#celia o'brien

[lalasknives]

Sick and tired of thinking about bose being sad about not having a dad. He is happy with his mother. Yeah. And ykw? He is so happy with her that for Father's Day, he gives her a card saying, "Thank you for being the best dad ever mom :)". He thinks she is enough for him as she was able to provide him stability and money. She gave up her love life for him (because, honestly, Celia doesn't love the vice mayor. Every interaction they have seems forced to me) and for that, he is grateful. He sometimes jokes about his dad being absent because he is a teenager who just learned the words irony and dark humour.

[boseobrien]

The Willard O'Brien family was written by Sasha Sloan.

[fangforthememories]

What not to say to someone who just came out, Dangerverse editon:

[tactlesstuesdays]

people in swellview absolutely ship shoutstorm and when angela found out about it she almost had a heart attack

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[gastronauts]

Now presenting the trailer for new @dropoutdottv series, Gastronauts! 🚀🧑‍🍳

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The 6 episode season will air biweekly, exclusively on Dropout.

[alistairlowes]

Some books to show comparison because I apparently have nothing better to do on a free Sunday and since this is awakening interest in the books I’m gonna give you all some warnings :)

- The book are a lot darker, especially the first one when it comes the abuse Nathan experienced.

- There is no “fairborn” and “blood” witches. Fairborn was the name of the knife Nathan’s father gave to him. In the book they are called black and white witches with white witches being “good” and running most of things and black witches being “bad” and having to hide. Yes, it’s supposed to be racism metaphor. The whole point is that white witches are hypocritical and terrible. For some reason Netflix decided to get rid of those more ~political~ elements which is why I see people wonder why some scenes come of as racist. It’s because they are supposed to, but it does send the whole different message when you take away the main plot aspect from the story.

- Celia is not a good character at all. She puts Nathan in the cage right away. He spent years in a cage and she abused him and treated him like an animal. She never dies in the books which she should have. Nathan hated her.

- Nathan had two more step siblings which aren’t in the show. Unlike Jessica, they liked him and helped him. Jessica was bad, but she wasn’t the “main villain”.

- The scene where Nathan gets stabbed in the show is much worse in the books. It happens when he is younger and they don’t stab him, they use a knife to carve “BW” into his back which leaves him with permanent scar.

- He is also forcibly tattooed by white witches to be marked as half white half black witch.

- They changed powers of all characters.

- Annalise is a lot less present in the books. She pretty much serves as a LI for Nathan and other than that she has very little agency as a character. She is comatosed for most of the story lol.

- Gabriel also has completely different personality and appearance. Nathan meets him at the end of the first book and lives with him for a while. Gabriel is “mortal” when he meets him because he fucked up his powers and turned himself into a regular human and there is an arc in the books where they try to restore his powers. Also tbh, he is quite toxic and lowkey misogynistic. He likes Nathan and therefore he hates Annalise. Can’t stand her, won’t look at her which is why the show version is well… better… but also funny. He also has a different backstory and he has reason to hate white witches.

- The show might do poly relationship but if you expect it from the books… run.

- That cult(??) that was killing white witches and eating their hearts? None of that happens. In the book they go find Mercury and vibe with her for a while. She isn’t evil EVIL, she mostly works for her own interest. She never helps Jessica.

- A lot of characters were left out.

[spoilery area for things not yet shown in show!! not that they are following it anyway]

- Soul O'Brien was basically turned into Marcus in the show. Marcus was the one eating hearts and collecting powers so later [spoilers] when Nathan eats his heart, he inherits all of his powers turning him into the most powerful witch. They still mentioned Nathan is supposed to be the one to kill Marcus but I don’t really see why now.

- Annalise never kills her dad. She kills Marcus which makes Nathan hate her and want to kill her. She only did it because Marcus killed her brother in front of her. Bdw Marcus dies in a very stupid way considering he is supposed to be most the powerful witch.

- Nathan does get his finger cut off but it was not in the context the show did it. Lots of deus ex machina in the books.

- There are exactly three queer characters in the books. They all die.

- Gabriel gets shot multiple times and can’t heal so he dies. That makes Nathan very angry and he spends some time killing white witches only to decide to unalive himself by turning into a tree on Gabriel’s grave because he realized he can’t live without him. But not before he meets up with Annalise who gets her happy ending BUT!! she also ends up having Nathan’s child so the half blood line continues or some other shit like that idk.

[nebulouscoffee]

I was tagged by @fancy-a-dance-brigadier to list 5 comfort characters then tag 5 other people. Thank you for tagging me!

