#the two bartlets

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #84: January 28th - February 3rd

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from January 28 – February 3. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

@thefinestmuffin and @JessBakesCakes are hosting the 3rd Annual Josh/Donna Rom-Com Fest. Anyone can prompt or claim, and the fest reveals on February 14. Details here. 

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 3, Episode 12: The Two Bartlets aired on January 30, 2002.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from January 28 - February 3:

Allison Janney posted a photo of herself with some of her Palm Royale castmates, including Laura Dern, Jayme Lemons, and Leslie Bibb. 

Amy Landecker posted a photo of herself with Brad and Randy Rainbow. 

Josh Malina posted a video compilation of himself as David Rosen in Scandal.  

Marlee Matlin posted a reel of herself advocating for open captions at all times at movie theatres. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of author Laura Dave and herself with Melissa and Mary McCormack’s upcoming West Wing book. Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of herself with Elmo in honor of his birthday (Elmo is 3 and a half). 

Rob Lowe posted a video of himself on the Howard Stern show talking about casting for The Outsiders. 

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself and his son Johnny from the set of their show Unstable. 

Donna Moss Daily: January 28 | January 29 | January 30 | January 31 | February 1 | February 2 | February 3

Daily Josh Lyman: January 28 | January 29 | January 30 | January 31 | February 1 | February 2 | February 3

No Context BWhit: January 28 | January 29 | February 1 | February 2 | February 3

@twwarchive: January 28 | January 29 | January 30 | January 31 | February 1 | February 2 | February 3

@twwgifs: February 3

Editors’ Choice: 

This week in 2002, The Two Bartlets aired for the first time. We're recommending fics set during or after that episode!

the defect at the heart of every promise by joshatella (shuuuliet) | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Donna catches Josh brooding about his canceled trip to Tahiti with Amy. Also, no one in the West Wing is entirely sure what the word "brooding" actually means. Missing scene to 3x12: "The Two Bartlets". Big Pajamas by TheBreakfastGenie | Not Rated | Amy Gardner/Josh Lyman | Complete | "Should I change?" "Into what?" "I remember a pair of big pajamas." Josh tries to explain why he has pajamas that are too big for him, which means explaining some other things, too. Post-The Two Bartlets. Just Like June by Kansas J. Miller [archived by westwingfanfictioncentral_archivist] | Rated T | C. J. Cregg/Sam Seaborn | Complete | CJ and Sam take some time for themselves. S3 E12 The Two Bartlets by JDPostEpisodeChallenge | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Written by SeaDog11 Red Shoes, The by Marguerite | Rated T | No Pairings Listed [Ed. note: this is a C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler fic where the pairing was not tagged] | Complete | "Why do we do it? Because we can't stop."

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. 

Josh/Donna

Locus Amoenus by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Come Back, Be Here by MatthewsMary | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete [Editor’s Note: While this fic is listed on AO3 as complete, it has continued to update and appears to be a WIP]

Those Small Moments by wootcanal | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress

why they lost their minds and fought the wars by JediAnnieScrambler | Rated E | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | In Progress

it is very cold… in space by themysterybox | Rated G | C.J. Cregg/Donna Moss | Complete

Checking In, Checking Out by LittleBlackaPony (crossover with Forever Knight) | Rated G | Dolores Landingham, Don Schanke, Nicholas Knight (Forever Knight), Natalie Lambert (No Pairings Listed) | Complete

Requited, Actually. by OhhMyy | Rated E | Toby Ziegler/Original Female Character | Complete

End Racism in the OTW – Tommy Boy by DestielIsDestiny | Rated G | Jed Bartlet & Sam Seaborn (No Pairings Listed) | In Progress

This Season of Peace and Joy by thedaisyfairy | Rated G | Josh Lyman & Toby Ziegler (No Pairings Listed) | Complete

Unwriting the pages by AlasPoorCesario | Rated G | Jed Bartlet (No Pairings Listed) | Complete

Multiple Pairings

What Sons Do by kcat1971 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young | In Progress

