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buck-up-buck · 2 months
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In this post right here I made some crazy predictions about the next four episodes of 9-1-1.
Now I am not saying that they are all correct, BUT I SLAYED the first part legitimately. I fully predicted that Bobby would first meet the Burn Unit Nurse in the hospital after dropping a patient off.
*as per this still we were blessed with today*
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NOW, I also predicted a full blown revenge era on behalf of the Burn Unit Nurse which I think we can gather is going to happen thanks to the sneak peek of him chatting to Maddie, I’m assuming nearing the end of the episode.
“The only person responsible is the driver. The rest of us are just cleaning up his mess.”
NOW, I am going to rightfully assume that it was in fact HIM who was in the fire (hence the burns) BUT, I also stand by the fact that he lost someone in that fire. A fiancé or a wife, this is my guess, as per my original post. I am using the line in which he says-
“Although there’ll be days when she probably wished she hadn’t (survived)”
Because it’s one thing surviving something like that fire, but to have lost someone in it too while recovering…
ANYWAY-
My upcoming theories are as follows, take them with a pinch of salt because they may seem very AO3 of me, but I was right about the above so, who knows, right? RIGHT?!
1. Maddie potentially talks about the 118 and their involvement in the accident, triggering something in the nurse to potentially target Buck… again, THIS IS VERY FAR FETCHED BUT YA GURL HAS BEEN DREAMING ABOUT BUCKS LOFT BURNING DOWN SINCE 2019 OKAY, LET ME DREAM.
2. Bobby recognises the Nurse but doesn’t know where from, and the nurse choices not to tell him he knows who he is.
3. We get a flashback of some sort when he see’s Bobby walking into the hospital with the Baby. Either from Bobby or the Nurse, OR a flashback in general triggered by either seeing one or the other.
4. In next week’s episode, Bobby tries to ask him for forgiveness and they have a massive argument. This could potentially be the conflict that Kenneth mentioned Bobby gets into in Episode 8.
5. Athena is worried about Bobby’s involvement with the Nurse and warns him, because she a protective QUEEN.
Anyway… am I crazy or a psychic? You decide.
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revjohno · 10 months
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RWRB: The Movie
Even before RWRB started climbing the bestseller lists back in 2019, the word was out: this one is going to be big! So Hollywood studios immediately began clamoring for movie rights, which Amazon Prime won in a sealed-bid auction. We fans then filled the internet with suggested cast lists—I was going to say, “none of which even came close to naming the actors eventually chosen, especially the principal leads.” But then a friend reminded me that he had actually suggested Rachel Hilson as Nora from the start, and (don’t read this next bit, Nick and Taylor), “I also had some great suggestions for Alex and Henry, which would have been perfect if they had gone for younger actors closer to the ages the novel specifies.” I sit corrected.
Meanwhile, we settled in to wait for an announcement that the movie was starting production, with a fervor unmatched by even the most rabid fans of the Left Behind series looking for the Second Coming. And we waited … and we waited … and we waited. First-time director Matthew Lopez, a Tony award-winning playwright who also wrote most of the script, seemed to be taking his sweet old time casting the film (though I suspect that once Nicholas Galitzine threw his hat into the ring to play Henry, no one else was even considered). And there matters sat. It didn’t take quite as long to start filming as Jesus has taken to return, but at times, it sure felt like it.
Then, with a rustling of angels’ wings and a blast from golden trumpets, the announcement came: the film had been completely cast and shooting was about to begin! Aside from the two leads, Matthew gave few particulars about who was playing whom, and almost no candid shots of scenes being filmed showed up on the web. There was a bit of flack when Rachel Hilson was announced as Nora, because of the book’s only Jewish character becoming Black. And when Queen Elizabeth II happened to die three weeks after principal shooting ended, people began speculating about the possibility of Matthew being psychic, since he had chosen to replace the novel’s Queen Mary with King James III. Obviously, it didn’t take Madame Cleo to predict that a 96-year-old lady might not survive much longer and that a male monarch would occupy the throne by the time of the movie’s premiere. But in the midst of all the mystery surrounding the film, we needed to talk about something.
Then shortly after shooting wrapped, Nicholas Galitzine was asked how faithful the movie was going to be to the novel. Somewhat nervously, I imagine (he later confessed in an interview with GQ that he never actually finished reading it, so no doubt he was a bit hazy about details), he cautioned us not to expect a carbon copy of the novel, but instead to treat the two as “entirely separate.” He then added, “I just hope that people will think of this as a fun movie.”
Sorry, Nick. RWRB is not a fun movie. Yes, like the novel, it is funny in spots (and Matthew’s script, which I felt actually improved on some of CMQ’s lines, is also remarkably faithful to the original in its general outline and inclusion of certain iconic scenes—far more than most movie adaptations). But the film is mainly concerned with serious issues, and aside from occasional lapses into preachiness, it treats these issues with sincerity, tenderness, and genuine feeling. And this is in no small part due to the performance of Nicholas Galitzine himself.
I find Nick Galitzine to be one of the most amazingly attractive human beings I have ever seen. It’s not just because of his handsome face; my admiration springs from his obvious innate decency, his endearingly goofy sense of humor, and his undeniable talent. There was no need for him to admit that he never finished the book—it’s not like we could have checked—but when asked, he told the truth, because he is an honest man. When the writer from GQ whispered that some other diners at the restaurant where they were meeting were getting irritated because Nick was being too noisy, he immediately got up on his crutches (he had chipped a bone in his ankle in an accident on the set of his latest project, Mary and George) and tottered over to apologize, an all-too rare example of consideration and good manners in this post-Trump world. When teased about his habit of calling everyone “mate” and hailing them as if they were long-lost BFF’s, Nick replied with a laugh, “Everyone is my friend—I’m just very excited to see them! I’m very enthusiastic!” I’m sure that truer words were never spoken.
Though Henry was easy to cast, the hunt for Alex took rather longer, because Matthew was searching for someone who demonstrated just the right chemistry with Nick. Then a thirty-year-old actor named Taylor Zakhar Perez put himself forward (too old, I would have thought, to play the 21-year-ol Alex; plus, at 6’2”, he was actually two inches taller than Nick, and CMQ had made a major plot point out of Henry’s superior height). But when Nick and Taylor first met, Matthew was called away for a few minutes, and he came back to find them talking nineteen to the dozen like they were old friends. At that moment, Matthew knew he had found his Alex. The possible objections were easily dealt with (Alex is no longer a college senior, but instead is now in law school, so he could easily be in his mid-twenties; and clever camera angles make Nick look taller. The script also creates a running joke out of Alex continually insisting that Henry cannot possibly be 6’2” as his fact sheet claims; and when they’re standing side-by side, Henry accuses Alex of wearing lifts.  Alex’s look of confused dismay makes us actually wonder). They are perfectly matched, and the result is screen magic.
I found Taylor to be a complete revelation. His last movie had been a quickly-forgotten (luckily for him) bomb called One Up, in which Taylor’s lines were mostly restricted to comments like, “No, girls can’t join our team! Girls can never compete with men in the field of …” (wait for it) “competitive gaming!” Huh? We’re not talking about professional wrestling or weight-lifting—we’re talking about computer games. Moreover, countless studies have shown that women’s reflexes are quicker than men’s, their brains are proportionately larger, and that men’s only real superiority is upper body strength. I thought that such ignorant sexism as Taylor’s character in One Up conveys was a thing of the past, but in a world where women can lose the right to control their own bodies at the stroke of a pen, maybe not.
Though Taylor has never before played so major a part (that I’m aware of), he acquits himself admirably here. From the moment Alex tries to persuade Nora to ditch the reception and “go do touristy things,” the role of Alex is obviously in just the right hands. As it turns out, Nora might have done well to accept Alex’s suggestion, because he gets drunk at the reception and manages to create an international incident. And I must say, I very much enjoyed Henry and Alex’s interaction at the reception. Not only was I finally able to visualize the exact sequence of events leading to the disaster with the cake; I loved Henry’s fury at Alex’s dismissal of the proper use of titles (more about this below). It may make Henry look like a snobbish prig (which is certainly how Alex sees him), but Henry doesn’t care what Alex thinks. It also shows just how far Alex can goad him. For a royal, displaying such fury is even worse than making a scene, because royals are supposed to smother their feelings and appear cool, calm, and collected, no matter how trying the circumstances. Alex may be the first person who has ever been so lippy with Henry, and he really gets under Henry’s skin by doing so. (Which he will later do in a much more literal manner ….)
Which leads me to the BIG question we all wondered about: did Nick and Taylor’s offscreen friendship translate into SIZZLING sex onscreen? Well—no. And that’s fine by me. Any time I want to watch porn, there are any number of sites I could visit (or—ahem—so they tell me). Instead, these sex scenes give us poetry—aching, tender, romantic, and beautiful, allowing us the chance to peek into the depth of the characters’ intimacy, something made possible only by the actors’ consummate artistry. (Sorry—I couldn’t resist that one.)
