Krystina Nellis
@krystinanellis.com
comedy-drama actor/writer. she/they. brit/irish. chaotic nerdy. connoisseur of nonsense (complimentary).
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Krystina Nellis
@krystinanellis.com
· Mar 28
I don't think I've ever been given a laurel before, exciting 🥳
thank you again to Female Pilot Club for choosing my pilot 'The Plastics' as an FPC/BBC Comedy semi-finalist 🤗
thank you again to Female Pilot Club for choosing my pilot 'The Plastics' as an FPC/BBC Comedy semi-finalist 🤗
for reasons I am having to continue my strength-training exercises through Christmas, meaning I am currently leading world-defining research into building muscle through cheese
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
for reasons I am having to continue my strength-training exercises through Christmas, meaning I am currently leading world-defining research into building muscle through cheese
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Apparently this is a real plaque in Galway
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Apparently this is a real plaque in Galway
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Thread. Human connection is a necessity. It is one reason I’m not entirely anti-social media.
You get to read things like this.
You get to read things like this.
Thinking about how moving away from people-first is a growing trend, and how this is something quite important. It's been on my mind since my local McDonald's refurbished, and there's a reason for that.
December 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Thread. Human connection is a necessity. It is one reason I’m not entirely anti-social media.
You get to read things like this.
You get to read things like this.
I’ve done it
I’ve come across an online argument where I’m reasonably certain *both* sides are in fact bots
or at the very least paid ‘conversation-shaper’ accounts
social media is officially dead, time to bring back livejournal
I’ve come across an online argument where I’m reasonably certain *both* sides are in fact bots
or at the very least paid ‘conversation-shaper’ accounts
social media is officially dead, time to bring back livejournal
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’ve done it
I’ve come across an online argument where I’m reasonably certain *both* sides are in fact bots
or at the very least paid ‘conversation-shaper’ accounts
social media is officially dead, time to bring back livejournal
I’ve come across an online argument where I’m reasonably certain *both* sides are in fact bots
or at the very least paid ‘conversation-shaper’ accounts
social media is officially dead, time to bring back livejournal
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Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope it’s a peaceful one for you all 🧑🎄
December 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope it’s a peaceful one for you all 🧑🎄
and - certainly in the case of Friends at least - would actively rewrite jokes on the spot during taping, if the original one *didn’t* get the laughs they hoped for
honestly, the idea that ‘laughs = not funny’ could only ever come from someone who knows they could never create endless jokes on cue
honestly, the idea that ‘laughs = not funny’ could only ever come from someone who knows they could never create endless jokes on cue
They're not laughter tracks, they're a live audience. The shows would be less funny without them, because the actors use audience reactions to judge the timing, and timing as the (actually correct) cliche goes is everything in comedy.
I won't change your mind as you don't know what you're watching.
I won't change your mind as you don't know what you're watching.
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
and - certainly in the case of Friends at least - would actively rewrite jokes on the spot during taping, if the original one *didn’t* get the laughs they hoped for
honestly, the idea that ‘laughs = not funny’ could only ever come from someone who knows they could never create endless jokes on cue
honestly, the idea that ‘laughs = not funny’ could only ever come from someone who knows they could never create endless jokes on cue
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Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
see also: ‘I predicted how it ends, therefore it sucks’ and its creative counterpart, ‘if the audience can predict this, it sucks’
stories are how we learn language! you are *supposed* to be able to sense how they’ll end! and meeting expectations is a sign of strong storytelling fundamentals!
stories are how we learn language! you are *supposed* to be able to sense how they’ll end! and meeting expectations is a sign of strong storytelling fundamentals!
The paragraph about TV Tropes is spot on. I can't bear that approach to criticism where the main aim seems to be asserting superiority to the work. People who'll identify an influence and be like "Ah, rumbled!" episodes.ghost.io/art-criticis...
You are not smarter than the art you critique
Here's my best advice for young critics: Don't presume you know better.
episodes.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
see also: ‘I predicted how it ends, therefore it sucks’ and its creative counterpart, ‘if the audience can predict this, it sucks’
stories are how we learn language! you are *supposed* to be able to sense how they’ll end! and meeting expectations is a sign of strong storytelling fundamentals!
stories are how we learn language! you are *supposed* to be able to sense how they’ll end! and meeting expectations is a sign of strong storytelling fundamentals!
also, it’s not like there’s not an audience for basically every form of this
there’s a reason one of the very most equitable *and* profitable corners of the internet (for probably everyone?) is DadTube
there’s a reason one of the very most equitable *and* profitable corners of the internet (for probably everyone?) is DadTube
I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
also, it’s not like there’s not an audience for basically every form of this
there’s a reason one of the very most equitable *and* profitable corners of the internet (for probably everyone?) is DadTube
there’s a reason one of the very most equitable *and* profitable corners of the internet (for probably everyone?) is DadTube
hey Stagecoach: pay your fucking drivers
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
hey Stagecoach: pay your fucking drivers
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There's a folk story about various guitarists hearing some song on the radio and learning to play the extremely difficult guitar line, only to discover later there were two guitars playing. I think all art is a bit like that, creating your own style by reverse-engineering the art you like.
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There's a folk story about various guitarists hearing some song on the radio and learning to play the extremely difficult guitar line, only to discover later there were two guitars playing. I think all art is a bit like that, creating your own style by reverse-engineering the art you like.
today in the news:
a group of people are standing in a living room with a man smoking a cigarette .
Alt: Larry David (Larry David) in Curb Your Enthusiasm, fainting dramatically (and comedically) at a house party.
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
today in the news:
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Your regular reminder that EM Forster was also a sci fi writer and predicted both the internet, zoom (and its inability to transmit microexpressions), social media, Wall-e and enshittification, among other things. If you like SF and you've not read the machine stops, do it. (Currently rereading)
December 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Your regular reminder that EM Forster was also a sci fi writer and predicted both the internet, zoom (and its inability to transmit microexpressions), social media, Wall-e and enshittification, among other things. If you like SF and you've not read the machine stops, do it. (Currently rereading)
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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It's astonishing how a technology called artificial intelligence has revealed the actual stupidity of so many people. This tweet hasn't been bettered
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's astonishing how a technology called artificial intelligence has revealed the actual stupidity of so many people. This tweet hasn't been bettered
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Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
Alice is finally watching “Wake Up Dead Man” and we are having a great time
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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I've noticed that among movie lovers here, lately there's a renewed appreciation of the craft and polish of '80s/'90s studio movies--their pleasure and polish, their entertainment value. Rob Reiner's early filmography is such a good way to understand that. He knew how to deliver. A true craftsman. >
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I've noticed that among movie lovers here, lately there's a renewed appreciation of the craft and polish of '80s/'90s studio movies--their pleasure and polish, their entertainment value. Rob Reiner's early filmography is such a good way to understand that. He knew how to deliver. A true craftsman. >
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I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
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the bar is in hell. This is a Netherspoons situation
December 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
the bar is in hell. This is a Netherspoons situation
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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HarperCollins Author Academy opens 8th January, a virtual, six-week, free programme for writers from underrepresented to have their manuscript considered across HarperCollins UK publishing divisions.
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
Welcome to the HarperCollins Author Academy - HarperCollins Author Academy
Free-for-student six-week training programme created for writers from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. Applications Open 8 January. The Author Academy offers writers … Continued
harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
HarperCollins Author Academy opens 8th January, a virtual, six-week, free programme for writers from underrepresented to have their manuscript considered across HarperCollins UK publishing divisions.
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk