So, guys, what did you think of that whole “heartfelt letter” manipulation suggestion by Epix the other day? Anybody follow the call and send some sweet words to the man? Well, cynic that I am, I firmly decided against any free Twitter advertising for Epix public outpourings. I have never been much of a “correspondent” when it comes to RA. Not least because “correspondence” implies that there is a mutual exchange of letters going on. Since writing to RA is a little bit like cycling your bike into a cul-de-sac – only one way in, and the same way out – I have never felt particularly keen on investing much effort into letters that are potentially not even read by the recipient. Well, maybe they are read; I do know that he has occasionally referred to letters he has received from fans. But the last such reference I can remember was 2014 re. the Crucible, and even if you just think about it logically it is clear that the man can’t possibly read – never mind *answer* – the amount of mail he receives. So no birthday cards from me; no best wishes for new projects; no letters of condolence. I send those messages via my blog. The only exception I make is Christmas – in order to credit Richard’s fans who deserve their fundraising efforts to be seen by the man on whose behalf they are conducted. – I haven’t written this year’s card yet. But I will, because I haven’t given up hope yet that he might sign a few photos for us again. (Last year’s Christmas card with enclosed photos for requested signatures went unanswered. But as we all know now – it was a difficult year, and I do understand that answering fan mail was not at the forefront of RA’s mind.) In any case, since we have so many new readers here, here’s the fan service of the week: If you would like to write a heartfelt – but possibly private – letter to Richard, this is the address to send your letter to:
Richard Armitage
c/o United Agents (Fan Mail)
12-26 Lexington Street
London
W1F 0LE
And now on to the round-up – catching up on two weeks.
- How cute is this? Moodyhedgie catches Trevor and Thorin on the Christmas tree
- Could sustainability be a New Year’s resolution for RA? RA-of-light has a suggestion
- Audio book fan or no, but this is a gorgeous 8 page collage of Richard behind the mike and the various audio pieces he has performed so far. Brilliantly put together by riepu10
- I have no idea where this “dimenson jump” thing might come from, but I totally approve of the concept. Posted by fizzyxcustard
- And another riepu10 gif set – just because I was completely mesmerised by this shy rock star Guy gatzing love-lorn at his love
- Drldeboer does what she did very well during previous seasons of BS: screencaps of Daniel. Niceeee
- I think this is a crop of a promo pic posted by Epix, but nicely cropped by jassy2101
- Kendaspntwd gifs lots of pretty Daniel in BS 3×01
- Yeah, I have given up smoking, but boy that first picture in the series of Daniel caps by ausschweifendemotte… Well, ok, and the other ones are great, too. (I am slightly worried that I like looking at injured Daniel that much…) In fact I have about 20 caps of battered and bruised Daniel myself *eeeek*
- Love this big cap of Daniel plus accompanying gifs by yatanis
- Thanks to riepu10 we can compare Daniel Miller’s look in season 2 with his look in season 3. I definitely prefer season 3. You?
- Famous last words? Caught by deepestfirefun
- Did I already post the latest plushie? Season 3 Daniel Miller. By sinnaminie
- Interested in an autograph of Richard’s? Here’s an old one from 2013, on sale from lilithaluna
- Jeeez, I’m tellin’ ya, I’d love to see that sight every day at work, too. Gif by ausschweifendemotte
- Hmph. Manspreading at its best. But ok, I’d probably forgive this guy any kind of mansomething. Gif by ghisborne
- My dad and I used to call sunglasses like that “mafia glasses”… but well, ok, Daniel looks good in anything. Gifs of sunglasses-bespectacled Daniel by riepu10
- Now, *this* is a bit of a heartfelt letter – even though not addressed at Richard at all. But don’t we all know what oriviun means?
Sorry all, it was very heavily biased towards Daniel Miller this week. But well, just look at the pretty pictures and disregard everything else. Hmph. (Ha – btw, tonight is Sunday – which means episode 3 should be aired tonight, right? Will we find out what happens to Daniel???)
Anyway, before I go, I am bringing you a little Christmas gift courtesy of our ode-maker extraordinaire, Ms Kathy Jones. She sent the following piece of art to my bts – and it really deserved a little Christmas treatment.
Keep dreaming, everyone! And happy 2nd Advent.
Guylty ♥
love the poem by Kathy! and the heartfelt letter at the bottom is just adorable. Who knows what he reads, but i’m glad he made some attempt at replying to the Epix tweet-even though it’s just advertising for BS3-it still will make anyone who did tweet to him at least feel like there’s a chance he read their words.
