#episodic and script writing

[gothamite-rambler]

Batman has to constantly remind them he's not going down with the sinking ship when it's not his fault

Superman: Yeah, so we're turning ourselves into the government. Do you want to meet us there, or should we meet with you?

Batman: …

Wonder Woman: Batman, we're on a time crunch. Just give us your answer.

Batman (while driving, hesitating): First, I'm fine, thank you. How are you? Second, my son, who is in the car with me, is also fine… thankfully. Third, are you on crack?

Superman: I… We as a team voted that it's best if we turn ourselves into the government.

Batman (flatly): That's a decision you made. You guys have fun with it. Can I go now?

Wonder Woman: You’re part of the team! You have to turn yourself in!

Batman: Says who?

Wonder Woman: We decided as a team!

Batman: Yes, good for you. Why am I being dragged into this?

Wonder Woman and Superman: YOU ARE PART OF THIS TEAM!

Damian (in the background): Father, can we get McFlurrys later?

Batman (to Damian): Why do people eat those? They taste disgusting.

Damian: You have to get the one with the Oreos.

Superman: We’re still on the call!

Batman (annoyed): Right, not going in. Bye.

Wonder Woman: Don’t end the call! You have to hear us out.

Batman: I should just hang up, but I’m bored and need something entertaining to listen to. Proceed.

Flash (speaking first): Take one for the team, Bruce.

Batman: Okay, first, when I'm on a call with any of you, call me by my hero name. Commissioner Gordon can get away with that, but I’m not on that level with most of you. Second, I’m not on this team if you want me to do this ridiculousness. Third, seriously, are you on crack?

Green Arrow (in the background): Thank you for not saying heroin.

Damian (in the background): Father, why do they think you’re dumb?

Batman: Because they’re not very smart.

Green Arrow (expecting this): It’s amazing how badly this is going. I told you guys he’d say no, but nobody listens to me.

Batman: This is one of the rare times I agree with Arrow. I didn't sign up for a team where we all turn ourselves in for something I didn’t do.

Superman: It’s a team decision.

Batman: I don’t care.

Superman: But it’s for solidarity.

Batman: That I don’t care about.

Superman: Again, we’re a hero team. We’ve saved the world together; can’t you do this one little thing?

Green Lantern (Hal): And his response is…

Batman: Fighting villains, I enjoy. I wouldn’t be on a sports team, a firefighter team, or a doctor team with you if you're going to be this dense, and I sure as hell won't be on this team if you want me to do something this stupid. Is the brain cell you share gone for the day?

Superman: Okay, well… Kara is going with us.

Batman: And I've lost a little respect for her.

Supergirl: Hey! Wait, you had respect for me?

Batman: Did you contact any of my adult kids? Nightwing? Red Robin? I know Red Hood would just laugh before hanging up.

Superman: We haven't called them yet… but I bet they'd say yes!

Batman: No, they wouldn’t. I know that because they just texted my youngest son, who’s with me, and their messages say, “Not a chance in hell.” I didn’t even have to say anything. I raised them well.

Superman: Can’t you put aside your ego and just do this for us?

Batman: Who’s going to pick up my son from school? Go to my daughter's recital? Attend my other son’s group therapy session? Talk to my future fiancée about where I’ll be? Just curious, which one of you will handle that?

Batman waited for a few seconds, and none of the members responded.

Batman: Right. As stated, I'm not going, and if you call me again with this stupid request, I'm cutting the power to the building for a month. I will let that building decay to prove a point.

Damian: You tell 'em, Father!

Batman ended the video call without another word.

Wonder Woman: He’s getting calmer with his reactions.

Green Arrow: Yeah… Guys, maybe we don’t turn ourselves in this time. Maybe we… do something else? Anything else, because he has a point. I'm not sinking in the Titanic when there's a lifeboat.

Aquaman: Good Titanic metaphor.

Green Arrow: Thanks, man.

[spnscripthunt-inactive]

If anyone felt a disturbance in the force at around 11:30am it was me opening the email the owner of TV Writing sent at 11:15am.

Thank you to the person(s) who emailed these to TV Writing, these were added to TV Writing today:

5x04 - The End

5x19 - Hammer of the Gods

6x03 - The Third Man

6x04 - Weekend at Bobby's

6x07 - Family Matters

6x11 - Appointment in Samarra

6x15 - The French Mistake

7x07 - The Mentalists

7x08 - Season 7, Time for a Wedding!

7x20 - The Girl With The Dungeons And Dragons Tattoo

8x04 - Bitten

9x03 - I'm No Angel

9x18 - Meta Fiction

9x23 Do You Believe in Miracles (Story Notes)

10x08 - Hibbing 911

The full collection includes some arenas, outlines, earlier drafts, concept art, storyboards, casting sides, revision pages, and other misc. production paperwork, you can check it out here.

