#stanlovespeggy

[theresebelivett]

stanlovespeggy replied to your post:

Mackenzie Davis was in the audience for The...

Someone put a pic on twitter!

THIS FUCKING NERDDDDDDDDADSKFHJSKAJFHDJASHFSKHSJAHF

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"that guy" lol

Me every day on tumblr dot com lol

[theresebelivett]

stanlovespeggy replied to your post: it’s that time again!!! HERE’S MY 2018...

No Tully or Izzy?? Also, you’ve inspired me to make a list like this, so thanks!

I KNOOOOOOOOO i liked those two i did!!!! but i can’t put em on my top ten just cause they star my wife, that’s not fair to the other movies i actually did love a lot hehehehe. AND YAY I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE UR LIST!!

[mugsywrites]

Your Tom phone call memes are giving me life.

LOL i was just reading an article spinning the ratings and and whatnot  "good news for twd! the MSF where a character dies (and his actor is ecstatic about it!) is only the 5th lowest rated episode out of 124!" and it’s killing me. Also how he’s being shady as fuck about everything while still being polite and British.

[pleasantscreams]

stanlovespeggy: Somebody already asked this, so I’ll ask YOU -

The Scream films

this is like choosing between my children omfg i hope you're happy

1. queen sidney 'don't fuck with the original' prescott 2. prince randal 'there are cERTAIN RULES!!!!!' meeks r.i.p. 3. heir to the throne kirby (she's not dead okay i refuse i REFUSE) 4. dew drop + gale (they tie bc i can't rank one over the other and won't okay) 5. jennifer!!

(runners up: TATUM and cici and stu and joel and lois and murphy and kenny and casey, basically everyone except for whiny-ass billy and the majority of those new character losers from 'scream 3' because no)

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Stan Rizzo Was Freaking Awesome Last Night, Why Can't Anyone See This?

A couple of very subtle things caught my eyes and ears during Episode 4.

Color Schemes

First off, in To Have and To Hold, Stan Rizzo and Ted Chaough are wearing the same golden brown colors (again - they were both in light/dark blue in #3). Stan’s no longer wearing his signature green blazer – he’s wearing Peggy’s former signature color, mustard yellow (interesting, considering they were courting ketchup). This could be a nod to the fact that he now has Peggy’s old job.  Peggy is wearing blue, the opposite of Stan on the color wheel, but they are identically bold in color, against the boring suits of the old order.

Hiding Behind The Beard

Stan’s new amazing beard is really a fantastic mask. Where his clean-shaven look showed a man who was outgoing and outspoken with nearly cartoonish facial expressions (the sneer when Joyce licked Peggy, the eye rolling, etc), his beard reveals something more introspective when you can't read him. I think this might have saved his ass for his own betrayal of SCDP: blabbing to Peggy before understanding the bigger picture.

Watch what happens when Ken arrives and starts yelling at SCDP for betraying Beans. Stan hated the bean guy just as much as Peggy. He doesn’t actually give a shit about beans - he's just paid to do a job either way. He even spoke about beans in contempt in earlier episodes. His personal loyalty does NOT lie in beans. It lies in finally having his own space to work where he can listen to shitty hippie music, smoke weed and work in peace away from those bozos (particularly Ginzo, who is making him mad).

Stan is the only person who knew all along that Peggy had any real balls, because he’s been coaching and observing her for two seasons and knows what she’s capable of. They met the day Don stole Peggy's Glo-Coat ad, and her first cracks of friendship with Stan are when they confide in each other that they are underestimated. Stan never got credit for the Johnson ads at DDB (his former employer), and she didn't get credit for Glo-Coat. That's a common thread they share. The only thing he gets wrong about her is the nudity: everything else he says about her personality when they first meet is dead on. This guy has definitely seen it all.

He and Ken alone saw her eviscerate Beans in the pitch, so those two have that understanding that Pete and Don don’t know about. That was the point of their phone conversation in the first place – it was a shared inside joke between them. He's also made jokes about her unabashed competitiveness. 

I'm pretty sure the real cause of Stan’s moroseness is not about being sad that his friend Peggy “betrayed” him – he’s too smart for that. He REALLY doesn’t want to give up his hard-earned autonomy and precious work space. I believe this because he could easily have dropped into a “that bitch Peggy!” conversation with two sympathetic ears, but he doesn’t want to even get into that conversation because he knows full well that he’s the cause of it. He's focused primarily on the inevitability that he won't be singled out as a creative anymore.

He also likely realizes that Ted, who interrupted his phone call with Peggy, might have heard the whole thing by accident and is the one behind this shit. This faux pas was definitely Stan’s fault, but being a prankster himself, I think he recognized the connection immediately. 

Speaking of pranksters...how did JWT know about the meetings, if they were supposed to be secret? Ahem...did Peggy tip them off? I'm pretty sure that is the reason why she's secretly smirking. That's what I would do: Heinz was a major pain in her ass, she wanted a small revenge on Don, she didn't seem pleased by Ted's ruthlessness or snooping in her office, and she didn't want to rat out her friend. 

