The stars are calling.

Tristan…. I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I’d know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it’s trying to escape because it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I’d wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Who’s who?” It’s easy.

See, Jason? Jason is clearly the rogue. Oh, he’s not great at it. It’s why he’s got that great nickname: The Defendant. But ya boy got moves. He’s always gonna roll with it. You can’t keep him down. He’s a high Dex and Cha build, he just used Wisdom and Intelligence as his dump stats. Deep, deep dump.

Your tank? Eleanor Shellstrop. She’s not your standard bulky warrior, sure. But have you seen her talk to people? She’s the damn queen of aggro, am I right? Look at basically any of her friendships in life. I rest my case.

Tahani? Congratulations, beautiful, you’re the magic user. Look, who else could pull it off with the panache and style necessary to control the arcane strands of the universe in ways we can hardly even understand? No, not Kamilah Al-Jamil. I mean Tahani.

And your healer? Come on. The guy who’s already in anguish over making sure everyone’s going to survive, clearly. Chidi, the only thing he won’t be able to fix is his stomach ache over whatever dumb thing the party has gotten into now.

my dude

my guy

my pal

♪Hello again, friend of a friend, I knew you when Our common goal was waiting for the world to end♪

By: thejennire

as Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water

as the Pale Man in Pan’s Labyrinth

as Faun in Pan’s Labyrinth

as the Angel of Death in Hellboy II: The Golden Army 

as Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus

as one of the Gentlemen in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Edith’s Mother, Lady Sharpe in Crimson Peak

as Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

as Saru in Star Trek: Discovery

…in Budapest, with my daughter Maddy, long long ago in 2007. From http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/07/circus-drums-in-distance.html?m=1

Doug isn’t just a human special effect because he acts well under latex. He inhabits each of his roles, at a level of discomfort and with a lack of sleep that I would find murderous. (Think how early he needs to be in in the morning to have that latex glued on. Think how late filming can go. Doug has rights he sometimes elects not to use, in order to keep a production moving. I’ve seen him asleep propped up in order to keep a movie on schedule.)

This Mystique cosplay mid merge (by magnetomystique)

Like this. And it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful to hear a soliloquy I loved so much already, and have it come to life in a way it never, ever, did before. I feel like I grasp his motivations, his twists and turns, no longer on an academic level but on a visceral, instinctive one. Because he’s presenting his mental and emotional journey in a way that speaks honestly, like a real person.

you hate me

let’s go out an kill barney

with a baseball bat

and a 4x4

i hate you

you hate me

lets go out and kill barney

with a great big gun

two bullets to the head

JOY TO THE WORLD THAT BARNEY’S DEAD

WE BARBECUED HIS HEAD

DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT THE BODY

WE FLUSHED IT DOWN THE POTTY

AND ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES

AND ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES

You hate me,

Let’s get together and kill Barney, 

With an AK-47 and a shot to the head,

I hate you, 

you hate me, 

let’s get together and kill barney

sorry kids but Barney’s dead, 

barney is my enemy

stick a rifle up his nose

pull the trigger there he goes

sorry kids barney’s dead

Adolescents on the playground:

With a Great Big Gun

And a Bullet to the Head