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I think people need to realize that they’re looking at Joe’s projects with a microscope. Paul had Foe and Carmen last year which were both horrible movies. But they didn’t really get any promo and no one watched them. So people focused on All of us strangers which was a good movie that he actually got to promote. Most people aren’t aware of Joe’s worst movies and will only really remember things like KOK and The Favourite. When you only hear about what actors are doing from other people, you only hear about the good stuff. People will talk about Margot producing and starring in I, Tonya and Barbie so it sounds like everything she does is successful but she also produced and starred in a movie called Dreamland that was apparently pretty bad and that I only found out about because I was following a Margot Stan account during the pandemic when the movie came out

yeah and then those same people turn around and say no one pays any attention to him while like… obsessed with his every move. Fucking nuts lol. Idk I’ve been into film/actors since I was like 12 and I know people make good movies and bad movies and when people I’ve been a fan of made bad movies like usually as fans we have a chuckle and move on? Or stop being fans if it’s a string of shit we don’t like? I’ve never in 20 years online witnessed what these people do to Joe lol and I can’t imagine they do it to any other actor because then they’d know like there are some real duds now and then? I actually will say one of the worst things about being a Joe fan is none of it has ever been so bad it’s funny ykwim like he’s made meh films but they’re all mid at worst which is a pity because truly dreadful shit can be very fun.

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Nos anos 30, durante a crise financeira dos EUA, uma ladra de banco está na mira da polícia, que coloca uma alta recompensa pela sua captura. Quando seu caminho cruza com o jovem Eugene, este fica dividido entre reinvindicar sua recompensa e sua atração por ela.

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I watched Dreamland (2019)

(This is the Canadian Dreamland from 2019. Not the Margot Robbie Dreamland from 2019-2020)

Considered a spiritual successor to Pontypool, or maybe just the after-credits-scene of Pontypool.

A hitman, sent to take the pinky finger of a jazz musician, ends up saving a child bride from her fate of marrying a vampire. Yes, it's confusing.

I have a high tolerance for artsy weird shit. So, when I found out that the Director of Pontypool and it's two leads had re-teamed to make a weird art house flick, I had to see it.

Online it's a "Love it or Hate it" movie. So much so that I read two separate reviews on Roger Ebert's website. One shining, one detesting, Dreamland is a movie that is definitely not the norm and maybe not very good.

The strangeness starts with Stephen McHattie playing two separate roles. It then continues with odd editing, confusing and slow narrative progression, a dreamy atmosphere. OH, And a story that includes child trafficking, a hitman, a Jazz musician, child assassins, and a full on fucking vampire.......Yes, a vampire.

Around the first half-hour I realized this movie might not turn the corner to greatness. The first action sequence, between McHattie and one of Henry Rollins' toy soldier looking female guards, was so terribly executed it would have been better not to film it. But, it's not exactly an action movie, so I forgave it. Then the vampire showed up and the movie slid into a rather comic tone. Then it slid back into a serious tone. Then back to comedy, and so on. What was happening? What key factor was I missing? What was director Bruce McDonald trying to get across to me. Was Dreamland an actual Dream? Was I enjoying watching it?

Well, truth is, I like that it's completely unexpected at points. It has a real "fuck you, I don't care what you think" attitude. I liked that I wasn't bored, even if I was spending time trying to solve a mystery without an answers. I enjoyed that it just might be a Jazz style of filmmaking that's playing all the wrong notes.

Of course, I believe my enjoyment to be indefensible. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, because ultimately it's kind of a failure of a film. There's a lot here that just isn't good enough. But, I liked the mess it made.

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"Non sono un assassino", continua ad insistere Allison. Ma anche questa affermazione un po 'dubbia non è il vero punto. Sta uccidendo Eugene, proprio davanti ai nostri occhi. "Dreamland", una pubblicazione della Paramount, è stata valutata R dalla Motion Picture Association of America "per un po 'di violenza, linguaggio e sessualità / nudità". Durata: 98 minuti. Tre stelle su quattro. Hollywood ha sempre amato i film fuorilegge, quasi da quando la prima celluloide è apparsa in un proiettore, e da “Bonnie & Clyde” nel 1967, ha avuto un fascino particolare per le coppie condannate per un'ondata di crimini all'aperto. È stato imitato innumerevoli volte, dal coraggioso "The Getaway" al nebuloso e onirico "Ain't Them Bodies Saints". “Dreamland” è più vicino a quest'ultima, una storia meno interessata ai meccanismi reali della rapina in banca che al viaggio emotivo interiore dei suoi due protagonisti. È un film sorprendentemente bello, ambientato nella polvere del Texas degli anni '30, con i toni caldi e vibranti del direttore della fotografia Lyle Vincent che lasciano il posto a strisce quasi incolori di marrone grigiastro. Potresti ritagliare quasi tutti i fotogrammi del film e avere un bel promemoria da cartolina. Margot Robbie interpreta Allison Wells, una famigerata rapinatrice di banche in fuga dopo che le cose sono andate a puttane nel suo ultimo lavoro. Diverse persone sono state uccise, tra cui una ragazza e il suo amante / partner nel crimine, Perry (Garrett Hedlund). Uomini di legge e giornali l'hanno considerata un demone dal cuore freddo, anche se ha un'altra storia da raccontare. In effetti, diverse versioni di esso. Gli occhi azzurri e la pelle marrone di Robbie sembrano riempire lo schermo come un piccolo sole, sfinendosi. Colpito a una gamba, Allison si nasconde nella stalla di Eugene (Finn Cole), un ragazzo di 17 anni con il naso per terra e la testa tra le nuvole. Ruba fumetti polizieschi e sogna di ricongiungersi con suo padre morto da tempo, che è scappato da loro quando era un ragazzino e si è trasferito in Messico. Odia il suo patrigno (Travis Fimmel), che porta uno strano taglio di capelli, vagamente Hitler. I suoi stessi occhi azzurri sono il gelido contrappunto al calore di Allison. Gene ha una cotta per sua madre (Kerry Condon) e la sorella minore, Phoebe (Darby Camp). La meravigliosa Lola Kirke fornisce il resoconto della vita adulta di Phoebe, ripercorrendo i lunghi anni degli eventi che hanno avuto luogo nel 1935. Non c'è davvero molta storia da raccontare. Direttore Miles Joris-Peyrafitte e lo sceneggiatore Nicolaas Zwart si concentra sulla creazione di situazioni e impulsi dei personaggi, e poi vede come le opere si muoveranno da sole. Sappiamo che Gene sarà completamente stregato da Allison e lei farà poco per scoraggiare quella sensazione, purché lui la aiuti a nascondersi e guarire. E che la taglia di $ 20.000 sulla sua testa spingerà la gente del posto a iniziare ad avvicinarsi alla coppia, con il patrigno di Gene come cane da caccia principale. E alla fine, dovrà andare avanti e Gene andrà con lei. Non sto dando niente; la narrazione dice questo all'inizio, Phoebe parla della leggenda di suo fratello e della "donna di Wells". Ho adorato l'aspetto di questo film, con una grande attenzione ai dettagli sui bordi sfilacciati dei vestiti delle persone, le viti arrugginite sul corpo del camion di famiglia e la leggera patina di sudore che pende sulla fronte delle persone per ricordarci il Texas arido e mortale. Quando le cose vanno male, le persone tendono ad essere nervose, agendo normalmente in superficie, ma pronte a saltare alla minima possibilità di cambiare la terribile direzione delle cose, anche se le cose peggiorano. Accidenti, suona familiare ... Anche i più piccoli attori non protagonisti sono al posto giusto, senza mai cambiare il senso di autenticità già speso. Mi è piaciuto particolarmente Stephen Dinh nei panni di Joe, l'amico indiano americano di Gene che cerca la sua via d'uscita, e Joe Berryman come lo sceriffo locale dagli occhi penetranti che mangia BS a colazione. C'è una sequenza fantastica in cui Gene esce per dare un'occhiata alle prove che la polizia ha contro Allison mentre tutti sono a un ballo di città, mentre un veterano esegue un hamburger energico - colpi percussivi sulle ginocchia e simili - fornendo la musica che crea tensione sotto. Meraviglioso. Sembra che manchino alcune parti del film, un po 'più del retroscena di Allison e più sul desiderio di Gene che la memoria di suo padre riempia il tessuto connettivo. In un momento in cui ripeto costantemente quanti film sono troppo lunghi, eccone uno bello che aveva bisogno di un po 'più di grasso sulle ossa.

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“Dreamland” precisava de uma estrela de cinema, e conseguiu uma em Margot Robbie.

O filme, em cinemas selecionados e disponível para transmissão a partir de terça-feira, 17 de novembro, se passa em 1934, durante o Dust Bowl, em uma pequena cidade rural que seria sombria mesmo nos melhores tempos. No domingo, toda a cidade vai à igreja, não necessariamente porque todos são religiosos, mas porque é o único show da cidade. E a igreja é praticamente a única construção da cidade. Bem-vindo ao No Place, cercado por lugar nenhum.

Finn Cole (“Peaky Blinders”) interpreta Eugene, um adolescente que sonha com algo mais. Em um ambiente que pode matar o espírito de qualquer pessoa, ele tem algumas ideias românticas sobre o que a vida poderia ser. Então, milagrosamente, romance e aventura vêm até ele quando ele entra no celeiro e encontra Allison Wells, interpretada por Robbie, escondida lá.

Allison, no entanto, é uma mulher procurada em todo o estado por assalto a banco e assassinato. Ela está ferida, desesperada e perigosa, e de repente ele tem uma escolha: ele pode denunciá-la e, no processo, virar as costas para seu destino ou pode jogar a mão que o destino deu a ele.

É aqui que ter uma estrela de cinema se torna essencial. No brilho e brilho da potência da estrela de Robbie, a coisa sensata dificilmente é uma opção. Todos os que o jovem Eugene conhece são monótonos, deprimidos e limitados, enquanto Allison é algo fora das páginas de uma revista pulp - e ela precisa dele. Claro, ele tem que ajudá-la!

