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WITCHBOARD (1986) – Episode 243 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“Bummer. I forgot my crystal ball… Just a little psychic humor. I don’t really have a crystal ball.” Everyone needs a little psychic humor with their medium, don’t you think? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they share their appreciation for the talented and lovely Tawny Kitaen in Kevin Tenney’s Witchboard (1986).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 243 – Witchboard (1986)

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Decades of Horror 1980s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of 1980s and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.

When his girlfriend becomes dangerously obsessed with a ghost she contacted using a Ouija board, Jim reluctantly joins forces with her ex — his own estranged childhood best friend — to identify and exorcise the evil spirit.

  Writer/Director: Kevin Tenney

Selected Cast:

Todd Allen as Jim Morar

Tawny Kitaen as Linda Brewster

Stephen Nichols as Brandon Sinclair

Kathleen Wilhoite as Zarabeth

Burke Byrnes as Lt. Dewhurst

James W. Quinn as Lloyd

Rose Marie as Mrs. Moses

Judy Tatum as Dr. Gelineau

Gloria Hayes as Wanda

J.P. Luebsen as Malfeitor

Susan Nickerson as Chris

Ryan Carroll as Roger

Kenny Rhodes as Mike

Clare Bristol as Anchorwoman

Ty Copeman as Party Man (uncredited)

With a bromance, romance, love triangle, and a demonic spirit, this week’s Decades of Horror 80s feature has it all, including Tawny Kitaen. Writer/director Kevin Tenney birthed a minor franchise with his Ouija board nightmare original, Witchboard (1986), spawning many sequels and the promise of a remake in 2024. The Grue-Crew brave the supernatural shenanigans to give their thoughts and retrospective on this now cult-classic entry. 

At the time of this writing, Witchboard is available for streaming from Shudder, Tubi, and Freevee, as well as PPV from multiple sources. It is also available on physical media as a Blu-ray disk from Scream Factory.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by . . . someone, will be Cujo (1983), from the Stephen King novel, directed by Lewis Teague, and starring the incomparable Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro! It must be Halloween!

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Inspiration is sort of like a bolt from the blue for most creators because it’s an incredibly intuitive process. You have a thought, dozens of other related thoughts and influences coalesce so fast that you don’t consciously follow that progression. Maybe it looks like: Watching ghost hunter videos + cool picture you saw of the Paris catacombs + neat fact you learned about how bearded vultures eat bones + remember the bone-stealing witch callout post + “I wish there was more urban fantasy about lesbians” + hehe my scrunkly scrimbo is so divorced = “What if two lesbians who used to run a super popular ghost debunking youtube channel that ended when they had a messy breakup got offered a lot of money to do one more episode debunking supposed hauntings in the Paris catacombs. They reluctantly agree for the money and at first they argue a lot, but while they go through the catacombs, unexplained spooky stuff starts happening that forces them to work together, and they discover there’s a bone-eating monster down there which they have to film and not get eaten by. But then the second twist is that it’s an evil bone-stealing cult who chased the monster out of its den and they have to expose the cult without getting ritually murdered. Along the way they remember what they loved about each other while they work together and reconcile the issues that caused them to break up.” Bam, idea is born at the speed of thought, and you probably only consciously thought about one or two of the components that came together to make it. If you’re trying to figure out how to come up with creative ideas, it can help to learn how to consciously and deliberately connect thoughts and influences to develop an idea.

Start by giving yourself a wide base of influence to work with. Experience lots of narrative art: cartoons, movies, weird little youtube short videos, music videos, books, short stories, poetry, zines, webcomics, graphic novels, folk songs, podcasts. Listen to music, browse an art museum, look at famous architecture, quilt patterns, character reference sheets, read cookbooks, biographies, magazines, walk around the neighborhood and look at gardens, peoplewatch. If you have a preferred genre, try to step outside of it. Nonfiction is just as valuable as fiction in providing you with ideas. If you learn an interesting fact, you never know how it will inspire you down the line.

Think about everything you see, and read, and hear. How did it make you feel? Why do you think it made you feel that way? What did you like and dislike about it? What decisions did the creator make when they made it? Why do you think they chose that and not something else? What decisions would you have made if you were creating it? How would you change it if you could? Why? What do you think your friends or parents or favorite character would think about it?

Make lots of lists of specific things you notice about art and ideas you like. It might help to think of stories and characters as recipes, or lists of component parts, or steps in a process. Pick your favorite genre or creator, and make a list of things that you see in their works. If you like fantasy, what are some things that lots of fantasy stories have in common? What are some things that are unique to a particular story? Think about how the things you put in your list affect the story, and make the story work. What would happen if they were removed, or replaced with something else? Try to learn about things related to works you like. Read a wikipedia article on plants or locations mentioned in the work. What historical events, new technology, or contemporary ideas influenced that genre?

Pay attention to places in the story where the author tells you about something, and places where they give a few details and let your own experiences fill in the gaps. For example, if there’s a dog in the story, does the dog’s appearance and personality and behavior all get described in detail, or did the creator leave space where your own memories of a dog you knew filled in the gaps? Where do things about a character’s design, like their color, shape, clothing, or expression suggest things to you about what that character is like, even though the creator never explicitly says those things?

Look at the lists you’ve made, and pull some things you like off the lists to combine together into the basis for a story, world, or character. Don’t feel pressured to make it something unique and amazing right off the bat, it’s just practice. Don’t worry if it’s similar to something another creator made. Just have fun with it.

