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[tragedycoded]

last line tag!

There I was, minding my own business, getting ready to start drafting Chapter 22, when along came @cowboybrunch. Thank you for tag :3

This is from DMLS Book 2, Sullivan's POV. Sheriff Mason providing the last line of all time:

"With all due respect… no shit."

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[officialpenisenvy]

I cannot believe I spent my time speculating on the sexuality of nick cave and blixa and with all that focus there I never even found out led zeppelin was like. Gay. until you posted about it today. Is that really what all that moaning in the music was about???

well they never explicitly said they were Gay it's not a mick jagger or even a morrissey situation. however and im being so genuine about this when you look at the extant texts it's incredibly hard not to see how heavily queer-coded their stage presence and to a degree their public perception was and also how gay-adjacent they were (this is obviously most notable wrt plant and page who even aside from all the truthing and onstage moaning just had an extraordinarily toxic yaoi personal relationship).

[neversandnowheres]

cant stop thinking about caius greylace tradwife homesteader influencer from al's farm exclusively uploading ragebait videos to tiktok

[misskattylashes]

What if Alex joins him on stage tonight at La Cigale for sntm?

[crusheswhimsandfancies]

Sometimes you can’t go back. But you can visit.

[becoach-a]

beard bopping his head along to ted's "bye, bye, bye" is something that can be so personal

[achingly-shy]

so many artists just dropped music at midnight holy shit nov 17 you are sooooo

[the-golden-comet]

✨🏴‍☠️💛🌈Peter Hart 2,000 Hit Celebration: Fanart Gallery🌈💛🏴‍☠️✨

I am astonished at the amount of support that Peter Hart has been receiving. Not long ago, I reached my 1500 hit milestone. Now, we’re at 2,000 hits. Wow. I—honestly don’t know what else to say besides thank you so, SO much!! 💛✨

I wanted to share a bit of that love from the community, so I have compiled a collection of fanarts that community members have shared with me. I obtained permission from each artist to repost their fanart of Peter Hart.

I ALWAYS appreciate any sort of fanart, fanfiction, or other fanworks that the community offers. My DMs and asks are always open if you want to share your love and support as well!

Make sure to give these artists in the community some love 💛✨

Moodboards by the lovely @jev-urisk:

Fanart of Peter by @autism-purgatory :

Fanart of Benji by @wyked-ao3 :

Fanart of Peter by @jev-urisk

(Also featured are OCs Kazimier from Jev’s 7 Circles and Royston from @fortunatetragedy ’s Doom Metal Love Story):

Fanart of Peter from Anonymous Fan:

Fanart of Peter from @lavender-gloom :

Thank you all! If you want to read Peter Hart, it’s available for free on Archive of Our Own, or if you want to support me further, you can buy a digital copy on Amazon Kindle eBooks 💛🏴‍☠️✨

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[silverview]

below the cut is a long and overthinky post about in9, mostly

i need to start by talking about sitcom finales, which fortunately is a straightforward place to start. i've probably written this exact bit before, so i'll recap it as briefly as i can

when creators are knowingly bringing a sitcom to its end, they use the final episode(s) to ask and (usually) answer the question: are we getting out of this situation? since the characters aren’t going to be onscreen anymore, they don’t need to be funny anymore, so they have the option of ‘graduating’ out of whatever sit(uation) has been keeping them hilariously unfulfilled. (the sit might be a literal location or simply a social circle, pattern of behaviour etc.) they have the opportunity to be happy, offscreen, after the show ends

characters can graduate by changing their circumstances: for the worse e.g. death (blackadder) or for the better (cabin pressure). if they don't graduate, they're doomed to remain in the sit indefinitely (peep show). or they might realise that the sit has become a place where they feel fulfilled, and they have no need to graduate (spaced). how to classify any specific show can be up for debate & i won't go into detail justifying these examples, but broadly speaking and for the sake of argument, these are the categories

