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📞☎️Ring, Ring! DDA Fic Masterpost

PICK UP THE PHONE!!! Here's a big list of all my Dog Day Afternoon fanfics, listed in chronological order of my headcanon DDA timeline (i put way too much thought into the timeline it's a problem)

When We Were Good - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,410 words

"Sonny and Leon meet on the Fourth of July."

Place in Timeline: (July 4th, 1971)

Kiss Me, Man! Sonny/Leon - M - 3,687 words

"In an hour it'll be 1968, and Sonny's spending the last seconds of 1967 hooking up with some loser named Chuck. Things don't exactly go the way he'd like."

Place in Timeline: (New Years, 1967 (first half), July 4th, 1971 (second half))

A Quick Dip at 3 AM - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,889 words

"Sonny and Leon attempt to go on vacation but the weather isn't cooperating. Now, Sonny can't sleep."

Place in Timeline: (late August, 1971)

Cockroaches Are The New Jesus - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,715 words

"The bank Sonny works at has been infested with cockroaches! Now he's got a day off to spend with Leon."

Place in Timeline: (early September, 1971)

Just Another Night - Sonny/Leon - G - 1,339 words

"Sonny and Leon chat through the evening."

Place in Timeline: (early September, 1971)

Just You, Me, and the Alamo - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,750 words

"Sonny and Leon attempt to have a nice night in the tub."

Place in Timeline: (mid September, 1971)

A Magical Gay Evening in 1971 - Sonny/Leon - T - 4,912 words

"Sonny and Leon are trying to have a romantic evening, but the world has other plans. They're determined to make the most of it, and that means getting absolutely wasted."

Place in Timeline: (late September/early October, 1971)

Kinda Starring Leon Shermer - Sonny/Leon - G - 2,916 words

"Leon's ended up in a local play - kinda not really. But Sonny's made up his mind that he's gonna go."

Place in Timeline: (early October, 1971)

Cover Me! - Sonny/Leon - T - 3,772 words

"It's a rainy day in Brooklyn and Sonny's pissing Leon off, as usual. But, somehow, they're able to turn it around and have a good day, for once."

Place in Timeline: (mid October, 1971)

Mice, Frying Pans and Albania, Oh My - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,818 words

"Sonny and Leon are trying to get it on - but get distracted by a mouse in the apartment."

Place in Timeline: (mid October, 1971)

I Need You, I Need You - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,042 words

"Sonny's sick, and Leon has to take care of him. Sonny's making it more difficult than it has to be."

Place in Timeline: (late October, 1971)

I Haven't Lived, I've Died a Few Times - Sonny/Leon - G - 4,875 words

"Leon's tasked with fixing the heater at the bank Sonny works at."

Place in Timeline: (November 1st, 1971)

I Thought It Would Help Me (But It Didn't) - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,007 words

"Leon hasn't heard from Sonny in five days. Without him, she spirals, with him, she spirals - now she's finally seeing him again and she's stuck between a rock and a hard place."

Place in Timeline: (November 6th, 1971)

The Honeymoon Can't be Worse, Right? (it will be much worse) - Sonny/Leon - G - 1,207 words

"Sonny and Leon are stuck on the side of the highway. And the wedding is tomorrow!"

Place in Timeline: (late November, 1971)

Two Newlyweds at the Psychiatrist - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,706 words

"Leon goes to the psychiatrist."

Place in Timeline: (early/mid December, 1971)

Insomnia, 2002 - Sonny/Leon - T - 3,108 words

"It's been a month since the wedding, since Atlantic City, since the psychiatrist, and it feels like Sonny and Leon haven't spoken since, or slept since. Instead, they've become consensual insomniacs, staying up all night and spending their honeymoon watching a new show, 2002."

Place in Timeline: (late December, 1971)

Hold On Just a Little Longer - Sonny/Leon - G - 671 words

"Leon asks Sonny to come back to bed."

Place in Timeline: (mid January, 1972)

CROSSOVER/AU FICS (AKA Shermline fics)

Even Cigarettes Taste Different Here - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 4,395 words

"In an effort to leave Sonny and her past behind, Leon's moved to Baltimore. It's not quite what she thought it would be. Haunted by Sonny and Brooklyn, Leon's having trouble putting the past behind her. When she runs into a distressed lawyer who looks a little too much like her ex-husband, Leon's feelings begin to change."

Place in Timeline: (January-March, 1973)

Make Her An Offer She (Hopefully) Can't Refuse!- Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 6,736 words

"Leon says she's ready for Arthur to propose! Unfortunately for Arthur, he had decided earlier he wants to propose on January fifth. Four days after she said he could. In his mad dash to give Leon the perfect proposal, and the perfect marriage, and the perfect life, Arthur finds himself scared and insecure out of his mind."

