#blaine's quiz 3

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[alexlestar]

Muted!Blue AU part 2

Okay, Reguri fans, it time for more of my mute!Blue headcanons. This time focusing on how he is with other gym leaders and some of the E4 members. This is how he sees them and things that happen while Red is on Mt Silver

Starting with Brock: Blue sees him like an older brother. When Red is away, Blue just wants to communicate to another guy his own age, and Brock is the closest to his age. Because their gyms are close enough, they meet up about once a week to just hang out.

Misty: Blue loves to tease Misty about her fear of bugs (I know that's Anime Misty, but this is my headcanon damn it). By showing her bug, Pokemon. When he isn't being an ass, the two of them have friendly swimming races. The current score is a 75 wins to Misty and 25 to Blue.

One time Misty had enough of Blue's bs, captured a Misdreavus and call it out right in front of him. No one had ever heard Blue scream that loud before and didn't talk to Misty for a month. They apologise to each other and promised to only verbally/sign tease each other about their fears. The older gym leaders do get tried of this and try to stop them, but together they are a pair of gremlins.

Surge: Blue thinks he's an asshole who is too full of himself and only ever talks to him during rematch battles. Surge doesn't know sign at first so Blue insults him in sign to his face. Surge soon learned and gives him a clip around the ear for being a little shit.

Eirka: No strong feelings. When they run into each other they exchange pleasantries but nothing more then that.

Sabrian: Blue loves having Mirror matches with their Alakazams. Despite being an early gym leader, Sabrian tends to win because she has a closer bond with hers while Blue's ace is either his Blastoise or Pigot

Janie: Since she became a gym leader shortly after he did, the two help each other out on tips on how they deal with different kinds of trainers that come to fight them. He jokingly calls her a nepotism baby due to how she got her gym. Red and Blue did hang out a lot with Janie during their journey since the boys would spend a lot of time in the safari so the three of them became friends during this time.

Blaine: Blue enjoys his over the top quiz loving attitude, but hates it when he forces it on Blue to get him to be more verbal.

The only elite four members Blue really knows is Koga and Lance. Koga is often telling Blue off for teasing Janie and Misty but Blue is a little shit and doesn't listen.

He does listen to Lance though who basically adopted Blue when he found out how much of a dick Oak was to him. After Red, Lance was the first person to find out how to tell when Blue is lying. (I'll get to that). Lance is firm with the younger gym leaders to keep them in check and and ensure they are doing a good job.

Now it's time for things Blue does.

1: He signs everything, no matter if he's verbal or not. This is from when he wasnt verbal so it's like second nature to him. Though when he's tired he sign stutters (I looked this up, this is a thing thought I'm not sure if sleep affects it)

2: If he lies his signing is slightly slower then normal. Not by much but Red and Lance have noticed and often calls him out on it. He normally lies about being a little shit to Lance and if he's feeling okay to Red. He can verbally lie just fine though. He has tried not signing while lying but that was a bigger give away. He doesn't know that's how they can tell he's lying. But he expects it.

3: He hates his hands being confined for too long because of point 1. To him it's the same as covering his mouth. He doesn't mind hand holding as long as one hand is free.

4: If he has a challenger on a none verbal day he forces himself to talk if they win. Thankfully for him it doesn't happen often.

5: For the first mouth of being a Gym Leader, he would fall asleep at the gym in his chair so he didn't get enough sleep. Daisy grilled him for this because his sign stutter got so bad during the day. Every so often, Blue does it again, but only for a night

6. He'll never admit it, but he loves it when Lance says he's doing a great job as a gym leader because it makes him realise how much Oak was a dick to him. And having a father figure give a damn about him really boosts Blue's confidence. Lance knows anyway but doesn't make a big deal, so the boost can be more natural.

7. He hums a lot when not speaking. Most of the time, he doesn't notice he does it. Sometimes it's just a small hum while other's it's drawn out. It's low enough that people have to be right next to him to hear.

8. During none verbal days if he wants to get someone's attention and their in the same room. He will grab hold of whatever their wearing and wait for them to notice. If it's important he'd tug hard.

Part 1 Part 3

This would be more polished but my computer has no Internet so I'm using my phone to upload this. I do plan on doing a post like this for Red but not as long.

[faarkas]

tagged by @corvosattano @gendameron and @denerims (thank you beloveds) and boy did I take the quiz

— OCS AS CHARACTERS

rules: take this quiz and share 5 (or more! or less! the world is your oyster!) results from the top 50 that you feel really fit your oc(s). if you don’t recognize very many from the top 50, feel free to expand into the top 100.

no pressure tagging: @vilkaas @eviefrie @leefi @malefiicarum @rockerboys @rosebarsoap @saintjudegf @nuclearstorms @reaperkiller @aartyom and anybody else ! :3

Verde

john wick - john wick (!!!!!!)

rick blaine - casablanca

aragorn - |ord of the rings

sun bak - sense8 (!!!!!!!!)

kakashi hatake - naruto

Landon

lee sizemore - westworld

the wizard of oz - the wizard of oz

KENDALL ROY - succession (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

ryan howard - the office

petyr bae|ish - g*me of thr*nes

Lorenzo

bumblebee - transformers

barry allen - the flash

ted lasso - ted lasso (!!!!)

jim halpert - the office

jonah simms - superstore

Beau

jet b|ack - cowboy bebop

h*wkeye - m*rve|

ashley stubbs - westwor|d

mike ehrm*ntraut - better ca|| sau|

ga|e hawthorne - the h*nger g*mes

Galen

carrie bradshaw - sex in the city

oberyn marte|| - g*me of thr*nes

|umiere - beauty and the beast

jack dawson - titanic

kee|ey jones - ted |asso

merry brandybuck - |ord of the rings

Nizana

marion ravenwood - |ndiana jones

jack twist - brokeback mountain

westley - the princess bride

kate austen - Lost

jim halpert - the office (I know a dupe but SHES SOOO JIM)

Gwenyth

gera|t of r*via - the w|tcher

sandor c|egane - g*me of thr*nes

asha greyj*y - g*me of thr*nes

dary| dixon - the wa|king dead

roy kent - ted |asso

Salen

han so|o - st*r w*rs

spike spiegel - cowboy bebop

f|ynn ryder - tang|ed

JJ - the out*r b*nks

steve harrington - str*nger th*ngs

emmett cu||en - twi|ight

damon sa|vatore - v*mpire di*ries

[ndjjoanne911173]

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[sukoshimikan]

Saw this cute oc quiz going around for love languages!

