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Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday March 21st, 2024

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro NEW!

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson/Crane

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward NEW!

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

NEW! Once Upon A Time

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

NEW! The Vampire Diaries / The Originals

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

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theawkwardterrier · 10 months

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Of Grief (post 7x02 Outlander fic)

Shock and denial

Their granddaughter is perfect — flawless, miraculous. He's known that the same way he knew that Claire was meant for him, that instantaneous, unquestionable resetting of the world.

And yet Claire says it is not so, that there is something within Amanda that must be fixed, that cannot be fixed.

"Even with the ether?" he asks, as if his wife might have forgotten that tool, as if with that remembered she can reverse this nightmare. Claire had healed him, after all — hand, heart — when he'd tried to die. She can do anything. It is impossible that she cannot do this.

“No.”

Pain and guilt

He has the McCallum lad exercising the foal. He tells himself that it is practice, accustoming everyone to the routine for when they leave, but knows in his heart that he simply cannot stand doing it himself, cannot face the idea that he will never see girl and horse grow alongside each other, never guide his granddaughter's hands on the reins or race her along the Ridge.

It is such a small thing to ache for, overcome by the vastness of his need for Mandy to be well. And yet it hurts, because he had allowed himself finally to hope.

Anger and bargaining

He has his prayers, his peaceful face, strong shoulders for the others to lean on, but there is so much rage in him. At night, he stares at the inn's ceiling, demanding to know how this is just.

I have sinned uncountably, and You saved my leg at the final moment. You allowed me the choice to return here. You have kept me from harm that should have rightfully struck me down. Would my life not be fairly traded for this innocent?

And yet he continues to breathe, remains healthy and whole, forced to give up his precious ones again.

Depression

Later, Claire says, raw-throated, "I didn't grieve them this way before, and I thought they’d left just as permanently. Why does it hurt so much more now?"

Because we still had Fergus and Marsali then. Because we're worried over Mandy's heart atop everything, and you blame yourself for not being able to fix it. Because this was no one's choice.

"Because when they came back before, we lost the fear that they would leave," he says. "Because we convinced ourselves that we'd have them forever."

He finds that his own tears have fallen. He does not bother wiping them away.

The upward turn

Sometimes he wishes his missing would expel in a draining gush. It is a perpetual haunting instead, each time he sees the abandoned cabin or hears a child laugh like Jem.

But Claire is here, still. The days cannot remain dark forever.

Aidan McCallum falls ill, and Jamie must work the foal himself. The simple act, done a hundred times, hurts between each rib. And yet seeing the way the creature has grown helps him picture the way Mandy must be growing too - a joyous thought, even if he is not there to watch.

He names it, finally: Mirren. Beloved.

Reconstruction and working through

There are things which help: convincing Lizzie that she needs time alone with her (Christ) husbands and having an infant's weight in his arms once more, someone to soothe through the night; receiving word from New Bern that all is well; reading the latest news or corresponding with the Sons of Liberty as Brianna's America takes shape around them; holding Claire and remembering the children with her, or simply being reminded that she has remained.

There are things which help, and although he knows that there are parts of him which cannot ever heal, sometimes it can feel like enough.

Acceptance and hope

"I'll remember you to the children," Roger Mac said — a historian's particular gift, one well-received by a man who thought the legacy of his generations lost more than once. So Jamie must believe that his grandson will recall him and this place, that his granddaughter will be raised on tales of those who loved her here: her grandmother's healing hands and sharp mind (and sharper tongue), her grandfather who was stableboy, soldier, laird (but liked husband and father best).

There are, Claire promises, still horses in the future. Even if he cannot teach her, his strong wee Mandy will ride.

#Outlander #Outlander fic #Jamie Fraser

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Single Chapter 34

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To see his eldest son married had been amazing. To hold their first grandchild, then second, then third, Fergus and Marsali are very fertile, aye all those things were brilliant.

But to see their Brianna joined with Roger Mac, that took his breath away.

