#west side story x gilmore girls

[iasikaijutopia]

"Don't get all West Side Story on me, okay?"

[jessmcriano]

I posted 1,691 times in 2021

33 posts created (2%)

1658 posts reblogged (98%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 50.2 posts.

I added 237 tags in 2021

#tv: charmed - 34 posts

#roman holiday - 34 posts

#literati - 26 posts

#jess x rory - 25 posts

#rory x jess - 24 posts

#daria - 23 posts

#charmed: 1x17 - 22 posts

#jess mariano - 17 posts

#jess and rory - 16 posts

#rory and jess - 16 posts

Longest Tag: 129 characters

#could you imagine a west side story version with jess and rory cause same (i’m really just thinking of it now for the first time)

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

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#4

Dair Appreciation Week

➤ April 15th DAY FIVE: Favorite angsty moment(s)

[ + bonus theme, 4x15 “It-Girl Happened One Night” appreciation ]

I thought this description of this moment was so good so I decided to quote it and share it here. Also I highly recommend watching the rest of the videos in this series and reading the captions because they're very well-written.

“8. "It-Girl Happened One Night" 4.15 - I think the entire scene really sets up the moment and shows that Dan and Blair don't just act on whims. Blair is hurt by how easily Chuck gives his heart to another girl. Dan can see that, he knows how it feels. He straightens his tie, hesitates, and then slowly goes in for the hand hold. Blair is not ready yet, but it looks like she seriously second guessed letting go.” - OnlineGrapefruit

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#3

Jess/Rory and Oz/Willow parallels

I noticed some similarities when I was getting through Gilmore for the first time four years ago but noticed more when I was re-watching Buffy late last year/earlier this year

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16 notes • Posted 2021-09-26 06:13:52 GMT

#2

I still love this old commercial where the girls are voicing why they love Milo/Jess

29 notes • Posted 2021-07-11 00:13:51 GMT

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I was tagged by two lovely people, @make--your--life--spectacular​ and @roseebudddd​, to name my 10 favorite characters in 10 different things and then tag 10 people. They are in no particular order :)

1. Lena Luthor, Supergirl

2. Regina Mills, Once Upon a Time

3. Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls

4. Elena Alvarez, One Day at a Time

5. Jenna Hunterson, Waitress

6.  Jade West, Victorious

7. Mellie Grant, Scandal (What can I say? I love a good side character lol)

8. Levon Hayes, Hart of Dixie

9. Cordelia Goode, American Horror Story

10. Dana Scully, The X-Files

I don’t know who all has been tagged, so if you want to do this, consider yourself tagged ;) :)

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

my fic: the masterpost

For those who don’t prefer the convenient AO3 link, here is the ultimate guide to my multifandom collection. You can find everything I’ve written under this tag, and all my WIPs and future ideas here. ~Last updated 2/9/2018.

The Blacklist

Lost in the Forest of This Heart - Lizzington, epic on the run slow burn WIP What You're Running From - Lizzington, post-3x10 angst Who You're Running To - Lizzington, pregnancy confession Lovely, Dark And Deep - Lizzington, Red babysitting Agnes For Tonight - Lizzington, a red dress For Facing the Truth - Lizzington, a confession Dreaming Of Things Yet To Come - Lizzington, beach vacation fluff All We Know Is Don't Let Go - Lizzington, reunion after Red’s shooting Darkness And Fears To Appease - Lizzington, a violent rescue And Bleed, Red As Blood - Lizzington, wounded on the run Between the Daylight and the Deep Sea - Lizzington, first kiss  All We Know is Touch and Go - Lizzington, trembling hands Monsters and Men - Lizzington, a place to rest Starry Skies and Deep Blue Eyes - Lizzington, this is a shipping ship  I Could Be The One - Lizzington, tourist AU What You Need the Most - Samar x Red, hospital visit  Sheltered By The Night - Samar x Red, subterfuge When You Can't See Through - Liz x Samar, hideaway  Alone With Our Changing Minds - Liz x Aram, comfort food

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Strain This Chaos, Turn It Into Light - Xander x Oz, a messy, painful affair You Are The Wolf, I Am The Moon - Faith x Oz, the Slayer loves the wolf Animal Instincts - Faith x Oz, like recognizes like Rare Is This Love - Willow x Angel, a spell-driven WIP Consequences - Willow x Angel, soul-bonded coupling after Buffy’s death

Charmed

We Could Steal Time, Just For One Day - Piper x Mark, Piper finds a loophole We Were On Fire - Prue x Cole, S3 AU where Prue fell for him instead 

