#the golden gals are simply iconic

[strongitsalifestyle]

Northern California Trip

Baby’s first trip 3 days

San Francisco, Yosemite & Napa Valley

My son was 7 months on his first plane trip. Here’s what we did on the trip. We took a light stroller and a car seat that we were worrying about getting damaged. I carried him on my lap since he was only 7 months old. We took the car seat for the limo ride to Napa Valley. We took the stroller on the hop on and off bus it was very easy to manage. I took the carrier to the Yosemite trip.

July 9-13 2015

Checked in to our hotel, Hotel G San Francisco 4 star hotel located just steps away from union square best shopping and dinning. Today, this one-block plaza and surrounding area is one of the largest collections of department stores, upscale boutiques, gift shops, art galleries, and beauty salons

Day 1 July 10

San Francisco: Winery Tour with Champagne

We took a private limo for a 6 hour trip to Napa valley pickup 10am from Hotel G.

Here were our stops:

Sterling: Perched over 300 feet above the historic town of Calistoga, Sterling Vineyards offers the best views of Napa Valley. Long regarded as one of Napa Valley's “must see”.

Trefethen: Trefethen Family Vineyards is a winery in Napa Valley. It was established in 1968.

Lunch stop: V. Sattui Winery has everything you need to create the perfect picnic. Grab your favorite wine & food and enjoy the picnic grounds at our St. Helena winery.

Day 2 July 11 Yosemite National Park

Full Day tour from San Francisco

We merry at pier 39 and board a charter bus to take us to Yosemite.

Baby’s first hike was Vernal Fall Footbridge. The best part was he fell asleep in his carrier as I walked up the steep hill pulling my mom behind me.

Distance: 1.6 mi (2.6 km) round trip

Elevation gain: 400 ft (120 m)

Difficulty: Moderate

Time: 1-1.5 hours

Vernal Fall footbridge: A mile from the trailhead, the Mist Trail crosses a footbridge from the north to the south bank of the Merced River. You'll get your first sight of Vernal Fall here, as well as pleasant views of the river both up and downstream. There are also bathrooms and potable water on the far side of the bridge. It's generally the first breath-catching point for hikers on their way to the top of the Mist Trail or Half Dome.

You'll find an excellent view of Vernal Fall from the footbridge at 0.8 miles (1.3 km). About 0.2 miles (0.3 km) beyond the bridge, the Mist Trail and the John Muir Trail diverge.

Difficulty: It's a short hike, but it's still a stretch to call it easy. There's enough climbing here to make you sweat.

Day 3 July 12

Hop on/off bus, Alcatraz & Pier 39

Hop on Hop off bus

Fisherman’s Wharf, on the northern waterfront, is one of the city's busiest tourist areas. Souvenir shops.

Chinatown: The oldest Chinatown in North America

PIER 39 is a 45-acre waterfront complex that is a gathering place for millions of San Francisco locals and visitors. In addition to its 12 full-service restaurants, 90+ shops and popular attractions, PIER 39 is home to a five-acre waterfront park and a 300-berth marina. PIER 39 is known for its spectacular views of San Francisco Bay, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge and Alcatraz, as well as the world-famous California sea lions hauled out on K-Dock.

Golden Gate Park: Explore the four-level Rainforest, the Steinhart Aquarium, and state-of-the-art Planetarium.

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

The Painted Ladies

Colorful Victorian and Edwardian houses, many of which feature three or more colors. The most famous ones—there are hundreds of houses—can be found in NoPa, the Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, and Cole Valley neighborhoods. But there’s one row, in particular, so iconic that it’s simply referred to as “the Painted Ladies” (or sometimes “Postcard Row”): the houses of 710-720 Steiner Street at the corner of Hayes Street. These gals have appeared in an estimated 70 movies, ads, and TV shows including, yes, Full House. You can’t enter the Painted Ladies (real people live there), but you can get a great view and a photo of your own from the east-facing hillside of Alamo Square across the street. 

Palace of Fine Art

Local architect Bernard Maybeck's pièce de résistance, this Greco-Roman rotunda is one of the only surviving structures from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.

You will feel like you have stepped onto a movie set watching the swans skim across the reflections of the Greco-Roman columns and rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts. Originally constructed of wood and burlap for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition, the structures were so beloved they were preserved and rebuilt in the 1960s. Bonus: The Palace is an easy, descending walk from the also-picturesque Lyon Street Steps.

We took a ferry to get a view of Alcatraz, we were unable get tickets. All sold out. Alcatraz is a small island was once a fort, a military prison, and a maximum security federal penitentiary.

We grabbed a bite to eat in Little Italy: Nestled between Fisherman's Wharf and Chinatown is a neighborhood known as North Beach. The neighborhood is San Francisco's “Little Italy,”.

The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco

We did not make it to the redwood forest, I do recommend you add this to your trip!

July 13 back to NY

[pythonscrypt]

For the mcc ask game, 13 and 16? ^_^

13. an mcc hot take you have?

ok wait i will actually echo chrome on this one and say that the benching system does confuse me at times. mostly bc there's a bit of a disparity with players who regularly sign up but play just once every few months, while there are others who miss maybe 1 event out of 10. dont get me wrong i respect the hell out of what scott does and he does not miss with his teams but i also just wish there could be a way for more of the playerbase to play regularly yknow

16. which mcc event had your favorite lineup of teams?

ok mcc 22 gets a shout here simply because i really loved and was actively rooting for 4 teams out of 10 (orange, lime, aqua, purple), which is quite different from me having just 2-3 teams as my "main ones" each event. the golden gals and pink22 are iconic too. other than that i think mcc 17 had a really solid set of teams that had something for pretty much every part of the mcyt fanbase sphere

[alittlebirb]

Some showstopping seconds from the MCC 22 Golden Gals!

-Jojo wearing a yellow shirt that says CHAMPS, setting the tone for this MCC!

-Jojo then proceeding to tell her chat to turn their usernames "piss color" in order to show their support

-Everyone wearing old lady skins in reference to The Golden Girls

-Jojo wanted to wear minion skins but she was (thankfully) outvoted

-Gee getting False's attention and jumping with her, and then saying "See this is why I love females."

-Sylvee saying they can pet the cats at any time, but they don't get anything, "just the satisfaction."

-Jojo already strategizing and vod reviewing before the event starts

-Everyone hating on Sapnap for photobombing their group screenie

"He made me fall!" -Gee

"He pushed an old lady off! That's fucked up!" -Sylvee

-Jojo repeatedly saying she's going to pee her pants

-Sylvee asking for food suggestions, specifically something that's easy to eat while they play, and Blushi suggesting hot wings

"Hot wings are like, the most difficult thing to eat, they're so slippery!" -Jojo

"That is the worst possible food you could have picked." -Sylvee

-Blushi then revealing she apparently eats hot wings with a spoon??

"What? Why are you saying these things now?" -Jojo

"Gimme attention! Gimme attention!" -Blushi, cackling her head off

-"Let's just keep talking so the count down doesn't make our tummies hurt." -Blushi

-Gee suggesting that Sylvee order M&Ms???

-Gee and Blushi seeing Quig's birthday hat and begging for one of their own

-Sylvee saying it's sooo embarrassing for whoever threw their chicken inside the glass you guys 🙄, and everyone side eying her because it was her chicken

-Jojo calling for the team to leave a room that's melting in MD and Sylvee yelling they can't leave because Blushi is literally frozen rn!!

"Sorry sorry sorry." 😳 -Jojo and Gee

-Sylvee's mic cutting out so much while she's yelling that for a minute straight the comms are incomprehensible

-Everyone getting so focused on fighting Aqua that the lava eats the floor out from under them

-Gee realizing that she had the intense music off the entire time

-Jojo and Sylvee somehow literally running into Cyan in the 3rd round and Jojo's quick bow shots taking out all four

-Sylvee grabbing the entirety of the big coin box like a freaking queen

-Gee asking if she should ask her roommate to pull the internet on Oli's computer

-Jojo getting Top 5 in MD!

-Jojo calling Purpled her hero

-Sylvee getting excited over "lil ol' me" getting 9th place on the leaderboard

-Sylvee praising the NoxCrew for all their creative games and the work they do

-Gee typing in the chat during the elevator lore

-Sylvee dunking Pink AFTER they already voted

-Sylvee once again throwing the chicken inside the glass

"Wow, I am not a great voter, what the fuck?"

-Gee becoming very distressed at the fact that the chicken died after she punched it

-Everyone asking for Gee to please remind them of the teams each of them will be hunting in PKT 🥺 👉👈, and Gee complying by reading them out in a sports announcer voice

-Blushi saying she's "taking a gander" at the map

-Jojo forgetting to comm after dying and apologizing because she was "fixing myself"

-Sylvee having to hunt 3 teams in a row in a deeply upsetting turn of luck

-Jojo wanting RSR after PKT and the others teasing her it's "for the ego"

-"Should we sing happy birthday to Quig one letter at a time?" -Gee

-Jojo checking in with the others by asking for affirmatives and everyone sounding off

-"That's our Jojo, girl!" -Gee about Jojo during RSR

-Sylvee complimenting Jojo on her elytra hops! "Nice hops, Jojo!" "HUGE hops!"

-Gee getting top 11 during the second round in a huge improvement, and Jojo getting top 2 in players!

-"It's the speed of the elytra, like oh my gosh! I'm zoomin!" -Blushi

-"If we skip Build Mart I'm literally gonna cry." -Jojo T.T

"No! Don't make Jojo cry!" -Gee

-"Make sure to follow walls directly from behind like a little puppy dog." -Sylvee

"Bark bark!" -Blushi

-"Girls! What do we love?" -Gee

"Winning!" -Sylvee

"No!" -Gee

"..can you give us a hint?" -Sylvee

"We love walls, especially when they have?" -Gee

"Holes in them!" -Jojo

"That's my girls, a bunch of hole lovers!" -Gee

-The exclamation mark walls are the most dangerous of all.

-Jojo winning the second round and typing in the chat

-"What do we love?" -Gee

"JOJO!! Oh, walls, right." -Sylvee

"And Jojo!" -Gee

-Jojo seeing the MCC wall and wanting to type it in the chat, but she's shaking too much

"It's okay, Sylvee will do it for you!" -Gee

-Jojo calling one of the walls a uterus

-Jojo winning the third round and Gee yelling "I want to do something to you that I can't say on stream!"

-Jojo got top 5 in every. single. HITW round. And to top it all off, she won the last two rounds entirely.

-Purpled and Jojo taking their leaderboard screenies together (they're besties your honor)

-Sylvee singing an custom song during the break about how Jojo is the best Minecraft player and the w in women stands for winning, and conveniently forgetting the entirety of it when Jojo asked her to repeat it

-The chat asking if they can skip TGTTOS and Jojo replying "you don't understand, we have Blushi."

-Everyone being so supportive and kind the whole way through, but especially when Blushi is feeling down about her performance so far

-Gee saying you don't get laps in reverse Ace Race, you get pals!

"One pal, two pals!" -Gee

-Jojo seeing Sylvee pass her in AR and screaming and calling her "the baddest bitch I know!"

-"Mirror map is my map! Mirror map is my map!!" -Sylvee

-"I was following Dream the entire time, I could smell his asshole. It smelled bad, but okay." -Sylvee (Why.)

-"EVERYBODY SUBSCRIBE TO ME RIGHT NOW. GIVE ME MONEY!" -Sylvee

-The Golden Gals getting 2nd place in AR scores!

"We are so hot." -Jojo

-Sylvee frantically messaging everyone in the aftermath of AR to ask did they see that?? Did they see how good she was???

-Jojo suggesting skipping BB and Sylvee immediately groaning in disagreement

-Sylvee murdering Sapnap in BB

-"Support players my ass!" -Sylvee

-Jojo getting an ace on Pink!

-Gee calling Orange a team of "little bow shooters."

