#west wing fandom

[twwpress]

ONE YEAR OF THE WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING!!!

we're so excited to announce that sunday's newsletter is going to be NUMBER 52 which means we've been doing this for a year! to celebrate, we want to host a fun drabble-writing mini challenge using prompts issued by the (drumroll please) Wheel of Destiny!

more info to come soon, but basically, we'll use a randomized wheel to issue you prompts to write a short fic (100-500 words) about a character or pairing of your choosing. if you're interested, which day would be better for you?

please spread the word!

#west wing #the west wing #tww #west wing drabble challenge #tww fandom #west wing fandom #the west wing fandom

[morganaconda]

#woah we got the whole bartlet family in here #I have many other fandom text posts with DEADLY accuracy look @ my sidebar! #the west wing #west wing #tww #the west wing crack #tww crack #josh lyman #cj cregg #jed bartlet #president bartlet #sam seaborn #toby ziegler #donna moss #abbey bartlet #zoey bartlet #aaron sorkin #text posts #the west wing textposts

[midnight-els]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the West Wing would have been even better if they'd had a White House cat. Some headcanons bc I was thinking about it today:

Jed gave the cat a very grand, biblical name. Everyone else has shortened it to something very stupid.

Obviously all of the press and the public adore the cat. There's a minor upset in a polling themed episode when Joey confirms that once again the cat has higher approval ratings than the president. Josh is cross that they are polling on this at all.

There is one chair in the Oval Office that is The Cat's Chair. The staff know not to sit there as you'll get a. covered in fur and b. screamed at by an irate cat trying to force you off. They never warn any of their least favourite congresspeople about this.

The cat wanders around in the background of episodes, often being chased or petted by the extras.

The cat is not allowed in the situation room. The cat is always in the situation room. They had to come up with a special bug detecting protocol for the cat in case anyone tried to take advantage of this.

Ripped from the headlines plot about a congressional investigation into something related to the cat, based on the incident about Clinton's cat's postage.

The cat LOVES Air Force One. The Secret Service do not love having to get him on board or captured to get back off.

Leo and the cat are best friends. They're basically this meme. Leo's the grandma. Jed is the mom.

Aside from Leo, the cat loves the secretaries best. They always have lots of treats for him in their desks. Debbie is the only one he doesn't get on with; she has resorted to using a plant mister to spray him when he tries to get on her desk.

Josh thinks he and the cat are archenemies. The cat hasn't paid more than 2 seconds notice to Josh in his life.

CJ and the cat are archenemies. CJ was very pro-cat until she caught it fishing in Gail's bowl one day. Now she's at war to keep it out of her office. She's still trying to convince Danny to write a piece exposing the cat's dark side to its adoring public. Carol is very tired.

Sam wants so badly to be best friends with the cat. The cat thinks he's trying too hard. Will ends up exactly the same way.

Toby and the cat have never properly interacted and both are very happy to leave it that way.

The cat is supposed to stay in the residence during big events. Abbey stopped enforcing that after he got out and scratched Lord John Marbury when he picked him up against his will.

The cat has a secret service code name. One time, the code names are changed and an overenthusiatic reporter tries to break a story on the first lady's 'unusual activity' by following what he thinks is her code name. It's the cat's. CJ dines out on this for weeks.

The cat occasionally goes missing. The secretaries and Charlie have a recurring B-plot where they have to go and recover him. Somehow, the cat has always ended up somewhere relevant to the A-plot.

The cat properly goes missing after the incidents with the Thanksgiving turkeys and the goat in CJ's office (aka prime cat territory). Each time she claims she'll be nicer to the cat when it returns. Each time it lasts about two days.

Margaret thinks the cat has psychic powers and frequently provides warnings based on her interpretations of 'the signs'. Usually she's right.

The cat somehow makes off with the final edits for the state of the union one time (of course they were only handwritten on one piece of paper). Chaos ensues.

Jed tries to send the cat to Manchester partway through the series. After large-scale outcry from the staff, press and public he is returned to the White House. Unfortunately, after a couple of months as a barn cat he is even more badly behaved than before.

The cat is in both Jed and Abbey's official portraits.