As he promised Claire, she wasn’t allowed to be married until age eighteen. This made several would be suitors quite angry. With a firm hand, he held his ground. A grand thing as it was only at seventeen that she meet Roger.

As her papa before her, she knew immediately that he was the one made for her.

“Mama, he is perfect! I know he was made to be my husband!” she enthused to Claire and eleven year old, Julia, who listens intently, “Please help me convince Papa!”

Papa took some convincing, as the man was a Protestant minister.

“Jamie, it is like it was with us. She loves him. He is a good man.”

After speaking at length to the lad, and securing his promise that the children will be baptized as Catholics, he reluctantly agrees to their courtship.

Now he stands, his own bride by his side, and watches his baby girl, become a wife.

Kyle, at thirteen, is eyeing the lasses that have come for the ceremony. He knows it is time for the talk his da had with him.

Marsali and Fergus are busy with their bairns, Germaine, Joanie, and Feliciá. Despite the youngest still being at the breast, Marsali is pregnant again.

“Isn’t there something she can do or take to prevent so many bairns?” He asks Claire at this news.

“I have tried to instruct her, as I did Brianna,” he winces at the idea of his baby needing such instructions, “ I believe she will be more receptive.”

She was. It is two years after her marriage, and a year after the birth of John-Herní, she presents Roger with a son, Jeremiah, called Jemmy. Four years later, he is joined by Amanda. Mandy.

Kyle marries a lass named Rebekah. Four years later, Julia weds Samuel.

Lallybroch is full to bursting when their families gather. They all live close, with the children and their families all building houses on the property.

Claire smiles as she pens a letter that she prays will find its way, through history to Kyle, John, and Glenda.

“My dearest friends,

Julia was here today. She and Kyle’s wife are both expecting. This will be Rebekah ‘s third and Julia’s second. Both are close to delivery.

Julia brought my grandson, Samuel James, with her. He looks so much like the portraits I have seen of Jamie at his age. A blessing though we are hopeful that this coming child will resemble his father.

Bree’s Jemmy is courting! Yes, I may soon have a great-grandchild to write you about.

Time, it seems to move faster and faster.

I pray this letter finds you and that you are all doing well. I shall never forget all you have done for me. All of these people are here because you helped me return to my love.

Blessings on you all

Love

Claire Elizabeth Fraser

In the year of our Lord

1780.”

The end

#my writing #outlander fanfic #single #chapter 34 #jamie and claire #outlander fandom #cannon divergence

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bcacstuff · 2 years

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Update on filming S7 dates and location October 2022

I did explore some more about filming locations and dates for this month by taking a peek at what the extras are scheduled for.

This week there seems not much going on including extras. Only some studio costume fitting today and covid tests next Friday. Which doesn't mean they're not filming of course, but could indicate only the main cast is involved filming. We learned from last weekend, as S told he needed to go back to Scotland for shooting OL, filming will be ongoing this week. Just not including extras for as far as I've found out.

Next week is more interesting though. At least filming on Monday and Tuesday (17&18) for some extras on 2 locations. One being Cambusmore (usually used for Frasers Ridge), the ones there include the 2 extras I posted about before being Jamie and Roger doubles, though they have as role 'Redcoats' for these days listed.

The other location on the same dates is Dalmeny. The extras have roles as 'Philadelphia travelers', both women and men. They film there on October 17&18 as well on October 31 and November 1st.

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Concerning Philadelphia there are parts in the books "An Echo in the Bone" and "Written in my own Hearts blood"

Beneath a summary from outlander.fandom.com

An Echo in the Bone

In July 1777, Lord John Grey arrives in Philadelphia, in order to find his son and have Henry, his nephew, paroled. By November 1777, he has begun renting Number 17 Chestnut Street.

Marsali and Fergus also relocate to Philadelphia in the summer of 1777, and Fergus runs his printing business near Spruce Street. When Claire returns from Scotland, she lives at Fergus's printshop for a time, then, believing Jamie dead, marries Lord John Grey and lives in his house in Chestnut Street.

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

After Jamie and Jenny arrive from Scotland, they and Claire begin living at Fergus's printshop.