She's smiling an awful lot for having just lost the account Ted was so greedy for. Stan has no real alliances except to himself and possibly Peggy on a personal level. The same goes for Peggy.  She's still herself, and I don't think she's the type to unnecessarily burn bridges, especially in that incestuous business. Alliances turned on a dime; companies merged and bought each other out. 

If that is the case that middle finger is playfully meant for Peggy the Shitbird, but mostly for TED, and he is pissed because his Secret Man Cave is no more. If you look, the finger starts off at her while she smiles, but moves toward Ted, which is where Peggy's eyes are looking. 

This hearkens back to this beautiful frame:

Stan’s secret is safe. Peggy isn't going to rat out that Stan was the mole. It isn't in her best interest. (If she were smart, she'd nab him personally and professionally.)

Ted got burned for being greedy. Good.

When the other agency beat them both, Stan realized the “covert operation” was actually a free-for-all, not Peggy being a dick.

 SCDP got internally splintered even further.

Other Weird Stuff

The song that Stan is listening to in the Tinfoil Weed Lair also might be a clue, like all music in the show is: Friends I Haven’t Met Yet. It’s a very interesting choice, other than you having to totally be stoned to enjoy it. It’s a song about yearning for a positive transition. Let's hope the first is Stan buying a better fucking record. Bleagh. 

I think Stan’s going to ditch SCDP soon and either work for another firm or try and get in with his beloved Peggy, for two reasons.

1) He knows she isn't happy. She told him everything in that regard. Their failure in Ketchup could lead to her firing someone.

2) He knows HE isn't happy. If he plays his cards right, he could ditch SCDP and sweep creative at CGC, or go to a bigger firm (which didn't work for him before. He wasn't appreciated at DDB, so why would he stay at a place where he's not going to get to do good work?)

Stan, unlike Peggy, isn’t particularly ambitious - but he likes a positive work environment and is a real team player, as long as he gets some recognition. Since Peggy left, he’s been miserable and kind of weirdly lost. Remember when he tried confiding to her during speech about his date ‘going on about Grandma Moses? He slipped in there that he was concerned about photography taking over his trade. Obviously he’s taken the lead to embrace photography since then with this advertising campaign. That shows someone who is savvy and business smart under all the joking. He’s looking out for himself. Stan is as underestimated as Peggy, for opposite reasons.

Possible Coup?

There’s big change afoot, I think. If you listen closely during SCDP's presentation to Ketchup, Stan quietly mutters something about having an idea using a large ketchup bottle - precisely the same idea Peggy uses in her ad - and gets quickly shushed by Pete. That is a very important moment that a lot of people missed: Stan and Peggy are still on the same page creatively.

In his phone call to Peggy, Stan never actually mentions anything covert, nor does he mention what style he is using for his presentation. He just says that Ketchup and Beans hate each other and there's meetings being taken.

Ted Chaough had the glee of seeing Don face off with his beloved, spurned protégée at the expense of losing the account he greedily hoped for. From his point of view, he witnesses several key things at the bar:

Stan's unreadable reactions to Peggy.

Ken angry at Don, Stan and Pete for betraying both Beans and SCDP. This signifies a rift within the company, which Ted clearly hoped would happen. That shit-eating grin of his when he orders the drinks is priceless.

But Ted mentions something very important: the remark about small agencies fighting against larger ones for a piece of the pie. Stan is the only one who remarks about the size of the winner of that day's battle.

The fact that both small agencies lost to the larger one might be an interesting bend to the show. We're so used to seeing CGC and SCDP fighting each other, but now both are up against firms that are consolidating and becoming superpowers. The smaller agencies, Ted correctly points out, are fighting for their meager shares. Pete makes a statement about CGC being identical to them: struggling and small. I think that is significant. 

Word of advice, fellas:  If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

This season is about revisiting old grounds. I don't think CGC and SCDP are going to be rivals forever. I think they might actually merge before the series ends to become a super-corporation, a hearkening back to Shut The Door. Have A Seat. 

CGC and SCDP both clearly want more pie. 

Of course, I might be totally wrong. Anyway, this is how I would take the show. I also hope Stan and Peggy go in the weed room one night and make out to some flower child music.

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i am 5'2" 

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i am the oldest of six children, though we are spread out among three different families. there is my brother nicolas, my step-siblings kevin and kristen and my half-siblings justin and kendall.

i was born in florida but moved to nj when i was like 6 months old

i once flashed a room full of boys during a game of truth or dare (subsequently, i was shamed for a long time because of that. blah blah)

my first kiss was under the bleachers during track practice in 6th grade

there is a home video of me naked and three years old singing along to the cherish music video by madonna

i lived alone in my apartment all summer and slept with a night-light on because i'm a baby

i often recite whatever i'm writing out loud while i'm cooking or cleaning

my make-up bag is filled with six different kinds of chapstick