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Yep, that was at least an acknowledgment… and more than he usually does.
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After reading and seeing #3. I am and audio Book fan.Only 1 I don’t have yet. !!!!
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LOL – and *do* you actually enjoy listening to audio books? Or do you just buy them because you are a loyal fan?
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i enjoy audiobooks,it’s my form of relaxation. RA voices are what makes the listening enjoyable.
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See Dede, his voice would DISTRACT me so much I would start daydreaming er um unmentionables here. Good for you for their intended use!!!!
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I didn’t understand why they were asking (why period, why now) or what it had to do with the show or with Armitage. (Did they ask for people to write other actors letters?). Another instance of EPIX’s lame social media — they have no idea what to do with the attention they are capable of getting. I doubt Armitage had anything to do with it, nor do I think he’d have asked people to tweet him heartfelt letters, so I felt that his brief response was more than adequate, enough to make him not look like a jerk in this particular instance.
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Ditto. I didn’t see the point – it was just so random. To my knowledge, letters have never played any part in Berlin Station. And why ‘heartfelt’??? Just playing to the fangirl audience? (Grah, that’s something I abhor!)
Tbh, I was surprised that he responded at all… But yes, very gracious of him.
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I didn’t see any connection to BS. The said it was national letter writing day or something… Any port in a storm? 🤷🏻♀️
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Exactly what I meant – totally random. Letters have no connection to BS at all. So why the call for letters on National Letter Writing day? (I thoroughly dislike those random “days”, anyway… Who decides that the 6th of December is National Letter Writing Day, anyway???)
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And which nation? The US?
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Are there any other nations who have these “national days of”?
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🤷🏻♀️
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No comment from the peanut gallery on that one….
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They went to the Hallmark school of marketing: If we create a day for it, we can sell more cards (or in this case use the random day to tweet a random plug for our show).
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LOL – yep, looks like it.
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Nice haul on the Tumblr!
No, I didn’t feel compelled to reply to that tweet. Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure 😉 of reading my writing would agree on one thing for sure: I am wordy at the best of times. I could not produce anything resembling a letter on Twitter ever, nor would I make the attempt.
I’ve spoken about my general attitude to fan mail before. By all means, do it if you feel moved by something/someone. Personally, however, I would only ever do it for the sake of expressing myself and not for the sake of a (highly unlikely) reply. To me it’s like a blog. Sometimes you just need to say something out loud—or write it down, as it were—but I don’t want or need him to read it. In fact, I would much prefer if he didn’t (not that I have any fears on that front). I guess that’s the only difference with a fan letter: There is a theoretical chance that he *might* read it, so I would probably censor myself more than on a blog.
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Well, this particular call for correspondence was not by him, anyway, so I felt no motivation whatsoever. Plus, I am not willing to market Berlin Station for nothing. (And I don’t even mean a monetary reward. I happily advertise my favourite Irish actor’s plays, and just did so last night. But he always gives back – with a personal thank you tweeted back at me. Neither Epix nor RA ever deign to acknowledge the efforts made by fans – so I have given up pushing the product.)
As for fan mail – yep, same here. Plus, I invariably develop expectations when I *do* send mail. And even though I *know* that I will not receive a reply, it kind of disappoints me. So better not to write at all.
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That’s why I never RT RA, unless it’s a RT with a comment because I want to talk about his tweet. I don’t just RT his every Twitter motion just because it’s there. (Not that I would be useful anyway with my 15 followers 😉).
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Well, same here. I don’t like talking abut RA with RA tagged in the conversation. And I only occasionally RT something that he posts – if it is something genuinely new or something I genuinely endorse, too…
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Same. Unless I’ve had too much wine and then forget to untag… 🙄
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Hehe, the exception proves the rule.
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Nicely put!!
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Well that explains a lot hmmm 😘💗
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I’ve accidently tweeted with him in the convo and felt like a right muppet after-like I’m trying to garner his attention…eek
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Rachel I would be the same way or worse if I was on Twitter I wouldn’t do it creepily but yeah I admit I would want to garner his attention overtly and certainly covertly I mean so what …
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I know how that feels – has happened to me too. And I have occasionally been @-tagged in tweets that were directed at him, too – which always makes me cringe a little bit.
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I love the term muppet!
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😂 it’s a very useful description of being an idiot!
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Kathy’s poem says it all, doesn’t it? Sigh. A lovely Christmas thought with just the right touch of humour as well.
