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thisbluespirit · 3 years

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I know I already had one ask, but if you don't mind...... 1,2,3 and 10 for the ship asks, but specifically regarding Doctor Who!

I don't mind at all! <3 For Doctor Who, and therefore safely free of some of the dodgiest possible answers (probably)...

1.First ship you remember

3. Favourite ship ever

Five/Tegan. I started watching DW properly in 1988 at the end of The Happiness Patrol (my friend told me I should, so I did... eventually), so I am all about the Seven & Ace (the only right and proper way to be ;-p) but I don't ship them (romantically anyway; I'm assuming romantically for this meme), and after the season ended, I needed more DW and I know there was this whole vast history out there! This being now 1989, I went to the library and found they had lots of hbk target novelisations. Which one should I choose?? I didn't know any of these people!

Then I found one that had Tristan from All Creatures on the front called Time-Flight, and I knew Tristan (he was my fave), so I read that one. (Look, if you love a thing, you love it, even when it's Time-Flight).

And basically I shipped Five/Tegan from a few pages in and have never stopped. (I had to wait about 7 or 8 years before I finally saw Tegan, though! The BBC did re-runs in the 90s but never any with Tegan. You were supposed to love Three (plus Genesis of the Daleks) or get out; that was pretty much BBC2's DW motto for at least 10 years.)

I read a lot of Targets, so I also shipped Ian/Babs and Ben/Polly a lot, but Five/Tegan came first. (The Targets were very into shipping Ian and Barbara! And who can blame them?)

So my answer to #3 is also Five/Tegan. I even wrote a ship manifesto for them one time! The worst thing is, I am never happy writing it; I think it matters too much to me, and it's very frustrating, especially since the other Five/Tegan writers seem to have mostly stopped. (It used to be one of the most popular Classic Who ships around and then suddenly... *crickets* /smug pun face)

Anyway, it remains the only DW ship to have caused questions to be asked in parliament so we should totally still ship it at least occasionally if only to make 1980s MPs curl up in horror and possibly roll over in their graves.

2.Your newest ship

I'll flirt with and have a one night stand with any fun looking DW possibility!

So... just wrote Lucie/Clara, which works well, and the other day generated this among other Unconventional Courtship summaries, which was surprisingly plausible and enticing:

347) A Devil In Disguise (The Vila Group) - Caitlin Crews Clara Oswald's job from hell will soon be over. Ready to take her life back and walk away from the devil - currently disguised as her boss - Clara plucks up the courage to say 'I quit!' Nothing has ever taken Melanie Bush by surprise - until now. And the word 'no' just isn't part of her vocabulary. So a resignation from the best PA she's ever had is simply unacceptable. Clara's heard all about her legendary charm, but now that it's turned on her she understands exactly why it's so hard to say no to Melanie Bush!

10. Most smutty ship

LOL! Okay, my AO3 ratings:

General Audiences (503)

Teen And Up Audiences (115)

Mature (1)

And for DW alone:

General Audiences (236)

Teen And Up Audiences (20)

(And that 1 mature rating is for that EatD generals fic, which does not contain any actual pr0n either).

So...? What ships do I actually at least strongly imply sex happens the most?

It seems to be my one Three/Liz/Brig piece: A Cold Day in Autumn

and there is def. some implied sex and innuendo in my Five/Tegan/Nyssa/Turlough sedoretu fic: Subdivide and Multiply (although ironically the sex and innuendo side is all Nyssa/Tegan, Nyssa/Turlough and just possibly Five/Turlough, which is my whole Five/Tegan problem in a nutshell.)

I've read quite a bit of smutty Brig/Liz fic, though. They're very repressed but into each other. (Although I feel like I should apologise to the Brigadier for all of those sentences.)

#doctor who #replies #mariocki #my five/tegan loving tragic life let me show you #lol

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alawaisi · 3 years

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Date: May 10, 2021

Bringing interviews to life

Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American retired broadcast journalist, author, and television personality.[1][2] Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as the host of numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until 2015.

