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The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

dir. Mike Flanagan

“No live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality. Even larks and katydids are supposed by some to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills holding darkness within. It had stood so for a hundred years before my family moved in, and might stand a hundred more. Within, walls stood upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm. Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House. And whatever walked there…walked alone.”

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i love this little murder song it gets stuck in my head all the time

and the ending gets me every time

you're not geribold henry indisguise!

what do you mean?

you're just geribold henry!

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32 - The Life We Could Have

Part 33

The Siphoning Princess

Tag list [ @mystrey101 @melvia-ito @kmc1989 @tallrock35 @onentaien-kwara @child-of-of-the-sunshine

Cecile’s pov

“But can’t we hear more, grandpa. Pretty please.” I begged him as he walked me and Henry out of his shop. Henry was carrying his book in his hands but grandpa had kept the secret pages of him and my grandma.

“Grandpa has a date with someone very special planned right now. I will tell you more of the story later, don’t you worry.” Grandpa walked towards Granny’s with his cane while Henry ahd I found Emma’s bug parked across the street meaning that my father was somewhere around here.

Henry found that the car was unlocked so we climbed inside and waited for my father to drive us home. Henry flipped through some pages of his book glancing at the missing pages spot at the end. “I thought I knew all the stories in this book. But now - now we know why your mom was always considered a princess back in the enchanted forest.”

“I want my mama and sissy’s back.” I whispered to him with a sad look on my face and he missed them too.

Someone knocked on the window with a bag in hand where I recognized my daddy. “I’ve been thinking… If you’re going to start helping me, we’ve got to make sure we do this right. So, I picked these up on my way home.” He reveals two toy swords from inside the bag.

Henry grinned like it was Christmas morning. “Seriously?”

“Yeah, you’re the grandson of a prince. I think it’s about time you learned how to use a sword.” He smiled getting serious for a minute, bringing up my mother and my sissy. “Henry, I can’t get ‘em back without you. So, what do you say? You with me?”

Henry teased my father, still grinning brightly. “Can you teach me how to fight a dragon?”

“We’ll work our way up to it.”

We get out of the car and prepare to duel. Standing by Henry I watched my father present him with a toy sword. “My liege.” Henry grinned looking over at me while I sadly looked at my boots.

“What’s wrong, Cecile?”

Rubbing my hands down my arms I mumbled in a sad tone. “I guess I don’t get to learn how to use a sword cause I’m a princess.”

“Typically princesses in my experience don’t.” My father trailed off seeing a pout forming on my face till he reached inside the bag and revealed a third toy sword outward to me. “On the other hand your mother has her magic as her defense. So I don’t see why you don't have your own skills. Just promise me you’ll be careful.”

Slowly taking the sword from his hand I jumped up and down with excitement squealing. “Thank you, thank you, daddy!”

“En garde!” My father grinned, shifting his between me and his grandson. “Ready, little princess?”

Raising my sword I swung at him but he gently pushed my sword away with his own. Henry went next and they went back and forth before my father didn't let him win the last round. We went back and forth for a few hours until we were all hungry and decided to go to Granny’s for dinner. The three of us sat in a booth with me sitting by my daddy when Granny came over to us. “What can I get you all to eat?”

“A grilled cheese and hot coco with cinnamon.” Henry responded to her.

My daddy handed her the menu ordering something for us to share. He had seen that I wasn’t very hungry the past few days that our family was gone. “I'll do a barbecue bacon cheese burger with fries. We're splitting it if that's alright.”

“That’s not a problem. It'll be out shortly.” She nodded, walking away.

Laying my arms on the table I looked out the window until daddy spoke up to me. “Cecile, sweetheart. Are you okay?”

“I miss mama and Emma.”

He sighed looking over at Henry who gave me a sad look as well. “Yeah, we do too. But hey, I know something that will cheer you up.”

“What?” I asked looking up at him to see he had a half smile on his face doing what he could to make me happier.

He explained ruffling some of my hair on top of my head. “I'll tell you a story about me and your mother.”

“Thank you, daddy.” I cheered, jumping up into his arms and he held me for a few minutes till our food had came. By the time we had finished I was beginning to get tired and I nearly fell asleep in the booth feeling my father pick me up and carry me all the way home. He laid me down on my bed where I noticed he was walking away. “Where are you going?”

