#The Voodoo Zombies of the Snake Woman

[crossover-enthusiast]

I blame you for reminding me I did that idea of the monster town AU, I have to give you my own ideas now.

Michelle: A skinwalker and the first monster Maurice met when he arrived in town (at first he thought she was human), Michelle made him think she would help him find a way out but uhh. Then she tried to eat him. Luckily for him,Ivan managed to save him just in time.

Carmen: A giant who proclaimed herself queen of the town's mountains. Everyone who lives on her land is practically her slave and those who disobey her will end up under her heels.

Streber: HE'S NOT A VAMPIRE >:), I still don't know what he could be but definitely not a vampire.

Radford: A sleep paralysis demon, He can only communicate with people while they are sleeping and can create nightmares when he manages to possess someone. He is not particularly aggressive but he and his nightmares have been a nuisance to Ivan for years.

Thats it for now :)

OOOOO THESE ARE SO COOL

I think I love skinwalker Michelle in particular because that is just so fucked up it's great

Sleep paralysis demon Rad too!! Hell yes!! That's SO unique. I feel like the nightmares he inflicts onto Ivan are based on movie plots- he's still Radford after all. If he can't watch movies anymore he'll just reenact them with Ivan as his unwitting lead!

Also Streber not being a vampire is funny. Rip bozo /silly Maybe he could be a robot?

Also wanted to add onto this-

Zombie Kevin is hilarious, yes. Sometimes he just falls apart but can easily put himself back together like a lego- however unlike Skid he needs to "manually" reassemble and the only thing that really moves when detached is his head (for obvious reasons), so it's harder for him to find his body parts. One time he lost his bottom jaw for a few days and it was torture

Also I had more monster ideas here you go:

Evermore: gorgon/Medusa type beat, he has a bunch of little snakes and then one big "ruler" snake in place of that bump of hair. Unlike a regular gorgon (or perhaps because of the nature of the town), the petrification from looking into his eyes isn't permanent and wears off after about a day. This has caused Evermore to stone himself multiple times because he keeps trying to look at himself in the mirror. Garcia finds it funny

Speaking of, Garcia! Not quite sure what to do with him, but my current thought is him and Mr. Clown are in a Jekyll and Hyde situation; Garcia is technically still human, but Mr. Clown very much Isn't. He runs on toon logic and wants to beat everyone -- and I mean everyone -- to death with a hammer. When they switch seems to be random, or at least as far as Garcia can tell

Lucky: living scarecrow. He got hung up in the center of town and can't get himself down, so he's just Stuck for a long while. Ivan had always assumed it was a trap and so left him there even if he felt bad about it, and it's not until Maurice shows up and Lucky's able to convince him to help that he actually gets down. On the brightside of Lucky's predicament, being in the center of town means that Lucky's heard a Lot of things and knows way more than he should

Morgana (I am including her as well bc Yes): living doll. She's made voodoo dolls of everyone in town and they actually work as long as she has something from them. She mostly just uses them to fuck with people tho

Also, take a Bonus Thought about the tree entity: she's a woman by the name of Teresa that's been here even longer than Ivan, however when she first came into town she was attacked and ran into the woods. She has stayed there ever since and is Not Doing Good

[spiritualityloves247]

Li Grande Zombi is the major serpent spirit of worship among New Orleans Voodooists. In New Orleans Voodoo, snakes are not seen as symbols of evil, as in the story of Adam and Eve. Snakes are considered to be the holders of intuitive knowledge—knowing that which can not be spoken. Women often dance with serpents to represent the spiritual balance between the genders. Voodoo rituals in New Orleans almost always include a snake dance to celebrate the link to ancient knowledge. The origin of Li Grande Zombi can be traced to the serpent deity Nzambi from Whydah in Africa. According to the Bantu Creation story, Nzambi is the Creator God:

Nzambi exists in everything and controls the universe through his appointed spirits. In the beginning, only Nzambi existed. When he was ready to create, millions and millions of pieces of matter swirled around him counterclockwise until Ngombe was born. Ngombe is the universe, the planets, the stars, and all physical matters. Nzambi then created movement, and the matter that he had created began to change and drift apart. So, he decided to create a being that could traverse the universe and mediate between matter and space. Nzambi focused on a fixed point and gave life to a being who was simultaneously man and woman, a manifestation of the nature of Nzambi, called Exú-Aluvaiá.

In some groups of practices done in the south, he is also associated with the Haitian lwa known as Damballa. In others, he's associated with Blanc Dani (Dambarra Sutons for Ayida Weddo)

[outofcontextmonsterhunters]

The worst way a man can die. He was killed, Miguel - murdered to death.

[awesomephd]

Watching Through My Collection: Day 16/36

I Eat Your Skin (1964) aka Zombies aka Zombie Bloodbath aka Voodoo Blood Bath

Day 15 / Day 17

Now, not only does this movie have so many names, but the 1964 date on my copy is actually when it was filmed. It didn't get released until 1971. Even still, with all the names it got after release, it was filmed under the working title Caribbean Adventure to keep potential investors from catching on that it was a zombie film.

So, truly, it's a painful gem of low-budget horror.

It even made it big in an episode of Elvira's Movie Macabre that I might just watch after this on Tubi. (The plain movie itself is on Youtube too, but I'd rather watch it with Elvira)

CW: 1960's sensibilities

While there were some enjoyable moments in this movie, it wasn't good and constantly felt like it wanted to be a different genre entirely. This is an adventure romance that just so happens to have zombies in it.

The main character is even an insufferable, womanizing erotica adventure novelist that we get introduced to absolutely surrounded by women beside a pool in Miami while he recites his own work to them.

If you want me to believe this many women are that interested in what he's saying, at least let him say "throbbing cock" instead of "throbbing temples" when we all know that's what it's supposed to be.

There's some admittedly funny dialogue here and then some unfunny dialogue that tries too hard and had me thinking this might actually be some kind of horror comedy. But it isn't. It's just weird.

They fly to Zombie Island (yes, that's the actual real name they call the island) and their plane runs out of gas so, naturally, our protagonist must take over for the Hispanic pilot to land them on the beach because he's so sexy and cool and suave. So sexy and cool and suave that he gets absolutely soaked through swimming in a river, but can still use the revolver he had stuffed in his waistband against zombies.

I'll give them credit for the makeup, though. It's fun.

The movie goes back and forth between poorly acted, dull scenes with our white ensemble and "voodoo" rituals that almost feel like they just told the extras to improvise and dance crazy for. Whatever sort of mysticism that does get built up in the movie gets immediately ruined when they decide that actually the thing that made all these not-actually-zombies-apparently was a doctor doing experiments with snake venom and radiation.

Because god forbid the zombies be actual voodoo or anything. Guess that would've been too much like White Zombie (1932).

Oh, also the doctor's daughter has no chemistry with the protagonist, but right after she almost gets kidnapped to be a virgin sacrifice they fuck so it's real love and she's ride or die for him.

I could probably go on all day about the nonsense this movie has happen.

The author, his publisher, and the publisher's wife are definitely swingers the way they all talk to each other.

The Hispanic pilot gets blown up in his stationary plane by a slow-walking zombie carrying explosives as if he couldn't have just gotten out of the plane.

The protagonist pulls a guy off a boat by his rifle, beats him in the water with it, and then tosses it off in the water instead of taking it himself! He has proven he can still use guns that have been submerged!

He then steals a flare gun off the boat because "it's better than nothing" as if he hadn't just had someone's rifle in his hands a minute ago.

The opening had an extended bit of him making out with a girl, getting caught by her husband and getting chased back to his publisher's car where they drive off laughing as the guy he cucked literally kicks his wife in the butt like some slapstick routine!

NO ONE'S SKIN GETS EATEN!

Feel like doing this after watching this movie.

[70sachillean]

Caos references episode by episode

Chapter six: An exorcism in greendale

Harvey’s crop top Jersey is a reference to Johnny depps character in a nightmare on elm street

He also has two Archie’s Madhouse poster in his room. Archie's Madhouse was an comic book magazine published by Archie Comics from 1959 to 1982. It's most famous for introducing Sabrina into the Archie comics world in 1962.

Zelda responds to Sabrina stating they have a big problem with "Mephistopheles save us from the melodramatics of a teenage witch.” Mephistopheles is a demon from German folklore appearing in a prominent role in the German Legend Faust about a man who sells his soul to the Devil.

Sabrina comes to the conclusion that the demon possessing Uncle Jesse is apophis. Apophis in Egyptian mythology is a deity of chaos that appears as a giant snake.

The first witch that is called upon in the exorcism is Lilith a figure from Jewish Mythology who was the first wife of Adam before Eve but refused to submit to him so she was cast out of the Garden of Eden. She is regarded as a the Mother of Demons and a Witch or Succubus.

The second witch they call upon is Aradia, a 14th century folkloric figure who was said to be the daughter of the roman goddess Diana and Lucfier who was sent down to teach witchcraft to people.

Third they call upon Morgan Le Fay a witch from the King Arthur legend. It was believed that she was the half sister of King Arthur.

Fourth they call upon Black Annis, a witch in English folklore. She is described as a blue-faced hag with iron claws and a taste for human flesh. She is said to haunt the countryside of Leicestershire, living in a cave in the Dane Hills with a great oak tree at the entrance.

Fifth they call upon King Henry VIII’s second wife Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn was accused by the public of using witchcraft to bewitch Henry VIII, tho they didn't find any evidence.

Sixth they call The Witch of Endor, a witch from the Hebrew bible who is sought after to contact the spirit of the Prophet Samuel.

they call upon the greek goddess of witchcraft, the night, the moon,ghosts, and necromancy Hecate.

they call upon Artemis the Greek goddess of the moon and the hunt.

they call upon The Roman goddess of the moon Luna.

they call upon Hildegard of Bingen a Saint, Christian Mystic, and Philosopher who lived from 1098-1179.

they call upon Marie Laveau a real life voodoo pracitioner from New Orleans who was active in the 1800s. She was known as the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

they call upon Tituba a slave who was the first person to be accused of Witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials. She was one of the only to confess to witchcraft.

Then they call upon Mary Bradbury a woman who was convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials but escaped hanging.

They call upon Badb an irish warrior goddess symbolized with a crow, Neman an irish war goddess, and Macha the irish goddess of fertility, kingship, war, and horses. Together they make up the morrigan

They then call upon the accused witch Moll Dyer

They call upon the Roman goddess of youth Juventas

They all upon the English witch Sybil leek

And finally they call upon the kindly ones also known as the Erinyes it furies, female chthonic deities of vengeance, sometimes referred to as "infernal goddesses"

After the exorcism Sabrina, Hilda, Ms. Wardwell, and Zelda walk home in an Homage to The Exorcist.

While standing in line like is holding an afterlife with Archie comic. Afterlife with Archie is an archie horror comic about a zombie apocalypse in Riverdale. The zombie apocalypse is brought on accidently by Sabrina when Jughead asks her to bring his dog Hotdog back to life. Hotdog comes back a zombie. bites jughead and jughead infects other people in the town. Sabrina is banished to the netherworld by her aunts as punishment for preforming necromancy where she is married off to cthulhu and becomes a godlike being.

