#thus gyllenhaal

[maelstroem-of-love]

sorry (not sorry at all)

[sofi-thunder]

i'm in love with them

[notrandtumblin]

Another entry into our effort to discover the greatest Marvel casting choice.

This includes the SPUMM characters (Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Movies) plus some various other castings I’ve neglected to include thus far.

Thanks for polling with me!

[joesalw]

Ok I'm sorry but this is gonna be a long rant.

I am an ex swiftie (also a minor) and I joined the fandom back in 2022 after midnights released. Before that I had heard a few songs but I barely knew anything about Taylor before 2020 and I did not know about the Kimye stuff or anything.

When the bejeweled music video was released I did not realize the easter eggs so thus I thought that I need to become parasocial and I NEED to know everything that taylor has done every minute of the day (referencing Do you really wanna know where I was April 29?)

I went deeper into the hole. I started getting obsessed with Taylor. I clicked on every video , post and podcast mentioning her. I genuinely became a parasocial fan. I only heard her songs and barely cared about other artists. I hated on her exes (Jake Gyllenhaal and John Mayer especially) because I believed that they had hurt Taylor to no extent. I still don't like them/am neutral but I don't hate them anymore. In march I joined tumblr because I heard Taylor was on here and I have no other social media to support her from so I came here to give her my support.

In April , the breakup happened. I was genuinely devastated. Joe was and is an amazing person. I was shocked to see her move on so quickly and date m*tty he*ly . I was even as a child shocked as to how someone can move on so fast. But also move on to someone so problematic after calling herself an activist? Idk what was wrong with her. But IG as long as she is happy.

She broke up with him. We all rejoiced. Speak now TV was also announced! Yay!

I remember so well on 7th July I was in school and I was so fucking excited about it coming so soon I couldn't sit still. I was counting down minutes until it's release even tho I did not have any devices to listen to it on. My friends were so happy to see me happy and excited af.

I went home and heard speak now tv. Amazing experience for me at that time.

I became the person who said shit like : I hate everyone but Taylor and Taylor is a gift to this Earth and etc etc.

But the amount of joe hate and joeover and joebless jokes annoyed me. Why were we hating a person who was in her life at her worst moments? Taylor would never condone or allow this.

But boy was I wrong.

Most of the hate against joe was my #Strike 1 for leaving the fandom.

Then came along Traylor. I was like oh ok as long as she is happy :))

Then she started associating with the nfl people. Br*ttany M*homes and Abuser bitch.

When I heard of this I was like wtf Taylor???

Weren't you the one who was going off about being on the right side of the history and believing victims?

I was like it's fine maybe she doesn't know or maybe she will stop once she knows.

She didn't

Then she won person of the year. I was already very unhappy with Taylor at that time. But I still was like Yay! Congrats! But maybe you shouldn't be the one to win it?

Then the doxxing by a swiftie happened. It was #strike 3

I left the fandom. I still had hope she would change.

Now after seeing her jets emissions (I'm a huge Environmentalist and a feminist so this shit bothered the living helm out of me) and her continuously hanging out with brittany piece of shit and all the joe hate going on, I am beginning to despise her.

I had initally blocked hate pages like yours but Now I open your posts everyday and check them because I relate to them sm.

I went from a person defending every action of Taylor's, being the only one in my entire theatre who knew the lyrics to all the songs of the eras tour movie , having Taylor as my top artist of the year with more than 60 percent of the songs being hers to despising her so much for being fake and stuck up.

I remember after I left the fandom and not many people knew about it , A classmate said something against Taylor and her songs directly to me daring me to oppose it and I genuinely wanted to cry because I thought that I would now always be associated with this fandom.

The ex swiftie in me genuinely wants 2016 to happen again so Taylor will be removed from the pedestal she is put on by so many. She needs to be saved from herself and her parasocial fans.

And I used to say I would love Taylor forever but I suppose forever really is the sweetest con.

TLDR :- I USED TO BE A PARASOCIAL SWIFTIE WHO USED TO LIVE AND BREATHE TAYLOR BUT NOW I'M SLOWLY STARTING TO DESPISE HER.

Sorry this was so long I had to get it off my chest.