The Frasers leave Philadelphia in the fall of 1778, after Henri-Christian's death.

So scenes with JLG, and perhaps we'll even see Fersali back (?) finally? As far as we've seen they haven't been on set so far for the season they're filming... keeping an eye on where they will be this month or end of the month and beginning November...

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While a number of them will be tested on Covid at the studio again on October 20, the next day again extras are scheduled for 2 different things. October 21st at Midhope as 'continentals' and the other listing is for Redcoats Starz Gallery. I'm not sure what this last one means 🤷‍♀️ More continentals are listed for 26, 27 & 28 October but now in Stirling.

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Additional I come back to a previous date a listing I didn't mention before, as I was puzzled about what it could mean. It contained a woman extra listed as 'house keeper of Brian Fraser'. I had some discussions about it, speculating are they already shooting something for the prequel. But I think it contains another story line. As we already learned that Chris Fulton joins this season playing Rob Cameron, it makes sense that the storyline of Jemmy being kidnapped is involved and Roger going back through the stones searching for his son. I always thought he'd go back to the time of Jamie and Claire, but as it turns out he's going back to 1739!

From outlander.fandom.com

An Echo in the Bone

Jemmy becomes friends with Rob Cameron's nephew, which Cameron uses to kidnap Jem. Roger and Brianna believe that Cameron took Jemmy back to the past through the stones at Craigh na Dun. Rob arranges a playdate and sleepover between his nephew Bobby and Jemmy for October 30. However, he takes Jemmy to the stones at Craigh na Dun. Jemmy's sister Amanda senses that and alarms her parents, who phone Rob's sister Martina and learn that she wasn't expecting Jemmy this night. While Roger goes through the stones to look for Jemmy in the past, Rob Cameron locks Jemmy in the tunnel under Loch Errochty. He then visits Brianna and wants her to tell Jemmy to disclose the gold's location.

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

In October 1739, Brian and his daughter Jenny welcome Roger MacKenzie to their home. After learning from Roger than he and his kinsman are searching for his son Jeremiah MacKenzie, who has been kidnapped, Brian offers what help he can and checks with his tenants to see if anyone has seen the boy, or a strange man.

While Roger is away to check on his kinsman who had taken ill, Brian continues to keep his eyes and ears out for any word about Jeremiah.

*Note, locations and dates are found on schedules of extras, not the main cast

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multiprises · 8 months

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Thank You for Not Driving, Class of ’09, 1.03

Amanda Marsalis (D), Tom Rob Smith (S), 17/05/23

#kate mara #class of '09 #scifi #polar #saison 1 #made in usa

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robertogreco · 9 months

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Sinéad O’Connor’s performance at the Amnesty International Concert in Santiago de Chile, October 13, 1990

In 1990, I was a foolish 19-year-old who’d made a very lucky decision, one that came through an ongoing search for both escape and the path of least resistance, the themes of my life at the time. That same decision led a to numerous life-changing experiences, including one that brought me to a live Sinéad O’Connor performance. As an aging person, I think a lot about the past, but I have also been thinking about this all again with O’Connor’s death last week. RIP. (I appreciate the writing that Allyson McCabe has done about O’Connor, a good start being “Appreciation: Sinéad O’Connor was right all along,” “Why Sinéad O’Connor refused to be silenced,” and “Sinéad O’Connor Was Always a Protest Singer.” While I haven’t read it, I suspect that McCabe’s book Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters is very good. I also recommend Amanda Hess’s 2021 “Sinéad O’Connor Remembers Things Differently.”)

As a teen, I had really wanted to spend a year in another country and I didn’t want it to be an English-speaking one – that seemed to me as too similar to be worth the hassle. But I hadn’t really planned well and then needed to scramble to meet the two-year language requirement by signing up for Spanish classes too advanced for my level. Spanish was the only language other than English I’d ever really spent much time with and so it was my only real chance of getting there. I then applied for only one study abroad program, a newly formed one in Valparaíso, Chile. The choice was easy because as a program created at my university it meant the financial aid I was receiving for attendance at the university would apply to the total cost of the program, which even with airfare included ended up being a bit less than regular semesters on campus, and there was a guaranteed transfer of credits upon completion of the program.