[deanothecheynosaur]

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3 (2020)

**SPOILERS**

Ok, I have already completed the season, but I'm still gonna break it down episode by episode and give my thoughts during in retrospect. If you have not seen Parts 1 or 2, I recommend you start there.

Chapter 21: The Hellbound Heart

So, Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) is trying to get Nick Scratch (Gavin Leatherwood) back out of hell and separated from Lucifer (Luke Cook). If you had forgotten, during part 2 Sabrina found out that Lucifer Morningstar was her biological father, and they trapped Lucifer inside of Nick. She enlists Roz (Jaz Sinclair), Harvey (Ross Lynch), and Theo (Lachlan Watson) to help. Besides the fact that their all besties, I have no idea what help Harvey or Theo would be. Theo is at least loyal and listens to reason. Harvey just goes off all the time. Roz is the most useful with her "cunning." Anyway. Before they figure out how to get to Hell, Mrs. Wardwell (Michelle Gomez) comes back to Baxter High with a new obsession with Dante's Inferno. But she's not possessed by Lilith (Michelle Gomez) anymore; Lilith is too busy defending her title as Queen of Hell. Also, props to Michelle Gomez. She flawlessly played two very different characters this season. Meanwhile, Zelda (Miranda Otto) and Hilda (Lucy Davis) are trying to save the coven because their powers are all fading. They aren't sure what to do with the remaining students or what to tell them. All of their powers are a gift from Lucifer, but he's not really in the position (or the mood) to be giving them any powers. Down in New Orleans, Ambrose (Chance Perdomo) and Prudence (Tati Gabrielle) are on their mission to find her father. When they come up short, they turn to Voodoo Priestess Mambo Marie (Skye P. Marshall) to help them with a different kind of magic. Dorian Gray (Jedidiah Goodacre -that is quite a name-) helps Sabrina and friends to get into Hell as long as they bring him a magic flower. They go in without any real plan, as you do. Seriously. Not even a map. Wtf. Luckily, they walked into the Shores of Sorrow and met Caliban (Sam Corlett), who told them to follow the river of blood because "all blood leads to Pandemonium." That's the capitol city of Hell I guess? They have lots of fun on the way, and when they get there, Lilith says that Sabrina has to deal with the Kings of Hell for her, but Lucifer tells Sabrina that she has to take the throne for herself. It has to be a Morningstar. Well, she does, but the Kings aren't convinced. Then our friend Caliban shows up again, naming himself Prince of Hell, and challenging Sabrina for the throne. It is worth noting that Caliban is ridiculously hot. And generally shirtless. Sabrina accepts the throne to get Nick out of Hell. Which is problematic for a lot of reasons, but most of all that she decides to do this BEFORE separating him from Lucifer. So she's just gonna keep Nick/Lucifer tied up in the dungeon until she finds another flesh acheron to hold Lucifer. What could go wrong?

I really expected it to take longer for Sabrina to get to Nick, but considering the very twisted maze part 3 went down, getting to Pandemonium is pretty minor. Also, Sabrina's whole "I'ma do what I want and not tell my aunts so they don't stop me" is getting old.

Chapter 22: Drag Me to Hell

This one is a little less convoluted. Sabrina finds out that one of her duties as Queen is to drag souls to Hell. Specifically souls who have made a deal with the devil. We can infer from this that the only people who go to Hell are those who have sold their soul, so it would be far easier to not go there than some people in the real world would have me believe. The first soul, a cute old man who wanted to be chess Grand Champion, Sabrina decided to show mercy and sent him to heaven. Didn't go over super well with the Kings of Hell. Also, Sabrina is now a cheerleader at Baxter High. They call themselves the Ravenettes. There's a dance team from my high school called the Raiderettes, so that confused me for a sec. Lots more singing pop songs then actual cheers though. Reminds me of the Jailhouse Rock scene in Riverdale. I digress. Zelda has decided to reopen the academy and that she and Hilda were going to teach. Hilda was more voluntold. Agatha (Adeline Rudolph) doesn't really respond well. Prudence and Ambrose discover that Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle) is in Loch Ness, which is apparently super magical and can bend time and space? Idk, but I was highly disappointed that we didn't see Nessie. They see him at the very end of the episode looking like Mr. Bean at the end of the live action Scooby-Doo movie. They take him back to Greendale and use him to hold Lucifer so Nick can be free. Because what the world needs is Blackwood and Lucifer together. Back to Brina. Her second soul to collect (apparently this is a daily task for the ruler of Hell but she only does these two so there's a plot hole) is the ice cream man, Jimmy Platt (Matty Finochio). He tells her that he would like to extend his contract again by eating the heart of an innocent child. Sabrina confronts Lucifer about this later, apparently it didn't have to be a child, just an innocent soul. Adult virgins, beware. Sabrina tells Jimmy no (obvi) but Jimmy has already hidden the kid. So now she has to find this kid and collect his soul before the end of the day or there will be a coup in Hell. Sabrina wisely decides on just Roz to help her with this one. Roz is also the one who warns Sabrina against transporting herself into a freezer with no more information, but as per usual Sabrina goes anyway. Jimmy put warding sigils on the walls, so she's stuck and powerless. Luckily, Lilith knows what the fuck she's doing (as opposed to Sabrina who only thinks she does) and saves Sabrina. Sabrina takes Jimmy to Hell, but nobody is impressed. Caliban officially challenges her to find the unholy regalia- the three most powerful infernal objects, starting with Herod's crown.

This is a pretty typical Sabrina episode- she's way in over her head, but she either doesn't realize it or won't admit it. I'm never quite sure, but it seems like she genuinely doesn't know. I also don't remember if it's this episode or the next, but Harvey is suddenly feeling under a lot of pressure to have sex with Roz. But it never shows Roz being pushy about it, so idk wtf is going on in Harvey's head (besides convincing himself he's over Sabrina).

Chapter 23: Heavy is the Crown

For this one, Sabrina enlists Ambrose to help her find the crown because Ambrose is the most well read warlock ever due to his permanent house arrest. It's in Riverdale. They use a special compass to find it in a maple tree that the Blossom's use for syrup. If you've seen Riverdale, this probably has more significance and is less surprising. They steal the crown (somehow without realizing zombie King Herod is still in the tree). Sabrina wants to destroy it, but Ambrose wants to tap into its power to help the coven. Unsurprisingly, this does not work out well for them initially because Herod follows the crown and would very much like it back. Zelda is failing at getting respect from the students at the academy, and there's weird Lucifer beetles crawling in ears and controlling people. In other news, a carnival came to town! Obviously this has something to do with the larger plot because otherwise it would be a side note. Harvey, Roz, Sabrina, Nick, and Theo are all going together. Theo wants to invite the new guy, Robin (Jonathan Whitesell), because Theo is crushing hard. Robin is nerdy cute, I guess. I did think it was cliche to give the queer guy green streaks in his hair though. Harvey says tells Theo to invite him as part of the group, which Theo does, and Robin agrees. They all go to the carnival: Roz, Sabrina, and Theo ignorantly happy, Harvey struggling with his masculinity, Nick struggling with his ordeal, and Robin just happy to be there. Roz "sees" the carnival ringmaster as a satyr (or a faun depending on your preference for Greek or Roman deities, but they do tend to prefer Greek in this show), but she decides she was imagining things. Mrs. Wardwell talks to the fortune teller Circe (Lucie Guest) to try to find out what happened to her during the three months that Lilith was using her "skin suit." She doesn't get any concrete answers because that's not how fortune tellers work, Mary. Harvey stumbles across a snake charmer dancer woman in a tent full of pervy dudes and is almost entranced. Hilda goes to the carnival with her bf Dr. C, who proposes. Idk why she needed to throw her cotton candy on the ground during that, but I'm also on a sugar detox, so... Prudence and Ambrose are cleaning up Blackwood's mess by putting a living doll spell on Judas and Judith to hide them and putting his weird time warping monster fish egg thing in a fish tank. Yeah. No Nessie, but a weird egg. It's fine, I'm not bitter. Back at the carnival, Sabrina and Nick get attacked by Herod (who stole his crown back from Ambrose but knows it was Sabrina stealing it initially). Ambrose saves them, but Caliban pops in, steals the crown, and wins the first round of the challenge. At the very end, we find out why the carnies are important: they're pagans who worship the old gods and trying to resurrect The Green Man to rid the world of flesh since the Satanic witches have all but lost their powers. There is more than one voodoo practitioner, idk why they're not considered more of a threat because they're much more independently magical. They need a virgin to complete the rebirth, and that's why Robin (dun dun dun) was hanging out at the high school. Our potential virgins are Theo, Harvey, and Mrs. Wardwell.

I chose not to believe that Robin was actually bad because I want Theo to be happy. I chose to believe that even if he was using Theo, Robin was just trying to take his virginity to prevent him from being the sacrifice. Also, Sabrina is basically trying to force Nick to be normal even though she compared his symptoms to PTSD. Girl stop. He needs a sec.

Chapter 24: The Hare Moon

Zelda and Hilda have decided that the coven needs to celebrate the hare moon for the coming of spring to bolster good will. Sabrina isn't enthused (maybe because it requires her singing a song of summer into the forest to release a rabbit). Lilith tells Sabrina that they need celestial power to restore their strength, so she goes to Dorian, who has an angel trapped in one of his paintings (as all art collectors do). Sabrina drains some blood from the angel for her coven, but leaves in the process because she hears some screaming. Then she stumbles upon Nick and some sex demons doing BDSM. She's less than thrilled, especially since Nick low-key blames her for it. And Dorian has drank 90% of the angel blood, but they can't take anymore with killing him. So Hilda suggests using the little blood to make an oil mixture and take a moon bath under the hare moon (rub oils all over your skin and lie outside under the full moon) to absorb the celestial energy from the moon. During the daytime ceremony, they meet the pagans. Things don't go well. Zelda makes a bunch of petty insults, Hilda pisses off Circe, and Nick kills me the snake that bit Dorcas (Abigail Cowen). Circe puts a curse on Hilda to become a spider, and

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The Ten Most Legendary Witches

Faye Sakellaridis

If you look at some of the most legendary witches in history, from the enchantresses of ancient mythic lore to real witches that walked the earth, a pattern emerges: the invocation of the primal. They preside over the the darkness, the moon, death, and rebirth. They collude with the earth through plants and herbs, sometimes to heal and sometimes, yes, to bewitch towards a fatal path. Their dominion is the unknown, the enigmatic, the realms beyond reason and logic. And their sexuality – unbridled and unapologetic – is perhaps their most intimidating quality, one that’s long been institutionally vilified.

Despite centuries of repression, the witch has survived and thrived brilliantly in a myriad of forms. Here are ten badass witchy women, both mythical and real, throughout time.

