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Did I say Donna/harvey yet idk

YESSSSSSS the thing is. hes got that james dean daydream look in his eyes and shes got that red lip classic thing that he likes

ohmygod . donnaharvey makes me want to weep. when i started the show i totally thought i would be into harveymike but now that im on s5 im totally into #darvey_endgame

1 what made me ship it?? ohmygod theyre both divas and the two hottest bisexuals i’ve ever seen and they’re INSANE about each other but would rather die than admit it they’re like philip and elizabeth on fx’s the americans. like harvey and donna could fully be living together and raising children together before they admit they like each other

2 my favorite thing is ohmygod . where im at in s5 like theyre sooooo codependent but she left him bc she needed to move on and he cant he has panic attacks about it……. theyre so messed up. they should try to kill each other at least once. darvey could be destiel. is the thing. ohmygod also THEYRE BEST FRIENDS. i need to see them like, go clubbing together and go to spa weekends together and go to brunch and shit. hes literally her girlfriend

3 an unpopular opinion? i mean i think they’re both bi is that unpopular? they’re bi4bi . also when i looked up pegging donnaharvey ao3 there was not NEARLY enough

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wait amanda if you for real wanna talk about aspect ratios pls dump ur thoughts here i’m fascinated and would love to hear more <3

ohmygod . ohmygod!!!!! okay so (idk how much you know so im gonna start from the beginning)

television of the 20th century was filmed in whats called the 4:3 aspect ratio (4 units wide by 3 units tall). basically it was more of a square because people's tvs were fat and square shaped (see above). and! basically the 4 to 3 aspect ratio forced actors together to fit in the frame which is how you get scenes like this (from Sports Night, 1998)

they have to practically sit in each other's laps to be able to fit in the frame!

whereas, around the turn of the millennia mark, when people started having "widescreen" hd tvs, the aspect ratio changed to what movies where filmed in, aka 16:9. and now everything is in 16:9 because everyone has hd/widescreen tvs AND watch tv on their laptops (also 16 to 9)

but 16:9 is sooo spread out you have spacing like this from the americans

now the americans is a bit of a poor example because its a show that uses so much negative space stylistically, but you get the picture. there's just sooo much extra room in the 16:9 ratio, that pushes the actors apart and we dont get that fun closeness of the 4:3

now! seinfeld (and mash, and other famous, digitally remastered shows of the 20th century that are available on streaming) is really where the rubber meets the road. because seinfeld (among others) was FILMED in the 4:3 ratio, but when it was digitally remastered for netflix it was TURNED INTO the 16:9 ratio, so the actors are all tacked together, but when you watch it (on netflix) theres all this unused space around the actors (THAT YOURE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE! THE DIRECTOR DID NOT INTEND FOR THE AUDIENCE TO SEE THAT!) i cant prove it cus i cant screenshot netflix anymore but you can really see it when the four of the them are in the frame in jerrys apartment and you can also see his desk and his kitchen. basically its just a version of the show we were not meant to see and it BOTHERS ME. most egregious is the episode "the pothole" where in the original 4:3 theyre looking down at it but in the netflix version you cant see it!!!!

what was i talking about? oh yeah okay so basically television used to be filmed in a square and the actors had to sit in each others laps to be able to be in the frame at the same time and now television is all stretched out and theyre like, miles away from each other. i hope this helps<3

#i typed all of this in a very hot room hearing my mom watching tv in the other room so i hope this is coherent lol!!! #anyway thank you sooo much for askign i love talking about this!!!! #aspect ratio #soleadita #amanda.mail

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HAAARRRVVVEEEYYY 1,2,8,22 and any more you want to answer!

YESSSSSS OK OKAY.

1) why do i like him ?? well

I MEAN. ITS A MYSTERY

also hes so funny . like surprisingly smart and funny.

2) ohhhh favorite canon thing about him? thats a tough one. i think my favorite thing so far has been his whole “just like his mother fr” thing when he was talking about sleeping with amy acker with his therapist and lying about it and she was like hm sounds familiar.. and he was like well im not goddamn her! probably one of my favorite harvey scenes ever

8) “something the fandom does to the character you despise” SCREAM ohmygod youre gonna get me in trouuuubllee! um i dont see him as a dom . like im sorry like i dont actually care but when people are like “THIS IS DOMSUB THIS IS DOM HARVEY” and the scene is like him standing. and waving a little bit im like .. is it though

like i dont really care i just dont see it. plus that line where scottie’s like “[harvey] only responds to strength” ive always thought was about sex like oh does he now.

