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larsisfrommars · 14 days

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When I say I was not PREPARED. I mean, I had seen gif sets of this clip before but I was NOT prepared for the AUDIO. Oh my god poor Artie!

The Night of The Death Masks really was Artemus's terrible no good very bad day. He gets betrayed, drugged, kidnapped, shot in the leg and then is led to believe he killed his boyfriend best friend!

The dropping the gun and then to his knees in despair, the terrible little "oh no's" and the way his voice breaks when he says "Jim". The closest we get to this level of sad before then I think is in Druid's Blood where Artemus is very visibly trying not to break down while Jim is seemingly gravely injured and comatose.

But what REALLY gets me in this scene is the sobbing, which is wild considering by that point Artie knows Jim isn't dead! A testament to how good of an actor Artie/Ross is!

I mean it's really difficult to get crying/sobbing to sound right when you aren't actually crying let alone look real and he does both. He's actually shaking and everything, you can feel it, I feel like some actors even today forget we cry with our whole bodies, and he does.

That's really impressive. Especially considering the fact that art hadn't exactly been perfected for TV or film yet. Male characters in particular considering how such intense displays of sadness were rare (unless somebody actually died) and even then it was kinda hit or miss at times. I'm just so impressed.

Acting (good acting anyway) tends to lead you to pull from real life experiences to put emotion into your performance. I can only imagine Artie just sort of, unpaused the emotional reaction he was having when he really thought Jim was dead in order to convince Stark and Co that he still believed it.

It would've been really easy for them to have played this scene for laughs. To let Artie play up the crying as a comedic bit, but neither Ross nor the director took that angle I really love that.

The emotional depth of Jim and Artemus's relationship is really well displayed in how this scene was done. Even if part of it was a ploy and they jump back into the action-adventure shenanigans right after. It's really well balanced, and in a time where it feels like a lot of TV writing has lost touch with when to be tender/intense and when to be funny this scene just really stuck out to me.

I really do love this show.

#wild wild west #the wild wild west #artemus gordon #artemus #jim west #james west #ross martin #robert conrad #jim/artie #jim/artemus #the night of the death masks #the night of the druids blood #tnot death masks #tnot druids blood #vintage television #1960s television #meta #meta analysis #wild wild west meta

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superfruitland · 3 months

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haaaiii leee!! :D

steps into your askbox because i wanna know what program and brushes you use! your art is breathtaking you dough head 😊

i've been using csp for a few years now, and a fair portion of the brushes i use for lines and colouring are just default brushes abdkgnj here's my two non default brushes i use for virtually everything tho

artemus is just my default sketch brush for almost everything, just changing the texture density does lots for me lol. i also use the default mechanical pencil for some more detailed things, but it's like a 90/10 split so. yeah. artemus hb my beloved.

salaman is actually a brush i got from a friend but i have never enjoyed playing with colouring and texture more. this fucking brush has me on a chokehold. for cleaner colours i just use turnip pen :P

#lee's thoughts #im not listing all the sfx pens i use because hoo boy #never been called a dough head before

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tomshivbaby · 7 months

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hi hi was wondering what brushes you use, awesome art i too am wambsgangsmvabs

hellooo ty ty i use Clip Studio Paint so i'll link the ones that are from the asset store cos idk where i got the rest from, they're from my Photoshop days 👎

for sketching i've been using the Artemus Pencil pack, almost exclusively the Artemus Hard one. it does feel a bit too textury at times but iiii like it

and for painting i use this selection that i don't remember making with brushes that i'm not in love with but they're always there for me..

first two are from a Kyle gouache pack, 3rd and 4th from an Ahmed Aldoori pack, and here is the last one that's mostly for blending :]

for the halftone textures i do sometimes, i use this Retro Halftone pack but before that it was the trusty Kyle's Ultimate Halftone Brushes my best friend for many years

^_^ hope this helps

#tatin.ask #i think the 'only way' to get the kyle brushes now is by having an adobe suscription but............. ya know. there are always other ways

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sillyandquiteawkward · 3 months

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Haiii I wrote a big essay on the Bayley family a while ago but I'm still insane about them so I'm assigning them pigeons I think they'd be based purely on vibes

Artemus – Strasser pigeon

The very reason I wanted to start this was because I was reading up on the smartest pigeons in the world, and lo and behold, it fits VERY WELL with our good (?) Doctor Bayley. Strasser pigeons are one of the most intelligent birds out there, being able to easily observe patterns and formulate extensive escape plans even under stress, with one of the websites I was reading about them in saying "From the moment they hatch, these [birds] are likely thinking about how to escape from their nest", which is just the Artemus mood ever. I like to think this bird is a side project for Dr. Bayley to relax from the Other, Bigger projects, but then he ends up attached much like every other project he does <3

