It’s pretty likely that it’s a four digit number, and as there are four digits chosen there, that means that there cannot be any repetition. This mean that there are:
n!/(n-4)! possible orders. As ‘n’ is 4 (number of digits available). 4!/0! which becomes 4x3x2x1/1 which simplifies to 24. That means that there are 24 possible combinations of codes. This would take you about two or three minutes to input all possible codes.
well ‘technically’ the code is most likley 1970. statistically, a majority of people, when told to choose a 4 digit code will choose their birth year. and this key pad is obviously a few years old to put it nicely, thats most likley it.
No, no, no. Don’t base your deductions of psychology. Let’s talk chemistry. When you first press a button, there’s more of the natural oils on your skin, and therefore it wears down the numbers on the keys faster. Obviously 0 is the first one, then. Try 0791 first.
Close, but not quite, I think. People will almost always choose a number they can remember. What’s memorable about 0791? Try 0719 - a birthday, 19th of July. That is more likely.
i hate how you get desensitized to the cool stuff in your WIP if you've been writing it for a long time so when you read back over it you're like "this isn't as cool as i thought :(" but it still is! you just read it too many times
the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.
GOD the ending of the martian (the movie) makes me so fucking mad compared to the ending of the martian (the book)
the martian the movie: i am the professor of badassery. you yourself can be badass too if only you learn to be completely self-reliant and say fuck you to everything
the martian the book: i am on a ship home. i am on a ship home because the entire world cared about me when by all rights i should have been a lost cause. long-standing borders were ERASED so teams of people who had never met could do EVERYTHING possible to save one solitary member of their species instead of leaving me to die where i should have been unreachable. it wasnt even anybody’s fault that i got stuck. they had every excuse to abandon me. instead, BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY…. maybe we do really deserve to be here among the stars
Compare that to The Reveal of the Project Hail Mary storyline: i am on a ship. Alone. Not by choice, but by one a desperate planet made for me. They betrayed me. And i’m going to help them anyway.
I have worked a lot of remote jobs and you have no idea how common it is for someone who just had or got out of a bad interpersonal relationship to decide that they need to find themselves out in the woods and work on their issues, so then they go and get a job that requires close contact with limited group of people and no one else for months on end. And then when they make their bad decisions, (the rebound boyfriend, the one night stand, the long drawn out cry sesh with a bottle of booze in the middle of the night on a work day) they're still stuck with the same 6 people on a mountaintop for another 7 weeks who are all forced into front row seats to bear witness to the ongoing character development until the guy who is nominally in charge has to make a rule about no fucking in the cook tent, because its the only structure big enough for us all to get out of the rain and while we're all glad that Sarah is taking charge of her own life after her boyfriend cheated on her by fucking literally the only eligible man for 200 miles in every direction, the rest of us would like a hot meal.
AU where the car crash happens just before Kameron’s due date and they both don’t make it but the hospital are able to deliver the baby
They have no immediate family to care for the baby, and Buck is told by a social worker that as the baby’s biological father he has the option for custody/kinship care - and that he has a few days to decide because the birth was traumatic and the baby needs to stay in hospital for a while. Buck hates the way the hospital staff/social workers just say “the baby” and he lets them know that Connor and Kameron told him the name and he’s called Theo
The firefam are split on what Buck should do, but there’s definitely an undercurrent of them feeling that Buck is not ready to be a parent- let alone a single parent to an orphaned baby. Bobby mostly stays out of it but does dispense some fatherly wisdom when he and Buck are alone that whatever Buck feels in his heart is right for Theo is what he should do
Buck almost lets Theo go, but he’s stopped by three things. First, that a new family might change Theo’s name and that’s the only thing he has left from his parents. Second, he knows that when Theo is grown and looks at his records he would see that his biological father was offered custody and turned it down, and the idea of Buck making his own child feel unwanted kills him. And third, he goes to the hospital and gets to hold his son, and knows he can’t let him go
At first, he only tells Bobby, he can’t deal with everyone else’s opinions right now. He moves out of the loft and into a little fixer-upper house in a decent neighbourhood, and buys as much baby stuff as he thinks he might need- staying up late to research different baby monitors and cribs and toys
He brings Theo home and has some time off work to get himself together. Bobby comes round with meal prep and the rest of the firefam turn up with baby gifts. Everything is great for a while but then after they all leave the reality begins to hit and Theo starts to cry and Buck is desperately trying to get a bottle together and the kitchen faucet is leaking and there’s a knock at the door and he’s thinking to himself I can do this I can do this oh god I can’t do this
Meanwhile Tommy Kinard just got off a shift and is just trying to return a mis-delivered package to his new neighbour when the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen opens the door with teary eyes and a screaming baby in his arms
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1. Buck crosses his arms over his chest and says he doesn't want the part. "Yes, you do," Hen says. "It's perfect for you. And the script is good enough that you might be able to get out of the Lifetime and Hallmark vortex." "Then I want a different costar," he says. "I'm not working with him. He's cocky--shut up--and he broke Abby's heart, and then I was her rebound guy and it fucking sucked. Also, his opinions on--" "I know, and I don't care," Hen says flatly. "Because you're going to put on your big boy pants, wipe that pout off your face, and go to this chemistry read or I will make sure you go back to doing pharma ads and single line roles on Law & Order." She shoves the script in his hands, and he slinks out of the office. He hunkers down in his loft and reads the script and feels like he needs to do this movie. There's something about the character that he feels so connected to. When he's done, he sighs and texts Hen. She tells him the sides for the test will be dropped by his place in the morning, and he has two days to prep and that he better get over his grudge by then or act through it. The thing is, though, is Buck realizes that he doesn't have to do this with Tommy if he doesn't have chemistry with him. And he'll make sure they don't.
