you are shitting me right now matthew

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[valleyfolk-blog1]

@mainstreaming

     The coffee is good but the cups are too small. Bobby feels comical holding it. The specials board is behind PJ’s head, and he leans around her to see if the ham sandwich comes with pickles. It doesn’t.

     “You ever just want pickles?” He laughs. His eyes crinkle at the corners. It’s funny, how they can go from politics to silence to pickles. “Sometimes a man just wants pickles.”

[mainstreaming-blog]

To the best of PJ’s recollections, she has never felt a particularly strong want for pickles. But it would make her look contrarian to say that out loud. Bobby’s not really asking. Nobody is really asking a question like that. He’s exhausted the conversation before it’s started.

   “I think I hate this conversation.” That’s something you can reply to. She looks focused. “I’d kill myself before I stooped to talking about pickles to fill silence. We’re not those people, are we?”

[envisas-blog]

          ‘ of course. it’s great to finally meet you. ’ if tyrell were a different person, he’d like these meetings a little more. as it is, being senior vice president of anything means that he’s high-ranking enough to placate the other party and low-ranking enough that it matters the least to send him away from the office. as if he doesn’t have things to do. as if he exists to be the face of something. isn’t that what the PR department is for? still, he’s here now, and joanna will be at least somewhat interested to know he met PJ jones today. ‘ do you have any preferences, food-wise? reservations aren’t a problem. ’

[mainstreaming-blog]

Oh great, did you hear that, reservations aren’t a problem, because she’s really had such a problem with getting turned away at the door lately. Her inner lip catches between her canines a second. “Somewhere you’d need a reservation, then.”

[mainstreaming-blog]

what's the story of how pj was cast in success?

good question!! adrienne (the shapeshifter protagonist of success) was not originally meant to be played by a shapeshifter!!!

success is about a shapeshifter called adrienne whose circumstances push her to change her appearance/personality over and over until she’s hardly the person she started as, that’s the blurb basically.but originally, adrienne was going to be played by an ensemble cast including maybe five relatively big-name actors. supposedly it was meant to reflect all the fractured and compartmentalized sections of adrienne’s character/personality over the course of the film – which is something PJ has been praised for, since she effectively played a character that was written to be played by like 10 people. PJ doesn’t really think she deserves that praise (and neither do i >_>), but the point is the role was originally not written for a shapeshifter. in the process of making a movie about a shapeshifter it wasn’t considered to use an unknown shapeshifter actor when there was the possibility of using some famous human actors.

PJ originally auditioned to be just one of adrienne’s actors. she never went into the audition intending to be like “hey dicksmiths i’m an actual shapeshifter just let me play her for the whole movie” – that was kind of a pipedream idea, like a fantasy that would never actually happen, that somebody would go “wow your audition was great and you’re a shapeshifter so just have the f#cking movie!!!”but during the casting process, while PJ was initially cast to play one of the more prominent parts of adrienne’s life (just based on her talent), it did come into the casting conversation that she was a shapeshifter herself. there was a lot of back and forth on what to do which as you can guess ended on PJ being offered the role of adrienne in its entirety. with some negotiation, some of the more famous actors stayed on as co-stars and supporting cast, while a couple of them left the project after losing adrienne’s role. there were varying levels of happiness with a mutant’s involvement. despite it being a movie about a mutant.

so there were a lot of people patting themselves on the back about how progressive it was to have a mutant playing a mutant, as if that wasn’t just, something they should have done from the get-go. after success came out and everybody lost their tits about how good it was (because, i have a lot of thoughts on success’ cultural impact and stuff, but it was definitely just a straight up good movie, that is in its canon) the director was praised for her innovative decision and what a smart move it was to have a shapeshifter play a shapeshifter like it was a decision that should be made on the theatrical value and not the…..straight up morals really.

and of course PJ lost her tiny mind and cried a lot when she found out she was playing adrienne entirely because wow!!! why wouldn’t u be overwhelmed and delighted by that. i love my girl

SOOO THAT’S ALL I CAN THINK OF!!! THX FOR THE Q ALWAYS SEND MORE IF U HAVE ANY X

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            He can’t really remember the last time he’s felt so relaxed, or enjoyed a conversation with another person so much.  Maybe it’s the fact that she’s so open about being a Mutant and fights so hard for Mutant rights.  Of course there is the little matter of her being a huge deal.  A celebrity.  As much as Logan would like to think himself above being starstruck… well, he isn’t. He had watched her movie and he had watched her win that Oscar, not because he gave a shit about awards shows, but for what her winning represented.  For the hope it gave the kids he spends so much of his life with.  To see the looks on their faces; the excitement that someone just like them could make the big time.  Yeah, he likes her.

            “Paleo,” he smirked, turning on the stool to face her better, he rested his left elbow on the bar and curled his fingers into fists, giving a quick glance toward the bartender to make sure he was distracted before he looked back her way.  His head tilted toward his hand so she’d look down before he slowly began the slide of metal claws from behind his knuckles.  “Not exactly but… close enough.”

[mainstreaming-blog]

The claws catch her off guard the way they might catch anybody. It isn’t a matter of repulsion, fear, anything so negative, just simple surprise at the fact there’s an object in the space between them that wasn’t there before, and she couldn’t prepare herself to see it. Overcoming the initial flinch (it does look like that must hurt), PJ cuts off her gasp by drawing her lips to a tight line and glances to the bartender (still occupied) and the rest of the room (oblivious) warily to ensure Logan has the privacy he seems to want. When she leans in, her eyes are wide, her smile is too, and her voice is a conspiring whisper.

   “You just punch the fish with those?”

The image of this is going to delight her for days. She’s tittering. Excited. Giddy with the weight of a secret between herself, Logan and this oblivious bartender, and thrilled by the image of this fuck-off tall muscle man swiping rivers like a bear gone salmon fishing.

   “This is probably the most I’ve ever wanted to go fishin’ in my life.”

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       “ sure thing. two seconds. ”  he holds up a pair of fingers before disappearing to the kitchen in a flash. literally two seconds later there’s some snacks laid out on the table and a few bottles of water to keep them busy as they sit and chat. he’s sitting down, already cracking open a bottle and having a sip by the time he re-appears. as show offy as it may seem, it’s merely his day to day life style, zipping around this way.  “ so, what made you decide to do this? ”

[mainstreaming-blog]

He’s true to his word, there’s no denying that. But repeated exposure to speedsters past and present hasn’t granted PJ the foresight to brace herself before they redecorate the room in a blink, so PJ flinches slightly while her eyes try to process things she can’t physically keep up with, pausing momentarily to reassess the situation Pietro lays out in front of her before taking a seat opposite him, chiming only once, “Impressive,” before moving on.    “What made me? Can’t a girl just drop by for a lil’ neighborly chat with her pals the Avengers?” She pulls a bottle to her side with a smirk. “Just ‘cause somethin’ wouldn’t be good for my image doesn’t mean I’m not gonna do it. You’re a high profile mutant, I’m a high profile mutant, you’re in the news, I’m in ADAM. How much d’you know about that, by-the-by?”

[maroneys]

Colin fires lawyers once a week, but he’s kept you on. You’re probably the most successful relationship in his life. He talks about you. Don’t you want to know how he talks about you?

[taiijitu-blog]

              brows lift at the reply.  TRUTHFULLY what she’d described hasn’t really sounded like his kind of movie—- but there was no way he was about to let her know that. NOPE.  ( li may not be the smoothest with women, but he had learned a thing or two over the years. ) brows lower, chin dropping in a curt nod of the head.        ❝  i’ll take your word for it.  ❞

[mainstreaming-blog]

What kind of noncommittal nonsense is this. Her head cants, and by the motion of it, Li might know already that PJ remains entirely unconvinced by an answer like that. The smile around her words gives a good natured appeal to the teasing. “If you’re not gonna watch it, you can just say you’re not gonna watch it. I’m a big girl, I won’t cry.”

[rarebritney]

i want to b… Less accessible but more magnetic

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           the perks of sitting through those boring world leader meetings is that he gets to at least have more information on certain subject that most people don’t. and not even official, really, even though he is likely the only current mutant in charge of a country —- people talk. and politicians talk a lot.

‘ namor, ’   he corrects,   ‘ it is my full name. i know of it, and what it does. ’   it was enough in his eyes, but the curiosity was still there.

[mainstreaming-blog]

She nods agreeably to the mononym, an assurance that she won’t make the mistake again.

   “There’s a common misunderstanding that ADAM is only about mutants in movies and TV,” PJ cautions, “but anti-defamation works in all kinds of media. Anybody who represents mutants, on any platform, that’s the kinda person ADAM tries workin’ with.” Her pause is thoughtful. “D’you consider yourself a representative, Namor?”

[oddfilmstills]

short term 12 (2013)

[ivanturing-blog]

@mainstreaming

     PJ Jones is here. Good. Excellent. Top notch start to the mid-afternoon.

     ‘Does this mean I have to be eloquent and smart or are you here off the record just so I can soak up the — vestigial traces of pure light that emanate from your being?’ PJ coming to visit is probably-slash-definitely an ADAM thing, but a man can dream. ‘Um. Take a seat. Make yourself at home.’ Tony points to the couch, which is a postmodern swirl with a comfortable space somewhere on it if you know how to tuck your legs behind your head, and folds his arms over his chest, halfway towards apprehensive but looking very positive about it. ‘Congrats on the Oscar, by the way. Cried like a baby during Success. Well, I didn’t, but Rhodey did, but don’t ask him because he’ll lie about it.’

[mainstreaming-blog]

   “You don’t have to be eloquent and smart, but I love it when people try’n impress me. You just go on and do your thing, Mr Stark.” He will probably, undoubtedly, tell her to call him Tony, but she doesn’t like to go into conversations with candid assumptions like that. The vestigial light thing was good. It’s definitely making her smile feel a little more glowy than usual. PJ doesn’t take a seat, because the couch looks like it wants to eat her, but she does relax against the armrest(?) with her arms folded loosely over her stomach, wrinkling her nose and then chuckling at the idea of it. “Thankya kindly. Is Rhodey around, am I gonna be seein’ him today? ‘cause I’m gonna ask him about it if I see him. I am.” 

[taiijitu-blog]

               lips purse as he simply lets the words tumble out of her mouth, making no move whatsoever to STOP HER or offer any explanation.  instead he simply WAITS till she’s done.        ❝  i don’t watch many movies.  ❞

             @mainstreaming​   ( starter call )

[mainstreaming-blog]

   “-- I suh-wear it’s worth it, though.” It’s not a matter of converting Li to the cinematic church or anything that extreme, but sort of a personally-assigned responsibility to share the things she loves with anyone who could love them too. “If you watch one movie this year? Watch Indiscriminate Effects. It’s my buddy’s passion project and it’s honestagod one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.”

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            Yes, he knows who she is.  He doesn’t live in a cave.  Not anymore, anyway.  And that’s where you would have to live to not know an Oscar winner when one is sitting next to you in a dark bar.  He’d also have to be blind not to notice a girl like her in a joint like this— as the saying goes.  It’s full of bikers and the like, and while he knows some of them to be friendly and easy-going, she’s a sight for sore eyes, and not all of them are gentlemen.  So while she talked and drank, he listened to her with one ear and kept the other on the conversations around them. Just in case.

            “I dunno, I ain’t really one to fish and tell,” Logan chuckled before he took another sip of beer.  She made him an offer he can’t refuse.  “I usually try to fish the traditional way, rod, reel, bait… but on occasion I’ve used what I always have at my disposal.  And it’s effective.”

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She laughs, a sort of high-pitched tinkling sound, leaning her elbow to the bar with her head against her hand and giving Logan an admiratory sideways smirk, first and foremost impressed with the joke but otherwise generally enjoying the company. The hand that doesn’t keep PJ’s head upright makes a couple of deft signals to the barman -- indicating she will be here a little longer, and so will Logan, and they’ll need some more drinks, thank you very much.

   “What’s what you got at your disposal?” she asks, brows furrowing with an ever-present curious smile beneath them. She’s thinking spears, flint, arrows, whatever the hell cavemen used in the times before fishing rods. “D’you go all paleo on ‘em?”

[mainstreaming-blog]

❝ You almost looked peaceful . Except you’re lying in a dirty alley . ❞

the wolf among us ( accepting )

   “Awwwh, heyyy.” was meant to be the antecedent to something about the alley not being that dirty, but the black smudges on the heels PJ’s hands when she raises them self-defensively counter that point a little. That, coupled with the additional dirt on her kneecaps, make it a hard claim to dispel. And PJ doesn’t even know about the dirt on her ass. She hasn’t gotten up yet in Howard’s presence -- not lying down, but sitting on the ground with a brow-furrowed look in the direction of a dumpster opposite and no clear intention of what she intends to do to/with it. This situation’s dirty, but boy, it could be about to get a whole lot dirtier.

