#dylan is a real joker

[pinchcinnamon]

once on dylan's twitter...

[donotdestroy]

Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower (Official Audio)

Genius Lyrics

“The joker and thief are two pretty broad archetypes, but there are plenty of theories as to who they are meant to represent. Some think the Joker is a symbol for Jesus, since he interacts with a thief, and Jesus was crucified next to the Penitent thief and Impenitent thief. Additionally, some believe that the Joker is Dylan himself, and the thief is Elvis Presley, as Elvis was accused of stealing rock and roll from the African-Americans to make money. Some have gone even deeper and view the joker and the thief as symbols of life and death. A lot of this song has to do with perspective; the businessmen see things differently than the joker, the princes see things differently than the servants, the thief sees things differently than the plowmen. A concise and beautifully written song like this lends itself to so many different meanings that no interpretation can be proven incorrect. So view it however you like; all we can do is give more information to help you form an opinion.

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What we do know about the thief and the Joker is that they are outsiders in some capacity. They operate outside the walls of conventional psychological safety, and would rather spend their time risking the threats of wolves and howling winds than be cooped up behind the safe walls the princes hide behind. The Joker expresses frustration and some degree of sadness at the state of the world, and shows a desire to change things.”

[agentnico]

My Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

Here we are - Christmas behind us and right at the precipice of the end of the year with 2024 ready to rock and rumble. So naturally as per usual this time of year I do all my film-related Top 10 lists, with the first up My Most Anticipated Movies of 2024. An interesting aspect of 2024 is that it is in fact bare bones when it comes to superhero flicks with both Marvel and DC taking a little break as they reorganise that respective cinematic universes, with the only major flicks of that genre being Deadpool 3 and the Joker sequel. As such, I’m really hoping we will get some stand out releases from the indie and more niche market, so looking forward to those surprises down the line, as for now here are the movies on my radar who I see having potential at being the stand outs in 2024…

10) KUNG FU PANDA 4 - Jack Black’s Po the Dragon Warrior is back for another round of hijinks. DreamWorks animation sequels recently have been nothing short of superb, with the genuinely laugh-out-loud hilarious Croods 2 and then the fantastic Puss in Boots: The Last Wish that had no right to be THAT good! Like honestly, how the hell was Puss in Boots 2 so awesome!? From the striking and ambitious animation style, to the soundtrack and one hell of a title track with “Fearless Hero”, to the narrative itself tackling surprisingly mature themes and honest depictions of panic attacks - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a masterpiece! There, I said it. As such really high hopes now for DreamWorks’ other projects, with Kung Fu Panda always a reliable series, yet I must say the trailer was a tad underwhelming hence why it’s so low on the list. Still though, the previous 3 have been solid so no reason for this one not to. Let’s give this panda some love!

9) THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE - Director Guy Ritchie has been on a real hot-streak lately, delivering quality after quality. 2019’s The Gentlemen is one of the coolest gangster flicks in recent memory, 2015’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E was an entertaining action espionage caper with some great humorous banter, and this year’s The Covenant was one of the more underrated surprises, delivering a tense and realistic pulse pounding war thriller that was so out of character for Ritchie, yet honestly delivered such an edge of your seat experience. Then there’s that Aladdin remake with a blue Will Smith. Look, everyone’s gotta pay the bills, but nonetheless Guy Ritchie really is hitting the mark non-stop, so really looking forward to this World War II based action spy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Love the title alone. Also Henry Cavill’s in the lead and that guy’s simply cool.

8) ARGYLLE - So much so that this is the second film on the list featuring Henry Cavill in the lead. What a cast - John Cena, Sam Rockwell, Dua Lipa, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella and Bryan Cranston. Talk about an ensemble! This comes to us from Matthew Vaughn who made those Kingsman movies, and one could argue that this looks and feels like a Kingsman movie. Wouldn’t even be surprised if at the film’s end there will be a twist connecting it to that franchise Cloverfield-style. Looks like a good time though, as long as they brush up on their special effects, as that CGI cat is Garfield-level bad!

7) BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE - When a music biopic is done right then it is SO right! Taron Egerton rocked as Elton John in Rocketman, and Baz Luhrmann visual frenetic style paired really well with the crazy life of Presley in 2022’s Elvis. And who can of course forget the incredible tale of Dewey Cox, as he walked hard through his drug-filled Bob Dylan-stealing life where absolutely nothing bad happened to him. I’m of course kidding, but if you’ve never seen Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story then you’re missing out on of the funniest music biopic satires ever. That movie is hilarious and the Beatles scene alone is worth the price of admission. Anyway, in regards to One Love, the trailers for this Bob Marley biopic have actually been really intriguing. Kingsley Ben-Adir seems to be impersonating the famous reggae singer really well and the movie itself seems to offer a powerful depiction of Marley’s journey behind his revolutionary music. At the very least I’m going to enjoy listening to “Buffalo Soldier” on the big screen, and that’s gotta count for something.

6) FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA - One of the stand-outs of George Miller’s absolute batshit insane wasteland hit Mad Max: Fury Road was Charlize Theron’s headstrong Furiosa. Well Theron is not returning and instead Anya Taylor-Joy takes on the role as a younger version of the character. I am always hesitant with prequel stories as I always wonder what’s the point of them, however Miller’s Fury Road was visually incredible with some outstanding action sequences, and additionally the trailer for Furiosa features an unhinged Chris Hemsworth, and for those of you who’ve seen Bad Times at the El Royale you’ll know the guy can play insane really well.

5) DRIVE AWAY DOLLS - The Coen Brothers are behind some of the most thrilling crime capers in film history, yet recently they temporarily parted ways to focus on their own projects. Joel went on to direct a truly spectacular Shakespeare adaptation of Tragedy of Macbeth that gave Roman Polanski’s original a run for its money, and now Ethan Coen has got his first solo directorial outing with Drive Away Dolls. It’s a queer roadtrip buddy comedy about two friends whose spontaneous trip to Tallahassee is undermined by a gang of amateur criminals. Should be a fun time at the movies with hopefully some of the Coens’ signature wit, and the supporting cast featuring Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon simply sounds delightful.

4) MICKEY 17 - Bong Joon-Ho’s highly anticipated science fiction film starring Robert Pattinson. Not much is known about this however Joon-Ho is fresh of winning an Oscar for Best Picture for his incredible Parasite, and Pattinson has really proven in the last decade that he’s a very talented actor, and that the quicker we forget about his Twilight times the better. Look, it’s a movie that is made by a very talented group of people, so I’m really rooting for this one to be a hit.

3) DEADPOOL 3 - One of the few superhero flicks of 2024, and the only one I really care about, as, well, it’s fricking Deadpool! The first two were awesome, and we have Ryan Reynolds back in this one, this time with the highly anticipated return of Wolverine himself - Hugh Jackman. Again, there are reasons to be worried, as the MCU’s Multiverse saga has been very underwhelming and this film is posed to be at the centre of this cinematic plot line. Additionally, due to the writer’s strike earlier in 2023 Ryan Reynolds was not allowed to improvise on set, and I feel like Deadpool thrives of the ad-libbing and actors being allowed to act in the moment, so take that away and what do we have? Fingers crossed the team know what they are doing and I’m still really looking forward to it, yet Deadpool 3 has a lot to prove come it’s summer release day.

2) MAXXXINE - The final entry is Ty West’s horror trilogy X. Following the only survivor of the bloody incidents of X, Maxine continues her journey towards fame to be an actress in 1980s Los Angeles. Both X and Pearl really reinvigorated the horror genre as they both took inspiration from the old yet managed to blend in something new, as such making this third installment one of my most anticipated this year. In fact, I don’t enjoy horror films that much, so when one gets me so invested it really proves a point that it is something truly special.

1)THE LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM - Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy are my favourite set of films ever. So of course anything to do with Lord of the Rings gets my blood pumping. Amazon Prime’s recent Rings of Power show was an absolute slap to the dick, and was such a disservice to the fans, however War of the Rohirrim sounds more promising. The prequel will be an anime adaptation of Tolkien's world and will take inspiration from the look and feel of Peter Jackson's original trilogy, with Miranda Otto returning to narrate, and as you may recall Otto played Eowyn, the daughter of Theoden, in the original trilogy. The film is directed by anime industry heavyweight Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Blade Runner: Black Lotus, promising excitement for both Tolkien and anime fans with his impressive track record. It sounds like The War of the Rohirrim will be worth the wait at least because at Annecy Film Festival in June 2023, an exclusive first look was screened and the first reactions are very positive. And look, it is a new Lord of the Rings movie that will be playing in cinemas! I am very afraid but also very excited!

[lifeofkaze]

Little Things

Dear Lizzie, the moment you wandered into my life as the self-insert you never wanted to be, you changed everything, as strange as it may sound. May you always be your lovely, nosy, petty af, sunny self and give me all the stress, exasperation and stories I never wanted to write in the first place. No matter if you're a Quidditch player, Rockstar, Huntress, or Joker, please don't ever change.

Happy Birthday, darling girl 💛

A/N: Mum mayhem. Some of these scenes may or may not be inspired by real events.

The sound ringing through the sleepy cottage on the coast of Montrose was loud, piercing, and impossible to ignore. Lizzie groaned as she raised her head from the pillows, extending an arm to sweep the alarm clock off her nightstand. She buried her face in her pillows again, but it was already too late - she was awake. 

“It surely can’t be morning?” Orion muttered next to her, his voice still raspy from sleep - or rather, a lack thereof. “I swear it was midnight five minutes ago.”

All Lizzie had to spare in response was a nondescript, muffled noise. That fact that even Orion, who was a notoriously early riser, had been broken from his sleep was telling enough as it was. 

“Me neither,” she sighed eventually, grumbling in protest as Orion switched on the lights. “It feels like I went to bed an hour ago.” 

She wasn’t exaggerating. With one toddler teething and the other convinced of there being a Chimaera hiding in his wardrobe, Lizzie had spent a greater part of her night getting out of bed than actually being in it. She would usually share parental duties with Orion, but he had a full day of Quidditch practice scheduled for the day, and the weather was supposed to be bad. Riding a broomstick in a winter storm was dangerous as it was, so Lizzie would rather do three night shifts on her own than let him fly unrested. 