Thanks for the roundup, always a tReAt. And don’t worry, I’ll take all the Daniel I can get, being as I’ll have to wait goodness knows how long for BS2&3, and no I’m not bitter at all. I’ll just sit here and feel sorry for myself. 😀
Besides, I’ll always have Guy, though how Marian could resist that look in #5 I’ll never understand.
Thanks again for seeking out all these goodies for us. Much appreciated.
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Kathy always manages to hit the right mixture of sigh and snigger 😉
Sorry you have to wait for the show – the flood of pictures must be bittersweet. But well, it’s always nice to see Mr A’s pretty face…
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1 Kathy’s ode is spot on and so sweet and relatable kudos!!! 😘👍👏
2 #17 my fav sunglasses may be his fetish but he looks scrumptious and sexy in them!!!
3 #9 smoking one I could not access on Tumblr says need password but an glad you wrote you are smoke free kudos 💯 to you I know lot of hard work and perseverance but you are a true champion Guylty
4 I think #18 is sweet so good for her
I would not write a fan letter to him b/c I would be disappointed that it would go unanswered I know that is bring unrealistic but I’m being honest. I like your commentary manipulation is a spot on word for what EPIX is doing all
The way around for S3
Thank you for the round up we missed you last weekend 😘😘👏💗
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Kathy’s odes are always great – FANtastic entertainment!
Ooops, sorry about dissing those sunglasses ;-). I prefer the Mykita ones.
As for #9 – ah, it’s probably a tumblr that is only accessible to followers. Never mind, it’s all screencaps of Daniel post-fight, so he’s got plenty of scratches. And there is that scene where he lights up.
Yeah, I liked #18, too – I don’t think he is “perfect”. He definitely isn’t – he’s human. But he is in many ways a good, decent and scrumptiously handsome man…
And yeah – sorry about missing last weekend. There was a lot of family time last weekend. And then I nearly missed the round-up this weekend, too, because I had my RL RA-friend visiting. She left this afternoon, and then I decided I didn’t want to miss another round-up…
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Ah those weren’t Mykita? He looks just heavenly in any sunglasses for me! I’m glad if I didn’t see the bruises and scruffs very hard to see those fight scenes in Ep 2 on one go around. Glad you had real life friends and family time!!! Hope you are doing well and always happy when you post!! 👍😘😘👏
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I think it says “Ray Ban” on those sunglasses.
I had a lovely weekend with my friend. She has been a long admirer of RA, too, and she accompanied me to the 2013 premiere of TH in Berlin, and to my first viewing of the Crucible (including stage door) in 2014. (She pops up in my detailed account of that experience here: https://guylty.net/2014/08/09/stage-door-1st-pers-sg/)
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Oops should be being unrealistic not bring 🙄🤦♀️
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I missed the letter-writing discussion while I was writing the above. I hereby designate today as my personal Annual Non-letter-writing day! Which lets me nicely off the hook.
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ROFL – spot on, Jenny. I think I might join you in not sending a heartfelt letter to anyone *lol*
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I made it through the entire day letter-free. May I join your club?
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Of course. #NationalNoLetterWritingDay
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I keep forgetting to say the ode is wonderful. Had me chuckling.
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*passes on compliment to Kathy* 😉
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Great roundup again G. #15 and #18 – yes indeedy – and I loved Kathy’s poem. 😊 I’m finding it hard looking at bruised and battered Daniel, there have been a few gifs/caps that I haven’t reblogged for that reason.
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Yes Mezz I agree and for me gut wrenching to watch eso Ep 2 😖😱
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Have you read the spoilerish overview of the four episode that will air next January
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Jup, I have… *grins* *pssst* 😉
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Jou jou !!!🤣🤣🤣😘😘
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LOL – you really like that colloquialism now, don’t you, Michele??? ROFL
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Also sollte ich hier nichts dazu sagen, dass jemand zurückkommt, den ich gehofft hatte, nie wieder zu sehen 😉.
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*röchel*
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Your German buddies and your Irish expressions (ie tosh tosh) have rubbed off on me in SUCH A GOOD WAY 😘😘😘👏👏👍
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LOL – ah, sure that’s grand, Michele 😉
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So grand 😉
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Very typical Irishism.
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Yup. I love it. I have an Irish service provider on one of my projects right now and my boss wanted me to email him about something, so I said “I think I’ll call. It’ll be easier.” Translation: I will not pass up the chance to listen to an Irishman. I was not disappointed! 😁🍀
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*LOL* Did he humour you with a few ‘shenanigans’, ‘feck its’ and assorted aspirated Ts?
