#eyam

[glorianas]

eyam, derbyshire, uk, july 22nd, 2023

[literally-literate]

I kind of hate how "good worldbuilding" is synonymous with realistic. Like wow, I'm so glad that pair of shoes is accurately priced for a medieval economy.

History is already interesting. Why make a blander version of it and call it fantasy? I'm here for the wonderful and mysterious, the horrifying and sublime.

That's why I love Eyam so much. Give me a palace built on the edge of a fiery ravine. Give me ground so soaked with blood that the dead rise unless sealed beneath magic stones. Give me children singing dark prophecy as nursery rhymes and a king crowned with the death mask of a slaughtered god.

These are VIBES.

[shefeld]

Tombstone, The plague village of Eyam,

Derbyshire, March 24.

[elsie-lazlo]

Fields by l4ts Via Flickr: Hazy light on the walls and fields between Eyam and Foolow, seen here from Eyam Edge.

[omie-wise]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Marius Valerius is a trained scholar warrior with the sharpest of senses, able to recognize any threat or route of attack (except for friendship). The Golden Cobra torments him for years, forcing social gatherings and an unwanted intimacy upon him until Marius realizes he actually likes that intimacy at which point he takes new vows.

[mwlphoto]

California poppies, Eyam, Peak District, Derbyshire, May 2026.

[nerds-yearbook]

Swamp Thing vol 2 celebrated its 100th issue with a double sized issue and a cover date of October 1990. In the issue, the Swamp Thing sought to reconstruct the body of his daughter Tefe', so that he could hide her away. ("Tales of Eden", Swamp Thing vol 2 100)

[hikinguk]

Morning Sun in Grindleford, views of Froggatt Edge

Grindleford, Peak District