-Sylvee saying "Hi Hbomb! Sorry Hbomb! He's going to be so mad at me," while playing in SOT

-"NO, Ryguy, please don't tomato us!" -Gee from the cage

-Everyone trying to puzzle together HOW they messed up so bad in SOT

"Do you think we'll make the top 10 most tragic plays?" -Jojo

-"Wilbur gave me some tomatoes, DIE EVERYONE!" -Blushi

-Dream getting locked out and joining The Ladies

-Jojo STILL being in first after the disastrous SOT because she's just THAT good

-"It's okay, we have time to make up coins." -Jojo during TGTTOS

"What's not okay is my Sands of Time loss." -Sylvee, who is still not over it and never will be over it

-"Jojo's like, no first? Cringe!" -Gee

-"We love her. She's so cute, look at her. Stop, I love her!" -Blushi, fangirling I've Tina

-Everyone calling Blue cringe for griefing during TGTTOS

"Blue, more like Boo!" -Gee

-"Guys I got first on the team! Every other time I came last! I'll take it!" -Blushi

-"It's a learning curve! Now you're gonna be absolutely cracked at every single SOT game after Hbomb roasts the shit out of you!" -Gee reassuring Sylvee

-Jojo and Blushi apologizing to Puffy but they have to root for the other Captain

-Gee playing this MCC on Puffy's set up, while Oli is playing on her set up

-Blushi realizing that Red's skins are in black and white and she is not, in fact, colorblind

-Jojo calling for pp's to rise up

-Jojo having a lil one on one with Kara in the audience

-Gee going over to keep Tina company because she's standing by herself

-Jojo predicting that Sparklez would win this MCC and telling it to his face when she went to LA...the gift of prophecy

-Jojo trying to convince Sylvee her SOT tragedy wasn't that big a deal and it's all okay, and Sylvee just NOT having it

"You never win an argument against Sylvee." -Gee

-Sylvee saying that if only Jojo wasn't so freaking good, she wouldn't be so upset about costing her coins

"I'm sorry, it's my fault!" -Jojo

-Dream entering the call to congratulate Sylvee on AR and Sylvee immediately putting her SOT performance on blast and going on an extensive rant about everything that went down during it

-"It's okay, we held hands all the way to the finish line!" -Jojo to Sylvee about AR

-"Sylvee's always got revenge on her mind." -Gee

[mary1andonly]

A little "justice" for Brienne, Jaime, and what we could/should have gotten in the show.

Why D&D made so many unexplainable changes to Brienne and Jaime's arcs, most times completely inverting what they do in the books and changing some of their traits? Let's see.

The gist of the majority of Brienne's problems in the show, was that D&D failed to write her...completely. She was doomed basically from the start from many mistakes and changes D&D made with her. Because she wasn't meant to be your usual warrior lady who simply loves to fight, she's so much more than that, and she's such a unique character.

Brienne's true arc in the books is full of duality. She's Sansa in armor (in GRRM's words). She's a very insicure 19 years old girl who longs to be respected as a knight and she's also a girl who longs to be a lady (married, a mother, and especially loved) but she doesn't think that's possible because of how ugly she is (and now she's also disfigured in the books), and how tall she is, how muscular she is, how strong she is, and she's been mocked and abused her entire life, starting from her piece of shit of a septa. Brienne literally thinks she's unlovable, that the marriage bed for her could only include pain and humiliation (again, thanks to the fucking crazy septa), and GRRM took her and put her right in front of the only guy in Westeros who lives for love and that nowadays would punch in the face any guy who mocks her, especially her mean former betrotheds (Hello Red Ronnet Connington, thank you for taking the iconic golden handed slap). Book!Jaime said it best in his weirwood dream: "In this light she could almost be a beauty. In this light she could almost be a knight". See? Duality. And she'd never scoff at Pod to not call her a lady, Book!Brienne simply finds amusing when Pod calls her "My lady, ser", because he can't seem to decide what to call her, but the fact that he calls her both is another example of the duality GRRM has in store for her.

I know some things were probably changed because they casted the amazing Gwendoline (who's beautiful but actually much taller than most men, just like Brienne), but mostly they simply didn't write some her struggles, both in terms of storylines, both in terms of her more feminine side, since Gwen was actually fantastic in portraying Brienne's vulnerability and shyness when she could, like in the bath scene in Harrenhal.

D&D don't know how to write women who break stereotypes. Brienne and Arya like to fight? Well they must hate feminine things then. Asha/Yara likes to fight and be tough and manly? Well if she's so butch she must be a lesbian. But in the books, Brienne and Arya like feminine things. Hell, Brienne is a huge romantic girl, who loves songs and fairytales and spent her childhood dreaming of romance (you know, the kinda romance that has a guy gifting her a priceless sword, like in her favorite fairytale, the one about ser Galladon and the Maiden, and how the Maiden gifted Gal a priceless magic sword as a gesture of love...seems familiar), and she's vulnerable, sometimes wishing just to have Jaime right next to her so she could cry on his shoulder. And she did spend the night of Renly's wedding crying her eyes out because her crush was marrying another woman. 

Arya liked wearing a pretty dress, even though she thinks she'll never be as beautiful as Sansa, and she's never mocked girls by calling them stupid. She's just a child, but not nearly as much of a stereotypical brat as she is at the beginning of the show. They also kind of switched Arya and Sansa's role within the family, making Sansa the outsider and Arya the one everyone praises. It might seem like a small detail but Arya's lack of self steem because of her inability to fit in and the disaproval she faced is a vital part of the book character, removing that was the first step that eventually led to Arya becoming an arrogant character who thinks she's better than she is and looks down on other women in the show, the complete opposite of what she is in the books.

Season 1 was also the beginning of "warrior Arya". In the books her strenghts are her intelligence, perception, resilience and skill at adapting, it's blatant that even after her water dancing training she would be useless in a battle because of her small size. She couldn’t even properly grab a bow if I remember correctly. But there she is in S1 perfectly shooting arrows. This started the show trend of developing Arya as a warrior and ignoring her intellectual progress. Again, the complete opposite of what's happening in the books.

Asha/Yara fights men and also fucks men. If they really wanted to include some lesbian sex, in the books Dany and Cersei, two traditionally feminine women, have sex with other girls occasionally. Want some proof of D&D's inability to write women? I'm gonna give you a little "gift". This is a sample from a short story written some time ago by David Benioff himself, about a man...and a woman's ass, and how he viewed her ONLY as a hot ass, not a human being, an ass, nothing more...

In the books, in the scene where Jaime gave Oathkeeper to Brienne, she also received a pretty blue dress from him (a dress that matches her eyes, Jaime is obsessed with her eyes in the books). And that's significant. Jaime gives her both a sword and a pretty dress, because he's the one who will eventually make Brienne's dreams about knighthood and being a lady come true, probably with marriage included at a certain point in their story (as it's heavily implied in the text many times, one cute and tiny example is in their very erotic fight scene in the books, where, right after, Jaime calls Brienne his wife, for a disguise from the Brave Companions). She literally had a dream (that GRRM often uses to tease future events) of Jaime knighting her/marrying her (with the all cloaking of the bride, as per westeros tradition). Brienne’s former bethroted literally turns into Jaime in another dream of hers. 

Even though she spent almost her entire life thinking it could never come true, because she was always treated as a beast. (Why couldn't Gwen wear the pretty blue dress in the show? They made her wear the ugly pink Harrenhal dress, but not the pretty blue KL dress...so unfair). Compare that to how in the show she received a sword and also armour, as if the Varyrian steel sword wasn’t enough to point out she’s a warrior, and as if she’s only THAT (it’s obvious she was only that to D&D), while in the books it was a sword and a pretty dress... 

And she seemed happy to wear that dress, because it actually looks good on her (at least Jaime thinks it looks good on her) and she rewards him for the gift by blushing all over the place and blabbering about her bodice being padded to have more shape, meaning it was implied that Jaime was staring at her...chest area in that scene, maybe with a surprised look on his face (why else would she start talking about her bodice being padded when he was talking about her eyes? And we know from her POVs that Brienne is quick to notice when people stare at her breasts, like Nimble Dick), which isn't that weird in the books. Jaime is a freaking pervert about Brienne's body from the get go, always noticing her body and trying to stare at her boobs, legs, muscles (like when she did a backflip into the water in Jaime's first POV), and when he saw her naked in the baths...he got hard, and he couldn't stop thinking about her naked even when he got hard bacause of Pia during his bath in AFFC, and in that case he got aroused because Pia was acting all shy and timid, just like Brienne usually does when she gets embarassed. He's obsessed with her, no matter how many times he told himself that she's ugly and stubborn, and the fact that Jaime's falling hard, but he doesn't understand it, he's in complete denial or simply unaware, it's hilarious. Everytime his thoughts drift off to her, he doesn't know why (he doesn't know what falling in love feels like, nor how courting works, he was literally born with his first lover)...but the obsession and the attraction is mutual, btw, Brienne was certanly feeling some type of way when she saw Jaime wearing his Lord Commander's attire and cloak and she spent a large part of AFFC just thinking of him, also thinking about what happened in the baths, but she wasn't thinking about the very important things Jaime told her about Aerys, she was busy remembering how hot he was...almost godlike.

And Jaime giving Oathkeeper to Brienne (a Valyrian steel sword Tywin wanted desperately to keep in the family as legacy) is also important because it shows just how much Jaime believed in her. In the books, he saw how crushed she was after the Red Wedding (he actually tried to cheer her up, and he was thinking of keeping her in KL with him) and Brienne thought she failed Cat just like she had failed Renly. And he knew the feeling well, since he still feels guilty for failing to protect Rhaegar's kids and wife. So he gave her an heroic quest to redeem herself and prove her worth. He believes she can rescue Sansa, even during the Riverrun’s siege in AFFC he was thinking about Brienne and her quest, hoping she already found Sansa and took her somewhere safe (and how dumb it was, in the show, that D&D made Jaime be surprised that Brienne managed to rescue Sansa, like...if he didn’t think it was possible...why did he send her?...). He believes in her abilities and honor. And the way Brienne treated Oathkeeper so reverently in the books, like she was handling Jaime's own heart, is so special.

Brienne and Jaime are one of his main book couples. So much so that GRRM made their own ancestors fall in love in a prequel book with direct parallels to their story (it's in "The Sworn Sword", the ancestors are Ser Duncan the Tall, Brienne's confirmed ancestor, the most honorable knight of the seven kingdoms, and Lady Rohanne Webber Lannister, Jaime's great-grandmother, a lady with a very bad reputation, the so called "Red Widow"). And book!Brienne and Jaime are influenced by the story of the Beauty and the Beast, GRRM's favorite love story of all time, and this influence was confirmed by GRRM himself, who said that Jaime and Brienne are meant to be his version of that love story, but with genders and roles switched (I mean, Brienne is literally called "The Beauty"...subtle George, really subtle). With the ugly girl making the most beautiful man in Westeros fall for her, and the Kingslayer earning the love of the most honorable and innocent girl in Westeros (The thing book!Jaime loves in a woman is innocence, from what he told to a character called Hildy and he did think of Brienne as "innocent" during their dinner with Roose).

How D&D took a look at that and discarded it all, I have no clue. It's like, at a certain point, they stopped adapting the books and simply took some inspiration from GRRM while writing their own story.

In the books Brienne literally got hanged by Lady Stoneheart in Jaime's place. She was ready to die for him! (Compare that to Cersei asking Jaime to die for/with her in her letter). And the Stoneheart situation is taken from the Beauty and the Beast's original story, where the Beauty, at a certain point, was forced by the villagers to betray the Beast, and was forced to send him in a trap, because they wanted to kill him. Only magic intervention saved the Beast, and the almost death thing made the Beauty and the Beast realize their feelings. Who knows what's going to happen after Stoneheart...

Brienne is a tough warrior (strong and confident with a sword in her hand) and also a romantic heroine. A girl who constantly gets treated like shit, but remains a good person. A shy, awkward and altruistic girl with a golden and pure heart who hates killing! Her very first kill happens only in book 4 and it's significant because she murders three of the dudes that took Jaime's right hand, and she mutilated one of them as well, to avenge Jaime, she wasn't a killing machine from the start like the show implied, and she was sobbing with tears after the killings (there was no reason for Brienne to start the show as an experienced killer, the realm had been at peace for decades, and she only got involved in the war of the 5 kings to serve Renly, who up to his death didn't fight any battles). One of Brienne’s main characteristics in the books is her inexperience about how the real world works. She has learned some things along the way, but she’s still too innocent for her own good, something that both Jaime and Cat had noticed often in the books. That’s one of her main storylines of the last published books: her growth, and how having to deal with the harshest realities of life (after living her life as a privileged and sheltered lady on Tarth, with her head full of songs about knights and adventures, just like Sansa) could possibly change her thoughts about honor. But D&D cut off her wings completely on that storyline, introducing her as someone who already knows everything about life, war, poverty, even tho those are things she was meant to deal with only after leaving King’s Landing...and since they couldn’t use this plot anymore...we had Brienne staring at a stupid candle for like a season...

Book!Brienne would have never said something like "you sound like a bloody woman" to a suffering Jaime, after he lost his hand. In the books she merely told him to stop being a coward in that scene...and that too was taken from the original Beauty and the Beast’s story, when the Beaty tries to shake up a hurt Beast by saying “Don’t be a coward, use those claws and roar”, here. Brienne is not a fucking incel, I have no clue what D&D were trying to do. The real Brienne would never use the word "woman" as an insult. Despite the fact that Westeros is a very misogynistic place in both books and show, Book!Brienne has never shown internalized misogyny. Brienne doesn't hate women or being one. She just hates restrictions (and she hates being ugly, but that’s another story). If D&D really wanted someone who could showcase internalized misogyny, there’s a perfect character in the books for it. That character is Cersei Lannister, the woman that loves to mock raped girls...certainly, it’s not Brienne.