I also don't really tend to think of characters this way; I'm more likely to take comfort in dynamics between characters than the characters themselves, if that makes sense? So I might cheat a little. I'll also keep this to Star Trek, since that's the theme of the blog and there are sooo many characters in Trek already :)

Sisko & Dax, DS9 - yes, both Daxes! I was going to say Ben & Jake, but honestly there's something about the way this friendship transcends linearity and corporeality that makes me insane, and as someone whose friends are all quite far away from me right now the way they keep coming back to each other in every lifetime brings me a lot of comfort <3

Nyota Uhura, SNW - look, I know Nichelle Nichols will always be the most important and influential, but Celia Gooding Uhura is just like me fr I'm sorry!! I see a character whose whole arc revolves around her struggle to accept change and loss and her difficulties opening up to new friendships because the people you love always end up becoming the people you miss, and I latch onto them like a barnacle. Then tear up a bit when they sing a song about realising they have everything they need by themselves after years of feeling like a husk of a person. Like... I just wanna get there someday

B'Elanna Torres, VOY - hmm, is this about the way she struggles to open herself up to intimacy because she knows it'll hurt later when people leave? Yes, yes it is, so I'll spare you lol

Kira Nerys, DS9 - ugh she is SUCH a comfort blorbo to me I don't even know where to begin! The sheer amount that she has been through, and yet still manages to get out of bed every day and face the world around her and smile like That is so inspirational. She is so scarred and flawed and has lost so much and yet she isn't afraid to love people. Are you sensing a theme here

The whole entire next gen crew! Yes, this is massively cheating, but some years ago TNG helped pull me out of a dark place and made me insane about Star Trek, so as a result to this day I still find all their faces and voices and friendships so so comforting. Look, sometimes a bitch is feeling vulnerable and lost and just needs to turn on the TV and hear Patrick Stewart telling them things will eventually work out okay!!

(Honourable mention to O'Brien & Bashir from DS9, this was a huge comfort duo of mine back on first watch. I love them so much <3)

I'll tag: @lorenzobane @sapphosewrites @enterprisery @trillscienceofficer and @wanderingwriter87 - no pressure of course!

[quoteoftheweekblog]

23/10/23 - ARAVIND ADIGA

’ “O, I do read Indian novels sometimes.” ’ (Adiga, 2016, p.274).

REFERENCE

Adiga, A. (2016) 'Selection day'. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selection-Day-Aravind-Adiga-ebook/dp/B018UGLW9S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (Accessed 23 October 2023).

*****

SEE ALSO

’ “Cricket? Cricket was brought here by the British to entrap us.” ’ (Adiga, 2016, p.70).

BLACK/BAME/GLOBAL MAJORITY MONTH 2023

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GLOBAL MAJORITY MONTH

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PLUS

' " … always a big reader.” ’ (Adiga, 2016, p.260).

THIS MONTH MY READING HAS RETURNED AFTER

DIRE TIMES

AND SO FAR I HAVE READ

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AS WELL AS

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SELECTION DAY

&

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WILFUL BEHAVIOUR

ON KINDLE

*****

FOR BOOK GROUP

THIS MONTH ONE OF OUR READERS HAS NOT READ THIS MONTH’S BOOK BUT HAS READ (OR IS READING)

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THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES

‘I have been continuing with Earths Children series and am now on the last one, The Land of the Painted Caves. I love them and have read them before.’

&

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ALL THE LITTLE LIARS

‘I have read All The Little Liars by Victoria Selman which I thought started slowly then got me hooked. It is about a 13 year old girl and her friend who got 20 years for killing their friend.’

&

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UNCLE PAUL

‘I am now reading Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin which is billed as a suspense novel and I am quite enjoying.’

&

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

’ … started … ‘

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ANOTHER MEMBER HAS STARTED

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THE SENTENCE IS DEATH

‘I'm currently reading Anthony Horowitz's 'the Sentence is Death'. The author seems to weave himself into the narrative and set in London - it's fun even if it is a murder story.’

& FINISHED

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A LONG WALK HOME

‘I've read 'A Long Walk Home' by Judith Tebbutt. It is her account of her kidnap from a coastal holiday resort in Kenya in 2012 by Somali pirates. Her imprisonment for 8-9 months and how she coped with this and hearing that her husband had been killed by the pirates. Absolutely gripping and a story of inner strength and resilience.’

WHILST THE OTHER HALF

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THE INK BLACK HEART

 ‘ … still ploughing through … !’

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ANOTHER MEMBER IS FINDING THIS CONFUSING

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THE LITTLE RED CHAIRS

‘I've nearly finished Edna O'Brien's The Little Red Chairs.  I am finding it quite confusing, it's very episodic with a lot of very raw description, but you need to look it up to work out what is going on!’

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OUR LEADER IS JUGGLING

‘I am reading Milkman by Anna Burns, The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macauley and All the Light we Cannot See (I have put this on hold temporarily).’