My familiarity with Chile, its culture, its history, and its political situation was pretty much non-existent. Less than five months before my arrival, Patricio Alywin, the first post-dictator president, had taken in office. This was the result of the 1988 plebiscite. A lot was changing (and a lot wasn’t) in Chile and the same applied to me. I was finally open to learning in a way that I hadn’t been for years, the direct result of the informal learning inherent in an immersion program. And I was eager to experience as much as possible. One of the benefits of learning a new language can be that you are forced to speak less and listen more. I listened a lot and I learned a lot. I went places, walking and riding the bus all around Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. I didn’t travel far aside from a trip to La Serena and El Valle del Elqui with my host family and a trip to the south at the end of the semester, but I did frequently go to a few nearby places along the coast and into the interior of the Región and occasionally visited Santiago. Two months after I arrived, some classmates and I went to the Amnesty International concert “Desde Chile... un abrazo a la esperanza” (here’s an LA Times article on the concert) in the National Stadium there, the same stadium that had been the site of imprisonment, torture, and murder at the hands of Pinochet and his men. That’s where I saw Sinéad O’Connor just as you can see in the video above. Several artists played too: Luz Casal, Inti Illimani, Wyton Marsalis, Jackson Browne, Rubén Blades y Sesi de Solar, Sting, and Peter Gabriel.

By then, all that I had heard and read started to make more sense (the language too), and it began to transform me and change my perspective on the world. At the end of that year, I was in Puerto Montt and other areas of Southern Chile, and I distinctly remember arguing against the USian buildup to what would eventually become the Gulf War. I can’t imagine I’d arrived at that conclusion, among many others, if it weren’t for the series of events that had led up to me being there.

#Sinéad O’Connor #Chile #1990 #cv #Youtube #travel #learning #education #informal #informal learning #study abroad #Spanish #language

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cputrbug · 10 months

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Outlander Episode 702

When Claire Fraser is disgusted to the point she’d like to take a shovel to your head, you know your life choices are problematic. Had she been armed with even a garden trowel, she would have brained Allan in the head and fed him to the pig. But Ian saves the day with a well placed arrow in the back. “He was right, Auntie. He had to die.” He and Claire bury the body and are caught by Mrs Bug who decides to jump in and help them. See ya’ll, she may have been the gossipmonger last season, but she’s nice! And she’ll help bury the bodies no questions asked. Oh, and hey thanks Ian...see you next week! Maybe..

This episode was in high gear - Episode 2 and they are almost 1/4 way through the book, which if 7a is Book 7 and 7b is Book 8 they are right on track. But nearly 2,000 pages of book crammed into 16 episodes means we are going at warp speed.

As the Macs are getting ready to go, Jamie gives Claire a gemstone in case she wants to go with them. He’s not brave enough to live without her, but brave enough to try for her sake. But, Claire’s not having it. She chucks it out the window and Jamie is all of us when he says, “you’re throwing it out?!” Yeah, Claire! Gemstones don’t grow on trees. Good luck finding that little black stone on the ground in the morning. Too bad she threw it, it might have come in handy later.

Lots of emotion this episode as we watch Bree meet William, and Jamie and LJ acknowledging that the war may mean they’ll never be on the same side again. Amanda is born (with dad and grandda present!) and after Claire discovers a heart problem, they decide her best chance is in the future. Heartbreaking scenes of Jamie and Bree saying goodbye. So sad. I’m not a crier, but even I needed a tissue at that one.

Back at the Big House, Claire breaks down as she realizes they’ve lost their whole family. No Fergus & Marsali, no Bree & RogerMac and no grandchildren. Jamie tries to comfort her while she sobs.

