girl the hell up

24 - F - NY - TV maker and watcher. Sometimes I post things. Mostly about strong women.

[carmillaseries]

That time @latenightseth mentioned #CarmillaMovie… 

[girl-thehell-up]

The mention is at 2:20 by the way

[laura2theletter]

[loveable-hollstein]

Creampuffs, what’re you doing tonight?

[carmillaseries]

100%

[artmilla-blog]

After ep. 16, it looks like someone’s got a desk to repair…. 

[hotladypants]

Act I Shenans!

[carmillaseries]

Tiny Gay Laura wearing Harry Potter glasses? Check.

[wordsnquotes]

Sometimes, home has a heartbeat.

Beau Taplin, “Home” (via wordsnquotes)

[ofpaperandponies]

Homesickness 

Neither the lion nor the man with folded wings have any business being on this bridge.  They embody the melancholy of those who know that real life is always something else, something that does not exist.

-Magritte, 1940

[bolto-deactivated20211002]

white dude in this horror movie : *translates old arabic text* *somehow it rhymes perfectly in english* 

Now I really wanna see a horrible faltering translation from one of these movies, like “Whomsoever enters this room, they shall… well, this word is like… literally it means ‘unbecome,’ but it was used as a euphemism for death, pooping, and—wait, when was this carved?  was it 15th century? Cuz it was a euphemism for sex too in the 15th century.  This is either a cursed crypt, a bathroom, or a royal bedroom. Who wants to roll the dice?”

[kiddthemaniac]

“You guys, I’ve gotta be honest, okay? This thing’s written in some kind of weird localized dialect, and I’ve only ever studied the standard form of the language. I mean, this part right here…I can’t even tell if it’s some kind of error, or an obscure slang phrase…whatever it is, I have no idea what the fuck it means.”

[roachpatrol]

‘this is written in ancient sumerian. it’s about… uh… well that word is… uh. okay this is either a poem about farming, or straight-up a nasty sex guide. it might be both. i want a shower.’

[lizawithazed]

“okay see the thing is in one dialect this word is the name of a terrifying Demon but in a completely different language from the same area that has the same writing system and gave a lot of loan words to the first, it means ‘horse’ - and the context is really not helping”

[seananmcguire]

“You know what?  This thing is bound in human skin and the walls are bleeding let’s just leave.”

[romantisme-noir]

[laura2theletter]

why did you have sex with the girl who's betrayed you like three times? That sounds a little stepford wife of you

Uh it just sort of happened and is awkward enough without random strangers criticizing me.

[heycarmilla]

I worry about the intelligence of your followers.

[laura2theletter]

I worry about how invested they are in that thing which happened but we are not talking about as we are very good platonic friends.

[laura2theletter]

why did you have sex with the girl who's betrayed you like three times? That sounds a little stepford wife of you

Uh it just sort of happened and is awkward enough without random strangers criticizing me.

[heycarmilla]

I worry about the intelligence of your followers.

[laura2theletter]

Laura didn't you think of the possibility of your father walking by while you and carmilla were... Mmm... Having... "Technical difficulties"

… no I was a little busy…Ohmigod. 

[medievalpoc]

Best of 2014: Medievalpoc Fiction Week Masterpost

All Fiction Week Posts in one Mega Reading List!!

Thistil Mistil Kistil: Medieval Webcomic

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

Novels by Amelie Howard

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon (includes criticism)

Diversity Showcase: Indie YA Science Fiction, Fantasy and Steampunk

Never Alone (Kisima Innitchuna) [-gifs at link]

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okarafor

Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

Review by skemono: Marvel: Mighty Avengers, by Al Ewing and Greg Land

“As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White” by Elizabeth Blair

Novels by Miriam Forster

“A Diversity Reading List” by Ellen Oh

Gaming and RPGs: V20 Dark Ages by David Hill

Novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Octavia Butler Bibliography

“Ellen Oh Talks History of Hanboks” by Ellen Oh

Reading List: African Literature

The N. K. Jemisin Bibliography

ElfQuest by Wendy and Richard Pini (includes criticism)

Sword and Silence by Joyce Chng

Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction

So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Ursula K. LeGuin Bibliography

Birth of a Dark Nation by Rashid Darden

The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew

“My Multicolored Heroes” by Sarwat Chadda

Ms Marvel by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona & Jake Wyatt

Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn by Danielle Ackley-McPhall and Day Al-Mohammed

Novels by Zoe Marriott

Short Fiction: Lunar Year’s End by Jaymee Goh (Crossed Genres)

Short Fiction: Blessed are the Hungry by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo (Apex)

The Blood of Eden series by Judy Kagawa

Ash by Malinda Lo

Diversity in YA: 10 Sci Fi/Fantasy Novels About Latino Characters

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

Courtship in the Country of Machine-Gods by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon

Unforgiven: A Highlander Fic (based on a 19th century painted portrait’s resemblance to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) by C. E. Murphy

Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okarafor

EastisEverywhere: topical commentary on discussions of multicultural Singaporean Literature

#WeNeedDiverseBooks

The Vast and Brutal Sea by Zoraida Cordova

L’Île au trésor by Jean-Philippe Stassen and Sylvain Venayre

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Nebula Award Winner for Best Novel)

Review by r-stern: Assassin’s Creed

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

“Diversity, Literature, and the Audacity of Writing”-shwetanarayan

EastIsEverywhere: Selection of Singaporean Literature

Review by Medievalpoc: Dicebox by Jenn Manley Lee

Review by Medievalpoc: Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History ed. Rose Fox and Daniel José Older

Mytho by Zimra

Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier Saint-Georges by Lesa Cline-Ransome

DiversityInYA: 9 Books With South Asian Main Characters

Sorrow’s Knot by Erin Bow

“Possibilities” by Medievalpoc

Mary Robinette Kowal on the Glamourist Series, historical Accuracy, and Medievalpoc

Discussion: Fairy Tales, Retellings, Race, and Creativity

House of Hades by Rick Riordan

“Black Nerds, Escapism, and Why We Need More Diverse Books” by Hannah Giorgis

DiversityInYA: Diverse Selections Including Romeo and Juliet Retellings

Review by Medievalpoc: Saga (Image Comics) by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

10 African American YA Authors to Know

No Queens in Afrika: Women Rulers in Sword & Soul and Other African-Inspired Fantasy

The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton, art by Leo and Diane Dillon

Refilwe: An African Retelling of Rapunzel by Zukiswa Wanner

Bitch Magazine Series: Girls of Color in Dystopian YA Fantasy Literature

Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories From History-Without the Fairytale Endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Neil Gaiman on Diverse Casting and American Gods

Reading List: Books with Gay Women of Color Protagonists

Fantasy Survey Results from writingcafe

10 Asian Pacific American YA Authors to Know

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack & J. Brian Pinkney

FOR LOVE & LIBERTY: Untold Love Stories of the American Revolution

The Little Piano Girl: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend

Erekos by A.M. Tuola

Dark Metropolis, Otherbound, Drift, Rebellion and more from DiversityInYA

Crow in the Hollow by Brian W. Parker

The Dragon King Chronicles by Ellen Oh

“Don’t Categorize Diverse Books as ‘Special Interest’” by Ellen Oh

“Notable Novels for Teens About the Arab World” by Elsa Marston

Sin Eaters: Retribution by Kai Leakes

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M. T. Anderson

“The Most Important Advice I Can Give To Writers” by blue-author

Half World by Hiromi Goto

Author Corinne Duyvis on why her YA fantasy, Otherbound, is not an issue book

Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis

Novels by Nnedi Okarafor

Faerie Blood by Angela Korra’ti

Annals of the Western Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Dreamblood series by N.K. Jemisin

“12 Fundamentals of Writing “The Other” (And The Self)“ by Daniel José Older

Junot Díaz and the White Gaze, La Respuesta Magazine

“Whitewashing and the Earthsea Cycle” by Medievalpoc

The Circle of Magic books by Tamora Pierce

Review by Medievalpoc: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

“The Diversity Struggle for a POC Author” by Lydia Kang

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

Discussion and Humor: Fantasy Sub-Genre Fiction “Explained”

“Race, Sexuality, and the Mainstream” by Malinda Lo

Review by Medievalpoc: Kate Elliott’s Crown of Stars (a blurb from this review is included in the front matter of The Very Best of Kate Elliott, forthcoming in Feb. 2015)

Wizards of the Coast’s Doug Beyer on Kiora, the Crashing Wave and Cultural Appropriation in Fantasy Media

Broken Age trailer from Doublefine Studios

Review by r-stern: Yoko Tsuno by Roger Leloup

“Children and the Myth of Colorblind Youth” by Medievalpoc

“Who Gets to Be a Superhero? Race and Identity in Comics” by Gene Demby

Review by Medievalpoc: The Inheritance Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin

Medievalpoc accidentally reviews Wolves of the Dawn by William Sarabande while attempting to answer a question

Kids Respond to Whitewashing on Book Covers

[laura2theletter]

How Carm has time to shower after... You know, and you stay in the same place with the same clothes? I'm curious

Um, well, you see when awkward things happen sometimes your first instinct is to flee. Carmilla retreated to the shower. I… well I just sort of threw my clothes back on and tried to sort out the er–incriminating video situation. Yes. I was sorting that out.

[ana-answers]

If Carm thinks that Laura is being selfish kissing her to feel better, then, why does she kiss her too?

Oftentimes our harshest words for others are our strongest forms of self-criticism. 

[ana-answers]

Ok not to sound obsessed, was just wondering. Did they have more sex not shown/implied between their first time together in ep 2x05 and the break up in ep 2x15 ? Or was sex table in ep 3x16 only their second time? I mean in S2 they were pretty busy fighting evil and breaking up but who knows. TIA

Uh. Let’s assume that it wasn’t only their second time.