[tears-of-acid-and-sluts]

Meme credit: me

Every damn week

[reginasphalanges]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.08 — I Robot, You Jane..

[eloiscbridgerton]

BONUS: Trinity letting Mel's hair down

THE PITT 2.15 – 9:00 P.M.

[nobody2598]

Best ending scene🤣⚘

[bluejelloh]

[mrsmarymorstan]

Re-watching Stargate from the beginning. And one thing I am struck by, is how beautiful O'Neill's masculinity is displayed.

There's no denying that he is a masculine person. The ultimate ideal of what a man is. He's played by Richard Dean Anderson, the man semi-responsible for the term "MacGuyver" being part of our everyday lexicon.

But as a man, he doesn't fit the modern ideal of masculinity. He doesn't have a six pack. He's of average height. He's in his 40s, with greying hair and wrinkles. You don't get to be a Colonel in the Air Force and stay a fresh faced 20-something. Overall, he just looks like some guy you'd see down the pub. Not making a podcast on how men need to be dominant.

On the surface O'Neill appears to be emotionally unavailable who uses his humour as a defence mechanism. This is partly true, but it's not the whole story. His humour is a defence mechanism to stop himself from being overwhelmed by everything that has happened to him as a career soldier.

When it comes to those under his command, he's compassionate. He asks for advice and ideas from his team before offering anything of his own. He LISTENS and pays attention!! He's willing to offer hugs when needed. He's good with kids, giving an adorable shiba Inu to a girl in mourning to provide her with emotional support and joy. His advice is often to try to be friendly and smile. He never tells anyone to suck it up and get over it, and if he does tell someone to put their feelings aside it's so they can focus on saving lives.

He sends Daniel a tissue box as a message that he needs contact, rather than an intrusive probe.

Episode SIX we also see him (well, a crystal that had taken over his form) sitting in a ball, clutching the pillow of his dead son, crying his eyes out. You would NEVER see that in a modern day drama that early on.

This was made in 1997, and yet I am left with the intense feeling that we need to have more characters like Jack O'Neill around today. We need more men who want to emulate his version of masculinity. The kind who attends his doctors appointments, listens to what she has to say, and will follow her orders as a medical professional.

We need more men whose character is partly defined by his complete lack of knowledge. He regularly says "I don't know about this so I'm going to ask Captain Samantha Carter about it."

God I love this man.

[nobody2598]

because of The Pitt I started watching ER for the first time like “oh cool, young Noah Wyle, let’s see what his character’s like”...didn't expect to be emotionally compromised by fucking episode 3. like yeah okay he’s cute immediately, fine, whatever. but then the scenes with the singer with alzheimer’s??? the way he talks to her about music??? the softness??? the patience??? ??? hello sir??? why are you like this??? he's already stealing my heart. who gave this man those big brown eyes and emotional intelligence

[asystolle]

Is that the, uh- mom of the heatstroke? THE PITT: 2.12 - 6:00 PM

[nobody2598]

can I just say I love Dr. Al-Hashimi so much

[fluffbyday-smutbynight]

THE VERSATILITY OF "CAZZO" in the Italian language

(kinda wanted to title this "italian cocks and where to find them" but... you know...)

So, we have covered "sti cazzi" here. Let's move on to the many uses of this amazing word and all the idioms derived from it.

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cazzo = literally, "dick/cock". As an exclamation (cazzo!), it equates the English "fuck!"

'sto cazzo = (lit. "this dick") - no way! ; conveys refusal, disagreement. e.g.: "Will you lend me money?" "Sto cazzo!"

un cazzo = (lit. "a dick") - nothing, no amount of smth.; e.g.: "non c'é un cazzo da fare" = "there's nothing left to do about it"

che cazzo...? = (lit. "what dick...?") - what the fuck...?; just as the English equivalent, can be used alone or to ask about what's going on, e.g.: "che cazzo stai facendo?" = "what the fuck are you doing?"

eccheccazzo! = (lit. "what dick!") - what the fuck!; exclamation variant of the idiom above

cazzata = bullshit or cock-up, depending on context. e.g.: "stai dicendo una cazzata" = "what you're saying is bullshit" ; "ho fatto una cazzata" = "I screwed up"

cazzone = (lit. "big dick") jackass, stupid/unreliable individual. e.g.: "Anderson è un cazzone" = "Anderson is a wanker"

testa di cazzo/faccia di cazzo = respectively, dickhead and dickface. As simple as that.

a cazzo di cane = (lit. "as a dog's dick") - said of something done hastily, with poor results. e.g.: "Anderson lavora a cazzo di cane" = "Anderson works very poorly"

a cazzo duro = (lit. "with a hard dick") - to take action with great confidence and resolution.

cazzuto = adj.; (someone) badass, ballsy.

del cazzo = (lit. "of the dick") - something of poor quality. e.g: "E' proprio un film del cazzo" = "That's a terrible film"

cazzi amari/acidi = (lit. "bitter/sour dicks") - troubles, problems. e.g.: "Ora sono cazzi amari!" = "Now you're gonna face big troubles!"

farsi i cazzi propri/degli altri = (lit. "to mind your own/other people's dicks") - to mind your own/other people's business.

incazzarsi = verb; to get upset/angry.

incazzoso = adj.; someone who gets angry very easily and/or is looking to pick a fight

stare sul cazzo = (lit. "to be on someone's dick") - to be unlikeable/unpleasant to someone. e.g.: "Mary mi sta sul cazzo" = "I find Mary annoying/disagreeable"

levarsi dal cazzo = (lit. "to get out of someone's dick") - to get out of the way, to piss off.