Hecate, Mother of Darkness

Hecate is the Greek goddess of witchcraft and magic. She rules over the darkness, the moon, and the spirit realm. A guardian of thresholds and liminal spaces, it was she who guided Persephone to and from the underworld. In ancient times, she was believed to protect people from roaming evil spirits, and perform necromancy. She also has a deep knowledge of herbology. Poisons and hallucinogens, such as belladonna, hemlock, mandrake, aconite, and opium poppy, are associated with her. These plants are dangerous and mind-altering, and, like Hecate, are dark and mysterious, bringing the user’s consciousness closer to the spirit world.

Lilith, the First Feminist Goddess

According to Jewish mythology, Lilith was the first woman created by God, before Eve. She was also much maligned as a baby-stealing demon of the night whose dangerously liberated sexuality led men astray. Like Hecate, Lilith is associated with the darkness, the moon, and spirituality. Her refusal to be subservient to Adam got her kicked out of Paradise and forced to have 100 demon babies for each day she didn’t agree to return (she never did). Because of this fierce independence and unapologetic sexuality, Lilith is considered the first feminist goddess.

Morgan le Fay, Legendary Fairy Queen

This legendary fairy queen is a charming and beautiful sorceress that’s featured prominently in the legends of King Arthur. She is connected to the Irish goddess Morrigan, who is associated with war, death, and fertility. Early works featuring Morgan le Fay, such as those by 12th century French poet Chreiten de Troye, portray her as a benign witch and a powerful healer to King Arthur. It’s in the 13th century that her character expands to that of an anti-heroine. She is sent to a coven where she becomes Merlin’s apprentice and lover. She was believed to have extraordinary shapeshifting abilities, transforming into a variety of monstrous and beautiful forms like queen, fairy, crone, and mermaid. Her narrative shift into a devious and manipulative witch is likely fuelled by the Christian prejudice towards a non-religious woman healer with great powers.

Rhiannon, Goddess of Fortitude

In the Welsh myth collection Mabinogi, this beautiful, silver-haired witch riding a white horse symbolises inner fortitude and patience. In Slavic countries, Rhiannon is the goddess of death and rebirth. She is accompanied by the Adar Rhiannon, “Birds of Rhiannon.” These three birds possess magical powers, whose song is said to “wake the dead and lull the living to sleep.” Both her and her birds have an illusory power over their position in time and space. She rides her horse Epona slowly, remaining elusively out of reach, while her birds appear far closer to the eye than they really are.

According to legend, Rhiannon went against her parents wishes and turned away a fairy suitor in favour of a mortal man. After her spurned suitor steals her infant son, she is framed by her nurses for killing her own child. As punishment, she is forced to wear a horse collar and cary visitors on he back to and from the castle. Rhiannon serves her punishment with quiet grace until she is redeemed 4 years later. Her story calls to our own inner reservoirs of endurance and strength, and reminds us to trust in the balance of the universe.

Marie Laveau, the New Orleans Queen of Voodoo

In 19th century Louisiana, Marie Laveau was known as the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Her skills with voodoo, magic, and medicinal herbs were highly revered and sought after by white and black clients alike, all desperate to be granted their specific wishes. After her first husband, a Haitian immigrant named Jacques Paris, passed away under mysterious circumstances, she became a hairdresser with a wealthy white clientele. They say her network of informants planted in those households granted her the illusion of omniscience, cementing the perception of her as a magical, all-knowing witch. She was also said to have a snake, named Zombi after an African god, that she would wrap around her and dance with. People still visit her grave today to pray and leave gifts in the hope that she’ll aid them from the afterlife.

Circe, the Herbal Sorceress

This powerful Greek sorceress was said to be a master specialist of magical herbs and potions, and is often depicted with a magic wand or staff. She has a penchant for turning men into animals, most infamously portrayed in Homer’s epic tale The Odyssey, where she invited Odysseus’s companions to a feast, laced their meal and turned them into pigs. Only through the help of Hermes could Odysseus evade her snares, get into her good graces, and turn his shipmates back into human form. She even has a plant named after her — Circaea, also known as the Enchanter’s nightshade — which botanists in the 16th century believe Circe used to charm and lure in her victims.

Dion Fortune, Pioneer of Modern Magic

Dion Fortune is one of the most influential figures in the birth of modern witchcraft, and a pioneer of modern magic. She was a British occultist, Christian Qabalist, theosophist, ceremonial magician, and co-founder of the mystery school Fraternity of Inner Light. She discovered occultism while working as a Freudian analyst, and joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. After becoming disillusioned with it, she went on to establish her own esoteric order. In her lifetime, Fortune completed seven occult and fantasy-themed novels which initiated readers into the occult by communicating with their subconscious. These novels, particularly “The Sea Priestess” and “Moon Magic” influenced groups like Wicca, a contemporary Pagan new religious movement.

Jezebel, the Ultimate Bible Bad Girl

Jezebel is the ultimate bad girl of the bible. Her name is synonymous with cunning, idolatry, and evil. She was born to Ethbaal of Tyre, king of the Phoenicians, who were said to worship many multiple gods and goddesses, particularly to the nature god Baal. When Jezebel became queen of Israel after marrying King Ahab, her polytheistic upbringing and rejection of Yahweh earned her many enemies. She is portrayed as a cruel and evil blaspheming woman that persecuted the followers of Yahweh. Most infamously, she condemned the commoner Naboth to death for not giving land to King Ahab, which he refused on the basis of Jewish law. After King Ahab died, the new king of Israel, Jehu, ordered Jezebel’s servants to throw her from a window. Her body was then trampled by Jehu’s horse and fed to stray dogs. Despite her gruesome demise, she made it a point to go out in style. Anticipating her execution, Jezebel got all dolled up, dressing in her best finery and painting her face.

Baba Yaga, the Crone of the Woods

This formidably hideous witch of Slavic folklore is a wild crone that turns the grandmother archetype on its head. She rides around on a mortar wielding a pestle, and lives deep in the forest within a hut fenced by skulls and made mobile by large spindly chicken legs. This witch is unabashedly horrifying – her frenzied, wind-rattled movement is accompanied by bloodcurdling shrieks and the howling of spirits. Despite all this, her morality is ambiguous. She’s been known to aid the valorous hero on his quest, and cook and devour a less fortunate soul.

Salem Witches, America’s Most Infamous Witch Hunt

In 1692, the daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris and two other girls began having “fits” – screaming, throwing things, contortions, and uttering strange sounds. They blamed these episodes on three women who were outcasts of society: a slave, a beggar, and a poor elderly woman. Tituba, the slave, confessed to dealings with the Devil. Mass hysteria took over — more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts over the next year, and 20 were executed (14 were women). Many of the accused were women who threatened traditional Puritanical values in some way, whether they could control it or not. They included women who were outspoken or argumentative, had sex out of wedlock, were deemed too fertile (or too little), or broke any rule in the Bible. They also included the very old or very young, the very rich or very poor, unnatural physical markings on the skin, and midwives. While the colony eventually admitted the trial was a mistake, the incident has become synonymous with paranoid and unjust accusations.

Honouring our Legendary Witches

This range of incredible women resonates with historian Laurel Thatcher Urach’s keen observation that “well-behaved women seldom make history.” From the shape-shifting seductress to the pioneer of modern magic, these extraordinary ladies made their indelible mark by stepping out of the status quo. And many were, unfortunately, punished harshly for their refusal to conform to a restrictive and oppressive paradigm. Nonetheless, the witch persists throughout these cultural trials, and the witch is on the rise as women today are claiming the archetype as a symbol of empowerment more passionately than ever.

https://wisdom.thealchemistskitchen.com/the-ten-most-legendary-witches/

[mightystargazer]

2018 Readinglist

Drew Hayes Bloody Acquisitions

Drew Hayes The Fangs of Freelance Fred

Drew Hayes Second Hand Curses

Gregg Hurwitz The Rains

Gregg Hurwitz Last Chance

Dean Koontz Oddkins

David Timson Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Kay Hooper Stealing Shadows