Place in Timeline: (January 5th, 1976)

Why Is My Lawyer Rocking Back & Forth - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ....And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 5,513 words

"Arthur's overstimulated. The night gets worse from there."

Place in Timeline: (February, 1976)

The Coca Cola Bath Experience - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 5,189 words

"Leon's having a bad day. Now it's Arthur's job to make her feel better."

Place in Timeline: (February, 1976)

Penny For Your Thoughts? Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 4,054 words

"It's Arthur's birthday and Leon's giving him what he loves most. Abraham Lincoln! And herself."

Place in Timeline: (January 1, 1978)

A Mother's Woe: The Baseball Woman's Story - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 2,162 words

"Cora keeps lending Leon weird movies, and Leon keeps making Arthur watch them with her. Movie night has rolled around again, and tonight's rendezvous is called "A Mother's Woe: The Baseball Woman's Story."

Place in Timeline: (June, 1979)

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Leon! - Leon Shermer - little bit of Leon/Arthur - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 1,840 words

"Leon admires herself in the mirror and reflects on her body, her transition, and womanhood."

Place in Timeline: (June, 1979)

Let's Lay Here & Laugh Together Forever Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - E - 6,048 words

"Leon and Arthur have sex, banter, and make each other laugh."

Place in Timeline: (August, 1979)

Period, Uh? - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 1,664 words

"In which Leon Shermer wants to cuddle, Arthur Kirkland hasn't slept in three days, and also forgets his wife is trans."

Place in Timeline: (Early September, 1979)

Oh, You Make Me Feel Young Again - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 2,446 words

"It's four AM and Leon's awake, which means Artie has to be awake too."

Place in Timeline: (Mid December, 1979)

Tonight? Friday? Saturday? - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 777 words

"Arthur can't help but say good morning to his lady."

Place in Timeline: (Mid December, 1979)

Guess I'll Start it All Again, Y'know I Need You - Sonny "Lou" Wortzik/Max Millan - Scarecrow (1973) Crossover - T - 3,927 words

"Max wakes up early and reflects on his life, his relationship and Lou."

Place in Timeline: (Late February, 1986)

Be A Man and Listen to Janet Jackson - Sonny "Lou" Wortzik/Max Millan - Scarecrow (1973) Crossover - T - 4,864 words

"Lou AKA Sonny is having a pretty average day, until he isn't. Lately, he can't stop thinking about Leon and his past."

Place in Timeline: (Early April, 1986)

Second Place at the Howard Johnson's - Sonny "Lou" Wortzik/Max Millan - Scarecrow (1973) Crossover - T - 3,667 words

"Max has entered himself into an art competition...out of spite."

Place in Timeline: (April, 1986)

NON CANON FICS (fics that exist outside my headcanon timeline):

I'm Dying Here - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,270 words

"Sonny has bad luck with air conditioning."

Sonny Wortzik: A Christmas Caper - Sonny/Leon - G - Uncomplete (5/6) - Christmas Carol AU - Big Lebowski Crossover - 18,337 words

"It's Christmas Eve, and instead of spending the day with family and friends, Sonny Wortzik is robbing a bank. But during his selfish escapade, Sonny finds himself being visited by three spirits, tasked with helping him change for the better. Will Sonny be able to redeem himself, or will he succumb to his own misfortune?"

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hes rlly polite and normal here

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lets get this one to triple platinum 🔥

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hes rlly polite and normal here

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📞📜New DDA/AJFA Fic! + More!

RING RING! Court is in session for ANOTHER DDA/AJFA fic PLUS! Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and Frankie & Johnny (1991)! THE BIGGEST CROSSOVER YET!

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

Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland, Rated T, 6,736 words

Plot Synopsis: "Leon says she's ready for Arthur to propose! Unfortunately for Arthur, he had decided earlier he wants to propose on January fifth. Four days after she said he could. In his mad dash to give Leon the perfect proposal, and the perfect marriage, and the perfect life, Arthur finds himself scared and insecure out of his mind."

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in my heart and soul these chumps are best friends

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SCARECROW (1973) dir. Jerry Schatzberg.

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i wish max was headed for something...