   “Guess there’s a compliment buried in there, thanks for the peaceful thing, minimum.” Without any particular hint as to what her beef with the dumpster is, PJ claps the dirt off her palms and jerks her head in its direction, cryptically asking “You wanna help?” with no further instruction.

[mainstreaming-blog]

❝ You looked like when you take an action figure and bend it’s limbs the wrong way . ❞

the wolf among us ( accepting )

   “I know. You showed me the picture. And jussoyaknow explainin’ to me know funny I looked isn’t gonna me any more chill about the fact that you played Buckaroo on me after I fell asleep on the couch. Y’know how you don’t get invited to parties again, Pasha? You play Buckaroo on me and try and make a move on Anne Hathaway.”

   “Yeah-huh, I heard about that.”

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the wolf among us || starters

[gethsecko-blog]

❝ Is that a threat ? ❞  ❝ These lips are sealed . ❞ ❝ It is better to be feared than loved .❞  ❝ I’ve seen the way you look at ___ , okay ? You’re not foolin’ me .❞ ❝ You’re not as bad as everyone says you are . ❞ ❝ Anyone ever tell you you got a big fuckin’ mouth ? ❞ ❝ Whatever . I’m too out of it to get into it . ❞ ❝ We all have our parts to play . ❞ ❝ You can’t change the past . ❞ ❝ ____ , I’m gonna break your fucking face . ❞ ❝ I’ve heard stories about you . ❞ ❝ In some tiny little bottled up way , deep inside … you kind of enjoy it when things go wrong . ( Because it gives you an excuse to just … stop pretending ) . ❞ ❝ Life is easier with friends . ❞ ❝ Well I’d appreciate it if you’d fuck off . ❞ ❝ But no , hate’s the wrong word . They fear you more than anything . ❞ ❝ I know you like this whole ’ lone wolf ’ thing you got going for yourself . ❞ ❝ I wish I could have seen it. ❞ ❝ I’ll see you around . ❞ ❝ You almost looked peaceful . Except you’re lying in a dirty alley . ❞ ❝ Just … try not to be like ( yourself ) … ❞ ❝ Pardon the intrusion . I wasn’t aware this was a munchkin’s house .❞ ❝ I didn’t realize you were the bitch of the bitch . ❞ ❝ Hey , what are your plans now ? ❞ ❝ I’m not yours to lose ! ❞ ❝ Blah blah … blah blah blah . ❞ ❝ Are you saying you need a friend right now ? You can trust me . ❞ ❝ People are scared of you . I mean , look at your hands . ❞ ❝ You looked like when you take an action figure and bend it’s limbs the wrong way . ❞ ❝ But at the end of the day I’m still the bad guy . ❞ ❝ Everything used to be so simple … we had a beginning , a middle , & an end . ❞ ❝ When we suffer , we do it in silence . ❞ ❝ You should worry about your own fucking situation . ❞ ❝ I’ve made mistakes . ❞ ❝ You do what you want … you always do what you want . ❞ ❝ I’m glad you’re not dead . ❞ ❝ We need to do things the right way ! ❞ ❝ You’ll pray to any god who’ll listen that your mother never shit you into this fucking world .❞ ❝ Wait a minute … someone’s watching . ❞ ❝ I know it’s dangerous , but I’m not helpless . I can take care of myself . ❞ ❝ Not now , not now , shhhh , the grown ups are talking. . ❞ ❝ Out of my way ! I’ll show you how it’s done ! ❞ ❝ Do you want the Big Bad Wolf to take you away ? ❞ ❝ That was about 8 on the asshole scale … ❞ ❝ Cut the bullshit & quit wasting my time . ❞ ❝ This was really the wrong day to try & pull this shit ! ❞ ❝ You’re a monster ! A fucking monster ! ❞ ❝ You understand wanting to protect what you care about , don’t you ? You’d do anything . ❞ 

[gotham101]

[baccarinsource-blog]

@seanpertwee: Dr. Thompkins @missmorenab Her can runneth over #Gotham