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Carly Lane-Perry
@carlylane
Senior TV editor
@Collider
. Romance nerd
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member. Author of A REGENCY GUIDE TO MODERN LIFE (out now!). She/her.
ATLkissingbooks.ltrdrp.comJoined August 2011
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Carly Lane-Perry
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me: i hate clichés author: they agree to a marriage of convenience but then realize they actually have feelings for each other also me, crying: ohmygod they agree to a marriage of convenience but then realize they actually have feelings for each other
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if you think you can never exit an awkward conversation, a reminder that Yoda tries to avoid talking to Luke about Vader being his father by DYING FASTER
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Hahaha, no one wants to tell Luke the truth about Vader being his father. Yoda literally tries to die faster.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but subverting a happy ending isn't the bold storytelling move a lot of writers try to convince themselves it is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Okay but Michael Sheen has ALWAYS understood the assignment.
Michael Sheen in Underworld
Michael Sheen in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Michael Sheen in Good Omens
Michael Sheen in Prodigal Son
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Fantasy is when there's an entire chapter dedicated to describing food, sci-fi is when there's an entire chapter dedicated to describing transportation.
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If Greta Gerwig can bring the same level of thoughtfulness and care to Susan Pevensie as she did Amy March, I am 100% in favor of this creative choice
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Honestly, the binge model sucks. Especially if you’re covering some shows in a professional capacity and barely have time to watch the others on a personal level. It’s like you only have a tiny window to participate in the conversation, otherwise you’re late to the party.
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The Mandalorian has spent week after week growing its audience, dominating pop culture discourse. So I've said it before... The one weekend pump and dump Netflix model is a silent killer for your own "big item" content. It just goes away in two days.
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Predictably, the replies to that “romance novels are well-written tweet” are a hot mess express to wade through, but let me tweet you one further: the sooner we dispense with the notion that certain fiction needs to be prestigious to be considered worthy of our time, the better.
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HE NEEDS TO LIFT THE COLOR BEFORE DYEING FIRST FOR THE GREEN TO SHOW UP god this infuriates me no matter where I see it does no one understand the rules of haircare I feel like Elle Woods here
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Carrie Wittmer 👻
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i love that Joker, a film in which a man with dark hair dyes his hair green without lightening it but it works anyway, is nominated for a best hair and makeup Oscar instead of Little Women i mean i just love it
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The enduring popularity and success of shows like Bridgerton and Our Flag Means Death is just proof positive that audiences actually want romance so now the studios just need to Take A Hint, in this essay I will
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Romance novels have seriously been getting me Through It lately; these books are life-savers and sanity-givers and when the world is on fire, knowing I have a safe harbor in a story with a guaranteed happy ending means more than I can adequately put into words. 📚💕
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Where’s the romance novel about the on-set intimacy coordinator who can craft the most breathtaking love scenes for the screen but can’t seem to get a handle on their own romantic life?
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You can immediately tell the moment that writers start having contempt for their audience and IT SHOWS.
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There is for sure a weird thing that happens when dudes think they're writing for other dudes, but then it turns out they're actually writing for women, and instead of being like, "WOW OKAY NEAT LOVE A BIG PASSIONATE AUDIENCE!" they get, like, very mad and Need To Punish.
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What actor or actress is very good at playing both the hero AND the villain?
Rosamund Pike in Pride and Prejudice
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
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What actor or actress is very good at playing both the hero AND the villain? twitter.com/ClintOCoast/st…
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Every once in a while, I wonder why we, as a society, have not yet invented the seashell compact e-reader from It Follows.
Screenshot of a seashell compact with an e-reader on the inside from It Follows
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I want to know exactly who UNANIMOUSLY voted this through so I know whose books I will never buy, read or review again. What complete and utter horseshit. #IStandWithCourtney
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Alyssa “mostly updates” Cole
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One of the reasons I believed in RWA was because I saw how hard my friend, Courtney Milan, worked to push the organization’s inclusiveness. Today, the day before Christmas Eve, RWA notified her they’d agreed with ethics complaints filed against her for calling out racism.
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Biden actually saying “thank you” to White House press and photographers shouldn’t feel like SO MUCH but it’s the little things today apparently
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I say this as someone who loves the Star Wars and also the Star Trek like both of my precious bébés. Trek is *phenomenally* hornier than Wars.
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Because I don't think anyone in the United Federation of Planets actually, as a baseline, fucks. They do not act like people who have sexual relationships. Especially kind of sleazy ones. OTOH, Star Wars? Obviously a future where people at least hit third base.
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Who will pay me to start an exclusively romance arm at Netflix and hire a writing staff to adapt all of these amazing books that are ripe for adaptation?!
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Chloe
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I hope Netflix realizes that we want a variety of romance books adapted and not just 5,000 Bridgerton spinoffs. GIVE ME A BRUSH WITH LOVE, TWICE SHY, GET A LIFE CHLOE BROWN, WELL MET. GIVE ME THEM ALL.
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Brendan Fraser is the model that pretty much every leading man of the last twenty years has been striving toward since. collider.com/the-mummy-bren
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In related news, I just spoke with Rhys Darby about the last two episodes of Our Flag Means Death and he told me that Taika Waititi improvised the foot nudge between Blackbeard and Stede in Episode 8 🖤🏴‍☠️
Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet facing each other laying down in Episode 8 of Our Flag Means Death
Blackbeard nudging Stede's foot with his boot in Episode 8 of Our Flag Means Death
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Why is it that when anyone asks me for romance novel recommendations off the top of my head, I suddenly forget every book I’ve ever read in my entire life 🙃🙃🙃
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Reminded tonight of a reason why Janeway is one of my favorite Trek captains: she literally uses the holodeck to play through Gothic and romance novel plotlines.
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fake engagement: ★★★★★ marriage of convenience: ★★★★★ spies who have to pretend to be married for the mission: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
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Pretty sure the Venn diagram between girls who bullied you in high school and now have "love and light" on their Facebook profiles is just a circle
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Everyone who's a fan of Roy's arc on Ted Lasso and his relationship with Keeley: let me tell you about a little something called romance novels
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So I really enjoyed #Aquaman! James Wan has made an unapologetically bold superhero flick, mixing adventure and fantasy elements with stunning visual effects, a terrific lead in Jason Momoa (who's clearly having the time of his life), and a great heroine in Amber Heard's Mera.
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This is how I know Hollywood doesn't have NEARLY enough romance readers among them, or that cursed movie adaptation would have never made it to casting.
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I can’t believe it’s already time to start pitching around my essay: So You’re Thinking of Writing a Piece About Romance Novels in February? Maybe Don’t
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Remember when Supergirl’s 100th episode was all about her relationship with Lena and Kara going back through different points in the timeline to try to make things right 😭😭😭
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