“Do you feel ready for the day?” she wanted to know, watching him get out of bed and do some stretches to shake the last remnants of sleep. 

“There’s no such thing as being ready,” Orion declared, smirking as he caught Lizzie watching him. “When you’re willing to accept what fate has in store for you, you’ll face every challenge with gratitude and grace. Speaking of challenges,” he added, sitting on the bed and putting his arm around her shoulders, “are you sure you can handle the kids on your own? I could skip practice today and stay home instead.” 

Even exhausted as she was, Lizzie’s eyebrows shot up at his suggestion. “I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear that.” 

“It doesn’t feel right, stretching my wings when you are confined to the ground,” Orion replied, his expression earnest. “And today of all days, too.”

“It’s only my birthday, Orion,” Lizzie sighed. “How do you always say? Just another turn around the sun. Please don’t make a fuss about me.”

Orion smiled, raising her chin with his hand to give her a lingering kiss. “But I enjoy making a fuss about you, Chaser.”

Lizzie laughed as he nudged her nose with his. “And I enjoy the thought of you showing the Wanderers who’s boss on the weekend. The mere idea of the Magpies losing to Skye bloody Parkin because you stayed home with me would be enough to ruin my birthday.”

“And we can’t have that,” Orion said, moving in for another kiss. “We can’t have that at all.” 

It took Lizzie’s and Orion’s joint efforts to get their children out of their cribs, washed and dressed by the time the sun had risen, but the scenery in the kitchen was far from being peaceful. Dylan was grumpily poking his pancakes after being first gently, and then very firmly told that no, he couldn’t use the dog as his mount to ride through the living room, while Reva was busy drawing porridge pictures on the table of her high chair. Lizzie had just enough time to wrestle the spoon from her as she wound up to extend her artistry to the walls, resulting in big, tear-filled eyes and an ear-piercing scream. 

“You can still change your mind about practice,” Orion said sympathetically, his hand shooting forward to catch the bowl Reva had thrown after Dylan.

“No, I can’t,” Lizzie sighed, vanishing stray splatters of porridge from Reva’s hair. “They’ll scrap you from the roster if you don’t show up. It would be unfair towards the team to keep you here.” 

“You’re my team,” Orion said earnestly, drawing a small smile from Lizzie. 

“I know, but our other team needs you more than we do today.”

Orion glanced at their children, who were in the process of finding out whether or not they could kick each other from their high chairs. When Dylan grazed Reva with his foot, she threw her cup on the floor in protest. Both toddlers watched the chocolate milk spill across the tiles, then each other, and promptly began to cry. 

“I’m not so sure about that.”

“Well, I am,” Lizzie forced herself to smile, ushering away her cat Mouse and Orion’s dog Lyra before they could make short work of the mess. “You’ll see, we’ll be perfectly fine.” 

A few hours later, Lizzie had to finally admit that they were anything but perfectly fine. As soon as Dylan had realised that Daddy hadn’t just gone outside for a few minutes, he had begun sobbing from the bottom of his heart. Out of sympathy for her distressed brother, Reva had stopped gnawing on the back of her chair and started crying as well. After several failed attempts at soothing them, Lizzie had handed them a chocolate biscuit each and sent them on their way to cause chaos elsewhere.

It took her about ten minutes to regret her decision. An angry hiss could be heard from where Dylan had wandered off to, followed by a wailed complaint about “evil cat no wanna play.”

While trying to explain the concept of pets and boundaries to him, Lizzie had lost sight of Reva, who had found a worthwhile occupation. After adorning the windows with the contents of a stray tin of broom wax, she had begun decorating the walls with dog food, a trail of which now ran the length of the room at the level of Lizzie’s knees. 

When Dylan saw what his sister had done, he yanked the dog food from Reva’s hand, to which she responded with a scream that made Lizzie’s ears ring. Before she could interfere, a fistful of wet food landed first in Dylan’s and then Lizzie’s face. 

After separating the two squabbling toddlers and sending Dylan into the kitchen, Lizzie compelled Reva to help her clean the walls. They were about halfway done when the worst thing a parent could hear from their child in another room alerted Lizzie’s attention - complete and utter silence.

A lump of worry forming in her chest, Lizzie hurried into the kitchen with Reva waddling after her. Upon seeing Dylan amidst an assortment of spice cans, his curly black head dusted with an orange layer of what Lizzie could only assume to be curry powder, it took her a moment to determine whether she should scream, laugh, or burst into tears.

Before she had reached a conclusion, the sound of the cat flap drew her attention. Mouse had strutted into the kitchen with a tousled black bundle hanging from her mouth - a dead bird, Lizzie realised with a jolt of sorrow. 

Not in the mood to have a conversation about the circle of life, Lizzie moved in to take the bird off the cat, but Lyra was quicker. The black-and-white dog bounded towards Mouse, who raised her hackles and dropped the bird, which turned out not to be dead after all. Lizzie shrieked and ducked out of the way as it shot past her head and circled around the kitchen under the gleeful cheers of the children, Lyra yapping, and the clambering of plates as Mouse attempted to recapture her fugitive snack. 

“Merlin’s Godforsaken lousy beard! Immobulus!” Lizzie shouted and pointed her wand first at her cat, the bird, and then the barking dog for good measure. She climbed onto the kitchen counter, snatched the floating bird from the air and cradled it to her chest.

“Out, all of you!” she barked at children and animals alike after having relieved the spell. Lyra scurried away, followed by Mouse, who made a point of cleaning her paws before she left with her head and tail held high.

“I said, all of you!” Lizzie snapped at her staring children. Reva’s face scrunched up as her eyes filled with tears, but Dylan gently tugged at her sleeve and led her from the kitchen.

Once they were gone, Lizzie exhaled slowly and stepped outside, where she sat on the steps leading into their gently sloping garden. As gently as she could, she examined the still frozen bird for any sign of injury. To her relief, it seemed to be ruffled but otherwise unharmed. When she relieved the spell, it immediately began wiggingling against her hold, so Lizzie opened her hands and the tiny bird fluttered away. 

She watched after it until it was reduced to a small speck in the grey sky. She imagined how that little bird must be feeling; how exhilarating it must be to have the wind rushing through its feathers when it had thought that it would never spread its wings again. 

Suddenly, she had to think about Orion. He was probably in the middle of his last training session before lunch, racing across the pitch with the wind catching in his hair and the air so cold that it made his blood feel like it was on fire. 

She lingered on the thought, acutely aware of the pull of gravity keeping her on the frozen ground. All of a sudden, she felt like she couldn’t breathe anymore, as if the November wind was taking all oxygen away before it could reach her lungs. Lizzie hadn’t gotten the chance to change out of her pyjamas yet, so she wrapped her dressing gown around herself, squeezing her eyes shut to keep her tears from falling.

“Mummy?” 

She startled at the small voice sounding from behind her. Quickly wiping at her eyes, Lizzie turned to find Dylan and Reva standing in the doorway.

“Mummy fine?” Dylan wanted to know. He pointed at his bare feet and said, “Dylan no out.”

“Yes, I know, honey,” Lizzie smiled, sniffing slightly. “It’s too cold to go outside without your shoes.”

“Mummy wanna hug?”

At that, Lizzie couldn’t help but laugh quietly. “Yes, Mummy would very much like a hug.”

“Then Mummy in,” Dylan decided. Behind him, Reva nodded enthusiastically.

“Mummy in!”

“Alright,” Lizzie said, laughing as both Dylan and Reva tackled her and wrapped their little arms around her as high as they could reach. “Let’s go and clean up Dylan’s spice pile, okay?”

“That a mountain, Mum.” 

“Of course it is.” 

They spent the rest of the day in as much peace as a cat, a dog, and two toddlers faced with a rainy winter day would allow. Lizzie knew a full day of Quidditch was exhausting, but she still breathed a little more lightly when she heard the sound of someone Apparting from their front door. 

A moment later, both her children stormed past her, greeting their smiling father, who went down to his knees to catch his kids in one arm each. Their excited voices turned into screeches of enthusiasm when they discovered who had come in behind Orion.

“Uncle Charlie!”

Lizzie was indeed surprised to see the ginger head and heavily freckled face of Charlie Weasley appear in the doorframe. He was holding a box with one hand and hoisting up a giggling Dylan with the other, while Reva clung to his leg. Lizzie waited until he had freed himself of her children before she could go and hug him as well.

“Last time I looked, there were no dragons in our backyard,” she laughed, even more so as Charlie playfully tugged on her ponytail. 

“Does it take a dragon to visit an old friend?” He raised the box he’d brought and handed it over with a smile. “Happy Birthday, Snidget.”

“What’s that?”

“Something I thought you’d appreciate.”

A wide smile spread on Lizzie’s face as she raised the lid to reveal the delicious sight and smell of a Bakewell Tart. She cocked an eyebrow at Charlie.

“Did you make this?”

“If it’s edible you mean? You have to find that out for yourself, I’m afraid. I’m just here to drop it off.”

“You’re not staying?”

“I can’t,” Charlie said and lowered his voice. “I have a date.”

“What? Who with?”

Charlie winked at her. “Two perfect little storms and the ice cream parlour.” 

Lizzie’s eyes flicked between Charlie and her beaming children. She shook her head. 

“No.”

“What do you mean, no?”

“It’s almost time for dinner, and they’re too much for one person to handle.”

“Come on, Puffskein,” Charlie laughed. “I’m a seasoned uncle who deals with dragons for a living. Do you really think I can’t take on two toddlers?” 

“Actually, that’s exactly what I think.” 

“Even little fledglings have to leave the nest and see the world every now and again. And the same goes for their mother,” Orion said and laid a hand on Lizzie’s shoulder.

“What he said,” Charlie agreed. “It’s your birthday, and no offence, you look like you need a break. What could possibly go wrong?”

Lizzie could think about a million things but before she had the chance to voice them, Charlie had already ushered Dylan and Reva, both of whom Orion had dressed already, out the door. The silence after they had left was strange to her ears.

“So, what would you like to do?” Orion wanted to know, snapping Lizzie out of her daze.

“I don’t know,” she answered with a frown. “What do you do on a day off?”

Orion laughed softly. “Whatever you want.”   

