GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

Politics. Sport. TV. Film. Comedy. Shakespeare. Indie/Guitar/Rock Music. Favourite band: SNOW PATROL Sang froid and Equanimity. Grace under pressure. 'Fill the unforgiving minute...'. 'Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine / And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time' - Open Your Eyes - SP 'The whole of life becomes an act of letting go but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.' - Life of Pi

[wntw-virtuemoir-edition]

[liberalsarecool]

Imperialism kills.

They stole the land and killed the children.

[manny-jacinto]

TED LASSO (TV Series 2020– ) ➼ Episode #1.2: Biscuits

[sinnamonscouture]

Simone Biles Covers WSJ Magazine, July 2021

[mad5am]

Thank you for everything Gary and Snow Patrol.

We need to feel breathless with love And not collapse under its weight I’m gasping for the air to fill My lungs with everything I’ve lost

[mad5am]

Such a beautiful song from such a beautiful, poetic man.

Words of reassurance but only if they’re true Just some simple kindness, no vengeance from the gods

[mad5am]

“Get up, get out, get away from these liars ‘Cause they don’t get your soul or your fire Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine And we’ll walk from this dark room for the last time”

— Snow Patrol (via lomasdope)

[progressivejudaism]

Eid Mubarak to my Muslim followers and friends!

[mad5am]

“Oh she long dead. She wouldn’t give it up for Johannes up there so he threw her off the boat. Did you know your momma couldn’t swim? You all need to work on that. Take swimming lessons, this is how we get stereotypes. You want help? Fine. Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, a man got fucked. Now, how is that for a story? ‘Cause that’s the story of black people in America! Shit, you all don’t know you black yet. You think you just people. Let me be the first to tell you that you are all black. The moment these Dutch motherfuckers set foot here and decided they white, and you get to be black, and that’s the nice name they call you… Let me paint a picture of what’s waiting for you on the shore. You arrive in America, land of opportunity, milk and honey, and guess what? You all get to be slaves. Split up, sold off, and worked to death. The lucky ones get Sunday off to sleep and fuck and make more slaves, and all for what? For cotton? Indigo? For a fucking purple shirt? The only good news is the tobacco that your grandchildren are gonna farm for free is gonna give a shitload of these white motherfuckers cancer. And I ain’t even started yet. A hundred years later. You’re fucked. A hundred years after that. Fucked. A hundred years after you get free, you still getting fucked out a job and shot at by police. You see what I’m saying? This guy gets it. I like him. He’s getting angry. Angry is good. Angry gets shit done. You shed tears for Compé Anansi, and here he is, telling you you are staring down the barrel of three hundred years of subjugation, racist bullshit, and heart disease. He is telling you there isn’t one goddamn reason you shouldn’t go up there right now and slit the throats of every last one of these Dutch motherfuckers and set fire to this ship! You already dead, asshole. At least die a sacrifice for something worthwhile. Let the motherfucker burn! Let it all burn!”

— Mr Nancy, American Gods (via thatlimeykidd)

[co--pern--ica]

“I find the map and draw a straight line Over rivers, farms, and state lines The distance from ‘A’ to where you’d be It’s only finger-lengths that I see I touch the place where I’d find your face”

— Set Fire to the Third Bar, Snow Patrol (via h0pedownatelescope)

[minim-um]

Snow Patrol - Run

[mad5am]

My Top 10 Favourite Snow Patrol Songs.

1. Just Say Yes 2. Open Your Eyes 3. Shut Your Eyes 4. You Could Be Happy 5. Set The Fire To The Third Bar 6. Lifening 7. Chasing Cars 8. Run 9. This Isn’t Everything You Are 10. Crack The Shutters

Nobody hurt me if you disagree. Just my opinion.

[thecyndimistuff]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?

[butchflirt]

Westworld did this as well. Storytelling is dead!

[katjohnadams]

IF FAN THEORIES ARE RIGHT IT IS A SIGN YOU HAVE TOLD A WELL-PUT TOGETHER AND FOLLOWABLE PLOT, NOT A SIGN YOU NEED TO MAKE UP SOME BULLSHIT FOR A TWIST ENDING. FUCK OFF WITH THIS SHIT.

