Chasing Happiness

It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re seventeen and planning for someday and then quietly and without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And that someday is yesterday. And this is your life. - Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill

[ikyw-t]

black butterflies and déja vu is suuuuch a song

[timberhearth]

“Kids in costumes Dressed for Halloween Ghosts and goblins Walking down my street We’re all monsters Living in a dream So you be you And I’ll still be happy Forever Halloween…”

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[letmetemptyou]

every sentence spoken between crowley and aziraphale means at least two things?? part of why we’re so smitten with this love story, why there’s so much potential for fanwork which we’ve turned into so much beautiful art & fic & hc & more is because you can read their relationship into everything they do in service of plot

from the obvious “you go too fast for me” and “or i’ll never talk to you again” and “i can’t find you”

to the “all right, i’ll do this one, my treat” and my personal favorite “let me tempt you — no, that’s your job, isn’t it?”

to that moment in the church that i think is so significant, before crowley saves the books, when they haven’t seen each other since the fight: “anthony?!” “you don’t like it?”

“no, no, i didn’t say that — i’ll get used to it.” because despite everything, despite the fight, despite “we’re not friends,” the fact that they will stay in each other’s lives is a given. that there really isn’t anything about crowley he won’t get used to, if he doesn’t already like it. that for all his protests, there will be so many more moments like this, time for a name to grow on him.

to “just drive the car, please,” “lord heal this bike,” “i’m sorry to hear that,” “not one of them would say bebop,” “i know what you smell like,” “fraternizing?!” “the bandstand!” “i’ll come to you, wherever you are”— those lines are SO POTENT, so brimming with emotion that’s built, entirely organically, over millennia,

they have their own language. they couldn’t speak outright for so long because they were playing the roles hell and heaven assigned, but they developed a language nonetheless, and all of it, all of it, underlying, says

you know me like no one else does, and that scares me, but i need you. and i am here for you, even though i shouldn’t be. i can’t help it. it’s you and me, always.

it sounds a lot like i love you. especially in the unspoken, corner of your mouth way queer folk have said it since the beginning of time.

“temptation accomplished.”

“we’re on our side.”

“to the world.”

it’s so beautiful. so well-done. and i’m so grateful.

[foreverlostinliterature]

[d-vsl]

Sea View

[internetbt]

[human-dumpster-fire]

[krispytm]

He redeemed himself

[thighetician]

The duality of Manguin

[a3battery]

got obsessed with the penguin drama

his girlfriend’s name is lulu and she doesnt deserve the naughty list for this. :C mac’s gone too far and dragged her down wish him. glad he redeemed himself

also look tux is such a bastard that taking him down = good behavior

[a3battery]

THEY KEEP REFERENCING THE PIER INCIDENT saldkjfah its like his defining moment

im just losing my mind with penguin receipts right now 

and he’s pepper’s bf from above, who got on the good list while they had to call out tux for being lazy sldkjfa

u deserve ur spot in the 2020 poll mr. tux. go call out to UR girlfriend to get her food and maybe u can have a redemption arc too. see how well its working out for mr mac

REDEEMED HIMSELF U EVIL POLLSTERS

(since this started out as me wanting to check up on whether or not the penguins were alive, they ARE and u can meet them virtually BY THE WAY)

[a3battery]

PEPPER IS MR MAC’S DAUGHTER??!??!

this entire family is problematic but lulu was framed and that’s my conclusion 

[the-most-slytherin-hufflepuff]

I’m so invested in the penguin drama

[keiliantonelli]

[untrustyou]

[sunnie]

[stars-bean]

The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers

[jjong]

[pepper-stark-deactivated2021080]

This is my favorite celebrity headline of today

[rellasnowheenim]

[silly-slacker-person]

[ashtastica]

John Mulaney voice: It was even weirder, though, when I went out for the night with some money, black out, and wake up with more money, because that means that I earned money. That means that I traded goods and/or services. Which is scary.

[agentrandom]

Why is Marvel like this?