Lizzie tried to think of what she would like to do first, but suddenly found that she couldn’t; the concept of having an evening all to herself seemed utterly alien to her. When she told Orion so, he nodded and checked the time.

“How about we head to the pub, mix in with the Muggles and watch some football? The rescheduled Liverpool match should be on in a bit.”

Lizzie looked at him in astonishment. “You know about the rearranged fixture?” 

“If your club plays on your birthday, do you really think I wouldn’t know?” He gave her a small kiss. “Let me get your present ready, and then we can go.”

When Orion returned to the living room a few minutes later, he took in the scenery before him with a smile. Lizzie was fast asleep on the sofa, Mouse nestled against the curve of her belly. The cat raised her head and blinked sleepily as Orion sat down next to them. He was tempted to run his hand over Lizzie’s hair but didn’t want to wake her either. Instead, he summoned the book he had been trying to read for about a year now, but before he had even finished even the page, the exhaustion of the last few days made his eyelids grow heavy. 

A chuckle escaped him as something gently prodded his chest. It wiggled itself upward until the tiny head of the kitten Orion had carried hidden in his jumper peeked out from her hiding place. He had been told that she was no older than eight weeks, her small, scrawny body covered in shaggy, three-coloured fur. She looked around the living room, the expression in her one remaining eye part apprehensive, part curious.  

He held his index finger out for the kitten to sniff, smiling as she licked his fingertip once. Orion had found the tiny animal abandoned and screaming near the training grounds this morning. Thanks to proper medication, food, and a little bit of magic, the kitten had looked completely changed when Orion had come to check on her after practice. When he had learned that the poor thing probably didn’t have a home, he had offered to take her; if the universe had ever sent him a sign, it was a stray kitten in need of help on Lizzie’s birthday. 

“We’ll have to wait a bit longer to make you two acquainted,” he softly told the kitten, nodding at the sleeping woman next to him. “She deserves some rest, don’t you think?”

The kitten purred in what Orion took as agreement. Mouse was watching the newcomer with wary eyes, but when Orion looked over to her, she laid her bushy tail over her face, pretending none of them was existing in the first place. 

Shaking his head, he scratched the dog, who had jumped onto the sofa to inspect the kitten, behind her ears. Deciding that she was satisfied as long as there were head rubs, Lyra rested her chin on Orion’s thigh and closed her eyes. 

Feeling the tension of the day leaving him, Orion let his eyes wander over Lizzie, the dog and the two cats, and the colourful chaos of his home. Before sleep could carry him away, he thought about how excited he was to see Lizzie’s reaction to the kitten later. 

It wasn’t the most spectacular gift, but that had never been an issue with either of them. It didn’t take grand gestures to be happy, after all.

Sometimes, it was the little things that changed a world.

[pepper-doyle]

Phoebe "Pepper" Doyle | Virgo Sun | ESFP-A

Archetype — The Joker/Innocent Child Birthday — September 12th, 1999. Zodiac Sign — Virgo MBTI — ESFP-A Enneagram — 8 Temperament — Choleric Hogwarts House — Slytherin Moral Alignment — Chaotic Good? Primary Vice — Hot Tempered Primary Virtue — Loyal Element — Water

Overview: Mother — Dorothy Doyle Father — Dylan Doyle Mother’s Occupation — Co-Owner of the Black Spire Bar, pack leader Father’s Occupation — Co-Owner of the Black Spire Bar, secondary pack leader Family Finances — average, middle class Birth Order — Second born, middle child of the triplets, also older sibling for her younger twin siblings Brothers — Roland, Lucky, Denver Sisters — Declan Other Close Family — Douglas Doyle (Uncle), Delilah Doyle (grandma) Best Friend — tbd Other Friends — tbd Enemies — her ex, some mundus, vampires Pets — none currently Home Life During Childhood — Nice and peaceful, Pepper grew up loved in her community. Town or City Name(s) — What Did His or Her Bedroom Look Like — Different posters of bands, musicians she admires, Any Sports or Clubs — Anime club growing up, also DnD Favorite Toy or Game — FFXIV, Ark: Survival Evolved Schooling — Graduated from High School Favorite Subject — Any music class she had Popular or Loner — in between Important Experiences or Events — getting dumped by her first boyfriend in high school, her brother and therefore her exposure to hte public Nationality — American Culture — Werewolf Pack Culture Religion and beliefs — Atheist

Physical Appearance Face Claim — Emily Rudd Complexion — Pale Hair Colour — Brown for now, she does dye it Eye Colour — Blue Height — 5' 5" Build — thin Tattoos — a pack tattoo on her back Piercings — ears, and belly button Common Hairstyle — usually just down, sometimes in a pony tail, not very styled Clothing Style — jeans and a shirt, sometimes flannel, leather jackets common Mannerisms — drumming her fingers on her leg Usual Expression — a neutral sort of face?

Health Overall (do they get sick easily)? — No she stays pretty healthy Physical Ailments — none Neurological Conditions — None that she's aware of Allergies — penicillin Grooming Habits — She keeps pretty clean most of the time Sleeping Habits — Late nights gaming so she can sometimes wake up really late Eating Habits — she likes a good steak, but generally she eats relatively balanced meals. Will eat ramen for days though if the budget's tighter Exercise Habits — she occasionally goes to the gym, mostly does zumba classes Emotional Stability — Semi stable Body Temperature — Warm Sociability — Social Addictions — None Drug Use — None Alcohol Use — Socially

Your Character’s Character: Bad Habits — picking at split ends Good Habits — tidying up after herself where she can Best Characteristic — Loyal! Worst Characteristic — Hot Tempered Worst Memory — The day her brothers fought and everything fell apart Best Memory — When she first learned to play the drums! Proud of — her band and how it progressed Embarrassed by — her brothers sometimes Driving Style — somewhat chaotic Strong Points — Her personality Temperament — A little hot as said Attitude — Confident Weakness — She's a bit judgmental Fears — losing her brothers for real, never succeeding, anti-werewolf rhetoric Phobias — Claustrophobic Secrets — she thinks if she had been in charge of the band they might never have fallen apart Regrets — Not stepping between her brothers and their tension sooner Feels Vulnerable When — anyone calls her on her bs. She's put up a lot of barriers, so if anyone catches her in a lie, or when someone realizes she's not so tough as she likes to act Pet Peeves — Being interrupted Conflicts — Her werewolf status exposed to the world Motivation — to find her brothers and help them reunite Short Term Goals and Hopes — Find Lucky, figure out what's up with the band Long Term Goals and Hopes — Get past the werewolf bias and become a successful solo artist. Sexuality — Heterosexual probably Exercise Routine — somewhat regular Day or Night Person — Night Introvert or Extrovert — Extrovert Optimist or Pessimist — Realist Greatest Want — to become a well respected solo artist Greatest Need — to connect with her brothers again

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2023.04.13

Thursday, April 13th:

(exclusive): Single Drunk Female (hulu, season 2 available, all 10 eps), Obsession (netflix, erotic thriller limited series, all 4 eps), Florida Man (netflix, limited series adventure premiere, all 7 eps), "Running for my Truth" (netflix, Alex Schwazer docu-series, all 4 parts), "From Black" (AMC+|Shudder, movie premiere), Headliners with Rachel Nichols (ShowtimeX|VOD, basketball interview series premiere)

(streaming weekly): D.C.'s Titans (HMax, season 4B opener, next 2 eps), School Spirits (Para+, season 1 finale), Star Trek: Picard (Para+, penultimate), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Para+), Zatima (BET+, next 2 eps, season 2 finale), Lucky Hank (AMC+), Slasher: Ripper (AMC+|Shudder), Bel-Air (Peacock), Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (Peacock)

(original made-for-TV movies): "If I Can't Have You" (LMN, 2hrs), "My Landlord Wants Me Dead" (LMN, 2hrs, later)

(earlier - hour 0): Young Dylan (NICK) / / That Girl Lay Lay (NICK)

(hour 1): Young Sheldon (CBS) / / Ghosts (CBS), Station 19 (ABC), Next Level Chef (FOX), BattleBots (DSC, 2hrs)

(hour 2): So Help Me Todd (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC, 2hrs), Animal Control (FOX) / / Welcome to Flatch (FOX, repeat), Top Chef (BRAVO, 75mins), Celebrity Game Face (E!), "Grown & Gospel" (WEtv, part 5 of 6), BattleBots (DSC, contd), Nick Cannon presents: Wild 'n Out (VH1, season 19 opener, new night)

(hour 3): CSI:Vegas (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC, contd), Good Trouble (Freeform), Celebrity Prank Wars (E!), Impractical Jokers (TBS|truTV), I Got a Story to Tell (VH1, reair of a BET+ original)

(hour 4 - latenight): "Opting Out" (VICE special report)

[repeats, resuming in two weeks: Walker (theCW), Law & Order (NBC), Law & Order: SVU (NBC), Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) ] [preempted, returning in two weeks: / Call Me Kat (FOX) ]

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I’m up to chapter 7 in “The Quarry”. It’s a lot of fun so far! I’ll do a full-length overview after I finish the game, so for now, here are my mixed reactions:

1) I only have one character dead so far; Emma. I did NOT mean to kill her, my controller literally shut down during a life-or-death choice. I couldn’t reload the game, so unfortunately, the rest of my playthrough will be Emma-less. Which, to be honest, isn’t a huge letdown since Emma was my least favorite character.

2) I’m a little disappointed in how little playtime Kaitlyn gets. Brenda Song is really good in this game, but she’s getting the least amount of screen-time for some reason.

3) I’m very mixed on Ryan. On one hand, he’s my favorite of the cast. On the other hand, Justice Smith’s acting is kinda...bad? I don’t know if it was bad direction or he was just phoning it in, but I can’t tell what emotion he’s conveying in a lot of his lines. I get that his character is laid-back and introverted, but Justice Smith’s acting feels a bit too stiff and wooden.

4) Not a huge fan of the romances. Aside from Max and Laura, I stayed away from all the main romances (Nick/Abi, Jacob/Emma, Ryan/Kaitlyn/Dylan). I don’t know, all the romances felt forced and contrived. Only Max and Laura had any real chemistry.

