#John Hilding

[weirdlookindog]

Georg John and Mia May in Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917)

[oscarwetnwilde]

James Wilby as Alfred Redl in A Patriot For Me (posted by Nicola Stephenson who played Hilde) in 1995.

[wfodicks]

#645: WINE PILLS AND THE HULK HOGAN BIOPIC

mike, travis and drunk discuss the following topics….. declaring war on the boomer bunker….. the king of cola tries double cola: 7.1 “dear drunk” questions from starry spice, assistant treads, po boys, liquid lozenge wine in pill form…. wild horses….. hulk hogan biopic…. potw: the fall of the house of usher/macglocky/temu well, bye.

[nedlittle]

apropos of nothing, here are some gay historical fiction novels that engage with historical queerness in thoughtful, complex, and interesting ways (organized chronologically)

hild by nicola griffith ↪ early 7th century england

a tip for the hangman by alison epstein ↪ 1585-1593 england

confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg ↪ 1702-1724* england

the confessions of frannie langton by sara collins ↪ 1812-1826 jamaica to england

patience and sarah by isabel miller ↪ 1816 america

devotion by hannah kent ↪ 1830s prussia to australia

the sweetness of water by nathan harris ↪ 1865 america

whiskey when we're dry by john larison ↪ 1885 america

the city of palaces by michael nava ↪ 1897-1913 mexico

tipping the velvet by sarah waters ↪ 1890s england

at swim, two boys by jamie o'neill ↪ 1915-1916 ireland

the gods of tango by caro de robertis ↪ 1913-1920s argentina

uncommon charm by emily bergslien and kat weaver ↪ 1920s america

the book of salt by monique truong ↪ 1930s vietnam to paris

the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay by michael chabon ↪ 1939-1954 america and beyond

the flight portfolio by julie orringer ↪ 1940 france

the savage kind by john copenhaver ↪ 1940s america

a thin bright line by lucy jane bledsoe ↪ 1950s america

*this one has a framing device and footnotes from the present day but the bulk of the story is set in the early 1700s

[the-forest-library]

25 in 2025

Thanks for the tag @aliteraryprinces!

Some books I'm looking forward to this year.

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

O Pioneers! - Willa Cather

The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemison

Night Watch - Terry Pratchett

The Black Bird Oracle - Deborah Harkness

If On a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Stoner - John Williams

The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros

Hild - Nicola Griffith

O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker (buddy read with @lilymaidofgallifrey)

Instead of Three Wishes - Megan Whalen Turner

Cider with Rosie - Laurie Lee

The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis

All the Painted Stars - Emma Denny

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales - Heather Fawcett (February 11)

Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins (March 18)

Everything is Tuberculosis - John Green (March 18)

Say You'll Remember Me - Abby Jimenez (April 1)

The Maid's Secret - Nita Prose (April 8)

Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry (April 22)

The Listeners - Maggie Stiefvater (June 3)

Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)

Glorious Rivals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (July 29)

[theinquisitxor]

25 in 2025

I was tagged by @e-b-reads for the 25 books you want to read in 2025. You can see how I did on my 24 in 2024 list here.

I liked the idea of color coding them like other people have done, so that's what I did for this year. Key is at the bottom!

The Books of Pellinor series by Allison Croggon (reread)

Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Hild by Nicolla Griffth

Captive Prince by CS Pacat

The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima

The Luminaries by Elenor Catton

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Carving Shadows into Gold by Brigid Kimmerer

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

Oathbound by Tracey Deonn

The Listeners by Maggie Steifvater

Katabasis by RF Kaung

Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

Emily Wilde 3 by Heather Fawcett

A Dark and Drowning Tide by Alison Saft (currently reading)

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by HG Parry

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

Ancillary Justice series by Ann Leckie

She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker Chan

Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker

Green = books from last year's list I didn't get to

Pink = new releases I want to read this year

Blue = books on my physical tbr

Tagging anyone who is interested!

[hpowellsmith]

Books of 2024

Here are the books I've read this year; favourites are bolded.

Currently I'm partway through First Class Murder by Robin Stevens, A Blackened Mirror by Jo Graham, and The Grace of Sorcerers by Maria Ying.

