I am pleased to
think that I shall be able to free society
from any further effects of [Moriarty’s] presence,
though I fear that it is at a cost which
will give pain to my friends, and especially,
my dear Watson, to you.
Wow, slowing it down and breaking it up this way so you can see every single facial movement really makes it way more exquisitely painful
listen if you all aren’t following the legal proceedings in the genre romance book community rn re: some asshat trademarking the word “cocky” and suing other authors over describing their male characters as such in their cover copy, you are MISSING OUT ON SOME MSSCRIBE LEVEL SHIT
bc i kid you not, the us patent and trademark office is now fielding a lawsuit petition that involves the phrase “’A Cocky Werewolf: A Gay M/M Mpreg Werewolf Shifter Romance’ by Wolfgang Glasscock”
and honestly i could not have asked for more out of 2018
and it is also an important fair-use legal case that affects all writers, so. that, too. but also, “my house servant is cocky and naughty with secrets” is a phrase that lawyers are arguing about.
Updating with a link to the Smart Bitches Trashy Books write up, which has some links I haven’t seen before as well as being (as always) excellent in its own right. It also has a link to some samples of the cocked-up author in question’s work and, goodness me: Read them for yourself (NSFW or brain)
In Infinity War, when the army in Wakanda is charging forward to meet Thanos’s army, you see Steve and T’challa fly past everyone because they both run super fast. But Bucky is just as fast. And Bucky was not with them. Bucky looked at the army of weird alien monsters and thought to himself “I’m not in any hurry to get to that. I’ll jog it.”
Bucky Classic is a sniper. Winter Soldier may have been all up in people’s business, but if you’ve got a gun, there is no reason to go running into a horde running at you, especially when the monsters would be running up hill.
Bucky’s doing what’s right for him.
Now listen to this through the filter of John, after the fall…
This comes in handy a lot. Martin doesn’t get to eat out a lot, but he does get to stare at menus posted in windows and want. Sometimes, a client will attempt small talk with the awkward pilot before take-off or after landing, and the one thing Douglas can successfully steer Martin to turns out to be restaurant recommendations, entirely based on the menus.
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Babies are fussy. Toddlers are fussy. Any child with extreme and confusing pain in their ears is fussy, and there comes a day when no amount of parental soothing can lessen the wailing in the cabin. Carolyn is at her wits end, the day having already been rough, and all of Arthur’s cheerful attempts only seem to make it worse. Sentenced to go make tea (and stay out of the way), Arthur hands Martin a tea and explains that the child’s bedtime book was left at home.
Douglas handles the rest of the flight solo as Martin recites Winnie-the-Pooh by heart–and even describes the pictures.
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Martin always feels awful when he can’t get anyone even the smallest birthday present. He’s too busy being wrapped up in that to notice the looks of surprise that he’s remembered.
(In the case of Carl, Martin can be excused that oversight due to never communicating face-to-face with the man in the tower.)
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“Oh, come now, Martin,“ his mother half-begs. “Your brother never makes fun of you. I can’t think of a single instance, can you?“
After a long pause, looking at his mother’s tired face, Martin closes his eyes and swallows. “Yes,” he says, voice tight. “I suppose you’re right.”
“did chris evans actually jump that high to grab onto that helicopter in civil war?”
friendly reminder that chris vaulted with ease over chris pratt after just telling him less than a minute before that he would be able to clear him if he only put his head down.
I want a Celebrity Obstacle Course show where all the pretty people can show off their hard stunt work for us and also occasionally eat it, because they need to be humbled sometimes. The judges would be career stunt people, to give them visibility, because they work even harder. Shirts optional.
You wouldn’t even finish the phrase “Celebrity Ninja Warrior” before Chris would start jumping up and doing yelling “Me! Me! Pick me!”
Anyone know how to contact Netflix about this?
friendly reminder Chris did most of his stunts bc the stunt guys couldn’t move like him.
“One thing we found, too, is Chris can run very fast. He also has a very unique run. It’s almost a dancer’s run. And when we tried to double him for running, there was nobody who could run like him. They just didn’t have the same dynamics or the way he moves. He had to end up doing most of his running.”
“What we also found, is that we had gymnasts come in to do things, and Chris could do the same stuff that they could do, but it would look like Chris Evans. When the body doubles or the gymnasts or the runners did it, it just didn’t look like him. He has such a unique way of moving, and he could pretty much do all of his own physical stuff that wasn’t dangerous. Like this shot right here, we had a gymnast do this, and Chris actually ended up doing it better. That’s Chris here. He hops up on a tank and over a 12-foot wall. It looks effortless but it’s not that easy!”
“Chris worked his butt off for four months doing gymnastics and stunt training so in a scene like this he could go toe-to-toe with Georges St-Pierre and make it look really credible. Once the helmet comes off, 95% of that is Chris, except obviously for that massive aerial kick that he does.I think he did a fantastic job.”
The really cool thing about Chris Evans is that he’s a super talented, athletic guy. He retains things amazingly well. I mean, I’m blown away. I can show him a 15-punch fight two times, and he’s got it. – Thomas Harper, Stunt Coordinator, CATWS
Lady Karasu 