#carmen x rhonda

[warningsine]

[most-stylish-competition]

Most Stylish Competition official bracket!

list under bracket since the image quality died

List:

Group1/2:

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic series) VS. Sans (Undertale)

Mel Medarda (Arcane) VS. Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon)

Kairi (Kingdom Hearts) VS. ENA (ENA)

Shinji Hirako (Bleach) VS. Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader)

Gyorik "York" Rogdul (Drawtectives) VS. Eugene Finch (Drawtectives)

Elliot Goss (Search Party) VS. The Weird Guy (The Hollow)

Draculaura (Monster High) VS. Frankie Stein (Monster High)

Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death) VS. Manfred Von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Group1:

Team Rocket (Pokémon) VS. winner of 1/2.1

Papyrus (Undertale) VS. Waluigi (Super Mario Bros)

Mettaton (Undertale) VS. Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Cecil (Welcome to Nightvale) VS. Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way (My Immortal)

Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) VS. Ryan Evans (High School Musical)

The Onceler (The Lorax) VS. Harry Dubois (Disco Elysium)

Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo) VS. Hunter (The Owl House)

Teruki "Teru" Hanazawa (Mob Psycho 100) VS. Shigeo Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100)

Group2:

Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler) VS. winner of 1/2.2

Yor Forger (Spy x Family) VS. Morticia Addams (The Addams Family)

Miss Piggy (Muppets) VS. Rarity (My Little Pony)

Dr. Facilier (Princess and the Frog) VS. Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)

Marz (I Was A Teenage Exocolonist) VS. Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Lelouch (Code Geass) VS. Consul Valerius (Arcana)

Sensei Garmadon (Ninjago) VS. Taako (The Adventure Zone)

Mitsuba Sousuke (Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun) VS. Rias Gremory (High School DxD)

Group3:

Mizuki Akiyama (Project Sekai) VS. winner of 1/2.3

Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase) VS. Luz Noceda (The Owl House)

Pearl Houzuki (Splatoon) VS. Gumi (Vocaloid)

Dr. Starline (Sonic series) VS. Jinafire Long (Monster High)

Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy XV) VS. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)

Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror Show) VS. Dean Pelton (Community)

Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) VS. Eleven Hopper (Stranger Things)

Gonzo (Muppets) VS. Gyro Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Group4:

Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego) VS. winner of 1/2.4

Red Hood (DC Comics) VS. Nightwing (DC Comics)

Professor Venomous (OKKO Let's Be Heroes) VS. Noisemaster (Cucumber Quest)

Inspector Cabanela (Ghost Trick) VS. Shelby Presipence (Plainview)

Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) VS. Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Coco Adel (RWBY) VS. Espresso Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

Susie Greene (Curb Your Enthusiasm) VS. Boyd Crowder (Justified)

Al Calavicci (Quantum Leap) VS. The Obituary Writer (Death By Dying)

Group5:

Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls) VS. winner of 1/2.5

Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Princess Jellyfish) VS. Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (Nana)

Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House) VS. Lilith Clawthorne (The Owl House)

Darius Deamonne (The Owl House) VS. Sanji (One Piece)

Link (Zelda: Breath of the Wild) VS. Spock (Star Trek)

Apollo (Hades) VS. Zagreus (Hades)

Rhonda Wellington Lloyd (Hey Arnold) VS. Malfina (Conneticut Clark)

Kanaya Maryam (Homestuck) VS. Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)

Group6:

Steven Stone (Pokémon) VS. winner of 1/2.6

Yuki Rurikawa (Act! Addict! Actors!) VS. Nikki (Love Nikki Dress Up Queen)

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) VS. Padme Amidala (Star Wars)

Zhongli (Genshin Impact) VS. Franziska Von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Klavier Gavin (Ace Attorney) VS. Saul Goodman (Better Call Saul)

Grillby (Undertale) VS. Spades Slick (Homestuck)

Prosciutto (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) VS. Kira Yoshikage (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Mr. Compress (My Hero Academia) VS. Swatch (Deltarune)

Group7:

Loki (Marvel) VS. winner of 1/2.7

Castiel (Supernatural) VS. Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Hypnos (Hades) VS. Alucard (Castlevania)

Howl (Howl's Moving Castle) VS. Blitzo (Helluva Boss)

Blackbeard (Our Flag Means Death) VS. Anthony J. Crowley (Good Omens)

Luce (Drawfee) VS. Mac McDonald (Always Sunny)

Villager (Animal Crossing) VS. Blathers (Animal Crossing)

Jurgen (Sam & Max) VS. Rosemaster (Cucumber Quest)

Group8:

Joker (Persona 5) VS. winner of 1/2.8

Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs) VS. Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs)

The Doctor (Doctor Who series) VS. Sissel (Ghost Trick)

Professor Hershel Layton (Professor Layton) VS. King Dice (Cuphead)

Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) VS. Bayonetta (Bayonetta)

Samus (Metroid) VS. Velma (Scooby-Doo)

Harper Finkle (Wizards of Waverly Place) VS. Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)

Fran Fine (The Nanny) VS. Klaus Hargreeves (Umbrella Academy)

Good luck to everyone who's voting and have fun!

[samsylviasmoustache]

Paved With Good Intentions II

Carmen

“Hey, are we… Where are we?” says Melrose, cracking one eye to take in the dismal parking lot of the motel.

“I think this is where we’re staying,” replies Rhonda. “Sam and Ruth went to get keys…” She turns to Carmen, smiling. “Still want to share a room?”

“Absolutely.”

She watches out of the window in the sleepy silence, until two figures emerge from the reception. Backlit, she can’t see their faces, but she recognises Sam’s slightly duck-footed gait and Ruth’s wildly gesticulating hands.

Sam pulls open the bus doors. “Alright ladies,” he says, “listen up. Room keys. Don’t lose them because there aren’t any spares. Be ready for ten o’clock tomorrow morning.”

They take the keys and escape the bus one by one, yawning and stretching. “Where are you going?” asks Melrose, as Sam clambers back inside.

He gives her a look. “Away. What’s it to you?”

“Nothing. It’s fine, I get it. None of our fuckin’ business, right?”

“Right,” he says, starting the van with an ominous rumble.