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#the west wing #tww fandom #tww fic #tww #josh lyman #donna moss #west wing #cj cregg #sam seaborn #toby ziegler #amy gardner #the two bartlets #weekly press briefing #joshdonna #joshamy #cjtoby #tww rare pairs #tww fic recs

[bookofjudith]

#YOU GET HOYNES #two cathedrals #the west wing #jed bartlet

[roman-roy-apologist]

WHAT WAS JOSH LYMAN? A WARNING SHOT? THAT WAS MY SON

#screaming crying throwing up #tww #the west wing #josh lyman #jed bartlet #two cathedrals #hamish tag

[shivgirly]

THE WEST WING: 2x22 - “Two Cathedrals” 

#userbbelcher #chewieblog #twwedit #the west wing #thewestwingedit #tuserella #jed bartlet #dolores landingham #mrs landingham #cj cregg #josh lyman #sam seaborn #two cathedrals #nessa007 #cinematv #filmtv #dailycolorfulgifs #i feel like this ep fundamentally altered my brain chemistry i have been able to think of NOTHING else since i watched it #how do you even create an episode of television this brilliant holy fuck my guy #watching the view from halfway down the day before and then this the next day cannot possibly be good for my sanity

[ginandweas]

- THE WEST WING “What Kind of Day Has It Been?” (1x22)

#when he yells for donna and the two of them are just like 'hes gonna find a way to make it donnas problem hes a dumbass isn't he?' #the west wing #josh lyman #donna moss #charlie young #zoey bartlet #i cant believe THIS is how the 4 of them started out their day #we were all so innocent in season 1 #tww #myedits #no wait im sorry #this is the LAST scene we have of josh and donna before the shooting #THIS #that is art #twwedit #tww edit #the west wing edit #thewestwingedit

[leehallfae]

#personal log #polls #the west wing #tww #jed bartlet #two cathedrals #bartlet

[deadpresidents]

Favorite West Wing character? Favorite West Wing scene?

It's tough to pick a favorite character from The West Wing because I really liked so many of the main people. I guess if I was forced to choose, it would be Leo McGarry. Josh and Toby aren't too far behind, but John Spencer was always incredible and I loved Leo.

Favorite scene? It's pretty impossible for me to pick anything other than President Bartlet yelling at God and then cursing him in Latin inside the church in "Two Cathedrals". That's such an incredible few minutes that I actually remember where I was when I watched it live. Honorable mention to Leo and Admiral Fitzwallace in the Situation Room in "We Killed Yamamoto". John Amos knocks it out of the park in that scene: "You're talking to me about international laws? The laws of nature don't even apply here! I've been a soldier for thirty-eight years and I've found an enemy I can kill. He can't cancel Sharif's trip, Leo, you've got to tell him he can't cancel it."

#The West Wing #President Bartlet #Martin Sheen #John Spencer #Leo McGarry #Josh Lyman #Toby Ziegler #Two Cathedrals #We Killed Yamamoto #Admiral Fitzwallace #John Amos #Bradley Whitford #Richard Schiff

[rosalind-or-ganymede]

I love that Jed completely ignores Josh, then the second his father dies he’s like “oops, guess I have a son now”.

#the west wing #josh lyman #jed bartlet #in the shadow of two gunmen #Why does this show still have a chokehold on me it’s older than I am

[sluttyhenley]

-I have MS and I didn’t tell anybody.

-Yeah. So you’re having a little bit of a day aren’t you?

-You’re gonna make jokes.

-God doesn’t make cars crash and you know it. Stop using me as an excuse.

The West Wing - “Two Cathedrals”

#twwedit #the west wing #tvedit #tvgifs #dailytvedit #jed bartlet #two cathedrals #martin sheen #flashing gif #* #and then he stands out in the rain and brothers in arms starts playing #and i am completely normal about it #and mrs landingham is god

[blessyouhawkeye]

in the version of the west wing that exists in my mind amy gardner is replaced entirely by joey lucas