Oc Hazel Maribelle x Blaine Debeers - OTP: Romance is Undead

soft fresh green

Nice breeze, bare feet and freshly cut grass. Your love is a lighthearted hope for the future. It's protecting your eyes from the sun but enjoying the light rays still, it's laying on the grass and feeling it tickle your neck. You look to the side and they look back at you, full of hope and plans too. You plan together and laugh all day and your sunburn will feel like them. Your love is delicate, hesitant. A well curated binder full of collages for a future you can't be sure will come, but you keep going, you keep planning, you keep squinting at the sun and smiling, and running your hands through the grass so it will smell better. You keep holding onto the bright sky even as the sunsets, even as the starry night stares back. But you keep on holding, you keep on dreaming, you close your eyes and feel the sun on your skin and convince yourself that the sunburn is good, it's something to hold on to, just makes it linger a bit longer. Your love is a lighthearted hope for the future. It's sweet and wonderful and it keeps love alive, makes the world a better place. You run your hands through the grass, clench your fingers tighter and keep making plans. And I can only thank you and hope I can learn to love like you someday

Oc Lily Anaphiel x Oc Silva Elassa - Ship: Bloodied Wings

deep staining red

Ripped out confessions, warm velvety whispers and a heart like an open wound. Your love flows out like dripping blood, beautiful, flawed and twisted. It's gut wrenching, the type of painfully dramatic feeling that makes you clutch your chest, picturing dramatic monologues about love and loving and big screen over the top scenes of sobbing into your pillow until you fall asleep. It rips out of you, clawing it's way up your throat more so than tumbling out. Sticky words that just need to be let out, feelings so big they don't fit inside you. Your love isn't easy, it's a true bloody mess, dripping and staining everything it touches in a desperate attempt to be seen, to be felt, to be loved back. And you, you love so hard, so deeply, so much for someone who carries all that pain. Atlas holding up the world, how are you? Is your love still flowing? Is your heart still open? Still pumping and bleeding and dripping with blood and tears? Still painting your beautiful pictures and writing your love letters in deeply personal red ink? Because I see them, I read them, I love them and you, you, you, you. Clench your chest, scream your love, cry it out. Spill your words of loving, keep your heart beating, keep your love coming and paint the entire world red with it. Make it in your image, keep going, it's okay. Maybe one day the whole world can be red and loved and beautiful just like you.

Naphylum taglist: @whump-queen

[angelhummel]

hey guys i made a new quiz it’s called Which Blaine Anderson Are You?

bc blaine is everyone’s favorite character so who wouldn’t wanna take a quiz all about him <3 

also maybe revisit my old quizzes below uwu

Which Glee Character Are You, Based On Your Glee Song Preferences?

Which Glee BroT3 Is Your Friend Group Most Like?

Which Glee Character Are You?

[1908jmd]

HEY I FOUND THIS OLD GLEE QUIZ FROM BACk IN THE DAY! WHICH WAS CIRCULATING ON TUMBLR. Highlight your choice! And reblog . Pass to moots. it’s for fun, so no one get argumentative!

Choose:   MY CHOICES

Season 1 or Season 2

Season 3 or Season 4

Season 5 or Season 6

Will Schuester or Sue Sylvester

Vocal Adrenaline or The Warblers

Finn Hudson or Ryder Lynn

Quam or Samcedes

Noah Puckerman or Jake Puckerman

Santana Lopez or Kitty Wilde

Finchel or Fuinn

Season 4 Newbies or Season 6 Newbies

Jesse St. James or Sebastian Smythe

“Britney/Brittany” or “Britney 2.0″

Puckleberry or Quick

New York or Lima

Hummelberry or Blam

Klaine or Brittana

The Rocky Horror Picture Show or West Side Story

Duets or Dynamic Duets

Mashups from:Vitamin D or Never Been Kissed or Mash Off or Girls (and Boys) On Film

Kurt Hummel or Blaine Anderson

Pezberry or Faberry

Seblaine or Ku.rbastian

Marley Rose or Rachel Berry

“Prom Queen” or “Prom-asaurus” or Tina in the Sky With Diamonds

Mercedes Jones or Tina Cohen Chang

Warbler-Blaine or New-Directions-Blaine   ohhh!!! TOO HARD

Spencer Porter or Jane Hayward

Shelby Corcoran or April Rhodes

Season 1 Rachel or Season 4 Rachel

Defying Gravity Season 5:  Kurt or Rachel or Mercedes

Tike or Tartie

The Unholy Trinity or Kurtcheltana or Blamtina

Mason McCarthy or Madison McCarthy

Joe Hart or Rory Flanagan

Sugar Motta or Myron Muskovitz

Samchel or St. Berry

“New York” or “Nationals”

Mike Chang or Sam Evans

Burt Hummel or Carole Hudson

[darley1101]

WIP Wednesday 3/10/21

I actually have a few things to share today before I start scheduling the rest of my angsty couple asks. ( I really dropped the ball this past week) A few of these are from one shots but the first one is from an upcoming series I have been working on. (A big thank you to @blackcatkita @sfb123 @jessiembruno for encouraging me to write it and for telling me the snippet below doesn’t suck) Please bear in mind these are works in progress, not the final result. If you would like to be tagged in any of the pieces mentioned simply comment, send an ask, or hit me up via DM. 

They All Fall Down: (TRR Liam x MC, Maxwell x MC):

{Trigger warning for gun violence}

Heart pounding, Maxwell flattened himself against the cold marble of the ballroom floor. Over the din of gunfire and screams, he could hear the masked men chanting. Via Imperii. It was a term he had heard before. He'd been six and desperate to spend time with Bertrand, even if it meant sitting through one of the private tutoring sessions their father insisted upon. 'Via imperii...the sword that keeps the crown in check.' It hadn't made any sense to him. Questioning his father on why anyone would use a sword against the crown had resulted in him being banished from attending anymore of Bertrand's “special” lessons. 'You ask too many questions,' his father had told him before shuffling him into the hallway and slamming the door in his face. Later that night he had tried to quiz Bertrand  but his elder brother had echoed their father's sentiments: he asked too many questions. Now, as he lay pressed to the ground with bullets ricocheting through nobles and staff alike, he realized he hadn't asked enough.

Crossing The Line: (Foreign Affairs: Tatum x fMC/Genevieve) 

Frustration simmered in her veins. The words coming out of his mouth sounded exactly like the sort of propaganda her mother would spiel. “Did my mother get to you? Is that what this is about?” He glanced away, but not before she seen the guilt in his eyes. Her lower lip trembled; from rage or hurt she didn't know. “So what did she offer you? A better position? I'm figuring a raise...maybe even a paid vacation or two thrown in...”

“I'm not doing this with you.”

Genevieve stepped between him and the door, her slender body pressing against the wood in an attempt to block his exit. “No! I want to know how much our friendship was worth! I think I deserve to know.”

Untitled Foreign Affairs One shot (mBlaine x fMC/Kennedy) 

His expression was unreadable, which shouldn't have come as a surprise. Blaine was a master at disguising his feelings. He hid behind jokes and inappropriate innuendos. Part of her had hoped he would realize he didn't need to do that with her. She seen him, truly seen him...and she was fairly certain he seen her too. Yet here they were, back to square one.