And Brienne ending up in the KG is the last insult to the injury. The journey GRRM is taking with her, in the books, is a journey to make Brienne understand that being a true knight has nothing to do with stupid vows, celibacy, a white cloak, and always being someone's lapdog. She's learning that being sworn to someone that gives you horrible orders and having to do everything they say, endangering innocents like Pod, like Lady Stoneheart ordering her to kill Jaime for the Red Wedding (which he had no role in and Brienne knows) is fucked up. It's what happened to Jaime when he served the Mad King. That experience turned a pretty idealistic young boy into the troubled man we met later on. Jaime is not shy in saying that white cloak ruined him.

And plus she started her story as a member of Renly's KG only because she was in love with him and she wanted to protect him and die for him if necessary (and in her POVs she remembers that she fell for him because he danced with her, making her feel feminine and delicate, something she always longed for).

And it's a parallel to Jaime entering the KG to be close to Cersei, back when he was a teen (something he deeply grew to regret). Brienne was a teen herself when she followed Renly. For Brienne, becoming the LC of the KG would only mean going back to the start, not the ending of her story. Because now, she's learning that things with a cloak on aren't always what they seem.

And also...she's the freaking heir of Tarth, which never meant anything to D&D, but it sure as hell means something to Brienne, and it's obviously gonna be a part of her ending in the books, now that Tarth has fallen thanks to the Golden Company (for all we know she could be the new Lady of Tarth atm) and that feeling unworthy of that position is a huge struggle she faces in the books. 

Or the fact that GRRM has given us hints about Jaime and Brienne possibly having a baby at a certain point in the story...like, that couldn't be more night and day from what we got in the show. For example in Jaime's weirwood prophecy dream, where he sees Brienne's "more womanly body shape", against the zombies that represented the Others, or when in ASOS Jaime was thinking about fathering another child after Joffrey's death, and he started following Brienne immediately after the thought. Or when in his first POV in AFFC, he remembers when he sent soldiers searching for Tyrion in the brothels, which promptly made him think about sex, about new children being conceived, and he immediately started wondering where Brienne was, hoping she was safe and praying for her to the Father... (his thought process was literally: brothels > sex > babies > Brienne). Or when Cat and Brienne talked about childbirth as the biggest battle women had to face and how unfair it was that no singer writes about that, but they write only about male battles on the battlefield (Brienne, who’s the queen of duality, could very vell face both tipes of battle).

GRRM loves to give hints about future events. In an old interview he explained that he starts off by giving very small hints, to reward the most dedicated readers, and then he starts giving bigger hints, so that most casual readers can catch the drift as well, and then he goes all out with the things he planned, revealing them when it’s time. The Red Wedding is a huge example of it, since we can find small hints about it even in AGOT, and then we got Dany’s vision about it in ACOK, and in ASOS we got even bigger hints, and then...it happened.

Now, whether they have only one child before Jaime dies in the last book, or if they have a bunch of kids, growing old together, is up to GRRM (I have a few theories on why it might be the second thing, but that would take a long time, but to make it short, I think there's a huge chance Jaime is going to survive the books, but that has little to do with romantic things or Brienne, I started thinking a long time ago that he could end up as Bran's Hand and help the poor child he crippled and almost killed in any way he could, by becoming what he always tried to avoid becoming since the very first book: a political figure, especially since in the last books we saw just how much he rocks as a political presence, and there are many hints about this theory I found in the books, but again, it's a long thing, I just like the fact that the very first time Jaime was asked, and refused, to be the Hand was when he pushed Bran, Jaime’s “I don’t wanna be Hand” sounds very similar to Bran’s “I never fall” from that very scene...GRRM loves contradicting what his characters say... I sure as hell know Tyrion is not gonna be Bran's Hand, GRRM said that Tyrion is his main villain, and from the moment he raped that poor girl in ADWD (twice) I knew that, in the books, he’s not gonna get a typical happy ending. While Tyrion started off as a very likeble character in the books, he’s becoming someone vicious and ruthless as the time goes by, while his brother Jaime started the books as someone the readers thought was completely vicious and ruthless, only to then become a character that gets liked more and more as the books progress (so yeah, the brothers exchanged life paths). The big difference between show and book Tyrion is that, Show!Tyrion (a fan favorite) was hated for the simple fact of being a dwarf, while Book!Tyrion (GRRM’s villain) thinks he gets hated for being a dwarf, but he mostly for being an asshole!!! (not that he doens’t have many good reasons for it)...and also the ironic twist of the guy that lost a hand becoming the Hand...especially because Jaime’s redemption, and his second life, was kickstarted by losing his hand.

Even the fact that Brienne wrote about Jaime in the White Book in the show...ffs, Jaime wants to do that all of his own in the books. And the important part of the White Book, in the books, is that one of the first things Jaime did when he was back in KL, was to write about Brienne in his bio, of how she took him back to KL safely. In the books, it's Jaime wanting to include Brienne in his life story. In the show, Brienne didn't even include herself in Jaime's bio, WTF! And this happened in the same chapter where he gave Oathkeeper to Brienne, and where he refused to be seduced by Cersei, fought with Cersei, and started thinking of his twin as his ex-lover, long before he also learned she was cheating on him with everything that moved (while he's probably the most faithful guy in Westeros. Jaime is such a romantic at heart that he spent much of AFFC convincing himself that Cersei didn't cheat on him, because that would have meant he wasted decades on a lie, on a failed romance with a cheating bastard, and he wasn't ready to face it.), and that she didn't even remember the place where they first had sex, that's how little he meant for Cersei, they literally broke up two books ago. He spent a large part of AFFC realizing how toxic his relationship with Cersei always was.

Somehow all of this in the show happened in the opposite way, with Jaime throwing to the ground the White Book, and fucking Cersei in the Tower, without writing about Brienne...D&D could have simply not added the White Book scene, but no, they decided to include it and make Jaime act in the opposite way he acted in the books...Book!Jaime doesn't want Cersei anymore, and she certainly doesn't want him either (she's busy daydreaming about Aurane Waters and how he reminds her of the one that got away, Rhaegar). They can't stand each other anymore. Hell, Cersei only liked Jaime when he looked like her, basically being her mirror in men's clothes, while Jaime has never liked her because she was his twin, he never asked her to change her appereance to look like him in some way, like she constantly did for him (wanting him to have long hair to match hers, or asking him to shave to have a bare face like her).

And let's not forget how they turned Brienne into a mocking trope with Tormund. I love Tormund, don't get me wrong, but imagine if he was making eyes, making uncomfortable, and flirting (without bothering to learn her name) with a beautiful girl instead, like Sansa or Missandei. The joke would have been so much more distasteful. But Brienne is ugly so, it was okay to mock her with that nonsense right D&D? Do you get it, Brienne is ugly af so it's hilarious that someone wants her, right? Aren't D&D just two masters of comedy?/s 

Obviously Tormund doesn't even know Brienne in the books, but if D&D actually wanted to add someone trying to get it on with Brienne, why not simply add freaking Hyle Hunt? (or as I like to call him, bootleg Jaime). He's the idiotic but somewhat funny guy that wants to marry Brienne in the books (just to get Tarth), and that has been trying to get in her pants and take her virginity since Renly's camp. The guy who has followed her and traveled with her and Pod for a large part of AFFC, annoying her the entire time, but also starting to respect her. He's literally Brienne's "Gaston". And she hates him, of course...Gosh, I can't wait to see Jaime meet this guy after the Stoneheart situation, and to see him finding out about Hyle's marriage proposal (and the times he tried to seduce her) and the bet on Brienne's virginity...maybe what Jaime did to Brienne's former betrothed will look like a caress in comparison...Martin please, I need Winds.

I can also spend some time complaining about what they did to Jaime.

I always giggle when I remember a comment someone made back in 2016 about Jaime, on GRRM's personal blog. It's a comment GRRM choose to keep and not delete, even if it insulted HBO, back when GOT was still going, and it's about the differences between book and show Jaime. I think it says a lot about what GRRM feels.

D&D literally took any chance they got to make Jaime worse than he is in the books (and that says a freaking lot, since Jaime is no saint and he still has many sins and crimes to answer for, I'm sure his meeting with Lady Stoneheart is gonna be interesting...). 

Even the way he said "the things I do for love" when he pushed Bran was drastically different: in the show, when Jaime pushed Bran, he seemed uncaring and flippant about what he did, in the books, he was loathing everything about it, and he said those words with loathing! And he later told Cersei that "what happened to the Stark boy in Winterfell" was one of the few things he's ashamed of regarding his love for her (funnily enough he only appears to honestly feel shame for the Bran thing after he came back from his trip with Brienne, so after he met her, before that, in his very first POV in fact, he seemed to be repressing his guilt and shame pretty hard). And obviously, in the books, Jaime pushed Bran with his right hand, since it was meant to be connected with him later on losing that same hand...but of course, in the show, D&D cared fuck all about continuity and details, so Jaime pushed Bran with his left hand instead, back in s1...

In the show, Jaime brutally killed his own cousin, in the books, he never did anything like that, he's no kinslayer (not yet, if he's the Valonqar) since kinslaying is actually considered one of the worst sins in Westeros (that's why Victarion still hasn't killed Euron). 

In the show he brutally murders Karstark's son to escape, after killing his cousin, in the books he killed Karstark's sons in a normal battle, the Wispering Woods one, the fact Karstark then went mad with revenge was just Karstark being Karstark, Jaime was barely fighting in a battle, as usual. 

In the show, he casually mentioned to Brienne, in a mocking way, that if she ended up raped by the assholes that kidnapped them, she could close her eyes and think about Renly, in the books he did tell her to "go away inside" and think of Renly, but he was serious, he was giving her an heartfelt advice to protect her state of mind and sanity, since we know that back when Jaime was in Aerys's KG he was forced to watch him murder and torture many innocent people, and he was forced to listen to Aerys brutally rape his sister wife, and to keep his own state of mind and sanity, Jaime always used the "go away inside" thing. It's also an advice he gave to Tommen in the books, when Tommen felt sick and puked at Tywin's funeral. He was honestly trying to help! 

Regarding the show’s version of the scene where Jaime saved Brienne from rape, it slightly annoyed me that D&D almost wrote it to make it seem like Jaime lost his hand as an act of vengeance for interrupting those fuckers's "fun", almost as it was Brienne's fault. But no, in the books, Jaime lost his hand as soon as they got captured, because the loss of his hand had everything to do with the fact that the Bloody Mummers (their kidnappers) used to work for Tywin, but then they betrayed him, they started working for Roose instead, and by the time they met Jaime and Brienne, they were starting to get scared of a possible alliance between Roose and Tywin (something that would have meant their end), and so they acted out of impulse, and as soon as they got their hands on Jaime, they mutilated him, trying to avoid that dangerous alliance being formed (obviously, Roose would later on successfully dissociate himself from what happened to Jaime, and he became an ally to Tywin and the Freys). And, of course, the Bloody Mummers were also just simply sadists, knows for mutilating people, so... In the books, as soon as they got taken, Brienne tried to defend Jaime, stepping between him and those fuckers (losing some of her teeth in the process), and, from the very beginning, Jaime told them the "Sapphires" lie, to try and save Brienne, but after they cut off his right hand, the Bloody Mummers tried to rape Brienne anyway, and an half-dead Jaime, hurt and broken, managed to yell at the top of his lungs the word "Sapphires", so that Vargo Hoat, those fuckers's boss (that wanted to keep Brienne a maid to get those sapphires from her dad), could come and stop the thing from happening, and he did! And, I don't know, but the fact that Jaime, in the books, saved Brienne from being raped while being half-dead and so weak himself, always meant so much more for me.

And then the famous and already mentioned scene where Jaime and Cersei have sex in the Tower in the show...damn it, Jaime rejected her in the books, he would never do something so dishonorable, it was the end of their relationship in the books! The last time those two had sex, in the books, was the (disgusting) scene in the sept in front of Joffrey's body. In the books that scene was consensual. While in the show, for some strange reason, the scene was written to make Jaime look like a crazy rapist (when he hates rape). First of all, it never made sense that Jaime and Brienne made it to KL before Joffrey's death on the show. And in fact, in the books, they arrive when Joffrey is already a corpse, and Cersei and Jaime end up having sex there in front of their son's corpse precisely because in the books that's the scene in which they meet again after a long year, and therefore a due enthusiasm is triggered in them. GRRM said that scene is something clearly unhealthy, but absolutely consensual (Cersei has only an initial fear of getting caught, but soon she lets herself go), while GRRM readily acknowledged that D&D wrote that scene as very "rapey" in GOT. That scene is absolutely creepy, in the books, but it’s also an excellent metaphor for the entire incestuous relationship between those two, and in fact it’s their "swan song". It’s the last time they have sex, and they break up immediately afterwards.

