#Max Goddard

[wornoutspines]

The Son (Movie Review) | Feels Real and Confusion at the Same Time

The Son might be a bit rough because of the subject matter, and the pacing but it's worth checking out. #TheSon #HughJackman #LauraDern #VanessaKirby #ZenMcGrath #FlorianZeller

I saw this movie months after it came out and yet I knew nothing about it. I was interested in director Florian Zeller‘s first feature film The Father, which just like The Son is from a play written by Zeller himself who also worked on the screenplay with Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons). The film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern (Wild, Jurassic Park), Vanessa Kirby, newcomer Zen…

[shsenhaji]

📚 March Reading Round-Up 📚

Read some pretty great books in March, and there's a few I'm still reading that I hope to finish in April!

I was able to continue some series that I've been reading, such as The Murderbot Diaries and Kushiel's Legacy. I also finally finished the Imperial Radch trilogy!

- House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas (partial re-read, Partial re-read, very good, kept wanting to read more, didn’t cry but felt the Emotions, friendship! Connected much more to some characters this time around)

- Divinity 36 by Gail Carriger (Good, engrossing, very emotional, lots of heart at its core, enjoyed it more as I continued reading)

- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (thank you Bigolas Dickolas for the push to finally read this book! Loved the audiobook, beautiful, not as confusing as I’d feared, loved how their relationship developed, the prose and metaphors and language…)

- Traveller's Joy by Victoria Goddard (Good, emotional, heartwarming, some sadness and dramatic irony, friendship!)

- Kushiel's Chosen (finally got to the second book, and it didn't disappoint! So good, kept binging it, so emotional and philosophical, heartbreaking at parts, loved it even more than book one)

- Network Effect by Martha Wells (so good and readable, Murderbot my beloved, loved seeing the characters and their relationships and Three, Murderbot being rescued!!!!)

- Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Read it in one sitting immediately after finishing Network Effect, so very good, loved the themes and characters and how they developed and grew, that ending!)

[brokehorrorfan]

Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its World War Z 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, which releases on July 25. The 2012 action-horror film is based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks.

Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) directs from a script by Matthew Michael Carnahan (Deepwater Horizon), Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), and Damon Lindelof (Lost). Brad Ptit stars with Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, and Matthew Fox.

World War Z's theatrical cut has been newly mastered with Dolby Vision/HDR and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio.. The unrated cut is also included on Blu-ray. Special features are detailed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Theatrical cut (116 minutes)

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Theatrical cut (116 minutes)

WWZ: Production – 4-part making-of featurette

Origins featurette

Looking to Science featurette

Re-Inventing Zombies featurette

Becoming a Zombie featurette

The Score of World War Z featurette

How to Survive the Z Apocalypse featurette

Theatrical trailer

TV spots

Disc 3 - Blu-ray:

Unrated cut (123 minutes)

When former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family get stuck in urban gridlock, he senses that it’s no ordinary traffic jam. His suspicions are confirmed when, suddenly, the city erupts into chaos. A lethal virus, spread through a single bite, is turning healthy people into something vicious, unthinking, and feral. As the pandemic threatens to consume humanity, Gerry leads a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and, with luck, a way to halt its spread.

Pre-order World War Z.

[streamondemand]

Charlie Chaplin is 'The Great Dictator' on Max and Criterion Channel

Ernst Lubitsch knew it, and so did Charles Chaplin: comedy is the best weapon against hate. Like Lubitsch’s brilliant To Be or Not to Be, Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) satirizes Adolph Hitler, Fascism, and the Third Reich with his own stock in trade: vaudeville burlesque. Chaplin leaves the Tramp behind and takes on his first speaking roles (or rather, roles) to play both 20th century…

[queenlakiefer]

Masterlist

Finally creating a masterlist for all my stories and imagines (junk) 🥳.