Their first sexual interaction happens at the New Year’s Eve party, where they spend the entire evening talking and laughing together in a way that completely excludes everyone else. But then while everyone is sharing kisses at midnight (and several beautiful women make a beeline for Alex), Alex notices the (unkissed) Henry staring at him, heartbreak writ large on his face. Henry grabs a magnum of champagne and disappears, so Alex tracks him into the frozen Rose Garden. Critics have commented that this scene is detectably CGI, but come on, people—the movie was filmed during the summer, and it’s not like they were going to fly cast and crew to South America for a true wintry landscape. Besides, the actors’ talent made them look cold, which more than met the needs of the scene.
The ensuing kiss is straight out of CMQ, and I thought Alex’s reaction to Henry’s grab-and-smooch is particularly good. At first he seems startled (though not shocked), but then he plainly starts getting into it. It is Henry who breaks away, with a look of shock and terror as he realizes what he has just done. Without a single word, Nick is able to show us exactly what Henry must be thinking: Oh, my God! I let the mask slip—again! How does this bloke always make me do exactly what I was brought up not to do—expose myself by showing my real feelings? Christ! I need to get out of here!
Now it’s up to Taylor to show Alex’s reaction to the incident. In the movie, he seems not to feel much more than mild surprise, and a vague curiosity about whether Henry might be gay. But in the book, Alex goes into full-on gay crisis mode because of his body’s immediate reaction, and he develops even more of an all-consuming obsession with Henry. CMQ devotes twenty pages to this issue, one which all LGBT’s must eventually face (and twenty pages is actually getting off easy—in my case, accepting my bisexuality took decades). But since the movie’s Alex readily acknowledges his male lovers, enjoying Henry’s kiss isn’t an issue for him at all. The only complication he now faces is coming out to his parents, though I’m sure they figured out that their son was bisexual long ago.
Then comes the White House dinner and the Red Room scene, after which Alex orders Henry to “come to my room at midnight, where I am going to do very bad things to you.” My aforementioned friend (the one with the cast list) points out that Henry unbuttons Alex’s shirt and begins kissing down his chest and stomach, and Alex leans back with a look of gratified pleasure, but then at the end of the scene, Henry is still fully dressed. (Didn’t Alex reciprocate?) Henry then invites Alex to a polo match back in the UK, at which we see the guys kissing and Alex pushing Henry onto his back and reaching down to remove Henry’s belt, and … that’s as graphic as it gets. Matthew rightly protested the movie’s “R” rating, since aside from a couple of f-bombs and a brief shot of Taylor’s bare backside, that’s it. An “R” rating? I suspect that it’s studio nervousness about a potential homophobic reaction, and if the execs are that squeamish, why did they buy the movie rights in the first place?
The final sex scene is extremely well done. Henry begins by telling Alex that he wants to make love to him, to which Alex uncomfortably replies, “Make love? Who says that anymore?” Well, maybe Henry didn’t want to scare you off,  Alex, by using the same words as he does in the book: “Please—I need you to fuck me.” But obviously, Alex intuits that this is exactly what Henry wants, because Alex says nervously, “Um—I’ve never—” to which Henry smiles and says, “Don’t worry—I went to an English boys’ boarding school,” which is a far more likely scenario for Henry to have been initiated into gay sex than a virginal 17-year-old Henry being seduced by one of his older brother’s friends.
The two lovers gaze at each other, and then they gently, almost reverently, begin to touch. It made me think of times at night when my wife and I are in bed, and I look at her asleep on the next pillow, and I touch her in exactly this way. My heart feels like it will burst, and wonder floods me as I realize that this woman, whom I have loved for all these years, actually loves me back. Can the human heart ever experience anything more wonderful than such a realization? The same knowledge shines out of the men’s eyes in this scene—I love him, and he loves me. Then the touching becomes more intense, and as the scene progresses, without a single word or sound, Nick conveys the exact moment when Taylor seemingly enters him, and precisely when the pain of initial penetration tips over into pleasure. I’ll say it again: this guy is amazing. Ever since I first started watching Nick’s movies, I have said that he can communicate more in ten seconds of silence than other actors can manage in a two-page monologue, and that is exactly what he does here. (And he still has no acting awards? I mean, really?)
Alex acknowledges to himself that making love is exactly what he has been doing with Henry all along, but by trying to share this realization he only succeeds in scaring Henry off. Henry begins deflecting every time Alex brings up their future together, a future which Henry believes to be impossible. Alex tells him, “I want to see you at a barbecue stand with sauce smeared all over your mouth, so I can lick it off,” to which Henry replies, “Don’t they have napkins in Texas?” Alex begins talking about spending time together after the election, when “we can be naked all day, and walk down the street holding hands” (presumably after they’ve put some clothes on). I loved watching Taylor’s face as he nervously suggests their eventually going public, and tries to make his declaration of love. And (as always), Nick perfectly conveys Henry’s troubled emotions, as Henry cuts Alex off by jumping into the lake. The fear on Henry’s face as he submerges himself in the water is a perfect visual metaphor for the doubts and terrors in which he is drowning.
And make no mistake—these fears are well-grounded, and very real. Henry was born into a world where nothing matters more than hierarchy and the strict rules which govern it—thus his insistence that Alex address him correctly as “Your Royal Highness” rather than “Your Majesty,” a title reserved the monarch alone. Priggish? Pretentious? Maybe—but take away the outward forms which maintain this artificial world, and who is Henry? And if Henry insists on being himself and steps outside the royal system, the punishment will be both immediate and severe.
Prince Harry and his wife were still newlyweds expecting their first baby while CMQ was writing the novel. No one could have predicted that the devil’s bargain between the Palace and the media (which always demands a villainous royal to skewer before they publish praise about a more important one) would lead to the vicious unpopularity Meghan Markle currently suffers. The written abuse heaped upon her (greatly assisted by social media) became so severe that she firmly believes it led directly to the loss of their second child. So they felt they had to flee the country if they were going to save their marriage and their family.
But as Prince Harry describes in his memoir, Spare, they soon discovered that for doing so, within twenty-four hours of their arrival in this hemisphere, his funds were cut off and they were officially evicted from both their royal residences. The very next morning, his security detail was taken away, leaving them homeless and unprotected in a world of crazy stalkers (from whom Meghan had been receiving death threats) and intrusive paparazzi. Harry also found that a private security firm would cost him roughly six million dollars a year, which would soon eat up every penny his mother had left him. Fortunately for Harry and Meghan, friends stepped into the breach to help them, but except for a very few, his family has turned on him with silent fury and stony faces ever since. Even Prince Andrew, convicted of molesting an underage female and who must register as a sex offender anywhere he goes for the rest of his life, got more generous treatment than this. All Harry did was put his love for his wife and children above royal duty, but for doing so he has been cast into the outer darkness. And for the sin of claiming his own right to fall in love with a brown-skinned American, Henry knows he would suffer the same fate.
But RWRB is a fairy tale, so of course everything works out fine in the end. The election which Alex’s forced outing has put into doubt ends with Ellen’s victory due to a strategy devised by Alex himself. Despite intense pressure from the royal family, Henry insists on staying with Alex and acknowledging their true feelings for each other, and the entire world rallies around them. It is a triumph for love and tolerance over “the stifling suffocation of heteronormative conformity.” (I wish I didn’t have to put that line into quotation marks, but no one who knows me would ever believe that I had come up with such an erudite and well-turned phrase on my own.)
I enjoyed the film immensely. I thought the actors were top-drawer, as was Matthew’s adaptation and direction. So what didn’t I like? The watering-down of the certain characters for one, but above all, the elimination of others, especially Alex’s sister June. Please bear with me, though, because I think I have a glimmer of understanding as to why Matthew might have done this. And with his love for the book, I am sure that he did not arrive at his decisions lightly.
Let’s start with the character of Nora. In the book, she is someone “with a computer for a brain” who adopts the online persona of “a depressed lesbian poet who meets a hot yoga instructor in a speakeasy and is now marketing her own line of hand thrown fruit bowls.” But in the film, she becomes little more than a walk-on, and her brilliant, prickly presence gets watered down into a warm and loving sister surrogate (necessary since June got axed—why include June when Nora can function for both?).  Now that Nora is Alex’s supportive older sister, obviously there’s no hint of their past relationship from the book, in which “they just had to fuck to get it out of the way.” And without June, there’s also no need for a lesbian subplot. In the process, almost all of Nora’s spunkiness gets lost, and once the reception scene and the discussion with Alex about Henry’s New Year’s Eve kiss are over, she has nothing much to do but smile from the sidelines as she pairs up with Pez (who is also reduced to almost nothing—Henry’s incredibly wealthy, highly amusing and sexually ambiguous best friend barely has two lines). By reducing these characters, the movie loses the interest they both bring (Nora in particular).
