what it feels like to let go of a friend
1) david almond 2) taylor swift 3) jack zulli 4) jennifer kaytin robinson 5) blackbear 6) edward hopper 7) trista mateer 8) lorde 9) maynard dixon 10) rina sawayama 11) anne sexton
what it feels like to let go of a friend
1) david almond 2) taylor swift 3) jack zulli 4) jennifer kaytin robinson 5) blackbear 6) edward hopper 7) trista mateer 8) lorde 9) maynard dixon 10) rina sawayama 11) anne sexton
Also Elsie Maynard.Elsie's who's fundamental honesty and willingness to deal with the consequences of her actions are what made the tragedy inevitable, not her love for "Leonard"/Fairfax. Because even if she Did love Jack Point it wouldn't have mattered in the end; she is, legally, Fairfax's wife, and was willing, in the end, to abandon fake!Leonard to fulfill her obligation -the same would've happened with Jack if Fairfax didn't decide to court her.
She could've just left immediately, but she stays for the execution and even "mourns" her husband, because that's what she's supposed to do as his wife, nevermind the whole thing was just a financial scheme.
She could've just ran away after he escaped and gone on with her life, and faced little to no consequences probably because let's face it Fairfax wouldn't have cared and only other people who know are the Lieutenant and the confessor and Jack.
And we all know Jack would've supported her in a heartbeat, and probably wouldn't have cared and married her anyway if he thought he could get away with it.
She really has very little reason to care about the whole marriage thing, but she does, so much so it's making her miserable because she doesn't WANT this, but she Will go through with it.Even if it makes her want to die.Even if it hurts her closest friend.She made a vow and she will fulfill it.
And Jack tries So hard to give her a way out, as much for her sake as for his. He's a trickster and a performer by nature and he uses the tools he has to try and solve Elsie's problem (even though he misunderstands what exactly about it is upsetting her). Just a little white lie to make her happy again.
If Elsie wasn't so honest they could've planned this together and probably gotten away scot-free.After all, who's going to blame her for deciding to leave after hearing of her husband's death?
Except Jack's methods are fundamentally unacceptable to her.
And once Fairfax turns up? She HAS to come with him whether she wants to or not because the law is on his side. Yes she's happy he's also her beloved "Leonard", but let's face it, her choices are basically: a) come willingly b) be forced to cooperate.
Babylon 5 s02e04 A Distant Star
*cowboy boots up* “I want to send a message to Babylon 5, attention of Captain John Sheridan. And, uh, take this down exactly.” *eyebrow waggle*
…. ??? I cackled, but I also went “whaaaaa?” My man. 1. cowboy boots. 2. You have seemingly perfect voice to text but are ordering your subordinate to take dictation, 3. the eyebrow waggle?!
Ivanova’s broken foot is going to be an amusing gauge of how long it takes to film episodes vs the healing time of human feet. I hope she uses that cane to great effect! Or has gadgets built in? She didn’t interact with the technomages on screen but I like to imagine she Russianed at them and they technomaged back and all got along very well.
I an not used to Delenn’s new look yet, and actually startled a bit when I realised who just walked up! I like that her hair styling is a bit awkward and undeniably asymmetrical, like she hasn’t really figured out what to do with it yet.
This is the first time we’ve seen a physical printer, or physical paper being handed to people, and it’s a gag to upset Garibaldi over his diet…er, food plan. Excellent use of. Sorry to say I’m on Garibaldi’s side. Better to eat deliciously than strictly healthily.
Jack and John are talking about Minbari attitudes towards John Sheridan, and that reminds me that it was an interesting choice to present him initially as seeming like he was hostile towards the Minbari as a sort of automatic response, but we’ve now been shown that he actually responds to hostility with hostility and seems quite chill (if biased and repeats species stereotypes) with them otherwise.
Hyperspace stories! I bet there’s some great horror stories. And Jack saw something, once. *waggles my own eyebrows*
Jack saw something massive blotting out the stars behind it. Sounds like a…hmm…I’d call it a Shadow.
Awww Dr Franklin don’t body shame people. This is some coming-off-the-insane-thinness-of-the-80s shit.
