#suddenly susan

[buckybarnesss]

anyone else remember david strickland from suddenly susan? you know the four season sitcom starring brooke shields, kathy griffin and judd nelson from the late 90s?

i think of david quite frequently actually but that's neither here nor there really. nine year old me was going through it that year and his death stuck with me (also fuck andy dick forever).

but the whole reason i posted this is because i randomly thought of the scene where his character todd dances with nestor carbonell's character and i feel like this explains like at least 10 things about myself.

[nestorcarbonellcentral]

ɢʀᴀʙ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴀɴᴛᴀ ʜᴀᴛꜱ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ ᴇᴠᴇ!

[donnahinkleystaceytroy]

[supernovasilence]

Ok we all talk about the Pevensies' trauma at returning to Earth at the end of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and their trouble readjusting to life there again but think of all the funny/good parts too

They return from the country, and their mom is surprised when all her children hug her at the station. Even Peter, who thinks he's all grown up. Even Edmund, who went away surly and withdrawn. She doesn't know her children haven't seen her in over a decade.

They miss their dear Cair Paravel, but they absolutely do not miss its chamber pots. Indoor plumbing is amazing.

It takes a while to remember how modern technology works, though. How many heart attacks did the siblings give their parents or the professor because they walked into a dark room only to turn on the light and find the children sitting there in the dark. (They were by the window! There was still plenty of light from the sunset! They would have gotten a candle in a minute!) The kids sheepishly remember oh yeah electricity is a thing.

(Edmund has a new electric torch in Prince Caspian. He was so excited to get that torch. Almost more excited than you'd think a kid his age would be, and his parents expect Peter at least to tease him, but the siblings all agree light in your hand at the touch of a switch is terrific.)

Suddenly getting really high grades in some subjects and terrible in others. Their grammar, reading comprehension, spelling, vocab, even penmanship? Amazing. History and geography? They don't remember anything. One time in class Susan forgets Earth is round and wants to die.

Also they can never remember what the date is supposed to be because Narnia uses different months and years. They can estimate time really well by looking at the sun though, and Edmund at least can always tell which way is north etc without thinking about it (again, using the sun)

Okay but how many times did they go to pick something up or reach something and realize they are so much shorter and less muscled than they expect? It's a common sight to see Peter climbing on counters to reach a top cabinet, grumbling about how he's High King this is demeaning. (No he never takes the extra five seconds to grab a stool. He will climb that shelf.)

Peter and Susan being delighted because they are no longer almost thirty. (In a few years Edmund and Lucy will tease them about being old and their parents will not understand.)

Lucy doesn't have to deal with periods anymore for a few years yet. Susan might not either. Heck yeah

Lucy loves to climb into her siblings' laps and be cuddled. In Narnia she eventually she grew too big, but now she is small and snuggleable again. Peter is her favorite, and if she's upset, he'll tickle her and tell bad jokes until she's smiling again, but really she loves cuddling with all her family. She grew up without her parents; how many times did she just want to crawl into her mom's lap and her mom was a world away? Imagine the first time she realizes she can now. Or, imagine one day, a cold and grey sort of day, when the rain is pattering against the windows, and it sounds like the rain on the windows of the Professor's house, that first day they went exploring. It sounds like the day they played hide and seek. It sounds so like the rain on the windows of Cair Paravel, that if Lucy closes her eyes she can imagine she's back there, having tea and chatting with Mr. Tumnus before the fireplace of her room, and soon the rain will stop, and they will go out on the balcony and wave to the naiads and the dryads and the mermaids, who have come out to enjoy the rain and visit one other on the banks of the Great River winding past Cair Paravel down to the sea.

But if Lucy looks out the window, all she'll see is the rain over London, so it's not only a cold and grey sort of day, it's a lonely sort of day too.

Susan and Edmund are playing chess in the living room (and they must have studied with Professor Kirke, thinks their mother, because they certainly weren't that good when they left). Lucy goes over to Edmund, and oh dear, thinks their mother, now he's going to call her a baby and be horrible to her, but instead he picks her up and puts her on his lap without even taking his eyes off the chessboard; it's simply a matter of course.

"Doesn't the rain sound familiar?" says Lucy in a solemn, wistful way.

Their mother doesn't know what that means, but her siblings must, because Susan says, "Yes, Lu, it does,” and Edmund gives her a little hug with his free arm as she tucks herself under his chin to watch the chess match.