Thanks for reading it!

ex swifties are my favourite people in this planet rn

[jewishbarbies]

Did Swift really try to sell herself as being from humble beginnings? Seriously, who bought that? I'm not a Swiftie, but I've seen photos and videos from when she was younger enough to know she was privileged as hell.

yeah, she did. i think the time between when her childhood was apart of her marketing strategy (ie girl next door, sweet little country bumpkin from nashville) and when she tried to rebrand herself as poor was just enough for most people not to notice or care. she stopped doing all that marketing around like 2012 or so when red was her thing, and only just rebranded with her attack on jake gyllenhaal during the re-release. and she only did so to attack him. claiming she grew up with “kitchen table bills” while he supposedly had much richer parents and therefore he was privileged and she wasn’t, thus somehow making what he ‘did’ to her worse/understandable. so it wasn’t so much a grand marketing tactic as much as it was just trying to make her attack on a jewish man she only dated for 3 months a decade ago seem valid. swifties ate it up.

[dilfsxysh]

NAVIGATION

me ⇨ im a new-ish writer and go by she/her. i also dont have a laptop at the moment so all of this is written on my phone, thus meaning there will be vigorous spelling mistakes.

my work ⇨ ill write what i want and what people request as long as its not weird. ill write smut, fluff, and angst for anyone. and youre all responsible for what you read, not me.

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MASTERLIST

jake gyllenhaal (and most of his characters) -

james franco -

josh hutcherson (and most of his characters) -

- envy

rick grimes -

glenn rhee -

daryl dixon -

finnick odair -

simon ‘ghost’ riley -

aaron taylor johnson -

penn badgley / joe goldberg -

evan peters -

idris elba -

tom hardy (and some of his characters) -

ryan reynolds / deadpool -

daniel kaluuya / oj haywood -

bill skarsgard -

aaron hotchner -

matthew gray gubler / spencer reid -

chris / matt sturniolo 😭 -

markiplier -

zach tinker / jacob custos -

[unreversedumbrella]

I saw people state inside job is antisemitic bc of the lizard people, who run the world and drink blood. this is a common antisemitic conspiracy theory that implies jewish people are a secret society of lizards that controls the world. also implies they're not human and evil

edit: i was informed that the theory actually, at its core, revolves around jewish people controlling lizard people. "Jews run the banks and the media, thus they run the world." the idea of a jewish secret society is a problem that has existed for centuries and has a long history to it, and because of this, accusations of a celebrity being a lizard is antisemitic regardless of their religion

While obviously i'm not going to argue with anyone (im not jewish and if jewish people say the show is antisemitic, it because it is), i was curious about the IRL "reptoid" celebreties' religions and these were the ones i could find in the internet

edit: as i said, celebreties' religions aren't as important as the context around the whole thing. and in addiction to that, judaism isn't just a religion. its an ethnicity aswell. meaning that, as far as i understand it, any ethnically jewish person could practise any religion

Anderson cooper - Agnostic, catholic mother

Bella Thorne - Christian

Donald Rumsfeld - a lot of things going on, but Christian

Ellen DeGeneres - grew up christian, non-religious now

Guillermo del toro - grew up christian, Agnostic now

Hillary Duff /Lizzie McGuire - Christian/fictional character

Jennifer Lopez - grew up Catholic, scientologist now

John Kerry - Catholic

Madonna - raised catholic, Jewish now

Mark Zuckerberg - raised jewish, Atheist now

Miley Cyrus - interest in Budhism

Naomi Campbell - grew up jenovah's witness, Protestant now

Paul Rudd - Reform Jew

Queen of England -  Supreme Governor of the Church of England

jake gyllenhaal - Jewish

taylor swift - Christian

these are the ones i couldn't find so i won't speculate

Missy Elliott

Calvin Harris

so we have a total of 18 celebreties:

7 Christian 4 agnostic/atheist/non-religious 3 Jewish 1 interested in Buddhism 1 Scientologist

not going to give my opinion in this or the show (again, I'm not jewish so i don't have the knowledge and nuances necessary). however, learning that Zuckerberg used to be jewish does recontextualize all of the "he's secretly a lizard/alien" jokes

also, Inside job's producer, Alex hirsch, has jewish family from his father side, but was raised agnostic

edit: again, it's an ethnicity. zuckerberg and hirsch are still ethnically jewish and i'd like to reforce this "I'm not jewish so i don't have the knowledge and nuances necessary". anything i say here about judaism should be taken with a grain of salt

[nancydrewwouldnever]

If online gossip is filtering through to the real decision makers (ie: people who actually hire him) who know the game, but also know when the game is no longer working for an actor, then how is that gossip being perceived there? Is it enough to affect their thinking? /:

Sorry to keep bugging you, but this is a fascinating concept to me.