Robbie fez 30 anos neste verão, o que significa que todas as vezes que a vimos na tela, ela estava na casa dos 20. Ao contrário de muitas estrelas de nossa era, homens e mulheres, ela nunca foi uma jovem ou ingênua, mas sim uma adulta de pleno direito desde seus primeiros momentos de estrelato. Ela traz essa maturidade da tela para sua atuação como Allison, para que possamos entender, sem que o roteiro tenha que declarar, os quilômetros percorridos por essa jovem, o pedágio espiritual. Cronologicamente, Allison pode ter 26 e Eugene pode ter 16, mas em termos práticos, ela tem cerca de 50, e ele tem cerca de 5 - e não é páreo. A história é contada do ponto de vista da irmã mais nova de Eugene, que narra a história como adulta, provavelmente imaginando as muitas cenas nas quais ela não estava presente. A narração funciona bem, pelo menos até os últimos 30 segundos do filme. Mas não vamos falar sobre o final. Basta dizer que é incomum para um bom filme estragar seus últimos 30 segundos, mas "Dreamland" consegue. Felizmente, não é o suficiente para danificar toda a experiência.

O importante é que “Dreamland” cumpra o seu propósito principal, que é fazer-nos investir nesta estranha história de amor. Para o mundo exterior, Allison é uma pessoa má que precisa ser eliminada. Mas de dentro da ilusão do filme - uma ilusão da qual nós, como espectadores, compartilhamos - Allison e Eugene são as únicas pessoas que estão vivas, e todos os outros são mortos-vivos.

Na verdade, começa a parecer que a razão pela qual a sociedade civil está tão decidida a matar Allison é que ela está viva e, portanto, uma ameaça. É como se a existência dela provasse a falta de existência deles. Isso não é realmente verdade, mas é assim que acabamos nos sentindo e é como os personagens se sentem.

Assim que o diretor Miles Joris-Peyrafitte nos levar a esse lugar, ele poderá fazer qualquer coisa conosco, porque estamos com Allison e Eugene. Não os estamos observando à distância, mas vivenciando a história através de seus olhos. Nesse ponto, uma cena tranquila pode ser poderosa, e uma cena de amor é tão importante quanto algo acontecendo com você.

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◆ KIM HONGJOONG ◆

You were with him in his room while you both worked on different things. It was getting late and you were getting sleepy because of the calm and soft music being played from Hongjoong's speakers. You yawned and folded your laptop. He felt you changing positions, snuggling up to him and wrapped his arm around you, kissing the top of your head. He whispered his good night and let you drift off to sleep. The next morning, he surprised you with a short and sweet instrumental he composed while you were asleep, sadly he wasn't able to fully commit to sleep that night and knocked out the morning after.

◆ PARK SEONGHWA ◆

You were already fast asleep in his warm and welcoming embrace that night. It was your birthday but you fell a little sick. So instead of going out to celebrate, Seonghwa brought the party to you. He had few things planned but you retired early. While you were sleeping, he sneakily prepared a late night dinner for you and his special chocolate drink. He surprised you in bed when you woke up, smiling bright like the stars seen in the night sky. Your smile got brighter and his laughter could be heard when he pulled out a box from under the bed. Inside it was a chain of polaroid pictures he took of you sleeping and him decorating your sleeping state with the things he bought online. How adorable.

◆ JUNG YUNHO ◆

He had been the perfect boyfriend, helping you out with packing all of your things and even offering to go with you to see your parents on a 7 hour drive. You know better than anyone that Yunho was tired and insisted on driving despite him battering his eyelashes at you. You were doing great. 3 hours later was a breeze but soon your eyelids begin to drop. Noticing how sleepy you were getting, Yunho practically forced you to switch drivers as you sleep the rest of the ride. Once a while he'd glance over to you sleeping with the seat pushed back down and curled into a ball, always monitoring the temperature of the ac to your body so you never got too cold or too hot.

◆ KANG YEOSANG ◆

Falling asleep on the couch of his living room after watching a horror film was a mistake on your part, even if you had your eyes covered 80% of the times. Because now you were scared and very sensitive to your surroundings, something Yeosang knew and took advantage of. Behind your back, he slipped on his green clown costume and tiptoed right in front of your face. He tapped your shoulder and you nearly had a heart attack that very night. Rumours about the building being haunted were the cause of your frightened screaming. Yeosang only wished he had the whole fiasco filmed. You'll get your revenge soon enough. Yeosang had better watch his back.

◆ CHOI SAN ◆

Finals week are stressful for anyone and you were no different. As the top student, it wasn't that you weren't confident in yourself but you were stressed over having to teach your boyfriend, the figure covered in tattoos and a lip piercing who didn't care as much as you did. Quick to think, he grabbed your wrist and urged you onto his bike. San believes that what you needed was a refresher, something being on his bike would do the trick. He was right. The cool night breeze was relaxing and you nearly fell asleep on his back - so he had to stop and let you sleep on his shoulder on top of the hill over looking the night city and lights.

◆ SONG MINGI ◆

So lets count how many plushies you had on your bed. A lot, more than you expected. Mingi had asked you out on a date, a date to the amusement park. Hours spent on your feet going on different rides and all. Before going home, you suggested to leave the park with souvenirs and invited him to play one of those shooting down the target booth games. Needless to say, you both were good at the game and kept winning rounds. Pink, purple, yellow, blue, green, you name it and there was a plushie in that colour. Too tired to think about how you'd put them away, fatigue took over both bodies and you ended up cuddling the plushies to sleep beside each other.

◆ JUNG WOOYOUNG ◆

Things needed to be perfect and it couldn't go wrong. You worked hard today, running around the city from places to places and purchasing things you needed to celebrate your 2 year anniversary with Wooyoung. You've set up everything but the only problem was that he was running late. You played hype songs to make yourself stay awake but you still fell asleep and he saw that. You'd think he'd be sweet with a blanket for you but no. Wooyoung ran into the bedroom and filled the water gun to the brim. Hesitating to shot at you was not on his mind. Long story short, the night ended up with a water gun war and an even wetter floor.

◆ CHOI JONGHO ◆

He was not having it. He wasn't happy with you. Time and time again that day you reassured Jongho that you felt fine, he didn't buy it. Even if you were fine, you weren't going to be. You hadn't slept for 2 nights. Were you studying or completing assignment? No. You barely slept because of the addicting new drama on Netflix. A pathetic excuse he told you and you just laughed at his pout. The drama got more of your attention that he was getting. On the third night, he locked the bedroom door and locked you in an engulfing bear hug. His big hands caressed down your nose bridge and massaged your closed eyelids, putting you to sleep in a blink of an eye.

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pairing; dom!seungcheol x camgirl!reader

this chapter’s notes; camshow, sex toys, shibari, dom!seungcheol, dirty talk, overstimulation/forced orgasms, squirting, degradation, name calling, daddy!kink, gags! 😍💕 ✨HAPPY NEW YEAR!!✨ Here’s to more fun fics in 2021! I can’t believe this is our last chapter though omg 😭 It’s been suuuuch a journey and a privilege to write this little series out! I’ve honestly thought about a camgirl/boy series for like, over a year now, and I’m glad I finally did it! I completed one of my goals! 🥺💕 2020 was definitely a wild one, but I want to thank you all so fuckin’ much for supporting me and stickin’ it out with me all year! Here’s to more in the coming year!💕 Also I was proofreading this at the dining table last night thinking my roommate wouldn’t come out of their room but they did(while I was making dinner and my hands were dirty so I couldnt close my laptop ☠️) and they walked past my laptop and now I’m convinced they saw my fucking smut fic right in the open so yes my little mini-break next week is MUCH needed cause I am ✨embarrassed✨ 🤣 I’ll still do my inbox roundup tomorrow and probably answer a bunch of small thirst posts ‘n stuff throughout the week but there won’t be any drabbles! For now, enjoy chapter 20 🥺, have a safe weekend, and remember that I love you~ ❤️🍒💕

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Seungcheol wakes up much earlier than you do the next morning; pressing a kiss to your forehead as you groan and snuggle deeper into your pillow.

“Baby, I need to go run some errands for a little bit, okay? Just keep sleeping, you don’t need to get up yet. But, I made breakfast and put it in the microwave for you when you decide to get up later.”

His voice is muffled and you can barely understand what he’s saying but you nod; a soft sigh on your lips when you drift back into dreamland. He takes his time getting ready, checking his phone notifications as he gets dressed and places a note on the nightstand knowing that you didn’t catch a single word he said.

‘Hey, did you get everything I asked for?’

Jimin🧍🏻: of course, who do you think I am? Jeongguk?

Jimin🧍🏻: and btw, i’m just giving you a crash course okay? We don’t really have a ton of time

Jimin🧍🏻: did you watch those tutorial videos I sent you?

‘Yeah, I did some practice on my breaks, but I guess you can tell me if I’m doing anything wrong.’

Jimin🧍🏻: okee, i’ll be waiting. Don’t get here too late!

‘I’ll be otw soon. Thanks again, Jimin.’

“Ow--damn, okay, you don’t need to tug on it so much!”

“Sorry, I’ll be careful! And why are we practicing on you anyway?! Couldn’t you just have shown me pictures or something?”

“How else will you learn if not on an actual body? It doesn’t work the same way, Seungcheol.” Jimin pauses, checking himself in the mirror. “Also, keep in mind she does have boobs so just… go slow, okay? It’s not gonna sit like this on her.”

Seungcheol blushes a crimson red; biting the inside of his cheek at how amateur he was at this.

“Okay…”

Seungcheol is gone for a lot longer than you anticipate and although he replies quickly to your texts, you can’t help but be curious about where he’d gone and what he was doing.

Especially knowing that the two of you had to film tonight and knowing that everything was up to Seungcheol.

A shiver rolls down your body at the thought and you quickly try to shake off the nerves that seem to slowly invade your body when your mind starts to wander.

“It’ll be fine, I’m sure…”

“I’m home!”

“Where have you--oh, that’s… a b-big box? Um, should I be concerned...”