(Five minutes later there is a crash from the next room as Peter falls off a counter. Their mother does not understand the words he must have picked up from the Professor, but he's grounded for them anyway. His siblings have no respect for their High King, because they refuse to stop laughing.)

[tvthemesongs]

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Suddenly Susan intro

[theguestofhonor]

The Walten Files 4 - CyberFun Tech / Speeches for Dr Frankenstein, Margaret Atwood.

[nortism]

in my head, modern au kitty does her hair and dresses exactly like susan wokoma in taskmaster. the sparkly headbands and dungarees, the dress with the puff sleeves, the little ponytail in the last photo, please someone understand my vision

[noireisnocturnal]

Oh deer~

(I can't find a good gif right now, but specifically the hallway where he's reaching both sides and threatening Husk. Yeah that)

[theyarebothgunshot]

watching an episode of a sitcom that aired 25 years ago just to feel something

[maxpaulll]

This isn't redacted related or anything so I don't expected to perform at all but like- This quote hurts so bad. Cause they're just bugs. They're just doing the same thing as us: trying to survive. And yet because they're tiny and they annoy us we kill them. I understand not liking wasps cause they sting or mosquitos because they bite but just think about the moth. All they're trying to do is follow their instincts. They use moonlight to guide them and yet we fill their environment with artificial light and confuse the shit out of them just to get pissed when they end up in a house and bumping into a computer screen at night.

Anyways, I'm gonna stop crying about bugs and explain myself cause I wanna and you fools have to put up with me. Trans people are like moths. They're just trying to live their lives. They're not trying to hurt people or indoctrinate children. They're not chewing holes through your 30 yr old unworn blazer. And yet people who are so much bigger than them, who have so much power are actively taking away their rights, their access to healthcare. People are afraid to be themselves in public because they're trans. And this especially goes for BIPOC communities. I mean fuck, look at the violence directed towards black trans women. It hurts to know this is the current climate for trans people. To be surprised and amazed that one of us makes it to old age hurts.

I wake up everyday and pray nobody kills me for the crime of being small.

[buckybarnesss]

After the episode of Suddenly Susan where they dealt with Strickland's death, I've never been able to hear Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" without thinking of him.

It's funny the things that stick with you. I think of David Strickland every time I hear the song too.

Even 24 years after his death I think of him every so often. You never know what someone is going through, what personal demons they are fighting even if they have arguably everything going for them.

I doubt he ever considered his lasting affect on some 9 year old kid from a podunk town in Florida but I hope he found whatever peace that had eluded him in life.

[voidchillz]

Mama’s eatin’ GOOD TONIGHT 🍽️

I’m not even embellishing that much 😭😭

That’s what I call fanfic dude, d a m n

[disneyprincessconcertfans]

A few days ago I had posted about Susan Egan having been in Austria for the "Hollywood in Vienna" Gala. The concert was to honor Disney Legend Alan Menken with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award.

This is a video clip that Susan posted on her IG (@iamsusanegan). It is of her and Drew Sarich singing "Suddenly Seymour" for the encore. Susan mentioned that Drew had just finished performing "Poor Unfortunate Souls" AS Ursula from The Little Mermaid. Therefore, Drew performed the encore in full makeup! Love it! 😍

[balladofsallyrose]

Xander is Joss’s insert or mouthpiece - 'If I have to look at Xander for one more minute I will explode. Yes I know he’s a main character. Yes I know that he’s probably in every episode of every season. I am in Hell.'

#WHYYYYY DOES HE GET SO MUCH SCREENTIME???#if there is one thing I'd bet my life on it's that xander is a self-insert for the person who made this show. idk who that was but I can -#tell they're infusing themselves in the narrative through him#anyways he's definitely a self-insert and also I just don't like him so whenever he's on screen I'm painfully aware of it

These are the same feelings I have about Danny Partridge - his character is the main focus of the show, basically a self-insert of the creator. i'm only halfway through season 1 and every episode is about DANNY, with the exception of one or two episodes. it's so obvious that it is painful (he does have some good moments but still !! so overwhelming) and when the storyline is about another character, suddenly danny becomes the centre of the episode.

"But oddly enough, everybody on that show was oddly enough connected to my family. My daughter's name is Laurie, her boyfriend was Keith. Our dog was called Simon, but they got a female dog so her name was Simone." - Bernard Slade, creator and writer.

[ithinkwehitametaphor]

I forgot that big Pete was in Gilmore Girls. Does that place GG and The Adventures of Pete and Pete in the same universe?:3