[katjohnadams]

No wait, I’m not done here:

If the fans get where you are going and ARE STILL HAPPY, you KEEP GOING THERE. It shows they’re invested and your story craft is setting up and paying off properly. 

It is not a sign you need to M Night Shamaylan things until narrative is fuckin dead and “surprise endings!” reign supreme. If no one can guess what will happen, you don’t have a plot, you have deus ex machinas strung together like a child’s macaroni necklace. It might be endearing and beloved but its hardly a fuckin masterpiece. 

To be utterly frank, this is where “NO SPOILERS! NO SPOILERS EVER! NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO BREATHE ABOUT THE PLOT UNTIL IT’S BEEN OUT ON DVD FOR FIVE YEARS” attitude has left us – And the studios ACTIVELY encourage that shit because first week viewing numbers are their whole lifeblood.

Sure, an “oh shit” moment is great, but if you’re doing it well, I should have that moment watching the show the second, fifth, or hundredth time, knowing how it will go. If being surprised were truly so important to a narrative, why even make a Shakespeare play? Is anyone out there still hoping Romeo and Juliet still get together at the end? Why make mystery novels into movies? Spoiler warning: Hercules Poirot gets the bad guy. Movies that directly follow historical events? Clearly worthless.

Come on, now. Sure, try not to spoil shit for people intentionally, don’t be a dick, but can we calm the fuck down and can Hollywood stop pushing this shit both in social media and with business choices like this?

[cryptvokeeper]

“i cant help but think that fans should be allowed to like, gather in groups online and theorize and have fun without networks watching in”

-Lindsay Ellis abt game of thrones doing the same thing

[saecookie-deactivated20251124]

If no one can guess what will happen, you don’t have a plot, you have deus ex machinas strung together like a child’s macaroni necklace. It might be endearing and beloved but its hardly a fuckin masterpiece. 

[kingarthurscat]

Have to add your tags because I totally agree. @theladyragnell

[mad5am]

After all of these years I am back on Tumblr. I have missed this site.

[after-crisis]

"No one will miss me", "I'm better off dead"

When I worked at a non-profit that handled suicide prevention, I had access to the donation records. Each month, a specific man donated 15$ to our organization. It was like clockwork.. same day, same man, he had been doing this for over 4 years. It always seemed odd to me but I never questioned it… until I saw a note attached one month. “For Noah- Dad”

his donation was once his child’s allowance.

I can promise you, they would miss you for the rest of their lives.

[after-crisis]

"No one will miss me", "I'm better off dead"

When I worked at a non-profit that handled suicide prevention, I had access to the donation records. Each month, a specific man donated 15$ to our organization. It was like clockwork.. same day, same man, he had been doing this for over 4 years. It always seemed odd to me but I never questioned it… until I saw a note attached one month. “For Noah- Dad”

his donation was once his child’s allowance.

I can promise you, they would miss you for the rest of their lives.

[dashumankapital]

“Listen. This is just a dream. But very clever people can hear dreams. So please just listen. I know you’re afraid, but being afraid is all right. Because didn’t anybody ever tell you? Fear is a superpower. Fear can make you faster, and cleverer, and stronger. And one day, you’re gonna come back to this barn, and on that day, you’re going to be very afraid indeed. But that’s okay. Because if you’re very wise and very strong, fear doesn’t have to make you cruel or cowardly. Fear can make you kind. It doesn’t matter if there’s nothing under the bed, or in the dark, so long as you know it’s okay to be afraid of it. So listen. If you listen to nothing else, listen to this: you’re always going to be afraid, even if you learn to hide it. Fear is like… a companion. A constant companion, always there. But that’s okay. Because fear can bring us together. Fear can bring you home. I’m gonna leave you something just so you’ll always remember. Fear makes companions of us all.”

- Clara Oswald, Doctor Who S08E04 “Listen”