Seungcheol grins, shrugging as he sets it onto the kitchen counter. “Just some supplies for tonight. I had to go pick them up from a friend but I had to make sure everything was right.” He notices the way you can’t seem to take your eyes off of the box; eyes twinkling when he makes his way towards you.

He tilts your head up to meet his in a searing kiss, lips easing into a smile when you wrap your arms around his neck and melt under his touch. You moan against his lips just before he pulls away; staring dreamily at him while his hands start to roam over your clothed body.

“We have a long night ahead of us, sweetheart. Let’s pamper you a little before then, hmm?”

j__min: ??? where’s the loverboy

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angelhan has donated $75

therealchan99 has donated $50

xcaliburDK has donated $75

xcaliburDK: is that the sybian? Haven’t seen that in a looong while

You bite your lip and nod, somewhat shy as you sit alone in front of the camera. “Seungcheol’s still… setting up but he told me to start! I’m a little nervous, to be honest…” Your eyes flit to Seungcheol who rummages through the box in the kitchen and from the angle you’re sat in, you can’t see a single thing he takes out.

Earlier, he’d cooked you your favorite meal and even took the time to give you a full body massage before the two of you cuddled on the sofa and watched a movie. To you, it seemed a little too suspiciously tame and you only found yourself more nervous when he made you drink two glasses of water and ever so quietly announced it was time to start getting ready for the camshow.

“He’s being so suspicious! He was even gone for a few hours earlier today…” You mumble; brows furrowed at the camera before checking the comments.

It still amazed you every time with how much money you and Seungcheol made from the camshows and videos and it made you feel even better knowing that everyone loved the chemistry the two of you had together. There were a lot of video requests and ideas mixed in with the comments at any given time and you were definitely ready to pitch some to Seungcheol now that you’d rebranded your channel to be a couple’s channel instead.

“Almost done, sweetheart!”

gc__koo: he told me to watch cuz he was being suspicious with me too 

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alphagyu97: what is he even plotting

alphagyu97: i am excited to see the sybian again tho ngl

artist8hao: pretty baby gonna squirt for us again?

universe_WZ: hell fuckin yea let us see how fuckin wrecked you get on that machine

You feel your pussy clench around emptiness at their comments; already feeling yourself getting wetter and wetter with the anticipation.

Movement out of the corner of your eye catches your attention and Seungcheol walks towards the bed with a wide smile and the same box in hand. “Ready?” You can only nod back slowly, watching as he dumps the contents of the box right next to your body.

gc__koo: oy

chwenon: oh shit

sleepy_wonu: oh baby, you’re in for it now

sleepy_wonu has donated $100

Your entire body fills with warmth as you look over the various objects; unsure of where to really look first. “I, um--”

A stack of red ropes sits next to a small bullet vibrator that sits next to a ball gag that sits next to a pair of EMT shears and your eyes immediately flit up to Seungcheol who only smirks back at your shocked expression. “I had some other toys I wanted to use but I figured I should go easy on you, y’know? Since you showed me some mercy last night.”

Nodding, you reach out towards the ropes, touching them shyly. “Why red?”

“Thought they’d be on theme for you, babygirl.”

Seungcheol takes his time; remembering Jimin’s words when he tugs the ropes around your wrists.

“Colour, babygirl?”

“G-green… daddy…”

He nods, sitting up on his knees behind you as you sit on the sybian and face the camera. You bite your lip, somewhat embarrassed that you were already soaking the toy underneath you as Seungcheol worked to bind your arms behind you.

“D--daddy, where did you l-learn this?” You whisper, somewhat curious if this had anything to do with why he was gone for so long earlier in the day.

“Mm, daddy’s friend Jimin was kind enough to help me get the tools and teach me a few tricks to make sure I kept my babygirl safe. Wasn’t that kind of him?” You nod gently, gulping when you shift atop the machine slightly in hopes of relieving some of the growing sexual tension in your body. “Why don’t you thank him properly, sweetheart?”

Your hazy eyes make eye contact with the camera, head tilted slightly. “T-thank you, J-Jimin… for--for helping daddy…”

j__min: omg a shoutout ive made it

kitty_junjun: we never thought we’d see the day

tangerine_kwan: and here we all thought you were gonna be the bad guy huh

hoshi_tiger_xx: like when u only see previews of the book online but the rest of it is different ykwim

Seungcheol makes sure your arms are bound snug enough but not too tight; leaning away slightly to admire his rope work. “Feeling okay so far, babygirl?”

Nodding, you whine back slightly. “Y-yes, daddy… But… my--my pussy wants s-something…” He laughs in return, readjusting so that he’s sitting on your side this time to give himself easier access to start the rest of the bindings.

“Is that so? You’re gonna have to be a little more patient this time ‘cause daddy’s not done yet.” He starts working on the rest of the harness; going slow and checking in with you often to make sure none of the ropes were digging into your skin or making you uncomfortable. “You’ll have to forgive me a little though, I’m admittedly a ‘lil inexperienced so our pretty babygirl is only going to be tied up in this pretty harness for tonight.”

gentleman_josh95: the fact u even took the time to learn just for her

gentleman_josh95 has donated $100

artist8hao: seriously, the dedication

kitty_junjun: we stan a man who knows safety and etiquette 

Comments of reassurance and donations flood in at Seungcheol’s small apology and although the two of you are in your own world; you can tell from just the amount of pings coming from your laptop that they all seemed to be encouraging him.

The two of you fall into a comfortable silence as Seungcheol continues to move around you on the bed to finish the harness and a smile graces his lips when he starts to secure the last knots in the back. He can’t help but mentally pat himself on the back at how neatly he’d done it for his first time.

“There. All done, baby.”

Your eyes flit to the laptop’s screen to see yourself; cheeks hot when you see how fucked out you already look and he hadn’t even touched you properly or turned on the machine.

The star harness Seungcheol had tied looks pretty with red ropes and you can’t hide your smile at how good it looks on you too either. “Ah, daddy made it really p-pretty… Thank you.”

This time, Seungcheol nods, letting you admire yourself as he silently reaches for the small remote for the sybian, switching it on.

Your entire body lurches forward as soon as the vibrations attack your clit and you immediately find yourself moaning and grinding down onto the machine as he gives you some relief.  

“You’re welcome, babygirl. Now let’s really have some fun, huh?”

You need to cum.

Badly.

“Awww, is my pretty baby drooling? Does it feel that good on your sensitive ‘lil clit?” He teases, smoothing down your hair as you cry around the ball gag in your mouth; drool seeping out from the side of your lips when he raises the vibrations a setting higher.

You don’t know how many times he’d played with the settings and edged you by now, but all you do know is that the urge to cum only grows stronger as you grind against the machine, soaking it with your wetness as you chase the pleasure building up in your body again.  

Surely cumming was okay, right? He never said you couldn’t.

You whimper around the ball gag, eyes fluttering shut when the tension in your body snaps in the blink of an eye and your thighs clamp down onto the sides of the machine. Throwing your head back, you moan against the gag and ride out your high as Seungcheol watches you from the side.

“Mm, bet that felt good, huh? But I know you want something in that greedy ‘lil cunt of yours, don’t you? You want daddy’s cock slamming into your tight ‘lil hole ‘til it’s full of my cum, right, sweetheart?” He licks his lips, turning off the sybian as you slump forward.

universe_WZ: shit shes so sensitive

chwenon: especially with her arms bound like that i bet she’s on cloud nine rn

gentleman_josh95: her cute lil head is probably all fuzzy already from all the sensations

therealchan99 has donated $100

gc__koo has donated $75

j__min has donated $150

All you can do is whimper and nod; teary eyes blinking back at Seungcheol as he smirks and leans in towards you.

“Mmm, you’ll get what you want eventually. But for now, you’re gonna cum again.”

He turns the sybian back on, licking his lips when he sees your body tensing again. It was always easier to get you to cum a second time and his point is proven when you mewl around the ball gag a few minutes later; chest heaving in stuttered breaths as you try to shy away from the toy still vibrating against your overly sensitive clit when you’re quickly thrown into another orgasm.

“You always cum for daddy so easily, don’t you, babygirl?”

Your head feels fuzzy after already cumming twice in such a short span of time but you nod, head lolling to the side as Seungcheol finally turns the sybian off for good.

Seungcheol gives you a second to catch your breath before he’s scooting in and fiddling with the clasps at the back of your head to take the ball gag off.

A thread of saliva connects your lips to the gag and you whimper at how good it feels to be able to actually speak again. “D-daddy…” Drool drips from your mouth as your lead lolls forward and Seungcheol is quick to bring a hand up to keep your head up as he looks into your lust filled eyes.

“Colour, sweetheart?”

“Still g-green…” He nods back, checking to make sure none of the ropes had shifted. “Would you like some water before we continue, baby?”

“Yes, daddy…”

He fetches you a glass of water, tilting it against your lips as you down the entire glass and you find yourself a little surprised at how needed it was. “Thank you, d-daddy…”

“You’re welcome, babygirl. Ready to keep going?”

You nod, a little bit more energized. “I hope everyone, mmh, l-likes the show so f-far~” Your teary vision prevents you from reading the comments and before you can even make an effort to, Seungcheol is already helping you off of the machine and helping you sit on the bed across from him.

alphagyu97: ugh she looks so fucking good in that harness

angelhan: right? That shade of red looks so good against her skin too

angelhan: so fuckin pretty

tangerine_kwan: pics for the private room later? Plz i beg

Seungcheol takes this time to take off his boxer briefs, cock curving up against his abdomen when he’s fully naked across from you. He wraps a hand around his cock, moaning and spreading the precum down his shaft as you watch. “D’you want this, baby?”

Your lips fall open in a silent moan as you watch Seungcheol jerk himself off and you can’t help but squirm. “Y-yes…”

“Tell me exactly what you want then. Let them hear what a filthy little slut you are for me.” You can’t help but feel miserably empty watching him and despite having already cum twice, you want his cock fucking you open and making you cum again.

“I--I--”

“Yes, babygirl?”