Let’s say we do hit that higher up level in Hollywood seeing this shitshow and his continuing on when it’s shown to not be working. Does that in turn affect his opportunities? I mean, I think she’s in the middle of an image cleanup also, but I feel the shit surrounding her is more tangible and easily proven, so we will be able to see her loss of jobs and engagement much easier.

Of course he’ll always have his standard directors like Taika and the Russos who will work with him despite all of this. But outside of those two, I can’t imagine his loss of reputation is going to go unnoticed.

Okay, here's the thing: I don't think anyone higher up in Hollywood gives a shit about his relationship/s at all, or whether or not they work on any level. I think the only thing coming out of this that will interest them is if they're hearing that blowback is hugely affecting his popularity. That would interest them, because his popularity affects his ability to sell movie tickets or get stream downloads. Thus, that would possibly affect them if he's in one of their projects. I think they're more interested in the broad scope of if interest in him is waning, because then they would want to hire/cast more in demand actors.

[And he's got competition in his age bracket, let's face it. Chris Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal at the same end of the 40s, and Pedro Pascal at the other end of that bracket. And then guys like John Bernthal in between. And I completely overlooked Ryan Reynolds. There's lots of more in-demand guys in his age bracket right now.]

But, lol, actually - Taika has never worked with him in a director capacity. And I really doubt Taika has an interest in it. Taika likes getting award-nominated actors. So, think Taika thinks Chris is good for fun and hanging out, but he hasn't gone out of his way to have Chris in one of his projects.

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Tell me the plot of the best movie ever, which has never before aired.

I have no idea! But I do know that it involves a very important and difficult to execute subplot where someone tries to get their dick wet, but they keep accidentally getting the wrong type of dick-wetting event when they try. This is not a good thing for them. The main character has an unresolved sexual tension with another guy in the story which eventually leads to some kind of really awkward sex scene because he can't figure out how to tell him about his dick fetish until after they fuck (and this doesn't happen beforehand because there are other characters around).

Afterwards everyone agrees it was a bad idea, although nobody will admit why exactly so they just pretend like nothing happened while trying to act normal around each other.

They all go to a party at a warehouse where you can see people having sex through windows from outside and then one or more couples break up during the course of the night. There may be glowsticks involved somehow? There certainly should be if there isn't. It would totally make sense given everything else going on. "Why did you break up?" "Because we couldn't agree whether to use your blue glowsticks or my red ones."

Later in the movie there's an attempted murder by stabbing, possibly of somebody who had earlier been seen nakedly pleasuring themselves without shame in front of others. Somebody takes offense to this, and thus we find ourselves looking into the dark souls of two or three characters. They should all be friends though; don't worry about it. Also maybe people die too.

There could be an incidental homoerotic moment between the protagonist and another dude late in the film as well; he might catch a glimpse of said guy's bare chest/abs via shirtlessness. Nobody knows what to think about this either. You're definitely supposed to feel something.

And there might even be a brief appearance of Jake Gyllenhaal somewhere along the way.

[sleepynegress]

On The Roadhouse Reboot...

So, it's shit. BUT... It's frustrating shit because it has its moments of what it should have settled for w/ 30 minutes chopped off the runtime. This should have been a great cheesy, popcorn, fighting romp. But the screen time is padded with too much dilly-dallying around dialogue, and an unnecessary chemistry-free romantic subplot. It's total male gaze, in that she has no chemistry but is what guys watching a movie like this look for, in looks and how she's written. This should have been just Gyllenhaal Mr. Rogering his way through fight scenes, building up the bonds with the people employed at that bar, maybe a boat-fixing montage with the characters from the bar, and... I'd say, four good fights. The romance, the bookstore people, and all the back-and-forth with the dumb henchman, son of the boss could have easily been cut and actually been a decent flick. Conor McGregor was a highlight, because of his funny-ass facial expression, terrible acting, and hilarious buff-guy walk. You know that walk when big muscly guys have to walk around themselves? It and the grin just had me cackling. Anyway, for me this was the best scene, if only it had maintained this momentum.