This sort of character reduction is not limited to Nora and Pez. Many remaining characters get sanitized as well, if not entirely deleted. The abrasive Zahra who threatens to “staple Alex’s dick to his leg if it’ll keep it in his pants” morphs into a wisecracker who serves the essential function of calling Alex to account and dealing out the discipline he so obviously requires, but who always remains a friend. She thereby becomes much more likable—I loved the original character, but I used to wonder how someone so rude could have made it so far in politics—but in the process she becomes much more bland, and we lose most of her salty, prickly humor.
The salty-tongued Ellen, who sometimes uses her children as props and who ruthlessly cuts Alex loose when he threatens to become a campaign liability, gentles down into mere exasperated bossiness when dealing with her only child, and in the process becomes a fairly minor character. She shows none of the grit and determination that would have led her from her mother’s bar all the way to the White House. She is also still married to Alex’s father, Oscar Diaz, who has morphed from an important California senator into an undistinguished Congressman whose speeches everyone (but Alex) ignores. With Oscar and Ellen still together, the character of June loses one more necessary function: supporting and protecting Alex in the wake of their parents’ divorce, as well as her habit of challenging him for the behavior she believes may be fallout from Alex’s still-conflicting loyalties to his warring parents. But in the movie, the only hint of conflict between Mom and Dad is Oscar asking his son not to tell his mother that Oscar has been smoking out on the Truman Balcony.
And then there’s Rafael Luna. His abrasive, mentoring character gets deleted entirely, and his seeming betrayal (which causes Alex such agonized soul-searching) gets replaced with actual betrayal by a shifty investigative reporter. Luna goes undercover to expose a sexual predator and to prevent such a person from entering the White House (if only there had been this sort of double agent on the Trump campaign!). But in the movie, the guys get outed because a reporter named Miguel, a former lover of Alex’s, becomes jealous when Henry and Alex go off together at the DNC. I loved the cameo by Joy Reid (as I also loved the cameos by Rachel Maddow—and Matthew, while you were at it, why didn’t you also get Steve Kornacki?) as she pushes the reporter to explain why he had done such an underhanded thing. With all the hypocrisy and smug sanctimoniousness typical of his breed, the reporter gives a BS answer about “the public’s right, and need, to know such things about the people they elect,” which Joy immediately challenges by pointing out that (a) Alex has not been elected to anything, and (b) he has a perfect right to keep his private life just that—private.
So why did Matthew make all these changes? I think it may be for one simple reason: anyone adapting a novel for the screen must first identify the elements that made the original so popular, and, since we’re talking Hollywood, those which are also the most marketable. Every word must somehow advance the main storyline, and all subplots that distract from it must be ruthlessly eliminated. Multiple characters get condensed into one who can represent them all. There has to be a conflict engineered by the villain of the piece, but the elaborate undercover plot organized by the Richards campaign would have taken too much screen time. So it gets replaced by one which might be summarized in ten words: “Hell hath no fury like that of a lover scorned.” Of course, in a romcom, the screenplay must finally lead to a happy ending, and here we get two: in England, the lovers wave to an adoring public from the Buckingham Palace balcony; and in the US, Ellen finds out that she’s been reelected even as she and Zahra are composing her concession speech. Then Ellen, Oscar, Alex, and Henry wave at adoring supporters cheering Ellen’s victory.
RWRB the novel is only marginally a romcom; it is really a coming-of-age story, its message one of self-acceptance through self-awareness. This is what makes it so wildly popular among the YA audience at whom it is aimed, since adolescence is the time when the struggle to know and acknowledge who we really are is the most difficult. Just before the election, Nora tells Alex that he has no reason to be afraid of people’s reactions to his bisexuality; all he has to do to cement his popularity is to “Be Alex.” It’s good advice for all of us: difficult though it often is, our only real path to a full and productive life is by knowing and accepting ourselves as we are. And as a wise woman once told me, being yourself is a lot easier than being anyone else.
But self-acceptance is a particularly thorny issue for LGBT’s, even if our mothers are liberal Democrats like Ellen Claremont and our fathers are “patron saints of unisex bathrooms” like Oscar Diaz. As members of the culture into which we are born, from our very first awareness we know that there is something different about us. Something which our society teaches us is loathsome and contemptible, and which will inevitably lead to our eternal damnation. This is a pretty tough concept to handle, and we’re forced to confront it even before we enter preschool. But it’s not an issue the movie chooses to address: instead, it focuses on almost exclusively the developing romance between the two principals. This shoves the film’s entire weight onto Nick and Taylor, but fortunately these young men both have broad shoulders, and their talent is more than able to carry it. That talent also keeps us rooting for their characters’ happy ending, and if some characters and most of the subplots get cut, well, you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet.
So. Do I love the book RWRB? Of course I do—and how I wish it had been around when I was struggling with my issues as a young bisexual man in the 1970’s, since it would have saved me years of shame and pointless suffering. I would then have been much more ready for my own happy ending when Bobbie eventually entered my life. And do I love the movie RWRB? I totally do—I’m always up for a romance, and that is what Matthew, Nick, and Taylor have given us. In some ways, I actually prefer the movie (even though I know that saying this may lead to the RWRB police showing up at my doorstep to confiscate my “History, Huh?” T-shirt). You see, there’s one big problem with publishing a book with such a current, up-to-the-minute feel and format: it quickly becomes about as glossy and stylish as last year’s slang, and so when the Commemorative Edition came out in 2022, I found it curiously dated (the best part, for me, was its illustrations by Venessa Kelley). I think the movie will age a lot better, because with only minor alterations, it could be adjusted to almost any era—it’s not tied nearly so closely as is the book to the Gen Z / Millennial generation.
But to love both book and film, one has to accept the essential correctness of Nick’s original analysis: they are two separate entities, or, if you will, two sides of the same coin. One side is self-awareness and self-acceptance eventually leading to true love, and the other is true love which can only be enjoyed by reconciling societal expectations with personal integrity. So I find the book and the movie equally wonderful, just different. And I treasure them both.
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revjohnobryon · 10 months
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RWRB: The Movie
Even before RWRB started climbing the bestseller lists back in 2019, the word was out: this one is going to be big! So Hollywood studios immediately began clamoring for movie rights, which Amazon Prime won in a sealed-bid auction. We fans then filled the internet with suggested cast lists—I was going to say, “none of which even came close to naming the actors eventually chosen, especially the principal leads.” But then a friend reminded me that he had actually suggested Rachel Hilson as Nora from the start, and (don’t read this next bit, Nick and Taylor), “I also had some great suggestions for Alex and Henry, which would have been perfect if they had gone for younger actors closer to the ages the novel specifies.” I sit corrected.
Meanwhile, we settled in to wait for an announcement that the movie was starting production, with a fervor unmatched by even the most rabid fans of the Left Behind series looking for the Second Coming. And we waited … and we waited … and we waited. First-time director Matthew Lopez, a Tony award-winning playwright who also wrote most of the script, seemed to be taking his sweet old time casting the film (though I suspect that once Nicholas Galitzine threw his hat into the ring to play Henry, no one else was even considered). And there matters sat. It didn’t take quite as long to start filming as Jesus has taken to return, but at times, it sure felt like it.
Then, with a rustling of angels’ wings and a blast from golden trumpets, the announcement came: the film had been completely cast and shooting was about to begin! Aside from the two leads, Matthew gave few particulars about who was playing whom, and almost no candid shots of scenes being filmed showed up on the web. There was a bit of flack when Rachel Hilson was announced as Nora, because of the book’s only Jewish character becoming Black. And when Queen Elizabeth II happened to die three weeks after principal shooting ended, people began speculating about the possibility of Matthew being psychic, since he had chosen to replace the novel’s Queen Mary with King James III. Obviously, it didn’t take Madame Cleo to predict that a 96-year-old lady might not survive much longer and that a male monarch would occupy the throne by the time of the movie’s premiere. But in the midst of all the mystery surrounding the film, we needed to talk about something.
Then shortly after shooting wrapped, Nicholas Galitzine was asked how faithful the movie was going to be to the novel. Somewhat nervously, I imagine (he later confessed in an interview with GQ that he never actually finished reading it, so no doubt he was a bit hazy about details), he cautioned us not to expect a carbon copy of the novel, but instead to treat the two as “entirely separate.” He then added, “I just hope that people will think of this as a fun movie.”
Sorry, Nick. RWRB is not a fun movie. Yes, like the novel, it is funny in spots (and Matthew’s script, which I felt actually improved on some of CMQ’s lines, is also remarkably faithful to the original in its general outline and inclusion of certain iconic scenes—far more than most movie adaptations). But the film is mainly concerned with serious issues, and aside from occasional lapses into preachiness, it treats these issues with sincerity, tenderness, and genuine feeling. And this is in no small part due to the performance of Nicholas Galitzine himself.