January

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - Cheryl Strayed (reread)

Dancing on Eggshells: Kitchen, Ballroom, & The Messy Inbetween - John Whaite

Maw - Jude Ellison S. Doyle

The Easternmost Sky - Juliet Blaxland

The Lives of Christopher Chant - Diana Wynne Jones (reread)

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Toto the Ninja Cat and the Legend of the Wildcat - Dermot O'Leary

Untamed Shore - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

February

Regeneration - Pat Barker (reread)

Jojo: Finally Home - Johannes Radebe

The Neighbors - Jude Doyle

Chewing the Fat: Tasting Notes from a Greedy Life - Jay Rayner

Spear - Nicola Griffith

March

Brute (ed. Steve Berman)

Love Kills Twice - Rien Gray

The Salt Path - Raynor Winn

The Eye in the Door - Pat Barker (reread)

Love Bleeds Deep - Rien Gray

Love Burns Bright - Rien Gray

A Love So Dark - Rien Gray

Valerin the Fair - Rien Gray

April

The Wild Silence - Raynor Winn

A Strip of Velvet - Rien Gray

Martis the Brazen - Rien Gray

Seure the Tempered - Rien Gray

May

The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo

Hild - Nicola Griffith

June

Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin

Perfumes: the A-Z Guide - Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez

A Guest in the House - Emily Carroll

July

Saturnalia - Stephanie Feldman

Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw

Vivi Conway and the Haunted Quest - Lizzie Huxley-Jones

Nevada - Imogen Binnie

Gender Failure - Ivan E Coyote and Rae Spoon

Boys Weekend - Mattie Lubchansky

Small Beauty - jia qing wilson-yang

Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin

Darryl - Jackie Ess

August

Henry Henry - Allen Bratton

Landlines - Raynor Winn

October

The Scales of Seduction - Rien Gray

November

The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty - Charlene Elsby

Murder Most Unladylike - Robin Stevens (reread)

December

Arsenic for Tea - Robin Stevens (reread)

From the Belly - Emmett Nahil

Mouth to Mouth to Mouth - wilt

[nicolagriffith]

Celebrating Hild's Feast Day

On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died, aged 66. I mark her feast day because she marked m life, and my writing, indelibly.

Today is the Feast Day of Hild of Whitby,1 a patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry), who died on this day in 680, having spent 66 years kicking ass and not bothering to take names. Why is she patron saint of learning and culture/poetry? Learning, because she trained five bishops who became renowned for their own erudition—one of whom, John of Beverley, was the one who ordained…

[ll-but-its-random]

All of my Incorrect Quotes posts 👇 (Updated: 23/12/24)

(First tho, hate to moodkill, but I want to put this on all my blogs ands such. To the people sending me gofundme links and stuff on my inbox, this blog is run by someone under 18. I can't answer or make use of those asks if I wanted to. Having to see the message then decline it does make me feel bad, so please refrain from sending anymore of this. Thank you.)

Penthouse Quotes:

Pt. 1

Small Creatures

Drowning

Pt. 2

Voice Activation

Three Fives

Pt. 3

Pass the Camera

Pt. 4

The Kettle Skit

Team Garde

Grilled Cheese

Who Broke It?

Pt. 5

Randomize

Lists

How did you get here so fast?

Sleep

Murder

Skills

Clowns

Pt. 6

Shat

5'11

Puns

LL Quotes:

Pt. 1

Pt. 2

Legacies

Interrogation

The NY Brawl

Pt. 3

FOF

Pt. 4

Pt. 5

Pt. 6

'We're Loric...'

1960s

I'm back

Pt. 7

Trauma

Titanic

Adult

Nobody likes u

What is love?

Based on what?