Octavia – King pigeon

For Octavia I wanted to go with a primarily 'utilitarian' bird, given her workaholic tendencies and need to show off how good at working she is, and Kings perfectly fit that description because they are the show offs of the pigeon world. They can be used for racing, messaging AND for therapy, which I think would be right up Octavia's alley in terms of . Everything. She could use a fluffy feathery friend in my head and these guys are great for anything you need them to be, and also very clever if you're willing to spend some time teaching them stuff. Octavia is the kinda gal who would probably go to beauty competitions with her bird in my head (because 1 her bird is the prettiest one and 2 she would like to win thank you very much) <3

Ignatius – Lahore pigeon

I chose Lahore for Ignatius because I remember seeing you talk about once how he's the most 'successful' one out of the Bayleys despite not being as practical so to speak, and that immediately made me think about this breed of pigeons. Not only is their contrast really nice and fitting for a sleek personality like Ignatius, but they are also one of the most popular pigeon species in the world, praised for their beauty, sociability, and high adaptability rates compared to other such birds– much like Iggy is 2 me <3

Sorry for no pics im. Shy but you can look em up and tell me if I got it teehoo

omg hiiiiiii ilu. speaking of the bayleys and pigeons. they are pigeons in my wing au. ouhg this art feels so old (four years ago)

my thoughts about this is i wanted art to be a common pigeon, bc hes got that little bit of iridescence that is akin to him thinking hes hot shit. i cant remember what breed oct was, but she was just a light brown pigeon type, maybe shes not as flashy but gets stuff done. and i wanted iggy to be very very plain, but pretty in his own right as a white dove (peace love etc)

but i really like the species you picked out too!! i really like the idea that the bayleys keep pigeons, i think that pairs well with their trading company background.

i think art could get really into breeding pigeons and he would tend to the smarter breeds i think, although hes not terribly fond of cleaning up after animals. the delight of genetics could just outweigh the animal care. hed have fun drawing them too. old man sits on his clinic rooftop next to his birds when the insomnia hits but his brain wont let him Work on his science. also would pair well with the thought hed breed animal test subjects :(

i think oct would like the utility of the king pigeons, but she wouldnt bother to raise the birds herself at all. thats not in her wheelhouse to care about, but shed still call all the company birds HER birds, even if she didnt raise and care for them. she knows all their names (as a good leader should) and probably has a strong affection for just one in particular. definitely a fan of the prettiest/most useful bird of the bunch.

ooo and i really like the lahore for iggy, they kind of also just Look like him with its long feet feathers and different shape. [ignatius voice] i just think their neat (hiding how much he relates to them)! iggy would be the one to be arms deep in the flock at all times (oh to escape paperwork and management by hiding in the barn with the animals (not to mention sending off the carrier pigeons and watching them leave with a bit of yearning)

#YAY YIPPEE #octavia #doc bayley #ignatius #silly art tag

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nade2308 · 1 year

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47 for the ask game (I don’t know who your OTP is at the moment but that one seems interesting)!

Thank you for the ask, my answer is way overdue, lol. I have a lot of OTPs lately, but I am gonna do Jim and Arte from The Wild Wild West since I watched an ep earlier.

47. Does either of them have a secret that could potentially ruin their relationship?

This is my own headcanon...

Jim has a secret that he does not know it would affect their relationship because it has never come up with other people so he cannot gauge Arte's reaction.

He hasn't told Arte that he used to have a different last name and that he changed it when he escaped his childhood home. His father blamed him for his mother's death because she died at childbirth. He was left taking care of the baby and he never showed Jim any love. He went so far as to tell his own son to earn his keep which meant to go and find ways to get food on the table. At first Jim was sitting on the corner of the street, begging for money and then his father seeing that Jim was not successful in what he asked for him, started to pimp him out.

One night his father drank too much whiskey and passed out. The client from that night was snoring in Jim's bed, and Jim used the opportunity to escape with his only belongings: clothes and stuff that belonged to his mom and him. He ran and never looked back.

He hopes if the time comes for his dark secret to come out, that Artemus would still love him and want him around.

#asks #answers #jim west #artemus gordon #the wild wild west

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celestial-alignment · 4 years

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Artemus Gordon demonstrating how to use a printing press.

(This was a video clip before, but Tumblr flagged it for adult content. So I GIFed it instead. Watch out, this may not be appropriate for underage persons...)

@munoz13 @marcia1 @pursuitoftruth

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“The Night of the Brain” Season 2, Episode 21

#maybe it is inappropriate because listening to Artie explain things does something to me #And I also find Jim extra adorable in this?#Printing press #book arts #Artemus Gordon #Ross Martin #Jim West #James West #Robert Conrad #The Wild Wild West #www #wild wild west tv #my gifs #The Night of the Brain #TNOT Brain

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nyxrsh · 2 years

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looking at art as someone who also does art is wild I'd be incredibly mesmerized by someone's sheer skill only to immediately go 'wait was that artemus hard?'