I find Nick Galitzine to be one of the most amazingly attractive human beings I have ever seen. It’s not just because of his handsome face; my admiration springs from his obvious innate decency, his endearingly goofy sense of humor, and his undeniable talent. There was no need for him to admit that he never finished the book—it’s not like we could have checked—but when asked, he told the truth, because he is an honest man. When the writer from GQ whispered that some other diners at the restaurant where they were meeting were getting irritated because Nick was being too noisy, he immediately got up on his crutches (he had chipped a bone in his ankle in an accident on the set of his latest project, Mary and George) and tottered over to apologize, an all-too rare example of consideration and good manners in this post-Trump world. When teased about his habit of calling everyone “mate” and hailing them as if they were long-lost BFF’s, Nick replied with a laugh, “Everyone is my friend—I’m just very excited to see them! I’m very enthusiastic!” I’m sure that truer words were never spoken.
Though Henry was easy to cast, the hunt for Alex took rather longer, because Matthew was searching for someone who demonstrated just the right chemistry with Nick. Then a thirty-year-old actor named Taylor Zakhar Perez put himself forward (too old, I would have thought, to play the 21-year-ol Alex; plus, at 6’2”, he was actually two inches taller than Nick, and CMQ had made a major plot point out of Henry’s superior height). But when Nick and Taylor first met, Matthew was called away for a few minutes, and he came back to find them talking nineteen to the dozen like they were old friends. At that moment, Matthew knew he had found his Alex. The possible objections were easily dealt with (Alex is no longer a college senior, but instead is now in law school, so he could easily be in his mid-twenties; and clever camera angles make Nick look taller. The script also creates a running joke out of Alex continually insisting that Henry cannot possibly be 6’2” as his fact sheet claims; and when they’re standing side-by side, Henry accuses Alex of wearing lifts.  Alex’s look of confused dismay makes us actually wonder). They are perfectly matched, and the result is screen magic.
I found Taylor to be a complete revelation. His last movie had been a quickly-forgotten (luckily for him) bomb called One Up, in which Taylor’s lines were mostly restricted to comments like, “No, girls can’t join our team! Girls can never compete with men in the field of …” (wait for it) “competitive gaming!” Huh? We’re not talking about professional wrestling or weight-lifting—we’re talking about computer games. Moreover, countless studies have shown that women’s reflexes are quicker than men’s, their brains are proportionately larger, and that men’s only real superiority is upper body strength. I thought that such ignorant sexism as Taylor’s character in One Up conveys was a thing of the past, but in a world where women can lose the right to control their own bodies at the stroke of a pen, maybe not.
Though Taylor has never before played so major a part (that I’m aware of), he acquits himself admirably here. From the moment Alex tries to persuade Nora to ditch the reception and “go do touristy things,” the role of Alex is obviously in just the right hands. As it turns out, Nora might have done well to accept Alex’s suggestion, because he gets drunk at the reception and manages to create an international incident. And I must say, I very much enjoyed Henry and Alex’s interaction at the reception. Not only was I finally able to visualize the exact sequence of events leading to the disaster with the cake; I loved Henry’s fury at Alex’s dismissal of the proper use of titles (more about this below). It may make Henry look like a snobbish prig (which is certainly how Alex sees him), but Henry doesn’t care what Alex thinks. It also shows just how far Alex can goad him. For a royal, displaying such fury is even worse than making a scene, because royals are supposed to smother their feelings and appear cool, calm, and collected, no matter how trying the circumstances. Alex may be the first person who has ever been so lippy with Henry, and he really gets under Henry’s skin by doing so. (Which he will later do in a much more literal manner ….)
Which leads me to the BIG question we all wondered about: did Nick and Taylor’s offscreen friendship translate into SIZZLING sex onscreen? Well—no. And that’s fine by me. Any time I want to watch porn, there are any number of sites I could visit (or—ahem—so they tell me). Instead, these sex scenes give us poetry—aching, tender, romantic, and beautiful, allowing us the chance to peek into the depth of the characters’ intimacy, something made possible only by the actors’ consummate artistry. (Sorry—I couldn’t resist that one.)
Their first sexual interaction happens at the New Year’s Eve party, where they spend the entire evening talking and laughing together in a way that completely excludes everyone else. But then while everyone is sharing kisses at midnight (and several beautiful women make a beeline for Alex), Alex notices the (unkissed) Henry staring at him, heartbreak writ large on his face. Henry grabs a magnum of champagne and disappears, so Alex tracks him into the frozen Rose Garden. Critics have commented that this scene is detectably CGI, but come on, people—the movie was filmed during the summer, and it’s not like they were going to fly cast and crew to South America for a true wintry landscape. Besides, the actors’ talent made them look cold, which more than met the needs of the scene.
The ensuing kiss is straight out of CMQ, and I thought Alex’s reaction to Henry’s grab-and-smooch is particularly good. At first he seems startled (though not shocked), but then he plainly starts getting into it. It is Henry who breaks away, with a look of shock and terror as he realizes what he has just done. Without a single word, Nick is able to show us exactly what Henry must be thinking: Oh, my God! I let the mask slip—again! How does this bloke always make me do exactly what I was brought up not to do—expose myself by showing my real feelings? Christ! I need to get out of here!
Now it’s up to Taylor to show Alex’s reaction to the incident. In the movie, he seems not to feel much more than mild surprise, and a vague curiosity about whether Henry might be gay. But in the book, Alex goes into full-on gay crisis mode because of his body’s immediate reaction, and he develops even more of an all-consuming obsession with Henry. CMQ devotes twenty pages to this issue, one which all LGBT’s must eventually face (and twenty pages is actually getting off easy—in my case, accepting my bisexuality took decades). But since the movie’s Alex readily acknowledges his male lovers, enjoying Henry’s kiss isn’t an issue for him at all. The only complication he now faces is coming out to his parents, though I’m sure they figured out that their son was bisexual long ago.
Then comes the White House dinner and the Red Room scene, after which Alex orders Henry to “come to my room at midnight, where I am going to do very bad things to you.” My aforementioned friend (the one with the cast list) points out that Henry unbuttons Alex’s shirt and begins kissing down his chest and stomach, and Alex leans back with a look of gratified pleasure, but then at the end of the scene, Henry is still fully dressed. (Didn’t Alex reciprocate?) Henry then invites Alex to a polo match back in the UK, at which we see the guys kissing and Alex pushing Henry onto his back and reaching down to remove Henry’s belt, and … that’s as graphic as it gets. Matthew rightly protested the movie’s “R” rating, since aside from a couple of f-bombs and a brief shot of Taylor’s bare backside, that’s it. An “R” rating? I suspect that it’s studio nervousness about a potential homophobic reaction, and if the execs are that squeamish, why did they buy the movie rights in the first place?
The final sex scene is extremely well done. Henry begins by telling Alex that he wants to make love to him, to which Alex uncomfortably replies, “Make love? Who says that anymore?” Well, maybe Henry didn’t want to scare you off,  Alex, by using the same words as he does in the book: “Please—I need you to fuck me.” But obviously, Alex intuits that this is exactly what Henry wants, because Alex says nervously, “Um—I’ve never—” to which Henry smiles and says, “Don’t worry—I went to an English boys’ boarding school,” which is a far more likely scenario for Henry to have been initiated into gay sex than a virginal 17-year-old Henry being seduced by one of his older brother’s friends.
The two lovers gaze at each other, and then they gently, almost reverently, begin to touch. It made me think of times at night when my wife and I are in bed, and I look at her asleep on the next pillow, and I touch her in exactly this way. My heart feels like it will burst, and wonder floods me as I realize that this woman, whom I have loved for all these years, actually loves me back. Can the human heart ever experience anything more wonderful than such a realization? The same knowledge shines out of the men’s eyes in this scene—I love him, and he loves me. Then the touching becomes more intense, and as the scene progresses, without a single word or sound, Nick conveys the exact moment when Taylor seemingly enters him, and precisely when the pain of initial penetration tips over into pleasure. I’ll say it again: this guy is amazing. Ever since I first started watching Nick’s movies, I have said that he can communicate more in ten seconds of silence than other actors can manage in a two-page monologue, and that is exactly what he does here. (And he still has no acting awards? I mean, really?)
Alex acknowledges to himself that making love is exactly what he has been doing with Henry all along, but by trying to share this realization he only succeeds in scaring Henry off. Henry begins deflecting every time Alex brings up their future together, a future which Henry believes to be impossible. Alex tells him, “I want to see you at a barbecue stand with sauce smeared all over your mouth, so I can lick it off,” to which Henry replies, “Don’t they have napkins in Texas?” Alex begins talking about spending time together after the election, when “we can be naked all day, and walk down the street holding hands” (presumably after they’ve put some clothes on). I loved watching Taylor’s face as he nervously suggests their eventually going public, and tries to make his declaration of love. And (as always), Nick perfectly conveys Henry’s troubled emotions, as Henry cuts Alex off by jumping into the lake. The fear on Henry’s face as he submerges himself in the water is a perfect visual metaphor for the doubts and terrors in which he is drowning.