“You gonna be okay?” Ruth checks, sounding concerned.

He rolls his eyes. “Jesus Christ. Yes. I’ll see you all at ten. Try not to do anything ridiculous between now and then.” With that, he departs in a black cloud of dying engine smog.

Melrose folds her arms. “Fifty bucks says that’s the last we see of him for the next three days.” She sniffs. “Meet back here in ten?”

“What… for?” asks Arthie, earning herself a sympathetic look.

“Campfire and s’mores. What do you think? To go out.”

“I don’t think—” starts Ruth.

“Yeah, big surprise,” Melrose cuts across. “Everyone else, ten minutes, right?”

“What do you think?” asks Rhonda, as they cross the pot-holed car park to their room across the square.

She smiles, unlocking their door. “I mean, we slept a lot on the bus. A little fun can’t hurt, right?”

Rhonda grins back in response, flicking the lights on. It’s not a million miles from their room at the Dusty Spur, with one key exception.

“Uh, there’s only one bed.” It’s a big double, but still.

Rhonda drops her bag down on the brown coverlet. “Does it matter?” she says, breezily. “I know you don’t snore.”

The knot of tension in her chest loosens. Rhonda has an uncanny knack for doing that. “You’re right. I mean, at least there’s a mattress.”

“That’s the spirit.”  

The others are all waiting when they return to the car park, even Ruth, although she looks to be in two minds about it.

“Hey. Are you okay?”

“Yeah,” Ruth lies, “yeah I’m… I mean, it’s just one drink, right? We work hard all the time and we’re here in San Francisco. We deserve to cut loose. A little.”

“Actually,” replies Carmen, “I’m pretty sure we’re in Oakland. I’ve been to San Francisco a few times before with my Dad and we haven’t crossed the bay.”

“Oh. I’m sure Oakland’s… just as nice though…”

“It’s the murder capital of California,” interjects Arthie.

“Oh,” says Ruth again, in a smaller voice. “Great.”

Two taxis pull into the car park, before the conversation can unravel any further. “Alright ladies,” says Melrose, in an uncanny impression of Sam. “Let’s get out of this shithole.”

Carmen arranges the covers while Rhonda brushes her teeth, trying to feel less awkward about the whole bed-share situation. Another oddity from growing up on the road with only her brothers for company, she supposes. Teenage sleepovers probably prepared all the other girls for this moment—

“I hope Sam’s okay.” Rhonda’s voice cuts through her introspection.

“I’m sure he’ll be fine. I mean, he once took a backhand from my Dad. He seems pretty tough.”

A rueful smile. “Seems it.”

Carmen swallows, not sure it’s her business to know but asking the question anyway. “Are you and he still…? Um…” The sentence is surprisingly awkward to finish.

“Nah,” says Rhonda, taking sympathy. “But I don’t want him to see him suffer. You know? He’s good at making life difficult for himself.” She shrugs, as Carmen struggles to find a suitable reply. “Not my problem, I guess.” She settles into the bed. “What d’you reckon? I think this is even better than the mattress back home.”

“Er…”

“I’m kiddin’. I’ve got a spring right in my spine.” She wriggles closer, searching for a comfortable spot. Her back is now pressed against Carmen’s shoulder. “Oh, your side’s better. Much more comfy. G’night then.”

“G’night,” Carmen manages, frozen in place.

She should move, probably, give her friend some space. But somehow that seems even more awkward than staying put, betraying the queasy anxiety the warmth of another body in her bed seems to have generated. Move, or don’t. The debate rages in her head until Rhonda turns to face her.

“If this is makin’ you uncomfortable—”

“No. No, it’s just another… first.”

“Well, trust me. You are much nicer than, like, ninety percent of the people I’ve ever shared with.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

The compliment seems to settle in her chest, a prickling warmth that flushes her face and neck. “Thanks.”

“My pleasure.”

Rhonda burrows back into the elderly mattress, the brush of her body now a comfort rather than a source of stress. Carmen relaxes, even leans into the shoulder pressed against her, as the world turns on towards morning.

[gina-the-machina]

I’m bored so tell me your GLOW quarantine headcannons

[idealuk]

(I meant to do this right after binge-watching the first two seasons a while ago)

(1) My new NOTP, (2) the new characters I Stan/who deserve better, (3) my new starting-out OTP, (4) my new SistrOTP, (5) my new already-together OTP, and (6) my new spirit animal.

[birdlord]

Every Book I Read in 2018

Again, better late than never??

01 On the Town; Marshall Berman - A freewheeling personal and general history of Times Square, which had some great historical tidbits I’d never read before. I think I would have got more out of it if I were interested in Broadway musicals...

02 Stephen Florida; Gabe Habash - A slim little book that follows a college wrestler. One of those books that is described as muscular, when what they mean is brutal. 

03 Green Grass, Running Water; Thomas King - Four plot lines intertwine in a story blending mythology, creation, and modern First Nations people dealing with massive transformational change to their lands. I did sometimes feel like I would have enjoyed it more as an audio storytelling experience. 

04 People who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman; Richard Lloyd Parry - I don’t often read books like this, but this is essentially a true-crime sort of story, about the murder of a British woman who works as a bar hostess in Japan. Parry covers not just her story, but the whole aftermath, which even pulls in Tony Blair, eventually. 

05 My Brother’s Husband; Gengoroh Tagame - Weirdly, two Japan-related books in a row! Another culture-clash tale, when the Canadian husband visits his deceased husband Ryoji’s single-parent brother. The couple had never been to Japan while Ryoji was alive, and so the story of slow acceptance (helped along by little Kana’s openhearted curiosity) is suffused with sadness. 

06 Ghosts of the Tsunami: Life & Death in Japan’s Disaster Zone; Richard Lloyd Parry - And, let’s make it three! When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, I remember thinking that the reaction seemed so orderly, so...Japanese. But this examination puts you right in the various affected communities, following different people, including schoolchildren from Okawa primary. Like with the other Parry book above, we hear about all of the grief, ghosts and lawsuits that follow the disaster. 

