Georgina Howlett

Modern Bio: Hi! I'm 28, a Community Manager in publishing, and still very much a book nerd. I literally haven't used this blog in over ten years, but have just revisited it as a throwback ten years later. Good times, eh? Legacy Bio: Hi! I'm eighteen, a bookseller at Waterstones Leeds, and a general book nerd. I don't really use this blog much, but when I do, I fill it with awesome stuff, I promise.

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t-shirts I own: 70 t-shirts I wear: 10 t-shirts I’m willing to give up: 0

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so i’ve been taking photos for quite some time now but this

is quite possibly

my fAVORITE PICTURE EVER

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dear people who walk up two steps at a time on the stairs: what do you need to prove

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I am one of those people, hi

I do it literally because I’m too lazy to move my legs for every single step so even though each stride takes a bit more effort, it takes half the amount of steps and actually takes less work in the long run

So I’m trying to prove that I’m just a lazy sack of shit

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wow… tall people. I guess you learn something new every day

[theadoredhowlett]

I'm 5'0" and take the stairs two at a time

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BUT GUYS HAVE YOU SEEN THIS

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That piñata seems alarmed to say the least

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I know the feeling

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We put Benjamin of Tomes to the test, does he know his Green from his Niven? Play along in this YA quiz.

[theadoredhowlett]

Hey, put down the ferret. Your life isn't that bad. This is extreme.

NOW EVERYONE KNOWS MY SECRET

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My favorite thing about Thomas the Tank Engine is that it canonically takes place in a train post-apocalypse where the Island of Sodor is the only safe zone in a totalitarian dystopia in which steam trains are routinely killed and their body parts are sold or cannibalized for repair

If you think I’m kidding you need to read the original books

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could you please direct me to a source? i would feel much better if this was validated.

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It took me so long to find this quote online but I did it because it’s so much darker than one might expect from Thomas the Tank Engine:

“…Engines on the Other Railway aren’t safe now. Their controllers are cruel. They don’t like engines any more. They put them on cold damp sidings, and then,” Percy nearly sobbed, “they…they c-c-cut them up.” -”The Bluebells of England.”  Stepney the Bluebell Engine.  Rev. Awdry, Wilbert.  London: Egmont Publishing, 1963.

This illustration, by Gunvor and Peter Edwards, accompanied the above text in the original book, and depicts a pair of unfortunate Other Railway engines moments before being disassembled with a blowtorch.

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HOLY FUCK LOOK AT THE ONE IN THE BACKGROUND THEY TOOK ITS FUCKING FACE OMG

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the early thomas the tank engine books are pretty standard stuff. saccharine bubblegum type stories and illustrations. if you watched the show, it’s like that in book form. the second half of the railway series are so fucking dark and surreal i’m convinced they were a result of reverend wilbur awdry doing copious amounts of lsd and having hallucinations of his own death.

[butch-king-frankenstein]

Excuse me but the very first story in the Railway Series is about an engine who hides in a tunnel and refuses to run because he doesn’t want to get his paint job ruined in the rain, so railway management seals off the tunnel.

They eventually let him out because another engine breaks down or something, but the original plan was to just leave him in there forever.

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On the show, didn’t they also hook up one engine to a generator, so he’d never move again? That was literally one of the lines, I think. It’s on some other post on here. It was chilling.

[butch-king-frankenstein]

Yes!  This also happened in the books, to an engine referred to only as “No. 2″, but the television series applied the same scenario to an invented character named “Smudger”, in the episode “Granpuff”.

“Smudger,” said Duke. “Was a show-off. He rode roughly and often came off the rails. I warned him to be careful, but he took no notice.” “Listen, Dukie” he snared. “Who worries about a few spills?” “We do here! I said, but Smudger just laughed.” “Hahaha!” “Until one day, Manager said he was going to make him useful at last. Smudger stopped laughing then!” “W-w-why? What did he do?!” “He turned him into a generator. He’s still there behind our shed. He’ll never move again.”

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i never thought they would actually do it. I thought it was just a funny text post. wtf

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You should definitely unmute this.

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The stereotype map of Britain according to north Londoners.

[theadoredhowlett]

why am I a depressed person with a ferret

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happy doof

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i hope the owl city dude never has to pay a bill ever again in his life because the song fireflies is his main income i hope he eats off that song for the rest of his days he honestly deserves it

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It’s April Fools Day so here you go.

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fuck this

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FUCK YOU

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We’re no strangers to love

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Vey nice