What are you working on: @blackcatkita @burnsoslow @jessiembruno @queenrileyrose @sfb123 @speedyoperarascalparty @kingliamandriley @callmeellabella​

[darriness]

If I were to do another ‘What is the correct quote?’ quiz would you like it to be:

1) Another Klaine one?

2) A Kurt and Blaine say stuff to other characters one?

3) A general Glee one?

4) A Darren one?

5) Something else - please tell me what the something else is!

[my-makeshift-masquerade]

True Facts about Emi Aino

Emi was actually born in the Johto region, where her father is from. When she was around 3 years old, the family decided to move to Cinnabar Island because they inherited the deed to the Pokémon Mansion from Fuji.

Her parents originally had big ideas for renovating the mansion into their new home, until they saw the secrets it held. Despite never using the property for anything, Emi’s mother would never accept any proposals to sell off the deed.

Emi’s parents didn’t have many relatives that were able to be part of their lives. On her mother’s side, the sole living relative, Dr. Fuji, despite helping with diagnosing his niece with autism via DNA screening, had only seen her once as a baby before disappearing off the grid. On her father’s side, the alakazam family that adopted him had to remain in Ecruteak to protect historical sites. This meant holidays usually consisted only of Emi and her parents.

However, Blaine was a close family friend, and Emi was one of his favorite kids on the island. He was always fond of how intelligent she was, and he loved to quiz her randomly on things. It became a sort of game to them. Emi even started writing her own questions to stump the quiz master.

Emi loved to go out to the beach with her parents, and the shoreline is where many of her fondest memories reside. Her mother had a seashell collection that was actually fairly valuable, and included some fossils, as her mother used to be a scientist like her brother.

One of Emi’s favorite treats is Pocky, because it is simple and fun to eat. When she’s alone, she may or may not put one pocky stick on each side of her mouth and pretend shes a Walrein.

Her mother was always particularly paranoid about Team Rocket and their infamous leader, despite their low activity on the island. Emi was used to her mother freaking out and thinking she was kidnapped if she came home even a few minutes later than usual.

Emi’s drawings were of mostly pokémon, and she would sneak onto routes to see them in their natural habitats. No matter where she went, the pokémon seemed to welcome her in contrast to how they’d react to most humans in their territories.

Some pokémon enjoyed modeling for her artwork, and became recurring figures in the girl’s sketchbook. Emi eventually gave them nicknames, though they weren’t her pokémon. Emi’s parents thought their daughter was finally making friends until she revealed this friend named Fineas she went to see every day was just a magikarp.

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[love-that-we-were-in]

HEY I FOUND THIS OLD GLEE QUIZ FROM BACk IN THE DAY! WHICH WAS CIRCULATING ON TUMBLR. Highlight your choice! And reblog . Pass to moots. it’s for fun, so no one get argumentative! 

Credit to @1908jmd

Season 1 or Season 2 | Season 3 or Season 4 | Season 5 AND Season 6 | Will Schuester or Sue Sylvester | Vocal Adrenaline or The Warblers | Finn Hudson or Ryder Lynn | Quam or Samcedes | Noah Puckerman or Jake Puckerman | Santana Lopez or Kitty Wilde | Finchel or Fuinn | Season 4 Newbies or Season 6 Newbies | Jesse St. James or Sebastian Smythe | “Britney/Brittany” or “Britney 2.0″ | Puckleberry or Quick | New York or Lima | Hummelberry or Blam | Klaine or Brittana | The Rocky Horror Picture Show or West Side Story | Duets or Dynamic Duets | Mashups from: Vitamin D or Never Been Kissed or Mash Off or Girls (and Boys) On Film | Kurt Hummel or Blaine Anderson | Pezberry or Faberry | Seblaine or Kurtbastian | Marley Rose or Rachel Berry | “Prom Queen” or “Prom-asaurus” or Tina in the Sky With Diamonds | Mercedes Jones or Tina Cohen Chang | Warbler-Blaine or New-Directions-Blaine | Spencer Porter or Jane Hayward | Shelby Corcoran or April Rhodes | Season 1 Rachel or Season 4 Rachel | Defying Gravity Season 5: Kurt or Rachel or Mercedes | Tike or Tartie | The Unholy Trinity or Kurtcheltana or Blamtina | Mason McCarthy or Madison McCarthy | Joe Hart or Rory Flanagan | Sugar Motta or Myron Muskovitz |  Samchel or St. Berry | “New York” or “Nationals” | Mike Chang or Sam Evans | Burt Hummel or Carole Hudson

Feel free to do it yourself. 

[comedyfan2013]

Here are the answers to the Lee Mack quiz. How many did you get right?

1. Odd one out - which of the following is NOT one of the jobs Lee had before he became a professional comedian

a) stable boy.

b) seasonal apricot picker

c) bingo caller

d) betting shop assistant

e) mobile DJ

ANSWER: none of the above: Lee did ALL of the above jobs before becoming a professional comedian.

2. Lee revealed in an interview the date that he and his wife Tara kissed for the first time. When was that date?

ANSWER: 27th December 1993.

3. Who played the character of Kate in the unaired pilot of Not Going Out?

ANSWER: Catherine Tate.

4. In which of London’s Royal parks does Lee go running?

ANSWER: Bushy Park.

5. What was the name of the pub Lee used to live in as a child that subsequently burnt down?

ANSWER: The Centurion.

6. What was the name of the character Lee played in the Miser?

ANSWER: Maitre Jacques.

7. Which grocery item does Lee play like to play darts with in his kitchen?

ANSWER: Teabags.

8. When Lee won the ‘Lets Play Darts for Comic Relief’ competition, which comedian was runner up?

ANSWER: Tim Vine

9. In which seaside town was Lee born?

ANSWER: Southport.

10. Lee used to have his own production company. Which of his children was it named after?

ANSWER: Arlo.

11. What is the name of Lee’s closest friend, who was also his Best Man when he got married?

ANSWER: Saul Myerscough.

12. When he was a child, Lee appeared in national newspaper ‘The Sunday People’. Why?

ANSWER: He was bitten on the leg by a security dog in a shopping centre.

13. Who was Lee named after?

ANSWER: Lee Marvin.

14. Which song by The Jam did Lee choose as one of his Desert Island Discs?

ANSWER: That’s Entertainment.

15. Where was the Pontins holiday camp that Lee got sacked from after he swore on stage?

ANSWER: Hemsby, Norfolk.

16. Which city did Lee visit with Richard Ayoade in an episode of Travel Man?

ANSWER: Brussels.

17. On which sports themed TV panel show did Lee have a brief stint as presenter?

ANSWER: They Think It’s All Over .

18. What was the name of the sketch comedy show for which Lee was nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival?

ANSWER: Lee Mack’s Bits.

19. Lee featured in the original radio version of which comedy troupe’s show?

ANSWER: The Mighty Boosh.