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Homesick For The Real - Lucien x Jean, Lucien angst after Jean’s death WIP Solving For X - Lucien x Jean, blatant math smut Never Knew My Heart Could Sing - Lucien x Jean, first time he heard her sing As Fate Would Have It - Lucien x Jean, parenting fluff Nothing So Well As You - Lucien x Jean, Much Ado about angst Take On Me, Take Me On - Lucien x Jean, 1980s high school dance AU Meet Your Storm - Lucien x Jean, comfort smut after the honeymoon   Family Found - Lucien x Jean, Jack returns to the Blake home No Appointment Needed - Lucien x Jean, awkward first meeting AU Sugar and Spice - Lucien x Jean, bakery AU  For Better or Worse - Lucien x Jean, ‘you nearly died’ kiss after the wedding   Undercover - Lucien x Jean, pretend to be NOT married AU We Built Monuments To Each Other - Lucien x Jean, modern mutual pining AU Double Date - Matthew x Alice conspire to set up Lucien x Jean Three Little Words - Matthew x Alice, first declarations of love Two Weddings and a Morgue - Matthew x Alice, post-wedding cuteness The Prettiest Sight to See - Matthew x Alice, a kiss under the mistletoe   No Idea About Me And You - Matthew x Alice, makeout interrupted  And A Happy New Year - Matthew x Alice, hungover after New Year’s Eve At Last, My Love Has Come Along - Matthew x Alice, soulmate AU    Brothers in Arms - Matthew x Alice, Alice stops Matthew from avenging Lucien This Feeling Calls For Everything That I Am Not - Matthew x Alice, gratitude Girls In White Dresses And Boys With Old Crushes - Matthew x Alice, teen AU Novis Initiis Et Felix Consummatio - Matthew x Alice, dog-adopting AU Tea and Tricks - Matthew x Alice, Novis the dog sequel Words That Haunt And Heal - Matthew x Alice, more Novis the dog angsty fluff This Sudden Burst of Sunlight - Matthew x Alice, dinner party matchmaking These Inconvenient Fireworks - Matthew x Alice, a morgue romance Hurry Home To My Heart - Matthew x Alice, Alice can’t sleep without him  Subterfuge - Matthew x Alice, WWII spy/soldier AU  The Soldier and The Spy - Matthew x Alice, expansion of WWII AU A Matter Of Honor - Matthew x Alice, Matthew gets bloody defending Alice The Sound of Silence - Matthew x Alice, silent moments-a Secret Santa gift You're The Eighth Wonder - Jean x Alice, fluffy bakery AU   Lost In Your Light - Danny x Mattie, a reunion in the city  I Am Here Tonight - Lucien and Mattie, night terrors and found family angst Our Scars Make Us Who We Are - Jean and Alice, sympathy and friendship

Elementary

In Sickness - Joan and Sherlock, taking care of each other Cold Winter, Sink Your Teeth In Me - Joan Watson, winter self-care 

Firefly

For All the Ones Who Hurt the Most - Mal x Simon, a turning of the tide Caught Me in the Tide and I Caught You - Mal x Simon, complications All The Satellites In Your Atmosphere - Mal x Simon, injuries All the Days Ahead - Mal x Simon, near-death experience WIP A Holiday To Burn This Town - Zoe x Wash, vacation fluff

Gilmore Girls

If We Only Tried - Luke x Lorelai, snowed in WIP Movie Rules - Luke x Lorelai, Netflix and chill Bitter Sweets - Luke x Lorelai, birthday present Shelter You - Luke x Lorelai, hugs

The Greatest Showman

In Your Arms When The World Is Burning - Anne x Phillip, in the hospital

iZombie

I Can’t Love if You Lie - Peyton x amnesia!Blaine, post-S2 reckoning WIP King And Queen Of The Weekend - Peyton x Blaine, post-breakup smut WIP

Once Upon A Time

I'll Keep Finding, Finding You - Emma x Regina, end-of-the-world kiss

One Day At A Time

I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Penelope x Schneider, friendly massage that turns into more WIP We Hide Within Our Veins The Things That Keep Us Bound To One Another - Penelope x Schneider, a surprising kiss Five Times Schneider Kissed Penelope’s Forehead, and One Time She Kissed His - Penelope x Schneider, slow burn angsty fluff The Feeling Inside Keeps Building - Penelope x Schneider, Schneider keeps his quinces look and drives Pen crazy This One Is Gonna Hurt - Schneider, Schneider confronts Victor as he leaves Elena’s quinces To Have And To Hold - Elena and Schneider, a wedding day moment  

Stranger Things

A Change of Scene - Joyce x Hopper, chaperoning a trip, jetlag ensues WIP Some Days Like I'm Barely Breathing - Joyce x Hopper, unexpected visit Touching From A Distance - Joyce x Hopper, insomnia and longing   Another Night, Another Heart - Joyce x Hopper, casual sex gets complicated   

Supergirl

You Saw The Truth In Me - Kara x Lena, Kara tries to comfort drunk!Lena Can't Deny It - Kara x Lena, drunk!Lena knows the truth