5) How I’m playing each character (my playstyle for choice-based games is that I play like how I imagine the characters would act, not how I would personally act in the situation):

* Jacob: I know he’s the jerk, but I feel like he’s a harmless jerk. Just a dumbass who wants to have fun and party all the time. So, I’m choosing mainly the non-aggressive options and avoiding confrontation. 

* Emma: She reminded me of Regina George, so I played her as Regina George. Mean girl options only. 

* Kaitlyn: I felt like she’s the mama bear of the group, so I’m mainly picking the responsible options. 

* Dylan: Since he’s the joker of the group, I’m mainly going with the quippy options. So lots of sarcasm, sass, and backtalk. 

* Ryan: Ryan, to me, is the logical loner, as well as the pessimist who is just done with the people around him. So I’m mainly going with the aggressive options, as well as the “boring” ones. For example, during truth or dare, I asked Kaitlyn what she wanted to be (a street performer apparently). Even Kaitlyn pointed out that the question was boring lol. So yeah, my version of Ryan is kind of an asshole to everyone.

* Nick: Nick is kind of a bland character, so I’m mainly just playing him like Jacob 2.0. He’s a teenager who just wants to have fun. 

* Abi: This is a little hard to explain, but I’m playing her like she’s Velma from Scooby-Doo. So I’m mainly picking the options where she’s sarcastic or the ones where she’s being awkward. 

[mcmusing]

Now, for the ever controversial but inevitable reasoning as to why the Amazing Spider-Man 2012-2014 royally topples Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Upfront, I don't have anywhere near the level of disdain for the Raimi flicks that I have for the X-movies. They're disappointing, but not completely twisted and mental health harming.

I'll be nice and say what I like about the Spider trilogy first. Unlike the Punisher, Daredevil, and Elektra films, the trilogy has a solid supporting cast. James Franco as Harry Osbourne, Willem Dafoe as his father, Cliff Robertson as Uncle Ben, Dylan Baker as Curt Connors, Daniel Gillies as John Jameson, Bill Nun as Robbie Robertson, Elizabeth Banks as Betty Brant, and oh yeah, the ****irreplaceable**** JK Simmons! He is to J. Jonah Jameson what Patrick Stewart is to Charles Xavier. The great trend ends in sm3 with the casting choices for Gwen Stacy and Eddie Brock being, what must have been, the first two young-ish people the director saw after forgetting to hold auditions for those comic book important roles.

Most of fandom is pretty unanimous about the greatness of the sm villains. In that regard, I must agree. As stated previously, Willem Dafoe is so good as Norman, despite me not being a Green Goblin fan (Joker types grate on me real fast with their chaotic randomness). Alfred Molina was absolutely wonderful as Otto Octavius and still who I picture when I think about my dear Doc Ock. Thomas Haden Church did really well as Sandman. Too bad that performance wasn't enough to NOT leave me livid when Doc Ock and Norman died horribly but Sandman got the all-clear to continue his criminal activity- more on that later, believe me.

Of course, I know the other reasons fandom prefers the trilogy. Special effects up the wazoo and fight scenes on top of fight scenes. It really shocks me how much shade is thrown at Michael Bay for his testosterone driven directing style when superhero fans are so obsessed with the action elements that the actual protagonists are pretty irrelevant. The titular Fantastic Four were perfectly casted in 2005 and got across the heart of the comic characters wonderfully, but low action makes those movies horrendous?!

With that, let's talk about the sm trilogy protagonists, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. They were not so much poorly acted but terribly written and directed. They both also had such lackluster presences, carried entirely by the supporting players with who they shared scenes.   

After being introduced to and starting my sibling connection with the famous web slinger through Spider-Man the 90s Animated Series, Tobey was an unimpressive surprise in the live action version. He fit the tender, more vulnerable side of Peter Parker well. I figured we would see his nerdy high school self then watch him grow from there. Not only did that never happen, Peter seemed to emotionally backtrack with every film. After seeing all three, it's clear Tobey had no personal investment and just saw the iconic hero as a job.

Tobey's scenes with Norman, Harry, Doc Ock, Uncle Ben, and Jonah were great. Again, the other actors carried that. Unlike watching Ben Affleck or Thomas Jane, Tobey solo scenes are either depressing or dull. Then, there are his scenes with Kristen Dunst, which are awkward and repetitive. Tobey is nothing but a guy filling the suit. He brought nothing special to the role. None of Peter's amazing humor and charisma came across.

I'm left to wonder why people consider the trilogy to be the corny, lighthearted Spider-Man series. I ask this a lot, but did we watch the same movies?! The first one was okay and Tobey even got to joke a few times. Despite the forced bittersweet ending between him and Mary Jane, it was a decent first installment. Then, help me, sm2. It had more engaging elements than the first one, but this flick couldn't have been more of a mood killer. Great Spider-Man fight scenes did not make up for the amount of misery heaped upon Peter Parker. At every turn, something awful happened to him. I know his bad luck is infamous in the comics, but it was taken to extremes here. He lives in a disgusting slum apartment, Aunt May loses her house/his childhood home, his relationship with Harry is strained, his 'relationship' with Mary Jane is supremely stupid, the older male he makes a connection with becomes a dangerous criminal and dies in the end (like Norman in the last one!), he has no one he can confide in, he's on the borderline of academic probation, and being Spider-Man is a guilt filled chore, NOT a calling. No, seriously. Except for a few kids admiring him, Spider-Man gets such bad press and it ruins every single thing in Peter's personal life. I can't see what pleasure he gets out of this chosen turmoil. Kids should want to emulate him because.... why? Sticking to walls and kicking super freaks?  Yes, that's sure the guy I connected with so many moons ago.

Did Raimi hate Kristen Dunst, Mary Jane Watson, or both? She is like the non-homicidal conglomeration of Erik Lehnsherr and Raven Xavier. None of her immoral deeds are ever properly addressed. With the exception of maybe Flash, she cheats on every single guy she dates. That undeserved iconic rain kiss is still referenced today. First, the upside down guy and right side up girl position looked uncomfortable and gross. Yes, what a romantic moment between two people betraying their boyfriend/best friend respectively. Since she has a phobia of being single, Mary Jane winds up engaged to astronaut John Jameson, despite being blatantly thirsty for Peter's standoffish self. After the amount of press that surrounded their engagement, it's supposed to be a 'happy' ending when she ditches John for Peter. On their wedding day. With all of John's friends and family present. Without formally breaking up with him first. John who had been nothing but kind to Mary Jane, even suggesting she invite Peter to the ceremony..... Is Tim Story the only Marvel movie director who showed up for Satisfying Conclusion Class?? Not to mention that course on How to Maintain Your Hero's Humanity.

Despite all of this, I eagerly looked forward to sm3. I thought with the bs drama finally out of the way, it would just be a fun adventure film with Peter and MJ in a secure relationship. Especially with the positive excited cast interviews. Alas, they're no semblance of Reed Richards and Susan Storm.

Sm3 started off promising. Peter finally found balance in his personal and Spider lives. He's also able to show up for Mary Jane's shows. She's fully aware of his crime fighting and that fact has made them cuddle, kissy close. Peter even woke Aunt May up in the middle of the night to tell her he plans to propose. Also, Harry got contrived amnesia and forgot about his blood vendetta thingy with Peter.

Of course, all of this falls apart. By a major new villain threat? Despite the number of villains this time around, no. Things come undone thanks to a series of romantic comedy cliches and baffling idiocy. Peter is genuinely happy being Spider-Man for once, which causes him insanity even before the symbiote attaches. He kisses Gwen Stacy for a publicity stunt, though he knew his potential wife is watching. Granted, Mary Jane's been cool with infidelity kisses in the past, but she got fired from her play and is currently mad at the world. She knows Peter's secret kept them apart, but she's not honest with him about her own issues. She dismisses any advice or reassurance he offers her as well. Mainly because she's envious of Spider-Man's long overdue recognition and popularity. It's nice that Mary Jane has her own life and concerns but boy, is the ginger snap petty.

Something else about her that warrants mentioning is that she's the full-blown manifestation of the damsel in-distress stereotype. Something I don't normally mind too much, but this trilogy abuses it to an absurd degree. After promising she would not get kidnapped again in sm3, Raimi didn't even have the spine to tell Kerstin he broke his word. I think that fueled a lot of her bitter portrayal of Mary Jane. Compare it to her child acting role like Jumanji, where Kerstin shows more energy and emotional range.

As for the rest of sm3, it was so long I fell asleep for like 20 minutes the first time I saw it. The villains were Venom, Sandman, and sorta Harry-Goblin. Harry realizes Peter didn't actually kill his father and suits up to join Spidey in battle. Their teaming up and affectionate quipping are the best part of the film and among the trilogy.... until Harry dies. Young grieving, misguided Harry dies. Young bitter, misguided Eddie Brock dies. Middle-aged murderer and active criminal Sandman not only lives but gets forgiven by Peter for killing Uncle Ben. He's let off the hook because he's commiting crimes for his sick daughter. So, the next inevitable manslaughter he commits, is entirely Peter's fault. Norman Osborne and Otto Octavius- two men Peter knew personally and who cared about him- suffered mental breakdowns and died brutally, but sound-minded  Sandman's sick kid just tugs at the heartstrings. But goody, Peter and Mary Jane reconciled until the next time their still active high school hormones get in the way.

This series owes a lot to the X-movies. Because without them, the sm trilogy would be the most morally bankrupt superhero franchise.

Side notes:

-Peter is still employed by Jonah?! After Mary Jane stomped all over the heart of his beloved son to get with his mildly tolerated freelance photographer?! WHAT?!!!!!

-I genuinely enjoyed the dance sequence. Yes, I dared to love the rare bit of levity and only time Peter Parker shows a trace of a backbone.

Finally, time to move on to the Amazing Spider-Man movies, which actually earn their title. They also prove that it takes a real Spider-Fan to portray Spider-Man.

When I read the magazine article about Andrew Garfield's reaction to being casted, my heart overflowed for him. A true once-in-a-lifetime dream made reality. And let me tell you, this guy did not disappoint.