And make no mistake—these fears are well-grounded, and very real. Henry was born into a world where nothing matters more than hierarchy and the strict rules which govern it—thus his insistence that Alex address him correctly as “Your Royal Highness” rather than “Your Majesty,” a title reserved the monarch alone. Priggish? Pretentious? Maybe—but take away the outward forms which maintain this artificial world, and who is Henry? And if Henry insists on being himself and steps outside the royal system, the punishment will be both immediate and severe.
Prince Harry and his wife were still newlyweds expecting their first baby while CMQ was writing the novel. No one could have predicted that the devil’s bargain between the Palace and the media (which always demands a villainous royal to skewer before they publish praise about a more important one) would lead to the vicious unpopularity Meghan Markle currently suffers. The written abuse heaped upon her (greatly assisted by social media) became so severe that she firmly believes it led directly to the loss of their second child. So they felt they had to flee the country if they were going to save their marriage and their family.
But as Prince Harry describes in his memoir, Spare, they soon discovered that for doing so, within twenty-four hours of their arrival in this hemisphere, his funds were cut off and they were officially evicted from both their royal residences. The very next morning, his security detail was taken away, leaving them homeless and unprotected in a world of crazy stalkers (from whom Meghan had been receiving death threats) and intrusive paparazzi. Harry also found that a private security firm would cost him roughly six million dollars a year, which would soon eat up every penny his mother had left him. Fortunately for Harry and Meghan, friends stepped into the breach to help them, but except for a very few, his family has turned on him with silent fury and stony faces ever since. Even Prince Andrew, convicted of molesting an underage female and who must register as a sex offender anywhere he goes for the rest of his life, got more generous treatment than this. All Harry did was put his love for his wife and children above royal duty, but for doing so he has been cast into the outer darkness. And for the sin of claiming his own right to fall in love with a brown-skinned American, Henry knows he would suffer the same fate.
But RWRB is a fairy tale, so of course everything works out fine in the end. The election which Alex’s forced outing has put into doubt ends with Ellen’s victory due to a strategy devised by Alex himself. Despite intense pressure from the royal family, Henry insists on staying with Alex and acknowledging their true feelings for each other, and the entire world rallies around them. It is a triumph for love and tolerance over “the stifling suffocation of heteronormative conformity.” (I wish I didn’t have to put that line into quotation marks, but no one who knows me would ever believe that I had come up with such an erudite and well-turned phrase on my own.)
I enjoyed the film immensely. I thought the actors were top-drawer, as was Matthew’s adaptation and direction. So what didn’t I like? The watering-down of the certain characters for one, but above all, the elimination of others, especially Alex’s sister June. Please bear with me, though, because I think I have a glimmer of understanding as to why Matthew might have done this. And with his love for the book, I am sure that he did not arrive at his decisions lightly.
Let’s start with the character of Nora. In the book, she is someone “with a computer for a brain” who adopts the online persona of “a depressed lesbian poet who meets a hot yoga instructor in a speakeasy and is now marketing her own line of hand thrown fruit bowls.” But in the film, she becomes little more than a walk-on, and her brilliant, prickly presence gets watered down into a warm and loving sister surrogate (necessary since June got axed—why include June when Nora can function for both?).  Now that Nora is Alex’s supportive older sister, obviously there’s no hint of their past relationship from the book, in which “they just had to fuck to get it out of the way.” And without June, there’s also no need for a lesbian subplot. In the process, almost all of Nora’s spunkiness gets lost, and once the reception scene and the discussion with Alex about Henry’s New Year’s Eve kiss are over, she has nothing much to do but smile from the sidelines as she pairs up with Pez (who is also reduced to almost nothing—Henry’s incredibly wealthy, highly amusing and sexually ambiguous best friend barely has two lines). By reducing these characters, the movie loses the interest they both bring (Nora in particular).
This sort of character reduction is not limited to Nora and Pez. Many remaining characters get sanitized as well, if not entirely deleted. The abrasive Zahra who threatens to “staple Alex’s dick to his leg if it’ll keep it in his pants” morphs into a wisecracker who serves the essential function of calling Alex to account and dealing out the discipline he so obviously requires, but who always remains a friend. She thereby becomes much more likable—I loved the original character, but I used to wonder how someone so rude could have made it so far in politics—but in the process she becomes much more bland, and we lose most of her salty, prickly humor.
The salty-tongued Ellen, who sometimes uses her children as props and who ruthlessly cuts Alex loose when he threatens to become a campaign liability, gentles down into mere exasperated bossiness when dealing with her only child, and in the process becomes a fairly minor character. She shows none of the grit and determination that would have led her from her mother’s bar all the way to the White House. She is also still married to Alex’s father, Oscar Diaz, who has morphed from an important California senator into an undistinguished Congressman whose speeches everyone (but Alex) ignores. With Oscar and Ellen still together, the character of June loses one more necessary function: supporting and protecting Alex in the wake of their parents’ divorce, as well as her habit of challenging him for the behavior she believes may be fallout from Alex’s still-conflicting loyalties to his warring parents. But in the movie, the only hint of conflict between Mom and Dad is Oscar asking his son not to tell his mother that Oscar has been smoking out on the Truman Balcony.
And then there’s Rafael Luna. His abrasive, mentoring character gets deleted entirely, and his seeming betrayal (which causes Alex such agonized soul-searching) gets replaced with actual betrayal by a shifty investigative reporter. Luna goes undercover to expose a sexual predator and to prevent such a person from entering the White House (if only there had been this sort of double agent on the Trump campaign!). But in the movie, the guys get outed because a reporter named Miguel, a former lover of Alex’s, becomes jealous when Henry and Alex go off together at the DNC. I loved the cameo by Joy Reid (as I also loved the cameos by Rachel Maddow—and Matthew, while you were at it, why didn’t you also get Steve Kornacki?) as she pushes the reporter to explain why he had done such an underhanded thing. With all the hypocrisy and smug sanctimoniousness typical of his breed, the reporter gives a BS answer about “the public’s right, and need, to know such things about the people they elect,” which Joy immediately challenges by pointing out that (a) Alex has not been elected to anything, and (b) he has a perfect right to keep his private life just that—private.
So why did Matthew make all these changes? I think it may be for one simple reason: anyone adapting a novel for the screen must first identify the elements that made the original so popular, and, since we’re talking Hollywood, those which are also the most marketable. Every word must somehow advance the main storyline, and all subplots that distract from it must be ruthlessly eliminated. Multiple characters get condensed into one who can represent them all. There has to be a conflict engineered by the villain of the piece, but the elaborate undercover plot organized by the Richards campaign would have taken too much screen time. So it gets replaced by one which might be summarized in ten words: “Hell hath no fury like that of a lover scorned.” Of course, in a romcom, the screenplay must finally lead to a happy ending, and here we get two: in England, the lovers wave to an adoring public from the Buckingham Palace balcony; and in the US, Ellen finds out that she’s been reelected even as she and Zahra are composing her concession speech. Then Ellen, Oscar, Alex, and Henry wave at adoring supporters cheering Ellen’s victory.
RWRB the novel is only marginally a romcom; it is really a coming-of-age story, its message one of self-acceptance through self-awareness. This is what makes it so wildly popular among the YA audience at whom it is aimed, since adolescence is the time when the struggle to know and acknowledge who we really are is the most difficult. Just before the election, Nora tells Alex that he has no reason to be afraid of people’s reactions to his bisexuality; all he has to do to cement his popularity is to “Be Alex.” It’s good advice for all of us: difficult though it often is, our only real path to a full and productive life is by knowing and accepting ourselves as we are. And as a wise woman once told me, being yourself is a lot easier than being anyone else.
But self-acceptance is a particularly thorny issue for LGBT’s, even if our mothers are liberal Democrats like Ellen Claremont and our fathers are “patron saints of unisex bathrooms” like Oscar Diaz. As members of the culture into which we are born, from our very first awareness we know that there is something different about us. Something which our society teaches us is loathsome and contemptible, and which will inevitably lead to our eternal damnation. This is a pretty tough concept to handle, and we’re forced to confront it even before we enter preschool. But it’s not an issue the movie chooses to address: instead, it focuses on almost exclusively the developing romance between the two principals. This shoves the film’s entire weight onto Nick and Taylor, but fortunately these young men both have broad shoulders, and their talent is more than able to carry it. That talent also keeps us rooting for their characters’ happy ending, and if some characters and most of the subplots get cut, well, you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet.
