#cemeterywind

[fyodorpavlov]

At Baltimore Comic Con this past weekend, I met a lovely artist by the name of Paigey who lives in Brooklyn and has attended Dr. Sketchy's in the past. We ended up having a great chat about how much we adore your art. Just wanted to let you know that the appreciation goes far and wide!

Awww, that’s so lovely! I love Paigey, she’s such a sweetheart and a great talent!

[lmnpnch]

I went through a real punk stage—I had braids, red hair, pink hair, green hair, I cut it into a Mohawk, the lot. Then about five years ago, I dyed it dark and stayed out of the sun to get pale, because I hated looking like everyone else, all blonde hair and tanned skin.

[fyodorpavlov]

I'm curious if you've seen the movie Mr. Holmes, and if so, what did you think of it?

I have, and I had very mixed feelings. SPOILERS ahead.The things I hated were:

1. the main “Holmes does not understand human emotion until a woman makes him FEEL by DYING” plot. Not only is women dying to advance a male character’s emotional development a boring trope that needs to burn in hell already, if you have read the canon (which I assume the author of the book the film is based on did) you know that it is blatantly not true. It’s a false and tired cliche that keeps popping up in Holmes adaptations, and I hate it.

2. “not even Watson understood me” - fuck RIGHT off with that. If there is ANYONE in the whole goddamn universe who understood, loved, cherished and empathized with Holmes, it is Watson. Always. Through communal living, through marriage, through living apart, don’t you come at me with that “no homo” bullshit when it comes to Watson’s relationship with Holmes.Things I loved: 

Literally everything else. I even thought the mystery he was trying to remember was interesting, right up until the whole suicide part! The visuals, the wasp sublot, the style, atmosphere, and of course Sir Ian’s impeccable performance - it was all perfect! Overall, I really did love it. I just have a very strong suspicion that I would hate the source material, and that its author has some trash opinions about women and homosocial relationships. And that he thought he had something new and original to say about Holmes, but it was actually the same old crap that completely disregards the heart of the canon.

[palmingly]

I'm Elizabeth and I love history, finery, art, ladies, elegant homes, and all things mysterious or...

[amateurdetectiveteaparty]

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<3 Don’t let the turkeys get you down! It’s so sad watching all these great Clue Crew bloggers leaving because the fandom isn’t as fun for them anymore.

I’ll try not to! <3 I really do want to finish the thing after all. It really is sad so many people are. I don’t really know why it’s happening to the fandom but it kinda just feels like it’s crumbling and it’s making me sad. :c

[amateurdetectiveteaparty]

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yeah :/ even though nice people far outnumber the ones who think an opinion/ship/headcanon about a kids video game is worthy of an attack, rude/aggressive remarks can worm into your brain more than a compliment and undermine your whole confidence :(

oh i completely get that. it happens to me too and it’s definitely what’s happening here. comments like those are just completely unnecessary and don’t serve any purpose at all. like if they don’t agree with it then they shouldn’t say anything. people can have different interpretations and view of characters and different opinions on games. and it’s all just as valid.

but still there’s no need to bring content creator’s down. like this isn’t our job. it’s what we do for fun. :c

also i’m sorry you’re feeling this way cause you’ve always made wonderful stuff!

[amateurdetectiveteaparty]

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similar bullshit is why I've all but abandoned littlenancydrewthings :/ getting treated like crap takes the fun out of things

seriously! like we put a lot of time and effort into making things to share with the fandom and we don’t get much out of it other than hopefully having someone like it. sure there’s the satisfaction that we made something. and i don’t think i’ve been treated like complete crap, but when stuff like that happens it’s just like ‘well what’s the point then?’ :\

[mostlymarilynmonroe]

I read in a magazine that Marilyn recorded a series of tapes for Dr. Greenson with a lot of personal information. There was a "transcript" of part of it. But I'm extremely dubious of anything I read about Marilyn until I can find credible sources. You seem like a good person to ask: have you heard of these alleged tapes, and do you have any idea whether they are real, or just another vulgar grab for sales by the press?

Sorry if this took a while, haven’t been on.It’s complete bullshit. One guy needed money, everyone that was actually important in Marilyn’s life was dead, and the public eats up sensationalized crap. John Miner claimed to have heard the “secret tapes” and then years and years later wrote out the transcript from memory (super reliable right?).If you don’t know much about Marilyn than best to put it off and read something reliable, if you do know at least the general idea of who she was as a person then you can read it just to raise your blood pressure up a bit :)[x] [x] <- Sites featuring the issues with the transcripts (and the second link has the transcript if you want to read it).