20. Which university did Lee attend and what did he study?

ANSWER: Brunel University (Drama, Film and Television).

21. In what year was Not Going Out first aired?

ANSWER: 2006.

22. What is the name of the High School Lee attended?

ANSWER: Stanley High School.

23. On which occasion did Lee meet the Queen?

ANSWER: The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, when he was one of the hosts.

24. Which football team does Lee support?

ANSWER: Blackburn Rovers.

25. Which episode of Doctor Who did Lee appear in?

ANSWER: Kerblam!

26. Which Guinness World Record does Lee hold?

ANSWER: The most ‘number twos’ scored in Darts in a minute.

27. What was the stage name of Lee’s great-grandfather?

ANSWER: Billy Mac.

28. What was the name of the Channel 4 show Lee hosted in the 1990s?

ANSWER: Gas.

29. Which three things did Lee put into ‘Room 101’ when he appeared on the show?

ANSWER: Top Gear, David Blaine and children’s parties.

30. Odd one out - which of the following TV and radio panel show has Lee NEVER been on?

a) Just a Minute

b) QI

c) Mock the Week

d) Never Mind the Buzzcocks

e) 8 Out of 10 Cats

ANSWER: c) Mock the Week.

[spaceorphan18]

Glee - The Exit Quiz

Okay, I’m gonna rapid fire answer these, cause why not.  I really recommend you guys do the same! (also - thanks @honeysucklepink - for sending in an ask <3) 

1. favorite character?

Kurt Hummel - love him so hard (but obviously, y’all know I love Blaine and many others, too) 

2. favorite teacher?

Probably Beiste or Emma

3. favorite couple?         

Klaine - be shocked.        

4. least favorite character?

Believe it or not, Ken Tanaka - I just cannot so hard

5. least favorite teacher?

Oh Will - he’s a disgrace to the profession. 

6. least favorite couple?    

I don’t know? Long term - Probably anything related to the Jarley/Ryder triangle - because it bored me to tears.   Short term - Puck/Shelby - don’t get me started. 

7. favorite duet?        

Off the top of my head - Happy Days/Get Happy, it hits the warm place of my heart        

 8. favorite bromance?

Sam and Blaine, kinda by default.  I wasn’t huge about the male friendships on the show. 

 9. favorite episode?

Oh c’mon, y’all know it’s New New York

10. favorite season?           

This is actually hard - I think season 2 has my favorite bits, but season 5 is my favorite overall?      

11. least favorite season?              

Season 3 - continued to be shocked  

12. favorite favorite episode?               

Um, did we not just go over this? 

13. favorite cast member?                

Oh Chris, you know it’s Chris

14. funniest character?                

Jane Lynch *lol

15. which character's clothes would you like? 

EEsh, hard pass on most of them. 

16. favorite competition episode?      

Original Song - almost by default, I really can’t stand most of the competition episodes.           

17. what episode can you watch over and over again?                

Most of them, and I have ;)  I like Love, Love, Love might be the most rewatchable though. 

18. what character do you find the best looking?      

I had to think... is it Kurt? Yeah, no, it’s definitely Kurt...           

19. why did you start watching glee?               

Okay, so I’ll tell this whole story... 

So, ten years ago, I got a new job, and moved to a new city, and met a (seemingly) nice guy - with whom I went out with a few times and (unfortunately) it didn’t work out because I got dumped cause he wasn’t that great and still seeing his ex.  Fun, right? Anyway - a friend of mine was like - I’m sorry you’re sad - watch this show! You like musicals and are okay with gay, you’ll like it! 

So - she gave me the season 1 (part 1) dvd and I was like - yeah, that’s fun, but nothing about it grabbed me.  Except DSB - that gave me chills.  But then she insisted we watch it together every time it was on, and so we did... through, eh, half way through season 2? 

And I was, like, nope, this show is just the worst - it’s mean spirited and mean and I am not really enjoying it.  So I stopped.  For about a year. 

So a year-ish later, I got let go from a second job (that was fine - it was super shady and people got arrested, don’t do random online jobs guys) and had some free time, so decided to catch up on Glee and **gasp** watched The First Time and absolutely fell in love with Klaine.  And then I rewatched the whole series and really appreciated it more the second time around.  

And years later, I’m now sitting here with you people.  Lol <3

20. how long have you watched glee?

March 2010                

21. what scene or episode made you fall in love with the show?   

The Auditorium scene from The First Time.  It took my breath away, which hadn’t happened since I started watching The Office.              

22. if you could wake up and be one of the characters for a day, who would you like to be?              

Elliott Gilbert - he seems to have his life together.   

23. what character would you most like to meet?           

Cooper Anderson - I mean who wouldn’t?      

24. favorite newbie character?             

Unique in the original newbies, Jane of the second group   

25. who would you be most want to be friends with?           

Elliott Gilbert - he’d get my life together     

 26. if you could have a one night stand with any character, who would you choose?           

Cooper.  I mean there are some things in life you’d just have to go for.  I’d imagine Santana would give you a pretty good time for a one night thing, too, though.      

 27. favorite fan fiction?                

Probably, Misqueue’s Scenes from a Breakup.  She really taught me the power of good fanfic. 

28. favorite headcanon?                

Hmm, this is so morbid, but the strongest one that comes to mind is that they both live to old age, but Blaine is the one who dies first, and Kurt’s kind of unbarable to be around afterwards, and I once wrote a tiny thing about this - how Kurt would get into fits and be nearly intolerable, but the seasoned nurses ask him to talk about Blaine, and it calms him down.  

29. favorite person that has guest starred on glee?

Hmmm, based on their characters - Matt Bomer, Adam Lambert, or Sarah Jessica Parker. Oh and Katey Segal.  I’m so sad that they didn’t bring her back. 

30. favorite minor character?                

I have a deep appreciate for Stoner Brett.  Also Lord Tubbington

31. what character annoys you the most?    

Ken Tanaka, uapoweifjodsifjeaw;oifh yuk. Also up there is Sandy Ryerson and JBI.             

32. what surprised you the most? 

I’m not sure what you mean??  Mostly that I’ve grown used to the idea of Blaine and Karofsky enough that I don’t hate it and I get why it was a thing.                 

33. which character resembles you the most?                

Thought processing wise - Kurt.  Though emotionally, maybe a bit of Blaine and Mercedes.  

34. which character are you most connected to?

Kurt                

35. 5 favorite quotes?

oh - god, i’m bad at remembering things off the top of my head -- 

My favorite one is: “let me autocorrect that for you.  Lima doesn’t have a zoo, why’d we think it did?” the delivery on that is the best.  

also the one where Jane Lynch goes on about giving Will a cat and punching him in the face.  

And the Kurt line about answering the phone saying ‘she’s dead’.                 

36. an unpopular opinion you have about this show?             