But as she does, Claire pulls herself together and life goes on. She’s walking up to the house one afternoon and gets the sense that something isn’t right. She goes into the house and that asshole Donner is there and he wants information and a gemstone. His gang brings in Jamie and it’s a good thing for Donner those guys had a hold on Jamie because when he hears Wendigo’s name he’s ready to rumble. Jamie tries a bit of acting on them saying that Claire hid the gemstones so they can’t kill her, but J&C are out of practice and Donner doesn’t believe them. The gang starts ransacking the surgery and they break open the ether bottle. Donner lights a match and BOOM! There goes the Big House.

Some other observations:

They introduced the French gold. Jamie and Arch going back and forth in gaelic. Oooh, plot point! It’s a big deal in the book, but I expect it will be a speed bump next week as we move on.

Lizzie’s throuple is going strong. If the Ridge is scandalized there’s no time for their shenanigans. They’re going to just have to deal.

William! One of my favorite characters. The actor playing William was pretty good for the short scene he was in. I’m looking forward to later in the season - he’s got some good stuff coming up.

Overall a very good episode. Just an emotional wringer though. Looking forward to next week.

#Outlander spoilers

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tv-moments · 2 years

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Ozark

Season 4, “Pick a God and Pray“

Director: Amanda Marsalis

DoP: Eric Koretz

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boardchairman-blog · 2 years

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**Shots of the Episode**

Ozark (2017)

Season 4, Episode 8: “The Cousin of Death” (2022) Director: Amanda Marsalis Cinematographer: Eric Koretz

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justcolorphotography · 2 months

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Amanda Marsalis

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#amanda marsalis #photographers on tumblr #photography #polaroid #color photography

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shesnake · 22 days

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Tessa Thompson and Evan Rachel Wood in Westworld season 3 episode 3 (2020) dir. Amanda Marsalis

#westworld #tessa thompson #evan rachel wood #tv #*#q #w #dsg #suss #they did what they had to do #those weeks we thought hale was teddy.. bliss #dirhwangdaseul

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diegoleivablog · 1 year

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OZARK 2017-2022

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OZARK es una serie creada por Bill Dubuque y Mark Williams para Netflix, cuenta con solo cuatro temporadas y cuarenta y cuatro episodios, incluido el piloto. Está ambientada en la actualidad, en las ciudades de Chicago y en el lago Ozark en Missouri Estados Unidos. Es un clásico drama familiar con problemas "capitalistas"muy modernos como lo es traficar dinero para un cartel de drogas mexicano.

"'Ozark' derriba clichés dramáticos varias veces (...) pero siempre resulta convincente. Linney está, como siempre, magnífica. Y el Lago de los Ozarks, donde las aguas profundas nunca se alejan de la orilla, es un regalo." The Guardian.

"'Ozark' es inteligente, está bien hecha y tiene cosas que decir." Variety.

Creadores: Bill Dubuque y Mark Williams

Directores: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Robin Wright, Daniel Sackheim, Andrew Bernstein, Ellen Kuras, Phil Abraham, Alik Sakharov,Ben Semanoff, Amanda Marsalis, Cherlen Dabis, Benjamin Semanoff, Alik Sakharov, Melissa Hickey,

Compositores: Danny Bensi,Saunder Jurriaans

Actores: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jordana Spiro, Jason Butler Harner Esai Morales, Peter Mullan, Lisa Emery, Charlie Tahan,Janet McTeer, Tom Pelphrey, Jessica Frances Dukes,Felix Solis, Damian Young, Alfonso Herrera, Adam Rothenberg.

Temporadas: 4

Episodios: 44

Plataforma: Netflix

Los Byrde son una familia de chicago bastante común de clase media alta, bastante tranquila y de buena situación económica.

Aparentemente en sus vidas no existen muchos altibajos ni emociones tan rimbombantes. APARENTEMENTE.

Digo aparentemente porque ya en el primer capítulo nos enteramos de la infidelidad de su mujer Wendy ( Laura Linney) casada por mucho tiempo con Marty Byrde ( Jason Bateman) desde ahí nos percatamos de la inoperancia emocional del protagonista para afrontar esta inquietante noticia que vino a desordenar su aparente y tranquila vida familiar.