“I, ngh, I want d-daddy’s cock… Please? Ah, I--I wanna feel you fucking my--my pussy into the, mmh, s-shape of your c-cock… And I w-want you to c-cum inside my--my slutty little h-hole…”

Seungcheol scoffs, hips shallowly thrusting up into his enclosed fist. “That’s right. You’re just my slutty ‘lil babygirl that lets me use all her tight holes how I please, right? You like it when I cum down your throat and in your pretty ‘lil ass. But we all know you like it best when I cum in your hot ‘lil cunt. Makes you feel all warm and full, doesn’t it? You like it when my cum is dripping out of your spent cunt and sliding down your shaky thighs.” This time you nod furiously as you whine back in response.

“P-please… Can’t wait any--anymore!”

This time, the impatience takes over as you slightly tug on the ropes; whining when they don’t give. “Daddy!”

And this time, he gives in quicker than he anticipates, growling as he reaches for the EMT shears to cut you from the harness. “Don’t let your arms down, no matter how much you want to. You’re going to strain your arms if you move too fast so let me handle it, okay, sweetheart?”

The sudden gentleness in his voice has a giddy warmth pouring over you as you nod and sit still while he cuts at various points of the harness to make the ropes fall loose around your arms and chest. You keep your arms in the same position like he requested and you soon feel his hands roaming your skin and massaging your arms to get the blood flowing again.

“You’re so good for me, baby.” He whispers against your hair, leaning down to kiss your shoulder before he slowly easing your arms down from being folded behind your back.

He continues to massage your arms for a few more minutes before it’s you that’s getting impatient. “Daddy… Can you fuck me now?” Whispering, you slightly turn your body to the side to meet his gentle stare.

Seungcheol laughs under his breath, nodding. “Lay on your back for me, legs spread.”

You follow his orders as you quickly scramble to get into position; legs spread wide for him to situate himself between.

“Mm, your pussy is still so fuckin’ wet. I wanna taste you on my tongue, baby.” Whines spill from your lips as you shake your head ‘no.’

“No! My p-pussy feels empty, I need y-your cock, daddy… ‘n I’m so wet, you can probably, ah, just s-slide your cock in…”

He wraps a hand around his cock just as you wrap your legs around his waist and he guides himself until the head of his cock is right at your entrance.

Neither of you say a word as he slowly starts to sink his cock in; guttural moans on his lips when he meets no resistance and bottoms out in a singular thrust. “Holy fuck, your cunt is so fuckin’ wet. Shit, and so t-tight!” You clench around him, already feeling good with his cock inside of you as you beg him to fuck you hard and fast.

“Ngh, p-please fuck me like--like I’m your, hah, c-cocksleeve… I want it f-fast, daddy!”

He grits his teeth at your words; drawing his hips back before snapping them into you just how you wanted. “Fast, hmm? All you think about in that pretty head of yours is my cock pounding you open, huh? Slamming into you so fuckin’ good, it makes your toes curl when you cum.”

Seungcheol starts a quick pace, already feeling the pleasure building up for himself when you’re reduced to garbled noises and broken cries of his name. The heels of your feet dig into the small of his back as you try to press him in closer and he’s quick to reach for the small bullet vibrator left on the bed next to your body.

“Your body is so fuckin’ sensitive, I can already feel how tight you’re getting around me. So fuckin’ greedy to cum too. Already came twice and you still want more. You’re not satisfied until your whole body is shaking underneath me, huh, sweetheart?” He turns the small toy on, pressing it to your clit as you yelp and let out choked sobs.

“Ah, ngh, d-daddy, my--my clit’s t-too sen--sensitive! I--I can’t--!” Squirming, you feel the pressure building up obscenely quick; bottom lip quivering when he takes one of your free hands and makes you hold the toy to your swollen clit.

“Just a little more, sweetheart. Don’t you wanna cum?”

He angles his thrusts to graze against your g-spot and loud cries of his name leave your lips in a hurried, jumbled mess when he only doubles his pace.

The sound of donations and comments pour in like water and get lost within the ringing in your ears; unable to even warn Seungcheol that you’re about to cum when you feel your entire body starting to lock up underneath him.

Your lips part in a silent scream and your back bows off of the bed, thighs shaking uncontrollably as you cum for the third time. Seungcheol growls, fucking you through it as you squirt all over his lower half.  He finds it harder and harder to thrust into you as you cum, but he feels himself quickly following suit with your warm walls fluttering around his cock.

“Fuck, baby, that’s right. Squirt for me, get me fuckin’ soaked while you cum.” He uses a free hand to make sure you keep the toy pressed to your clit, growling when he starts to unload his cum inside of you. “Mmh, gonna fill your cunt up with what you want, baby.”

A shaky moan leaves your lips as you feel him throbbing inside your pussy; walls clamped down onto him in a vice grip as you ride out the remnants of your orgasm.

“Ah, d-daddy’s cumming suh--so much inside of my p-pussy…”

Whining, you feel Seungcheol’s grip on your hand give way as he rides out his pleasure and you take the opportunity to turn off the small bullet vibrator while he doesn’t notice.

You watch his face contort in pleasure, hips still shallowly thrusting into you as his entire body shivers above you.

“D-daddy’s so h-handsome...” You mumble, cheeks hot when he cracks a smile through the pleasure wracking his body and chuckles under his breath. 

“Thank you, babygirl.” 

After you end the show, Seungcheol makes sure to cuddle with you on the bed for a little while longer.

“One more glass of water, baby.” You whine in response, pouting up at him before he gets up from the soaked sheets. 

“But I already had a glass! If you have a piss kink just say so, ‘Cheol!”

He lets out a boisterous laugh at your comment, trudging back to the bed from the kitchen with another glass of water for you. “You need to be hydrated, sweetheart. You came three times and we played a little more rough today. I just wanna make sure you’re okay.” 

“Fine, but you didn’t deny my comment.” You snarkily reply, taking the glass from him as you down the water. 

“Don’t make me have to punish you again! I’ll have you know I still need to get you all washed up and change the bed--”

A faint pinging has the two of you turning to the laptop; still on your camming homepage from where you’d checked the revenues from tonight’s show. 

A small [1] sits above your inbox and Seungcheol is quick to turn to you with an eyebrow raised. “I thought you turned off the messaging system on your profile?” 

You tilt your head in confusion, handing him the emptied glass. “I did. The only messages I should get are from, like, the actual system admins or other creator accounts which, I haven’t received any ‘til... now, I guess?”

Seungcheol sets the glass down onto the nightstand before he takes a seat next to you, dragging the laptop closer as you go to check the notification. 

“’Love&Letter Films’? Aren’t they one of the biggest adult film companies?” Mumbling, you click on the message, giving yourself and Seungcheol a second to process the message that stares back at you; a shocked smile on your lips.

‘Hello!

I hope this message finds Cherry and Seungcheol well. 

We, at ‘Love&Letter Films’, have really enjoyed the shows and videos from your channel throughout the years and we really have enjoyed watching the growth of your channel and the addition of Seungcheol to it. The dynamics between the two of you are rare in this industry and we’ve yet to see anyone like the two of you in this market. 

The shows from the last two nights have proven that the two of you have the right kind of chemistry to film together for bigger productions and we would love to hire you for a few film productions we have planned in the upcoming weeks as a feeler. Of course, all expenses paid by us if you would kindly take our offer. 

We love the various scenes and roles that the two of you take on with ease and we would love to help propel your careers forward, should you pursue a career in the adult entertainment industry. 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me as I’ve listed my contact information below. I’m excited to hear from the two of you and hope to work with you in the future on many projects.

Respectfully, 

Kwon Soonyoung, L&L FILMS CEO’

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tagged by elke @danielsousa to answer the following questions about music, books, films, & tv, then tag nine people! Thank you elke🥰🥰

answers under the cut! tagging: @mrdirtyhands @wherepoetsdie @wespers @jesperfehay @sophiemina @sophturne @jamesbvck @landryaugust @kettterdams if you want<3

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MUSIC

favorite genres? i mostly listen to pop and alternative I guess

favorite artists? niall horan, taylor swift, alessia cara, tamino, hayley williams, lorde

favorite songs? currently it’s Our Song by anne- marie & niall horan, stoned at the nail salon by lorde and sweet dream by alessia cara

most listened song recently? mortal of the story by ashe ft niall horan ( guys I recently discovered it and I’m obsessed)

song currently stuck in your head? last kiss by taylor swift

favorite lyrics? “for your eyes only/ I’ll show you my heart” if I could fly by one direction

“oh goddamn, my pain fits in the palm of my freezing hand/ oh I can’t, stop you putting roots in my dreamland” ivy by taylor swift

“and you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars / and why I spent my whole life tryin to put it into words” you are in love by taylor swift

“ time moves slow, I just talk to myself/ I finish my own sentences the way you used to” first thing to go by hayley williams

“your heart is where mine lies/ darling, just calm me with your voice” every pore by tamino

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

favorite book genre? fantasy

favorite writers? marie lu, tahereh mafi and marissa meyer

favorite book? ( I’ll just give u two of my favs cause this is an unfair question) from lukov with love by mariana zapata and to kill a kingdom

favorite book series? ( another unfair question) bloodlines series, shatter me series or the lunar chronicles, the lux series, soc duology, twatd duology

comfort book? shatter me series, a very large expense of sea, bloodlines series, the wrath and the dawn duology, off-campus series, addicted series ( and many more)

perfect book to read on a rainy day? heartless by marissa meyer, ignite me by tahereh mafi, archer’s voice by mia sheridan, as dust dances by Samantha young

favorite characters? juliette ferrars, kenji kishimoto, aaron warner, blue sargent, richard gansey, noah crezny, jesper fahey, inej ghafa, kaz brekker, sydney sage, adrain ivashkov, linh cinder, cress darnel, carswell thorne etc

hardcover or paperback | buy or library | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND FILMS

favorite tv/film genre? romance, family and period drama

favorite film? the greatest showman, enchanted, me before you, cinderella 2015, knives out, tangled, the princess and the frog, ocean’s 8

comfort film? cinderella 2015 the princess diaries 1&2

film you watch every year? home alone 1&2, cinderella 2015

favorite tv show? once upon a time, julie and the phantoms, spinning out, h2o, the office, the umbrella academy, the good place

comfort tv show? the office, julie and the phantoms, once upon a time, the good place, brooklyn nine nine

most rewatched tv show? the office, jatp, b99 and ouat are my most rewatched as in I lost count of how many times

ultimate otp? emma and killian from ouat, julie and luke from jatp

five favorite characters? chidi anagonye, julie molina, luke patterson, emma swan, killian jones, amy santiago, pam beesly, diego hargreeves, allison hargreeves

tv shows or films | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

[miskatonicaquarium]

Weird Fiction/Cosmic Horror Recommends

In a time of general uncertainty and anxiety, one thing that is certain is that weird fiction/cosmic horror has got your back. If you like to combat your growing sense of existential dread by reading about other people’s growing sense of existential dread, this is a list for you. Where texts and shows are available online, I have included links. Where they are not, I have included links to where they are available to buy.

