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when the current events hit :/

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Yelling at Cops

Part 2 of Flirting with Cops

Pairing: Tim Bradford x fem!rookie!reader

Summary: After you are injured, your fiancé Tim yells at you and treats you like a boot. When Wade and Nyla find out, they tell him what really happened.

Warnings: canon typical danger and action, explosion, r is injured and goes to the hospital, yelling/arguments, fluff, teasing

Word Count: 1.7k+ words

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“Bradford,” Nyla whispers from the other side of the shop. “Tell me this-“

“Do I have to?” you ask.

“Yes, because I am your TO. I’m, like, a goddess in this shop. I have the power to-“

“Have me fired or make me a rookie forever,” you finish with a chuckle. “I know, ma’am.”

“Tell me this,” Nyla begins again. “Does Bradford call you boot?”

“No.”

“Never? Not even when he gets upset?”

“He hasn’t gotten super upset with me yet. Raised his voice once because I almost got hurt, but nothing serious. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did at some point, though.”

“7-Adam-19, there’s a reported 215 and 245 at Olympic and Burnside Avenue,” control alerts.

“7-Adam-19, show us responding,” Nyla radios.

“Carjacking and assault with a deadly weapon?”

“Welcome to Los Angeles,” Nyla jokes.

As you approach the intersection, you see a man with a large automatic rifle ducking behind a car. There are civilians on the other side of the road and an injured man on the driver’s side of the car.

“Control, 7-Adam-19 requesting backup. One armed, one injured,” Nyla informs. “Block this lane.”

You pull around with your side of the shop toward the gunman. The car is facing you, so he can’t escape unless it’s on foot. Nyla opens her door and slides out before staying low to go around the back of the shop. You watch the man beside you, and when he turns quickly, you lower your window and pull your gun from your holster. He has a different weapon when he twists toward you, and when he aims it toward the back tire, you know he’s going to hurt Nyla. You don’t think before acting, not like you should, at least.

You throw the door open and begin firing as you move back toward Nyla. She yells at you to get down, but you turn toward her instead.

“Run!” you yell.

As you run behind Nyla, trying to get away from the shop, the man shoots the new weapon, and the shop explodes behind you. You fall to the asphalt, and Nyla stumbles ahead of you. Ignoring the pain in your leg, you push yourself up and rush behind a parked car. Nyla’s eyes widen when she sees you, and she pushes up to look through the windows of the car to locate the man.

“Control, this is Harper. Where’s my backup?” she yells into the radio.

“ETA two minutes,” control responds.

“What do we do?” you ask. “He’ll run.”

“You don’t do anything,” Nyla snaps. “Control, send a R/A to my location.”

“Harper, he’s moving again,” you say.

“Not your concern,” she replies.

You look toward her, and she’s looking between your leg and the car across the street. What’s left of the shop is aflame in the middle of Olympic Boulevard, blocking part of the man’s location from view. When Nyla turns toward you, you finally look at your leg. Your pants are darkened with blood, and when you bend your knee, you hiss in pain.

“Don’t move,” Nyla demands.

You don’t listen and gently push your fingers against the side of your thigh. “It’s just a bunch of glass.”

“Shrapnel in your body is not just anything!”

“Harper, we have to do something or he’s going to hurt the other people.”

Nyla exhales deeply before nodding. “Bradford is going to kill me,” she murmurs.

“He’ll come for me first,” you say with a small smile.

“Alright. You go around the shop and I’ll come up from behind. If you have a shot, take it.”

As you limp around the far side of the intersection, you raise your weapon and look for the shooter. Nyla’s gun fires before you see him, and you rush out to cover her. When the man sees you, he drops the rifle in his hands and raises them.

“Nice work,” Nyla tells you. “Now sit down and wait for your ambulance.”

On cue, the ambulance pulls up and two paramedics rush to your side.

“I’ll alert Sergeant Bradford,” someone says.

“No!” you and Harper yell together.

“This is related to his case,” the officer argues.

Wade slams the door of his car and cuts off the rest of his sentence. “I’ll fill in Bradford,” he states. “You, though,” he says to you, “have a lot more to explain.”

“You’re going to tell him?” you ask him.

“Would you rather he find out over the radio?”

You shake your head, and the paramedics move your gurney into the ambulance.

“I’ll try to calm him down, but… good luck, kid. I’ll be by in a few.”

“Thank you. You too, Harper.”

“You saved my life. Sorry I yelled at you,” she offers.

✯✯✯✯✯

You’ve just been moved to a private room after a painful hour of having shrapnel removed from your leg when Tim’s voice echoes through the hallways. He yells your name before his footsteps near your room. When he stops at the door, his chest is heaving, and his nostrils are flared.

“Are you out of your mind?” Tim demands loudly. “Harper should have you fired for that little stunt. I would! You are not here to be a hero, boot, and endangering lives – including yours – is not what being a cop is about!”

“Sergeant Bradford,” Wade says from behind Tim. “A word?”

“With me?” Tim asks. “Why don’t you remind the rookie in here about a little thing called procedure!”

“Tim,” Wade interjects. “Hallway. Now.”

Your eyes drop to your hands as they leave. Tim has never yelled at you like this before, and his insults and threats to have you fired do little to calm your nerves. Harper seemed mad when she first noticed your injury, but that was nothing compared to Tim’s reaction. You wait nervously for Tim, or at least Wade, to return from the hallway.

✯✯✯✯✯

Tim begins to speak, but Wade raises a hand. He takes a deep breath to calm down before explaining everything he knows to Tim.

“I-“ Tim begins.

“No!” Wade says. “You don’t get to make an excuse about not knowing. You have known from the beginning, I told you from the beginning. When you came to me and said you were dating a rookie, I made an exception for you on one condition. I told you that if anything happened to her, it was on you. Not because you’re her superior, but because she is yours. This situation is unique, but you led me to believe you could handle it. Now, I’ll be honest, I did that hoping you’d back out and decide to wait to start a relationship, but once I saw the two of you together, my concerns became about what would happen if the two of you were separated by something or injured. That speech I just heard makes me think you’re just here as a cop. Tell me I’m wrong and I’ll listen.”

“Why us?” Tim asks angrily. “Why are we worth the special treatment and personal attention?”

Somewhere along the way, Wade became like a father figure to you. When he agreed to let Tim continue seeing you without alerting IA, he threatened to demote, fire, or kill him if he did anything to jeopardize your career, life, or relationship.

“Because I care, Bradford. Is that so hard to believe? And right now, I’m wondering if you should go back to patrol or find a new station?”

“You can’t fire me for hurting her delicate little feelings, Wade!”

