lmjustaonemanarmy

[imjustaonemanarmy]

他不相信有些事情是可以轻易改变的，唯一可以改变的是二十一点里的黑桃A，桌上摆放着的是筹码和死，而手臂上肉粉色的伤疤正是他自以为是的侥幸，当Julius说出那句我们现在关系不同了对吗，他不敢承认，他突然害怕那些爱情真正逼近的时刻，他想，他应该说我爱你的，但他下意识地逃避了所有关于爱的确认，这会让他觉得自己可怜，他发现自己在爱情方面的软弱，再一次意识到他与他之间的不同。他知道爱不能成为赌桌上的幸存，正如他从未设想过在二十四小时赌场旅馆的那种得到。

He didn’t believe that some things could be easily changed; the only thing that could change was the ace of spades in blackjack. On the table lay chips and death, and the flesh-colored scar on his arm was the self-deluded stroke of luck he clung to. When Julius said, “Our relationship is different now, isn’t it?” he didn’t dare admit it. He suddenly feared the moments when love truly drew near. He thought he should have said, “I love you,” but he subconsciously avoided any affirmation of love—it would make him feel pitiful. He discovered his own weakness when it came to love and realized once again how different he was from him. He knew love couldn’t be a survival strategy at the gambling table, just as he had never imagined the kind of “win” he’d experienced at that 24-hour casino hotel.

[taigotscared]

a bullets moodboard ~

[libraryleopard]

The film of On Swift Horses added a scene where Henry and Muriel meet so obviously the next step is to write a fanfic where Henry and Sandra meet. Imagine going to the queer bar to have fun after a break-up with your neighborhood situationship and then realizing your new friend is said ex’s brother-in-law’s boyfriend. I’d stop leaving the house altogether.

[libraryleopard]

Oh dear now I’m neck-deep in the Wikipedia page for LGBTQ+ Mexican literature of the 20th century for research purposes

[libraryleopard]

Post canon fic means I’m allowed to give Diego Calva’s real life earring to Henry because it’s hot

[libraryleopard]

I was listening to a podcast interview with Daniel Minahan about On Swift Horses because I wanted to hear more about the process of adapting the novel for screen and I think it’s interesting that he had actors in the film familiarize themselves with the movies and films their characters would have known in ‘56/‘57 (he had Daisy Edgar-Jones read Peyton Place and Jacob Elordi read On the Road). I think that’s a cool way of being able to get into the mind of characters in a historical time period and I should keep that in mind if I ever write historical fiction.

[newdawnfadesout]

Blur Book Links

Links to epubs/pdfs of Blur books and some related Britpop ones:

Blur: 3862 Days - Stuart Maconie

The best Blur book, it comprehensively covers their history up until 1999. I've heard there is a newer edition that goes a little bit further but I've not managed to find that.

Bit of a Blur - Alex James

Alex's first autobiography and own account of the bands history, plus a lot of bars, booze and cocaine.

All Cheeses Great and Small - Alex James

Barely mentions Blur tbh, it's mostly focused on his life as a farmer. Unless you really like his writing I wouldn't bother with this one.

Verse, Chorus, Monster - Graham Coxon

Graham's recent autobiography. It covers quite a lot of Blur's early history, then obviously skips the parts he doesn't want to remember so much. There's a lot of side bits about his art and learning guitar techniques.

The Life of Blur - Martin Power

This one covers Blur up until about 2013. He didn't interview any of them directly, but spoke to people who knew them and took a lot from archives and historical interviews. I learned some new things, pretty decent.

Black Book: The Live History of Blur - Drew Athans

This is an interesting book that reviews live recordings of a large chunk of the bands history up til 2009. The 2nd edition print version goes up to 2012. I find it really interesting from a research point of view, and you can find most of the recordings discussed on the Blur Archive Project

Damon Albarn: Blur, Gorillaz and Other Fables - Martin Roach

This is obviously Damon focused so covers his side projects as well as Blur. Some of it is a rehash of what can be found elsewhere, but still had some unique bits.

The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock - John Harris

This encompasses many bands around the Britpop scene but obviously Blur feature quite heavily. Gives you lots of useful contextual info

Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop - Louise Wener

Louise from Sleeper's autobiography, it only briefly mentions Blur but I'm including it because it's quite a nice little easy read with lots of vignettes from someone in the middle of Britpop.

[calva-daily]

Diego Calva Behind the Style for GQ Mexico at Cannes

[calva-daily]

DIEGO CALVA as "Poncho" – Carlota (2021) dir. Malu Solís

[calva-daily]

Diego Calva Behind the Style for GQ Mexico

[libraryleopard]

whoever wrote the "marketing" section of the wikipedia page for on swift horses went off

[lazzarella]

“In Isaiah the holy land is the place where heaven and earth touch. Perhaps that means in every other place there is division, distance, an unnamed thing holding heaven from earth, like the line out at sea that can never be touched. Isaiah did not give this thing a name, but Julius suspects it is tenuous, less a separation than a pressure, like the fine agony of two bodies pressed together, like one man's hand touching another. That the space between heaven and earth is the touch those two hands make.”

On Swift Horses by Shannon Pufahl

[lesbiradshaw]

JACOB ELORDI & DIEGO CALVA in ON SWIFT HORSES

[lazzarella]

“He worries that maybe all he's ever really liked are the moments in which love was uncertain, when he could arrange himself in postures of ready seduction, in bed or half-dressed or letting a button linger under his hand, or, before any of these, leaning inside a doorway or stepping off the curb to cross a street where a man stands waiting, the look between them as he walks, the moments when he could still turn away, the private, erotic knowledge that one is the object of another man's long gaze.”

On Swift Horses by Shannon Pufahl

[libraryleopard]

Apparently On Swift Horses had some marketing difficulty about how much to highlight the queerness so I have taken the liberty of coming up with some tag lines myself:

Getting heatstroke all by yourself, handsome?

Help! I just agreed to purchase property with my husband because of its proximity to a hot butch lesbian

Is it ponyplay to talk to my boyfriend like he’s a nervous horse before I ride him?

Sunbathing in December and other ways to make a memorable first impression on your sister-in-law

A man acquires and loses various hats

You young’uns have it so easy these days with social media, in my day all we had was a corkboard and a wish

Women kissing at the racetrack? It’s more likely than you think!

[aangelicina]

baby im sprinting

[calva-daily]

Diego Calva in I Promise You Anarchy (2015)

[imjustaonemanarmy]

I’m serious—I need more Julry fanfiction, or Jacob and Diego stories; I’m open to anything.😢im sorryi just too late….

[imjustaonemanarmy]

Henry，I betrayed the only two people I had in this world, just to find you.

I really hope someone can understand just how much I love them both😭👋plz anyone😭