The West Wing

Mine - Josh x Donna, formalwear smut Leaving Things Unsaid - Josh x Donna, a campaign affair Things You Said With No Space Between Us - Josh x Donna, five moments Where the Past Comes Back to Life - Josh x Donna, facing the past Just Give Me A Reason - Josh x Donna, revelations while waiting on a diary Take the Heart Right Out of Me - Josh x Donna, at her side in Gaza Look Back At Us Now - Josh x Donna, pining!Josh POV after Donna leaves   All In - Josh x Donna, a Gilmore Girls-themed coffeeshop AU  Now You're The Future - Josh x Donna, pregnancy news Hands-Free Mode - Josh x Donna, Donna takes charge smut A Thrill Of Hope - Josh x Donna, a Christmas AU with no helicopter Say You Were Made To Be Mine, Part One - Josh x Donna, soulmate AU  To Be Your Harbor - Josh x Donna, comfort fic after Noah’s death Refuge at First Light - Josh x Donna, sequel fic after Noah’s death One Thing Right - Josh x Donna, parent fluff Whistle All The Airs - Josh x Donna and CJ x Toby, double date night Leave Us In Pieces, Scattered Everywhere - CJ x Toby, seeking answers The Deepest of Needs - CJ x Toby, AU after Andy breaks his heart These Things Which Are Forbidden - CJ x Toby, a doomed love story Safe Places - CJ x Toby, comfort food I Want Your Midnights - CJ x Toby, hidden in plain sight Where You Go To Rest Your Bones - Josh x Sam, Josh goes to California  Just Give Me Something to Hold Onto - Josh x Sam, consolation Rain On Me Your Sweetness - Sam x Ainsley, Santos administration reunion  And To All A Good Night - the West Wing family, Christmas dinner A Very Brief Career at the Hoover Institute - Ainsley Hayes, after Leo’s death  These Things I'll Never Say - Amy and Donna, “Commencement” conversation

Xena: Warrior Princess

The Bold And The Bard - Xena x Gabby, the storyteller and her muse

[fictionalcharactermbti]

ENFP Fictional Tropes

Most ENFP characters fall under at least one trope. There are many cross overs in tropes and some ENFPs may not fit the categories presented. However, these tropes do loosely address the roles ENFP characters play in narratives. 

The Idealist

These ENFPs see the very best in everyone they meet. They are often the person who will forgive and help the most villainous of characters. They often bring out the best in others by just being themselves. They don’t even need to actively help others, but inspire others with their dreams and ideals. Their enthusiasm brought on by their Ne is often enough. Combined with their Fi caring towards individuals makes the caring on top of it. The idealist ENFPs are usually the most optimistic characters you will find. 

Examples: Kenneth Parnell (30 Rock), Antoine Triplett (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Mad Hatter (Disney’s Alice in Wonderland), Tara Maclay (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer), Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who), Buddy the Elf (Elf), Nemo (Finding Nemo), Barry Allen (The Flash), Olaf (Frozen), Kiki (Kiki’s Delivery Service), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Moana (Moana), Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto Shippuden), Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time), Capheus (Sense8), Joyce Byers (Stranger Things), Rapunzel (Tangled), Jessie (Toy Story), Kimmy Schmidt (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Ottoki Otoya (Uta No Prince Sama), and Tara Chambler (The Walking Dead).

The Activist

The Activist ENFP is often first struck with Ne curiosity in the world and the ideas within it and then as they shape their Fi they rally behind a certain cause. The ENFP Activist is passionate about their cause. They may break the rules of society and systems, but they will never turn against their individual cause. Just like the Idealist, the ENFP activist often inspires others, however, they inspire those to follow them. ENFP activists can be very persuasive, living their life in line with their beliefs. 

Examples: Hayley Smith (American Dad), Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Karen Page (Netflix’s Daredevil), Marshall Eriksen (How I met Your Mother), Cindy Lou Who (Ron Howard’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Helen Parr (The Incredibles), Ray Palmer/Atom (DCTVU), Erik Lensherr/Magneto (Marvel Comics and X-MenCU), Mike Wheeler (Stranger Things), Sir Thomas More (The Tudors), Sam Seaborn (The West Wing), and Judy Hopps (Zootopia).

The Salesman

This ENFP character can convince you of anything and sell you on their vision. Whether they are healthy or not, their Ne makes them idea people that inspire, their Fi helps them appeal to people and their individual sense of self. They make you think that they can help make all your dreams come true. Healthy or unhealthy, their Te can help them make you think their idea is your priority, like they have your interests at heart (combined with Fi). This can help them actually help you or help them completely swindle you. No matter what they will make you for at least a moment feel special as they take you on a romantic journey of your dreams. 

Examples: Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries), Genie (Aladdin), Walt Disney (Saving Mr. Banks), Randy Marsh (South Park), Tom Haverford (Parks & Recreation), Erlich (Silicon Valley), Taco (The League), Tiffany Doggett (Orange is the New Black), Michael Scott (NBC’s The Office), Christian (Moulin Rouge!), John Hammond (Jurassic Park), Thomas Jefferson (Hamilton: An American Musical), Bumi (Avatar: The Legend of Korra), Gob Bluth (Arrested Development), and Malcolm Merlyn (Arrow).