07 Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History; Rhonda K. Garelick - Once she became famous, Coco Chanel built a scaffolding of lies about her past, and the purpose of this biography is to attempt to see the truth behind them. Garelick concentrates heavily on Chanel’s collaboration with the Nazis, which must have been a challenge given that her company still exists, under her name.

08 Kubrick; Michael Herr - “They speak about the dumbing of America as a foregone thing, already completed, but, duh, it’s a process, and we haven’t seen anything yet. The contemplation of this culture isn’t for sissies, and speaking about it without becoming shrill is increasingly difficult, maybe impossible.” Whoa!

09 Call Me by Your Name; Andre Aciman - I did read this after seeing the film, so as usual it was hard to divorce it from the movie experience. 

10 The Left Hand of Darkness; Ursula K LeGuin - A thought experiment about a genderless world, seen from the perspective of an off-planet envoy, who has a range of reactions to the world’s inhabitants. The most enduring section of the book involves a brutal 3-month expedition undertaken by the exiled envoy and a local, a trial by ice, wind and snow. A winter read. 

11 Stamped from the Beginning; Ibram X. Kendi - I don’t think I’d really fully grokked the idea that southern white supremacy built itself in order to prevent an uprising of the black and white underclasses, together. The basic rubric of this book is separating American movements, parties and individuals’ thinking into one of three categories: assimilationist, segregationist or genuinely antiracist. Supporting results like abolitionism does NOT make one antiracist, since support could come those with less pure motivations. I highly recommend this one, though it was copy-edited in a pretty haphazard manner!

12 Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers; Barbara Ehrenreich & Dierdre English - A short book charting a couple of parallel stories, of women healers in Europe being dismissed as witches, and the masculinization of medicine (particularly midwifery and the medicine of birth) in the USA. 

13 Her Body and Other Parties; Carmen Maria Machado - Short stories skirting the edge of a lot of genres; horror, science fiction, dark comedy. These are women’s stories, that refuse to be dismissed as chick lit. It didn’t connect with me as deeply as it has for some, but I see the appeal. 

14 Look Alive Out There; Sloane Crosley - Largely comedic set of essays by a writer whose earlier work I read, about a decade back. It’s a strange experience, to return to someone who has written memoir that seemed to exemplify that late-2000s era and discover that she - and you - have grown. 

15 Homesick for Another World; Otessa Moshfegh - Moshfegh’s choice of words (not to mention her characters themselves) remain utterly revolting. I often found myself looking up, shaking my head as if to say THIS BOOK. Considerably funnier than Eileen, which was the first of hers that I read. 

16 My Year of Rest & Relaxation; Otessa Moshfegh - After reading this, I found out that Moshfegh basically set out to get her work noticed by populating it with these vile young women. Well, it worked! Your tolerance for unlikeable main characters will be tested by this rich Columbia grad who decides to prescribe herself into a virtual coma within her NY apartment, at the turn of the millennium. And yes, it ends where you think it does. 

17 They Can’t Kill us Until They Kill Us; Hanif Abdurraquabi - This collection of music-related writing is wildly far-ranging, poetic and emotional. For myself, I did find I was more interested in those that were related to bands or musicians I had some experience with myself , which was not always the case. 

18 The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully; Aaron Carroll and Nina Teicholtz - If you’re a reader of the food media, most of what’s in here will be familiar to you, debunking fears of meat, GMOs, gluten, MSG. The authors keep their own experience, taste and interests very much in the forefront, which ends up feeling smug and irritating. 

19 The Mere Wife: A Novel; Maria Dahvana Headley - My knowledge of Beowulf is scant at best, but this retelling stood very much on its own two feet, set in a tony suburb and comparing the experience of two very different mothers of two very different sons. 

20 How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays; Alexander Chee - I’m very much On The Record as being against writers writing about writing, but this might just be an exception. 

21 Vancouver Special; Charles Demers - A sort of update on Douglas Coupland’s City of Glass, a book I loved and reread many times. This one has both a more historical bent, and an actual political viewpoint, contrasting with Coupland’s Gen X remoteness.

22 Crudo; Olivia Laing - A rushing frantic little novel, incorporating Trump tweets and Kathy Acker quotes throughout. A difficult read so close to the events described, but I can see this being an amazing window into this weird time, once a few years have passed. 

23 Hits & Misses; Simon Rich - This might also be on the line of “writers writing about writing” but Rich manages to do so in a charmingly self-deprecating way. 

24 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the US; Jeffrey Lewis - Speculative fiction written as a government report, responding, as we all have been doing, to the endlessly unprecedented Trump presidency. It all started with a tweet, of course...

25 A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster; Rebecca Solnit - This book is intended to counter the idea that disasters (“natural” and otherwise) lead people to indulge their worst sides. Solnit looks at the aftermath of some 20th C disasters like the Halifax Explosion, 9/11 and various earthquakes to find examples of people banding together to help the wounded and homeless, even taking the opportunity to create new institutions when authorities fail to do so. A tonic for a world in which disasters are likely to become increasingly common. 

26 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them; Jason Stanley - When I lived in Scotland in 2010, I went to an anti-fascist rally in Edinburgh, and I remember feeling like those attitudes were closer to the surface over there, where at home in Canada they felt abstract. This book traces how fascist policies lurk within democratic frameworks, and can sometimes metastasize to take over the host. Suffice it to say I was probably wrong then, and I’m definitely wrong now.

[elizabethrobertajones]

Hey I wanna open a discussion here Bc I feel like a minority in this. I can’t bring myself to multiship. I can recognize and be interested in the dynamics of other pairings but I can never get invested in them. I pretty much attach to one and can’t ever picture those two characters with anyone else. Everyone on my dash seems to be excited for dean and sister jo to get it on and I just. Am completely indifferent to it on any level higher than character/plot analysis tbh. Is this unpopular?

Just before I get started, the people who can seriously multiship are really amazing people and often some of the chillest fandom people because they’re relatively immune to ship weirdness about OTPs etc, very much in a “why can’t we all get along” way, so I do have several on my dash just for the chillness of it all :P I think people who can do it are pretty awesome, though I don’t know what percentage of the fandom they are and it’s pretty easy to find extremely OTP-leaning people about Destiel. 