Books

Agents of Dreamland – Caitlin R Kiernan

Government agents, ritual murders, a doomsday cult and a glitch in NASA’s interplanetary probe all feature in this deeply frightening and deftly written novella that takes classic Lovecraftian tropes and expands on them with mesmerising skill.

Wanderers – Chuck Wendig

When a sleepwalking epidemic hits America, those affected head towards a destination known only to themselves. Desperate to keep their loved ones safe, ‘shepherds’ follow the growing group to protect them on their journey. This is an incredibly rewarding read stuffed full of complex characters, apocalyptic horror and a long hard look at human nature.

Winter Tide – Ruthanna Emrys

After the government raid on Innsmouth, Aphra and Caleb Marsh are the only inhabitants of the town to survive the desert internment camps. When confidential, dangerous magic is stolen from Miskatonic University, the FBI are forced to turn to the last of the Marsh’s for help. An evocative and sympathetic novel that takes the antagonists of Lovecraft’s works and paints them in a new light.

The Fisherman – John Langan

This is considered to be a modern classic of the genre and for good reason. It’s best to go into this one as blind as possible so I’ll just leave you with this little quote: "I know Dutchman's Creek runs deep, much deeper than it could or should, and I don't like to think what it's full of."

Carter and Lovecraft – Jonathan L. Howard

A homicide detective turned Private Investigator finds himself embroiled with the last known descendant of H.P Lovecraft, Emily Lovecraft. When deaths that have an eerie resemblance to the writing of Emily’s ancestor begin to plague the area, the investigator finds himself drawn into a world he thought didn’t exist beyond fiction.

Rosewater – Tade Thompson

The first in an award-winning trilogy that blends science fiction into the weird in near future Nigeria. When an alien biodome manifests in the landscape, a select group of people in the surrounding area begin developing psychic abilities. A winding, disturbing tale with an original setting, voice and characters; this is the perfect read for those looking for a fresh take on the genre.  

North American Lake Monsters: Stories – Nathan Ballingrud

I am hugely obsessed with this – Ballingrud uses tropes and characters we are all familiar with and uses them to tell stories that shed light on the plight of rural, poverty-stricken America. He is a masterful author with a true gift for atmospheric writing (‘Late summer pressed onto this small Mississippi coastal town like the heel of a boot. The heat was an act of violence.’) and this collection will appeal to fans of Ligotti and Barron as well as those who are unfamiliar with the genre.

The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle

This is essentially a retelling of Lovecraft’s The Horror at Red Hook (but without the blatant racism, hooray!). A slow burn, cosmic horror noir featuring a who’s who of the Cthulhu Mythos, for those interested in the genre who do not get on with Lovecraft’s writing or the man himself, this is an excellent way to get all the good stuff without the bad.

Anthologies

A Lonely and Curious Country: Tales from the land of Lovecraft

Seventeen stories about Lovecraftian horrors in the most unusual of places. Lots of these work as mini-sequels to Lovecraft’s original stories so this is a good companion for those familiar with his work.

Lovecraft Unbound

As I’ve said before, Ellen Datlow is a powerhouse of anthology editing. Featuring a great spread of familiar mythos faces and more thematic takes on the genre, Lovecraft Unbound is one of the best collections out there.

Book of Cthulhu

There are a couple of these! All feature some of the best contemporary authors writing weird fiction. Quality of individual stories sometimes varies in Lovecraftian anthologies but that is not the case here. The first is particularly good as it also contains stories from older, more obscure writers who are hard to get in print.

Shadows of Carcosa

Twelve short stories that feature everything from the land of carcosa to the traditionally Lovecraftian setting of the cursed hills of New England. All of these are shorts written by classic writers such as Poe, Stoker, Bierce, Chambers and Blackwood.

Lovecraft’s Monsters

Another collection edited by Datlow. This one is particularly fun as it features illustrations, as well as a story by Neil Gaiman. Lovecraft’s Monsters is amongst my favourite of the anthologies as it is based solely around the creatures that crawl and squirm through the mythos. It’s also available as an audiobook!

Children of Lovecraft

Fourteen short stories including authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Orrin Grey, Caitlin R. Kiernan and Livia Llewellyn. Full of body horror, dread, surrealism and one of the best opening sentences to any short story.

She Walks in Shadows

A monumental, fascinating collection comprised of exclusively female authors. Offering a long overdue look at and development of the female aspects of the mythos, this collection gives a voice to the previously unheard. For those looking for a diverse, original and often deeply disturbing reading experience, this is your anthology.

Available online for free

The Lovecraft Ezine has a great archive here of all its previous issues

Weird Fiction Review is an excellent resource for online fiction – both excerpts from books and stand-alone short stories.

The Online Books page has direct links to the issues of Weird Tales magazine published between 1923 – 192. 

TOR.COM is an amazing resource for all kinds of science fiction and fantasy shorts. This is a link specifically to Lovecraftian fiction. There’s also lots of interesting things to read under the tag cosmic horror here.

Graphic Novels

Fatale - Sex, violence, cults, cosmic horror, imaginative period settings and gorgeous artwork. Fatale is one of the best comics set in the mythos out there.

Locke and Key - Many of you will be familiar with Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s hugely popular (and now televised) series focused on a house above a portal to the plains of Leng.

Harrow County - Creepy, rural-based, folk horror series centred on a young woman who finds herself to be joined to the forest and the land in ways she could never have imagined.

The Squidder - A postapocalyptic Lovecraftian mess, I have included this because it is worth buying for the artwork alone. Ben Templesmith is an acquired taste but an incredibly talented illustrator whose work is uniquely suited to the mythos.

I have talked about these several times before but it is always worth checking out I.N.J Culbard’s graphic novel adaptations of Lovecraft’s stories, as well as the two anthologies that were released several years ago.

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Films – Cosmic Horror

I have linked to the trailers for each of these, some are classics you will know, some are new. 

The Colour out of Space 

Die Fabre

The Dunwich Horror

The Endless

Event Horizon

The Void

Europa Report

Black Mountain Side 

Films – Folk Horror

The Ritual

They Remain

The White Reindeer

Night of the Demon 

Apostle

More generally, some good online resources for old/weird/out of print books are

Project Gutenberg – an online library of over 60,000 books in the public domain

Internet Archive – a great resource for obscure books (particularly historical)

Europeana – items from Europe’s galleries, museums, libraries and archives

Digital Public Library of America – similar to Europeana, but for America

Classic Literature – lots of 19th century gothic goodness in particular, but great for all the classics too!

And when it all gets too much and you feel like being your own creeping dread,  Here is a link to a fun game where you can be the rats in the walls. 

[recentanimenews]

FEATURE: The 6 Best Books On The History Of Manga And Anime

  Say you’re a fan of anime and manga who’s looking to learn more about history or craft. Where do you begin? There’s whatever insight you can glean from the work itself, of course. There’s also a good amount of information available online, from animation blogs to translated manga interviews to personal pieces. But when all else fails, turn to the library. Here are some excellent nonfiction books on the manga and anime industry that I’d recommend to just about anybody. I’ve also read at least sections of every book on this list, so you have my guarantee of their quality!

  Image via Penguin Random House

  Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World reaches beyond manga and anime to encompass Japanese pop culture post World War II. But there are plenty of stories in here that fans of anime and manga might find fascinating: 

  The toy car that inspired top developers at Nintendo

How the karaoke machine led directly to idol culture, as music producers sought to produce music that ordinary people could sing

The manga-obsessed student radicals of the 1960s, many of whom came to work on later anime projects like Mobile Suit Gundam

  Author Matt Alt’s choice of interviewees and attention to detail marks Pure Invention as one of the best of its kind. If you’re a curious reader looking for an accessible (and recent!) popular history, I highly recommend this book.

  Image via Bloomsbury.com

  For fans abroad, the history of anime begins with the airing of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy on Japanese television. But this wasn’t enough for Jonathan Clements, a long-time anime and manga scholar who continues to blog on Schoolgirl Milky Crisis. His academic text Anime: A History begins in the 1910s, 50 years before the airing of Astro Boy, in fact, Astro Boy only appears halfway through the book! Clements is concerned not just with the medium of anime itself, but the cultural traditions, historical events, and individual people that brought it into existence.

  One of the greatest obstacles standing in the way of English-speakers seeking to understand the history of Japanese animation — besides, as Clements notes, the haphazard nature of even those resources available in Japanese — is the language barrier. Online writers at sites such as Sakugablog have done fantastic work in making some of this information accessible, but those same writers would be the first to acknowledge there’s still plenty we don’t know. Anime: A History synthesizes countless Japanese-language source texts and interviews about the history of animation, yet Clements is careful to acknowledge that the testimony of individual actors within the industry must be weighed against both their own agenda and the words of others. While Anime: A History would be a valuable text if it was nothing more than a synthesis, Clements’ ambition to build a coherent history of Japanese animation from a production standpoint that thoroughly examines its subject matter and context from all angles is what makes it essential.

