the x and v from a to z

“…do I smell rosemary?”

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:53:38 -0400

“…do I smell rosemary?”

"Dean Winchester has been a fascinating study in the deconstruction of conventional masculinity since..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:29:54 -0400

“Dean Winchester has been a fascinating study in the deconstruction of conventional masculinity since Season 1, but that’s really come into its own in the last few seasons. It has nothing to do with his sexual orientation (volumes could and have been written about Dean’s sexuality in every direction, but I’m content to watch how the show plays out in that regard) and everything to do with watching the story of a man learning to dig out his authentic self beneath the years of Stockholm Syndrome and trauma that growing up with an abusive alcoholic ex-Marine father heaped upon him.

The reality is, as the show and Dean himself have made explicit at various times during its run, that John Winchester forced Dean to be a surrogate mother/spouse/feminized (in his view) caretaker role while simultaneously forcing him into as many hypermasculine tropes as he could think of and rewarding him only for being as much like him as possible. This would do a serious number on anyone’s head and I think the writers and the actor who plays Dean all realize this. Watching Dean face and resolve that harmful, abusive dichotomy over the years has been a unique experience for me as a viewer. The show has really benefited from having Jensen Ackles in the role, who has given him a level of nuance - and allowed the writers to plumb depths - that probably wouldn’t otherwise be there.”

- Supernatural’s Dean Winchester Dismantled His Own Machismo — and That’s Why We Love Him [x] (via bennylafitte)

lady-tyrell: there’s also a deer or something idk

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:22:40 -0400

lady-tyrell:

there’s also a deer or something idk

fuckyesdeadpool: by むだになります

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:15:10 -0400

fuckyesdeadpool:

by むだになります

[death metal scream] GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY BABY

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:03:33 -0400

[death metal scream] GEE GEE GEE GEE BABY BABY BABY

trillow: “i’m so tired of fake people!” i scream as i run out of the mannequin factory

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:00:25 -0400

trillow:

“i’m so tired of fake people!” i scream as i run out of the mannequin factory

onehundreddollars: seriouslyamerica: New favorite meme: Old...

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:00:15 -0400

onehundreddollars:

seriouslyamerica:

New favorite meme: Old Economy Steven

Oh hey, my dad.

theoncomingstormofgallifrey: such-a-retardis: catswithbenefits: why ride a rollercoaster when you...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:40:36 -0400

theoncomingstormofgallifrey:

such-a-retardis:

catswithbenefits:

why ride a rollercoaster when you can ride me

Because rollercoasters can actually make me scream.

The reason you caught me, Will, is we’re just alike. Do you...

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:49:00 -0400

The reason you caught me, Will, is we’re just alike. Do you understand? Smell yourself.

charles-dances: Looking At You | A Movie SupercutFrom...

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:14 -0400

charles-dances:

Looking At You | A Movie Supercut
From ClaraDarko2 . Song: “Can’t take my eyes off you”, performed by Manic Street Preachers and also by Muse.

This is a tribute to the wink of complicity from the filmmakers to the audience when they make actors look straight into the camera. It is not a tribute to scenes where the fourth wall is broken (when a character addresses the audience directly), some clips in the video belong to that category but most of them don’t cause it is not what we wanted to show.

”- and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!” - The Truman Show (1998)

{watch}

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Sat, 25 May 2013 13:57:51 -0400

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Sat, 25 May 2013 13:57:30 -0400

onlyalittlelion: You know what we all wish that the show wouldn’t give Catelyn “if only I loved Jon...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:47:11 -0400

onlyalittlelion:

You know what

we all wish that the show wouldn’t give Catelyn “if only I loved Jon Snow” speeches and that they didn’t keep assigning Cersei’s crimes to Joffrey and that they hadn’t made Sansa kneel

but if this fandom wasn’t so fucking dreadful when it comes to women they wouldn’t need to be bending over backwards like this to make them more sympathetic

hotchocolateandpillowforts: ethicalbutchering: god i love this...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:57:48 -0400

hotchocolateandpillowforts:

ethicalbutchering:

god i love this because like you can tell when the writers were writing these lines they were meant to be like dark sarcastic and witty but hugh dancy plays it SO COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY like the way he delivers these lines makes will sound like he’s just desperately trying to be funny and make jokes to put people at ease but he’s so shaky and twitchy that it just makes everyone around him VISIBLY MORE ON EDGE like it’s completely unthreatening and not at all biting you’re just kind of like william what the HELL don’t SAY things like that it’s WEIRD and i fucking love that because it’s so much truer to life!!! things sound way better in your head!!! hugh fancy you’re ok you’re ok in my book hugh fancy

This is the first and only thing I have seen that makes me want to watch this show. I love this actor.

