#Banshee Labyrinth

[basment-bunni]

If anyone is free to talk about Doctor Who, The Doors, My Little Pony, The Cure, My Chemical Romance, California Killjoy Comics, David Bowie, Labyrinth (movie), Strawberry Switchblade, War of the Worlds, Siouxie and the Banshees, crochet, sewing, comics, drawing, Monster High, music or just anything really im free :)

[moonmagyck]

Top 9 movies! Thank you for the tag @just--vi!

No pressure tags! I have literally five followers on this very new account so I tagged all of you, in case you wanted to lol

@this-small-boat @kaleidoscopexsighs @quantumelepant @soloorganaas

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

if I remember right, a year or two ago you made a list of recommendations for the Edinburgh Fringe. Any recommendations for this year? Already got Steffan on the list, obviously

I did! Okay, okay, here's what I've got this year. Caveat: I personally have not been up there yet (I'm going in a few days), but these are things I saw in preview/have heard great things about.

Steffan Alun: Free Standup, but at What Cost

Venue 156: PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth - Banquet Hall, 21.30-22.30

Back again! Eighth Fringe, this. The show is an hour, but that includes a 15 minute warm-up act, then Steff for 45 mins. He does this so that reviewers won't come and ruin the vibe.

Anyway this year he talks a bit about being Welsh and how he is therefore grumpy with Bristolian Tesco self-checkout machines

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Jake Baker: Rule Breaker!

Venue 78: PBH's Free Fringe @ Canons' Gait - Lower, 16.30-17.30

I love Jake, he's lovely. He's a gentle soul and has an excellent delivery style; very warm and deceptively witty. Normally he goes with Just The Tonic and is given a searing hot basement in the sky that smells of mould for a room, but this year he's in Canons' Gait, which is much much nicer.

His blurb: A rule-breaker, a risk taker, a wave-maker and a convention-shaker – all phrases never before used to describe Jake Baker. But when a frustrating game of Alan Turing-themed Monopoly leaves him questioning the laws of the game, he finds himself turning that analytical impulse to bigger things.

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Stephanie Laing: Rudder

Venue 300: Underbelly, George Square - The Wee Coo, 14.50-15.50

This show is particularly Tumblr-friendly, actually; it's described as 'neurodiversity-led'. However, it's a show with a content warning, although all the ticket page is saying is "themes" (insert Stephen Fry meme here); so, <SPOILER> she talks about withdrawing consent while sleeping with a FIB, and him continuing anyway. She talks about it in a very gentle way, avoiding Big Words, and it's very heavy on aftercare </SPOILER>

Her blurb: A comedy dance show about balance. Stephanie has a history of falling over a lot, accidentally kneeing herself in the face, and falling in love with total kn*bheads. In this show she uses a mixture of stand-up and dance to talk about bodies, sex, dancing, liking yourself, consent and healing. Also, there are cartoon bears and burlesque.

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Erin McKinnie: The Faff Chronicles

Venue 108: Hoots @ The Apex - Hoot 4, 16.50-17.50

An Edinburgh local! Good solid standup for those who like such things. New-ish, but one to watch, she's very good. Don't be surprised to see her take off

Her blurb: What a faff! Erin McKinnie, a rising star on the Scottish comedy circuit, talks about faffing through early adulthood – from rogue adventures to living the "below-deck life" on cruise ships – she finds the funny in every bizarre encounter in this uplifting show that asks: Do we really need a life plan? Or... are we all just winging it? A brilliant, snort-worthy giggle-fest about exiting your 20s, facing life indecision and chasing answers for those big questions, all the while trying to convince your mother that this is a real job...

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Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil

Venue 24: Gilded Balloon Patter House - Coorie, 18.20-19.20

Dark feelings show with a really positive, optimistic message and a fun concept. It uses audience participation, but that's not compulsory, you're safe.

Blurb: I'm the emotional daredevil, and for my next feat, I need someone's help. A show about risk, for the unsatisfied and traumatised, from a Chortle Award nominee

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Alex Franklin: Gurl Code

Venue 61: Underbelly, Cowgate - Delhi Belly, 20.25-21.25

Alex does a fun thing each year where she takes her publicity budget and rather than spending it on publicity, she hides it somewhere in Edinburgh and then reveals a clue to its location every day. This tells you something about her, I think

Her blurb: In 2024, trans girl Alex (me) started HRT. Now she (me) feels the most alive she's (me's) ever felt; and she wants to make you feel alive too, or die trying. A ludicrous, musical, chaotic, joyful show about the colours of the world becoming slowly brighter and giving people furniture via the tube. Also being trans.

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Character Building Experience

Venue 49: Bedlam Theatre - Bedlam Theatre, 20.00-21.00

It's a D&D show - the MC Sasha Ellen makes a bunch of 40-minute simple campaigns and a selection of pre-rolled characters to do them, and then gets three comedians each time to play them. You know the drill. Good quality fun, and different each time, since you'll never see the same campaign/comedian mix.

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2 Truths, 1 Lie

Multiple venues and times (search the EdFringe app or website to see them all), but I recommend catching the 3pm show on either the 25th or 26th August at Venue 108: Hoots @ The Apex - Hoot 1 for reasons I shall not share here (ooh, mysterious)

Fun panel-like show! Often MC'd by Steff, especially if you catch one of the 3pm shows. The format is:

Three comedians each declare a statement. Two are true, but one comedian is lying. The MC doesn't know the liar, nor does the audience. The audience gets to ask questions of the comedians; at the end, they vote on who they think the liar is.

