A Show That Flopped

Pretty much just figure skating these days. 

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Finally some promotion from USFSA. Also finally a decent photo shoot. 

This looks amazing tbh. 

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I’m dying. Evan looks like Woody.

[bockyeah]

bock sharing the same water bottle is domestic af

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MTE lol. Also yes she did say ILY in the K&C.

[unkindness313]

Brontë Film and TV on Twitter

“They're baaaaack. 😱 First week of 'Lethal White' filming, done and dusted. #lethalwhite #thestrikeseries”

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how are they in character even in this bts 😭

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SO EXCITED THEY ARE FILMING AGAIN.

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Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA Free Dance 2019 US Int Skating Classic

I am OBSESSED with this FD. 

[kallypsowrites]

A lot has been said about D&Ds terrible dialogue writing, but I think the greatest sign of their weakness is that they straight up don’t write the most important parts of their conversations.

Jaime arrives at Winterfell and sees Bran for the first time? Cut away and go straight to the trial! Why actually write that first remeeting or Jaime getting caught at all? Just skip to the trial.

Arya and Sansa finding out about Jon’s parentage? Cut it before the actual reveal. It’s not like this is mind blowing info we would love to see the characters react to or anything.

Sansa asks Jon if he bent the knee for love or for the north? Cut before he responds. Did he just walk out? What did he say?

Tyrion pulls up a chair to hear Bran’s story which is, presumably, what convinces him to later suggest Bran as king? Cut before the actual story, which means we don’t actually know what convinced Tyrion.

Sansa decides to tell Tyrion about Jon’s heritage which is a VERY MAJOR MOMENT for EVERYONE in the story? Cut before she actually reveals it.

Jon kills Daenerys and assumedly some major shit happens? Cut before anyone discovers it and just skip to later so that we don’t have to deal with that scene.

And do you know why they do it? Its so they can avoid the most difficult bits to write and instead let YOU imagine the conversation. It forces the audience to fill in the gaps and do most of the work while they get to just fuck off to the next scene. And this problem shows in their writing on a larger scale because they are allergic to emotional pay off in any fashion, which is why so many character arcs feel weak and so many plot threads are left hanging because they just do not feel the need to tie things up. They’d rather everyone else do the work for them and then praise them for their genius.

[alemoncakelife]

D & D: That happened off screen.

Everyone:

[frazzledsoul]

I am still curious if Tyrion knows that Bran is more or less immortal and the shitstorm that’s going to cause when he just … doesn’t age. And it turns out Tyrion basically positioned a emotionless deity with unlimited powers on the throne.

And just to tie in both of my fandom, I would like to point out that in the early days if Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman Palladino had almost all of her important conversations take place off stage and people called her a genius for it. It’s not a great tactic, guys. It’s lazy and shortsighted and in D & D’s case they could have taken the time to write those scenes, but that would have required more episodes than they wanted to write. They just wanted to get it over with.

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All of this times One Million.

[anythinggoe]

Chock/Bates RD practice from US Classic

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And so it begins ......  I’m so happy they are still skating through this quad. Ahhhh.

[blueymoons]

‘Strike’: ‘Line Of Duty’ & ‘Crossing Lines’ Director Susan Tully To Helm Next Iteration Of BBC Crime Drama

EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty and Crossing Lines director Susan Tully is to helm the next iteration of J.K. Rowling’s BBC One crime series Strike.

UPDATES STRIKE FANS!!!! Wooo hooo!!!

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but will this new director be a shipper is i think the most important question

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Finally news about the Lethal White adaptation. Please hurry because this book was my favorite. 

[notmanthelessbutnaturemore]

JK Rowling writing every Strike book:

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Sadly, this is true. 

[notmanthelessbutnaturemore]

Things I would like to see in book 5

1. Strike get’s one of those blade prosthetics cause looord knows he ends up running towards killers and churches and hiking through enough forests to put it on the expenses.