Oh, I have so many... mostly, season 2 isn’t as good as people claim it is, and season 6 is much better than people claim it is.    

 37. plot point you would've wanted to change, and how would you change it?   

The biggest one for me is adding in a catalyst to Kurt’s story to head back to Blaine.  Not so much change, but add to the already existing story.  

I’d also get rid of the whole Shelby/Puck thing all together.  Did not need to be a thing.   

(Where are questions 38-39??)

40. what will you miss the most?               

The week to week-ness of having discussions with people.   

41. top 10 favorite songs each season? 

Wow - this is a big question, time to get the iphone out... 

Season 1: 

Don’t Stop Believin’ (Pilot version) 

Defying Gravity (Kurt version) 

My Life Would Suck Without You

Run Joey Run (for comedic reasons)

Rose’s Turn

I Dreamed a Dream

Bad Romance

Bohemian Rhapsody

Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey version) 

Over the Rainbow              

Season 2: 

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy

Teenage Dream

Forget You (Don’t ask - I love it) 

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Misery

Blackbird

Raise Your Glass

Loser Like Me

As If We Never Said Goodbye

Season 3: 

Something’s Coming

Last Friday Night

Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another

Perfect

We Are Young

I Will Always Love You

Love Shack

How Will I Know

I Have Nothing

Not the Boy Next Door

Season 4: 

Call Me Maybe

It’s Time

Teenage Dream (Acoustic) 

The Scientist

Dark Side

Being Alive

This is the New Year

Just Can’t Get Enough

Come What May

Mamma Mia

Season 5: 

All You Need is Love

Make You Feel My Love

Hold On

Defying Gravity 

Loser Like Me

Don’t Stop Believin’

Rockstar

Pumpin’ Blood

All of Me

Pompeii

Season 6: 

Home

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow/Head Over Feet

Somebody Loves You

At Last

Listen To Your Heart

Popular

Some Day We’ll Be Together

Daydream Believer

This Time

I Lived

42. favorite new directions group cover?                

I mean, Don’t Stop Believin’ is the ultimate classic - but I have a strong appreciation for Hold On. 

43. favorite warbler cover?                

Oh, god, Teenage Dream probably? But then Raise Your Glass

44. favorite vocal adrenaline cover?                

Bohemian Rhapsody - nothing else really comes close. 

46. favorite celebrity judge?                

The Nun who used to be a stripper.  

47. someone you would've liked to see guest star on the show.                

Julie Andrews as Kurt’s grandmother.  

48. favorite tribute episode?                

The Beatles and Whitney Houston

49. what episode made you cry the most?                

The Break Up - partly cause of the music, and partly because of the circumstances of fandom around that time :P 

50  what episode made you laugh the most?

This show was a comedy?  (I’ll have to think about it and get back to you) 

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"Chris leaning away with his arms crossed is body language they should be looking at.' OK but that particular gif shows Chris perfectly still and not leaning in any direction? As to crossed arms, he's done that when Darren is nowhere to be seen. Here he's in a video with Adam Lambert who he seems to love, yet he has arms crossed and not looking at him (at 1:49). So, let's not over-analyze stuff to make it fit some assumption or other. youtube*com/watch?v=r7hGuKbkIyE

First I want to begin by saying that I didn’t go looking to overanalyze Chris/ Kurt. These are moments that immediately stuck out to me because Kurt/ Chris was so disengaged and uncomfortable that I felt uncomfortable and I wanted to figure out what made me feel that way.

This got LOOOONNNNGGGGGG

I have talked about this before but Chris was clearly over Glee, Klaine or both beginning sometime in Season 3, worsening until the final episode. My love for Klaine comes from canon Season 2 Glee and the abundance of amazing Klaine fanfiction. Season 2 Glee was still well-conceived and well written and Chris was having a great time both onscreen and with the press. But something changed in Season 3- the writing became inconsistent, soaring to greatness, The First Time and plummeting to the abysmal Previously Unaired Christmas. Fanon Klaine was able to avoid the pitfalls of the writers and Chris’s angst. 

As for the BTS Broadway quiz, Chris is definitely leaning away from Darren.  He’s sitting as far to the right as the chair will allow and leaning ever so slightly beyond that. 

Many of the BTS interview Chris did with Darren give me the same feeling that Chris was uncomfortable and guarded. My gut reaction each time I watch those specific interviews is always the same, I am instantly uneasy. But I felt the same unease because Chris was uncomfortable when Kurt and Blaine showed any kind of intimacy after season 2.  Darren’s Blaine was always all in. Darren is a great on-screen kisser. He always portrays the kiss as passionate whether he is kissing Kurt or Imogene. Chris on-the-other-hand was all in for their first kiss in Original Song but after that Kurt was progressively more uncomfortable and stiff, his walls up, leaving the kisses feeling forced and uncomfortable. I talk about each below. 

Let’s talk about your point that Chris crossed his arms when he was with Adam.  The link you provided (the entire video is at the end of the post): 

This is from the very first few moments 

Chris is comfortable- he is leaning TOWARD Adam and he’s engaged. 

He chats and jokes during the entire piece. 

Here they are at 1:49 as you recommended.  He has crossed his arms however he is comfortable, he is still leaning toward Adam, he’s open and engaged.  

Here he’s leaning (it is subtle) to the right of the chair-he’s as far away from Darren as the chair allows. His legs are crossed away from Darren, he’s closed off and only responding to Darren’s shenanigans. He isn’t engaged at all to begin. He does warm up a little. He cracks a smile and lets his arms go.  

This wasn’t he only BTS interview that felt forced to me but I can’t find the one where they shot each other with Nerf guns…. anyone? If this was the only interview where Chris felt closed off I would agree it is over analyzing, but it isn’t. It is one of many. 

Sometime during Season 3,something changed. Kurt became progressively more distant, his walls are up and he isn’t at all engaged in the scene work with Blaine, especially if he has to show intimacy. I couldn’t say whether he was over Klaine or he was over Glee or both. Several anons with Glee connections have told me that Chris was not happy with doing any BTS interviews and one person I know and trust implicitly has confirmed that he had be forced to do A Wedding BTS with Darren. During that interview, Chris isn’t as closed off physically but he isn’t having any of the romantic reminiscing about Klaine. He is harsh. He calls Klaine a disease, says Kurt and Blaine were a modern day Lucy and Ricky then imagines them become Fred and Ethel. He then imagines Klaine were Homeland style with Blaine being kidnapped by terrorists  and Kurt going on a mission to rescue him and Blaine’s mom hating him. This is not romantic reminiscing  but Klaine gone rogue. He goes on to call Klaine a country in Europe you would rather skip over and talk about how Klaine grew legs of it’s own, how difficult it was to deal with fans, and finally calling the fans and the experience, the Kragen- it can do big things but be a little scary…terrifying. Chris brings the conversation away from Klaine the couple and back to the stories they were able to tell before the couple got together and what is special is the reaction to them. 

