#so i am psyched!!!!

[spinsterennui]

So a few months ago I was thinking about going to Europe for vacation (particularly Finland), but then the war started and I kind of ended up not going. But!!!! Now I am going to go to the Pacific Northwest in December to see a show so yay!!!!

#mini vacation #or actual vacation just not finland #but i love the area #and i’ve only been once #and didn’t get to go to portland #so i am psyched!!!!

[underwhelmingalchemist]

So apparently the version of the "Isn't It Bromantic" interview that gets passed around isn't the full thing

So after seeing a tumblr post I can't find, about two and half hours of intensive internet digging, and one purchase from a sketchy second-hand site later (full story under the cut, I promise it's interesting, but also long), I got the physical magazine and scanned it

So here you go: the full "Isn't It Bromantic?" TV guide interview with Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie

Feel free to repost wherever you want- I want people to be able to find the full thing

SO, as for how I found it:

I saw this tumblr post forever ago that I can't find anymore because tumblr is just Like That with a cropped screenshot of an interview with Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard. In the interview, they're asked about the "bromance" between their two characters. Leonard makes an annoyed comment about how "everyone [is] obsessed with homosexuality", followed by the interview apologizing and Laurie immediately jumping in with, "No, no, let's talk about it. Wilson and House have an unusual relationship so you have to explore…" and the screenshot cuts off there. Cue funny comment from the OP about the interaction, roll credits.

Except, as these things tend to do, it ended up becoming a bit of a brain worm, and I wanted to find it again. But I couldn't find the tumblr post. I looked absolutely everywhere, and in the process of looking everywhere, I found what I thought was the original interview- a blog post with the full quote from the actor. I didn't think too much about it, I figured it was just a short quote given to a popular blog in 2008. There's a magazine cover above it, but I don't think too much about it, because I'm focusing on the quotes in the article instead of the rest of it.

So I send screenshots to a couple friends to make jokes, and it probably should have died there.

However, late at night I end up thinking about that interview again, because of course I did. I start to think about how it's weirdly formatted for, what I assumed at first reading, was just an entertainment news blog reaching out for comment and getting a response. So I pull up the screenshots of the article (because weirdly enough, the old-ass blog only loads on mobile) and look at it again.

This is when I realize that this isn't an original piece from a blog interviewing these two after reaching out for comment. This is a blog post quoting and commenting on a full interview from a magazine, which I had originally thought had just been the inspiration for the piece.

So naturally, I go looking for the magazine.

Luckily, the name of the magazine is displayed on the cover, and so is the title of its main piece. This should be easy to find, right?

Wrong.

This is an interview in a physical magazine. From 2008. October 13th, 2008, to be exact.

I know this exact date because searching the article title and magazine name leads me to an archive on the TV Guide website.

Of covers.

And nothing but covers.

I spend like forty-five minutes searching everywhere I can think of on the web. Internet Archive, the TV Guide website, any search result that comes up when I search any combination of the words "House" "Interview" "Bromantic" "Bromance" "TV Guide" "Archive" etc. Over and over, all that's coming up are that original blog post and the cover from the official gallery.

The only things I could find online were:

The cover and date of the issue on the TV Guide website

The original blog post that was screenshotted in the original tumblr post

Another blog post that had a much shorter version of the quote, references something Leonard says from later in the article, and makes a comment on the nature of his reaction to the term "bromance"

An entry on Leonard's IMDB page's "interview" list mentioning it in title only

And:

5. A single listing for the issue on what seemed to be a second-hand site that looked like it hadn't had its UI updated since the mid 2000's, with a listing with no date or additional information besides what issue it is.

This is the only listing anywhere. I checked every other second-hand site I could think of, and then some that only came up through google searches. There's not a single listing for that issue on any of them. There were plenty of listings of TV guide magazines, including one that seemed promising because it included issues from that year, but it was missing all of October.

It seemed like the only listing for this issue on the entire internet was this one copy on this one obscure website. For all I know, this was listed in 2008 and abandoned, and just never got marked inactive. It could also be a complete scam.

A few quick google searches show that that website seemed to be legit, albeit a bit loose on quality control (which makes sense, this website seemed like the kind of thing you'd have to use the Way Back Machine to access). It also had an option to pay via PayPal, which meant I could file a chargeback if need be.

It was $11.50 when you include shipping.

So at about half past midnight, I bought the listing.

Naturally, about an hour later, I manage to actually find a scan of the interview. I had to follow a link in the comments of a post on FanPop, taking me to an old wordpress blog, and I'm sitting in front of the damn interview at last.

But something doesn't make sense. Why would their cover story only be two pages of text that aren't even full pages, and why would it cut off so strangely? There was no concluding sentence or paragraph, even though it started with a fairly long lead-in. It also led right up to the edge of the page, which felt like there should be more to it. There were more images in the interview than text, and the fact that there are so many of them and they clearly did a whole photoshoot indicated that they had them on hand for a while. The silly string one, for instance, I imagine probably had to require a couple takes, which means cleaning off Wilson's hair and face, adjusting makeup, etc. for it. Meanwhile, the conversation itself seems like it could have taken ten minutes total. I could have been totally wrong and that was where the article ended, but I couldn't shake the feeling that there might be more.