That said, given how high the views were on this, maybe the sequel will course correct. I get that the idiots on top only care about IP thus calling it "Roadhouse" but honestly Jake in this with the correction and it being renamed, would have rocked anyway IMO.

#ThisIsNotaRec unless you like bad movies w/ a redeeming scene or two.

Man, it could have been a contender.

[jakegooglyeyes]

Emblem or Roses - Prologue

Prologue > Next

Pairings: Jake Gyllenhaal x reader, Maggie Gyllenhaal x reader (Medieval AU)

Summary: You were content with your quiet life as an illegitimate daughter of the King, hanging out with the maids and learning your craft. All that ended when your father married you to Jake of House Gyllenhaal, the Usurper, as a peace offering, a hostage. The rebellious Lord, believing you are the same as your father, has no intention of letting you live comfortably while the people suffer.

Word count: 2,800

Warnings: 18+ MINOR DNI, RPF, DUBCON, angst, hurt/comfort, enemies to lovers, hate to pining, polyamory, slow burn with smut, political marriage, mean!Jake to pining!Jake, cunning!Maggie, kind!reader.

Chapter warnings: brief mentions of violence/torture/child abuse.

*** Your online experience is your responsibility. You have been warned. If any of these content upsets you, DO NOT READ!!! ***

A/N: Fictional medieval settings, not based on real history. I drank too much coffee and stayed up until 4 in the morning (on a work day) to breeze through the prologue.

@gyllenhaalstories​ Thank you for indulging my coffee-craze.

Divider credit: @firefly-graphics​ (thank you, please message if you want it removed)

"Princess, where are you going?"

You jump and almost drop the burlap sack you are carrying. You turn around and meet the head maid's stern eyes. The middle-aged woman doesn't care much for you, and there is no respect in her voice when she addresses you. None of the servants see you are the King's daughter. Some are friendly with you and treat you like one of theirs. Others, like the head maid, think a bastard like you is a disgrace to the royal family. But whether or not you are a trueborn, you are still a princess. Thus, she cannot simply ignore you.

"I... I'm going to the garden."

She scans you from head to toe with her eyes full of disdain. To her, you don't have the grace and charm of a lady of noble birth. Your hair is tied and covered like a servant who has to work in the kitchen all day. You dress worse than a maid. The fabric has faded to a horrid off-gray and is full of mismatched patches. There is always soot and dirt on your face and under your fingernails from working in the "garden," an unused training yard you repurposed into a place to grow your herbs. And when you are not digging up dirt, you bury your face in books and your rusty cauldron, cooking up god-knows-what. Not only do you look disgusting, but you also smell awful, a mixture of burned herbs and fire smoke. And those are the days when you don't hang around with the servants at the horse stable or the pig pen.

"What are you holding?"

She wrinkles her nose as she yanks open the sack in your hands. There are a few pieces of bread, a couple of apples, several slabs of smoked meat, and a half-eaten pie. Leftover. The head maid sneers at you. The King never allows you to have meals with him and your trueborn siblings. They won't let you starve, but you can only eat with the maids. That is, you can have whatever is left by them. Even the head maids and other high-ranking servants have better food than you.

"My lunch."

You reply curtly and grab your stuff back from the woman, hoping she will let you go soon. You know she really couldn't care less even if you trip and break your neck in front of her. But you're still afraid you'll get caught bringing food for that person. You hear the head maid laugh through her nose as she turns her heels and leaves. You sigh in relief and take your sack to the old shed. This place is on the far side of the garden, and no one comes around here. It used to be a place to store firewood for the winter. But the thing has been abandoned along this training yard for a long time. It's the perfect place to run away from your cruel half-siblings and their maids or hide an injured dog.

Speaking of dogs, it's what you called the man inside the shed. He refused to tell you his real name no matter how many times you pried. Not that it matters. As far as your concern, he looks like a filthy wild dog with tattered and bloody clothes, an overgrown beard, and shaggy hair like a crow's nest. And he smells like the last time he bathed was when the midwife cut his umbilical cord. So, you named him Jackal. He was pretty upset when you called him that, but the alternative was Racoon or Rat, so he ceased his protest.