Walters began her career on The Today Show in the early 1960s as a writer and segment producer of women's interest stories. Her popularity with viewers resulted in Walters receiving more airtime, and in 1974, she became co-host of the program, the first woman to hold such a title on an American news program. In 1976, she continued to be a pioneer for women in broadcasting by becoming the first female co-anchor of a network evening news program, alongside Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News. From 1979 to 2004, Walters worked as a producer and co-host on the ABC newsmagazine 20/20. She also became known for an annual special aired on ABC, Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People

Walters created, produced, and co-hosted the ABC daytime talk show The View in 1997, on which she appeared until her retirement in 2014. Thereafter, she continued to host a number of special reports for 20/20 as well as documentary series for Investigation Discovery. Her final on-air appearance for ABC News was in 2015.

Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, and in 2007 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2000, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

1- https://youtu.be/xQR5BzN4EKg?list=PLjoP5WBpAeS4do6w31o-PsTMnTlbybSa_

Lucille Ball & Barbara Walters: An Interview of a Life Time

The first interview was with Lucille Ball, the interview style was friendly. First Barbara started the interview with a very nice biography about her personal life and her working experience.

In the interview Barbra was clever in her selection of questions she used some deep personal questions. She used some smart questions; she used a friendly way of interviewing her guest.

Barbara Walters sits down with Lucy and Gary Morton. Barbara Walters asks the questions Lucy steered away from up until this point of her career on TV (post-I Love Lucy) Some say Lucy was uncomfortable with discussing her past life with her current husband, as she wanted to respect the present joys they had in their successful marriage, and giving it its own identity-It's definitely interesting to see Lucy a little stern with Barbara about her first marriage and tells the truth of how it was, and why it didn’t work. Barbara is wonderful and friendly but asks those good questions you have always wanted to know.

2- https://youtu.be/SZHc3zmtYdw?list=PLjoP5WBpAeS4do6w31o-PsTMnTlbybSa_

Barbara Walters Interview with Clint Eastwood 1982

The second interview was with Clint Eastwood, the interview style was friendly. First Barbara started the interview with a very nice biography about his personal life and his working experience.

Clint Eastwood did his best to throw Barbara Walters off of her interview game by flirting with her. It worked. She knew how to ask tough questions and get key information from her interview subjects. Walters sat down with Eastwood for 20/20 in 1982, discussing the rugged star's acting methods and romances at the height of his career and Walters was so charmed by the famously.

I think Clint was very comfortable in the interview while Barbra was uncomfortable for some emotional reasons.

3- https://youtu.be/E499RlpyOEk?list=PLjoP5WBpAeS4do6w31o-PsTMnTlbybSa_

Sandra Bullock interview in Barbara Walters Special 2010

The third interview was with Sandra Bullock, the interview style was friendly. First Barbara started the interview as usual with a very nice biography about her personal life and her working experience.

Barbara Walters falls into the classic trap of letting Sandra's credibility as an actress begin with Blind Side, and according to Walters, it seems that a credible actress must be a "serious artist", whereas Sandra's credibility as a comedienne was already firmly established long before Blind Side arrived, and she was already a credible actress, because a great comedienne is of course a great artist, and that's about as "serious" as it needs to get

Both of them were feeling comfortable, as the interview was friendly and full of laughs and jokes.

4- https://youtu.be/NRz--1LstNc?list=PLjoP5WBpAeS4do6w31o-PsTMnTlbybSa_

Ronald Reagan interviewed by Barbara Walters on 20/20

The fourth interview was with the American president Ronald Reagan who looked very quiet and peaceful showing his respect and welcome to the US audience, the interview style was very formal due to his position as a president but the environment was very friendly.

Barbara Walters hosts this warm personality study of President Ronald Reagan, which features Reagan working on and touring his California ranch, the type of questions were mostly friendly about his interests, his sanctuary and his personal life.

Reagan was very cheerful that he made Barbra feel comfortable.