“I'm gonna check on Henry and I'll be right back.” He muttered, kissing my forehead before going down the hallway.

David’s pov

Once Henry had gotten settled in bed for the night I came down the hall finding Cecile sitting on top of the covers waiting for me to tuck her in. Crossing the room I sat down in front of her noticing that she was cuddling up with a unicorn stuffed animal. “Who gave you this little animal hmm?”

“Grandpa Rumple gave it to me.” She responded back to me.

Clasping my hands together I sent her a smile watching her lay her head down on one of the pillows and snuggle up with her stuffed animal. “You know back in our land you could have road horses and wore dresses. Really live like the princess you were born to be.”

“Can I wear a tiara and find my own prince someday?” My daughter giggled, picturing the life she would have had if we weren’t cursed.

Chuckling at my nine year old daughter I truly wished Jaide was here. That we all could be together back in our land and live the life we were supposed to have. “It’s possible, Cecile. Now didn’t I promise you a story?”

“Yay!” She laughed while I crawled up and laid down beside her underneath the covers. She laid her head down on my chest whispering to me. “I want my sister back, daddy.”

“I want them back too.” Kissing her head I opened Henry’s book and began reading our story, thinking back to when Jaide really missed her own sibling.

Removing a white tunic shirt from my body when I entered our bed chamber I found my wife laying in bed staring at her right wrist longingly. “What are you thinking about, honey?”

“My brother, Baelfire.” She simply replied, still just staring at the scar she had on her wrist. I knew something was up when she would only give me one worded answers.

Walking over to my side of the bed I crawled underneath the covers with her gently touching her shoulder attempting to get her to look at me. “What about your brother?”

“I’ve just been missing him lately.” She slowly rolled over snuggling up against me, laying her head on my bare shoulder. “Now that we’ve found out that we are going to be having twins I don’t like the idea that they might be separated.”

Placing one of my hands over her pregnant belly I draped my other one behind her back. “You never told me how you and your brother were separated. If you don’t mind me asking, how did it happen?”

“He wanted to leave this land and go to a Land without Magic. He thought that the only way our family could truly be together and be safe was to go somewhere my father wouldn’t have access to his power.” Jaide sucked in a breath and I felt her stiffen a little against me as she kept talking. “We opened a portal but my father refused to go through it, I did too. I couldn’t - I couldn’t abandon my father like my mother had done to us the day I was born.”

Tracing circles on her back I kissed the side of her head when she wiped away some tears. “I’m sorry you lost him that way. I’m sorry I asked about him.”

“Don’t apologize for that.” She lifted her head up shifting her get up to meet mine. “I'm not upset that you asked. I’m just worried the same thing may happen to our kids. It’s something I never want them to feel, the loss of a sibling is the worst thing in the world.”

Tucking some hair behind her ear I gave her a weak smile across my lips. “We’ll do our best to make sure that happens, Jaide.”

“I hope you’re right, Charming.” She closed her eyes once I wrapped my arms around her and we peacefully fell asleep that evening.

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Henry Pearce Appreciation Post

Some of these photos are other people’s but i genuinely couldn’t tell you who from 🤭✨

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W A T C H I N G

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The Haunting of Hill House (2018) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Season 1 (miniseries)- 9/21/2023- 4 [1/2] stars- on Netflix

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Pov me and my friend try to construct a fandom from our own hands ourselves…With the power of my okay-ish writing maybe we’ll get somewhere.

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📽️ Persuasion (2022)

I liked this adaptation of Jane Austen’s book okay, but it was also kind of strange. I didn’t care for the way she talked to the camera. It was a unique take, but I didn’t care for it. I also didn’t like the way Anne was written in this version. It wasn’t the same character as Anne from the book. I would call this a loose adaptation. They kept the main plot points, even some detailed ones, but the spirit of the book wasn’t there. I think they tried to modernize it somewhat, but this movie definitely feels Netflix, if that makes sense. I would say, if you want a love story, this movie is good. But if you want a good Jane Austen adaptation, you’ll have to love elsewhere.

