#2019: aug

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Volbeat - Immortal but Destructible

[mikeywayarchive]

altpress: Coming soon...

Limited Edition @MikeyWay Jazz Bass from @Fender

- drops June 6th!!

[May 30, 2023]

[sage-nebula]

Book Review: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

Rating: 5/5

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home is a swashbuckling adventure that is, ultimately, a ghost story. Told from the point of view of the titular Faceless Old Woman, we go back to her childhood, when she was (at first) an ordinary girl living in the Mediterranean. After the death of her father, she swears revenge on the ones responsible, and is willing to go to any lengths in order to get it, even if it costs her her life (and her face) in the process.

Although this is a Welcome to Night Vale novel, knowledge of the podcast is not necessary to understand this book. While it may help readers to know that the Faceless Old Woman is an entity that secretly lives in the homes of Night Vale residents, in that it will let them know ahead of time the direction the book is going in, it isn't necessary knowledge to enjoy the core elements of the novel -- the plot, and the character work. Indeed, one may even be able to ascertain that detail themselves from the jumps the novel makes to the present day, where the Faceless Old Woman talks to the man she is presently haunting. While these may seem pointless digressions at first, the reason for the haunting is made abundantly clear by the end.

The character work in this book is masterful. Not only are all of the side characters vibrant and interesting, but the novel takes a character who was previously just a humorous side character in the original podcast and turns her into a compelling, gripping protagonist. It takes skill to write a protagonist a reader feels truly invested in, and abundantly more to write one that the reader roots for even as they commit increasingly heinous acts. Yet the authors succeeded in both in this novel; even when the Faceless Old Woman is at her worst, and you know the story isn't going to end well for her (it is a ghost story, after all -- happy ghosts don't haunt people), you still long for things to change, for her to turn around and get the happy life that was denied to her through actions both others' and her own.

The plot itself is perfectly paced and executed as well. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a mystery, per se, but there are twists that, while they stun the reader, also make perfect sense if you look back through the novel to see how we got to the point that we did. At no point did it feel like a twist was being pulled out of nowhere for shock value; instead, it felt like all the pieces were finally lined up, and it just took time for them to get there, both for the reader and the Faceless Old Woman herself.

This is a book that has stuck with me, and that I feel will stick with me for years to come. I felt breathless by the end of it, in the way that comes only after being struck with enormous emotion. As a ghost story, it's obvious that the ending won't be a happy one. But the swashbuckling adventure makes every moment, even the painful ones, worthwhile.

[computerexploder]

[anthonycrowley]

i'm at the neil's a liar about canon azcrow. i'm at the mcr5 rumors. i'm at the combination neil's a liar about canon azcrow/mcr5 rumors.

[kaoharu]

i cant believe ive been on discord for :checks calendar: 7yrs

[acircusfullofdemons]

💫. ┊    WAIT omg I don't think I ever shared EGS' "official" website??

💫. ┊    ok so for context, in Phantasmagoria there's this company called "ElectroGear Software" (EGS), and it's been there since the beginning, it's a VERY important part of INtO actually. Anyway, it's a gaming company that's supposed to have really advanced technology, specifically in the VR department.

💫. ┊    so yeah this silly fictional company means a lot to me and I've had this website for it for a while. It's changed a TON since I've first made it (the original was...so ugly and also lowkey out of date, like I made it back when Phanta was called Viyrus that's how old we're talking here). But yeah I don't think I ever publicly shared it so here:

[gacha-memoir]

[btslittlecorner]

NEWSIS 2019 K-EXPO - Hallyu Star Daesang Award

oh god

[valancedbreakfast]

Rando to friend, getting on elevator: ... scoundrel has nine cards, but the healer has twelve. Some alchemist or something, can't remember.

Rando turns around and looks me dead in the eyes: do you know?

Me: ... tinkerer?

Random: Yeah! Damn I love GenCon!

[235uranium]

just remembered the year I tracked my psl drink purchases after one of my friends pointed out how often I buy them in the fall

[lestis]

(main of trelldraws) just ran across your tag comments about my comics and wanted to say thank you, you're very kind! i haven't drawn in so long but it's always really nice to hear that my old stuff still resonates with someone ♥ (and the one about doflamingo's death was surely just CRUCIALLY NECESSARY it may well be four years later but DEF STILL MAD ABOUT IT)

this only showed up NOW im sorryyyyyy (a bunch of asks appeared out of nowhere so im addressing them all now) i never knew u saw my tags!!

but also im in some ways glad i saw this now bc it prompted me to read your comics again and they rly are SO GOOD THE KILLING DOFLAMINGO ONE WAHAHSHFHF Man.

the way you do emotion, the panelling… i love it. all of your works are SO lovely and are such an inspiration to how i want to do comics. if i can get someone to feel half of what i did (and i still remember the doflamingo one!!!!!) i will be so happy.

[tkhkisi]

Sayonara (means Good bye. "サヨナラ") rocks. I may return again.

I think it was a very nice mountain trip.

After a long soak in the bath, I took a bus back to Tokyo.

Kita Alps (Northern Japan Alps) trekking.

Day6. Aug. 6, 2019.

[tabslabs]

Galois: vampires aren’t real, here’s the math Gigamaree: damn guess I’ve just been biting people for no reason then huh