And HE was the one to give the name "Oathkeeper" to the sword, not Brienne. In the books, that was Jaime starting to care again about his honor. It was him having agency, and wanting to be his own person again. Or even the fact they decided to send him to Dorne, instead on focusing on the progress he's currently making as a character in the books. They shouldn't have adapted Dorne in the first place, since they made an horrible mess of it, and it was clear they didn't have a clue about what's the main point of Dorne in the books. They didn't even include Jaime's love for horses and how he stopped naming them because it hurt him too much when they died in battle (and how he gifted a "homely" mare to Brienne, a mare as homely as her Jaime told her, even tho later that turned out to be a rather sweet to look upon mare in Brienne's first POV in AFFC...Jaime giving some backhanded compliments there). They even made Jaime dislexic, simply because one of D&D, forgot which one, is dislexic (how self-centered you need to be to modify an alrealy existing character created by GRRM, to add to him your own real life characteristics?)

Jaime had even felt guilty about the bear in Harrenhal, after seeing his dead body in the AFFC. And Jaime has a very empathetic side even with the poor villagers attacked, in fact he is always careful to keep his soldiers at bay during his travels in the fourth book.

And let's not forget how in the show Jaime started insulting Brienne from the moment he saw her, while in the books Jaime, who has a nice functioning brain unlike his version written by D&D, initially tried to be nice to her, to persuade the woman who was holding him in chains to give him some freedom. What started their antagonistic relationship was Brienne instead, who actually started to insult him heavily first (not that she didn't have reasons to do that, lol).

A thing that always irked me the wrong way, was how the show adapted the Riverrun situation. In the books, Jaime taking Riverrun without spilling blood is a huge thing for many reasons. Getting to know Brienne inspired him to try being more like her, like the honorable knight he longed to be as a child, but it was his choice, HE decided to keep the vow he made to Cat to never harm a Tully again, even if Cat was dead, and he was keen on taking Riverrun without a blood bath. He used his terrible reputation as the vicious Kingslayer, and made a threat concerning Edmure's son to quickly make him surrender. HE decided to do it like this. It was all him. In the show they took away all of his agency. He took Riverrun "for Cersei", he needed to be convinced by Brienne to act decent, and in the end...the Blackfish died. So take that Cat, show!Jaime contributed to your uncle's death...yay. And also they made him the "stupidest" Lannister, when Cersei is right there who in the books is dumb as a rock...

I also had the displeasure of reading some comments about Jaime and Aerys's death, from people claiming that he only did it to save himself because he didn't wanna die in the explosion. I mean, I have no doubts he wanted to live, but sadly D&D failed to show just how much Jaime did for KL (let's remember that, till the last moment, he was pleading Aerys to not trust Tywin, trying to protect his king from danger, it was Pycelle that told Aerys to trust Tywin, and that was a disaster). In the books, in the famous baths scene where Jaime spilled the beans, he told Brienne that he spent the weeks following Aerys's death, searching for and murdering all the people involved in making the wildfire for the Mad King and everyone who knew about his plan (expect Varys), why?! Because he was scared one of them was gonna finish the Mad King's job. He could have simply fled somewhere safe, leaving KL to its own destiny, but he didn't. He sacrificed his honor and his reputation (which were everything to a 17 years old Jaime, a boy that wanted to become the greatest knight ever) to save KL, because he cared about all the innocents and otherwise (see what I did there?), even if they spent the following years mocking him and whispering "Kingslayer" behind his back. But he decided to tell the truth to Brienne, and she's the ONLY person that knows, the only one he felt the need to open up to (for some reason in s8 Tyrion also knew...why D&D?), because he saw his younger self in her, because she's honorable, honest, good, nice, naive, and everything he wanted to be once upon a time. Because he wanted Brienne to see the real him, because she's the only one who could understand him. Just like he saw the real her, all her hidden beauty underneath her ugliness.

They get each other. Even Jaime knows that, since he mentioned to Brienne that they "knew each other too well", in his last POV in ASOS. They are 2 parts of the same sword after all. And seeing that side of Jaime, whom Brienne initially saw just as an horrible monster, also challenged her own vision about how the world works. She realized the world is not just black and white, with just bad or good people. But that things are much more complicated than that. Also, they didn't show the moment where Jaime called Brienne "his protector", when he was talking to Qyburn in Harrenhal in the books...

For all the talk about not giving a shit about what people thought of him, Book!Jaime trew a temper tantrum every time, in the beginning of their journey, Brienne insulted him. And when he gave her Oathkeeper and she immediately assumed the worst of him, that he wanted her to use it to kill Sansa, he got incredibly angry and he was so upset he didn't even want to look at her anymore. He wants Brienne to have a good opinion of him. And since Brienne also inspired him to keep his vows, he now started taking his KG's vows seriously, and he's being chaste, even tho several women tried, in vain, to seduce him...I'm sure Brienne could very well change his mind about that. Chastity doesn't look good for someone as horny as Jaime Lannister, someone who now only longs to have a warm wife in his bed (I love how envious he was of Lancel's marital status in the books).

Jaime is someone who does "things for love".

When it comes to Book!Cersei, his narcissistic twin that abused him for decades, a complete villain who murdered her best friend when she was only 10, that always meant horrible things and crimes. Like when Cersei sent him searching for Arya to hurt her after her fight with Joffrey (in the books). She didn't care that everytime he obeyed her orders to make her happy, she just added another thing he was gonna hate himself for. She only loves her brother as an extension of herself (same with her children and her father). When Jaime started to differentiate himself from her, she started liking him less and less. Cersei only likes people as far as she can use them to her own ends, and even then she seems to despise everyone. She would always see people as a means of getting control. To her, Jaime was her toy and her hitman. Someone she could control with empty promises of love and a place in her bed. She turned him from the future Arthur Dayne, to the Smiling Knight. She always used to seduce him when she needed something from him. She was always jealous of him, she literally seduced him into giving up Casterly Rock and his rights (basically pulling an ultimatum), to serve her from the KG, just because she always thought the Rock belonged to her (and Cersei is almost right in feeling the way she does, because of Westeros's misogynistic views and laws, but since she's actually the most misogynistic woman in power in Westeros...fuck her). And she was ready to dump him with no regrets if she had a real chance to be Rhaegar’s queen.

And their relationship is simply abusive and toxic in the books, even tho many people take a look at Jaime, a strong man, and think it's impossible he could actually be Cersei's victim. But just think of Cersei as the man and Jaime as the woman in their relationship. Think of every time Cersei hit, mocked, insulted, berated, gaslighted, manipulated Jaime in the books, but with their genders switched...things get ugly very quickly, don't they?! To deal with that abuse, Jaime even started “turning her blows into kisses”...his words, not mine. But apparently, D&D love abuse, and love to show that ugly women don't get to have love, while if you're beautiful, even if you're awful, you can get it... GRRM certainly doesn't agree, and he has already stated in a old interview that in his books Jaime and Cersei are "effectively estranged". And that's how it's gonna obviously stay: Jaime burned Cersei's letter (you know, the one when she begged him to go to her to DIE with her...she's so caring), in fact he didn't even burn it personally, he made his squire burn it because it would have been too much trouble to do it himself, lol. If she dies or if she lives, in the books, he doesn't give a fuck anymore. 

He was born holding her foot with his right hand, and GRRM cut off that hand. It was the beginning of their end as lovers. They didn't even knew each other at all: Jaime always perceived an idolized imagine of her. Cersei always saw her twin as cold and evil as her, a male version of her, with no different personality than hers and with no other dreams different from what she wanted or needed from him. They always saw each other as the illusion they had of each other. But now, they started thinking of each other as a stranger in their POVs. And to tell you the truth, Jaime always seemed closer to Tyrion than to Cersei in the books to me. Jaime and Cersei really didn't have much in common. Indeed, Cersei is turning into the man she hated more than anybody else, Robert Baratheon, her "dear" hubby. As he was obsessed with the memory of Lyanna, she seems to be obsessed with the memory of Rhaegar. Jus like him, she's starting to drink too much, and it's making her fat, just like Robert did. Robert is her real twin.

Meanwhile, the "things he does for love" for Brienne, are all good, since she's the one that reminded him that there's still good in the world. He saved her multiple times, risking his own life for her (from the bear, from the Brave Companions, from Loras), and not just her (Hi Pia, I really love you). She is such a good influence on him, but in the end, it's always him that decides to act on it and be good. You see, Brienne and Jaime were always used to be the ones giving and never receiving, without thinking of their own needs, but just about making the people they cared about safe. But with each other they have the chance to both give and receive. Jaime saving Brienne was monumental for her. Nobody ever cared enough for her to do something like that. And Brienne kinda returns the favor, like when we saw how upset she got at the inn where the innkeeper was insulting the "Kingslayer". Nobody ever cared this much for Jaime (except Tyrion, before they had their falling out). Thanks to Brienne, Jaime started, almost unconsciously, to reclaim his honour, something he thought to have lost as a teen. Jaime already knew what was right and good, Brienne just reminded him that what was right and good still had a place in their world. 

I was fairly pissed off that D&D made the Tyrells and Littlefinger immediately think that Brienne didn't murder Renly, because in the books Brienne being wrongly accused of being a Kingslayer, and Loras wanting her dead for Renly's death, is very important for Jaime and Brienne. Loras's wrath is a huge thing they have to face when they get back to KL. Jaime protecting Brienne and saving her from Loras (even tho, once again, Brienne assumed the worst of Jaime when he imprisoned her to keep her away from Loras, and she inadvertently hurt his feelings), and successfully "brainwashing" him till Loras starts to believe in Brienne's innocence, is important in both their relantionship and also in how the readers view Jaime. But for some reason, again, they didn't bother with it in the show at all. Like how in the show Jaime didn't get his "Payne". In the books they each got a Payne: Brienne has Podrick Payne with her, Jaime has ser Ilyn Payne, as someone to train with (get beat up actually) and as someone he confides his secrets to, without fear that Ilyn's going to reveal them...I mean Ilyn has no tongue and doesn't know how to write...Ilyn is Jaime's silent therapist, basically.

Brienne is the antithesis of Cersei. Cersei is beautiful on the outside but ugly on the inside, Brienne is the opposite. When it comes to Jaime and Brienne, it's just this amazing story of two people who believe they are not worth respect or love for different reasons and have relegated themselves to roles neither want to play. Brienne as a celibate warrior (only way to get any respect in a world where women have very little power outside Dorne), when she wants a family. And Jaimie as a honorless weapon of Cersei, even though he actually has deep conviction and desires to be a good person. It's great because once they are outside of their normal groups, they recognize these positive qualities in each other. For the first time Jaimie actually cares about someone elses opinion besides Cersei, and because Brienne isn't a toxic human she encourages him to care about his own opinions again. But he wants to impress her because she is a good person and he wanted to be like that, but he has been beaten down by an abusive romance for a long time. (Not that he didnt have responsibility for his bad decisions too, but a lifetime of manipulation by a narcissist can seriously mess a person up). And Brienne finds someone who sees her as a whole person. Not just a soldier, not just a lady. He sees all of her as she really is and he believes in her. But beyond that he gives her the idea that she does deserve love and affection, that beauty or obedience aren't the only things valuable a woman has. Cersei's “love” made Jaime a monster, Brienne's love made him a knight, a true knight.

The message the TV series sent through Jaime Lannister's storyline (or should I say by ruined it) is that if you are in a toxic (emotionally abusive) relationship, which manages to corrupt you and ruin your life, you must be doomed to stay there, trapped. You must remain unaware of that person's betrayals. You must stay with that person even if you are going through a redemptive arc, and even if what you believe in goes against the other person's actions. You have to stay with that person even after they commit a crime similar to the one you managed to stop, and that got you hate for 20 years. A crime that led to your surviving son's death, a year after seeing your daughter die in your arms.

And then, finally, they allow you to open your eyes, and to choose the right thing for you and leave that hateful person behind you. The person you broke all your oaths for. You choose to fight for the living, you choose to keep your oath, even if you are a single lion surrounded by a pack of wolves and dragons who want you dead. And in the midst of it all, you open your eyes to the thing you've always repressed, that over the years you have begun to feel something strong for the woman who inspired you. Not to be someone else, but to be yourself again. She is the reflex version of yourself as an adolescent, the aspiring knight who dreamed of becoming a hero, but that instead found himself tied to honor and oaths and to protect a tyrant who burned innocent and raped his wife. That person to whom you denied your affection, because obviously you have always remained faithful to one single woman, but now she was the past, so there is no longer any reason for you to deny yourself. After you both survive the battle that almost kills you, you can finally bring those feelings to life. You stay with that person for weeks on end, surrounded by your (former) enemies (and of course your sex scene isn't shown at all, because it's just meaningless sex, isn't it?! /S). You learn that your ex lover is either going to win or get executed. So you come back to her... why? Because you are both hateful? Because you have to die with her as per her wish? Because she wants to drag you down with her selfishly? Just like it has always been in your relationship? Because in that TV series, you can't fight back, you can't aspire to become a better person. And you certainly don't deserve to get rid of that abusive relationship. No no no. The control she has over you is eternal, and she will always decide your fate.