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MILKMAN

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THE TOWERS OF TREBIZOND

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ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

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BOOK GROUP

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2023

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12 EPIC YEARS

FROM THE ARCHIVE

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17/8/20

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[tayesthetic]

Alright y’all it’s time to figure out wtf he’s saying here!

I put it in 0.5 speed and so far all I can read is him screaming, “my fucking career,” when he’s aggressively pointing at himself

Professional lip readers, it’s your time to shine

[derekklenadaily]

seanallankrill: It was such beautiful gift to be able to perform @jaggedlittlepill with these brilliant superhumans again, even if only in an abridged version. I’ll take every moment I can get 💙 So happy this live concert (yes, it was absolutely, terrifyingly LIVE! 😅) could help raise funds and awareness for @RAINN and help regional theatre houses across the country stay afloat during these uncertain times. There is still time to do your part! The concert is streaming until 11:59 PM EST tonight, Wednesday 12/16. Got to stellartickets.com or just click the link in my bio #jaggedlittlebroadway #JaggedLiveNYC

[lalasknives]

Angela and Alejandra are candy crush mums. Celia is a homescapes mum.

[boseobrien]

Petition for more O'brien Willard family content in S3 >>>>

[sailing-right-out-there]

The OG Found Family

You ever revisit a story from your childhood and suddenly realize, with perfect clarity, that it is the cause for your trope preferences? 

[aliveandfullofjoy]

300 Favorite Performances: #80-71

80. Juliette Binoche, as “Hana,” in The English Patient (dir. Anthony Minghella, 1996)

79. Danielle Darrieux, as “Madame de...,” in The Earrings of Madame de... (dir. Max Ophuls, 1953)

78. Walter Huston, as “Sam Dodsworth,” in Dodsworth (dir. William Wyler, 1936)

77. Jodie Foster, as “Clarice Starling,” in The Silence of the Lambs (dir. Jonathan Demme, 1991)

76. Joel Grey, as “The Master of Ceremonies,” in Cabaret (dir. Bob Fosse, 1972)

75. Celia Johnson, as “Laura Jesson,” in Brief Encounter (dir. David Lean, 1945)

74. Ingrid Bergman, as “Ilsa Lund,” in Casablanca (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1943)

73. Winona Mae, as “Emily Prime,” in World of Tomorrow and World of Tomorrow, Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (dir. Don Hertzfeldt, 2015-2017)

72. Sally Hawkins, as “Poppy Cross,” in Happy-Go-Lucky (dir. Mike Leigh, 2008)

71. Margaret O’Brien, as “Tootie Smith,” in Meet Me in St. Louis (dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1944)

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"4.50 FROM PADDINGTON" (2004) Review

"4.50 FROM PADDINGTON" (2004) Review I have been a major fan of Agatha Christie's 1957 novel, "4.50 From Paddington", ever since I was in my teens. In fact, I consider it one of my top ten favorite Christie novels of all time. So, it is not surprising that I would approach any movie or television adaptation of this story with great anticipation. 