The Prince

This is the darker side of the ENFP. They are probably the most self-involved trope. They believe their their wants are the needs of others. They demand others to serve their personal priorities. They often don’t see their work as selfish, but part of a greater cause or purpose. However, they are usually looping ENFPs. Many Prince ENFPs find themselves in leadership positions because they are over using their tertiary Te that they think is morally just because of their minimal use of their secondary Fi function. They use Te objectivity as a shield against their own subjective motives of Fi-Si. These types often have potential to be more positive tropes, but have faltered in their quest to satisfy their inferior function fears and desires. 

Examples: Ice King (Adventure Time), Malcolm Merlyn (Arrow), Cheryl Tunt (Archer), The Master (Doctor Who-10th Doctor Era), King Richard, Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones), Ronald Weasley (Harry Potter Series), Sean McGinnes (Hell on Wheels), Willis ‘Diamondback’ Stryker (Luke Cage), Julia (Syfy’s The Magicians), Erik Lensherr/Magneto (Marvel Comics/X-Men Cinematic Universe), Obito Uchiha (Naruto Shippuden), Peter Pan (Once Upon a Time), Marshal D. Teach “Blackbeard” (One Piece), Klaus Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals), and Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights). 

The Champion Leader

ENFP leaders become so in their hope to help others. They are concerned with the forgotten because of their Introverted Feeling. They are a champion of a cause like the activist, but find themselves leading others in order to accomplish their goals. Their leadership style isn’t one of intense organization, but of individuality and independence. They are often because of Ne-Fi on the ground doing tasks with their followers in order to accomplish group goals. They have a hard time delegating, standing back and letting only others enjoy the fun of the action. This is due to their Ne being more present oriented and Fi being a function that can’t be used conceptually, but perceptually. The ENFP leader is far more comfortable helping others in the situation rather than apart from it. 

Examples: Clark Kent/Superman (DC), Renly Baratheon (Game of Thrones), Chris (Bravest Warriors), Peter Quill (Guardians of the Galaxy), King Arthur (Mists of Avalon), Moana (Moana), Hashirama Senju (Naruto Shippuden), Peter Pan (Disney’s Peter Pan), Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece), Dr. Alexander Sweet (Penny Dreadful), Erik Lensherr/Magneto (Marvel/X-Men Cinematic Universe), and Captain Kirk (Star Trek).

The Goof

This is the most under-estimated ENFP character. They come off is aloof, odd, and carefree on the surface. But this is often a misread. The ENFP goof is often wandering the unbeaten Ne dominance path, seeing things differently in ways that other types can’t accept or don’t understand. Their sense of genius is mistaken for oddity. They usually surprise others with their intelligence and success, because it is never how others would go about completing a given task or goal. Their genius word play is often seen as simply humorous rather than an indicator of a deeper intelligence. 

Examples: Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls), Second Doctor & Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who), Troy Barnes (Community), Fez (That ‘70s Show), Gregory (Over the Garden Wall), Spongebob Squarepants (Spondgebob Squarepants), Bing Bong (Inside Out), Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes (LOST), Bert (Morry Poppins), Mei (My Neighbor Totoro), Winston Bishop (New Girl), Erin Hannon (NBC’s The Office), Russell (Up), Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls), Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone), Gene Belcher (Bob’s Burgers), Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?), Peter Quill (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Bolin (Avatar: The Legend of Korra).

[bellamysgriffin]

to read list (ya version)

jsjsdfj this is so long i’m s o rry it’s partially for my reference but honestly hmu if anyone wants to start book club (@ tilde worry not asoue and hdm and peregrine’s are implied) this is hideously long so it’s under a cut