2. Tommy glares at Sal, who's still looking at his computer screen, and considers dropping him out of a helicopter. "This part was made for you," Sal says. "Yeah, and I want it, but I don't want it with that asshole," Tommy says. "You know what he did--" "I do, and you know why he did," Sal says, and Tommy shuts up. "So quit being a little bitch, learn your lines, and go dazzle these people." "'Dazzle,'" Tommy says. "Yeah, dickhead, you're going to dazzle the fuck out of these people, because this will get you out of bullshit yoga romance crap and into the career you deserve," Sal says, tossing him a manila envelope. "Those are the sides, don't fuck this up." And Tommy leaves and goes home to memorize the lines. He really doesn't want to work with Evan Buckley, the hot young guy who he already hadn't loved the idea of because he was clearly brought in to replace Tommy as Tommy got older. And then he'd had the nerve to drunkenly confront him at an industry party and call him a bastard in front of producer who worked with Deborah Chow. While they were actively casting for the fucking Obi-Wan series and Andor's series. Tommy had been getting along great with the guy until he had a drink thrown in his face. His last three movies were a decent one that got no eyes on it, a pretty bad one with an interesting role, and an outright terrible one with such a bad set environment for love scenes that the presence of an intimacy coordinator is now a part of his contract. So he wants this movie, he might even need it for more reasons than he cares to think about right now, but he's not working with that guy. He'll make sure of it.
3. Buck shows up a few minutes early to the chemistry read, and he sees Tommy in the lobby reading over the sides. Buck already has everything memorized, so he plops down next to Tommy and starts rattling off every excruciating detail about the traffic on his way over. Every time Tommy shifts or glances over, Buck feels a stab of satisfaction. But then Tommy moves his head off his hand and takes an earbud out and asks, "Sorry, were you talking to me?" (Tommy heard every word and wants to kill him.) And Buck shrugs off his irritation and says, "Yeah. Couldn't tell if you were listening or not. It's hard to tell with you. Already hitting the Botox?" And Tommy raises his eyebrows as if to show he hasn't and never has. "No, I'm not insecure about aging," he says, his eyes flicking to the carefully applied highlights that hide Buck's grays. And it's back and forth until they get called back.
4. The first scene is an argument. It's easy to pull off being infuriated at Tommy, Buck might even sell it too well because they're asked to reset and told the mood is more quiet and tense. Which he knows, because he read the full script, so it irritates him more. But he harnesses that, because his character is feeling like he's not being heard and like he's being infantilized while he figures himself out. By the end of the scene, he's got tears in his eyes and Tommy's looking away and trying not to cry. They're given a break, and Buck gets water and tries to pull everything back. He and Tommy don't speak during the break. Then he sits down again, and it's the morning after their characters had an ill advised hookup. Except the conversation is closer to the BT breakup, so Tommy is looking at him with tears in his eyes. "No matter how bad I want it to be," he says, his voice trembling just a little, "I'm not your last. I'm your first." And Buck straightens up and shakes his head, feeling the tears come again. "They can be the same thing," he says, his voice cracking. "But they usually aren't," Tommy says, his voice almost gentle. "You'd end up breaking my heart, and I couldn't handle that." He stands and scratches the back of his neck. "I should go."
And Buck stands and grabs Tommy's hand between both of his. "You shouldn't. God, I can't--you have no idea. I said the worst things to you, because I got so scared of this. But not having you--it's like walking around without my heart. A-and I know there's all this stuff we need to figure out, but you can't tell me that this," he says with a pointed squeeze of Tommy's hand before he brings a hand up to Tommy's cheek, "all of this isn't real and worth fighting for. You changed my life." "Because I kissed you?" Tommy asks even as he presses his cheek to Buck's hand. "Any guy could've done that." "Because I love you," Buck says, his chin trembling. "I never got a chance to--" And that's where he's supposed to cut himself off, but Tommy's looking between his eyes and then to his lips and Buck just barely dips his chin in a nod before Tommy's kissing him. It's a good kiss, possibly even a great one, and it makes Buck feel like he has an electrical current going through his body. When the kiss breaks, Tommy presses his nose to Buck's cheek. "Don't hurt me," Tommy begs softly, giving the next line even though it's not in the sides. "I couldn't--I can't survive that. Not from you." "I won't, I promise, I wouldn't, not again," Buck insists, squeezing his eyes shut. "I just need to be brave like you." "I'm a coward," Tommy says, pulling away just a little. "And there's so much you don't know about me if you think I'm brave." Buck presses their foreheads together and sniffles quietly. "Then let me in," he says, and Tommy nods before pulling him into a hug, and Buck slumps against him. When he opens his eyes, everyone in the room is looking at them like they're enraptured by the scene.