But yeah, I *am* amused by the idea of Dean and “Sister Jo” but really only because Danneel so it sort of transcends the normal rules, and also I do have complete chill about Dean having random hook ups as long as he’s happy and there’s nothing dodgy going on, because that is Dean and I’m totally happy for that to happen while he hasn’t exactly sorted shit out with Cas. 

Buuut I think it’s very very different from “shipping” him with these characters, like, they’re there for an episode, maybe he gets something good from them, but then it’s all in the past and it becomes as inconsequential in the long run as Dean mentioning off-screen things, like Rhonda Hurley or something (*pours one out for the long-held fan wish for Danneel to show up as her* :P Unless…. she’s changed her name and become a nun���……), and I don’t really need fic or to come up with any more elaborate headcanons about them together and as you say it’s more interesting in the long run just for the meta purpose they have in the story.

I mean, I was so delighted by Dean’s horrific pick up line on Carmen in 12x18 that I paused watching the episode (while on my first watch), wrote 5 new paragraphs into Terrible Coffee AU to turn it into Dean fucking up hitting on Cas, since I’d been secretly working on a Cas as a diner waiter fic for like 5 months without telling anyone, and rushed it into production so I could post it immediately after I was done with the episode. But just because that hook up absolutely killed me and gave me a huge happy high, doesn’t mean I want Dean to get married to her or anything? I just really like it when Dean hooks up and things all seem above board and happy. 

I mean to me that’s not shipping at all, it’s just TV characters having sex and me being like, okay, that happened. And you can be like, okay that happened, about entire ginormous things in shows, like whole season long relationships you don’t really have any strong feelings about, or just random arcs that happen but don’t really inspire you about them in particular (like, 12x18 inspired me a lot but to write Destiel not Dean/Carmen-from-12x18)… 

I mean, Destiel is my OTP, I can’t get deeply emotionally invested in any other pairing for them because it feels wrong to me about how they feel for each other, like I can’t imagine them spending serious emotional energy on anyone else, and I don’t see in text them spending any serious emotional energy on anyone else, and it seems like they spend a lot on each other. So we’re all good there :P 

But, I mean, for Sam I feel less caught up in any one story he’s having with anyone, and I don’t really ship for Sam in a whole fluffy fics and needing to write much about him and love interests way, but I get fluttery feelings in my heart when he interacts with Eileen or Jody or even like Athena the Undertaker from 13x06, so I think I mostly just want Sam to be happy and when he gets blushy and weird with a lady it’s like okay dude grab a dog and settle down with her. So I sort of multi-ship Sam but he’s just not my main attention and all my emotional energy is on Dean and Cas. I guess if I was more into fic as just a fun release where there were lower stakes than Dean and Cas are to me and I could just kick back with it and read anyone, I could probably read Sam with anyone I thought was a good emotional match for him or you could convince me was. 

Dean and Cas, though, it’s special and there’s something about reading their names together and then someone writes their faces smooshing together for the first time, that feels Important and Real and powerful in a way that reading random ships for other characters or fandoms or even Dean or Cas pairings has never really made me feel. 

(I mean I wrote a whole porny fic where Cas hooks up with his friend Benjamin from 12x10 but it was the most thinly veiled Destiel parallel ever like hey what if they were 4 people in an interracial lesbian couple but still Destiel, and believe me as fun as it all was, that was my emotional anchor for making Cas get with anyone else :P) 

But again like that was really interesting to write but as soon as I wrote it and got the idea out of my head I never really felt the need to return to it and nurture a Cas x Benjamin rare pair fandom or anything? Like, I feel bad I *don’t* because it’s way more interesting a concept than Destiel in some respects, but it just doesn’t captivate me long term like Destiel does? I think they’re always going to just feel inherently *better* to me because I’m emotionally invested in them in a unique way to basically anything except my sporadic, nearly decade apart OTPs in my early life and teenager years. I don’t pick them lightly or deliberately :P It’s clear they’re *more* than any other pairing out there. So to me I am a lifelong OTP’er in the true sense of ONLY having the one pairing I really really care about and want to see succeed and be happy with all my heart. 

But at the same time it’s such a huge feeling it doesn’t actually bother me to have them in other relationships to a reasonable degree, because I can be pretty confident they’re still the best and still meant for each other, so this one random thing won’t hurt… 

Definitely in the case of Danneel showing up, and the potential for nod nod wink wink jokes about her and “Dean” or even a fling, it’s the least troublesome exemption to me ever, because they’re *married* :P I don’t even think for sure they’ll do that - I’m way sold on the idea she has a thing for Cas (maybe unrequitedly, just some one-sided flirting) because Misha and Danneel are apparently great friends and even greater trouble… :P 

[356mission]

List of individuals and groups who have participated in an event at 356 Mission

LeanThe New Dreamz (Rose Luardo and Andrew Jeffrey Wright)

Andre Hyland

Whitmer Thomas

Jessica Ciocci

Michael Webster

Asha Schechter

Gabu Heindl & Drehli Robnik (screening)

Rachel Kushner (with parts read by Barry Johnston, Gale Harold, Karen Adelman, Paul Gellman, Stuart Krimko, Stanya Kahn, Alex Israel, Milena Muzquiz)

Mina Stone

Ken Ehrlich & Emily Joyce

Flora Wiegmann with Alexa Wier

James Lee Byars (screening)

Trisha Brown (screening)

Ei Arakawa (screening)

Jennifer Phiffer

Euan MacDonald and Henri Lucas

Fundación Alumnos47

ForYourArt

Derek Boshier

Alex Kitnick

Cherry Pop

De Porres

Aaron Dilloway

Jason Lescalleet

John Wiese

Final Party (Barry Johnston)

Crazy Band

Aram Moshayedi

Bruce Hainley

Gary Dauphin

Kathryn Garcia

Leland de la Durantaye

Sohrab Mohebbi

Tala Madani

Tiffany Malakooti

Negar Azimi

Barbara T. Smith

LeRoy Stevens

Joe Sola and Michael Webster

Math Bass and Lauren Davis Fisher

Angel Diez Alvarez (screening)

Hedi El Kholti

K8 Hardy

Anna Sew Hoy

L.A. Fog

Trinie Dalton

Rita Gonzalez

Alex Klein

Mark Owens

Tanya Rubbak

AL Steiner

C.R.A.S.H.