Kay Hooper Hiding In Shadows

Kay Hooper Out of Shadows

Kay Hooper Touching Evil

Kay Hooper Whisper of Evil

Kay Hooper Sense of Evil

Kay Hooper Hunting Fear

Kay Hooper Chill of Fear

Kay Hooper Sleeping with Fear

Kay Hooper Blood Dream

Kay Hooper Blood Sins

Kay Hooper Blood Ties

Kay Hooper Haven

Kay Hooper Hostage

Kay Hooper Haunted

Kay Hooper Fear the Dark

Kay Hooper Wait for Dark

Hunter Shea The Jersey Devil

Matt Haig The Humans

Terry Goodkind Nest

John G. Hartness Cold as Ice

John G. Hartness Into the Mystic

John Conroe God Touched

John Conroe Demon Driven

John Conroe Brutal Asset

John Conroe Black Frost

John Conroe Duel Nature

John Conroe Fallen Stars

John Conroe Executable

John Conroe Forced Ascent

John Conroe College Arcane

John Conroe God Hammer 

John Conroe Rogues

John Conroe Snake Eyes

John Conroe Winterfall

Bentley Little The House

Terry Goodkind Nest

Stephen Blackmoore Dead Things

Stephen Blackmoore Broken Souls

Stephen Blackmoore Hungry Ghosts

Peter Cawdron Alien Space Tentacle Porn

A. American Hope

Dean Koonz Richochet Joe

Sarah Lyons Fleming Until the End of the World

Sarah Lyons Fleming So Long Lollipops

Sarah Lyons Fleming And After

Sarah Lyons Fleming All the Stars in the Sky

Robert Bevan Critical Failures V

Perrin Briar Genesis Flowers

Larry Correia The Adventures of Tom Stranger

Larry Correia A Murder of Manatees

J. R. Ward Covet 

J. R. Ward Crave

J. R. Ward Envy

J. R. Ward Rapture

J. R. Ward Possession

J. R. Ward Immortal

Milo James Fowler Captain Bartholomew Quasar

James Smythe The Echo

Ian Tregillis The Mechanical

Ian Tregillis The Rising

Ian Tregillis The Liberation

Harvard Lampoon Bored of the Rings

Barry J. Hutchison Return of the Dead Guy 

Mark Tufo Demon Fallout

Mark Tufo Defeat's Victory 

Morgan Hobbes The Totally True Adventures of Gustav Gustavson

Barry J. Hutchison Dial D for Deadman

Christopher Moore Practical Demonkeeping

Christopher Moore Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

Christopher Moore The Stupidest Angel

Richard Johnson Weekend at Vidu's

Brian Keene The Rising

Brian Keene City of the Dead

Daniel Fite The Zombie Chapters

Edward Zajac A Swift Kick in the Asteroids

Donald E. Westlake The Busy Body

Dean Koontz The Whispering Room

Christopher Moore Bloodsucking Fiends

Christopher Moore You Suck

Christopher Moore Bite Me

Sue Perkins Zoopedia

Anthology Zombies, The Recent Dead 

Anthology Zombies, More Recent Dead 

Brett J. Talley That Which Should Not Be

Christopher Moore A Dirty Job

Christopher Moore Secondhand Souls

Christopher Moore Coyote Blue

Al K. Line Hidden Spark 

Al K. Line Dead Spark 

Al K. Line Wild Spark 

Kim Stanley Robinson Icehenge

Bentley Little The Mailman

Zach Bohannon Empty Bodies

James Peters Black Swan Planet

Peter Meredith The Edge of Hell

Peter Meredith The Edge of Temptation

Gerry Griffiths The Beasts of Stoneclad Mountain

Christopher Moore Fluke Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings

C.G. Mosley The Island in the Mist

C.G. Mosley Monsters in the Mist

Russell James Cavern of the Damned

Mike Bockoven FantasticLand

Michael  McBride Snowblind

Michael  McBride The Killing Grounds

Kevin Hearne Scourged

E.F. Benson's Ghost Stories

Donnie Eichar Dead Mountain

Corey Taylor A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven

Viktor Zarkov Megatooth

Steven Bird Erebus

Robert Bevan 5d6 Caverns and Creatures

Richard Kadrey Suspect Zero

Keith C. Blackmore Mountain Man Prequel

Dave Jeffery Frostbite

Christopher Moore Fool

Christopher Moore The Serpent of Venice

Seth Shostak Confessions of an Alien Hunter

P. K. Hawkins Titanoboa

Matt Serafini Island Red

Christopher Moore Island of the Sequined Love Nun

Ambrose Ibsen Asylum

Ambrose Ibsen Forest

Ambrose Ibsen The Occupant

Lucas Pederson Leviathan Ghost Rig

Kara Cooney The Woman Who Would Be King

Jonathan Maberry Mars One

John J. Rust Reptilian

Greig Beck Beneath the Dark Ice

Greig Beck Dark Rising

Greig Beck This Green Hell

Greig Beck Black Mountain

Greig Beck Gorgon

Greig Beck Hammer of God

Greig Beck Kraken Rising

Michelle McNamara Ill Be Gone in the Dark

Stephen R Donaldson The Kings Justice

Jerry Dubs Imhotep

Christopher Moore Lamb The Gospel

Barry J. Hutchison Planet of the Japes´

Bentley Little The ignored

Marty Essen Time Is Irreverent

Thomas Tryon Harvest Home

Dean Koontz The Bone Farm

Dean Koontz The Crooked Staircase

Christopher Moore Sacre Bleu

Benjamin Wallace Junkers

Alex Laybourne Terror from the Deep

Christopher Golden Ararat

Alice Hoffman The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Jim Butcher Storm Front

Jim Butcher Fool Moon

Jim Butcher Grave Peril

Jim Butcher Summer Knight

Jim Butcher Death Masks

Jim Butcher Blood Rites

Jim Butcher Bombshells

Jim Butcher Proven Guilty

Jim Butcher White Night

Jim Butcher Small Favor

Jim Butcher Backup

Jim Butcher Turn Coat

Jim Butcher Changes

Jim Butcher Ghost Story

Jim Butcher Cold Days

Jim Butcher Shadowed Souls

Jim Butcher Skin Game

Jim Butcher White Night

Jim Butcher Working for Bigfoot

Stephen King The Outsider

The World of Lore Wicked Mortals

Hugh Howey I, Zombie

C. Gockel Archangel Down

C. Gockel Noa's Ark

C. Gockel Heretic

Anthology Aliens Bug Hunt

Shea Ernshaw The Wicked Deep

John F.D. Taff The Bell Witch

Adrienne Lecter Incubation

Adrienne Lecter Outbreak

Adrienne Lecter Escalation

Adrienne Lecter Extinction

Adrienne Lecter Resurgence

Adrienne Lecter Unity

Adrienne Lecter Affliction

Adrienne Lecter Catharsis

Barry J. Hutchison The Time Titan of Tomorrow

The Cabin at the End of the World

Chuck Wendig The Blue Blazes

Larry Correia Saints 

Dirk Patton Voodoo Plague

Dirk Patton Crucifixion V Plague

John Connolly Every Dead Thing

John Connolly Dark Hollow

John Connolly The Killing Kind

John Connolly The White Road

John Connolly The Black Angel

John Connolly The Unquiet

John Connolly The Reapers

John Connolly The Lovers

John Connolly The Whisperers

John Connolly The Burning Soul

John Connolly The Wrath of Angels

John Connolly The Wolf In Winter

John Connolly A Song of Shadow

John Connolly A Time Of Torment

John Connolly A Game of Ghosts

Barry J. Hutchison The King of Space Must Die

Dave Itzkoff Robin

Greig Beck The Void

Jim Butcher Furies of Calderon

Jim Butcher Academs Fury

Jim Butcher Cursors Fury

Jim Butcher Captains Fury

Jim Butcher Princeps Fury

Jim Butcher First Lords Fury

Mark Tufo Etna Station

Bentley Little The Resort

Rebecca Roanhorse Trail of Lightning

Michael Rutger The Anomaly

Scott Smith The Ruins

Zach Bohannon Empty Bodies

Zach Bohannon Adaptation 

Zach Bohannon Deliverance

Zach Bohannon Open Roads

Zach Bohannon Damnation

Zach Bohannon Revelation

Stevens, Marc First of my Kind, 2nd Edition

Peter Clines The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe

Nathan Hystad The Event

Michael Crichton Next

Graeme Reynolds High Moor

Graeme Reynolds Moonstruck

Jim C. Hines Janitors Of The Post Apocalypse

Thomas Sweterlitsch The Gone World

Michael McBride Subhuman

Jeremy Robinson The Others

Jeremy Bishop The Sentinel

James D. Prescott Extinction Code

Alan Dean Foster Relic

Bobby Adair Dusty's Diary

Adam Cesare The Con Season

Richard Kadrey Hollywood Dead

Margaret Atwood Angel Catbird

Bethany Blake Death by Chocolate Lab

Bethany Blake Dial Meow for Murder

Bethany Blake Pawprints & Predicaments

Jeff Strand The Haunted Forest Tour

Adam Cesare Tribesmen

Adrienne Lecter Exodus

Ted Dekker The Bride Collector

T.W. Piperbrook The Last Survivors

T.W. Piperbrook The Last Escape

T.W. Piperbrook The Last Humanity

T.W. Piperbrook The Last Command

T.W. Piperbrook The Last Refuge

T.W. Piperbrook The Last Conquest

T.W. Piperbrook The Ruins 1

T.W. Piperbrook The Ruins 2

T.W. Piperbrook The Ruins 3

T.W. Piperbrook The Ruins 4

T.W. Piperbrook Outage 1

T.W. Piperbrook Outage 2

T.W. Piperbrook Outage 3

T.W. Piperbrook The Reckoning

Bobby Adair Zero Day

Bobby Adair Infected

Bobby Adair Destroyer

Bobby Adair Dead Fire

Bobby Adair Torrent

Bobby Adair Bleed

Bobby Adair City of Stin

Bobby Adair Grind

Bobby Adair Sanctum

Tony Peak Signal

Steven Brust Good Guys

Stephen King & Bev Vincent Flight or Fright

Myke Cole Control Point

Myke Cole Fortress Frontier

Myke Cole Breach Zone

Graeme Reynolds Blood Moon

Michael Hodges The Invasive

Jeff Strand Dead Clown Barbecue

Echoes of Evil

Dean Koontz The Forbidden Door

James D. Prescott Extinction Countdown

Sam Sykes Humane Killer

Dan Simmons Summer of Night

Dan Simmons Children of the Night

Dan Simmons A Winter Haunting

Myke Cole Gemini Cell

Myke Cole Javelin Rain

Myke Cole Siege Line

Adam Cesare Video Night 

Deborah Sheldon Devil Dragon

Peter Meredith Generation Z

Peter Meredith The Queen of the Dead

Peter Meredith The Queen of War

Tim Powers Alternate Routes

Richard Roberts I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence!

Richard Roberts Please Dont Tell My Parents Im a Supervillain

Richard Roberts Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon

Richard Roberts Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen

Richard Roberts Please Don't Tell My Parents I Have a Nemesis

Richard Roberts Please Don't Tell My Parents You Believe Her

Michael McDowell BlackWater

Hunter Shea Mail Order Massacres

Jeff Strand Dweller 

Adam Cesare Zero Lives Remaining

Ezekiel Boone Zero Day

Ted Kosmatka Prophet of Bones

Steven L. Kent 100 Fathoms Below

Keith C. Blackmore The Missing Boatman

John Connolly Bad Men

Jeremy Robinson Forbidden Island

Chuck Wendig Under the Empyrean Sky

Chuck Wendig Blightborn

Chuck Wendig The Harvest

Shingles Audio Collection

Robert E. Howard The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard

Paul E. Cooley The Black

Paul E. Cooley Arrival

Paul E. Cooley Outbreak

M.R. Forbes Forgotten

M.R. Forbes Forsaken

M.R. Forbes Unforgiven

Jeremy  Robinson Kronos

Jeff Strand I Have a Bad Feeling about This

Mark Tufo Whistlers

Mark Tufo Atlantis

Mark Tufo Convergence

Mark Tufo Valhalla

Laurie Forest The Black Witch

Simon R. Green

Simon R. Green Man with the Golden Torc

Simon R. Green Daemons are Forever

Simon R. Green The Spy Who Haunted Me

Simon R. Green From Hell With Love

Simon R. Green For Heaven's Eyes Only

Simon R. Green Live and Let Drood

Simon R. Green Casino Infernale

Simon R. Green Property of a Lady Faire

Simon R. Green From a Drood to a Kill

Simon R. Green Dr. DOA

Simon R. Green Moonbreaker

Simon R. Green Night Fall

Rob Dircks You're Going to Mars!

Stephen King Elevation  

Drew Hayes Pears and Perils

Alma Katsu The Hunger 

Hunter Shea One Size Eats All

Joseph Fink Alice Isn't Dead

Jonathan Mayberry Glimpse

Jack Ketchum Off Season

Jack Ketchum Offspring

Jack Ketchum The Woman

Chuck Wendig The Blue Blazes

Bobby Akart Yellowstone Hellfire

Bobby Akart Yellowstone Inferno

Laurie Forest wandfasted

Greig Beck Abyss

Barry J. Hutchison Dial D for Deadman

Barry J. Hutchison Dead Inside

Barry J. Hutchison Dead in the Water

[myownsuperintendent]

Mulder and Scully Meet the...

“Why is this episode, specifically, called ‘Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster’?” I asked myself.  “Don’t they always meet the subject of the episode?”  What follows is the result of that line of thought.