#I am taking suggestions on both the names and more headcanons #I have not been active in tww fandom in a VERY long time but I love you guys still #and clearly I'm always thinking about it #the west wing #mine

[jesithejedi]

it’s me hi i’m the problem it’s me

#the west wing #west wing #fandom #toby ziegler

[onekisstotakewithme]

this one is for @miabicicletta for putting the original post on my dash 🥰

#this is so I can be yelled at by two fandoms in as many days #the west wing #tww #cj x danny #cj cregg #danny concannon

[elliebartlets]

following west wing fans on here is so funny because half of them love danny and the other half despise him

#the west wing #tww #danny concannon #the other day I saw a post photoshopping danny with the brooklyn 99 quote “if anything happened to him I’d kill everyone and then myself” #and just now someone put in their tags “fuck Danny all my homies hate Danny” on a gifset with Danny #it’s just so funny cause most people in this fandom like most of the characters or mutually like/dislike a character #whereas danny is so divisive lol #I overall like Danny (sorry Danny haters) but sometimes I’m like dude shut up lol

[incorrect-malfoys]

Draco: Why do you talk to me like this?

Bellatrix: Because you never had a big sister, and you need one

#incorrect harry potter quotes #incorrect malfoys #malfoyfamily #draco malfoy #bellatrix lestrange #source: the west wing #auntie bellatrix #HP Fandom

[socialoutsider1a]

Actors I'd love to see guest-star in NCIS (the original one that has been on air for twenty years), preferably as villains: Hugh Laurie (Greg House in House), Robert Sean Leonard (James Wilson in House), Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe), David Hewlett (Rodney McKay in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe) and Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman in The West Wing).

#hugh laurie #robert sean leonard #house md #michael shanks #david hewlett #stargate sg1 #stargate atlantis #bradley whitford #the west wing #ncis cbs #ncis #ncis fandom

[callixton]

i do still idly think abt organizing a pride tww event bc like. there are wonderful queer writers in the fandom who are, in my experience, wildly undersupported in comparison to het writers which like. isn’t even criticism the way it would be two years ago bc i see a lot of the people who write now and i have nothing but love for them but. at the same time i wish that the queer creators in this fandom were given a greater sense of explicit support and community

#i’m not active in the fandom anymore obv but like. at this point that is largely bc the fandom is not nearly as active as it was in general #there are queer writers in this fandom who have had a dramatic influence on me and they deserve more yknow #there are people who could be publishing the same thing wonderful shit today but are lacking the support to do it #granted i don’t want to speak out of my ass either bc i’m Not currently active but. i think i have enough connections that i would notice #- if the contrary were true #and not to be like . in this climate. but Yes in this climate given tww is inherently a political show #ted talks #the west wing

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #52: June 18th - June 24th

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 June 18 - June 24, 2023 and marks ONE ENTIRE YEAR of our briefings! 🥳 Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing.

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

We (@twwpress, the Weekly Press Briefing team) will be hosting a Wheel of Destiny drabble-writing prompt challenge on Saturday, July 1st on tumblr and Twitter in celebration of our first anniversary! Stay tuned for more details. The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Josh/Donna prompt fest (hosted by @jessbakescakes and @thefinestmuffin) revealed on June 24th. Prompt claims and submissions are still open. Details here.

 Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from June 18 - June 24. 

Allison Janney posted a photo of herself with her dad in honor of Father’s Day. 

Allison Janney posted a photo of herself thanking her hair and makeup artists. 

Amy Landecker posted a silly video of Brad along with a “for your consideration” message for the Emmys.

Amy Landecker posted some photos of herself and Brad by the ocean.

Amy Landecker posted a photo of her and Brad on a boat.

Bradley Whitford posted photos of himself and Amy attending the staged production of Transparent! at the Mark Taper Forum. 

Dule Hill posted a promo video for the second season of The Wonder Years, now streaming on Hulu. 

Josh Malina posted a photo of himself with his dad for Father’s Day. 

Kim Webster posted a funny video of herself “training” to do the Geena Davis trick shot she learned last week. 

Kim Webster posted a photo of herself the day after her birthday. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of her husband and a celebration of him for Father’s Day. 