Again, for fairness, I'll say what I didn't like about these movies first. I have never been so glad to see Uncle Ben die. Martin Sheen's version was an insufferable, obnoxious, self-righteous prick. He wouldn't stop busting Peter's chops at every turn. I can't believe he took Flash's side when Peter gave that antagonistic jerk a taste of his own medicine. Not to mention deliberately embarrassing him in front of Gwen just to be petty. And he died so idiotically! What unarmed civilian sees a gun wielding thief and chases after him as he runs from a store?? It's just money! He hadn't shot anyone until Ben tried to play cowboy like a daggon fool. Sm trilogy Uncle Ben was so patient, understanding, warm, and wise. It was easy to be angry at Peter for disrespecting him in their last conversation. I almost wanted Andrew Peter to punch his uncle. Thank God he thought about his deceased father later on more than big dumb Ben.

No JK Simmons or any J. Jonah Jameson at all. Additionally, while the plot was interesting, Rhys Ifans was such an underwhelming Curt Connors. Dylan Baker in the trilogy never even turned into the Lizard, but looked and acted exactly like Dr. Connors. Ifans' version looked absolutely nothing like him nor did he have his wife and son to add emotional weight.

Two things I didn't like in the sequel. One, the blatant foreshadowing of Gwen Stacy's death. I hated them breaking up, too because Gwen dying would have hit so much harder if they'd been in a strong relationship the entire time. Though it is nice that Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have legit chemistry and those weird things known as morals.

All that aside, EEEEEEEE Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man! Fandom- especially fanboys- tend to reject him because he's 'too cool' to be a nerdy outsider like the fanboys identify as. Uh, guys, in case you didn't know, Peter Parker is NOT a perpetual, blubbering pansy a la Tobey, either. No, Amazing Peter doesn't check all of the outdated cliche boxes of nerdome. This is what drew me to him. Someone can be a smart, relatively good looking, quiet outsider loner without being totally spineless and pathetic. He still faced bullying and socialized very little. I love how he showed his inner hero by retaliating against Flash over that girl Flash was messing with for no reason. After this lesson in humility, Flash is compassionate towards Peter after Ben dies and even friendly with him by the end. I love this because Flash Thompson is such a major in-universe Spider-Fan.

Emma Stone played Gwen Stacy great and I have very few qualms about her direction and writing. She was actually smart and useful, not merely an idealized pretty face who is really boy obsessed. Peter unceremoniously revealing his identity to her almost had me falling out of my theater seat. No will they/won't they secret bs?! What?!!!! I also loved her as Peter's primary confidant. This gave them a unique connection physically, emotionally, and intellectually that Peter has with no one else. I melted over that kiss Peter planted on her on the graduation stage. I hated that her father, Captain Stacy, died. I spent the first film waiting in dread for Gwen to die, so her dad legitimately dropped my jaw. Their family just suffered too much back to back loss.

That's something else the Amazing movies had, true human depictions and moments. Peter was not made into another on-the-nose Christ figure, doomed to suffer for the good of mankind. The scene where he nonchalantly removes his mask to reassure a little boy that Peter is 'just a guy' displayed this best. Peter was not a glorified stuntman filling a suit. He went through various emotions without needing to voice them. He experienced pain, injury, and sickness because enhanced abilities or none, he's as mortal as the rest of us. He did not just lurk from rooftops. He walked among and interacted with ordinary people. The ones he saved were moved and inspired to follow his example of goodness. Great power and great responsibility without cramming that, now nauseating, phrase down our throats every second.

Not only was he realistically vulnerable, Peter possessed an enormous amount of strength. No matter what setbacks or tragedies, I had no doubt that he would come back from them without losing himself. He is the Peter Parker and Spider-Man that makes you feel like you matter, that you are not alone, that you have worth, and he offers the audience the same sense of safety he gives to his protectorate. I know he enjoyed being Spider-Man and I definitely know why.

Sally Field is the best ever Aunt May. While Rosemary Harris acted well in the trilogy, her Aunt May seemed more like an overly fragile great-great grandmother. Sally's Aunt May does so much more with less screentime. She's a good 20 years younger than normally depicted and she wordlessly emotes like a champ. After Peter's parents have to leave and Aunt May wraps those protective arms around little Peter, she is shamelessly possessive over him from that point on. Ben mentions that anyone who has anything bad to say about Peter better not do so in front of May. One quiet look from her cements this as fact. Instead of being utterly helpless after her husband's death, Aunt May is able to keep the house and becomes a nurse to pay for Peter's college tuition. They're not rolling in money, but they're far from the soup line. I love how annoyed Aunt May could get when Peter focused on his parents. Bonus points that she's his aunt by marriage yet insists Peter is only her boy. Wonderful of Peter to reiterate his love and appreciation towards her.

As for other human emotions, I actually liked Jamie Foxx as Electro. Electro is a traditionally masked villain and not too well known so it didn't feel like race-swapping. With a big name like Jamie Foxx he was likely just the most qualified to audition. His Max character comes off like the cliche nerd- actually surprised that fanboys didn't fall in love with his Tobey-ish essence- but because of how Jamie played him, I honestly felt for Max's loneliness and mistreatment. With how ignored and/or emotionally abused he was plus the electric powers affecting his mind, I found his sudden rage against Spider-Man believable.

Here's a real shocker. I enjoyed Dane DeHaan, who is the exact opposite of James Franco, as Harry Osbourne. I really did not expect to from the trailers. However, Dane's performance in the sequel had this unique quality to it. His stage presence was a mix of intriguing, ominous, and if I'm being honest, a bit sensually provacative. His Goblin was straight-up goofy and shoehorned in, but his Harry sold me. Felicia Hardy is introduced and he aligns with her. I love Felicia/Black Cat and hate that she was showed but not given a chance to develop. Funny enough, part of me always envisioned her with James' Harry. I'd have taken Dane's, too.

I will never be over the rest of the Amazing franchise being cancelled after all the improvements and promises they made. I was ecstatic when they finally greenlit a Sinister Six movie only to pull the plug. I liked the mystery going on in Amazing and wanted to see how it all concluded. It was great to see Peter trying to unwrap the mystery of his father. He's so angry at him for leaving/dying yet he can't help loving and yearning for him still.

That's something else I, or rather a certain flexibly fantastic older male, will likely have to remedy 😉

MSU marches on!

[gloomyangelz]

MY F/O LIST

Connor (Detroit become human) 

Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) 

Dylan (the quarry)

Ryan (the quarry)

Jacob (the quarry)

Deadpool (marvel) 

Spider-Man (marvel) 

Miles Morales (marvel) 

Joker (dark knight) 

Bubba Sawyer (texas chainsaw massacre)

Steve Harrington (stranger things)

Luke (daniel isn’t real)

Spencer Reid (criminal minds)

Brahms (brahms the boy)

Billy and Stu (scream)

Michael (halloween)

there are a few more but I don’t feel like listing them rn 

[x-wanderingsouls]

                                           MACE WHEELER

Age: 35

Species: Shapeshifter

Affiliation: Shifter Faction; second to Max

Occupation: Owner of 5PM bar

Relationship status: Single

Sexuality: Straight

FC: Chris Evans

About Mace

Was born to two hunters, ones that has served Cassian since he began recruiting hunters and supernatural creatures.

Being his parent’s only child, it was a surprise to both when Mace shifted for the first time, revealing that somewhere throughout their family line was the shifter gene. Despite his parents being disappointed at first, they still trained Mace as a hunter and put him through the hunter trials regardless.

Armed with varying abilities and having survived the hunters trials, Mace was an asset to his parents and Cassian and hunted alongside Aries, Eros, Prudence and Dylan. The latter of the two not having been born into it like he and the twins and leaving well before he managed to.

Had no qualms about killing other supernatural creatures as hunting was the only life he knew and he saw himself apart from the rest of them for a very long time.

Started shifting just for fun in his early twenties and began to fall in love with that side of himself and didn’t want to just use it for hunting, instead finding excuses to shift alone, opting for missions away from the group where Mace could truly be an animal and found his default shift was a golden lab.

Deviated from his orders when he was twenty seven and headed to New York for a little fun and happened to meet Max. The two seemed to click instantly and while Mace was an absolute wreck (having only started to question his upbringing and the agenda of the group and Cassian) Max made him see a different life, one where he wouldn’t have to kill because he was ordered or kill to survive. Mace decided to stay and abandon his parents, friends and leader.

Did ring Aries and attempted to convince her to leave, knowing exactly what Cassian did to her and that her loyalty was only really to her twin brother. Though, when it was obvious she was more interested in finding out where exactly he was, Mace hung up, ditched the phone and never contacted any of them again.

Continued to grow closer to Max and because she knew his past and skills, saw what Mace could bring to the faction but saw other attributes in Mace that Cassian ignored; Mace for the first time in his life started to feel real value.

Slowly started to settle into a new life, one that was unfamiliar to Mace and one he struggled to get the hang of for a long while.

Though always a joker and one to brush situations off, Mace found himself playing that role more and more, finding a newfound freedom, yet the shifter felt the need to hide his past and the effects that it still has on him.

Found he couldn’t sleep for a while in a comfortable bed and slept on the floor quite a bit for the first year or so.

Met Mila one day while out and despite not looking for anything serious as Mace wasn’t in the right shape for a relationship, the two seemed to click naturally and a relationship eventuated without either of them trying.

Mila helped Mace get his bar up and running and while he may act casual, he’s quite proud of that achievement and having something that is solely his own and wasn’t earned through blood or violence.

Was living with Mila and happy, really happy, but suffering still from his past and the inability to really open up to anyone and share this, Mace became self-destructive and cheated multiple times, flaunting this face before telling Mila.

Despite still looking over his shoulder, always feeling that Aries, Eros or Cassian will pop up one day and attempt to kill him for leaving, Mace has no idea that for the past six months, he has been under a spell and is being used as a sleeper agent for Cassian.

Mace, along with Dylan and Prudence (other sleepers and traitors) were the one’s who killed the species that were taken and killed the hunters. Mace has no recollection of these doings or that it was his hands that ended the life of Jonah, the young shifter he had taken under his wing.  

Musings

Suffers from PTSD because of his former life and orders he followed through with. Barely talks about this and shrugs it off. Goes to meetings when he remembers but still has nightmares, waking up screaming and forgetting where he is. Doesn’t like to sleep over at his conquests places or have them stay over because of this.

Sex definitely is a way of coping, though he’ll play it off as just being a douchebag asshole – which he very much is tbf.

