Aidan Turner's Eyebrows

Mainly lust, some thinking

[almostgloriouswhispers-blog]

Ima try to stop tumblring so excessively

We'll see how long it lasts

[demelzacarnes]

[demelzacarnes]

She saved my child. Yes.  And lost yours in return. Oh, Ross. If I could do anything that would make—

[princekilidurin]

Aidan Turner in Being Human Series 2 BTS: Behind The Make Up

[animallover2100]

So I introduced my friend to tumblr and now she’s so obsessed that today when I said something really funny (after she finally stops laughing) she pokes my forehead and whispers reblog. And I just..

[the-faerie-circle]

Reblog if discovering tumblr is the best and worst thing that happened to you.

[almostgloriouswhispers-blog]

I'm trying to scale back. Not working so far

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Behind the Scene  &  Actual Scene

[jaredandjensen]

Dean looked so soft when Crowley mentioned koalas.

[chocolatedeathwarrior-deactivat]

The first gif is so pure, but I also love the second one because you can see the exact moment he remembers he’s supposed to be cool.

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[imblushy]

ig @isisilvach

[almostgloriouswhispers-blog]

Good advice

[feliciacraft]

Different reasons to ship two characters?

It just occurred to me that people seem to have different ideas for what “shipping” (romantically/sexually pairing multiple characters) means, or why fans ship the pairings that they do.

There’s this mockery that given two characters A and B, the desire to ship them stems from one of two reasons:

1. Attraction “I ship them because I find A sexually attractive and therefore deserving of happiness. Since A loves/lusts after B, they should be together to make A happy. (It’s all about A, someone I want.)”

2. Identification “I identify with B and giving B a happy ending would validate my own potential for happiness. I want B to have A to get to that happily ever-after. (It’s all about B, a proxy for me.)”

There’s nothing wrong with either, except that the immediate link from ship to self tends to contribute to heated shipping wars, where disagreements get misinterpreted as personal attacks. Implied in both is a sort of self-insert limitation, that the narrative is aligned with and motivated by only one’s own romantic/sexual inclinations.

And if that’s all the reasons we ship, then it’d be hard to find a hetero woman shipping two men together, or a gay guy shipping a hetero pairing. Except people do, all the time, so clearly shipping’s more than just self-insert fantasy.

I can think of at least two other ways fans relate to their OTPs. First, where the fan is a well-wishing third-party:

3. The Best Friend “A and B are so adorable and compatible that they clearly belong together. I just want them to be happy.”

Followed by perhaps the least emotional-driven reason:

4. The Storyteller “A and B create an interesting dynamic with great potential. I’d like to further explore that by putting them in a romantic/sexual relationship.”

OK. What else? :)

[bespangeled]

5. The Ex

“A is just like my goddamn ex, and I’d like to see them go through some of the crap they put me through”

6. Hurt The Pretty

“I like watching B suffer because they do it so well - and A can make them suffer, and then really suffer more. Pain - give me pain - angst, suffering, torture…more”

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7. Rebellion

I ship this pairing out of spite to the fandom, who tends to view A and B in such a negative way that the hate has become out of proportion.

8. Missed Potential

“A and B would have been so great for each other if they just interacted more or at all. They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

9. Boredom

“I got tired of the popular A and B, so I moved on to B and C.”

[feliciacraft]

Love these additions! @spikesjojo 5. The Ex Lol hate-shipping? And yeah – 8. Missed Potential can be heartbreaking. Like, “You made these two wonderful characters then never thought to put them together?! WTF???”

[bespangeled]

10. What Is The Weirdest Couple I can Find?

“I am beyond bored. Finally time to check out Veruca/Snyder and Dru/Dawn/Giles…how about Gordo/Feigenbaum/puppet!Angel…A Plush Tale”

This is fun!

[vanillapatch--moved]

pauses video game to check tumblr for posts about video games 

[almostgloriouswhispers-blog]

Pauses Poldark to check Tumblr for posts about Poldark

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A rainbow of Aidan expressions….

(All of them from fan pictures taken at Hollycon, which can be found in their full version plus links to owners over at @anythingbetterthanzukash - check their ‘Hollycon’ tag - thanks for allowing me to use these!)

[londonista59]

Forever reblogging

[doffiepoldark]

Must be time for another reblog!

[weloveperioddrama]

Write the softest words and kiss them that I may at least touch my lips where yours have been.

[mymusingsfromtheheart]

Bright Star - Such a beautiful film

[almostgloriouswhispers-blog]

Love this movie

[winchestheart]

You’d abandon me? Suppose I met a footpad on the way home?

[itsliketheyknowus]

“If you’re wondering who got his diaper in a wad because his organic, fair-trade, sustainably harvested kombucha was two seconds late, it would be this guy right here.”

[princessofpoldark]

#MARRIAGE

[almostgloriouswhispers-blog]

Mood