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[mzannthropy]

Linda. 40s. European. Welcome to the delicious mess that is my Tumblr blog. Agatha Christie, L.M. Montgomery, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Marvel, self-improvement, writing, photography, cats, quotes. Sam Claflin. (A lot of Sam Claflin.)

Cat lady. Anti-heroine. Madwoman in the attic. Heretic. Part fairy godmother, part problematic aunt. I support women's rights and women's wrongs. That one Sam Claflin fan who hates Me Before You and Love Rosie. Game of Thrones ending defender.

Other points of interest: Daphne du Maurier, Dracula (the book), The Count of Monte Cristo. Gilmore Girls. Taylor Swift.

Adults only please. If you see me post something that resonates with you, great. Interact if you want to. If not, move along, nothing to see here.

Links:

Photography blog (Wordpress)

Writing blog (Wordpress)

Jane Eyre Heresy sideblog (block if you're a fan of the book)

My AO3

My article on Sam Claflin in The Count of Monte Cristo series

My 10 Favourite Sam Claflin Roles

I write original fiction (short stories) primarily, and post them on the above mentioned Wordpress writing blog. I don't write much fanfic, but I have written some pieces for Billy x Camila of Daisy Jones and the Six, as I cannot accept what the show has done with them.

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My photographs #mine

Sam Claflin #samblogging

Agatha Christie #agathablogging

L.M. Montgomery #lmmblogging

Very unpopular/controversial Hunger Games opinions #suzanne botched it (filter if you're a fan, you will not like what I have to say)

[mzannthropy]

The Blue Castle Book Club Chapter 33

Spring. A short chapter, interestingly, as this is the season LMM likes to write about most. She dedicated more paragraphs to winter in this book.

I like the description of the changing colours of the lake.

I get what they mean with the dandelions. Like it makes sense to me. Ooh, does it mean I get to join the John Foster nation? (I like living in a city though.)

At her old home Valancy, seized with a sudden impulse, got out, opened the little gate and tiptoed around to the sitting-room window. There sat her mother and Cousin Stickles drearily, grimly knitting. Baffling and inhuman as ever. If they had looked the least bit lonesome Valancy would have gone in. But they did not. Valancy would not disturb them for worlds.

Something about this paragraph gets me.

[themodernmontecristo]

I really don't like when slop is used as a suffix. "Yurislop" "Yoaislop" "Hetslop" to name a few examples. I've seen so many people use terms like these and it infuriates me every time.

I like it even less now that I became aware of that fact that people are using it with classical literature and are calling THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO "Litslop". Like huh???

-🌹themodernmontecristo

[mzannthropy]

Yeah, I've seen it too, on X fka twitter. The Youtube channel Man Carrying Thing did a video on it.

[remanence-of-love]

[rherlotshadow]

The gothic ice house lost in the woods

[seethestarlights]

In honour of Taylor's upcoming wedding, choose one of favourite love songs written by Taylor

Love Story

Enchanted

Ours

Everything Has Changed

You Are In Love

King of my Heart

Call It What You Want

New Year's Day

Lover

Daylight

Sweet Nothing

Timeless

Remaining time: 23 hours 42 minutes

[mzannthropy]

Majority of the time I have little idea about what people here go on about, but I’ve just seen a post that went: go to museums, even if you feel out of place, bc “there is an established concept of inaccessibility of "high culture" to the masses, purposefully developed to distinguish between social classes” and this time I’m literally like: what the hell kind of a world do you people live in??? Nobody has ever stopped anyone from going to museums…? Most of them are free… except the ones in high touristy places but that’s not what the poster meant anyway. Why, WHY do you have this need of turning everything under the fucking sun into politics?

[mzannthropy]

[a-host-of-dancing-daffodils]

I couldn't not make a Miss Lemon one

Poirot version Hastings version Japp version

[afrenchladyinnc]

[afrenchladyinnc]

[a-host-of-dancing-daffodils]

LADS LMAO

THE SIDE EYE SHE GIVES THIS NOSY DOORMAN

LADS HE:LP ME I LOVE HER SO MUCH

MISS LEMON YOU ARE MY QUEEN

2.6 Double Sin

[a-host-of-dancing-daffodils]

Wait hang on a minu- wait a munite wiat wati

6.2 Hickory Dickory Dock

[mzannthropy]

I got an email from SVT, the Swedish TV channel, alerting me that if I don't log on into my account in the next 14 days, they will delete it. I created it to watch The Count of Monte Cristo series back in December 2024. They have no idea that they saved my life.

[mzannthropy]

The only thing I have to say against the ABC Murders episode of Poirot is--Hastings and the crocodile. And Hastings trying to tell his story and everyone ignoring or interrupting him.

First, I don't think Hastings would get Poirot a present like that. More like, he'd have a pair of gloves made for him using the skin of the crocodile. Second, why would Poirot not want to listen to his friend recounting his adventures in the South American jungle? There is a reason they are friends, right? Poirot must like something about him? In this episode, Poirot has Hastings stay with him at his flat, instead of Hastings having to pay for a hotel, bc Hastings's apartment is not ready yet. So why would he not let him tell the story, even if he only listened with half an ear? It's such a dick thing to do. The writing treats it as a joke, but it upsets me. I get second hand embarrassment over Hastings often enough without this. (Agatha Christie herself makes a bumbling idiot out of him too, so it's not just the TV series. It's why I prefer Miss Lemon. She's always competent.) And it upsets me bc I feel sorry for Hastings. Please don't do this to your characters!

I think having him go on an adventure in South America is a neat characterisation for Hastings--he did canonically move to Argentina, but that was to do farming. Imagine what it is like, having gone through that experience--only for Poirot not giving any fucks about it bc he's an indoors person. Not cool, Monsieur, not cool. And no, Mr Cust wanting to listen to Hastings's story does not make up for it.

Hastings actually has some good insights in this episode. He suggests that the address on the envelope of the third letter was written wrong on purpose (Whitehorse Mansions, instead of Whitehaven Mansions). And he is right, and the episode never acknowledges that. The book does, I think, it's a long time since I read it last, but the recent Audible drama does.

Sure, it's better than that Sarah Phelps mini series that had Mr Cust practice BDSM. But then anything is better than Sarah Phelps and mentioning that disgusting, deranged cow in the same sentence as the David Suchet series is a sacrilege.

[maureen2musings]

Cece, the guardian and protector of Dendera Temple, Egypt

bradflowerss

[mzannthropy]

The way Abel is described in Chapter 32 reminded me of this

It's the mention of tartan that made me think of Scots, also I totally see him saying something like this proverb.