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Edward “Eddie” Logan Tawhai cis male (he/him) | 44 | Fire Chief Positive: Brave, Honest, Decisive & Funny Negative: Pessimistic, Stressed, Reckless & Oblivious

[eddietawhai-blog]

charlietorres‌:

“I mean if you want to call a giant ass dinosaur a dragon. It hasn’t spat fire… yet.”

“The call said dragon I’m pretty sure. I don’t know if dinosaurs come under my jurisdiction. I can see how a dragon might because... fire. Then again I don’t know who you’d raise a dinosaur complaint with. Animal control?”

[eddietawhai-blog]

“Hi, someone from this address called the department about a... dragon sighting?” he paused, “Was that a prank call?”

[maxrolandsyfy]

“Is that a massive egg? And did it just move?” Max asked as he motioned with his hands, and looked at the massive thing that was out in the distance of the desert. 

[eddietawhai-blog]

“I mean... it looks like an egg if you ask me, then again I’ve been through some art galleries in my time, so it could be a sculpture of some kind.” he watched as it moved again, “It definitely did move, though.”

[eddietawhai-blog]

addisonoliverprice‌:

“Well, at least it’s not something that’s trying to eat your face, right?” Addison said matter of factly. “And you’re not confused, that did just happen.” 

“I think it was trying to eat my face, but yes, we seem to be... mostly sheltered... right now.” he looked around them, “I’m not sure if we’re completely safe in here, though.”

[shunasassi]

I never wanted to be a filmmaker, I had other dreams, it wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. I had grown up wanting to be many things; a maverick fighter pilot (preferably named Maverick), a time-traveler, even a ghost who does pottery. To my parents’ delight I eventually settled on art. - Taika Waititi 

[eddietawhai-blog]

Are you afraid of bad weather? What do you consider bad weather?

"Not usually, can’t say I’m not kind of afraid of shark-filled tornadoes but just regular bad weather I’ve not been afraid of since I was a little kid. You know, thunderstorms and stuff. I’m not going to lie and say that sharknadoes don’t freak me out, though because they do.”

Would you move away from Perfection Valley if you had the option?

"Probably, me and my wife are pretty set up here, we’ve been here the entire we’ve been married, so I suppose there’s a lot of nostalgia there but at the end of the day we have three kids still in school and I want them to be able to live their life, well.. somewhere safe.”

Is this the craziest weather you’ve ever seen? If not, why not?

“Yes, this is definitely the craziest weather I’ve ever seen.”

Are you afraid of sharks?

"Not theoretically but when they’re in this format, as in angry and in tornadoes, yeah I probably am a bit. Generally though, they’re only dangerous in extreme circumstances, not that I’d want to go up to one and give it a hug.”

Would you go out and go storm chasing?

“Do I look like I’m crazy? Of course not!”

Do you think the situation could get worse somehow?

“Oh yeah, I reckon it could, I don’t know or want to think about how but yes I imagine this whole thing could get a lot worse. A whole lot worse.”

[eddietawhai-blog]

“This is going to sound insane but.. I think I just saw an actual shark, as in from the sea, 3 sets of sharp teeth, in that tornado.” he paused, “Am I concussed or was that real?”

[mancandykings]

Taika Waititi // 2014 Sundance Film Festival

[eddietawhai-blog]

Hey it’s Robin again, I’m a 24-year-old non-binary (they/them & she/her) software engineer from England, if you wnat to know a little bit more about me I said some stuff here and you can always feel free to hit me up on here or on discord!

Have you seen EDWARD “EDDIE” TAWHAI around town? We’re trying to make sure they’re still in town, especially with everything that’s been happening lately. HE is a FORTY FOUR year old CIS MAN. currently residing in Perfection Valley, but they’re originally from WHANGAREI. they are best known for being the FIRE CHIEF, and i hear they’re pretty BRAVE yet also PESSIMISTIC at times; i hope they continue to survive. 

Edward “Edd” Jonathan Tawhai (12th August 1974) was born in Whangarei a town in the Northland region of New Zealand to Theodore Tawhai, a man of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Māori decent, and Morena Tawhai (née Penzik), a woman of Jewish decent. He grew up with his elder brother, Jack, and two younger siblings, Fredrick & Marie, all of whom were raised to value both cultures. He had somewhat of an uneventful if sheltered upbringing. As a teen the main thing he wanted to do was to see some of the rest of the country or even the world. 

As a result Eddie appreciated the occasions when he and his family went on holiday, which they did fairly often. His favourite was a trip to Stockholm when he was nine, though he loved all of it. So it was hardly a surprise when he was finishing school that Edd wanted to go to another country to learn. Being from a fairly well-off family, and getting pretty excellent grades, Edd had the means to try to go to school abroad. His parents were severely worried about the notion but eventually relented. Eventually, came to live in America when he was 19, deciding to go to a university in New Mexico, studying Chemistry.

Though naturally quite homesick and anxious about this daunting change, Edd did quite successfully manage to make a good amount of friends. It was here that he also met his wife, Beatrice (or more usually Bea). He'd initially intended to go back to New Zealand after graduating, but after a few years of dating Bea his priorities changed somewhat. After about five years of dating, and a slightly clumsy proposal, the couple moved back to her hometown of Perfection Valley, Nevada, and Edd took up a job as a firefighter, while Bea worked with the local police. The pair got married in the autumn of that year.