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No shenanigans or feck its (the conversation didn’t lend itself to that) but the Ts and surrounding letters were definitely delightful and I may have been unprofessional enough to tell him so. 🤭
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Arrrgh *hisses*. Not sure whether that is a good strategy, Kate. In my experience, Irish people are not necessarily pleased to be told that their way of pronouncing the Ts and THs is cute… (I certainly did not find it very funny when RA put on a fake Irish accent in a couple of interviews in the past, mocking the interviewer… sounded really condescending to me, as if he was laughing about the Irish accent. Not cool, Armitage. NOT COOL!)
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No, no. It wasn’t like that. It was a general conversation about accents initiated by him and I didn’t say cute (or delightful as a matter of fact). He said “So nice talking to you. I certainly didn’t expect to get a call from Germany today, though you definitely sound more American.” This in turn led to us discussing our spouses (both expats, go figure) and accents. Having them, losing them, keeping them. And I mentioned that the Irish one is very pleasant.
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Ah, that’s better :-). Sounds as if it was just neutral.
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It was. Sort of a mutual—language/accents, funny thing that, eh?
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It’s a good topic to talk about. A great conversation starter. Definitely better than the weather 😉
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Got to love the Irish and Germans of course ah maybe some day..,,,🤔😉👍👏
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😊😊😊
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Yep and I don’t want to comment b/c I got in um trouble sort of by spreading what I thought was good or at least encouraging news look somewhere where you frequently comment and you’ll know what I mean. I would LOVE your POV what you make of those episodes 😉🤷♀️We seem to be on the same wavelength lillianschild!😘
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I know which blog you’re referring to ;). I have my theories and hunches. We’ll see who was right when episode 10 finally airs- remember that the overview doesn’t include the last two episodes, which air in February.
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Yep but I think one of them goes down either Daniel or Hector and both barely filmed but I think Richard would have filmed w Orser and MF at the end of things were to turn out postive! I just don’t know and I know nobody does but if helps me to think the worst esp after having such a bad reaction to Ep 2 violence mostly
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Well, the cleaned-up bruised Daniel is kinda attractive in that rugged testosterone way…
And btw – I didn’t see any posts by you this week – is that the tumblr issue you were talking of?
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Oh, I wouldn’t mind cleaning him up, I’d even get over my aversion to blood to help him out!
Re my posts this week, I made one simply of Daniel/Esther caps from one scene to see if my blog had been muted. It hadn’t been muted, but it’s disappeared completely (for the second time) from the list of blogs you scroll through in the header in the RA tag. Apparently I’ve “discovered a bug” and staff engineers are working on it. 🙄 Still not sure why some original posts appear in the tag and some don’t. I’ve had a long waffly response from Tumblr staff which doesn’t really help – I’m not posting much original stuff at the moment (lack of creative thought!) so when I actually do, it’s frustrating that it doesn’t appear in the tag.
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Tumblr is such a mess right now. I wonder how the changes to their policy will pan out. Not that I have noticed anything yet. In any case, it’s more than annoying if there are stupid bugs there that keep your posts from showing up. I hope that they fix it pronto!
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Me too, although I’m not holding my breath. You’re right, Tumblr is a mess atm, I (and so many others I follow) have had totally innocuous posts and reblogs flagged. So far my appeals have held up but the staff must be run ragged dealing with the fallout of the policy change. I’m generally just keeping my head down and hoping the dust will settle. Ultimately, because my blog is SFW, I shouldn’t be affected, but if those I follow and rely on for much of my RA content disappear, things will be very quiet!
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I’m not even sure i know how tumblr works! Never mind that they’ve done some changes. lol
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Rachel thank you! You and me both girlfriend! I’m happy staying right here although I do love the weekly or um bi weekly wrap ups .mainly the commentary accompanying the wrap -ups!
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Don’t worry – it looks as if the platform may not exist much longer. Unfortunately for all those creative people over there…
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I wrote to him on several occasions while his Mum was still alive and always got a reply in the form of an autographed or dedicated photo since I made a habit of sending him a card or penning a letter to him once a year, usually with a pic attached for him to sign. Now that his post is handled by his agents, I’ll probably write to him only on very very special occasions and will think it twice about asking him to sign anything because I have a hunch they will only send a pre-signed promo pic if at all.