“And how would your feelings be if you were going to her funeral?” Wade snaps. Tim’s face drops and Wade adds, “Harper just filed her official statement. Their backup was two minutes away, and she would have been dead if your rookie hadn’t stepped in. They would both be dead, and I don’t know about you, but I think some glass shards to the leg is a whole lot better than a funeral.”

Tim’s eyes drop as he nods. “I messed up.”

“You did. Now do something about it.”

✯✯✯✯✯

You look up immediately when the door opens. Tim walks in first, but Wade is close behind him.

“I’m sorry,” Tim begins. “I shouldn’t have yelled at you or threatened to have you fired, especially when I didn’t know as much as I thought I did. Are you okay?”

You nod, but Wade jumps in before you can say anything.

“I’m sorry, too. I went behind your back to keep Tim in line, or so I thought, from the very beginning. I should have been open with both of you, but I’ll do better now.”

“I forgive you,” you whisper, looking at Tim. You turn toward Wade to add, “And thank you for whatever it is you’ve done already.”

Wade nods and smiles before stepping back toward the door. Tim goes in the opposite direction and stops beside your bed.

“You’re really okay?” he asks as he takes your hand.

“Just sore. And I have to buy new pants.”

Tim sighs and pulls you into a hug, bending over to pull you close. You smile against him and rub his back. He’s tenser than you are, and he wasn’t even blown up.

You know that your relationship with Tim will never be easy, but it will always be worth the time and effort. Plus, your friends understand what you are going through and are there for you every step of the way.

“Visitor,” Wade alerts.

Tim steps back as Nyla walks in with a bag of your favorite snacks. Despite her original tough act, she does like you as a cop and as a friend.

“I heard someone yelled at you,” she says with a quick look toward Tim.

“He apologized. Didn’t bring me snacks though. Thank you!” you reply.

“He better keep apologizing,” Nyla adds, talking directly to Tim.

“I will,” he promises. “Glad you’re both okay.”

“Wait, does this mean I can’t help with the Metro case that I almost died for?” you interject.

“Not for a while,” Tim answers. “Gotta heal, first.”

“What was it you said? ‘Just some glass’, then walk it off,” Nyla says with a shrug.

“I wanted to ride with TO Bradford, the scariest in station history.”

You pout, and Tim shakes his head while Nyla laughs. Wade thinks about you and Tim riding together and wonders if you’d manage to get anything done.

“One cop is more than enough in my relationship,” Wade sighs. “I don’t know how you two do it.”

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P E D R O P A S C A L

O N L Y

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SERIES

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🔥NEW MEXICO(PART IX)- Pedro asks you to spend his birthday together with you. You just go.

W I N N E R(PART VIII) - You couldn’t attend SAG awards but Pedro meets you late in the night to celebrate.

O U C H (PART VII) - You are at the Golden Globes and meet Pedro over there, he didn’t win unfortunately but still, he is a winner in bed.

B O A T (PART VI) - Today is your last day in Malta. Pedro will be back to work, and you also need to return to your routine. Pedro wants your last day to be wonderful, nothing like a surprise with a perfect end. The three most intense days of your life.

COME FIND ME (PART V) - Pedro promised you a weekend, but an unforeseen event changes everything. Maybe he's a fan of surprises, maybe he can find you.

72 HOURS WITH HIM (PART IV) - The shooting in Malta keeps going, all Pedro needs is a weekend off, well…he got it. Would you go meet him for only three days? Hmmm yes!

PEDRO SOLO (PART III) - The days are long and exhausting, Pedro has a huge hotel room, hot tub ... But he is missing something, could you help him?

LOSING GAME (PART II) - You meet Pedro again not just to take back your panties. He wants to play a game, who’s going to lose?

HIGH MILES CLUB (PART I) - After partying hard at Met Gala making out with you in the bathroom and later taking you to his hotel room in NY, he finds something inside his red overcoat pocket in the middle of the airport. But it doesn’t stop, more unexpected and hot things happens during his flight back home.

ONE SHOT

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MASTERCHEF FAIL - With a busy schedule, Pedro finds some time to spend with you. You promised him to cook his favorite food. Maybe things get out of hand and dessert comes before dinner.

PURPLE IS THE HOTTEST COLOR - After having a difficult day, Pedro meets you, no patience, no time for conversations.Pedro only has one desire in mind: you here and now, no matter if anyone will see you.

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PEDRO I M A G I N E

It’s 3 in the morning…

Hey, I’m looking at you…

What a smile…

🔥 You wearing his purple shirt…

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Who are Santa Trindade

Gringa is on her late 30’s totally addicted to Pascal for the latest years (she doesn’t know what happened) although she’s following his work since 2019 because she is a Star Wars nerd and fell in love with a mandalorian 🤷🏻‍♀️. Her favorite Pedro boy is Javi Gutierrez because he is chubby and funny (Pedro vibes almost 100%).

What makes her wet is when Pedro: slide his finger on his lips while giggling.

Good vibes: if she had a date with Pedro she thinks she wouldn’t be able to walk the next day 🥲

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@missyorkswhore is on her late 20’s and noticed Pedro when her uncle was watching Narcos, she saw Javier and asked him “wow, who’s that stach guy?”. A couple years later she finally got into Narcos and you know…she still want to marry Peña.

She loves when Pedro raises his eyebrow, and when he speaks Spanish [she thinks she can get wet in a fraction of seconds if he speaks like that to her in bed] ah and of course when he screams WHAT TOWN!!! as Joel.

Fave character obviously: DAVE FUCKING YORK (killer king)

[for-a-longlongtime]

About shooting Triple Frontier, singing Moana songs on set, and The Hat

(disclaimer: this post includes some pap shots at the end, sorry. I'm conflicted about sharing them, even though these are really old at this point, but just given you a heads up in case you want to skip it - I've cropped them to show the hat on Oscar)

I've been meaning to make a post about this sooner, because a while ago I came across the Happy Sad Confused podcast (2019) where Oscar talks about shooting Triple Frontier - and it had some interesting things in it that weren't in the group promo for the movie. E.g. he talks about how he has videos of Pedro and Garrett singing Moana songs while holding assault rifles, "that's quite a bit of a mindfuck" (that tracks, I remember Bella talking about singing Moana songs with Pedro on the TLOU set).

About making the characters their own and bringing the story to the screen:

"There was not a ton of dialogue or backstory that you get to see about these guys. So there was an element of how do you show these people, how do you not make them anonymous? That didn't necessarily just jump out of the page. So a lot of that is trusting JC, and particularly trusting him in the edit. That's where he just, he really shines a lot - you can feel and trust that you can try a bunch of stuff. Things might not go great when you're shooting your production - the other was definitely a lot of like wrestling with ideas and things -, but in the edit, he sticks with it and he stays at it, and he is relentless."

