#Berserker Pygmalion

[hasmephydoneanythingwrong]

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Content warning for mentions of death and crime under the cut.

Format: Heroic Spirit [line "vibes"]

I already wrote a line for this Heroic Spirit but I wanted to include my ideas anyway

Lines I Want To Include For Certain:

Mephistopheles (of course!) [I would die for you. I cannot fathom doing anything else.]

Summer Mephistopheles [meta rejoicing]

Pretender Mephistopheles [Stages 1 and 2: absolute panic and rage; Stage 3: please don't ever do anything like that again!]

Snow Queen ["Perhaps I was always meant to be an Avenger..."]

Kiichi Hogen/Demon King Oda Nobunaga ["There's someone like me here...? 🥹"]

Sessyoin Kiara/Kama [something downtrodden about love, idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Ashiya Douman [(breaking bad voice) "you are not a clown, you're not capable of being a clown"]

Oberon [something vague about being willing to destroy everything for someone you love (I may be fundamentally misunderstanding Oberon tho)]

Lines I'm Not Sure of Because I Feel Like Making Too Many Would Be Annoying

Pygmalion [bonding over how much they freaking LOVE their respective partners]

Moriarty ["aw HELL yeah, crime grandpa is here"]

Oda Nobukatsu [(self-appointed) protective older sibling instincts activate!! ...only for chaos to immediately be brushed off...]

Elizabeth [friend!! friend who deserves all the kindness!! can i hear you sing, please?]

Jeanne Lily [Mom Mode Activated™️]

Alexander ["you are also my little brother now, I've decided"]

Babbage [views him as a mentor figure bc chaos spent waaaay too much time on the computer before becoming a Master]

Lancelot (Berserker)/Henry Jekyll/Antonio Salieri ["I am just... so fucking sorry."]

Gorgon [some heartfelt shit where chaos makes a point to call her "Medusa" instead]

Taira-no-Kagekiyo [I'd want her to view Yoshitsune as a mom figure but I don't know enough about her to know if that's locked behind Stage 3 or not]

The Calvin Fischoeder Pseudoservant of John King Fisher who I made for an elaborate AU

Putting together a list of ideas for some of Foreigner!Bruce’s My Room Servant lines.

Would anyone like to see them?

[dailyarturiartfgo]

I can’t with this new event! XD

but for real, get Galatea her husband, the true Otaku Figurine Life-Size Model collectionner sculptor King Pygmalion

[berserker-showdown]

ON the Right carved of Ivory, the ideal woman of King Pygmalion's dreams, and given the breath of life by Aphrodite. Born of Hammer, Chisel and Love, the Statuesque Galatea

ON the Left the Noble and Beautiful Queen of Siegfried, the Wielder of the Corrupted Balmung, her Rage unmatched by any foe in life. The Berserker of "Passionate love that repays the murder of one’s loved one with twice the payback": Queen Kriemhild

[onionconsomme]

tag ppl you wanna know better ☆〜（ゝ。∂）

tagged by @funeralcity thank you cami...!!!!! :D

last song: serial stories by pizzicato five! just listened to their album 'antique 96' only a day or two ago and i've been listening to it on repeat since

favorite color: green :) all shades. (except neon greens.. no thanks)

currently watching: gwitch with my wife! and i need to finish tatami galaxy too..putting it off because it requires complete undivided attention..

last movie: no country for old men. literally had a nightmare about anton chigurh a few nights ago. also started the lighthouse but havent finished it yet!

currently reading: for manga, berserk!!!!!!!! for books, norwegian wood by haruki murakami & pygmalion by george bernard shaw

sweet/spicy/savory: i get very intense and specific cravings for sweet and savory stuff so it depends..never spicy though i'm too weak

relationship status: happily married :)

current obsessions: dolls/bjds!!! but specifically resin super dollfies by volks!!! i have a super dollfie midi on the way to me in the mail and i'm so excited i can't stop thinking about it. this has been an obsession for me since middle school though

last thing i googled: "bandai animal crossing figures" because me and my wife were talking about the new ac legos hehe

currently working on: been drawing random stuff waiting for my art motivation to come back to me, so nothing specifically. working on this banana i'm eating right now honestly

i feel so nervous tagging people in things :,D @nitroplusofficial @osabishi-yama @yugimoto @reimu @krak-ons and anyone else, mutuals or not, that wanna do it!! go for it..! no pressure though!!

[thesugarhole]

literally just a list of stuff from this video whose summaries interested me. posting here to have on my reading bookmarks because its easier to keep track there than in my things folders

already read/saw (if anime only):

1 junji ito - everything

1 tokyo ghoul

1 parasyte

1 death note

1 berserk

2 kazuo umezu - cat eyed boy

2 devilman

2 perfect blue

2 tenkuu shinpan (high rise invasion)

3 ringu / ju-on / one last call / dark water

3 corpse party

4 litchi hikari club

? neon genesis evangelion

5 ichi the killer

5 homunculus

already read/saw but revisiting

1 soul eater

2 d-gray man

was already on my list

2 dorohedoro / dai dark

2 mieruko chan

2 oyasumi punpun

3 shiki

4 franken fran

? serial experiments lain (wasn't on the list but something else reminded me of it)

interested:

1 chainsaw man

1 the promised neverland

1 jujutsu kaisen

1 jojo's bizarre adventure

1 mirai nikki

2 kazuo umezu - orochi blood & the drifting classroom

2 inuyashiki

2 doubt / judge / secret

2 beastar

2 elfen lied

2 dead man wonderland

2 happy sugar life

2 another

2 magical girl apocalypse

2 pet shop horror

2 zom100 bucket list of the dead

3 zashiki onna

3 portus

3 soul liquid chambers

3 gakuen densetsu hasami onna

3 erotic horror

3 the tarot cafe

3 karada sagashi

3 kudan no gotoshi

3 ibitsu

3 shikei game

3 museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain

3 aragne: sign of vermillion

3 oyayubi sagashi

3 kuronou syndrome

3 heartless

3 final girl

3 kiriko

3 can you just die, my darling?

3 the quiz

3 signal 100

3 suicide club

3 alive!

3 octopus girl

3 nemuri no fuchi

4 as the gods will

4 hell baby / panorama of hell / hino horror

4 presents / school zone

4 kurosagi corpse delivery service

4 battle royale (manga??)

4 gift +-

4 jinrou game

4 manhole

4 dead tube

4 yajin

4 sekai oni

4 this man: sono kao wo mita mono ni wa shi wo

4 domu

4 pygmalion

4 scumbag loser

4 eko eko azarak

4 the room

4 pumpkin night

4 children

5 mr arashi's amazing freak show ✅ / ultra gash inferno / the strange tale of panorama island

5 ptsd radio

5 dementia 21

5 goth

5 notpia

5 bradherlen no basha

5 starving anonymous

5 kangoku jikken

5 kibou no shima

5 euphoria ✅ although i have no plans to actually play the game, ive read a ton of summarys and plot explanations so tbh im considering it as a ✅

5 misu misou

5 doku mushi

5 kaidan: ghost stories (if available)

not interested but i know what happens:

1 the flowers of evil

1 attack on titan

1 kimetsu no yaiba

1 highschool of the dead

2 higurashi & 3 umineko (would rather play the games)

3 bl of the dead

3 megami tensei

3 versailles of the dead

4 i am a hero

4 pupa

4 bokurano

5 mai-chan's daily life ✅ you cannot make me read this no matter how hard you try. baby blender was enough. fun fact i somehow managed to stomach it all in a time i was feeling more emotionally detached. yay

speaking of, seeing the comments now and I'm seeing one disappointed with the no mention of pedophilia in happy sugar life, which made me go "oh so its like that huh" (the constant falls in love was suspicious enough) and like. i don't know a whole lot about horror manga and anime in particular but i know FOR A FACT that I'm gonna have to navigate so many sexual adjacent horror. from fanservice to genuine to "for horrors sake" ... I'm strong. i live 👍

[hasspartacusdoneanythingwrong]

Day 737

Galatea: Berserker class, Galatea. If you have summoned me, you must know the same love as Pygmalion and I, correct?

Kris: nooope. pygsy was down to clown when you were still a rock, I actually waited until we’ll after Jeanne was a person and let her make her own decisions.

Galatea, wielding her chisel dangerously: are you claiming yourself above Pygmalion?

Jeanne, wielding her Everything dangerously: Are you threatening my girlfriend?

Kris: haaahh… um, Jeanne? how about instead of murdering the new arrival, why don’t you take her on a tour? away from me and my frail stabbable body?

Jeanne: Great idea! We can start at the Burning Room.

(berserkers…)

[sundove88]

Here are more stories:

Parasyte: A Hand in Need (The Girl Without Hands)

Yuki Yuna is A Hero: Petals of Promise (The Chrysanthemum Vow)

Berserk: A Test of Courage (The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was)

Guilty Crown: A Weightless Dance (The Light Princess)

Lyrical Nanoha: What Lies Within (Riquet of The Tuft)

Beyblade: A Tail of Deceit (Tamamo No Mae)

Aikatsu: Lady Loyals (The Twelve Huntsmen)

Mob Psycho 100: Path of The Hero (The Bold Knight, Apples of Youth, and Water of Life)

Clannad: Falling Cosmos (The Star Money)

Azumanga Daioh: Horsing Around (The Magic Horse)

Free! Iwatobi Swim Club: Hidden Depths (Tokoyo and The Sea Monster)

Lucky Star: Unbearably Adorable (Masha and The Bear)

Toradora: Scaled Up (The Snake Prince)

K-ON: Ballad of Monoceros (The Fair Maiden and The Snow White Unicorn)

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Dragon of The Alps (Heidi, Girl of The Alps)

Samurai Champloo: A Little Bravery (Issun Boshi)

The Rising of The Shield Hero: An Unlikely Journey (The Traveling Companion)

Corpse Party: Revenge of The Ronin’s Bride (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Hetalia: The Vacation of All Vacations (Around The World in 80 Days)

Pop Team Epic: The Perfect Storm (The Sun and The Wind)

Digimon: Frog Wild (Tiddalick,The Thirsty Frog)

Yuri on Ice: Cold Reception (Mother Holle)

Crayon Shin Chan: Luck of The Mooner (Hans in Luck)

Belle/Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime: A Love For Music (Eros and Psyche)

Fist of The North Star: A Warrior in Emerald Armor (Sir Gawain and The Green Knight)

Shugo Chara: Golden Eggs, Golden Hearts (The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs)

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day: Bravery Beneath The Hood (Tatterhood)

Your Lie in April: Song of Determination (Orpheus and Eurydice)

Osomatsu San: Uncharted and Unknown (Sinbad)

Inazuma Eleven: A Game of Courage (The Wolf and The 7 Little Goats)

Little Witch Academia: Toil and Trouble (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt: The Puppet’s Secret (Coppelia)

Akira: Thread of Destiny (Theseus)

Elfen Lied: Spiritual Bonds (Giselle)

Angel Beats: A Matter of Love, Life, and Death (Romeo and Juliet)

Higurashi When They Cry: Crimson Escape (The Robber Bridegroom)

Ghost Stories: Scary Fairies (Fairer Than a Fairy)

Samurai Pizza Cats: Sneaky Yet Skillful (Clever Gretel)

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas: Leaves of Resilience (The Last Leaf)

Monster: Feline Instincts (Belling The Cat)

Chihayafuru: Blades of Determination (Ushiwakamaru)

To Love Ru: Stone Beauty (Pygmalion)

Usagi Drop: Someone To Help (The Little Red Hen)

Death Parade: Grim Charity (Godfather Death)

Violet Evergarden: The Path of One’s Will (Tam Lin)

Trigun: A Test of Loyalty (The 3 Snake Leaves)

Made in Abyss: Little Hands, Big Changes (The Ants and The Grasshopper)

Baccano: Forgiveness is Divine (Les Miserables)

Symphogear: The Beauty of Mistakes (Bright, Deardeer, and Kit/The Story of Blondine, Bonne-Biche, and Beau Minon)

The Prince of Tennis: A Little Big Match (Gulliver in Lilliput)

Perfect Blue: Web of Perfection (Arachne)

Is The Order a Rabbit: Spinning Up a Plan (The Three Spinners)

Komi Can’t Communicate: Heiress in Disguise (Costanza/Costanzo)

Summer Wars: True Treasure (Treasure Island)

Houseki No Kuni: Set in Stone (The Stonecutter)

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: Rose of Destiny (The Little Prince)

Date A Live: Til Sabotage Do Us Part (The White Bride and The Black One)

Nura: Rise of The Yokai Clan: Melon Madness (Urikohime)

My Dress Up Darling: Very Fairy Fashion (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

Yona of The Dawn: Swallowtail (Why The Swallow’s Tail is Forked)

Maid Sama: The Value of Effort (The Diligent Girl and The Lazy Girl)

Lum Invader: Extraterrestrial Assistance (Androcles and The Lion)

Darling in The Franxxx: Self Love Too Far (Echo and Narcissus)

Midori no Makibao: The Heart of A Champion (Black Beauty)

The Saga of Tanya The Evil: Metallic Entrapment (The Iron Stove)

Wedding Peach: Something Sunny, Something Moony, and Something Starry (The True Sweethearts)

Weathering With You: Into The Eye of The Storm (The Legend of Rain, Thunder, and Lightning (A Cambodian Legend))

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K: The Falling Sky (Chicken Little/Henny Penny)

High School DxD: A Bad Case of Beauty Sleep (Sun, Moon, and Talia (The Original Sleeping Beauty))

Introducing Anime Ever After!!

Ever wanted to experience classic fairytales but through the lens of legendary and lesser known anime?

Well, Anime Ever After is for you!!

Synopsis: An anthropology of famous stories from around the world retold through the lens of legendary and lesser known anime, with modern twists, turns, and lessons about. From the depths of the sea in DBZ: Waves of Freedom (The Little Mermaid) to the realm beyond the clouds in One Piece: Beyond The Sky (Jack and The Beanstalk), this ever expanding treasury of tales has something for everyone.

Framing Device: An anime loving teenager is telling classic fairytales to the kids they babysit as bedtime stories- with a twist!

Side Note: Nursery Rhymes being adapted is more for Shrek. So they won’t be here- sorry about that. But they do a good job at it. This anthology is meant for readers 12 and up, due to some of the themes in some of the stories.