In any case, we can use Twitter to send him our birthday or Christmas wishes and provide him with feedback on his current or future projects in a succinct and more inmediate way.
As regards the episode of BS that airs today, it isn’t the third but the so-far infamous #2.
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Ooops – it is the second episode? Damn, and I was hoping we’d get closure today.
Yeah, the whole fan mail handling… I am wondering whether it is exactly what you are describing that is responsible for the latest disappointment. I sent him a Christmas letter last year – updating him on the 2017 fundraiser and enclosing a few of my photos for him to sign. But I never received a reply, even though I had enclosed a self-addressed envelope (and 2£ in Royal Mail stamps). It’s highly likely that his mum had passed on the fan mail responsibilities to the agency by then. Understandably so. But I must say that I am a bit annoyed with the agency for evidently scrapping my letter…
As for Twitter and letters – not an option *I* like, but it’s definitely a channel of communication much used and approved of by many other fans.
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I have always resorted to letter-writing when it comes to getting in touch with actors and musicians- mind you, I’ve always got replies because I’ve never followed uber-famous performers. However, not being friends or family has limited my epistolar efforts to feedback on some work of theirs that has particularly touched me or delivering good wished on a special date. I’m definitely not a stalkish sort LOL.
Right now, I think that there’s a higher chance of having a short message read on Twitter than a letter. Although the large number of inane messages he must get and the need to prioritise probably means he skims his timeline and overlooks a lot.
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Do you think he’s really reading these letters? I mean I hope he would but in reality does he sitce his phone perusing his Twitter I don’t know how that all works but he gets alerts in his phone and I would hate to think if he was attached 24 7 to the phone yeah know?
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No, I don’t think he is. In all probability he’s even disabled the notification alerts not to be driven mad. He doesn’t seem to be a techno-addict and must have better things to do with his time. My hunch is he checks his Twitter once or twice a day and skims his messages- prioritising those from the accounts he follows. I’m not saying he doesn’t read anything we post or write; he’s always given little hints that show he does,. But still, it’s humanly impossible to keep up with everything. Too many balls to juggle, too little time.
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Butting in here to say that I completely agree with your assessment, Lil!
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What you say in your second paragraph – yes. And add to that, that not everyone wants to send “public” messages. I mean, I am not proposing marriage in my missives to him, but I definitely wouldn’t want to send them completely public even though I usually publish excerpts from them on my blog…
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I’m trying to visualize your missives to him hmm 🤔 I think he would totally love your irony among other things 😘🤣😉
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Hehe, I’d definitely make it clear to him that I do not think he is god… 😉
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Guylty for sure he definitely needs a German Irish woman to keep him straight um er I mean to reign him in 😘😉🤣🤣🤣
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LOL not sure if I could keep him straight, but in any case, I’d never put up with anyone who’s too far up his own arse. (Not that he is – he seems remarkably decent even if slightly out-of-touch with RL.)
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Yes quite agree he needs a down to earth reality check which is a shame b/c his mum seemed very grounded
Hopefully he’ll stay in London now and work on BBC series or a new play for the end of summer??🤔😏oh after he goes skiing in Utah in a month
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Let’s hope he continues to be close to his family. They’ll probably make sure he stays grounded.
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I prefer the privacy of letters or face-to-face conversations in RL: social media has never been my method of choice when it comes to expressing myself. If you check out my Twitter timeline, you’ll see there are more RT or Tweeting of visual art, nature, landscapes, literature, music, books, articles on teaching and RA photos than my own private thoughts. I’ve made a policy of not posting anything connected with politics, for instance, either national or international. I have my own ideas on the matter, but I simply don’t care to share them or to enter in pointless arguments with people I don’t really know because it’s an undeniable truth that having a public account means anyone can jump into the conversation.
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So I’m sorry if I overstepped there absolutely respect your own thoughts on BS3 I was just curious if we were similar minds re his fate
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Couldn’t agree more!
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Yep it’s ep 2 which I flatly refuse to ever watch again on sooo many levels good for you if you do!!
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No, I’m not watching. Thank you very much.
To tell you the truth, I’m toying with the idea of saving the episodes that follow and only watch the remainder of the season depending on the comments made on the finale.
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Well I commend you 💯 percent if you plan on doing that. I need to see Ep 3 thru finale just to get closure and especially after reading the summaries for 5-8 I do know Cromwell probably plays a big role in Danny’s mom past and that aspect of Danny’s past is interesting to me this whole Estonia stuff is ugh..,
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That’s definitely an economical way of watching a show that one is not fully invested in. Tbh, I have no interest in BS beyond Daniel Miller/Richard Armitage. So I’ll be monitoring the comments re. the next episodes, and unless there is DM in there, I won’t be wasting my time on something that I am not invested in.