At one point Oscar is asked about the Standard Heating Oil hat in the movie. For those of you who do not know the background story there; several years before Triple Frontier, Oscar worked with JC Chandor on a movie titled A Most Violent Year. He played Abel Morales, a Colombian born businessman who lives in Westchester, NY and owns the Standard Heating Oil company.

And we all know the hat Frankie (Morales...) wears in Triple Frontier:

Josh Horowitz from the Happy Sad Confused podcast is a real movie nerd, so he asked Oscar about it mentioning the JC Chandor Cinematic Universe. Here's what Oscar said:

"I know. That was, I gotta say, that was me, because I was like 'Can I, can I wear the Standard Hat?', and then he [JC] started thinking like 'Yeah, maybe', but then he was like 'It's too much, but Pedro can wear it'. And I was like okay, alright!"

Which brings me to my last point...

We know about those beach pics that were snapped of Oscar, Garrett, Charlie -- and then another set of them with Pedro and Tom Ben -- when they were in Hawaii to shoot Triple Frontier, right? As Oscar mentions in the interview, it seems like someone from the team [I'm assuming he means crew] ended up tipping off the paps for those photo ops.

I just randomly came across a much bigger set of those photos than I've seen before, and my heart suddenly stopped. Because...

...Oscar is wearing Frankie's hat?

Oscar is wearing FRANKIE'S STANDARD HEATING OIL HAT.

I mean.

I know it is/was Oscar's hat first, and I think it was @legendary-pink-dot who mentioned that a bunch of people on the crew had them, but as far as I can see, this was the only moment he was captured wearing it - so I love it. I'm having a moment.

If you haven't heard Oscar on Happy Sad Confused before, check out the podcast here.

tagging some folks for heads up: @sin-djarin @legendary-pink-dot @magpiepills @perotovar @romanarose @penvisions @prolix-yuy @writefightandflightclub @ezrasbirdie @astroboots @pimosworld @alltheglitterandtheroar @nerdieforpedro @wardenparker

ok my brain is asleep at this point, so consider this a tag for everybody

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Not a monster

Daryl Dixon x reader

A Beauty and the Beast inspired fic requested by @deansapplepie. Hope you enjoy!

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No one ever initially believed you were the head of the hunting crew.

You looked more like someone who'd work an office with how undamaged your skin was and how neat your hair looked.

But that quickly changed when you took the new guys out for their first trip after training.

The group set out early, trekking through the forest and taking out stray walkers to avoid herds forming.

The new guys in the back joked about everything, not taking the trip serious at all after being briefed about the monster living in the cabin ehat hunted these grounds as well.

There were lots of walkers flooding into the area lately, which made the new guy stepping into one of the beast's traps and screaming out in pain even worse than it would be.

Walkers piled out of the greenery around you and your group was easily outnumbered. Behind you one of your teammates screamed in terror and a shot was fired, hearing a roar in the distance signaling the beast was near as well, and it wouldn't be happy just being shot.

While the beast circled your location, its leg healing over time the walkers were taking out your crew one by one. As the horse shrunk with every single one you and your best fighters took out, your group thinned out as well to the point of having to run.

You figured out which direction the beast was in and bolted for the other end of the woods with the two remaining members of your squad.

But that didn't last long as one got grabbed ny a walker and the other one stumbled and suffered the same fate of becoming dinner. In the second of distraction you disn't see the cabin coming into view signaling you were about to run back into a minefield of traps set to keep not only the dead out, but humans as well.

With one wrong step your ankle got caught and twisted, dropping you to the floor and wincing in pain. Backing up against a tree to hide from any and all creatures was your best option while you dug through your pack only to remember the medkit was on the one guy who now stumbled along between the dead.

Heavy steps caught your attention as the massive form of the beast came into view. Slow strides as you held your gun pointed right at it, breaths evening out and ready to take the shot as you dropped the gun with a sigh.

Why even shoot the thing? Yeah it was a monster but now that you gave it a thought, you had never seen it kill anyone.

Okay no it did. It killed the guy who shot it just now. But the rest of your crew was offed by walkers, not by the beast.

The beast saw you drop the gun and noticed your hurt ankle and empty bag. He could easily take you out and end your hunting. God knows how many times he had to jank a bolt out of his being after you had caught up with him. But killing you would be a waste. He had heard you talk about him. Pass on the lies that she had been fed herself and made to believe to be true. He never wanted war. He just wanted to be left alone and live in his woods wirhout humans hunting him because he looked different and couldn't speak.

The beast kept approaching. Had you made the last mistake of your life? You hid your face and peeked between your fingers as it stalked closer, readying to pounce. You winced as it set off.

But the crunching and snarling came from behind you, amd you clearly weren't dead.

Turning to look behind the tree you saw it tear into a walker and throw it into another one. His claws dug through the rotting bodies with ease and snatched up your now undead friend only to crush his skull and take the pack he carried into its maw and shaking voilently until it detached from the body.

You followed its movements as it returned to your location and dropped the pack at your feet, but to no avail as you passed out only a second later.

You woke up way more comfortable than you expected, in a large pile of soft furs next to a softly burning fireplace. You stirred and turned around to take in your surroundings but in all honesty had no idea where you were. You spotted borh your pack and the one your friend carried the medkit in off to the side, and the whole place looked almost like a luxurious vacation cabin.

Wait. A cabin..

You shot up, letting out a pained cry and remembering you hurting your ankle. You took the pelt off your legs and saw your ankle all bandaged up messily.

You decided to stay seated and give the place a proper once over.

Above the fireplace hung a large deer skull and antlers decorated the surrounding walls along with different hides that served as curtains.

Bones served as handles, or candle holders wrapped together with twine. There were chairs and a table but those were against a wall and covered in items, clearly not being used. Behind you fhe sound of a door opening startled you as the cabin's owner made its way in. You were close to tears with how scared you were, now seeing the beast up close and personal.

In its clawed hand it held rabbits. Fur bloody and necks snapped.

With a low grumble they were tossed at your feet.

He was a little proud of himself, because if all of this were in other times he’d tell you to starve to death and throw a torn open rabbit on you.

It turned around then, walking over to the other end of the cabin to rummage around before returning to your side with something small in its hand.

Or, something not so small as it was handed to you. It was a knife carved out of animal bone, handed to you so you could skin it and roast it over the fireplace.

The beast moved like a human, just hunched over and a lot less refined. It used its hands like one too, just not as gentle.

"Thankyou." Your voice was quietas you moved off the pile of furs to make sure not to get any blood on them as you skinned the animals for dinner.

You got a low hum in return before it retreated to another pile of furs to lay down on.

After pulling an old rag from your bag you messily skinned one of the animals and stuck it onto your hunting knife, holding it as close to the fire as your hands let you.

