Leo Mcgarry Character Building And Writikg Legitimately Makes Me Want To Crawl The Walls I Am So Insane

Fall From Grace

Summary: Otherwise known as the tragedy of Beryl Grace. The scandalous, drama-filled life of the 80s "fluffy starlet" who managed to snag two forms of the same god, producing two great heroes, and battling the consequences of her hankering for fame and beauty, at any and every cost.

1959. Somewhere in a hospital in Dallas, a woman screams and bears down as she labours, sweat dripping from her forehead. The child is her first, her husband’s fourth. She thinks little of their age gap, or of what will become of his other children, her own child - she thinks only of the pain, begging for it to end, praying this will have all been worth it. For this kind of pain, the child must be extra special. She grips the side of the bed, wishing there was a hand to hold, and wonders if tonight will be the night she dies. Nurses tut at her shrieks - silly girl. Don’t these women know childbirth is painful? Don’t they realise that pain is normal, and they’re hardly going to die from it? In the end, the child - her first, her husband’s fourth - is a girl. She screeches just like her mother; midwives declare her healthy. The happy couple, happy now the torment is over, decide to name her Beryl Darlene Grace. Two nights later, the doting husband loudly berates the loving, ailing wife, for her unwillingness to stand and cook so soon after ripping herself open. He brings her to tears, and the baby keeps crying, and the door slams louder than either of them combined as his temper bubbles over. He will not lay a hand on a woman or a child, but he does not need to. Thus, Beryl's tragedy begins.

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Okay so like I had a thought of like professional and platonic connection that really lends itself to devotion, both couples sort of have this thing where they match each other on a frequency that no one else in the world does. And there's the power dynamics of it all. Within sydcarmy, though they are technically partners, Carmy is still her boss and is at this point classified as a famous chef, while she's sort of an up-and-coming ingenue. And he continually says over and over that he'll listen to her and then he doesn't. But he still needs her desperately. It's the same thing with joshdonna, Josh has always been donnas boss, despite how much their professional relationship is more like a partnership than anything, she is still his assistant. And Josh is the deputy fucking chief of staff, he's a political mastermind, and again she's an aspiring political operative with half a college degree. And she asks for progression in her career and doesn't get it. But Josh still needs her deeply and desperately. And then there's the parallels between the industries they work in. Both of which are time consuming and mentally taxing and are all about "serving the people" And narratively there's a similarity, as there's a point of breaking for both guys, and then there's a point where both girls get fed up and then there's a divorce era. Also both boys have dead siblings and a found Family.

joshdonna and sydcarmy are incredibly similar and parallel and I would like to talk more about it but idk if anyone cares

My favorite flavor of character is the hardheaded booksmart female sidekick character but not in a "I'm not like other girls way" but in a "I understand their sensitivity and their feminity and the way they channel their trauma and the way they cope in a way no one else does and their just babies really and shouldn't be responsible for these stupid boys." And this makes me want to gatekeep them because so often in fandom spaces male characters are over glorified, over analyzed, and the female characters are there to either fight them, fuck them, or make them feel better but no one's doing that for the girls.

Examples of such characters include:

Annabeth Chase

Hermione Granger

Leia Organa

Katara

CJ Cregg

And to be clear I HAVE seen fandom spaces where these girls are given the love they deserve and some of it is definitely to the fault of their writers. ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'm really tired of seeing so many potential ways to dive into characters and watching it be ignored by the fandoms.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk

having feelings about Josh and CJ both having tunnel vision during the transition stage between administrations, and both Danny and Donna use the same talking points on them.

Okay, but hear me out - In the movie, the sequence of the scenes where Elphaba learns about the horrific treatment of Animals and then meets Fiyero is soooo important. This transition between the two scenes highlights an emotional turning point for Elphaba. Dr. Dillamond's revelations intensify her awareness of injustice, leaving her searching for a way to act. Enter Fiyero, who not only contrasts the bleakness of the previous scene with his carefree presence but also will ultimately influence Elphaba's growth. As we know, eventually Fiyero is a foil to encourage Elphaba to transform her ideals into action, giving her the courage to make her voice heard. The scene order underscores how pivotal Fiyero's presence is in shaping Elphaba's journey from bystander to the unlimited badass she becomes later on. And Jonathan Bailey's version of Fiyero is much softer and is given a lot more space to be kind than stage!Fiyero, and I just really love how that, in contrast to the cruelty described in the previous scene just highlights the differences but also ties them together for Elphaba's story.

Okay I had more percabeth song related thoughts

This time it's a whole song so bear w me

Not a lot just forever by Adrianne Leneker

Through your eyes I see

A smile you bring to me - his love of making her happy

To your joy, I tether - his positive personality rubbing off on her

Not a lot, just forever - her need for a relationship that lasts long, her something permanent

Intertwined, sewn together - held together by their bond

Like the rock bears the weather - going through all the things they went to and still remaining solid

Not a lot, just forever - her realization that she wants something permanent with him.

My dog barks wildly

To protect my infancy

From my ex-believer - her anger at Luke and her anger because of him

And I try to calm the wolf

To remind her I am both

Still she tears at my sweater - all the time she lashed out at Percy especially during BOTL without meaning to

Not a lot, just forever - her need for him to live

Intertwined, sewn together

As the wren sheds her feather - growing up together and seeing each other mature, and their relationship maturing with them

Not a lot, just forever - the confirmation that yes, he wants forever with her

And your dearest fantasy

Is to grow a baby in me - his dreams of their future, of new rome and all it brings

I could be a good mother

And I wanna be your wife - her longing for that future too, despite how much it scares her

So I hold you to my knife

And I steal your letter - her guard still being up a little bit, her hesitancy to fully let him in

Not a lot, just forever - them moving towards the future

Intertwine some together

As the rock bears the weather

Not a lot, just forever

So I bash around the house

And the poison stains my mouth - their time in tartarus making them damaged, the effects lingering

She comes, I let her

And we share a pair of dice - their fate being intertwined

And I roll them once or twice

Can't get much better

Not a lot, just forever

Intertwined, sewn together

As the rock bears the weather

Not a lot, just forever

Not a lot, just forever

Intertwined, sewn together

As the wren bares her feathers

Not a lot, just forever

they were emo girlfriends it's true they told me

Challengers movie: where everything is about tennis, except tennis. Tennis is about sex

No one has manic pixie dream girled in the way that she did