#the holy brush honestlyyy #there's also this one brush for procreate that is to die for which alas stays in procreate

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ratsmp4 · 3 years

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holding myself accountable .

i would like to start off by saying that no one is required to forgive me for what i've done, both in the past and in recent weeks . depending on how long you've followed me, you may have seen this post from a few months ago . it was poorly worded and written in a moment of anger, where i was not thinking straight . i was in a very dark place when i posted it, and i was encouraged by one of my good friends, who will not be named for their safety . additionally, you may have seen this callout post made by one of my former mutuals . if not, i encourage you to read over it, as it could provide much needed context about what happened .

more about the situation will be included under the cut .

Garrett is the protagonist of the Thief games - a cynical master thief who wishes nothing more than to be left alone to steal in peace, but who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a series of epic events.

Garrett exhibits a strong sense of survival and self-interest. While on the surface Garrett is callous, cynical and sarcastic, with loyalty only to himself, he does seem to have deeper feelings for a few of his contacts: Artemus, the Keeper that recruited and trained him; Basso the Boxman, a fellow thief; Cutty, his fence. In extreme cases this seems to extend to even to past antagonists such as Viktoria, although that may be a result of Garrett's own self-interest.

Garrett also exhibits a strong sense of professional pride as a thief: he usually refuses to kill while on the job, saying that he's a thief, not a murderer,[1] though Constantine and Karras died as a result of Garret's actions only because he was able to sabotage their evil plans. Lotus was a mercy killing, as he begged for death due to the inhumane conditions that Garrett found him in. Other than that, Garrett has not killed any humans in the Thief canon. It is implied Garrett also never steals from his allies or the poor.[Fact Check]

Orphaned, Garrett spent his youth on the streets surviving as a pickpocket and message runner.

One night, he saw Artemus walking on the street as people, 'just passed him by like he wasn't there'. Thinking the man had some valuables, he decided to make a grab. However, he was caught, and Artemus, impressed with his ability to see a Keeper, offered Garrett a new life. Garrett was then recruited into a secret organization known as the Keepers, dedicated to observing and maintaining stability in the City.[2]

Not much is known about Garrett's education with The Keepers, except the fact that he was given initial training in the arts of stealth and subterfuge practiced by the Keepers. But, he found that it was much more profitable to make use of these skills as a thief than to continue working for the Keepers as an agent.[3] He was called "the most promising acolyte" in the Keeper annals, but left around the age of 20 due to his "imbalance." It was brought before the council to deal with him using the Enforcers, but Caduca informed the council that Garrett would be needed in the future.[4]

At some point in time, Garrett is now working as an independent thief in the City, making contacts with people such as Basso the Boxman, Cutty and Farkus Bernard. Garrett's first known large score comes from stealing an expensive scepter from Lord Bafford. After which, he breaks into the Hammerite prison to spring his fence, Cutty (who dies while still in prison). This leads him deep into the old Hammerite catacombs looking for treasure. Shortly after this thugs working for the local Warden, Ramirez, attempt to kill Garrett for non payment of tribute. Garrett turns the tables, escaping and going on to humiliate Ramirez by looting his mansion, even going on to rob the local thieves guild. This brazen display of skill attracts the attention of Viktoria, a somewhat mysterious independent fence. She contracts Garrett to steal a magical sword from the eccentric nobleman, Constantine.

Upon successfully returning from Constantine's bizarre mansion, Viktoria reveals that she and Constantine are old associates who were testing Garrett. Constantine offers Garrett a fortune for the job of retrieving the gemstone known as The Eye. Getting to The Eye means Garrett must venture through the abandoned and walled-off Old Quarter of the City to the old Hammerite Cathedral. A mysterious catastrophe, rumored to involve great fires and many undead, caused the area's abandonment decades ago. Garrett finds the cathedral sealed, but the Eye itself tells him of an old Keeper library hidden nearby. Writings there tell of where the talismans that open the cathedral are hidden and how the Keepers almost revealed themselves in order to assist the Hammerites and the Hand Brotherhood in containing a great evil. The first talisman was found in a place called The Lost City, the ruins of an ancient civilization buried beneath the existing city, its entrance hidden by the Keepers. To get the second talisman, Garrett enters a Hammerite temple in disguise. The third talisman was kept with a brotherhood of Mages. The fourth lay inside Keeper secured caverns. Unbeknownst to Garrett, the Talisman was recovered by the guards of the Opera House above the caves. Successful, he then returns to the cathedral and collects The Eye from amid the many undead, escaping with the help from the ghost of Brother Murus, a long dead Hammerite priest.

Garrett visits Constantine to hand over The Eye and collect his payment. Instead of paying, however, Constantine reveals himself to be the fabled Trickster (aka The Woodsie Lord), the entity worshiped by the Pagans, and Viktoria, his consort.