  Image via Stone Bridge Press

  Jonathan Clements collaborated with equally prestigious anime and manga scholar Helen McCarthy to produce The Anime Encyclopedia, whose third edition was published in 2015. It’s an enormous text (over a thousand pages long!) that covers everything from summaries and critical appraisals of popular titles to specific themes and tropes to nuggets of cultural history and influence. If I were to criticize this project, I would say that recent anime writing outside the United States exposes The Anime Encyclopedia’s biases; for instance, the magical girl series Ojamajo Doremi only merits a few paragraphs despite its status as a beloved children's series in Japan. Keeping that in mind, it’s an impressive resource that is great fun to browse (and to disagree with)!

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  Mari Okada is one of the most prolific and influential anime writers of the past decade. She’s worked on adaptations, original projects like Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and KIZNAIVER, and even directed her own films. In her memoir, From Truant to Anime Screenwriter, Okada frankly discusses her personal struggles: her fraught relationship with her mother, her years as a young student when she couldn’t bring herself to attend class, and the process by which she gathered her courage to touch upon her personal experiences in her work. There are chapters of this book that wouldn’t be out of place in an Okada-written drama, which I suppose is the point.

  Okada’s memoir is in part a testament to her work ethic and her willingness to tackle any challenge no matter how difficult or annoying it is. But it’s also a rosetta stone for her work: not just in how it overlaps with her personal life, but in its emphasis on the importance of communication despite how difficult it can be to voice even simple feelings. Whether you’re a fan of Okada or not, I found this to be a great resource for writers nervous of the fraught boundary between fiction and personal experience or for readers who want to know what makes Okada’s work so distinct.

  Image via Stone Bridge Press

  Frederik Schodt is one of manga criticism’s greatest elder statesmen. His book Manga! Manga! put him on the map, not only for its editorial content but also for its translated excerpts of Japanese comics — including what would be, for years, the only available English chapter of Rose of Versailles! Yet that book was published in 1983 and sections can’t help but read as dated now. So I’m recommending the sequel here, 1996’s Dreamland Japan. 

  Like its predecessor, much of Dreamland Japan is devoted to detailing Schodt’s theories as to what manga is and how it works. But the sections of the book I personally find most valuable are the profiles where Schodt writes at length about specific manga artists he either personally enjoys or believes to embody a specific genre unique to manga. The freakish kitsch of Suehiro Maruo; Ryoko Yamagishi’s historical epic Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi (Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun); and alternative artists like Kazuichi Hanawa and Shungicu Uchida. These chapters stand as a stark reminder that despite the recent popularity of manga in the United States, many fantastic comics remain completely unknown to most English-speaking audiences.

  Image via ComiPress

  Finally, there’s Udagawa Takeo’s Manga Zombie! Translated into English by John Gallagher, it’s an eccentric and rewarding text that profiles several avant-garde manga artists from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Udagawa strongly dislikes the market-driven manga hits that would go on to rule the world from the pages of Shonen Jump and fights instead for the careers of authors whose work was published in the pages of pornographic magazines as often as they were in Jump or the alternative magazine Garo. Most of these authors have never been published in English, whether officially or through illicit means like scanlations. If not for the translation of Manga Zombie — or for Udagawa’s further works of manga scholarship — the artists he writes about might vanish into history without leaving a trace.

  The comics detailed in Manga Zombie can be grotesque, ranging from the “fleshbomb style” of artists like Masaru Sakaki to prescient weirdos like George Takiyama. Some might be repelled by the content here; personally, I’m disappointed by the lack of female comics artists featured, although Udagawa (who mentions the girls comic pioneers the 49ers in the foreword to his book) is certainly aware of them. But I love reading folks talking about their favorite work that I’ve never heard about, and Udagawa makes for an idiosyncratic tour guide to some truly unique material. For those willing to brave the world of Japanese exploitation comics, Manga Zombie is a hidden gem.

  What’s your favorite text about manga or anime? Is there an interview you consider especially interesting? Let us know in the comments!

      Adam W is a Features Writer at Crunchyroll. When he isn't reading weird fantasy novels and horror fiction, he sporadically contributes with a loose coalition of friends to a blog called Isn't it Electrifying? You can find him on Twitter at: @wendeego

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For prompt list 5, 88 with Kiro!!

Sure! I’ll gladly write it!

Kiro x Reader

Warnings: Mentions of violence

“The one stumbling to the other’s front door after getting hurt/beaten up etc.”

Knock. Knock knock. Knock knock knock knock. Knock knock knock knock knock-

“I’m awake! I’m coming!” You were rudely awakened by the sound of knocking on your apartment door that grew faster and louder with every moment it remained locked. 

ou couldn’t even remember the lovely dream you’d been in the middle of. Your back did ache from falling asleep on the couch watching late-night TV to ease the stress that Victor’s demands caused you. You were in just a big tee shirt you’d snagged from your boyfriend, Kiro, the last time he was actually there. He’d been out of the country filming for a few weeks so the shirt no longer had his smell lingering in the fabric. 

To say that you were cranky was a gross understatement. If it wasn’t an emergency, you were ready to commit murder. You were exhausted. What kind of person bangs on someone’s door at...2:15 a.m.? It was too early! Late? Whatever! It was not the time to be awakened. You wanted to go back to dreamland, not be awake where your deadlines loomed over your head.

The knocking continued but much softer. Whoever it was at the door must have heard your raspy, sleepy shout. The lights in the hallway made it hard for your sleep ridden eyes to really see who it was through the peephole. You were certain you saw the sunny hair of a certain superstar. 

You yawned as you unlocked and opened the door. All sleep was forgotten at the sight before your eyes. Kiro, bruised and bleeding, stood in front of your door. His eyes sang apologies as he stumbled inside with you locking up behind him. You fumbled for the light switch, all tiredness was forgotten. 

“Kiro.” You sat him down on your couch. “Kiro, what happened to you?”

Your limbs still felt heavy as you rushed about. You gathered the things you needed. Your first aid kit, some rubbing alcohol, and a washcloth you wet down at the bathroom sink. 

“Ha...” Kiro groaned, pushing his shoes off. “Mx. Chips. I’m so sorry to wake you. Guess even superstars can get jumped.”

He flinched as you cleaned his face. The blood needed to be cleared so you could properly clean with the alcohol. You needed to see the actual wounds. Your poor Kiro. Savin would have a heart attack when he found out. You knew that going to the hospital for Kiro could be dangerous. Well, publicity-wise. Someone could snap photos and post them online with false captions, not even knowing the story. It could easily ruin him.

“I was really, really hungry. I just got back from filming a couple of hours ago. Savin wanted me to stay in a hotel until the morning, but I wanted to come here to you,” he explained. He hissed in pain when you began cleaning the wounds on his face with rubbing alcohol.

“I’m sorry, Kiro. I promise I’ll get you some ice once I’m done.” Seeing him hurt like this broke your heart. Your bright sunflower was damaged. 

“I went to the first 24-hour convenience store I could find. I had my mask and hat on. Clearly not anymore. These guys were in an alley outside when I was leaving and they jumped me. Wanted any money I had. Luckily, Savin banned me from my credit cards because of my snacking habits so I only had cash. They beat me up more when they got a good look at me, guess they thought I was holding out on them. I can’t really remember. My feet carried me here to you.”

After putting some antibiotic ointment on his open wounds you covered them with bandaids and patches. Seeing him in such a state broke you. You wanted to cry because he was hurt. He must have seen tears welling up in your eyes because his face contorted from pain to panic.

“Mx. Chips, please don’t cry! Please, I’m fine! Superhero Kiro will be good as new in no time, you’ll see!” It pained him to try and smile. Luckily no teeth were missing otherwise Savin would have an even bigger panic. 

You sniffed and held back your tears. “I’ll go get you that-”

“No, please stay with me. Can we go to bed?” His hands trembled as he grasped at yours. 

Your face softened and you helped him stand up. “Of course, sunflower.” You helped him to your room and went back to clean up and turn out the lights. He had stripped his pants, socks, and shirt off by the time you got back. Usually, he slept in pajamas but tonight he was just going to sleep in his boxers. You could tell he was trying his best to act tough.

After turning off the bedroom light you crawled into your bed next to him. His arms wrapped around you in an instant. All he wanted to do was hold you until he fell asleep. If he could fall asleep. You both knew that Savin would have to be told later on. Kiro needed to go to a private doctor to be properly checked out. You did the best you could but you were no doctor. Usually, it was Kiro that would sing you to sleep. That night, though, you were the one who sung him to sleep.

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[nindyall]

Day 4: Places you want to visit

Writing challenge hari ini adalah salah satu yang aku tunggu, excited banget karena akan nulis tempat-tempat yang mau banget dikunjungin! Dan tulisan ini bakal jadi tulisan yang panjang banget karena aku akan cantumin foto-foto, link video, juga ulasan video/film seputar tempat-tempat tersebut berdasarkan yang pernah kulihat.

I have much lists somewhere to go. But my budget just allow me to go online travelling :) So, I’ll share you ten places that I truly wanna go there, someday. Aamiin.

Here we go! Please wear ur safety belt before we take off to the dreamland.

1. Mekkah dan Madinah

Sebagai seorang muslim pasti Mekkah dan Madinah akan menjadi tempat yang sangat ingin dikunjungi. Demi menunaikan rukun islam yang kelima, yaitu ibadah haji, dan kalau ada rezeki ingin juga rutin umroh, semoga kita semua mendapat kesempatan itu ya, aamiin.

Selain itu, sejak ngikutin Vlognya Putra yang banyak ngebahas seputar Mekkah dan Madinah, jadi makin pengen buat pergi ke sana. Putra ini punya bisnis travel umroh setauku, bisa cari di YouTube namanya Muhamad Putra Setia.

Ini link video dia yang ngebahas tentang keliling ke tempat-tempat bersejarah di Kota Suci Mekkah: https://youtu.be/F5fxcc_ULwM

Kalau ini tentang jalan-jalan ke tempat-tempat bersejarah di Tanah Suci Madinah: https://youtu.be/r0Fv-2Cxb90

Dan banyak juga referensi lain terkait perjalanan umroh atau haji di internet, sholawatin dulu aja.