Now. Imagine if a female character had to give up her future and her legacy. And become a septa who has to get pregnant in secret to please her brother, but then that brother takes away all of her children and never allows her to see them, hold them or educate them. She has to do horrible things to please that brother, and she hates himself for it. But those are the things she does out of love... But then she meets a knight, who is a bastard, ugly, constantly mocked. They become close and begin to feel something for each other. And he makes her realize that her relationship with her brother was terrible, so she gets rid of it. She goes away with the knight. They are happy together, but for some reason she wants to go back to her brother to die with him. Because her brother had always told her that, so he must have been right and he has to get what he wants.

Ah !!! Now can you understand how sick that ending really was, how insulting it was that Jaime survived the battle of Winterfell, got together with Brienne, only to go back to Cersei, so he could die with her or because of her, just as she had always wanted, because he is her property, and in the TV series Cersei always got what she wanted (it's no secret that D&D wrote Cersei in a "more positive" way than the books, or more favorably, because they loved his character in a particular way and they were friends with Lena).

In the show, D&D chose to favor Cersei, sabotaging Jaime. They chose to make that incest some sort of love story, when in reality it was just a toxic mess, and to make things even worse, they ruined the longest relationship the show was brewing, a love story built slowly over seven seasons, the healthiest and most beautiful of relationships, which showed us acceptance, redemption, fighting side by side as two equals ...

And why? Because you can’t escape your demons? Because you can’t live outside of a toxic relationship? Jaime "Burn the letter" Lannister is "addicted" to Cersei? No, he isn't, and he obviously isn't in the books. D&D are the ones obsessed with her and with incest, and Jaime's shit ending is their fault, I can't blame a character for something the writers made him do, when it’s an OOC thing and something he’d never do in the books.

Their incestuous story after Robert's rebellion is clearly the development of a mutual self-loathing, for Jaime and Cersei, who understood that the only way they could love themselves was through the reflection of their own twin. Jaime had become the Kingslayer, he had broken his oaths, and he had failed in the mission his friend Rhaegar had given him (keep his wife and children safe). Cersei was married to Robert who didn't love her, and whom she didn't love. She was so beautiful, the most beautiful woman in Westeros, yet she was nothing to him compared to Lyanna's ghost. He treated her without regard, got heavily drunk, cheated on her, raped her. In fact, their incestuous relationship resumed, after Cersei's marriage, only as a spite when she first discovered that Robert was cheating on her, not because she missed having Jaime in her bed.

Jaime and Cersei “loved” each other as a desperate attempt to love themselves.

As for the matter of Jaime wanting to die in the arms of the woman he loved, this was made up by the show, it's not in the books. He never said it in the books. And there is also another "small" detail.

Book! Jaime had thought only only single time that he was destined to die with Cersei: at the beginning of his journey in the third book, before he even lost his right hand, before starting his story arc of redemption, before he and Cersei broke up, before he started to become his own person again, and before he burned Cersei's letter. The only person who, at this very moment, in the books, still thinks that Cersei and Jaime are destined to die together is Cersei herself ... and she is always wrong about everything, like when she thinks that the news about Dany's dragons are just fairy tales, or like when she initially thought that Stannis killed Tywin, or like when she thinks the Kettleblacks, Aurane and Taena are really loyal to her, but especially when she was wrong about the letter she sent to Jaime (of course we know he burned it, but she thinks he just didn't get it), and even more, when she was wrong in thinking that Jaime would never leave her to go after Brienne, or as she calls her "That horrible creature" (which is something tha Jaime actually does in the fifth book).

And if we analyze Jaime's prophetic dream in the third book, we know that just like Joffrey and Tywin, Cersei will "leave" Jaime (she will die), long before him, since in the dream we saw Joffrey, Tywin and Cersei follow the dead Lannisters, leaving Jaime behind (and only a few chapters after this dream, first Joff and then Tywin were really dead).

Why D&D didn't get how amazing their romance is in the books, so that they could show it in the best way possible in the show, remains a mystery. When GRRM was also working on the show in the earlier seasons, he added a bunch of romantic scenes for them he couldn't include in the books. For example, GRRM wrote the Purple Wedding episode (it was the last episode he wrote for the show), and he wrote Cersei confronting Brienne about her love for Jaime (in the books it didn't happen because Jaime and Brienne weren't even in KL when Joffrey died), or the scene where Loras told Jaime that he was never going to marry Cersei, and then the camera showed Brienne walking in front of them and Jaime looking at her, with The Bear and the Maiden Fair playing in the background (their song). 

(small note. D&D also destroyed Loras, who loved Renly so much in the books that he joined the KG in King’s Landing, after his death, because he knows he would never find another love...Loras said that "after that the sun goes out, no candle can replace it ”, while in the show he was portrayed as a promiscuous guy, because D&D love stereotypes about gays, or so it seems).

That was all GRRM planting seeds for his plans for them, before he left the show, and we know how D&D managed to royally ruin everything he worked on. They didn't even follow up even with smaller things from the show, like the scene where Jaime and Brienne (and Cleos too in the books) found the dead women hanged for "laying with lions". That scene in the books is not just there to show us how much war sucks and how much the Northern men were just as bad as Lannister's men, but also as a foreshadowing for Brienne's future, since just one book later she was also hanged by Lady Stoneheart and the BWB, after being "kindly" labeled the Kingslayer's whore. In the show it was a simple scene like many others, in the book it had a much deeper meaning. If only D&D bothered to stick with the books more...and please don't tell me that it was because they couldn't adapt LSH in fear that it could have cheepened the Red Wedding (D&D stated that as one of the reasons), because guess what? In the books Cat came back to life but the Red Wedding remains one of the most traumatic experience of reading them, and in the end we "only" lost Robb, his wolf and his men in that tragedy, but in the show there was NO way the Red Wedding could have felt cheepened, we lost Robb, his wolf, his men, his wife and their unborn child, after many episodes of getting to know their romance. And in the end, the Cat we knew is truly lost forever, Catelyn Stark is truly dead in the books, because LSH only has her body, but she's a shell of what Cat was, she has a completely different personality, she's a monstrous zombie thirsting for revenge. So the "it cheepens the Red Wedding" excuse is as valid as D&D's "we basically saw the end of the Dothraki in episode 3" since right after they multiplied like crazy in episode 6 of s8. And I mentioned this because their choice to not adapt LSH has incredibly fucked over both Jaime and Brienne's storylines, and GRRM fought really hard to try and change their minds about not adapting her also for that reason. (Let's not forget that having Cat "come back" from the dead would have made Jon's resurrection less predictable, we would have been wondering what state Jon could have come back: more evil, less human, colder? Or if he would have even come back at all, since we already got Cat "back").

Plus, Lady Stoneheart's first appearance, in the books, is insanely good. Any sane screenwriter would have wanted to adapt it!

The truth is that the more the show continued, the more D&D wanted to stay away from fantasy elements (their words, not mine), and I personally think it was also because they simply picked and choose what they liked about Martin's story, and had the presumption of thinking they could do a better job than the original author by adding their own ideas and stuff...we know how that turned out.

P.s ...did you know that the whole love triangle between Jaime/Brienne/Cersei has many similarities with the love life of GRRM himself? (don't worry, there is no incest in this case). Perhaps you all already know GRRM's current wife, Parris (who is fantastic), but you may not have known that he had another wife, prior to Parris.

GRRM always describes his first wife as a crazy narcissist who almost ruined his life (at one point he was so destroyed that for a period of the 70s he wrote only absolutely tragic love stories). The similarities between the fictional love triangle and the real life one are not only based on the crazy narcissism of the first love of the guy in question… Do you know how GRRM and Parris first met?

GRRM said that he was at a college women's sauna party in the 70s (I still don't know what he was doing all naked in a women's sauna...), and he said that in the middle of the sauna fumes, suddenly, he saw in front of him the naked body of a woman… Parris. He said he immediately felt attracted to her (he got hard), and that, out of nowhere, both naked, they started talking, and became friends (Yes, George really wrote the Harrenhal's bath scene inspired by his first meeting with his current wife). He and Parris understood that they were interested in each other right away, but they remained for a long time just friends because GRRM was stuck in the toxic relationship with his ex (it was GRRM who defined that relationship toxic, I would never do that), and indeed, a little while after meeting Parris, he ended up marrying the crazy narcissist anyway. That disastrous marriage ended in a divorce, and as soon as he got free, George quickly contacted Parris (who remained his friend throughout his first marriage) and they got together, and after decades as a couple, they got married in 2011 (when the fifth book of the saga was published). Parris is very similar to Brienne, both in appearance and personality. Obviously, Parris is more beautiful (because Brienne's ugliness is purposely exaggerated in the books), but she shares Brienne's freckles, her "straw-colored" hair, her being a lil’ unconventional, her love for sporty things, but in a much more adorable way, Parris' favorite dish is crabs…guess what is Brienne's favorite dish in the books? You guessed it...crabs.

I apologize in advance for any mistakes, English is not my first language.

TLDR: D&D completely erased many of Brienne's personality traits, and wrote her only as a one-dimensional female warrior. They also somehow decided to make Jaime worse and make him do the exact opposite he does in the books, many times. And they also screwed over their relationship, for no reason. They completely missed the point of their characters.

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I do plan on making limited time only ‘Special’ banners for things like mini animated gif-type art, icon’s and also the lineless style art you may have seen me do ;D

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Heavenly bodies, Holy practices

The following is a presentation I gave for a ‘Dominican Forum’ lunch hosted by CCLA Investment Managers in the City of London on 12 June 2018. 

Fr Lawrence Lew OP looks at some of the influences, rituals and traditions from the Church and explains where they come from and their relevance in the 21st Century. 

The Met Gala 2018, themed "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination", caused some controversy in the media recently, with its haute couture outfits modelled on the iconography of saints and the sacred vestments of the Catholic liturgy. 

At the same time, it served as a pointed reminder that the richness of our cultural heritage can capture the imagination even of a religiously sceptical secular world. 

What does this say, then, for Catholic attempts to engage non-believers in dialogue? Should we shy away from the more exotic aspects of Catholic practice, or embrace them?

On one hand, today’s topic could be construed quite narrowly. We could limit ourselves to a discussion of the Met Gala 2018, or the exhibition – which I hope to view in August – but although I shall refer to it, I thought I should broaden the focus a little. On the other hand, to speak about culture, the dialogue of cultures and inculturation (as I had initially wanted to) seemed too broad for a short presentation. 

So, this afternoon I will concentrate on material culture, that is, the objects we create and utilise and interact with. As material creatures, these objects say something about us as individuals and as a society, and they also help form us individually and collectively. This, I believe, is what the relatively new study of material culture is concerned with. When speaking about Catholic material culture, I will think principally of the things that we use in the Sacred Liturgy because this is where as individuals and as a community we create and use material objects. In particular, I am interested in how material culture can help engage people with the content of the Catholic Faith, so I shall speak a little about material culture and evangelisation. Finally, I hope to say something about the distinctiveness of Catholic material culture and belief, and the opportunity or challenge this poses in our world today.

When St Thomas Aquinas considers the necessity of the sacraments, he observes that “man is prone to direct his activity chiefly towards material things”. For it belongs to our bodily human nature to interact with material things, and we need to use tools to do things and to shape the material world we inhabit. The sacraments, therefore, are perfectly suited to our human nature as we are “led by things corporeal and sensible to things spiritual and intelligible.” However, we also make and use material things in order to express our spiritual natures, that is to say, we externalise our beliefs, our ideas, our concepts, our history, our identity. Hence, the sacramental rites and Liturgy of the Church have, over two thousand years and spanning many cultures, given rise to a rich and varied range of objects. I would include church buildings among the material objects we interact with, as well as items of clothing, liturgical vessels like the chalice, and finally, the matter for the sacraments themselves: bread, wine, oil, water. 

When it comes to divine worship, the impulse has been to give the very best and finest of material culture, the most beautiful that we can muster, to God. This is fitting if we consider the effort and time taken as a sacrificial act of love for God. Moreover, giving God our best is a reflection of what God has done for us, and an act of gratitude. For God has given us this material world – “the earth and its fullness”, as the psalmist says, comes from God, and he creates it out of love. Indeed, St Thomas would say that God created the material world for the sake of us material creatures, so that he can manifest his wisdom and goodness and love to us through the vast wonder and beauty of the universe! The medieval Gothic cathedral, therefore, was often a representation of the entire cosmos offered up to God in thanks and worship. So Umberto Eco observes, as the cosmos revealed to man the glory of God, so “the cathedrals sought to reiterate this discourse: they “actualised a synthetic vision of man, of his history, of his relation to the universe… The cathedrals, the highest artistic achievement of medieval civilization, became a surrogate for nature” that tells forth the glory of God.