As you go about your day, look at what’s happening around you. Ask yourself questions based on your creation. What would your new character order at this restaurant? How would they help you with chores if they were here? Does the world you made up have the equivalent of traffic jams, or grocery stores? How do they work? That bush you saw looks like a weird little guy, what if it was a bush dryad or a goblin in a leafy coat? What are they doing in your neighborhood? That’s a neat color combination on that wrapper, what if you had a character with that color scheme? What would they be like? People always drive up that hill way too fast because it’s so steep, what if you wrote a murder mystery where someone manipulated the victim into walking through a dangerous traffic zone like that every day and then arranged for a hit and run? How would that work? Did you learn an interesting fact? How could you put a fictional version of that into your world, or how could you use that fact as a key plot point in your story? What if the plot for the story included something that happened to you? How would it play out? How would you make a boring real life event into an exciting fictional event in that story? If you search for “plot generator” or “idea generator” online, you will find many generators that throw together randomized concepts to suggest ideas and characters. You can also look up lists of worldbuilding questions or character questions. Try finding a tumblr ask game, and go down the list answering the questions as your character would answer them. Pull up random articles on wikipedia and challenge yourself to put a piece of them into your character backstory, or world, or narrative. Don’t feel bound to stick with them exactly if you don’t want to, but use them as jumping off points, to add more details to your ideas. Don’t be afraid to come up with something cliche or silly, just brainstorm. Try changing parts of them and see if that makes them better or worse. Even if you don’t like your ideas, you’re practicing the process of being creative. When you’re done, think about what you did and didn’t like, and if there are parts of what you made that inspire you to build more ideas around them.

Best of luck, anon. You sound passionate, and you sound like someone who loves stories. I hope you’re able to learn to tap into your own wellspring of creativity, and that it brings you lots of joy.

Feel free to ignore this if it’s too much

I struggle immensely creating character designs, stories, anything like that. Ideas simply won’t come to me.

I’ve asked so many their processes for creating worlds or characters, and really the thing I lack they all describe is just *having* ideas. I draw all the time, just nothing of my own characters or stories. I feel as if I don’t have that spark that so many others do, but I want to be able to so badly — I adore your work, and how you speak about art and the world in general. How you understand things really speaks to me. Is there anything I can do? To make ideas come? I don’t know if I know how , but I want to be able to view the world in a way that allows me to create

oof. hard ask to answer, not sure that I can! it doesn't feel fair to say that ideas 'just come to me', but that is more or less what happens! I have read and watched a lot of stories, and still do (though I read much more when I was small...) and I try to listen to the ideas that come to me- I find that if there's anything that I have practice at it's listening. You get a tickle of a thought, and you have to be patient and quiet to not frighten that inkling of idea away. They are elusive, most especially when you need an idea or even just want one. My best ideas have come to me unnounced, unasked for, and often in great tides, but often they come when I'm not using my brain too hard. Daydreaming, lying down, in the shower, 3am etc etc etc.

I'm sure people will find this peculiar but I find a key method to writing is to set aside TIME to just idle your brain and let it wander- an hour at least is best, and I appreciate that finding an hour to just lie and muddle your thoughts and Not Think is very very hard to find. However, if you are allowed to count this as work (as I do), it is much more productive to set that one hour aside than to work work work and wonder why you never have any ideas, because you are filling your brain up with so much noise you can't hear them, or it frightens them away! I can't guarantee that this will work, but it works for me. Be gentle with yourself, and let your brain have some space so that it can take a walk.

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critical bits, oh these those stars of space, rude tales of magic

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We asked our staff what their favorite spooky podcasts and they gave us an excellent list! These podcasts are just what you need to get in the mood for Halloween!

Dark History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JKWwqOpthA... "Hi friends I am so excited to announce a new podcast I've been working on, its Dark History! Woo. Since starting my Monday series, I would always come across strange and unusual stories throughout history that would blow my mind! I would ask myself, "why in the world did we not learn this in school?" or maybe we did, and I'm just an idiot. Either way, I wanted to sit down and have a chat about all the strange stories throughout history that isn't talked about much. Oh babe, this is murder mystery and makeup to the 10th degree!"

My Favorite Murder: https://myfavoritemurder.com/ "My Favorite Murder is the hit true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Since its inception in early 2016, the show has broken download records and sparked an enthusiastic, interactive “Murderino” fan base who come out in droves for their sold-out shows worldwide. A top 10 regular on iTunes’ comedy podcast chart, My Favorite Murder has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, Nylon and Rolling Stone magazine. Aside from being avid true crime enthusiasts, Karen Kilgariff is a stand-up comedian and television writer and Georgia Hardstark is a writer and host for the Cooking Channel."

Spooked: https://spookedpodcast.org/ "The grandson of a seer, Spooked host Glynn Washington was born to a family haunted by ghosts. As a teenager, he witnessed his first exorcism — and began the process of whispering back to the shadows plaguing his nighttime. “I grew up feeling the veil between worlds was not as solid as I may have liked.” A student of magic, Glynn has traveled the world in search of the mystic, the strange, and the divine. “I can’t explain everything I’ve seen.” Washington admits. “I keep wondering, what am I missing? That’s really what this show is all about.”"

Bridgewater: https://www.grimandmild.com/bridgewater "Folklore professor Jeremy Bradshaw is pulled into the mysterious 1980 disappearance of his police officer father, Thomas, by new evidence that threatens to upend decades of certainty. Along the way, he’s helped by some unlikely partners who challenge everything he believes in, and ultimately tries to answer the question: can the past actually be rewritten? Together with his father’s former partner, retired Detective Anne Becker, Jeremy must chase the clues that will tell him whether his father really did fall victim to a Satanic cult in the Bridgewater Triangle—or something much more dark and unexplainable."

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midsommar

I had to think on this one. I watched it Friday & I’m just now getting around to write this on Monday.

The first and most obvious thing... I hated Christian from the beginning & once I got to the point in the movie where we find out these two people have been together for four. fucking. years. & this man has just been there, hovering on the edges of her life, not giving a fuck, being some sad ghost...

I can’t with this shit.

I mean this behavior is something I maybe cynically expect out of people but it’s also disappointing. I don’t get why people won’t just do & say what they mean. Life is short, have some fucking courage & go where your passion is — especially where creative & romantic entanglements are involved.

That doesn’t mean to be heartless, but as we see here inertia breeds heartlessness. Hell, I’ve let my involvement in relationships run a little past expiration to coddle feelings. I’ve even stayed living with an ex through a tough time for practical support because they were still a friend & I don’t bail on my friends. But my emotions were clearly communicated, I was done, we saw other people. So there was no confusion.