Btw, look for the posts that have anime ever after on them as one of their tags. Here’s the list of tales (So Far):

Dragon Ball Z: Waves of Freedom (The Little Mermaid)

My Hero Academia: Heart of Glass (Cinderella)

Attack on Titan: Red Hood (Little Red Riding Hood)

One Piece: Beyond The Sky (Jack and The Beanstalk)

Naruto: Sleeping Shadow (Sleeping Beauty)

Sword Art Online: The Match Player (The Little Match Girl)

FullMetal Alchemist: Iron Wolves (The 3 Little Pigs)

Fairy Tail: Mirrors of Deceit (Snow White)

Inuyasha: Soul of The Beast (Beauty and The Beast)

Bleach: Brushes of Fate (The Magic Paintbrush)

Fruits Basket: The 12 Dancing Zodiacs (12 Dancing Princesses)

Black Clover: The Frog Knight (The Frog Prince)

Hunter X Hunter: Spreading Your Wings (The Ugly Duckling)

Demon Slayer: Demon of The Northern Wind (The Snow Queen)

Black Butler: Beyond The Tower (Rapunzel)

Yu Yu Hakusho: Sweet Temptation (Hansel and Gretel)

Doraemon; Fearless Feline (Puss in Boots)

Gintama: Peachy Keen (Momotaro)

Sailor Moon: Lady of The Waxing Moon (Princess Kaguya)

Haikyuu: Bear-ly Faltering (Snow White and Rose Red)

Railgun: Little Warriors, Big Impacts (Thumbelina)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All That Glitters (Rumplestiltskin)

Yu Gi Oh: Diamond in The Rough (Aladdin)

Konosuba: The Royal Test (The Princess and The Pea)

Tokyo Ghoul: The Crimson Amulet (The Red Shoes)

Akame Ga Kill: Fashion Gambit (The Emperor’s New Clothes)

Ouran High School Host Club: Wings of Perseverance (The Wild Swans)

Rurouni Kenshin: The Ronin’s Trials (The Steadfast Tin Soldier)

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan: Cage of Steel, Heart of Platinum (The Nightingale)

Cowboy Bebop: Written in The Stars (The Weaver Girl and The Cowherd)

Death Note: The Golden Pen (King Midas)

Neon Genesis Evangelion: No Strings Attached (Pinocchio)

Fate: The Chosen Sword (King Arthur)

BanG Dream!: Melody of Deceit (The Pied Piper)

Code Geass: The Princess and The Pig Man (The Swineherd)

Jujitsu Kaisen: The Light Within (The Buried Moon)

Blue Exorcist: Blazing Bonds (The Firebird)

Spy X Family: Secret of The Statue (The Happy Prince)

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic: The Enchanted Key (Alibaba and The 40 Thieves)

Re:Zero: Gilded Feathers (The Golden Goose)

Saint Seiya: Divine Trials and Godly Tribulations (The 12 Labors of Hercules)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Claws of Gold, Hearts of Gold (Goldilocks and The 3 Bears)

One Punch Man: A Hero’s Humility (King Thrushbeard)

Future Diary: Wishful Obsession (The Fisherman and His Wife)

Sket Dance: A Tale of Three Tricksters (The 3 Billy Goats Gruff)

Precure (All seasons): The Sweetest Holiday Ever (The Nutcracker)

Food Wars: A Recipe For Courage (The Brave Little Tailor)

Spice and Wolf: Against All Odds (The Princess on The Glass Hill)

Noragami: Stolen Sun (Amaterasu and The Cave)

Monogatari: Secret Confidants (The Elves and The Shoemaker)

Steins;Gate: Azure Secrets (Bluebeard)

Tokyo Revengers: Neverlanding, Never Faltering (Peter Pan)

The Promised Neverland: Emerald Truths (The Wizard of Oz)

Toriko: Sweet Pursuit (The Gingerbread Man)

Kill La Kill: A Royal Mix Up (The Prince and The Pauper)

World Trigger: The Silent Springtime (The Selfish Giant)

The Seven Deadly Sins: Curse of Shade and Malice (The Shadow)

Cardcaptor Sakura: Salt and Sugar (The Salt Princess/Cap O Rushes)

Assassination Classroom: Honeyed Words (Diamonds and Toads)

Way of The House Husband: Out of The Cage (Jorinda and Joringel)

Danganronpa The Animation (It covers all the games): Makoto in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)

D Gray Man: Song of The Sparkling Swan (Swan Lake)

Persona 5 The Animation: Way Down We Go (Hades and Persephone)

Soul Eater: United We Stand (The Six Who Went Far)

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The 5 Magical Musketeers (The 3 Musketeers)

Aggretsuko: Four Man Band (The Bremen Town Musicians)

Tokyo Godfathers: A Holiday Journey (A Christmas Carol)

Revolutionary Girl Utena: Emotions Set Free (The Princess Who Never Smiled)

Sonic X: True, Blue, and Noble (Hans The Hedgehog)

Magiknight Rayearth: Noble Flame, Changing Tide, and Guiding Wind (The 3 Princesses of Whiteland)

A Silent Voice: Beyond All Boundaries (East of The Sun, West of The Moon)

A Whisker Away: A Feline Fairytale (The White Cat)

Your Name: A Little Bird Told Me (The Singing, Springing, Lark)

Love Live: A Fateful Adventure (Journey to The West)

Captain Tsubasa: Winging It (The Seven Ravens)

The Ancient Magus Bride: Entrapped Beauty (The Lindworm)

Overlord: Seeds of Trust (The Juniper Tree)

Delicious in Dungeon: Cooking Up Trouble (The Magic Porridge Pot)

Medaka Box: The Truth Above All (The Goose Girl)

Chainsaw Man: Demonic Assistance (The Golden Bird)

Taikobo: Legend of The Lost Kingdom (Urashima Taro)

Revue Starlight: Masked Secrets (Phantom of The Opera)

Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin: Path of The Canine (The Boy Who Cried Wolf)

Dr. Stone: Into The Wilderness (The Jungle Book)

Fire Force: The Flames of Charity (Robin Hood)

Shaman King: Mystery of The Marsh (The Marsh King’s Daughter)

Rave Master: Cloak of Secrets (Donkeyskin/Many Furs)

Ranma 1/2: Loyal, Brave, and True (Mulan)

Karakuri Circus: The House Within The Woods (Vasilisa The Brave and Beautiful)

Devilman Crybaby: Three Hairs of Gold (The Devil With 3 Golden Hairs)

The Irregular at Magic High School: Ring of Enchantments (The Bronze Ring)

Bobobo: One Hairy Tale (Prince Hyacinth)

Shakugan No Shana: Three Dogs, Three Heroes (The Tinderbox)

Nisekoi: Yellow With Affection (The Yellow Dwarf)

Kaiju No. 8: Don’t Get Salty (Why The Sea is Salty)

Kinnikuman: A Mission in Patience (The Tortoise and The Hare)

Oshi No Ko: The Price of Stardom (Little Brother and Little Sister)

Case Closed: Stolen Hearts and Stolen Fortunes (The Master Thief)

Pokemon The Series: An Electrifying Rescue (The Lion and The Mouse)

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation: A Tale of a Thousand and One Nights (1,001 Arabian Nights)

Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: A Ribbiting Adventure (The Frog Princess)

Dr. Slump: A Quacktastic Journey (Drakestail)

Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Windows to The Soul (One Eyes, Two Eyes, Three Eyes)

Kochikame: From Faux to Genuine (Don Quixote)

Yo-Kai Watch: Cat Artist Unknown (The Boy Who Drew Cats)

Kaguya-Sama: Love is War: To Love and To Be Loved (Turandot)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Feathers of Joy (The Blue Bird)

DanMachi: Forgotten Evil Unleashed (Pandora’s Box)

Hellsing Ultimate: Blood Ties (Dracula)

Claymore: The Monster Unleashed (Frankenstein)

Thanks to @sam-rexian and @crystallinedreamsfinelypowdered for helping with some of these!

[toskarin]

Idk if you mind answering , but could you talk more about the setting? I think the concept is pretty cool.

