#a night at karlstein

[karlstejnboyfriends]

Noc na Karlštejně memy (první várka)

[valerieandherweekofwonderz]

Jana Brejchová and Daniela Kolářová in Noc na Karlštejně / A Night at Karlstein (1973) dir. by Zdeněk Podskalský.

[karlstejnboyfriends]

SVATÁ STOLICE ?!!! JAKOŽE JSEM TO JEŠTĚ NEVIDĚLA??? Kdo to přede mnou schoval?!!! Úžasné!!!

První šestice je hotová ale nebojte ani zdaleka nekončíme. Vaše další oblíbené lodě které chcete v této sérii vidět klidně pište do komentářů. (Nebojte petriáš je hned v další šestici)

Pokud bych udělal speciální šestici na Cimrmanovy queer postavy koho by jste tam chtěli vidět?

[whatcha-reading-today]

Summerween Day 1: Horror (that's not so horrific)

Part of the Summerween recommendations. See the masterpost here.

Your mileage may vary, but these are stories that have some creepy vibes but shouldn't be too scary.

The Skull | Jon Klassen: A horror picture book. Yes, the skull is cute but the skeleton is not.

Cycle of the Werewolf | Stephen King: A short comic about a werewolf that tortures a small town over the course of a year.

Night of the Living Dummy | R.L. Stine: Goosebumps are such a good time, are they the best written horror stories? No. But they are fun and quick reads.

Count Karlstein | Philip Pullman: A count bargains with the devil and must pay up. Our young heroes need to do something so that two young girls aren't sacrificed.

A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness: The monster is kind of scary, but overall this one just made me cry.

[medievalandfantasymelee]

👑🌹The Queen of Love and Beauty🌹👑

Round 1 (5 of 6)

The Queen of Love and Beauty shall hold the honour of presenting unto the winner of the Tournament his Champion's Coronet.

Vote for the lady who, to you, best exemplifies feminine dignity, grace and loveliness

The six contenders with the most votes will advance.

Row 1 - Isabeau of Anjou [Michelle Pfeiffer], Ladyhawke (1985) - Princess Buttercup [Robin Wright], The Princess Bride (1987) - Sorsha [Joanne Whalley], Willow (1988)

Row 2 - Queen Guinevere [Vanessa Redgrave], Camelot (1967) - Princess Gwendolyn [Angela Lansbury], The Court Jester (1955) - Maid Jean [Glynis Johns], The Court Jester (1955)

Row 3 - Anne Neville [Claire Bloom], Richard III (1955) - Princess Lili [Mia Sara], Legend (1985) - Ophelia [Jean Simmons], Hamlet (1948)

Row 4 - Rebecca of York [Olivia Hussey], Ivanhoe (1982) - Jeanne d’Arc [Renee Falconetti], The Passion of Joan of Arc {La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc} (1928) - Eliška Pomořanská [Jana Brejchová], A Night at Karlstein {Noc na Karlštejně} (1973)

[beautifulpeoplesillypolls]

Vampires are the sexiest of all monsters but...

[karlstejnboyfriends]

Byla jsem vyvolána, prosím o rozvedení myšlenky 🤔

Považte

Noc na Karlštejně

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[sapricorn]

hello cyan!

i've been on a hunt for people's top 10 lists! would you be so kind as to share with me your faves for these? i'd really appreciate it!

a) movies b) shows (anime included) c) games (mobile included) d) books (manga not included :( ) e) music artists

i know it's a lengthy ask but if you would find the time for these, i would appreciate it so much really! <3

q.

Hello Q! I'm sorry it took me so long to respond, you gave me much to think about! Don't know why you collect these answers but I hope you enjoy them!

Some categories were hard to figure out but it was nice trying to remind myself my favorites.

a) top 10 movies

Princess Mononoke (1997) (easy pick, I love this one the most)

Dead Poet Society (1989)

Indiana Jones series (1981-1989) (I can stomach the Crystal Skull but I'd rather not to?)