A mere total metamorphosis can’t change Delenn! She’s as Minbari as she’s ever been! Bummer that the Minbari on the station are being racist (speciest?) against her this fast. But it does say interesting things about the rigidity of their perception of the familiar vs the other.
Dr Franklin vs poor diets is not coming off super well. Supplements do exist.
There’s a Tokati Ambassador now! Bet they won’t be on the council though. It’s nice to hear about various species and delegations, even if they aren’t shown.
Sheridan’s having an adjustment. Luckily, Ivanova is here to talk him both up and down simultaneously.
Sheridan, mid-breakdown over being a desk jockey: “Hell, I always thought the opposable thumb was overrated.”
I, too, have had moments when I cursed the inexorable march of evolution in ages past that lead to me having to worry about taxes and nuclear holocausts.
Ivanova has a very different relationship with Sheridan than Sinclair, and I’m glad.
Our first view of hyperspace! And Captain Maynard et al are trapped there!!
I’m feeling bad for these guys. Dr Franklin is being tyrannical. Supplements exist!
Capt Maynard’s ship must not be big enough to create its own jump point to escape hyperspace. Grim that no lost ship has ever been recovered! Something tells me the Cortez may be the first?
This is not a very encouraging speech. Some of you may die, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take, basically, hah. The plan seems a lot more encouraging than his lead-in to it. They’re going to create a tether out of signals relayed between fighters, stringing themselves along the known hyperspace drift.
Was it a Shadows ship that knocked out the Cortez’s engines or whatever happened? Or something else that lives there? Either way, it’s even more risky for the fighters than they know. Oop, and there’s one fighter down and another fighter attacked.
Oof. Second fighter inoperable and knowingly drifting away forever while sending shots to guide the Cortez back. Grim is my favorite word for this episode so far. Very grim that he’s just going to drift till he’s either picked off by the hyperspace beings or runs out of atmosphere.
Let Garibaldi have his cholesterol-laden birthday meal, jeez. And let everyone eat what they’d like. No food police.
Delenn pep talk! The right places aren’t the easy places, but the universe puts us in the right places, so we can learn and be born. It’s not my preferred cosmology, but it is a nice idea.
“We are star stuff. We are the universe, made manifest, trying to figure itself out.”
I like it.
Oooo, drifting fighter seeing the unknown object with 35 minutes of oxygen left, and somehow used that to get back to B5 with a nonfunctional ship! That’s badass, but I do want the details.
“As for what it was - I don’t know. There was just this feeling that something dark and dangerous had gone by.”
An excellent little horror vignette!
Zeta Squad commander couldn’t do any better than someone who triangulated themselves out of hyperspace based on guessing the trajectory of the eldritch horror that is, terrifyingly, orbiting the B5 jump gate coordinates.
Dr Franklin and Garibaldi sharing an extremely off-food-plan meal isn’t the way I thought this would go, but I’m here for it!
Sheridan: “Ever had a long talk with Ambassador Delenn, Commander?” Ivanova: “From time to time. Why?” Sheridan: “She and the universe seem to have a special relationship.” Ivanova: “Don’t we all?”
That is an excellent point. 🤔
Interesting take on Jack and Elsie's scene in Act I finale.
I don't know if it was intended that way but Jack seems to have a full on panic attack in this? And it looks like Elsie recognises it? I like that.
Him clinging to her only for her to ultimately push him away; ouch. (Excellent foreshadowing though)
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Saturday 17th August, 2022 Less of a musical and more of a revue, this show which has enjoyed one of the longest runs in American theatre history, charts, through unconnected scenes, songs and vignettes, the course of love (true, or otherwise) of heterosexual people. When theatre holds up a mirror to life, it either validates…
And what if I decided to restructure the fairytale OCs I've had since like 8th grade into a story about being aspec and finding community and defying the fate that someone else tries to force upon you??? What then huh?????
Celebrating Aro Week by reposting OCs from a fairytale-centric story idea I've had for years
[L-R from the top: Rouge Maynard and Lowell Faelad, Nico Burattino, Ondine Lille, Jack Spriggins and Ramir Charmant, Chione Snowdrop, and Fortunata de Carabas]
video came up on my facebook like "if you love josh daicos..." and i'm like watching it thinking alright mate which aflw player do you think resembles josh daicos and i was all ready to dispute it but...
they said chloe. ok fair enough.
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