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positive news following she-ra's removal:
ALL 52 EPISODES ARE NOW STORED ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVE!
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1080p [removed]
thanks to reddit user u/Pokesnap682 for pointing that out!
this means that you will always be able to watch/download the show, even (and especially) when third-party direct download servers (such as google drive), among other piracy streaming services, are unavailable!
the kelp isnāt kelping, the underwater is not underwatering, and I miss Nona š„²
If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.
Oh hey! Havenāt seen this in forever! Didnāt reblog it when it came across me before, not gonna skip it this time, I need some good vibes.
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Tamsyn Muir's writing beyond The Locked Tomb
Y'all, turns out there's lots of imagery and themes in TLT that Muir was already playing with in her earlier fiction. A lot of it is easily available online, in which case I'll link to it. (The short stories that aren't can also be easily read if googled, to be quite honestāthat's how I read The Deepwater Bride and Why the Mermaids Left Boralus). ā¢ The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time (2011)
5K. Short sort-of-cozy romance (?) with (you guessed it) a time travel loop. Explores a very queer potential relationship. CamPal enjoyers might find a similar sweetness.
ā¢ The Magician's Apprentice (2012, Lightspeed Magazine)
5K. This is the one that stopped me dead on my tracks. It features an older, male mentor figure called John (a āvery ordinary manā with ādark eyesā) who introduces the young, female main character to magic that has a terrible costāand to literature such as Lolita. This excellent post by @familyabolisher does an incredible job of analyzing the very deliberate intertextual links between TLT and Lolita.
ā¢ The Woman in the Hill (2015, Lightspeed Magazine, originally for Dreams From the Witch House anthology of Lovecraftian horror by women)
4K. Possibly my favorite! It's a straightforward Lovecraftian horror, centered on the image of the woman (is it human though?) trapped in an unnatural pool inside a cursed cave. Chain imagery too. It does something different from Alecto, mind, but you can see links, ways of playing with facets of a strong central image. It's fun to consider how reliable the two narrators are. Here's an analysis and afterthought from Reactor Mag.
ā¢ Chew (2013) 4K. Zombie abuse and cannibalistic revenge story ft. an uncanny woman revenant, told from the eyes of a traumatized German boy. I was strongly reminded of Harrow's conversations with the Body. Tamsyn gave an interview on the themes and her intentions. Interesting to read in light of Alecto, I think, although I don't think she's going the same route in TLT: āthe idea of post-war rebuilding connecting to rebuilding the body of the zombie; a Frankenstein who once rebuilt doesnāt act as planned or desired. [ā¦] I love cannibalism [ā¦] itās innately spiritual [ā¦] any afterlife she goes to, heās going too.ā
ā¢ Apothecia (2014, published on Tumblr and tapas.io)
Short webcomic where an alien monster tries to corrupt the ruthless human girl who holds it captive. Musings on responsibility and murder, mention of child abuse. The alien's speech patterns remind me of a Resurrection Beast. You get wonderful dialogue like āMurder is a profession. Job.Ā Employment,Ā you tiny leg dog. There you are, walking along. Walk walk walk. Now you are a walker. Good job. Special child.Ā Murder is like this.ā Art by Shelby Cragg.
ā¢ The Deepwater Bride (2015, Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine)
The opening line is: āIn the time of our crawling Night Lord's ascendancy, foretold by exodus of starlight into his sucking astral wounds, I turned sixteen and received Barbie's Dream Car.ā Need I say more? Extremely fun. A novelette where a young queer girl from a clairvoyant family struggles with an apocalyptic event while being annoyed by another very plucky girl. Lots of descriptions with nerdy marine zoology terms. Close in tone to Gideon. In the background, someone dies EXACTLY like that one death at the end of Gideon, which makes me wonder what happened to make Tamsyn interested in this particular image. I also liked that Tamsyn is aware of Nightwish. No link, but you'll get a PDF immediately if you Google.
ā¢ Union (2015, Clarkesworld Magazine)
5.5K. Very weird, extremely Kiwi story about a town that gets sent lab-grown wives by the government, but they're not made the usual way so they're Weird and people have feelings about it. Fascinating and eerie description of non-human (in some people's eyes, sub-human) women (?) who cannot be observed to have recognizable feelings or thoughts, yet have some sort of inner life. Quite touching, very uncanny.
ā¢ PrincessĀ FloralindaĀ andĀ theĀ Forty-FlightĀ Tower (2020)
Short novel (~200 pages). Very funny. I was reminded of Coronabeth because the whole plot is āprincess finds herself branching out into decidedly non-princess-like activitiesā, but other than thatāthis is a fairytale for adults about people who make eachother worse. No particular links to TLT but a very fun read with some gut punches. Extremely Tamsyn through and through, what with the dubious morality and all.
ā¢ Why the Mermaids Left Boralus (2021, in Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth by Blizzard Entertainment)
Set in the World of Warcraft universe. Haven't read this one yet, will report back lmao. As with The Deepwater Bride, no link but I easily found a PDF of the entire compilation. It's illustrated!
ā¢ Undercover (2022, from Into Shadow, Amazon Original Collection)
Haven't read it either. Will edit once I do.
but my best enemy is you
ā¦. i think iāve been stabbed!!?!?!
"You're the only one I have left..."
arcane dump from this week
This book is a Baroque painting
every iconic gay kiss in xena in all its 90s censorship glory š
art: Mac Baconai
Now THIS is art. š
āWhen I first saw the original painting, I began to do some research on that little boy. I could find everything I wanted about every other detail in the painting, but there was nothing about him. No history. And so I wanted to find a way to imagine a life for this young man that the historical painting had never made space for in the composition: his desires, dreams, family, thoughts, hopes. Those things were never subjects that the original artist wanted the viewer to contemplate. In order to reframe the discussion, I decided to physically take action to quiet [and crumple] the side of the painting that weāve been talking about for a very long time and turn up the volume on this kidās story. And thatās the reason why I started that painting.ā Via Artnet News 2019/03/27
Xena: Warrior Princess 06.18 When Fates Collide
Had to make a video to celebrate Xena's 30th Anniversary
Finally gotten to read the script for āWhen Fates Collideā written by Katherine Fugate. Compared to what we actually got in the episode, thereās a lot changed from what Katherine originally wrote. The settings. The scenarios. The characters. Gabrielle has a husband called Hector in this script who comes with her to Rome. Xena and Alti have this really weird seduction scene in a bath with olive oil as Xena tries to convince her to rule Rome with her. Of course there is āthe kissā which we know was omitted because Rob didnāt want it in. Wanted to save it for his finale episode. Overall the script is very different to the produced episode. Still a lot of fun to read though. Katherine clearly ships X&G.
SOURCE: XenaGabrielle.com
XENA Script - Season 6 Episode 18 - When Fates Collide.pdf
