five things meme: everything else

Posting stuff no one cares about in the middle of the night! I'm bored and don't feel like trying to write, because I've been pretty unmotivated lately, and I had this mostly ready to go. I am now officially done with this meme and never doing it again, so if you care about your prompt being addressed, look at the tag.







Owen Wilson
The consequence of being a Wes Anderson fan? I remember back in the day Luke was the preferred Wilson because he's slightly less weird-looking but I'm Owen all the way.

Stanley Tucci
I mean, everyone loves Stanley Tucci (how could you not?) so I don't know if this counts but I am generally not into older gentleman therefore I'm counting it. Have you ever seen Stanley in a movie and not been delighted? No. He is always delightful.

Jimmy Stewart
Is this even unconventional?????? I feel like it is a little weird???? People sort of look at me weird when I express just how fervantly I love Jimmy Stewart, because he is pretty doofy. BUT I JUST LOVE HIM. He's so doofy and earnest and tall!

Michael Showalter in the 90s
But like just in the 90s. He's one of my comedy idols but his relative cuteness had a definite expiration date.

Jason Schwartzman
I used to be really into his musical endeavors! I find him so charming? He hasn't done anything major in a while, I feel like, but I always find him very charming. Even when he had a moustache, the least attractive of all facial hair.

bonus: Will Arnett. I've sort of cooled on him but when Arrested Development comes back so will I.





I have THINGS to SAY about how Monty and Marlon, like, needed each other to exist and how they are foils and rivals and bisexual frenemies. I also feel 100% secure in saying they very well might have done it at least one time. They knew each other; they were both fucking dudes in New York City in the 40s. IT'S PLAUSIBLE. If Monty was more currently well known, there'd be a looooooot more rumors about them. Has everyone seen the home movies of them goofing around? YT it, it's wonderful. So many great stories! They both voted for each other for the Best Actor Oscar in 1951 and both lost! They were ALMOST in East of Eden together! Monty went to go see Guys and Dolls and left in a disgusted huff! Brando allegedly tried to get Monty to go to rehab because he felt Monty was the only other actor on his level and if he wasn't around, there would be no reason for Brando to try. BEAUTIFUL BISEXUAL FRENEMIES, NEED I SAY MORE.




Using the movie cast just because. I also have maaaaaany feelings about these dudes and their weird fucked up sexy friendship. I think Kerouac was basically in love with Cassady (everyone was) but he couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it. There's a thing that crops up a lot in Kerouac's writing that one of my professors called "triangulation of desire" (fancy schmancy) which involved two dudes ~sublimating their desire for each other by being with the same woman. Which Neal and Jack did a lot of, not to downplay either of their feelings for the woman in question, because <3 Caroline and I'm sure Real Mary Jo was a cool cat in her way. But yeah. Repression! Fun!




I will basically read anyone/anyone in Marvel fandom just out of curiosity and I am especially down for Steve/anyone (not Tony though). So I was going through a Ruffalo/Bruce phase and searched the pairing on a whim and surprisingly enjoyed it a lot? I hadn't known that the whole reason Bruce got turned into the Hulk was because he was trying to recreate Steve's serum, and I looooove the connection/understanding that forges between them. Better than anyone, they both get how science can fuck your body up and what it means to have your body turned into a whole new thing (though obvs Bruce got the shit end of the stick). Plus they're both such kind, gentle characters that their flirting is sort of shy and wonderful in fics.




Not something I ever thought about until someone prompted it at a ficathon and I wrote it, but I've been really into it ever since. Eli wants to be a Tenenbaum and Chas is so lonely and Eli's ridiculousness can sort of push Chas out of himself.




LOL IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. LOL @ MYSELF. This is kind of a return to gay ships I liked in my youth (you guys don't even know how hard I used to go for Spike/Xander as a teen) that involve some cocky asshole and a chatty guy with low self-esteem. Whatever. At first I wanted to write it just to see if I could because I think they're both hot, and now I have a forthcoming 16k fic that I have no explanation for.

Also like who do I have to bribe to write Carter/Blair/Dan for me. Just tell me and we'll cut a deal.





ETERNALLY THE FAVORITE SCENE. WHERE IS HER EMMY.




I loooove when Joanie cries in the office partially because it's so rare for her to be that emotional (especially publicly) and also because of one of my other favorite moments, which is:






I can't find a gif of this! But easily one of my Joan scenes ever is when she rips that secretary a new one with beautiful use of an SAT word. I hope one day I too get to demolish someone's self-esteem by artful use of the word egregious.