In a materialistic culture such as ours, the Faith-filled motivation behind a great cathedral can be forgotten or ignored. Sometimes the cathedral is viewed along Marxist terms as an example of the power of the Church who used the donations and labour of the poor to build the cathedral. Or the cathedral is said to be a symbol of the oppressive dominance of the Church in medieval society. Or one can enter a church and see only riches and wealth – many have visited St Peter’s Basilica, or even the Rosary Shrine, and then wrongly surmised that the church is rich; but from the very beginning rich works of art to beautify the Liturgy have been given to the church by pious benefactors as acts of devotion to God or a saint. Unfortunately, if one reads the world through a materialistic or corporate lens, then one can and will view church architecture purely in political-economic terms – much depends on the eye of the beholder. 

The people who built the first Gothic cathedrals were aware of this. The central portal of the abbey of Saint-Denis in Paris has this inscription: “Passerby, who is stirred to praise the beauty of these doors, do not let yourself be dazzled by the gold or by the magnificence, but rather by the painstaking work. Here a famous work shines out, but may Heaven deign that this famous work that shines make spirits resplendent so that, with the luminous truth, they may walk toward the true light, where Christ is the true door”. As St Thomas said, through through “corporeal and sensible” things we are to be led to “things spiritual and intelligible”, to Christ. 

In focussing upon material culture and in using them as points for dialogue with our contemporaries, then, it is vital that we keep Christ at the centre; that we allow their beauty to point us to Him who is, as St Augustine said, “Beauty so ancient and so new”. Indeed, in speaking of the created world or of things created by human invention, we can say with St Paul that “all things were created through him and for him” (Col 1:16). So, the beauty of nature, and the marvellous order and logic that scientists find in creation speak of the Logos through whom all things were made. Hence, the bejewelled Gospel book cover or the illuminated Book of Hours points to the surpassing value of the Word of God; the golden monstrance recalls the infinite value of the Eucharist. To gain Christ, St Paul had said: “I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse” (Phil 3:8). And the priestly vestments, ultimately, are about putting on Christ, and acquiring the virtues of the New Man (cf Gal 3:27) as the Priest stands at the Altar in persona Christi. In speaking about icons and religious art, the use of colour also indicates what the Church truly values. Gold (found in the background of icons and mosaic domes, for example) is not, as many people tend to think, a sign of wealth. Nor was it simply to give us a pretty reflective surface for the candlelight. Gold was incorruptible – it did not tarnish – and so it became associated with the spiritual which did not corrupt and with the heavenly realm which was eternal. Hence the saints and Christ are depicted in gold robes or golden environments, as a sign of the closeness of heaven, the eternal, the spiritual. Conversely, for us blue is associated with the sky and so with heaven. Our Lady, therefore, is said to be clothed in blue. But the Bible says she is clothed with the sun, not with blue. Why then, this use of aquamarine? As the name of the colour implies, blue pigment came from across the sea, derived from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan. It was so costly to obtain that it was more precious than gold. Out of love for Mary, patrons asked that she be painted in blue because they wanted to give her the best, the most priceless pigments they could afford. 

Unfortunately, to many non-believers (and not a few Catholics too), sacred art and architecture can all look like conspicuous consumption; sacred art and chantry chapels regarded as prestige items acquired by the rich and powerful. Indeed, the Met Gala demonstrates to us what happens when the Christocentric focus is removed from the Church’s material culture, when they are no longer used in the Liturgy for divine worship: they become mere precious objet d’art, signs of wealth, adornments for the rich and influential. 

The problem, I think, is that we have been somewhat naive in thinking dialogue is achieved simply because there is a common interest or because one is interested in Catholic material culture. However, Bishop Robert Barron, who is at the forefront of dialogue with our culture, makes an observation about a problematic in this kind of assumption. He notes that the call for dialogue “has come almost exclusively from the church and not from the culture… Rarely if ever have I heard of representatives of the culture eager to submit their manner of thinking and behaviour to the discipline of the church or to make themselves intelligible to religious people”. The result is the kind of display we saw at the Met Gala. In fact, almost twenty years ago, Pope St John Paul II observed that “handing on the Gospel message in today’s world is particularly arduous, mainly because our contemporaries are immersed in cultural contexts that are often alien to an inner spiritual dimension, in situations in which a materialist outlook prevails.” So, we must beware that “culture is not the interpretative lens for the Church”. Rather, as Barron says, “it’s Christ, and everything must be read through him”.

Drawing upon Blessed John Henry Newman’s thought, Barron suggests that “a healthy Church has the power of assimilation, just as a robust organism draws into itself and adapts to its purposes certain features of its world, and it throws off other elements that would compromise or threaten its essential structure. Newman observes that an unhealthy animal will, soon enough, itself be assimilated by the stronger animals around it. So, the Church ought to reach out to the world but never allow the world to set the agenda for the Church. To assimilate is to take in what it can and resist what it must.” 

Pope John Paul II said a similar thing about inculturation. It is “making the Gospel incarnate in different cultures and at the same time introducing peoples, together with their cultures, into her own community”, taking in the best of a culture but rejecting whatever is alien to the Gospel. One thinks, for example, of what St Thomas Aquinas said when he was accused of watering down the Gospel with the pagan philosophy of Aristotle. He replied: “I am turning water into wine”. Indeed, just as grace perfects nature, so a culture can and must be perfected by the Gospel. But this requires confidence in the Truth of the Gospel, a confidence that comes from studying sound theology and knowing the riches of Catholic thought and traditions well, so that we are firmly founded on Christ. At the same time, one must be attentive to the culture, and become opportunistic in using those things that are buzzing in popular culture as bridges to the Gospel, to talk about our Faith and explain Christ to the sceptical.

Finally, a thought about Catholic distinctiveness or oddity. We should beware of “beige Catholicism”. This is the dumbing down of our Faith and its traditions and our material culture so as to make it as “non-threatening, accessible, culturally appealing as possible”. However, there is something different, odd, challenging, and culture-transforming about Jesus! But, as the Dominican spiritual theologian Paul Murray says, “we preach a wine of truth that we have actually tasted ourselves, and have drunk with living faith and joy.” So, if we’re to be different, let it be a joyful, faithful difference that leads others to Jesus Christ. Let our counter-cultural Christian lives not be exercises in eccentricity and difference for its own sake, but let them bear witness to the One who makes the most crucial difference in our lives. For as Pope Blessed Paul VI said over forty years ago: “the first means of evangelization is the witness of an authentically Christian life… [for] modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.”

[pankhearst]

The Care Package

Alright. I’ve been feeling kinda down lately, so that means that it’s time for another original post that literally nobody asked for. Buckle up.

This is simply a series of links to my favorite things - anything I watch, read, or listen to if I’m feeling stressed, angry, or sad. I thought it might help someone else who might be in need of a mental break, or that it would at least help me by putting my favorite things into one place.

WARNING: This list is incredibly thorough and extremely long. A lot of these are weird, and if you view them all, you’ll have a pretty good idea of who I am as a human person.

Ambient Sounds

Magic Kingdom entrance music loop*

8 Hours of Whale Sounds Deep Underwater for Sleep and Relaxation

Bad Lip Reading

"BUSHES OF LOVE" -- Extended Lyric Video

"NOT THE FUTURE" -- Extended Lyric Video

"SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back

STAR WARS

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

RETURN OF THE JEDI

Brian Jordan Alvarez

The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo

Rowan Atkinson

Amazing Jesus

The Devil ‘Toby’ welcomes you to Hell

Dirty Names

Invisible Drumset

Brave Wilderness

Incredible Zion Adventure!

Swimming with Giants!

Ocelot Steals My Socks!

Rob Cantor

“Shia LaBeouf” Live

Stephen Colbert

Andy Serkis Becomes Gollum To Read Trump’s Tweets

James Corden

Crosswalk: The Musical

Beauty and the Beast

Mary Poppins

The Phantom of the Opera

Seth Everman

when you try all the sounds and beats on your synth while only playing toto - africa

Jimmy Fallon

Harrison Ford Pierces Jimmy Fallon’s Ear**

Chris Fleming

Company is Coming

Gayle

The Hillywood Show

Doctor Who Parody

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Parody

Pirates of the Caribbean Parody

Supernatural Parody

Carly Rae Jepsen

I Really Like You***

Mickey Mouse

Adorable Couple

Bronco Busted

Captain Donald

Doggone Biscuits

Dog Show

Flipperboobootosis

Gasp!

Goofy’s Grandma

New York Weenie

O Sole Minnie

Potatoland

Shifting Gears

Stayin’ Cool

Third Wheel

Wish Upon a Coin

Workin’ Stiff

John Mulaney

The Salt and Pepper Diner

The Muppets

Bohemian Rhapsody

Cårven Der Pümpkîn

Flowers on the Wall | With Bunsen and Beaker

Jungle Boogie

Mahna Mahna

The Muppets take on A Cappella | Cool Kids | Mike Tompkins ft. The Muppets

Pöpcørn****

Pure Imagination - Lindsey Sterling & Josh Groban with The Muppets

The Rainbow Connection 

OK Go

I Won’t Let You Down

The One Moment

Upside Down and Inside Out

Nick Pitera

One-Man Disney Movie

One-Man Tribute to Aladdin on Broadway

Wicked Medley ft. Peter Hollens

Postmodern Jukebox

Call Me Maybe ft. Von Smith

My Heart Will Go On ft. Mykal Kilgore

Pompeii ft. Tony DeSare

Rude ft. Von Smith

Shake it Off ft. Von Smith

Stacey’s Mom ft. Casey Abrams

This Love ft. Devi-Ananda*****

Titanium ft. Von Smith

Umbrella ft. Casey Abrams & The Sole Sisters

Potter Puppet Pals

Apparate!

Draco Puppet

Harry’s Nightmares

The Mysterious Ticking Noise

Neville’s Birthday

Ron’s Disease

Ron’s Parents

Snape’s Diary

Wizard Angst

Wizard Swears

Saturday Night Live

Crucible Cast Party

Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins)

Star Trek

Star Trek Beyond Cast Dubsmash

TED Talks

JJ Abrams

The mystery box

Apollo Robbins

The Art of Misdirection

Adam Savage

My love letter to cosplay

My obsession with objects and the stories they tell

Andrew Stanton

The clues to a great story

James Veitch

This is what happens when you reply to spam email

More adventures in replying to spam

Tested

Adam Savage’s One-Day Builds

Adam Savage Demonstrates Weathering Tricks

Bear Costume

Cosmonaut Model Kit

Customizing Adam’s Hero Sword

Making a Puppet!

Totoro Costume

Traveling Beaver Box******

Misc. Inside Adam Savage’s Cave

Adam Savage’s Mercury Spacesuit Replica

The Dodo Birds Project

Tour of Adam Savage’s Cave!

Tour of Adam Savage’s Home Office

Tyrannosaurus Rex Skull

Thomas Sanders

Sanders Sides

Walk the Moon

Shut Up and Dance

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Pure Imagination

Bill Wurtz

the history of japan

history of the entire world i guess

Misc.

Bird dancing to Wouldn’t It Be Nice by The Beach Boys

Do you remember the 21st night of September?

Dytto

Gal Gadot singing

Girl squashes watermelon between her thighs

I cannot stress enough how important it is you watch this gorilla bathe-dancing to maniac.

I have a feeling this will become iconic in due time. 

“I may not know my flowers...”

News Anchor in my area loses it over a Fat Cat that likes to swim.

No-Man’s Land | Wonder Woman (2017)

Oscars 2015 Opening Song | Neil Patrick Harris with Anna Kendrick and Jack Black

Quizzes on Buzzfeed

this is a pretty good summary of what Amsterdam is like

Tom Holland does Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on Lip Sync Battle

T-rex goes ice skating

When you are one with the music

Why I Wasn’t Contracted to Write Beauty and the Beast

*Best played on top of this. It helps add to the illusion that you’re really at the Magic Kingdom.

**I’ve refused to watch Jimmy Fallon since he had the golden-haired pumpkin on his show, but this is too good to pass up. Harrison Ford is a shining example of understated comedy. On that note, please watch Morning Glory, dir. Roger Mitchell (2010). Fantastic and underappreciated.

***God bless Tom Hanks.

****Turn on the subtitles for “Swedish Chef.”

*****They didn’t change the pronouns! It’s gay now!

******This list is too dam long.

N.B. The Piano Guys would have been on this list too, but I haven’t listened to or watched any of their stuff since it was announced they’d be performing at the Dark Lord’s coronation inauguration. Fuck them.

This list will definitely be added to at some point, but I think that’s enough for now. Meantime, PLEASE go ahead and add your own entries!

