#harriet russell

[khruschevshoe]

We do NOT give Jackie Tyler and Mickey Smith their props for their character growth in the Parting of the Ways. Rose is absolutely amazing, an absolute ferocious beacon of hope and stubbornness and bravery in the finale, the absolute reason why the Doctor lives and the world is saved and an equal hero to Nine, but she has a moment of doubt. A moment of hesitancy.

And Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler step in and help her save the day. Both Mickey and Jackie give up on their idea of Rose and their hatred of the Doctor and help her pull open the TARDIS. Even within this one episode we see them struggle with their feelings and decide to put them aside and help do this because Rose is right- this is a better way of living your life.

Doctor Who is about ordinary people making extraordinary decisions and making themselves extraordinary and this doesn't just apply to official companions (who I love with all my might)- it applies to the people they love, too. We see it over and over again in Davies' era, with Jackie and Mickey and Sylvia and Tish and Wilfred and Francine and Harriet Jones and every one-off character as well, from Lynda-with-a-Y to Jabe to Gwyneth to Novice Hame to McDonnell to Sally to Chantho to Nancy to all the rest.

Doctor Who is at its strongest when the story is focused on the strength of the bleeding, beating heart of humanity (and character in general, in its non-humans), when the characters drive the story, when at the end of the day you understand why, for all of the world's flaws, the Doctor comes back over and over again because of people like this- not just his companions, but the Jackies and Mickeys and all the rest of the world.

#the parting of the ways #rose tyler #jackie tyler #mickey smith #ninth doctor #doctor who #ninerose #russell t davies #sylvia noble #tish jones #wilfred mott #harriet jones #doctor who is my sci-fi franchise of choice because of the beating heart at the center of it #tenth doctor #tenrose #so many absolutely fantastic characters #meta #i love this show so much

[fawnsite]

#random icons #harriet andersson #meryl streep #taylor russell #monica bellucci #sharon tate #anna karina #laura gemser #natalie portman #sonia petrova #smiles of a summer night #the deer hunter #dr bird's advice for sad poets #the appartment #valley of the dolls #black swan #nina sayers #la prima notte di quiete #actress icons #layouts #female icons #runway icons #supermodels icons #no psd icons #it girls #high fashion #site model #aesthetic #moodboard

[pedropcl]

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (2022) | dir. Michael Giacchino

#harriet sansom harris #verussa #leonardo nam #liorn #gael garcia bernal #jack russell #werewolf by night #*my gifs #filmgifs #fyeahmovies #dailymarvelgifs #usersugar #marvel #marveledit #marvellegends #mcufam #useraurore #userjasmine #dailyflicks #usersameera #usercroft #marveladdicts #usersaoirse #dailyavengers #usertelevision

[brody75]

Werewolf by Night (2022)

#Werewolf by Night #horroredit #gael garcia bernal #laura donnelly #harriet sansom harris #Kirk R. Thatcher #marveledit #marvel universe #dailymarvelgifs #werewolfbynightedit #jack russell #marvel #werewolf #lycanthrope #horror #filmedit

[pitofneverendingsarcasm]

Immaculate bants from RTD

#liz truss #uk politics #harriet jones #PM resigns #let the bloodbath begin #russell t davies #doctor who #big day for lettuce

[ricardian-werewolf]

Whoops, I wrote a gilded Age fanfic!

#harriet rambles #richard iii #the white queen #the gilded age #six of crows #kaz brekker #kaz x inej #bertha x george #gladys russell #gladys is a communist i don't make the rules #whoops

[bethanydelleman]

The Times Women Don’t Know Their Hearts

I was thinking about my proposal analysis and it occured to me that there are two instances in Jane Austen’s novels where women don’t know how to respond to a proposal, and in both, cases, the problem is actually the influence of other women.

Emma has already been trying to turn Harriet off the Martins and on to “real gentlemen” by the time Harriet gets the proposal from Robert Martin. She ends up not knowing her own mind:

She [Harriet] was so surprized she did not know what to do. Yes, quite a proposal of marriage; and a very good letter, at least she thought so. And he wrote as if he really loved her very much—but she did not know—and so, she was come as fast as she could to ask Miss Woodhouse what she should do.—” Emma was half-ashamed of her friend for seeming so pleased and so doubtful.

Emma then clearly influences Harriet’s decision and it is implied that she also supplies her with the words of refusal. (One high point of Emma 1972 is that she actually begins to dictate Harriet’s response). So Harriet’s inability to know her own heart was Emma’s doing. It’s pretty clear by the end that if Harriet had not been led astray by Emma, she’d have accepted.