yellow brick war by danielle paige 

i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson 

everything everything by nicola yoon

a million miles away by lara avery

the secret language of sisters by luanne rice

falling into place by amy zhang

shooter by caroline pignat

never always sometimes by adi alsaid

the last good day of the year by jessica warman

proof of forever by lexa hillyer

because you’ll never meet me by leah thomas

the name of the star by maureen johnson

the game of love and death by martha brockenbrough

hate list by jennifer brown

the body in the woods by april henry

me being me is exactly as insane as you being you by todd hasak-lowy

the end or something like that by ann dee ellis

the truth about alice by jennifer mathieu

say what you will by cammie mcgovern

everything that makes you by moriah mcstay

tease by amanda maciel

killer instinct by s.e. green

we’ll always have paris by jennifer coburn

paperweight by meg haston

like it never happened by emily adrian

don’t even think about it by sarah mlynowski

finding paris by joy preble

emancipated by m. g. reyes

the face on the milk carton by caroline b. cooney

the last boy and girl in the world by siobhan vivian

once again by liz braswell and cameron dokey

boy of summer by jessica brody

road trip summer by lauren barnholdt

survive the night by danielle vega 

kill the boy band by goldy moldavsky

totally awkward love story by tom ellen and lucy ivison

the square root of summer by harriet reuter hapgood

the lifeboat clique by kathy parks

boys like you by juliana stone

26 kisses by anna michels

dissonance by erica o’rourke

if i was your girl by meredith russo 

now that you’re here by amy k nichols

the only thing worse than me is you by lily anderson

some of the parts by hannah barnaby

a song for ella gray by david almond

summer days and summer nights by stephanie perkins

my life next door by huntley fitzpatrick

in real life by jessica love

whisper to me by nick lake

the walls around us by nova ren suma

ready player one by ernest cline

awake by natasha preston

the siren by kiera cass

mirror in the sky by aditi khorana

magonia by maria dahvana headley

last year’s mistake by gina ciocca

once upon a dream by liz braswell

dreamology by lucy keating

the last time we were us by leah konen

keep me in mind by jamie reed

p.s. i like you by kasie west

summer of supernovas by darcy woods

the way back to you by michelle andreani and mindi scott

please don’t tell by laura tims

the cresswell plot by elisza wass

i woke up dead at the mall by judy sheehan

a week of monday’s by jessica brody

don’t look back by jennifer l armentrout

the problem with forever by jennifer l armentrout

fig by sarah elizabeth schantz

you have seven messages by stewart lewis

denton little’s death date by lance rubin

the fall by bethany griffin

don’t stop now by julie halpern

side effects may vary by julie murphy

inland by kat rosenfield

invincible by amy reed

i am princess x by cherie priest

off the page by jodi picoult

panic by lauren oliver

devoted by jennifer mathieu

six of crows by leigh bardugo

we were liars by e. lockhart

bone gap by laura ruby

elsewhere by gabrielle zevin

a whole new world by liz braswell

never said by carol lynch williams

hit by lorie ann grover

the dark elements by jennifer l armentrout

daughters unto devils by amy lukavics

wendy darling by colleen oakes

fracture by megan miranda

red girl blue boy by lauren baratz-logsted

wonders of the invisible world by christopher barzak

stranded by melinda braun

taking aim by michael cart

the accident season by moira fowley-doyle

infinite in between by carolyn macker

wither by lauren destefano

how it went down by kekla magoon

sing by vivi greene

the third twin by cj omololu

backlash by sarah darer littman

liars inc. by paula stokes

the killing by natasha preston

the thousandth floor by katherine mcgee

the raft by s.a. boden

ella minnow pea by mark dunn

the pregnancy project by gaby rodriguez

out of control by sarah alderson

ruthless by carolyn lee adams

the memory book by lara avery

georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit by jaye robin brown

tumbling by caela carter

the odds of lightning by jocelyn davies

tell me something real by calla devlin

don’t get caught by kurt dinan

everyone we’ve been by sarah everett

playlist for the dead by michelle falkoff

the weight of zero by karen fortunati

we were never here by jennifer gilmore

been here all along by sandy hall

three truths and a lie by brent hartinger

you were here by cori mccarthy

nearly gone by elle cosimano

the infinity of you and me by j q coyle

lost stars by lisa selin davis

die for you by amy fellner dominy

until friday night by abbi glines

this is our story by ashley elston

to catch a killer by sheryl scarborough

the hundred lies of lizzie lovett by chelsea sediti

the hate u give by angie thomas

but then i came back by estelle laure

me and me by alice kuipers 

shackled by tom leveen

infinite in between by carolyn mackler

the free by lauren mclaughlin

the outliers by kimberly mccreight

a good idea by cristina moracho

girl on a plane by miriam moss

eat the sky, drink the ocean by multiple authors

the sky is everywhere by jandy nelson

meg and linus by hanna nowinski

radio silence by alice oseman

all the forever things by jolene perry

keeping the beat by marie powell and jeff norton

the homecoming by stacie ramey

seven ways we lie by riley redgate

beautiful broken girls by kim savage

between shades of gray by ruta sepetys

history is all you left me by adam silvera

everything beautiful is not ruined by danielle younge-ullman

shooter by walter dean myers

the memory of light by francisco x stork

a storied life by gabrielle zevin

worthy by donna cooner

run by kody keplinger

one of us is lying by karen m mcmanus

a psalm for lost girls by katie bayerl

the one memory of flora banks by emily barr

[the-gongoozler]

Current WIP projects that, because I have ADD and can’t prioritize for shit, will most likely never be finished:

A TV show about people that mostly went to the same high school at the same time and are now (through a series of random events) teaching at that same high school years later. It’s based on the teachers in my life/teachers I know and the fact that a lot of teachers seem to have never left high school in the first place. Uses two sets of characters in a This Is Us sort of half-flashback and half-current times way so that you can see that the trope-y characters (cheerleader, jock, nerd, art kid, rich boy) all turn into fully fleshed people. Meant to show that high school doesn’t last forever and that when people are assholes in high school, there’s usually something more going on (because they are teenagers and it’s hard to express intensely real feelings in a constructive way). 

