#thewondersmith

[neechees]

Lmao Laura's jenniferpzssss account blocked me after I messaged her asking if she'd had a bone marrow biopsy yet to rule out leukaemia like she was claiming, and she said she'd had TWO already. When I was like, uhh I'm a lymphoma survivor and this is literally not how that works, she went all classic Laura, got super shitty and defensive and blocked me. I literally just have to laugh.

GOD like. She's mad when ppl call her out on her shit dhchvbch

[myguiltyotpleasures]

[crownleys]

13 and 22 for the OC meme!

13: their embarrassing memory from years ago It’s not from years ago necessarily, but they once had a conversation with a dear friend (and ex) where he told them that he was having a kid and Ren, who never wants children, responded instinctively with “I’m so sorry” only to realize half a breath later how horrible awkward they just made it. Whoops! 22: what they're like on two hours of sleep

No, no, Janine, they’re here, they’re awake, they promise-- Thanks Kas!

[straydog733]

Tons of spoilers for the Haunting of Hill House miniseries.

thewondersmith replied to your post: Man, I rewatched the Haunting of Hill House...

Yeah! I heard one of the other endings they were considering was having the Crains succeed in burning down the house, which could have been a a really interesting metaphor for making peace with your trauma / finding ways to live with mental illness and addiction / letting go of narratives about your life or family that don’t serve you or that are actively harming you.                             It’s just majorly disappointing that a show that up until then, did a pretty great job critiquing the idea that it’s a ~man’s~ job to ~protect~ his family (it almost destroyed their family!!!) turned around at the last moment and was like, “yeah nah, everything Hugh did was actually right and fair, and Steven is totally in the clear to do the exact same thing. Also the house was actually benign and even good(?) this entire time!!! Don’t think too hard about the implications of Nell and Olivia being trapped in that fucking awful house because at least they’re there together!!! Steve should totally continue to lie this family! No lessons have been learned at all!“                            

I KNOW! It felt like the writers just chickened out so hard at the end, and having Luke burn down the house would have been a nice bit of catharsis.

GOD. I spent a lot of the last episode going "You know, this isn't so bad, even though the pacing is shot to hell, maybe we were caught up in the moment and the frenzy of expectation when Andrea and I binged it when it came out :la" Even the reactions of the Dudleys to their daughter's death was like "Okay, they're clearly not well, this isn't an unambiguously good thing." BUT THEN we get to Steve's giant monologue at the end, set to the montage of Odes to Traditional Marriage with a dude-with-guitar ballad underscoring it, and Mrs. Dudley being happy at the end with her two eternally-trapped ghost children who've had to chill with Poppy for twenty years.

Just so very much of it. The fact that Steve gets the literal last word, when his whole narrative has been him proscribing himself over others' stories. The fact that his wife Takes Him Back. The fact that the story proper ends with Steve and the dad, but none of the living women. The fact that Nell never gets real reconing for the fact that the house ruined her entire life and wrote her suicide in the fucking stars. The fact that the dad gets to happily embrace the wife who killed a child and the daughter whose life was ruined, and I guess just chill in hell forever. The fact that Theo's pushy "love" "interest" is apparently endgame. The fact that Shirley's big thing has to be wrapped around a boring infidelity plotline, not her control-freak nature and manic need to fix things. Gah, it's just so fucking maudlin. I was watching it while cross-stitching a freaking Christmas stocking and it was too twee for me!

So Andrea and I have been reading the novel (her for the first time, me maybe the third time?), and I always forget how queer and female it is. The show is very much its own beast, they are barely related at all, but it does just feel so wrong to slap that name over the show’s ending. I’ve seen that they’re doing a second season (not with any of the same characters, anthology-style), adapting The Turn of the Screw, and I am...cautious. That books not nearly as close to my heart, but the creators also lost all of my trust >___>

[allsoulspod]

We have a new dream: to join our favorites from @adiscoveryofwitchestv for a magically delicious spread somewhere, someday, in an enchanted forest. Of course, @misswondersmith would be there, too. . One of the things we love about this post especially is its caption and sentiment: if you seek magic, you CAN create your own. You do NOT have to wait for it to come to you. #WeAreAllSouls . One of our favorite and most enchanting accounts, you’ll love the visual (and gustatory!) feast that she offers up. Definitely give her a wee keek. 💜 . #Repost @misswondersmith ・・・ I think there is something deep down in all of us that wants to escape to the woods and stumble upon a faerie supper and an evening of living in an ethereal, enchanted state. I know I certainly have those impulses. I desperately wanted to know how to find that kind of magic and it took me a while but then it eventually smacked me right in the face: I just had to make it myself. Since then, I have dedicated my life to finding ways to share the same sort of wonder and magic that I have always hoped to find. I have become the fairy hostess in the woods with a table spread with foraged delights. I have become the deep-sea siren sharing bites of delicacies rescued from shipwrecks. I'm just a normal, regular person... and yet, these are the ways I found to be truly magical. (And in the immortal words of Terry Pratchett: "It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it's done.") Every event I do feels absolutely magical to me. Every wonder-filled smile of a guest wandering into a forest clearing or descending down into a cave fills me in a way I can't quite put into words. Knowing that these events are a gift to my guests just makes them even better. It seems the more magic I share, the more I see. This photo is from my event "Moss Gazing." You can see more of my events at thewondersmith.com/events What kind of fairy feast do you daydream about? . ✨✨✨ . #fairyfeast #mossgazing #fairysupper #wildtable #tablescape #wildcrafted #foraged #mossy #moss #fortheloveofmoss #secretevent #surpriseevent #betterthanapopup #fairy #faerie #enchantedliving #thewondersmith #misswondersmith https://www.instagram.com/allsoulspod/p/BvALFQhnuZo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oao1px58llxs

[outlanderpod]

Just one of the AMAZING images in the #Outlander inspired issue of @faeriemagazine. Claire, anyone? . Stay tuned for our very special giveaway! #Repost @faeriemagazine ・・・ We’re so thrilled to present the extraordinary work of @misswondersmith in every issue (and she’s sent us so many stunning ideas for our upcoming winter celestial issue we are beside ourselves!). In our autumn #outlander themed issue she shows us how to make a magic healing potion that looks like liquid gold, using healing herbs and berries! How lovely is that? 💕 Click on the link in our bio to subscribe and/or order the single issue! #elixir #magicpotion #liquidgold #elderberry #faeriemagazine #apothecary #clairefraser #thewondersmith https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9QRsQnUYH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jtlsiaudnefe

[runnerthree]

thewondersmith replied to your post “i’m sorry the old simon lauchlan can’t come to the phone right now....”

BLOCKT

honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time.

[straydog733]

thewondersmith replied to your post: thewondersmith replied to your post: ...

omfG BROTROTHAL YALL ARE GOING TO BE THE END OF ME <3333333 aaaaa i’m literally clutching my face, this is so wonderful to hear! I’m so, so excited for you both! :D :D :D

True story: last night we were struggling trying to combine “bro” and “fiancee” or “engaged” and getting nowhere. We decided to come back to the issue later.

This morning while chilling in bed, I sat bolt upright and said “BROTROTHED”. It was in that moment our engagement truly began <3