don't let anyone make you disappear, charlie

belle | twenties | follow from @soleil-lever

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[capricorn-born]

Oddly specific. Got a deposit for 6,837 today

[weaselle]

fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

[vmohlere]

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #61: August 20th - 26th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from August 20 - August 26, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

@callixton is hosting The West Wing Pride Week (@twwpride here on tumblr) September 17 - 23. More details here! 

Photos/Videos:

This was a huge week in TWW media. Before we get to the regular round-up, we’re going to start with a mini round up of all of the photos and videos from the August 22nd SAG-AFTRA picket line event: 

Amy Landecker posted an Insta reel of Bradley Whitford speaking.

Devika Parikh posted a slideshow of photos with the cast from the event. 

Janel Moloney posted a selfie with Bradley Whitford from the picket line. 

Josh Malina helped organize the TWW reunion aspect of the event and posted a number of videos and group photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Kathleen “Bird” York posted photos from the picket line: 1 | 2

Kim Webster posted a slideshow of photos from the picket line with throwback photos from the show’s glory days mixed in. 

Mary McCormack posted a group photo from the event. 

Peter James Smith posted a photo round-up from the picket line. 

Richard Schiff posted a video of himself and his son being picket line captains at the Paramount gate. 

Here’s the rest of what was posted from August 20 - 26:

Marlee Matlin posted a video on her birthday.

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself and her friend Liz Tannebaum in honor of Liz’s birthday. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself with her brother Eric and her sister-in-law Gloria in celebration of Gloria’s birthday. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of herself with her dog for National Dog Day. 

Donna Moss Daily: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

Daily Josh Lyman: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

No Context BWhit: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

@twwarchive: August 20 | August 21 | August 22 | August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26

Editors’ Choice: 

This week's cast reunion has got us thinking present day/future fic thoughts! We already did a future fic roundup in a previous briefing, but here are a few more present day/future day fics to satisfy all your where-are-they-now cravings!

everything I need is right here by my side by WitchyPrentiss for flowersinapril  | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete |  Post series JoshDonna - wholesome married people who love and support each other.

dancing in a snowglobe ('round and 'round) by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete |  Tonight, they’re celebrating the Inauguration of their dear friend Sam Seaborn, the newest President of the United States. They’ve been married for fifteen years, they have three daughters who are getting ready in their own bedrooms, and it’s just Josh with a pile of snowballs at his feet, standing on the sidewalk of their home.

//Snowballs, 20 years later

Heavy Days In June by Lily_Padd_23 for supernatural_mondler (starzinoureyes) | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete |  A glimpse at an alternate summer 2020 with President Seaborn in the White House.

Takes the Biscuit by Nemainofthewater | Rated G | No Pairings Listed (Gen Fic) | Complete |  Three times Josh is amused at the Leader of the Free World. And one time he wants to straight up murder him.

all i gotta do is say your sweet name by hufflepuffhermione for mikaylawrites | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete |  "You’re not going to come out and hear me speak?”

Josh kisses her cheek. “We’ll be waiting in the wings, and then I’m taking you home.”

“Home?”

“Well, to the hotel here. We have two rooms…” he says, wiggling an eyebrow.

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October 2022. While surprising Donna on the campaign trail, Josh reads an article and finds a new word to describe his wife.

It seems like the new normal is a word count limit on posts, so we'll keep reblogging with the week's fic updates after the Editors' Choice section each week. Stay tuned for this week's fics!

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #61, continued!!

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. 

Josh/Donna

Give me your hand, and I will love you forever by ProportionalResponse | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

This Love by MatthewsMary | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete [Editor’s Note: While this fic is listed on AO3 as complete, it has continued to update and appears to be a WIP]

Errors and Omissions by Chinesepapercut | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

under pain of perjury by luminousdoodle | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

One Week in the Life of Donna Moss, Senior Assistant to the White House Deputy Chief of Staff by RainforestEcology | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Only You by ShadowSpine (SunlightSpine) | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Betty by Shinyrosa | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

True Colors by ShadowSpine (SunlightSpine) | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

On the Trail by Tyrols | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Looking At Me Like You Gotta Confess by Tyrols | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