you can mix and match these endings for different characters within the same show, so that some graduate and others don’t (community). this will often be the case when there is a ‘striver’ character who has consistently shown greater ambition/potential to escape than the others. this is going to be bittersweet, in fact all graduations are going to be bittersweet, because – no matter how awful the sit and no matter how nice the graduation – the audience has come to know and love the sit, and the characters/relationships within it, and we’re sad to see that come to an end. the characters left behind will inevitably have strong feelings about a split ending, one way or another – either supporting or attempting to sabotage the striver's graduation

so i’ve been thinking about plodding on as a sitcom finale. as you can tell, it's clearly using this framework. it takes the emergent meta-characters of 'steve' and 'reece,' largely implied presences up to this point, and puts them up onscreen for a very traditional sitcom finale. the show itself is the sit, and we get all the classic struggles to escape, all the ensuing clashes brought on by guilt/resentment/the pain of separation. through this lens, the ending is... well, either a peep show or a spaced ending, depending on how optimistically you read it. but those are just two sides of the same coin – the 'nobody graduates' coin. 'the adventure continues indefinitely.' they move on to a new show, but their circumstances are effectively unchanged, for better or worse. the audience are invited to enjoy the cosy feeling that this is for the best. they know we love the sit, that's only natural, and we don't want it to end. so they very kindly wrote an ending that keeps it alive forever, even if that leaves their characters somewhat unresolved/unfulfilled in some respects

tlog apocalypse is also a sitcom finale, in a sense. it uses a curiously similar formula – manifesting the meta-characters 'steve,' 'reece' and 'mark' onscreen for the first time, and making tlog itself the thing from which they want to escape. like plodding on it even shows us a fictional 'next' project to represent their escape attempt. the difference is that they are not the protagonists; the residents of royston vasey are, represented by lipp & geoff & briss. those guys get their own unique graduation arcs, which all fit the traditional sitcom model to a greater or lesser extent. some are aborted and some are fulfilled, but overall, we get a similar ending to in9: the town goes on, the sit goes on, the adventure continues indefinitely. ('it was all a dream' ambiguity notwithstanding.) because that's basically what the audience really wants.

in both these cases, what we're really rooting for is The Show; The Work Itself. i've said this before, but one of in9's favourite themes is the danger and difficulty of creative work/entertaining people, the damaging effects on the body and soul. but in the end, despite all that, it comes down in favour.

if psychoville had run its course, would the r&s meta-characters eventually have made an appearance? i suspect not, for two reasons. 1) unlike tlog & in9, psychoville has a substantial recurring cast of other actors, so the r&s meta-characters are not such a ubiquitous implied presence. 2) maureen & david are (or ... were) a prominent stable unit that can easily stand in for the creators, i.e. represent their respective aggregate presences on the show. (tubbs & edward can fill this role for tlog; they just didn't in the movie. in9 doesn't have a version of this, or it didn't until the finale.)

i'm talking about meta-characters all the time. i linked to my original post about it above, but i want to try & expand on it. r&s, the implied actors/writers. they're a sort of thin layer between the explicit fiction of the show and the reality of the actual guys. they're emergent, unscripted, unseen, unheard, and largely unknowable. they're made up of the viewer's conscious & unconscious impressions as she watches the show. the easiest way i've found to think about it is this: they're the same as the actor characters on the show that goes wrong – recognisable characters who are actors, themselves playing a variety of characters – the only difference is that 'reece' and 'steve' don't ever break onscreen. we always know they're there; we always know we're watching 'reece' & 'steve' playing tommy & len; we are never just watching tommy & len. we build up a familiarity with 'reece' and 'steve' just by watching them act, and that inevitably shapes our perceptions of the individual explicitly fictional characters

the meta-characters are who the audience is tuning in for week to week, to see what they do next. not the explicitly fictional characters who change every week (although once we know & love them, we return to see them again of course<3). not the real human men, because those are too far removed for audiences to develop an impression of them from the show alone. there is a fictional construct of a man which is never intentionally written or acted, but which nonetheless accretes organically in the viewer's head, until she has a vague sense of a character behind the characters. that's the meta-character.