You were so focused on not burning your food and hands that you hadn't heard the creature move to lay onto the pile of furs behind you until his hip nudged against your back. The sudden touch spooked you, causing you to drop the knife. Unable to pick it out of the fire without the right tools you sighed in defeat before a claw nudged the knife handle into reach and picked it up in between the thick pads of his fingers.

He had held his gaze on the woman for a while before deciding to join her against his better judgement. He'd never admit it out loud but he was shy. He no longer had his human form to blend in with others and lost rhe ability to speak after living in isolation for so long. He was self consious about his large frame, sharp teeth and pointed claws. Those were signs of a monster. But he wasn't a monster at all. A beast maybe, but no monster but how was he gonna show that.

With all his ovwrthinking he had misjudged hia position and bumped into you, quickly helping you get your dinner out of the fire when you dropped it thanks to his clumsiness.

"Thankyou." Your smile warmed his heart more than the fireplace ever could and he gave a content hum in return.

He kept the rabbit closd to the fire, his paws being way more fire resistant than your hands.

He hoped this act could be seen as a peace offering. A sign that he wasn't a ruthless killer but just a creature that lived near their home. Her strange looking neighbor.

He had seen her hunt, she was so good at what she did and he knew they'd make a fantastic team.

If only he knew how to tell her. So for now he handed her the cooked rabbit and laid down just a little closer against her.

"Thankyou" You had only said that one single word to him three times now, placing a hand in his thick fur without really thinking about it. It felt to soft you absentmindedly started stroking his fur and playing with it, watching how almost your entire lower arm disappeared in the long strands on his neck.

With the rabbit mostly picked clean you put it aside and continued to warm yourself on the beast, now fully aware of your actions and its lack of angry response.

"You're so soft." His ears perked up at your words. "You like being scratched?" He rumbled a positive sounding answer, so you went on. Now that you could get a good look at him you started seeing how gorgeous his blue eyes were. The scar that ran over one side of his face long settled and grey patches that indicated his older age. More scars littered his skin, most of them hidden away under his long fur but others still clearly visible. You traced some with your fingertips and eyed him all over, following the darkest fur that stretched over his spine all the way down to his wrapped up tail. His hindlegs were fhe size of your entire torso and you almost had the urge to move over and squeeze the muscle just to get a feel of how strong his legs were. The muscles in his arms were so well defined , fhe fur shorter and following the lines of his body perfectly. Your hands followed the direction all the way to his large clawed hands that held onto your knife so gently earlier.

"You understand me, don't you?" He nodded yes, rolling over onto his side to look at you as he pointed at himself and then at you. You could see the gears turning behind his eyes. Clearly having no clue how to communicate with you. He pouted like a child and whined as hw couldn't get his words across. You dug around in your pack and managed to pull out scraps of paper and a pencil, offering it to him and wondering if he could write.

He took the pencil from you, looking more like a toothpick in his large paws and tried to scribble something.

It was hard to decypher but you managed to read it.

"Daryl Dixon? That's you?" He nodded again. You gave him your name in ex hange and he sat up next to you, taking a deep breath and preparing for ..something.

He opened his mouth and a noise that vaguely resembled your name came out before a cough rattled him. You fished your canteen from your bag and undid the cap before handing it to him.

The half full canteen that would have lasted you a while was gulped down in seconds but it did help.

But this time instead of trying to thank you with words, he bumped his snout against you and rubbed it on your skin.

When your hand reached up to rub between his ears he picked you up and pulled you against him. Your back hit his chest with a squeal, turning in his grasp the second your sides hit the pile of furs. "So you've always been like this?" You scooted back a little so you could see more than just his grey chin and he shook his head no.

"Were you like me?" He gave it a thought but decided yes was the easiest answer. He had no idea how to explain he got cast out for being different and stuck in this form because of his anger, to this day unable to turn back thanks to the humans that kept the anger burning all this time.

You made a face and moved around, your belt and holsters becoming uncomfortable in this position.

A curious look followed your wiggling hips and a finger came to hook into your belt and pull a bit.

"What?" He pulled softly again and pointed at your pack. Point at pants, point at bag.

"Are you seriously asking me to undress?" You scoffed at him as his eyes went wide, shaking his head no before changing his mind and wiggling his hand in a 'so-so' gesture.

"Get me a blanket and I'll get rid of the uncomfortable layers. Just because I'm not planning on walking out of here on my busted ankle."

He agreed to your request and moved to fetch his prettiest deer pelt for you, fully intending to let you keep it when you decide to leave him again.

He returned with the pelt and offered to drape it over you and when you accepted, gently doing so, letting you squirm out of your jeans and jacket underneath it and tossing the items with your bags.

You pulled the pelt up all the way to your chin, suddenly feeling exposed in just your underwear and a tanktop.

A noise like a laugh left your beastly companion's lips as he again pulled you close to him, keeping the pelt wrapped around your body.

You warmed up in an instant, relaxing against his body and feeling ..safe.

You only now realized that being there, with the beast that you had religiously hunted before, you felt safest when he held you close.

He felt you relax and had to refrain himself from doing what he wished to do.

So he waited for you to turn to face him so his could scoot back and look you in the eyes as he tried to ask you something.

He took a finger and pressed the pad against your lips and then moving it to his as he tilted his head in question.

"You.. you want a kiss?" Daryl carefully nodded in reply, begging he hadn't overstepped. But you only laughed kindly. "What? Are you some kind of prince that needs his curse broken by a kiss? Like in that frog story?"

He rolled his eyes and moved to lay on his back with a huff. Of course he wasn't taken seriously here, but who cared anyways. He turned back and nodded at you. Who knew, maybe someone showing him genuine love would cure his anger and let him shift back.

"Alright then, you. Come here." You lifted your hands to grab at his muzzle so you could give him a kiss. It was soft and quick.

And the next one a little less quick. A large paw reached for your lower back and slowly snuck even lower to pinch your soft flesh while he happily lapped at your lips and cheeks.

A yawn escaped your lips. Even if you didn't do much, today was eventful, and with the warmth Daryl was giving off you could fall right asleep.

He let you turn around before catching you in his arms and slowly drift off to sleep.

In the middle of the night you felt him stir behind you, his breathing heavy before the horrifying sound of bones cracking shook you wide awake. Not daring to turn around you let it all happen, and only when fhe sound died down and all you heard were even breaths you dared to turn around.

Next to you laid a man. Covered in the beast's scars, with his hair the same shade of brown. You couldn't see much more of him in the dim candle light.

He shivered as he laid nude on the furs, so you took the end of your blanket and put it over him, moving closer and warming him up until you fell asleep again.

In the morning you were woken up by a ray of sun deciding to shine right into your eyes.

You whined and stretched, finding your now human companion still sleeping peacefully under the pelt with you.