Anthony Mackie:

Brie Larson:

[rootbeergoddess]

So I’m not the only person who finds this really creepy right?

[wukodork]

No, no you are not

[noli-ge]

…so it was that bad

[alstee]

Well, that sure explains a lot!

[lokijiro]

Back in the old days, Kenneth Branagh actually involved Tom in the process of creating Loki. He asked Tom for all the aspects that he’d wish to explore. Tom kept a scrapbook where he wrote down all his ideas. The actors of Thor met to discuss the dynamics between the characters. That’s when Tom and Rene Russo came up with the backstory of Frigga being the one who taught Loki magic, and decided that they would share a tic. After filming Thor, Tom met Joss Whedon and they spent a whole afternoon discussing Loki, and what happened to him after his suicide attempt.

And now, actors have no idea what’s going on when they’re filming and reciting their lines. It’s no wonder the films feel so soulless. It looks like Marvel completely missed the fact that Loki became so popular because the guy who played him always knew what the character was feeling and how he would be moving.

[iamanartichoke]

Friendly reminder that Joss Whedon sent Tom Hiddleston the entire Avengers script and Tom read the entire thing and loved it so much that he sent a gushing email back to Joss, thanking him for writing Loki as such an emotionally complex, layered character. 

Just compare that level of artistic integrity and caring about the characters and the plot to the most recent shit show of the actors not even knowing what fucking movie they’re filming. 

[bastlynn]

Funny thing - if your actor doesn’t know what movie they’re filming or the role they have in the plot, then their agent can’t properly negotiate for the pay they deserve for their work.

This is a rampant issue with voice acting too.

[squeeful]

^^^^^^

[idontgettechnology]

So yes, this is definitely all about money, thinly veiled as being a way to “limit spoilers” but they’re fucking themselves big time.

Haven’t we all noticed since Phase One ended that the quality of Marvel films has gone down in general? Not production value, not names and talent associated, but the actual quality? They started churning these movies out like popcorn and that’s exactly what they became: empty and forgettable by the time you leave the theater.

What’s the thing we’ve been bitching about for two years now? How TOTALLY FUCKED Steve Rogers was in Endgame. Then you hear that Chris Evans didn’t know who he was talking to in his scenes half the time, didn’t have more than 11 pages of a redacted fucking script and had no idea how the movie was even supposed to end and we WONDER why it felt like he didn’t even know he was supposed to be playing the same guy?

Fucking shit. This is directing 101 you money-grubbing fucks. Let your actors know what story they’re telling.

Loki’s rabid fan base is ENTIRELY a result of the actor playing him getting to pour so much passion into the role and know the long game so he knew how he wanted to play certain moments.

Think about how Alan Rickman was the only one who, for 90% of the time they were filming Potter, was the ONLY ONE who knew what Snape’s ending was going to be. And how he said that informed every decision he made as an actor and every scene he ever shot with Dan Radcliffe who was, precisely as he was supposed to be, confused and terrified by how much Snape resented Harry.

You can’t just tie your actors shoelaces together and expect them to keep tap dancing.

[impormable]

Old dude came in the shop and when I said "lemme know if you have any questions" he goes "what was the name of Alexander the Great's horse," thinking he was so funny. I told him Bucephalus, and he was so disappointed. Like his whole day was hanging on beating me at trivia. He says "you're only the second person who knew that" and I said "well, probably the third if you count Alexander the Great." He left without buying anything, and did not say goodbye. I think I honestly hurt his weird little feelings! Sorry I'm a bitch, old man!

[snulbug]

walking around the house at night w my cell phone flashlight on instead of turning on the lights feeling like a bronte character with a candle

[rylandgraces]

I ain’t gonna make it. Afraid this cowboy’s been to his last hoedown. Octavius, remember me as I was, wild, and free, and–and…No need for final words. I’m not finished yet. Oh.

Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan as Jedidah Smith and Gaius Octavian in the Night at the Museum Trilogy (2006-2014) dir. Shawn Levy

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