(The prize for winning is a smug sense of satisfaction.)

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Anyway, once I'm up there I will possibly have more, but currently, that's my list

[terastalungrad]

My Edinburgh Fringe run starts TODAY!!

Hilarious, uplifting show about Wales and stories and bisexuality and mobile phone video games and milkshake.

9.30pm every night until 25 August (excluding the 14th) at the Banshee Labyrinth on Niddry Street!

Free entry, dungeons collected at the end.

[timdrakescoffeecup]

(Updated !!) Tim Drake Fanfic Masterlist

cw's will not be included, so make sure to check the tags. also might include some general batfics as well.

Bang, bang by Ididloveyou_once

Tim asks Jason to teach him how to use a gun. (One shot, funny)

The Long Way Home by itsnatalie

Tim and Jason get trapped in a labyrinth that shows their worst nightmares. (Multi, angst, hurt/comfort)

like falling water by naheka

Dick crashes at Jason's place, hopped up on fear gas. (One shot, funny)

Bet on it by Lysical

Damian needs Jason's help to hide something from Bruce. (One shot, funny)

Deliver Yourself by forestgreen

Jason adopts his younger self. (Multi, angst)

Banshee In A Well by liverobinreaction (bugbee)

Tim is five years old when he drowns in his parents' pool. He dies quietly, waiting for parents who love him, but will never be there, to realise that something is wrong. They never show up, and he sinks into oblivion.

When he wakes up and claws his way out of the water, the sun has set, and the lights of his house are on. He is cold and wet and his lungs burn.

But most of all, Tim is alone. (Multi, angst)

Home by sElkieNight60

Tim forgets who he is. (Multi, angst)

Late Night Langoustining by whaleofatime

Jason adopts a lobster. (One shot, funny)

two against the world by carolinaa

While following Batman and Robin, Tim finds a puppy. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

Like a Hinge, Like a Wing by Ultrageekatlarge

Tim blackmails Batman into helping him arrest his murderous uncle. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

See Life As a Worthy Opponent by TriviasGhost

Tim goes to a universe where he never existed. (Multi, incomplete)

The Return by lurkinglurkerwholurks

What the comics neglected to cover after Bruce returns from being lost in time. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

Obedience by Sohotthateveryonedied

Something is seriously wrong with Tim—Jason just knows it. Ever since the Mad Hatter incident, Tim has been acting completely different, and the worst part is that no one believes Jason when he tells them so.

But when the truth is eventually revealed, the whole family comes to realize that the situation is far worse than anyone could have ever predicted. (One shot, angst)

To an Athlete Dying Young by SonoSvegliato

A series detailing Tim’s ascension to Robinhood, with angsty Red Hood vigilantes in the background. (Multi, angst)

Matters of the Heart by DM (Nyerus), Nyerus

Kon need's Tim's help with an investigation in Metropolis. Feelings ensue. (Multi, Timkon)

It Wasn't Real (But We Were Happy) by lurkinglurkerwholurks

“Everyone’s fine. You don’t need me anymore. I told you, Bruce. I told you I’d stay until you didn’t need me anymore.”

“I’m sorry. I stayed too long. I should have... I shouldn’t have waited so long." (Multi, angst)

occam's razor by Beatrice eagle

An in-universe reddit thread about Jason's death. (One shot, funny)

To Try, To Err, To Try Again by theLiterator

Tim knits Damian a present. (One shot, wholesome?)

let's get mischievous by CreamofTomatoSoup

Tim's friend gets possessed by Dionysius. (One shot, angst)

Whoopsie by MichaBerry

Tim forgets to tell that he lost his spleen. Oops. (One shot, angst?)

Latchkey by goldkirk

Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is training himself to run the streets at night, and is doing absolutely peachy, thank you.

Alfred and Jason disagree, and get Dick and Bruce involved in figuring out their weird nextdoor neighbor kid’s life. Everything goes uphill from there. (Multi, hurt/comfort, this is a MUST READ for timfics)

Trouble Magnet by strikeyoucolors

"It's like you've been synchronized into passively hostile acts against Tim. Did he do something? Were you brainwashed? Because I now have a son who has been crushed, had his face broken, and been shot. All incidences of friendly fire. " (One shot, funny)

Echoes of You by SilverSkiesAtMidnight

Milk white skin beneath the mud, black hair hanging in muddy clumps around his ears. Blue eyes staring back at him, animal-bright and dilated in the brief moment before he flinches back from the light with a cry of pain that stabs through Jason to the soul. (One shot, angst)

A Simple Life by RenaRoo

Tim Drake is living a simple life in one of the worst parts of Gotham. He makes the best of it, though. He makes for himself the only life he's ever known...

He thinks. (One shot, angst)

The Wound Begins to Bleed by audreycritter

Now that Tim’s moved back to the manor, he just wants a few afternoons a week without Damian around.

