#ad s5

[imaslowlearner-butilearn]

Honestly.....I’ve been seeing gifs of the “I love Tony Wonder” line for months but NOTHING could have prepared for the vulnerability and tenderness with which Will Arnett delivered it and I will probably never forget it

[bluthfamilyoftheyear]

guys i’m calling it now gob’s gonna have to come out in a court room as his only alibi is him making love to tony wonder otherwise he’ll have to go to prison 

[mightyleviathn]

[drowsinginspace]

It’s so funny how they keep recycling the banners though

[quinnmorgendorffer]

Gob Bluth: *worked with the Hot Cops, had all those scenes with Gary ("I should be in this Poof!") who he later uses as an assistant, had a threesome involving a man, spends 3 seasons lying about having sex with various women (including his now ex-wife), goes on a wild night date with a man that they show in the same fashion as the date with his ex-wife (including a callback to the grocery carts), has sex with that man and obviously likes it (with the narrator calling it a real life version of the "now everybody is gay!" trick), experiences obvious gay panic, says he loves a man, comes out of a literal closet*

every straight male reviewer: obviously Gob’s just experiencing friendship for the first time like the narrator said that one time -

[i-love-tony-wonder]

hey if you search long beach local news instagram (i can't post links on asks haha) they have a short video about ad filming with some new shots from the 'parade' scene which are interesting

HOLY FUCK YEAH

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ14imEj9YF/?taken-by=longbeachlocalnews

Thank you so much!!!

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[dollsome-does-tumblr]

fic: LES MAGICIANS DANGEREUX (arrested development)

LES MAGICIANS DANGEREUX - Arrested Development; George Michael/Maeby + Gob/Tony + General Bluth Family Shenanigans; 3,300 words; Set post-5B. George Michael and Maeby decide to throw a family dinner to tell Michael and Lindsay about their relationship. They invite Gob and Tony along in the hopes that everyone’s favorite magician husbands will provide a much-needed distraction. It goes about how you’d expect. (And Steve Holt and Ann Veal are there too for some reason?)

Read it: [AO3 Link]

Once they’ve decided that this relationship isn’t something that’s going away, George Michael and Maeby decide to test the waters by inviting a few Bluths to dinner to break the news. They choose Michael and Lindsay, who seem to be the most level-headed options (“level-headed” here being a relative term, due to the lack of level-headed relatives in the Bluth family).

Then it dawns on them just how uncomfortable things will probably get with only the four of them there. There are some things you just don’t want to do in a quartet. Like dancing a tango. Or telling your respective parents, who are brother and sister in bond if not in fact, that you’re in love with your cousin(-...ish relation) and want to go steady.

So in an act of panic, both George Michael and Maeby send out a flurry of invitations to try to score more dinner guests and alleviate the awkwardness potential. This achieves some results.

The final guest list is as follows:

Dad/Uncle Michael (“Well,” says Maeby, “cousin Michael.”)

Mom/Aunt Lindsay (“Well,” says George Michael, “great aunt Lindsay.”)

Uncle Gob (“Well,” says Maeby, “cousin Gob.” “Good pick,” says George Michael. “Who’s more distracting than cousin Gob? Er. Uncle Gob.”)

Uncle/Cousin Gob’s Husband, Tony Wonder (“I guess he’s still just Tony Wonder. That’s convenient.”)

Steve Holt (“Do we want to figure out the logistics of the whole ‘Primos’ thing, or just call him Steve Holt?” “Nah, Steve Holt works.”)

Ann Veal (“Why?” “... I honestly don’t know. I was browsing Facebook and I panicked. She’s nice, though.”)

“So my ex-boyfriend and your ex-girlfriend are coming,” Maeby says. “And your ex-girlfriend has also slept with Uncle-Cousin Gob and Uncle-Cousin Gob’s husband, and my ex-boyfriend is Uncle-Cousin Gob’s son. I’ll say one thing: we did a stellar job picking out guests who’ll make it a less awkward evening.”

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

i think the biggest 5b letdown was that after i’d spent years reading tons of amazing, super hilarious, poignant versions of how the bluths react to gob being in love with tony, the actual show did not have any of the bluths react at all (or even notice? not sure) except for maeby saying “gay gob’s funny”. like, excuse you, canon; ao3 promised me much more than that.