So, I really did not like Christian to put it mildly. I felt like he behaved a bit like a scavenger — addicted to the pity of his friends, he wrapped himself in her sorrow & used it as an excuse & it was just...

It set me up to like Pelle, which in retrospect pisses me off. In that situation he was a breath of fresh air & he’s an artsy boy so...

I roll through this movie wincing at the various problematic aspects of this very obvious cult — the way they culled people who weren’t to their “standards,” including some obviously racist bullshit — focused more on revenge against Christian & for Dani to have a new start with a sweet, creative dude like Pelle (but also, gag).

& I liked the end. Oh damn did I like the end.

Then I stepped back & thought about how the movie made me feel & I didn’t like it anymore. Yeah, Christian was a crappy person & continued his shitty behavior — selling his friends out, keen to edge into the group however he could. But I feel a little like I subconsciously played into the cult dynamic of the movie because I was so focused on that element of revenge.

& isn’t that the point? When things seem unjust people are pulled into these throwback systems that are actually massively unjust & only seem to balance the scale in like vain ways?

Ugh. This movie caused me to think a lot more than I expected.

Podcast notes

We will be discussing Midsommar with the rest of the psychological/slasher week picks on the second episode of the podcast due out by Saturday morning, Oct. 31. Subscribe by searching for Sage Cigarettes Presents: A Ghost in the Magazine or by following this link to Spotify.

Psychological/slasher week ranking

Midsommar

Overall ranking

Train to Busan

Interview with the Vampire

Color out of Space

Nosferatu

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Midsommar

Vampire’s Kiss

Re-Animator

Wolf Cop

Spring

Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Fright Night

Phantasm

Dolls

The Doll

Child’s Play

Dollman vs. Cursed Toys

John Carpenter’s Vampires

Dracula (2007)

Puppet Master III

Heidi

Dead Birds

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Bad Moon

Trilogy of Terror

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❝ babe, there’s something tragic about you, something so magic about you, don’t you agree? ❞

ALL ABOUT PEACH

NAME:  Peach Owens GENDER/PRONOUNS:  Cis woman, she/her DATE OF BIRTH:   September 15th, 1987 BIRTH PLACE:St. Mary’s, Georgia CURRENT RESIDENCE: Mystic Point OCCUPATION: Chef/Owner of PEACHES food truck, Podcast host. FACE CLAIM: Sophia Bush

BIOGRAPHY

Born the second child to a very lively couple in St. Mary’s, Georgia, Peach Cecelia Owens was one of the four Owens kids, all named after a fruit. Clementine, Peach, Cherry and Plum were the Owens siblings, and if they weren’t known for their foodie names, maybe it was the eccentric lifestyle. Their mom, Leanna Owens, was a clairvoyant and their father, a former pastor, current ghost hunter. Their home was a large, a classic country home with a large porch and a lot of land where the kids would run barefoot and play with the many family animals and play pretend. Things were pretty normal for them, except for the town rumors of course, about them being associated with a cult, being witches, devil worshippers. She remembers days out with her big sister Clementine, and being seen as Those Owens Girls, always whispered about.

Peach was used to being the weird kid in school, with the weird parents, and she was okay with that mostly. She was okay with it because she believed in their work. She saw the things her mom saw, though she didn’t tell anyone, but she suspected her mom knew. So she let the kids call her and her siblings weird, because she knew in her heart that her parents were just doing what they had to do. Sure, maybe her older sister didn’t feel the same way, and she fled St. Mary’s as soon as she could, leaving Peach to take care of her siblings while their parents went on ghost hunting trips, or take care of them on the road in the summers when they all went along, but she loved helping her family, wanting to be as passionate and as cool as her parents when she got older. Though, she wasn’t sure she’d go into the family business. Cooking was more her thing, and how funny, with a name like Peach, right? She remembers days filled with tearing out recipes from the newspapers and her mama’s magazines, testing them out and making a mess in their kitchen. She remembers making her siblings her taste testers, subjecting them to the grossest, and then some of the most delicious things they’ve ever tried.  Cooking for other people made her happy, and food was happiness in her opinion.

Peach worked as a waitress at a little place called Debbie’s Diner when she was in St. Mary’s during the school year, mostly to save up money of her own. Her parents made decent money, but with three kids still at home, she wanted to ease their strain. It was one night in the diner when a man came in from the rain, took a seat at one of her tables. He ordered a black coffee, a slice of pie and made casual small talk whenever she came by the table. She grew to like him, and after her shift ended, she sat with him and talked for a while. It was when he shook her hand that she saw it, his life flashing before her eyes.  Thankfully, Debbie’s was a 24 hour diner, and she kept the man talking through the night, and she came to learn later, saving his life. That was the night Peach learned she was a lot like her mother, but also that maybe she couldn’t handle all of that power.

Culinary school for her was kind of a give-in, and going to a school close to home was even more of one. She was accepted with early admissions. It was close enough to home where she could return on weekends to help out her parents, and even work at the diner sometimes, too. She still spent the summers with her parents, that is, until her internship came along. Her junior year one of her professors, a head chef in a restaurant asked her to come be an intern there, basically shadow him for the summer, and she accepted immediately. Getting out of Georgia and being able to work in a real restaurant was her dream.  This is where she really learned to cook.  Not just the basics, but to really combine flavors and manage a restaurant, and she also fell in love with Crystal City while she was there, but come graduation she had a decision to make, go work as a line cook at the restaurant again, where a job was waiting, or stay home, work at the diner, and stay with her family.

It was her mother who finally made the decision for her, hands cradling Peaches’ face, she told her daughter to go wherever her heart desired, and that’s how Peach Cecelia Owens, at the time, 22, ended up in Crystal City.

Peach loved Crystal City, and the restaurant, and it didn’t take long for her to hear all the rumors about the crime going on in the city, and it was even quicker that she got a little bit involved with the unsolved murders here.  It started randomly one night, that she decided to start the podcast PEACH’N, talking about true crime cases, including the murders and crime happening all over the city she calls home.