Pt. 8

Pt. 9

Pt. 10

RP Garde Convo

Canon Gay Character()

Character-Centered Quotes:

Adam

Ran and Five

Five and Six (ISTP)

Nine (ESTP)

Sandor and Crayton

Eight (ENFP)

Ships

Katarina

Sam and Lexa (INTP)

John (XNFJ)

Finar

Samix

Five Cube AU

Adam and Sam

Samix Pt. 2

Five/Eight

Nine

John trying to retire

Hilde

"Fugitive Six"/Reborn Quotes:

Pt. 1

Pt. 2

Sarcasm Skit

Fire

Pt. 3

Pt. 4

Pt. 5

Pt. 6

Vid

Pr. Nine

[houseofgeeks]

Olympic Podcasts

So as I mentioned, I'm going to be posting a lot of Olympic things here for the next couple of months. And I'd like to start with one of my favorite things, which is Olympic podcasts. There are some that only pop up during the games, and some that are produced year round. This is my list based on my favorites. (Unless stated otherwise, you should be able to find them on all major listening platforms).

Keep the Flame Alive Podcast -Hosts: Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown, USA based. Covers both Olympics and Paralympics, year round coverage. My personal favorite. I really appreciate that they focus on both Olympics and Paralympics (and will be providing daily coverage at both games in person this year) as well as athletes and people involved with the Games that aren't athletes (reporters, commentators, judges etc.) I do also refer to them in my head as Olympic Aunties, so take that into account when considering this podcast.

Off the Podium - Hosts: Ben Waterworth, Colin Hilding & Jarrod Loobeek. Australia based. Covers mostly Olympics. Year round coverage. Definitely good to listen to, to hear stories from Australian athletes.

Anything but Footy - Hosts: John Cushing & Michael Weadock. British based. Both Olympics and Paralympic coverage, more focus on Olympics year round. This one is only a 25-30 minutes podcast so good if you want a short British update.

Olympics.com Podcast - Host: Nick Zacardi (of previous NBC Olympics). This one is the official Olympics Podcast and produced through the IOC. So very Pro Olympics Year Round. But has the largest variety of country representation. Its another 30 minute one, so good for those quick listens.

The Podium - NBC Podcast, only done during the leadup and the Olympics. I don't actually listen to this one, but that's because I can't personally stand the majority of NBC commentary. But I'd thought I'd put it on here in case someone was interested. *Shrug*

Now I do know these are all English speaking podcasts, but I am afraid I only speak English. So if someone else sees this and knows of non English speaking podcasts that I should add, I will. Or you can piggy back off of this post. I do also have some Olympic adjacent podcasts that are sports specific that I will make a different post for later.

[yokalinski]

"THE MONKEY KING" END CREDITS (Golden Wolf)

PRODUCTION

Creative Director Ewen Stenhouse Supervising Producer Tan Jones Supervising Producer Dotti Sinnott Production Manager Lucy Caetano Production Assistant Danielle Bordelon Talent Director Henry Purrington

DESIGN Design Mikhail Kalinin Design Simon Leclerc Design Yujia Wang Colour Script Dan Burgess Lap Pun Cheung Layouts Gaia Lamiot ANIMATION

Animation Lead Maxime Delalande Animation Charles Badiller Animation Stephanie Mercier Animation Diego Porral Animation Mourad Elias Seddiki Animation Kensei Thomas Animation Alain Vu Animation Tim Whiting Animation Clean Up Jennifer Belobi Animation Clean Up Eric Bradford Animation Clean Up Thomas Eide Animation Clean Up Myra Hild Animation Clean Up Mila Obelleiro Technical Director / Compositing Lead Ian Pinder Compositing Stefan Ahmad Compositing Karl Fekete Compositing Gabrielle Locre Compositing Laurence Parsons Compositing Thomas Purrington Compositing John Taylor

[weirdlookindog]

Georg John and Mia May in Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917)

[blackbutlercharacterpoll2023]

Here are today's character polls! Characters are listed in order of perceived importance and alphabetically.

Joker

Arthur Conan Doyle

Cloudia Phantomhive

"Deer"

Grelle's chainsaw

Hilde Dickhaut

Jan

Richard

Rin

Trancy / Former Head Trancy

Aristocrat of Evil with the scarred face

the archeologist

the bear

the cats that Sebastian rescues from the rain

These character polls are ending tomorrow! Go and get your last votes in before they close!

