#Stephen Joyce

[thephotoregistry]

Stephen Joyce

[storms-are-evil]

The internal logic of the tragic post-apocalyptic implies a world robbed of purpose because the end of the world provides no meaning to human civilization. This issue may best be emphasized thematically through an intense focus on the difficulties of everyday survival because these difficulties underscore the wider existential question of why one would choose to exist in aworld without meaning or purpose.

"The Double Death of Humanity inCormac McCarthy’s The Road", Stephen Joyce (2016)

[petitepluiedemai]

Stephen Joyce

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Dark Days Coming

King: hey guys sorry i'm late King: i just could not get up this morning King: feels like I've been sleeping for days King: what did i miss? King: how did the election go? Lovecraft: not too bad King: King: oh no King: oh no oh no oh no

Lovecraft: don't worry steve it won't be so bad Lovecraft: I've heard assurances from the new regime that they only want the trade unionists King: King: King:

Lovecraft: i mean really steve Lovecraft: how bad could it be? [meanwhile] Donald Trump: we're gonna have the biggliest boot stamping on a human face forever Trump: we love the boot stamping on the human face forever, don't we folks? Trump: more and more people are saying they love the boot

Lovecraft: you're overreacting steve Lovecraft: what's trump even going to do? King: well i'm glad you asked King: [unrolls comically long scroll] Lovecraft: oh is this going to be a song

King: well for starters King: decimate reproductive rights King: LGBTQ rights King: labor rights King: civil rights King: accelerate climate change Lovecraft: [sweats] this is making me feel bad steve Lovecraft: i can't wait for trump to outlaw you telling me this stuff!

King: use the military to brutalize americans King: abandon Ukraine King: and as for gaza George Romero: in all honesty steve Romero: that probably won't change much King: oh look! an optimist!

Lovecraft: ok but Lovecraft: has he actually SAID he's going to do any of that? King: yes Lovecraft: oh he was probably just lying Lovecraft: he lies a lot Poe: he does lie a lot

Lovecraft: i think you're overreacting, he's probably not gonna do all the stuff he says he's gonna do King: so you don't believe him? Lovecraft: nope! King: king: then what's his appeal? Lovecraft: well he's just so honest

Lovecraft: a real straight shooter Lovecraft: tells it like it is Lovecraft: says what he means King: King:

King: howard please tell me you didn't vote for trump did you? Lovecraft: [sweats] steve! please! Lovecraft: i'm only a loveable archie bunker style racist Lovecraft: i'm still 100% yang gang King: King: King: i picked a bad day to quit cocaine

King: i really need some cocaine King: edgar you know where i can get some cocaine don't you Poe: steve stay strong Poe: you don't need cocaine King: just one bump King: to get me through the next four years King: i mean few days King: no i mean four years

King: how about a beer? i was an alcoholic too you know King: maybe i'll take that up again King: this is good drinking weather Poe: steve no Poe: dean help me hold him back King: don't try to stop me! Poe: no steve! you've got so much to live for! King: yeah? like what? Poe: well Poe: you've got a loving family King: Joe is pretty great Koontz: and owen! King: King: yeah and owen is alright too i guess

King: yeah he's pretty good King: what the heck, i can say it King: i love owen too! Koontz: and there's naomi too King: whoa wait a second, i have THREE kids?? King: this just keeps getting better!

King: thanks guys i do feel a little better Poe: good, hold onto that Poe: cuz it's going to be a long four years Lovecraft: only four years? i thought we weren't gonna have to vote anymore! Poe: Poe: good drinking weather, huh?

Joyce Carol Oates: huh, i really don't see why the electorate would hate trans people unless they were persuaded by hate speech and fearmongering JK Rowling: well well well look at the fancccy pantsss rich author Rowling: with her out of touch fancccy ideasss about a pluralissstic sssociety! Rowling: with her fancccy german automobile! Oates: this car was made in Guatemala

Rowling: you're clearly too rich to underssstand the feelingsss of the common man Rowling: unlike me, a true daughter of the proletariat Rowling: i know all about the material needsss of the underclassss Rowling: anyway i'm going to insulate my Scottish castle with big bags of money

[beirarowling]

I'm curious and don't have twitter so I can't see their pages, but has Stephen King said anything about Neil Gaiman? Margaret Atwood? Joanne Harris? Joyce Carol Oates? I remember they all were so quick to condemn J.K. Rowling in 2020 (Gaiman among them) You'd think they would all band together again to write an open letter denouncing Gaiman's horrible crimes, but I can't find anything in the news about it.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Famous Writers' Sleep Habits & Literary Productivity

The wakeup times of famous authors for whom the data was available, based on various interviews and biographies, are correlated with the authors' literary productivity as measured by number of works published and major awards received. Since the length of a writing career influences the volume of literary output and the historical time frame of an author's life determines the awards he/she could have received, each lifespan of each writer is also indicated for context.