We also have Janet Ross in Mansfield Park (a friend of Mary’s):

Poor Janet has been sadly taken in, and yet there was nothing improper on her side: she did not run into the match inconsiderately; there was no want of foresight. She took three days to consider of his proposals, and during those three days asked the advice of everybody connected with her whose opinion was worth having, and especially applied to my late dear aunt, whose knowledge of the world made her judgment very generally and deservedly looked up to by all the young people of her acquaintance, and she was decidedly in favour of Mr. Fraser.

From Mary’s overall behaviour (the wish to marry for wealth and consequence), we can infer that the late Mrs. Crawford said from Mary’s words: “We were all delighted. She could not do otherwise than accept him, for he was rich, and she had nothing” What Mary doesn’t seem to grasp is that Janet must have known on some level before accepting the proposal that she wouldn’t have been happy with Mr. Fraser. Yet, she is able to be influenced and all her friends assured her it was a good idea so she went for it.

And then we have Anne Elliot, who does accept Wentworth’s first proposal, but then on the advice of Lady Russell (we know that Sir Walter didn’t have a huge hand in this), was convinced to break it off. This decision is a little trickier because in all honesty, I think Lady Russell was giving good advice. Like, maybe don’t marry a penniless sailor at 19, you might be a widowed mother in the next year... but it is ultimately a decision that Anne regrets. In hindsight, we know she would have been happier if she married him.

I also want to mention Maria Bertram, who raised by aunt Norris, has been taught to value wealth above her own happiness. We are not directly told that Mrs. Norris influenced the match, but she was instructed by Sir Thomas to conceal the engagement until he returned and then did the opposite, making it harder for Maria to call it off the marriage if that was her preference.

The only man who influences a marriage decision is Mr. Brandon Sr., who locks Eliza Brandon away until she agrees to marry his eldest son (Colonel Brandon's older brother). Jane Austen never really shows a heroine father manipulate their daughter/ward so directly, forcefully, and obviously. The closest is Sir Thomas with Fanny but even he isn't ruthless. The bigger danger for women in these novels is much more subtle influence.

I feel like the overall message here is that you need to be careful who you let influence your decisions. Or who you befriend. Anne is able to reject her father’s disapprobation, but she has more trouble with her mother figure. She forgets, perhaps, that Lady Russell is also a little too conscious of rank. Harriet and Janet both have friends who lead them down the wrong path. Fortunately Harriet gets back on track, but Janet ends up in a very unhappy marriage. 

And the worst part is, all of these influencers, Emma, Mrs. Crawford, and Lady Russell (and even Mrs. Norris), think they are doing the best thing for their friend. They cannot see their own folly.

#emma does learn in the end #emma #mansfield park #jane austen #mary crawford #harriet smith #janet ross #persuasion #lady russell #anne elliot #emma woodhouse #and so does Lady Russell #not knowing their own hearts #mrs. Norris #is the worst #and Maria is her pupil

[nathalieskinoblog]

#little dorrit #claire foy #matthew macfadyen #tom courtenay #russel tovey #freema agyeman #georgia king #harriet walter #darren boyd #ron cook #pam ferris #arthur darvill #eve myles #andy serkis #eddie marsan #alun armstrong #adam smith #dearbhla walsh #diarmuid lawrence #charles dickens

[thevibraniumveterans]

[Werewolf by Night]

Spoilers!

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1. I love this callback.

2. There was some Latin in the show and I wondered what they translated to, so I got these. There was a bit more on the walls but I didn’t bother with those 😅. But I do love the usage of Latin to up the ante on the mystery and creepy factor.

3. It was so funny when Jack just could not get the thing to stay on the wall because it kept falling off and he just plopped the thing on the ledge in a last act of desperation 😂

#mcu #werewolf by night #jack russell #gael garcia bernal #elsa bloodstone #laura donnelly #verussa #harriet sansom harris #jovan #kirk r thatcher #azarel #Eugenie bondurant #liorn #leonardo nam #barasso #Daniel j watts #billy swan #Al hamacher #man thing #carey jones #the flaming tuba #david silverman #mcu phase 4

[heyho-simonrussellbeale]

Sir Simon Russell Beale and Dame Harriet Walter performing during a reception hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla to celebrate the work of William Shakespeare, on the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first Shakespeare Folio at Windsor Castle on July 18, 2023 in Windsor, England.