The Lost Boys (1987)

1. Imagine if Lucy was Married to Max and being the caring mother, she asks if Max has given The Lost Boys money

2. One of the reasons The Lost Boys got kicked off the boardwalk

3. If The Lost Boys were in high school

4. When Paul gets high Part 1

5. When Paul gets high Part 2

6. Imagine if Marko was flirting with his next meal who is sitting down and she stands up and is taller than him

7. I Guess You’ll Never Know Part 1

8. Max has ranted like this at The Lost Boys after one of their shenanigans and you can’t tell me otherwise 🤣

9. The Price of Salvation (F!OC Michael’s Twin Sister Oneshot)

Woman Wanted (1999)

1. Wendell Goddard x Reader Part 1

2. Wendell Goddard x Reader Part 2

3. A Safe Haven

Gotham

1. Imagine Jerome teasing Bruce Wayne about his older sister

2. Imagine Bruce’s older sister working at Arkham as a nurse and Oswald reaches out for help

3. Don’t Be A Cog (Jerome Valeska x Reader)

4. Theo Galavan seems to have gotten himself rather badly injured after killing Jerome.

5. Imagine Jerome developing a conscience…well…almost.

6. Imagine trying to explain to Jerome what a proper April Fools’ joke is...

7. Pretty sure Jerome wishing you a ‘Happy Birthday’ would go something like this...

8. The Last Straw (Jerome Valeska x Reader)

9. The Lady and The Circus Boy (Jerome Valeska x Reader)

PART 2

10. Your Name…is Harleen Quinzel (Jerome Valeska x Reader)

11. Imagine going with your father and Bullock to question Mr. Cicero

The Cowboy Way (1994)

Coming soon

Dark City (1996)

Coming soon

1969 (1988)

Coming soon

The Brotherhood of Justice

Coming soon

Promised Land

Coming soon

[augustinajosefina]

A request

Please suggest books to me! Preferably in the glove kink/lesbian space atrocities, urban fantasy or dark academia genres but I'll happily try any SF/fantasy at least once.

So far I've read and loved:

Before 2023

The Imperial Radch (Ancillary Justice/Sword/Mercy) - Ann Leckie

Jean le Flambeur (The Quantum Thief/The Fractal Prince/The Causal Angel) - Hannu Rajaniemi

The Windup Girl/The Water Knife - Paolo Bagicalupi

Memory of Water/The City of Woven Streets - Emmi Itäranta

2023

The Locked Tomb (Gideon/Harrow/Nona the Ninth) - Tamsyn Muir

The Masquerade (Traitor/Monster/Tyrant Baru Cormorant) - Seth Dickinson

Teixcalaan series (A Memory Called Empire/A Desolation Called Peace) - Arkady Martine

Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit/Raven Stratagem/Revenant Gun/Hexarchate Stories) - Yoon Ha Lee

The Murderbot Diaries (All Systems Red to System Collapse) - Martha Wells

The Broken Earth (The Fifth Season/The Obelisk Gate/The Stone Sky) - N. K. Jemisin

Klara And The Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

Xuya universe (The Citadel of Weeping Pearls/The Tea Master and the Detective/Seven of Infinities plus short stories) - Aliette de Bodard

This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Goblin Emperor/The Witness for the Dead/Grief of Stones - Katherine Addison

Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh

2024

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

The Craft Sequence (Three Parts Dead/Two Serpents Rise/Full Fathom Five/Last First Snow/Four Roads Cross/Ruin of Angels) - Max Gladstone

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution - R. F. Kuang

Dead Country - Max Gladstone

Hands of the Emperor - Victoria Goddard

Read and liked:

The Moonday Letters - Emmi Itäranta

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Great Cities (The City We Became/The World We Make) - N. K. Jemisin

Autonomous - Annalee Newitz

Dead Djinn universe (A Master of Djinn/The Haunting of Tram Car 015/A Dead Djinn in Cairo/The Angel of Khan el-Khalili) - P. Djèlí Clark

Even Though I Knew the End - C. L. Polk

Station Eternity - Mur Lafferty

The Mythic Dream - Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe

Shades of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic/A Gathering of Shadows/A Conjuring of Light/Fragile Threads of Power) - V. E. Schwab

