steady. Soldiers coming from left to right. You hid around the corners, looking around for the USB.

Or anything that could be used for intel. As you turned the corner, you saw.

Makarov’s men? What are they doing here?

Before you could radio to the others you felt a sharp pain in your side. 

Shit.

You let out a yelp, as you quickly kick the person behind you. There was more than a singular person. You were then surrounded. The radio out of your reach to signal anyone at base.

You fell to the ground as you felt the stab wound deepen.

You needed to get out fast.

You threw a few smoke bombs, before getting out, grabbing the radio. You found a room to hide in. A small closet. You found a towel to hold your wound. You were bleeding a lot. As in a lot.

You radio for base.

“(Y/n) calling in for backup and a medical team.” You coughed out. Blood. That wasn’t a good sign.

“Copy that.” A voice from the radio spoke.

You were bleeding too fast, you wouldn’t make it before backup came.

 Is this the end? You thought. 

Maybe König would finally get what he wanted. You, gone from existen. Well, he didn’t care for you either way. He probably wouldn’t even have attended your funeral. You felt tears falling from your eyes.

Knowing this was going to be your last mission.

 You felt dizzy and lightheaded. You felt yourself nodding off.

Just like that, it was your end.

+-~-+

The building you were in was filled with backup. They found your body. A minute later. You were gone.

Your body was carried back to base.

The news got to König. As well as your dog tag was handed to him.

“Nein, nein, nein.. Das kann nicht sein.” König was in disbelief. His knees collapse on the (No, no, no… This can’t be.) floor, holding onto your dog tag tightly.

You were dead.

König looked at you, tears dripping down.

Just like that, the nurse draped a blanket over your body.

König regrets the time he didn’t get to spend with you. He regrets every single last bit. He loved you after all. He wished he didn’t get mad at you. He wished he said something to you. He wished he didn’t ignore the signs.

He could have saved you. He could have done something.

But, just like that.

You were gone.

-

WC. 2.7k

[shebeafancyflapjack]

It's kinda funny when people ask me about CBS Ghosts, I usually tell them to give the first six episodes a go, and to try not to be put off by the first two-parter. Because those first two episodes do have a lot of forced jokes, a lot of shot for shot scenes of the UK pilot which feel badly copy and pasted, and a bit too much toilet humor. I almost quit the show after the first two hander and then decided to give it another chance and am glad I did because the show does find its own identity pretty quick after that.

But what's interesting is that, I had a similar experience with the UK version. I did NOT like the show at all on first viewing. My best friend suggested we watch it, I sat through the first three episodes and thought...."meh". Like the plague ghosts got a chuckle out of me but not much else. And I HATED the main ghosts. So much. It kinda had the opposite problem to the US version, while the characters there felt too flat and cheesy, the UK ghosts felt way too mean - not even in a fun way like Red Dwarf or Blackadder. Like the first episode is fine, but in the second one they are all basically torturing a woman who literelly just got out of the hospital after barely surviving - because of them! With the exception of Pat and Kitty, I really didn't want to like any of these guys. And then the third episode, even when they stop tormenting Alison, I found them trying to set the builders up really cringy and a little uncomfortable, especially the scene with planting Alison's wedding ring. These episodes work great on rewatch to see how far the ghosts and Alison's relationship with them develops, but at the time I just wasn't enjoying the show so stopped after that. But my friend continued and kept saying it was amazing.

So a few months later I decide to give it one more try and the next episode up was Free Pass. I think this episode, while not the strongest of S1, is very underrated because this is what won me over and kept me watching. And I think it's because this is the episode where the ghosts are not just annoying assholes. We get to see them as actual people being excited and interested in the film crew. Aside from Robin messing with the lights, the ghosts aren't really a hindrance to anything. Instead it's where we see that Alison is just as unhinged and morally grey as they are - willing to put people at risk in her unstable house for the sake of making some money. The whole thing about her winding Mike up with her celeb crush is also funny and cute. It's also interesting to learn that this was the first episode the guys filmed and you can kinda feel that buzz of them all being excited to start and how it bleeds over into the episode. After that I was hooked.

[makingqueerhistory]

Any queer webcomic/graphic novel recommendations?

Yes!

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the "Fun Home." It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together.

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker with Jules Scheele

Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel.

Boyfriends. Volume One: A Webtoon Unscrolled Graphic Novel by Refrainbow

Jock, Goth, Nerd, and Prep are all juniors in college. But studying is the last thing on their minds as they are mainly interested in getting a boyfriend. Or multiple boyfriends.

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

The Tea Dragon Society is the two-time Eisner Award-winning gentle fantasy that follows the story of a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons. 

[turn-to-me]

I rewatched The Social Network for its 13th anniversary. One of my favorite films of all time, and one that convinced me of Armie's extraordinary acting skills. The film is a masterpiece on every level, one of the greatest biopics of the 21st century. In my opinion also David Fincher's magnum opus, together with Se7en, if one could have more than 1. With an inimitable performance of the KILLER soundtrack.

And Armie Hammer was in it!!!

A few review quotes about Armie's performance:

* Hammer and Garfield make the glue that hold it together.

* Although the stand out award I'd like to give to Mr. Armie Hammer. His role is just Tailor fit, literally as his jacket. From his statuesque as a rower all through out as a dapper at Harvard, he is just believable in that field. He is after after all the Winklevoss BrotherS.

* Armie hammer is a best combination of grace and conceit how he played wealthy twins.

* David Fincher's cool, stylish direction and great performances by Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Armie Hammer make The Social Network a worthwhile watch.

* Now that some of the dust has settled, there’s one name that keeps coming up as a comic scene-stealer and awards dark horse: Armie Hammer, who plays entitled twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. In the movie, a Winklevoss twin declares, “I’m six-foot-five, 220 pounds, and there’s two of me,” but since there’s only one of Hammer, that meant the actor was often acting opposite a body double whose face he’d be digitally grafted onto in postproduction (and when you consider the notorious amount of takes that an exacting director like David Fincher requires, Hammer’s nimble pair of performances is all the more impressive). 

* My favorite description of the twins in the film comes from Alison Willmore's review, in which she writes, "Hammer is infinitely amusing in his dual role, exuding privilege and looking like something grown in a vat of J. Crew catalogs and Aryan race propaganda."

* No one could have played Sean Parker like Justin Timberlake, and Armie Hammer playing the Winklevoss twins is fantastic too.

* The quasi-pair of performances generated Hammer Oscar buzz at the time, and he has been a marquee mainstay ever since, appearing in films like J. Edgar (2011), The Lone Ranger (2013), The Birth of a Nation (2016), Call Me By Your Name (2017), Cars 3 (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and On the Basis of Sex (2018).

* What makes Armie Hammer’s  acting performance outstanding is his use of specific body language with each of the two characters.

The different  way he moves, his vocal cadences , and facial expressions makes it so easy to believe that these were two different people on the screen. 

When Armie played Cameron Winklevoss, he played him more uptight and more formal. The formality also came out  in his dialogue. His diction was more precise.

When he played Tyler  Winklevoss,  he leaned back and was more laid back. His speech pattern was more fluid and he even used curse words as Tyler’s character.

I think that Armie’s performance was so great that I would easily see him being a contender for best supporting actor at the next Academy Awards ceremony.

This scene is epic! Great visual metaphor emphasised by this music piece.

#'In The Hall of the Mountain King' #Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross #Henley rowing scene