Horrible histories reboot where everything is the same as the original, most if not all of the original cast, same tone and register, same skit-based style, but rattus rattus is played by a guy in a fursuit
ive said it before and ill say it again: less urban fantasy that takes place in central london and more urban fantasy that takes place in dagenham and peckham
i know by nature urban fantasy is unrealistic cos its fantasy but every urban fantasy story ive read that takes place in the uk and DOESNT include a wetherspoons its just a lie, its immersion breaking and shows the author hasnt done their research
and also i genuinely cannot think of anything more interesting than trying to include magic and magical creatures into the setting of a block of council flats like, that would be so good can you imagine
They were testing the phrase “knock your socks off” and because its the mythbusters build team (which consists of 3 boom addicted gremlins) they decided to go to a quarry near Esparto california to test the myth by blowing shit up. This time they got 500 pounds of ANFO. The detonation was pretty damn big.
They started getting phone calls, turns out they and the experts underestimated the size of the kaboom, reports of broken windows, car alarms going off, people getting knocked out of their seats, hell one news station reported that they leveled the town.
According to grant, that’s why they can no longer go back to esparto.
I’ve seen people talk about how adam and jamie are the polar opposite in energies but the build team operated on the same wavelength 90% of the time and that wavelength was “kaboom.”
This is spot on. When you really think about some of Lovecraft’s stories, even the actual monsters and aliens didn’t always deserve his view of them. Many things he wanted the reader to find horrifying were guilty of nothing other than both existing and being different, which, to him, was more than enough for anything or anyone to be creepy and undesirable.
People think Lovecraft’s horror is cleverly “subtle” because he would seemingly take something relatively innocuous and paint it as something dreadful, but when you know anything about who he was, it’s clear that he wasn’t consciously being subtle at all. The most innocuous shit WAS just that disgusting to him, from architecture he didn’t find appealing, to any animal that wasn’t a cat, to human beings who weren't “cultured,” straight white men, and then only white men between like 15 and 65, because he also loathed children and the elderly, though he definitely didn’t hate and fear anyone as much as he hated and feared black people.
His stories are kind of more interesting when accepted as the ignorant ravings of a weak bigot terrified that his own shadow might be a lurking black guy. It’s like a whole meta voyage through how fucked up the world looks through a lens of senseless all-consuming prejudice.
Some of the quotes in this article are totally new to me, but that’s because the amount of racist shit he said is practically never-ending. You think you’ve heard the worst thing he ever wrote and then you hear five more.
So… I’m (very tentatively) considering the launch of a proper author server, but I wanted to gauge interest first.
As of now, what I’m thinking is that the server would contain categories for each of my ongoing works as well as a category for possible future works. I’d likely use the server to keep writeblr content links organized for folks who want to catch up at their leisure; answer questions readers may have about the works in a more private setting; and occasionally post “sneak peak” previews of WIP-specific content that hasn’t yet been posted online.
Anyway, please interact with this post if this kind of author server is something you might be interested in joining (all ages welcome). I’ll ping those who interact with more information if there’s enough interest! <3
And the utterly ironic thing is I’ve seen repeated tumblr posts of that iconic photo absolutely slagging the shit out of Peter Norman as “lol white guy so uncomfortable” “Why the fuck isn’t he supporting them”, etc etc.
People need to learn this shit so they can emulate it - this is what it means to stand in solidarity with people; it tends to be a difficult, quiet thing that costs you, and yet it’s the right thing to do.
So after a VERY bumpy stretch of road in my life, I’m finally back on writing,yay! I hope to get more out soon, but I focused on something a little easier to get me started!
Here we meet Verity, and Barkley really needs to learn how to correctly convince a witness to help in the case. Aleiah takes over for the interview since uh… Barkley isn’t the most gentle at the best of times, but we’ll all get to see Barkley’s interrogation interview methods when it comes to meeting the Alexander we see discussed below. And things really, really get fiery there.
For now, though, enjoy Aleiah’s gentler, more professional touch. Oh also, she’s a Dr in, an official capacity, in psychology. Under the table and as part of the agency though– she’s a doctor of cryptobiology (being able to make up fake things for the world I’m in is fun).
This is taken straight out of draft one, so it’s shaky and subject to change but! Here goes nothing.
does no one realize that robin hood was a terrible role model for young kids? i mean you are stealing from people (illegal) and those people (usually) worked hard to get their wealth. it really demotivates people to succeed when they know they can get something someone else worked for.
How does someone read Robin Hood and miss the part where it’s set in feudal England. He stole from people who got their wealth by exploiting the poor, incidentally that’s all rich people to this very day.
Tune in next week when they tell you the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, a benevolent job creator, harassed during his sleeping hours by the hellish socialist dead.
its appropriating DD/LG culture and making fun of it, which invalidates our experiences! we didnt choose to have this kink and haha just kidding but could you fucking imagine.