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling

Last Exit - Max Gladstone

The Stars Are Legion - Kameron Hurley

Ninth House/Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo

Machine - Elizabeth Bear

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

She Is A Haunting - Trang Thanh Tran

Sisters of the Revolution - Jeff & Ann Vandermeer

Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel

Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher

Monstrilio - Gerardo Samano Córdova

Was uncertain about:

Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki

The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi

Paladin's Grace - T. Kingfisher

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

In the Vanishers Palace - Aliette de Bodard

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

What Moves The Dead - T. Kingfisher

All The Birds In The Sky - Charlie Jane Anders

And read and disliked:

To Be Taught, if Fortunate - Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

The Calculating Stars - Mary Robinette Kowal

The Space Between Worlds - Micaiah Johnson

How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

The Passage - Justin Cronin

In Ascension - Martin MacInnes

(My pride insists I add that I have, in fact, read other books as well. Just to be clear.)

[fictionaldogcompetition]

Contestants!

Below the cut is the contestants and their matches!

Each poll will be 1 week long, and they'll go out 10 at a time. The exact date and time polls will start going up is a little up in the air right now, because I'm going out of town over the weekend. So they might begin as early as Monday 18th, but probably not later than Wednesday 20th. I'll let you know the night before.

Anyway, just think of this delay as time to write propaganda ahead of your dog's poll going up!

Ruff Ruffman (Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman) vs Muttley (Wacky Races)

Snowy (Tintin series) vs Dog (Columbo)

Maliketh, The Black Blade (Elden Ring) vs Wolfie (Until Dawn)

Unnamed Dog/The Imitator (The Thing) vs Whisper the Wolf (Sonic IDW comics)

Queen Teatinu (Healin Good Precure) vs Nigou/Tetsuya 2 (Kuroko no Basket)

Melody Amaranth (Super Lesbian Animal RPG) vs Pappy van Poodle (Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball)

Sunkist (HLVRAI) vs Dog that can Drive (Drawfee)

Hylian Retriever (Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) vs Wolf (Minecraft)

Bee/Bay (Dragon Ball Z) vs Shadow (Homeward Bound)

Blue (Blue's Clues) vs Ein (Cowboy Bebop)

Snoopy (Peanuts) vs Clifford (Clifford the Big Red Dog)

Argos (The Odyssey) vs Barkspawn (Dragon Age)

Diogee (Milo Murphy's Law) vs Winston (Hannibal)

Good Boy (DuckTales) vs Bear (Person of Interest)

Daisy & Winnie (The Mistholme Museum Podcast) vs Heidi & Jackie (Hello from the Hallowoods) 

Missile (Ghost Trick) vs Sparky (Frankenweenie)

Bond (Spy X Family) vs Goddard (Jimmy Neutron)

Scratch (Baldur’s Gate 3) vs Iggy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Cujo (Danny Phantom) vs Cujo (Cujo (1983))

Momiji Inubashiri (Touhou Project) vs Tequila/Ernesto Salas (Arknights)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) vs Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo media)

Shrimp (The Upturned) vs Holidog (Holiday World)

Rapunzel the Corgi (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) vs K9 (Doctor Who)

Blue (Wolf’s Rain) vs Shiba-Warrior Taro (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Annoying Dog (Undertale) vs Old Dan & Little Ann (Where the Red Fern Grows)

Chou Chou (Shoujo Cosette (Les Miserables anime)) vs Porthos (Star Trek: Enterprise)

Pompompurin (Sanrio) vs Krypto (DC)

Sorry-oo (Moomin) vs Tau (Palia)

Jake the Dog (Adventure Time) vs Lesser dog (Undertale)

Noodle (Nona the Ninth/The Locked Tomb series) vs Nina Tucker/Alexander (FullMetal Alchemist)

Lucky the Pizza Dog (Marvel Comics) vs Seymour (Futurama)