many such cases, when actors repeatedly work within the same circumstances/ensembles. very similar effect in the carry on films, for example. hancock's half hour features an odd version of the same phenomenon. sketch shows like mitchell & webb look and jfsp repeatedly bring their meta-characters onscreen, and in fact both explicitly acknowledge what they're doing by having the meta-characters point out that their lines are scripted. especially in jfsp, this creates ANOTHER layer of fiction – there's the fully fictional character simon kane is playing, there's the 'simon kane' who has scripted lines in a fourth-wall-breaking sketch, there's the meta-character 'simon kane' who is implied to be reading those lines, and finally there's the flesh & blood human man. this is all getting a bit much

anyway, imagine if in9 had included more ‘backstage’ scenes/episodes throughout its run. imagine how plodding on would hit if you’d been seeing those guys interact onscreen for the whole ten years, sloooowly building their meta-story to its finale

[bonesandthebees]

first of all I know my username is related to That Guy and I will be changing it lmao

okay band recs for people no longer listening to lovejoy:

arctic monkeys (a classic, big inspo for lovejoy), los campesinos! (another classic), the killers, wallows, wilt, james marriott, second thoughts, slaughterhouse beach, good kid, late night drive home, the royston club

musician recs for people no longer listening to that one british guy:

matt maltese, conan gray, roar, american poetry club, crywank (of course), modern baseball, the walters, car seat headrest, elliott smith, jeff buckley, radiohead, sufjan stevens, death cab for cutie, the smiths (classic sad male manipulator music)

ANYWAY I hope this helps someone who is looking for music that is similar in theme or style or tone, and those are my recs :)

oh this is such a lovely list thank you for compiling it!! big ups for wilt they're SO cool. love good kid too ofc and obviously arctic monkeys, los camp, and the killers are all classics. if I might add, if your favorite lovejoy album so far has been pebble brain two door cinema club definitely has that vibe to it

great recs to listen to instead of that guy too. crywank my beloved <33 to add in another one of my own recs, if you like music about guys being fucked up and depressed the national is described as 'sad dad rock' for a reason. anyone who has followed me for a while knows I'm obsessed with the national and I still stand by that it's my favorite band

but tysm for this seriously!! very sweet of you to compile this list because I know a lot of people are going to be missing lovejoy on their playlists

[tragedycoded]

writing share tag!

@leahnardo-da-veggie got me! And it was so good. It was such a good get.

I'm editing the last 30 pages of DMLS 2 rn. There are spoilers, so blacklist #dmls-spoilers if you don't want to be cavalier about plot details.

Pretty sure I shared the end-end of this chapter on the old blog. Here's 250 words from Chapter 15. I tried to find something mildly humorous to offset the content warnings, but like... it's DMLS humor.

CW: mild antisemitism, implied/threatened violence

"Drop your weapon!" Sullivan bellowed without showing himself around the corner. "You turn around, you're dead!" The bass in Sullivan's voice just about shook the glass in the foyer. A shotgun clattered to the floor, and the last of the eight hatchet men shook loud enough to hear the rest of the weaponry strapped to his person, if a body knew what to listen for, and had sharp enough ears. Sullivan added, "All of 'em!" A pistol hit the floor next. Then a knife. What sounded like rope. "Remember what I told you about turnin' around!" The kitchen door swung open, and Gott's shotgun hefted to eye level. "Jesus, lady," the hatchet man quavered. "You will tell me who sent you," she said in a grave tone, "right now, or I will add your name to the insurance claim." "I-I-It was Mister Huston," the man stammered. Didn't sound any older than twenty-five, from where Sullivan was standing. "And you are here for whom?" "He-He-He s-s-s-said—" "Tell me who you are here for." "The Jew," the man blurted. "He said he wants the Jew what killed his boys." Before Royston could heckle him, Sullivan shook his head and tightened his grip on his man's fingers. "Alive," Gott asked, "or dead?" "Said it don't matter b-but he-e'd throw a thousand bucks t-to whoever brought 'im a hand. Triple that, for both of 'em." "What?" Sullivan interjected. "You're squeezing too hard," Royston hissed in his ear. Sullivan eased up on his grip, but did not release him.