Lao

Mexican Jihad

Zak-Matic

Laura Poitras (screening)

Parker Higgins

Domenick Ammirati

John Seal

John Tain

Bruce Hainley

Lisa Lapinski

Kate Stewart

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

Ian Svenonius

Entrance Band

Allison Wolfe

Geneva Jacuzzi

Chain & the Gang

Shivas

Hunx

Jimi Hey

69

Tim Lokiec

Scott & Tyson Reeder

Total Freedom

Prince William

Kingdom

SFV Acid

Jesse Fleming

William Leavitt

Lucas Blalock

Oliver Payne

Meredith Monk

Jessica Espeleta

Rollo Jackson (screening)

Jack Smith (screening)

Noura Wedell

Sylvère Lotringer

Jesse Benson

Zoe Crosher

Alex Cecchetti

Patricia Fernandez

Jeff Khonsary

Ben Lord

Shana Lutker

Joseph Mosconi

Suzy Newbury

Scott Oshima

Kim Schoen

Clarissa Tossin

Mark Verabioff

Brica Wilcox

Michael Clark

Ben Brunnemer

Ted Byrnes / Corey Fogel

Kirsty Bell

Johnston Marklee

Emily Sundblad & Matt Sweeney

Kevin Salatino

Wooster Group (screening)

Shannon Ebner

East of Borneo

Sue Tompkins

Alexis Taylor

Leslie Buchbinder (screening)

Odwalla88

Dean Spunt

Bebe Whypz

Saman Moghadam (screening)

J Cush

Hive Dwellers

Bouquet

Dream Boys

Jen Smith

Thee Oh Sees

Jack Name

Alex Waterman and Will Holder

Jonathan Horowitz

Ali Subotnick

Brian Calvin

Dean Wareham

Gracie DeVito

Indah Datau

Jake DeVito

Sara Gomez

Luke Harris

Sarah Johnson

Julia Leonard

Jillian Risigari-Gai

Joseph Tran

George Kuchar (screening)

Andrew Lampert

Reach LA

Oscar Tuazon

Black Dice

Danny Perez

Avey Tare

Shinzen Young

Jesse Fleming and Lewis Pesacov

Mecca Vazie Andrews

Mira Billotte

Julian Ceccaldi

Oldest (Brooks Headley & Mick Barr)

DJ Andy Coronado

François Ceysson

Amanda Ross-Ho

Raphael Rubinstein

Wallace Whitney

Bradford Nordeen

Chris Kraus

Samuel Dunscombe & Curt Miller

Jay Chung

Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn (screening)

Maricón Collective

The Shhh 

Alice Bag 

Martin Sorrondeguy

Sex Stains

Kevin Hegge (screening)

Rhonda Lieberman

Lisa Anne Auerbach

David Benjamin Sherry

Eric Wesley

Tamara Shopsin, Jason Fulford, and Brooks Headley

Deborah Hay

Becky Edmunds (screening)

Kath Bloom

Erin Durant

Ben Vida

Charles Atlas

Laurie Weeks

Kerry Tribe

Renée Green

Fred Moten

The Office of Culture and Design / Hardworking Goodlooking

YUK, MNDSGN, and AHNUU

PATAO

Michael Biel

Mark Von Schlegell

Graham Lambkin

Lex Brown

Jibade-Khalil Huffman

Dan Levenson

Sarah Mattes

Carmen Winant

Gloria Sutton

John Musilli (screening)

Pieter Schoolwerth and Alexandra Lerman (screening)

Nate Young

Safe Crackers

Frances Stark

Liliana Porter (screening)

Adam Linder

Corazon del Sol

Gary Cannone

Ben Caldwell

Jacqueline Frazier

Jan-Christopher Horak

Haile Gerima (screening)

Barbara McCullough (screening)

Jon Pestoni

Andrew Cannon

David Fenster

Dick Pics

Seth Bogart

Lonnie Holley

Rudy Garcia

Dynasty Handbag

Christine Stormberg

Anthony Valdez

Kate Mosher Hall

JJ Stratford

Diana Adzhaketov

DJs Cole MGN and Nite Jewel

Casey Jane Ellison

Gary Indiana + Walter Steding

Kate Durbin

Michael Silverblatt

Hamza Walker

Wynne Greenwood

Robert Morris

Maggie Lee (screening)

Brendan Fowler

Susan Cianciolo

Aaron Rose

John Boskovich (screening)

Michel Auder (screening)

Lauren Campedelli, Leo Marks, and Jan Munroe

Klang Association feat. Anna Homler (Breadwoman), Jorge Martin, Jeff Schwartz

sodapop

Hoseh

Miles Cooper Seaton & Heather McIntosh

Drip City

Geologist

Deaken

Brian Degraw

$3.33

Angela Seo

George Jensen

Carole Kim & Jesse Gilbert & Friends

Aledandra Pelly

dublab

Mariko Munro

Emily Jane Rosen

Lana Rosen

Max Syron

Mark Morrisroe (screening)

Ramsey McPhillips

Stuart Comer

Jordan Wolfson

Kiva Motnyk

Samara Golden

Sam Ashley

John Krausbauer

Kate Valk

Elizabeth LeCompte

Lewis Klahr

Barbara Kasten

Martine Syms

Margo Victor

Studioo Manueel Raaeder

Mary Farley

Wayne Koestenbaum

Jibz Cameron

Sean Daly

Kendra Sullivan

Trinh T. Minh-ha

Johanna Breiding + Jennifer Moon

Tisa Bryant

Cog•nate Collective (Misael G Diaz + Amy Y Sanchez-Arteaga)

Bridget Cooks

Michelle Dizon

Anne Ellegood

Shoghig Halajian

Katherine Hubbard

Simon Leung

Amanda McGough + Tyler Matthew Oyer

Dylan Mira

Litia Perta

Eden’s Herbals

Matt Connors

Flat Worms

Susan

Lucky Dragons

Dos Mega

David Korty

Monica Majoli

Forrest Nash

Sophie von Olfers

Rudolf Eb.er

dave phillips

Joke Lanz

The Dog Star Orchestra

The Edge of Forever (Elizabeth Cline + Lewis Pesacov)