One part of you wanted to get up and eat, but the other begged to stay right where you were.

The decision ended up being made for you as an arm stretched out and pulled you against a warm torso.

"G'morn." The gruff voice almost startled you, not realising Daryl would be able to speak again in his human form.

"Good morning to your too." You smiled at his tired self, taking in the details of him.

The scar that ran across his eye was even more visible now, and the beard he sported as a beast still there, just shorter but just as grey.

The bits of skin that were visible due to the cover shifting overnight held several inked pieces all over. A heart on his chest, a tiny cross and a cursive text so bled out and faded it held no meaning anymore as well as a small winged creature on his upper arm. You stared for a while and looked back up to find him staring right back at you.

His eyes were still just as blue as before, and it fascinated you how he was easily recognisable even in this form.

He smiled at you. A soft smile, one that showed he was content with his current situation.

"So, I guess either that kiss worked or you're a horrible, lying person." His laugh sounded nice, better than the one from yesterday. You liked this laugh a lot.

"Worked like a charm. Yer kisses were sweet." There was a certain drawl to his speech, but he spoke well for someone who spent his time as a beast and never had anyone to talk to.

Your stomach rumbled and you giggled in embarrasment. Daryl smiled and took the pelt off you to wrap afound himself as he got up and dug around underneath the forgotten table to fish out a box. It seemed to hold clothes, perhaps his own old ones. After he got dressed he gave gou back the warm pelt, but not before giving you a once over.

You watched as Daryl dug through a large basket at the other end of the cabin. When he returned he handed you a large bowl with fruits you recognised as the ones your community grew just outside the walls.

Of course that low fence wouldn't keep him out. You thanked him for what felt like the millionth time.

"Why did you save me? We've been hunting you for ages." Ylu looked down and poked at the apple for a bit.

"Ya were told I was a monster, so ya were scared." He sits down with now, patting your leg so you move for him to sit closer. "Ya ya droped the gun, stopped bein' hostile."

The smallest smile appeared on your face at the real truth of that action. "I had given up. Saw no way out of that. But also something sounded off about a monster being able to set those intricate traps."

You ate as you talked, Daryl stealing some berries and going to roast the leftover rabbit before it started rotting.

Tou liked your home in Alexandria, but still you spent your day thinking of an excuse to go there to pack up and go back home to your beastman.

🐺 🐺 🐺

I learned that I have way less memory of the original animated movie. I hope this is still good omg.

[deliriumzer0]

Gen Loss' shooting location

I'm super into dead/dying malls so I knew what mall it was as soon as I saw the ending of Ep 2, but I didn't wanna post anything about it until after Ranboo had left NY just in case. I'm not about to facilitate any creepy behavior, you know?

So GenLoss was filmed at the now-closed Galleria at White Plains, which -- fun fact! -- is the same mall used for interior mall shots in the movie Eighth Grade (so everyone who enjoys Ranboo/Bo Burnham connections, there's a fun one!). It opened in 1980 and positioned itself as the mall for "normal" people, in contrast to the more upscale Westchester mall nearby. Sadly, that other mall is still alive & kicking, while this one was closed at the end of March 2023. There are apparently redevelopment plans in the works to turn it into mixed-use (retail + residential) space.

I was too curious about what some of the stores used in the shoot used to be, and how much of what I saw in GL was set design and how much was already in place, so I looked up old directories & photos of the mall to see if I could sleuth some of it out. In case anyone else was curious about the set designers' work, or is into retail history, I figured I would share my findings!

The central elevator area of the mall in GenLoss, and how it appeared in 2019. (Screenshot from the 2019 video linked below)

Apologies for the multiple different angles on this one, but this is all the same area, first in GenLoss (right after Ranboo starts walking away from the panel where Hetch is appearing), then from the Fleabitten Adventures 2023 video, then from the Raw & Real Retail video from 2019. (Couldn't resist screenshotting the drone ad on that last one, lol)

In the GenLoss screenshot, at the far right edge of the Sears entryway, you can see a bit of the painting left behind, so my guess is the GL set decorators got rid of that artwork for the shoot.

The screen where Ranboo first speaks to Hetch in ep 3. The empty store behind them was an American Eagle Outfitters at one point, but it was already closed by February 2023. (screeenshot from Fleabitten Adventures 2023 video)

Here's a before & after of this directory panel. (Screenshot from the Fleabitten Adventures 2023 video)

The store full of "props". In the original store photo (Google's only photo of this shop), you can see how the existing shelves were repurposed for GL. Also way at the far end of the store there's a black & white photo of someone with a basketball that was left hanging up.

I had a hard time finding a closer angle of this Victoria's Secret, but in case you were curious, here's one from the Raw & Real Retail video lol.

Where Ranboo almost left but Hetch stopped them: a Kay Jewelers.

The streamers are sitting in the following establishments: My Kitchen, Bourbon Street Cafe, Sarku Japan, Dunkin' Donuts, and of course Charley's. The last empty storefront was a Burger King before it emptied out. (Photo from Foursquare, cropped by me)

The Dental & Foot Care storefront is unchanged except for the seating out in the open area. It was a rounded wooden bench set as of Feb 2023 (screenshot from the Fleabitten Adventures video), but for GL it was the standard metal benches found throughout the mall. Not sure why.

Going far back enough, this was a Radio Shack. Couldn't find ANY photos of this particular location though, so here's the only photo I could find of what it was in the interim: a dress shop called Gloria's. (Photo from Yelp)

This one is my favorite part. :) As of February 2023 (screenshots are from the Fleabitten Adventures video), the "Heart of the Facility" is this weirdly sparse artsy furniture store called Home Splash. But before this, what the shop's facade was designed for, was...

A Charlotte Russe location. Ranboo died in a fucking Charlotte Russe. When I learned this, I could not stop laughing.

More/Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/deadmalls/comments/zupwhw/the_galleria_at_white_plains_ny_in_late_afternoon/

A great youtube video from Fleabitten Adventures walking through the whole mall in February 2023

Raw & Real Retail walkthrough video (from 2019)

A shorter walthrough video from HELLOTHISIS4U

Photos from FourSquare

I didn't cover everything I learned here, just the stuff I thought was coolest (and that I had images of), so please feel free to flood my ask box with questions about what certain things used to be!

[fibula-rasa]

Lost, but Not Forgotten: The Dancer of the Nile (1923)

Alternate Titles: Tut-ankh-amen, Tutankhamen of Luxor

Direction: William P.S. Earle

Scenario: William P.S. Earle

Original Story: Blanche Taylor Earle

Production Manager: Dick L’Estrange

Camera: Jules Cronjager & Joe Goodrich (assistant)

Scenic Artist: Xavier Mochado

Set Designer: Paul Dodge

Technical Advisor: Capt. Dudley S. Corlette

Studio: William P.S. Earle Pictures Corporation (Production) & Film Booking Offices of America (F.B.O.) (Distribution)

Performers: Carmel Myers, Bertram Thomas Grassby, Malcolm McGregor, Anthony Merlo, Sam de Grasse, Iris Ashton, June Elvidge, Paul Weigel, Howard Gaye, Mother/Nellie Anderson, Beatrice Marsh, & Earle Marsh

Premiere: 12 October 1923, Loew’s New York, New York, NY

Status: presumed entirely lost

Length: 6 reels,  5,787 feet

Synopsis (synthesized from magazine summaries of the plot):

Princess Ankhnespaton [sic] (June Elvidge), daughter of King Akhnaton [sic] (Howard Gaye), has a run in with a band of thieves while traveling. Prince Karmit (Malcolm McGregor) of Syria arrives, disguised as a merchant, and saves the princess. The princess becomes enamored with Karmit and invites him back to the royal residence in Thebes. 

While visiting the royal gardens, Karmit encounters a dancer, Arvia (Carmel Myers). He is instantly smitten. The princess is furious that Karmit has rebuffed her for a mere dancer.

Meanwhile, tension between those loyal to the king and those loyal to the old gods erupt when the seasonal flooding of the Nile river doesn’t occur. The princess finds in this situation an opportunity to get her revenge on Arvia. 

The princess decrees that Arvia will be offered as a human sacrifice to the god Sobek, in order that the Nile will rise as expected. Arvia is adorned with a poisoned amulet to knock her out while she is fed to the crocodiles.

In an unexpected turn of events, the high priest Pasheri (Sam De Grasse) discovers that the intended sacrifice is his own daughter. Pasheri sneaks into the chamber where Arvia is to be sacrificed and saves her at the last moment. 

With Pasheri’s aid, Karmit whisks Arvia away. As the Nile rises, the new couple sail away to Karmit’s kingdom to live happily ever after.

The princess goes on to marry Prince Tutankhamen (Bertram Grassby). And, after the death of her father Prince Tut will become King Tut.

Additional sequence(s) featured in the film (but I’m not sure where they fit in the continuity):

The Temple of Amun-Re is also depicted in the film.

Points of Interest:

While many contemporary reviewers of The Dancer of the Nile (DotN) didn’t mark it as an especially good film, props were given for the artistic effects achieved by Director Earle. Earle and his brother, Ferdinand Pinney Earle, were both pioneers of the era in special effects. 

Ferdinand was a painter who contributed matte paintings and art titles to many films of the 1910s and 1920s. While William was primarily a director, both brothers ambitiously created films that were on the cutting edge in regard to techniques of incorporating matte paintings with live actors/studio-shot footage. 

For William, it was DotN, and for Ferdinand it was A Lover’s Oath (1920/1925, presumed lost save for a few fragments), which was an adaptation of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. (ATM, I’m planning on doing the next installment of this series on this film!)

(Explanatory note: One technique at use here involves double exposure. Part of the frame is obscured while filming, leaving the obscured part of the film unexposed. The film is then rewound, with the exposed part of the film obscured, to film another element. The final result is, hopefully, a cohesive sequence. 

Another technique is shooting through painted glass, which, if painted and lit correctly, results in the painting and the scene occurring behind it appearing as a singular space. 

For example, a fully painted environment with live actors moving across the scene. In DotN, there is at least one scene where a live actress ascends a set of stairs, which is a painting. These techniques require an amazing amount of precision, but when done right they can be really dazzling. The double-exposure matting technique has persisted through most of film history, albeit rarely at the scale the Earle brothers were using it! 

Below is an illustration of how a moving version of matte photography works from a 1926 issue of Photoplay, followed by some stills from DotN that used the multiple-exposure technique.

I have a few posts coming up that go into more detail on how special effects were executed in films of the 1920s!)

William P.S. Earle’s focus on the artistic elements without much regard for story or characterization may have left many critics cold, but DotN did prove to be a lasting attraction, running in theatres around the world for years following its release.  DotN was produced hot on the heels of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922 in Luxor, which launched a new wave of Egyptomania. On one hand, Earle was cashing in on a trend, but on the other, he took the opportunity offered by assured profitability to experiment. In addition to the special effects discussed above, Earle attempted to capture as much period accuracy as possible in the painted settings, props, and costumes. Balancing historical accuracy with perceived “authenticity” in period art is exceedingly difficult—Earle seemingly had mixed success. However, one contemporary review in the magazine Art and Archaeology by Dudley S. Corlett (also the film’s technical advisor) is highly complementary of DotN’s attention to historical and artistic detail. [You can find the review in the transcription section!]

After Earle had more or less finished DotN, F.B.O. bought “Tut-ankh-amen” for distribution. F.B.O. financed reshoots that shifted the narrative away from Tut and towards Arvia, the dancer—hence the title change. I guess F.B.O. believed that cashing in on the trend of movies about dancers would be more lucrative than cashing in on Tut-mania!

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[fuckyeahlabynight]

Rolling Stone Article singing the praises of Critical Role, Dimension 20... and LA by Night!

Extract about World of Darkness under the cut:

One of the first major actual-play organizations to find success outside of Dungeons & Dragons is the World of Darkness, a sultry modern vampire series utilizing the ruleset of 2018’s Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. Hosted by game designer and lead storyteller for the entire World of Darkness universe, Jason Carl, the rotating cast includes mainstays Alexander Ward, Cynthia Marie, Xander Jeanneret, and voice actor-Dimension 20 regular Erika Ishii.

By deviating from D&D mold, World of Darkness series show a different aspect of the TTRPG experience, with modern stories revolving clandestine factions or “Coteries” of conflicting machinations within the dark underbelly of real-world cities. Spread across multiple independent series, beginning with 2018’s L.A. By Night, which ran for five seasons, and now including off-shoots NY By Night and Seattle By Night, the scope of the world is diverse and ever growing.

The biggest hook that sets the series apart from other actual plays is that it’s one of the few actually supported by the game’s publisher, Paradox Interactive. The impact is that each campaign, although ultimately unscripted by nature, falls within the larger story of the Vampire: The Masquerade universe, being canonically set alongside the various multimedia extensions of the franchise, including video games, books, graphic novels, and more. Tuning into Seattle By Night live play means you’re actually watching the canon being written in real time.

Keeping track of the various properties can be more difficult than with other shows, as each of the brand’s individual series have aired on different platforms. L.A. By Night originally aired on Geek & Sundry’s YouTube channel, where past episodes can be found. NY By Night’s last two seasons can be seen on the official World of Darkness YouTube channel. Lastly, Seattle By Night aired in partnership with Penny Arcade – originally live on Twitch, now catalogue on the Penny Arcade YouTube channel.