Mary McCormack posted a TikTok of her daughter Rose singing an original song. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of herself with her dad, along with a Father’s Day message. 

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself and his son Johnny in bathrobes on a boat.

Rob Lowe posted a photo of his wife Sheryl along with a birthday wish.  

Peter James Smith posted a clip from Noël in memory of Paxton Whitehead, who played Bernard.

Richard Schiff posted a photo of himself with Robert Cardinal. 

Kathleen “Bird” York posted a photo of herself and Devika Parikh, who played Bonnie on The West Wing.

Donna Moss Daily: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23 | June 24

Daily Josh Lyman: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23 | June 24

No Context BWhit: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 23 | June 24

@twwarchive: June 18 | June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23 | June 24

 Edits/Artwork:

#CJTOBY: and we build it up to pull it down by @cjcreggswifey [VIDEO EDIT]

 Editors’ Choice: 

In honor of the one year anniversary of our briefing, we picked some of our favorite fics posted during this week in years past. Be sure to share your favorites we didn’t include!

and if you wonder about the spell i’m under (it’s your love) by mikaylawrites | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “You don’t look so bad yourself,” she purrs, her fingers reaching out to unnecessarily adjust his belt buckle. “And I think you’re gonna win tonight.”

He groans, both because of where her hand is and because the superstitious side of him can’t tolerate that kind of talk. “I’m gonna need you to go outside and turn around and spit.”

“Don’t need to,” she tells him, “because I know I’m right.”

A night at the Academy of Country Music Awards with country music power couple Josh Lyman and Donna Moss.

 Friendship, Rings, and Heartstrings by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Sam feels sort of like a whack-a-mole at the arcade with how quickly and intensely the epiphany hits him. Maybe this is it. Maybe they’ll finally get it together. Behind all the flirting and banter is an incredible devotion they have to each other; one that possesses them to eat only a bite of a granola bar for nearly twenty-four hours or to hop on an international flight with whatever nonsensical items would fit in a backpack. He’s seen it for years now; he’s just been waiting for them to see it too.

 Help Me Hold Onto You by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | In which CJ has a bit of an existential crisis...

 Hell Is Other People (But Not You) by McKat | Rated T | Will Bailey/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Sam’s visiting the White House when they go into a Crash.

He and Will get stuck together.

Maybe there are worse places to be.

 Champagne by arborealstops | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Kate Harper | Complete | “I got you a present.”

 please linger near the door by cmbing | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | They’re definitely not dating when there is a presidential dinner and they don’t think to invite dates. Instead, they assume they’ll go with each other. Him in a black tux, her in a red dress. Their arms are interlocked as they enter the ballroom, and Donna even goads Josh into dancing with her. It’s friendly, nothing more.

They’re just having sex. That’s it.

 the weight of love (in your arms) by joshllyman | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | He steals a glance at Josh and sees that his face is carefully blank, intentionally wiped of all emotion.

“Just tired?” Sam asks quietly, and Josh looks up at him.

Josh shakes his head. “Something like that.”

   Misc:

Happy birthday to Kim Webster, who played Ginger! 

 Fics:

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

Josh/Donna

Errors and Omissions by Chinesepapercut | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Wonderful in a Loathsome sort of Way by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

GOVT 3420: Campaigns and Elections by lunedecroissant | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Balcony Break by TemperanceCain for thefinestmuffins | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

3pm on a Thursday by KindaTea for Chinesepapercut | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

can’t help falling by sam_writes_fics | Rated M |  Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

and i'll love you more than anybody can by JessBakesCakes | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

When it Rains, it Pours by onekisstotakewithme | Rated G |  Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Fragments of Days Gone By… by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Children of Mortals… by JayeReid1 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

she was a burst of colour, in his typically monochrome life. by katereadsandwrites | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

 Sam/Ainsley

Adorable, Yet Ill Adored by HotchkissRoyale | Rated E | Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | In Progress 

Sam and Ainsley Get Marriedby Hackney123 | Rated G | Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | Complete

 C.J./Danny

Off the Record by  onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, Luppiters, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg2C Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott | In Progress

12 Months by Jxjxjx |  Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

 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

Figures of Speech by Darsynia | Rated T | Toby Ziegler/Original Female Character | In Progress