22) something i like about him as a fic reader….. ohh interesting okay .. i think my favorite thing to read harvey rn is like unrequited.. like hes been in love with mike from the beginning and mikes with rachel and mikes gonna stay with rachel i love reading harvey having to sit on the sidelines and watch that . and not be able to do anything<3

something i dont like i fics as a reader… i definitely think harvey is hard to pin down.. like hes prickly but also the most sentimental man in the world like its hard to find the right balance so i don’t like it when hes too soft and syrupy but i also dont like it when hes too much of an asshole. i also dont like it when people give him too much credit or let him be too healthy like no, he’s supposed to be a toxic manipulator lmao

thank youuuuuuuu i love himmmmmmm

#hes everything to me. babygirl…… #harvey specter #amanda.mail #suitsposting

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she's so patronising to him though like a relationship like that would be so annoying. he doesn't need to be told what he feels and what to do about it every day. they're fine as besties but he doesn't want more

two questions: genuinely, im not trying to be snippy at all, is this in reference to something ive said? i checked my recent postings i couldn’t find anything?? and second, um you didn’t specify who you’re talking about .. im guessing donna and harvey on usa legal drama suits? im just gonna answer to the best of my ability, as if this is about donnaharvey which im like 90% sure it is?? okay

i mean, respectfully, i would certainly push back on the idea she “tells him what to do” cus she’s certainly his emotional intelligence like she tells him what hes thinking—or at least her interpretation of what he’s thinking. theres certainly evidence of that, the scene that comes to mind is its in late s3, and mike wants to leave to take the finance job, and harvey snaps at scottie, and donna (very gently) reprimands him for it, and she tells him he’s hurt not angry “you’re hurt and the anger covers the hurt, but i know you didn’t know that.” she definitely provides him with insight into his emotions, but in a way i would argue any friend would.

there’s also a scene from season 2(?) i think, where donna is trying to get harvey to pursue scottie and she tells him to his face “i know your mother hurt you but you need to get over it” or, in other words “sorry about your mommy issues but you need to grow the fuck up.” and again i think thats a perfectly reasonable thing to say as a friend to your friend—she sees him hurting and lonely and she can do something about it, all she needs to do is encourage him to seek out a relationship with a woman who loves him, i think that’s perfectly acceptable.

i really dont see how its patronizing in any way? i mean there are certainly a couple jokes like “men are so stupid lol” but nothing that has really stood out to me as anything different than 2010s network drama gender politics, and so few and far between i cant think of any specific instances off the top of my head.

second of all, to the best of my knowledge (having seen up to 6x05 atp), that all stops when he starts going to therapy. i cant think of a single instance after season 5 when she tells him what hes feeling (i mean maybe she does in seasons 7, 8 + 9 but i haven’t seen it so i cant say lol)

but from what ive seen, her telling him his emotions stops when he starts receiving therapy with a trained professional. and thats just healthy! yknow he no longer needs to be told what hes thinking because he’s learning more about himself and his reaction to trauma and how to be a more functionally stable adult. and after that is the only way he can keep and maintain a meaningful, productive relationship.

also, not to be crass but i 100% think harvey goes face down ass up when someone tells him what to do (especially if its mike or donna or jessica)

finally i do fully respectfully disagree that “theyre good as besties but he doesn’t want more” first of all, i think you might be confusing his repression and inability to parse his love for donna as a woman and his love for donna as a friend, as a lack of attraction. i think a) hes very repressed and messed up from his childhood so like, he can fuck people but loving people is a whole other story and b) he absolutely loves her as a friend, and i think he’s just boxed up his attraction and affection for her since they moved to pearson hardman 10(?) years ago.

second of all, gabriel macht and sarah rafferty you can tell has SOOOOO much fun together and they have so much chemistry, so i distrust any interpretation of donna and harvey that doesn’t think they wanna fuck each others brains out

what was i talking about? i dont think i have a closing statement, i just think donna and harvey’s relationship re:her telling him what to do is completely legitimate and follows a natural progression of two people trying to be healthy adults

#this is like 700 words .. anyway thank you anon! i genuinly enjoy things like this as an intellectual excercise #amanda.mail #suitsposting

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i thought i was past my suits phase, it's been like 5 years, after being in a constant rewatch of it for like 4 years straight i thought i was recovere, you're making me watch suits compilations of youtube, i'm so close to watching it through and revealing how much worse (or maybe more homoerotic???) than i ever thought

i will send my therapy bill

what do you think of harvey and sean cahill

#amanda.mail #i mean i dont know cus im on my first watch but im guessing usa suits lives in people like supernatural and #it lies dormant. waiting #suitsposting