Some more examples of Chris being uncomfortable and stiff when Kurt should be in love: Kurt has been working to get back together with Blaine for months. They have a flirty song together- a song forced by Kurt manipulating the wheel of fortune - 

and as they walk out afterwards, Kurt tries to get Blaine to stay “You sure you have to go, doesn’t sound like we are done in there” Kurt is flirty as they walk.  Blaine goes in for a kiss. Kurt is stiff as a board, his arm is almost pushing Blaine away, and he literally leans his entire body back away from Blaine forcing Blaine to lean forward to chase Kurt’s head. 

Kurt runs to Blaine’s house to beg him to take him back and he just as uncomfortable as he was after they same and Blaine kissed him. His neck is stiff, his arms are stiff. The only reason this even remotely works is because when Darren kisses on screen he goes ALL IN.  He knows how to screen kiss and make it look sexy AF. He did the same thing with Kristen Wiig. 

From Kurt’s angle- This doesn’t feel like Kurt is kissing his soulmate, the man he just ran down the street to win back.  He lacks commitment and passion.

Now compare the kiss from the two perspective-it’s hard to believe it is the same kiss. Blaine is all passion and commitment. He’s going to devour Kurt.  Kurt could be kissing someone during a game of  7 Minutes In Heaven. He’s not committed and can’t wait for it to end…he’s thinking about opening his eyes and counting the ceilings tiles to make the time go faster. 

This is no better- he’s still stiff, he pulls back at the beginning and Blaine has to chase his face. 

Compared to early Season 3 which is better but not really as hot as it should have been.

This is the first time I felt something wasn’t right in the kiss…that Chris was holding back and either making weird acting choices or for whatever reason he wasn’t able to let it all go and really be in the moment as Kurt. His arms seem uncomfortable and he doesn’t seem to be invested in the kiss like he should be.  But at least Kurt doesn’t pull away and he isn’t as stiff and uninterested as he is in the gifs above. 

Look at Season 2 Kurt.  For his first kiss he is engaged and passionate; he grabs Blaine’s cheek and kisses back.  

When Blaine comes back for a second kiss he is READY.  

This is Season 2 happily shocked Kurt.  

vs Season 6 shocked Kurt. Season 6 Kurt did not pull off the the-love-of-my-life-just-kissed-me shocked look. It’s more the ewe-someone-i-don’t-like-just-kissed-me. He’s tense, his neck is very tight,  his eyes are not even looking at Blaine- he’s looking down whereas in the first kiss his eyes are wide open and following Blaine’s every move. 

A Wedding Klaine Edits 

Outside Rachel’s house 

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The drummer, who is widely considered to be one of the most innovative and influential drummers in rock music, co-founded Cream in 1966 with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce. The band released three albums before splitting in 1968, after which he formed the short-lived band Blind Faith with Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. A fourth Cream album was released after the band disbanded.

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53/61 Carol Lynley

The actor, best known for her role as Nonnie the cruise liner singer in The Poseidon Adventure, died on 3 September at the age of 77.

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54/61 Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson, revered session guitarist and co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, died 5 September 2019, aged 76.

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55/61 John Wesley

John Wesley, the actor who played Dr Hoover on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, died in September 2019 aged 72 of complications stemming from multiple myeloma, according to his family. His other acting credits included Baywatch as well as the the 1992 buddy cop comedy film ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’.

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56/61 Daniel Johnston

Influential lo-fi musician Daniel Johnston died in September 2019 following a heart attack, according to The Austin Chronicle. His body of work includes the celebrated 1983 album ‘Hi, How Are You’.

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57/61 Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek, frontman of new wave rock band The Cars, died 15 September at the age of 75.

Ocasek was pronounced dead after police were alerted to an unresponsive male at a Manhattan townhouse. A cause of death has yet to be confirmed, though The Daily Beast reports that an NYPD official said Ocasek appeared to have died from “natural causes”.

Ocasek found fame as the lead singer of The Cars, who were integral in the birth of the new wave movement and had hits including “Drive”, “Good Times Roll” and “My Best Friend’s Girl”.

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58/61 Suzanne Whang

The former host turned narrator of HGTV’s House Hunters died on 17 September. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and initially recovered, until the disease returned in October 2018.

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59/61 Robert Hunter

The lyricist, who’s behind some of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, died on 23 September at the age of 78. His best known Grateful Dead songs include ‘Cumberland Blues,’ ‘It Must Have Been the Roses,’ and ‘Terrapin Station’.

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60/61 Linda Porter

Linda Porter, best known for her role as elderly supermarket employee Myrtle on the US sitcom Superstore, died 25 September after a long battle with cancer. She also appeared in series including Twin Peaks, The Mindy Project, ER and The X-Files

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61/61 Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer and co-founder of rock band Cream, died at the age of 80 on Sunday 6 October after being critically ill in hospital. The musician co-founded Cream in 1966 with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.

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1/61 Dean Ford

Ford, whose real name was Thomas McAleese, was the frontman of guitar-pop group Marmalade. The band the first Scottish group to top the UK singles chart, with their cover of the Beatles’ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da in December 1968. Ford died in Los Angeles on 31 December 2018, at the age of 72 from complications relating to Parkinson’s disease.

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2/61 Pegi Young

A singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist, she was also married to Neil Young for 36 years. She died of cancer on 1 January, aged 66, in Mountain View, California.

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3/61 Daryl Dragon

The singer and pianist achieved fame as half of the musical duo Captain & Tennille, best known for their 1975 hit “Love Will Keep Us Together”. Dragon died on 2 January, from kidney failure in Prescott, Arizona, aged 76.

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4/61 Darius Perkins

The actor was best known for playing the original Scott Robinson on Neighbours when the show launched in 1985 on Australia’s Channel Seven. Perkins died from cancer on 2 January, aged 54

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5/61 Bob Einstein

The Emmy-winning writer appeared in US comedy shows Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development, becoming known for his deadpan delivery. He died on 2 January, shortly after being diagnosed with leukemia, aged 76.

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6/61 Carol Channing

The raspy-voiced, saucer-eyed, wide-smiling actor played lead roles in the original Broadway musical productions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hello, Dolly!, while delivering an Oscar-nominated performance in the 1967 film version of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. Channing died on 15 January of natural causes at her home in Rancho Mirage, California at the age of 97.

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7/61 Mary Oliver

Oliver, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, wrote rapturous odes to nature and animal life that brought her critical acclaim and popular affection, writing more than 15 poetry and essay collections. She died on 17 January, aged 83, in Hobe Sound, Florida.

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8/61 Windsor Davies

The actor was best known for his role as Battery Sergeant-Major Williams in the TV series It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum, which ran from 1974 to 1981. He died on 17 January, aged 88, four months after the death of his wife, Eluned.