You found this man bloody and unconscious, lying on (and ruining) your white sage bush. You thought he was a thief running away from the guards or maybe a servant who was beaten by his master. Either way, you knew if the guards were to find him, he would be as good as dead. So, you dragged him all the way to the shed to treat his injuries, which you soon realized were from being tortured. There were bruises, cuts, and burns all over him. Some of the worse wounds had started to fester. Not only that, his eyes were impaired from infection. He was lucky the damage was only temporary, or he could have lost his eyesight.

It took you two days to clean all of the puss and a whole week to stabilize his condition. But instead of a thank you. He almost killed you the moment he opened his eyes. You were spared only because the man was still too weak to strangle you. You've let him stay and recover in this shed for a month, bringing him food and changing his bandage daily. More importantly, you get a living human on which you can test your absolutely safe healing salves and potions. But, of course, you never told him that.

"Hey, Jackal, look what I brought."

You wave the leather sack at him, only to earn an irritating stare from the man. His eyes have recovered, but he is still unable to see clearly. But, at least he can make out where he goes. You shrug and ignore his sour mood. He always has had this terrible attitude ever since he woke up. It reminds you of aggressive dogs who are aggressive because they've been chained up for so long. 

You start taking the food out and put them on a piece of clean tablecloth like you're preparing a feast. The man sits still and squints at the meager food on the ground. Honestly, this is much fancier than the usual stuff you bring here.

"The King is having a feast. The guards said the Usurper will be executed by noon tomorrow, so the King and his council are celebrating."

You explain despite him never asking. Jackal looks at you with barely any interest in your gossiping. Instead, he takes a bite out of the soft bread, savoring something that's not stale or dry for once. The man patiently enjoys the food as you ramble on. He has learned to be a willing, supportive, not-at-all sarcastic audience whenever you come here. Good dog.

These days, all the gossip in the capital revolves around the General. Even if you never ventured outside, you still hear countless tales about the General and his family from the maids. Stories that, if the King happens to hear, heads will roll for sure. The royal family considers General Gyllenhaal a traitor, even though he had fought to protect the Kingdom, just as his family had loyally served the Kings before. But his righteousness and his opposition have made him an eyesore to the corrupted nobles.

"What a pity. The General is an honorable man. Things were better when he used to lead the capital guards. House Gyllenhaal still holds much power in the North, and many other old houses chose to back them too. People are worried there will be a civil war soon because the General's family won't let this slide."

He eats, not even pretending he's listening.

"The servants who have families in Goldenhall said that the peasants there are treated much better than here. I want to visit there if I can get out of the capital. But the place is too far away from here. Do you know that they let women rule in the North? I heard his sister has taken charge of the family since the General was captured. Do you think lady Gyllenhaal would avenge her brother?"

There is no response, but Jackal's eyes shift. He becomes lost in thoughts. But it goes by so fast that you only catch a glimpse of it. He quickly returns to normal, having zero interest in your rambling.

"You eat too."

In a rare display of human affection, the man gestures at the food, telling you to eat with him. He has consumed most of the bread, one of the apples, and a little more than half of the meat. You look at a single piece of bread, a side of leftover meat, and pie.

"Don't mind if I do."

You already ate before coming here but to be honest, you don't mind having a little more. You don't have to watch your table manners in front of someone who doesn't know who you are (and can't see). You can't even be this free around the servants when eyes and ears are everywhere. You grab the meat with your bare hand and throw it in your mouth. No need for fancy silverware. After a while, you finish the last piece of the pie and rub your stomach with satisfaction.

"It's almost noon."

You look outside and see that the sun is almost at its highest. You sigh, thinking of what is going to happen tomorrow. With your things all gathered, you bid farewell to your Jackal, telling him you will be back. To your surprise, he nods at you, something he never did. You wonder why he is a little different today, more pleasant. Maybe he is like a dog who gets friendly with the one feeding it.

The following day, you leave the castle and go to the town square to buy supplies with the money you earn from selling your herbs and potion.

There are more guards than usual, all of which are armed to the teeth. You suddenly remember the execution today. But is it necessary to install this much security? Did something happen? Curious, you strain your ears, listening to some chattering merchants.

"The General escaped. I heard the guards say he wasn't there when they went to the dungeon to fetch him. It was a dead guard in his cell."

"Wait, for real?"

"Yes, and the guy has been dead for weeks too. Does no one check on the prisoner?"

"Incompetence. The King must be furious."