Over the years, the couple have had four children: Dorian, Saffron, Andrew and Basil. Like his parents had, Edward made a point of trying to take the kids to see the world when they could, including his hometown of Whangarei so that they could know their many cousins at least fairly well, as well as have a connection to that side of the family. As time progressed, Eddie rose in the ranks of the local fire department until in the March of 2015 the former fire chief Kurt Black retired and Eddie took on the role and responsibility of being the local chief. 

It was a fairly relaxing job for many years, however now as all of these bizarre creatures and events seem to be rolling through it's anything but, Eddie likes to joke that it's turned his hair grey. Mostly he just wants to help keep the population of Perfection Valley, a lot of whom he's known for most of his life, safe. However, circumstances seem to make that harder by the day.

[crescentmused]

Oz the Great & Powerful Sentence Starters

“I know I’m not the wizard you expected, but I might be the wizard you need”

“Make me walk!”

“You can have a nice pile of bananas”

“I’m not the one who’s underestimating her cleverness. Or maybe it’s you I’m underestimating.”

“I am on no one’s side. You know that.”

“What do you know of goodness? Deep down  you are wicked!”

“It’s got a knife!”

“All it does take is one bite …”

“The shield only allows a good-hearted person to pass”

“Great. Let’s go kill ourselves a witch”

“It’s like no place I’ve ever seen”

“I don’t want to be a good man/woman ______, I want to a be a great one!”

“You don’t know much about witches do you?”

“Did those crows just say we’re gonna die?”

“I don’t wanna die! I haven’t accomplished anything yet! Please!” 

“BEHOLD AS I UNLEASH THE STARS!”

“For the record, I always knew you had it in you”

“No, something better. Goodness”

“You have nothing to fear so long as you believe. For when you believe, anything is possible”

“I have everything I ever wanted”

“You can’t give me that. You took what mattered most to me: My   ______ “

“May I have this dance, milady?”

“Now you’re not gonna tell me no one’s ever asked you to dance before “

“That temper really is wasted on you, isn’t it?” 

“I’m not as delicate as I look!”

“He said I would be his Queen.”

“Did he? Are you… quite sure it wasn’t you who said that to him?”

“You can’t compete with ______’’s charms — no one can.”

“Such is a broken heart, your precious ______ did that to you”

“Speak up! Or I will tear out your tongue”

“What you displayed is true courage”     

[crescentmused]

Into the Woods Sentence Starters

“ I wish….”

“But Mother warned me never to stray from the path”

“The path has strayed from you”

“You’ve changed, you’re daring. You’re different in the woods”

“I’m in the wrong story!”

“There’s no time to sit and dither, while her withers wither with her.”

“I know what my decision is, which is not to decide.”

“Nice is different than good”

“Stay a child while you can be a child”

“The woods can be a dangerous place”

“If we’re going to get through this we have to stick together”

“You’re so nice. You’re not good; you’re not bad; you’re just nice.”

“I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right.”

“Be careful the things you say, children will listen”

“I was raised to be charming not sincere”

“Who out there could love you more than I?”

“You wish to have the curse reversed?”

“He always cries when I hold him”

“Maybe I wasn’t meant to have children”

“How can I go about being a Father when I had no Father to show me?”

“Once upon a time… in a far-off kingdom… there lived a young maiden, a sad young lad, and a childless baker… with his wife.”

“Oh, these beans are no ordinary beans, son. These beans carry magic.”

“Sometimes people leave you, half-way through the woods, do not let it grieve you no one leaves for good”

“I can capture my own damsel, thank you.”

“For all that I know, she’s already dead.”

“I’m the witch, you’re the world”

“What’s the rush?”

“You’re missing all the flowers”

“The sun won’t set for hours”

“And look what you’re ignoring”  

“When the one thing you want, is the one thing just out of your reach”

“ Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I’m handsome?”

“The girl must be mad”

“You know nothing of madness!”

“Why could not obey?”

“What would you have me be?”

“You are ashamed of me”

“You don’t understand”

“I’m not longer a child I wish to see the world”

“Don’t you know what’s out there in the world?”

“Someone has to shield you from the world” 

“Princes, yes, but wolves and humans, too”

“Stay at home, I am home”

“The world is dark and wild”

“Had to get your wish,  doesn’t matter how”

“No of course, what really matters is the blame.”

“Well if that’s the thing you enjoy, placing the blame, if that’s the game give me the blame”

“You’re all liars and thieves”

“Like his Father, like his son will be too, so why bother?”

“You’ll just do what you do”       

[edgars-ramirez]

Taika Waititi in an interview for Thor: Ragnarok. [x]

[pocsource]

“He is a profound pedagogue—he says so himself. I felt very safe in his warm yet brutal embrace. He’s like a cross between a teddy bear and a meat grinder.“ Thompson agrees, informing me the Hollywood term for the final shot of the day is the "martini shot,” and Waititi is the only director she’s met who has an actual martini when it’s called. “In a proper martini glass,” she adds.