So after a VERY bumpy stretch of road in my life, I’m finally back on writing,yay! I hope to get more out soon, but I focused on something a little easier to get me started!
Here we meet Verity, and Barkley really needs to learn how to correctly convince a witness to help in the case. Aleiah takes over for the interview since uh... Barkley isn’t the most gentle at the best of times, but we’ll all get to see Barkley’s interrogation interview methods when it comes to meeting the Alexander we see discussed below. And things really, really get fiery there.
For now, though, enjoy Aleiah’s gentler, more professional touch. Oh also, she’s a Dr in, an official capacity, in psychology. Under the table and as part of the agency though-- she’s a doctor of cryptobiology (being able to make up fake things for the world I'm in is fun).
This is taken straight out of draft one, so it’s shaky and subject to change but! Here goes nothing.
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[BEGIN LOG]
[Interviewer: Dr Aleiah King. Dated ██████. Informal interview in Dr King’s room at the local Inn]
[██████ is a maid at the Whiterose estate. For her own protection, she will be referred to under the alias of Verity. Interviewee agreed to only be interviewed privately, for a short while, with the agreement that no one else is informed. This was after much persuasion from Agent Barkley -- whom she refused to speak with. Interviewee expressed anxiety repeatedly before recording, and fidgetted frequently throughout. She insists that she cannot stay too long.]
DR KING: I’d like to thank you for agreeing to do this, it helps to have at least one person willing to cooperate.
VERITY: It’s… Okay. I just- I want this over with. I just want to be left alone.
DR KING: I understand. Barkley can be…. [sighs], forthright, sometimes. I know. I’m sorry if she’s been disruptive.
VERITY: [scoffs] Disruptive? Do you know how many times she’s shown up to my house? I speak to her once, and this is how she treats me? Is it standard procedure to harass people? My kids-
DR KING: -I apologise for my partner’s behaviour. But nothing about this case is standard. Barkley wants to find the truth, ██████. As do I. Miss Weiss’ journal indicates that you were one of the last to speak with her. Can you confirm this?
VERITY: Weiss?- You mean... Camille? Yes- she- she spoke with me. She wanted to know about the estate. About my job. [Pause] But I didn’t know her well, or anything.
DR KING: So, you weren’t friends?
VERITY: [laughs] God no. I mean- I tolerated Camille, like many did here. She wasn’t a bad girl, per se. But... far too forward for my liking. Every city girl stereotype you can imagine; that was Camille. We only talked a few times-- when she caught me walking home or… dropping my kids off at school.
DR KING: But you knew her well enough to be on a first name basis?
VERITY: [Pause] We’re… it’s a small town. We’re friendly enough here to all work on first names, maybe things are different in the big cities.
DR KING: Miss Weiss mentions you quite a bit. Is she… over exaggerating your level of interaction?
VERITY: … So we met a few times. So what? She… came to my house once. I told you, it wasn’t any big deal. She might have taken more out of it than I did. I don’t know.
DR KING: Please, ██████, things will be easier if you’re truthful
VERITY: I’m telling the truth.
DR KING: Yes. But I need the whole truth if we’re going to find Miss Weiss. That’s what you want, correct?
VERITY: Of course I want Camille to be found. But have you considered that Camille herself might not want that?
DR KING: You believe that Miss Weiss has... chosen to go missing?
VERITY: I don’t know. Camille was always desperate for a story. Perhaps she decided to become one herself,
DR KING: Did Barkley tell you that?
VERITY: No. She didn’t say anything other than yelling questions at me at ungodly hours of the night, why-
DR KING: It’s only that she shares in the same theory. That this is some... stunt.
VERITY: Perhaps she does have some intellect then. It does seem the simplest answer, no?
DR KING: And the most convenient for the town, and for the Arnou family.
VERITY: Is this leading up to some sort of point?
DR KING: Alright… You said Miss Weiss was asking about your job? Why would she want to know-
VERITY: Why would I know?! She was like you two! Never leaving me alone. She always asked about my work; that’s all she ever wanted to talk about.
DR KING: Do you think she intended to inquire for a job there?
VERITY: No. No, she- she never wanted to know about anything like… that.
DR KING: What do you mean?
VERITY: She wanted to know about… about the estate. About the family. She wanted to know what went on in the manor. She kept asking questions about staff, about… things she thought she saw. She wanted an interview with Alexander. I don’t know why she thought I would be capable of doing that-
DR KING: But you were capable of getting her an interview. Weren’t you?
VERITY: I-
DR KING: Weiss’ notes indicate that she visited the manor on two occasions.
VERITY: I don’t see how that’s relevant… We have visitors to the town trespassing a lot-
DR KING: But we both know that Miss Weiss was hardly a trespasser. In fact, we know that her first visit here was on an invitation from the Arnou family themselves. A letter signed by Alexander Arnou- You had.... no hand in this at all? You can be honest with me. You’re not in any trouble here.