Boyfriend of Steel's setting is kind of like Gundam 00's, in the specific way that I like space elevators

jokes aside it's all pretty vague and subject to change. some elements I keep finding myself coming back to, so I'll scribble those below the break

assorted rambles ahead!

earth

the human race lives on, with only five thousand recognized humans and a couple billion "living assets" left on earth. mining has been rendered impossible following centuries of ultra-complex construction, leaving earth with a second crust of compressed rubble and a third crust of incomprehensibly massive cities, built-upon former streets still haphazardly lit by power grids that are religiously maintained

because of the megalopolis layer creating difficulty in mining, most metal is either salvaged from the labyrinthine subterranean cities or pulled directly from space, as "fresh metal"

noble clans make up the five thousand recognized earth humans, with the others being used as bargaining chips and currency. oddly enough, there's no war on earth because the noble clans signed a treaty to stop their turf wars after a cataclysmic attempt to destabilize part of the megalopolis resulted in widespread apocalypse

in short, earth is a miserable bodyfarm of a planet run by feudal nobles who import metal from space and salvage the rest. it's got a space elevator and a bunch of colonies in orbit

other places

life isn't so horrible everywhere, with orbital colonies maintaining more reasonable standards of life (as would be required for producing viable soldiers) and various other civilizations existing throughout the solar system

there's an overgrown flesh computer on the moon, but it's so thoroughly cordoned off by treaties that nobody actually knows what to think of it.

necrosurgery

following a military arms race, electronics and computing were pushed to their limit in orbital and stellar warfare. while they're still in common use, they're so easily taken out that most militaries have moved to necrosurgical engineering (the process of grafting corpses into organic computers and weaponry) for important computing. this is where we start getting into the setting's version of "minovsky physics" and if you can accept this premise, most of the other stuff works

the story goes that pygmalions were developed on accident originally, when human fetal cells began to scaffold in unexpected ways in proximity to corpses. fast forward a great deal of time and you've got empires sacrificing millions to create gigantic psychic vampire insects, pairing them with pilots who form an emotional link

basilisks take the place of computer viruses for flesh matrices, which is part of the reason a pygmalion is, by design, completely isolated.

without a paired pilot, a pygmalion is just a human mind that communicates with nobody else and is left to fester on its own. when this happens, they tend to lose touch with reality, if not losing their sense of self entirely. the latter type behave like flesh-hungry insects and can gradually empty planets if left uncontrolled

a true pygmalion is actually a symbiotic entity formed by a pilot and their mecha. the mass produced variety don't have long-term pilots and tend to use drugs to ensure that the pilot is in the same berserker state as their mecha. true pygmalions can subsist off their pilot's blood and love, but mass produced ones need to consume flesh en masse

all of them tend to be plated in livery and metal, but because they're bug-shaped and need a full range of motion to fight effectively, that can prove a bit difficult

what are the gijinka things

a pygmalion creates a psychic link with its pilot and begins to project images into their mind. in return, the pilot can communicate with them. if the pilot and the pygmalion are united for long enough, the pygmalion can create sensory hallucinations of themselves in any form they please

are the ones I posted "actually" boys? not necessarily. pygmalions only really maintain gender for interfacing with humans, and when they're communicating with each other, they tend to care more about their lineages and loyalties

their names are also self-chosen, although their sponsors (the factions which create them via necrosurgery) tend to offer suggestions. some hold their names with more importance than other, and the naming convention of mythological figures is very popular among earth nobles

a pygmalion is, at its core, a weapon which can feel and hold relationships with other guns

[blackswaneuroparedux]

We're after the drawing-room type. An English girl, looking like a schoolteacher, is apt to get into a cab with you and, to your surprise, she'll probably pull a man's pants open.

- Alfred Hitchcock on his infamous ‘Hitchcock blonde’ typecasting as told to Francois Truffaut

Alfred Hitchcock relished placing his ice blonde heroines in jeopardy. He broke them down emotionally, and even physically. Preoccupied with manipulating their screen images - dictating the tiniest details of costume, coiffure, makeup and shoes - Hitchcock eventually strove to control their private lives as well.

"I always believe in following the advice of the playwright (Victorien) Sardou," Hitchcock once confessed. "He said, 'Torture the women!' The trouble today is that we don't torture women enough."

The Hitchcock Blonde reached her apex in three films with Grace Kelly (Dial 'M' for Murder, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief). Kelly epitomized his idée fixe: the ice goddess who could unleash unexpected flames of passion. The camera, standing in for Hitchcock, clearly worships her.

Alfred Hitchcock was obsessed with possession. A reoccurring motif throughout his films is of a man possessing a woman, or in the case of Vertigo: a spirit possessing a woman, ending up with a male trying to possess her.

Hitchcock's attitude toward this ideal darkened after what he perceived as betrayals: Kelly's abandoning acting to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco; and Vera Miles' opting for pregnancy rather than starring in Vertigo, which Hitchcock had planned as her breakthrough role.

Vertigo was his most autobiographical work. James Stewart played Scottie, a man obsessed with Kim Novak's Madeleine, who was herself haunted. After her death, Scottie forces an unwilling second woman (Judy, also played by Novak) to duplicate every aspect of the dead woman's attire and hairstyle. The plot creepily echoed Hitchcock's domination of his female stars. Vertigo's recurring shot of a tightly wound coil of ash-blonde hair atop Novak's head encapsulates the theme of obsession. It's a hypnotic vortex into which Stewart (or Hitchcock) could fall and disappear forever.

In Psycho, Hitchcock treated his blonde viciously, killing off Janet Leigh's pert embezzler less than halfway through the film. The shower murder was widely regarded as the most shocking act in film history up to that point.

With Tippi Hedren, star of The Birds and Marnie, his obsession finally spun out of control, like the berserk carousel at the climax of Strangers on a Train. He discovered Hedren in a TV commercial. A model, she had no plans for an acting career. Signing her to an exclusive contract, he launched his most intensive and intrusive campaign to play Pygmalion, as detailed in Donald Spoto's biography The Dark Side of Genius.

Hitchcockian men would go to any length to gain possession of their female leads. In Marnie, where Mark (Sean Connery) blackmails Marnie (Tippi Hedren) into marriage and rapes her during their honeymoon. In her memoir, Hedren writes that it was a widespread belief that, “the rape scene that had driven Hitchcock to make Marnie in the first place, that a man taking his frigid, unattainable bride by force was Hitchcock’s fantasy about me.”

Hitchcock’s need to control Hedren extended the instructions he gave on set: “Do not touch The Girl.” A simple conversation with a male cast or crew member would result in Hedren receiving an icy reaction from Hitchcock, or vulgar limerick recited. And when Hedren rejected Hitchock’s touch, he answered in two ways: forcing himself on her and then refusing to let her work.

Hedren writes:

“I’ve never gone into detail about this, and I never will. I’ll simply say that he suddenly grabbed me and put his hands on me. It was sexual, it was perverse, and it was ugly, and I couldn’t have been more shocked and more repulsed. The harder I fought him, the more aggressive he became. Then he started adding threats, as if he could do anything to me that was worse than what he was trying to do at that moment.”

Hitchcock followed through with his threat of trying to ruin her career by not casting her in any more of his films after Marnie, while at the same time not letting her out of her contract. A classic case of a rejected man: if he couldn’t have her, no one could.

More so than any other artist, Hitchcock isn’t only given possession of the themes and actors inside the frames of his own films, but also other peoples’ films, real life events, and actual people. I expect Hitchcock would be very happy about his ability to possess, even if it’s only grammatical. His birds. His suspense. His Marnie. But also: Hitchcockian suspense; a Hitchcockian conspiracy; Hitchcockian composition. Hitchcock blondes. It would make sense to refer to hair dyed an Yves Klein blue a Klein blue, but a Hitchcock blonde? Hmmm. Many film historians and critics would say that Hitchcock did not invent the blonde; Jean Harlow did.