Season One:

Mulder and Scully Meet

Mulder and Scully Meet the First Informant

Mulder and Scully Meet the Liver Eater

Mulder and Scully Meet the Binary Code Child

Mulder and Scully Meet the Cavewoman

Mulder and Scully Meet the Protective Ghost

Mulder and Scully Meet the Sentient Dial-Up

Mulder and Scully Meet the Parasitic Worms

Mulder and Scully Meet the Ghost Face From Mars

Mulder and Scully Meet the Multiple Abductee

Mulder and Scully Meet the Creepy Twin Girls

Mulder and Scully Meet the Inflammable Man

Mulder and Scully Meet the Presence of Scully’s Father

Mulder and Scully Meet the Gender-Flipping Amish Aliens

Mulder and Scully Meet Scully’s Possessed Ex-Boyfriend

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man Who Ages Backwards

Mulder and Scully Meet the Hidden Alien

Mulder and Scully Meet the Faith Healer

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched Native American Werewolf

Mulder and Scully Meet the Killer Mites

Mulder and Scully Meet the Root Beer

Mulder and Scully Meet the Child Possessed By a Cop

Mulder and Scully Meet the Janitor Possessed By His Twin

Mulder and Scully Meet the Baby Alien in a Jar

 (The rest is below a read more because there are 208 episodes of this show.)

Season Two:

Mulder and Scully Meet the Alien Tracking Center

Mulder and Scully Meet the Flukeman

Mulder and Scully Meet the Murderous LED Displays

Mulder and Scully Meet the Third Wheel Mole

Mulder and Scully Meet the Abductee Who Abducts

Mulder and Scully Meet the Ski Lift

Mulder Meets the Non-Vampire Woman

Mulder and Scully Meet the Limbo Boat

Mulder and Scully Meet the Throat-Busting Mushroom Parasites

Mulder and Scully Meet the Vegetarian Cult

Mulder and Scully Meet the Nursing Home Ghosts

Mulder and Scully Meet the Woman Possessed By Her Grandfather

Mulder and Scully Meet the Incredibly Creepy Fingernail Thief

Mulder and Scully Meet the Satanic PTO

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched Voodoo Practitioners

Mulder and Scully Meet the Original Samantha Clone

Mulder and Scully Meet Several Additional Samantha Clones

Mulder and Scully Meet the Elephant Alien Abductee

Mulder and Scully Meet the Old Folks’ Boat

Mulder and Scully Meet the Sideshow

Mulder and Scully Meet the Creepy Twin Boys

Mulder and Scully Meet the Killer Maggots

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man With the Killer Shadow

Mulder and Scully Meet Cannibal Town

Mulder and Scully Meet the Underground Boxcar With Incredible Cell Reception

Season Three:

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched Healing Ritual

Mulder and Scully Meet the Warehouse Full of File Cabinets

Mulder and Scully Meet the Electric Dirtbag Teen

Mulder and Scully Meet the Affable Psychic

Mulder and Scully Meet the Ghost With a Kill List

Mulder and Scully Meet the World’s Worst Online Date

Mulder and Scully Meet the Astrally Projecting Amputee

Mulder and Scully Meet Yet Another Sad Kidnapped Girl

Mulder and Scully Meet the Abductee Support Group

Mulder and Scully Meet the Incredible Exploding Train

Mulder and Scully Meet the Child With Stigmata

Mulder and Scully Meet Far Too Many Cockroaches

Mulder and Scully Meet the Telepathic Dirtbag Teens

Mulder and Scully Meet the Gargoyle Statues

Mulder and Scully Meet the Black Oil

Mulder and Scully Meet Melissa’s Killer

Mulder and Scully Meet the Mind Control Man

Mulder and Scully Meet a Bunch of Stray Cats

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched Chinese Organ Donor Lottery

Mulder and Scully Meet Metafiction

Mulder and Scully Meet Skinner’s Sex Life

Mulder and Scully Meet the Lake Monster

Mulder and Scully Meet the Mind-Controlling Televisions

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man With Healing Powers

Season Four:

Mulder and Scully Meet the Child Samantha Clones

Mulder and Scully Meet the Incest Family

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched West African Spirit

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man Who Warps Film

Mulder and Scully Meet the Past Lives

Mulder and Scully Meet the Killer Plastic Surgeon

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man Who is Willing to Kill Two of the Twentieth Century’s Key Political Figures, But Not One Sad Man Who Lives in a Basement and is Too Chicken to Get Laid, For Some Reason

Mulder and Scully Meet the Gulag

Mulder and Scully Meet the Exploding Oil

Mulder and Scully Meet the Cloth Heart Collecting Serial Killer

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched Chupacabra

Mulder and Scully Meet the Tumor Thief

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man Whose Tattoo is Voiced By Jodie Foster

Mulder and Scully Meet Mortality

Mulder and Scully Meet the Poorly Researched Golem

Mulder and Scully Meet the Disappearing Vietnam Vet

Mulder and Scully Meet the Lost Time Airplane

Mulder and Scully Meet the Alien Devices

Mulder and Scully Meet the Icy Time Travelers

Mulder and Scully Meet the Fake Mulder

Mulder Meets the Secret Side of Skinner

Mulder and Scully Meet the Bowling Alley Ghosts

Mulder and Scully Meet the Traumatic Memories

Mulder and Scully Meet the Informant From the Defense Department

Season Five:

Mulder and Scully Meet the Cancer-Curing Chip

Mulder and Scully Meet Good Medical News

Mulder Meets the Lone Gunmen

Mulder and Scully Meet the Mothmen

Mulder and Scully Meet the Guy Who is a Rapist, But It is Okay Because He is a Sad Mutant, Apparently

Mulder and Scully Meet Scully’s Daughter For the First Time

Mulder and Scully Meet Scully’s Daughter For the Last Time

Mulder and Scully Meet the Mind Control Twins

Mulder and Scully Meet the Murderous Trees

Mulder and Scully Meet the Killer Doll

Mulder and Scully Meet the Rogue AI

Mulder and Scully Meet Rashomon

Mulder and Scully Meet the Alien-Loving Abductee

Mulder and Scully Meet Deep Regression Hypnosis

Mulder Meets the Old-Timey X-Files Man

Mulder and Scully Meet the Blind Woman Possessed By Her Father

Mulder and Scully Meet the Nephilim

Mulder and Scully Meet the Bioterrorists

Mulder and Scully Meet the Giant Bug

Mulder and Scully Meet Mulder’s Ex-Girlfriend

Mulder and Scully’s Lips Meet—Almost

Season Six:

Mulder and Scully Meet Reassignment

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man With the Exploding Head

Mulder and Scully Meet the 1930s

Mulder and Scully Meet the Smarmy Bodyswapper

Mulder and Scully Meet the Surprise Redecoration

Mulder and Scully Meet the Ghost Couple

Mulder and Scully Meet the Devil Baby

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man Who Controls the Weather

Mulder and Scully Meet Skinner’s Bloodstream

Mulder and Scully Meet the Immortal Photographer

Mulder and Scully Meet the Conspiracy Backstory

Mulder and Scully Meet the Conspirators’ End

Mulder and Scully Meet the Sea Serpent

Mulder and Scully Meet the Time Loop

Mulder and Scully Meet the Throwback Community Where Somehow No One Has Heard of The Dick Van Dyke Show

Mulder and Scully Meet the Killer Dog

Mulder and Scully Meet the Man Who Walks Through Things

Mulder and Scully Meet the Novelist Who Needs to Disengage

Mulder and Scully Meet the Alien Who Loves Baseball More Than Anything

Scully Meets the Las Vegas Adventures

Mulder and Scully Meet the Hallucinogenic Mushroom

Mulder and Scully Meet the Alien Rubbing

Season Seven:

Mulder and Scully Meet the Spaceship in Africa

Mulder and Scully Meet the Hallucinatory Life

Mulder and Scully Meet the Earless Fast Food Worker

Mulder and Scully Meet the Zombies

Mulder and Scully Meet the Speedy Dirtbag Teen

Mulder and Scully Meet the Luckiest Man

Mulder and Scully Meet the Incredibly Creepy Fingernail Thief in Scully’s Apartment

Mulder and Scully Meet the Headless Magician

Mulder and Scully Meet the Snakes

Mulder and Scully Meet the Walk-Ins

Mulder and Scully Meet Samantha’s Ghost

Mulder and Scully Meet the Camera Crew

Mulder and Scully Meet the Video Game

Mulder and Scully Meet the Hoodoo Practitioner

Mulder and Scully Meet the World’s Worst Road Trip

Mulder and Scully Meet the Raven

mulder and scully meet in the biblical sense

Mulder and Scully Meet the Tobacco Beetles

Mulder and Scully Meet the Movies

Mulder and Scully Meet the High Conflict Twins

Mulder and Scully Meet the Genie

Mulder and Scully Meet the Series’ New Direction

Season Eight:

Scully and Doggett Meet

Scully and Doggett Meet the Aliens in the Desert

Scully and Doggett Meet the Bat Man

Scully and Doggett Meet the Slug in the Back

Scully and Doggett Meet the Ghost Boy

Scully and Doggett Meet the Backwards Travelling Murder Suspect

Scully and Doggett Meet the Dream Killer

Scully and Doggett Meet the Man Who Sees Through Walls

Scully and Doggett Meet the Metal Man

Scully and Doggett Meet the Abdomen Dweller

Mulder and Doggett Meet the Healing Creature

Scully and Doggett Meet the Subway Jellyfish

Scully and Doggett Meet the OBGYN Conspiracy

Scully and Doggett Meet the Returned Abductees

Mulder, Scully, and Doggett Meet the Resurrection

Mulder, Scully, and Doggett Meet the Fight the Future DVD

Mulder, Scully, and Doggett Meet the Fire-Filled Killer

Mulder, Scully, and Doggett Meet the Black Oil Rig

Mulder, Scully, and Doggett Meet the Fangirl

Mulder, Scully, and Doggett Meet a Lot of Men Who Sure Think That They Get to Have an Opinion About a Woman’s Pregnancy

Mulder and Scully Meet Another Person Named William

Season Nine:

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet Further Excuses to Get Rid of Mulder

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Exploding Ship

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Devil

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Parallel Universes

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Insect Dirtbag Teen

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Surveillance Crew

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Memory Thief

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Reincarnated Flayer

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Baby-Nappers

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the UFO Cult

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Mind Hospital

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Man Who Projects His Bad Nature

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet Burt Reynolds as God

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Kid Who Draws Creepy Things

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Lone Gunmen’s Spin-Off

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Three-Day Adoption Agency

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet Doggett’s Son’s Killer

Scully, Doggett, and Reyes Meet the Brady Bunch Fan

Mulder and Scully Meet Again

Mulder and Scully Meet Domesticity

Season Ten:

Mulder and Scully Meet in the 2010s!

Mulder and Scully Meet the Genetically Engineered Children

Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster

Mulder and Scully Meet the Garbage Killer

Mulder and Scully Meet Reprehensible Attitudes

Mulder and Scully Meet the Plague

[blackkudos]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Jalacy (Screamin' Jay) Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock.

Early life

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawkins studied classical piano as a child and learned guitar in his twenties. His initial goal was to become an opera singer (Hawkins cited Paul Robeson as his musical idol in interviews), but when his initial ambitions failed he began his career as a conventional blues singer and pianist.

Hawkins was an avid and formidable boxer. In 1949, he was the middleweight boxing champion of Alaska. In 1951, he joined guitarist Tiny Grimes' band, and was subsequently featured on some of Grimes' recordings. When Hawkins became a solo performer, he often performed in a stylish wardrobe of leopard skins, red leather, and wild hats.

