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Weekly Press Briefing #51: June 11th - June 17th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from June 11 - June 17, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Josh/Donna prompt fest (hosted by @jessbakescakes and @thefinestmuffin) is open for claiming; fics reveal on June 24th. Details here.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from June 11 - June 17.

Amy Landecker posted a photo of herself and Bradley Whiford at last year’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards in celebration of his nomination for a Supporting Actor Emmy for his role as Commander Lawrence in The Handmaid’s Tale. 

Richard Schiff posted photos of himself with Lisa Edelstein in promotion of their short film Swipe NYC.

Bradley Whitford posted photos of himself on the WGA picket line with his Perfect Harmony co-stars.

Dule Hill posted a promo video for his show The Wonder Years; the second season is now available to stream on Hulu. 

Josh Malina posted a video of the Leopoldstadt cast walking to the Tony Awards together. 

Josh Malina posted a video of his Leopoldstadt colleague Brandon Uranowitz winning a Tony Award. 

Josh Malina posted a selfie with David Krumholtz, who originally played Hermann (the character Malina now plays) in Leopoldstadt. 

Josh Malina posted a silly photo of himself claiming that he’s staying humble after Leopoldstadt’s Tony wins. 

Josh Malina posted a photo of himself napping with his dog, Gus. 

Kim Webster posted a video of herself and her friends taking shots with Geena Davis.

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of her brother and his husband, along with well wishes for their first anniversary. 

Rob Lowe posted a video of himself and his wife getting ready for a date and joking that they were going to prom. 

We missed some videos from May that feature Martin Sheen. Huge thanks to the newsletter reader who sent them our way! 1 | 2 

Donna Moss Daily: June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 | June 15 | June 16 | June 17

Daily Josh Lyman: June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 | June 15 | June 16 | June 17

No Context BWhit: June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 | June 15 | June 16 | June 17

@jdsgifs: June 11 (1) | June 11 (2) | June 11 (3)

@twwarchive: June 17

Editors’ Choice: 

In honor of Father’s Day, we’re sharing some of our favorite fics that focus on fatherhood and found family dad vibes! We’ve tried to include a lot of fluff, but please be aware that because family relationships can be complicated, there might be some angsty and potentially triggering content here, so please read tags and notes and take care of yourself first. 

Favorites by Jxjxjx | Rated G | Jed Bartlet & Charlie Young, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young | Complete | Jed and Charlie talk before Charlie gets married

 i knew the love of a father runs deep by sam_writes_fics | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | She sees something light up in her husband’s eyes. She’s seen the look before – when he proposed and she said yes, when they finally said ‘I do’, both times when she told them they were having a baby – and every single time it makes her heart flutter.

 His Boy by The_wastedworld | Rated G | Josh Lyman & Leo McGarry, Jed Bartlet & Josh Lyman, Jed Bartlet & Leo McGarry (Gen Fic) | Complete | Post Bartlet shouting at Josh in 3x22, Featuring Leo defending Josh, a discussion of how much they both love him, and a slightly screwed up timeline. Also featuring a slightly mean Bartlet, but he apologises

 when i'm in my sweet daughter's eyes (my heart is now ruined for the rest of all time) by JessBakesCakes | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | The first day of school in the Moss-Lyman family is, as seven-year-old Nora puts it, a big freakin’ deal. Josh has come to enjoy it as much as the girls do – watching them all take on another school year with (mostly) wonder and excitement fills him with pride.

// the Moss-Lyman family's first day of school

 For the Redemption and the Battles by shutterbug_12 (shutterbug) | Rated G | Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler | Complete | At Hanukkah, Toby teaches a lesson.

One Quiet Day in June by GinnyK  | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | This was my answer to a Father's Day challenge, many, many years ago!

i'm gonna love you til my lungs give out by payback16 | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Sixteen years together and he still feels like pinching himself every morning he wakes up to a head of blonde hair tucked under his chin. Three other blonde little heads are sleeping just down the hall and at the thought he pulls his wife in tighter, endlessly grateful for her and the family they've created together.

or: father's day 2022 with our favorite dad

 Fathers by Nkala99 | Rated G | Gen Fic/No Pairings Listed | Complete | Jed Bartlet usually tried to maintain a professional distance with the men and women who worked for him, but the longer he spent time with them on the road during his campaign, he couldn’t deny that he was coming to care about his team.