Mientras Marty piensa en cómo confrontar a su esposa wendy, con una admirable templanza, que será característica del personaje a lo largo de la serie, algo similar a lo que hizo Al Pacino en el Padrino Parte dos, interpretando a un Michael Corleone totalmente sereno encarando las situaciones más peligrosas con mucha pero mucha calma. Asi en la serie nos enteramos también que Marty es un financista, dedicado a la contabilidad general para muchos negocios de distintos rubros, dentro de esos negocios en el horizonte inmediato está el lavar dinero para un cartel de la mafia mexicana.

Como si la tortura de haber visto a tu mujer practicarle sexo oral a su amante no fuese suficiente tortura, el cartel mexicano se entera que uno de los socios de Marty, le ha estado robando dinero durante mucho tiempo, el cartel no está convencido de que Marty tenga algo que ver en todo eso, y le perdona la vida por esa única vez.

Sin embargo convencido de su inocencia, Marty de manera muy ilusa acepta intelectualmente hacerse cargo 100% el mismo del lavado de dinero para el cartel mexicano, una tarea para nada fácil, que los números contablemente no estuvieran a su favor no era terrorífico para Marty en ese momento, el terror comenzaría con asumir la deuda de su socio, los intereses creados que tendría a futuro con la mafia mexicana, hacer cómplices y contarles la verdad a toda su familia ( quienes desconocían el trabajo de marty) comenzar una vida de cero en un lugar llamado Ozark con personajes que durante toda la serie harán tambalear la cordura de Marty y su esposa Wendy byrde.

La serie Explora la intimidad de una familia que como todas las familias o creo que la mayor parte de las familias, son unidas y muestran atisbos de un amor fraternal.....quizás, no se como enfrentarían estos problemas extremos como la de los byrne, encararían un problema de drogas internacional como lo hacen ellos. Inmediatamente todos los integrantes de la familia entran en el juego, cada uno asume un papel casi trascendente durante toda la serie, a excepción de la Hija Charlotte (Sofía Hublitz) quien asume una postura típica de adolescente rebelde y malhumorada que odia todos los cambios y que para mi gusto y solo enfocandome en los personajes principales el rol de ella es intrascendente y evoluciona poco y nada durante toda la serie, ya que pasa de quejarse mucho a quejarse muy poco sin evolucionar nada ni resolver conflictos centrales. Y eso no solo sucede con ella, también ocurre con secundarios y personajes ocurrentes que para mi parecer solo están como un respaldo para un personaje importante o principal, están como dicen en las teleseries de RELLENO y es uno de los puntos negativos de la serie. el único.

En cambio el menor de los hijos Byrde, Jonah ( Skylar Gaertner) tiene una evolución muy importante en la serie, desde el inicio siempre estuvo colaborativo con sus padres, nunca se opuso a la idea de comenzar de cero en un lugar apartado de su ciudad natal , todo lo contrario, al avanzar las temporadas fue mucho más activo en los negocios particularmente con Marty, de hecho aprendió a lavar dinero como su padre y a manejar armas con mucha prolijidad, esto último le ayudaría a salvar a su familia en el último capítulo de la serie ( algo que se vio venir )

Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner) es el personaje secundario con más potencial de la serie y que más minutos acaparó en pantalla, y esto debido a que su personaje fue presentado como una especie de antagonista de Marty y de los Byrde en general, pero que a medida que avanzaba la trama nos dábamos cuenta que se había convertido en la más leal de los aliados de Marty, una soldado que jamás rompería filas y que cautivada por la inteligencia de Marty, actuaría ciegamente a sus pedidos.Ruth siendo de la zona, ósea de Ozark conoce a la perfección cada detalle del lugar y de sus habitantes, se incluye su disfuncional familia que se vincularán de algún modo u otro, a la trama de los Byrde pero la idea de eso perecería mientras avanza la serie dejándole todo el espacio para que el personaje de Ruth crezca, tome fuerza y se convierta por fin en el pilar fundamental de la serie.