An original book about witches in which I have to create an entire system of magic. Because of a curse that goes back to the Putnam family in the Salem witch trials, boys can’t pass on their magic (trans girls can! Would be explained as “that one time uncle Thomas’s kids had magic and we were like ?? until she came out as a she”). This makes Twin X bitter against his sisters and when that combines with the death of the boy he fell in love with (while a teenager in the closet (hopefully a more progressive and explicit version of Dumbledore, really)), he is convinced to become a necromancer (because that’s both the most absolutely rare version of magic (2-3 in history) and he can bring back his 1 true love, plus he already is a medium and can speak to ghosts). This leads him to secretly being a “borrower” (stealing magic from other living things through ritual sacrifice), which warps his humanity until he thinks that using his oldest sister’s daughter would be a good idea (he hasn’t bonded with her & she shows a lot of power at a young age) to get the power necessary for successful necromancy. Ends up failing because his twin sister defeats his attempt to kill the niece. The actual story is from the niece’s POV when she’s 18-20-ish and the evil uncle is setting up to attack her again (because 1. his family has ancient magic, 2. borrowing works much better through close blood relation). He eventually gets enough power through a sacrifice made by his evil partner (a woman who was in love with him despite the fact he is 100% gay (if he hadn’t been warped by borrowing, he wouldn’t have lead her on)) and the spirits that are speaking to him from the “other side” convince him that if he raises Thomas Putnam, Thomas can raise the boyfriend. Then Thomas possesses him (HE TRICKED EVIL-UNCLE, Oh no!) and becomes the real villain! Ahhhhh! What will they do? The story is supposed to pull from a lot of cultures, that way it’s not just european/latin-based but it also doesn’t imply that Native American/Latin American cultures are actually magic or backwards or something racist.

A dark comedy/romance play about two serial killers that have taken on their victim’s identities to hide from the law but end up having to deal with two incredibly annoying hotel guests the entire time. Basically, a young couple is murdered by 1 girl and 1 guy. They are an infamous serial killer pairing that is terrorizing the West Coast. They dispose of the bodies and because they look sorta like the couple, they take their identities to avoid the heat. They end up going on the (crappy) honeymoon of this dead couple and are coincidentally rooming next to a VERY annoying couple that happen to know the dead woman’s mother/grandmother through something old and white and because of this feel some random attachment to the newly weds. Annoying Lady saw that the Newly Wed Couple were going to the hotel and moved their rooms right next to each other to have an adjoining door, scheduled them for activities, etc. This leads to Serial killer B (the guy) having to convince Serial Killer A (the girl) to not murder the Annoying Couple in every other scene while also getting marriage advice from Annoying Husband on how to keep their marriage healthy. The serial killers end up falling in love (think “fake relationship” trope) and in the end are almost caught, but because of the Karen-ness of Annoying Wife, they get away in the nick of time!

A long powerpoint project that is an aggregate of all of my analyses and opinions on Gilmore Girls (as well as other shows, but mostly Gilmore Girls). This includes Character progression, plot points, writing choices, the use of recurring themes/props/color expressions, wardrobe choices and foreshadowing, the way things should have gone, etc.

Feel free to add your own projects that will probably never get finished! It’s fun to come up with ideas and plan them, but when you have Executive Functioning Issues it can be hard to focus on one project or another because you want to do them all at once (when you even have the energy to do something) and that doesn’t mean you aren’t creative...

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Souvenirs of Happiness In the Moment: Reflections on 2017

Some milestones and accomplishments from this year:

Movies About Animals released our first full-length album, Two Decades and Change, in January. I tend to be pretty critical of my own work even after it’s finished, but I wouldn’t change anything about this album. I’ve only grown more proud of it in the last eleven months. We also released a companion EP called Spare Change, with some B-sides and acoustic songs as a bit of a cap on the Two Decades era.

Pelafina had a very busy year. We played 29 shows, including two out-of-state weekends, and released a split with The Flips, a re-recorded and re-mixed version of Pelafina 64, and a single called “Skin.” These songs are particularly special because in addition to writing, I also recorded and mixed all of them myself. The rest of band has been more supportive and encouraging than I could have hoped for while I use our songs to learn the ropes of music production and engineering.

City Mouth played a handful of shows in 2017, but much of the year was spent writing and recording a new EP called Hollows, which will be out early next year. It will be my last release as a member of the band, which still feels strange to say after four years writing and touring with Matt and the rest of the gang, but I’m so excited to see where the new lineup goes (I’ve heard some demos and of course they’re great).