5. Buck finds out within three days that he got the part. He also finds out that Tommy did. Not only that, the casting director knows the casting director for an HBO series that'll be auditioning later in the summer for a series that'll shoot next January. She's giving them his name. Buck can't even be as enthused as he wants to be, because all he's been thinking about is the chemistry read. He asks Hen to give Tommy's agent his number, and Tommy calls him later and they meet for coffee. Buck orders for him, and he gets it wrong, but Tommy's nice about it. They even share a smile. And then Tommy looks around and leans in and says, "I need to tell you something private. Something that only a few people know, okay? Just to clear some stuff up, because we can't do this movie and hate each other." He sighs and continues, "I didn't break up with Abby because of her mom or her career or anything. We were set up by my old agent as a PR thing, and I just kept going with it because I didn't know what else to do. And then things got serious, and I realized I couldn't keep doing it because I'm gay." And a lot of things Buck had heard about the relationship makes sense. Like, a lot of sense.
6. There's an intimacy coordinator that they need to meet. "Big demand for a guy who kissed me when he wasn't supposed to," Buck teases. Because they're at that point now where they can tease after talking at a coffee shop for three hours and spending weeks texting each other about their parts and then about random shit. "You nodded," Tommy says, elbowing him lightly. They go through the session together and separately. There's a list of stuff they're okay with and stuff they're not okay with. Buck had thought he was pretty free about things, but then he had been faced with a choice about letting someone he's not actually with do something like touch his inner thigh and realized he does have feelings about that. So he appreciates it. After, Tommy tells him about the last movie he did, about what the set was like and how he was treated like a piece of meat and things that he was directed to do crossed a lot of lines for him and the actress. Buck hugs him and thanks him for taking care of them, and they go get more coffee. Buck gets the order right this time.
7. There's a love scene that's a little more involved than the others. They need to be shirtless and kissing while standing up, so it's nothing too bad. But Buck is faced with a shirtless Tommy who's just joking around with the grip and drinking water and he feels like he's either experiencing some character bleed or something is really going on. When they block the scene for the camera, it feels straightforward and easy and then they have to actually shoot it and it's this explosion of feeling for their characters. They've been dancing around each other and Buck's previously believed to be straight character finally gives in to these feelings he's been trying to push away. So when Buck comes in for the kiss, there's something too real behind it. He keeps kissing Tommy between lines, which is not in the script, and Tommy backs him up against the wall of his character's sister's guest room, which is in the script. But they're supposed to stop and take a break and look at each other with new eyes, but Buck just keeps kissing him. When Tommy finally breaks the kiss, Buck's eyes are on Tommy's mouth and he almost leans in for another one, but Tommy smiles and says, "Easy, soldier." Which is the line that leads to a conversation, so Buck has to call up the next line and then the next until they're through this part of the scene. The other half had been shot that morning. After, in Buck's trailer, he's having a minor crisis. Tommy knocks on the door, and Buck opens it, and Tommy asks if they can talk. Inside, they get all of two words out before they're on each other.
8. It's not character bleed. Buck has to take time to figure that out. Well, he takes their three day weekend to talk to Hen, his sister, and Bobby. He explains all of the weird feelings he's had for Tommy over the years, the way things went at the chemistry read, and after. "If this was an actress, would you go for it?" Bobby asks. "Yeah," Buck admits. "Then what's stopping you?" Bobby asks. "Heteronormativity, I think," Buck says with a smile. "That's what Hen said." "Yeah, she's smart like that," Bobby says, smiling back. "Don't date your coworkers, kid, but maybe go for this one when you can." So Buck talks to Tommy at length over the course of a busy day, and it ends with them setting up a date for Saturday.
9. The movie comes out and picks up traction as one that's better than the network it's being aired on. There are calls for it to be picked up by a bigger streaming platform. Buck lands the audition for HBO and has others in the meantime, so does Tommy. And Tommy talks about what the role means for him as a man who came out late in life, relatively speaking. Buck talks about how it feels to realize you're bisexual in your thirties. They have a joint interview on Zoom with some publication, and it turns into them saying stuff that makes people speculate about them. They get papped on a walk with Buck's dog, and they each post the same selfie to their social media accounts of Buck kissing Tommy's cheek with the sun setting behind them. The caption reads, "Never date your coworker. Unless you fall in love with him. 💕"
