feed it to a goddamn raccoon

Morgan. Australia. Aubreyad,ASoIaF,Dragon Age,Star Wars/Trek,Rivers of London,Vorkosigan Saga, Batfam

[frecht]

the penguin logo on angela carter’s books (heroes and villains, saints and strangers, fireworks, the bloody chamber)

[nobodyrunsthisblog]

Time for some actor trivia!

In the 1981 film Excalibur, the adult Mordred was played by Robert Addie.

In the 1984 TV film Morte D'Arthur, Mordred was played by Nickolas Grace.

That same year saw the debut of the TV show Robin of Sherwood, which ran until 1986, in which Robert Addie and Nickolas Grace appeared together as the recurring villains Guy of Gisburne and the Sheriff of Nottingham respectively.

(By the way, if you guys haven't seen the show--watch it. Watch it now. Also check out the soundtrack by Clannad, who recently released an extended version of the soundtrack album Legend).

The two would appear again in the 1998 TV miniseries Merlin, in which Grace played Sir Egbert and Addie played Sir Gilbert. (Fun fact: composer Trevor Jones did the score both for Excalibur and for Merlin).

Why am I pointing this out? Because Robin of Sherwood was one of my favourite TV shows ever (I got super into the legends of Robin Hood when I was ten), and seeing a clip of Robert Addie in Excalibur on YouTube got me curious about seeing the movie, which I now consider my favourite ever Arthurian film. The 1998 Merlin meanwhile, having first watched it at the tender age of around seven or so, was what got me into the Arthurian legends in the first place. So seeing these two actors recur in these pieces of media that made an impact on me and my interests is something I just find fascinating.

UPDATE 20/05/2025: I saw the 1984 Morte D'Arthur with Nickolas Grace about a couple months ago for the first time and it was an experience. The film's narration and dialogue are delivered by Thomas Malory, played by John Barton, in his cell, with the actions and visuals acted out silently by the film's other actors on stages and sets, so it's a sort of combination of dramatic monologue and silent film and ballet, and it's gloriously theatrical and I love it. All the narration and dialogue are straight out of Malory, and seeing it performed was a revelation for me and changed my view of Malory's prose. Also Judi Trott, who plays Marian in Robin of Sherwood, appears as one of the queens that first appears in Arthur's dream after Gawain's death, then later take Arthur to Avalon after the final battle. I literally exclaimed "Holy shit!" when I saw her and immediately went on imdb to see if my eyes deceived me, and they did not.

[organicmatter]

i fucking love when halloween music is just surf rock with a ghoul laughing in the background

[stiickleback]

does anyone have that one drawing of a greyhound from like the 1920s or whatever please please please i need it the one where it looks like a single piece of forlorn wire i need it

[plaguedocboi]

Is this your boy

[franticbindings]

The Vorkosigan saga is a series where the lingering legacy of past conflicts is nearly omnipresent. From the personal all the way to societal level, consequences of the Time of Isolation, Cetagandan Occupation, Mad Yuri's War, Komarran Invasion, and all the rest just keep on coming up. And in case any of the political or emotional stuff is too subtle for you, surprisingly often there is An Old Bomb that's important to the plot.

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

Stuck in a historical war

You are stuck as a soldier in this historical war

(this is a magical universe where people who wouldn't usually be able to fight would. so you can all suffer.)

How are you doing?

good somehow

I might survive

OW

dead

results/other

Voting ended onJul 5

[my-dailydreams]

[skelotan]

Dedicated to my cat, who is very vocal about my bed time.

PATREON

[henk-heijmans]

“Here I am human, here I can be human”, 2026 - by David Foster Nass (1972), German

[bvckbiter]

“is this character good or bad” “is this ship unproblematic or not” “is this arc deserving of redemption or not” girl…

[kuttithevangu]

In folk music men are always dying in industrial accidents and women are always haunting stuff. What if a woman dies in an industrial accident and a man walks these hills in a long black veil. What then

[irrationalplanets]

doctor who is the greatest tv show ever made

[emilysidhe]

I was waiting for the punchline and it didn’t disappoint

[dreamsarewhatlecinemaisfor]

CAMELOT (1967)

[armadillorollup]

special edition of The Terror (2018) where the horrible histories rat pops up to fact check the historical accuracy of certain scenes like this

[softwaring]

[anscathmarcach]

All this discourse over who does "painting with light"

Hiroshi Nagai's paintings need sunglasses to look at.

They look like how it feels to walk across a parking lot on a 98° summer day without a speck of shade in sight.

They look like heaven but also like you'd burn your bare feet on the ground.

Even when you can see shade you know it's not enough and the minute you step out you'll be burnt to a crisp like a vampire.

And it's BEAUTIFUL

[dbarenzu626]

I'll throw in the wonderful Eizin Suzuki into this ring too, a man whose work just breathes light without actually using dynamic lighting in the usual way. It's no surprise both Nagai and Suzuki are both considered prolific in art pertaining to the city pop genre because they're able to paint these kinds of scenes with a delicate touch.

This feels like I could trip on that radio and fall right into that water, feeling the crystal waves as I drop in.

And this, a nice stroll down a resort strip, where my sunscreened skin could literally feel cooked if I leaned too close to the tiling.

And then a nice stretch of summer street, wherein you could see your face in the flushed red of that car provided it didn't blind you from its sunny reflections.

I don't think I even need to say anything more, Suzuki's a massive influence in how he even places colours so warmly in such unorthodox manner. It's a naturally sunkissed talent~ 🌊

[studentofetherium]

i'm not normally one to make jokes about dialect or accent. but the way that British people pronounce "lieutenant" feels like an in-joke i'm not privy to

[aokozaki]

Aww, you're feeling lieut out?