Ship of Dreams

 Repository of random reblogs and occasional thoughts that happen to catch my attention at the time. Ships can happen, spontaneously, in all shapes and colors, so be forewarned. Probably always Forever heavy..... I do write fanfic for it after all.

[grid-gypsy]

Hey there! Haven't seen you around in a while. Everything okay?

Aaaaand ages later... :p

Hi! Yes, I’m alright. I contracted work (sounds like a disease, doesn’t it? lol) and also got really involved re-reading a large collection of Uber Xena fanfic by Melissa Good (Merwolf.com, the Dar & Kerry series if anyone’s interested) with what little free time I had. Needless to say, I’ve found that I can’t write while I edit, and just haven’t been on the net much. I am however alive and kicking, thanks for checking!

[justkeepshipping]

Can we just take a minute to acknowledge and appreciate fanfiction writers who are just so unbelievably on point with characterization.. and how they paint into reality beautiful and breathtaking moments that would put many published authors to shame! They do this for free because they love it and are passionate about the stories they wish to tell… and if that isn’t art at its finest and purest then I don’t know what is..

The owner of this blog has too many feelings for fictional characters.

[zackisontumblr]

the biggest lie i’ve ever told myself is that i’m going to shower in 5 minutes

[ughbenedict]

[theavengers]

[cp-archive-deactivated20200625]

Let him be everything because he is everything.

[jenryshipper]

This is an event that started on Twitter and now I am inviting my Tumblr friends. You can send a letter online or by mail. We all want that masterpiec back, and I think that show it is important for companies. So… LET’S DO IT! @argylepiratewd @kississippi @foreverlostinparis @jenryshipper23 @kasperaura @aeternitasintricatae @willgorski-meets-henrymorgan @always-fandoms-forever @midgard @mystoryisalongone

[midgard]

For me anyway-with the only cost being a stamp-I’ll just write the letters and send them myself, but either way everyone should totally do this and also maybe send in extra requests for a S2 to Netflix on March 30th, as well. If you send a request to Netflix, I’ll do what I’ve been doing: I’ll write a fic, do a fancast, rate your blog,  or promo you.

If you send a letter, I’ll do any of those things or a few other choices: make a gifset (if I have the clips), or make a little video.

Whichever you request, just message me. 

Here is how to request to Netflix (it takes like a minute and a half and they’re SUPER nice and cool):

http://midgard.tumblr.com/post/137724218849/from-one-fan-to-another-i-need-my-followers

(but sending letters to the companies is more important atm) PLEASE, guys? 

Your letter doesn’t have to be fancy, or long, or anything like that. It could literally just be ‘please pick up Forever’ or ‘please save Forever’ or whatever you want, really.  And if nothing else, please reblog?? Like even if this isn’t your fandom or you don’t know what’s going on here, there are a whole bunch of us who were absolutely heartbroken and insulted by the cancellation and have been rooting for this show ever since that day. So, if one reblog by someone who maybe doesn’t know the show can get the attention of a follower that does, and then another–it’s totally worth the one click it takes to reblog.

[thcrin]

[backstreet-gurl]

Thank you to fic writers for telling the stories that canon didn’t tell.

Thank you to fic writers for giving minor characters a voice.

Thank you to fic writers for expanding these worlds that we love so much.

Thank you to fic writers for sharing your talent, your ideas, and your words with us all.

Thank you to fic writers for your hard work, commitment, dedication, time, energy, and compassion.

And thank you to the readers who make it all worthwhile.

[foreverficathon]

Since April 7 hasn’t been a particularly great day for our favorite immortal ME in the past, let’s show the poor guy some love on his deathiversary.

April 7 is Hug Henry Morgan Day!

SIGN-UPS CLOSE NEXT WEEK!

SIGN-UPS CLOSE:   MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016

How to Sign Up:

On tumblr:  Send an ask

On Twitter:  Send a DM

Via email:    [email protected]

You’ll receive further instructions to confirm the signup, so be sure to read and respond!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016, 11:59PM EST

POSTING DAY:  THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Topic: Giving Henry some happiness. That’s it. Making Henry happy somehow. (Note:  Even though this event is called “Hug Henry Morgan Day,” he doesn’t have to be hugged in the work.)

Genre: can be anything - drama, angst, h/c, shippy, crack, whatever you like. It’s all good.

Length:  Minimum length is only 500 words.  Anything over that is great, of course!

Art: Needs to be complete. Digital, traditional…anything!

How Posting Works:  A few works will be revealed over the course of the day on April 7, along with Tumblr posts featuring the works.

Other stuff:  The collection will be posted on Archive of Our Own, so you’ll need an account.  We can help you get one if you don’t have one.

FAQ is here.

the tumblr tag: #hughenrymorganday the AO3 collection: Hug Henry Morgan Day

[thasorns-moved]

[reedusnorman]

Norman Reedus on internet bullying and social media.

[kasperaura]

See, what people seem to forget is that ABC isn’t deserving of Forever if they don’t think it’s worth keeping.

[argylepiratewd]

But if it came down to “More Forever on an undeserving network, or no new Forever ever again?” I know which option I’d prefer.

[kasperaura]

But here’s hoping that another network would pick up Forever. Sadly, we’ve been hoping for a year.

If ABC does decide to take it back, which at this point they might consider it since two shows flopped, I just hope they give it more advertisement and actually get the word out.