2. Robin, Vanessa and Ilsa become the girl gang we deserve.

3. After a suitable period of singleness for Robin to get to know herself as an individual that I will responsibly struggle through without complaint cause I am a supportive reader, Strike declares his undying love, Robin accepts and they start the awkwardness that will be them dating.

4. (Do I even need to say it) More Nick, Ilsa, and Shanker.

5. Nick, Strike and Wardle go on a disastrous boys weekend away, running into Shanker along the way who may or may not be breaking the law. Robin’s brothers are also invited.

6. Strike declares his undying love and Robin accepts.

7. More about Strike’s childhood and Whittaker/Leda, also Rokeby can feel free to turn up needing help (blackmail would have been the easy route but I guess that’s out of the question now)

8. Strike declares his undying love and Robin accepts.

9. We get a ‘meet the parents’ trip to Masham and laaawwwddd is it awkward and laaawwwddd is Cormoran a disaster.

10. Robin stops being the one ending up in danger because really who is the dummy human disaster here?

11. Last but not least WE GET THE TV VERSION WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE BOOK BEING RELEASED I think we can all agree that’s a fair time frame for both the filmmakers and us. K? Cool!

(12. oh and I guess there can be a crime in there somewhere)

This has been brought to you from, Came for the crime, stayed for the tale as old as time™

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Co-sign on to all of these. Also, JK Rowlings, please devote more of your time to Strike and less to Harry Potter/Magnificent Beasts. Thank you.

[thedailyburke]

Brand new pic from The Strike Series… hype go higher and higher!

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JK’s going to slow burn us to death, right? Four books in and nothing’s even happened lol. 

[thesilvertargaryens]

Almost every single popular fan theory of S8 didn't happen. I think it was on purpose to sUbVeRt eXpEcTaTiOns.

Jon kills the Night King

Bran is the Night King/evil

They lose, and the NK goes to KL

Cersei blows up KL with Wildfire

Jaime kills Cersei

Tyrion kills Cersei

Arya kills Cersei using Jaime's face

Daenerys is pregnant with boatbaby

Daenerys is the Princess who is Promised

Jon is the Prince who is Promised

Boatie is the one who is promised

There is actually a reason for the PWIP prophecy.

The Mirri Maz Duur prophecy is said to be fulfilled, not just speculation.

Targaryen Restoration

Jon embraces his Targaryen heritage

If Daenerys dies it will be in childbirth or the Nissa Nissa prophecy.

Dany would be resurrected like Jon

Night King Jon and Night Queen Dany

Jonerys wedding

Dany meets Ghost

Nymeria and her pack comes to help

Jonerys endgame

Braime endgame (if Arya didn't kill him to use his face)

Gendrya endgame

Arya and Daenerys would be friends

Sansa would eventually come around and Arya, Dany, and Sansa would be the ultimate girl gang.

More dragons

Jon and Daenerys would rule together.

The Seven Kingdoms would split up into seven kingdoms

Jon and Dany would peace out to Essos, and a council would be formed.

(Add any that I haven't thought of.)

[frazzledsoul]

Well, I'm pretty sure Bran is evil but other than that NAH.

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Couldn’t they have fulfilled *one* prophecy? 

Ugh so much fail in the last few episodes.

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just wanted to share this picture of my mom and dad 🥰

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OK this is my new obsession/fictional ship. Why can’t JK Rowlings just let them be together? 

[maisiewilliams]

What you missed on the final episode of Game of Thrones

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This times a million.

[sassbewitchedmyass]

GoT shippers after season 8

Braime fans

Jonsa fans

Gendrya fans

Jonerys fans

Jonmund fans

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This is me. 

[keybladesoras]

Sandor convinces Arya to live

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This scene between The Hound and Arya was one of my favorite moments of episode 805. Arya has been Not Annoying this season much to my surprise.

[gameofthronesdaily]

    Until Game of Thrones Season 8 Premieres - 4.14

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Urgent PSA.