I'd love to leave my memory with you

Ri, she/her, 31. Proper tea of Queen Productions. Currently Mission-posting.

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The thing about writing - you never know where it will lead you and how it will change you in the process.

I accidentally fell in love with the character of India Zulu 254. So little screen time, so significant of a turn in storytelling. It tells so much about Ethan, the IMF, and the state of the world the IMF agents were in during the time of DR/TFR. It also helps that McQ spoke quite extensively (and might I add fondly!) of Alex James-Phelps and his characterization during their initial talk, then filming, then everything.

I felt that he would have a PERFECT part in the DR/TFR arc, the answer to all the audience questions of "how did that happen" especially in TFR. So I wrote him into my fic!

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Interesting new podcast appearance of Sarina and Roger about ADHD. If it seems random, I think so too lol but context:

Roger invited my husband, Paul Whitehouse, to interview him in the run-up to its 5th May launch - and what a fabulous evening we all had 😊 Yes, we're also enjoying yet another bottle this evening 🥳 👑

Paul Whitehouse opens up on unlikely friendship with rock icon

Imagine the stories they’ve got between them

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Youtube version:

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Interesting new podcast appearance of Sarina and Roger about ADHD. If it seems random, I think so too lol but context:

Roger invited my husband, Paul Whitehouse, to interview him in the run-up to its 5th May launch - and what a fabulous evening we all had 😊 Yes, we're also enjoying yet another bottle this evening 🥳 👑

Paul Whitehouse opens up on unlikely friendship with rock icon

Imagine the stories they’ve got between them

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For my archive because I missed posting it. The White Queen isolated guitar solo from Brian's work preview of Queen II (2026):

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Interview dump of Queen-adjacent things from my list of links. (But also now having been nearly 8 years into the fandom in this era, please take roadie stories and testimonies with a sensible level of skepticism)

The Peter Hince Queen Collection

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Eternia (from "Masters of the Universe")

Brian at the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe premiere in London with Anita, Daniel Pemberton, and The Darkness (Rufus!)

Brian plays in the track Eternia from the movie's soundtrack.

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From Howard Jones:

I had the pleasure of going into @/steinwayandsons and playing Freddie Mercury’s piano which was being restored for Brian May. It was incredible to play the same piano I got to play at Live Aid 41 years ago. Thank you George for giving me this experience ✨

Thanks to renrensoh - this was the piano Brian posted about last December and never spoke about again...

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Let's catch up with some Queen things... Brian was at Celebrating Meat Loaf at London Palladium on 17th May 😊

📸 Mike Williams

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Also lol because of something random. I'm kind of surprised that there were Different Interpretations of what happened in Rogue Nation before IMF was absorbed by the CIA. Like I thought it was a General procedure for people working in companies at least but. What happened was asset transfer? Either you get a position (probably demoted) in the new organization or you quit with the whole package, plausible for early retirement if the age nears. Will and Benji chose the former (need a job) and Luther chose the latter (would rather quit than serve the CIA). When my company closed half of their sites that's what they did to save employees from being completely laid off. Like it wasn't..... A Retirement without context. That's what "chose to retire" was. Idk I read something randomly weird ew anyway

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OK last one today, I actually found these funsies first from Paul Dolan before then I dug up Painting Practice and found this video and I know these are just concept arts but my mind,, is blown?? Like wdym

That on the left is insane was Luther going to die like this?? Or was this like Ethan's dream/vision?? The whole place is rigged and what's with the church-esque interior... Plus the one on the right:

"A booby trap device that wasn’t ultimately seen in the movie, it features multiple canisters on the top with wiring that fed downwards into a tunnel complex where Ving Rhames’ character was staying." Idk anything about Luther's death makes me go insane whyyyyy

Plus?? I didn't know Alanna's deleted arc in TFR was about her being inside the Belgorod?? Doing what?? Oh what I would give.....

More church-esque visuals?? Who is this supposed to be, Ethan and Kittridge? Or is this the scrapped flashback of Ethan and Hunley?? But it doesn't look like Hunley but also what is this?? Or is this the scrapped "phantom mentor figure" that McQ was trying to do that was supposed to connect Ethan and Grace? So many questions??

And one fun bonus:

They narrowly avoided shooting it like this with the flag(s??) on the ground because Eddie's daughter told them that flags aren't supposed to touch the ground and even Erik (who was on set) missed it lmao so she's the only family member who gets a special thanks in the credits

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Ilsa beloved 😭💖

Some cool unused dossiers from the VHS mission brief shared by ExpressionNervous444 courtesy of Territory (one of the many VFX studios involved), they also did work in DR.

Bonus: more mission briefing design funsies here...

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Hello fandom does anyone have an actual hi-res photo of this please? I have watched TFR a zillion times and this seems to be a promo shot not in the actual movie? Also it's from a Japanese movie program on eBay

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Sucker for the "talk to me" love language

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Happy 1 year fandom anniversary to me!!

May I share the fruit of my labour, a labour of love, my TFR canon-compliant series 🥰. Only one chapter from completion - soon!

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Sooo last week I managed to watch 2x of TG86 and 3x of TGM (while I keep saying to myself this is what I earn money for) and oh no... after a year in M:I fandom I guess this is inevitable... I can't stop thinking about Them.

When I watched TGM in theaters in 2022 I haven't seen TG86 so it was just A Great Movie. I've seen both separately since then but for some reason it still didn't hit me as hard. Now seeing them both back-to-back a few times in a short run and ohhh my God.

So I guess hi TG fandom.....

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Mick Rock exhibit at the Morrison hotel gallery in New York this month, apparently

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So much has been happening in the last two months, I got sick twice (in a total of almost 3 non-consecutive weeks), the first quarter was kinda crazy because at work that's where all my stuff peaks in the year every year... etc etc.

I have Queen things sitting but I have such weak willpower, but I'll try... I owe you guys the Queen II (2026) book post, my Queen daytrip in Munich from six months ago omg, a little about the Freddie exhibition in Budapest which I will always have mixed feelings about. I may or may not be saving for Montreux and Budapest this September we'll see.

I haven't updated my Mission TFR fic for two months but it's such a big chapter that I'm struggling with, it's 70% done and when it's finished it'll be a long one and it'll take the biggest plot burden I've had in my mind since I watched TFR..... a year ago??? Oh my GOD. And I have a LOT of individual fic ideas. And I have bits of TFR things and revelations still sitting in my drafts. Soon soon.

Anyway hi!! Happy weekend and hope you're all doing alright ❤