Wendy Byrde es el personaje principal más importante de la serie, su protagonismo nace, a partir de hechos ocurridos casi al final de la primera temporada, esto ya que su marido muestra serias incongruencias en las acciones de su negocio, y al verse sobrepasado por el hostigamiento del cartel Mexicano por lavar dinero de manera maratónica, del acoso del FBI, y de la animosidad de los locales con respecto a la llegada de la familia y sus nuevos negocios que le permitirán lavar dinero más eficientemente . La pareja iniciaría un declive aún más profundo del que ya estaba en ese momento, un declive que arrastrará a toda la familia y su entorno más cercano, eso incluye a los amigos locales, políticos, empresarios, abogados y hasta policías.

A medida que avanza la serie, la familia siempre tratara de estar unida pese al panorama poco existencialista, Marty, siempre buscara la forma de evadir los problemas internos de su esposa Wendy, algo que después de la infidelidad de está ya se transforma en lo habitual de los dos. El respeto por ella se ha perdido, ya no le preocupa la fidelidad de su esposa, le preocupa que se mantenga firme como su aliada en los negocios, algo que detona en Wendy una cierta ventaja sobre su marido, ya que ella es mucho más determinante, inteligente y también ambiciosa , ya que reconoce en si misma un cambio muy profundo que la hará liderar no solo la familia, sino también los negocios con los locales y el cartel de drogas.

Wendy a mi parecer fue la antagonista de la historia, ya que dejando de lado su infidelidad, algo que carece de toda objetividad e importancia en una relación actual, fue una villana muy interesante pero a la vez muy mordaz, ya que engaño, subestimo, mal intencióno soborno y manipulo mucha de las acciones que puso en peligro la familia, creyó por unos momentos que podría dirigir ella misma el negocio del lavado de dinero y encargarse a la vez de su familia, fue empresaria de la droga y madre devota de sus hijos, todo ocurrió muy rápido, mientras Marty hacía malabares para crear ingresos sustentables y proteger de cierta forma a su familia, Wendy jugaba al sentimentalismo con el jefe de la familia narco en méxico, y fue así, ya que Navarro ( Felix Solís ) logró un inusual acercamiento y satisfacía muchos de los caprichos de wendy, Eso sin contar el intento de robarle el hijo a Darlene ( Lisa Emery ) una feroz mujer y de armas tomar, terrateniente y socia de los Byrde en Ozark, pero nada como encubrir la muerte de su propio hermano con problemas de bipolaridad, Ben ( Tom Pelphrey ) quien de manera muy irónica acude a ella por ayuda, siendo que la más necesitada por ayuda, era la misma Wendy.

OZARk El FINAL DE LA SERIE

Muchos de los fanáticos y me incluyo, creíamos que la serie se extendería por lo menos una temporada más, para profundizar en los desenlaces de cada personaje, no fue así y debemos conformarnos con el final casi lírico y poético que nos entregó la maravillosa familia Byrde, que de un momento a otro, vivió una serie de aventuras muy desafortunadas TODAS, ya que esta serie es un ejemplo de que el CRIMEN NO PAGA y las acciones que tengas tampoco, eso en referencia al final que obtuvieron personajes icónicos de la serie, se habla de un Spin off reforzando las características bien escrita por lo demás, de Ruth y Jonah, una por ser una guerrera inagotable y el otro por ser el sucesor natural de los negocios de Marty y Wendy.

Los Byrde conforman la atípica historia de la familia sobreviviente a hechos extremadamente violentos y poco comunes, pero cuando nos adentramos a su historia, me convenzo de que la unión entre ellos es sumamente fuerte e inagotable y que de manera sorpresiva se sobrepone a todos los acontecimientos brutales que ocurrieron en su entorno, Los Byrde captan el peligro de una manera tan talentosa que llega a ser traumática pero que les permite sobrevivir y hacer frente a toda adversidad. Mientras tanto me agasajo de este refrescante guión y de la lírica cinematográfica puesta en escena, fiel en cada capítulo de todas las temporadas y para nada sensiblera.

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