#oh bill

[homosexualpigeon]

I know in my heart that if TOS did actually do a gay episode, it would be written about two one-off alien characters and then our favourite homophobe William Shatner would get all pissy and make them rewrite the episode to make Kirk be the one in a same sex relationship

[vildo]

Is he…you know

[pegging-fictional-men]

It seems pretty clear that Bill Williamson suffers from some kind of PTSD from his time serving in the army, but I wonder if he might also have a TBI on top of it?

(source)

We don't know how Bill sleeps (or I don't, at least) or if he has many of the physical symptoms, but the cognitive and emotional symptoms (inattentiveness, concentration issues, impaired judgment, executive dysfunction, depression, agitation, irritability, impulsivity, aggression) all sound like Bill. Like PTSD, a TBI is something that he could lean on alcohol to manage.

I'm not saying this to excuse any of Bill's actions or any of the nasty shit he says in-game, but the lack of compassion he gets from the rest of the gang (which could be argued to be just good old fashioned 19th century ableism) makes him, in my eyes, at least, a really tragic figure.

[mmmerlenoir]

[silmarildust]

So I'm in love with this dead ass jazz musician

[nblesbianbenhanscom]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary:

When Robin eventually walks away from Steve, Billy downs a double shot of rum before heading over.

“Hey, pretty boy,” Billy says when he gets close enough for Steve to hear him.

Smiling widely, Steve pulls Billy into a hug. Steve is pleasantly drunk. “Hey! What’s up, Billy?”

“Not much, how are you doing?” Billy asks, his heart thudding hard in his chest.

“I’m great. Want another drink?”

“Nah. I was thinking about getting out of here. Wanna go get a bite to eat?” He can’t believe what he’s saying. Well, he can, he’s asking Steve to go get food. He’s done it countless times, but this is the first time since he came out. He hopes Steve knows it’s more than the normal let’s go get food. Steve blinks up at him.

“Uh?” Steve manages.

“Food. Wanna get some?”

Steve grins and lets out a little laugh. Billy is 85% sure Steve knows what Billy’s asking.

When Steve just lets out a small laugh and blushes, Billy steps into Steve’s space. In a low voice, he asks, “How about it, pretty boy? Wanna grab a bite?”

Steve blushes deeper and huffs again. “Where?”

Billy cups the back of Steve’s neck and raises his eyebrow a little. He squeezes gently and Steve shivers. “Wherever you want, pretty boy.”

[el-cheung]

[britneyshakespeare]

so i’ve been rewatching freaks and geeks (which is probably apparent by my posting it more than i usually do), out of order since they took it off of netflix :( and i thought about this before, the last time i rewatched the show in 2017, but lemme jsut do a quick stand-up set about it and i promise i’ll be done.

james franco looks like he lost a quart of blood every day on set before filming. everyone in the show looks a little gray because the lighting’s not as bright as most sitcoms (it’s more of a dramedy but as a point of contrast), almost all of the characters have brown hair and brown eyes, and no one ever wears anything exceptionally colorful. but somethin bout franco makes it look like he’s been dead for five days, dug his way out after a quick dirt nap, and took a 5-minute power shower to get some of the earth out of his hair. *taps mic a couple of times* (is this thing on?) he already has a very defined profile in terms of facial structure but somethin about the character he’s playing combined w the atmosphere of the show makes him look even more like a mangled corpse. he’s pale and cadaveric enough to play one of those sexy vampires from all the early 2010s era twilight ripoffs but not nearly as well groomed. the bags under daniel desario’s eyes are not designer.

but you’ll have to take this w a pinch of salt bc i very much thought that was very very hot when i was 15.