Wishbone (Wishbone Series) vs Angelo (Final Fantasy VIII)

Ox (Dimension 20: Unsleeping City) vs Hewie (Haunting Ground)

Bingpup (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System) vs Elena (Spiritfarer)

Barnaby B. Beagle (Welcome Home) vs Charlie B. Barkin (All Dogs Go to Heaven)

Polterpup (Luigi’s Mansion) vs Gromit (Wallace and Gromit)

Santa’s Little Helper (The Simpsons) vs Slink/Slinky Dog (Toy Story)

Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog) vs Twig (Hilda)

Zosimos/Zozo (The Glass Scientists webcomic) vs The BTS Wolves (Midnight Burger)

Unnamed Dog (Teletubbies) vs Shigure Souma (Fruits basket)

Dachsbun (Pokemon) vs Hector J. Peabody (Mr. Peabody & Sherman)

Inuyasha (Inuyasha) vs Frank the Pug (Men in Black)

Sam (Sam and Max) vs Barnabas (The Sandman)

Duck Hunt Dog (Duck Hunt) vs Mira (Silent Hill 2)

Fairy (Mo Dao Zu Shi) vs Shiloh (Shiloh series)

Makkachin (Yuri!!! On Ice) vs Becquerel/Bec (Homestuck)

Rush (Mega Man) vs Dogmeat (Fallout 4)

Dog (Good Omens) vs Zamazenta (Pokemon)

[made-this-cause-why-not]

I taunted the writing gods and in return they have sapped me of any will to write (aka: I am tired of being home and need to go back to campus and be busy again). All of my stuff I have written feels boring and I don't want to finish it and/or can't commit to something new to start.... and then I got the idea of MarieJordan arc of the scythe AU, and whoa, the juices are fucking gushing out of me, like... Jordan as Rowan, Marie as Citra, Faraday being BUTCHER of all fucking people. Like, I can totally see Jordan getting their question wrong just to even out with Marie. Homelander as Goddard, oh my god.

I have not fleshed anything out further than this tbh but my god do yall not see the fucking vision

Edit: Oh MY GOD- Nueman as fucking high blade Xenocrates!!! Hughie being fucking greyson! I mean, just wow. Becca as Curie because you can not tell me that kind hearted women doesn't cook dinners for the families and offer them the chance to kill her. Tbh I read the the first book years ago and don't remember any traits of the other characters but my god, the fucking VISION!!!

(when the series is developed into an eight- ten episode a season with each ep being an hour HBO MAX orginal show (I'm manifesting it) the only confirmed white people should be Rowan and Greyson. Let Rowan be the 'dark and edgy' guy that teen girls fawn over and let greyson be the 'omg he is so cute and wholesome' guy. Everyone else, fucking diverse. Either Black Curie or Black Faraday- they can't both be white, black or at least not white Citra, South East Asian Goddard, keep the canon races of everyone else cause Goddards crew was actually diverse and once they start travelling shit just stays diverse as )

[chaplinfortheages]

(Original Caption) Film Notables at Reinhardt Opening. Paulette Goddard and Charlie Chaplin pictured as they attended the premiere of Max Reinhardt’s production of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" at the Hollywood Bowl, September 20th 1934.

[clonerightsagenda]

Another fun conversation I found while digging for those tidbits, this one about Maxwell and Pryce