5- https://youtu.be/gF_-KGBexLk?list=PLjoP5WBpAeS4do6w31o-PsTMnTlbybSa_

Barbara Walters Interviews Johnny Carson in 1984

The fifth interview was with Johnny Carson, the style of the interview was formal and friendly because Carson was very friendly.

He seems to put so much effort into each expression. She was an amazing interviewer. I mean, just look at what she got him to reveal here (and Carson was about as tight lipped about personal matters as they get). Barbara has a way of looking a guest in the eye and speaking with them that gives them the freedom to reveal and communicate intimacies, as opposed to how they might with your cookie-cutter "sensational" interviewer.

I think that Carson was not feeling comfortable in some parts of the interview.

Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host, whose awards included two Peabodys, an Emmy and ten Cable ACE Awards. He hosted over 50,000 interviews.

King was a radio interviewer in the Miami area in the 1950s and 1960s, and gained prominence in 1978 as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. King hosted Larry King Now from 2012 to 2020, which aired on Hulu, Ora TV, and RT America. He hosted Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show, on the same three channels from 2013 to 2020. King also appeared in television series and films, usually playing himself.

1- https://youtu.be/TNnCN0BwUww

Interview: Larry King Interviews Donald Trump on Larry King Now, on October 4, 2013

The first interview was with Donald Trump, the interview style was formal. First King started the interview with a very brief introduction about him.

In the interview Larry was clever in his selection of questions he used some deep political questions. He was very smart in selecting the questions; he used a friendly way of interviewing his guest.

In the interview, Larry covered most of the US problems and how Trump is going to face them the most important part was when Trump was just trying to get through this whole time is his country is weak because they put their nose in other countries business they fund other countries they walk on them. The peace treaty that was signed years ago was probably misinterpreted by polotitions today.

Larry is wonderful and friendly but asks those good questions you have always wanted to know.

2- https://youtu.be/YNSoOM4Nq6g

Larry king interview Vladimir Putin

The second interview was with the Russian BM president Vladimir Putin, the interview style was Formal. First Larry started the interview with warm greetings and went directly into questions.

Larry asked Putin several questions almost he covered most of the important worldwide issues from north Korea to Iran to the relations between America and Russia even he asked him about some internal Russian problems.

Larry was very smart and professional in choosing his questions also Putin was a very quiet person and smart in answering all the questions.

I think the interview was uncomfortable for both of them.

3- https://youtu.be/53uC0A4il8k

Larry King / Natalie Portman on Late Night (1994)

The third interview was with Natalie Portman, the interview style was very friendly. First Larry started the interview as usual with a warm welcome.

 Natalie was such an intelligent young woman. She's already so aware of social dynamics at age 13. Notice how she laughs to make others feel comfortable and well received, and not just laughing because a joke is funny. Both of them were feeling comfortable, as the interview was friendly and full of laughs and jokes.

The interview was very comfortable for all of them that the audience can`t stop laughing at her.

4- https://youtu.be/Gu0mypIa-rk

Monica Lewinsky on Larry King Live

The fourth interview was with Monica Lewinsky who looked very quiet and peaceful showing, the interview style was very friendly.

I really like how Larry handled this interview. He did not grill or berate her. He asked good questions and let her explain herself. Monica very obviously has a good mind. However, like many of us, she made foolish choices in her youth. She is not the only, not the first, and not the last to be charmed by a predator and overawed by the trappings of power. She is so brave and so beautiful even though she has been through hell at this point. Larry was very professional in this interview.

Monika was very comfortable in answering all these questions.

5- https://youtu.be/u_29DHdH_ig

Stan Lee Discusses his Career, Movie Cameos & Bonding with Marvel Actors

The fifth interview was with Stan Lee, the style of the interview was formal and friendly because Lee was very friendly.

Marvel icon, Stan Lee, sits down with Larry for a rare, in-depth interview at Lee’s Beverly Hills office to discuss everything from his big new ‘X-Men’ cameo to the new Chinese super hero he is creating.