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RA is the one and only reason I’ve kept watching this long. In truth, if he weren’t in it, I would have switched off after episode 1. I even doubt I would have started watching it for I’m more inclined to European shows. Give me a good British, French, Italian or German thriller or spy show and I’m in.
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Well, almost the same here. I confess that being German, I probably was curious to see how the German capital fared in this American show, at least in season 1 and 2. But frankly, Berlin is not enough to keep me watching now… I definitely enjoy British thrillers much more.
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Me too, both British or Scandinavian thrillers! I am happy not to be able to watch BS for free in France!
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Hehe, yes, that’s a blessing in disguise 😉
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Guylty I get that and he can’t be in a lot of the episodes until maybe 5 but I am curious about Danny’s mum story and I like Orser and even KeKes April character so I’m willing to trudge on but I don’t think there’s a rainbow ending here 🙄🤦♀️😤
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Mama Miller’s story is definitely interesting. I just don’t see how they would finish that up if Daniel was dead…
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True but why put Diver front and center first episode if they don’t tie Cromwell and even Frostie in somehow and then why didn’t Richard film the entire season like last two years? Just seems bizarre although I am happy Orser has a bigger role. He is a class act!
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Absolutely, Michele. And maybe that is something that we forgot when we got all up in arms over the end of episode 2…
Re. Orser – I am glad if he gets more room. Not only is Kirsch an interesting character with a defined backstory, but Orser also seems a nice chap.
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Yes I agree on both points. Although I think if Richie is gone, this series is over and out.? I like Orser but he cannot carry a series neither could big mouth vegan nor Judd not even Keke
It doesn’t make any sense which to be honest is why I’m gonna trudge on more to see how this shit show plays out. Maybe closure from opening the mommy door in S 1 yeah know?
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Well, for *m the series is over and out as soon as DM is no more. But in general – well, any character is replaceable. And maybe the already have their new guy in there? Torres? Not that I believe that that is how this going to play out, but it is possible…
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Well ok G but MCM pic was of Richard
EPIX letter writing was of Richard, he was marketed heavily in the shadows trailer as the first and last one so I think if the star as he is first billed is gone why watch this series? Daniels character is the driving force they would have to start all over w Torres and why?? That is why I say bizarre b/c
Why give up a working gig when there is nothing around the corner at least as of July there was nothing but audiobooks on the horizon. I’m trying not to be pessimistic here but if it were Richards decision and nothing else had been lined up then why give up a starting role??
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I agree with you – it doesn’t make sense. But OTOH DM never was truly the leading role of the show, except by name. Hector always got much better action and lines. And I wouldn’t blame RA if that has also contributed to him making the possible decision to leave the show.
As for why leave when there’s nothing else planned – uncharacteristic for him, I agree. But then again, this year has been very unusual, and I am the first to understand that he might have needed a complete change and a lot of time off after his mum’s death. So it wouldn’t surprise me if his step back from the business was deliberate.
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Du hast ja so recht. Das hat mich in S1 und S2 schon so gestört. Mit seinem Namen und Gesicht wird groß geworben, aber die Hauptrolle spielen dann andere, insbesondere Hector. Den ich so dermaßen unsympathisch finde. Und den man einfach nicht loswird, wie es aussieht 🙄.
Bei dem, was die Schreiber so abliefern, kann ich nachvollziehen, wenn er keinen Bock mehr drauf hat. Und private Umbrüche können natürlich auch immer ein Grund sein. Oder vielleicht will er ja auch einfach flexibel sein und nicht durch einen Vertrag gebunden, in der Hoffnung, dass sich was Wichtiges ergibt?
Ich werd´s mir ohne ihn jedenfalls nicht weiter anschauen. Robert Kirsch ist für mich definitiv kein Guckgrund.
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Daniel war als Identifikationsfigur geplant – ist aber immer vage und schattenhaft umrissen geblieben. Ich kann mir ehrlich gesagt nicht vorstellen, dass RA das selber nicht auch aufgefallen ist. Insofern wünsche ich mir für ihn, dass er aus der Serie rauskommt.
