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Weekly Press Briefing #46: May 7th to May 13th

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 May 7 - May 13, 2023! 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.

The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Josh/Donna prompt fest (hosted by @jessbakescakes and @thefinestmuffin) is open for claiming; fics reveal on June 24th. Details here. 

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from May 7 - May 13.

Amy Landecker posted photos in memory of her and Brad’s boxer, Otis, who sadly passed away this week: 1 | 2

Bradley Whitford also posted a photo of himself and Otis in memory of him. 

Dule Hill posted a video of himself and his wife Jazmyn promoting their new children’s book. 

Josh Malina posted photos of himself from a Bond Official interview. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself and her mother, who has passed away, in memory of her for Mother’s Day. 

Mary McCormack posted a photo of herself in her show Heels (the second season premieres on Stars on July 28).

Richard Schiff posted an elevator selfie with his wife Sheila, Ronan Diego de Oliviera, Eric Edmeades, and John Lee. 

Rob Lowe posted a selfie celebrating 33 years of sobriety. 

Donna Moss Daily: May 7 | May 8 | May 9 | May 10 | May 11 | May 12 | May 13

Daily Josh Lyman: May 7 | May 8 | May 9 | May 10 | May 11 | May 12 | May 13

No Context BWhit: May 7 | May 8 | May 9 | May 10 | May 11 | May 12 | May 13

This Week in Canon:

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

Season 1, Episode 21: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics aired on May 10, 2000.

Season 2, Episode 21: 18th and Potomac aired on May 9, 2001.

Season 3, Episode 19: The Black Vera Wang aired on May 8, 2002.

Season 4, Episode 22: Commencement aired on May 7, 2003.

Season 5, Episode 21: Gaza aired on May 12, 2004.

Season 7, Episode 21: Institutional Memory aired on May 7, 2006.

Editors’ Choice:

In honor of Mother’s Day in the US and moms everywhere, this week we are recommending some of our favorite mom-centric fics! We’ve tried to balance angst and fluff, but sometimes moms are there for/go through some tough stuff, so as always please check warnings, tags, and descriptions before diving in. 

where you lead, i will follow by sam_writes_fics for JessBakesCakes  | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | A series of vignettes focusing on Mama Lyman over the years.

 Don't Spare Me From Anything (Your Burden is Mine) by JessBakesCakes for SilentScreamer | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | "When Rachel looks into his eyes, she sees eight-year-old Josh, awake from yet another nightmare after Joanie’s passing. She sees sixteen-year-old Josh, bags under his eyes after a fitful night’s rest. She sees twenty-four-year-old Josh, downing another cup of coffee and heading to the library to study, just to avoid the possibility of being confronted with the images that have been haunting him nearly his whole life."

Or, Mama Lyman helps her Trauma Boy navigate his mental health.

 Love, Mom by sloganeer | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | [Ed. note: no description given on AO3, but this is a cute, Sam’s mom-centric drabble.]

 A Heart, Sketched in Blue Pen by BeatriceEagle | Rated T | Josh Lyman (No Pairings Listed) | Complete | Like his father and his sister before him, Josh Lyman can't help but break his mother's heart.

 Ain’t Nothing But a Family Thing by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | Molly stumps CJ with an important question.

 Janus by Sangerin | Rated G | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | Complete | Introspection caught up with her.

Fics:

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

Josh/Donna

The Theory of Entropy by Jane_3yr3 | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Cicatrix by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Domestic Days by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Help Me Hold On To You by Shinyrosa | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress Stranded, Strung Together by TemperanceCain for JessBakesCakes | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

Off the Record by  onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Luppiters, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

yeah, me too by smallandblueandloud | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler | Complete

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

Multiple Pairings

Tiny Fighters: NICU Stories by mlea7675 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Original Male Character/Original Female Character | Complete

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#the west wing #west wing #tww #the west wing fic #west wing fic #tww fic #tww fic recs #fics about moms #abbey bartlet #mama lyman #cj cregg #josh x donna #sam x josh #jed x abbey #cj x toby #tww rare pairs #weekly press briefing #west wing news #west wing fandom

[squash1]

a post on finding your team, your group, your family, your people.

