“Perhaps you have forgotten. That’s one of the great problems of our modern world, you know. Forgetting. The victim never forgets. Ask an Irishman what the English did to him in 1920 and he’ll tell you the day of the month and the time and the name of every man they killed. Ask an Iranian what the English did to him in 1953 and he’ll tell you. His child will tell you. His grandchild will tell you. And when he has one, his great-grandchild will tell you too. But ask an Englishman—” He flung up his hands in mock ignorance. “If he ever knew, he has forgotten. ‘Move on!’ you tell us. ‘Move on! Forget what we’ve done to you. Tomorrow’s another day!’ But it isn’t, Mr. Brue.” He still had Brue’s hand. “Tomorrow was created yesterday, you see. That is the point I was making to you. And by the day before yesterday, too. To ignore history is to ignore the wolf at the door.”

- A Most Wanted Man, John le Carré

John le Carré has not, at any point, been fucking around.

photos from the maidan always make me think about how corporeal politics really is and how much of it really boils down to getting the correct bodies in the important building, or pushing the wrong bodies out of the important building, or keeping the wrong bodies from breaching a barrier and hurting other bodies

about how bodily violence will always be an answer (not the answer, perhaps, but an answer) to political issues as long as politics determine which bodies get to live, eat, be treated, etc

and about how the idiots waxing poetic about how liberation is always gruesome and violent miss the point, which is that any person partaking in violent liberation would much rather Not Be There and the aesthetics is just what we do afterwards to cope

Today Ukraine celebrates Day of Dignity and Freedom.

21st November 2004 - Orange Revolution started.

21st November 2013 - Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) started.

On this day today, during russian full scale invasion, we're all sure, more that ever, that all of it has been worth it and the fight for free, democratic Ukraine that continues now, is the most important thing we'll ever do in our lives.

They weren't able to take away our dignity and now they won't be able to take away our freedom. Everything will be Ukraine.

Слава Україні!

Also a friendly reminder that Netflix has very decent documentary on Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, so you might want to check it out. They even released it for free on youtube, so nothing should stop you now

10 years 🚬🚬🚬🚬

What do you mean it was 10 years?

I think Russ Lewis deserves a lot of credit for managing to seamlessly bring Morse into the modern era through a storyline set in the 60s.

Endeavour on paper was a tricky concept because not only was it a prequel for an iconic character, it was essentially about a group of 60s-era white male cops. Lewis had to find a way of making them likable and sympathetic without it becoming completely unrealistic.

A major reason this show has had such a hold on me is because he executed this so well. Morse's sensitivity regarding issues such as racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc. could've come across as contrived, but it doesn't. It makes total sense considering his backstory and position as an outsider. Plus, crucially, Morse is no angel. He's not entirely comfortable with the feminist movement, looks down on sex workers, and isn't immune to objectifying women. Misogyny is ingrained in him even though he probably thinks he's above it.

Endeavour was created during the peak of anti-heroes, brutal detectives, and imo questionable depictions of neurodivergent people as being devoid of feeling. Lewis went in the opposite direction. He was like, "This man is a highly emotional marshmallow who loves deeply and abhors violence. No matter how much pain I put him through, or how hardened the outside becomes, he will always be a marshmallow."

As a result Endeavour still feels as fresh in 2023 as it did when it came out. Maybe moreso.

It's even more impressive what he did with Thursday and Bright. They're both traditional but anti-fascist which influences how they react to the times. There was a post I saw once which went into this more deeply, and it mentioned a deleted scene for I think Canticle where Thursday talks about bonding with gay men during the war. I love that and wish it had made it in. I love how between these three and Jakes, there's a theme of the harm done to these men by the institutions (+ toxic masculinity) in place, how they've become attached to what harmed them, and wanting to escape somehow. Their experiences have made them more empathetic even if they don't fully understand the changes happening around them.

Idk it's tragic and just kind of beautiful to me because it would've been so easy to lean into cruelty.

i think something that makes ttoi slightly inaccessible is that its almost non stop references to british culture and pop culture and a lot of it is stuff from the 70s and 80s i mean half the shit they say goes right over my head so i kind of want to make like “the thick of it references explained” where i go through every single reference they make and explain it simply in one or two sentences but idk what format i would do it in thats way too long for a post even under a read more hmmm

Al Pacino in SERPICO (1973) dir. Sidney Lumet

Peter Capaldi as Vera Reynolds in Prime Suspect (series 3, 1993)

Thanks to @crow-in-snow whose post from a few weeks ago prompted me to finally watch this. It's currently available in the U.S. on BritBox.

I am sooo normal about this

"luhansk region the sunrise of ukraine". somewhere in occupation recently

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

‘Inspector Morse is Dead (Alive/Eternal/Cursed/Lucky/Alone/Loved/Hated/etc.)!’

In part on the Multiplicity of the Morseverse Canon

(Alternatively: Damn you Dexter and Russ and everyone else)

This is how we see Morse in the final moments of Inspector Morse: an obscure corpse all alone in a morgue, after an episode that, frankly, feels like watching our favorite grouchy pompous detective (never chief) inspector making an unbearably slow walk toward the light at the end of the tunnel, only going slow because he can’t work up the energy to go quickly any longer (the days of Shaun Evans’s Morse running like he’s a tall Tom Cruise long gone along with uh… Thursday [oops, did I just invoke him? more on that later]). John Thaw plays Morse’s slow demise, decades in the making, beautifully, clearly ready to fondly let go of a character that would come to define him for the rest of his life and legacy (Thaw would die a little over a year after “The Remorseful Day” aired).

That’s it: that’s all they wrote.

Or was it?

”this wasn’t reported on the news” and “I did not read the news” are not the same thing

... Ukraine itself stands with Israel, so I guess it's time to taste a little bit of the zionist poison.

I stand with Palestine 🇵🇸

⚠️Fake⚠️

And this here is a perfect example of how people like the OP here use "support of Palestine" solely as a cover to spread hate against Ukrainians.

Ukraine stood with Israel in the wake of the horrific HAMAS terrorist attack, not because it likes Israel (its relations with Israel are actually really bad, partly because Netanyahu has been a huge Putin fanboy for years no matter what), but because a terrorist attack on civilians is unacceptable.

Ukraine officially recognises Palestine as an independent state (probably another reason of the bad relations with Israel). There is a Palestinian embassy in Kyiv, which was opened in 2001.

Ukraine officially opposes the illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian lands, as well.

None of that matters to the OP, they don't give a shit about Palestine, their point is only to spread hate against the people who are trying to survive through a genocide.

Also, a great reminder not to share emotional content unless you're sure it's real.

Watson Wednesday • Watson modeling his Christmas gift from Holmes 🎁

every time I fumble w my phone’s charger cable I think about emailing steven moffat a pipe bomb

I've noticed that people have started spreading the 1992 Good Omens script around. Please don't. If you've got it up, please take it down. There's a mess of serious and real legalities involved, and I don't want to have to start being a dick and asking for copyright takedowns and all of that, and I don't want to have to regret letting it out into the world. Just take it down, unshare, delete links. Thank you.