[placetobenation]

Lots of news coming out of DC Fandome that was held recently. Probably the most anticipated was James Gunn’s cast list of his follow up to Suicide Squad. Now I’m not a fan of the franchise, but with what’s happening now – I am. James Gunn also is no slouch by any means – so he just may have the golden touch to turn this disaster of a franchise around.

SUICIDE SQUAD II

Viola Davis will reprise her role as Amanda Waller while Joel Kinnaman will play Colonel Rick Flag and Michael Rooker will play Savant. Flula Borg will step into the role of Javelin and of course, Margot Robbie will continue to cause trouble as Harley Quinn. David Dastmalchian will see spots as Polka Dot Man and Daniela Melchior will be Ratcatcher 2. Idris Elba will be armed as Bloodsport and Steve Agee will play King Shark. Mayling Ng will portray Mongal and Peter Capaldi will get brainy as Thinker and Alice Braga will be Sol Soria. Rounding out the bunch is Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Nathan Fillion as TDK, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang and John Cena as Peacemaker.

Let me tell you what I like about this. Idris Elba as Bloodsport I think could run away with the movie – and Pete Davidson as Blackguard could make it ten times worse. So it’s a crap shoot – but like I said – James Gunn is no slouch, he knows what the audience wants, he knows what comic fans want, and he understands the comic book universe. I would love to see this thing in theaters – I’m sure Margot Robbie worked out her accent by now and maybe it’s actually worth listening to this time around.

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Also during DC Fandome – The Batman got his due in the spotlight with a trailer of footage put together so far from what has been shot.

The director Reeves has stated on the panel at DC Fandome that his Batman is Batman Year Two. 

“It’s not an origins tale, but you’re meeting him in the early days. A lot of the other (cinema) stories showed he had to master his fear and himself, to become Batman,” said Reeves, but in his movie “we met in the middle of this criminological experiment and watch him make mistakes.”

Paul Dano plays a version of Riddler that we have never seen before, which will be interesting. Andy Serikis plays a new rendition of Alfred. Colin Farrell plays Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin, before he becomes The Penguin. I believe each of these villains do not exactly know their potential as of yet, neither does The Batman. I think as the movie grows, they will all grow into their characters and be ready for future films and fights. Selina is even making an appearance in this – before she becomes Catwoman. So it seems we will get to know all these characters before their iconic status and be able to grow along with them – including The Batman, which could make for a very smart choice. I am excited to see this simply because it’s not Hollywood studio cinema with nipples on costumes and fake explosions everywhere. 

BLACK ADAM

The Rock gave some sweet info on his new DC character, Black Adam. Confirming that his film will include Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Cyclone and Atom Smasher. Which is great because Hawkman has always been one of my favorites and his character is wonderfully suited to some cinematic tales. Finally… The Hawkman has come back… to – well you know the rest. 

Asked if Superman will appear in Black Adam, we know that Cavill is signed to appear in one of the future DC movies – Rock would not answer directly as to which one.

The Rock had a message for existing DC superheros Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg about Black Adam: “Let them know something — things will never be the same hierarchy in the DC universe, it’s about to change.”

THE FLASH

The Flash team had some news about the new stand alone film starring Flash. It was suggested that there will be some kind of time travel involved. This scares me because we have had nothing but time travel from these superhero movies ever since their inception. X-Men time travel all the time and Avengers of course, had time travel in spades. So the fact that time travel is being used again – makes me very weary and almost think that they had absolutely no idea what to do with The Flash. Let’s hope I’m wrong.  Oh, and they revealed that Flash will wear a new suit. Oh Joy. 

SHAZAM!

Yes there will be a sequel to the hit Shazam and Zachary Levi will reprise the role. It will be called Fury of The Gods. The cast came on at DC Fandome to talk about how they could not talk about the movie. The first film made a nice $159 million, and had a great tone and great heart, so I’m glad it is coming back for more. 

WONDER WOMAN

Wonder Woman 1984 debuted a longer trailer at DC Fandome. This one includes Cheetah in full costume going after Diana. Wonder Woman lassoing lightening and those infamous words from a hero “what did you do?” I was a big fan of the first one, I loved what Patty Jenkins did and I’m glad she got the power and the freedom to do it again. Honestly, anything Gal Gadot is starring in with a short skirt, I am going to watch, so this series does not need much goating to get me hooked. I’m glad it was shot and finished before the pandemic, and now it’s just a waiting game. Wonder Woman gets to face her arch nemesis and let’s hope it’s a battle that will last a few films into the future. 

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Jenkins issued an apology for not attending San Diego Comedian-Con this 12 months, noting that the total promo marketing campaign for the movie will not start till December. However the brand new picture ought to soothe any fan upset over that. By now you’ve heard: WB isn’t going to Corridor H this 12 months. We’re so unhappy to overlook you there! And ready till Dec. to begin our official #WW84 marketing campaign in full–  However the reality is… we are able to simply… barely… wait… pic.twitter.com/QllFzhYRA6 — Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) June 5, 2019 The golden look could also be acquainted to comic-book readers. CNET sister site ComicBook.com notes that the brand new type seems to be a mixture of appears from the comics, together with the Golden Eagle armor that permits Surprise Girl to fly. 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Director Patty Jenkins confirmed on Twitter in March that Kristen Wiig will star as the supervillain Cheetah, calling Wiig “sensationally gifted.” Cheetah has lengthy been a nemesis of Surprise Girl, with 4 completely different incarnations since her 1943 debut. (In 2001, a man briefly took on the title of Cheetah, however the different three have been ladies.) Early Cheetahs have been simply ladies in costumes, however more moderen variations morph right into a human-cheetah hybrid and have enhanced energy and agility, plus lethal claws and fangs. Due to a photo Jenkins d in late June 2018, Wiig’s model of Cheetah seems to be archaeologist Dr. Barbara Minerva, however there’s additionally no want for the movie to stay intently to any comics story. Completely superior ’80s: We all know from the title that the film will probably be set in that absolutely tubular decade of the 1980s. Gnarly! 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Eight Unmissable Darling Harbour Events

Long renowned as a tourism precinct that serves up a smorgasbord of events, Darling Harbour is set to feature a jam-packed line-up of exciting entertainment over the coming months. It’s an ever-changing array of activities that is set to delight the kids and adults alike. From music icons to maritime adventure, here’s eight unmissable Darling Harbour events.

Bob Dylan takes centre stage

As the creator of some of the past century’s most iconic songs, Bob Dylan has been hailed as a poet and music legend alike.

On August 18 he graces the Sydney International Convention Centre for one night only, performing a songbook that spans six decades. From seminal classic like ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ to ‘Like a Rolling Stone’, ‘Tangled Up in Blue’ and ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’, Bob Dylan has a repertoire that includes some of the most socially, politically and culturally important songs in modern music.

When: 8pm, Saturday, August 18

Where: International Convention Centre Sydney Theatre

Justice League

In an experience that’s set to delight the young and the young at heart, Madam Tussaud’s will be serving up some serious justice until December 31.

This action-packed experience sees all the Justice League heroes in attendance, with a host of interactive activities to put visitors through their paces.

Come face-to-face with your favourite Justice League heroes in an action-packed adventure unlike any other.

Star alongside Justice League’s Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, and Ezra Miller as The Flash as they fight to save the world from Lex Luthor’s evil corporation, LexCorp.

Elsewhere in the city, Lex’s experiment wreaks havoc, sending a helicopter and its occupants hurtling toward the ground. You’ll have to summon all your strength and join the Super Heroes as they fight to save the world:

Help Superman lift a REAL helicopter back into the sky as onlookers cheer from the streets below.

Summon Batman with the Bat-Signal. Billowing smoke and wind reveal Batman as he’s called into battle onto the rooftop, ready to save the world.

Harness your inner Super Hero alongside Wonder Woman. One successful gauntlet blast can destroy LexCorp’s technology that has created havoc in the city.

Help The Flash by running alongside him! Once you hit ‘top speed’, effects around The Flash’s environment, including projection lighting on his suit, jump to life and electricity cracks.

When: Now until December 31

Where: Madame Tussauds Darling Harbour

More information: madametussauds.com.au

Star of the Show Ferris Wheel

Take your Darling Harbour adventure to all new heights, courtesy of the Star of the Show Ferris Wheel that has extended its stay and will now be in residence until February 2019.

Located in the Harbourside Amphitheatre, the Ferris Wheel showcases simply spectacular 360-degree views of Darling Harbour, the waterfront and Sydney.

At over 32-metres in height, the Star of the Show Ferris Wheel claims the title of the highest continuously travelling Ferris Wheel in Australia, and is open day and night.

When: Now until February 2019

Monday to Thursday: 10am – 11pm

Friday to Sunday: 10am – 11.59pm

Where: Harbourside Amphitheatre

More information: darlingharbour.com

The box that changed the world

From now until October 25, the National Maritime Museum is exploring the influence and impact of the humble shipping container with an open-air exhibition entitled The Box that Changed the World.

This bright and colourful display sees containers scattered like Lego boxes in the museum’s first outdoor installation and looks into how container shipping has shaped our modern world, changing how we live, work, eat, produce and shop.

Seen and recognised worldwide, it’s easy to take the shipping container for granted. But some say this unassuming box has done more for global trade than all of the international trade agreements signed over the last 50 years together.

When: Now until October 25

Where: Outside the Australian National Maritime Museum

More information: anmm.gov.au

     53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Featuring over 100 spectacular images of nature in her infinite glory, the 53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition showcases the truly awe-inspiring work of the world’s best wildlife photographers.

On loan from the Natural History Museum of London, the display celebrates the diversity of the natural world and features inspiring stories of conservation, surprising animal behaviour and hidden underwater worlds.

Winning images were selected for their creativity, originality and technical excellence. The competition first launched in 1965 when it attracted 361 entries. Today the competition receives almost 50,000 entries from 92 countries, highlighting its enduring appeal.

Marvel at playful seals, be mesmerised by a cunning arctic fox and embrace the wonder of nature. Discover 100 extraordinary, award-winning images from one of the world’s most prestigious photography events.

When: Now until October 11

Where: The Australian National Maritime Museum

More information: anmm.gov.au

James Cameron – Challenging the Deep

Direct from the man who brought us Titanic is a new exhibition from James Cameron that showcases his history-making deep-sea expeditions.

Destined to delight underwater enthusiasts, the exhibition traces Cameron’s lifelong pursuit of and achievements in deep ocean science, technology and exploration including his record-breaking dives in Deepsea Challenger, the submersible vessel he designed that was built in Sydney.

Visitors will experience how Cameron’s drive and passion for understanding and exploring our oceans has shone a light on the spectacular phenomena and mysteries of the least known place on earth and enabled maritime archaeologists to document and understand the shipwrecks of RMS Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck.

The exhibition immerses visitors into an underwater environment using cinema scale projections, artefacts and specimens from his expeditions; displays of artefacts from the design and construction of the Deepsea Challenger; underwater recording, lighting, communication and diving technologies pioneered by Cameron; and props and costume from the feature films The Abyss and Titanic made possible by his drive to understand and expertise in meeting the challenges of the deep.

Where: Australian National Maritime Museum

When: Daily until January 30 (excluding Christmas Day)

More information: anmm.gov.au

Action Stations

Action Stations offers a new and exciting way to experience the compelling history of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Action Stations reinterprets and enlivens the Australian National Maritime Museum’s much-loved ex-RAN vessels- HMAS Vampire, HMAS Onslow, and HMAS Advance. Featuring a dramatic immersive cinematic experience, a new discovery and exploration space and audio-visual encounters that recall sailors’ memories on board the vessels, Action Stations will give visitors new insight into the inner workings of navy life at sea.

New projections, soundscapes, lighting and music will awaken you to the very real dangers faced by a naval crew.

Where: Waterfront Pavilion Australian National Maritime Museum

When: Daily

More information: anmm.gov.au

Lebanon Carnival

On October 7, Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour will play host to a celebration of Lebanese culture with the annual Lebanon Carnival.

This year the event marks its 40th year and features a host of incredible performers showcasing the cultural history and modern day influences on traditional Lebanese culture.

Where: Tumbalong Park

When: Sunday October 7, 2018 from 11am to 5pm

More information: darlingharbour.com

About Darling Harbour

Since Australia’s Bicentennial in 1988, Darling Harbour has boasted an ever-increasing range of tourism icons, weekend events and ongoing activities. As one of Sydney’s cultural melting pots, it showcases the history and vibrancy of this exciting city.

In addition to a host of permanent attractions, Darling Harbour also features an ever-changing line-up of events and exhibitions, making this a destination that can be enjoyed time and again.

Permanent attractions include:

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium – Sea Life Sydney Aquarium is one of the city’s biggest and brightest attractions. You can walk through large glass tunnels as sharks swim lazily by (and overhead!) and marvel at the vast array of rays and tropical fish.