sbattersene il cazzo = (lit. "to slap your own dick") - to not give a shit.

rompere il cazzo = (lit. "to break someone's dick") - to be annoying, irritating. Accordingly, it can be said of someone that they're a "rompicazzo".

scazzare = verb; to argue/have a fall-out with someone.

essere scazzati = verb; to be upset/in a bad mood.

cazziare = verb; to scold/reprimand someone. It results in a "cazziatone": an earful, an ass-kicking.

cazzeggiare = verb; to faff around, to laze around

fancazzista = (lit. "no-dicks-doer") - a lazy person.

sarcazzo! = (lit. "the dick knows!") - exclamation, when confronted with something unknown, imperscrutable. Only god knows! (eheh)

coi controcazzi = (lit. "with the counterdicks") - said of something/someone that is top-quality. "Greg è un detective coi controcazzi" = "Greg is a very capable detective"

cazzo me ne frega? = (lit. "what dick do I mind?") - I don't give a shit.

cagacazzo/i = (lit. "dick-shitter") - someone annoying (see: "rompicazzo")

grazie al cazzo! = (lit. "thanks to the dick!") - sarcastic thank you in reply to something utterly obvious.

supercazzola = term invented by Ugo Tognazzi and popularized by the film "Amici miei", it's a string of non-sense sentences aimed at bamboozling the listener. In everyday use, it can define a long-winded, meaningless speech.

... and I'm not even going into all the different regional terms referring to the male genitalia. There are *a lot* of dicks in Italy, and they're widespread.

and then there's the big outlier: the Veneto region, with its preference for... female anatomy (right, @kettykika78?) XD

paging @totallysilvergirl @ineffableuser @hubblegleeflower @instantparadisesoul @johnlockismyreligion

[sg1]

My Top Twenty-Five Stargate Characters ☆ #01 ↳ Sam Carter

[aenslem]

Who are you? || Midnight Mass (2021) 1.05

[nobody2598]

Their chemistry was insane

[da-pitt]

[nobody2598]

Literally me (Dana) and one of my colleagues (Robby)

[livnothewson]

THE PITT (2025-) 2.08 | 2:00 P.M.

[timothyolyphant]

How old are you, huh? Fifty? Ish. THE PITT S02E03

[nobody2598]

Queen🤣🍒

[samcaarter]

[nobody2598]

Joe won me over with this simple scene 💙

[thatonewastelander]

The Fallout show, at least to me, has a very interesting view on gender and even switches certain gender dynamics around that are different that from what we usually see in media

Chet is the clueless househusband who has no power in the relationship at all. He's forced into submission by Stephanie (who has not only has professional power, being the new overseer, but also emotional power, with the baby) and has unwillingly taken the role as Husband and Father, and now he's left defenseless to do anything except gather information from the sidelines as he tries to help the people of the Vault.

Cooper is obviously bringing money to the family, but he isn't the main breadwinner. I definitely think Barb, one of the higher ups at one of the richest companies in the country, would definitely be making more than some actor. And because of his status, he's left in the dark to everything going in around him and is forced to look for answers himself. He's not allowed in certain places or involved in certain conversations (or simply doesn't want to be) because of who he is, so he finds ways around it so he can find what he's looking for. With this role we see in women, they are underestimated and left in the dark because they're a woman and not because of their job or who they're married to.

Lucy and Norm also have a dynamic switch. Typically it's the son searching for the father and it's the son who is the father's pride and joy who will continue on the family legacy, but this isn't the case for the MacLean siblings. Lucy was Hank's pride and joy; she's the one who is brave enough to search for their father, she's the one he trusts the most to believe in his cause and understand what he's doing for Vault Tec. Norm is pushed to the sides by Hank because of his lack of enthusiasm for pretty much everything. So instead of being put on any family related quests, his quest is related to finding out his father's secrets and he is expected to navigate through this quest without the help of his sister, something he is not used to.

Even Betty (pre war), while just an assistant to Barb, seems to have no real power dynamic between them other than boss and employee, and it seems like Barb even trusts Betty enough to tell her that things are not okay. Usually the assistants are women with little to no purpose other than serving their boss, but with Betty (both pre war and post war) we see this isn't the case

Or Ma June being the "wise elder who s teaches the protagonist". Typically we see these roles taken by men, who are comedic but wise elderly men who teach the young main character about how the world around then works. And when these roles are taken by women, usually she is less comedic and more of a sweet elder or her comedic moments come from her hidden strength or wise cracking sarcasm, but Ma June isn't either. Yes she's and elderly woman who teaches Lucy and Norm a few things, but she's not wise and she definitely doesn't want to be teaching them anything. She is just a survivor like everyone else in the wasteland who gets sucked up in the Maclean Family issues.

These are just the few I could think of, and I probably could go into more detail about them, but it was just something I noticed recently. I think that's why I love this show so much is that everything is different than what we're used to as audience members; from moments like the bombing of Shady Sands (which many writers aren't comfortable with destroying places or people out of fear *cough*dufferbrothers*cough*) to changing the cliches and dynamics around from the traditional ways.

[elenath9]

Fragile Balance

[nobody2598]

The first time I saw this episode, I honestly thought he was RDA's son. Excellent acting.💙

[sg1]

Stargate SG-1, 05.17 Fail Safe