Career

"I Put a Spell on You"

Hawkins' most successful recording, "I Put a Spell on You" (1956), was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. According to the AllMusic Guide to the Blues, "Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad." The entire band was intoxicated during a recording session where "Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon." The resulting performance was no ballad but instead a "raw, guttural track" that became his greatest commercial success and reportedly surpassed a million copies in sales, although it failed to make the Billboard pop or R&B charts.

The performance was mesmerizing, although Hawkins himself blacked out and was unable to remember the session. Afterward he had to relearn the song from the recorded version. Meanwhile, the record label released a second version of the single, removing most of the grunts that had embellished the original performance; this was in response to complaints about the recording's overt sexuality. Nonetheless it was banned from radio in some areas.

Soon after the release of "I Put a Spell on You", radio disc jockey Alan Freed offered Hawkins $300 to emerge from a coffin onstage. Hawkins accepted and soon created an outlandish stage persona in which performances began with the coffin and included "gold and leopardskin costumes and notable voodoo stage props, such as his smoking skull on a stick – named Henry – and rubber snakes." These props were suggestive of voodoo, but also presented with comic overtones that invited comparison to "a black Vincent Price."

"I Put a Spell On You" became a classic cult song, covered by a variety of artists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nina Simone, Alan Price, The Animals, the Them with Van Morrison, Arthur Brown, Bryan Ferry, Buddy Guy with Carlos Santana, Tim Curry, Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Nick Cave in a concert only version, Marilyn Manson, Mica Paris with David Gilmore, Jeff Beck and Joss Stone, Diamanda Galas, and Annie Lennox in 2014 for her Grammy nominated album Nostalgia. Hawkins' original "I Put a Spell on You" was featured during the show and over the credits of Episode 303 of The Simpsons.

Later career

Hawkins' later releases included "Constipation Blues" (which included a spoken introduction by Hawkins in which he states he wrote the song because no one had written a blues song before about "real pain"), "Orange Colored Sky", and "Feast of the Mau Mau". Nothing he released, however, had the monumental success of "I Put a Spell on You". In Paris in 1999 and at the Taste of Chicago festival, he actually performed "Constipation Blues" with a toilet onstage.

He continued to tour and record through the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in Europe, where he was very popular. He appeared in performance (as himself) in the Alan Freed bio-pic American Hot Wax in 1978. Subsequently, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch featured "I Put a Spell on You" on the soundtrack – and deep in the plot – of his film Stranger Than Paradise (1983) and then Hawkins himself as a hotel night clerk in his Mystery Train and in roles in Álex de la Iglesia's Perdita Durango and Bill Duke's adaptation of Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem.

His 1957 single "Frenzy" (found on the early 1980s compilation of the same name) was included in the compilation CD, Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files, in 1996. This song was featured in the show's Season 2 episode "Humbug". It was also covered by the band Batmobile. In 1983, Hawkins relocated to the New York area. In 1984 and 1985, Hawkins collaborated with garage rockers The Fuzztones, resulting in "Screamin' Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones Live" album recorded at Irving Plaza in December 1984. They perform in the 1986 movie Joey.

In 1990, Hawkins performed the song "Sirens Burnin'," which was featured in the 1990 horror film Night Angel.

In July 1991, Hawkins released his album Black Music for White People. The record features covers of two Tom Waits compositions: "Heart Attack and Vine" (which, later that year, was used in a European Levi's advertisement without Waits' permission, resulting in a lawsuit), and "Ice Cream Man" (which, contrary to popular belief, is a Waits original, and not a cover of the John Brim classic). Hawkins also covered the Waits song "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard", for his album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993, his version of "Heart Attack and Vine" became his only UK hit, reaching #42 on the UK singles chart.

When Dread Zeppelin recorded their "disco" album, It's Not Unusual in 1992, producer Jah Paul Jo asked Hawkins to guest. He performed the songs "Jungle Boogie" and "Disco Inferno". He also toured with The Clash and Nick Cave during this period, and not only became a fixture of blues festivals, but appeared at many film festivals as well, including the Telluride Film Festival premier of Mystery Train.

In 2001, the Greek director and writer Nicholas Triandafyllidis made the documentary Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me about various stages of his life and career, including a filming of his last ever live performance, in Athens, on December 20, 1999, two months before his death (he played in Salonica too a day earlier). Notable artists such as Jim Jarmusch, Bo Diddley, Eric Burdon, Frank Ash, Arthur Brown and Michael Ochs talked about Screamin' Jay Hawkins' early life, personality, career and his incredible talent.

Personal life

Hawkins had six marriages; his last wife was 31 at his death. Singing partner Shoutin' Pat Newborn stabbed him in jealousy when he married Virginia Sabellona. He had three children with his first wife and claimed variously to have 57 or 75 in total. After his death, his friend and biographer Maral Nigolian set up a website to trace these children, identifying 33, at least 12 of whom met at a 2001 reunion.

Death

Hawkins died after emergency surgery for an aneurysm on February 12, 2000, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, near Paris.

Influence

Although Hawkins was not a major success as a recording artist, his highly theatrical performances from "I Put a Spell on You" onward earned him a steady career as a live performer for decades afterward, and influenced subsequent acts. He opened for Fats Domino, Tiny Grimes and the Rolling Stones. This exposure in turn influenced rock groups such as Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, the Cramps, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Arthur Brown, Dread Zeppelin, the Horrors, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Glenn Danzig.

In popular culture

In 1995, a portion of his song "Frenzy" was used in the season 2 episode "Humbug" of the Fox TV series The X-Files.

In 2009 "Frenzy" can be heard during the end credits of the season 2 episode, by the same name, of the HBO series True Blood.

In 2009 film, Nowhere Boy, a vinyl of "I Put A Spell On You" is presented to a young John Lennon, who then gives the vinyl to his Mother, Julia, to play on a record player.

In 2016, a portion of his 1957 song "Little Demon" was used as the soundtrack for a Fitbit Blaze commercial.

In 2016, "an inventive retelling of the outrageous life of Screamin' Jay Hawkins" by author Mark Binelli, entitled "Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits", was released by Metropolitan Books.

Discography

Studio albums

1958 At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Okeh/Epic) – other editions entitled Screamin' Jay Hawkins and I Put a Spell on You

1965 The Night and Day of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Planet/52e Rue Est) – also entitled In the Night and Day of Screamin' Jay Hawkins

1969 ...What That Is! (Philips)

1970 Because Is in Your Mind (Armpitrubber) (Philips)

1972 A Portrait of a Man and His Woman (Hotline) – reissued as I Put a Spell on You and Blues Shouter

1977 I Put a Spell on You (Versatile – recordings from 1966–1976)

1979 Screamin' the Blues (Red Lightnin' – recordings from 1953–1970)

1979 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Koala)

1983 Real Life (Zeta)

1991 Black Music for White People (Bizarre/Straight Records/Planet Records)

1991 I Shake My Stick at You (Aim)

1993 Stone Crazy (Bizarre/Straight/Planet)

1994 Somethin' Funny Goin' On (Bizarre/Straight/Planet)

1998 At Last (Last Call)

Live albums

1984 Screamin' Jay Hawkins and the Fuzztones Live (Midnight Records)

1988 At Home with Jay in the Wee Wee Hours (Midnight Records)

1988 Live & Crazy (Blue Phoenix)

1991 Screamin' Jay Hawkins and the Chikenhawks: Dr. Macabre (Trade Service)

1993 Rated X (Sting S) — recorded in 1970

1999 Live at the Olympia, Paris (Last Call) — live with one new studio recording

Singles

1953 "Not Anymore" / "Baptize Me in Wine" [Timely 1004]

1954 "I Found My Way to Wine" / "Please Try to Understand Me" [Timely 1005]

1955 "Well I Tried" / "You're All of My Life to Me" [Wing 9005]

1955 "This Is All" / "(She Put The) Whammee (On Me)" [Mercury 70549]

1956 "Even Though" / "Talk About Me" [Wing 90055]

1956 "I Put a Spell on You" / "Little Demon" [OKeh 7072]

1957 "You Made Me Love You" / "Darling, Please Forgive Me" [OKeh 7084]

1957 "Frenzy" / "Person to Person" [OKeh 7087]

1958 "Alligator Wine" / "There's Something Wrong with You" [OKeh 7101]

1958 "Armpit #6" / "The Past" [Red Top 126]

1962 "I Hear Voices" / "Just Don't Care" [Enrica 1010]

1962 "Ashes" / "Nitty Gritty" w/ Shoutin' Pat (Newborn) [Chancellor 1117]

1966 "Poor Folks" / "Your Kind of Love" [Providence 411]

1970 "Do You Really Love Me" / "Constipation Blues" [Philips 40645]

1973 "Monkberry Moon Delight" / "Sweet Ginny" [Queen Bee 1313]

1990 The Art of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Spivey)

1993 "Heart Attack and Vine" / "I Put a Spell on You" / "On the Job" [Columbia 6591092]

Multi-artist samplers and budget compilations

1962 Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Lillian Briggs (Coronet)

1963 A Night at Forbidden City (Sounds of Hawaii)

1988 Screamin' Jay Hawkins- I Put A Spell on You (Elvira Presents: Haunted Hits LP)

1990 Screamin' Jay Hawkins- I Put A Spell On You (Elvira Presents: Haunted Hits CD Re-Release)

1994 Screamin' Jay Hawkins- Little Demon (Elvira Presents: Monster Hits CD)

1996 Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Frenzy (Songs in the Key of X – The X Files)

Filmography

American Hot Wax (as himself, 1978)

Joey (as himself, 1986)

Mystery Train (as Night Clerk, 1989)

A Rage in Harlem (as himself, 1991)

Two Moon Junction (as Blues Club Singer, 1992)

Perdita Durango, (1997)

Peut-être (as club singer, 1999)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell On Me (2001)

Wikipedia

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Chapter 4: Like Death Warmed Over (Loki x OFC Pairing)

"Supernatural ended?! What the actual fuck?! Why?!" I exclaimed while catching up on the shows I missed in the five year absence. "That show was supposed to go till I die...again! My life is over!" I curled up on the couch, hugging my knees to my chest and burying my head in my arms.

"It was quite an entertaining show," Loki agreed, having grown curious early on in my catching up what I was bitching about missing so much. "Is any of it true? The monsters and the ways to kill them?"

"I only know about ghosts and spirits and most kinds of salt does act as a ward against them, rock salt especially. As I don't get rid them by force but by coercion if anything, I don't know if burning the bodies or pieces of the body left would send them away. Not about to try either."

"And the other monsters of legends in there, do they exist?"

"Almost every culture has their monsters on this planet, some overlapping between werewolves and vampires, I wouldn't be surprised if they do but I've not personally seen any beyond my area of expertise. Not my problem."

"What about angels and demons?"