So I hold tight. A couple days pass with no update, and then the PayPal purchase gets updated with a tracking number. Promising, but it could still be a scam. Whether or not I get the actual magazine becomes a source of anxiety for the next week.

Until today, when I get told it was delivered. And when I opened the envelope it was sent in: there it was.

When I tell you I was happy stimming in my bedroom just holding the damn issue in my own hands... And then opening it and finding out that I was right, there was a missing page... I was elated. I still am, just typing this.

So I spent half an hour getting my scanner to work, and I give you the above issues.

Like I said above, feel free to repost however and wherever you want. I want all this to mean something.

In the meantime, I have two more House-themed TV Guide magazines coming to try and get articles from.

#i am so psyched to have found this you have no idea #house #house md #hatecrimes md #malpractice md #gregory house #james wilson #hugh laurie #robert sean leonard #tv guide #magazine #interview #house interview #isn't it bromantic #hilson

[forecast0ctopus]

the stupid run he does in the space episode lmao

#‘why do you keep running like that’ #psych #psych usa #shawn spencer #burton guster #psych show #psych tv #psych fanart #boneless post breached containment on tick tock and im scared of posting more but i am being so brave rn

[flayyr]

mmm divorcespark. i post whatever the fuck i want

#someone pls pls pls talk to me about him like right now #i’m so impatient for season 2 that i started writing sm for him trauma processing even tho i’m a shit writer and i never write discs #like it’s insane how much i love es they’re doing so well #i was gonna get an ao3 like a year ago but they put me in the psych ward so this time i #am back for round 2 and nothing will stop me from putting it on ao3 or whatever #transformers earthspark #tfe #tf earthspark #earthspark starscream #earthspark hashtag #earthspark megop #starscream #hashtag #megatron #optimus #nightshade #mo malto #malto family #shitpost #tf fanart #maccadam #earthspark fanart #skystar #starfire #? #idk their ship tag #starscream x jetfire

[bebewrites]

I promise I searched your blog, but how do you (specifically) zero draft? The post that showed up in a search of your blog was like, bullet point writing whatever is in your head for the.wip, which I think is v cool and would help me finish lofm! So I'm curious how you do it!

Oh yes, okay! I don't think I've actually explained it anywhere, but I love talking about this.

what is a zero draft?

The great thing about a zero draft is that you can pretty much make it whatever you need it to be. For me, I was having a hard time with the middle of my story. I've started and stopped this wip so many times, always getting hung up at the same part as I approach the middle. I've always had a very clear picture of the beginning and the end, but never how to get all the way through from point A to point B. My original outline had things in brackets like [character growth] and [plot stuff], but what does that mean!?

My goal was to get all the way through. So I opened a blank document, started at the beginning, and literally rambled and talked my way through the entire story. I didn't write real prose. It was all stream of consciousness. It was me describing what happens in the story as if I was telling it to a friend. The zero draft was my rubber duck. This was my brainstorming document. I used common vernacular and slang and abbreviations. There are bullet points, numbered lists, sidebars where I rambled about a scene I completely forgot to mention in a previous section. Lots of comments about things I need to include in the next draft. Literally anything and everything I thought of went into the zero draft.

A zero draft can be as long or short as you need it to be. Mine ended up being around 40k words. But I've seen other people say a zero draft is 10k to 20k words. It's really up to you! And when you feel like you've covered enough of the story to move on to the next draft.

And you don't have to go about a zero draft the way I did! Recently, an author I love and follow on instagram (Casey McQuiston) shared in their stories that when they were writing their most recent book, they zero drafted each chapter before they wrote it out. Casey said that because of this, it was first time they didn't have major edits and rewrites afterwards. So if you find yourself needing a little more structure and sense of where you're going, I think a zero draft could be super helpful!

Of course you don't have to have a zero draft, and if you've got a good sense of the plot and character arcs, you might not need one. But it can be a great way to brainstorm and figure out those things if you need to!

#zero draft #zero drafting #writeblr #writing tips #answered #kaatiba #i hope this makes sense and helps!! #am i psyching myself out about having to write real words now? yes #but i'm very excited about my wip again though #so that's helpful too

[variablememory]

my toxic trait is that i absolutely will open writing software with the intent to actually do something with it only to click around making "hmm" noises and, ultimately, minimize it and go to bed instead

#dottext #my other toxic trait is that i tend to psyche myself out with said software and get weirdly shy about genuinely using it so i just panic #like no one's gonna see most of this but me why am i nervous?? [my spiking anxiety: u sure about that? :)]

[bamsara]

mutual putting my years old art on my dash casually like they didn't just plant a jumpscare at my front door

#I SEE YOU #sara shush #every so often my old art is put on my dash from beloved mutual (s) and i am immediatly given 100 pnts of psych damage

[friendrat]

On April 10th!