Will protect the faction with his life if necessary and would do anything Max asks, even if it means tapping into that hunter side of himself. Owes Max his life.

Plays the guitar and is self taught and you can always find Mace at karaoke bars, singing at the top of his lungs.  

Still trains like he used to because he knows that day is coming.

Thinks its odd that the hunter trials would allow supernatural creatures to go through them, seeing hunters are supposed to kill said creatures.

Eats more than any shifter, human, hunter, warlock – EATS ALL THE TIME.

Connections

Max - Is his best friend and person he trusts the most. Will do anything she asks and doesn’t mind if that means being who he used to be. Loves the absolute shit out of her and yes, they’ve drunken too much and kissed and yes, he absolutely wants to fuck her; yet is happy they haven’t as this way he hopefully can’t fuck it up.

Mila - Was genuinely in love with the wolf, lived together and ate pizza in their sweats. Told Mila that he used to be a hunter, having gone through the trials and that his parents are still, though he stopped at that, not wanting or being able to tell his partner further. Had brought an engagement ring three weeks before beginning to cheat.

Chloe - One of the woman Mace cheated with though a friend before that and someone he cares about. Despite the pair still sleeping with one another, Mace would kick the living shit out of anyone that hurt her.

Asher - A friend as well and again, another woman Mace cheated with. See’s less of Asher than Chloe, the two are close, having their fun whenever they see fit. Again, anyone hurts her, he punches them. Isn’t aware she’s a hybrid and one of the rares he’s searching for as a sleeper.

Rhys - his brother, his mate, his best friend, his wingman. His amigo! Has no idea that Rhys was sleeping with Aries.

Gage - Is one of his good friends and has helped with a few hunting things if needed, passing along information when Mace stumbled upon it.

Aries/Eros - Is aware that both are in New York but hasn’t encountered either of them yet. Is on his guard all the time. Used to be quite close with Aries back in the day but knows when push comes to shove; she’ll choose Eros.

Kenna - Protecting the young shifter from her cousins, Aries and Eros.

Dylan/Prudence - Former hunting buddies and one’s he doesn’t have a problem with, though all three seem to stay away from each other. None of the three know they’re sleepers and in fact have killed alongside each other for the past six months.

Tatum - Have worked together in the past and have slept with one another. Act as though they’re close because they’re idiots.

[nomanwalksalone]

BOOK REVIEW: RICHARD JAMES SAVILE ROW

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans

As Troy McClure said about playing the human in a musical adaptation of Planet of the Apes, reviewing this book is “the role I was born to play!”

Simply entitled Richard James: Savile Row, this book commemorates the 25th anniversary in Savile Row of the fashion house and tailors of the same name.  A read is somewhat disappointing, full of short essays by what amounts to a rather incestuous school of longtime Richard James fans in British media and entertainment, among them British GQ’s Dylan Jones and Richard’s most notorious client, Elton John.

Elton’s known as a voracious devotee – to not say addict – of his favorite outfitters over the decades, buying out entire shopfloors at times.  His twenty-year devotion to Richard James is a key to understanding Richard James’ enormous if unrecognized positive influence on contemporary men’s clothing and British tailoring. Forty years ago Elton dressed head-to-toe in psychedelic Tommy Nutter, switching in the 1980s to over-the-top Gianni Versace glitz.  Since the end of the 1990s, he’s evangelized Richard James.

Tommy Nutter, the last tailor-designer in Savile Row, dominated British men’s tailoring in the 1970s.  Custom tailoring took a back seat to the cult of the ready-to-wear designer, mostly the Continentals: Pierre Cardin, then Armani and Versace.  Nutter had a few isolated 1980s hits, like dressing the Joker in 1989’s Batman, before dying in 1992.

What had become of the British? 1980s attitudes towards luxury and clothing meant regression, selling an image of Britain as Raj, pith helmets, and gin among palm trees, not progress. Ralph Lauren did a much better job selling that ethos in his more expensive lines than any of the British could.  Some tried; those of us of a certain age (me) remember seeing cashmere sweaters made in China sold in Bloomingdales under the label of Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes, or blocky ready-to-wear suits at Barneys sold with the name of Savile Row tailor Kilgour, French & Stanbury, although made in Canada by Samuelson.  An ersatz Britishness for export markets, an ersatz image and look created by ready-to-wear licensees with little input from the British tailors desperately trying to sell their names abroad.

Into this breach came Richard James. Like Nutter, James is categorically not a trained tailor.  What he is, though, is an inspired designer who, since opening on Savile Row, has offered true custom tailoring as well as ready-to-wear in visionary designs.  I remember the first Richard James items I noticed, beautiful belts and wallets of gorgeous quality hand stitched in England with contrasting linings in deeply saturated color.  I still have one of those belts, in all its magnificence.  What did they have to do with British custom tailoring?  Nothing – and everything. For the first time a Savile Row name appeared to be doing something relevant, interesting and elegant – and doing it to the fullest extent and the last detail. Savile Row survives by its export markets and by the reputation its tailors have forged for beautiful items of a certain Britishness.  No more uninspired licensed items that has as much to do with British elegance as a Sterling car (derided by Consumer Reports for “Industrial Revolution-era” English technology, remember those?). What Richard James has done is modernize British elegance from the creepy colonial-obsessed ethos that today only blinkered Brexiteer bluestockings and Internet edgelords cling to.  Even the past James references uses other, more inspired touchstones of British greatness, including his bespoke offer (initially serviced by the Savile Row tailors Anthony J. Hewitt and James Levett before being brought in-house), but also ready-to-wear shirts in stripes that recalled the best of Swinging London; handmade ties whose lush, delicate patterns rivalled the best of midcentury Sulka or today’s Charvet; magnificently, decadently warm alpaca pile ‘teddy bear” coats originally created for 1920s motorists; astonishingly soft leather or suede jackets in the café racer style 1960s London Mods would have died for; and even the made-to-order cashmere socks with custom monograms Corgi used to make for defunct shops of yesteryear like the custom shirtmaker Beale & Inman.  It was a vision of Britishness far, far from Lauren’s fantasies, a Britishness that admitted the turmoil of Ted Heath’s premiership, that added much-needed glamor after John Major’s greyness.  And James reminded us what was wonderful about the British suit by invoking all that was dashing in its cut.  Ready-to-wear suits were made in beautiful cloths from British mills like the impeccable Taylor & Lodge, in unexpectedly evocative colors and patterns: sharp mohair sharkskin, gorgeously patterned real Scottish or Irish tweeds or a French navy that was lighter than the normal shade; even rainbow chalkstripes on a sober dark ground.  The cut was always tapered at the waist, double-vented, slant pocketed in the “hacking” style, a look espoused by Patrick Macnee’s subversively too-British John Steed in the 1960s.  Richard’s linings were often boldly colorful, to remind us what could be playful about the suit, everything that 1980s pretention (clinging to all the trimmings of colonial oppression) had repressed.

Richard James the book shines in cataloguing those designs in beautiful detail.  James really has been the best colorist in the business, as Jones termed him.  Even more importantly, this book also shows how James has aced the tricky game of tennis without a net of innovating within the classic: in addition to recreating ruffle-fronted tuxedo shirts like those of George Lazenby’s louche Bond in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, James also invented tuxedo shirts whose fronts (instead of pleats or stiff waffle-weave Marcella) were hand-beaded by Hand & Lock, beaders and embroiderers to Her Majesty the Queen; Corgi (knitters and hosiers to the Prince of Wales) knitted thick, thick cashmere sweaters with hand-inlaid abstract intarsia designs; elegant cufflinks (always double-sided) recalled childhood marbles in the forms of hand-blown translucent glass or semiprecious banded agate (a real “Aggie”) or amber set in sterling silver; and even a travel bag that recalled the bags given away by Pan Am or Concorde in the early days of jet travel was rendered in ballistic nylon with reflective silver piping and brilliantly contrasting linings.

I’ve never owned a Richard James bespoke suit.  I know that his ready-to-wear suits were disappointingly half-canvassed or fused, despite their wonderful materials.  But they helped remind me that Savile Row could still be relevant, and that those tailors, despite past reputation, could be approachable and contemporary – and that has been my experience with the other tailors of Savile Row, including the impeccable, evocatively named Steed, whom I loved for their name before ever using them.

Every item with the Richard James name carried and carries the same visionary, whimsical design philosophy, a Britishness less fanciful and more romantic than Paul Smith’s, and far less caricatural and cynical than those of Ralph Lauren or Hackett.  Socks, always made to a high-standard by Pantherella, are accented in amusing contrast colors or mad patterns. I have a number that are doing fine almost 20 years later.  My Richard James Concorde bag has been a beloved, perfect gym bag for years, while his larger, tougher Japanese denim bag (trimmed in the best British bridle hide) is my go-to travel holdall no matter where on Earth I go. My beaded Richard James tux shirt is a prized piece of design genius, as is a magnificently waterproof raincoat made for him by Mackintosh in a beige twill that cunningly iridesces turquoise or orange from certain angles. For years I’ve searched for the same shade of gorgeous Thomas Mason turquoise twill cotton that an old Richard James shirt is in, but most of his materials are specially made for his designs; even the fine-gauge cotton knits that John Smedley or Peter Geeson created for him seemed to be in special colors and to his own patterns.

That wealth, that treasury of a vision and genius, tumbles out of Richard James’ new book, pictures that really are worth thousands of words and that speak for themselves about the importance of this designer’s contribution, reminding us that Savile Row, indeed British menswear itself, still had things of wonder to offer us.