Suddenly, a column of smoke rises from afar. One of the guard garrisons has been set on fire. The bell in the town square starts chiming, alerting the citizens to return to their homes or seek shelter. A cloud of dust coming from the North, accompanied by sounds of hundreds of metal horseshoes striking the earth. You hear screaming, and before you can even react, the panic shoving and pushing cause you to get lost in the sea of people.

Back at the castle, several capital guards on their steeds rush into the banquet hall, where the feast is ongoing. They barely have time to announce their arrival before one of the men immediately addresses the King.

"My King, the Usurper! He is leading an army heading to the Northern gate!!!"

The entire hall suddenly erupts into chaos. Things are already bad enough that his enemy escaped right under his nose. Now, this? The King knows even if the General did escape weeks ago, he is badly injured enough that there is no chance he could return home to gather his men. It takes 2 months, riding the best steed, to travel from the capital to Goldenhall and another 2 months to circle back. A tortured man can't ride a horse for that length of time, let alone lead an army. But what if it is him? The old King slams his fist on the armrest of his chair. 

"Send the men to the Northern gate immediately!"

You have no choice but to follow the crowd to find safety. The people start clamoring as they see Gyllenhaal banners approaching. Nosy, you try to stand on your toes to hopefully catch a glimpse of the one they call Usurper. The army is already at the town square, clashing with the King's guards. At the front of a group of soldiers, you spot a majestic figure riding a horse as dark as night, wearing armor with the Gyllenhaal emblem: two roses, red and white, sprouting from a single stem covered in thorns. You feel a little disappointed because his face is entirely obscured by his visored helmet.

You keep pushing through the ground until you are backed into a street corner with a group of frightened children and a few others who cannot find their way through the mob. The kids must have been playing together before the army came. You, the kids, and the other people huddle together, hoping this will pass soon. Before anyone can do anything, the sounds of unleashed horses approach fast. The loud noises and the smoke aggravate the animals, and they ram and kick anyone in their path. And they are heading straight at you.

Without thinking, you raise your arms and shield the terrified, screaming children behind you. Your eyes shut tight, waiting for impact, thinking this may be your end. But it never comes. 

"Back off, you beasts!"

You cannot believe your eyes. Standing between you and the restless horses is the General and several of his men. The armored warriors point their weapons at the animals. The General's jet-black stallion is much larger and more intimidating than the other horses. As a warning, the black steed flares its nostrils and hurls its front legs at the others. The General's men quickly move to the sides of the loose horses and grab their harnesses, forcing them to quiet down.

"Go home. Avoid the main streets."

The General's voice is so different from what you've imagined. You thought someone like him would possess a gruff, scary voice (like Jackal's). But his voice sounds smooth and warm, like honey. You find it a little... if you dare to say, alluring like the song of sirens.

Your attempt to thank him is cut short by another of the General's men. This person whispers something to him, and the General nod. The next moment is probably a memory you will never forget. The "General" removes their helmet, and locks of soft, dark, wavy hair fall on their shoulders. Your eyes widen, and your jaw drops to the floor. A woman.

"Tell the men to retreat. We're done here."

Only after nightfall do you learn: Lady Maggie Gyllenhaal, dressing like her brother and riding his horse, led 300 men to attack the Northern gate. They deliberately instigated an enormous fanfare, with fake battering rams constructed from very light wood, that the nobles thought the whole thing was the actual General leading House Gyllenhaal's main army to lay siege to the castle.

But the attack was only a diversion. When most of the guards flocked to the Northern gate, leaving only a few defending the other places, a dozen of the strongest of Gyllenhaal's men infiltrated the Southern entrance with barely any resistance. Lady Maggie's army withdrew shortly after the Southern gate was breached, leaving nothing but a burning effigy of the King in the middle of the town square. Everyone can guess. She got what she came here for, rescuing her brother and delivering a message.

For that, House Gyllenhaal, and everyone who supports them, are now branded as traitors. As a result, the King declares a full-on war with House Gyllenhaal and their allies.

You clutch your burlap sack close to your chest and hurry your feet. You can hardly wait to see Jackal because there are so many things you want to tell him. So many that his ears will fall out by the end of the day. The escaped General. The fake siege. The crazy horses. Oh Gods, the armored lady leading an army wielding a long spear riding the most giant horse you've ever seen in your life. Are many Northern women like her. You aren't allowed to ride a horse. No, you can't even ride a donkey.