Lutz Bacher (screening)

Agnes Martin (screening)

Marisa Takal

Moyra Davey (screening)

Suzanna Zak

Wu Tsang, boychild and Patrick Belaga

Snake Jé

VIP

Fictitious Business DBA The Geminis

DJ M.Suarez

Asmara

Weirdo Dave

Mission Chinese

Veronica Gonzalez Peña

Thomas Bayrle

Bernhard Schreiner

Bob Nickas

The Cactus Store / Christian Herman Cummings

Atelier E.B

Iman Issa

Diana Nawi

Sqirl

Downtown Women’s Center

Earthjustice

Juvenile Justice Clinic at Loyola Law School

Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic

N.eed O.rganize W.ork

Planned Parenthood

SoCal 350 Climate Action

St. Athanasius

WriteGirl

Sean/Milan

John Santos

Thomas Davis

Twisted Mindz

Adrienne Adams

Evan Kent 

Jasmine McCloud 

Gia Banks

Ace Farren Ford

Dennis Mehaffey

Fredrik Nilsen

Paul McCarthy

Joe Potts

Rick Potts

Tom Recchion

Vetza

Oliver Hall

Rigo 23

Gil Kenan & Vice Cooler (screening)

Cassie Griffin

Clara Cakes

Clay Tatum + Whitmer Thomas (Power Violence)

DJ AshTreJinkins

DJs Protectme

Crush

Sara Knox Hunter

Dodie Bellamy

Miranda July

Alexander Keefe

Thomas Keenan

Kevin Killian

Silke Otto-Knapp

Calypso Jete, Essence Jete Monroe, Virginia X, Leandra Rose, Naomi Befierce, Tori Perfection, Foxie Adjuis

Brontez Purnell

Kate Wolf

Adam Soch (screening)

Dar A Luz

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Michelle Carrillo

Ruth Root

Timothy Ochoa

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‘Wrecking Crew’ Drummer Hal Blaine, Who Played On Rock’s Biggest Hits, Has Died

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Hal Blaine, who kept the beat as the drummer in the iconic group of session musicians popularly known as the Wrecking Crew, has died.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who played on about 40 No. 1 singles and roughly 150 Top 10 tunes, was 90.  

The Associated Press reported that he died of natural causes at his home in California. 

Blaine performed on dozens of beloved albums, including the Beach Boys’ masterwork “Pet Sounds.” He also worked with Elvis Presley, Sonny & Cher, The Mamas & the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel and The Byrds, as well as both Frank and Nancy Sinatra, just to name a few.

In many cases, Blaine and fellow members of the Wrecking Crew recorded on other bands’ tracks without fans ever knowing it. 

“We were the original Milli Vanillis,” Blaine cracked in a 2001 interview with The Hartford Courant. “I replaced almost 200 drummers in groups and bands when they used me in the studio.”

Blaine’s drumming was also a key part of Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, including the instantly recognizable opening beat of “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes: 

He performed on several Elvis hits, including “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and played drums in the studio for the TV broadcast popularly known as “The ’68 Comeback Special.” 

Blaine also played on an Elvis song that became a hit twice. “A Little Less Conversation” hit Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1968 as part of the soundtrack to the film “Live a Little, Love a Little.” A 2002 remix by Junkie XL also cracked the Hot 100.    

Blaine, born in Massachusetts in 1929, started drumming at the age of 7, making his own sticks from the backrests of kitchen chairs, The Washington Post noted in a 1987 profile. 

He toured with various musicians after serving in Korea, then became a session musician in the early years of rock, even though studio execs dismissed it as “loud, filthy, unsophisticated music,” he told the Post. 

“I told them to get with it, it was the new sound,” he said. 

Blaine told Music Radar in 2011 that working with so many luminaries ― and on so many hits ― didn’t seem so unusual at the time:  

“Funny thing is, we had no idea that what we were doing was groundbreaking or revolutionary. Doing a TV show in the morning, a Beach Boys track or a Phil Spector session in the afternoon, then working with Frank Sinatra or Simon & Garfunkel after that ― that was normal to us. We were working musicians, playing great music. We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it.”

Blaine was married and divorced five times, according to Variety. AP said he is survived by daughter Michelle and seven grandchildren. 

Musicians and fans alike honored Blaine on social media: 

I’m so sad, I don’t know what to say. Hal Blaine was such a great musician and friend that I can’t put it into words. Hal taught me a lot, and he had so much to do with our success – he was the greatest drummer ever. We also laughed an awful lot. Love, Brian pic.twitter.com/vLOX3RIKc6

— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) March 11, 2019

God bless Hal Blaine peace and love to all his family Goodbye Hal an incredible musician. 😎✌️🌟❤️☮️

— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) March 12, 2019

A tremendous loss. I was fortunate enough to record with him one time; the same session I met @benchten. Farewell Hal Blaine, and thanks for the great music. https://t.co/H5eH0A6VoM

— rosanne cash (@rosannecash) March 12, 2019

Today I regrettably have to say goodbye to Hal, and thank him for the magic he put on all our Ronettes recordings… and so many others throughout his incredible career. Thank you Hal. Love forever, Ronnie

— Ronnie Spector (@RonnieSpectorGS) March 12, 2019

25 Months ago Hal Blaine and I made music for the last time together at the NAMM Convention. https://t.co/ua8p7U1zh9

— Ronnie Spector (@RonnieSpectorGS) March 12, 2019

Our condolences to the family of #HalBlaine, drummer extraordinaire in the Wrecking Crew who played on many Beach Boys tracks, including “Good Vibrations,” “I Get Around,” “Help Me, Rhonda” & more. Love and mercy x https://t.co/SV3SCnWZ9j

— The Beach Boys (@TheBeachBoys) March 11, 2019

I am deeply saddened about the passing of drummer, Hal Blaine. Hal played drums on the soundtrack of our lives for many of us… Worth reading: An Interview with Hal Blaine | Modern Drummer Magazine https://t.co/1FWoi0bOw2

— Micky Dolenz (@TheMickyDolenz1) March 12, 2019

R.I.P. Hal Blaine, the phenomenal drummer of The Wrecking Crew who probably played on half of the hit records of🙁🙏🥁 the 60’s.