2. Labuan bajo

Indah banget ga sih? Masya Allah. Mau banget ke Bajo sejak nonton Vlognya Keluarga Belo. Ngeliat mereka naik kapal, liburan di atas kapal sambil liat pemandangan yang cantik banget, mauuu!!

Nah ini nih link video yang bikin aku mau banget liburan ke sana:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-c0KPUDTnY

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOIy_BfhBM

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNlqz0bk8e0

Asik banget deh ngeliat video mereka liburan, pemandangannya bener-bener indah banget.

Lokasinya ada di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur, bisa naik pesawat dari Jakarta ke Labuan Bajo. Yuk liburan bareng!

3. Sumba

Sama seperti Labuan Bajo, Sumba adalah pulau yang termasuk ke dalam Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur. Sumba berbatasan dengan Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, dan Australia.

Masyarakat Sumba secara rasial merupakan campuran dari ras Mongoloid dan Melanesoid. Sebagian besar penduduknya menganut kepercayaan animisme Marapu dan agama Kristen, baik Protestan maupun Katolik. Kaum muslim dalam jumlah kecil dapat ditemukan di sepanjang kawasan pesisir. (Sumber: Wikipedia).

Pengen banget ke Sumba, awalnya ngeliat di Instagram banyak selebgram yang ngelakuin Photoshoot di sana dan bagus banget!

Makin mau banget setelah nonton film Humba Dreams, film karya anak bangsa, harus ditonton! Recommended sih itu filmnya, seperti film dokumenter, tapi dikemas dengan baik mulai dari video, musik, dan jalan ceritanya. Film ini berkisah tentang seorang mahasiswa film asal Sumba yang kuliah di Jakarta dan harus pulang ke kampung halamannya.

Namanya Martin, dia berasal dari Waingapu, Humba Timur. Dia harus pulang ke rumah karena dapat pesan dari Ayahnya yang udah lama meninggal. Pesan itu disampaikan sama salah seorang yang memiliki “ilmu” di sana, seperti dukun gitu. Ayahnya menyimpan wasiat di sebuah kotak, isinya roll film yang harus dicuci biar bisa ditonton sama orang-orang di sana.

Dalam film ini banyak diperlihatkan budaya orang-orang di Sumba, banyak diperlihatkan juga keadaan, serta hubungan baik yang terjalin sesama warga. Rasa tolong menolongnya tinggi, kekeluargaannya erat, tapi banyak fasilitas yang kurang. Seperti susahnya cari internet dan bensin. Ah pokoknya harus nonton deh, bagus serius. Bisa ditonton di Netflix. Dan semoga kelak bisa ke Sumba beneran, ga cuma liat dari film.

4. Inggris

Sebagai penggemar Harry Potter, rasanya mau banget ke England buat city tour, ngeliat gedung-gedung yang mirip seperti di film Harry Potter. Sampai punya cita-cita buat kuliah di London atau di Oxford biar bisa ke sana dan tinggal selama beberapa tahun.

Pengen banget ngeliat Big Ben secara langsung, naik London Eye, keliling-keliling kota Oxford, visiting The Bodleian Library as the main research library of the University of Oxford, and one of the oldest libraries in Europe, pokoknya  jalan-jalan keliling Inggris ga cuma ke dua kota itu kalau bisa.

5. Jepang

Hal pertama yang pengen dilakukan kalau ke Jepang adalah buat city tour juga. Pengen coba makanan dan jajanan khas di sana secara langsung dari tempat asalnya. I love japanese food. Emang otaknya makanan mulu :)

Selain buat jajan, aku pengen beli barang-barang unik dan lucu di sana. Jalan-jalan keliling kota.

Pengen juga naik Shinkansen dan transportasi lainnya yang canggih-canggih di sana.

Selain city tour, pengen juga ke desa-desanya kayak yang ada di anime-anime. Keliatannya asri, bersih, rapih, duh mau! Salah satunya mau banget ke Hokkaido. Nabung dulu aja deh.

6. Korea

Pecinta Drama Korea mana yang ga mau ke Korea?!

Mau banget!! Pengen ke Seoul, keliling-keliling berburu skin care Korea dari Koreanya langsung. Pengen nyobain street food-nya yang suka ada di adegan drama. Pengen coba kuliner-kuliner di sana, biarpun di Indonesia juga udah banyak, tapi tetep beda kan.

Foto di atas itu foto Kota Seoul, kalau nonton Drama The King: Eternal Monarch pasti tau pas scene Raja pertama kali ke Seoul. Raja tampan yang diperankan sama Lee Min Ho.

Pulau Jeju juga jadi tempat yang sering muncul di Drama Korea. Pemandangannya indah, orang-orang banyak yang melepas penat di pantainya. Yuk kesana!

7. Netherland

Holland in Netherland became one of places that I wanna go, simply because I love cakes and breads from Holland Bakery.

Lucu aja gitu ada kincir anginnya, jadi pengen liat kincir angin asli di Holland. Juga mau main ke taman bunga tulipnya, cantik banget ga sih??

Dan lagi-lagi aku mau city tour! Keliling Holland buat ambil foto bangunan-bangunan di sana, sukaaa! Bisa ga ya naik kapalnya juga?

8. Maldives

Maldives merupakan sebuah pulau kecil di Asia Selatan yang terletak di sebelah selatan-barat daya India, sekitar 700 km sebelah barat daya Sri Langka. (Sumber: Wikipedia).

Punya cita-cita pengen ke Maldives sejak nonton Vlognya Arief Muhammad yang waktu itu lagi honeymoon sama istrinya, Tiara Pangestika.

Enak banget resort-nya, pemandangannya, airnya juga jernih banget sama seperti yang di gambar, terus bisa keliling-keliling naik sepeda. Idaman banget buat honeymoon-nya orang males gerak.

Tonton deh buat liat apa aja yang ada di sana. Berikut link videonya, part 1 dan part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R05rsi8B7qE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08xFDBVBqUw

9. New Zealand 

Bagus banget ya pemandangannya New Zealand? Pengen banget honeymoon atau liburan ke sana bareng temen-temen atau keluarga, keliling New Zealand naik Campervan. Seru banget kan bisa bener-bener quality time bareng, jadi lebih tau karakter masing-masing, dll.

Lagi-lagi awalnya karena ngeliat vlognya keluarga Belo: Ayudia, Ditto dan Sekala. Seneng banget ngeliat mereka liburan naik Campervan, keliatan hangat banget deh keluarga mereka, ditambah ada sekala yang ngegemesin.

Seneng banget ngeliat semuanya dilakuin sendiri, mulai dari nyetir, tempat tujuan terserah kita mau ke mana, belanja bahan makanan buat perjalanan dan tinggal di Campervan, tapi ga suka pas bagian harus ngebuang kotoran sendiri kalau kita buang air kecil atau besar di Campervan, ew.

Dan beneran pemandangannya bagus-bagus banget, tempatnya sepi gitu, asri. Aku kasih link videonya ya yang mereka liburan bertiga aja, ada 5 part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQmU_hit88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dFqRGPQcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkRmNrMhkw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5WHkBSvBdA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1iOW9TNJaQ

10. Nepal

Nepal merupakan salah satu negara di Asia Selatan, terletak di kawasan pegunungan Himalaya, Nepal berbatasan dengan Tiongkok (Daerah Otonomi Tibet) di sebelah utara dan India di barat, timur, dan selatan. (Sumber: Wikipedia).

Awalnya tertarik sama Nepal karena ngeliat Rachel Vennya sekeluarga liburan ke sana, duh bagus banget, budayanya kerasa masih kental banget!

Ditambah lagi belakangan ini baru nonton Twogether, reality show-nya Lee Seung-gi dan Jasper Liu yang berisi tentang perjalanan mereka keliling dunia buat ngejalanin misi demi ketemu fans-nya. Seru banget!

Nah ini beberapa tempat yang didatangi sama Seung-gi dan Jasper (tapi ga semuanya):

Kita bisa naik perahu di Phewa lake, juga di pulaunya ada sebuah kuil. Namanya Barahi.

Barahi Temple, known as a temple of marriage. It’s said that ur love will come true if you go round offering chicken or duck.

Di acara Twogether, Seung-gi dan Jasper dikasih misi harus menang main karambol ngelawan 2 orang warga lokal. Di sini aku baru tau kalau karambol merupakan permainan tradisionalnya Nepal, tapi juga tersebar ke berbagai negara.

Kathmandu, Ibu kota Nepal, juga merupakan kota terbesar di Nepal. Banyak tempat wisata yang bisa dikunjungi di sini.

Bhaktapur memiliki budaya yang berasal dari 3 kerajaan, yaitu Kathmandu, Patan, dan Bhaktapur, dari Dinasti Malla yang berkembang sejak abad ke-15 hingga ke-18. Kota ini terdaftar sebagai situs warisan dunia.

Terdapat juga pusat tembikar di Bhaktapur yang dibuat dengan oyo cha (tanah liat berkualitas tinggi). Oyo cha dikenal sebagai tanah liat dewa.

Bahasa penjelasannya baku banget ya, penjelasan tentang Nepal itu aku dapet dari reality show: Twogether, gambar-gambarnya juga merupakan hasil screenshot acara tersebut, informatif banget kan!

Bismillah mau ke Nepal :’)

Sebenernya masih banyak tempat-tempat yang mau banget dikunjungin. Cuma ini aja udah panjang banget dan pegel juga ternyata. Tapi seneng!

Semoga kita semua diberikan rezeki dan usia yang cukup biar bisa berkunjung ke tempat-tempat yang kita inginkan ya, aamiin.

[bioskoponlinestreaming]

Nonton film Dreamland (2020) subtitle Indonesia bercerita tentang Margot Robbie (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) “sangat fantastis” (Indiewire) dalam kisah cinta “mempesona” (Reporter Hollywood) yang berlatar di tengah perjuangan Amerika selama Depresi Hebat. petualangan seorang remaja sebagai pemburu hadiah mengalami perubahan yang tak terduga.