Now, at 33, Peach lives in a one bedroom apartment in Mystic Point with her dog, Darcy, a dog she adopted after her last breakup with her ex-girlfriend, runs a moderately successful podcast, and just opened her own food truck that she drives around Crystal City, called PEACHES where she cooks things like fig jam and goat cheese paninis and lobster mac and cheese and all sorts of comfort foods and gourmet foods, as well as her twists on the classics.

[katelynvanhoosen]

Hot 100

A list of one hundred things i’m interested in, with research done on my top ten.

Wealth inequality

Big philanthropy

Time magazine

Netflix

Billionaires

Conspiracy theories

Hip hop

Art house films

Punk

Recycling

Serial killers

Ikea

Plants

Royalty

Ancient Rome

Salem Witch trials

Greek mythology

Head injuries

Art therapy

Libraries

Amazon

YouTube

Coffee

Movies

Spotify

Documentaries

Advertisements

Cold cases

Ghost hunting

Supreme Court

Adobe

Witchcraft

Area 51

Exorcisms

MTV

Marvel

Egyptian tombs

Roanoke

John Wilkes Booth

MLB

Opioid epidemic

National parks

Streetwear fashion

Skateboarding

Counterfeit goods

Fungi

Pirates

Neurology

Lucid dreaming

Ice skating

Hair dye

LGBTQ activism

K-pop

AIDS crisis

Sociology

DB Cooper

Internet

Nail polish/art

Tattoos

Piercings

Movies

Packaging

Concerts

Stage design

Grunge fashion

Sculpture

Pokémon

Twitter

Cartoon Network

Screen printing

Pop culture

Gender

Podcasts

Autism

Criminal justice

Gaming

Monopoly board game

Google

Solar systems

Astrology

Meat alternatives

Cults

NASA

Prison reform

Vaccines

Brazil

Makeup

Fast fashion

Doc Martens

Pantone

College sports

Italy

Stickers

Succulents

Painting

Clue board game

Apple

The Art Institute of Chicago

Rainforests

Documentaries

[adrianalvas]

Podcast 188: Figure Section [aufnahme + wiedergabe] [ +Interview]

Figure Section arose from the meeting of Austrian-French musician and actress Olivia Carrère - aka Olive - and Belgian artist and producer Yannick Franck (RAUM, Orphan Swords, Mt Gemini), who first crossed paths on a theatre stage in Brussels.

Although founded on an acknowledgement of these styles, their execution is experimental, idiosyncratic and entirely modern in spirit, guided by an intent to revise their influences and an approach shaped by romanticism and a surreal, Dadaistic sense of humour. The recurrent themes of the project address friendship, love, loss, existential angst, survival, irony, degeneration, queer culture, non-conformity and ‘the expiation of tensions through modern day rituals’.

The duo’s first single ‘Teutonic Knights’ was hailed by The Brvtalist as an illustration of ”infectious wave [music] with an eerie atmosphere and frigid vocals”, a track that subsequently generated widespread acclaim. In October their debut EP was released on the cult Berlin based label run by Phillip Strobel, aufnahme + wiedergabe.

TF: What motivates you to create Figure Section?

O: My collaboration with Yannick is an intersection between a strong friendship and similar interests and tastes in music. What’s more, the collaboration between us is really complementary in the creative process and allows us to explore new musical playgrounds which neither of us would probably reach if we were working separately.

Y: There are certain musical realms I wanted to explore for a long time whilst doing very different projects (Orphan Swords, RAUM, Y.E.R.M.O.), and since we met and started to experiment together, we dreamed of having a proper duo. It took time but here we are, I am very glad the project exists and I couldn’t dream of a better companion to do it with.

TF: Tell us something about you. What’s your background? Where did you studied and who influenced you to explore musical processes?

O: My background is rather diverse, and it took me a long time to discover how intimate I was with music as a listener, but also as a composer. I come from a theatrical background. I trained as an actress, though I started my studies with a degree in communication – specifically in socio-cultural animation - knowing that I would change path after obtaining it. It’s quite funny to see how tortuous life can be before finding your way through and beyond all these experiences. When I started as an actress ten years ago, something was missing in my professional contribution. I was desperately looking for some creative language that I could develop on my own. I was already familiar with singing since my childhood, so I started learning the basics of music theory online, and quickly I realized that I wanted to compose songs, and to find the easiest way of recording them without any external help. I got my hands on a keyboard and software and started composing, singing and producing at home. It was more a secret process for a few years, until I created a solo piece in the National Theatre of Belgium, which involved performing some of my compositions. This was a fundamental step where I learned that, with the music, I could be really free in the writing and performing process.

Y: I studied painting, but it quickly became clear that music was a territory worth exploring and one that I had to invest my time and energy into. Since I was pretty disgusted by the blatant materialism and the general mindset of the art world; the galleries, and a lot of the attitudes adopted by other artists (competitiveness, individualism, tendency to follow an art world, scale version of the Star System), I found there would be more freedom making music. People attend a concert to have an experience. Anyhow I love art, all sorts of art and my friends are usually creative people. Also, there have never been any boundaries for me, you can build sonic sculptures or paint rhythms, you can conceive a concert as a performance, you can do whatever you want. I recently moderated a panel at BOZAR about the underground art scene in New York in the 80’s, in East Village in particular. I had the pleasure of interviewing Dany Johnson (she was a resident DJ at Club 57 and later at Paradise Garage), Leonard Abrams (he ran the fabulous magazine The East Village Eye) and Gil Vasquez (DJ and president of the Keith Haring Foundation) and what struck me was the fact that at that particular moment in that scene you had zero boundaries between visual art, music, dance, performance… Klaus Nomi shared the bill with Ann Magnuson and John Sex and Haring curated shows and painted almost 24/7 while listening to music. It was all about energy. It’s academicism and speculation (art as a luxury product) that kills such energies (and eventually did in that case) Two different problems, both normative and alien to any creative essence. I stumbled upon a Serge Daney quote lately: ‘Academicism is the aesthetics of nihilism.’ And I agree with that, once you “do things because that’s the way they’re done”, reproduce them in blind fidelity and separate, classify, and annihilate boundary breaking forces, you start producing numb, meaningless objects. In this case a painting has to go from a gallery to a living room or a collection where it belongs. Is it a nice base material for speculation or a good way to seem educated and exhibit your taste as a buyer, to impress others? Hell no…a painting is rather an expression of life itself, a celebration, an exhibition of the worlds revolting features, its horrors, its injustice, its sadness, qualities and themes such as these…in every case it is an essential, vital gesture. Otherwise why even take a look at it? Music should be just the same.