In Orbit by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

CJ/Danny

all I need's a whisper in a world that only shouts by Luppiters | Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Off the Record by  onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Luppiters, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

Wait For Me by imperfectirises | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress

it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress

Loving Eleanor Bartlet by silasfinch | Rated T | Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character(s) | In Progress

Figures of Speech by Darsynia | Rated T | Toby Ziegler/Original Female Character | In Progress

Wonder of Wonders, Miracle of Miracles by mlea7675 | Rated G | Helen Santos/Matt Santos | Complete

A Different Life by PreppyPrincess5103 (JAG crossover) | Rated M | Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie/Sam Seaborn | In Progress 

Jennifer Lyman Does It Again by Hackney123 | Rated G | Annabeth Schott, Donna Moss, Helen Santos, Original Characters (No Pairings Listed) | Complete

heaven is not fit to house a love (like you and me) by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete

Multiple Pairings

Guardian angel by Castafiore | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Simon Donovan, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

like a kennedy when camelot went down in flames by MarvelousAvengfulSlytherin | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Joey Lucas/Sam Seaborn | In Progress

do you think there’s someplace we could go? by fleurfemme | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/C. J. Cregg, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry | In Progress

THE WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING TEAM CAN BE REACHED VIA THE FOLLOWING METHODS:

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Feel free to let us know if we missed something, if you have an event you’d like us to promote, or if you have an item that you’d like included in the next briefing!

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Voting ended onJul 22, 2023

[babbhad]

Just so we're all on the same page with the writer's strike.

If during the strike, it's announced about AI generated shows. We are not watching them. Not even out of curiosity. Let them fail every AI generated show they try make.

The human voice can not be replaced by AI. Don't let them try.

[gun-to-ya-head]

[catboyaoi]

BROWN SODA FIGHT 🥤

coke

diet coke

pepsi

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shasta cola

root beer

you forgoet (brown soda)

i don’t drink soda i hate soda

Voting ended onJul 16, 2023

[guardian-angle22]

911: Lone Star | Tarlos + their in-laws

[keeperofseeds]

"writers deserve attention more than actors" literally only 2% of actors can pay the bills with acting. For every megastar on screen there are a dozen other people in the shot who are SAG. Acting gets so glamorized but there are SO MANY people in SAG who NEED residuals to live on. Background Party Girl #4 needs her check too!!!! There are people who play recurring characters on syndicated shows who cant afford health insurance!!! Ke Huy Quan gave an oscar winning performance and LOST HIS HEALTH INSURANCE the next year.

[keeperofseeds]

We are all TOGETHER in this! Writers, performers, IATSE, Teamsters, Electrical Workers, DGA, we’re all in this together. No one deserves anything more than anyone else. No one gets pitted against each other. Solidarity now and forever.

[gayhoediaz]

of bake sales and overdue realizations

T | 4.8k | ao3

Eddie doesn’t notice it until it becomes a thing that happens even when it’s just him and Buck, without Chris anywhere near them - but even then, he doesn’t find it strange, or give it much thought. Buck is the one who starts ending their phone calls with a quick ‘love you’ but it doesn't take long before Eddie does the same, often beating him to it. It’s never a big deal - most of the time it’s something along the lines of; ‘Hey, can you grab some milk on your way over? We’re out.’ ‘Yeah, yeah, I got it.’ ‘Great, love you.’ ‘Love you.’ Before long, they’re even doing it in texts.

[irondadmadlads]

Ao3 is back up!! Enjoy your fics and don’t forget to show your support to the volunteers working through the DDOS attack!

[sitpwgs]

get to know me meme ♡ favorite books → book lovers by emily henry

“Those were the endings I found solace in. The ones that said, Yes, you have lost something, but maybe, someday, you’ll find something too.”

[jakeperalta]

favourite 2023 releases → STICK SEASON (WE’LL ALL BE HERE FOREVER) by noah kahan

we’ll be waiting for you, love, and we’ll all be here forever

[nextstopparis]

akhil katyal

[astraltrickster]

Dear tumblr newbies of #196:

[st-pam]

[end-orfino]

ALRIGHT FOLKS

WHICH TEAM??

VAMPIRES

WEREWOLVES

Voting ended onJun 30, 2023