**Photos: Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren, two of the archetypal ‘Hitchcock blonde’.

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(re: Fandom Meme) B, D, N, P, R, Y ??? (also if you feel like answering T again about anything else pls do (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) (also let the record know that your first answer was *chef kiss* wonderful and should've been canon imo (╯▽╰ ))

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

Felix x fem!Byleth from FE3H... I thought it’d be the same as f!Dimileth (the fandom version of it at least) where the man is like ~~ohhhh I’m a monster I’m so broken ahhh I push people away and go on berserker rages because of my tragic backstory~~ and the woman has to be gentle and kind, the epitome of femininity (despite being a mercenary who had been trained to kill since she was 11...), basically put himself above her on so many levels and the onus is on her to ~~fix him~~~...but apparently not??? The fancontent is so gorgeous and has them as equals, both lonely people who’ve had their childhood taken away from them, both who’ve closed themselves off from the world (or in Byleth’s case, has never known how to open herself up to it), both of them seeing themselves in each other, both taking it upon themselves to meet each other half-way and from thereon help each other process their past and walk forward into the future...damn man, the kinship and the partnership in this ship... (also it really helps that 1. Felix is awed at Byleth’s swordsmanship and tactical mind and pushes himself to surpass it, forming a foundation for a healthy rivalry 2. the fandom does not forget that Byleth is her own person and not just Felix’s partner *cough* Dimileth *cough* Edeleth *cough*)

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t

Hmmmm well sometimes I wished (in general) that I could actively ship mlm couples, just because there’s so much content for them :)) (don’t get me started on how fandom gravitates towards male characters and mlm ships...lmao someone way back then gave me the excuse that it’s because the actual creators put more effort into their male characters and that they end up becoming more complex and interesting and like *looks at my fandoms where there are just as many girls as guys, just as interesting (if not more so) backstories and dynamics and interactions for the female characters, looks at the sheer number of mlm shippers in those fandoms who squeeze the most out of every insignificant moment for their male characters while ignoring the depth and complexity of the female characters* sure)

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

Glee

1. Fanfic with more “out-there” ideas :)) (Don’t get me wrong, there are fanfics that fall far from Glee’s high school/young adult/modern-coming-of-age setting, and even for fics that do fall under those spheres there are some that deal with complex, intricate themes in such an incredible manner or even if not that are just plain enjoyable but like,,, there aren’t enough for my ever-expanding hunger HAHA)(my last couple of fandoms were dark fantasy/sci-fi/whatever The Good Place is so I guess I just got spoiled lmao)

2. More analytical thinking LMAO I guess it just frustrates me that there are so many people in the fandom who take things at face value??? Given how biased the writers are and how shit they are at continuity it really doesn’t make sense to me that so many people take things so literally haha

3. More fanart unu I totally understand though that the fandom isn’t as big as it once was but a girl can dream, you know?

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

Something that I had wanted to write for Brittana (since 2012!) but never had the brain cells to: a sailor!AU where the characters live on a flat world and they’re trying to sail towards its edge (encountering so many mythical beasts and legends on the way) (may or may not be inspired by C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader haha)

Special mention to this AU since I've used for at least three fandoms by now haha: Pygmalion&Galatea!AU wherein one character creates a statue and her love for it brings it to life :)))

R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

LMAO I went through Bae Doona’s body of work (what was available of it at least) in 2015 and ended up shipping her character Park Hyun-nam with her best friend (Yoon Jang-mi) in 플란다스의 개 (Barking Dogs Never Bite)...I wrote a very small ficlet of them (I literally had to create the section for them in ao3...and lmao I just checked and I am still the only fic in there HAHA)(please don’t look for my account btw all my fics are so self-indulgent and atrocious huhu) and I also made this gifset of them :))) As far as I know I am literally the only one in the entire world who ships them HAHA

Similar story for her character Ri Bun-hui in 코리아 (As One)...although honestly if it turns out that a decent number of people have seen this movie I’d be surprised that no one else shipped Bun-hui with Hyun Jung-hwa??? Because they??? Tennis table rivals from North Korea and South Korea who have to team up to win at the Olympics??? Jung-hwa trying to get Bun-hui and her team to loosen up??? Them becoming closer??? When the Olympics are over and the North Korea team have to go home, and Jung-hwa chases after the bus and tries to reach for Bun-hui’s hand, realizing that they might never see each other again??? I??? (Just...I had to make this gifset of their hands: when they first meet each other, when one takes the other’s for comfort, the last time their fingers will ever touch...)(Also let’s ignore that it’s a re-telling of real life event akjsndaskj haha)

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all

(Thank you roseate ;u; I’m glad that you agree and are interested with my headcanons ;o;)

Santana’s a trivia nerd and is the type to deep-dive down Wikipedia pages which is why she makes all those obscure references :))) (Also a more specific version of this headcanon, not something that I’d die defending but like,,, something that I won’t let anyone take away from me lmao is that she’s a TV/movie buff, dabbles in comics (specifically, DC and follows character like Wonder Woman, the Birds of Prey, Poison Ivy/Harleyquinn, Batwoman, and Renee Montoya), and started getting a little into theater/musicals after spending time with Kurt and Rachel :))) She also has a record player back in Lima and has a bunch of vinyl records back home (back in high school she’d play a couple of slow songs and just slow dance with Britt in the privacy of their bedrooms uwu)(imagine this scene and this song playing in the background ;u;)

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)

BTS, because so many of my friends are KPOP fans

Genshin, also because so many of my friends are into it

魔道祖师 (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) because my close friend fangirls over them so much and we just exchange anecdotes with me and Glee/Fire Emblem and her and TGDC

Critical Role and My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast because my gf is a huge fan of them :))

Not quite there yet, but I am looking forward to having Dostoevsky’s extended universe as a secondhand fandom HAHA

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Interesting two-fold story I’ve got (/ref). It involves a Berserker concept I rejected, and a Berserker concept I thought I’d keep around. That second part is long as fuck, though, so I’m gonna put that under the cut.

So last night, I was toying with the idea of myself as a Servant. I figured a really cool idea to explore would be a Berserker version whose Madness Enhancement makes them think only about Mephistopheles. The Madness Enhancement would force Berserker!me (henceforth referred to as “me,” “I,” “they,” or “Brucersker) to speak only in regards to Mephisto, sort-of switching around second- and third-person.

Example:

What I would like to say: “From what I’ve seen, is it safe to say that Mephistopheles hates you?”

What “I” would actually say: “I’ve seen your interactions… you hate her, right?”

What I really liked about “me” was the badass-sounding summoning line I came up with (content warning for misogyny, suicide, blood, repetition, and mentions of death in the link):

“Servant, Berserker. My incompetent self came for one reason and one reason only. Where. Is. My. Wife?”

I imagined that this would lead Guda on a sort-of goose chase around Chaldea, trying to figure out who Bruce’s “wife” is, with Brucerker merely saying “I’ll know him when I see him.” (I wrote “them” this way for the sake of dramatic tension, but who’s to say this isn’t also a result of Madness Enhancement?

I could probably write a ficlet on that search alone, but here’s the CliffNotes version:

Brucerker: “Where. Is. My. Wife?”

Guda: “I don’t know… But I can help you find her! What is your wife like?”

Brucerker: “…coy, and sly.”

Guda: “Okay… (that’s not enough to go off of…) What if I introduce you to all of my Servants?”

Brucerker: “Yes… Master should start with the one that’s been with them since the beginning.”

Guda takes Brucerker to meet Mash.

Guda: “This is Mash Kyrielight, my first Servant! Class: Shielder.”

Brucerker, as the Madness Enhancement unclouds some of their memories of being a Master: “No… She’s like you, but different… A protector, but much younger…”

Mash, not knowing how Brucerker’s Madness Enhancement works: "’Like you but different…’ hmm…”

Mash, Brucerker, and Guda go to see Berserker Lancelot.

Brucerker, remembering the effort they put into strengthening Lancelot out of pity: “Those golden crystals I gave to make him stronger… I could have given them to you. Was it worth it?”

Lancelot is enraged by this disrespect and tries to attack Brucerker. Luckily, Mash intercepts with her shield.

Guda (to Mash): “Okay, so we know they used to be a Master.” (to Bruce) “What else is your wife like?”

Brucerker: “Kind… so kind… so full of love.”

Guda ponders the information.