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Halloween parties offer the most wide open subject possibilities of any type of celebration. Halloween is the one day of the year that lets you be any living thing or dead thing, any occupation, any human or non-human and any personality type. You can be a cartoon character if you like. Since Halloween can go hundreds of different directions, the playlist will likely be a diverse list of novelty songs. The Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett Rock Lobster by The B-52's Creep by Radiohead Everyday Is Halloween by Ministry Space Oddity by David Bowie Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo It's the End of the World As We Know it (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. Planet Claire by The B-52's Mad World - Tears For Fears Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers Wicked Game by Chris Isaak Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Weber Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon Black Celebration by Depeche Mode Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles Walking On The Moon by The Police The Fly by U2 Lola by The Kinks Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies I Wanna Be a Cowboy by Boy Meets Girl 2000 Light Years From Home by The Rolling Stones The Munsters TV Theme Not Afraid by Eminem Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down Enter Sandman by Metallica Superstition by Stevie Wonder People Are Strange by The Doors Evil Ways by Santana 1999 by Prince Revolution 9 by The Beatles Twilight Zone TV Theme Hotel California by The Eagles Season of the Witch by Donovan Psycho Killer by Talking Heads The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band Highway to Hell by AC/DC Devil Inside by INXS Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran Thriller by Michael Jackson Super Freak by Rick James Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. Le Freak by Chic Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths Dark Lady by Cher Scary Monsters by David Bowie Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival Devil Woman by Cliff Richard Riders On The Storm by The Doors Runnin' With the Devil by Van Halen Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones Crocodile Rock by Elton John Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Time Warp from Rocky Horror Soundtrack Rapture by Blondie She Said She Said by The Beatles Wanted Dead or Alive by Jon Bon Jovi Out of Limits by The Marketts Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell Bad Girls by Donna Summer Black Magic Woman by Santana Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper Boris the Spider by The Who Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang Roxanne by The Police Back in Black by AC/DC Addams Family TV Theme The Blob by The Five Blobs Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band Mama Told Me Not to Come by Three Dog Night Witchy Woman by The Eagles Speed Racer TV Theme Let's Go Crazy by Prince King Tut by Steve Martin Another One Bites the Dust by Queen Erotic City by Prince White Wedding by Billy Idol Hells Bells by AC/DC Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult Tarzan Boy by Baltimore Rocket Man by Elton John Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney & Wings Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera Copacabana by Barry Manilow Black Cat by Janet Jackson You Dropped a Bomb on Me by Gap Band Zoo Station by U2 My City Was Gone by The Pretenders Eye of the Tiger by Survivor 99 Red Balloons by Nena Spirits in the Material World by The Police Monster by Fred Schneider Union of the Snake by Duran Duran They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha by Napoleon XIV Rebel Rebel by David Bowie State of Shock by The Jacksons Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles Freakazoid by Midnight Star Low Rider by War Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club Rebel Yell by Billy Idol Valley Girl by Frank Zappa E.T. by Katy Perry and Kanye West We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions by Queen All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra Burning Down the House by Talking Heads Der Komissar by After The Fire Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive by Men at Work Taxman by The Beatles Monsters and Angels by Voice of the Beehive Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers 2001: A Space Odyssey (Also Sprach Zarathustra) by Deodato Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie The Joker by Steve Miller Band Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Head Like a Hole by Nine Inch Nails Jerry Was a Race Car Driver by Primus Clap For the Wolfman by The Guess Who Fear of the Unknown by Siouxsie & The Banshees I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls Centerfold by J. Geils Band Black Velvet by Alannah Myles Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, also The English Beat You Be Illin' by Run DMC Criminal by Fiona Apple Shout At The Devil by Motley Crue Weird Science by Oingo Boingo Swing The Mood by Jive Bunny and the Mix Masters Wild Thing by Tone Loc Whip It by Devo Planet Claire by The B-52's Legend of Wooley Swamp by Charlie Daniels Band Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley The Freaks Come Out at Night by Houdini The Road To Hell by Chris Rea Billionaire by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars Devil With a Blue Dress by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, also Social Distortion Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace N.W.O. by Ministry Paranomia by Art of Noise Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants If I Only Had a Brain by Lee Marvin from The Wizard of Oz Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini Orchestra Smuggler's Blues by Glenn Frey She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty Axel F by Crazy Frog (You've Got to) Fight For Your Right (To Party) by Beastie Boys In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans Major Tom by Peter Schilling Man On The Moon by R.E.M. Happy Days Theme by Pratt & McClain Send Me an Angel by Real Life Convoy by C.W. McCall Particle Man by They Might Be Giants Pinball Wizard by The Who Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown It's a Mistake by Men At Work Synchronicity II by The Police Mr. Roboto by Styx Wipeout by Surfaris Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra King of Pain by The Police Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody by David Lee Roth Twilight Zone by Golden Earring Rockin' Robin by Michael Jackson Spooky by Classics IV Jungle Love by The Time A View To a Kill by Duran Duran Rain on the Scarecrow by John Mellencamp Love Potion #9 by The Searchers Cult of Personality by Living Colour The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr. Authority Song by John Mellencamp Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog The Bird by The Time Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs Canary in a Coalmine by The Police Octopus's Garden by The Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles Puttin' On The Ritz by Taco Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin The Streak by Ray Stevens Bat Dance by Prince Theme from Greatest American Hero by Joey Scarbury Fame by David Bowie Eye In The Sky by Alan Parsons Project Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion Deadman's Curve by Jan & Dean Creature from the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds Zombie by The Cranberries The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen Haunted House by Jumpin’ Gene Simmons It's Halloween by The Shaggs Dragula by Rob Zombie Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps Eye of the Zombie by John Fogerty Halloween by Misfits Pet Sematary by The Ramones Horror Movie by Skyhooks The Raven by Alan Parsons Project Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Robert Cray Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac The Scientist by Coldplay Run For Your Life by The Beatles Dig My Grave by They Might Be Giants Waltz in Black by The Stranglers I Put a Spell on You by Screamin Jay Hawkins, Creedence Clearwater Revival Ghost Riders in the Sky by The Outlaws, Johnny Cash Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against the Machine, Bruce Springsteen Dead Souls by Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails Swamp Witch by Jim Stafford I'm a Goner by Matt and Kim w/ Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K. Mekong Delta - Night on a Bare Mountain Nightmare by Brainbug In the Hall of the Mountain King by Sounds Incorporated One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash Tequila by The Champs I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night by The Electric Prunes Nasty by Janet Jackson No More Mr. Nice Guy by Alice Cooper Backstabbers by The O'Jays Pets by Porno For Pyros Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man by Concrete Blonde Dr. Tarr & Professor Feather by Alan Parsons Project To Live and Die in LA by Wang Chung Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo, also Camper Van Beethoven Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves by Cher Land of Confusion by Genesis I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four Naughty Girls by Samantha Fox Jimmy Olson's Blues by Spin Doctors Nightmares by Violent Femmes I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie 42 by Coldplay Haunted House of the Century by Tangent Sunset The Warrior by Scandal Pacman Fever by Buckner & Garcia Planet Earth by Duran Duran Skeleton River by Tangent Sunset Junk Food Junkie by Larry Groce Everything Is Broken by Bob Dylan The Gambler by Kenny Rogers Shark Attack by Wailing Souls Season of the Witch by Joan Jett Superman's Song by Crash Test Dummies Brain Damage by Pink Floyd Paranoid by Black Sabbath He's a Vampire by Archie King Mad Scientist by The Zanies

[chris-evans]

MAY 17, 2019 —

As this petition approaches a million signatures, I figured I should give a real update and explanation.

I made this petition some few days after Episode 4, “The Last of the Starks”, aired. I was just so disappointed and angry. It was simply me venting a bit. I posted it to r/freefolk on Reddit, it got nowhere, and I shrugged and went about my day. I had forgotten all about it. A week later, a coworker caught me before I was leaving for the day and asked, “Hey, is this you?” The petition had almost reached 500,000 signatures. I was blown away. I hadn’t checked the thing for a week! And look at how far it has come!

I haven’t heard from anyone HBO-related. I don’t think people can reasonably expect HBO to completely remake the season, or any part of this particular series (keep in mind the prequel spinoffs). It costs a fortune to shoot one episode, and I think most signers understand that. Will HBO lose gobs of money over this? Eh probably not. As Heath Ledger’s Joker once said, “It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message.” And I think this message is one of frustration and disappointment at its core.

There is so much awful crap going on in the world, people like me need to escape into things like Star Wars and Game of Thrones. We fans invested a wealth of passion and time into this series. I’ve been watching religiously since Season 2, myself. I’ve read all the books and eagerly await the next two. I love this story, and I, like most of you, was crushed to see how the last season (and Season 7, let’s be real) has been handled.

Is Dany going to succumb to madness in the books? Probably. Is Arya going to kill the Night King? Well he doesn’t exist in the books as of yet so…maybe? Is Jaime going to sacrifice his entire character arc to go embrace Cersei? I’d doubt it, but that’s GRRM’s decision. The issue I have is not necessarily with what we got, it’s HOW we got there – A rushed, laughably inconsistent mess of a season fraught with cringe-inducing, arc-slaying dialogue and “everybody is stupid” syndrome. We can expect that the books will describe a more sensical path toward the ultimate conclusions that we will see on Sunday. No pressure, Mr. Martin.

D&D adapted those books in the beginning and it became one of the greatest TV shows of all time. No one can doubt their talents there. But they seemingly became tired of the series and rushed to the end, thereby doing the show and its fans a great disservice.

I feel for the actors and actresses too. I am sure some of them are happy with their arcs or perhaps are just happy to be done with the series so they can move on, but I am also sure that many are disappointed with the writing of their characters and the plot here in the end. They put their souls into these characters, and they could be every bit as disappointed as we are.

And no one can question the talents of the casting department, and cinematography, and music, and costuming, and the CGI team, and all those technical fields that went into keeping the show such a beautiful spectacle through to the end. They deserve all the accolades they can get and this petition is not a comment on their contributions to the show.

In closing, I didn’t make this petition to be an entitled, whiny fan. I made it because I was immensely disappointed and needed to vent. Do I have a solution? I’ve got plenty of ideas, but no, I’m not a Hollywood writer. But you don’t need to be a mechanic to know your car is broken.

Thank you to everyone for signing this silly thing. I will post another update if something tangible happens.