TF: Do you spend all your time for your musical activity or do you have another job?

O: Yes, I do now. The musical activity has taken the vast majority of my time even though I’m still performing as a theatre actress, but that part of my professional activity is becoming more and more scarce. I’ve been recently offered to create music for theatre. So, my work today is divided between Figure Section, and other emerging projects for which I compose and produce for other artists, and my work as a music composer for the theatre. Maybe one day I will come back to the stage with a performance in which I’ll be the actress as well as the musician. I do keep an eye on that prospect even though it’s not the priority for the moment.

Y: I teach sound in cinema. We analyze movies and their soundtracks most of the time. It is a very interesting way to make a living next to music making.

TF: How is your live set up going to be? Any particular equipment? What’s your favourite track to play live and why?

O: We are working on the simplest and most efficient way of touring. So, our set is based on live keyboard playing, voice mixing, and equalizing the tracks live. So, there’s no particular equipment at the moment.

Spectral Dance, is one of my favourites to play live. It’s a more nostalgic synthpop song that offers a vast sense of space for the vocals and the keyboard parts. I just love its simplicity, almost naïveté, contrasted by lyrics about pernicious ghosts from the past that try to keep us from moving forward.

Y: There is a lot of different processes and ideas colliding and merging in Figure Section. It is always quite challenging for us to write a new song and perform it on stage. I think my favourite live song is currently Disfigured Section. We both sing on that one and I love that. Lyrics and vibe wise it’s sort of a Neo Dada track, maybe a tad surrealistic too, from apparent nonsense a lot of sense can emerge from the lyrics. Also, it is nervous, rough, noisy, kind of pissed off. At the same time desperate and full of energy. A union of opposites.

TF: What new hardwares did you apply to make 'Spectre' LP? Do you have a particular method while working in the studio?

O: There’s no new hardware utilized, but we have a more precise choice of instruments these days as well as a particular approach in the production process. Yannick and I work just as well separately as together in the studio. It just helps us to be more efficient because of our very different schedules. We both share online a musical file filled with musical ideas, loops, drums and lyrics. We are both the composers and mixers of the songs, but Yannick is more the writer and the producer and I’m more the arranger and singer. I think that we have now reached the perfect balance in the creative process, which is almost symbiotic.

Y: Yes, it is super interesting because I never know where Olive is going to take a song to when she starts working on it with her great skills and sensibility. What I know is that great stuff will eventually happen, leading to things that will stimulate us and give us even more ideas.

TF: How do you compose this tracks? Do you treat them like musical narratives or more like sound sculptures or images?

O: It really depends on the material. Sometimes Yannick comes with a very complete composition and I add the keyboard and voice arrangements, sometimes I come with a proposition and he completes it. Our strongest asset as a duo is that we started music completely differently, Yannick as an electronic experimentalist and performer, and I as a pop songwriter and singer. So, what we do is bring these assets together in our songs. I think the first track of the Spectre release is the perfect example of that symbiosis. This is what we aim for.

Y: Yes, it is a creative adventure, we have no such thing as a clearly established routine, it’s more laboratory like. It is not “experimental music” but the way it is done is not conventional either.

TF: Any movie, documentary, album (not electronic music) that you would like to share with our readers?

O: We are big fans of horror, thrillers and sci-fi. The last movie that left me fascinated as well as horrified is Midsommar by Ari Aster. I loved that movie because its director knows how to subtly inject weird elements of comedy that make you feel uncomfortable, as well as conveying an ice-cold intrigue about ancient pagan practices and rituals. Loved it.

Y: +1 for Midsommar. I loved that the movie never seems to bring any judgment about the neo-pagan community it depicts, it is just utterly different from what we know but it seems to make sense no matter how shocking it can be. It gives us a break from the ethnocentric attitude of many North Americans and from the extreme arrogance of modern western civilizations, which seem to be absolutely convinced of their superiority to any previous or different civilizations. Also, the visual effects are amazing. Der Goldener Handschuh (The Golden Glove) was quite a great movie too. Being utterly disgusted by this ugly, messy, desperate serial killer’s gruesome murders without being able to restrain myself from laughing was for sure a wild experience. And it really triggers thoughts afterwards. Moral thoughts especially. I found it pretty strong. A non-electronic album: Lux perpetua by Ensemble Organum, which is a very particular version of the Requiem by Anthonius de Divitis. It is such a beautiful requiem and such an incredible interpretation; it even features throat singing which is very unusual in the context of European polyphonic reinterpretations. 15th century art tends to focus a lot on death and mortality. And as Regis Debray said in his 1992 book The Life and Death of Images: “Where there is death there’s hope, aesthetically speaking.”

TF: What are the forthcoming projects?

O: Wrapping up our debut LP.

Y: We are also planning tours, confirmed dates are in Israel and the US so far but more will be announced later on. It would be fabulous to come play in Mexico too!

source https://www.tforgotten.org/single-post/Podcast-188-Figure-Section-aufnahme-wiedergabe-Interview

[kabutoraiger]

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Hey if we’re talking podcasts id love to send you a few recs

I dont listen to a lot of Horror so my recs are mostly not that

They are also all audio fiction; i dont think you were looking for nonfiction? But if you are looking for those ive also got a handfull if you want em

Misadventure By Death - a man receives a job to be the caretaker of a historical house and finds it a lot more haunted than he likes (full disclosure: friends of mine created and act in this podcast)

Love and Luck - two men begin to date each other and gain strange subtle powers that they use for the purposes of making the world a better place. This podcast was made with the explicit purpose of being good happily ending queer rep (not that it is finished yet) and its so sweet and good and the eps are short so you can get invested really fast.