Keep an eye out for news on future installments of the World of Darkness, or check out the time Jason Carl himself produced an exclusive one-shot live on Rolling Stone.

[skippyv20]

Hi Skippy & Friends-Pilgrim with current news about the Farchwell announcements and what is real right now in polo here in the USA which I have whittled down into these fast bites. First, I bumped into 2 news reports that use different tenses…past and present….hmmm. ABC reports “The second series confirmed by the Sussexes on Wednesday features a passion of Harry’s, the sport of polo. The series, which also does not yet have a title announced, is described as providing viewers unprecedented access to the world of professional polo…the series WAS shot mostly at the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida according to the spokesperson.”

It just so happens the 2024 event is taking place right now, between March 27th to April 21st with the final two teams going head-to-head at 4 PM. Now, here is what the NY Daily News says; “Harry 39, is expected to be heavily involved in the other series, which WILL shoot at the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Fla.”

The public might not know yet about the recent growth of the USPA. They have put together a top team of financial, legal and playing experts that has been steering this into a huge new global arena. The USPA is managed by USPA Global which has become a multi-billion-dollar USPA brand according to J. Michael Prince, President and CEO. He said, “Despite the many challenges over the past several years facing global retail, USPA was able to exceed our goal of $2 billion three years early and has set a target to hit $3 billion and 1,500 USPA stores in the near future.” Look out Ralph Lauren! (No wonder the ILBW is trying to inject them into this money maker.)

It continues, “By signing a recent landmark multi-year global deal with ESPN, the thrilling sport now has exposure to the massive global audience, sitting alongside the elite company of The Masters and Kentucky Derby as one of the country’s most prestigious spring sporting events.” According to License Global, the USPA has consistently been one of the top global sports licensors along with the NFL, NBA and MLB. They also own the 160-acre venue for the nationals called USPA National Polo Center packed on sellout Sundays for their high goal season. Take a peek at www.nationalpolocenter.com

Over and out for now. 

Thank you dear Pilgrim!  Hmmmm…and Netflix crew right there with them…..❤️

[sterlingarcher23]

110....

.... is mirrored for 011

Fucking mirrors, reflections, Upside-downs, inversions!

And this stuff....

Oh, and fun fact....

... The syncing of Max's heart monitor with El's heartbeat means danger. For El.

Because "The silver cat feeds" - and I think I know now what a silver cat is. (Besides some clear references towards Werewolves and Vampires. More on that later - hopefully) it's an "owl" - "wi·nteko·wa" or "Wendigo". Some may remember that there are owls in the show. - Also, go watch Ravenous. Colonel Ives explains the powers of the Wendigo.

And seriously, there's something that connects Max and Hopper. And it's El. Hopper gave her the blue hair tie. Sara's hair tie. Which makes El the Blue to Max's Yellow watch

And if I take a specific detail from Elfen Lied into account, regarding the name(s) of the protagonist, I start to get an idea how David Harbor pieced together what's going to happen since he knows his characters arc (he explained this in late 2022). And that arc is about Sara.

PS: if you are worried that Sadie isn't on set, Caleb isn't either, in January he was in Italy, promoting his movie, just last week he was in NY as Teen Vogue confirmed. This also is in line that we have no image of him either on set or anyone mentioning him at all. No one worries about that. No one mentions him. (And Millie is also seemingly at home too currently if I interpret her Insta correctly.) Why ? Because they shoot these scenes on a different date. Technicalities, scheduling... Secrecy. - Even if you shoot in blocks for certain episodes, doesn't mean that everything has to be shot within that block.

[foxes-that-run]

2020 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

21 January - Andrea treated for brain tumor and chemo

29 January - Harry shoots the watermelon sugar MV in Malibu. The director later says “The production process was fast! We shot in a location in Malibu. It was a private beach at this amazing house. Harry actually owns a watermelon farm in a secret location that we can’t disclose. So the day before the shoot we went with our whole crew, make-up artists, set decorators, focus pullers you name it! We all rolled up our sleeves, got stuck in and did the biggest harvest anyone in the USA has ever seen!”

31 January - Miss Americana documentary released.

2 February - Harry at Glenne Christiaansen's (Jeff's GF) birthday in Los Angeles. Huge whale cake that gets on his face.

14 February - Harry played Two Ghosts on Radio 2, the only time since 2018, anniversary of Style MV release. He also covered Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi.  Taylor also in London for NME awards, Joe goes with her. Harry is robbed at knifepoint.

18 February - Harry at Brit awards, went to same after party as Kendall

23 February - Harry's Tiny Desk Concert recorded in LA, the Lover CD Is in the background. Taylor was there in October.

24 February - Taylor and Joe in London for his birthday, arrived under umbrellas carrying a dictionary, Ed laughing.

26 February - Harry on today show in colour block cardigan. Xander watches with Jeff rumour he then visited Xander Ritz in phlli.

28 February - Harry's Sirius XM Secret Session for Fine Line. Harry tells a story about wawa with Xander. Seen with Xander in ny

1 March Harry photographed in the “but daddy I love him shirt” in Phili with a fan

2 March - Harry's last pre-pandemic show is at the Bowery Ballroom. Replaces the Beachwood cafe with Bowery ballroom in falling.

5 March - When Howard Stern asked Harry about marriage his response was "People’s relationships are different now, everyone’s open 👀 and people have different things."

13 March - US Travel ban (except UK), California Shelter in place orders. 17 March UK Travel ban. 16 March Taylor posts asking fans to cancel plans and stay home, shares photo so Meredith

17 March UK travel ban

18 March - Harry driving in La with Xander

27 March - Harry releases “at home with Harry styles” pandemic playlist with Zane Lowe. ‘This will be our year’ is #13, 27 songs

March - June Taylor and Harry stuck in LA for 3 months. Harry told Zane Lowe he was in LA, stayed home for 6 weeks then booked and went to Shangri-la studio to record. LNT, Daylight, keep driving and Sushi. (24 Mins)

4 April - Harry seen riding a motorcycle beside Kendall Jenner and Fai Khadra.

5 April Harry seen in la and again

17 April - 2020 Lover Fest tour postponed to 2021, later cancelled. Told Zane Folklore started then. Joe IG photo of Benjamin

18 April - Taylor soon you'll get better

29 April - Joe instagram photos

19 May Taylor releases City of Lover

25 May - date Too Much Sauce leak recorded. Still in LA

31 May - Taylor records video in Long Pond about home studio. Joe school thing

9 July - Harry Styles Sleep story

18 July - Harry back in uk, drove to Italy and back he talks about this in the Zane interview. Driving moustache photo in HH CD

20 July folklore announced 17 hours before its release. William Bowery is credited for Exile and Betty. Released on 1D's 10 year anniversary. In the Zane interview, Taylor says they continued working on Evermore.