#i just. IT COULD HAVE BEEN JOEY! #here's how it goes in my mind: #josh and joey have a fling while she's polling for them during bartlet's MS scandal #she sneaks out in the morning and goes back to california so they never talk about it #and then the campaign starts and it could go one of two ways #either she works with stackhouse like amy does #or they bring her on alongside bruno to help run the campaign #either way she moves to dc without josh knowing. after a couple episodes of dancing around she and josh start dating for real #she would definitely become abbey's chief of staff like amy did though i'm sure of that #i don't care if she's technically qualified i personally deserve it #amy sucks i truly hate her character she's so annoying. and she's not joey which is another strike #the west wing #joey lucas #josh lyman

[hitchell-mope]

Oh SHIT

#the west wing #josiah bartlet #in the shadow of two gunmen

[staybeautifulmp3]

not to be like girl who’s only seen two things but seeing the dead poets society school like getting a lot of two cathedrals west wing vibes from this

#either one or two things is happening here. either they specifically filmed the jed bartlet flashback scenes in the dead poets society #school. or there is one (1) private school in new england. #amanda.doc

[writer-at-the-table]

another thing to keep an eye on: politics, statesmanship, and the way that The West Wing so often positions them as opposite and opposing ends of a spectrum

#Julie watches #the west wing #this comes up in Mr Willis of Ohio #but also in the flashbacks in In the Shadow of Two Gunmen #and Bartlet for America #Bartlet is the Real Thing but he's bad at political maneuvering #or Bartlet is the Real Thing and that's *why* he's bad at political maneuvering #or because he's bad at political maneuvering #also Josh's whole bit about holding grudges in Five Votes Down #the show has a definite thesis on this I think #mine #My posts #my meta

[ithastobethiswhitehouse]

'"Nice morning, Mr McGarry," as he passed through a corridor, an office, another office, a corridor, an office, five corridors, an office, a corridor, an office, a corridor, two offices, a corridor and two more offices, before settling behind his desk 3 minutes and 26 seconds later,' noted the Philadelphia Inquirer. 'He has 12 separate conversations, and 133 people pass in and out of the picture. That's more extras than populate some series in a whole season.'

Excerpt from Inside Bartlet's White House: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The West Wing by Keith Topping

#john spencer #leo mcgarry #the west wing #1.01

[randomthingsthatilike1]

people out there going "oh this is my crackship" about two characters on the same show who share screen time and meanwhile I'm over here shipping Natasha romanoff and Ellie Bartlet from the west wing and in this essay

#the west wing #ellie bartlet #natasha romanoff

[episodeoftv]

Round 3 of 8, Group 1 of 2

propaganda and summaries are under the cut (May include spoilers)

Merlin (BBC): 4.06 A Servant of Two Masters

cw there is a scene where Merlin gets a snake shoved into the back of his neck (which can then control him because magic) and obviously various failed attempts at assassinations

When Merlin falls into Morgana's hands, he becomes a deadly weapon in her fight for supremacy. Using ancient magic, she pits friend against friend to create the perfect assassin. An oblivious Arthur is in great danger. Will anyone notice Merlin's unusual behavior before he does the king some serious harm?

merlin (whose main role in the show is saving arthur's life over and over again) is enchanted to try to kill arthur. he makes a hilariously bad assassin and it's fun watching other characters react to the personality change, as well as getting to see some badass merlin and the whole scene with morgana in the beginning was so interesting to watch. he disguises himself as a mean old man so he can say what he really thinks! and the costumes are fantastic in this episode particularly

The West Wing: 2.22 Two Cathedrals

As the Haitian army continues their seizure of the American embassy there, Bartlet and the staff prepare for the announcement that Bartlet has M.S. and the President must decide whether or he will seek re-election. As the funeral for Mrs. Landingham takes place and the announcement draws nearer, Bartlet thinks back to his past in search of the answer to the question everyone is asking: Will he seek re-election?

This episode is such a tour de force. It makes me cry, it’s amazing. Also the casting of the flashbacks is so well done?? Idk, no clever thoughts, it’s just really good

Per Wikipedia, “widely considered to be one of the greatest episodes of The West Wing and one of the best episodes in television history.“ If you watch this episode and don’t have feelings all through Bartlet’s monologue then did you even watch it? No, you didn’t. If you haven’t seen this show, and this episode specifically, then you need to.

#merlin #bbc merlin #the west wing #tww #poll #polls #round3 #r3g1