On a more general note, 2017 marked a decade of playing live music. Years To Come played our first official show in September of 2007 at the Coffeehouse in Normal, following a test run in my parents’ basement over the summer, and I’ve played over 300 shows with at least a dozen groups since. If you’ve been there from the beginning, or if you saw me play for the first time this month, thank you.

Outside of music, there were two big personal events I wanted to mention in this year-end wrap up.

On a chilly February night at the Logan Square monument, I asked Liesi to marry me. I was nervous and shaking and probably cried a little bit. I was convinced that the ring was somehow defective and that the diamond would fall off as we walked around the neighborhood afterwards. But mostly I was just happy.

Later, in the summer, my grandma Childers passed away. Her funeral was the first I’d ever been to. My mom asked me to read a poem. I was definitely nervous and definitely cried a lot, caught up in the memories of driving four hours to her old house, of the shag carpet and Beanie Babies, the smell of home-cooked food in a kitchen with a floor so sloped I could race my Matchbox cars, the first time I watched the Star Wars. And later, moving her up to Bloomington after her eyes and ears started to fail her, visiting her often (but never often enough) at her assisted living apartment, watching my mom give so much time and effort and love to make sure grandma was comfortable and healthy and always knew when the Cubs were on. I’ll always aspire to be as loving and generous and kind as she was. I hope I can be.

And now, some lists:

My Favorite Albums of 2017

1. The Menzingers - After the Party 2. Bleachers - Gone Now 3. Sincere Engineer - Rhombithian 4. Paramore - After Laughter 5. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother 6. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 7. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In the Alps 8. Day At the Fair - The Epilogue 9. Nervous Dater - Don’t Be a Stranger 10. Lorde - Melodrama 11. Waxahatchee - Out In the Storm 12. Converge - The Dusk In Us 13. Forfeit - Perennial 14. Emperor X - Oversleepers International 15. Gang of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness 16. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 17. Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape 18. The Mountain Goats - Goths 19. Sundressed - A Little Less Put Together 20. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes

My Favorite EPs of 2017

1. The Wonder Years - Burst and Decay 2. Retirement Party - Strictly Speaking 3. Jetty Bones - Old Women 4. Lincoln - A Constant State of Ohio 5. Baggage - The Good That Never Comes

My Favorite Movies of 2017

1. Get Out 2. Coco 3. Baby Driver 4. Dunkirk 5. Lady Bird 6. A Ghost Story 7. Columbus 8. The Big Sick 9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 10. Logan Lucky

My Favorite TV Series of 2017

1. The Leftovers 2. Fargo 3. Mr. Robot 4. The Good Place 5. Stranger Things

That list is specifically about TV that aired for the first time this year. If I was including back catalog, my favorite TV experience this year was watching all of Gilmore Girls with Liesi.

My Favorite Books Read In 2017 (any release year applicable) 1. Wolf In White Van - John Darnielle 2. Kanye West Owes Me $300 - Jensen Karp 3. The Familiar Volume 5: Redwood - Mark Z. Danielewski 4. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss 5. The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)

My Favorite Live Shows of 2017

1. Regina Spektor - Chicago Theater - 3/24 2. John K. Samson - City Winery - 10/23 3. Paramore - Riot Fest - 9/17 4. The Wonder Years / Laura Stevenson / Jetty Bones - Bottom Lounge - 9/25 5. The 1975 / Jimmy Eat World / Bleachers - 5/20

Video Games

Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 dominated my gaming time this year. In fact, I hardly played anything else. But my favorite game of 2017 was not a big Nintendo franchise - it was a small, reflective, narrative game called What Remains of Edith Finch. I played it in one sitting a couple months ago and have thought about it nearly every day since. Don’t read too much about it beforehand, just download it an immerse yourself.

Podcasts

By far my favorite podcast episode this year: Roderick On the Line, Ep. 269: “Yelling At the Radio”

Conclusion

I don’t expect you listen to or watch everything on these lists (although I do recommend all of it). I don’t even expect you to read this far. But if you did, thank you. I hope you had a good year. See you in 2018.

Finally, here’s my favorite song of the year.

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Amazon Greelights All or Nothing S2; New Series

Amazon has made two Prime announcements:

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 31, 2017– (NASDAQ:AMZN)–Amazon today announced it has greenlit season two of the Emmy-nominated All or Nothing, an Amazon Original Series produced by NFL Films. This season of All or Nothing will give Amazon Prime members access to an NFL season unlike any that’s been captured on screen. Customers will get to see the Rams’ entire 2016 season, which began with their relocation back to Los Angeles and culminated with the hiring of a new head coach and preparations for the 2017 season.

Prime members will be able to stream All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams exclusively via the Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online at amazon.com/allornothing. Members can also download the series to mobile devices for offline viewing at no additional cost to their membership. All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams will also be available to Prime members in Austria, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico and the UK.