As far as I know, there have been at least two adaptations of Christie's 1957 novel. Both were television movies that starred Joan Hickson as Jane Marple in 1987 and Geraldine McEwan in 2004. Just recently, I watched the McEwan version and all I can say is . . . hmmmmm. "4.50 FROM PADDINGTON" (also known as "WHAT MRS. McGILLICUDDY SAW") begins with Mrs. Elspeth McGillicuddy leaving London by train, following a Christmas shopping trip. She is on her way to St. Mary Mead to visit her old friend, Miss Jane Marple in St. Mary Mead. Sometime during the journey, Mrs. McGillicuddy looks out of her window and spots a man with his back to her strangling a woman in a train traveling parallel to hers. Upon reaching St. Mary Mead, Mrs. McGillicuddy reports the murder to Miss Marple, before the pair reports it to an unbelieving railway official. While Mrs. McGillicuddy travels on to visit relatives in Ceylon for the holidays, Miss Marple takes matters into her own hands. She comes to the conclusion that the murderer had dumped the body off the train before it could be discovered at an estate owned by the Crackenthorpe family called Rutherford Hall, near Brackhampton. Miss Marple recruits a professional housekeeper named Lucy Eylesbarrow to hire herself out to the Crackenthorpes with the pretense that she wants to be near her "aunt" - namely Miss Marple - and hunt for the missing body. Eventually, Lucy does find the body . . . and more mayhem ensues. I was not particularly fond of the 1987 Joan Hickson adaptation. And if I must be brutally honest, I do not have a high opinion of this 2004 version. Both versions seemed to be marred by two major problems - too many changes and the love triangle involving the Lucy Eylesbarrow character. And if I must be honest, Lucy proved to be a problem all on her own. Stephen Churchett made changes that I found particularly unnecessary. The movie began with a World War II flashback that featured the death of the Crackenthorpe family matriarch, which seemed to have an impact on the family patriarch, Luther Crackenthorpe. Although poignant, this scene struck me as a complete waste of time that did not seem to have anything to do with the main narrative. And once again, this version ended with a resolution to the love triangle that surrounded Lucy Eylesbarrow. Apparently, no one seemed to care how Christie deliberately left the matter opened in regard to Lucy's choice. I have always regarded the Lucy Eylesbarow character as something of a "Mary Sue". The 1987 version of the character was transformed into a humorless prig. Although the 2004 version of the character managed to regain some wit, she also came off as an even bigger "Mary Sue" than the literary version. The television movie introduced Lucy singing with Noel Coward (of all people) to his guests at a dinner party. She was dressed to the nines . . . and still serving as a housekeeper. What the hell? When I saw this, I could not believe my eyes. And why on earth did Churchett and director Andy Wilson allowed Miss Marple to reveal the murderer to an audience . . . aboard a moving train? This struck me as incredibly contrived and rather uncomfortable. The movie also featured some severe character changes. Harold Crackenthorpe was transformed into a serial rapist, who has targeted Lucy as his latest victim. Alfred Crackenthorpe remained a minor crook, who seemed to be constantly weeping over a former girlfriend who had dumped him. Instead of being the oldest living brother, Cedric Crackenthorpe became the youngest sibling in the family and a failed painter. Why? I have not the foggiest idea. And Churchett completely jettisoned him from the love triangle concerning Lucy Eylesbarrow. This version featured a love triangle between Lucy, Bryan Eastley (Luther's son-in-law), and Inspector Tom Campbell, the investigating detective for the case. Yes, that is correct. Once again, the Dermot Craddock character (who was the investigating detective in the novel) was eliminated from another adaptation. In his place was another detective with close ties to Miss Marple. Which is ironic, considering that he had appeared in the 2004 version of "A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED". Speaking of Bryan Eastley, he was transformed into an American war veteran. Only the Luther Crackenthorpe, Emma Crackenthorpe and Dr. Quimper characters remained intact. However, "4.50 FROM PADDINGTON" did have its share of virtues. I have to give kudos to Jeff Tessler for his excellent production designs. His work made it very easy for television audiences to find themselves transported back to 1951. Also adding to the movie's setting were Pilar Foy's art direction and Phoebe De Gaye's costume designs. I also enjoyed the production's cinematography, thanks to Martin Fuhrer's sharp and colorful work. And Jeremy Gibbs's editing greatly enhanced the sequence in which Elspeth McGillicuddy first witnessed the murder. Despite my dissatisfaction with the overall adaptation of Christie's 1957 novel, I must admit that Andy Wilson did a solid job as director. This was evident in the movie's pacing and performances. Speaking of performances, I tried to think of one or two performance that seemed out of step to me. But if I must be honest, I could not find one. "4.50 FROM PADDINGTON" provided some pretty good, solid performances. Geraldine McEwan was in fine form, as usual, as Miss Jane Marple. And she clicked very well with three particular cast members - Pam Ferris, who did an excellent job in portraying the pragmatic Elspeth McGillicuddy; John Hannah, who gave a nice performance as the rather quiet and intelligent Tom Campbell; and Amanda Holden, who seemed to be a bundle of charm as the talented and dependable Lucy Eylesbarrow. Jenny Agutter gave a very poignant performance in her brief appearance as the dying Agnes Crackenthorpe. The movie also featured solid performances from the likes of Niamh Cusack, Griff Rhys Jones, Charlie Creed-Miles, Kurtis O'Brien, Ciarán McMenamin, and Celia Imrie, who was rather funny as a Russian dancing mistress being interviewed by Tom Campbell and Miss Marple. But there were four performances that proved to be my favorite. One came from Rose Keegan, who was even more funny as Lady Alice Crackenthorpe, Harold's aristocratic wife. My second favorite performance came from David Warner was at times, poignant, rather funny and very sardonic (depending on the scene) as family patriarch Luther Crackenthorpe. Ben Daniels was equally funny and sardonic as the despairing Alfred Crackenthorpe, who seemed to have more regard for the woman who had dumped him, than his family. And perhaps I should be grateful that screenwriter Stephen Churchett transformed the Bryan Eastley character to an American. This gave American-born Michael Landes a chance to make the character more than bearable. Landes did something that Christie's writing and actor David Beames failed to do in the 1987 version . . . make Bryan Eastley sexy and charismatic. I will not deny that "4.50 FROM PADDINGTON" had its virtues. The movie can boast fine performances from a cast led by Geraldine McEwan. I really had no problem with Andy Wilson's direction. And the movie's 1951 was beautiful to look at, thanks to the production staff. But I still had problems with the movie's adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1957 novel. There were too many unnecessary changes to a story that had become one of my favorites penned by the author. Pity.