Source ⚜ Writing Notes & References

[deadpanwalking]

you may have addressed this in the past, but i am pretty sure i'm too dumb to read james joyce. how do you improve your reading comprehension? i'd like to move beyond the nyt bestseller list, but going from stephen king to faulkner seems like a steep jump.

Nobody is too dumb to read a book, but plenty of people have been conditioned into perpetual incuriosity.  The only way to improve reading comprehension is by reading outside of your comfort zone, which necessarily means letting go of the notion that the relationship between an artist and their audience is adversarial, and that a challenging work of art is booby-trapped with mean tricks designed to make you feel bad.

What do you do when you run into a word or concept that you don't immediately understand in the wild? You don't (I fervently hope) drop what you're reading like a hot potato—you keep reading to see if there’s clarification, and if there's none, you find a reliable source that gives you the definition, context, and examples, then circle back. What do you do when you're watching a movie you haven't seen before and the camera lingers on a random detail, or a character makes an inexplicable choice? Unless you are my dad, you give the story a chance to play out before asking what the deuce is going on. 

Faulkner and Joyce aren't cyphers, which is why their short fiction is a standard in the public high school English curriculum, and As I Lay Dying and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are frequently assigned to juniors and seniors in AP classes—but even their denser writing is more accessible now than it's ever been. Over the past century, so many people have loved them enough to devote their lives to studying their work—and they’ve passed the savings down to you. They’ve written annotations that explain literary, historical, and biographical context and that's aligned with the pagination of the books, they’ve integrated hyperlinks into the hypertext.

There's exactly one (1) acceptable excuse not to read Faulkner or Joyce: not wanting to read Faulkner or Joyce.  You don't even need to give them a chance—millions of people (among them, many prolific and intelligent readers) have and will continue to live rich, meaningful lives after deciding that a particular book or author is simply not a priority, even if the author is famous and the book highly recommended by several friends who wear glasses.

If you can parse this passage from Pet Sematary, you can parse just about anything Joyce throws at you:

[venusdemarshall]

I might be slightly drunk but it's literally them oh my god

[there-are-many-ways-to-smile]

You know what sucks other than Giles or Buffy's mother, they didn't let her have any good adults in her life. Like she'd like someone and they were immediately the victim of the week. Like take the school guidance teacher in season 3, she went to someone, she let her guard down a little and the moment she did. The moment she went to someone other than Giles they killed him.

And it sucks.

We lose so many good characters this way. Like yeah I get it, they live on a hell mouth, but the writers couldn't have let one person have a close call instead of straight up death

[theblue-hairedarcadian]

everyone who calls themselves a fan and still paints chloe price as an ‘ungrateful friend’ or ‘full of herself’ has watched this conversation with their eyes closed completely.

even in before the storm, chloe made sure rachel would be able to play in the tempest even if it meant losing her place in blackwell academy. chloe spent the rest of her night staying at rachel’s house comforting her after they found out that sera was rachel’s biological mother, she got kicked in the stomach and was almost killed by a drug dealer for trying to use her illegal connections to meet the latter; to make rachel happy.

when rachel was nowhere to be found, chloe put up posters and never gave up on looking for her. when max finally came back after five years, chloe didn’t hesitate to welcome her back despite being upset about the fact that she never heard from her again ever since she moved to seattle.

and here, in this conversation, chloe gave max the idea of sacrificing her to save the town from the storm no matter how scared she was. chloe has the right to be selfish for once—she always put rachel first, she never stopped thinking and writing about max in her diary, she was basically homeless in the prequel because she believes it would make david happy and not stress joyce further—but she acknowledged it, and what breaks my heart the most was the fact that she feels sorry for even thinking that way.

chloe price, you are so loved by me and everyone else who understands your character to a deeper level. 💙

happy october 11th! today’s your chance to think again whether you should sacrifice arcadia bay, or sacrifice your blue haired bae. 🦋 i always love hearing about which ending the players pick!