— Eric Carmen (@RealEricCarmen) March 12, 2019

Oh man. The greatest. Eric is right. He is half our history. I just got a joke in the mail from him like a month ago. RIP brother. https://t.co/fOnKOVJsM6

— Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) March 12, 2019

Hal Blaine is indescribable. His contributions to rock and soul music is as sacred as it gets. RIP https://t.co/dNhsDGyNpQ

— Michael Des Barres (@MDesbarres) March 12, 2019

Legendary…Such a loss…such an unbelievable career…Thank You, Mr Blaine…XX

Drumming legend Hal Blaine dies at age 90 https://t.co/TEQm1MnQlD

— David Coverdale (@davidcoverdale) March 12, 2019

RIP Hal Blaine. There will never be another… Google the hits he played on !!

— Steve Lukather (@stevelukather) March 11, 2019

Rest In Peace Hal Blaine… One of the greatest drummers of all time. If you have listened to music you have heard his wonderful drumming. pic.twitter.com/wkycjgY5qe

— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) March 12, 2019

Saddenned to learn of Hal Blaine’s passing today. As a member of the Wrecking Crew with Glen, Hal played on “Galveston,” “Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife,” and “Where’s The Playground Susie” to name a few. RIP Hal. https://t.co/1YlpLK9T8j pic.twitter.com/z7xmAGO8jM

— Glen Campbell (@GlenCampbell) March 12, 2019

Whether you know it or not, #HalBlaine is one of your favorite drummers. So glad we got to honor Hal with a @RecordingAcad Lifetime Achievement Award last year with the help of @HerbAlpert. If you loved The Wrecking Crew like I did, you feel little wrecked today. #RIPHalBlaine pic.twitter.com/HHv1pncCNP

— David Wild (@Wildaboutmusic) March 11, 2019

You definitely know the music….even if you weren’t familiar with his name. Soundtrack of a generation! R.I.P. #HalBlaine

— The Fixx (@FixxOnline) March 12, 2019

RIP Hal Blaine. Him talking about recording the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” is, of course, fascinating. https://t.co/vYVpn1t3KB

— Annie Zaleski (@anniezaleski) March 11, 2019

Hal Blaine, Session Drummer on Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds,’ Dead at 90 – Rolling Stone https://t.co/RoZmij16bt

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 12, 2019

RIP Hal Blaine. Trust me, you loved his work.

— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) March 11, 2019

RIP the great Hal Blaine, who played on every single great song from the 1960s you can think of. He played on everything from “Pet Sounds” to the 1974 Roxy “Rocky Horror” cast album. pic.twitter.com/Sk27K4iCKH

— Andy Ross (@ThatAndyRoss) March 11, 2019

RIP Hal Blaine, who your favorite drummers stole from shamelessly & yet never came close

— Caryn Rose (@carynrose) March 11, 2019

More importantly, Hal Blaine was the most influential, important, and omnipresent drummer no one’s ever heard of and a true master. RIP.

— Nathaniel Friedman (@freedarko) March 11, 2019

For what I’m into Hal Blaine was probably the greatest drummer of all time. In ’93 I mailed him my copy of his autobiography in hopes he’d sign it. He sent it back so fast it made my head spin. A genuine good guy. This is my favorite performance of his: https://t.co/KOg34xyODG

— Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) March 11, 2019

An anonymous session player who will be remembered forever. Rest In Peace, Hal Blaine. https://t.co/9Mj6eVh8Tf

— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) March 11, 2019

RIP Hal Blaine, 90

The session drummer who played on the defining songs of generations.

Be My Baby Good Vibrations Mr. Tambourine Eve of Destruction Monday Monday Mrs Robinson Bridge Over Troubled Water Let the Sunshine In Strangers in the Night Help Me Rhonda The Boxer pic.twitter.com/EHYQVlTPwq

— Rhett Bartlett (@dialmformovies) March 11, 2019

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Episode 43: ADBC 10/28/18

The boss at the radio was listening to this show and she said it was great. She can’t be wrong. She’s the boss.

Listen Here

Merle Haggard “Working Man Blues” from Hag on Capitol Records

Bob Dylan “Workingman's Blues” from Modern Times on Columbia

Gloria Jones “Tainted love” from The Soul Of Minit Records: 1966-1969 Struttin' And Flirtin' on EMI Records

Nicole Atkins “Goodnight Rhonda Lee” from Goodnight Rhonda Lee on Single Lock (Red)

Hard Working Americans “Work for Peace” from Don't Wanna Hurt Nobody on Melvin Records

Tammy McKnight “Stop These Teardrops” from All Of This Goes Too on Cairo

The War and Treaty “Healing Tide” from Healing Tide on Strong World Entertainment

Hold Steady “The Bear And The Maiden” from RSD13 on Vagrant

John Moreland “It Don't Suit Me” from Big Bad Luv on 4AD

Shannon & the Clams “It's Gonna Go Away” from Onion on Easy Eye Sound / Nonesuch

Sarah Jarosz “Grandma's Hands” from The New 45 on Sugar Hill Records

Wilco “Box Full of Letters” from A.M. on Sire

Becky Warren “Carmen” from Undesirable on Becky Warren

Dashboard Saviors “All Before” from Spinnin On Down on Medium Cool Records

Ray Wylie Hubbard “Conversation With The Devil” from Crusades of the Restless Knights on Philo

Bruce Springsteen “Johnny 99” from Nebraska on Columbia

Old 97's “Rollerskate Skinny” from alive and wired on New West

Staple Singers “Be What You Are” from Be What You Are on Stax

REM “Half a World Away (Live)” from Unplugged 1991/2001: Complete Sessions on Rhino

My Morning Jacket “Easy Morning Rebel” from It Still Moves on ATO Records

JD McPherson “Crying's Just A Thing That You Do” from Undivided Heart & Soul on New West Records