Lord of The Rings series (2001-2003)

Pelíšky/Cozy Dens (1999) (A Czech movie that literally means Christmas to me - it is a must to watch with my dad on Christmas Eve, the only tradition about that day that I actually enjoy, it's full of czech humour and history)

Noc na Karlštejně/A Night at Karlstein (1974) (Another Czech movie, or actually a musical that I know all the songs to, seen an adaptation in theatre and it was lit as fuck)

Angélique series (1964-1968) (quite a questionable movie series in terms of sexual themes and women's rights but I do attribute my queer awakening to this character and that needs to wield some weight)

Children of Men (2006)

Batman (2005-2012 Nolan Trilogy)

Isle of Dogs (2018) (the first time I went over to my girlfriend's, we watched this... amazing movie, amazing memory.. amazing girlfriend <3)

(my practice animation of a Princess Mononoke scene for English class)

b1) top 10 shows (no anime)

(I don't watch that many shows that are not anime so this list is not really most to least favorite - only the top 3 are sorted, the rest is just written out)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated, not the Netflix one)

Castlevania

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Game of Thrones

The Boys

Invincible

The 100 (the first few seasons, the ending is insane, me not likey)

Helluva Boss

Arcane

The Umbrella Academy

b2) top 10 shows (only anime)

Wolf's Rain (watched it once years ago... will never watch it again because it causes me anguish, I love it though)

Yuri!! on Ice (it's a once-a-month watch)

Dr. Stone (during exam season I play it on repeat: 1st+2nd season on day 1, Ryuusui Special+3rd season on day 2, repeat!)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The 86

Sasaki To Miyano (healing my little gay heart)

Ao No Exorcist (I love the manga and the movie!!! show is just okay)

Death Note

Kimetsu no Yaiba (the first manga I've ever read from start to finish was this one and therefore the show holds a special place in my heart - also the quote on most my sites: "Growing old and dying is the beauty of the fleeting creature called a human being" is from the manga and also hanging on my wall, it's my fave manga panel ever)

SK8 The Infinity

Honorable mentions: Boku No Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Jujutsu Kaisen, Trigun & Trigun Stampede, 91 Days, Bungo Stray Dogs, Black Clover, Gintama, Link Click, Heaven Official's Blessing :)

c) top 10 games

(going to be completely honest...I have not played a single video game before 2019 - my family thinks games cause rotten brains and I agree with that statement, at the same time I love games.. justf FYI I am very inexperienced)

(another note: I LOVE open worlds - I like climbing shit and falling off cliffs, I love going on my own and fighting shit and solving puzzles)

Genshin Impact

Assassin's Creed (I love Brotherhood, have and like 2nd and Odyssey, have but haven't played Syndicate yet, HATE Unity [the controls suck ass], I watched some gameplay of other games, I love the series overall)

Honkai: Star Rail

The Witcher

Tears of Themis (I try and play alot of games like this but they don't have Vyn Richter so what's the point of them really? [insert megamind meme: no vyn richter?])

Minecraft (I like building, and one of my last memories with one of my besties was from multiplayer, I have our last world saved with a mausoleum in the place of his spawn - it keeps precious memories)

NU:Carnival (the fashion is offensively awesome, big inspiration for my character designs sometimes)

Legend of Zelda (sounds and looks like a game I would love but I have yet to experience it on my own)

The Silent Age (first game I owned on my own and played start to finish without anybody else's input, it's very simple and somewhat boring but I like the vibe and I like the independence I felt while playing it)

Destiny 2 (my PC has issues running it but I absolutely love it, also I have like 40 gifs of myself just dancing in this game..)

d) top 10 books

Krysař/The Ratcatcher by Viktor Dyk (1915) (fell in love with this Czech required reading book during middle school, read it again for high school finals, still love it to this day)

Demian by Hermann Hesse (1919)

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey - the series has I think 12 books running 2009-2021 but I only have the first 3 (2009-2011) however they deserve to be on this list since I've read them like 13 times)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan (2015-2017) (I also enjoy his series with egyptian gods but Magnus Chase slayed)

The Inheritance Cycle: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (2003-2011)

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (1950-1956)

Lady Pokingham Or They All Do It by allegedly Oscar Wilde (1879) (it's an erotica, a guilty pleasure of mine)

Smrt Krásných Srnců/Death of Beautiful Roebucks by Ota Pavel (1971) (another Czech gem really)

Note to Self by Connor Franta (2017)

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (2016-present) (I know you said no manga, but it's so beautiful! I even used it as a reference literature to my bachelor thesis - I HAVE to include it!)

e) top 10 music artists

(this list was an absolute struggle, I don't listen to music that much, and since my girlfriend has just such a great taste in music I mostly don't focus on anything and just go along with their recs)

Stray Kids (a remnant of high school days when I listened to alot of kpop - I still listen to some others but Stray Kids are precious to me)

Silverchair (my favorite rock band)

bbno$

Citizen Soldier (some of their music quite literally kept me alive through some rough nights)

Lemon Demon [two trucks holding hands~, two trucks holding hands~, the passion, the passion, is more than I can withstand~~]

Takayan (たかやん)

CORPSE!