“All or Nothing brings Amazon Prime members a deep dive into the lives of professional athletes,” said Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Originals. “We are excited to highlight the LA Rams in season two, a team with a compelling story of relocation, rebuilding and reuniting with the city they once again call home.”

“NFL Films proved again that they’re the best in the business with the groundbreaking new franchise, All or Nothing, whose inaugural season profiling the 2015 Arizona Cardinals was the highest-rated original series ever on Amazon Prime Video,” said Jordan Levin, Chief Content Officer, NFL Media. “Chronicling the return of the Rams to Los Angeles provides an unbelievably unique backdrop to season two and one which provides NFL fans and viewers around the world rare insight into a team overcoming an extraordinary set of circumstances to build their future.”

“Since bringing pro football back to the Los Angeles region last year after a 21-year absence, we have been committed to giving NFL fans an up-close view of our journey,” said Rams EVP of Football Operations and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff. “We are pleased that NFL Films captured this important chapter in the NFL’s history and are looking forward to working with Amazon to bring this behind-the-scenes look at our team to their customers.”

The first season of All or Nothing, which followed the Arizona Cardinals throughout the 2015 season, currently has an average customer rating of 4.8, with 89% 5 star reviews, making it the highest-rated non-kids Amazon Original Series on Prime Video. Customers can now watch 28 exclusive behind-the-scenes clips from season one by accessing the X-Ray feature on Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablets and +3P Android mobile devices.

Produced by NFL Films, All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams is executive produced by Ross Ketover (Hard Knocks, Inside the NFL), and Pat Kelleher (Hard Knocks, 30 for 30 – Four Falls of Buffalo). The showrunner is Keith Cossrow (A Football Life). Directors are Shannon Furman and Pat Harris. Supervising producer is Bennett Viseltear and senior producer is Nick Mascolo.

Below are customer quotes from season one of All or Nothing:

“Hands DOWN…The BEST Football documentary I’ve ever seen.”

“Must See TV for Football Fans”

“AWESOME! Whether you’re a fan of the Cardinals or just the NFL in general, this documentary series is awesome!”

Below are media quotes:

“It’s a tour de force of reality television and newly-broached ground.” – CBS Sports, Will Brinson

“The football scenes in this series are enthralling.” – The Ringer, Robert Mays

“‘All or Nothing’ is a solid reminder of what makes football so great and why this sport is America’s favorite pastime.” – Zap2It.com, Emily Bicks

Customers who are not already Prime members can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime. For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 10, 2017– (NASDAQ: AMZN)–Amazon announces it has greenlit The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for an unprecedented two seasons on Prime Video. The Amazon Original Series, from renowned creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino (Family Guy), is Amazon Studios’ first multi-season greenlight of a new series in its history.

The series, written and directed by Sherman-Palladino, stars Rachel Brosnahan (House of Cards) as Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a 1958 New York City woman who has everything she’s ever wanted–the perfect husband, two kids, and an elegant Upper West Side apartment perfect for hosting Yom Kippur dinner. But her perfect life suddenly takes an unexpected turn and Midge discovers a previously unknown talent–one that changes her life forever. She charts a course that takes her from her comfortable life on Riverside Drive, through the basket houses and nightclubs of Greenwich Village as she storms the world of stand-up comedy…a course that will ultimately lead her to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.

“In her onstage debut, Mrs. Maisel killed and had audiences responding overwhelmingly with digital applause,” said Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy, Drama & VR, Amazon Studios. “Like any great young stand-up, we’re excited to see what she has to say next and for a long time to come. That made it an easy decision to order two seasons from Amy and her incredible cast. We can’t wait to bring it to customers soon.”

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel also stars Michael Zegen (Boardwalk Empire) as Midge’s husband Joel Maisel, Alex Borstein (Family Guy) as Susie Myerson, Golden Globe winner and three-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub (Monk) as Midge’s father Abe Weissman, and Marin Hinkle (Two and a Half Men) as Midge’s mother Rose Weissman.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel pilot, currently available for all Amazon customers at amazon.com/originals, has garnered an average customer rating of 4.8, with 92% 5-star reviews.

Below are customer quotes for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel:

“I really enjoyed the pilot and hope that this show gets picked up. I love how Mrs. Maisel is breaking one stereotype after another all while being incredibly hilarious. This one is a winner!”

“I can’t wait to see the rest of this funny, refreshing and very enjoyable program.”

“Have never written a review before but this is exceptional!. Each character shines as they offer a peek into the life of the star. Looking forward to more!!!”

Prime members will be able to stream The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel via the Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online at amazon.com/originals. Members can also download the series to mobile devices for offline viewing at no additional cost to their membership. The series will be a global release and available on Amazon Prime Video for members to watch via the Prime Video app or online at PrimeVideo.com in more than 200 countries and territories.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is executive produced by Palladino and Sherman-Palladino, and produced by Dhana Gilbert.

Customers who are not already Prime members can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime. For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.

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