They bind Garrett in vines and Viktoria plucks out one of his eyes, using it to seemingly activate The Eye stone, and leave him for dead. Some time later two Keepers find and free the unconscious Garrett from the vines. The Keepers then leave Garrett to escape by himself through the caverns beneath Constantine's mansion and amongst some new and strange beasts. Once he reaches the surface Garrett decides the only thing to do is visit the Hammerites and tell them about what has happened in the hopes they would provide assistance. He heads for the temple but discovers that the Trickster's minions have gotten there first. Venturing inside he finds the remaining Hammerites in a hidden sanctuary down in an underground cavern. With stealth being the only hope against the Trickster's army, the Hammerites provide Garrett with a booby-trapped copy of The Eye. Garrett descends into the Trickster's realm, where he finds the Woodsie Lord performing a ceremony with the Eye. Garrett stealthily swaps the Eye for its trapped copy, which then explodes, thus striking down the Trickster as he attempts to finish the ritual.

The coda shows Garrett walking back to town alone through the snow. Life appears to be returning to normal. A Keeper approaches, Artemus. The two converse and The Keeper warns Garrett, telling him of a book he should read, and that he can't run away from life. Close observation reveals Garrett now has a mechanical eye. Garrett rejects the Keeper's 'help' in his life and says to tell the other Keepers that "I'm through. Tell them Garrett is done". He then walks away into the city streets. Artemus answers quietly "I will tell them this: Nothing is changed. All is as it was written. The Trickster is dead. Beware the dawn of the metal age.", foreshadowing the sequel, Thief II: The Metal Age.

Garrett's role in The Metal Age begins innocuously. Garrett provides a favor to an old acquaintance, Basso, helping him rescue his love Jenivere, so that he may retire from thievery and elope. Next Garrett breaks into the dockside warehouses to get some extra cash for rent. It soon becomes clear that the City Watch, lead by the zealous Sheriff Gorman Truart, is waging a war on crime, brutally persecuting thieves and conducting nighttime raids on the poor neighborhoods with the intent of rounding up criminals. Truart stages a sting operation in an attempt to assassinate Garrett, but he escapes by using a Flash Bomb. With the newly strengthened police force making burglary more difficult, Garrett begins to wage a personal war against Truart, attempting to blackmail him into loosening his grip on the City by exposing his corruption. In the process, Garrett acquaints himself with the Mechanist Order, a splinter faction of the weakening Hammerites led by the charismatic Karras, whose robotic security devices have begun to guard the City's wealthiest businesses and residences. In addition, he discovers that the Mechanists are manufacturing some sort of weaponized "Servant," made from a human body and emitting a substance known as Rust Gas, and that Truart has agreed to round up vagrants under false pretenses to be used for the project.

When Garrett confronts Truart, he finds that Truart has been slain by a strange creature. Trying to unravel the conspiracy, Garrett reunites with Viktoria deep in the Maw. Viktoria identifies the Mechanists as the true enemy, and the two form a tentative alliance. The combined skills of Viktoria's pagan operatives and Garrett's stealth abilities reveal that the Mechanists are gifting the Servants to the City's nobility, and that they are working on a top-secret endeavour known as the "Cetus Project." The Cetus Project turns out to be a gigantic submarine, the Cetus Amicus, and that the Mechanists are using it to access the remains of The Lost City in search of ancient artifacts. By interrogating the head of the Cetus Project, Brother Cavador, the pair discover that the Mechanists have recovered an object known as a Cultivator, and that they have already begun mass-producing them and installing them inside of the Masked Servants. While Garrett stakes out the Gervaisius Estate and steals a mask and the prototype Cultivator, Viktoria's agents observe Karras hermetically sealing Soulforge Cathedral. The pair conduct an experiment with the Cultivator, revealing that the Servants could be commanded to release Rust Gas, which would react violently with the plant matter inside of wealthy nobles' gardens, wiping out all life in the city, with Karras safe inside of Soulforge Cathedral.

Viktoria claims that there is no time to spare and proposes a plan: Garrett must gain control of the beacon controlling the Servants and command them to return to Soulforge and trick Karras into releasing the Rust Gas, while Viktoria fills Soulforge Cathedral with plants, to wipe out the Mechanists instead of the city. Garrett claims the plan is "suicide", claiming he will think of a better plan, and re-affirms that he works alone. As he leaves, a Keeper informs Garrett that Viktoria has begun an assault on the Cathedral herself. Garrett hurries to the Cathedral but is too late to save Viktoria as she is attacked by an onslaught of Mechanist forces. Her dying action is to fill Soulforge Cathedral with plants, as promised. Left with no better plan, Garrett proceeds to assemble a new guiding beacon and redirects the Cathedral's signal towers back to the Cathedral itself. The plan succeeds, and Garrett locks the servants inside the Cathedral. When the rust gas is released, Karras is killed and Soulforge Cathedral is left in ruins.