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So Guylty I just read on heavy.com and if this is old news I apologize the 5 asked questions number one bring if Daniel is dead which this article thinks the druggie is the guy on the ground and Daniel is still alive that would make sense resting Ep 5 when Danny and Hector somehow reconnect. The questions are interesting and they have a Diver theory also which I forgot about from S1
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I read the article – but they are nothing but the assumptions made by the writers of the article. (I actually thought it was really misleading that Leland RT’d that article because it made it look official.) Tbh I didn’t like that article very much. It was classic click bait/empty content.
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Oh and yeah I got it off Orsers retweet
Interesting I thought maybe it was in response to the tweets on Ep 2 but why bait and hook?
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Just to get readers to the website. It’s all about views and ad clicks. The content of the website is nothing but assumptions.
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Ok thanks but they are assuming same as we are so to me that is somewhat comforting no?
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They do. But what I am saying is that what they say is no indication of what will happen in the show. They are part of the audience just like we are. And they are merely providing fodder that will get people to click on their website.
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Orser is okay. 😉😉
xoxo
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And a kisser and hugger.
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😁😁
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Hmmmm Orser is MORE than ok wink wink nudge nudge 🤣😉👏👍
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Na, jetzt untertreibst du aber. Ihr seid euch doch schon näher gekommen 😉.
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*unschuldiges Pfeifen* 😙
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Well, judging by his recent follows and his penultimate tweet, there seems to be a project for next year on the horizon; presumably a UK show or miniseries if his follows are the ones involved. *keeping my fingers crossed really tight*
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Yes I’m actually holding out hope for a play in London maybe end of summer next year so I can go and make a nice vacay out of it!! Any thoughts what you think he is up to? Did you watch Ep 3 yet? Or are you chucking BS3 altogether?
That ice cream and jelly answer he gave I think is from the QA that never materialized but a question maybe tweeted in July b/c he was there on set to answer those questions no?
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The Harlan Coban follows?
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Yes, plus Red Production Co. and Nicola Shindler. He’s also started following Amy Berg, the head of the film and documentary production company “Disarming Films”…
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Oha, Disarming Films… I see more narration on the horizon 😦
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Definitely.
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The fast forward button on the TV remote will be getting a workout!
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Same here…
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Yup!
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Endlich wieder ein Round-Up, wurde letzte Woche schmerzlich vermisst.
Die Ode ist wie immer ein Gedicht 👏😉. Great work, Kathy!
Nr. 11: Die Klamotten von S3, der Rest von S2 😉. Wobei das Promofoto nicht wirklich was mit Trevors Erscheinung gemein hat (er trug doch niemals den Bart so lang oder 🤔?).
Nr. 17: Am liebsten ist er mir ganz ohne Sonnenbrille, egal welcher Marke.
P.S. Konnte Nr. 9 nicht sehen, freue mich aber, dass du dem Nikotin weiterhin widerstehst 👍!
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Ich roll das Ganze mal von hinten auf:
Die Nikotinsucht wird nun langsam wirklich immer schwächer. Ich habe am Wochenende bemerkt, dass ich nicht mehr so oft diese fiesen Zigarettengelüste bekomme. Ich habe große Hoffnung, dass ich diese Woche damit durch bin und mich dann auch endlich wieder von den Ersatzhandlungen abwenden kann 😀
#17: Jou, ganz deiner Meinung. Sonnenbrillen sind auch nicht so mein Ding.
#11: In S2 waren mir seine Haare zu kurz. Bartlänge ist mir jetzt nicht als unauthentisch aufgefallen.
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Wohoo, du schaffst es! Hat sich das Gattenproblem gelöst?
Vielleicht liegt´s am Styling, aber mir kam der Bart nicht so dicht und hervorstechend vor im TV. Die Haare find ich aber tatsächlich viel besser in S2, auch wenn zum Glück das Styling bei dem Foto für S3 hier nicht so grauenhaft ist, wie auf dem Promofoto (Greasetolle voraus 😱).
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Gatte raucht immer noch *kopfschüttel*, obwohl ich ihn nun zum dritten Mal aufgefordert habe, doch mit mir mitzumachen. Mal sehen…
Hm, beim nochmaligen Nachdenken könntest du re. Bartdichte durchaus Recht haben. Obwohl Trevor ja durchaus etwas ungepflegtes hatte…
Und ja – das fies hochtoupierte Haupthaar aus dem BS3 Poster geht schon mal gar nicht. Grauenhaft.
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Also konntest du ihn trotz anpreisen der Vorzüge noch nicht überzeugen. Ein harter Brocken 😉. Hoffe, er nimmt nun wenigstens etwas mehr Rücksicht auf dich.