Gill side note: while there is some exterior material to canon suggesting Pryce and Maxwell would Not get along it's very funny because how many steps from "I can rewrite a memory" and "experimenting on an AI unit to expand his capacity" is it really to hard-coding anxiety into an AI's personality matrix, and from there to scooping someone's brain out to replace it with a glorified RC rig Kat for real Gill this is unexplored territory people!! Kat I think Maxwell wants to believe she's an ethical AI scientist but when the rubber hits the road….she's not that different from Pryce Gill you'd rewrite them against their consent when you believe it's necessary just because your parameters for "when it's necessary" are narrower and less nakedly self-serving doesn't mean that isn't what's going on Kat I think she would see that as the 'kinder' option versus deleting Hera, but at the end of the day you're violating her consent when she was explicit that she'd rather die Gill you're still changing the building blocks of someone's identity based on what you believe is best for them against their explicit wishes not to Slippery Slope Argument but it would have been very fun to see Maxwell go off on Pryce and then have Pryce hit her upside the head with a devastating "we're not so different" speech Kat shame Maxwell didn't make it to s4 so she could be the restraining bolts and be like hm is this the inevitable slippery slope of my actions Still wonder how Maxwell thinks invented AI since she'd never heard of Pryce. was Cutter just like here's this cool tech. don't ask where it came from Kate I keep forgetting that… They don’t keep her secret, she co-published the DSSPPM Kat I guess that's true, it's possible she knew who Pryce was but just didn't recognize her Gill Maxwell: Surely, like all tech corporations, there is a large team of brilliant engineers who worked round the clock on this whose names will never be known in their lifetimes. The idea of the rock star genius entrepreneur is a myth. Dr Pryce: lol Kat actually no looking at the script, Pryce uses her name and Maxwell still asks who it is someone never read the survival manual Kate I can definitely imagine no one knows what Pryce looks or sounds like though Reclusive scientist And oh, huh Kat someone hearing Pryce talk for the first time: blorbo from my AI programs? Gill I mean how often do you pay attention to the authors of your Mandatory Corporate Reading Assignment Literature Also, side note; comms director Minkowski going ballistic on Alien Zombie Maxwell upon finding out she never even read the manual Kat Cutter: everyone kept complaining to me that 'oh your evil daughter killed and ate an intern' 'oh your evil daughter weaponized the microwave' like get over yourselves. now none of you get to see her there is canonically a separate si5 manual. Maxwell probably also didn't read that one Gill She’s like me, Re: the “Anything that’s actually important is something you learn while actually doing the job” attitude Kat Kepler: And you both read the SI5 manual correct Jacobi, deepest sigh of all: yes sir Maxwell sotto voice: kissass Maxwell had to read the fucking Bible as a child she's had enough of this shit Gill Apropos of nothing at all I am now imagining Pryce adding as an aside in an evil monologue “and also, I have prion disease” Kat Pryce: The rogue proteins keep dismantling my brain but I keep building it back together again faster Gill Goddard Futuristics rolls out a new treatment/preventative for prion disease Why did they make this? Don’t worry about it Kate “It’s for all those poor mad cows in England :) don’t worry about it :) “ Gill As in the alternative to “also I have prion disease” is “also one of my superpowers I invented for myself is immunity to prion disease. Do not ask why I did this or why it was needed.” Kat but yeah it's a shame even with alien zombie Maxwell she can't really have a Confront Your Dark Potential with Pryce bc Miranda's semi-confused about the whole thing Hera will just have to yell at her

Gill Alternatively you flip it. Build the narrative so that Miranda is like “oh my god is this what I was like??” And Maxwell goes “wait no you’re supposed to be my cautionary tale shadow archetype” Kat alien zombie Maxwell being perma-brainfogged due to the whole bullet to the head thing: man this sucks Miranda: I could probably try neural reconstructive surgery Maxwell: uh Hera: what :) does that idea bother you for some reason : ) i'm sure it would be fine : ) Hera briefly throwing behind Miranda 100% for the only time in her life Kate Maxwell and Miranda together would be. Nightmarish for Hera and an emotion I would LOVE to see Kat Doug: I mean I'd still be ok with her trying to fix my lungs Hera: no shut up. I want her to cut open Dr. Maxwell's brain Gill Hera like “both of them are the bad guy and lesser of two evils relative to each other. I have sympathetic feelings for both and wish to have them near me as little as possible. I want to see them fight to the death” Kate And she is So valid

[totally-average-kid]

HEY, HERES A BIG ASS THEORY BOARD I GOT FOR MAX’S NICKTOONS UNITE AWAKENING AU BECAUSE ITS JUST THAT GOOD.