Garrett returns to the Cathedral after the reaction is complete and is met by a Keeper, who explains that the events of The Metal Age transpired exactly as written, and that the prophecies contain even more predictions. Garrett, previously skeptical of the Keepers' mysterious ways, reluctantly requests to know more.

#.text #posts that would be significantly funnier if i put them in a twitlonger instead

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browningdryingflowers · 3 years

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“What is locked... can be opened... What is hidden... can be found... What is yours... ...can be mine.” — Garrett, Thief: Deadly Shadows Official Trailer

Orphaned, Garrett spent his youth on the streets surviving as a pickpocket and message runner.

#mod zoe

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happypanda101 · 3 years

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Edit: His names Artemus Strike ^^

I had this idea that Aerrow’s mom had a big family, and I was working on her siblings/cousins... and then I ended up giving Lightning Strike a brother ^^;

Don’t have a name for him yet (though I have to say I was tempted to call him Thunder, because “Thunder and Lightning” but I don’t really like the sound of “Thunder Strike” lol), but he's Lightning’s younger brother (by two or three years) and he's a bit of a trouble maker. He's cocky, flirty, confident, and sometimes a bit of a show off, but over all he's a good guy. He really does mean well, though he comes off as rude.

Still trying to figure out where to put the scars I'm planning to give him ><

As you can see, the reunion was a mix of angry yelling and tears, scolding each other for making everyone think they were dead while also being happy to see each other ^^

Storm Hawks/ Lightning Strike (c) Nerd Corps

Character/Art (c) Me

#storm hawks #storm hawks fanart #storm hawks oc #fan character #oc original character #//aerrow was there to watch the whole reunion #//he was just kind like 0-0 and ^^;#//lmao

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your-art-is-gay · 1 month

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Whenever I download new brushes, I like to do little doodles to get a feel of whether I like them or not. Here's a collection of doodles of Ladybug from my most recent set!

For those curious, I use Clip Studio Pro, and the names of the brushes are written beside the doodle the were used on. Several have names in Japanese or Korean, so I did my best to write the characters correctly.)

#I love that the strictly black-and-white colour scheme means a return of Mustachioed Marinette #also since these were doodles I stuck with her canon designs (mostly) even though I really don't like her base Ladybug suit #artemus does art #miraculous ladybug #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #doodles #clip studio paint #artemus's digital sketchbook

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bookish-mind · 4 years

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I read blue lily, lily blue here’s my existential crisis:

*spoilers*

I am already very confused

Bro I thought Maura got taken but she rlly just up and left that’s messed up

I FINALLY GOT TO “maybe I dreamt you”

Ronan being forced to sing is my new favorite thing

Ronan instinctively holding onto blue, gansey paralyzed with fear, Ronan saying that if they die he dies this is so stressful hELP

Let Adam be happy for once challenge

The Bluesey tension tho

“I’m tired of it” “Tired of what?” “Decaying” I cant take this literally stab me in the heart it would hurt less

Oof Latin teacher is the trc equivalent of the cursed defense against the dark arts position at hogwarts lol

“he was surprised that the person was Gansey and not Ronan” ... does Ronan often visit you late at night Adam?? 👀

Gansey and adam’s friendship seems so fragile and insecure at the moment but it’s mending ! It’s mending !

Gansey said he’s gonna ask glendower for Noah’s life but why do I feel like that’s not gonna happen

Also I’ve kinda been in denial about gansey’s fated death but this book just won’t let me ignore it

Either he has to die to wake glendower or he has to die in order for Noah to live again or something bc they mentioned before that the favors are reciprocal

I even have this crack theory that gansey is.. glendower or like a vessel for glendower ? Like when he was brought back to life as a kid glendower became a part of him so in order for glendower to wake gansey has to die (idk it sounds more plausible in my head)

Even if my theory is wrong you cannot deny the parallels that are being drawn between gansey and glendower

Blue explaining how the gangsey are all so in love and obsessed and caught up in each other,, truly an unmatched found family

This book should be titled “gansey’s existential crisis”

RONAN GAVE ADAM LOTION I-

Knowing that gansey was chosen to live over Noah bc gansey would be the one to get shit done has me feelin a lot of conflicting things bc like yes but also Noah deserved better

Gansey keeps talking about death and the end and the grave and time and I just feel like he knows. Deep down he knows that he’s supposed to die

Ok I’ll admit these bluesey phone calls are cute

MuRdEr sQuAsH

Noah really be knowing everyone’s secrets huh

Adam keeps catching glances from Ronan and he’s like oh? What’s this? But he just brushes it off bc it’s Ronan,, I cannot handle this