[magnificentsapcaddy]

Alicent: All the work I've put in, everything I've done for this kingdom, and what thanks have I gotten? Am I not entitled to rule even as regent after running the King's council for three-and-ten years as my beloved husband declined in mind and body?

Rhaenyra: All this blood spilled in my name, and yet, my council treats me like a porcelain doll. I yearn for control, but they talk over me, not to me. What sort of queen am I, if I am disallowed from fighting for my people?

Criston: Aemond has grown into something dark and sinister. At night, I wade through a field of ash and bone, and during the day, my mind pulls me back there as well. Am I to blame for my king's downfall? Am I to blame for what his brother has become?

Daemon:

[causeimanartist]

What is your favorite Thursday Murder Club member? Im particularly attached to Ron and Elizabeth.

Oooooooooh tough question because I honestly love them all but if I had to pick - it's between Ibrahim and Joyce!

[thestobingirlie]

Chapters: 4/6

Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Steve Harrington & Everyone, Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair, Robin Buckley/Vickie,

Characters: Steve Harrington, Dustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Steve Harrington's Mother, Steve Harrington's Father, Vickie (Stranger Things), Eddie Munson, Jason Carver, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Mike Wheeler, Kali Prasad Joyce Byers

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dead Steve Harrington, (for now) - Freeform, Grief/Mourning, Season/Series 04, minor Steve and Jesus parallels, Minor Character Death, Angst, Ignore whatever season 4 told you about the UD, Satanic panic

Summary:

As of March 21st 1986, Steve Harrington has been dead exactly eight months and seventeen days.

Chapter Summary:

Chasing ghosts, escaping the past, and California dreamin’.

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Call the Midwife: Magazine Round Up - 13x01

Here are the CTM features and synopses of in the latest UK TV Magazines:

6-12 January 2024

TV Times

Radio Times

TV & Satellite Week

What's on TV

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: She's back

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: I'M BACK! Rowling: [snapping fingers] and I'm on the prowl! Rowling: revenge would tasste sso ssweet right now! Julie Bindel, Helen Joyce, Allison Bailey: [in unison] she's back, she's back! Rowling: and it's time for war!

Rowling: [snapping fingers] I'M BACK! Rowling: and i won't play nice! Julie Bindel, Helen Joyce, Alison Bailey: [in unison] she's back! Rowling: I'M BACK! Rowling: against my lawyer's advice!

Rowling: ssso Rowling: you might have heard Rowling: I'M BACK King: oh, how was your candy floss vacation? Rowling: Rowling: my what King: julie bindel said you were on vacation, eating vodka-infused candy floss Rowling: Rowling: oh yeah right that'ss definitely what i wass doing

Rowling: i wass definitely on a sssunny beach ssomewhere, eating vodka-infussed candy flossss Rowling: and not being chassed around my sscottish mansion by my lawyers with butterfly netsss King: Koontz: Lovecraft: Barker: Poe:

Rowling: anyway i'm back to continue my eternal war againssst imane khelif Rowling: becaussse khelif iss clearly no woman!! Rowling: khelif lackss all the disstinctive featuress of a true woman... Rowling: acrodont teeth Rowling: venom ssacss Rowling: and a thick reptilian hide!

Rowling: as the only true woman on earth, i obviousssly represssent the exemplar of the phenotype Rowling: and i have examined khelif'sss face thoroughly and sssee no evidence of a jacobson's organ! Rowling: casse clossed!

Rowling: khelif claimsss to be againssst my global harassssment campaign Rowling: but she could end it at any time! Rowling: all she has to do is ssubmit all her personal medical information to me, the insstigator of ssaid global harassssment campaign Rowling: sso ssimple!

Rowling: and, of coursse, once i possssessss all of khelif'sss personal medical information Rowling: you could obviousssly trusst me to interpret it in good faith and not to twissst it in the aim of furthering saaid global harasssment campaign Rowling: which is ssstill ongoing

Rowling: trussst me Rowling: am i not the epitome of good faith and honesst dealing? King: Koontz: Lovecraft: Poe: Barker: Rowling: i said Rowling: [weaving head, concentric hypno circles in eyes] am i not the epitome of god faith and honessst dealing?

JK Rowling's lawyer: [appearing from bushes, carrying butterfly net] there she is, boys! JK Rowling: ok i really gotta go now Rowling: remember! trust no one! Rowling: measssure every larynx!!!

Poe: King: Koontz: Lovecraft: Barker: Poe: i really don't know why she keeps coming here King: no i feel bad for her King: i think she's just lonely

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