Richard Armitage tangentially related

Fellow fans:

• Alyssa’s got the hard copy of her book!
• If you or someone you know has some extra Armitage fan items (or you’re moving out of Armitage fandom and wondering what to do with the stuff), check out Guylty’s offer here.
• A03 has been nominated for a Hugo Award! Many of our fellow fans have published Armitage-related fanfics there (and at Dreamer Fiction).

Past projects:

• (The Tattooist of Auschwitz): Author Heather Williamson spoke at her alma mater recently.
• (Castlevania): Makes Screen Rant’s “best animated” list.
• (The Hobbit): Youtuber is a Hugo nominee for her vids on the films.

Collateral attractions:

• (The Crucible): Yaël Farber’s Nirbhaya discussed in the context of a new Netflix feature on the topic.
• (Ocean’s 8): James Corden expresses dismay that fat people don’t get cast in roles where they have sex in film.
• (The Hobbit): Martin Freeman was on Desert Island Discs (this is a program I wish Armitage would be on).
• (Hannibal): Gillian Anderson is participating in an “unrehearsed play” fundraiser.

Things that we’ve talked about:

• Annoying: Kevin Tsujihara gets praise at CinemaCon even after being fired.
• Tumblr’s visitor numbers continue to fall.
• Awkward Brexit moment: The UK MEPs are packing up their offices even though they don’t know when / if they are leaving.
• Arguing constructively on the Internet.
• Article on the effects of grief.
• It’s old news by now but I keep forgetting to mention that Armitage added the EU flag to his Twitter header a while back. Esther blogged about it here.

~ by Servetus on April 7, 2019.