MATTHEW IS A LITERAL DREAM

Ronan has a crush Ronan has a crush Ronan has a crush

Man I wish we were getting some of these scenes from Ronan’s pov tbh

Adam no there’s no way that gansey dying is gonna be your fault, no way

Oh damn gansey is letting blue drive the pig?? Thats how you know it’s true love

Shopping cart: 1 Adam and Ronan: 0

Adam has compared Ronan to a god and a king in the span of like two pages

Also I love how Ronan keeps showing Adam all these new sides to him and Adam is so taken aback every time

Was dream Ronan’s death really necessary??!!!!!!! stiefvater ma’am you’ll be hearing from my therapist

Cabeswater protected Adam from Robert 😭

There’s not enough Noah in this book, but I guess maybe that’s the point since he’s like.. decaying

Adam just keeps getting more and more magical and I love it

GANSEY AND RONAN SHOWED UP FOR ADAM AT COURT IM SOBBING

PERSEPHONE NO WHYYY

Damn jesse too :(

I hate that there’s only thirty pages left but so much is going on still I’m so anxious

Whatever you do don’t imagine Maura going home and realizing that Persephone is gone

ADAM WAS THE OTHER SLEEPER

“It was time to find Glendower. They all knew it” I’m not ready I’m not ready I’m not ready

Ugh neeve

There’s so much I didn’t even address like who/what is artemus and I actually grew to like mr gray this book and what the heck did neeve and piper wake up and what is gansey’s secret thing at school and I liked malory’s aura thing and how much I enjoyed reading gwenllian’s chaotic scenes

But my thoughts are so full of Adam rn bc of the growth this boy has gone through and how he’s finally finally allowing himself to be known and he’s powerful and that makes him realize his worth and my heart is just so full of Adam Adam Adam Adam and how I know he’s going to do everything in his power to save gansey in the next book and I’m scared

(As always thanks for sticking around if you made it this far!!!)

Book 1 Book 2

#i read this book in a day so this commentary is probly not the best but whatevs #blue lily lily blue #maggie stiefvater #the raven cycle #trc #gansey #adam parrish #ronan lynch #blue sargent #noah czerny

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olderthannetfic · 4 years

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The Wild Wild West is an itty-bitty fandom dear to my heart. WWW is a 60s spy-fi show and a steampunk Western. If you’ve seen any Westerns with souped-up trains or ridiculous technology, they were likely inspired by this one. In particular, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. riffs heavily off of it.

Jim West and Artemus Gordon are two secret agents who travel the country in their steampunk train. Artemus is a master of disguise. Jim is the hottie who engages in fisticuffs.

It was later remade as that movie with Will Smith, which I very much enjoyed in the theater, not knowing it was based on anything. I suspect I wouldn’t like it as much now, but for the person who once announced at Escapade that it would be unrealistic to have a black federal agent, allow me to remind you of that time they tried to hire Sammy Davis Jr. to be their federal agent coworker:

Yeah, a real fan would have remembered that. ;P

Anyway, WWW has cropped up a few times in Escapade panels:

1994 - Outdumbing James Bond: Spy Shows of the 60s, led by Colleen and Nicole, "Man from U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I Spy, Get Smart: Are silly action plots easier to write? Less fun to read?"

1995 - Wild Wild West minipanel (aka Deejay pimps WWW)

1996 - The Wild Wild West (A TV series that could never have been made without modern, stretch fabric and Bob Conrad's butt! And there were other things to like, too!)

Never has there been a more trenchant description of WWW!

Will Smith actually is a terrible casting choice, but not because he’s black: While very pretty, he does not have the bubble butt of his generation, and thus is no James West.

The true star of the show was not Jim or Arte: it was Jim West’s ass.

That’s what happens when stuntmen become leading men, I guess!

The movie is also The Literal Worst for using a boring one-episode villain from the show (the disabled Confederate colonel) but naming him after the show’s recurring villain, Dr. Loveless, a dwarf who wants to turn California into a preserve for animals and abused children... by murdering the shit out of everyone with mad science! He enjoys Robin Hood cosplay, singing duets with his girlfriend Antoinette, and obsessing over Jim West.

Loveless is not only one of the iconic TV villains of the 60s but also a landmark roll for dwarf actors. I like him best for how he leered at Jim. And kidnapped him. And locked him in a cage.

WWW has a small amount of fic online, some of it best accessed via the Wayback Machine, and a few vids. Most representative of the series is Jackie Kjono’s Stand By Your Man. It’s about... well... bondage.

Look, I know everyone thinks that that old 1960s Batman is hilariously kinky, and they’re not wrong, but it’s not because Batman itself is like that: a lot of 60s shows are just really, really, really kinky. Wild Wild West leaves Batman in the dust.

I have also made a vid of WWW. Talitha saw this at Vividcon and was like: “It’s weird: you don’t normally make sad vids.” And I was like: “No, no, those are the same two guys. Every single part is the same two guys.” Because if there’s one thing the show does almost as often as having Jim get tied to a bed by villains, it’s “killing” either Jim or Arte!

Badtouch and fake death! My kinda show!