A protector like Mash (but not the same age)…

Kind and full of love…

There’s at least one Servant in Chaldea who fits that description who has told Guda of her experience in a previous Holy Grail War.

Factoring in the Madness Enhancement, it’s entirely possible that Brucerker is confusing being “sly and coy” for something else.

Guda decides that it could be Jeanne, with Brucerker mistaking her more laid-back attitude toward being burned at the stake for aloofness.

Guda and Mash take Brucerker to see Jeanne, who is in the cafeteria hanging out with Astolfo.

Guda introduces them to Brucerker (Astolfo is ecstatic to meet someone new and shakes “their” hand without hesitation) and asks if Jeanne is “their” wife.

Brucerker says the line I used as the Madness Enhancement example, and adds that “you hate her because she can’t admit her problems.”

Guda is overcome with realization.

Astolfo: “But who would do that?”

Guda: “Like Mash but different… full of love… hates Jeanne for not admitting her problems!”

Guda: “It’s Meph!”

I really liked Brucerker’s vibes and concept, but I didn’t want to settle on one specific idea for my Mastersona as a Servant. I fluctuate between ideas for that concept too often. Instead, I went onto a Fate/Grand Order server I’m in and suggested a “game” of sorts (now we’re getting to the good stuff).

Content warning under the cut for mentions of death, burning, and incest

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Hmm the only Galatea I can think of that would fit the Berserker class would be Sparton’s granddaughter but I also think they’re possibly going to go with a fusion of all three Galatea’s unless they galaxybrain it and go with Pygmalion’s Galatea only and make up some lore about her since she pretty much has a “for sale” sign stamped onto her character

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Let’s talk books and blogging titeplait : (j'ai envie de tous te les demander mais je vais être gentille) 1, 2,3,4,5,6... OKAY, TOUT TITEPLAIT XD

Heureusement que je commence le taf uniquement la semaine prochaine : j’ai du temps devant moi ! Quoique, pour causer littérature, on a toujours le temps XD. Book asks, c’est partiiiiiii :

( J’ai passé ces deux-là puisque tu n’as pas ajouté de question : 

Free space (Ask any question you want)

Name a book that you own starting with (Pick a letter). Have you read it?? Did you like it?? If you haven’t read it, are you looking forwards to it.)

Merciii, c’était long mais plutôt fun d’y répondre !

What book did you last read??

Le premier tome de la BD Lou Sonata ! J’étais si heureuse de retrouver le style graphique de Julien Neel, et son héroïne !

What book are you currently reading??

Les Flots sombres  de Thibaud Latil-Nicolas. De la bonne vieille fantasy à la française comme je les aime. Et une BD : Une année sans Cthulhu.

Do you read books just because you saw them on tumblr??

Parfois, mais il faut vraiment que le résumé me semble intéressant.

Is there a book that you think needs a bigger fandom??

LA CITADELLE DES OMBRES en toute objectivité. Il faut d’ailleurs que je me procure les tomes qui clôturent Le Fou et l’Assassin mais j’ai un blocage : j’ai un peu peur de chialer toutes les larmes de mon corps en refermant le dernier volume de cette série qui m’accompagne depuis… longtemps ! Je n’ai aucune envie de dire au revoir à Fitz, au Fou, aux Six Duchés… Je suis peut-être un chouia trop investie là-dedans… 

Ha, et les bouquins de Pierre Bottero !

Do you have a snack while reading or do you close the book first??

Je grignote beaucoup moins qu’avant mais un livre, un thé, des gâteaux ou des carrés de chocolats (ou des muffins tartinés de caramel si je lis en prenant mon petit dej’ mais c’est un tantinet plus périlleux parce que ça coule !) : que demander de plus ? 

Can you ever stop in the middle of a page or do you have to finish the page or chapter first??

Ma discipline en la matière est en dessous du zéro absolu. J’essaie parfois de me dire : << bon, là, je m’arrête ! >> mais cela se transforme vite en << non mais sérieusement, juste une page/un chapitre/une partie et j’arrête ! >> et là ben, c’est fichu. Sans parler des livres avec un découpage à base de parties interminables ou de chapitres très longs XD. C’est ainsi que j’oublie régulièrement de descendre du métro ou du bus à l’arrêt où je dois me rendre ou bien que je vois parfois le soleil se lever après avoir tapé une nuit blanche sans m’en rendre compte puisqu’une fois que je suis embarquée dans un récit, le reste du monde n’existe plus !

Do you borrow books from people??

Cela peut m’arriver mais c’est rare. Étant donné que je suis assez peu prêteuse avec mes propres ouvrages (c.f. n°8), j’évite d’emprunter trop souvent des livres aux gens, ce serait un peu gonflé de ma part !

Do you lend your books out to friends??

Oui mais très, très rarement. Uniquement aux amis en qui j’ai confiance. Parce que bon, prêter un bouquin à un pote et le retrouver plusieurs mois après avec des pages déchirées, le dos cassé, la tranche enfoncée, et autres joyeusetés, le tout sans un seul mot d’excuse : une fois mais pas deux ! Ce n’est pas particulièrement une question de valeur pécuniaire pour moi, mais plutôt une question de principes. Je n’ai rien contre l’usure naturelle : cela fait partie de l’histoire du livre. Mais il y a tout de même des limites à ne pas dépasser !

How do you find the Booklr community??

Je ne la fréquente pas assez pour émettre un avis. Il y a un ou deux tumblrs que je suis pour me tenir au courant de ce qui est édité dans le domaine anglo-saxon, voir ce qui marche et a des chances d’être traduit chez nous et aussi pour piocher quelques idées de lectures quand je me motive à lire en anglais. Vous avez dit << déformation professionnelle >> ?! XD

What would you like to change/see more of in the community??

Même constat. Les tumblrs que je suis répondent à mes attentes (c’est bien pour cela que j’y suis abonnée) je ne vois donc pas quoi ajouter !

Do you post reviews??

Il y a le blog que je tenais avec une amie de mon master sur lequel on postait des chroniques de nos lectures et de nos coups de cœurs du moment mais cela fait bien longtemps qu’il prend la poussière ! J’aimerais bien m’y remettre un de ces jours… 

How many books have you read this month??

Beaucoup moins que ce que j’espérais du fait de mes problèmes de vue. Je dirais 5 ou 6 ! (sans compter les lectures pour le boulot)

How many books have you read this year??

Je n’ai pas compté ! J’avais jadis un profil Goodreads où je notais toutes mes lectures au fur et à mesure ce qui me permettait de me faire une idée du nombre de mes lectures annuelles. Mais je ne l’ai pas mis à jour depuis un moment.

Do you set yourself a reading challenge every year??

Non. Je n’en vois pas trop l’intérêt. Cela pourrait être marrant à tenter si j’en vois passer un qui m’intéresse.

Do you set yourself a TBR list at the start of the month??

Non plus. Je n’ai pas envie de me contraindre à quoi que ce soit, j’ai suffisamment de lectures << imposées >> au travail. Je me laisse porter par mes envies, le type de récits que je veux lire sur le moment etc. 

What book has been on you TBR pile the longest??

Euh… Je rappelle à toutes fins utiles que j’avais une bibliothèque remplie de livres à lire dans mon ancien appart. Ce serait un peu long de citer les titres de tous les infortunés qui y ont atterri et qui y sont restés échoués parce que j’ai décidé de plutôt replonger pour la xième fois dans

La Citadelle des Ombres ou dans Le Pacte des Marchombres; ou que je suis passée malencontreusement devant les étagères contenant mes mangas et que, oups, j’ai décidé que j’avais absolument besoin de me mettre à écumer à nouveau les 40 et quelques tomes de Berserk, là, maintenant, tout de suite XD.