Funny how getting that was the catalyst for him becoming a better big brother. (One shot, brotherly bonding)

Hey, Lawman! by dinolaur

Tim goes MIA during lunch. (One shot, funny)

Gotham Banksy by LananiA3O

After finding out that he remains unavenged, Jason returns to Gotham, but instead of deciding to kill Bruce, he decides to channel his rage into a more creative endeavor: spray-painting Gotham until the message is loud and clear to everyone: fuck Batman. (Multi, angst)

Breaking News: Local Teen Given Intervention For Normal Behaviour by yellowrooster

Tim ends up in an alternate dimension where he's considered a drug addict. (One shot, funny)

Bay Through Hell by GordandV

Tim is mermaid. (Multi, AU)

Hot Dog, French Fries by eggmacguffin

Damian tries to hide that he's been hit with a truth serum. (One shot, hurt/comfort)

What happens in Vegas by Ididloveyou_once

Tim and Kon get married in Vegas, while drunk. (Multi, timkon)

Quarter past midnight by Aaren

Instead of being found by Talia after crawling out of his grave, Jason becomes a nurse. (Multi, canon divergence)

(Un)Wanted by Mika-chan (mikarin)

Tim gets kidnapped. (One shot, hurt/comfort)

A Midafternoon Beetdown by whaleofatime

Jason cosplays as a organic farmer. (One shot, funny)

Liminal Space by Calamityjim

Bruce's habit of collecting strays isn't limited by dimension. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

Can't Stay Down (a Documentary) by SonoSvegliato

Tim gets his tonsils removed. (Multi, funny)

Surveillance by smilebackwards

Tim is a civilian who contributes to crime fighting by taking surveillance photos and leaving them on the desktop of the Batcomputer. (Multi, found family)

Chemistry of a Car Crash by anthologia

Tim gets into a car crash. (One shot, hurt/comfort)

Bet It all On Red by centreoftheselights

Instead of becoming enemies, Robin and Red Hood form an alliance. (One shot series, canon divergence)

False Dichotomy by heartslogos

Red Hood calls Red Robin's bandoliers "super convenient idiot handles". (One shot)

don't take you guns to town by kreestar

batman comes home from a night patrolling to find a 10 year old jason todd waiting for him in his kitchen. across gotham, at the same time, red hood is stopped by a 25 year old bruce wayne. (One shot, angst)

Stubborn by audreycritter

When your butler mom calls and says, "Go check on your brother," you don't argue. You just do it. (Multi, sickfic)

I'm Just Fine by girlgeekjf

After rescuing a group of kidnapped children, Tim reflects on what he could’ve done better. (One shot, hurt/comfort)

A Christmas Miracle by Mithen

Damian and Dick go undercover to bust a child-kidnapping ring whose members dress up as Santa Claus. (One shot, funny)

Confidence Lost by C_R_Scott

Everything about Neal Caffrey’s past prior to his 18th birthday is a mystery, even to him. However, when someone unexpectedly recognizes him by a name that he has never used as an alias before, he learns that the biggest con of his life is literally his life. (or, tim is neal caffrey from white collar) (multi, crossover)

Exit Wounds by incogneat_oh

Did you hear this one? A vigilante walks into a warehouse and kills the joker. (One shot, angst)

If the Sky Comes Falling Down (For You) by lurkinglurkerwholurks

Five times Jason saved his siblings, and one time they saved him. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

Normally People Pass Out After by WriterfromGotham

Tim donates blood. (One shot, angst and fluff)

In Living Memory by DangerBeckett

Jason remembers why he stays out of other people's business. (One shot, angst)

Set My Mind To Wandering by Tabithian

Tim goes on a vacation. (One shot series, angst)

A Little Bit of Sunshine, A Little Bit of Rain by ohwhatevrewhatevr

For once, Tim is happy with his life. (One shot, fluff?)

American Ninja Worrier by DangerBeckett

Tim hires a ninja intern. Jason becomes concerned. (One shot, funny)

The Wrong Boy is Breathing by heartslogos

Tim visits Jason's grave all the time. (One shot, angst)

Jason Todd: The Not-So-Outlaw by GoAwayOlivia

Jason Todd isn't what Batman made him, he isn't what the Joker made him, he isn't what the League of Assassins made him, and he isn't what the Lazarus Pit made him. He's his own person and he's taking himself back, one home renovation at a time. Also he might just make friends with the people who are supposed to be his brothers while he's at it. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

The Art of Conversation by glassgoblin

Robin needs to talk to a friend, but everyone is a little busy. (One shot, angst)

Road Rage Robin by heartslogos

"I’d be doing humanity a favor.” Tim grinds out, “And I would get away with it. I could totally get away with it. I’ve done worse.“ (One shot, funny)

How to be a male Batgirl by Blackjay27

There are many ways to help Batman and Robin, but no matter which universe he's in, Tim's method will always end with him in a costume on Gotham's rooftops. (Multi, canon divergence)

I Saw Grayson Kissing Santa Claus by pupeez4eva

It’s Christmas time, and Damian is on a mission - to stop this ‘Santa Claus’ fellow from molesting his older brother. (Multi, funny) (this fic is so funny it made me cackle out loud)

Favourite Strangers by SpiritsFlame

It's been six months since Bruce's actions led to the death of Superman. (One shot, crossover with the movies?)

show me yesterday, for i can't find today by indent

Then: The year is 2013. Jason Todd is alive, fourteen years old, and about to follow Sheila Haywood, his birth mother, into the hands of the Joker. All he wants is to save her life.

Now: The year is 2018. Jason Todd was dead. But now he's a nineteen year old vigilante about to take down the latest C-Lister rogue. Unfortunately for him, its a rogue that specialises in time-travel technology. And what starts as an easy takedown...ends as a time travelling phenomenon.

The two Jasons swap places. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

Retrograde Motion by Lysical

All Jason wanted was a case that was simple, clean, and far away from the latest mess in Gotham. Magic wasn't the Outlaws' area of expertise, but they soon found themselves investigating a dark wizard with a penchant for organ harvesting.