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im sorry mike hasn't been gagging for this man for this slander 😭 he's wanted to get fucked by that man from day dot, but pushed that pipe dream away because pssssshh like that'd ever happen. little did he know then that harvey did want him then and would go on to fall completely in love with him.

mike's love life went down a different plotted-out path instead. but in beginning and in end he still would be 1000% down to fuck that man

also insanely stupidly puts harvey above his actual relationship several times lmao

mike's lust for harvey has been the king of gifsets on gifsets over the years of suits

yes yes yes i do agree with that! my point, which admittedly i did not explain thoroughly lol is that, throughout the show harvey gets hit on by men. a lot. i mean the most notorious example of this is the scene between him and edward darby in jessica’s office where darby says “such a lovely face” about harvey and harvey laughs it off but is clearly uncomfortable with it. and then travis tanner who’s the epitome of “you should be addicted to shutting the fuck up / you wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid” and then theres that lawyer who made the cruising joke in s2 where he says to harvey “the only man im here to SOLICIT is you harvey” and THEN. CAMERON. and all that that implies with being harvey’s boss and his lover when harvey was in his 20s.. and sean cahill, who i think harvey was flirting with to get him to help get mike out of prison…… anyway. i think harvey has some issues with feeling used tbh with feeling like “just a pretty face” that people wanna fuck him but not Be with him or make any effort to listen to him or take care of him

and my point was that men dont want to sleep with harvey they want to Fuck him. like theres a huge difference there. and mike doesn’t approach sex or his friendship with harvey like that at ALL he doesn’t want to Fuck harvey, he just wants to watch movies with him and take him to dinner and get high with him. and maybe that includes a sexual relationship, but in a much softer more considerate way than harvey is used to. there isn’t that level of ownership that other men in the show express towards harvey—and THAT is why harvey fell in love with him

#does that make sense #amanda.mail #suitsposting

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dear person who is also crazy about jc and a swiftie, I have not seen threesome yet but *only* because the bill info goes to my mom's email and even though i'm in my twenties my family is v conservative, this would be a mess. so i'm trying to find a way to rent it and then delete the renting confirmation from her email I AM SERIOUS this is how far i am willing to go to watch that. Also. I sent that ask BEFORE the Fortnight MV hahaha...funny, isn't it? Life.

Listen, I've been in the good wife hell (heaven) for a whole decade of my life and I am absurdly feral over his character (and a particular ship) so I don't know. Let me put it this way: I got into law school because I love the character. Is this a warning? Is this a recommendation? I don't know but keep my url in mind if you do watch it so you can share your thoughts <3

ohhhh my god!!! and hii!!! lol

also bestie i hate to say it . but threesome 1994 is like really bad like unwatchable bad unfortunately 😔 my friend and i who both love josh charles tried to watch it and only got like 1/2 hour into it .. so basically you dont need to go out of your way to watch it akkdfhhjs just be safe knowing josh charles was gay in a movie in the 90s and according to interviews they filmed a sex scene between him and steen baldwin so we know for a fact josh charles has gaykissed a christian fundamentalist onscreen

and omgggg congrats on getting into law school!!! (that was something i always planned on doing myself after college) and yess okay i’ll watch the good wife eventually like its on my list <33

#amanda.mail #josh charles

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bestie should i watch sports night? your sports night posting has intrigued me…

AHHHHHHHH omg YESSSSSS it’s like if the west wing (1999-2006) was a french indie film. and it’s directed my thommy schlamme my favorite director of all time

and this guy 🥹🥹🥹

#literally. sports night has the best fanfiction you’ll ever read #anyway yes you totally should it’s fun and has inane jokes about grammar #and it’s only 2 seasons so it’s not a big commitment #amanda.mail

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SCOTTIE/HARVEY

ooh scottie harvey okay. again i dont like “ship” them enough to have really any opinion on them at all. i liked them in season 3 i thought it was good for him to have someone to come home to! someone he could trust .. fuck now im making it all about him and his Emotional Journey. i mean i really dont have any opinion one way or the other about them like i liked them together but thats about it. oh i do have to say one thing scottieharvey gave us was that scene where theyre in the jet about to sleep together arguing about who got to be on top that was really funny. like what is she packing? does she have a strapon in her carry on luggage….???? impeccable

#thank you! im sorry i dont have anything interesting to say lmao #altho . not to bring the room down but after we learn about cameron of course he sleeps with scottie #like its fun with her he trusts her shes from before he knew cameron shes Untainted by his cameron history #amanda.mail

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ur suitsposting convinced me to watch it and what the fuck is the deal with the unrequited thing. cuz harvey is definitely in love with mike right. and ive seen stuff. but what

oh like okay. so. the unrequited thing is that i 100% think whenever harvey looks at mike he’s picking out the stationary for their wedding invitations and whenever mike is looking at harvey he’s thinking about what he’s gonna have for dinner.