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More recent, online WWW slash fandom was on Sin and Salvation, a yahoo group. (Thanks for nothing, Verizon!) I enjoyed some of the fics on their now defunct website, available via wayback machine.

WWW on Fanlore

WWW on AO3

WWW on FFN

WWW on WWOMB

#escapade 2020 #escapade con #fandom history #the wild wild west #artemus gordon

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avaantares · 6 years

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Fun With Gold Key Comics

I had some eBay credit that was going to expire, so I bought myself a present. I have several other 1960s Gold Key TV tie-in comics (Green Hornet, et al.), and they are always a trip. Let’s take a look inside!

Long image-heavy post, so full snark highlights below the jump.

First of all, I hope you like the phrasing of “Jim West and Artemus,” because that’s all you’re going to get for the entire book. Note that this comic was released in 1969, by which point in the series Jim pretty much never speaks his partner’s proper first name unless he’s introducing him to someone. My theory is that the writer wasn’t sure of the correct spelling of Art(i)e, either -- so his name is written out in full every single time.

Can you imagine Robert Conrad actually saying “So long for now, Artemus”? I can’t.

Those faces, though. Wow. Good thing they keep using each other’s names so I can tell who these people are supposed to be.

Anyway, I’m getting ahead of myself.

The comic starts off with a bang, with a disguised Artie diverting Jim’s train onto a siding (because apparently the dispatcher is bad at his job and sent two trains into a head-on-collision course). Jim protests, and rather than saying something simple like, “I diverted your train because there was another train coming,” Artie beats him up.

Oh, yeah, remember when that was the premise of this series, and then we literally never hear of Jim’s secret millionaire cover identity again after the pilot episode? Apparently Artemus read the briefing way back when.

Artie belted him a good one, because Jim’s out for a while. Artie takes him back and puts him on the train, presumably in his own bed (first time we’ve seen ANY evidence of sleeping compartments on the bigger-on-the-inside TARDIS Wanderer).

I mean, Jim never has trouble seeing through Artie’s disguises normally, but then normally Artie isn’t randomly punching his lights out.

“Quite a reunion, eh, Jim?” is Artie-speak for “Haha, I totally knocked you cold for once, Mr. Action Hero.”

That’s no way to treat your best friend/partner, either, but hey.

“The strangest assignment we ever tackled” must be pretty strange indeed to top the space aliens, psychic time travelers, diamond-elixir superspeed jewel thieves, exploding undead body doubles, life-sized music-controlled steam puppet assassins, torpedo sea monsters, zombie algae farmers, or anything involving Dr. Loveless! What could it be, I wonder?

...that’s it? Someone’s stealing guns? Wow, Artie.

Also, Jim, show a little more imagination. Apaches? And what is a "bandido”? (It’s banditos, for those who don’t speak Spanish. You know, like bandits. With an O.)

So, moving along... The government has a brilliant plan to stop the raids by loading up a train with cutting-edge armaments and then putting some soldiers on it, because that always works. Jim and Artie are supposed to follow the train and catch the bad guys. Except they’re apparently really slow, because the ambush happens that night and they don’t find it until the next morning.

The villains have stolen all the armaments, killed all the guards and burned the train, but they’re apparently morons, because they drop a bunch of stuff and leave a breadcrumb trail:

So Jim and Artie go to Mexico, where it turns out even native Spanish speakers don’t know how to spell banditos. Furthermore, Mexican gun shipments are also being ambushed. Jim investigates and finds more strange piles of sand, as well as a gold coin issued by Emperor Maximilian.

Also, can we acknowledge that Jim is just bad at Spanish?

“Muchias”?!

Jim does some more investigating, gets his butt saved by Artie (and fails to recognize him in disguise YET AGAIN), and together they find the bad guys’ lair, which happens to be a mountain stronghold with no doors. So they climb it.

Nope, those pants are not NEARLY tight enough to be James West’s. I see wrinkles in that fabric.

Apparently Artie threw over his Great Aunt Maude in favor of Sainted Aunt Matilda for this adventure.

So Emperor Maximilian turns out not to be dead (shock!), and he wants to recruit Jim and Artie to run his own intelligence network (shock!). After watching a somewhat gruesome execution, they agree to work for him... for about half a page, after which they make a break for it and use the usual gadgets to make their escape. After throwing a knockout-gas button at the guards, Jim sets up this joke:

...which is pretty odd, considering Artie is supposed to be the one who comes up with all the gadgets? But okay, whatever.

Apparently one of those passages is a time tunnel, because the grenades Artie is grabbing are MK2s -- pineapple grenades -- which weren’t invented until 1918.

So, long story short(er), Maximilian is a fraud, he’s using a zeppelin to carry out his raids, and Artie blows up the entire complex by using a grenade to set off the hydrogen in the balloon. All the soldiers surrender. Jim and Artie go home, with the thanks of the Mexican military. The end.

