#i love the bones of you

[yepthatsacowalright]

“It wasn't just inside the family I would fixate on people; it happened outside our four walls too. At school one day, I was watching a mate called Mark Kavanagh walking along. ‘Isn't Mark Kavanagh amazing?’ I was thinking. ‘There is nobody more Mark Kavanagh than him. Mark Kavanagh? I can't believe he even exists, he's so original.’ I did that to few people, not because I was close to them or they were girls I was in love with, but because I was experiencing people in a way that was slightly unusual - as if I had a filter out on me. Maybe that's where some of the fascination about character, being amazed at the idiosyncrasies of another person, comes from. The basic fact that they are experiencing reality in an entirely different manner, and yet we are coexisting. Seeing the world through others' eyes - think about it too much and at some point you end up not knowing where they end and you begin.”

Christopher Eccleston, I Love The Bones Of You

#am only 13 pages into this and already loving it so so much #he puts so many odd feelings into WORDS #(have also cried multiple times it’s gonna scoop out my heart and haunt my soul by the time i’m done i just know it) #psychology #acting #i love the bones of you #christopher eccleston

[ladysansalannister]

Realizing when Alicent told Aegon “you are no son of mine” all she could see when she looked at him was Viserys.

#she breaks my heart #alicent hightower #aegon ii targaryen #viserys i targaryen #hotd #asoiaf #i love the bones of you #you are no son of mine

[prettyevermores]

listening to chris eccleston’s audiobook and WOW i adore this man so much

#christopher eccleston #doctor who #ninth doctor #i love the bones of you #i love the bones of you book #val speaks🍓

[gingerteaonthetardis]

i know this has been shared around before but i just. doctor daddy 🥲

[id in alt]

#his continuing respect for both billie and rose as a character just melts my heart <3 #christopher eccleston is the only man i trust #i love the bones of you #dw #ninth doctor #rose tyler

[witheredoffherwitch]

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I love your aemond and alysmond fangirling 😁😁😁 and your posts are all awesome 😊😘.

Did you just call me a simp?

OH 💯, I am! I have had this rot for a hot minute now and it's only getting more vivacious. I merely wish that this virus is robust enough to spread the fever and bring about a rerun of pandemic on this platform!! 🙊🤞

And I'm so fortunate that another Aegon simp is taking the throne of championing their mission here. May your reign be powerful, your magic potent -- all hail my fellow witch sister!

#lovely ask #star my fellow coven sister #i love the bones of you #<333

[variousqueerthings]

I’ve nearly finished alan alda’s memoir (I’m dragging it out because I’m already feeling some kinda way), and once I have that’ll mark the third memoir I’ve read by an actor who started out in some kind of working class background, next to andy robinson and christopher eccleston

think something that’s interesting in all three of them, is that I find them to be some of the most affecting actors I’ve ever seen + all three were actors I first really saw at some big changing moment in my life, and so in my head I cannot help but think of them as (for lack of a better word) successful in what they do

and yet all three of these memoirs are -- amongst other things -- filled with frustration they had felt at several points in their lives that they weren’t “making it” in some way. and that’s not a disconnect from how I feel about their work (which, you know when an actor has a bunch of terrible movies and un-picked-up pilots that they’re not raking in the a-lister big bucks, and I tend to gravitate to those actors) so much as a context for where that work came from 

and it’s just a relief to read about. these people are rockstars in my head, because of the work they’ve put into their lives and art. their memoirs all feel like a celebration of that living (with all the things that also hurt), rather than a self-congratulatory pat on the back about what fantastic actors they may be. there’s a lot about connection in those books, and that’s just what comes from the living

as an artist, it’s something to think about. the art is important, sure, but the connection comes from the living

#christopher eccleston #andy robinson #alan alda #i love the bones of you #stepping into the light #never have your dog stuffed #im not really a memoir person often -- especially not artists #but these three really got to me

[anditendshowyoudexpect]

i wrote this book... people might not know about it, didn't sell that many copies... called I Love the Bones of You, which came from an article i wrote about my experience of my beautiful dad's dementia. and i was approached to do a book. and i ended up talking about my relationship with my dad, about masculinity, about his dementia. and then i wrote about my own mental health issues around um-- it's interesting that i finally have to say it-- around anorexia and body dysmorphia. i wrote about that, and i also wrote about a severe clinical depression i experienced in 2016 as a result of my divorce and being separated from my beautiful children. and i'm very glad i did it, because if you suffer from any of those things, if you have a breakdown, if you have an eating disorder, the worst thing about it is the shame, actually. it's one thing suffering, but especially if you're supposed to-- you know, if you're from a working-class background, if you're male, you're not supposed to be vulnerable... so it was great actually to get the burden of shame-- i'm not ashamed of any of those things that i went through anymore. so that's good.

it wasn't really the thing at the time for men to talk about that sort of thing. but i did find publicizing it very difficult. i went out and dutifully talked about all those things. i remember being on a British chat show, and i talked about anorexia, and he went, "right, thanks Chris. now, how do you feel about urban foxes?" you know? looking back, i think it brought up a few things, publicizing it. but i've got a bit distance. i'm glad i did it, and i have been approached by people in the street who said thanks for doing it, so it's worthwhile.

