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A study of my Rook from Veilguard. I should do a full drawing of them.

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My domain name got sold to a different provider, tried to transfer it to Wordpress so I could spruce up my website, and the domain name poofed into the aether. I have been fighting with AI customer service bots to figure out who now provides it, so I can hopefully get the authorization code.

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reblog to send three ghosts after elon musk

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See this, this is what I like about TikTok. Little moments like this

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Keep seeing pronoun positivity posts is about he/they and she/theys. That's cool and all but this one's for the she/hes. If you're a she/he I love you and you can take as much mint as you want from our garden

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I just LOVE digitized manuscripts! Old stuff for everyone to behold! 🥳 Here’s more info:

Or just jump straight to the fun:

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Loudly Sing Cuckoo: A Perspective on The Wicker Man (1973)

Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.

Those words, uttered in the stentorian tones of Christopher Lee, echo through the history of horror cinema. And it is, indeed, time that we come to The Wicker Man. It, alongside The Blood on Satan’s Claw and The Witchfinder General, makes up what is often termed “The Unholy Trinity” of folk horror. It is the Ur Text of the genre. The sharp-eyed among you may have noticed that even the name of this website is an homage to the film, and its stunning final scene.

Full disclosure before we begin: I want to like this movie so badly. I can’t say that I actually do. I am, in the truest sense of the word, deeply ambivalent about it. There are moments that I think are perfect. The shape of it appeals to me immensely. The rest of the time it is weirdly groovy, kind of a mess, and feels like it gets in its own way.

None of this has stopped me from watching it multiple times, trying to nail down what about it remains compelling. And, clearly, I am not alone in being intrigued. There is a wealth of writing about The Wicker Man, ranging from densely scholarly essays to enthusiastic rambles to harsh film criticism. But we do all keep coming back to Summerisle.

While the imagery and afterlife of the film are ubiquitous, I’m not sure how many people have actually seen it. So, we are going to take a moment for a brief synopsis

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in the word document . straigt up Writing it. and by "it" lets just say. ha ha. |

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bellara reads lucanis the first drafts of her rook fanfic :)

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A new illustration I finished up in between other things :)

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Corvid Christmas tree. Simple, but beautiful.

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I love my people and it's amazing to see so many of us turn up today, but it's like herding very friendly cats 😂