Within The Wires - the world has changed as we know it. All countries’ governments were destroyed and replaced with a unified gllbal governing body. Discover this world through (season 1) a series of relaxation tapes in which a woman attempts to break someone she loves out of a mental institute, (season 2) guided museum tours by a woman who had an incredibly complicated relationship with the artist whose work she is describing and (season 3) a beaurocrat’s recorded notes to his secretary. This podcast has a less straightforward format than most of the others on here, but thats what i really adored about it when i first started listening to it. Created by one of the creators of welcome to night vale

The Amelia Project - have you ever wanted to fake your death because of your problems? Well, if you have enough money, the amelia project will give you a spectacular false send off. This podcast documents the cases that the amelia project works on and is very funny

Midnight Radio - every night at midnight the radio plays a show that seems to be lifted straight from the past. Listen to the host talk about how much she adores her small town and the long history she’s had with it. Better than how im describing it i swear

Girl in Space - our protagonist lives alone in a space station. It wasnt always that way. And now, after she presses a strange button that she finds, she’ll have to deal with the people who come to find her.

The Once and Future Nerd - a fantasy series about three teens who find themselves transported to a fantasy universe. Well written and acted, this series subverts common tropes about the fantasy genre and challeneges them. Also: elves with southern accents

Solutions to Problems - set in the distant future, stp is a radio advice show, where people can write about their problems involving work, relationships, time travel, ai, alien customs and so much more. The hosts may or may not ever solve a single problem.

Greater Boston - you know boston? This podcast ia about boston. Like the boston where a section of the subway voted to become its own city, where a magazine about fortune telling is huge, where a man goes on a roller coaster, immediately decides its not for him and nopes out of the situation by dying. Not what happened in real boston? Eh this place is kinda better.

Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services - a witch is kicked out of her coven and decides to sell her own services. Each episode is the compilation of the notes she made for every case she has taken on and also a bit of an investigation into the person sabotaging Kalila’s efforts.

Alba Salix - Alba Salix is the head healing witch of the kingdom and must deal with unsufferable related royalty as well as two new employees that shes unwillingly taken on. A fantasy comedy thing.

Red Rhino - A timeline keeper attempts to coach a young man through becoming a superhero with his newly acquired powers that he hates. Everything is more ridiculous and suspicious than it seems.

The Beacon - a young woman makes a podcast about the superpowers she has just gained, the horrible monster in the forest and her quest to stop that monster before it hurts more people.

Mt olympus university - pandora has managed to get a full free ride to university and with no other options, she took it. Only she finds herself in a place where everyone else has powers and she doesnt. Join her as she meets the various greek gods in a world that doesnt have the same history with them that ours does. Short sweet and weekly. I also really adore the theme song.

Otherverse - aliens have invaded the world but humans arent giving up with a fight. (full disclosure: friends of mine created and act in this podcast)

Jim Robbie and The Wanderers - a group of travellers make their way across a post apocalyptic america where giant bees roam the lands and chicago is mostly underwater and ghost trains run through the deserts and cults worship the sun. A lot more cheerful than it sounds. (Full disclosure: i work on this one. Its kinda on hiatus, but theres a pretty big backlog if this is up your alley)

Most of these podcasts should be pretty easy to find but if you need help with links or want more recs, feel free to ask! Podcasts are a big part of my life.

this is an incredibly helpful list thank youu! 💕 some of these sound exactly like my kind of thing

[docrotten]

EVEN THE WIND IS AFRAID (1968, Hasta El Viento Tiene Miedo) – Episode 148 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“Tonight, even the wind is afraid.” What? Now you’re really scaring me! Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in another hidden gem from Mexican writer/director Carlos Enrique Taboada, Even the Wind is Afraid (1968, Hasta el viento tiene miedo).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 148 – Even the Wind is Afraid (1968, Hasta el viento tiene miedo)

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When Claudia and her friends break the rules by trespassing into a forbidden tower, the school’s headmistress punishes them by confining them to the school during Spring Break. A similar incident happened five years before with horrendous, tragic consequences.

  Writer/Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada 

Selected Cast:

Marga López as Bernarda, the principal

Maricruz Olivier as Lucía, the vice principal

Alicia Bonet as Claudia

Norma Lazareno as Kitty

Renata Saydel as Ivette

Elizabeth Dupeyrón as Josefina

Rita Sabre Marroquín as Silvia

Irma Castillón as Marina

Rafael Llamas as Diego

Sadi Dupeyrón (credited as Saidi Dupeyron) as Armando

Pamela Susan Hall as Andrea, the ghost

Enrique García Álvarez (credited Enrique Garcia) as Doctor Oliver

Lourdes Baledón as Verónica

The Grue-Crew head to Mexico for the ninth time and encounter a restless spirit seeking revenge. Suspense and supernatural shenanigans ensue! The cult film in question is Even the Wind is Afraid (Hasta el viento tiene miedo) from writer/director Carlos Enrique Taboada, who is also the writer/director for another Classic Era episode, The Book of Stone (1969, El libro de piedra). The Classic Era Grue-Crew also recognized cast members from another of their episodes, Macario (1960). When Even the Wind is Afraid was released in 1968, it revitalized the Mexican horror genre. Be ready to settle in for a discussion with your faithful Gruesome Magazine spirit guides.

At the time of this writing, Even the Wind is Afraid is available to stream from Tubi and YouTube, and is available as a Blu-ray disc from VCI Video.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Chad, Hammer’s X the Unknown (1956), written by Jimmy Sangster, starring Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, Edward Chapman, Anthony Newley, and a big gob-o’-glowin’-goo.

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!” 

Check out this episode!

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[orderjackalope]

For two decades George Jacob Schweinfurth was public enemy #1 in Rockford, IL: a smooth-talking charlatan who made a mockery of religion, despoiled innocent women, and stole money with his hypnotic powers. Tune in this week for the amazing tale of the man they called "ten times worse than Brigham Young."

Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/holy-ghost-babies/

Key sources for this episode include Dan Visel's article "Illinois Jesus" from the Paris Review; Alex McCleneghan's Six Years in Heaven: The Amazing Story of George Jacob Schweinfurth, The False Christ; and contemporary newspaper reports and magazine articles.

Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia.

This week we're cross-promoting with Oldie But A Goodie! Join Sandro Falce and Zach Adams as they embark on a journey through an entire year of cinema, reviewing one film per episode in the week they originally came out.

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CONNECTIONS! Perhaps unsurprisingly, Schweinfurth's Perfectionists had frequent conflicts with the other cults and fringe religous movements that proliferated in 1890s Chicago. Scottish faith healer John Alexander Dowie (from Series 6's "Marching to Shibboleth") attacked Schweinfurth as a false Christ and actively tried to peel off his followers. Hollow Earth messiah Cyrus Teed (from Series 4's "We Live Inside") was mostly just angry they'd stolen his church's name.

[pacificobadiah]

This is my niche. My day job is making horror podcasts for Bloody Disgusting, here are some of the shows I've worked on, and some that I just love to listen to!

Creepy Pastas - Creepy

Monster of the week - SCP Archives

Arctic horror - The White Vault

The Midwest - Unwell

West Virginia - Old Gods of Appalachia

"Alien" but underwater - Down

Water based religion - Gospels of the Flood

WTNV in a hotel - The Hotel

80s pulp magazine - Bleeder's Diegest

Guided Nightmares - Scare You To Sleep

Cassette tape cults - Archive 81

Alternate histories - Out of Place

Ghost hunters - The Black Tapes

D&D mimics - Dark Dice

Colonialism in a fantasy world - Margaret's Garden

My personal top reccs for you would probably be The Hotel (since you like WTNV) and either The White Vault or SCP Archives (because you like Magnus). All of these podcasts are available wherever you listen, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.

If you need links to any of these shows please let me know!

pssssst anyone know any horrifying podcasts similar to The Magnus Archives... I'm already listening to WTNV and CH&T but they don't seem to have the same kick (YET. no spoilers)

[xdevilinthechurch-blog]

memes for extremes

+headcanons

Bold what applies Italicize what applies sometimes or in some verses Regular text what rarely applies or only in few verses Strikethrough what never applies

under cut for length

BELIEFS:

agrees completely with the beliefs of a single philosopher/person believes all religions are cults believes animals do not have souls believes being homosexual is a choice believes conspiracy theories about politics, historical events, etc. believes everyone goes to heaven when they die believes in aliens believes in an afterlife believes in demonic possession believes in ghosts/spirits believes in karma believes in reincarnation believes in superheroes believes in supernatural/mythical creatures (werewolves, vampires, mermaids, etc.) believes in the Illuminati believes one gender is better than the other believes one race or culture is better than another believes the moon gives him special powers believes that watching/not watching a sporting event profoundly affects the outcome believes the world will end soon carries a “lucky” item with them everywhere doesn’t believe in mental illness fights for animal rights fights for gender equality fights for human rights fights for the legalisation of marijuana/other drugs fights for marriage equlity hates conflict is a Mormon is Amish is an Atheist is always trying to recruit people to their religion/philosophical beliefs is apathetic about politics is extremely passionate about a certain political issue is extremely politically conservative is extremely politically liberal is extremely superstitious meditates practices voodoo refuses to hurt any animal including insects

CLOTHING:

always has change in their pockets always has untied shoelaces always wears a cap or hat always wears a jacket, even in summer always wears shorts, even in winter always wears sunglasses, even indoors cannot resist the urge to steal clothing whenever they go to a clothing store cannot wear a certain colour doesn’t use a wallet doesn’t wear a watch only owns one or two pairs of shoes only wears a certain colour only wears t-shirts and jeans owns an outrageous amount of shoes refuses to get rid of old clothing refuses to wear shoes wears colorful socks wears lots of bracelets wears mismatched socks wears multiple watches set to different time zones wears only clothing of the opposite sex wears only new socks

COUNTING:

counts ceiling tiles counts cracks in the sidewalk counts money in pockets once a day counts own teeth counts stairs counts steps taken while walking

DIAGNOSED DISORDERS/SYMPTOMS:

experiences anxiety when alone experiences social anxiety experiences episodes of depression experiences episodes of mania experiences panic attacks has a compulsive disorder has a learning disability has an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) has anorexia has Asperger’s Syndrome has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has bipolar disporder has borderline personality disorder (BPD) has bulimia has delusions of grandeur has depression has epilepsy has generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has insomnia has narcolepsy has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has schizophrenia has seizures has selective mutism has senesthesia hears voices is a pathological liar uses braces/crutches uses a wheelchair self-diagnoses self-harms by bruising self-harms by burning self-harms by cutting

ENTERTAINMENT/HOBBIES:

attends over 50 concerts per year belongs to a book club belongs to a fan club blogs boxes brings camera everywhere busks (performs in public for money) can’t sleep after watching horror movies collects boxes collects business cards collects buttons collects celebrity trash collects flyers collects insects collects packs of playing cards collects postcards collects stamps collects stuffed animals collects ticket stubs to everything creates cartoons creates comics creates inventions creates short films crochets dances competitively designs cars designs clothing doodles on everything embroiders enjoys hiking enjoys plays on words enjoys jigsaw puzzles enjoys jokes with puns enjoys word puzzles fire-breathes freestyle raps gardens gets headaches while listening to a certain type/genre of music has a black belt in karate has an obsession with a particular TV show, series, film, or franchise has seen a particular musical artist live over 50 times hates the outdoors hunts animals is a hacker is always reading is in a band juggles keeps a Rubik’s cube with them at all times keeps up with the weather obsessively knits lip-synchs loves board games loves camping loves memorising lists loves playing practical jokes loves the outdoors loves to hide and scare people makes dioramas/models makes greeting cards makes podcasts makes robots mixes music only listens to a certain genre of music only listens to a certain musical artist only watches court TV only watches reality shows paints plays a musical instrument plays a team sport plays with fire practices archery practices calligraphy practices magic practices metal working practices miming practices mixed martial arts (MMA) practices taxidermy practices water sports practices wood working practices yoga plays “geeky” games that require a paid subscription such as World of Warcraft plays poker plays video games randomly wanders around/gets lost when bored reads books chapter by chapter backwards rides BMX rides horses rock climbs runs scrapbooks secretly makes graffiti on public property self-publishes a magazine sings well skateboards sketches skiis swims swordfights takes pictures of everything teaches aerobics classes teaches art classes teaches dance classes vlogs volunteers wrestles writes academic articles writes essays writes fan fiction writes novels writes to a penpal