Grim Salvo

grandson

Nathan Wagner

I do listen to a lot of anime opening songs, and movie or game soundtracks and also to literally anything you make into nightcore version lmao.

Anyway, that's all I have <3 Thank you for this ask, Q!

[signalwatch]

Vamp Watch: Daughter of Dracula (1972) Watched:  09/04/2023 Format:  BluRay Viewing:  First Director:  Jess Franco If the 1970's brought us anything in cinema, it was sexy vampires.  I mean, there's no shortage before.  Ask me about Brides of Dracula.  But by the time we got to the 1970's, we had moved into a weird twilight zone of art film/ exploitation film/ horror film where nudity was rampant and sex was not just implied in knowing cut-aways. As far as I know, of the Jess Franco movies, I'd only ever seen Vampyros Lesbos.  And, somewhat (in)famously, Franco was one of the foremost purveyors of cheap, wandering "horror" films that bordered on a Cinemax late-night entry and what cable would play on weekends in the 1980's while also absolutely existing as in-no-way-scary horror films. The movie is one of five directed by Franco in 1972 alone.  Whatever the market was, it was quantity over quality, and I suspect few scenes were actually scripted or anyone really did much to prep for the movies after getting a set of fangs, a Dracula cape and a location.  The movie uses a lot of 1970's film language, from racking focus into a scene (usually onto some natural object) and lots of lingering shots of people walking and not saying much. The basic set-up here is that Luisa Karlstein (Britt Nichols - aka: Carmen Yazalde) returns home to see her dying mother, who tells her where the key is to a family tomb, says there's an unspeakable horror there, and then immediately keels over.  Apparently ready for unspeakable horror as long as you look fantastic, Luisa heads into the tomb where she is immediately made into a vampire by Dracula, who has been locked down there for some time. Townswomen begin getting killed, a detective who really wants to be the love child of Columbo and Maigret, shows up and "Jefferson" (Franco looking like a dopey hipster) keeps telling everyone its vampires, and no one will buy it.   In between, there's lots of stuff like people playing pianos, a half-assed investigation, and Luisa making it with her friend, Karine (Anne Libert).   The movie wants to borrow from the novel Carmilla, but is clearly someone jotting down some ideas they liked in Hammer movies, not least of which was The Vampire Lovers and, even less like Lust For a Vampire, seeing what they could get away with not worrying about British certificates.   Like a lot of these movies, they use long takes to fill time and a wandering, semi-incoherent plot and suggest "it's dreamlike!" and maybe it is.  Maybe more like a real wandering, semi-incoherent dream than what we think of as "dreamlike" in most films.   Anyway, I won't go too far down the rabbit hole of these movies, but I figured being a little conversant in them couldn't hurt, and I picked this one as it seemed to want to be Carmilla, so I'd have a basic structure to compare it to.  But it really isn't that.   BTW:  their Dracula is just a guy who never does more than sit up in a coffin and eventually have a nude woman tossed on top of him.  Some days on a film set are just odd. https://ift.tt/bzt7rDn via The Signal Watch https://ift.tt/HUinMml September 05, 2023 at 08:31PM

[karlstejnboyfriends]

Produkt znovuzhlédnutí Noci na Karlštejně. (se spoluobrozenkyní @suplikdandelion)

Pocity ohledně volby písně zpětně lehce smíšené.

[morgan-the-lonely-brick]

If you want to try some Czech music (my preferences are outdated - I don't listen to newer stuff but) I have a few reccomendations! Copy and paste these into youtube and you're bound to get results.

Čechomor

Karel Plíhal

Jablkoň

Jana a Petr Ulrychovi

Jarek Nohavica

Michal Tučný

Just to name a few.