[the west wing / the raven boys / our flag means death / ted lasso / timshel by mumford & sons / young royals / schitt’s creek / six of crows / new girl / dead poets society / bbc ghosts]

#this is my official pride month post bc found family #big love #the raven cycle #ted lasso #dps #new girl #bbc ghosts #young royals #soc #schitts creek #ofmd #the west wing #trc #ronan lynch #adam parrish #blue sargent #richard campbell gansey iii #pynch #adam and ronan #the raven boys #blue lily lily blue #gangsey #the gangsey #mine #roy kent #jamie tartt #stedeward #found family #six of crows #wylan van eck

[onekisstotakewithme]

"I want you to do what you want. Take the job at the White House, I just want you to talk to me about it. I want us to talk about what it'll mean and how we'll make it work. I want us to talk like we're gonna figure it out together. I want us to talk... because I like the sound of your voice."

#cj x danny #cj cregg #danny concannon #crying screaming gnashing teeth #cj/danny #creggcannon #the west wing #tww #they're gonna make it... #creggcannon IS canon #THEE most romantic man #'we're gonna get good at new things. we'll figure it out. all of it.'

[the-last-kenobi]

none of this would be happening if jed bartlet were president

#me reading the news every day #the only pretentious asshole I want in the White House is him #politics #current events #the west wing #jed bartlet

[lizzybennets]

embroidery dump with my some of my personal faves so far 💞

#shameless self promo post because i was looking through my pictures and i do make some cute stuff #i know they are not perfect but i like them ((if i don't look too closely 😵‍💫😵‍💫)) #also some of those pictures are quite bad but i don't have a lot of those embroideries anymore because i gave them to someone else #or they are hung on my wall and i'm not taking it out for a new picture lmao #anyways my therapist told me i should be more proud of myself so here it goes #ana.txt #the mentalist #the west wing #pride and prejudice #maggie rogers

[dialux]

Whatever Cersei had thought of Sansa Stark, she’s all grown up now. The twittering bird has become a honey-tongued snake. A capable snake: capable enough to convince her own brother to give her the chance to kill him. [Joffrey decides to teach Sansa Stark a lesson in gratitude. Sansa learns something else altogether.]

READ THE SEVENTH CHAPTER ON AO3!

#run godspeed #my writing #asoiaf #jon shows up! there's a smidgen of jaimsa! AND jonsa! #also many issues are resolved even as new ones pop up #and though vvvvvvv little is actually done (sansa just walks and talks a la cj cregg in Thee West Wing) much is accomplished #(i say this but then i look at the chapter and i'm like. a) sansa poisons robb b) catelyn declares war on the old gods c) jeyne enters the #scene d) robb declares white war e) jon arrives f) arya leaves. #MANY THINGS HAPPEN!!!!!!! it's not just 20k of sansa chewing scenery lmao #(and this doesn't even TOUCH on whatever's going on w sansa and jaime. At All.)

[personinthepalace]

Bradley Whitford and Daniel Dae Kim will be joining the Peter Pan Goes Wrong cast in Los Angeles!

Bradley Whitford will play the role of the Narrator from August 9th - 20th

Daniel Dae Kim will play the role of the Narrator from August 30th - September 10th

And that leaves Harry Kershaw to play the role that he originated on August 8th as well as August 22nd - 29th

From ppgw broadway instagram

Also! Use promo code TUESDAY20 to get $20 tix on select dates :)

(Link to the tix website in the notes)

#once again justice for harry kershaw #at least I know which which week to go see the show now lol #mischief let the man play the role he originated please #mischief theatre #mischief comedy #peter pan goes wrong #ppgw in la #stunt casting #bradley whitford #daniel dae kim #harry kershaw #the west wing #the handmaiden’s tale #oh daniel dae kim was on lost??? was meaning to watch that show #I am happy for these guys but still I am sad for harry #hawaii 5 0 #lost #the good doctor #ppgw bway instagram #mischief news

[newhampshireofficial]

The show "The West Wing" is great because they mention New Hampshire like twice an episode

The show "The West Wing" is bad because whenever they mention New Hampshire, they have no idea what they're talking about.

#new hampshire #the west wing

[cinnamoncoffee8]

Imagining WW Characters being introduced to Noah Kahan’s music:

Likely story is that Gus is the one who hears the songs first and he and Zoey absolutely love them and just know it’ll fit their weird and wonderful family.

Zoey gets some interest first from Ellie, Liz & CJ but it’s when she tells Josh & her dad about the line: “I’m mean because I grew up in New England”, they start listening as a joke fully intending to be insufferable about it and with one song it cuts through quicker and more accurately than any of their therapy

(Which Zoey knew would happen and was biding her time because she loves them but also wants to hit them over the head with a frying pan with how stubborn they can be.)

Then everyone gets in on it (they all should be in therapy lbr) and absolutely relate too hard but love it anyways. Jed grudgingly admits people from Vermont can actually do good things. Abbey never lets him live it down.

