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elesheva: “Don’t help me” “I’m gonna help you. You know why?” “‘Cause you’re walking around with so much guilt about everybody you love dying that you’re a compulsive fixer?” “No, Leo, no. It’s because a guy’s walking down the street and he falls into a hole, see?

elesheva:

“Don’t help me”

“I’m gonna help you. You know why?”

“‘Cause you’re walking around with so much guilt about everybody you love dying that you’re a compulsive fixer?”

“No, Leo, no. It’s because a guy’s walking down the street and he falls into a hole, see?




he goes through every day worried that somebody he loves is gonna die and it’s gonna be his fault

he goes through every day worried that somebody he loves is gonna die and it’s gonna be his fault




notabadday: He wasn’t beside her when she awoke, disoriented and far from energized by the sleep. Sitting up, she began to recall the sour words they had thrown at each other. She felt hurt and guilty as she recalled the things that were said, but she yearned to see him, wished he had been there when she had woken up. When she turned her head, Josh caught Donna’s eye in the doorway to the bathroom, his expression hard to read. It was intense, his gaze hitting her without peripheral distraction.

notabadday:

He wasn’t beside her when she awoke, disoriented and far from energized by the sleep. Sitting up, she began to recall the sour words they had thrown at each other. She felt hurt and guilty as she recalled the things that were said, but she yearned to see him, wished he had been there when she had woken up. When she turned her head, Josh caught Donna’s eye in the doorway to the bathroom, his expression hard to read. It was intense, his gaze hitting her without peripheral distraction.




“You wanna mock people, or you want to let me talk to Toby?”

“You wanna mock people, or you want to let me talk to Toby?”




notabadday:

This is a manip gifset kinda following the plot of my West Wing fic, Teardrop (spoilers for that, really), but I thought I would gif it because it would have filled my heart with OTP feels if it was canon.




notabadday:

My favourite Josh + Donna moments (in no particular order)
Balls and snowballs, Inauguration: Part II Over There




notabadday: The West Wing characters: Josh Lyman”Victory is mine! Victory is mine! I drink from the keg of glory, Donna. Bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land!” It’s hard to nail down the moment that the White House deputy chief of staff secured my affections, but it was definitely early on in the pilot. Certainly the opening exchange between Donna and Josh over a cup of coffee was a significant scene as my opinions began to form. Donna immediately comes across as a trustworthy, good-hearted character so I think as the audience, you willingly trust her judgement when it comes to Josh. His response, to reassure and comfort her almost, is one of the earliest displays of Josh’s sweet side. This is played to perfectly counter-balance his charmingly arrogant humour seen frequently in his banter with Donna (in episodes like 17 People), as well as scenes with characters including Sam, Toby and CJ. The three boys in Shibboleth, for example, and even earlier as with the opening Josh scene of episode 2, Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (quote above). I think Bradley always plays Josh with a depth of emotion that means his character is sympathetic. Early on, it is Noel that really shows Brad’s versatility as an actor as far as the scope of human emotion goes. I don’t think you can be a fully fledged West Wing fan if Josh hasn’t made you teary-eyed at least once! There’s this look of a lost little boy spread on Bradley’s face, in certain sadder moments of the show, that I find inexplicably poignant. That, sort of, open-mouthed ambiguously emotional look that I most memorably recall from NSF Thurmont and Election Day Part 2. I just feel like Bradley acts from a place deep inside himself, that allows the character to fulfill all of the incredible dialogue that Sorkin writes for him.

notabadday:

The West Wing characters: Josh Lyman
”Victory is mine! Victory is mine! I drink from the keg of glory, Donna. Bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land!”

It’s hard to nail down the moment that the White House deputy chief of staff secured my affections, but it was definitely early on in the pilot. Certainly the opening exchange between Donna and Josh over a cup of coffee was a significant scene as my opinions began to form. Donna immediately comes across as a trustworthy, good-hearted character so I think as the audience, you willingly trust her judgement when it comes to Josh. His response, to reassure and comfort her almost, is one of the earliest displays of Josh’s sweet side. This is played to perfectly counter-balance his charmingly arrogant humour seen frequently in his banter with Donna (in episodes like 17 People), as well as scenes with characters including Sam, Toby and CJ. The three boys in Shibboleth, for example, and even earlier as with the opening Josh scene of episode 2, Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (quote above).

I think Bradley always plays Josh with a depth of emotion that means his character is sympathetic. Early on, it is Noel that really shows Brad’s versatility as an actor as far as the scope of human emotion goes. I don’t think you can be a fully fledged West Wing fan if Josh hasn’t made you teary-eyed at least once! There’s this look of a lost little boy spread on Bradley’s face, in certain sadder moments of the show, that I find inexplicably poignant. That, sort of, open-mouthed ambiguously emotional look that I most memorably recall from NSF Thurmont and Election Day Part 2. I just feel like Bradley acts from a place deep inside himself, that allows the character to fulfill all of the incredible dialogue that Sorkin writes for him.




“If I see the real thing in Natua should I tell you about it?
“You won’t have to.”
“Why not?”
“You’ve got a pretty bad poker face.”




This is the wrong place to talk about guns right now. I thought your column was idiotic. But for a brilliant surgical team and two centimeters of a miracle, this guy’s dead right now. From bullets fired from a gun bought legally. They bought guns, they loaded ‘em, they drove from Wheeling to Rosslyn, and until they pulled the trigger they had yet to commit a crime. I am so off the charts tired of the gun lobby tossing around words like “personal freedom” and nobody calling ‘em on it. This is not about personal freedom and it certainly has nothing to do with public safety. It’s just that some people like guns.

This is the wrong place to talk about guns right now. I thought your column was idiotic. But for a brilliant surgical team and two centimeters of a miracle, this guy’s dead right now. From bullets fired from a gun bought legally. They bought guns, they loaded ‘em, they drove from Wheeling to Rosslyn, and until they pulled the trigger they had yet to commit a crime. I am so off the charts tired of the gun lobby tossing around words like “personal freedom” and nobody calling ‘em on it. This is not about personal freedom and it certainly has nothing to do with public safety. It’s just that some people like guns.