So. Do I love the book RWRB? Of course I do—and how I wish it had been around when I was struggling with my issues as a young bisexual man in the 1970’s, since it would have saved me years of shame and pointless suffering. I would then have been much more ready for my own happy ending when Bobbie eventually entered my life. And do I love the movie RWRB? I totally do—I’m always up for a romance, and that is what Matthew, Nick, and Taylor have given us. In some ways, I actually prefer the movie (even though I know that saying this may lead to the RWRB police showing up at my doorstep to confiscate my “History, Huh?” T-shirt). You see, there’s one big problem with publishing a book with such a current, up-to-the-minute feel and format: it quickly becomes about as glossy and stylish as last year’s slang, and so when the Commemorative Edition came out in 2022, I found it curiously dated (the best part, for me, was its illustrations by Venessa Kelley). I think the movie will age a lot better, because with only minor alterations, it could be adjusted to almost any era—it’s not tied nearly so closely as is the book to the Gen Z / Millennial generation.
But to love both book and film, one has to accept the essential correctness of Nick’s original analysis: they are two separate entities, or, if you will, two sides of the same coin. One side is self-awareness and self-acceptance eventually leading to true love, and the other is true love which can only be enjoyed by reconciling societal expectations with personal integrity. So I find the book and the movie equally wonderful, just different. And I treasure them both.
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Omg they did tarot again with Amanda on smoshcast!!! I'm so upset he didn't bring up doing the same type of tarot for their love lives for why we're bad. But he did mention he did it once before outside of work even though he's a non believer, makes me think mwybe it was with C or in general someone in his life who does believe and dragged him to it.
Anyway the cards can be applied to his relationship in many ways, but the past card specifically for me stood out. He says he remembers getting the thought in the past years of how if it's something he's scared to do and gas anxiety about, that means he should do it and that makes me think of taking the next step with c to become more than platonic. He then says it typically ends up feeling freeing and very good. I remember in their early days even c talking about the most important thing she learned in therapy was to let go of expectations of something and how things should be when entering something new etc. And the card is basically to follow the flames that will guide you to somewhere exciting.
(also when he notices the drawing of the past card, he says the image feels very reminiscent of his life, obv not literally but I remember a pic on c's ig of when we presume they started getting serious, they were always hiking and the setting often looked like that. The ig pics are of c only but someone was clearly photographing her and we now know it must've been s)
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Omg s's past card "in the face of the unknown, you may feel anxious and afraid but is a safe passage what you actually need? This is your moment to let the pixie lights lead you from the well worn path I to the wilderness. It's scary and exciting but fear is only excitement that hasn't received permission." and shayne immediately goes" I like that. I love that." and explains about how he's someone who can let fear dictate him, and specifically how a few years ago he was facing "existential" fears and he realised he had to to "it". Existential fears meaning not career or status etc it had to have been personal like maybe related to his companionship etc. Also DIDN'T THE TAROT FROM YEARS AGO ALSO TELL HIM HE NEEDED TO GET OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE TO FIND HIS SOULMATE????
I just finished watching and his tarot cards basically tell the tale of him after the last reading in late 2019/early 2020 tbh.
Anon you are right that the last time he need to get out of the comfort zone. You can check the recap from my post here:
The three cards I do think represent the journey of him finally getting over all the fear and going for it with Courtney for sure and then right now he's in an exciting phase of his life.
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"O pó que me afoga" 2019
A writer who is a psychic can only predict bad futures but one day he comes across a person who gives him a different future than normal.
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skeetlebeetle · 2 years
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media that predicted the apocalypse to happen in 2019 (and were not far off)
killjoys
umbrella academy
good omens
and two were written by gerard way…. and he has a song called maya the psychic….. hmm
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An Itemized List of My Tarot Books
When it comes to divination, tarot is my bread and butter, my sweet cheese, my good-time pal, my partner in crime, and so on.
Complete Book of Tarot Spreads: Includes 122 Layouts. Authors: Evelin Burger and Johannes Fiebig. Publisher: Sterling Ethos. Additional notes: I don't like how often the G-slur is used to refer to the Romani. Tarot is Italian, Catholic, and a product of the Golden Dawn. You don't have to use slurs for Romani people to sell your tarot book in the year...okay, 1997 from its original German in 1995, but the point still stands. I just scribble out the slurs and use some of the spreads. I don't need them to teach me how to read tarot, and frankly, I don't recommend getting this book for that purpose.
Kitchen Table Tarot: Pull Up a Chair, Shuffle the Cards, and Let's Talk Tarot. Author: Melissa Cynova. Publisher: Llewellyn. Additional notes: This was my introduction to Melissa Cynova's works. I was impressed with this book, and it's one of the first ones that I recommend to people who need help figuring out tarot. Not only does it go into all 78 cards, it also talks about their reversals!
Psychic Tarot: Using Your Natural Psychic Abilities to Read the Cards. Authors: Nancy Antenucci and Melanie Howard. Publisher: Llewellyn. Additional notes: I don't actually believe that you have to be psychic in order to use tarot. I refuse to believe I'm psychic, I'm just putting together the symbolism and meanings of the cards and applying them to people's situations. But if you're into all that psychic shit, this is a pretty okay book? It sure as hell isn't perfect, but it's here.
Queering the Tarot. Author: Cassandra Snow. Publisher: Weiser Books. Additional notes: I never actually wrote the review of this book, but it's...both inclusive and alienating. My main complaints is that the only card that is even vaguely a-spec is the Hermit and the Wheel card entry treats "nonbinary" as synonymous to transfeminine (and frankly the author should have just used transfeminine for that entry). It also misuses the term "karma", uses the erroneous term "Judeo-Christian", and isn't an easy read if you can't handle walls of text or have dyslexia, but it's very personal, sex-positive, kink-inclusive, and reassuring. It includes pushes for activism (but recognizes that there are people who can't do that stuff). Overall, it's clear that it was the author's first book.
Tarot for Troubled Times: confront your shadow, heal your self, transform the world. Authors: Shaheen Miro and Theresa Reed. Publisher: Weiser Books. Additional notes: Review here. This was first published in 2019. Let that sink in for a hot minute. Anyway, I found this book to be...clearly written for women in the text but not the cover or marketing.
The Book of Divination: A Guide to Predicting the Future. Author: Michael Johnstone. Publisher: Arcturus Holdings Limited. Additional notes: This is a BEEFY book. Even with chapters dedicated to tarot, playing cards, tea leaf reading, crystal divination, Chinese astrology, Western astrology, I-Ching, numerology, palmistry, Futhark runes, and prophetic dreaming, there's also a MASSIVE list of divination methods in the foreword. Unfortunately, my old enemy (the racist pseudoscience phrenology) gets a mention here, but there are also some hilarious divination methods such as "slap someone in the face with a single rose petal", scrying with wine, and "drop pearls onto a surface and see how they bounce and roll". And unlike many rune books, this one actually appreciates history and talks about how the "blank rune" was invented in 1980s - because let's not forget that runes were a writing system, and having a "blank rune" makes no sense when writing things down.
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Top Psychics In The UK
Psychics are people who have an exceptional ability to sense, analyze and predict the future or other unexplained phenomena, beyond the usual sense of perception. They are often sought out for their insights and guidance on matters such as relationships, finances, health, career, and personal growth. While there are many psychics in the UK, some stand out for their accuracy, experience, and reputation. In this essay, we will explore the top psychics in the UK.
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Sally Morgan is one of the most well-known psychics in the UK. She rose to fame as the “Psychic Sally” after appearing on numerous television shows. Morgan has been practicing as a psychic medium for more than 45 years and gained a reputation for her accuracy and authenticity. She has done readings for various high-profile clients, including members of the royal family. Morgan has also performed several international tours, filling venues such as the London Palladium and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.
Another top psychic in the UK is Julie McKenzie. McKenzie has been working as a psychic for over 20 years and was awarded the title of “Best Psychic UK” in 2019. She is known for her ability to connect with lost loved ones and deliver detailed and accurate messages from the spiritual realm. She has a loyal following of clients who praise her empathetic and caring nature.
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Jayne Wallace is the founder of the Psychic Sisters, a chain of boutique stores located in Selfridges, London. She has been practicing as a psychic for more than 20 years and built a reputation for her unique and personalized approach. She has worked with many celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Kylie Minogue. Her readings are insightful, uplifting, and delivered with a warm and friendly approach.
Judy Hall is an author, healer, and psychic who has written more than 40 books on crystals, healing, and psychic development. She has been working as a psychic for over 40 years and is highly respected in the spiritual community. Hall is known for her accurate readings and her ability to connect with the spiritual realm through the use of crystals.
Finally, Craig Hamilton-Parker is a psychic medium and author who has been featured in many television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Richard and Judy Show. He has written over 20 books on psychic ability, prophecy, and psychic development. Hamilton-Parker has a reputation for his accurate predictions and insights, providing clients worldwide with guidance on their future and spiritual journey.
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In conclusion, there are many talented psychics in the UK, but Sally Morgan, Julie McKenzie, Jayne Wallace, Judy Hall, and Craig Hamilton-Parker stand out for their accuracy, experience, and credibility. Each of these psychics offers a unique and personalized approach to their readings, and their insights and guidance have helped many people find clarity and peace of mind. Whether you are looking for guidance on love, career, or finances, visiting one of these top psychics may provide you with the answers you seek.
