#the contractor

[the-blind-assassin-12]

The Contractor

Part One: Hammers And Nails

Summary: An AU where Sarah lives, but at a price. Or, Death has many contractors. Joel is Jackson’s.

This story is inspired by the song "My Boy Builds Coffins" by Florence + the Machine. It has been kicking around in my brain for the last year or so, and I am finally setting it free. For that, I am very sorry.

Warnings: graphic depictions of blood, violence, character death(s), mentions of suicide/suicidal ideation, angst, rearranging canon to suit my morbid whims. Warnings will likely change as the series continues.

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[strwbryfeels]

Ellie: So the way they ran stuff in Jackson, was that how things used to be?

Joel: No. The country was too big for that. Back then, there were basically two main ways of lookin' at things. Some people wanted to own everything.

Ellie: Mhm.

Joel: And some people didn't want anyone to own anything at all.

Ellie: Which one were you?

Joel: Neither, I just did my job.

Ellie: Which was... Building?

Joel: That's right. Houses, stores, that kinda thing. We were called "contractors".

Ellie:... (in a deep tone) "The Contractor." That's pretty cool.

Joel: Yeah... we were cool. Everybody loved contractors.

Ellie: Nice.

[skepticle]

Everyone talkin bout Gary Oldman, but the insane range of Eddie Marsan, just... wow.

[karlurbanism]

Chris Pine as James Harper in The Contractor (pt. 2)

@the-scary-1

[isobellllllllllll]

tlou episode 6 / the mandalorian chapter 24 parallel

[jack-is-lost]

Kiefer Sutherland Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ

The Lost Boys:

“Joel Schumacher wanted me to have white hair. I had very long hair at the time, and he wanted me to keep it. I just looked like a bad wrestler, and I just looked like a moron — it was awful. And I thought Billy Idol was really cool, and I thought he looked really cool, and I still think he looks really cool. His hair was all spikey and kind of punk upfront. So I got that hair cut, but I left enough at the back so I could tell (chuckles) Joel Schumacher I left it long. And I think kind of accidently might’ve been part of a movement that created, maybe, one of the worst hairstyles of all times — the mullet. I think Joel was disappointed that I cut my hair, but we did five films together so I think he forgave me.”  — Kiefer Sutherland    

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today's disabled character of the day is James Harper from The Contractor (2022), who has chronic pain and scarring on his knee after an injury

Requested by @doctorginsberg

[Image Description: Photo of Chris Pine playing James. He has short black hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a dark grey t-shirt, with a glass pane behind him.]