When an accident on the case leaves Jason as a clueless seven year old with a memory that's spotty at best, what else can his team do but go to his family for help? (Multi, hurt/comfort?)

anglerfish by envysparkler

Robin was having a horrible night even before the Red Hood showed up. (One shot, angst)

Tso'ape Mumbichi by keeptogethernow

Tim is Talon. (Multi, AU)

Kodokuno Shoujo (A Lonely Girl) by C_R_Scott

A tale of two Robins wrapped up in an Asian-style horror story. Tim Drake goes to Japan for business, both for Wayne Enterprises and Batman Incorporated. However, when he returns to Gotham City, it's Damian Wayne who discovers he brought along more from his trip overseas than just his luggage and mission report. (Multi, horror)

at me, too, someone is looking by bacondoughnut

Dick Grayson knows he's got problems when the Red Hood's busted leg somehow becomes his concern. (Multi, hurt/comfort)

Help by Loxare

Jason never went to Gotham after he emerged from the Lazarus Pit. Instead, he went to Bludhaven to begin his reign of terror. (Or Jason adopts all the children of Bludhaven.) (Multi, fluff)

Lean on me by Musingsofthesky

Tim just wants to hang out with Bruce. Too bad his cold has other plans. (One shot, sickfic)

The Ol' Switcheroo by AutumnHobbit

Damian takes a bullet for Tim. (One shot, angst)

Meant to be by protagonistically

Tim takes a bullet for Bruce. (One shot, angst)

Juneberries by MichaBerry

When Tim is taken, Damian has to come to terms with his own insecurities, and how he really feels towards his older 'brother'. When he does, it might be too late. (Multi, angst)

though the sun continues to stand by metropolisjournal (TKodami)

Tim in the movie universe. (Multi, angst)

The Time We've Got by DawnsEternalLight

While on an emergency Redbull run, Tim tries to talk to his adopted father. (One shot, fluff)

Take It Back Now Y'all by TimTheToaster (tabletoptime)

Tim travels back in time, focusing on trying not to make too many changes. Too bad plans don't always work out too well. (Multi, AU?)

We're Not Driving (How did we get here?) by TimTheToaster (tabletoptime)

Tim stared at his phone, as if that would change what was on the screen. (One-shot, hurt/comfort)

cards on the table by wesslan

His reality did not involve riches and inheritance, galas and mansions, or even a sunny beach in the wonderful non-extradition country of Cuba. Instead it involved a drafty and somewhat crappy apartment, and a whole lot of hustling to make ends meet. (Multi, canon-divergence)

[would-they-listen-to-that]

….Mr Puzzles x reader/selfship playlist if possible…

Thankies :3

‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡ here you go, caller!

Ruler of Everything - Tally Hall

The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehner

Everybody Loves Me - OneRepublic

Labyrinth - Miracle Musical

Brass Goggles - Steam Powered Giraffe

Applause - Lady Gaga

First Love/Late Spring - Mitski

Happy House - Siouxie and the Banshees

We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

Hit the Road, Jack - Ray Charles

thanks for dialing in!

[lysanderthenerd]

"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved to knit."

Original folk horror storytelling on knitting, grief, and perfection.

October 31st - November 3rd at The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Horror Festival.

For more information, and to buy tickets visit the Edinburgh Horror Festival website

[psiroller]

a kiss with a fist and such

i'm working on a lil somethin something where chilchuck and laios get into a fistfight at a bar and then make out. here's a really cringe aperitif to set up the conflict. it's pre-canon, i guess?? falin, namari and shuro are there. unfortunately for them.

nothing much happens in this excerpt but the final will involve romantic interests being violent to each other. i'd recommend not reading it if you're sensitive to that, but it's nothing too far outside the realm of what is portrayed in the manga lol

Laios had read volumes upon volumes of advice for the aspiring dungeon crawler and the content of this research could be summed up as thus: the party leader’s main objective is to keep everyone from killing each other before a monster can. The old king’s dungeon contained labyrinths that slithered like restless serpents, spike traps, false walls, beasts and enchanted baubles, but no trick more treacherous than pitting adventurers against one another. Why bother with conjuring monsters if you could simply torment your intruders until someone snapped? Sometimes a squabble over good loot was all it took for a party to dissolve.

Falin did most of the work in smoothing over the occasional interpersonal conflict, her calm smile and soft voice able to soothe even banshees, but there was only so much goodwill Laios’ kind little sister could afford him. Not everyone cared to learn the ins and outs of minotaur husbandry, or the complicated respiratory system of a seven-headed hydra, halfway down the magic murder hole. Laios didn’t really know what else there would be to talk about in a dungeon, though, so he often ran his mouth to fill the silence.

“Laios, if I hear one more fact about manticore scat I’ll make sure you’ll be living the dream.”

Chilchuck glowered up at Laios, hands on his hips, brows furrowed into a cute little crease.

“C’mon, it was relevant,” Laios said, cleaning his hands off with an already filthy handkerchief. “It’s fresh, so the monster’s nearby.”

“Fantastic news! I didn’t need a report on the texture. Let’s go.”

Chilchuck, the new hire, was an ornery sort. Good at his job—one would hope, with the astonishing upfront fee—but not with people. Laios could relate. A glance at the scrunched-up faces of Namari, Marcille and Shuro confirmed that Chilchuck wasn’t just bitching for the sake of it this time. He searched Falin’s strained grin for some backup, but she was at a loss.