"Those two are a bit different as they were primarily created by only one such religion, and a shady one at that, people somehow have different ideas of what those are. There have been cases of demonic possession in the past but its not like in the show where they're black smoke forcing themselves into your mouth, you don't see it happening, it just happens. Angels on the other hand...bit more complicated, ancient literature depicts them as benevolent  guardians of God to carry out his will and guide us lowly humans. Modern media however depicts the majority of them as dicks with an agenda of their own that doesn't involve helping us at all."

"What do you believe then?"

"I have no one religion to believe considering I'm talking to a god right now and was given more power from beings that claim they're gods as well, everyone  wants to be king of the mountain."

"And what do you want?"

"A cottage by the shores of Salem, where death and dark magic is strong but not shunned and the weird are welcomed more than the mundane."

"That place sounds intriguing, tell me more about it."

"Centuries ago when my ancestors first settled, people were even more religious nuts than they are now and they were crazy superstitious. They were also just plain crazy and got the idea of obtaining other people's land and property by accusing the owners of being evil witches after watching their daughters dabble in a bit of voodoo magic with their slaves. That's when the infamous Salem Witch Trials started which was a horrific dark mark in this country's history. Hundreds of innocent lives were ended as women and children and even the occasional man was accused, tortured, and locked away for life or executed horrifically."

"And you wish to live there?" he asked incredulously.

"There might be some unrest still from the victims and I want them to be at peace. Also, while the history of the place was terrible to say the least, it has become a bit more whimsical and touristy which I usually hate but they make it so fun there. You might even like it yourself if you ever wanna visit, assuming Tony lets me off the leash and I'm not stuck living here forever. Nowadays its a place that celebrates and capitalizes on magic."

"What if I were to convince Tony to let us have a day trip to there?"

"You'd do that?"

"Why not?"

I shrugged but smiled at the idea. "I'd say you're living up to the nickname Silvertongue."

"Oh that's not the only reason I'm called that," he purred into my ear.

I'm pretty sure if I could still bring color to my skin, I'd have the slightest blush of excitement from his voice alone let alone the suggestion. "Promises promises."

"Tell me something, you say you're dead inside and only the necromancy itself keeps you going, but do you still feel or are your nerves dead too."

"I don't think I'd wanna be alive if I couldn't feel or taste things so yes intense pain and strong levels of pleasure, kinda like a succubus I guess, pleasure keeps me alive, reminds me I'm still kicking." I paused then, trying to read if he was just gonna dump naughty images in my head or actually follow through. I do something totally impulsive then and rest my head on his lap, reaching up and touching the razorsharp jawbones of a god. Though he's cool to the touch, the second I come in contact with him I feel alive again.

"Do you miss being completely alive?" he asked, seeing the sudden but fleeting change from my touch.

"I'm not sure, the life I had before the change was almost complete hell from what I remember and I'm not one of those protagonists that wishes they could just be normal again, I like being what I am. I'd probably have died for real at Hydra, always finding new methods to get the same result of me not doing anything, I think a normal human would've died from the pain or blood loss then."

"That would make you an immortal, staying alive when you should be long dead, unaffected."

I shrugged. "I am what I am. Doubt I'm immortal though, a blade through the heart might not work but most creatures are killed by beheading including zombies which apparently Stark thinks I am. Jokes on him though, I don't eat brains, that's the least appetizing part of the body."

"You know from experience, do you?" he asked in bemusement. "Is it the heart then?"

I wrinkled my nose at this, recalling a certain show where a horse heart was devoured raw. "Have you ever eaten a muscle? It's like eating a wet squishy piece of leather, your jaw starts to ache after a few bites of a chewy chunk. Everyone assumes its the heart or brains thats best because we think since thats our best quality alive, it should be that in a meal." My hand slid from his face to his heart then though was blocked by his green asgardian leisure robes so the feeling of being alive was a bit lost though I still wanted to feel his heart, so many people seemed to think he didn't have one. I wondered if I could survive pulling his lifeforce from him, not that I'd want to of course when just touching him gave me a taste of life, but an immortal with immense power meant he wouldn't be dead for a while and that meant he was a potential atomic bomb in my hands. I was quiet for once, feeling his heartbeat, his power under my hand, so many different thoughts between naughty and dangerous running through my head then. I could feel him watch me just as quiet as I was, ever the curious god observing his new catch.

"What are you thinking that's stayed your tongue suddenly?" he asked me then.

I smirked. "I'm wondering what true power tastes like."

"Lean up and find out," he challenged smoothly.

Both my eyebrows popped up then, usually when people find out I'm a walking magical corpse they're instantly turned off due to that pesky little thing called necrophilia. I didn't need to be told twice though and did just that, our lips connecting softly. The second it did, my entire body warmed and tingled back to life, causing me to moan into the kiss in the rush of long missed feeling I didn't want to end. What started out as a tasting, testing the waters kiss quickly became one of lust and hunger he was matching just as greedily. I pushed myself up to get even closer to him and his hands snaked around my hips without breaking the kiss. Of course something had to at least give Loki some air to breathe and it was a soft thump coming outside the room followed closely by, "Mr. Stark, are you here?"

We pulled away reluctantly, allowing Loki to catch his breath and me to lose mine returning to my current corpse form. "You'll be the life of me, Loki," I mused. "Did a kid just interrupt this?"

"That must be the Spiderling then," loki replied, waiting for me to get off him before getting off the couch and offering me his hand once more.

I took it curiously and followed him out of the living to where a teenager was looking around wearing a high tech spider themed suit that looked like an offshoot of Deadpool's suit though the mask part was pulled off. He's cute though a bit young. "That has Stark written all over it."

The kid whirled around as his back had been turned to us watching him look for his sugar daddy. "Hi Loki, who are you?"

"Who am I? Who are you?" I countered. "I was here first."

"I'm Spider Parker- I mean Peter Man," he stumbled in answer. "Dammit."

I couldn't hide the laughter at his failed attempt to cover one if not both identities and looked over at Loki who was smirking just the same. "Isn't he just precious?"

"I think you caught him by surprise, not an easy feat as he claims he has a sixth sense for that sort of thing," Loki commented.

I shrugged. "Occupational hazard. Tony's not here right now, but if you'd like to leave a message you can do so elsewhere."

Peter as I guessed his actual name was scowled at me and appeared to get in a defensive stance but once more we were interrupted by something entering the building followed by. "Loki, you guys here?"

"Maybe," I called back.

Tony walked into the room we were all standing in and grinned seeing Peter there as well. "Hey kid, what brings you here?"

"Mr. Stark, I heard rumors theres a horde of zombies at the hydra base and wanted to help," Peter replied quickly.

It was my turn to frown then. "So much for keeping that under wraps, I'm blaming you on this, Stark. You just had to know, didn't you?"

"Me? I'm pretty sure you volunteered as you hate them as much as we do."

"I was hoping you'd handle most of it, you're the Avengers after all, but once more a woman has to clean up a mess made by lousy men."

"You know her, Mr. Stark?" squeaked Peter between the bickering.

"We found her in the second to last base we raided, well Loki did anyway," explained Tony. "I let you into my compound as a guest I know almost nothing about and this is how you thank me."

"You could've just let me go back to where I was before I got caught but noooo, you had to know why I was there."

"She's got a point there, Stark," Loki noted.

"Who's side are you on?" he demanded.

"Hers, clearly. I thought that much was obvious as I'm standing right next to her this whole time."

Tony rolled his eyes but returned his attention to Peter. "Don't worry about it, kid. The zombies don't work for Hydra."

"They don't?" he asked in disbelief.

"They work for me," I chirped. "Well not worked so much as follow since its free of charge and labor."

"You? What are you, the Night Queen?" Peter asked.

Tony chuckled at the reference. My eyes went snow white then and I gave him a look that matched the lead wight walker. "Winter is coming," I told him in a hollow voice.

"M-Mr. Stark, I don't think it's a good idea to have her on the team," Peter told him quietly.

"Are you questioning my judgment, kid?"

"No, sir."

"Good, because she's staying here."

"Actually," I interjected. "I have a request on that note."

Tony turned back to me then with an arched eyebrow. "You're not moving out till I can fully trust you."

"She wants to go on a field trip with me somewhere, just for a day," Loki spoke up.

Tony crossed his arms and looked expectantly at the god. "Where?"

"Only the most magical place in the east coast," I answered.

"Disneyworld?" Peter asked hopefully.

I wrinkled my nose in disgust. "Hell no, that's the most nauseating place in the east coast. So full of families with kids they can't hope to control, and all that noise noise noise. That place ain't magical, it's mechanical and made of money and memories. No, this place isn't in the south and doesn't require commercial airlines to get there."

"Hm, well you proved you can handle yourself on the battlefield and Loki will be with you on this trip but as I still don't trust him completely we'll have someone else with you two to make sure you don't get into too much trouble," Tony stated. "Clint will go with you as he's the only one free at the moment and wasn't fighting off hydra like the rest of us did. Family outting or whatever at his farm."

"Is that a yes?"

"Yup, don't make me regret it either or you'll be on a tighter leash than Loki is."

"Oooh a leash, kinky, what's the safe word?"

"Bananas," he quipped right back, making me cackle before I thanked him for letting have some fun on my own.

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"Soon we shall run this city. Then this country, then the world."

"And then?"

"What?"

"Then, what?"

"Well, that's it. We'll rule the world."

[1tawnystranger]

Founder/s: unknown (generally believed to be the Fon ethnic group in west Africa)

Approximate age: estimated to be between 6,000 & 10,000 years (original African form), 300-400 years (modern Americanised forms)

Place of origin: west Africa definitely – generally believed to be Benin, but later “recreated” in Haiti and spread to other parts of the Caribbean & mainland Americas

Holy book/s: n/a?

Original language of holy book/s: n/a?

Demonym of adherents: Vodouists/ Vodouisants/ Servants of the Spirits

Approximate number of current global adherents: 80,000,000

Place of worship name/s: n/a???

Depending on where it’s practised the name is also written as Vaodou, Vodoun, Vodou, Voudou, Vúdú, Vodú and most commonly Voodoo.

Although I know very little about this faith, I know it’s a lot more than zombies, drinking chicken blood and sticking needles in magic dolls (In fact, knowing the history of colonialism I wouldn’t be surprised if these were all European rather than African practices! According to some zombies were really enslaved Africans being drugged so heavily their free will was suppressed). Due to the extreme (& deliberate) misunderstanding throughout the centuries I will briefly list its key features:

A supreme but uninvolved god called Bondye (ie. deism) or Mawu

Innumerable spirits (loa/ lwa) who are called upon in place of Bondye, and can either help or hinder human affairs

Possession by spirits of their followers, which are usually benevolent

Souls (of the living) which can leave the body during possessions or dreams

Belief in magic (good is white, bad is red)

A set of ethics passed down from generation to generation dealing with all areas of human life like politics, education, child-rearing, etc.

Traditional medical practices (in common with most African faiths)

There are effectively 3 “sects” of Vodun – the original Wafrican form (with some Christian influence), Haitian & Louisiana. All 3 are syncretic in this day and age, sharing various degrees of original Wafrican spiritual & cultural practices, Roman Catholicism, Freemasonry, and Taíno* beliefs.  This means that it potentially has the same good & bad points of all these worldviews. I hesitate to refer to it as a single religion due to its antiquity and range of ethnic groups who practised it. For simplicity’s sake I will nonetheless, and for the rest of this post I will refer to the African form by default unless stated otherwise.