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Frankie & Johnny (1991) Cora Photodump

I FINALLY GOT FRANKIE & JOHNNY ON DVD AND THAT MEANS I CAN HAVE PHOTOS OF MY BELOVED!!!!!!!!! Cora is the BEST and MOST IMPORTANT character in this movie and i am deeply in love with her. she is my world. she is my everything. i dont rlly like her movie.

and also some bonus Cora x Johnny pics bc baby that is HETSLOP! the movie should have been called Cora & Johnny (1991) what who said that

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scarecrow (1973) fandom hear ye hear ye. Just realized the parallels to The Wizard of Oz

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scarecrow (1973) fandom hear my plea. hey guys how are you doing

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oooh baby. dog day afternoon

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is the world ready for my 5 favorite celebrities

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recently I was sad and my immediate response was to edit this together on clip studio paint

and I don't know why I did that it's not even a good edit

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oh to be a cuck on the wall

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all of u r cucks bc i was therefor the creation of this

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leon and arthur eepy as hell

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snooork mimi

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John Schlesinger’s MIDNIGHT COWBOY hit theaters on May 25, 1969. The only X-rated movie to win the Best Picture Academy Award. It also won Best Director, and writing.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIDNIGHT COWBOY!!!!! 57 years old!!!!!! old as fuck!

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🚨warning guy who is hella parasocial with al pacino is about to go on a long tangent about al pacino i do think al pacino is a Weird Person and a Freak but i cannot hide my affinity for him🚨

my controversial opinion is that Al Pacino's acting got soooo much worse after the 1970s, particularly when you compare his acting from the '70s to his acting in the '90s and i feel like nobody will disagree that there is a palpable difference to his acting and also the roles he took, and a lot of that also does have to do with the changing of the scope of Hollywood but i also think it has to do with how Pacino's Approach changed and i think a lot of that stemmed from the fact 1978-1980 were like Traumatizing Points of his career (also im not saying all 1990s al pacino performances are bad im just saying i think they are Not As Good as his 70s performances and thaaaat is my opinion)

like. first of all John Cazale one of his closest friends and coworkers passed away like SIX MONTHS before the filming of And Justice For All (1979), AND at that time Pacino was trying to recover from alcohol addiction (he had become sober like a year~ (could be less or more, unsure) before the filming of AJFA, he got sober around the time Bobby Deerfield was happening) and bro was seeing his therapist like FIVE TIMES A WEEK according to him and would have nightmares about not being able to see his therapist LIKE HE WAS HAVING A ROUGH TIME which would obviously influence his work during that time

and THEN he did AJFA and his mentor Lee Strasberg and also the director Norman Jewison basically told him he was Annoying and that his acting techniques were Wrong and here's the thing. i FULLY believe Al Pacino was annoying as shit on that set bc in Life he's annoying as shit but the thing about how that influences his Acting is that it was CLEARLY working for him. like the way he and other ppl talk about his acting style is he gets into it VERY hard like the 30 minute BTS of Scarecrow (1973) thing literally called that guy "A Squiggler" and said to get into character he smacked a trashcan with a large stick LIKE basically Al Pacino uses his undiagnosed ADHD to get into character and it WORKS SO WELL! and based on what ive heard about him being annoying on AJFA is that he was making them do copious amounts of retakes, which YES is ANNOYING but HOWEVER it produced results, like he made them retake the ending courtroom scene of the movie and Jewison admitted it was the right decision, like Al Pacino has good intuition and he knows what he needs to do to get the best performance possible, he did the same thing for Dog Day Afternoon (1975), he completely changed the way Sonny acted, he cut the kiss scene, Pacino knows what he's talking about sometimes when it comes to making changes. BUT THEN on the set of AJFA he was told BY HIS MENTOR to essentially STOP doing what worked for him and what had worked for his movies. and clearly he listened to that, according to Russel Crowe who worked with him on The Insider (1999) Pacino had basically dropped all of his own agency as an actor, Crowe said he was basically throwing himself to the mercy of the director and his vision ,rather than his own vision. that's the COMPLETE opposite of the way Pacino approached acting back in the 1970s!!!!! and it's the COMPLETE opposite of what WORKED FOR HIM!