I absolutely love how this interview takes place between two old timers who probably grew up in the same era. Stan doesn't even care about the money, he's just extremely glad so many people are connecting with the characters he helped create! In every interview, he makes sure to thank the artists.

The choose of questions was very smart from Larry. He seems to put so much effort into each expression. She was an amazing interviewer.

I think that Carson was not feeling comfortable in some parts of the interview.

Evaluation

What I have learnt from both the interviewers was the way you host someone, the type of questions you can ask and when, also how to change the interview into a friendly interview.

The way you look at your guest and the body language you use to make him feel comfortable

For Barbra I like the way she is introducing her guest and the warm up she makes at the beginning of each interview.

And for Larry he is very professional in starting and involving his guest into the interview I like him the most.

Both of them are considered two of the greatest interviewers in the world they are called as softball interviewers.

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Hi Ellis! I'm a literature student and I've been working on a school paper. I'm going to talk about Jane Austen on my paper. Sooo I wanna ask if what is a common factor that you’ve noticed in all six novels of Jane Austen? I will be waiting for your response!! Thank you so much

There are a few common factors across Austen’s novels:

1.) Bad parents - this one is in fact so common as to leave few good parents to write about.

Perhaps most famous is the silly Mrs. Bennet, who flusters and fidgets over her five girls, obsessing over marrying them and lending Pride and Prejudice its marvellous opening.

She is not alone. Whether it is:

Mr. Dashwood, failing to provide for Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret in Sense and Sensibility (or alternatively failing to foresee his son, John, will be so selfish)

Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram neglecting all of their children until it is too late for some in Mansfield Park

Mr. Woodhouse leaning too hard on Emma, fussy hypochondriac that he is, and expecting far too much from his daughters in Emma

General Tilney the warhorse and monstrously bad host in Northanger Abbey

Sir Walter spoiling Elizabeth, ignoring Mary, and sneering at Anne, in Persuasion; or

Mr. Bennet forgetting that having a silly wife is no excuse for not providing for and protecting his children in Pride and Prejudice

Austen stuffs her novels with bad parents.

2.) Hypocritical snobs - Austen loves to write about snobs, and loves far more to write about those with precarious positions in the social sphere.

Caroline Bingley is a great example of this, snubbing Jane’s relatives who are actually of higher social standing than her own grandparents’, but without the wealth of her father.

Mrs. Norris, the mere wife of a country parson, flouts her superiority over little Fanny. She is a distasteful fool.

Emma, ferociously proud of her own position, simultaneously raises Harriet Smith, a no one and likely illegitimate, and complains that the Coles do not invite her to their party when she would not be able to accept. Augusta Elton is worse still, not even realising that she is on rocky ground when she complains about the people who would set themselves above the Sucklings.

Willoughby is a hypocritical snob, not seeing that his own character is far lower than the “foolish” and “silly” people he mocks. Marianne gets the snob label, which she absolutely is, but not a hypocrite one.

3.) Scoundrels and bad boys - Every novel needs a villain and Austen’s rogues gallery is fairly complete:

P&P’s Wickham sets a high standard. He seduces, elopes, flirts, charms, and “makes love to us all.” Was there ever such a charming rotter?

Well of course, there’s Willoughby in S&S, seducing all of us before abandoning us pregnant with hope but, luckily, nothing else. He even shares the same W-initialed surname. While Wickham marries the girl he seduces. Willoughby leaves his teenage victim alone and pregnant, while he marries a young woman who is in for a bad time of it with him. Though her vicious nature possibly makes it a fair match.

Mr. Elliot in Persuasion is less obviously charming, and also less devastating. Poor Mrs Smith suffers through his inaction, but there are no pregnant teenagers in his wake. We also have him to thank for making Anne and Captain Wentworth aware of the other’s feelings, when he interrupts their tete a tete at the Assembly Rooms concert.

