True Confessions of a Fangirl

Joe Russo:

The disregard that leaks through parts of the MCU, two of the new Star Trek movies, and the new Star Wars trilogy really is baffling to me. So many people love these franchises and would have lovingly poured their heart and soul into them. And filmmakers who just didn’t care were handed these films?? Imagine what we could have gotten if actual fans had been allowed to make these movies. 

Oh wait, I don’t have to imagine. People who love these franchises and these characters put their tiny amounts of free time and overwhelming effort into producing fanfiction and fanart for these characters every day. I could go on AO3 right now and in half a dozen clicks get sweeping, beautiful, poetic treatises on the human condition written through these ‘Verses. Vast arrays of adventures starring these characters, and the characters themselves would be lovingly adored by their writers. I could enjoy content made by people who care. 

friendly reminder that chris vaulted with ease over chris pratt after just telling him less than a minute before that he would be able to clear him if he only put his head down.

“One thing we found, too, is Chris can run very fast. He also has a very unique run. It’s almost a dancer’s run. And when we tried to double him for running, there was nobody who could run like him. They just didn’t have the same dynamics or the way he moves. He had to end up doing most of his running.”

“What we also found, is that we had gymnasts come in to do things, and Chris could do the same stuff that they could do, but it would look like Chris Evans. When the body doubles or the gymnasts or the runners did it, it just didn’t look like him. He has such a unique way of moving, and he could pretty much do all of his own physical stuff that wasn’t dangerous. Like this shot right here, we had a gymnast do this, and Chris actually ended up doing it better. That’s Chris here. He hops up on a tank and over a 12-foot wall. It looks effortless but it’s not that easy!”

“Chris worked his butt off for four months doing gymnastics and stunt training so in a scene like this he could go toe-to-toe with Georges St-Pierre and make it look really credible. Once the helmet comes off, 95% of that is Chris, except obviously for that massive aerial kick that he does. I think he did a fantastic job.”

gifs and commentary (blu-ray) above from @sherloques Rehearsal above from @dailymarvel

The really cool thing about Chris Evans is that he’s a super talented, athletic guy. He retains things amazingly well. I mean, I’m blown away. I can show him a 15-punch fight two times, and he’s got it. - Thomas Harper, Stunt Coordinator, CATWS

gifs & commentary from @bealeeve-me

Hi, Anon!

There are things we can do, and things we… cannot do. 

HI, THIRST-BUCKETS. 

Once upon a time, when Tom Hiddleston’s Loki told us to kneel, and down we went, no questions asked, joints creaking only slightly: there was just something about a tricksy villain who also knew how to cry and feel feelings. TOM HIDDLESTON WAS IT. But ::serious face:: what happens when a dreamboat drifts off course?

In this week’s episode, we explore the appeal of Tom Hiddleston, most crucially in the wake of The 2016 Incident, when Tom abruptly went from being a lovable slender snack to the ex we ignored on social media. And we have been working our way back to full thirst ever since. We brought in a special guest, our friend and colleague here at BuzzFeed dot com the website, TV and film writer Alanna Bennett, to help us figure out a clear path as to why we fancied him and how to bring back that loving feeling. She suggested we start with:

that melodious voice

the puppy-dog earnestness

the smoldering passion of his characters

So that’s exactly what we did.

We also spoke at length about his role as the hotblooded RAF pilot Freddie Page in Terrence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea. Here’s a (mildly NSFW?) scene you should watch right now:

(Actually, you should just watch the whole thing. It’s LUSH.)

We also spoke about how he’s a ham who can’t resist showing off (even if his impressions aren’t as good as he thinks they are), the precise timbre of his voice, how nice it is to such a slender man (Nichole’s fave type of man 👀) be the recipient of so much lust, that shower he took on stage in Coriolanus at the National Theatre Donmar, and how good he is at playing soldiers, not least because he gets to engage in stage combat, which we all think Tom really enjoys.

(same, Tom)

Sidenote: this week’s Fanfic Wars broke us both. Remember to vote for your fave over on our Twitter. 

Full episode is available RIGHT HERE.

A reading list + links, should you require it

That GQ profile.

Doing his best Al Pacino.

Working with Cookie Monster on the concept of delayed gratification

Tom reading the fuck out of Keats’ Bright Star

And also May I Feel Said He by ee cummings

Lastly, we love a British villain, don’t we.

We’re on Twitter at @tnwhiskeywoman and @bimadew and lovely Alanna Bennett can be found at @AlannaBennett on Twitter, but also right here on Tumblr at http://tawdrysquid.tumblr.com/ Send us your (short) drabbles at [email protected] and your Thirst Sommelier requests at 765-884-4778 aka 7658-THIRST (international listeners: send us a short recorded message via email, please).

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how the fuck did odin sneak him into asgard?

like, heimdall saw that shit right? odin comes back through the bifrost and heimdall is just “…………….”

heimdall: that’s a baby

odin: yes! he’s my son! ………..loki. i’m going to dress him in green and black, because that worked great last time

or odin comes back and is trying to figure out, how to play it, and heimdall and frigga are just waiting for him and completely deadpan

frigga: ah, husband! you have returned from war in time to meet your newborn son. who i had. after being pregnant. secretly.

odin: what

frigga:

heimdall:

loki: *baby noises*

odin: right

heimdall:

odin: I’ll do better by this one.  I know I will.

heimdall:

Listen, I also loved Wonder Woman. But I also think that Diana would be the first to note that we are not free until we are all free. So if you posted a thousand times about how important WW was for little girls to see, then I hope you are also prepared to post a thousand times about how important the new Black Panther movie is for black kids- girls and boys- to see.

I saw Wonder Woman, and I teared up the first time she stormed the battlefield in her full regalia. But, as a black woman, I couldn’t not notice that the women who looked like me played supporting, and largely non-speaking, background parts. Black Panther is the chance for women who look like me to see ourselves as the heroes in our own story. To see ourselves as warriors, as epic royalty, as fully actualized superheroes. In a major studio blockbuster, no less. Never- not ever- has that happened before.

King Roan’s OTP … and that other guy.

Raylan Givens, Justified.

A truly interesting quote about life.  

(via mysharona1987)