#instead of ya know ‘so ye there’s this show and it’s here but we don’t need to tell ppl that lol’ #even matt has stated that’s a problem

[argylepiratewd]

Yeah, the lack of promo was a HUGE problem. They promoted some of their shows until I was thoroughly sick of them just from seeing the ads, but they barely did much of anything for Forever. It was like, “Yes, ABC, we know [popular show] exists and has a BRAND NEW IMPORTANT EPISODE this week, but, uh. There are other shows on your network? Like Forever? You know, that one that’s getting decent ratings in a timeslot that almost seems cursed? Maybe you could pay a little more attention to that one and help people know it exists, instead of ignoring it just because you don’t own it? Surely it’d benefit you too if it earned more money?

…You’d rather promote [popular show] again? Oh, okay. I don’t get it, because thinking you’d probably profit at least a little bit from a show on your network being successful seems like sound logic to me, but okay. You do you.”

And now they’ve had two more shows flop spectacularly, which seems to me like it would cause them to lose more money, both from whatever went into making those two shows and from Companies With Money looking at ABC and going “lolno.” (But maybe the TV industry doesn’t work like that or something? Damned if I know…) It just seems to me that them putting more effort into making Forever a hit would’ve benefited them more in the long run than the big flops, even with the show belonging to someone else and being a bit pricey to make.

[kasperaura]

Television, and the way people do things with shows, is very weird.

The general gist is that someone sends in a script, and they either like or don’t like it. If they like it, they put it on, most of the time. However, sometimes, channels come up with their own shows. Case in point: Castle on ABC. ABC owns it, all of it, so they get all the profits. And since it does so well, that’s even more money.

Now, a show such as Forever comes rolling around. It’s partially owned by ABC, and the rest of the profits go to what I assume is Matt’s company, Good Session. With the combination of ABC getting 50% of profits, the dreaded timeslot, and the set number of viewers, ABC axed it. They would have axed Castle–it has the lowest ratings it ever had at the end of season 7, but they couldn’t afford to axe it, since they get 100% profits. Forever had its chance, but in the end, ABC couldn’t afford to cut Castle, since it was their flagship franchise.

Of course, as we’ve seen, it’s been a crushing blow for them. Twice.

[grid-gypsy]

Actually, Forever was owned by WB (in association with Matt’s company) who licensed it to ABC. ABC paid a licensing fee to WB and got the profits from the advertising, while WB would have gotten syndication profits had it made it to the 3 year mark. I believe 3rd party production companies usually receive the streaming fees as well, but there must have been a deal in Forever’s case since those seem to have belonged to, at least in part, ABC until the contract ran out, just before the dvds were commissioned.

At the time that Forever got cancelled, ABC, and to a lesser extent CBS and NBC, decided that they could make more money by broadcasting only in-house productions. Anything they didn’t own, or at least didn’t own a stake in like Disney/Marvel with ABC, and that wasn’t making major profits like Big Bang, was cancelled, even if it was doing better than their own productions. This is why I cheer each and every time something in the Tues 10/9c time slot bombs, because I’ve got to believe that they’re spending more money on those things, especially on Of Kings & Prophets which had to be pulled from the fall lineup and retooled.

Something else that I didn’t find out until recently is that the networks only really count live+sd ratings because those correlate to the C+3 ratings (live viewing +3 days of DVRed commercials) used to lure advertisers, and that if you watch a show on DVR and blow past the commercials, you aren’t actually counted as a viewer. If you have another show you love but usually DVR, turn it on during live play even if it’s just broadcasting to an empty room and you plan to watch it on DVR later. Alternately, play it on DVR all the way through after it’s been broadcast even if you’re not watching and then blow through the commercials later.

[inbetween-the-moon-and-you-deac]

So..

Henry told Jo his secret. She freaked out and finally got herself a passport. Ran off to Africa, where she threw herself into some participant observation kind of shit, which inspired her to get a degree in anthropology (with a minor in linguistics - obviously) - and because she’s super smart she did it in record time while in Johannesburg. She makes her way to Thailand. Meets up with an old flame, from her old life- and old job - before joining the NYPD. Awkwardly, he’s Sean’s older brother. Oh, Jo Clara Martinez (Seger is her mother’s maiden name - of course - which she used to go by, before she forgave her father and accepted the name in her birth certificate as her own).

DON’T RUIN MY STORY WITH YOUR LOGIC

[slajm]

do you read HP as health points, hit points, heart points or something else? write your answer in the tags, i’m genuinely curious

[grid-gypsy]

After sitting down and watching Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders last night (which shows promise) I had moment of major deja vu. This look familiar to anyone else?

Alana simply can’t shake the young widow archetype for very long.

(Forever screencap courtesy of @argylepiratewd)

[bravokidroxy]

I missed the beginning of the episode but when I saw Alana and started watching I seriously thought she was Jo. I almost cried when she was finales reveled to be “Clara”

[grid-gypsy]

So, new TV series headcanon? After learning Henry’s secret, Jo freaks out and is the one to run. She changes her name, tours the world, picks up a bunch of languages, then joins the FBI. Sean’s death still weighs heavy on her.;)

[bravokidroxy]

And wasn’t the other guy, Jack, on CSI NY…that would explain how he knew “"Sean”“

[grid-gypsy]

Yep, he was. And there you go, we’ve just managed to mash 3 different shows together. :D