Sex/nudity: 2/10 (some innuendoes, kissing)

Language: 1/10 (a couple uses of God’s name)

Violence: 1/10 (some injuries, no actual violence)

Overall rating: 5/10 (good romcom, bad Jane Austen adaptation)

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Persuasion (2022) dir. Carrie Cracknell

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Persuasion (2022)

In today's review, I find that a few years is a long time to pick up slang and regret your romantic decisions. As I attempt a #positive review of the 2022 Netflix adaptation, Persuasion #DakotaJohnson #CosmoJarvis #HenryGolding #RichardEGrant #NikkiAmukaBird #MiaMcKennaBruce #YolandaKettle

The trouble with being a reader is that there are, unfortunately, only so many hours in your life and so many pages that get published. Great stories do live on, often in other media, where their core ideas get infused with the language and conventions of the medium they are a part of, and the age they are made. As the demand for more great content continues, so do the adaptations of these…

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28 - Deals are a Stilskin Thing

Part 29

The Siphoning Princess

Tag list [ @mystrey101 @melvia-ito @kmc1989 @tallrock35 @onentaien-kwara @child-of-of-the-sunshine

David’s pov 

Everyone in Storybrooke was in a panic and needing answers and all looking to me for what to do next.  I didn’t realize how much Jaide and even Snow did the talking or delegating of the kingdom until recently.  Walking out of Granny’s Cecile followed my heels with her short blonde hair flowing in the wind.  “Daddy, are we going to get them back?” 

Last night I had to give her and Henry the bad news that their mothers had fallen through a portal and we didn’t know where.  Bending down I scooped her up into my arms telling her.  “It’ll take time but yes.  We will find them.” 

“Where are we going now?” She asked laying her head on my shoulder 

Staring into her soft eyes we didn’t talk until we reached our destination.  “To Rumplestilskin’s pawn shop.” 

“ It appears when I bought that closed sign, I was just throwing my money away.” Jaide’s father grumbled pausing the packing he was doing when we walked inside his shop. 

Sitting my daughter down on her feet I closed the door behind us when he turned to see who had walked inside.  “Looks like it.”

“Grandpa!” Cecile ran to the dark one with no fear anywhere in her voice.  She jumped up into his arms making him almost fall till he got better balance between her and his cane. 

“Be easy on him, Cecile.” I warned her ,knowing about his bad leg. 

“Hi there, little princess.” Rumplestilskin sent her a smile addressing his granddaughter before bothering with me.  “Sorry to hear about your wife and daughter. If you’re looking for a retrieval, I’m afraid portal jumping is just outside my purview.”

I snapped back.  “Of course it is.”

“So, what’s the commotion outside?” He nudged his head towards the door. 

Glancing to the window you could hear people panicking outside from the news the dwarfs had delivered earlier this morning.  “Oh, a little stir at the border. Problem crossing the line.”

“ Do tell.” He pressed on.

I ignored his request.  “Actually, I’m here to buy something. A way to find someone.”

“Well, like a map?” He joked. 

Smirking at him I knew he would know what I was talking about since he helped me wake his daughter from her sleeping curse. “Something with a bit more kick. Like the ring you gave me to find Jaide.”

“Ah, yeah, magic.” He lightly chuckled.  “ Whom are you following?” 

“Not telling.”

The dark one asked me.  “So, do you have something of theirs, this missing person?”

“Yes.”

He asked me another question.  “May I see it?”

“No.” Smirking at him I put my hands together in front of my chest simply waiting. 

“Let’s see here.  Pick up the green one there, Cecile.  Oh thank you dear.” Rumplestilskin points to a specific vial instructing the child in his arms to pick it up from the box that was behind them.  She gently gave it over to him and they faced me once more.  “Pour this on the object, and then follow it. So simple, even David Nolan could do it.”

He holds it in front of him, but pulls away when I go to take it. “What do you want?”

“Peace. Leave me alone.” 

Shaking my head I couldn’t believe he was even suggesting something like that to me. He was usually the one to be involved in everybody’s lives, not me.  “What do you care what David Nolan does?”

“Oh, no. It’s Charming I worry about. I’d like a little non-interference guarantee.” He chuckled at me while my little girl was playing with the black tie he wore. 