Luckily, there were workarounds for the warrior in want of charisma.

“Cheer up, little guy.” A vein bulged out on Chilchuck’s forehead; Falin grimaced and mouthed an apology behind Laios’ back. “I’ll buy everyone a round at the tavern once the job’s done.”

Chilchuck debated holding the grudge, then sighed with a slumping of the shoulders.

“All the more reason to get a move on, then,” Namari said cheerily, glad to forget the scene they’d just witnessed. She clapped Chilchuck on the shoulder as she passed, staggering him out of his confrontational stance. He grunted and let it go, folding his hands behind his head and continuing down the tunnel.

“Nailed it,” Laios whispered to Falin, who met him with a congratulatory pat on the back. Wasting his cut of the profits on beer wasn’t wise with rent coming up, but the party’s cohesion was important, too. They’d managed to kill a green dragon last week, and it would be nice to keep that ball rolling.

“Good job, big brother! Um, next time, maybe don’t… call Chilchuck that.” “Why? I’m just trying to be friendly.” “Um… well, with half-foots, it’s sort of a-“

“C’mon, you two. Unless you want to get the bill after happy hour ends,” Chilchuck called, his small voice booming off the stone tiled walls.  Laios jogged after the rest of the party, armor clanking as he went, with Falin not far behind.

[cosmic-navel-gazin]

The Good People(@grosutina) have demanded, and here it is!

Some Movie recommendations for all you beautiful bastards out there😘

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Starting off with some italian goodness:

Cinema Paradiso (theatrical cut) - this is THE homage to cinema for me, one of my favourite ever endings, and Ennio Morricone's score is muah!

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Il Postino / The Postman (good companion to Cinema Paradiso I think)

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Babettes gæstebud /Babette's Feast

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Amadeus (1984) (you know me, of course it's here)

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The Fall (the treatiest of treats for your eyeballs)

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Trois Couleurs / Three Colours Trilogy: Blue, White, Red

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Terry Gilliam's Imagination Trilogy:

Time Bandits

Brazil (the 142 minute long version, my friend @dongtopus you might like this one since you were getting into Kafka, it's the closest to a kafkaesque nightmare I've ever seen)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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La Grande Bellezza / The Great Beauty

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Dangerous Liaisons (recommend the book too it's a great read)

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Triple Feature of Irish Pain and Dark Comedy™ aka The Brendan Gleeson Cinematic Universe: Calvary (2014)

In Bruges

The Banshees of Inisherin

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Bonus Irish Pain™:

Hunger

In the Name of the Father

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And some Irish light fun to take a breather after those:

Waking Ned / Waking Ned Devine

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Some Michael Haneke cuz he's quickly becoming a favourite (warning: messed up and heavy content alert with this lad):

Funny Games (he directed both the 1997 og and the 2007 american remake, I've only seen the 97 one but I hear you're good with either, with the 2007 remake actually being closer to Haneke's vision)

La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher

Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon

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A Field In England (a recent fave, 12 days of shooting, 2 fields, clever editing and sound design gave birth to the best wizard battle put to film)

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El Laberinto del Fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (it isn't as talked about as other Guillermo del Toro films but it's still my favourite of his)

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The Seventh Seal (reminder to self to watch more Bergman, this is the only one of his I've watched shame on me)

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Some Van Gogh goodness:

Loving Vincent (fuck it 2 pics for this one cuz I can't choose)

At Eternity's Gate

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Some Claymation and stop motion goodness:

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Anomalisa

To be Continued...

[atinybookofbutterflies]

𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠... ‎⋆₊ ⊹ ཐིཋྀ

𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 & 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 ‎⋆₊ ⊹ ཐིཋྀ

musicians / bands: the cure, the birthday massacre, fields of the nephilim, pale waves, evanescence, the chameleons, mazzy star, my bloody valentine, the smashing pumpkins, nine inch nails, hole, bauhaus, sisters of mercy, twin tribes, him, echo & the bunnymen, siouxsie and the banshees, killing joke, the march violets, manic street preachers, chelsea wolfe, amy winehouse, ethel cain, nicole dollanganger, the joy formidable, crosses, witch of the vale, lebanon hanover, avril lavigne, massive attack, lana del rey, slowdive, the prodigy, the twilight sad, moi dix mois, malice mizer, kanon wakeshima, some vocaloid, akira yamaoka

movies: coraline, labyrinth, a series of unfortune events, love & pop, sucker punch, whip it, lilya 4 ever, mulholland drive, scott pilgrim vs the world, the love witch, ginger snaps, carrie/carrie 2, red riding hood, the twilight saga, the lord of the rings series, alice, mcqueen, black swan, amy, pan's labyrinth, the craft, suspiria, notting hill, scary movie, angel's egg, end of evangelion, may, ringu, audition, belladonna of sadness, dark water, battle royale, nana, perfect blue, moulin rouge, the runaways, your name, vanilla sky, howl's moving castle, spirited away, whisper of the heart, princess mononoke, orphan, josie & the pussycats, it, eyes wide shut, the matrix, welcome to the dollhouse, the vvitch, american mary, scary stories to tell in the dark, practical magic... [letterboxd]

television: pretty little liars, daisy jones & the six, skins, my mad fat diary, the end of the fucking world, fleabag, normal people, american horror story (1-5), rock of love, daisy of love, the girls next door, malcolm in the middle, futurama