About TV Writing: "The best site on the Internet for finding a wide range of current TV pilots as well as classic shows and pitches and show bibles in PDF format. " — The Writer's Guild Foundation

[bisclavret]

this is so funny i knew eoin said he thought gwaine got up and went on his merry way with a concussion and zero recollection of the entire series but i didn't know he got super excited about making a short film about it. it's kind of a huge-brained idea actually since gwaine's character arc starts out with a concussion. mr macken please this could be your magnum opus there is still time

[lyriumflames]

So we all know about the classic "I'm changing history to save clara" quote, but do people know the absolute batshit earlier draft of that scene? Like-

My god

[charmac]

i think Charlie day being a part of writting so many episodes of season 17 is a good sign for Macdennis.

1 bcuz hes always been a macdennis truther. and 2 for revenge he can get payback on Rob and Glenn for finding it funny to put him in situations they know he really hates and tried to get out of bc hes so touch adverse like kissing Kaitlin or that ski episode scene.

He’s gotta reverse uno on Rob and Glenn for wanting an uncomfortably long 15 minute Chardee hook up

[theholmwoodfoundation]

The writing of The Holmwood Foundation Season One final block of scripts is going well.

[lilcathsmith]

Crime Show Meme - CSI insp. [4/10 episodes]

"What does Nick Stokes mean to you? How do you feel when you see him in that coffin? Does your soul die every time you push that button? How do you feel, knowing that there's nothing you can do to get him out of that hell?." - Grave Danger (Season 5 Episodes 24 & 25, 19th May 2005)

[munohlow]

Soul Calibur needs the Emmy-winning animated series treatment

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

alright ykw you can have my Relativity Falls Northwest Mansion Mystery episode bulletpoints

For Context: The events in the original nwmm happened when Pacifica was about the same age she was in the original show- everyone got turned to wood, but she managed to get away and began studying paranormal stuff in hopes of getting them to turn back, which is part of how she wound up working with Dipper, and she's the reason he came to Gravity Falls in the first place.

Preston gets Ford's help with getting rid of the ghost that comes every year at the abandoned Northwest Mansion 

He believes that by capturing and exorcising the ghost, it will free the people under the curse of being wood, and that it might help Pacifica's sanity (since her parents and people she knew are among them) 

Preston read about Ford being all good with the paranormal and decided to come to the Mystery Shack to get his help

Stan does not like him (he maybe had the same role as Pacifica in Double Dipper and Irrational Treasure), but as soon as Ford hears he needs help with a ghost, he's eager to come and Stan decides to come with him 

They go to the abandoned mansion, which has a ton of people turned into wood, and keep thinking they hear the ghost, but it turns out to be Gleeful sneaking around 

Stan is immediately hostile towards her, but she's like “I just want to help” and pulls out the pages from Dipper's journal 2 that cover what he knows of the Northwest Family Curse 

Ford freaks out, like “you have a journal????” And she's like “well I used to, or rather my dad used to, but I think it got confiscated or something when he was arrested” 

They end up splitting up, Preston with Ford and Gleeful with Stan

Stan and Gleeful end up talking about Gideon, and Stan can't help but sympathize a bit with her 

Ford starts asking Preston about Pacifica, hoping to find out more about the author 

But Preston gets all defensive and they start arguing, but then the ghost comes out all like “I smell a NORTHWEST” and tries to get Preston

Which interrupts Gleeful and Stan's conversation, and the four of them reunite 

They end up catching and exorcising the ghost, but it doesn't free the wooden people, and Preston tries to hide his disappointment 

Ford, Stan, and Gleeful go to visit Pacifica anyway, and she asks Ford to stay for a moment 

She tries to give him the warning about something terrible coming, but Ford is like “hey it's kinda late and you're probably unstable from learning your family is never gonna be fixed, so why don't we rest and talk about this tomorrow?” And then leaves 

The end 

@clownjacket here's where the mandatory season 2 stan and gleeful bonding takes place :>

[staticvoidzz]

I kinda made a bucket list for stuff I want to see in a hopefully greenlit season 2, and I have more ideas, but my brain can’t think of them coherently, but I know they are there. Anyways, keep streaming FOPANW

[gothamite-rambler]

Harley: Why are Cattie and Battie acting like… how do I word this without grossing you out?

Nightwing: Like horny young adults?

Harley: Yes…

Harley pointed to Batman and Catwoman, who were acting like they were in their younger dating days. Catwoman playfully circled her fingers around Batman's lips, making him laugh before leaning in for a kiss.

Harley: Yes! What is that?

Nightwing: My nightmares. For a legitimate answer, Batman made this medicine he needed when he felt his bones making too many strange popping sounds. He wanted to feel better, and it worked… except whatever he put in it makes him act like I imagine he did when he first became Batman in a lot of ways.

Nightwing whimpered, covering his face like a child who just walked in on his parents in the middle of sex. Harley patted him on the shoulder.

Nightwing: I’m not upset about the romance part; I just don’t want to see it.

Harley: Oh, I can relate, but Cattie doesn’t seem to be complaining.

Nightwing (still hiding his face): About that… Remember when she fell off that building and landed on an awning? I’m not sure when, but he gave her some of his currently tested-only-on-him medicine, and then he dosed himself again. I want stoic Papa back.