* Taínos are a subgroup of the Arawaks, a native pre-Columbian American tribe living in what’s now Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti & Puerto Rico. They’re generally believed to be extinct but attempts are being made to revive them and their ways. 

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I will refrain from judging it too harshly as it’s so badly misunderstood and I’ve never met anyone who can tell me about it from an insider perspective. Nevertheless my opinion on its “tenets” will be expressed throughout, as is the purpose of this post series.

  They do practise animal sacrifice, but not for shock value or for the sake of killing. They see it as combining the spirit with the animal’s life force and thus rejuvenating the spirit. In a sense it’s a way of using death to continue life. But at least they don’t let the body go to waste; they actually cook and eat it as part of the ritual.

Yep, really feelin’ the spirit o’ that there chickun.

While I understand the need for disguise back in the TAST/ colonial era, the Christian influence in all 3 “sects” is ever-present. The loa are often represented as Christian angels/ saints. I can let it slide for the Haitian & Louisiana sects due to loss of contact with the Motherland, but the African one still holding onto it shows the psychological grip of the West.

I fail to understand how people still believe in spirits when we can clearly see in this day and age that they don’t exist. Except if what they mean by spirits is natural phenomena like gravity, rainfall, lightning strikes, seed germination, etc. Spirits are literally the namesake of this religion, the translation of the Fon/ Ewe word vodun*. Followers believe the vodun exist side by side with the living and can be invoked for various purposes.

* The modern word loa/lwa comes from French loi which means law. 

Though “branches” of the faith may deal with God and genesis of the world, they don’t prioritise them. Instead much more importance is given to ancestor spirits, whom the practitioners interact with and ask for help with particular tasks. While some believe the Vodouists order the spirits around it’s more the other way round, and though spirits are usually benevolent it is possible for a spirit to be turned evil by being asked to do evil things too often. Nice to know mere mortals have some degree of control over the supernatural realm.

On the topic of spirit summoning, spirits are regarded as specialists in certain areas of life. For instance if you’re experiencing unreciprocated love you would ask Erzulie Freda for help on that, or Azawa to sort out your failing crops, or Ogoun for protection from violence. Having read about how polytheistic religions tended to be henotheistic (meaning they acknowledge the existence of multiple gods but have 1 or a few personal favourites) I have a newfound respect for “pagans”. Plus they’re allowed to change their minds on which deities to worship – these gods ain’t jealous! It seems more tolerant of differing & decentralised forms of worship, and if that’s how Voodoo works I respect it just as much.

Perhaps surprisingly, when possession is requested by a follower they are guided through it by a priest/-ess. Those priests & priestesses are specially trained to handle possessions and thus aren’t given free reign to make up shit on the spot. Likewise they’re not seen as the ultimate arbiters of the spirits’ will, the spirits themselves are. So at least it’s not haphazard & left up to chance as to what the possessed person gets up to. At least that’s how it works on paper.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, on the other hand, in order for the spirits to have any effect in your life (whether you’re summoning them for good or evil) you have to believe in them. You probably already know my thoughts on such blind faith.

According to Wikipedia, much of the misunderstanding of this faith comes from Europeans’ confusion of it with Bò, a related practice that draws elements from and can summon the same spirits as the Vodun “pantheon” but considered distinct. It’s referred to as an occult science, while Vodun is a whole way of life. Apparently Juju is almost completely unrelated to Vodun.

Interestingly, also according to the Wiki page creating zombies is not part of the faith at all. Zombies started off as TAST-era folklore, under the belief that dead slaves could be resurrected and forced to serve their slavers for eternity. This doesn’t really have anything to do with contacting ancestors per se, thus this point is more for information than critiquing.

And on the topic of dolls, they are used as part of some rituals. However they’re just used as focal points for the Vodouisant, and it’s his or her intentions that make its use good or bad.

Oh, and they like snakes.

My kind of woman. 

It would be good ot go on longer but it’s difficult to find much information so there’s not a lot to critique for the time being. As there are no holy books in this faith, I can’t direct you to any links thereto. Instead here are videos of some of their rituals:

And here‘s an article listing some of the spirits in the Voodoo “pantheon”. Enjoy.

In the name of God/s, part 12: Vodun Founder/s: unknown (generally believed to be the Fon ethnic group in west Africa) Approximate age…

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Rita's Marie Laveau candle has been designed to honor and call upon her spirit for guidance in magical workings. She was a master of healing, luv spells, banishment spells, eliminating business rivals while all the while being a astute business woman herself. It is said she held secret rituals complete with the worship of a snake called Zombi, and orgiastic dancing, drinking, and lovemaking deep in the bayous. Offerings for her include cigars, booze, coins and flowers. Marie Laveau was the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, feared and respected by all. As her story goes she was born to a hatian slave and grew up free and educated on her father's plantation. She began as a hairdresser and then later a nurse during the yellow fever epidemics. Her skills in medicine led her to becoming very knowledgeable in the healing properties of herbs. She was a devote catholic who became concerned about people's souls while administering last meals to people on death row. As time went by she became increasingly interested in her mother’s African traditional beliefs and married the idea of catholic traditions and voodoo making her voodoo and hoodoo practices acceptable to New Orleans high society. She was all knowing and powerful and quickly created a reputation for herself. Whatever you wanted or needed she could make happen for you. She was and still is revered as the Queen of the Voodoos. #marielaveau #voodoo #queen #hoodoo #neworleans #candle #magic #ritasjuju #pagan #conjure #novena #fixed #vigil #witchcraft #witchesofinstagram #pillar (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl6iqXJg8Hq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vaon1hnb55uw

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From Nobody to Nightmare

We’ve all seen the kind of guy, big ol’ badass that scares the ever living shit out of everyone that dare oppose them. Be they a 7 foot tall black robed cyborg, the leader of a meth cooking criminal empire or even that asshole that works as a telemarketer that refuses to stop calling at 6 AM every Saturday. But do you ever wonder where they came from, who they were before they struck fear into the hearts of the common folk? Well today we’ll be covering that concept, the trope of “From Nobody to Nightmare”.

In this case we have a terrifying entity, be they a person or even an organization, that grew from simple origins. A former slave that was destined to bring order, yet fell due to the harsh realities of badly written drama. New Mexico’s most milquetoast chemistry teacher that catches a case of the cancer who decides that meth is a viable method of financial gain. That snotty kid that flunked out of high school and had to get his good enough diploma so that he could be allowed to make phone calls at inappropriate times. They are all at their hearts a terror that came from humble beginnings. Let’s look at four examples of times when video games gave us the chance to go from Nobody to Nightmare.

(Spoilers for Godfather the Game, Metal Gear Solid V: the Phantom Pain, the Saints Row series and Dragon Age 2)

It’s the 1930’s and you’re just some sweet little Italian kid living in Little Italy with his stereotypically mob connected daddy and your Mediterranean MILF of a Mom. But then some assholes in green blow up the family bakery and shoot the fuck out of your dad. Your dad’s fresh fuck splattered all over the pavement, you’re filled with rage, you’ll never get that cannoli now. Deprived of the delicious and filling foodstuff of your people you stare with daggers of burning hate at the guys in green, but thankfully slightly younger Don Corleone is there to pat you on the back and tells you that you’ll one day kill all green wearing canolli wreckers. Flash forward a decade and you join the snazzy Corleone family as a mere associate. Just some dapper whippersnapper that breaks kneecaps and makes the most gaudy of bitches swoon at the mere thought of touching your pastrami. But with time you eventually take over store after store, stomping out all the rival mob families until only the green backed canolli stompers are left. Getting sweet sweet ricotta filled vengeance you are left as the leader of the city, store owners far and wide fearing the day their kneecaps give out before their cash registers do.

Ripping out the stitches of a nubile young woman’s abdomen with your bare hands and reaching around for a bomb might make you a badass to most people, but this is fucking Metal Gear we’re talking about. Four story tall mechs, cyborg ninjas, clone child soldiers and calorie enriched bars of life sustaining nutrition. These are the things that you have to endure to become a snake, and a snake you become. But you aren’t naked this time around, you’ve got venom inside you, like a popstar that has more beef than a Texan rancher. Starting out as some Kiefer wannabe stitch pulling weirdo that worships legendary mercenary Big Boss, you eventually outdo your horse shooting idol by building the biggest collection of war criminals this side of the Berlin Wall. No manner of criminal scum are beyond your reach: Russians, Afrikaners, actual Africans and even some Asian nerd join in on your misadventures across Afghanistan and Central Africa where you go about kidnapping soldiers and brainwash them in your totally not Orwellian inspired club for big boys. But don’t forget the assemble the most blazing Mixtape of 80’s hits that’ll be so straight fire that the Iranians send a fighter jet to try and take you out. Good thing your ninja infected waifu can defend you. At the end if it all you’re a stone cold barely speaking badass that fully channels his inner Kiefer and tries to face off against some rookie in your twilight years. All in all, you’re pretty good.

Being a Michigander myself I feel a certain joy when our cities are used as a basis for fiction. Thankfully Detroit’s a shithole that’s iconic enough to inspire the early setting of the Saint’s Row games. Starting out as just some schmuck getting stuck in the middle of a street battle you soon join up with a group of gangbangers that are the least racially exclusive in town. Over time you kill off the themed gangs, establish yourself as “the Boss” and get yourself blown up by your former leader in the process. But like some kinda ghetto street legend you rise from the ashes in a coma, waking up to repeat essentially the same shit you did last time, only this time Phil LaMarr voices a cool Voodoo dude and you can turn your gang into Ninjas. Fast forward like… Five years and now you’re hot shit, you’ve got an energy drink and dress up as yourselves to rob banks for fun. But why stop there? Oval office not good enough? Fine, God Emperor it is. Not bad as just some Playa off the streets huh?

Isn’t playing as a war refugee fun? Oh no, not that overly dramatic resource management game that makes you cry. We’re fuckin’ with the Hawke family today. Well, still sad but more badass. Starting off you have three flavours of refugee: roguish scout type, meathead warrior or future apostitute slaying mage. That last one might be pretty badass, but at the start you can’t even save your bitchy little brother/adorably badass sister. Your mom blames you and in order to bring honor to your Avian themed family you gotta become royalty. So OBVIOUSLY you wanna go in some zombie infested dwarven ruins to futz about and find treasure. Enough treasure to warrant monogrammed smoking jackets and pointy statues. Oh, what’s that? Horned religious zealots are burninating the shit out of your hellhole of a city? Better become the champion of the city then! But don’t forget about that civil war of sorts brewing between men who wear robes and men who wear skirts, because you don’t wanna become a member of the fashion police. Oops, fantasy terrorism strikes and you’re forced to either be the face of mage freedom on the run or try and be the leader of a city of skirt wearing religious fanatics. Either way, not bad for starting off a poor as shit immigrant.