John Brown

Ludger

Lawrence Anderson / Pops

Artie

Peter

Damian

Miranda

Nina's assistants

Chef Wollest

Chris Heathfield's maids

Saneatsu Nekoma

Susan

demon crow

Prince Albert puppet

[alexhwriting]

Bloodborne: A Study of Environmental Narratives and Ludonarrative Harmony.

VII. Conclusion

While this paper only addresses Bloodborne as far as concerns about ludonarrative harmony go, that is far from the extent of the concept’s applications within the field of video game studies going forward. Engaging with games and looking for this blending between the ludic and narrative elements proves fruitful as an exploration of developer intention and whether or not those marks have been missed. Without ludonarrative harmony, players are faced with disjointed and un-immersive experiences in their narrative games. Games that deemphasize narrative are, of course, less concerned about ludonarrative harmony, though the vast majority of things being produced by gaming companies as of this paper’s writing to involve some form of narrative progression.

To summarize, Bloodborne gives its players a sense of harmony between its narrative themes and its gameplay by blending its environmental storytelling, narrative elements, and gameplay into a cohesive whole. This paper looked at how each of these elements worked, moving from the most broad, environmental storytelling, to the most complicated and narrow, ludonarrative harmony. Through an exploration of the narrative expectations of Bloodborne and comparing those with the gameplay, we can see that the game emphasizes its narrative themes throughout the play experience by utilizing elements like health damage, enemies, and item descriptions to effectively blur the line between what is narrative and what is gameplay.

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[chocolatehideoutpirate]

This first edit of old classic passing Tuesday Mary Jesus Joseph Angels in heaven Princess Pocahontas, Lallie Charles Cowell Portrait, Lou Conter, Amber Rene Hagerman, Opal Jennings, JonBenèt Ramsey, Kelly Ann Fleming, Judith and Maria Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke, Lucille Ricksen, Judy Garland and Terry, Dominique and Dominick Dunne, Samantha Reed Smith, Pal, Bessie Barker, Darla Jean Hood, Mona Lisa, Mary G Stinson Smith, Grigori Rasputin, Julia Ann Beauchemin Stinson, COL Thomas Nesbit Stinson, Lydia Ruth Talbot Theobald, Arthur James Talbot, Alton Elbren Theobald, George Eli Talbot Sr., Benjamin Grant “Cotton” Theobald, Crystal Theobald Whitehead, Charles Arthur Theobald, Thomas Benjamin Talbot, Margaret Alice Wiggill Talbot, Eli Wiggill, Rosanna Maria Wiggill Talbot, Isaac Wiggill, Ann Brown Hammer Wiggill, Frances Amelia Wiggill Lowe, Ailsa Georgina Booth-Jones, Edward Booth-Jones, John Percival Booth-Jones, Millichamletton Percival Booth-Jones, Jeremiah Francis “Jerry” Wiggill, Eli Francis Wiggill, Priscilla Jane Talbot Wiggill, Victoria Adelaide Wiggill McLean, John Richard Wiggill, Lavina Ruth Wiggill Ellison, Sarah Good, Salina Talbot Dutson, Charles Henry Talbot, Charles Stuart Talbot, Roseanna Maria Talbot Anderson, Ellen Graham Anderson, 1SGT William Alexander Anderson, Mary Louisa Blair Anderson, Ruth Floyd Anderson McCulloch, Anna Aylett Anderson McNulty, William Dandridge Alexander Anderson, William Dandridge Alexander “Alex” Anderson, Judith Nicoll Anderson, Henry Wayne Blair, Col William Barrett Blair, Mylinda Elizabeth “Mindy” Baker,Michael L. Baker, Carla Jean Eves Baker,Sandra Jane Burch, Patti Jo Baker, Jessie Benton Stinson, Jack Chesbro, Mabel A Shuttleworth Chesbro, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Ruth Naomi Steward, Truman Cox Steward, Alice Christine Steward Wear, Charles Corwin Steward, Helga Susanne Goebbels, Hildegard Traudel “Hilde” Goebbels, Helmut Christian Goebbels, Holdine Kathrin “Holde” Goebbels, Hedwig Johanna “Hedda” Goebbels, Heidrun Elisabeth “Heide” Goebbels, Harald Quandt, and so much more I'll add Gracie Perry Watson in the second row of edits