#ibdun's beard and van helsing's eyebrows! #i wasn't expecting that #eeeeeeeeeeeee!!! #im so excited #!!! #kaito kid #magic kaito #kid the phantom thief #i wonder if this has anything to do with the movie? #because the voice actor said that we are going to see a new side of kid #so maybe this update will have important developments that will tie into what we see in the movie #i am so psyched #i actually have questioned whether or not mk would ever get a proper conclusion and this gives me hope #it's gonna be so great! #a kid focused movie and a manga update in the same month?! #i know i know... i have to wait for the translation... but that's still so exciting!!!

[snarkylinda]

Day 12229 of me begging for someone on that godforsaken building to accept his invitations.

#i mean not this one in particular since JJ was busy being kidnapped #so she was kind of busy #but THE OTHER ONES #criminal minds #spencer reid #jennifer jareau #i am on my knees and hands begging for someone to actually do #or for Reid to make theatre kids friends #but that would give him an purpose in life that ain't chasing serial killers and suffering it's consequences on his declining psyche #and we can't have that

[saintxgerard]

#stupid raymond audio has had a grip on my psyche so I had to make this to free myself #it’s not amazing but i am free #ray toro #mcr #my chemical romance #my chem #mcr ray #my chem ray

[tricoufamily]

a family

#presented without comment #you get it. right. i am supposed to be working on like 5 assignments #ok one comment. BEFORE YOU JUDGE HIM !!!! remember you have no idea what would happen to your psyche if you had to move to utah #so maybe think before you speak #ts4 #ts4 cas #ts4 edit #the sims 4

[kaelidascope]

Midnight Menagerie Chapter 19 is LIVE

**SHAKES UH OH DOGGY BAG OF TREATS**

This aint an April Fool's joke folks. This chapter is DARK and I wish I was kidding but I'm not LOL

The second biggest chapter I have ever written for MM is LIVE!

Please please please mind the content warning on this one guys. From here on out, we're getting into the darkest segments of the story. Every negative tag will be relevant. For the sake of spoilers, I'll only label the extremely graphic scenes. ALL ABOARD THE ANGST TRAIN! CHOO CHOO

#midnightbeesfic #rwby #bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #ilia amitola #Honestly there were scenes in this chapter that made ME fucked up #and I WROTE IT #Please read this while sitting down #I'm not responsible for psyche damage #Also I am so sorry Neon Katt lovers I personally adore her I just needed a scapegoat #doesn't help with that 15 min short that just came out either LOL oops #24k words good fucking christ #The biggest chapter still remains the hangover chapter #have fun!!! #remember to lick and comment to let me know how much this fucked you up i mean how you're enjoying so far!

[soullessjack]

I am sooo sad that they stopped doing clever disguises for cases in later spn. Every day they’re regular civilians or feds. I need the priests and yoga instructors and psych ward patients again!!!!!!! I need them to be in situations!!!!! All of their cases are soooo boring and lame and contained where was the IMMERSION!! Where is the leadup to the monster and the twist and the detail and the creative insanity of it??? where is the PRESENCE!!!! Where are the stakes!!!!! Where are the left field episodes that intentionally feel out of place with the narrative and then directly tie into it later and leave the juiciest implications to be picked apart!!!!!! ? Where is the clashing of the normal world in such a funny way that they can bluntly tell the truth of their lives to be admitted to a ward. Where is the communicating something you don’t entirely remember through a silly game. Where are the lasting effects of what they go through!!! Where is the CINEMA.! If there is one thing I could ask for from the prequel it is this. . I need those beasts to be in actual situations again.

#I need priest jack and psych ward patient jack so badly you don’t realize #like that is the basis of it but also #cal.txt #spn #supernatural #motw #sam winchester #dean winchester #castiel #jack kline #tfw2.0 #team free will #early spn #kripke era #I need jack to have a crazy cas arc soooooooo so badly you don’t understand #nothing I want for jack can be conceived of by anyone else except my mutuals and I don’t mean that in an ascended better than you all way #I mean like. you just Don’t get it . you fundamentally do not get it you do not see Jack as a person fit to have these experiences #but I digress . because I am high #I’m looosssijnjgg it goodnigjt

[ariadne-mouse]

ROLE (role) CRITICAL (critical)

#going to be blocking all the CR tags in an hour #but friends in London I am SO psyched for you #i know i'm going to go nuts when I hear the M9 intro tomorrow and I hope it's a thrill for you guys tonight #I'm getting chills just thinking about it #critical role #op

[lassie-face]

I need him in my life

#I am so normal about lassie #psych #carlton lassiter #psych 2006 #my pookie wookie dookie bookie

[absolutebloodychaos]

Big news for boos in Australia

#i am legit shitting myself rn #i never thought this would happen #but look at us goooooo #i am so psyched #like WTFFFFFFFF #this is incredible #i am losing my mind #joker out #bojan cvjetićanin #kris guštin #jan peteh #jure maček #nace jordan