and then there was Cruising (1980) oooh boy...director William Friedkin HAAAATED Al Pacino, he literally said "i dont give a fuck what Pacino thinks [about Cruising]" and the reason he hates Pacino so much is because Al Pacino called him out on how exploitative his movie was!! According to Pacino he was EXTREMELY uncomfortable doing Cruising and was uncomfortable with its vibe and message and it was not at ALL what he wanted to make! he literally refused to talk about the movie after it came out and donated his earnings to charity because he felt THAT bad about it. The thing about Cruising is it's incredibly weird it's half really thoughtful half so homophobic it's crazy but based on how Friedkin talks about his movie it is very clear the Thoughtfulness was like. Accidental. Because Friedkin was very clearly trying to paint a picture of homosexuality and BDSM culture as something Scary that would fit his horror movie. Friedkin also just genuinely HATED Al Pacino like apparently he constantly told Pacino that he Sucked and didn't want him there (bc Al wasnt his first choice) and like that's just workplace abuse (it's also the same thing Coppola did to him on the set of The Godfather but that's another story). and there's also the intimacy aspect of things, according to Ellen Barkin who was his costar on Sea of Love (1989) Pacino gets "shy" during sex scenes and isn't the most comfortable with them, and he says something similar in his memoir, it's just not something he really likes to do....AND IN CRUISING SHIT IS INSANE!!!! like, first of all, all the background gay sex was REAL SEX. LIKE THAT WAS REAL DUDES HAVING REAL SEX. and SECONDLY this was like basically the first time Al Pacino had actually done a sex scene, he did One in Bobby Deerfield but that scene is very artistic and avant garde, but the sex scenes in Cruising are NOT THAT AT ALL. like, it really is just Al Pacino having crazy hetero sex with Karen Allen (this sex obviously wasn't Actually Real). this is also (im pretty sure) the ONLY movie Pacino is naked in, and u cant see his junk but he IS fully naked. and i bring this up because IMAGINE having to do the MOST intimacy you have EVER done on screen, and you are being directed by somebody who hates your guts and openly does not care about your thoughts or opinions. like, im just saying that there is no way that Al Pacino was comfortable on that set and there is technically Evidence of how it effected him because (im pretty sure) he has NEVER done nudity again. Traumatized is a strong word but im just gonna go ahead and say Pacino was probably traumatized on that damn set

and THEN there's the Richard III thing. In 1979 Al Pacino was in a production of Richard III (with the lovely Penny Allen who i love SO MUCH) here's a picture teehee i would literally do anything to see a recording of this show but i doubt one exists

ANYWAY ANYWAY this is relevant because for context: Shakespeare is Al Pacino's like favorite thing in the entire world. he LOVES that guy. in his memoir he CONTINUOUSLY goes on tangents about how Shakespeare changed his life and he has a particular affinity for Richard III i mean he literally made a whole-ass documentary about it, he loves it that much. Secondly THEATER is Al Pacino's favorite thing in the whole world like he is a theater kid at heart FOREVER, his career started with theater and he never gave up his love for it. So him doing Richard III in 1979 was probably like a dream come true for him. AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS ASS! Like, everybody was trulay pissed the fuck off that Al Pacino was in Richard III, they thought that movie stars shouldn't be in theater productions, that he was infringing on theater, and also that Richard III should NEVER be performed with a Bronx accent (after seeing The Local Stigmatic they should be GRATEFUL he did his normal voice!) and here's the thing about the hate for Richard III is that most of the people hating Pacino in this production dont mention that his performance is bad. they're just against the IDEA of Al Pacino in a Shakespeare production. and also they said he spit too much. Now like imagine being Alfredo James I Love Shakespeare I Am A Theater Kid Pacino and being told that you are NOT allowed to do theater or Shakespeare. like....that would fuck you up. and even if his performance WAS ass, that would still be hella discouraging bc hes literally said that theater was his Escape and now even his escape is being torn to shreds.

like Al Pacino genuinely had a streak of like 3 productions where he was being told that he is Wrong and he is Annoying and that he is Chopped and Gay (in his memoir he also mentions being yelled at in front of the whole cast of Author, Author by the director but that situation sounds like it was entirely Pacinos fault) and then he did Scarface (1983) because he loved the original movie and was DESPERATE to do it, and everyone HATEEEED Scarface (1983) when it came out, and then he did Revolution and that was just ASS. like. bro had a REALLY BAD STREAK. which....to me....explains why his acting style ENTIRELY changed when he transitioned into the 1990s. like he was basically being told by Everybody that the things he had been doing which were WORKING and which had MADE HIS CAREER were WRONG and he needed to stop. AND HE LISTENED! oh and also he started doing coke. he denies that in his memoir but baby i saw ur damn pinky in Revolution (and also he fully admitted to being on coke during Heat like bsfr)

anyway i think this whole thing is kinda like. #sad....idk like imagine a big beautiful world where al pacino never became chopped...idk how to close off this certified telephone rant so heres another pic of Al Pacino serving da world in Richard III

i did an entire zine project on al pacinos acting for one of my classes (i got a A+ teehee) which i might remake now that i have seen more of his movies and also have read his memoir (im not done yet but ive got like 1/8 left)

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everybody’s talkin’ at mii

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THIS IS SOOOOO CUTE