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October 2019 - December 2019 for Korean Entertainment Industry in General
I’ll do a Korean entertainment industry reading for the months of October to December 2019.
October soon is ending, but the sombreness of this month will continue till the end. There will be a few more unexpected news that will not be very happy to fans, either departures, breaks/hiatuses, injuries, or accidents. Some litigation will either have results or start and this would go through until November to mid December. The litigation may either be a celebrity suing someone for malicious comments or could be a celebrity suing their own agency or vice versa. It can even entail lawsuits involving personal injury, divorces, inheritances, fraud, copyright infringement, etc. Many cases will not be publicly broadcasted but there will be a lot in the works. 
November will welcome many comebacks and be filled with much business. Lots of blood, sweat and tears coming from many groups, all fighting for the awards in their own ways. A couple of anticipated groups will be coming back during this time, rather last minute, up till December. They are purposely making last minute comebacks to gain more momentum for the upcoming awards such as the AMAs, MAMA, etc. Again, some celebrities may be forced to take hiatuses for various reasons like mental health/physical injury or pure discipline from their agency. There may be a few blossoming couples being publicized or rumored among SNS and among fans. I strongly feel there will be some sort of “dating” scandal coming for a few popular idols, leaked by different agencies for their own agendas. Some agencies leak other news on purpose for revenge. 
November also marks a month where some groups are fighting amongst themselves and are trying to get their solos. I see a few groups close to breaking up in November but will drag on till possibly 2020 - 2021. 
In December, there will be the typical award ceremonies. However, this time, some of the results of the awards will cause fan wars and cause people to wonder about manipulation of votes. Another popular show may be under examination of manipulation of votes from October - December. A reunion of an unexpected group may be seen in December. A few reunions will be delayed again till early next year or never again. Several holiday season songs will be released as well.
December will also be a time where we may see some departures from several celebrities. Unexpected news is a big theme for the months of November to December, and even January 2020. It’ll get everyone wondering, “wtf? how could this be? what? omggg!” December 2019 to January 2020 is really all about big changes for many celebrities’ career. Some at the top of their careers currently will plummet hard while others will change directions for their careers or take breaks. Some may disappear from the spotlight forever. Some news of enlistments to military will trickle in from November to December too. Some expected. Some very unexpected, almost too early for their career/age. 
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What has come true
October 25, 2019: 
Seulgi from RV missing from performance and Yeri is injured: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/red-velvet-performs-without-seulgi-injured-yeri-fans-extremely-worried-two/
October 27, 2019:
Woojin leaves Stray Kids: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/jyp-entertainment-announces-woojin-withdraws-stray-kids-comeback-delayed/
October 28, 2019:
Minzy reportedly filed an injunction against her agency, the Music Works Entertainment: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362089wpp/minzy-reported-to-have-filed-an-injunction-to-suspend-contract-with-her-agency
October 28, 2019: 
EXO announced that they will be making their November comeback: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/10/exoiscoming-trends-number-1-worldwide-after-sm-announced-exos-comeback-k-pop-fans-reactions
October 28, 2019: 
Sunmi files lawsuits against malicious comments: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/10/sunmi-files-lawsuits-against-netizens-leaving-malicious-comments
October 29, 2019:
IOI’s Kyulkyung reportedly may also be unable to join reunion: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/10/iois-kyulkyung-zhou-jieqiong-may-also-be-unable-to-join-groups-reunion-promotions
October 30, 2019:
Popeye entertainment closes down: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362483wpp/yoon-kyun-sang-oh-na-ra-and-more-search-for-new-agency-as-popeye-entertainment-closes-down
October 30, 2019:
Monsta X’s Wonho caught in upcoming litigation for allegedly owing money to Jung Da Eun: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/10/jung-da-eun-reveals-text-messages-from-monsta-x-wonhos-lawyer-after-debt-allegations
October 30, 2019: 
Dok2 confirmed to be underdoing tax investigation: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362657wpp/dok2-confirmed-to-be-undergoing-tax-investigation
October 30, 2019: 
Rainbow announces their return amidst reports of 10th anniversary reunion: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362660wpp/rainbow-announces-their-return-amidst-reports-of-10th-anniversary-reunion
October 30, 2019:
Park Jihoon announces comeback in November and Asia tour: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362655wpp/park-ji-hoon-announces-comeback-with-new-album-and-tour
October 30, 2019:
Starship Entertainment announces they will take legal action for a rumour raised about Monsta X’s Wonho: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362480wpp/starship-entertainment-denies-rumor-about-monsta-xs-wonho-considering-legal-action
October 31, 2019: 
Lee Yoobi to take legal action against malicious commenters: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362762wpp/lee-yoo-bi-announces-decision-to-take-legal-action-against-malicious-commenters
October 31, 2019: 
Monsta X’s Wonho leaves Monsta X: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362744wpp/breaking-wonho-leaves-monsta-x
October 31, 2019:
Starship Entertainment clarifies rumors regarding Monsta X’s Shownu’s dating a married woman rumor: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362766wpp/starship-entertainment-clarifies-rumor-involving-monsta-xs-shownu
October 31, 2019: 
Monsta X’s Wonho is allegedly facing illegal drug charges: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/10/jung-da-eun-further-claims-former-monsta-x-member-wonho-is-facing-illegal-drug-use-charges-in-dispatch-interview
October 31, 2019:
ASTRO confirms comeback in November 2019: https://www.soompi.com/article/1362946wpp/astro-confirms-plans-for-a-comeback 
November 4, 2019: 
BTS’ Jeon Jungkook questioned by the police after causing a traffic accident :https://www.koreaboo.com/news/bts-jungkook-questioned-police-after-causing-car-accident/
November 4, 2019:
Golden Child to make a comeback in November: https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/golden-child-make-comeback-november/
November 4, 2019:
Nam Taehyun closes his agency and signs his band to another agency: https://www.soompi.com/article/1363758wpp/nam-tae-hyuns-agency-discontinued-south-club-signs-with-new-agency
November 4, 2019:
Actor Hong Jong Hyun to enlist early next month: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/actor-hong-jong-hyun-to-enlist-early-next-month
November 6, 2019:
ACE’s Kim Byeong Kwan to sit out on savage promotions due to polyp removal: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/aces-kim-byeong-kwan-to-sit-out-on-savage-promotions-due-to-polyp-removal
November 9, 2019: 
CL leaves YG Entertainment: https://www.jazminemedia.com/2019/11/cl-leaves-yg-entertainment-after-10-years/
November 12, 2019:
ASTRO’s Moonbin to take hiatus due to health issues: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/astros-moonbin-to-take-hiatus-due-to-health-issues
November 12, 2019: 
2 AM’s Jinwoo and Nine Muses’ Kyung Li reportedly dating: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/2ams-jinwoon-nine-musess-kyung-li-reportedly-dating
November 13, 2019:
VIXX’s Leo to enlist as a public service worker on December 2nd, 2019 and opens up about panic disorder and depression in letter: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/vixxs-leo-to-enlist-as-a-public-service-worker-on-december-2-reveals-that-hes-suffering-from-panic-disorder-and-depression
November 13, 2019:
Ahn Joon Young PD partially admits to vote rigging on produce 101 seasons 1 and 2: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/ahn-joon-young-pd-partially-admits-to-vote-rigging-on-produce-101-season-1-2
November 14, 2019:
Seungri to enlist in military: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/seungri-to-enlist-in-the-military-as-burning-sun-investigation-stalls-netizens-furious-over-lack-of-justice
November 17, 2019:
TRCNG’s Wooyeop and Taeseon sue TS Entertainment for child abuse: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/trcngs-wooyeop-and-taeseon-sues-ts-entertainmen-for-child-abuse-including-hitting-them-with-metal-chairs
November 17, 2019:
Seventeen’s S.Coups goes on hiatus to receive treatment for anxiety: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/seventeens-scoups-goes-on-hiatus-to-receive-treatment-for-anxiety
November 18, 2019:
Kim Saeron leaving YG Entertainment: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/kim-sae-ron-reportedly-leaving-yg-entertainment
November 19, 2019:
Former East the Light Member Lee Eun Sung to Enlist in Military this Month:  https://www.soompi.com/article/1366809wpp/former-the-east-light-member-lee-eun-sung-to-enlist-in-military-this-month
November 20, 2019:
Daesung required to pay about $1.02 M in taxes on controversial building: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/daesung-required-to-pay-12-billion-krw-approximately-1025-million-in-taxes-on-controversial-building
November 24, 2019:
Goo Hara found dead in her home: https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/24/k-pop-star-former-kara-member-goo-hara-found-dead-28-11209087/
November 26, 2019:
Park Kyung Lawsuit & Vote Manipulation Accusations for others: https://www.soompi.com/article/1368039wpp/park-kyungs-agency-to-appoint-lawyer-expresses-wish-for-chart-manipulation-rumors-to-be-uncovered
November 26, 2019:
Stray Kids Lee Know suffers from minor ankle injury: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/stray-kids-lee-know-suffers-ankle-injury-jyp-gives-update-performance-2019-aaa/
November 26, 2019:
Malicious Commenters charged fines for defamation of Woolim Entertainment Artists: https://www.soompi.com/article/1368009wpp/malicious-commenters-charged-fines-for-defamation-of-woollim-artists
November 26, 2019:
MNET confirms I*ZONE and X1 will not attend MAMA: https://www.soompi.com/article/1368051wpp/mnet-confirms-izone-and-x1-will-not-attend-2019-mama
November 28, 2019:
Hyuna has been diagnosed with depression, panic disorder and vasovagal syncope: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/hyuna-depression-panic-disorder-vasovagal-syncope-diagnosis/
November 28, 2019:
UP10tion fans claim that Jinhoo is dating: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/up10tion-fans-jinhoo-dating-rumors-furious/
November 30, 2019:
GOT7′s Youngjae to sit out of weekend events due to health issues:https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/11/got7s-youngjae-to-sit-out-of-weekend-events-due-to-health-issues 
December 1, 2019:
TWICE’s Chaeyoung misses Twicelight’s performance in Japan due to ill health: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/twices-chaeyoung-misses-twicelights-performance-in-japan-due-ill-health/
December 1, 2019:
GOT7′s Jackson Wang misses activities due to health concerns: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/twices-chaeyoung-and-got7s-jackson-will-also-be-sitting-out-of-schedules-due-to-health-reasons
December 1, 2019: 
Former AOA members Mina calls out a certain murderer in Instagram post: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/former-aoa-member-mina-calls-out-a-certain-murderer-in-strange-instagram-post
December 3, 2019:
Fantagio rookie actor Cha In Ha found dead: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/fantagio-rookie-actor-cha-in-ha-found-dead/
December 3, 2019:
University releases official apology regarding using similar logo as Kim Jae Hwan’s fan club: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/university-releases-official-apology-regarding-using-similar-logo-kim-jae-hwans-fan-club/
December 3, 2019:
KONNECT Entertainment Reveals Kang Daniel’s Depression and Panic Disorder Diagnosis, Halts “TOUCHIN” Promotions: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/konnect-entertainment-reveals-kang-daniels-depression-panic-disorder-diagnosis-halts-touchin-promotions/
December 8, 2019: 
Kim Gun Mo to take legal action against Youtube channel: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/kim-gun-mo-take-legal-action-youtube-channel-claims-sexually-assaulted-someone/
December 8, 2019:
MONSTA X Jooheon may not be performing at the 2019 Jingle Ball: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/monsta-x-jooheon-not-performing-2019-jingle-ball/
December 9, 2019:
BigHit Entertainment/BTS/JTBC’s Claims: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/big-hit-entertainment-makes-a-lengthy-rebuttal-to-jtbcs-claims-that-bts-is-seeking-legal-help-due-to-profit-disputes
December 10, 2019:
Kim Soo Hyun leaves Keyeast to start new one-man agency: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/kim-soo-hyun-leaves-keyeast-start-new-one-man-agency/
December 10, 2019:
Map6 announces military enlistment of 4 out of 5 members: https://www.soompi.com/article/1370758wpp/map6-announces-military-enlistment-of-4-out-of-5-members-agency-says-group-is-not-disbanding
December 11, 2019:
Gagman Park Dong Geun under fire after calling Busters’ Chaeyeon a bitch: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/gagman-park-dong-geun-38-fire-after-calling-busters-chaeyeon-15-bitch-prostitute-live-broadcast/
December 11, 2019:
Kim Woo Bin becomes a free agent after leaving agency: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/kim-woo-bin-become-free-agent-after-expiration-contract/
December 12, 2019:
2NE1 Minzy files appeal: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/2ne1-minzy-file-appeal-contract-nullification-music-works/
December 12, 2019:
Han Seo Hee alleges that Jung Da Eun is violent and abusive: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/han-seo-hee-states-that-jung-da-eun-is-violent-and-abusive-reveals-her-bruised-arms-and-hands
December 12, 2019:
Cosmic Girls’ Dawon to take hiatus due to anxiety disorder: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/cosmic-girls-dawon-to-take-hiatus-due-to-anxiety-disorder
December 12, 2019:
Broadcast PDs previously recruited by YGE from MBC reportedly leaving YG: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/broadcast-pds-previously-recruited-by-yg-entertainment-from-mbc-reportedly-leaving-yg
December 12, 2019:
Cherry Bullet’s Mirae, Kokoro and Linlin cancel contract and leave the group: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/cherry-bullets-mirae-kokoro-linlin-cancel-contract-leaves-group/
December 24, 2019:
FNC Entertainment announces Song Seunghyun will leave FT Island and other members renew their contracts: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/fnc-entertainment-announces-song-seunghyun-will-leave-ftisland-group-others-renew-contracts/
December 25, 2019
Red Velvet Wendy suffers broken pelvis and wrist and facial injuries after falling off stage: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/red-velvet-wendy-suffers-broken-pelvis-wrist-facial-injuries-after-falling-off-stage/
December 29, 2019:
TVXQ’s Changmin reportedly in a relationship with a non celebrity: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/tvxq-changmin-reportedly-in-relationship-non-celebrity/
December 29, 2019:
Got7′s Yugyeom will not be attending MBC Gayo on 30th and 31st due to health problems: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/12/got7s-yugyeom-will-not-be-attending-mbc-gayo-festival-on-the-30th-31st-due-to-health
January 1, 2020:
Twice’s Momo and Super Junior’s Heechul Confirmed to be in a relationship: https://www.koreaboo.com/news/twice-momo-super-junior-heechul-confirmed-in-relationship/
January 6, 2020:
X1 disbands: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjeouWznPDmAhVFHjQIHRC7AoUQ0PADMAB6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fnews%2Finternational%2F8547358%2Fx1-disbands-vote-fixing-controversy&usg=AOvVaw29jJhbKHade_bxnzSnlzxl
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Hi! Can I have a reading on the rest of 2019 please? What I can expect? Thank you so much 💗. H♏
Hello H, Regarding your question I pulled Death. For the rest of 2019 you can expect major changes and transformations to occur in your life. If you have already experienced the sudden winds of change this card is a good omen that from here on out spring is setting in and you are entering a new chapter of your life with new perspectives, new hobbies, friends, habits. Death is the card of scorpio. Everything happening in your life is leading you to your true purpose and new experiences.
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Some potential "Jon Snow" sequel thoughts
Now full disclosure, I predicted that the GOT series ending went down the way it did to make room for a sequel back in 2019, so...I'm invested and may be psychic. BUT ANYWAY: I see a lot of Jonsas and Jon Snow stans in general (of good sense) are nervous about the news that a Jon Snow sequel in the works, so here's what I'm thinking, should this project come to fruition-----
Any Jon-centered show would needs-must address:
-Why Jon went from being uninterested in D@ny to pledging the North to her souvereignity.
-Why Jon defended her BUT emotionally and physically abandoned D@ny from 8x02 to his eventually assassination of her in 8x07.
-What were Jon's actually feelings about his identity of being a Stark bastard being turned upside down with the reality of him being a (ugh) legitimate Targ heir.
-Why EXACTLY he went from arguing with Tyrion to stabbing D@ny in the heart in about 15 minutes.
I can only imagine that Kit Harington's participation in this sequel series is contingent on giving his boy Jon's dumbass behavior S7 & S8 some justification. Why? Because if he was happy with the implied story of S7&8: that Jon fell suddenly fell in love with D@ny and betrayed his Northern people for a woman he knew all of a two months, but also who he was subsequently willing to emotionally withdraw from at her lowest point, and ALSO was ultimately able to assassinate, all because the warnings he IGNORED from Sansa and Arya were proven right? Well, he wouldn't be involved with this project, would he? BUT HE IS!
I personally feel confident that show!Jonsa is coming with this development (because it makes sense for GRRM's true endgame and after all: House of the Dragon will make the promise of a brunet Targ prince and Stark girl marrying a show canon prophecy), but even if that is not the case: this means that show-Jon will have to explictedly to own up to being wrong about D@ny when Sansa was NOT and, in the interest of plot, he will have to grow from where he is as a person at the beginning of the show to be satisfying. This can be nothing but a win for people pissed off about Jon's characterization S7 & S8 (because if he continues being an incomprehensible and stubbornly dumb character and doesn't realistically redeem himself, that's a death-knell for the continuing GOT franchise in the eyes of the general public forever, and if anything, HBO cares$$$ about THAT).
And NO: D@nerys will not be resurrected because there is no redeeming her after killing innocent people, especially children, on screen.
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