#christopher eccleston #i love the bones of you #i do #mental health #beautiful man

[semper-legens]

30. I Love the Bones of You, by Christopher Eccleston

Owned: No, library Page count: 323 My summary: Christopher Eccleston’s memoir, detailing his lifef, his struggles with class disparity and mental health issues, and his relationship with his farther across the years. My rating: 4/5 My commentary:

I have a lot of respect for Christopher Eccleston. He delivered an excellent performance as the 9th Doctor, and he just seems like a really cool guy, particularly in regards to politics and working class rights. I mean, as a working class Northerner, he knows firsthand exactly what's going on in this country and what is expected of working class men like him. So this delve into his life, story, and psyche from his perspective was a really interesting one. In essence, while this book does have autobiographical content, it's really more about Eccleston's journey and relationship to his father, particularly as it's affected by his mental health.

He's been through a lot. Anorexia, body dysmorphia, depression, suicidal ideation...I really feel for him, especially since I can see some of the things I struggle with reflected in his story and his journey. The portrait he paints of his father is a complicated one, a man who is basically decent and hardworking, who tried his best with what he had but was not afforded the same opportunities Eccleston was. He describes his own acting career almost as a fluke - and it is certainly true that a working class person today would find it so much harder to break into the profession. I mean, look how many English actors are actual aristocracy. Eccleston is so angry about how this country treats working people, which is why I find it so fascinating how measured he is about everything. He thinks very critically and analytically, examining his own career from a more objective viewpoint. He's quick to criticise himself when he thinks he's done wrong, but he'll also say if he thinks he's given a good performance, or thinks he could have done something better than the person who was cast. Which is fair enough! He doesn't waste time muck-raking about the people he's worked with, he seems to have a great deal of respect and professional admiration even for those he's butted heads with. Overall, this was a fascinating read, and I'm very glad I picked it up.

Next up, it's back to Mistborn, and a new age dawns.

#I Love The Bones Of You #Christopher Eccleston #bookblr #book blog #book blogging #4

[hansoeii]

let time pass.

#and the tears come streaming down your face #when you lose something you can't replace #when you love someone but it goes to waste #could it be worse? #Light will guide you home and ignite your bones #and I will try to fix you #thank you tom hiddleston for making fix you the lokius anthem #I'm still in mourning over the loki finale and I had to make something to make myself feel a little better #I hope this can help you a little too #or make it worse #haha #wanted to try something new #loki #lokius #lokius fanart #loki fanart #loki and mobius #loki season 2 #loki season 2 fanart #loki mobius #loki laufeyson #loki god of stories #mobius m. mobius #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #my art #fanart #digital art #lokius comic #loki comic

[ydteus]

Evil Stick | Ball of Sunshine

#sketch #tlt doodle #tlt sketch #character art #digital art #nona the ninth #Nona #character illustration #illustration #tlt art #tlt harrow #Harrow the ninth #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrowhark #I love you evil stick witch #bone witch corpse fucker #kisses you forever #tlt Nona #tlt fanart #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #gtn fanart #ntn fanart #htn fanart #tlt spoilers

[yepthatsacowalright]

“Maybe Dad's anger came also from being what I’ve been labelled - an 'overthinker'. It's a term I dislike immensely. Why is a desire to analyse, to seek knowledge, presented as a negative?

‘Overthinking' could just as easily be termed a keen inquisitiveness. Are working-class people not meant to enquire? Are they not meant to have an interest in the world in which they live? Dad was hungry for stimulation, as are my brothers and my mum. They are, like me, intensely curious people. We are far from alone in wishing to seek out information, to open our eyes to what the world has to offer. There are millions the same, sharing an attitude that comes very much from a sense of being denied education, or lack of expectation that a person who lives on a back street or an estate should have any. Overthinking would be considered a positive in any other strata of society.”