Then of course our legendary musical fairytales! Ignore the soviet propaganda. We know it's there. It won't stop us from enjoying a good musical.

A night at Karlstein (Noc na Karlštejně)

Long live ghosts! (Ať žijí duchové!)

Princess Goldilocks (Zlatovláska)

The incredibly sad princess (Šíleně smutná princezna) - apart from great music it also has the most chemistry betweet the leads I have ever seen in a straight movie

I wish Americans fucked with more foreign music. You don’t have to know the language to appreciate a good record. Folks in other countries listen to our music and don’t speak a lick of english. Music needs no translator

[mandolinearts]

"this isn't going to end well. sooner or later, something is going to happen."

"it's already happened."

sometimes you gotta watch your favourite comfort movie musical and draw fanart for it

[elvensassking]

A Night at Karlstein, 1973

[whatcha-reading-today]

Count Karlstein | Philip Pullman

I think I've read this book three? Four? times and have always enjoyed it. This is one of the first horror books I read as a kid and boy, it kept me up at night, white knuckling it until the end.

Format: Physical copy

Read in: the 90s, 2019

[vera-simik]

Ok *cracks knuckles*, let's go:

19th century

Vilém Mrštík: Pohádka máje/A May Tale

Jan Neruda: Povídky malostranské/Tales of the Lesser Quarter

Josef Karel Šlejhar: Kuře melancholik/The Melancholy Chicken

Jaroslav Vrchlický: Noc na Karlštejně/A Night at Karlstein

Pre-WW2

Karel Čapek: Bílá nemoc/The White Plague

Viktor Dyk: Krysař/The Pied Piper

Karel Hlaváček: Pozdě k ránu/Late towards the Morning

Vladimír Vančura: Rozmarné léto/Summer of Caprice

Post-WW2

Egon Hostovský: Cizinec hledá byt

Bohumil Hrabal: Ostře sledované vlaky/Closely Watched Trains

Vladimír Körner: Adelheid

Ota B. Kraus: Země bez Boha/The Land without God

Josef Škvorecký: Zbabělci/The Cowards

Post '89

Antonín Bajaja: Zvlčení

Evžen Boček: Poslední aristokratka

Anna Cima: Probudím se na Šibuji/I Wake Up in Shibuya

Květa Legátová: Jozova Hanule

Miloš Urban: Lord Mord + Hastrman/The Water-Goblin

uhhh

i need czech lit reccs

pleasseeeeeee ill love u forever

[shredsandpatches]

medieval dorks in love

Have a snippet from the novelthing, because I haven’t shared it and it makes me happy in an “all of these references are far too dorky to get away with” sort of way. (and yes, the comment about the Scottish campaign is meant to be ominous)

*

Richard waits another moment, mustering the strength to move, and then collapses into the pillows between his wife and his lover, feeling blissfully boneless and utterly contented. Anne and Robert are pressed against him, Anne's head on his chest and Robert's lips brushing the hollow of his shoulder. His beard smells like Anne, which makes him quite pleased with himself for growing it.

"God," he breathes. "I love you both so much. I want to do this every night for the rest of my life."

Anne giggles sleepily. "I'll come to Scotland with you, then," she says, and then sighs. "I'll miss you while you're on campaign." She looks up and smiles at Robert, covering his hand with hers where it lies across Richard's belly, and Richard can feel Robert take her hand and squeeze it. "Both of you."

"Why not come with us?" Richard says. "My grandmother went with my grandfather on his expeditions to Scotland."

"I could dress as a pageboy!" Anne says. "My father used to have a castle where no women were allowed, and my mother would disguise herself as a pageboy to visit him. Or so people said—I don't think it's true, though."

"Don't take this the wrong way, your Highness," Robert drawls, eyes tracing the curves of her breast and hip, "but you'd make an extremely unconvincing boy."

Anne withdraws her hand from Robert's to swat at him, and she says something in her native tongue that Richard suspects is very rude, although she's laughing when she says it. After all, Robert isn't exactly wrong.

"Or we could just stay here," Richard says. "I don't feel like leaving this bed ever, right now."

Robert laughs, too, then. "We'll be knights of Venus, not Bellona," he says, draping his leg over Richard's thigh. "Which suits me just fine."