If I had a nickel for each time I got into a comic series/mini fandom that is based off a game where characters crossover and I’ve made a theory note based off of it, I would have two nickels now

FACTS: • SpongeBob and everyone else in bikini bottom used to be human • Goddard was a real dog at one point • Goddard only made it to 45% in the memory transfer • A cat like robot was sent to target Jimmy. • Jimmy lost his arm in battle protecting Timmy after Timmy went off of the plan • Danny’s parents were killed by ghosts • Danny’s parents knew that Danny was a halfa and accepted him. They saved him after the initial incident • When Danny goes into his ghost form. He loses complete control • Timmy was known for making people suddenly forget after robberies • All Jimmy could find about Timmy was missing child reports

THEORIES: • The nuclear event that caused SpongeBob to be like this might have been based off of the nuclear testing in bikini atoll • Jimmy was shown to be a kid with his lab still intact during Godard’s story. So this must have been before he got sabotaged • The cat was sent by whoever sabotaged his science experiment

Random thoughts: • Someone at this point just put Jimmy out of his misery • Lots of known facts are left in the past from OLD tumblr posts and deviant art • Color blue is important • Jimmy is kinda pathetic at times • WHERE DOES JIMMY GET $5000 PER MONTH TO PAY TIMMY??? • I GOT A HEADACHE AS SOON AS SING ME TO SLEEP STARTED TO PLAY OWEEEEWWWWW

Possible important stuff:

“Anywhere, anytime, I would do anything for you. Remember me now, time cannot erase. I can hear your whispers in my mind. I’ve become what you cannot embrace. Our memory will become our lullaby” ^^^ This is from Alan Walkers’s “sing me to sleep”

[shsenhaji]

📚 April and May Reading Round-Up 📚

I wasn’t able to post my April round-up, so have both April and May together! I am glad that I was able to read more books for both of these months than in March.

I started a few new series (Tiffany Aching, Maisie Dobbs, the Craft Sequence), and continued a few other series (the Memoirs of Lady Trent, October Daye).

In April, I read:

- The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan (very good, enjoyable and compelling, liked it even better than the second book, great relationships and character growth, liked the way motherhood and grief were tackled, touched on themes such as colonialism and research ethics)

- How Not to Marry a Prince by Megan Derr (cute, fun, somewhat heart-wrenching but with a lovely ending, liked the themes surrounding class and privilege)

- Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (good, interesting, liked how it tackled healing and war and trauma, definitely cried at the end)

- Derring-Do for Beginners by Victoria Goddard (read it in one sitting, very relatable protagonists, loved the worldbuilding and the themes, happy to see younger versions of favourite characters, much growth and introspection, some of the emotional fulfillment will have to wait for the next book)

- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (listened to the audiobook read by the author, compelling, kind of horrifying and depressing, very funny, great prose, banger chapter endings)

In May, I read:

- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (read it in one sitting, bittersweet, good, interesting worldbuilding and politics, great character relationships and interesting character growth)

- Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (good, enjoyed it more than the first book, engaging, bittersweet ending, liked the themes)

- A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire (very good, read it in one sitting, a bit less depressing than the first one, sad but with a hopeful ending, good character growth)

- Clary Sage by Victoria Goddard (amazing!!! delightful read, loved all of the characters, so very heartwarming, Hal my beloved)

- Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (read it in one sitting, loved the MC’s motivations and character growth, interesting magic system, loved the themes at the heart of the book, commentary on justice and policing and belief, taking on the patriarchy)

- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Vol. 1 by Alexandre Dumas (good, very political, very grounded in the societal issues and references of the time, thoughts on morality and justice and the prison system, poor Dantes, liked the different perspectives)

- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (amazing, read it in one sitting, loved the themes and Tiffany’s entire character and character growth, felt very much like the books I used to read as a child in the best sort of way, the frying pan!)

- Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear (highly enjoyable, compelling from the very beginning, better than the two previous books, much character growth and nuance)

[brokehorrorfan]

World War Z will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 18 via Scream Factory.  The 2012 action-horror film is based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks.

Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) directs from a script by Matthew Michael Carnahan (Deepwater Horizon), Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), and Damon Lindelof (Lost). Brad Ptit stars with Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Ian Bryce.

The three-disc set includes both the theatrical and unrated cuts. Special features will be announced at a later date.

When former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family get stuck in urban gridlock, he senses that it's no ordinary traffic jam. His suspicions are confirmed when, suddenly, the city erupts into chaos. A lethal virus, spread through a single bite, is turning healthy people into something vicious, unthinking, and feral. As the pandemic threatens to consume humanity, Gerry leads a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and, with luck, a way to halt its spread.

Pre-order World War Z.

[invisible-slytherclaw]

Hi guys! I’m back to writing!!!!

With my one of my lovely best friends motivating me on, we are writing a collaborative work on Ao3, which will also be posted on my Wattpad later. As a little treat for the holidays, I am posting the summary, the first few paragraphs of the work and the link to finish reading the chapter if you like it, so here it goes:

Summary

Join the Cast of Holby and Casualty as part of the Harry Potter universe. Between classes, wizard duels, Voldemort’s return and everything in between, join three unlikely heroes in the journey to saving Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Chapter 1: Prologue (preview)

31st October, 1998

Kevin had already gone to bed by the time Jools had been awoken by her child's whimpering cries. Sensing something was wrong, Jools pulled out her wand and raced to Sah's bedroom, where she found her child crying in their crib, a haunting figure standing over them.

Jools waved her wand, snarling as she walked into the room. "Depulso!" She yelled. A bolt of light blue energy flew at the figure, pushing them back. The figure crashed against the wall, knocking over the bookshelf.

This did not deter the figure, however, and he regained his stamina quickly before starting to retaliate. "Expelliarmus!" He yelled.

However, to Jools ears, this was drowned by the send of Kevin shouting "Protego", sending the red spark of the figure's spell shooting off and creating a dent in the wall at the back of the room.

"Take Sah and run, Jools. Get out of the house." Kevin ground out, taking an offensive stance in front of his wife and child. Jools tried to argue, but the figure was already flicking his wand.

Here’s the link: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/52348942"><strong>Sah Brookner and the Philosopher’s Stone</strong></a> (952 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/Helluva_Hazbin_Boss"><strong>Helluva_Hazbin_Boss</strong></a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/invisible_slytherclaw"><strong>invisible_slytherclaw</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/?<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Harry%20Potter%20-%20J*d*%20K*d*%20Rowling">Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling</a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Casualty%20(TV)">Casualty (TV)</a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Holby%20City">Holby City</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings<br />Relationships: Paige Allcott/Theodore "Teddy" Gowan<br />Characters: Sah Brockner, Henrik Hanssen, Dominic Copeland, Theodore "Teddy" Gowan, Stevie Nash (Casualty), Faith Cadogan, Paige Allcott, Ginny Weasley, Percy Weasley, Bill Weasley, Josh Hudson, Gaynor Gowan, Max Cristie (Casualty), Dylan Keogh, Charlie Fairhead, Kevin Brockner, Jools Brockner, Jan Jenning, Cameron Dunn, Ange Goddard<br />Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting<br />Series: Part 1 of <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/series/3892777">Harry Potter/Casualty Crossover</a><br />Summary: <p>Join the Cast of Holby and Casualty as part of the Harry Potter universe. Between classes, wizard duels, Voldemort’s return and everything in between, join three unlikely heroes in the journey to saving Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.</p>

I hope you enjoy and happy holidays 😊

[captain-kaou]

Favorite first watch of May (2024) :

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

-George Miller

Joy Ride (2001)

-John Dahl

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

-Drew Goddard

Mondays: See You ‘This’ Week! (2022)  

-Ryo Takebayashi

When Evil Lurks (2023) 

-Demián Rugna

GoldenEye (1995) 

-Martin Campbell

The Fall Guy (2024) 