FEARS:

is afraid of or hates a certain colour is afraid of animals is afraid of dogs is afraid of heights is afraid of house cats is afraid of insects is afraid of snakes is agoraphobic is claustrophobic is constantly paranoid

FOOD/DRINK:

always chews gum always has to be snacking on something cannot drink anything with ice in it cannot mix food cannot pour anything without spilling doesn’t drink alcohol doesn’t drink non-“diet” soft drinks doesn’t drink soft drinks doesn’t eat green things dumpster-dives eats counter-clockwise/clockwise around plate eats only cold food eats only hot food has tea in the afternoon is allergic to nuts is allergic to strawberries is lactose intolerant is vegan is vegetarian is unable to digest proteins correctly keeps kosher must be holding a cup to feel comfortable talking to strangers must chew food a certain number of times must clean plate must drink coffee or tea to “wake up” must leave some food left over obsessively loves a certain food or flavour only eats free food only drinks from paper, plastic, or styrofoam cups only drinks water saves fluid to drink after the meal

HEALTH:

brushes teeth more than 10 times a day drinks alcohol excessively when alone drinks alcohol excessively when around others drinks alcohol excessively when in public drinks lots of water doesn’t brush teeth doesn’t sweat habitually coughs/clears throat even when healthy habitually sniffles even when healthy has a large visible scar has allergies is colourblind is gassy is hearing-impaired is vision-impaired must hum while brushing teeth uses drugs recreationally smokes cigarettes smokes marijuana sneezes loudly sneezes many times in a row sweats profusely wears a retainer wears braces wears contact lenses wears glasses wears headgear works out/goes to the gym excessively

HOME:

has only white furniture has many pets is “organised chaos” lives with only required furniture (no lounge chairs or extra lamps)

MOVEMENT/PHYSICAL QUIRKS:

always feels dirty always knows what direction they are going always stands with feet apart always stands with hands behind their back always shreds random pieces of paper/napkins avoids eye contact blinks repeatedly bites lip bites nails cannot keep still cannot walk straight chews straws chews toenails constantly adjusts clothing constantly adjusts glasses constantly bumps into or knocks over things constantly checks phone constantly squints cracks neck/back cracks knuckles easily sunburned has a beard has a bouncy walk has a moustache has a noticeable birthmark has a spitting image doppleganger has a terrible sense of direction has an eye twitch has body piercings has brightly coloured hair has extremely hairy arms has facial piercings has tattoos has terrible handwriting hates being touched hates to hug is always touching their face is an extremely slow walker is bald is double-jointed is extremely clumsy is extremely flexible is extremely ticklish is late to everything picks nose picks skin plays with hair pulls on earrings regularly looks up at the sky, sun, or moon skips tiles while walking taps foot when bored or nervous taps pen on surface tends to drag feet walks in the middle of the aisle or sidewalk so others can’t get around them walks with a limp whistles winks without realizing

SLEEP:

goes to bed after 4 am goes to bed at sunrise goes to bed at sunset sleeps during the day sleeps less than 3 hours sleeps without blankets sleeps without sheets sleep-cooks sleep-talks sleep-walks takes sleeping pills wakes up at 3 am wakes up after noon

SPEECH/CONVERSING:

accidentally makes innuendos without realizing it always answers a question with a question always gives the vaguest possible answer to questions always laughs at own jokes always lets out a nervous laugh before speaking always quotes things incorrectly brings up/uses Internet memes/lingo constantly quotes favorite movies corrects others’ grammar curses constantly doesn’t talk much doesn’t understand sarcasm easily distracted in conversation ends declarative sentences with interrogative inflection flirts with everyone gets angry when someone mispronounces a word or pronounces it differently than them gossips constantly has a catchphrase they use whenever possible has a distinct accent has a lisp has a stutter has an unusually high-pitched laugh has an unusually low-pitched laugh has an unusually high-pitched voice has an unusually low-pitched voice has to touch whoever they are speaking to hates quiet pauses in conversation hates slang hesitates before speaking interrupts is a terrible listener is easily impressed is extremely gullible and falls for even the most obvious sarcasm is extremely sarcastic knows a foreign language laughs at everything laughs to self randomly or for no reason makes conversations always turn to a peculiar topic mutters things under their breath narrates their life aloud never speaks unless spoken to never uses contractions pauses a lot while speaking plays dumb puts others down constantly randomly bursts into song reacts exaggeratedly to everything regularly mispronounces words refuses to curse says “like” a lot says “right?” a lot SAYS “UM” OR “UH” A LOT says “you know” a lot sees a dirty/sexual reference in everything spaces out and stares when someone is talking for a while speaks in third person speaks out of the corner of their mouth speaks with poetic flair talks to animals tells “stories” with no point or conclusion tells the truth/is brutally honest no matter what uses abbreviations whenever possible uses bad puns whenever possible uses big words to impress others uses lots of metaphors uses pet names for everyone uses poor grammar uses slang whenever possible yawns a lot

SURROUNDINGS:

claustrophobic easily cold easily overheated gets uncomfortable in a place with little to no places to sit down gets uncomfortable in a place with no windows must sit next to a wall prefers to sit on the arm of chairs or couches rather than the seat

TALENTS:

can identify any plant can quote nearly any movie or TV show can solve a difficult sudoku in under 5 minutes can solve a Rubik’s cube in under a minute can speak in a cartoon voice that sounds nothing like their real voice can talk with their mouth closed dances well generally lucky good at card games good at card tricks good at hair-braiding is an expert with a certain type of film is an expert with a certain type of music knows how to code websites knows how to shoot a gun accurately knows how to sew knows lots of useless trivia sings well

TRAVELING:

does not drive must sit in a window seat on cars/trains/airplanes won’t fly won’t take public transportation