So that sure was a ride. I mean, it’s interesting in that while Jim spends more time on the page, Artie actually does most of the heavy lifting -- he’s the one who kicks off the mission, rescues Jim, and blows up the bad guys. I wish we’d seen him spotlighted like that more in the show!

#the wild wild west #james west #artemus gordon #gold key comics #comic book

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sillyandquiteawkward · 3 years

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Father and Bayley drabble....2! includes drinking.

"You really do have alcohol here," Bayley chuckled as Father tipped a bottle into two glasses filled with ice. "Somehow I imagined it'd be beneath you all to drink."

"Humanity's true calling is fermenting plants and getting drunk. Even as humanity's best, we still unfortunately fall prey to man's condition." Father set the bottle down next their glasses as Bayley peered at the clear liquor. "We just do it best. It is brewed right here in the Insitute's BioScience division. To the highest purification standards."

"Ah, then I'm sure it'll be as tasty as the nutrient bars you're calling edible." Bayley wanted to wait for Father to make a move and sip his drink, but curiosity got the better of him and he lifted the glass to his nose. "What is it? Vodka?"

"It's a gin. Put your glass down I'm not done."

Bayley squinted and set his glass down as Father pulled out a seperate bottle from the cabinet. He cracked the cap and a sharp hiss escaped. Even Nuka Quantums never sounded so fresh. He tried to not act impressed.

"It's traditionally served with lime, however as limes are not avalible, synthetic lime flavoring has been infused into this." Father topped off each of their glasses with the carbonation and then gestured to Bayley. "You've probably never had a proper gin and tonic. It's one of my favorites. I think you'll like it." He offered a smile and took a small sip of his drink.

Bayley harumphed at Father's assumption. Well. He'd be correct but he didn't want to admit that. "I've plenty of drinks mixed with Nuka." Bayley took a sip of the drink but the bitterness gave him a surprise.

Father's delighted smile softened with endearance as he watched Bayley hide his emotive face. "I'm afraid tonic is flavored a bit differently than Nuka Cola." The soda's brand name was tainted with his usual disdain for surface-made food and drinks.

"It's really good." Bayley took a second real sip to punctuate his pause. "The gin and tonic's okay too."

Father appreciated his own drink. "Like you've had anything other than hodgepodge moonshines and irradiated flat sugar water."

"I think this synthetic gin isn't as good as the three hundred year-old genuine Italian wine I've had before," Bayley cooly said, leaning back in his chair slightly. Ah, the perks of being an influencial trader's ex-son. Fancy aged wine honestly didn't mean much to him but it seemed like something that would get under Father's skin. He admired the ice cubes in his glass, now that was a small luxury he rarely enjoyed. The closest he'd gotten to that recently was a frosty beer from that one new robot in Goodneighbor.

"I think we may have a bottle or two of vintage wine," Father stumbled, hoping to impress Bayley. "If that is your poision of choice."

"It's fine, you said this was your favorite."

"It is," Father started, starring down at his drink, cupped by his two long hands. Condensation already began to bead up along the outer edge of the glass and he swiped at it with his leathery thumb. "It was the first drink my adoptive father let me have. My, it was so long ago. I must've been in my twenties. Twenty-three maybe?"

Bayley barked a laugh. "Sorry, sorry. Twenty-three? Your father graciously allowed you to drink at twenty-three?"

"Well what age did you first drink?"

"I think I was fifteen. My sister would have been nineteen then, and she swiped us an entire bottle of scotch from our mother's liquor cabinet for her birthday. We shared it all night and got sick and were punished miserably the next morning by both the hangover and our mother."

Father shook his head with a sigh. "Alcohol does such terrible damage to a young man's mind. I'm shocked to hear you were a troublemaker when you were young, Artemus."

"And yet here I am, still such a troublemaker, and currently sitting in the Institue Director's personal lion's den so I can't be too shabby from a few drinks now can I, Shaun." Bayley took a big gulp of his drink, letting it sit in his mouth for a moment, now enjoying the flavor. "Its moderation. Drink too often and you'll end up a drunkard with a poor heart, drink too little and you can't loosen up."

Father nodded. "There aren't strict limits in the Insitute but each order of alcohol is tracked and tallied to your name. If it ever becomes an issue, you're immediately cut off. So there are never 'drunks' to worry about."

Both men took another sip.

"Shaun, that is the definition of strict, believe it or not. But I wouldn't doubt there's someone here hidding a problem, now that I know you have vices to indulge," Bayley mused. "There's always a way around."

"You've reached the end of your glass, Art," Shaun noted as he topped off his own drink and paused above Bayley's. "Would you care for another?"

Bayley found himself having a decent time just going back and forth with Father, and the drink was pretty good. So why not? "I think I will."

#father #shaun #doc bayley #in which bayley does not get to drink any baileys :/

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