Harley: Oh… oh… Ooooh! You poor thing. I assume you were lucky enough to miss this as a child?

Nightwing (whimpering): Mostly… Have they at least stopped yet?

Harley: I’d look the other way if I were you.

Meanwhile, the couple continued to embrace, kissing passionately as Batman dipped Catwoman. Red Robin’s masked eyes glanced at the exchange for a moment before he turned away, walking past Harley and Nightwing.

Red Robin: Don’t mind me; I’m going to find a mugger and see if he can beat me into memory loss!

Nightwing: Good luck, bro. He won’t be able to clear his mind. Once you see it, it stays with you.

Harley: You've walked in on Batman—

Nightwing: Five times, yes. Not always with Selina. One time was with Talia… The horrors. It was like a wolf versus a giant black widow spider. Harley, I’ve seen surreal horror from working with the Titans, and this makes me want to stare into the sun.

Harley (taking Nightwing for a walk away from his father): That's a normal reaction. That’s your dad and future step-mom; of course, you’re going to want to avoid seeing that. It could be worse.

Just then, Batman and Catwoman dashed past them, heading to the Batmobile and driving back to the manor. Nightwing quickly received a ping on his phone.

Nightwing: “Going home to train. You got this.” And... he sent a thumbs up with it. Awesome, thanks, Dad! A few more days left. Just a few more days…

Harley: How long has their libido been on high?

Nightwing: A week now.

Harley nodded, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.

Harley: Talk and fight bad guys with me for the rest of the night.

Nightwing: Punching villains and thieves will actually help distract my mind. You know, when he took that drug called Venom, that was easier to handle. I’d take insane over ready to bang any day.

Harley: I walked in on my parents during a three-way with our neighbor. I can help you get through this; I gotcha, kid.

Nightwing: Thank you. I'm going to need all the support and journaling for… this time period.

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[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[just-random-stuff-online]

So I was thinking about this scene (cause I'm never getting over TopForm ever) and this seemingly out-of-nowhere comment about bitemark. For context, in the source material, Takato never allowed Junta to leave a mark so his anger reached the roof when Ayagi left a mark on a place that even he was not able to. When they made up, Junta made hickeys on places that even Takato will never find cause he's that possessive and this is also the only time that traces of Junta showed up in Jin

[wienners]

found another ellison book in a store but its a compilation made after his death without any of his bitchy little prologues to each story. like if i cant read about how annoyed he was about being tardy to everything in his day to day life before reading the ticktok man, or how he only wrote IHNMAIMS in one day based off a friends science fiction painting of what would later be the tedslug, or a borderline bragging anecdote about how he wrote a story in the middle of a dinner party to spite his friend who said 'no new story ideas are possible', then I DONT WANNT ITTT!

[gremlin-pattie]

inconsistent characterization of my special guys 😡😡😡

[vagueeyes]

INSIDE NO. 9 | Director Guillem Morales + horror (1/2)

From the BBC Sounds pod - S6E5 "How Do You Plead?"

Reece: Guillem, you've got a very strong sense of what's creepy, and I always, sort of, absolutely trust your judgement as far as, like, having–I think we're quite similar in what we think will be creepy visually (Steve laughs. Guillem: Well–) and we egg each other on. (laughs) Guillem: I think, basically–I think that we have that kind of secret deal about you sending me the scripts with some horrible scenes in them, and me trying, you know, just to come out with even more horrible things. (laughs) (Reece: To make them worse) To make it– (Guillem and Reece laugh)

Reece: Well, prime example was, cos we never thought of it but you did, in "Misdirection" where the guillotine–where Neville is trying to chop Willy's head off. And we just wrote that he pushes him in the guillotine, lets go of the string, and his head comes off. But you were like, "No, no, no, no, it's not–it's a prop so it wouldn't really work, so it would get stuck in his neck. And he has to run up and he has push the blade through to finish him off." And we were like, "Brilliant!"

Guillem: But that was–it made sense (Reece: It made sense, yeah), because it's INSIDE NO. 9, so you never know. So the message there to send to the audience was: He's dead. You killed him and you're using a prop, so it was just making sure that message was delivered properly. Reece: Yes, absolutely. It was very, very good. (Reece and Guillem laugh) Certainly delivered, yes. Guillem: And you enjoyed it. Reece: (laughs) I did! I loved it. Steve: Yeah! He likes killing me in different, inventive ways.

Guillem: You didn't enjoy so much, Steve, probably. Steve: (laughs) I did some of it. It's actually a very scary thing, putting your head in a guillotine. Even though you know you're completely safe and there's no–it's just mentally, it doesn't feel right. Reece: I remember being thinking, "How have we ended up in a situation where Steve has to put his head in the guillotine, and there is now the possibility that that blade (Steve and Guillem laugh) might come down on it–" Steve: "–Cuts his head off!" Reece: "Cuts his head off!" Yeah, it was quite frightening. Guillem: You…you write those things. Reece: I know! But we don't think about the execution.