Ryan Adams “This House Is Not for Sale” from Love Is Hell on Lost Highway Records

Laura Marling “strange” from Short Movie on Ribbon

Ryo Fukui “early summer” from Scenery on Trio Records

Mavis Staples “We Go High” from If All I Was Was Black on Anti

Wilco “Handshake Drugs” from A Ghost Is Born on Nonesuch

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears “Handshake Drugs” from The Difference Between Me & You on Black Joe Lewis

Ted Hawkins “Gypsy Woman” from Happy Hour on Rounder Records

Neil Young & Crazy Horse “cortez the Killer” from live rust on Reprise

Adam's House Cat “Lookout Mountain” from Town Burned Down on ATO Records

Ural Thomas “Pain Is The Name Of Your Game” from The Truth Is A Lie on Cairo

Bonnie Raitt “Danger & Heartbreak Dead Ahead” from Bonnie Raitt on rhino warner

James Cotton “River's invitation” from Cut You Loose on Vanguard

Wallace Brothers “Thin Line Between Love And Hate” from The Truth Is A Lie on Cairo

Alynda Segarra & The Special Men “Don't Tell Me That It's Over” from Special Men on Special Man Industries

Billy Joe Shaver “Honky Tonk Heroes” from Gypsy Boy on Capricorn Records

Gillian Welch “Wrecking ball” from Soul Journey on Acony

X “come back to me” from Under The Big Black Sun on Elektra Entertainment

Curtis Harding “Where We Are” from It`s Not Over on Anti

Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Tonight's the night” from live rust on Reprise

Tami Neilson “Walk (Back to Your Arms)” from Dynamite on self

Otis Redding “Mr. Pitiful” from The Very Best of Otis Redding on Rhino

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Do you have any ships in this show?

:) In a word: YES. I mean, I should probably insert the standard disclaimer that the show is only in its infancy and a lot of what I think/feel now may be changed by plot and character developments in S2… and also I am generally in favour of Let The People Have Their Ship, so my preferences here are in no way meant to invalidate or disparage other pairings. That said: Tamee x Reggie, Rhonda x Carmen, Carmen x Bash, Bash x Florian, Ruth x Debbie, Ruth x Sam. Reasoning below the cut because holy heck do I have Thoughts.

Reggie X Tamee - bear with me on this one, because I think a lot of it is sold in beautiful background work by Marianna Palka, but I really think Reggie has a crush on Tamee. It struck me when they’re watching Blood Disco, the ways they’re sitting and the way she reacts to Tamee, and once my shipper goggles were on I started seeing it in other scenes. 

Carmen x Bash - my first watch through I thought this was being ship teased and I… really like it?? Bash feels like he could be a shallow, party boy character who would chase after Debbie in a different show, but he really isn’t, and I love GLOW for doing that. I enjoy how they’re a little bit in awe of one another - he’s the big shot producer with arcade games in his bathroom and she’s from a wrestling dynasty - and the fact he was willing to run out and try to salvage Carmen’s wrestling career when it looked like her Dad would end it, even though he’s a huge fan of Goliath, was also super sweet. That said, I am also totally down for them being a wrestling superfan brotp because… 

Carmen x Rhonda - that lotion scene, man. Nuff said. Also, Rhonda sees so much good in people; she even calls Sam ‘kind and generous’ (which he is, but, you know, 0.05% of the time) and I just… want her to have a nice, supportive relationship where she isn’t teased all the time. Carmen is so positive and kind also, and it feels like this would just be such a *wholesome* ship. And normally I go for horrible, angst laden messes of ships, so wholesome would be a nice change. 

Bash x Florian - I mean, it’s not really subtext just how much Bash cares about his ‘butler’ is it? Sam calls him an idiot, and with a cry of “Florian kicks ass!” Bash tries to push him over… “You can’t have Florian, he’s too valuable to me!” It’s a bit twisted up with the master/servant dynamic but there seems to be affection on both sides and a sense that behind the scenes things are more balanced between them. Florian’s “Last night was breakfast for dinner night and I was the only one eating it” line was so sad! There’s a couple of other instances where I felt it was strongly hinted that Bash is gay - Sam’s cut in about separate rooms at Palm Springs, the way he brushes off Tamee’s reaction to Gorgeous George, and Birdie’s line about how she disapproves of most of the things her son spends his time doing. Ouch. That made me think the whole butler thing is maybe just their cover story for living together, with Bash in a situation where coming out is just not possible atm :( So, yeah, I ship it and if it happens I really hope they get a happy ending together :) 

Debbie x Ruth - the writers and actors have been pretty open about the fact the will-they-won’t-they at the core of S1 is a straight up sub of your common-or-garden-variety-ship-tease with the question of reconciliation between Ruth and Debbie (see here, here and here). And the fact that their relationship endures and seems worth fighting for, even as Debbie’s marriage disintegrates is veeeery telling. For me, it’s the scene at Birdie’s party where they have one of their first honest conversations that totally sold me on it. The way they do and do not look at each other, the cracks in their voices. Ruth’s confession that follows. It’s just… yeah, that’s my angsty ship vibe right there. On a re-watch I think there’s a lot in Alison Brie’s background work as well that sells Ruth’s physical discomfort around Debbie, like she’s too aware of her body around her. 

Ruth x Sam - I was categorically NOT shipping this to start with, because Sam is inexcusably cruel to Ruth and seemed like such a douche (with the exception of the kitchen scene at Debbie’s house) until later in episode 3. And then, I dunno, the fact they’re so simpatico began to get teased out. The way he sets the stage up for the birth of Zoya at patiotown and that big wink at the end, the scene at Foster’s Freeze is just… ah, perfect. I love a cranky banter ship and they have it in spades. And a ship where everyone else assumes they’re a couple but the pair are in complete denial about it is also My Jam. And I love cranky as hell characters revealing their softer side when someone they care about needs help. That said, Marc Maron has talked a bit about how he feels their relationship is/should go here and Alison Brie here I agree with them. I would much rather it stay as a Brotp/slow burn will-they-won’t-they on the show, and do my hardcore shipping Swilder shipping here in fanfic…