thinks.with.pen

There was a riot at the debut performance of J. M. Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World' in Dublin in 1907 that spilled into the streets. How did it go from there to being one of the absolute classics of Irish theatre? What is Nicola about to act in? Lets thread

@bridgertonia @Brave3001 We got 10 nights of giddy excitement and joy. It was brilliant 😍

@ThinksWithPen @Brave3001 You all demonstrated commendable restraint. With such short, sweet episodes, I was unable to be quite so measured. I gobbled them up several at a time

I’ve been reading The Other Bennet sister to prep to see the show once it’s all available in the US. I’m like 2/3 through it, and the level of giggling/twirling hair/kicking feet is outrageous. Please tell me if you’ve read it - I need someone to scream about this to!!!

@Brave3001 @bridgertonia I watched one episode a night with My Colin and our child. I recommend this system

@bridgertonia There are some episodes already available, but I am going to try to wait until they’re all out (by the end of June, I think). But this book I so fun that when I finish, I may not make it.

@moetext I love your Ilya. He's great 💜

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a silly #hollanov smau in which shane has been running the most trusted ilya updates account for almost a decade, but one day, he accidentally breaks character and sends hockey twitter into a spiral to help him get laid.

@callbridgerton That's the ranking of hands

@callbridgerton I mean the basic hierarchy is fairly easy to understand but there's so many variations to how the bidding goes etc that it's not that much help. The main dramatic thing in telly is whether the winner was bluffing or not (often they were)

I wish I knew poker bc when they do poker in shows I have no fucking clue what's going on. Suspenseful music as they show the cards... what that mean. I have no idea who won unless they say

@hamsturine @hollanovficfind Yes. I was just about to suggest this

@hollanovficfind Could be this fic! archiveofourown.org/works/76608236…

🏒 looking for a fic! 🏒 first chapter, set at the sochi olympics, shane is in the woods trying to calm down after a meltdown? an injured fox (ilya) appears in front of him, and he cares for it, taking care of its wounds. shane pets it and cuddles it? then has to get (1/2)

Just watched a Lottery Dream Home where the guy won $1000 a day for the rest of his life. That's such a good concept for a romance protagonist. What decisions do they make? What are their priorities? Nyom!

@hollanovficfind I think I saw it earlier it was called something like "English is a confusing language" but searching language/English is getting me nearly every fic that has David in it

that the ‘english language is confusing’ the fic is <10k word count, oneshot and complete. know the fic? please share, thank you! 👇

🏒 looking for a fic! 🏒 while shane is outside talking to yuna during his coming out, ilya is talking to david inside and asks if ‘lover’ was the correct term and david tells him that it’s usually used for hookups/affairs but that he understands ilya used it with love and

@hollanovficfind This one! Love it x.com/i/status/20502…

texting ilya about who shane could be. know the au? pls share, thank you! 👇

@hollanovficfind Is it this one? archiveofourown.org/works/81718116…

It was a completed fic with 2/2 chapters. know it? please share! 👇

🏒 looking for a fic! 🏒 a fic seen on twt where Ilya and Shane work in an office and they never work together because their style of work is incompatible, but their boss decides to assign them to a big project. Ilya is super happy, but shane is panicking.

@hbicullen There was never a birth on television she thought was realistic! Even the ones from old Hollywood where they only show women asking for towels and hot water, she always said she didn't know what they were for either 😁

@ThinksWithPen get het to watch The Pitt ep 11 and let me know how realistic she finds it! I want to know if my freak out was justified haha

OMG THE PITT JUST SHOWED A LADY CROWING WAS THAT REALLY NECESSARY????? OMG OMG OMG I WILL NEBER UNSEE THIS OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IT CAME OT OF NOWHERE

@hbicullen My Mam was a midwife so all birth scenes on telly were accompanied by her saying "that *never* happens"

@ThinksWithPen thanks I just wish there was a warning you know so I could close my eyes giving birth is one of my biggest fears

@CLOSEUPGIRL_ No better woman!! Sounds amazing 😍

idk how i manifested this but there’s been a last-minute cancellation on this for next month and i just booked it 🥹🥹🥹 IM GONNA BE LIVING MY SCOTTISH BOOKSTORE AU DREAMS AAAAAHHHHHHHH

That Shane thought Ilya having ginger ale and making tuna melts was one of his standard moves. It isn't until years later, when Ilya can't tell him Sveta's favourite drink, that he finds out that wasn't part of the standard seduction package

@bridgertonia @NTLive Yes I have my tickets booked!

@NTLive @ThinksWithPen

Here's what coming up in cinemas this month with National Theatre Live...🍿🧵 📸Jan Versweyveld, Marc Brenner, Johan Persson

I'm reading a non hockey Heated Rivalry AU and in my head Shane is constantly wearing Hudson's Met Outfit in it, no matter how inappropriate the setting. Having serious convos with Ilya looking like this

@hollanovficfind Is it a SMAU on here? There is one like that I think

🏒 looking for a fic! 🏒 shane is an actor (failing) and ilya is a musican and they need to fake date. rose and svetlana are their managers and they plan their first date together to get papped recognise it? please let us know! 👇

@CLOSEUPGIRL_ It's been a wonderful space and community. Thank you

I’m not sure if you will still be able to see this. It’s like 11pm my time now and the communities feature might be off from my app in a few mins. But thank you, Polin Book Club, for making this such a thriving community! You were my oasis amidst the chaos. To more polin fics💛