Wild Life Sydney Zoo – Tucked into a corner of Darling Harbour, this zoo is deceptively big. The space is divided into natural Australian habitats, such as the tropics, desert and rainforest. Here you can meet and greet koalas, and see wallabies, kangaroos, wombats, lizards, snakes and Rex, the resident crocodile.

Madame Tussauds – Like its international counterparts, this iconic attraction is home to a range of lifelike wax statues, with local favourites such as Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman among the famous faces.

Chinese Garden of Friendship – The perfect place to truly relax, the Chinese Garden consists of a series of meandering paths and arched bridges crossing serene ponds filled with golden fish. You can rest in a number of small pavilions by the water’s edge, or enjoy a tea in the traditional Chinese teahouse.

Harbourside – Harbourside is a multi-level shopping centre where you can find great bargains amongst designer clothing, shoes, arts, crafts and homewares.

Australian National Maritime Museum – One of our favourite museums, this is a great option for families or anyone with an interest in history. There are plenty of large exhibition spaces to explore, then step outside to discover a variety of moored vessels including vintage yachts, a submarine, a warship, and beautifully restored tall ships from the 18th Century.

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THE 10 TOTALLY BEST CHICAGO MOVIES. Yup, most of them are from the 1980’s.

Robert Redford on location in Lake Forest, Illinois, directing Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People, 1980

Like Rob Gordon, from the comedy High Fidelity (2000,) we love making lists – mostly about Chicago. Rob and his cohorts’ used their “top five lists” to bring some order to a chaotic world, and we get it. We’ve defined a “Chicago” movie, as one that was actually shot in part here, and one that captured the essence of Chicago in some magical way in the process.

But, first – just a little bit of Chicago movie history.

Chicago was the original hub for movie making at the turn of the 20th century, not New York or Los Angeles. Yes, before Hollywood went on to become, well Hollywood, it was Chicago that paved the way – of course. The city was brimming with production companies and filmmakers at the time. It was the start of the silent movie era, and Essanay Studios in particular was one of the earliest and most powerful, producing fifteen short films with Charlie Chaplin, and giving Gloria Swanson her start. But soon – with the birth of the “western,”the industry headed west. Essanay Studios was eventually absorbed by Warner Brothers, and it would be nearly seventy years before a new creative swell in filmmaking would return.

The gigantic success of two movies are largely credited with jump starting that shift; Cooley High (1975,) written by Eric Monte about his experiences coming-of-age in Chicago, (Monte wrote the hit TV shows; Good Times, The Jeffersons and What’s Happening,) and The Blues Brothers (1980.) The latter in particular was considered to have been the catalyst for ushering in a golden age of filmmaking in Chicago during the 1980s. This eventually lead to the rebirth of the “teen movie” and a trove of iconic John Hughes films; from Sixteen Candles (1985,) The Breakfast Club (1986,) Uncle Buck (1988) and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1984.)

So here goes part one of our list – It’s all completely speculative – and in no particular order.

The list (part one)

10 – HIGH FIDELITY

Released 2000; Directed by Stephen Frears ; Screenplay by John Cusack, D.V. DeVincentis and Steve Pink Starring John Cusack, Jack Black, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louis, Lisa Bonet, Tim Robbins

There are probably not many lists about favorite Chicago movies that do not include High Fidelity, and with good reason. Not only does it perfectly capture a Chicagoan man-child having a thirty-something’s identity crisis at the turn of the century, but the movie’s lead, co-screenwriter and producer is hometown golden boy, John Cusack. You see his passion for the city at every turn. The script is based on the Nick Hornby novel about a record store owner with relationship issues. Originally set in London, Cusack moved the story to Chicago and set-up protagonist Rob Gordon’s shop up in a storefront on Milwaukee Avenue. With such insider touches as references to local record labels like Wax Trax! and Touch and Go Records, it’s easy to believe that Rob and his friends were an authentic part of Chicago’s outta sight music scene in the 1990s.

John Cusack in High Fidelity, 2000

9- ABOUT LAST NIGHT

Released 1986; Directed by Edward Zwick; Screenplay by Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue Starring Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Perkins, Jim Belushi

The film, About Last Night, is remembered for aptly reflecting an authentic Chicago-y singles scene; with its’ main characters playing softball on the weekends in Grant Park and hanging out with their pals at Lincoln Park and Division street bars, where you might find their modern-day counterparts today. Demi Moore even put on twenty pounds so she looked more like a “realistic” Chicago gal. Yeah, I know. Anyway, the script was loosely adapted from the 1974 play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, by Chicago scribe, David Mamet, and was first performed at the Organic Theatre Company. Mamet turned down the chance to adapt his drama about a twenty something couple, who fall in and out of love, with the help of their romantically cynical friends, for the screen. Still, the movie version is a moving love story, that went on to show a generation of gen-xers that love could be found in the Chicago bar scene, and even after a one night stand. Trust us, it’s Demi Moore at her very best – plus anything with Elizabeth Perkins is a go!

Demi Moore and Elizabeth Perkins in About Last Night, 1986

8 -THE BLUES BROTHERS

Released 1980; Directed by John Landis; Screenplay by Dan Aykroyd (story) and John Landis Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd

Chicago is first and foremost, the star of the iconic film, The Blues Brothers, based on John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s band by the same name. From the films spot on depiction of the bustling late 1970s Maxwell flea market, to the climatic chase sequence that winds through Lower Wacker Drive, there is no doubt that the musical comedy was an homage to the city. It took director, and hometown boy, John Landis, just two weeks to write the script, and the movie soundtrack sounds like Chicago, with music by Aykroyd and Belushi, and tracks by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown, who also appear in cameos. Jake and Elwood’s journey takes them many places, but most iconic is probably the duo’s epic performance of Jailhouse Rock for the prisoners at Joliet prison.

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, Blues Brothers

7 – ORDINARY PEOPLE

Released 1980; Directed by Robert Redford; Screenplay by Alvin Sargent Starring, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland

This was Robert Redford’s directorial debut, one so good, that no one ever thought of him as “just an actor” again. Based on the 1976 novel, Ordinary People, by then first time author, Judith Guest, try and watch this film to completion without dissolving into a pool of tears – this film invented the term “tear jerker.” Filmed largely on Chicago’s North Shore during the fall of 1979, the scenery of suburban Lake Forest is instantly recognizable for anyone who grew up in the area. The story follows a Chicago family, shattered the accidental death of its older son. The direction by Redford, and acting across-the-board, is simply sublime. Timothy Hutton plays tormented teen, Conrad, who blames himself for his brother’s death and breaks our collective hearts in the process; Mary Tyler Moore got a nomination as his ice-cold mother, who blames him too, and Donald Sutherland, the peacemaker and arguably the true protagonist of the story, is finally forced to see things as they are. Judd Hirsch played the therapist who helps him, and a very young Elizabeth McGovern plays his love interest. The film went on to sweep the 1981 Academy Awards, winning best picture, best director, best screenplay and best actor for Timothy Hutton.

Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Ordinary People, 1980

6- HOOP DREAMS

Released 1994; Directed by Steve James Starring William Gates and Arthur Agee

Filmmakers Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert set out to film a documentary in 1986 for PBS about playground basketball, hoping to shed light on Chicago’s street culture. They ended up shooting for four years, resulting in the 1994 emotional powerhouse, Hoop Dreams. One may not think that a documentary about basketball would have that kind of impact, but we promise you it does. Director Steve James narrowed in on the lives of two young black teenagers, basketball prodigies, Arthur Agee and William Gates, who grew up in Chicago’s housing projects. After they both win scholarships to a suburban high school, their fortunes diverge. One follows the footsteps of St Joe’s favourite son, all-star Isiah Thomas and the other doesn’t make the cut. Considered one of the best films of the 1990s, it was notoriously snubbed by the Oscars, winning best editing and losing out best picture to of all things – Forrest Gump.

Arthur Agee, Hoop Dreams, 1994

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10 Swoon-Worthy Millennial Pink Infused Spaces

Millennial Pink rose to popularity in 2016 shortly after Pantone debuted Rose Quartz as the Color of the Year. Not simply a passing trend, two years later Scandi Pink or Tumblr Pink (two other common terms for the now iconic hue) is still wildly popular. It’s definitely a new classic that’s here to stay.

One of the reasons this desaturated take on Barbie pink has stuck around is because it’s not solely synonymous with a princess, girly aesthetic. Instead, it transcends gender stereotypes and proves extremely versatility in both home decor and fashion.

Today as part of our monthly Color Files series, we’re sharing 10 swoon-worthy spaces that demonstrate the versatility and range of our favorite blush hue. Read on to discover a variety of ways to incorporate Millennial Pink into your home decor inside and out.

How to Decorate with Millennial Pink

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Millennial Pink Outdoor Oasis

Ashley of At Home With Ashley expertly uses dusty rose in almost every room in her Miami, Florida rental. Her outdoor oasis pictured below is worthy of any modern day Golden Girl. Take a cue from Ashley and match the color of your tableware with your outdoor seating.

A Beach House So Pretty It’s Hard to Believe It’s a Rental via Apartment Therapy

Chic Office Space Furniture

Homepolish’s Stefani Stein incorporated lovely blush pink furniture into her design of the Michele Marie PR office in Beverly Hills. Featured on Remodelaholic a few years back, we’re still captivated by the sophisticated, playful vibe the office space exudes. We found similar chairs here and here.

Inspiration File: Chic Office Makeover via Remodelaholic

Blush Pink & Salmon Living Room Accents

You don’t have to go full throttle to incorporate this fun color into your home decor. Below, Christina of The DIY Mommy shows how a few home decor pieces can go a long way in an otherwise neutral living room. Follow her lead and add a splash of Millennial Pink to your room in the form of throw pillows, blankets, and floral arrangements.

A Black & Blush Pink Living Room via The DIY Mommy

Creative Light Pink Office Space

Not ready to fully commit to light pink? Add an accent wall in a smaller space like a powder room or office as shown below. Keep the rest of your decor neutral to prevent the room from feeling too busy or bright.

Watercolor-Inspired Projects via BHG

Luxurious Soft Pink Bedroom

Even our favorite Fixer Upper gal Joanna Gaines has jumped on the Millennial Pink train. This bedroom in The American House proves that pink can be subtle without being too sweet. The soft pink paint blends beautifully with the cane headboard, gold table lamp, white bedding, and textured pillows. (We also found similar rattan headboards here and here.)

Fixer Upper: The Americana House via Magnolia

Unexpected Millennial Pink Kitchen

Millennial Pink paint in the kitchen? Bet you didn’t see that one coming! We love how the black cabinets contrast with the soft pink walls, keeping the space grounded and accessible. Achieve the same look in your own kitchen with Valspar Baby Blush.

The Best Paint Shades to Compliment Light Pink via Apartment Therapy

DIY Blush Pink Bathroom

Our DIY friends at Lolly Jane completely transformed the small bathroom shown below thanks to BEHR Positively Pink. Choosing a lighter paint color like this mellow coral option helps make a small space feel bigger. Plus, you really can’t go wrong with a black, white, and blush color scheme combined with gold fixtures.

Best Paint Colors for a Small Bathroom via Lolly Jane

Coastal-Inspired Bubblegum Pink Entryway

While navy and aqua are common colors used in coastal-inspired interior design, don’t overlook the power of a fresh take on bubblegum pink. Reminiscent of pink sand beaches and the inside of seashells, the pink paint used in this entryway pairs nicely with the white wainscoting and seashell art prints.

What Color Goes With Pink? via BHG

Millennial Pink Statement Front Door

Pink and blue have always been a classic color combination. The style experts at HGTV knew what they were doing when they chose Navy and Millennial Pink to create bold curb appeal on the 2017 Urban Oasis house. Achieve a similar look on your own front porch with Benjamin Moore Fashion Pink paint.

Classic Navy and Millennial Pink Create Bold Curb Appeal via HGTV

Millennial Pink-Inspired Outdoor Space

Dusty rose is used sparingly in this outdoor space with colored throw pillows and a light pink tablescape. Incorporating neutrals, wood, and ceramic textures all help to give this outdoor living area a modern, refined feel. Create a similar space to enjoy with family and friends during these lazy days of summer.

Millennial Pink-Inspired Backyard Makeover via Brit + Co

Top Millennial Pink Paint Colors

Ready to take the plunge and paint a room millennial pink? Try one of these top 8 millennial pink paint colors from Benjamin Moore, BEHR, Sherwin-Williams, and Valspar. Still debating if you’re really ready to commit to pink? Here’s a pro tip: ask the worker mixing your paint to lighten the color you like by at least 75%.

Benjamin Moore Authentic Pink Benjamin Moore Fashion Pink BEHR Positively Pink BEHR Prairie Rose Sherwin-Williams Reverie Pink Sherwin-Williams Mellow Coral Valspar Rose Buff Valspar Baby Blush

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