Valar Morghulis

-Dylan

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2023.04.06

Thursday, April 6th:

(exclusive): BEEF (netflix, dark comedy limited series, all 10 eps), Looney Tunes Cartoons (HMax, season 5 available, 9 new eps), Lizzy Hoo: "Hoo Cares!?" (amazon, stand-up special)

(streaming weekly): Impact x Nightline (hulu), Zatima (BET+, next 2 eps), Lucky Hank (AMC), Bel-Air (Peacock), Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (Peacock), School Spirits (Para+, penultimate), Star Trek: Picard (Para+), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Para+, musical prequel series premiere), "Slasher: Ripper" (AMC+|Shudder, horror anthology series spinoff, first 2 eps)

(specials): 2023 CMT Music Awards (CMT, extended cut, 3hrs++), "Jeremy Renner: A Story of Terror, Survival, and Triumph" (ABC, Diane Sawyer interview)

(original made-for-TV movies): "Murder at Blackthorne Manor" (LMN, 2hrs), "House of Deadly Lies" (LMN, 2hrs, later)

(earlier - hour 0): Young Dylan (NICK) /   / That Girl Lay Lay (NICK)

(hour 1): Station 19 (ABC), Law & Order (NBC), Next Level Chef (FOX), BattleBots (DSC, 2hrs)

(hour 2): Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Law & Order: SVU (NBC), Animal Control (FOX) /   / Call Me Kat (FOX), Top Chef (BRAVO, 75mins), "Grown & Gospel" (WEtv), BattleBots (DSC, contd), Ghost Hunters (Travel, season 3 opener, new night), Celebrity Game Face (E!, season 4 opener, new night)

(hour 3): Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC), Good Trouble (Freeform), Impractical Jokers (TBS|truTV), Celebrity Prank Wars (E!, weekly competition premiere), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (MTV, sneak peek, 1st ep only)

[repeats, resuming next week: Young Sheldon (CBS) /   / Ghosts (CBS), So Help Me Todd (CBS), CSI:Vegas (CBS) ] [repeats, resuming in three weeks: Walker (theCW) ]

[frankiefellinlove]

This is it! The whole article where John Landau writes that Bruce “is the future of rock n roll”. Long but so worth the read, to see that quote in context.

GROWING YOUNG WITH ROCK AND ROLL

By Jon Landau

The Real Paper

May 22, 1974📷

It's four in the morning and raining. I'm 27 today, feeling old, listening to my records, and remembering that things were diffferent a decade ago. In 1964, I was a freshman at Brandeis University, playing guitar and banjo five hours a day, listening to records most of the rest of the time, jamming with friends during the late-night hours, working out the harmonies to Beach Boys' and Beatles' songs.

Real Paper soul writer Russell Gersten was my best friend and we would run through the 45s everyday: Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By" and "Anyone Who Had A Heart," the Drifters' "Up On the Roof," Jackie Ross' "Selfish One," the Marvellettes' "Too Many Fish in the Sea," and the one that no one ever forgets, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave." Later that year a special woman named Tamar turned me onto Wilson Pickett's "Midnight Hour" and Otis Redding's "Respect," and then came the soul. Meanwhile, I still went to bed to the sounds of the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" and later "Younger than Yesterday," still one of my favorite good-night albums. I woke up to Having a Rave-Up with the Yardbirds instead of coffee. And for a change of pace, there was always bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, and Jimmy Martin.

Through college, I consumed sound as if it were the staff of life. Others enjoyed drugs, school, travel, adventure. I just liked music: listening to it, playing it, talking about it. If some followed the inspiration of acid, or Zen, or dropping out, I followed the spirit of rock'n'roll.

Individual songs often achieved the status of sacraments. One September, I was driving through Waltham looking for a new apartment when the sound on the car radio stunned me. I pulled over to the side of the road, turned it up, demanded silence of my friends and two minutes and fifty-six second later knew that God had spoken to me through the Four Tops' "Reach Out, I'll Be There," a record that I will cherish for as long as [I] live.

During those often lonely years, music was my constant companion and the search for the new record was like a search for a new friend and new revelation. "Mystic Eyes" open mine to whole new vistas in white rock and roll and there were days when I couldn't go to sleep without hearing it a dozen times.

Whether it was a neurotic and manic approach to music, or just a religious one, or both, I don't really care. I only know that, then, as now, I'm grateful to the artists who gave the experience to me and hope that I can always respond to them.

The records were, of course, only part of it. In '65 and '66 I played in a band, the Jellyroll, that never made it. At the time I concluded that I was too much of a perfectionist to work with the other band members; in the end I realized I was too much of an autocrat, unable to relate to other people enough to share music with them.

Realizing that I wasn't destined to play in a band, I gravitated to rock criticism. Starting with a few wretched pieces in Broadside and then some amateurish but convincing reviews in the earliest Crawdaddy, I at least found a substitute outlet for my desire to express myself about rock: If I couldn't cope with playing, I may have done better writing about it.

But in those days, I didn't see myself as a critic -- the writing was just another extension of an all-encompassing obsession. It carried over to my love for live music, which I cared for even more than the records. I went to the Club 47 three times a week and then hunted down the rock shows -- which weren't so easy to find because they weren't all conveniently located at downtown theatres. I flipped for the Animals' two-hour show at Rindge Tech; the Rolling Stones, not just at Boston Garden, where they did the best half hour rock'n'roll set I had ever seen, but at Lynn Football Stadium, where they started a riot; Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels overcoming the worst of performing conditions at Watpole Skating Rink; and the Beatles at Suffolk Down, plainly audible, beatiful to look at, and confirmation that we -- and I -- existed as a special body of people who understood the power and the flory of rock'n'roll.

I lived those days with a sense of anticipation. I worked in Briggs & Briggs a few summers and would know when the next albums were coming. The disappointment when the new Stones was a day late, the exhilaration when Another Side of Bob Dylan showed up a week early. The thrill of turning on WBZ and hearing some strange sound, both beautiful and horrible, but that demanded to be heard again; it turned out to be "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," a record that stands just behind "Reach Out I'll Be There" as means of musical catharsis.

My temperament being what it is, I often enjoyed hating as much as loving. That San Francisco shit corrupted the purity of the rock that I lvoed and I could have led a crusade against it. The Moby Grape moved me, but those songs about White Rabbits and hippie love made me laugh when they didn't make me sick. I found more rock'n'roll in the dubbed-in hysteria on the Rolling Stones Got Live if You Want It than on most San Francisco albums combined.

For every moment I remember there are a dozen I've forgotten, but I feel like they are with me on a night like this, a permanent part of my consciousness, a feeling lost on my mind but never on my soul. And then there are those individual experiences so transcendent that I can remember them as if they happened yesterday: Sam and Dave at the Soul Together at Madison Square Garden in 1967: every gesture, every movement, the order of the songs. I would give anything to hear them sing "When Something's Wrong with My Baby" just the way they did it that night.

The obsessions with Otis Redding, Jerry Butler, and B.B. King came a little bit later; each occupied six months of my time, while I digested every nuance of every album. Like the Byrds, I turn to them today and still find, when I least expect it, something new, something deeply flet, something that speaks to me.

As I left college in 1969 and went into record production I started exhausting my seemingly insatiable appetite. I felt no less intensely than before about certain artists; I just felt that way about fewer of them. I not only became more discriminating but more indifferent. I found it especially hard to listen to new faces. I had accumulated enough musical experience to fall back on when I needed its companionship but during this period in my life I found I needed music less and people, whom I spend too much of my life ignoring, much more.

Today I listen to music with a certain measure of detachment. I'm a professional and I make my living commenting on it. There are months when I hate it, going through the routine just as a shoe salesman goes through his. I follow films with the passion that music once held for me. But in my own moments of greatest need, I never give up the search for sounds that can answer every impulse, consume all emotion, cleanse and purify -- all things that we have no right to expect from even the greatest works of art but which we can occasionally derive from them.

Still, today, if I hear a record I like it is no longer a signal for me to seek out every other that the artist has made. I take them as they come, love them, and leave them. Some have stuck -- a few that come quickly to mind are Neil Young's After the Goldrush, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions, Van Morrison's Tupelo Honey, James Taylor's records, Valerie Simpson's Exposed, Randy Newman's Sail Away, Exile on Main Street, Ry Cooder's records, and, very specially, the last three albums of Joni Mitchell -- but many more slip through the mind, making much fainter impressions than their counterparts of a decade ago.

But tonight there is someone I can write of the way I used to write, without reservations of any kind. Last Thursday, at the Harvard Square theatre, I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time.

When his two-hour set ended I could only think, can anyone really be this good; can anyone say this much to me, can rock'n'roll still speak with this kind of power and glory? And then I felt the sores on my thighs where I had been pounding my hands in time for the entire concert and knew that the answer was yes.

Springsteen does it all. He is a rock'n'roll punk, a Latin street poet, a ballet dancer, an actor, a joker, bar band leader, hot-shit rhythm guitar player, extraordinary singer, and a truly great rock'n'roll composer. He leads a band like he has been doing it forever. I racked my brains but simply can't think of a white artist who does so many things so superbly. There is no one I would rather watch on a stage today. He opened with his fabulous party record "The E Street Shuffle" -- but he slowed it down so graphically that it seemed a new song and it worked as well as the old. He took his overpowering story of a suicide, "For You," and sang it with just piano accompaniment and a voice that rang out to the very last row of the Harvard Square theatre. He did three new songs, all of them street trash rockers, one even with a "Telstar" guitar introduction and an Eddie Cochran rhythm pattern. We missed hearing his "Four Winds Blow," done to a fare-thee-well at his sensational week-long gig at Charley's but "Rosalita" never sounded better and "Kitty's Back," one of the great contemporary shuffles, rocked me out of my chair, as I personally led the crowd to its feet and kept them there.

Bruce Springsteen is a wonder to look at. Skinny, dressed like a reject from Sha Na Na, he parades in front of his all-star rhythm band like a cross between Chuck Berry, early Bob Dylan, and Marlon Brando. Every gesture, every syllable adds something to his ultimate goal -- to liberate our spirit while he liberates his by baring his soul through his music. Many try, few succeed, none more than he today.

It's five o'clock now -- I write columns like this as fast as I can for fear I'll chicken out -- and I'm listening to "Kitty's Back." I do feel old but the record and my memory of the concert has made me feel a little younger. I still feel the spirit and it still moves me.

I bought a new home this week and upstairs in the bedroom is a sleeping beauty who understands only too well what I try to do with my records and typewriter. About rock'n'roll, the Lovin' Spoonful once sang, "I'll tell you about the magic that will free your soul/But it's like trying to tell a stranger about rock'n'roll." Last Thursday, I remembered that the magic still exists and as long as I write about rock, my mission is to tell a stranger about it -- just as long as I remember that I'm the stranger I'm writing for.