games: yume nikki, silent hill (1-4), bloodborne, bloodrayne, kingdom hearts, lollipop chainsaw, alice madness returns, the witch's house, the urbz, catherine, the professor layton series, animal crossing (gc&ww), stardew valley, harvest moon, fatal frame series, mirror's edge, resident evil biohazard/village, pokemon (pearl/ranger), diablo iii, danganronpa, ddlc, saya no uta, white day: a labyrinth named school, tamagotchi, sinoalice

anime: xxxHolic, steins;gate, clannad/after story, shiki, death note, neon genesis evangelion, serial experiments lain, another, death parade, one piece, chuunibyou, hotarubi no moro e, k-on!, the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya, karin, malice@doll, myself;yourself, mirai nikki, sailor moon, cardcaptor sakura, shugo chara, black⭑rock shooter... [myanimelist]

manga: xxxHolic, nana, kobato, goodnight punpun, #DRCL, paradise kiss, vampire knight, tomie, death note, fruits basket, bizenghast... [myanimelist]

books: millenium gothic (dorian bridges), wuthering heights (emily bronte), lost souls (poppy z brite), the twilight saga (stephanie meyer), the hobbit & the lord of the rings (jrr tolkein), the portrait of dorian grey (oscar wilde), alice's adventures in wonderland (lewis carroll), normal people (sally rooney), it (alexa chung), entangled (cat clarke)

magazines: 2000s era kerrang, gothic lolita bible, cure, fruits

𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 ‎⋆₊ ⊹ ཐིཋྀ

style/aesthetics: whimsigoth, dark cabaret & fairy goth - but also love to dabble in gothabilly, vampire & romantic goth, mall goth, cybergoth & gothic lolita ♡

brands: h.Naoto (jelly/honey/blood), burleska, strange ways, hell bunny, poizen industries, addictrap, bpn/peace now, irregular choice, phaze, sinister, lip service, omen, raven, dark in love, the dark side, cyberdog, dark star, death kitty, punkyfish, spanki, trick fairies hot topic, punk rave, (some) killstar, tripp nyc, royal bones, spin doctor, new rock, demonia, hades, bye bye kitty, spiral, banned, glp gothic lolita punk, pleasers/bordello, ozz on, abilletage, alice & the pirates, atelier pierrot, moi-meme-moitie, sheglit, alice auaa, putumayo, honey birdette, agent provocateur

colours: purple (all shades!!), black, white, dark grey, blue, hot pink & pastels sometimes

characters: ruby gloom, emily the strange, siouxsie darkside, santoro gorjuss, pocketfull of posiez, kuromi, hello kitty, scary miss mary, sentimental circus, jewel cat, gloomy bear, menhera-chan, calne ca

style inspo: helena bonham carter, katie jane garside, amy lee, emilie autumn, chibi (the birthday massacre), alice glass, krysten ritter, sasha grey, liz vicious, avril lavigne, dorian bridges/of herbs & altars, pinky sevensins, tiffy tinarina (rawtime), mana-sama, courtney love, amy winehouse, kat von d, amelia arsenic, debra fogarty, stephanie opal weinstein, sherri moon, elvira, mary poole, siouxsie sioux, jessicka addams, allison harvard, winona ryder, queenie black, frances bean cobain, taylor momson, dita von teese, ilsa von bulow, bettie page

character style inspo: ginger fitzgerald (ginger snaps), the sucker punch girls, alice/rosalie cullen (twilight), violet baudelaire (a series of unfortunate events), aria montgomery (pretty little liars), penelope wilhern (penelope), jade west (victorious), nana osaki (nana), black⭑rock shooter, yuuko ichihara & himawari (xxxHolic), sunako & megumi (shiki), misa amane (death note), elissabat & draculaura (monster high), morbida (begoths), thorn (hex girls), alice liddell (alice madness returns), the doll (bloodborne), celestia ludenberg (danganronpa), pretty much every fatal frame character

designers: (runway/catwalk) alexander mcqueen, vivienne westwood, anna sui, alice auaa, jean paul gaultier, iris van herpen, blumarine, givenchy

𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 ‎⋆₊ ⊹ ཐིཋྀ

makeup: illamasqua, lancome, mac, nyx, anna sui, trixie cosmetics, urban decay, clinique, (old) kvd, ardell, diamond lash

hair: got2b, tigi bedhead range, extensions: hairfromhell, dye: schwarzkopf igora royal 01 / olia (semi-perm), manic panic glam strips

fragrance: dior - midnight poison(rip)/poison girl/miss dior, britney spears - fantasy, ysl - black opium, gucci - flora/guilty, avril lavigne - black star (rip), lolita lempicka

𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒄. 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 ‎⋆₊ ⊹ ཐིཋྀ

dolls/plushies: pullip, blythe, licca, bleeding edge goths, nendoroids/figmas, living dead dolls, bratz, monster high, gloomy bear/chax bunny

artists: myka jelina, rachael huntington, jasmine becket-griffith, snugbat, anne stokes, nicolette ceccoli, mark ryden, loputyn, yoh monochrome, kira imai, takato yamamoto, aya takano, yoshitaka amano, tsugumi oba, junji ito, inio asano, kazuhiro hori, deino/kotaro maeda, lucas david

fave places(i've been): uk — whitby, camden, york, edinburgh / de — berlin (so far...) / other — verona, venice, paris, brussels, new york

places(i'd like to go): leipzig, isle of skye, isle of glen, tokyo, kyoto

⇢ pfp credit — yoh monochrome

pss if you know which song my @ is referencing ily!! ♡

[mozzkito]

Hi!