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Mal sehen. Vielleicht ist das Tabakpäckchen ja bald alle…
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Sorry, completely OT, but according to the tracking info Flat Richie has arrived at his second destination!!!
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Thanks for the update I was wondering his status!!! 😘👍
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Hooray!!!!! Hm, well well, let’s hope we hear from the recipient, soon!!!
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Yes!!! Maybe the individual in question wasn’t our individual…
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Yes I confirm I’m the individual in question! Yay! Flat Richie has arrived. I nearly missed the delivery guy…I was on my way out for a dinner with family. I never expected a delivery late afternoon on a Sunday!!!! Looking forward to discovering all the lovely treats tucked inside. Thanks Sir Guy for being such a fine escort . I will post pictures soon and get the parcel out to the next recipient and to continue its amazing journey ❤️xx PS Flat Richie and The Traveller RAPS are even more spectacular than pictured 😍
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Hooray!!!! 😁😁
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Yay!!!!! Oh fantastic, so glad to hear that Flat Richie has arrived safely. And wow, on a Sunday no less. Probably because it is the run-up to Christmas. Looking forward to hearing more 🙂
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I was surprised as well when the email said delivery on the 9th by 8 pm but I’m happy he’s arrived. My watcher duties have officially been passed on to Donna. Have fun with the Guy(s)!
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This is all going much faster than I thought it would *eeek* – what the hell is happening with the postal services???
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Oh, oh, NOW you’ve jinxed it.
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Possibly… but maybe I needed to, what with people not available before 2019?
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Ich glaube nicht, dass du dir darüber Sorgen machen musst. Es sind noch zwei Wochen bis Weihnachten und es kommen nach Donna noch drei andere Frühbucher. Da sollte keine Gefahr bestehen, selbst wenn die Post unerwarteterweise ein Rekordtempo vorlegen sollte.
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Super, danke fürs Ausrechnen – ich hatte jetzt nicht mehr so ganz genau im Kopf, wer noch dran ist 😉 Aufatmen!
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#2 There’s a gem on RA-of-light’s blog that’s better than the bottles post: scroll down to the “crush” post below. Swoon.
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Huh? Do you mean ra-of-light waxing lyrical about RA reminding her of a pretty boy she saw 20 years ago?
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YES, for the feelings. Her experience was “stunning.” RA has re-awakened hope in her for that kind of feeling happening again in her life. Not with him. We know she’s not deluded stupid. With anyone. RA has triggered dormant feelings. That’s what an artist does to you!!! (Do I have to explain everything?)
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Well, sorry for asking. I simply didn’t think it was that remarkable *shrugs*.
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Wait, I must’ve read the wrong thing. I read the 20 years thing (meh). What was it you meant G?
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?? I linked to a post about getting a recyclable plastic bottle for RA. Besotted found the tumblrer’s post about remembering an encounter with a handsome young man more interesting. I don’t.
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Good point! 😉
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Oh, I guess I somehow read both then?! Down the rabbit hole… 🐇 🕳
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And that’s good, too. In fact, ra-of-light seems to be a new fan and has plenty of posts about RA on there.
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Guylty I thought she was just being cheeky although I thought both were sweet 👍💗👏
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Nice roundup!
As for the ‘sincere, heartfelt’ letter… uhm…. no. I’m a big enough ‘Well Wisher’ as it is and I’d just soon not make a bigger ass of myself.
Not to mention, Twitter doesn’t lend enough characters.
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Well, you could theoretically do what RA does – write a message on Word and then attach it to a tweet via screenshot… But I completely agree with and use the same excuse as you 😉
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Thank you to all that enjoyed my silly ode, designed to release some laughs during holidays which can be stressful. As for the heartfelt letter, there was a tiny scene of DM mailing a letter to Ester; it contained the heartfelt b and w photo of Diver and the guy he rescued. As well as DM putting a heartfelt stamp on it. Mimi dropped in for a couple of days and we plopped ourselves in front of tv for episode three (I get Epix in my cable package) and there was episode two in all its gory glory. Even guide said episode three was airing. However, we did see a new preview of 3 at the end. Spoiler alert – Daniel is missing! Bet you didn’t see that one coming.
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Thanks for the round-up Guylty, full of drools. Re 9, I obviously don’t want RA to be battered but you’re not alone in being mesmerised by images of him cut and bruised. What’s that all about? ( I also love looking at images of Lucas with the artfully dribbled blood on his cheeks.)
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