Is there a book on your TBR pile that you don’t think you will read

Non. J’ai beau récupérer et acheter des bouquins en masse, je le fais de façon assez ciblée. De ce fait il y en a peu dans le lot que je n’ai pas envie de lire. Chacun son tour ! (après une énième relecture de La Citadelle des Ombres, donc…)

Do you know anyone else that likes books??

Ben : toi déjà ma Tasha ! De manière générale j’ai tendance à sympathiser plus facilement avec d’autres dévoreurs de livres donc oui ! Et vu mes études et mon métier actuel, oui, je croise beaucoup de personnes qui aiment les livres XD. 

Why did you start your book blog??

Avec une amie de mon master, nous nous sommes dit que cela pourrait être intéressant et amusant d’écrire des chroniques.

Is it how you thought it would be??

Il est plus que délaissé maintenant et il y aurait encore tant de choses à faire pour l’améliorer… Mais oui, on a plutôt bien réussi à retranscrire notre vision initiale : un espace à notre image avec des vrais morceaux de mauvaises blagues dedans !

Do you write??

Un peu, oui.

Tell us a little about your writing.

En un mot : erratique. Il faut que je trouve le temps de m’y remettre sérieusement, ou plutôt que je le prenne. 

How did you get into reading??

Alors, je ne sais plus exactement vers quel âge j’ai atterri dans le chaudron de potion magique mais j’étais très jeune. Mes parents m’ont toujours lu des histoires, et j’adorais cela. J’ai fini par être complètement obsédée par les récits et les histoires, par l’idée de pouvoir lire moi-même et d’apprendre à lire. Et puisque à mon goût on abordait pas assez vite le sujet à l’école j’ai apparemment tanné ma mère pour qu’elle m’apprenne comment faire XD. La pente fatale !

Have you read a book that was really hyped up but you didn’t enjoy??

Plus maintenant. Pour mes lectures perso je suis devenue une sale élitiste qui s’agace facilement quand tout le monde parle en même temps du même livre de façon aussi élogieuse… un genre de Grinch des rentrées littéraires, prix littéraires et autre joyeusetés du même acabit XD. Je sais bien que c’est irrationnel et qu’au-delà du marketing, il y a généralement une raison valable à ces succès. J’attends que la vague d’enthousiasme soit passée avant de mettre le nez dans le livre concerné afin d’éviter l’effet du soufflé qui retombe. 

Do you prefer physical books, Ebooks or audio books?? (/there is not wrong answer)

Les livre numériques ont un aspect pratique indéniable (une tablette ou une liseuse, cela se glisse facilement dans un coin de sac de voyage lorsqu’on a déjà embarqué une demi-douzaine de livres, repéré les librairies sur le trajet et autour de la destination prévue mais que l’on a un peu peur de tomber en rade pendant les vacances !)

Mais le support papier reste indétrônable pour moi !

First book that comes to mind, tell us about it. Rant.

Pas contre un livre en particulier mais Pygmalion, il faut arrêter les découpages de séries à la mord moi le nœud. Vraiment.

Have you ever bought a book because the cover was so nice??

Souvent, mais uniquement quand il s’agit de des beaux-livres, de livres d’illustrations, d’art ou d’artistes. Si c’est un récit ou un roman je lis toujours le résumé pour voir si l’histoire va m’intéresser. Il y a pléthore de belles éditions d’ouvrages qui m’intéressent ou de livres que j’aime que je souhaite me procurer, j’évite d’acheter au pif juste parce que le couverture est jolie. La bibliothèque de livres à lire n’est pas extensible !

Can you leave a series unfinished or do you have to own all the books and try them all??

Étant donné que mes deux styles de prédilection (fantasy et S.F.) comportent de nombreuses séries, il y en a beaucoup que je n’ai pas encore complétées ! Par contre je les complète en prenant la même édition.

How do you think you would be described if you was in a book??

La dame bizarre avec autant de compétences qu’une cuiller à thé en termes de relations sociales, qui parle avec son chat et qu’on soupçonne à tort ou à raison de s’adonner à la magie noire.

“They edged towards the shaking box that had just been delivered.” Should they open it?? You decide what happens next.

Oui, sinon il n’y a pas d’histoire ! (Ou bien c’est l’histoire d’une étrange boîte oubliée en haut d’une armoire qui remue tout seule dans son coin.)

How do you organise your shelves??

Organi- quoi ? C’est mon système de classement personnel qui prévaut. Le chaos donc. C’était vaguement organisé par genres/éditeurs/auteurs/séries et il y avait un semblant d’organisation dans mon ancien appart. Maintenant c’est au petit bonheur de la chance, là où il y a encore de la place. Les deux bibliothèques à côté de mon lit sont presque remplies…

What do you do to mark your pages??

Avec un marque-page, ou avec le signet s’il y en a un intégré au livre. 

Do you have a lot of bookmarks?? or just a few??

J’en ai une palanquée. Entre ceux que j’achète, ceux qui sont donnés en librairie ou dans les salons et ceux qu’on m’offre…

Favourite bookmark??

Un top 3 :

- Un vieux marque-page avec une photo d’ours polaire

- Celui avec la photo d’un manchot empereur et de son petit (j’aime la faune polaire !), un cadeau de mon père je crois.

- Le dessin avec la chauve-souris que tu m’as offert il y a quelques temps de cela ! Mais je n’ose pas trop l’utiliser de la sorte car je crains de l’abimer. 

Is there a book that you think everyone should read??

Le Rêve du Démiurge, un cycle de Francis Berthelot qui a connu une histoire éditoriale assez malheureuse mais qui a récemment été sauvé de l’oubli et réuni en une série unifiée par Le Bélial et Dystopia Workshop. Beaucoup de styles différents s’entrecroisent dans ce monument assez dément mais unique en son genre. Le fantastique, la magie et la fantasmagorie y sont présents sans que l’on puisse déterminer un seul style auquel rattachez le Rêve Les romans peuvent d’ailleurs se lire indépendamment. Certains personnages sont récurrents et reviennent d’un livre à l’autre. Les relations entre eux sont toujours complexes, ambivalentes, jamais manichéennes. 

Favourite genre??

Le fantastique, la fantasy, la SF et leurs dérivés. 

What book that has made you cry??

Je suis hyper émotive avec option cœur d’artichaut surtout en ce qui concerne l’art alors je dirais : un certain nombre, voire un bon paquet XD. Un exemple parmi d’autres avec la BD Le Bleu est une couleur chaude. J’étais inconsolable pendant toute la soirée qui a suivi ma lecture.. En romans: Apostasie de Vincent Tassy m’a fait pas mal chouiner et continue de me bouleverser lorsque je le relis.

How do you feel when you find a typo/spelling error in a book??

Si c’est dans un manuscrit sur lequel je travaille c’est << Ha ! Tu pensais m’échapper ?! >>. Si c’est sur mon temps de loisir, qu’il y en a trop ou que ce sont des erreurs récurrentes, cela m’agace. Mais je suis bien placée pour savoir que l’erreur est humaine et que ce genre d’incidents peut toujours se produire.

Do you put a book under your pillow at night??

Pas directement sous mon oreiller, mais mes lectures en cours sont posées du côté du lit où je ne dors pas !

How do people read in the bath?? Please tell me, I’m scared of getting my book wet….

Le goût du risque, le frisson de l’interdit, la jouissance de la transgression. Il y a des personnes qui aiment vivre dangereusement ! Sinon, même en étant extrêmement maladroite et distraite, je m’en suis toujours sortie sans trop de problèmes en faisant bien attention. 

Free rant, go ahead, we all know you want to.

On est ici entre honnêtes gens alors uniquement quelque chose d’immensément poétique, constructif, élégant et raffiné, hein ? : Nique ta race bien profond Amazon et mange tes morts fourrés dans une galette. Cordialement. 

Favourite book quote, go.

Une seule ?!

<< La fille n’était plus une fille. C’était un oiseau. Prêt à l’envol. >>

Do you take your own book photos??