Photo by Andrew Matthews - Pool / Getty Images

#Simon Russell Beale #harriet walter #Ray Fearon #shakespeare #first folio #2023 #he lives

[geekverse08]

Promotional stills of Marvel Studios' Special Presentation: Werewolf by Night!🐺🌙

#werewolf by night #jack russell #elsa bloodstone #ulysses bloodstone #verussa bloodstone #marvel #marvel comics #marvel studios #marvel cinematic universe #mcu #disney plus #gael garcia bernal #laura donnelly #harriet sansom harris

[khruschevshoe]

"Nine's story was a redemption arc with him realizing it was better to be a coward than a hero any day, Tenth's was a tragedy of his ego directly leading to his and everyone else's destruction," I say into the mic. The crowd boos. "She's right," comes a voice from the final row. It's Russell T. Davies himself.

#doctor who #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #russell t davies #you know im right #the duality of the doctor #i am obsessed by their parallel arcs #redemption and regression #hope and tragedy #the two sides of doctor who #him deposing harriet jones directly leads to the master's return and his own death #fight me

[sci-firenegade]

Review of the farce What the Butler Saw, featuring Pauline Yates, Michael Barrington and William Russell.

Reading Evening Post - Friday 20 January 1978

#what the butler saw #pauline yates #who did harriet's back in town with #william russell #michael barrington #sci's musings

[pedropcl]

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (2022) | dir. Michael Giacchino

#harriet sansom harris #verussa #leonardo nam #liorn #daniel j watts #barasso #jack russell #gael garcia bernal #laura donnelly #elsa bloodstone #werewolf by night #*my gifs #userdiana #tuserpolly #tuserpris #filmgifs #fyeahmovies #dailymarvelgifs #usersugar #marvel #marveledit #marvellegends #mcufam #useraurore #userjasmine #dailyflicks #usersameera #usercroft #marveladdicts #usersaoirse

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

Werewolf by Night

Michael Giacchino’s WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (2022, Disney+) is the perfect fit for an evening when you’ve been working too late for a full-length movie, and it’s a nigh perfect release from the pressures of working that late. It’s also interesting for introducing a trio of new characters — Jack Russell (Gael Garcia Bernal), Elsa Bloodstone (Laura Donnelly) and Man-Thing — to the Marvel cinematic universe. Beyond that, it’s not to be taken too seriously, but there’s nothing wrong with a mindless diversion. Verussa (the wonderful Harriet Sansom Harris), widow of Ulysses Bloodstone, is hosting a competition to determine who will become the world’s leading monster hunter and inherit the Bloodstone, a mystical source of power and longevity. Various hunters, including Bernal, assemble to track down a monster, with the killer gaining the stone. Ulysses’ estranged daughter, Donnelly, is also there with her own plans for the prize. The film is in black-and-and white, though cinematographer Zoe White doesn’t go for many of the effects of classic black-and-white films. The grey tones are broken up by the bloodstone, which is bright red, so maybe they just wanted the film to look like THE TINGLER (1959). The fight scenes are a lot of fun, but that just means watching skilled stunt people. For me, the test of any superhero movie is the quality of the interpersonal relations, and WEREWOLF BY NIGHT delivers that with some nice bonding scenes between Bernal and Donnelly. It also has a good villain in Harris, whose musical theatre training comes in handy as she cackles her way through the role. It’s over-acting, true, and quite shameless at that, but also quite delightful.

#horror films #marvel cinematic universe #gael garcia bernal #harriet sansom harris #laura donnelly #jack russell #elsa bloodstone #man-thing

[clueless-fan-critic]

Werewolf By Night: An MCU Halloween Special

We’re getting a new type of MCU special that showcases the more supernatural elements of the universe aside from wizards and Asgardians with the more classic monsters of legend and myth.

I honestly thought it would be along the lines of Moon Knight with just a superhero show with magic and stuff, but it draws more inspiration from classic monster films with a blend of modern horror elements. The black and white colors add a whole level of authenticity to the monster theme.

Gael Garcia Bernal portrays Jack Russell with a level of genuine emotion that it’s quite jarring to actually see the Werewolf by Night in action, blood and growling in all. Laura Donnelly portrays Elsa Bloodstone as a conflicted woman with a complicated relationship with her father Ulysses. Harriet Sansom Harris stole the special with her passionate portrayal of Verussa Bloodstone as the crazily eccentric widow.

Overall, Werewolf by Night was one of the firsts for the MCU’s hand at more mature content like the Netflix MCU shows, which makes me excited to see what else could be used in other MCU specials. If you like classic monster films, you will love this Halloween tribute by the MCU.

#werewolf #werewolf by night #jack russell #elsa bloodstone #halloween #bloodstone #ulysses bloodstone #man-thing #spooky #happy halloween #Moon Knight #laura donnelly #harriet sansom harris #verussa bloodstone