jfc everyone i don’t care how you feel about Alec Baldwin but there’s like a 99% chance this accident wasn’t his fault

if it comes out in a week that he jammed the damn gun on purpose then by all means get mad, but as it stands now? it’s almost certainly the result of negligence or incompetence on the part of the weapons master, not on the actor. it’s NEVER the actor’s job to ensure a weapon is safe to use! they’re not trained to do that! a two minute google search will tell you this!

begging screaming and pleading everyone to stop with the weird schadenfreude (“haha, bad person shot someone i knew it would happen” type posts) and reflect on why you think that the accidental loss of a person’s life is funny, relatable, or anything other than a preventable tragedy. fuck’s sake.

For what it’s worth, the shape of the situation so far seems to be that a non-union props master did their job inappropriately, resulting in a dangerous situation that went bad in the hands of actor Alec Baldwin. This comes after a hellish production, with cinematographer Halyna Hutchins noted in particular as having felt the need to argue against the producers for better working conditions on behalf of her crew, and many IATSE union members being replaced on the production with non-union scabs, at the behest of the producers.

It was the producers of the film who put an under-trained scab in charge of ensuring the safety of firearms on set. It was the producers of the film who effectively put a loaded gun in actor Alec Baldwin’s hands, and it was the producers of the film who should be held accountable for the death of Halyna Hutchins.

There is no excuse for jokes at the expense of those involved in this situation, and it is because I know how people are about these things, how inclined they are to take this as a greenlight to resume that behavior, that I have said this before noting that Alec Baldwin is one of six producers on the film, and as one of two men responsible for the story of the film, likely the head of the production team and responsible, in large part, for the decisions that led to this incident.

cant believe if you try to ask spn questions at the spn con they take you out back and shoot you

So lots of people have asked me to share the video of my question to Misha being stopped by Creation. I wanted to make sure before I posted it, I was able to get her face blurred because I didn’t want to doxx anyone. 

So a little background - I waited in line during the previous panel letting all the people with questions for Mark go ahead of me to make sure I got a place in line for Misha. Turns out I was first! Between the panels, the Creation person walked away for a moment and when she came back she forgot to ask me what my question was so it took her by surprise when I said it was about the confession scene. 

This video shows her saying no and shaking her head then turning around pissed off when Misha said I could ask my question. It’s blurred so it kind of dulls the seething anger and eyeroll but still gets the idea across. 

When she said no I purposely said “I can’t ask about the confession?” into the mic cause fuck that! I purposely crafted my question so that it shot down Jared’s stupid response that they were just friends or bros (or a guy who gave him a million dollars??? IDK it was incohesive rambling) by stating that Cas knew he had Dean’s friendship, brotherhood, and forgiveness. I think Misha did the best he could with the answer and I believe he was telling me that he played it as romantic love because he has already said that he played it as a declaration of homosexual love, which is about love not necessarily sex. 

Also, they immediately turned off my mic after I asked the question. I had to yell thank you at the end for him to hear me. Ugh!

For anyone unaware of what’s going on, here is the video facing the stage so you can see Misha and hear his whole response. Mine is the first question (and I didn’t say he was my 3rd favorite FFS, I said he was my very favorite).

https://youtu.be/kj9LkmiNh-4

I hope seeing it out there this blatantly inspires others to ask their questions (as long as they do so in an appropriate way and not be gross and demanding - yes, I’m talking about the ‘dance for me’ lady). Go forth and talk about what is canon in the show!!!

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE I AM

I’m his crying wife

You have to understand the part that’s so iconic about this is this isn’t a clip of him winning the tournament this of a clip of him coming in fourth

Oh my fucking god no it’s not XD He won with that strike. That was like his fifth national championship win. Why would you lie about that. Why would anyone lie about that.

There's a part of me that wants to really get into it. Break down why Jensen's response is upsetting as well as Jared's. Talk about why "heavenly" love, while it'd be a banger description in a fanfic, from Jensen honestly reeks to me of sanitising and intentionally dequeerifying Cas' ending. Talk about how hearing "open to interpretation" from these guys honestly makes me want to break things. Talk about how Jared equated the possibility of a queer confession variously to getting punched in the face, a stranger giving you money, incestuous love, and propositioning a friend. These actors know so little about how to talk about queerness with grace and respect, even though across the years they've received so much grace and respect from large parts of their queer fanbase. Jensen in particular. It's not about having detailed knowledge of the community, it's about the fundamental mindset betrayed by essentially saying 'it's not queer, it's something better than that' and 'let me just liken queer love to a variety of threatening, criminal, or confusing situations'. I mean, they had time to prepare for these cons. How hard would it have been to put together a PR answer that actually feels supportive?

"I can't speak for Castiel and the way Misha played him, but I can tell you that on Dean's side, I played it that he didn't know until the end that Cas felt it so deeply - and even after Cas' confession, Dean didn't know for sure what form Cas' feelings took."

There. No confirmation, no mention of queerness, but also nothing hurtful. No fluttery assurances that the scene is open to interprefuckingtation while attempting to also say ummmm but it's not gay!! Jfc.

made playlist for the panel!!! so excited!!

i hate misha's pants at this con. the world is healing.

the other day one of my coworkers halfway referenced the spiders georg post but stopped before he actually reached the spiders georg part. like. I can't be sure that that's what he was doing but one coworker said "yknow. people swallow several spiders every year" and my other coworker said "well that's just- it's not true. it's a- no, you'd wake up" and just. there was a look in his eyes. I just know

waging psychological warfare against one of my team leads starting tomorrow

ICYMI - Huge news!

^link to the article for further info & accessibility

Just so ya'll know. They're gonna loophole this which is why we have to spread this information. I work at a pharmacy and I can tell you that a lot of these insurance companies only "Cover" them. Here's what has been happening: You go to your doctor to get PrEP, they write a prescription and send it to the Pharmacy. When you get there they tell you that insurance isn't covering it. You say that the law says that they have to. They say that it will, but not through THEM. The insurance company says that they'll only cover it through a "specialty pharmacy" (which on the one hand, fair enough, NIOSH standards for drugs state that if you are handling the pills then there are specific forms of PPE you need that we at retail do not have, but on the other hand that doesn't matter if we aren't opening the freaking bottles) which will then either mail it to you or ship it to the pharmacy to take it out of the box, scan it in, and bag it. Which is what we'd do normally anyways except with the added step of making you wait 2-3 business days to get it. And because technically they "cover it" it's not a law violation. But they're hoping that you'll not want to wait and just pay the $3000 out of pocket.

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i don’t like how endings in real life come on so suddenly without making sense, without much warning. one minute you’re in the middle of something and the next it’s all a very long time ago and you’re a different person and none of it is ever coming back

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October 11, 2021 - A compilation of colonialist monuments being destroyed, in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage. [video]

President Biden your silence on the spn prequel is deafening

pov: it’s december of 2021. Destiel has gone canon 104 times now. It’s a biweekly occurrence. Taylor Swift just released the 19th and last folklore sister, each representing one of the duggar children. She has decided to take some time off and live off grid in the woods with her husband, hozier. You go to open instagram to see Jared Padelecki’s daily 5 posts about his new CW show, Walker. No one has heard from Jensen Ackles in months. Misha Collins holds zoom seminars about the beauty of polyamory. You are gay and depressed.