BLOCK DON'T REPORT

Not pr0 anything, this is my safe place !!

(introduction post🤭)

Stats:

164cm/5.4ft

Hw:56kg/123lbs

Lw:50kg/110lbs

Cw:51.5kg/113lbs

Gw1:50kg/110lbs

Gw2:48kg/105lbs

Gw3:45kg/99lbs

Ugw:42kg/93lbs

13yo

Likes:

♡MUSIC:

The smiths, Radiohead, type o negative, the cure, bauhaus, Conan Gray, Melanie Martinez, maneskin, molchat doma, Specimen, Siouxie and the Banshees

♡HOBBIES:

ART, goth fashion, sitting alone in my room and plotting on the destruction of universe💜

♡MOVIES

The Perks of Being a Wallflower(comfort movie fr), the Craft, Labyrinth, 10 things I hate about you

♡BOOKS

The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Harry Potter, School for Good and Evil, Les Miserables, the Poppy War

[jezebelsnightmare]

Hi and welcome to my blog Jezebel's Nightmare :) I am a Goth from the UK and use this blog to post my pictures. Feel welcome to ask questions, especially about Goth subculture, as long as they are respectful and are SFW.

Somethings about me :)

Some of my favourite bands are Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees, Type O Negative, The Birthday Party and Jack Off Jill. (As well as many more!)

Feel free to recommend music!

My favourite movie is The Crow, but Donnie Darko and The Labyrinth are up there as well.

I love castles, graveyards and all that is dark and creepy too :)

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Sexiest Podcast Character — Scripted Bracket — Round 3

Propaganda

Mabel Martin (Mabel):

the girl half-burning!!! the bitch queen of hell!!! dead girl walking!!! rot-hearted girl!!!! consort to king anna limon!!!! lesbian icon!!!!

Who is doing it like Mabel Martin? No one. She's a lesbian. She is the lamb, and the knife. She is so loved that god herself tore a hole between worlds to find her again. She tore out her own veins to bargain with the house that holds her. She is the girl half-burning, she kept a bullet that came out of her (it was hers. she birthed it), she is the Labyrinth. And she is the Minotaur.

a vote for Mabel is a vote for insane codependent lesbians everywhere 👍 also for women with large noses (the hottest of women)

Oleta (Within The Wires: Season 1):

Amnesiac escapee getting walked through a way out of a dystopia by her girlfriend the narrator. Doesn’t actually say anything since she’s listening to the relaxation tapes but still! Listen to that narrator go.

more Oleta propaganda because she sure does say some stuff offmic!!

laughs like she's getting away with something. often she is getting away with something but she laughs like it even when she's not

is so ready to risk it all and bust out of the institute at the first opportunity that Hester has to remind her several times not to try escaping until she's been given all of the information about The Plan

is a sound engineer. an obviously sexy trade

knowingly risked arrest to continue saying hi to her sister every day. got very elaborate about it

has good taste (reads ursula k le guin and listens to siouxsie and the banshees)

appreciates art by asking speculqtive questions about it

Art of Mabel from @kayleerowena.

[thehollywoodnecromancer]

Hello all!

I’ve been here for a while and have not yet done an intro post, so while it makes my heart heavy to unpin this post, I felt like I should.

I mostly just scream into the void here, and occasionally the void screams back and talks to me about Yellowjackets so that’s pretty neat

I use he/him, I’m Australian (AEST), and I don’t use tags because I can’t even organise myself to stand up half the time

I’ll occasionally post fanart but mostly it’ll just be reblogging/rambling to myself lol

I’m very nostalgic, it makes up a good 80% of my personality

I love flowers, filmmaking, art rock, vampires, poetry, absurdism & psychedelia

Fandoms/interests under the cut! 🩷

I listen to a LOT of music but my favourites are:

David Bowie

Florence + the Machine

Anaïs Mitchell

Hozier

Picture Parlour

The Last Dinner Party

The Beatles

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

The Doors

The Cranberries

Oh Pep!

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Chappell Roan

The Cure

PJ Harvey

The Crane Wives

Stevie Nicks

Kate Bush

Gracie Abrams

Jefferson Airplane

Sleep Token

Ethel Cain

Jeff Buckley

They Might Be Giants

The Smiths

Will Wood (& the Tapeworms)

Telenova

Movies:

Edward Scissorhands

Dead Poets Society

The Breakfast Club

The Truman Show

Love & Mercy

Labyrinth

Beetlejuice

Lisa Frankenstein

Being John Malkovich

Miracle on 34th Street

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Yellowjackets

Interview With the Vampire

Derry Girls

Blackadder

The Good Place

Deadloch

Daisy Jones & the Six

How I Met Your Mother

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Books:

The Liar’s Dictionary

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Anne of Green Gables

Ella Minnow Pea

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Metamorphosis

Theatre, musical and otherwise:

Hadestown (but I massively prefer the concept album)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Les Misérables

Jekyll & Hyde

The Producers

Hamilton (not as much anymore but I still love it)

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Otherwise… I love 60s fashion, I wear a lot of long coats, and I could rant about Grigori Rasputin for hours at a time. T.S Eliot and Gwen Harwood are my favourite poets, Alphonse Mucha is my favourite visual artist and I have a soft spot for purple carnations

That’s pretty much all!