VERITY: [lowly] I… I told her to stay away.
DR KING: Can you repeat that? I-
VERITY: I only mentioned Camille to Alexander once. She must have arranged the meeting herself.
DR KING: Did you say that you told her to-
VERITY: [raising voice] I couldn’t tell her to do anything. Camille did what she wanted. That’s all she ever did since she arrived. She didn’t listen to anyone- she just- she came barrelling in without a care, acted like she owned the town. Started messing with the founders, trying to get into the estate- talking about all her theories-
DR KING: It sounds as if she was causing some upset to the residents?
VERITY: (laughs, harshly) You could call it that. We’re used to bothers but... Camille pushed further than most. There are good folk here. Honest folk. People that don’t deserve to have their private lives pried into.
DR KING: And was Alexander one of the people she decided to... pry into?
VERITY: [sighs] What do you think? You read her diary, didn’t you?
DR KING: Were you there when she came to the manor?
VERITY: [SILENCE]
DR KING: Did something happen? Please, any information could be helpful with finding-
VERITY: I- I ca-. Nothing happened. Camille-
DR KING: You seem nervous- Please, Miss ██████, if something happened, you have to tell me. For Camille’s sake.
VERITY: N- No.
DR KING: No?
VERITY: The family affairs are private.
DR KING: What?
VERITY: We take their secrets to the grave. I cannot tell you.
DR KING: [voice raising] A woman is missing. Now isn’t the time for- If you have information-
VERITY: I can’t.
DR KING: You… can’t tell me? If you’re scared, I promise you that we can provide protection for you and your children, you’ll be safe-
VERITY: [snorts] That’s not why. You don’t understand. I just... can’t.
DR KING: You mean you won’t. Withholding information is-
VERITY: [Loudly] I. Can’t.
[SILENCE]
DR KING: ... Help me try to understand-
VERITY: You couldn’t. Even if you tried. I want to leave. Please. You’ve asked your questions- I need to go-
DR KING: You’re in no fit state to leave alone- you look-
VERITY: Please. Let me go. I- I’ve told you… everything you I can. I swear to you.
DR KING: There’s more to this than you’re letting me know. You can tell me now, or I can find it myself. I have more than enough grounds to investigate. The family will be interviewed-
VERITY: [INAUDIBLE]
DR KING: Excuse me?
VERITY: [pause] I said it won’t work. [laughs] Even Camille knew that.
DR KING: What do you mean?
VERITY: It doesn’t matter. I meant that- that you wouldn’t find anything.
DR KING: Why-
[AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF A CHAIR SCRAPING AGAINST THE FLOOR, FOOTSTEPS, A DOOR CREAKING OPEN.]
VERITY: I mean- there’s nothing to find. You- you really shouldn’t-
[sound of more footsteps, both the voices of DR KING and VERITY are further from the recorder, muffed.]
DR KING: You’re scared of them, aren’t you? They have something on you-
VERITY: You don’t know anything about me. And don’t make- assumptions about the family. You should- we all should be more grateful to them- everything is for the greater good- you don’t know the half of-
DR KING: Then tell me. How am I supposed to know if no one tells me anything?
VERITY: [scoffs] You’re as bad as Camille. You think we all owe you something. That you have the right to interfere with whatever you want. If you keep digging, is it really a surprise when you find something you shouldn’t?
DR KING: Did Camille find something she shouldn’t?
VERITY: I- I need to leave. Please don’t- I don’t want to be part of this. I shouldn’t have even- I’m sorry.
DR KING: At least let me walk you home-
VERITY: No! No- it’s alright. I- I just want to be left alone.
[END LOG]
[Notes: Interviewee expressed physical symptoms of a migraine after being asked about the events at the manor -- continually rubbed her head and seemed almost in distress. I intend to give her a few weeks to recover before attempting to interview her again. Perhaps building a rapport with her may ease her anxiety. I blame Barkley for this... Poor woman.]
So? Thoughts on Ms Verity over here and what might be going on with her? Aleiah is convinced there’s something awful happening, and Barkley thinks she’s being intentionally obstructive (though, that’s just what Barkley thinks of most people in this town.)
fuck this joke honestly. It’s been a trend these past couple years at these award shows where a white says something like this and all the whites giggle together but aint none of them do shit after that shit settle. they laugh in the comfort of their privilege. like they just say this to be quirky. something as severe as this is brought up and everyone laughs cuz they know it’s true but it means nothing to them. it’s nothing serious. It’s like “haha, i guess that is messed up. whelp im comfortable as fuck tho so ima keep doing me”
What the fuck are they supposed to do while they’re sitting at the Oscars? Do you want NPH to go “okay so this awards list is a little too white so I’m just gonna give the awards to the people I feel deserve them?”
