blorbo of the month club

my dean priest opinions are my red flag. read the pinned post.

[no-where-new-hero]

Welcome to my blog!

Since I recently passed a follower milestone, I figured it was time to give this unwieldy space a table of contents.

My name is Blake, 20s, librarian, and writer. This is a side blog (because I was a bad planner a year and a half ago), so I’ll follow back from @ichariancarrion.

My major author fandoms here are LM Montgomery, Diana Wynne Jones and, most recently, Dorothy L. Sayers. For the first, I use the tag #lmm lockdown, and probably post most frequently about #emily of new moon. For the second, my posts will be under #diana wynne jones. In October 2023, I hosted a Fire and Hemlock readalong, and you can catch up on those posts at #fh readalong. Dorothy L. Sayers posts will be under #the bellona club. Quite a few other classic books are also represented, imperfectly tagged by author.

I post fanfictions on AO3 under the name ASellerofDreams. Stuff related to my fics and general creative thoughts can be found under #writing life or my diary tag, #blake’s last braincell.

Other content you’ll find on here:

#immortal poets society has metas, reviews, and moodboards of specific books or literature writ large.

#kinema holds gifs and reviews of movies and shows, ranging from 1980s-90s British TV to classic Hollywood films to K-dramas.

#some are born to endless night features quotes.

Check out #sing a song of sixpence for music recommendations.

For some academia commentary, medieval jokes, and vintage aesthetics, try #the abbess will speak to you now, #the archivist will speak to you now, and #big brain moment.

A sporadic tag for dark academia visuals and vibes is #I dream for a life in sepia.

Finally, visit #the ganymede club and #illuminates the room like the edge shine of a knife for a look into my mental centerfolds.

Enjoy your time here! Talk to me about things! My ask box is always open :)

[wertfi-penguin]

Maybe the most damming thing about Nolans odyssey is i haven’t seen a single gifset from it

[geekyhistoriansunite]

[dubiousdisco]

[homunculus-argument]

2026 roommate: The dishwasher's loaded. 1926 roommate, having a black coffee, a cigarette, a shot of whiskey, two uppers and a downer for breakfast: Then what the fuck's he washing dishes for?

[nicolodigenovas]

The ability to have nice conversations with strangers and especially store employees will save your everyday life from greyness

[chrishayley]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 3.08 -  The Treasons at Tumbleton

[brynnamonroll]

I'm so endeared by the French term for a stray cat being "chat errant." This implies the existence of a stray knight. Or that a chat errant is searching for noble purpose.

[no-where-new-hero]

losing my absolute fucking mind here

[no-where-new-hero]

absolutely beautiful posts to see one after another on my dash. linguistic art actually

[no-where-new-hero]

8 and 11 for the ask game please!

(I'm assuming 8 should say "any recurring dreams" 😂)

oh lovely!

8. any recurring dreams?

not so much lately, though when i was a teenager, i had two recurring dreams--one in which i was being chased by a gunman (😬) and occasionally got shot, and the other in which i was undersea in some kind of tin can--like a submarine but not an actual submarine, more like an underwater train. sometimes i'd be drowning in it, sometimes i'd be fine. both of these disappeared once i entered my 20s, oddly enough.

11. what do you consider to be romance?

understanding! kindred spirit behavior! mostly coming down to a same sense of humor, same outlook, etc. i'm probably a quality time love language person, which is why friendship and romance often feel blurry to me, but i also do believe that someday there will be someone with whom it all feels more intense and pointed, and then i'll know when it is romance.

(i'm realizing now that anne/gilbert clearly has influenced this answer!!!)

send me a fun ask!

[no-where-new-hero]

Oh my God Sidney Carton was my ninth grade poor little meow meow before that was even a thing. That GIF set just brought back so many memories

there's something really specific about reading tale of two cities for the first time, thinking you're going to read a fun historical book about war and humanity and one of dickens' neat old ladies, and then finding the most blorboist protagonist ever, and it reaffirms the value of classic literature. to ME!

[archivoasks]

questions I think would be fun to be asked

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

show us a picture of your handwriting?

3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

what made you start your blog?

what’s the best and worst part of being online/a creator?

what scares you the most and why?

any reacquiring dreams?

tell a story about your childhood

would you say you’re an emotional person?

what do you consider to be romance?

what’s some good advice you want to share?

what are you doing right now?

what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do?

what do you think of when you hear the word “home”?

if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

name 3 things that make you happy

do you believe in ghosts and/or aliens?

favourite thing about the day?

favourite things about the night?

are you a spiritual person?

say 3 things about someone you love

say 3 things about someone you hate

what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

fave season and why?

fave colour and why?

any nicknames?

do you collect anything?

what do you do when you’re sad?

what’s one thing that never fails to make you happy/happier?

are you messy or organised?

how many tabs do you have open right now?

any hobbies?

any pet peeves?

do you trust easily?

are you an open book or do you have walls up?

share a secret

fave song at the moment?

youtuber you’ve been obsessed with and why?

any bad habits?

(this post was stolen from @teenage-mutant-ninja-freak, since it couldn't be reblogged anymore)

[angstystoryteller]

RONALD COLMAN as SYDNEY CARTON in A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1935)

[capablecapybara]

what does everyone want to accomplish this fall? i think i'd like to learn french and sew myself a set of pajamas and try drawing with oil pastels

[no-where-new-hero]

finish my new problematic writing project and read one of the Big Classics i still have on my list (either middlemarch or count of monte cristo)

[livesunique]

Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland,

Credit: Bill Phelps

[no-where-new-hero]

You said you were going to adapt Emily of new moon on tv if nobody adapts it? That's what I understood😭,really.

Yes! My greatest creative ambition is someday to write/show-run a 3-season Emily of New Moon miniseries in a way that’s ACTUALLY FAITHFUL to the books and spirit of Montgomery! The books are deeply personal to me and I’ve spent my whole life thinking about them, so hopefully I’d be able to produce something moderately acceptable to the fandom.

[no-where-new-hero]

Congratulations on your book!! Sending good vibes!!!

Question from your tags: is it a book for babies or is your book your baby?

thank you so much, i really appreciate it!! and lol yes the book is my baby; it’s very much not a book for the young 😅