Okay but is it a good thing for people to look at your family Christmas photo and say that it looks photoshopped and edited? Just wondering since so many people have that same thought over on twitter who believe that Georgia and Anna were edited in
It's been so overwhelming to see the response to these new pics. I am sure probably everyone has seen them by now, but I will put up the visual just in case:
I think I would agree with you that, in the most general sense, saying that someone's family Christmas photo looks Photoshopped/edited is probably not a positive thing. In the interest of fairness, looking at the pictures of the other people who were photographed at the event, it does seem like it was a problem with the lighting or editing overall that is affecting every photo, not just these pictures.
One thing I want to be clear on is that I think it's absolutely precious that Michael and David did this outing together, and are spending so much time together overall while Michael is in London. We had an inkling of that up until this point, but we literally went from a blurry photo to Michael and David gazing at each other across a crowded room on press night for Macbeth, to...this...in the span of less than a month. And I am glad that their kids are getting to spend time together and enjoy all of these holiday festivities as well. It's all very sweet and lovely, and in no way is it my intention to diminish that.
Thinking about the matching sweaters (jumpers), this is where I start to feel slightly less enthusiastic. It seems that the jumpers were Georgia's idea, which makes sense, as she previously had everyone wearing matching sweaters for a viewing party for "The Star Beast" (the first DW 60th anniversary episode). But having sweaters for Michael, AL, Lyra, and Mabli isn't an accident, or something that happens on the fly--it has to be planned. So for me, that makes it seem less like "spontaneous family outing" and more like "planned photo op meant to garner publicity."
What particularly gets me is that the both the matching sweaters for DW and the matching sweaters here feels like a gimmick...but Michael and David have never needed a "gimmick." Because Michael and David just being themselves has always been enough to be memorable. I'm not sure if Georgia thought she needed a gimmick to make herself and Anna stand out or what, but to me it almost feels like the sweaters are a diversion. As if Georgia perhaps knew the four them in a photo together would look awkward, so what better way to deflect than to give everyone something else to talk about. (Perhaps the same could also be said for Michael's hat, which...why, Michael? Haha.)
But it seems that Georgia's idea worked, because right after these pictures came out, an article was published about them in the Daily Mail. So all of this put together does give that feeling of being planned, especially because the four of them were so much the focal point of the DM article, more than any of the other celebrities at the event.
This brings me back to the aforementioned photos. Again, what seemed notable to me wasn't just what we did see, but what we didn't: No photo of Michael and Anna together, nor of David and Georgia, and not one of Georgia and AL, either. Instead, we have this group photo (where no one is actually touching and Georgia and AL's arms are awkwardly hanging side by side), and a photo of Michael and David where they are, with their arms around each other and Michael leaning into David, in contrast to his much stiffer posture in the group photo.
Looking at the Getty Images page, all of the other twosome photos are of couples, and none of them have the same unusual energy as Michael/David/Georgia/AL's group photo. So I do wonder if the fans pointing out the "Photoshopped" nature of the picture (and specifically that Georgia and AL appear to be edited in) have ever considered that maybe that is just how Georgia and AL look together. Because we're not talking about Staged, or social media posts. This is them, face to face, in real life, and the difference between Georgia and AL vs. Michael and David just seems pretty striking.
(I am also aware that there was another family photo that Georgia posted in an Insta story, and it is an incredibly cute picture, but I will say that what struck me is how Georgia and AL are pressed close together, but there is a very noticeable amount of space between Anna and David, and he seems to be giving off a lot of 'closed' body language (one hand in his lap, one folded behind him). Make of that what you will...)
So yes, those are my thoughts on the new pictures. I would love to hear any observations that anyone else has, of course, so feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Thanks for writing in! x
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It came to me that people who love 40k, particularly necrons and PARTICULARLY Trazyn and Orikan should write a fanfic of Warp one day coughing the entire youtube videos of Overly Sarcastic Production's (OSP anyone who doesn't know watch them Red and Blue are amazing you will learn so much I promise) catalogue to Solamnace. Just...just imagine the SHEER orgasm Trazyn will experience when he finally decipher the english language and realizes he came to a literal gold mine of Earth's ancient ANCIENT past history , mythology and writing practices (also unhinged podcasts and video game playthroughs)
And its even more perfect because he WILL bring Orikan to watch these and they both realize the utter mirror Red and Blue has with them because Blue being obvious historian Red while doing mythology and literature videos is a MATHEMATICIAN (She is apperantly studied math in uni) and has a total fascination with STARS
AND THEY WORK TOGETHER AND CREATED SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL!!!
Come one amazing fanfic writerd who know these two and religiously watch OSP!! I believe in you!!!
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“Ruth the Butch” by Karen Williams, published in Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go (2002) ed. Michelle Gibson & Deborah Meem
image description: A screenshot of an image from a book. At the top is a black and white photograph of a Black femme smiling at the camera. she has short curls and is wearing wire-framed glasses, long tassel earrings, and a blouse or dress with spaghetti straps. the photo is captioned with her name, Karen Williams, in white. the rest of the image is black text on a gray background:
I have to have roles ‘cause when I get to a closed door I want to know who’s going to open it. I am standing there waiting for a butch to come along. And all those androgynous people and codependent people line up right behind me. Actually, we are really waiting for the UPS or Federal Express truck to come because we know that’s where all the butches work. I used to be a secretary and I had my favorite butch from UPS: Ruth the Butch. I was putting in requests. I was wrapping up huge packages with nothing in them but paper clips.
“Can Ruth come by today? I got 49 boxes just for her.” And, sure enough, she’d come over there and I’d say, “Ruth, please pick up that box,” and she’d pick it up with the two paper clips and say, “Oh, this is so light!” And I’d say, “That’s because you’re so strong!”
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"I was the one that ended up capturing and killing the White Star in our world."
From the corner of his eye Alberu can see Commander Choi Han and Sir Lock exchanging incredulous glances at the idea of this weak-looking guy killing the enemy they can both barely touch. Commander Rosalyn meanwhile is squinting at Cale like he's some logic puzzle she can reason her way through, and Count Henituse has elegantly raised a single, incredulous eyebrow.
"I also ended up doing something similar to another version during the Sealed God's Test of Wrath."
Alberu is going to need some clarification on that.
"Oh, you got that guy? I had Adin." The younger Choi Han says before glancing at Cale sharply, "Wait you didn't kill the fake one the way you killed the real one did you?" The swordmaster suddenly looks even more agitated than when Cale had told him earlier this morning that he wasn't taking Choi Han with him into the Forest of Darkness.
"No. I hit him with a rock instead of stabbing him with a stick."
—Chapter 16 of "Third Time's the Charm" by divisiblebyfour
I really like this fic. It's definitely worth a read, for that last line alone 😂
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