People with social status are FINALLY starting to call this shit out, using their fame to call out privilege and injustice where they see it. This is actually a big deal.
I really wish tumblr would start recognizing small changes. Of course we should strive for better, but systemic change doesn’t happen overnight. NPH is an openly gay man hosting the fucking Oscars. Can we just talk about the fact that two years ago Seth McFarlane hosted, and sang a song about how many actresses had shown their breasts in film—often in depictions of trauma or sexual assault?
Or the fact that there are people out there every day who are working to better recognize POC, LGBT people, and other minorities in the media, who get zero recognition?
Agent Carter—a show with a badass female protag—is probably going to get canceled because no one is watching it.
Parks and Rec—a show about a tiny town in rural Indiana that has one of the most diverse casts I’ve ever seen—gets literally zero recognition on Tumblr other than “haha this show is funny.”
Fresh off the Boat, same thing.
Modern Family—while incredibly white—shows the struggles of immigrants and LGBT families—and again, no recognition.
How about you get off your fucking high horse, recognize that change takes time but that there are some pretty solid changes happening, and just stop.
did you know that Friday 13th was meant to be a really good lucky day meant for fucking because it was dedicated to Freyja, the goddess of love and fertility and the patron goddess of Fridays
but then Christianity found out about it and were like “Fucking???? outside of marriage????? NO NO NO!!!” and decided it was a horrible terrible bad unlucky day and you need to be super careful of everything you do in case you die or some shit.
so thanks Christians for ruining everyone’s fucking fun
I’m trying to figure out where in the hell OP is getting the Freyja-connection, and I simply cannot. Like, there’s the (spurious) belief that, because Freyja’s a feminine deity and thus menstruates she would be linked to the moon (13 lunar cycles in a year,) but that requires a depth of sourcing for her worship that we absolutely do not have.
Also, Freyja, so far as we can tell, doesn’t really have much to do with fucking, but rather with love: Gylfaginning 24 says “ Á hana er gott at heita til ásta.“ (To her it is good to ask about love) - she likes to fuck, yes, but no more than any of the other Æsír or Vanír. Sjöfn, one of the Ásynjur, is closer related to fucking than Freyja ever is - Gylfaginning 35 says: “Sjaunda Sjöfn, hon gætir mjök til at snúa hugum manna til ásta, kvinna ok karla, ok af hennar nafni er elskhuginn kallaðr sjafni.” (Seventh is Sjöfn, she does much to make the thoughts of men to love, men and women, and from her name love-thoughts are called sjafni.) That puts the Freyja/Friday therefore Friday=Fucking connection pretty much entirely out of contention.
There’s other bullshit Norse-related suggestions (that Loki was the 13th guest at Baldrs funeral feast, or that Nornagestr had 13 people at his birth) but those are uniformly too new and post-Christian to be authentic representations of actual pagan beliefs (add to that the parallels between Nornagests longevity and Meleager’s, both based on Not Burning A Thing, and you kinda get that it’s a Literary Trope)
The (slightly) more likely explanation is that on 13 October, 1307, Philip IV of France declared the Knights Templar heretical and had them all arrested, tortured, and executed, but still.
Beyond that, 13 is considered a lucky number in Italian culture - which we all know is totally devoid of Christian influence - so again, it seems like a horrible overreach to blame this on Christianity.
Sources:
Gylfaginning (Old Norse), Guðni Jónsson, ed.
Gylfaginning (English), Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, trans.
Nornagests þáttr (Old Norse w/English facing translation), George L. Hardman, trans.
Meleager and Atalanta (English), Brooks More, trans.
Barber, Malcom. The Trial of the Templars. Cambridge University Press, 1978
Five years after the brutal beating of Reno’s favorite public access celebrity, her killer is finally behind bars – and the popular young DA who convicted him is running unopposed in Nevada’s upcoming gubernatorial race. However, when an investigative journalist with a penchant for the past has a paranormal vision of what really happened that fateful June afternoon, she begins to wonder if local law enforcement may have put away an innocent man.
Searching for a sellable scoop, she quickly finds herself entangled in an unusual affair with the would-be governor – a Type A leviathan whose own secrets send the feds straight to her office. After being placed under 24-hour surveillance by a remarkably disagreeable field agent, she has no choice but to discontinue her work on the case – until one day, she lets slip a critical detail that piques his interest… And forges an unlikely partnership.
BEAUTIFUL AESTHETIC AS ALWAYS OMG. I always love your aesthetics so much?? Like everything blends so well and it just looks so... perfect?? Also yeah I’ve been following this for a while but the description still just hooks me right in and honestly I'm so jealous because I suck at writing summaries. Aaaaaa I’m just SO excited now, I can’t wait to read more!!
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