31 July - Harry driving tractor in Italy

13 August - Harry followed Yan Yan on IG and liked some posts

17 August Harry in Studio in Bath. Recorded Daylight, Sushi, Keep Driving and Late night talking in this period.

3 September - Taylor posts about iHeartAwards from home

? September - Long Pond was recorded with Joe as WB and Tis the Damn Season written, Doretha already written.

11 September, Olivia Wilde met and cast Harry in Don't worry Darling, filming began October.

16 September - Taylor performed Betty in person at ACM awards in Nashville.

18 September Harry in London

22 September - Harry driving in La filming golden

27 September Harry in LA

13 November - Harry on cover of Vogue, after this the Peace ring only appeared occasionally.

12 November Deux Moi posts that a “one direction heartthrob” and “a list singer” used the same private chef

25 November long pond sessions on Disney + Joe announced as William Bowery

26 November Harry returns to la to film DWD, California maybe written here

11 December evermore, taylor’s zane lowe interview, at 49:34 she pauses a lot and struggles to talk about Joe being William Bowery.

19 December Harry jingle ball seems flat

30 December - 7 photos of Joe and Taylor thought to be taken 31 December 2016 hack/leak. Only 7 photos?? She is wearing a pink wig while he shaves.

Continue to 2021

[vergilsama922]

Gunman Payton Gendron Kills 10 in Buffalo Supermarket: 'Straight Up Racially Motivated Hate Crime Towards Black People'

Today. In a city about a hour away from me. There was a mass shooting in Buffalo, NY. 10 people were killed. Out the 13 people shot, 10 killed were black and out the 3 injured one of them was also black. In short 11 out of 13 people were black and it was indeed a racially motivated crime due to his manifesto, writing the N word on his gun and driving hours to target a black community.

This is.....This is why I keep saying fascism is a serious thing in America. Not only is the gunman a devout Neo-Nazi but he believes in the White Replacement Theory you hear people like Tucker Carlson spout.

And.....I can't lie. I'm fucking furious. I'm scared. I don't know if someone will do the same where I live.

[alotogifs]

A League of Their Own Cast Live Tweets 1x08 Pt.2

Abbi: I had a hard time keeping it together in this scene with Kate Berlant. Will: Hahahaha. Kate Berlant for president.

Will: Oh boy the song! We were all very nervous. Kelly has a beautiful voice.

D’arcy:😍😍😍 #Delucathebazooka  😍😍😍 Will: It is heartbreaking to see Jo in a Blue Sox uniform. It felt like something was wrong on set! Abbi: If you notice, some of the music is not from the same period that the show takes place-- this was very intentional! We wanted to use music that felt rebellious like our characters + that meant jumping ahead in time a bit. 

Will: This is the real hurt for Bert and Toni. Abbi: "For some of us, safe isn't safe" Will: "For some of us safe isn't safe." Follow @/butchythings who plays Bert!

Will: GODAMMIT CHERYL Abbi: This scene right here between Chanté Adams and Gbemi Ikumelo THIS SCENE and these two. One of the most dynamic and real and nuanced and deepest friendships on TV. I might be biased, but it's just true. Chanté: This was Gbemi’s last scene of the season. It was hard. While most of us were going back to LA and NY, Gbemi was going back to London and that broke my heart. I tried to get her to move next door so we could see each other everyday and raise our kids together but she couldn’t 😭 Gbemi: Still tryna make it happen 😭😭 Will: This is the scene in the whole show that makes me cry the most, because you can see them realizing they've never said goodbye before. Chanté Adams and Gbemi Ikumelo are geniuses. Will: The score from Zach and Nick and Deantoni here is just amazing.

Abbi: I love Lupe + Roberta Colindrez.

Will: There is a story about how this speech was filmed. HOW DO YOU WANT THIS TO END? Abbi kills it here. Will: Okay. I'll tell you the story! We shot the reaction half of this scene on the field, and then it started raining. So Abbi had to shoot her side of it a week later, on a platform in the middle of the street outside Toni's house. Will: She is yelling at the crew mostly. It was amazing. She's so talented. Will: Rob the bank! Has become our unofficial motto for the process of making the show too.

Will: Okay. Them carrying around here is a real story from a softball team. And it came to the show courtesy of ABBI'S DAD. Who is now in charge of finding the end of every season.   Abbi: My dad gave me the end of the Peaches story here. Still cannot believe it. I called him one night, stuck. He told me this --It is inspired by a real story from women's college softball. Thanks Big Al. Love you. 

Will: Barnstorming is such a huge part of baseball history, and Marquise does such a beautiful job bringing it to life as Red [Barnstorming refers to sports teams that travel to various locations, usually small towns, to stage exhibition matches.] Will: GODDAMMIT CHERYL

Will: WE TECHNICALLY LOST D’arcy: how many times have y’all watched this finale? Abbi: Dale Dickey gets me every damn time. What a masterful actor. D’arcy: WE! HAVE! TO! TAKE! CARE! OF! OUR! OWN! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ oh Dale & Kelly 😍 Will: WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN with Beverly kills me. "war bonds" was an improvised callback.

Abbi: Ohh boy. This is prob my favorite scene with my girl D’arcy Carden The Peaches come between them... just like the world.   D’arcy: LOL IM CRYING Will: Abbi and D’arcy just kill me in this scene. They both come from comedy backgrounds and look at what they are doing. We are so lucky. 

Will: Seeing Max in uniform killed me too. Abbi: Max finally in her own uniform! The fucking best. 

Will: Repeating GO GET A THING was an improv from Kelly and Roberta. Abbi: Always... go get a thing.

Will: Abbi wrote "you changed my whole life" "you opened me up again" and it made me cry when I first read it. 

Abbi: Thanks so much for watching with us tonight and in general. What a treat. Will: Thanks for watching with us! Wow. There's a lot of you! Will: This is a show for everyone told through perspectives you don't usually hear universal stories from. Thanks for helping get the word out! Will: WE ARE ALL FRUIT NOW

[silvermaplealder]

Good morning everyone! Uncertain about other states, but here in NY it is opening day for deer season, one of the most popular hunting seasons. Remember to wear BRIGHT ORANGE if you are in the woods because some hunters are dumber than a pile of rocks :) if you have dogs/cats/outdoor animals give them ORANGE. I don't care if you're turkey hunting, wear ORANGE PLEASE. I have personally met people who have been shot at during hunting season because some other hunters are trigger happy and shoot anything that moves. I've heard first hand stories of pets and livestock being shot because some hunters can't tell the difference between a coyote and dog. (Which, they should NOT be out there hunting but try telling that to a 55 year old white man). Stay safe and I wish all my hunter friends a good and safe season!