#SO GLAD YOURE WATCHING SUITS ITS CRAZY RIGHT . idk what episode you’re on i’m currently in mid season 4 #but yeah i think mike has absolutely no idea about how harvey feels about him and would be shocked #if he found out #amanda.mail #suitsposting

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🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

oh thank you!!! okay im gonna be honest and say i have been listening to the riverdale soundtrack all weekend so my top 5 are

carrie feat madelaine petsch

candy store with cheryl and toni

seventeen (reprise) feat cast of riverdale

all that jazz feat camila mendes

finale (our song) feat cast of riverdale ❤️

#thank you these are so fun!! gotta remember to send them when i get to my computer #amanda.mail

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oh okay thank you so. hit fox comedy Malcolm In The Middle (2000-2006) is about a group of brothers who are seen to fuck up constantly: riding their bikes off the roof, blowing things up, landing themselves in jail etc and it’s framed as this failure of youth: they’re young they egg each other on etc. and YET you quickly realize their father Hal (Bryan Cranston) displays the same behavior: becoming obsessed with a giant Lego setup in the living room, quitting his job to paint, spending weeks playing Dance Dance Revolution at the arcade. and i think it’s safe to say hal is a character ruled by 1) obsession and 2) impulsivity. AND both of these qualities are displayed with reese, where they are not with malcolm and dewey (francis as well is similar to hal in these ways but since he spent most of the show physically and narratively he’s always relegated to the b plot, he has less of a role in the family dynamics). furthermore, in the episode “hal sleepwalks” hal, in a sleep induced haze, stumbles out that reese is his favorite, going on to say “you’re normal. like ME” in another indication of the similarities between hal and reese

suffice to say reese takes after his father in a way the other kids don’t and is shown to have inherited his fathers most dangerous qualities. so i was gonna make an amv of reese and hal wilkerson malcolm in the middle set to bruce springsteens adam raised a cain. i just think it’d be really funny to have springsteens deep pounding voice scream out ADAM RAISED A CAIN set to bryan cranston knocking over legos and then reese parroting the behavior

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#THAT BEING SAID. reese is LOIS not hal. and i think malcolm and dewey take after hal more #but hal and reese are very similar. esp with reese being the oldest hal passes on the mantle of protector/provider onto reese (see: that ep #where dewey talks about getting beat up and hal deputizes reese into beating up the bully) #and i think reese inherited his parents’ WORST qualities: his mothers ability to hold a grudge/go crazy and his father’s impulsivity #whereas malcolm inherited his parents BEST quaker #qualities: his mother’s intelligence and work ethic and his fathers creativity #malcolm in the middle #mitm #amanda.mail

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have you ever seen the gay josh charles movie from 1994...

HAVE I EVER SEEN THREESOME 1994 YES YES I HAVE

#COMME OFF ANON. LETS TALK ABOUT IT #wait sorry for yelling i just got excited #amanda.mail #josh charles

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Can you recommend some fan-fictions to you? You seem to like dom Donna and sub Harvey, maybe check out JimmyMcGill on ao3 and their "Firm Discipline" universe. There are currently three one-shots in that universe. Hope this isn't weird but they are some of my favorite Suits fan-fictions and have great world-building, so I thought others would enjoy it too. <3 Happy Friday :)

DOMSUB DARVEY IN MY INBOX???? ohmyogd thank you so so so much i am actively putting this in my read later list ♥️♥️

happy fuck him on the floor friday!!!!!

#thank you ohmygod 💖😳🫶 #amanda.mail #suitsposting

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taylor swift’s “the bolter” reminds me so much of dan rydell i just keep seeing the parallels

ohhhhmyygodddddddd i haven’t listened to the bolter yet (i haven’t finished the anthology yet!) but i will absolutely come back to this when i do!!

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💐 once you receive this lovely bouquet of flowers you have to mention five things you love, publicly, and send it to 10 of your favorite followers if you want. SPREAD POSITIVITY! ⛅️ <3<3333

oh this is so cute thanks yas!!!!!!! ok 5 things im really digging rn... beyonces lemonade omg i forgot how good it is, the oranges from my neighbors yard, my new labelmaker.. this gray scarf i just got and uhh dan rydell. 🫶

#amanda.mail #thanks omg! when i finish this gifset ill send these out lol