"In the past few days, there have been at least 162 Islamophobic hate attacks in the UK, and nine..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:45:05 -0400

“In the past few days, there have been at least 162 Islamophobic hate attacks in the UK, and nine mosques have been targeted with kives, petrol bombs and graffiti. That’s a 900% increase, according to the tracking group Tell Mama UK. Petrol-bomb attacks on mosques are not reported as terrorism, and nor are individual acts of anti-Muslim violence; we are expected to understand this quasi-organised campaign of fear as something else, as a ‘backlash’.”

- In these Sour Times: Islamophobia and the Woolwich aftermath (via foucaultthehaters)

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Sat, 25 May 2013 08:23:09 -0400

Sandor: And your sister.

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:40:45 -0400

Sandor: And your sister.
Sandor: I know your sister.
Sandor: Did I mention I know your sister?
Sandor: We were pretty close in King's Landing.
Sandor: I saved her from some rapists and yelled at her a lot.
Sandor: Yeah, we were friends.
Sandor: Hey, you think if I send her a raven, she'll wanna hang out sometime?
Sandor: Not like a date or anything.
Sandor: Just two bros. Chilling. Like me and your sister are. We are friends.
Sandor: Did I tell you I know your sister?

Anchorman meets Game of Thrones

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:38:26 -0400

Anchorman meets Game of Thrones

kingjoffrey: Second Sons

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:23:30 -0400

kingjoffrey:

Second Sons

stormdicks: stannisisthefury: onlyalittlelion: theoldgods: onlyalittlelion: azorahai: i like...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:12:59 -0400

stormdicks:

stannisisthefury:

onlyalittlelion:

theoldgods:

onlyalittlelion:

azorahai:

i like how we forget that tywin lannister ACTIVELY HATES tyrion in comparison to jaime and cersei

and then people are like oh he can totally stand up to tywin

no

he

can’t

#well technically he can #but maybe people need to reread ADWD to see what happens to someone like Tyrion once he loses all that privilege and family protection

That’s an excellent point, although I don’t know how effective a recommendation it is since as far as I can tell most of this fandom has only read the first third of ADWD. That’s the only explanation I can find for the widespread tendency to dismiss ADWD-Tyrion as a self-pitying drunk. Somehow they’ve missed the vast majority of the book, where he’s not only surviving slavery but repeatedly risks his life and uses his wits to protect others.

Also: lifelong emotional abuse aside, people do not stand up to Tywin Lannister and the ones who do get wiped off the fucking map. Tyrion’s not just reacting to a lifetime of having his self-esteem ground down into the dirt to where he’s almost psychologically incapable of defying Tywin; he’s also being practical. I love show!Shae, but she fundamentally does not get one thing, and that’s when she keeps saying “Let’s go to Pentos! Your father doesn’t rule the world!” and like statements. Because… Tywin does actually rule the country, he’s got nearly unlimited power and resources, and if he doesn’t want you running off to Pentos, your ass isn’t going to Pentos. (Which we know because Tyrion already tried when he was sixteen.)

And the one moment where he does stand up to him and says I’m not gonna let you continue to sexually abuse me or make me complicit in the abuse of others? Everyone goes “BUT HE SHOULDN’T GET A COOKIE FOR NOT RAPING SANSA” when that is not what the fucking scene is about. There is an entire context here of Tyrion having been a victim of sexual abuse when he was the same age Sansa is now and you can’t separate the events of their wedding night from that context.

people do not stand up to Tywin Lannister and the ones who do get wiped off the fucking map

There’s even a song about this.

Which is what makes people saying “Tyrion should just stand up to Tywin” even MORE FUCKING FRUSTRATING

‘cause I’m like were you not listening ten minutes ago when Cersei was like “are you familiar with the hit pop song ‘My Dad Kills Everyone Who Pisses Him Off’”

I will accept no headcanon other than Tywin commissioned that song, rather than some singer looking to curry favor with the terrifying Lord of Lannister.

fun fact: in a horrifying temporal paradox, Tywin Lannister was actually able to use the song “The Rains of Castamere” to threaten a singer to write “The Rains of Castamere”.