-David Leitch

Gif by emilybluntt

The Hitcher (2007) 

-Dave Meyers

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) 

-Peter Cornwell

Gif by crumb

The Passenger (2023)

-Carter Smith

Gif by crumb

[amphtaminedreams]

Mid-year Fashion Update for 2024 in (Mostly) A-Z Format: RTW, Pre-fall, & a Little Haute Couture (Part 2)

-clockwise l-r: Ganni RTW F/W24, Gauchere “, Genny “, Germanier “-

-top to bottom: Gaurav Gupta haute couture S/S24, GCDS RTW F/W24, Georges Hobeika haute couture S/S24-

-clockwise l-r: Giambattista Valli RTW F/W24, haute couture S/S24, Harris Reed RTW F/W24-

-top to bottom: Giorgio Armani RTW F/W24, Givenchy “, Gucci “-

-clockwise l-r: Harunobumurata RTW F/W24, Heliot Emil “, Helmut Lang “, Hodakova “-

-top to bottom: Hermès RTW F/W24, Huishan Zhang “, Institut Français de la Mode “-

-clockwise l-r: Holzweiler RTW F/W24, Hope for Flowers “, House of Aama “, HUI “-

-clockwise l-r: Interior RTW F/W24, Isabel Marant “, Issey Miyake “, Jitrois. “-

-top to bottom: Jacquemus RTW S/S24, Jason Wu Collection RTW F/W24, Jil Sander “-

-top to bottom: Jacques Wei RTW F/W24, Louis Shengtao Chen “, Mark Gong “, Oude Waag “-

-clockwise l-r: Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture S/S24, Johanna Ortiz RTW F/W24, Judy Turner “-

-clockwise l-r: JW Anderson RTW F/W24, Kanako Sakai “, La DoubleJ “, Lapointe “-

-top to bottom: Keisukeyoshida RTW F/W24, Hyke “-

-clockwise l-r: Khaite RTW F/W24, KNWLS “, Kim Shui “, Private Policy “-

-top to bottom: LaQuan Smith RTW F/W24, Lemaire Men’s RTW F/W24, Loewe RTW F/W24-

-clockwise l-r: Loro Piani RTW F/W24, Lou Dallas “, Maisie Wilen “, Maje “-

-top to bottom: Louis Vuitton pre-fall 2024, RTW F/W24, Men’s RTW F/W24, LoveShackFancy “-

-clockwise l-r: Mans RTW F/W24, Pillings “, Ming Ma “-

-top to bottom: Ludovic de Saint Sernin RTW F/W24, Maison Margiela haute couture S/S24, Luisa Beccaria  RTW F/W24-

-clockwise l-r: Mame Kurogouchi RTW F/W24, Marchesa “, Marco Rambaldi “, Marina Morrone “-

-clockwise l-r: Marc Jacobs RTW S/S24, Mark Kenly Domino Tan RTW F/W24, Marine Serre “, Mark Fast “-

-clockwise l-r: Markarian RTW F/W24, Marques’Almeida “, Miss Sohee haute couture S/S24, Missoni RTW F/W24-

-top to bottom: Marni RTW F/W24, Max Mara “, Michael Kors “-

-clockwise l-r: Mithridate RTW F/W24, MM6 Maison Margiela “, Molly Goddard “, Monse “-

-top to bottom: Miu Miu RTW F/W24, Moncler Grenoble “, MSGM “-

-top to bottom: Mugler RTW F/W24, Nina Ricci “, N°21 “-

-clockwise l-r: Nanushka RTW F/W24, Nehera “, Niccolò Pasqualetti “, Noir Kei Ninomiya “-

-clockwise l-r: Norma Kamali RTW F/W24, Ottolinger “, Pamella Roland “-

-clockwise l-r: Off-White RTW F/W24, Palmer Harding “, Patrick McDowell “, Paul & Joe “-

-top to bottom: Patou RTW F/W24, Peter Do “, Philipp Plein “-