"Jackal?"

You open the shack door, but the man is nowhere to be found. Your heart sinks. The King's guards thoroughly searched the castle after yesterday's incident. What if Jackal was arrested? As you wallow in dread, you notice a scrap of paper on the ground, together with a pendant. Jackal must have left these for you and left.

You look at the paper. It is the drawing of the pendant, followed by an arrow and then what looks like a bag of gold. You want to curse. Is this a way of telling you to sell this pendant for money?

"Not even a thank you. How rude."

You murmur to yourself as you look at the pendant. The gold frame circles around a smooth, oval stone. You've never seen a gem like that. It looks black at first glance. But when you raise the stone to sunlight, you can see little rainbow-colored spots all over the surface. Even without any knowledge about precious gems, you can still discern that this piece of jewelry must cost a fortune. Not something a commoner could possess. It suddenly dawns on you that you've been harboring a criminal.

An illiterate thief!

[who-canceled-roger-rabbit]

Below the cut:

Traumaposting about mental illness and life in eggmode, boymode, and early transition

Discussion of lingering now-verboten feels for a certain bestselling British fantasy series about a magical boarding school, including unabashedly relating to shitty representation and thinking villains are kinda cool

As a kid, I related more with the werewolf teacher because he needed accommodations at school and subsequently medication. As an adult, now I related with the Byronic shapeshifter wrongly convicted of terrorism who was totally the aforementioned teacher's BF because he's descended from a family with a history of actual real-world-style mental illness (or at least the author presented it as Actually Crazy) and he spent the last year of his life shacked up as a NEET failson with his shitty mother, though at least in his case she was just a painting. He's honestly a BPD icon (I will fight you) and thus one of the harder parts to let go of in terms of my remaining attachment to That Series Over There.

The other lingering attachment for me—in this case as cautionary mixed with "shit, really, I'm starting to think that character is cool?"—is focused mainly on David Tennant's character in the fourth installment. Okay actually, as much as I generally love Tennant and the energy he brought, the version in the books is the one that's really relatable (in the aforementioned "shit, really?" way) to me: also a mentally ill NEET failson with a fraught relationship with parents, but with the added element of sneaking around behind parents' backs and putting on a nearly year-long charade involving consuming a substance every day to change one's physical appearance.* Tennant is too manic and unsubtle in his menace; I prefer to headcast him as the closest British equivalent of either De Niro in Taxi Driver or Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.

Oh and the other character from that series that I'm still kind of attached to is Bonham Carter's character. In this case it's definitely in a thirsty gay "I just think evil women are neat" way.

I am currently trying to transfer both my Wolfstar blorbo feels, and my ethically conflicted attachment (whether in a meowmeow way or a thirsty way) to villains, toward my own OCs, a number of whom are derived at least partly from depotterized AU versions of the characters discussed above. So honestly, the only other thing I want to mention on the subject is that, though the original context for the teacher's lycanthropy was just serophobia/ableism and homophobia mixed in a spectacularly nasty manner while the House of Black's history of mental illness was largely just dumb goffik stereotypes about evil families (with the occasional not-so-evil tearaway heir, like the Byronic shapeshifter), I admittedly feel I kinda do "gotta hand it to" She Who Must Not Be Named** for actually spelling out an explicit parallel between the teacher's lycanthropy and the shapeshifter's mental illness:

*Thankfully, in my case that arc ended with me moving out on my own, instead of falling through a fucking curtain to whatever the wizard afterlife is, like the Byronic shapeshifter; getting straight-up murdered, like the werewolf and his similarly queercoded Manic Pixie Dream Beard; or having my soul eaten, like Tennant's character. Also in my AUs they're all WLW but that's just my own tastes.

Teacher: Looking rather ragged, aren't we? Finally the flesh reflects the madness within.

Shapeshifter: Well, you'd know all about the madness within, wouldn't you?

**Or rather, whoever wrote that particular exchange in the movie. IMDb lists both She Who Must Not Be Named and Steve Kloves as screenwriters.