[antiquery]

el’s guide to the lovecraft mythos

hey! so this is mostly a post for my dear friend will @wellsforboys, who asked for a primer of sorts on the best lovecraft stories, because his collected works are such a doorstopper, and reading them all in chronological order is quite an intensive task. these are, in my opinion, the cream of the crop; keep in mind that, for a lovecraft fan, my tastes tend towards the unconventional, and if you ask someone else you might get a very different list. i’m going to try my best to avoid the most intensely, egregiously bigoted, but if there’s something i feel merits inclusion despite the aforementioned bigotry i’ll include a warning. i’ll also provide links to all of these stories through the free online archive, but if you’d like to get a hard copy and delve deeper, i recommend this one from arcturus or this one from barnes & noble. if you’re strapped for cash and/or would prefer to read more online, here’s the link hub for the complete works. let’s get started!

lovecraft stories are typically broken up into two categories: the “mythos” stories, and the “dreamlands” stories. the former are the stories you typically think of when you think of lovecraft, if you know weird fiction— they tend more towards hard sci-fi, and usually deal with doomed scholars, hubris-ridden scientific exploits, the massachusetts countryside, outer gods, and various types of aliens. they’re far more famous than the latter, most of which concern the adventures of various vaguely keatsian protagonists in a narnia-ish realm dubbed the dreamlands, which is internally consistent and frequently cross-referenced. the distinction between these two types of stories is only a very broad one, though; characters, locations, and themes. frequently appear in both. the term “mythos” is rather misleading— all the stories take place in the same ‘verse, with the same gods and the same cosmology. really, it’s a division of style and subject material. personally, i prefer the dreamlands stories, but most lovecraft fans (unsurprisingly) prefer the mythos tales (which i will admit are more technically, narratively apt). i’ll try and include a roughly equal amount of both, so that you can get a feel for what you prefer.

so, without further ado, here’s the list! in chronological order:

the statement of randolph carter: first story, first appearance of my boy! here he’s wracked by ptsd from the great war and the recent eldritch demise of his boyfriend research partner; the story is told in the form of a police statement. this is one of the most gothic of lovecraft’s tales, and also the one with Alternate Universe Florida. it’s a fave.

celephais: sort of a dry run for the dream-quest of unknown kadath, but clever and unique in its own humble way. it’s got the same themes of refuge in dream, and it’s got a sweet ending that’s cleverly subverted by the protagonist’s later appearance in the dream cycle.

from beyond: people have mixed opinions on this one, but i’m fond of it. while usually classed as a dream cycle tale, it has that element of scientific hubris that pops up so often in mythos stories, and an absolutely chilling central premise.

nyarlathotep: first appearance of probably the most well-known mythos baddie after cthulhu. here he’s terrorizing innocent humans in the guise of Eldritch Modernist Nikola Tesla. will, for you specifically— if you like nikola orsinov from the magnus archives, you’ll like nyarlathotep (both the character and the short story).

the nameless city: this might just be my favorite one-off tale (though i am fond of the lovecraft reread’s hypothesis that the unnamed protagonist might be our boy randy carter, because this is precisely the kind of stupidity he’s so prone to). top-notch archaeological horror about exploring a deserted city that might not be as empty as it seemed.

the music of erich zann: lovecraft doing chambers, basically. it’s a clever little tale, and has an innovative use of auditory horror, which wasn’t all that common for hpl.

hypnos: probably the second most homoerotic story lovecraft ever wrote (though there are a lot of those, surprisingly enough). local keatsian meets a supremely beautiful, nameless man, they fall into dreaming (and opium addiction) together, things go downhill from there.

herbert west— reanimator: this one’s a bit longer, but it’s a cult classic, adapted into a delightfully campy 1985 film starring jeffrey combs. it’s about a scientist who goes Too Far, in the frankenstein sense, in pursuit of...well, you can guess from the title. it’s a fun modern (for the twenties) twist on the gothicism of mary shelley, and the title character is so much fun.

the hound: another super-gothic tale, and probably the single homoerotic story lovecraft ever wrote. actually, it’s kinda like a mini the secret history via poe. local decadents get into the occult over their heads, pay the spooky spooky price. gotta love it.

the rats in the walls: this one’s another classic poe-esque story, pretty clearly a riff on fall of the house of usher. it’s a wonderfully psychological piece of gothic horror, but huge trigger warning for The Infamous Cat Name. aside from that bit of unpleasantness, this is one of the first pieces where lovecraft handles the horror of ancestry well, with the classic conceit of a literal decaying house (or priory, as the case may be), and it’s pretty cool to see him really come into his own with something that’d so fundamentally define his work.

the unnameable: another carter story! this time he’s acting pretty transparently as lovecraft’s author avatar, talking about the value of horror fiction and, uh, fainting in terror at the slightest hint of any actual horror. better luck next time, randy. we’ll check in with him again in a few.

the festival: first canon mention of the necronomicon! exciting! and, if i recall correctly, the only story actually set in kingsport, one of the small massachusetts towns (along with arkham, dunwich, and innsmouth) that make up the major landmarks of lovecraft country. it’s about, as the title suggests, a Nefarious Ritual, and also astral projection? cool. it’s a pretty neat bit of creepery, nothing really special, but a good example of the kind of regional horror lovecraft was starting to handle particularly well.

the call of cthulhu: i’m basically obligated to include this one, though to me it’s not really a standout, because it’s so damn famous. it does get points for a clever and thematically intelligent narrative structure, and the astoundingly creepy idea of artists’ dreams being influenced by an Imminent Horror. 

pickman’s model: another super chambers-esque story, and one where the monologue formatting works loads better than it did in statement of randolph carter. like in music of erich zann (and, to some extent, call of cthulhu) this is lovecraft wrestling with the cosmic-horror implications of the fine arts. it’s also got a lovely twist at the end, one of those really chilling clincher lines lovecraft is starting to develop a knack for.

the silver key: chronologically the third carter tale, though no one’s entirely sure where it fits in the narrative sequence of his stories. it’s basically a modernist diss track, wherein our boy wrestles with the ennui that comes from, uh, reading t.s. eliot? (funnily enough, this is basically “the hollow men” via keats.) it’s not really a horror story, but it’s one of my favorites nonetheless.

the dream-quest of unknown kadath: FINALLY, we get to my favorite. this is a short novel chronicling randolph carter’s adventures in the dreamlands as he seeks out a dream-city that the gods have denied him. it’s the odyssey via lord dunsany, with a few twists— carter’s not really an epic hero, polutropos or otherwise, and it’s fun to watch him navigate a treacherous landscape in such an unconventional fashion. it has an excellent, atypical twist ending, and my favorite appearance of nyarlathotep ever. it’s also the chronological end of the carter cycle,* and our boy goes out with a very pratchett-esque bang.

the case of charles dexter ward: a lengthy slow-build tale of an evil necromancer and his impressionable descendent. it moves somewhat slowly, but it’s so delightfully atmospheric that you don’t really mind. bonus points for the clear riff on wilde’s the picture of dorian gray. also, first appearance of mythos deity yog-sothoth!

the dunwich horror: aaaand now we get into the string of very well-known mythos tales that lovecraft wrote around 1930. this is a classic, about an insular family with a destructive predilection for the occult.

the whisperer in darkness: a lovely slow-build and partly epistolary tale, featuring the classic Intense Stupidity of mythos protagonists. also featuring aliens from...pluto? and the first real appearance of the theme of bodily dissociation, which lovecraft got super into near the end of his career.

at the mountains of madness: this one’s so good. it’s more of a novella than a short story, about a doomed expedition to the antarctic sponsored by our favorite Dark Ivy, miskatonic university. it’s an awesome piece of worldbuilding about the pre-human earth, and a near-unique bit of sympathy for the non-human. it was also the inspiration for john carpenter’s 1982 classic the thing, as well as a tragically abortive guillermo del toro adaptation.

the shadow over innsmouth: i’d call this the climax of lovecraft’s writing on hereditary horror, and it’s brilliant. the ending is one of my favorite final paragraphs in all of lovecraft, maybe surpassed only by dream-quest. the story proper is about a young massachusetts native investigating the strange coastal town of innsmouth, and just why, exactly, something isn’t quite right about it. it loses points, though, for a truly horrible and lengthy application of dialect, and for being a very obvious metaphor about interracial marriage. sigh.

the dreams in the witch house: probably my favorite story after dream-quest of unknown kadath. it’s...kind of dark academia-y, actually, about a miskatonic undergrad who moves into a house formerly owned by a famous witch and discovers a method to travel to other dimensions— at a price, of course. lovecraft was never good at character building, but he did manage to create a genuinely sympathetic protagonist in walter gilman, which makes the ending all the more chilling. there’s also an awesome rock opera adaptation of this story, which i highly recommend.

the shadow out of time: another favorite! it’s the culmination of lovecraft’s late-career fondness for body-swapping horror, and as well as being genuinely cosmically terrifying (and wondrous) it’s quite psychological, in a way lovecraft wasn’t usually very apt at. it’s got alien civilizations! anticipatory soviet terror! the horrors of interplanetary colonialism! awesome libraries! what’s not to love?

the haunter of the dark: the last independent story lovecraft wrote before he died in 1937, it’s a beautiful send-up of providence, hpl’s hometown, and a delightful final appearance of my man nyarlathotep (albeit in a new form). plus...eldritch journalism? it’s great. also, i can’t mention this story without referencing this fic, which you should absolutely read immediately after the actual tale. 

and that’s it! happy reading!

* you can read “through the gates of the silver key” if you want, it’s technically the culmination of the carter cycle, but it was mainly written by e. hoffman price and edited by lovecraft, and i (along with plenty of other hpl scholars) don’t really consider it canon. it was lovecraft’s first real foray into body-swap horror, but because he’s trying to shove it into a character arc that’s already over and done with it doesn’t do very well. you get essentially the same narrative with “the shadow out of time,” done much more skilfully. to me, “gates” smacks intensely of derleth, lovecraft’s “posthumous collaborator” and Mythos Manichaean, which...ack.