J’en avais fait une ou deux dans le cadre d’un projet de cours en master. J’aimerais bien m’y mettre maintenant que j’ai mon appareil photo mais la luminosité est complètement pourrie dans mon appart’.

Do you have a bookish tattoo?? Do you want one??

Alors, j’ai bien un grimoire intégré au motif sur mon cuissot droit mais sinon je n’ai pas encore de tatouage en rapport avec un livre existant ou une saga. J’ai un projet Seigneur des Anneaux , et un autre concernant La Croisée des Mondes et d’autres plus définis dont un lettrage avec la devise du mercenaire Tannhauser dans la série Mattias Tannhauser de Tim Willocks ! Que serait une ex-étudiante en histoire ancienne sans une bonne petite locution latine des familles encrée quelque part ? XD

How many books do you take when you go out??

Si c’est pour une promenade ou dans les transports : un. En festival : au moins un si j’ai besoin de me ressourcer entre deux concerts. En voyage ou en vacances : autant que je peux en caser dans mes bagages (...et si je ne voyage pas seule, parfois dans ceux des gens qui m’accompagnent si je parviens à les faire craquer avec un regard de Chat Potté !)

Do you write, highlight, underline etc in your books

Dans certains, oui ! C’est très étrange car il y en a dans lesquels je ne peux pas me résoudre à écrire ou que je ne peux pas annoter sans éprouver un sentiment de culpabilité si ce n’est pas écrit avec un porte-mine tout fin que je peux effacer facilement XD. Et il y en a d’autres, à l’inverse, où c’est la foire : mon exemplaire d’Âmes Perdues de Poppy Z Brite est souligné de partout, rempli d’annotations (certaines remontent à ma première lecture, quand j’étais ado, c’est toujours amusant de retomber dessus !)

Worse book you’ve ever read??

Je ne me souviens plus du titre (et par délicatesse, je ne le citerais pas même si je m’en rappelais). Mais c’était le manuscrit d’un roman que je devais relire et corriger lors d’un stage. C’était d’un ennui… Mal écrit, avec des clichés en veux tu, en voilà, des personnages mal exploités, le tout sur fond de misogynie bien assumée. Une purge. 

Do you read classics?? If so, what’s your favourite??

Oui ! Un petit florilège parmi mes favoris avec une définition assez large du sens << classique >> : La Vénus d’Ille de Prosper Mérimée, Le Horla de Maupassant,  Au Bonheur des Dames de Zola, Les Histoires Extraordinaires d’Edgar Allan Poe. En théâtre : Molière en général, Le Cid de Corneille, Phèdre de Racine, Macbeth de Shakespeare.

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Wahoo, the first post of 2017! How are you all faring so far in the new year? I spent my first day of 2017 purchasing a new phone and some new books. What a way to start, huh?

Here’s what went down in books at the end of 2016 and the start of 2017.

Also, new year means attempted new look! Let me know what you think of the new layout and added sections :D

Best Nine Photos of 2016 on Instagram

BLOG POSTS

Wednesday: Playlist – Pride & Prejudice  and Book Review – Upside Down: A Vampire Tale (Upside Down #1) by Jess Smart Smiley

Thursday: Christmas Book Haul and Book Review – Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 1 by Scott Tipton and David Tipton

Friday: Book Review – X-Man: All Saints Day One-Shot by Ben Raab

Saturday: December 2016 Wrap-Up

BOUGHT

“The Green Mile, Part 3: Coffey’s Hands” by Stephen King

“The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix” by Stephen King

“The Green Mile, Part 5: Night Journey” by Stephen King

Pygmalion by George Bernard-Shaw

“Rapunzel” by The Borthers Grimm, illustrated by Victoria Lisi

The Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs Almanac by Michelle Ghaffari

*Unfortunately I could not find images for the latter two books here.*

Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

Doctor Who: The Secret Life of Monsters by Justin Richards

Invader Zim, Volume 2 by Jhonen Vásquez

Kenobi by John Hackson Miller

Batgirl “Mindfield” (Issue #49) by Cameron Stuart and Brenden Fletcher

Mockingbird (Issue #2) by Chelsea Cain

Marvel Secret Wars “Beyond” (Issue #9) by Jonathan Hickman

Secret Wars: Old Man Logan (Issue #1) by Brian Michael Bendis

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars “Owen Reece Died for Our Sins” (Issue #5) by Jonathan Hickman

The X Files Season Eleven “Home Again” Part 2 by Joe Harris

Munchkin “Anti-Social Media” (Issue #9) by Tom Siddell

Martian Manhunter “We are all Different People” (Issue #10) by Rob Williams

Empress “X” (Issue #3) by Mark Millar

Hawkeye “Hawkeyes” Part One of Three (Issue #4) by Jeff Lemire

Godzilla in Hell (Issue #3) by Ulises Farinas & ERick Frietas

Guardians of the Galaxy (Issue 26) by Brian Michael Bendis

Marvel Secret Wars “The Infinity Gauntlet” (Issue #4) by Dustin Weaver

X-Men Apocalypse Wars “Extraordinary X-Men” (Issue #8) by Jeff Lemire

Uncanny X-Men (Issue #4) by Cullen Bunn

Old Man Logan “Berserker: Part Three” (Issue #3) by Jeff Lemire

REVIEW COPIES RECEIVED

Fake Plastic Love by Kimberley Tait

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Selected: A Young Adult Sci-Fi Adventure (The Zaratan Trilogy Book 1) by Evelyn Lederman

ADDED TO TBR

Kingdom Come by Mark Waid

Batman: Dark Legends by Bryan Talbot

Wolverine and the X-Men, Volume 1 by Jason Aaron

The Face: A Time Code by Ruth Ozeki

London Belongs to Me by Jacquelyn Middleton

Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth

Legion of Superheroes, Vol. 1: Hostile World by Paul Levitz

Hellboy: Odd Jobs by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola

Preacher, V0l. 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis

Batman: Hush by Jeff Loeb

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Batman: The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder

A Study In Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily Cory Barker

FINISHED

Faith (Issue #1) by Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, Marguerite Saugave, Colleen Doran, Andrew Dalhouse, and Dave Sharpe

CURRENTLY READING

Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal by J.K. Rowling

‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters by Justin Richards

Selected: A Young Adult Sci-Fi Adventure (The Zaratan Trilogy Book 1) by Evelyn Lederman

THE END

Welp, there you have it. Formatting this took ages, so no review published tonight. I’ll be back tomorrow!

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Monday Wrap-Up – 1/2/2017 Wahoo, the first post of 2017! How are you all faring so far in the new year?

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Ahh, alright. Is it a sleeve? I've always wanted one but kinda can't. Lucky you.

Sorry, I should have been clearer when I asked for manga recs. I've always been a watcher and very recently got into manga. I've actually watched Naruto, Bleach, Samurai Champloo, Noragami, One Punch Man, and Devil is A Part Timer. So, I don't see a point in reading those.

I could start with Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls From the Dungeon and then perhaps follow it up with SOA. Thank you so much for taking out the time to give me recs!

What would you suggest in gore?

(Just for a bit more context - I'm reading Vagabond and Berserk right now + recently finished JJK and Rooster Fighter)

Manga goes far more into detail than anime. So if you really enjoy and anime you can get a lot more out of it by reading the manga.

I hope you enjoy them. The other seasons of SAO are good too just not as much as the first one.

For more gore? Re:Zero, Real Account, I love you so I kill you, zombie 100, Akame ga Kill, future diary, king's game, purgatory dead roll, high tower invasion, Pygmalion, ajin, Franken Fran, impossibility defense, smokin' Parade, rule - annihilation classroom, starving anonymous, the Nameless monster, chainsaw man.

That's all I can think of at the moment that I enjoyed.