[minusmanfan]

HANDSOME MYOPIC COWBOYS, or at least by the hats they are wearing.  Top left guy is significantly more myopic than top right, and thus benefits from the smaller frame choice.  Middle photo is Jake Gyllenhaal, playing Jack Twist in the movie “Brokeback Mountain”.  Jake himself if fairly myopic, but we rarely, if ever, see him in glasses.  And you will likely recognize the lower photo as ��Blake Mitchell” (aka Lane Rogers).  . 

[sizzlingpatrolfox]

It’s insane how sexualized JK is when he really isn’t THAT outrageously sexy???? I’ve never seen this kind of hype or obsession before. He’s giving the bare minimum and the girls are losing it.

Reminds me how silly and superficial the world is 🥲 he’s the most traditionally “masculine” member and young and empty and thus commands such attention.

Your answer is right there.. "he's the most traditionally masculine member".

Asian men have historically been emasculated in media and real life too simply because an Asian man does not usually look the way Jake Gyllenhaal looks. With Jungkook "not looking so Korean" they're closing that gap and it gets easier to sexualize him to a western audience because he comes just a bit closer to the type of man westerners are used to sexualizing. Trust me, even the fact that he has "double eyelids" is taken into account.

People can scream baby star candy all they want but that is not the image he puts out. It's not even his own preferred gender expression, as if he hasn't said time and time again that he doesn't want to be seen as cute and adorable.

[thelonesomequeen]

Love all this discussion RE: acting/movies/agents, etc.

Way more fun (for me) than the fandom fighting.

Anyways, some random thoughts w/respect to Mr. Evans. The discussion about ensemble casting has been done, but one thing that struck me during the talk about Jeremy Strong is just how many talented actors in that general age group exist. I'll go with the around mid thirties all the way up to the getting a little crispy Leo D. (I'm kidding sort of with him--he's still 'young' per se, but I wish Scorsese had cast a younger actor in Killers of the Flower Moon). Fifty isn't really 'old' but it starts to show differently on people's physical form and thus IMO begins to change one's script offers. I digress.

So, in that mid-thirties to fifty cohort, think of some of the best actors world-wide and it's a larger group than in the past. Note: no scientific research was done to back up that claim. Some of that may be due to the Biz (FINALLY) very slowly beginning to bring in more diversity (keep going because you're not there yet, studios) and some of it could perhaps be to something discussed on your blog earlier-- the streaming networks?

Streaming has opened up eyes to more shows (along with socials like X/insta), IMO and despite the negatives to streaming, some actors may perhaps gain a bit of a following due to a show and that makes them a little more competitive when names are tossed around the table. That used to happen in the days of my grandparents (like the soap opera/or themed tv large cast shows) but it just seems like there's MORE now (almost too much more but again I digress).

Case in point--Regé-Jean Page is a fine enough actor, but w/o Bridgerton I wonder if he'd have made as quick a leap into other high profile discussions (like 007). I have to wonder if streaming has helped actors who have talent but being that it's so hard to get one's foot in the door having a vehicle helps to just plow through it because the viewers are behind the wheel saying, "hey pay attention to this guy, he's good!"

To me, for Chris that means that regardless of awards interest, anytime there is a role, there is a range of people whose names are also being considered--from Benedict Cumberbatch and the rest of the UK crowd to the homegrown talent like Austin Butler (younger but I'll hedge on him) to Lewis Pullman to Jake Gyllenhaal to the two Ryans among others. It's a tough field and always has been, but the 'relegation' tier between film and it's A list B list and television has been blurred more than in the past. Now you have Eddie Redmayne starring in not only the FB series and Oscar nominated roles in film, but once again appearing in the film/streaming category with The Good Nurse. If you're a solid talent, then you might have a miss here and there, but too many strikes at the plate and you may get sent to the minors. It's just my opinion and sure I don't know what the man thinks, but it's his life and I'm a fan of film and actors/actresses so I'll give most anything a view, regardless of critics/general sentiment. I sat through Aloha recently because I had missed it the first go round and I'm a fan of Emma Stone but yeah, that was a hot mess of a plot that was.

Sorry for the length. TLDR: Chris is in a competitive business and he'll have to figure out what he wants if he hasn't done so already (not like I have the man in my contacts) and go from there.

*Side note: I almost ended up with an entire paragraph on the MCU but that really deserves its own discussion and I've clogged up your ask box enough with this soapbox oratory on Chris and the competition.

This is actually a very interesting take, thank you! 🧜🏻‍♀️

[anthonykillingsworth2]

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