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David Tennant and Catherine Tate making each other laugh on the set of "Doctor Who" since 2006

#amazing gifset #but also i have to point out #that this is like 99% catherine making david laugh #and not just laugh but like bust out laughing #and that is excellent #dw #david tennant #catherine tate

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#this is actually a crime against music #my god are they writing for the 12 year olds

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it really is insane to me how in the mid 2010s netflix had a reputation of making cool, inclusive series as well as saving tv shows after their networks cancelled them, and now here we are today with every halfway decent netflix original show getting cancelled after 1-2 seasons and a bajillion episodes of bigmouth

#bruhhhhhh #drag them #netflix

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the problem isn't just that media literacy is slowly becoming a dying art. it's that people straight up do not pay attention when they watch tv/film anymore.

#mm I think this is a bit overly pessimistic #but I see where it’s coming from #that said I’ll never not analyze and obsess over everything I watch #and read and listen to #and I’m making a whole podcast about it so watch out

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do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

#wait i did need to know this for my internet ancestry thanks op #ao3

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Ok so my friend and I just recorded 4 HOURS of raw audio breaking down the OUAT pilot, season 1 finale, and discussing the show in general for our new podcast where we make each other watch episodes of our favorite shows and talk about them together. It’s exactly as fun as you would imagine. :)

But even after all that, I still have things I forgot to say or didn’t get to. So here’s a few of them:

1. “Evil” as addiction: the OUAT writers treat the concept of being evil like addiction/substance abuse which is really interesting and kind of a bold choice for a 2011 show about fairytales. Then within that structure they show basically the two choices you have when facing addiction: choose not to use and become a better, healed version of yourself (Regina) or keep using and stay stuck in your patterns and hurt everyone you love forever (Rumple). As a child of an alcoholic who has chosen the latter, I loved watching Regina’s journey in this context and while she stumbles a lot, she keeps striving to be good even though she gets the short end of the stick most of the time. And her North Star is always Henry, which I think is important to show that you don’t just change because you feel like it, there usually has to be the threat of something worse happening if you don’t change (in this case, losing Henry physically and emotionally).

2. Regina Mills might be the most psychologically complex and interesting character on prime time tv in the 2010s? Period??

3. I rambled a good bit in the podcast about the costumes and color symbolism but here’s a bit more for you: Once Regina is on team heroes she often wears some kind of red top (the hero’s color) with a black jacket/coat over it showing that she’s changed on the inside but she still *looks* like the evil queen on the outside and can now use that persona/power to her advantage instead of being consumed by it. By the end of S5 this contrasts with Emma who wears her signature red jacket but a black/white/gray sweater underneath, showing that she’s a little more of a mix of good and evil these days post-dark one. In a color sense, they’re almost mirror images of each other at this point, and it’s really cool.

4. I know a lot of people are really salty about how Emma’s light kind of dims toward S4, 5, 6, and I’m right there with you. Her character feels flatter, and honestly kind of depressed. Now idk if this was a real choice on the writers’/JMo’s part, if she was going through some stuff at this time and it just showed up in the character, or what. That said, it does track for me in a way, especially post-dark one. She should be kind of thrown off by everything that’s happened! She should be changed! I just wish they had done something with it instead of pretending it was normal. If Regina’s struggle with evil is analogous to addiction, why can’t Emma’s struggle with evil be analogous to depression? It would have been an interesting take. Somebody write the fic.

I could keep going but I’ll stop here for now. Stay tuned for the podcast!

#OUAT #Regina mills #Emma swan #swan queen #Henry mills #once upon a time #analysis

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Another AO3 thing I’m curious about, how do yall decide if something is good enough to read? Usually I follow a rule of 1 kudos for every 10 hits. One because it’s easy math and two it’s yet to fail me. Thoughts? Do you just go for it and pray it’s good?

#I do typically filter by comments or kudos i admit #I ain’t got time to look through y’all’s garbage writing #that sounded a bit harsh but in fairness I too have written garbage in my time #ao3

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when a character is written inconsistently because nobody thought about it that hard and you're like it's time for me to get in there.. and think about it that hard

#meeeee

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occasional posts from users

#they say this like its not a benefit to being on tumblr #its a much less chaotic way to be on social media #but of course also as chaotic as you make it #K I GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK NOW

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you ever get surprised by your own recurring issues. like come on man. I thought we were past this.

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I recently learned this lesson the hard way and realized I was drinking mold for a while 😬, clean your water bottles you heathens.

U ever have any container or appliance that you only ever put water inside you catch yourself thinking 'i only put water in this so I won't need to clean it very often'. That is the devil talking. Clean it. Or you will summon the Ooze.

#ec3 mold spray saved my hydroflask highly recommend #random #health and wellness

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“your life isn’t going to be what you thought”

it was meant to be a quick study but ended up as a whole religious painting (and I was so right for it xD)

#wowowowow #wheel of time #moraine damodred #moraine sedai #rosamund pike #digital portrait #digital art #digital painting

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Regina: You can’t just follow me into fire!

Emma: Then don’t run into fire!

#why is this so them tho #swanqueen #ouat

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#the costume design team were so clearly swanqueen stans its nuts #god bless them bc its keeping me going thru this trash bucket show #swanqueen #parallels #snow and charming #ouat #emma swan #regina mills #david #snow white #the camelot parallels are cool i didnt think of that one before

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'CAUSE WHEN EMMA FALLS IN LOVE, SHE'S IN IT FOR KEEPS » requested by @lorelaiileigh ♡ reblogs are encouraged!

#incredible gifset op #temporarily (always) back on my swanqueen bs #swan queen #emma swan #regina mills #ouatedit

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