#prank stories

[lol-jackles]

Hello, I wanted to ask you because you have done excellent research and provided great context on other people's asks before.

I saw Jared haters/Misha stans claiming that Jared did horrible stuff to Misha from bullying, assault and etc... Or some stuff like Misha saying Jensen and Jared threw broken glass at him (I don't believe anything that man says but I wanted to make sure)

Is that true? Can you provide better context about that? because I'm really curious. I think Jared is innocent.

Jared is innocent. 90% of the 'prank' stories are fake. Lies to you civilians, fake news to this generation. Most 'bloopers' on gag reels are scripted, so it's fake-adjacent. Also, real broken glass is not used on set, break-away-glass are made of sugar and are quite edible, or are made of light plastic like acrylic. They're designed to break into blunt pieces instead of sharp pieces.

So why do J2 and Misha keep telling these fake news?  Because you the fans want those stories. Because nobody wants to hear about how a 5-second reaction shot took two hours to set up and film and took several takes. People want to hear who slept with who but since actors can't talk about that, so they tell "prank" stories every time reports and fans ask for them even though they likely never happened.

With that said, I don’t doubt that some nut tapping may have happened.  If you watched The Walking Dead, Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Neegan helpfully explained the fine art of nut tapping.  At the first commercial break we immediately turned to the women and said, “We don’t do that!” (anymore).  We don’t rhino hump each other anymore either but until JDM brings it up, we’re not going to mention it because you ladies always think it’s sexual.  Nut tapping is just a form of joking around among (true) friends and the reaction is always really funny, it’s just “banter”.   It’s why in the early days Misha used to complain about not being a recipient of the Js’ “pranks” because until that happens, he’s an outsider.  So every time I hear these crotch-grabbing prank stories, I think they’re either fake, or a shoutout to producers (”see, I’m friends with the Js!”), or staged to make the newbies feel accepted.  I know, guys are weird. 

[fictionalsadist]

Story Time!

AKA the time my mother gave my Christian youth group leader one of those pause moment that i would have paid good money to see his face at the time. 

Ok. So me, my sisters, and my mom all sound the same over the phone. If you don’t ask who your talking to you won’t know. So one day my youth group leader (I’ll call him Blue) calls up and my mother answered the phone. All of us kids who knew and respected him were in the room at the time. She knew exactly who she was talking to. 

(i can only hear one side of the phone conversation so i’m filling in Blue’s lines based on context)

Mom: *answers phone* Hello?

Blue: Hi! This is Blue. can i speak to your dad?

Mom: *Pauses* *with serious face and tone* My dad’s dead.

*Absolute shocked silence* 

Blue: ...Can I talk to your husband? 

Mom: *Casually* Sure *Hands phone to my dad* 

*Everyone else in the room loses their shit and start’s either laughing or asking mom why she did that or a mixture of both* 

[lol-jackles]

What do you make of J2's pranking on set? I'm always surprised when co-actors laugh with the pranks and praise how kind J2 are. If a co-worker grabbed me in the crotch or messed up my presentations, I'd be more than pissed off. It sounds more like bullying or a power thing then funny work anecdotes. I'd only fake laugh with the pranks they talk about if it was my boss who pulled them and my job was on the line. I'd still fantasise about cutting off his balls though. What do you think about it?

Most prank stories are fake, or what I like to call, fact-adjacent stories. Lies to you civilians, fake news to this generation.  While we’re on the subject, most ~bloopers on gag reels are scripted.

So why tell you all these fake news?  Because you the fans want those stories.  At conventions there are always at least couple of fans asking about prank carried out by actors.   If you watch interviews on Entertainment Tonight or other entertaiment media, the interviewers almost always asked for prank stories because they know fans love it, it feeds into the fanlore that the cast are “family” and acting is a fun, glamorous job.  Chances are 90% of those prank stories never happened.

Prank stories humanizes the actors. Who wants to hear about how each of these scenes are took 20 takes?  Or that 5-second reaction shots you see on screen took the whole damn afternoon to shoot?  Who wants to hear about waiting for the crew to set up the shots and the series of retakes of the same scene over and over agian?  The on-set acting is a tiny proportion of the day but it’s intense because you’re always “on” even while you’re waiting because it’s active waiting and you’re expected to immediately perfrom as soon as the director says “action”.  It’s a grind and it’s exhausting but if you say that then you’re immediately told “oh that’s soooo hollywood, you’re just an overpaid diva, no, wait, you’re an overpaid actor.”  Nobody wants to hear that.  So instead you get what you asked for, silly stories that likely never happened.

That said, I don’t doubt that some nut tapping may have happened.  If you watched The Walking Dead, Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Neegan helpfully explained the fine art of nut tapping.  As soon as it was commerical break we immediately turned to the ladies in the room and said, “We don’t do that!” …..(anymore).  We don’t rhino hump eachother anymore either but until JDM brings it up, we’re not going to mention it because you ladies always think it’s sexual.  Nut tapping is just a form of joking around among (true) friends and the reaction is always really funny, it’s just “banter”.  It’s why in the early days Misha used to complain about not being a recipient of the Js’ “pranks” because until that happens, he’s an outsider.  So everytime I hear these crotch-grabbing prank stories, I think they’re either fake, or a shoutout to producers (”see, I’m friends with the Js!”), or staged to make the newbies feel accepted.  I know, guys are weird. 

[shitthehousessay]

I woke up and went to every room, making sure that my mom would hear me doing something. When she asked what I did, I said that I made a lot of pranks in our house, so she should watch out. She was scared all day, entering rooms suspiciously, like something would kill her, touching things carefully. She was so mad at me, because she had to double check if she can sit on a couch and eat safely. The thing is, I didn't make any pranks, I just gave her a scary idea, so she was scared ~ slytherin

Lol that’s a classic.-Mel (the Slytherin)

[shitthehousessay]

I'm gryffindor, but I wanted to get out of band as a child, so I said "Dad, I forgot my agenda, can you sign this blank paper instead?" And he did so I underlined his name and made it a handwritten excuse to switch classes and I just told them now, four years later

Dude I would do that.-Mel (the Slytherin)

[shitthehousessay]

So once I was put in a long term in school suspension type of class and we were allowed to chew gum but I guess one teacher didn’t like gum or something and told me to spit it out so I stood up to go do that and she told me i couldn’t leave my seat. So I didn’t want to spit it out on my desk cause that’s just nasty... I scooted my chair all the way across the room to the trash can and back and she said “EVERYONE UP this young lady has given us a field trip to the principles office

Goddamn. Teachers like that man.-Mel (the Slytherin)

[shitthehousessay]

I used to write in notebooks a lot in high school. I was quiet, so the boys liked teasing me. There was one in particular, a cop's kid who was annoying as shit, who tried reading over my shoulder during our theology class. Keep in mind, I went to Catholic school. I presumed the mouthbreather was ignorant, so I drew pentacles all over my notebook & hissed "Kiss my ass" in Polish at him. Kid didn't talk to me until senior year bc he thought I was a witch. #Ravenclaw

Well goddamn.Sounds like something I would do. 😂😂-Mel (the Slytherin)

[shitthehousessay]

the neighbor kid who was a few years older than me was bullying my sister and i and pouring water on our heads. so i poured tomato juice on his.

Christ. 😂😂😂God job.-Mel (the Slytherin)