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9/61 Jonas Mekas

The Lithuanian-born filmmaker, who escaped a Nazi labour camp and became a refugee, rose to acclaim in New York and went on to work with John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Janis Joplin and Andy Warhol. He died on 23 January, aged 96, in New York City.

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10/61 Diana Athill

The writer, novelist and editor worked with authors including Margaret Atwood, Philip Roth, Jean Rhys and VS Naipaul. She died at a hospice in London on 23 January, aged 101, following a short illness.

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11/61 Michel Legrand

During a career spanning more than 50 years, the French musician wrote the scores for over 200 films and TV series, as well as original songs. In 1968, he won his first Oscar for the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair film. He died in Paris on 26 January at the age of 86.

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12/61 James Ingram

The singer and songwriter, who was nominated for 14 Grammys in his lifetime, was well known for his hits including “Baby, Come to Me,” his duet sung with Patti Austin and “Yah Mo B There,” a duet sung with Michael McDonald, which won him a Grammy. Ingram died on 29 January, aged 66, from brain cancer, at his home in Los Angeles.

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13/61 Dick Miller

The actor enjoyed a career spanning more than 60 years, featuring hundreds of screen appearances, including Gremlins (1984) and The Terminator (1984). The actor died 30 January, aged 90, in Toluca Lake, California.

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14/61 Jeremy Hardy

The comedian gained recognition on the comedy circuit in the 1980s and was a regular on BBC Radio 4 panel shows, including The News Quiz and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. He died of cancer on 1 February, aged 57.

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15/61 Clive Swift

Known to many as the long-suffering Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the actor’s first professional acting job was at Nottingham Playhouse, in the UK premiere of JB Priestley’s take the Fool Away, in 1959. He died on Friday, 1 February after a short illness, aged 82.

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16/61 Julie Adams

The actor starred in the 1954 horror classic Creature From the Black Lagoon, playing Kay Lawrence, the girlfriend of hero ichthyologist Dr. David Reed (Richard Carlson) and the target of the Creature’s obsessions. She died 3 February in Los Angeles, aged 92.

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17/61 Albert Finney

The actor was one of Britain’s premiere Shakespearean actors and was nominated for five Oscars across almost four decades – for Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Dresser (1983), Under the Volcano (1984) and Erin Brockovich (2000). He died aged 82, following a short illness.

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18/61 Peter Tork

Born in 1942 in Washington DC, Tork became part of The Monkees with Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Davy Jones in the mid-sixties, when the group was formed as America’s Beatles counterpart. All four were selected from more than 400 applicants to play in the associated TV series The Monkees, which aired between 1966 and 1968.

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19/61 Mark Hollis

As the frontman of the band Talk Talk, Hollis was largely responsible for the band’s shift towards a more experimental approach in the mid-1980s, pioneering what became known as post-rock, with hit singles including “Life’s What You Make It” (1985) and “Living in Another World” (1986).

20/61 Andy Anderson

Musician Andy Anderson, former drummer for The Cure and Iggy Pop, died aged 68 from terminal cancer, after a long and successful career as a session musician

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21/61 Lisa Sheridan

Having attended the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Sheridan went on to star in a string of film and TV credits of the next two decades, including Invasion and Halt and Catch Fire. She died aged 44, at her home in New Orleans.

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22/61 Janice Freeman

Freeman appeared on season 13 of the TV singing competition The Voice, making a strong impression early on with her cover of ‘Radioactive’ by Imagine Dragons, performed during the blind auditions. She had an extreme case of pneumonia and had a blood clot that travelled to her heart. She died in hospital on 2 March.

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23/61 Keith Flint

Flint quickly became one of the figureheads of British electronic music during the Nineties as a singer in the band The Prodigy. He died, aged 49, on 4 March.

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24/61 Luke Perry

Perry rose to fame as teen heartthrob Dylan McKay in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’, and most recently played Fred Andrews in The CW’s ‘Riverdale’. He died on 4 March after suffering a ‘massive stroke’, his representative said in a statement.

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25/61 Jed Allan

Allan was best known for his role as Rush Sanders, the father of Ian Ziering’s Steve Sanders, on Beverly Hills, 90210; Don Craig on Days of Our Lives; and CC Capwell on Santa Barbara. He died on Saturday, 9 March, aged 84.

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26/61 Hal Blaine

As part of the Wrecking Crew, an elite group of session players, Blaine played drums on some of the most iconic songs of the 1960s and 1970s, including The Beach Boys’s “Good Vibrations”, the Ronettes’s ”Be My Baby”, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs Robinson”. He died on 11 March, aged 90.

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27/61 Pat Laffan

The Irish-born actor had roles in almost 40 films and 30 television shows, including in BBC’s Eastenders, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, and RTE’s The Clinic. He died on Friday, 15 March, aged 79

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28/61 Mike Thalassitis

Mike Thalassitis was a semi-professional footballer before finding fame on the third season of Love Island. He died aged 26.

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29/61 Dick Dale

Dale is credited with pioneering the surf music style, by drawing on his Middle-Eastern heritage and experimenting with reverberation. He is best known for his hit “Misirlou”, used in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. He died on Saturday, 16 March, aged 81.

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30/61 Bernie Tormé

Guitarist Bernie Tormé rose to fame in the seventies before joining Ozzy Osbourne on tour in 1982, following the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads in a plane crash that same year. The Dublin-born musician died on 17 March, 2019 at the age of 66.

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31/61 Andre Williams

R&B singer and songwriter Andre Williams co-wrote “Shake a Tail Feather” among many other hits, signing first with Fortune Records then with Motown. The Alabama native, who relocated to Detroit as a young man, died on 17 March, aged 82.

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32/61 Scott Walker

The American British singer-songwriter and producer who rose to fame with The Walker Brothers during the Sixties and was once referred to as “pop’s own Salinger”, died on 22 March, aged 76. He was one of the most prolific artists of his generation, despite shunning the spotlight following his brief years as a teen idol, and released a string of critically acclaimed albums as well as writing a number of film scores, and producing albums for other artists including Pulp.

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33/61 Agnès Varda

French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda died on 29 March, aged 90. She was best known for the films “Cléo from 5 to 7” and “Vagabond” and was widely regarded to be one of the most influential experimental and feminist filmmakers of all time.

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34/61 Tania Mallet

Model and Bond girl Tania Mallet died on 30 March, aged 77. She earned her only credited acting role opposite Sean Connery in 1964 film Goldfinger, playing Tilly Masterson.

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35/61 Boon Gould (right)

One of the founding members of Level 42, Boon Gould, died on 1 March, aged 64. He was a guitarist and saxophone player.

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36/61 Freddie Starr

Comedian Starr was the star of several eponymous TV shows during the 1990s such as Freddie Starr, The Freddie Starr Show and An Audience with Freddie Starr. Starr was the subject of one of the most famous tabloid headlines in the history of the British press, splashed on the front page of The Sun in 1986: “Freddie Starr ate my hamster.” Starr was found dead in his home in Costa Del Sol on 9 May 2019.