Christopher Eccleston, I Love The Bones Of You

#my brother in curiosity i am picking up EVERYTHING you are putting down #this man is AWAKE he GETS IT #the more i read the more i understand why and am grateful for the fact he played the doctor #and also why ‘the empty child’ was his favorite episode #classism #curiosity #overthinking #christopher eccleston #i love the bones of you

[peach-moths]

did you know jackalopes are my favorite cryptid

#illustration #jackalope #jackalopes #digital illustration #original illustration #orignal art #art #cryptid #cryptid art #american cryptids #i have mirrored jackalope tattoos on my collar bones!! #i love jackalopes!!! #if you guys wanna see the jackalope tattoos lemme know id be happy to share!! #non fandom art #non fandom #peachmoths art tag

[chaos-bringer-13]

I've seen a lot of people writing Danny as a space ancient and Dan and Dani as ghosts with moon and sun cores, being sort of parts, versions of Danny and therefore weaker. Now, consider: Dan and Dani are both powerful ghosts with really cool cores and stuff but Danny is just some guy™

Dan, who came from an alternate timeline and is kind of from the future but also not, is Clockwork's apprentice and will eventually become an ancient of time. He probably only agreed to have some lessons with Clockwork to understand better what happened to him, but he enjoys his apprenticeship now.

Dani, with her love of travelling, loves seeing all the different places the world offers to her, and that includes space and different planets and maybe even parallel universes, and she accidentally ends up being an apprentice of the space ancient. For now she's probably a baby ancient of freedom or something like that, but she might become an ancient of space in the future.

We can also have something like Dan having a core of destruction or Dani being the Speed Force if you want it to be dcxdp, or any headcanon of yours about their cool powers.

And then there's Danny. And yeah, everyone knows that he's super powerful, but also he's just some guy.

It can go different routes. Does everyone know that Danny is just Danny? Or do they think that with siblings (well, technically a clone and an alternate version, but whatever) so powerful, he must be even stronger? Is Danny actually something terrifyingly eldritch and ancient and strong, almost a god, but he just doesn't know himself? Or is he just really some guy?

Now, because it's obvious that I have a dcxdp brainrot, have a regular "JL summons/meets a powerful ghost" but its Dan and Dani, and they keep mentioning their original/brother who won a fight against them at some point. The JL is very concerned about Dan and Dani's godlike powers, and they can't imagine what Danny is like. And then they meet him (in his human form), and it's just a young adult in casual clothes, very friendly and helpful, with no evident powers. Imagine the confusion. Imagine Dan and Dani, radiating power, in their eldritch ghost forms, admitting that fighting Danny for real is the dumbest thing to do and not even they would succeed... And then there's Danny is jeans and silly t-shirt, waving shyly.

#DO YOU SEE MY VISION #please #I'm not getting enough sleep #my brain is obsessed with weird stuff #I want Sam who barely looks human because she's one with nature #I want Tucker who looks regal and dangerous in his pharaoh clothes #I want Dan look like he can destruct the Earth with a wave of his hand #I want Dani who is everything there is in the world and you feel it in your bones #I want Jazz who sees your soul and your mind and you know it and there's nowhere to run #I want JL to meet all of them before meeting Danny #I want all of them to admit in their different ways that Danny is the greatest of them #I want JL to be VERY worried about meeting Danny #and then I want Danny to be as normal and friendly as possible #and I want him to treat all those eldritch creatures (his family and friends) as they're regular humans and nothing is weird about them #just hugs and love and praises #because it would cause so much confusion #this is NOT ghost king Danny #unless it is but he doesn't know (and either no one knows or no one told him because it's funnier this way and he's super oblivious) #dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc #dc x dp #DPxDC #DCxDP #danny phantom #isn't a crossover if you don't want it to be #could be any crossover if you do want it to be

[gingerteaonthetardis]

is he even real

#RIP to people who think that's weird #i think it's just a free conversation starter. also it's hot. but that's beside the point #christopher eccleston #i love the bones of you

[cryptcoop]

Just as awkward and bony as he remembers

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #moira #moira o'deorain #Mauga #maugaloa malosi #alternative title: You've GOT to let me take you out to dinner doc. You're all skin and bones! #I dont see them as friends. I see them as Mauga loving being a menace to Moira because its easy #and she cant do anything about it #CRYPTCOOP ART

[variousqueerthings]

"At the time, I wondered if maybe as a kid I'd made his anger a bigger demon than it was. Now I've got children of my own, I see it differently. Until that happens, I don't think you're aware of your power as a parent. Children's inhibitors and filters are out so they experience us on a level that we as adults can't understand. As a child, you can't defend yourself physically, so your intuition is much more foregrounded, your psyche very impressionable. You remain highly sensitive to unpredictability, movement, noise." [...]"As a parent, with children around you, no matter how bad your day is, that isn't their day - and you're taller and you're bigger."

Christopher Eccleston - I LOVE THE BONES OF YOU

#christopher eccleston #i love the bones of you #cptsd #childhood trauma #trauma #parenthood #hey chris... chris... fuck.... #i have the most intense conversation with my mum about my dad and then decide to read your book