Master of Improvisation by Antumbra | Rated G | Sam Seaborn, Jed Bartlet, C.J. Cregg (No Pairings Listed) | Complete

The Language of Tomorrow by silasfinch for justdreaming88 | Rated T | Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character(s) | In Progress

Where The Hell…? by dumbchemist | Rated T | No Pairings Listed | In Progress

someone like you, a desperado like me by popmart (tambsi) for onekisstotakewithme | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete

 Multiple Pairings

Operation in the Desert by mlea7675, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Will Bailey/Kate Harper, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott | Complete

Yes, You are better than my old boyfriend by Proportional Response | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Dr. Freeride/Donna Moss | Complete

at the dark end of the street by hell_to_breakfast | Not Rated | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete

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xx, What’s next?

#west wing #the west wing #west wing fandom #west wing fic #the west wing fandom #tww fandom #tww fic #tww fic recs #josh lyman #sam seaborn #cj cregg #donna moss #toby ziegler #leo mcgarry #josh x donna #josh x sam #cj x toby #cj x danny #cj x kate #will x sam #ainsley x sam #tww rare pairs

[shegottosayit]

I love The West Wing. It's in my top three of shows. Mandy had the worst character introduction by far. (And off the top of my head not just the show.) She was glaringly in contrast to the rest of them and I know that was the point but it wasn't needed like that and imho it didn't work. And how she was introduced ended up being different than how they used her. I know at the time they didn't know shed be a one season wonder (just to use the phrase) but even if not it just wasn't good. I always forget about her and she always takes me by surprise when I go back to the first season.

#the west wing #hope by tagging this for myself I'm not starting shit with whatever fandom type thing exists here

[pirateboy]

first day of @twwpride!!! i've written a short josh/toby fic which you can check out here if you want :)

#hadn't written for this fandom in over a year had to dust my boots off a little lol but i quite like it #as usual i plan to write something short n simple and then it gets away from me #and now i rlly wanna continue writing in this universe... we'll see 👁️ #did keep the finished product short n simple because otherwise i wouldn't get any other fics done but i have so many more thoughts about it #ANYWAYS hope u enjoy #twwpride23 #the west wing #marchibald's

[impishtubist]

Me: *aggressively makes friends with all the people in fandom who are over 30 years old*

#anyway if you are over 30 you should find me and be my friend #harry potter #i'm smearing my queer hands all over these wizards and so should you #also we can talk about the fandom of the early 00s and how our backs hurt now #other fandoms welcome as well #good omens #star trek #mash #west wing

[unseenacademic]

There's an episode of NCIS where Richard Schiff (Toby!!!!) plays the bad guy and they used the phrase "What's next?" three times in 10 minutes 💜💜 and I had no idea that episode existed??

#ncis #the west wing #when fandoms collide #richard schiff #toby ziegler

[rhapsodyinprogress]

Goddamn, I only started looking at BG3 posts for the pretty art and headcanons, I was unprepared for the number of people a) completely unable to respect the boundaries of the voice actors - like, please don't trauma dump on them or tell them about your sex fantasies, the actors are real people and that's gross, c'mon b) completely unable to understand that, in a choice-based video game, your choices matter, and so treating the characters like shit will get you treated like shit? Like???? Every bg3 character has the capacity to be a great person or a terrible person based on your choices? Because it's fun to see what happens? Because it's a fucking game?!? It's not that deep? And c) holy shit if you don't like a particular character and someone is posting about why they DO you can just SCROLL PAST?!?. Just keep going, find the posts that speak you you and ignore the ones that don't, my God I am too old for this shit, lmfao.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #every time I think I want to participate in fandom I remember why I don't #(except the West Wing fandom you all are cool) #like I just wanted the pretty artwork #and to share my love of the broken and beautiful companions #is that so much to ask?!

[getinthehandbasket]

I am DELIGHTED that there are brand new West Wing fics on AO3 to this day.

Fandom, you never let me (terribly) down. Please don't change in that respect.

#fandom #fanfic #the persistence of a good story #the persistence of fandom #The West Wing #TWW #got inspired to see what Josh-Donna fics are out there #I love their dynamic #not sure if I want to get into that fandom though lol