A more understandable villain lurks in Mansfield Park. Henry Crawford is a selfish child in a man’s body. He takes what he wants, and he pays for it in the end. Pretty, shy Fanny would have made him a better man. Instead, she gets to prig-happily-ever after with Edmund. Sigh.

Northanger Abbey has more than one scoundrel, but it’s John Thorpe who does the most damage, in his limited way. Though Captain Frederick Tilney wreaks havoc as well.

Emma is restricted to the least bad men, Mr. Elton doesn’t really get the title as he’s just a bit mean. Frank Churchill is a bad boy however, as he spends the whole novel deceiving everyone and treating his love badly. I would argue that there is a hidden scoundrel in Mr. Woodhouse though, who is so selfish that it’s a miracle he doesn’t cause more damage.

4.) Wise young women - Austen is littered with young women who are usually wiser than their elders, though it doesn’t always do them much good.

P&P’s Charlotte Collins nee Lucas, for all that she may not ever love her husband, has far more foresight than Lizzie, eight years her junior.

MP’s Fanny Price sees what none of her cousins can, that while play acting is dangerous, Lovers’ Vows can only end in disaster and that Mariah and Henry are playing a very dangerous game. She is a Cassandra. No one listens to her, but she still sees.

S&S’s Elinor Dashwood is smart enough to see through Lucy, but that can’t save her from her machinations. She is trapped by her own goodness, but she also has all the wisdom her kindly but foolish mother lacks.

NA’s Eleanor Tilney manages to glide above the craziness occurring around her without falling for the novels bad boys, getting caught up in the nuttiness of her best friend’s imagination, or marrying beneath her. Quite a feat.

Emma’s Jane Fairfax is perhaps the least wise of the women in this list, but she has the maturity that Emma and Harriet both lack. She knows she’s facing a harsh future as a governess, but retains her dignity no matter what, even when her lover is flirting with another woman in front of her.

Persuasion’s Anne Elliot has hard-won wisdom and is the oldest of our young women. She is wise now because she has had time to reflect and reason to regret. She sees through her father and sisters, never falls in love with the scoundrel of her novel, and wins herself an excellent marriage and social position by staying true to herself.

Note, as much as I like her, Lizzie Bennet does not have a great deal of wisdom, though she’s getting there by the end.

I can think of more, but they don’t hold true across all six books.

Lizzie, Anne, Catherine, Fanny and Elinor are all book lovers, but Emma can barely finish one, despite good intentions.

Many heroines have bitchy friends or mean girl relatives, but their position and power are inconsistent.

The heroes vary in attractiveness, affluence, and affability.

The fates of the heroines vary as well - we all envy Lizzie marrying Darcy, but few of us feel like Fanny won a similarly sized prize in Edmund.

So a few other things, more about the society than anything else, bind the books:

5.) Humour - They are all funny. How funny varies by how much you know what Austen is satirising for Northanger Abbey, playing with Lovers’ Vows in Mansfield Park, or realise about the characters in Pride and Prejudice, which is really much funnier if you think of Mr Collins as only twenty-four, rather than his usual casting in his thirties.

Austen is consistently one of the funniest writers of any novels ever. Her books are full of crackers.

6.) Social satire - We don’t always realise what she’s satirising now as we lack some of the context her readers had, but Austen is always out with her embroidery needle to prick social pretensions and foolishness.

7.) Happy endings - All of our heroines get happy endings with desirable men, most of whom are at least tolerably handsome and kind. We believe that all of them will live happily ever after.

8.) Genius - All of Austen’s novels showcase her genius to varying levels. Whether it is in the perfect retelling of Cinderella for the Regency era for Pride and Prejudice, the quiet and very gentle subversion of the classic passive heroine’s arc in Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey’s clever gothic satire, a meditation on expectation vs reality in Sense and Sensibility, the depiction of a more mature, Sleeping Beauty love in Persuasion, or creating one of the most complex and difficult heroines in Emma, Austen lays down a gauntlet that no one has yet managed to pick up.

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