“Fine. If, you give me the same. You and I – we stay out of each other’s way.” 

He handed the potion over to me before Cecile sneezed and we both saw her blonde hair glow where I had to hold up a hand to shield my eyes.  “Thank you for your business.”

“I’ve never seen anything like that before.” Rumplestilskin muttered blankly, eyeing the nine year old girl he was holding in his arms. 

Lowering my hand I saw that her hair had returned to its normal color shortly afterwards.  “What the heck was that?  How do you not know what just happened to my daughter, you’re the Dark One.” 

“Watch your tone, Charming.  Now I believe I may have seen this somewhere but it will take some time.” He suggested waiting for me to talk him out of it.  Unfortunately I knew he was the best person to get me answers about my daughters safety.  “Give me some time alone with her and I’ll see if I can figure out what type of magic she has.” 

“Fine.” Nodding my head I stepped up kissing my daughter on top of her head gently. 

I start to leave, but he interrupts me.  “So, uh, what happens when you try and cross the border?”

“You lose your memory of everything of our old lives. Looks like we’re stuck here.” Staring at my father in law and my daughter standing at the other end of the shop.  Opening the door I warned him to not let anything bad happen to her.  “Don’t let her get hurt or put her in any danger.  Otherwise we’ll have problems.” 

I hoped my girls were safe wherever Jefferson’s hat had sent them. 

Jaide’s pov  

Walking down below the deck out the ship I set the sword in my hands I closed my eyes concentrating before a puff of red smoke surrounded me and disappeared so I could see the new change standing in front of the mirror.  I was now wearing a long sleeve gray tunic, black trousers and black combat boots.  My hair was now twisted into different braids with it falling down my back.  “Was a wardrobe change really necessary, little dark one?” Sliding the sword inside the holder of my belt I heard the wooden steps creak causing me to spin around creating a ball of fire in my hand. 

“It is when you haven’t been in your former home for 82 years.  I have no clue what has changed while we were ripped away from this land.” Glaring at the pirate standing across from me I was in no mood to deal with his remarks. 

The pirate came closer to me causing me to draw my hand with fire backwards ready in defense.  “Smart woman.  Unfortunately though I have no interest in helping you find your daughter.  I already have a trip planned with another woman.” 

“You seem to have already forgotten who I’m related to.” Moving my other hand forward I shoved it inside the captain’s chest. 

Hook grunted in pain.  “Aaahhh!” 

“My father taught me everything he knew about magic, especially dark magic.” Removing my hand I gently held his bright red beating heart in the palm of my hand.  Glaring at the man in front of me I brought the heart closer to my lips, controlling him.  “Now this is what is going to happen.  You are going to tell me where your partner is heading and what exactly they are looking for to create a portal from this land.” 

Hook started breathing heavily laying on the ground on his knees.  “There's a rumor of a previous portal existing in this land.” 

“The wardrobe.  What else?” I gently squeezed the heart, making him wince. 

“She needs to find a magical compass that is located at the top of an old beanstalk. She gave me a magical bracelet to climb it “ 

I questioned him.  “So where is your traveling companion now?” 

“She went to a village.  I haven't heard from her since.  I assume she's still there.” He explained sending me a look of sympathy.  “Now please return my heart.  I don't have your daughter here as I have already told you.” 

Squeezing his heart lightly he fell against the nearest wall gasping for breath.  “As long as i hold your heart you will do whatever I tell you to do.  And if you attempt to betray me or kill me I will crush your heart without blinking and walk away!” Glaring with a serious scowl I didn't loosen my grip until he cried out. 

“Fine! I'll take you to the village.” 

Releasing my grip I found an abandoned shackle hanging near me.  “Excellent.  We are leaving now and I'll be keeping this until we find my daughter, pirate.” Hook shut his eyes watching me place his heart inside the bag, stomping up the old stairs. 

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I Don't know What to Call This part 20?

So im tired, but I need to get these words out.  I started a job today, and it’s one where im constantly moving, doing lots of cleaning and other various things; I only had one shift so far, but I like it already. When I was leaving today, some of the ladies stopped and asked me if I needed their sweater cause they found it cold and wanted to ensure I didn’t get cold on my way home. It was…