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37/61 Peggy Lipton

Twin Peaks star Peggy Lipton died of cancer, aged 72 on 11 May.

38/61 Doris Day

Doris Day became Hollywood’s biggest female star by the early 1960s starring in Calamity Jane, Pillow Talk and Caprice to name a few. Day died on 15 May after a serious bout of pneumonia.

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39/61 Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall died on 20 May, 2019 after a short illness, according to his management group. The actor was best known for playing Russell Parkinson in the BBC show Butterflies and Marc Selby in Coronation Street. He had also recently appeared as The Gentleman in Syfy’s Blood Drive.

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40/61 Carmine Cardini

Carmine Cardini, who was most famous for playing two different roles in the Godfather franchise, died on 28 May, 2019 at Cedars Sinai Hospital, aged 85. He played Carmine Rosato in The Godfather Part II (1974) before returning to the franchise in 1990 as Albert Volpe in The Godfather Part III.

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41/61 Leon Redbone

Leon Redbone died on 30 May, 2019, aged 69. The singer-songwriter, who was noticed by Bob Dylan in the Seventies and was an early guest on Saturday Night Live, released more than 15 albums over the course of four decades.

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42/61 Cameron Boyce

Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died in his sleep on 6 July, aged 20. His family later confirmed the actor, who appeared in Jessie and descendants, had epilepsy.

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43/61 Rip Torn

Rip Torn, the film, TV and theatre actor, died on 9 July, 2019, aged 88. His career spanned seven decades.

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44/61 Michael Sleggs

Michael Sleggs, who appeared as Slugs in hit BBC Three sitcom This Country, died from heart failure on 9 July, 2019, aged 33.

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45/61 Rutger Hauer

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer famously played replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. As Batty, he delivered the iconic “tears in the rain” monologue. Hauer died on 19 July, 2019 aged 75.

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46/61 Paula Williamson

Actor Paula Williamson, who starred in Coronation Street and married criminal Charles Bronson, was found dead on 29 July, 2019.

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47/61 David Berman

David Berman, frontman of Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, died by suicide on 7 August, 2019, aged 52.

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48/61 Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda died of respiratory failure due to lung cancer on 16 August, 2019. aged 79, his family said. He was the co-writer and star of counterculture classic Easy Rider (1969).

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49/61 Ben Unwin

Home and Away star Ben Unwin was found dead aged 41 on 14 August, according to New South Wales Police. He starred as ‘bad boy’ Jesse McGregor on the popular Australian soap between 1996-2000, and then 2002-2005 before switching to a career in law

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50/61 Franco Columbu

Italian bodybuilder, who appeared in The Terminator, The Running Man and Conan the Barbarian, died on 30 August, 2019, aged 78. The former Mr Olympia enjoyed a successful career as a boxer and was best friends with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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51/61 Kylie Rae Harris

The country singer died in a car crash on 4 September, 2019, at the age of 30. Harris, of Wylie, Texas, she was scheduled to perform at a music festival in New Mexico the next day.

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52/61 LaShawn Daniels

Songwriter and producer LaShawn Daniels died 4 September aged 41. He was best known for his collaborations with producer Darkchild, and had songwriting credits on a number of pop and R&B classics by artists including Beyonce, Destiny’s Child, Janet and Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Brandy and Whitney Houston.

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53/61 Carol Lynley

The actor, best known for her role as Nonnie the cruise liner singer in The Poseidon Adventure, died on 3 September at the age of 77.

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54/61 Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson, revered session guitarist and co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, died 5 September 2019, aged 76.

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55/61 John Wesley

John Wesley, the actor who played Dr Hoover on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, died in September 2019 aged 72 of complications stemming from multiple myeloma, according to his family. His other acting credits included Baywatch as well as the the 1992 buddy cop comedy film ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’.

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56/61 Daniel Johnston

Influential lo-fi musician Daniel Johnston died in September 2019 following a heart attack, according to The Austin Chronicle. His body of work includes the celebrated 1983 album ‘Hi, How Are You’.

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57/61 Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek, frontman of new wave rock band The Cars, died 15 September at the age of 75.

Ocasek was pronounced dead after police were alerted to an unresponsive male at a Manhattan townhouse. A cause of death has yet to be confirmed, though The Daily Beast reports that an NYPD official said Ocasek appeared to have died from “natural causes”.

Ocasek found fame as the lead singer of The Cars, who were integral in the birth of the new wave movement and had hits including “Drive”, “Good Times Roll” and “My Best Friend’s Girl”.

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58/61 Suzanne Whang

The former host turned narrator of HGTV’s House Hunters died on 17 September. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and initially recovered, until the disease returned in October 2018.

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59/61 Robert Hunter

The lyricist, who’s behind some of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, died on 23 September at the age of 78. His best known Grateful Dead songs include ‘Cumberland Blues,’ ‘It Must Have Been the Roses,’ and ‘Terrapin Station’.

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60/61 Linda Porter

Linda Porter, best known for her role as elderly supermarket employee Myrtle on the US sitcom Superstore, died 25 September after a long battle with cancer. She also appeared in series including Twin Peaks, The Mindy Project, ER and The X-Files

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61/61 Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer and co-founder of rock band Cream, died at the age of 80 on Sunday 6 October after being critically ill in hospital. The musician co-founded Cream in 1966 with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.

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Baker was named number three on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time list, and is the subject of the documentary Beware of Mr. Baker.

“Gifted with immense talent, and cursed with a temper to match, Ginger Baker combined jazz training with a powerful polyrhythmic style in the world’s first, and best, power trio,” said the Rolling Stone article. “The London-born drummer introduced showmanship to the rock world with double-kick virtuosity and extended solos.”

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Lewisham-born Baker was known for being a mercurial and argumentative figure, whose temper frequently led to on-stage punch-ups.

His father, a bricklayer, was killed in the Second World War in 1943, and Baker was brought up in near poverty by his mother. He joined a local gang in his teens and when he tried to quit, gang members attacked him with a razor.

Baker suffered from heroin addiction, which he acquired as a jazz drummer in the London clubs of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He once told The Guardian he came off heroin “something like 29 times”.

Tributes for the drummer have been pouring in on Twitter.

Paul McCartney called Baker a “wild and lovely guy”, writing: “We worked together on the ‘Band on the Run‘ album in his ARC Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will.”

Baby Driver director Edgar Wright wrote: “RIP the music giant that was Ginger Baker. The beat behind too many favourite songs from Cream, The Graham Bond Organisation and Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated.”

Rock journalist Mark Paytress tweeted: “Like Hendrix, Ginger Baker was a name synonymous w/ early days rock. Once you heard him play, saw pics & footage, he seemed to embody the music’s power, the culture’s adventure. Spending a day w/ him in 2014 magnified it all. Lost a big one this morning.”

Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg simply wrote: “Thank you Ginger Baker.”

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