Thus follows my interpretation of the characters as songs/what I think they’d resonate with the most. If you can guess my top 5 characters, who are basically all tied, you get a cookie:

Ellie is so Paul Revere, bit of No Complaints too

Liz is New Perspective and Growing Sideways (& Mess too)

CJ is You’re Gonna Go Far, No Complaints & Paul Revere (and a little bit of Orange Juice, esp towards the end of the series and what I imagine life was like after - yes, I have so many thoughts)

They all think of Leo during Orange Juice though

Abbey/Jed & CJ/Danny are Everywhere, Everything

Zoey/Charlie & Josh/Donna are Halloween

Abbey on her own is Everywhere, Everything too but also No Complaints and Save Me (& a bit of Paul Revere)

They are all Northern Attitude

Jed is Homesick, View Between Villages - Extended & Save Me

Josh is Homesick and Growing Sideways

Donna is Call Your Mom

Charlie is Stick Season and Maine (and a little She Calls Me Back)

Zoey is Homesick & All My Love

Danny is Your Needs, My Needs & Strawberry Wine

Toby is Come Over

Leo would be Dial Drunk & No Complaints (and Northern Attitude would have really resonated for him)

#west wing #the west wing #noah kahan #new england #au #tww au #music #I have a lot of thoughts about the women of tww and their feelings #or lack thereof #thanks sorkin #imagining dial drunk from leo’s perspective to jed

[toomanylizzes]

Do you ever think showrunners watch two actors interact on screen and think oh, shit, that’s some insane chemistry right there and then throw up their hands and proceed to change up years worth of storylines?

#the marvelous mrs. maisel #gossip girl #new girl #riverdale #supergirl #basically a lot of the cw #friends #chandler and monica #veronica mars #the west wing

[anothergolddustwoman]

After finishing The West Wing I understand why everyone loves it and constantly rewatches it. That is me now.

#dare I say it might be a new comfort show for me #*opens ao3* #the west wing #raquel watches the west wing

[callixton]

aaaaghahahaha REAL. sadly.

#this is old news i just relive every poor decision latestage ww made as if it was new #it's also literally the least substantive news article in the world wow. not important anyway #like it's not just abt the comedy. obv. but that's all the article talks about #cj cregg u will always be beautiful & funny 2 me...... #ted talks #the west wing #cj cregg

[blazeperalta]

“please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh i could recognise anywhere”

the josh/donna divorced era vibes tho

#seriously that line always makes me cry #the west wing #josh x donna #taylor #new year’s day

[onekisstotakewithme]

Summary: “And this… thing… would be…?” “Off the record.” (Or, one missing scene per episode).

Ship: CJ Cregg/Danny Concannon

Chapter 1/22: "Pilot"

~ Updated weekly, Friday at 8 PM ET ~

#cj cregg #danny concannon #the west wing #tww #missing scenes #cj x danny #creggcannon #yeah yeah #new project

[wonderlandleighleigh]

“Senator Bruce is coming to see you today.” 

Jed Bartlet slumps back into his seat. “Oh, god.” 

Leo tries not to laugh. “Not looking forward to it, Sir?” 

“Leo, the man ran for senate in the 80′s to make good on a threat to Ronald Reagan that if he didn’t ‘cut the shit’ he’d make his life miserable in the most official, law-abiding way he could think of.” 

“I’m aware,” Leo nods. 

“And the good people of Manhattan keep electing him, over and over and over again, which is why a man who spent his younger years doing drugs, and getting arrested for telling jokes about orgasms and the Pope is now a well-respected and fearsome staple of the Democratic Party.” 

“Yes.” 

“The republicans hate him. The moderates hate him.” 

“But you love him a little,” Leo reminds the president.

Bartlet sighs heavily. “God help me. He is funny, and surprisingly kind when the mood strikes. And Midge makes a hell of a brisket.” 

“That she does,” Leo agrees. “They’ve already invited you, the first lady and the senior staff to dinner for Friday night.” 

“Of course they have,” Bartlet sighs. “He’s going to feed me delicious food while he scolds me for not pushing harder on worker protection, equal rights, minimum wage, access to healthcare and public school funding.”  

“Well, maybe Midge will make you some noodle kugel to soften the blow.” 

“She had damn well better.”

#crossovers #fic #au #Senator Bruce of New York #Marvelous Mrs. Maisel #West Wing #Midge x Lenny #Jed Bartlet #Leo McGarry #unhinged weird stuff

[thegayfangrrl]

#abbey bartlet #gloria mendoza #the west wing #orange is the new black #stockard channing #selenis leyva #milfmadnesspoll #west wing #oitnb