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[still-july]

sorry for my varied tastes, my music taste is just like that. if you like any of these please please hit me up so i can be Insane about them!

(really rude that i can't add more than twelve albums, by the way. impossible to choose)

[moon-and-seraph]

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[neversandnowheres]

someone who isnt me write a volstovic cycle eurovision au . im begging .

[sassyfrassboss]

Have you seen Jack Royston’s column for Newsweek? It is scathing. Definitely wasn’t on the payroll yesterday.

Here’s the link if you haven’t:

https://www.newsweek.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-not-practicing-what-they-preach-1851622

He was pretty scathing about a year ago and then was sweet as sugar to them later.

At the time we thought their checks bounced but I think they were in between PR companies and Jack unloaded because more than likely he has been a victim of Meghan's rampant bullying.

[hacash]

I saw a couple of reviews saying there wasn’t enough football being shown in season 3, this is why Ted Lasso is ‘losing its touch’, we’re not seeing enough of the significant moments on the pitch etc etc; so because I’m a pedantic little fucker I decided to science the shit out of this. Bare in mind, ‘no football featured’ means no matches, so with that in mind:

Season 1

Pilot – No football featured

Biscuits – Richmond’s bad loss against Crystal Palace, not shown

Trent Crimm: The Independent – no football featured

For the Children – no football featured

Tan Lines – Richmond’s win against Unknown, match shown

Two Aces – No football featured

Make Rebecca Great Again – Richmond’s significant win against Everton, match not shown

The Diamond Dogs – No football featured

All Apologies – No football featured

The Hope That Kills You – Richmond lose against Man City, match shown

Season 2

Goodbye Earl – Richmond draws against Nottingham, match shown (sorry Dani…)

Lavender – No football featured

Do the Right-est Thing – Richmond lose against Coventry after Sam’s protest, match not shown

Carol of the Bells – No football featured

Rainbow – Richmond undergo a bad streak and then play Sheffield Wednesday, match not shown (but the run-up is)

The Signal – Richmond win against Tottenham, match shown (but not the crucial victory)

Headspace – No football featured

Man City – Richmond lose against Man City, match shown

Beard After Hours – No football featured

No Weddings and a Funeral – No football featured

Midnight Train to Royston – Sam scores a hat-trick, not shown

Inverting the Pyramid of Success – Richmond win against Brentford, match shown

Season 3

Smells Like Mean Spirit – No football featured

(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea – Richmond ties with Chelsea, match shown

4-5-1 – Zava leads Richmond to victory, series of matches shown

Big Week – Richmond lose to West Ham, match shown

Signs – Richmond experience a bad run of losses, aftermath of matches shown

Sunflowers – Richmond lose to Ajax, aftermath of match shown

The Strings That Bind Us – Richmond lose to Arsenal, match shown

We’ll Never Have Paris – Richmond enjoy a winning streak, only the reactions shown

La Locker Room Aux Folles – Richmond win against Brighton, match shown (but not Colin’s turnaround)

 I’d say we’re actually seeing a lot more football this season than we have done before. The pattern of not having all the significant moments on the pitch portrayed is something Ted Lasso has been doing since season 1, after all. Remember the win at Everton? Nate’s magnificent ‘Park The Bus’ over Tottenham? Sam’s hat-trick? Isaac getting his mojo back on the field? Nope, neither do I, because we didn’t see them. In a way they’re not nearly as important as the character development off the field that surrounds it, and the show’s always been very honest about that.

After all, the cast do a great job, but with the exception of Cristo Fernandez, they’re not footballers - they were never going to be expected to do all the work on the pitch. Now there might be something of an argument for saying ‘but we’re less emotionally invested in where the team are placing in the league’ this season - but if I’m honest, I remember approaching both the s1 and s2 finales thinking ‘oh that’s where they are in the league?! god, I forgot we were supposed to be keeping track of that’. Football has always been a supporting role in this show, not the star.

Anyway, EXCUSE ME SIR THIS IS THE FOOTBALL ADJACENT SHOW NOT SOCCER SATURDAY THANK YOU