[thenightling]

How 80s Rock (and rock in general) influenced The Sandman

Okay, this is a list that has been mostly confirmed.  I won’t add speculation like “Robert Smith is the basis for Morpheus’s hair.” or “Peter Murphy is the basis for Morpheus.”  This will only contain things that have been confirmed in various sources.  Lucifer - Meant to look and sound like David Bowie circa 1969. (Confirmed multiple times by Neil Gaiman.  In fact Michael Sheen is doing a David Bowie impersonation while voicing Lucifer for The Sandman audio drama adaptation.  Neil Gaiman has even said that Gwendoline Christie looks more like David Bowie than Tom Ellis does.)  

Death of The Endless - Originally Neil wanted her to resemble Nico but she ended up looking like the Cinnamon Hadley instead.  In The Sandman Overture, according to J. H. Williams III, his depiction of Death is meant to resemble Siouxsie of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

John Constantine - Though not an original creation of Neil Gaiman (first created by Alan Moore), John Constantine was supposed to have resembled rock star, Sting.  (roughly 1985 look.)

Desire of The Endless - Desire was, at least partly, inspired by the Duran Duran album cover Rio. The cover was painted by Patrick Nagel and designed by Malcolm Garrett.  When Neil was starting out as a writer one of the first things he wrote was a book on Duran Duran. 

Another inspiration for Desire came from Annie Lennox’s look for the music video “Sweet Dreams (are made of this).”   Ironic considering the title.   

Delirium of The Endless - Though Neil Gaiman did not meet Tori Amos until after he had created Delirium, he insists that Delirium was somehow inspired by Tori Amos.

Men of Good Fortune - The issue / Chapter of The Sandman called Men of Good Fortune is named after a song by Lou Reed. Sunday Morning - The issue / Chapter called Sunday Morning is also named after a Lou Reed (Velvet Underground) song.  So that is two Hob Gadling chapters named for Lou Reed Songs. Beginning to see the Light - The Sandman: A game of You issue / chapter named Beginning to see the Light is also named for a Velvet Underground song. Dream songs - Roy Orbison’s In dreams plays in The Sandman issue Dream a little Dream of me. The issue / chapter is named after a song. And Mr. Sandman (Bring me a Dream) by the Chordettes is also in that issue. The Skye Boat song - Not actually a rock song by any interpretation of the term but I thought I’d mention it.  Many of you may recognize the Skye Boat song as the “theme song to Outlander.”   This song is referenced in The Sandman: A Game of You. Labyrinth - Neil Gaiman is an admitted fan of the Jim Henson film Labyrinth.  A friend of mine insisted that Morpheus is “Goth Jareth” (David Bowie’s character in Labyrinth). And a Game of You has some plot similarities to Labyrinth.  Labyrinth has six original songs by David Bowie. 

Queen -  It’s no secret that Neil Gaiman is a Queen and David Bowie fan and tends to reference both whenever possible in his writing.  The Sandman Brief lives is no exception.  When Delirium wanders into a night club two men are discussing the death of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, and one mentions someone making the crude joke of “Another One Bites the Dust” (a popular 1980 Queen song).

There are many more rock music references in The Sandman but these are the ones I could remember off-hand.    Think how strange it would be if all of these (80s) rock elements were removed from The Sandman somehow.  

And this is a more recent connection but John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and The Angry Inch) plays Hal AKA Dolly, the drag queen, in The Sandman Netflix series storyline called The Doll’s House.   

[calamitys-child]

any queer bars/clubs you'd recommend in edinburgh? we've not been able to find anything satisfactory unfortunately

Depends on the vibes you're after!

Specifically queer venues:

Planet: never been except after pride one time like 6 years ago, so unable to really review personally, but my pals have given me middling to low reviews of the vibes tbh. The queer rugby team often host events there though

CC Blooms: a club, usually fun tunes but can have a slightly "cishets on stags/hens" crowd occasionally. Would recommend going for their drag shows though, they're always super fun

The Street: good food good drink, also host regular drag shows and club nights and I've loved all the ones I've been to

The Regent: a regular ass pub that is just pretty much exclusively for queer people who want to do a crossword and start weird arguments about board games

Other drag shows/queer events spaces:

Kandy Store at Frankensteins: all seated but Is downstairs so ymmv access wise, usually not super busy which is a tragedy because it fucking rules. They also host a yearly competition for new and upcoming drag artists which is always so special

Queer as Punk at Wee Red Bar or Leith Depot: cool as fuck group that puts on punk gigs and drag shows and spoken word nights and short film screenings, it's never the same twice so I recommend following them on Instagram to see the specific shows they do

Leith Arches: events space that hosts a variety of shows including a regular drag king night and other clubs or performances

Dog House: very fun bar hosting drag bingo or other performances. A little out of the way for me but every time ive been it's been fun!

Paradise Palms: foremost a smashing veggie food and drink place, but also regularly has queer performance nights

I know there's also regular drag shows at Subway, Three Sisters, and Casablanca in grassmarket, but I have not personally been

Fun places that are queer friendly but not explicitly doing events or anything, or aren't bars but worth knowing:

Kafe Kweer: queer-owned cafe that hosts craft fairs and galleries and suchlike

Lighthouse Books: radical leftist bookshop and love of my life

Banshee Labyrinth: spooky pub with cinema room and weekly karaoke

Mortal Kocktail: weird little alt bar full of old arcade machines

Argonaut Books: independent bookshop and community space with book group meetings including im pretty sure a queer themed book club

There's definitely more that I've missed, the queer scene in Edinburgh is so wonderful and vibrant and there's space for everybody if you know where to look!!