Father's Day by Lulu [archived by westwingfanfictioncentral_archivist] | Rated T | Gen Fic/No Pairings Listed | Complete | Leo, Mallory, and some friends get together on father's day.

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own.

Josh/Donna

Errors and Omissions by Chinesepapercut | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Fragments of Days Gone By… by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Domestic Days by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

C.J./Danny

Off the Record by  onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Luppiters, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

12 Months by Jxjxjx |  Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

 it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress

Wait For Me by imperfectirises | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress

Not Making Plans by Mabis | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete

north potomac, maryland by rearviewmirror | Rated G |  C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete

Multiple Pairings

Operation in the Desert by mlea7675 | Rated T | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Will Bailey/Kate Harper, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott | Complete

Yes, You are better than my old boyfriend by Proportional Response | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Dr. Freeride/Donna Moss | Complete

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[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

My love for the West Wing has officially reached the point where the Bartlet White House is the one that I think about when reading political AUs for other fandoms. Was reading a 9-1-1 AU with the firefam as the Nash Administration and literally thought, “wait, why isn’t CJ handling this? Did I miss something bigger going on with the press?” even though the fic literally established Chimney as the press Secretary jfc someone come pick me up, I’ve finally lost it

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I wonder what life is like on the West Wing universe right now?

Bartlet served from 1999 to 2007 (the elections are held in midterm years on the show) in a world where 9/11 never happened, so there were no wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The series ended with the US stepping in to play peacekeeper between the Russians and the Chinese in Kazakhstan, which would surely become this universe’s analog to the War on Terror. How did President Santos (Hispanic Obama) handle the war he inherited? He made his opponent his Secretary of State, so you can imagine they disagree on foreign policy; Vinnick (McCain) was portrayed as a moderate Republican, but there’s no way Santos would give him carte blanche over the war. Santos himself served in the military, so he’s probably a warmonger (though the show is great American propaganda, hey would find a way to justify it and make us look like the good guys, maybe even have Santos end the war by the time he’s up for re-election)

Wha did the 2010 election look like? A Republican would almost certainly win, defeating Santos and undoing his and Bartlet’s legacies. 2014? 2018? Would there be a Trump analog in office today? Or would he be the 2011 - 2019 guy that the 2019 - present guy is cleaning up after?

Bartlet appointed three Supreme Court justices; one liberal, one neutral, and one SUPER conservative to appease Republicans. That can’t be good! Can you imagine if Clinton or Obama had appointed Brett Kavenaugh or Amy Coney Barrett? I mean, Bartlet had lost the senate and didn’t think he could push through anyone liberal unless he balanced it with someone else conservative, but this was before Mitch McConnell decided that he could singlehandedly hold the Supreme Court hostage, so the worst that could have happened was they voted him down. Ronald Reagan saw two justices voted down by the Democratic held Senate, McConnell was the first and to date only person to refuse to hold a vote for a justice. Bartlet could have pushed through two moderates, but he insisted upon a specific celebrity cameo to be chief justice (never seen again because the studio couldn’t afford Glenn Close twice)

The Democrats shots themselves in the foot during the Bartlet administration, in retrospect a frightening prediction of the Obama years, though the fictional ones are a lot more competent than the real ones. They get shit done. Not good shit, not all the time, but shit nonetheless.

Aaron Sorkin refused to watch a single episode after he left the show; saw the first 30 seconds of the first one made after he left and turned it off in rage, “these aren’t my characters.” He’s a real pain in the ass to work with, a perfectionist, so this is to be expected, but this means that he’s likely never going to give us a glimpse of this universe ever again. By the end of the series, it wasn’t his anymore, it had moved beyond him. He doesn’t want to pick up where someone else left off.

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“The West Wing” Reunion Stirs Up Nostalgia

“The West Wing” Reunion Stirs Up Nostalgia

Tessa Roy ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

Photo Credit: Tessa Roy/Emertainment Monthly.

The Bartlet Administration has reunited – in part. Fans of The West Wing were in for a treat last weekend as Bradley Whitford, Janel Moloney, and Richard Schiff(AKA Josh Lyman, Donnatella Moss, and Toby Ziegler) visited Harvard for a panel discussion and Q&A session. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, a…

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[pokeyziegler]

I like Josh acknowledging Toby's hard work for the Bartlet campaign in his Santos strategies