#admiral Blaquefut

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Just the rocks and the trees in my lonesome dreams, and a road that don't never end

Lonesome Dreams By Lord Huron

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wip ask meme

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descript or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

@magicalspacedragon tagged me in this despite them basically knowing all my wips anyway thanks to my writing process basically being "send space a snippet and if they go 'oooooh' write more of that"

As for my list, let's go with both Google doc names and stuff that's in my phone's notepad, and include the stuff I haven't touched in ages.

heres the files off of my phones notepad. mostly homestuck here because its been chewing my brain like a piece of gum lately:

lowblood commune 1: of bees and aphids

thelonius my old friend

change of the guard

Evolutionary biology lessons for fun and profit

like real people do

guardians tale

i was only 6 sweeps

skaian neutral zone s1e1: a pox on all empires

only a fool would say that

moonbeam

emerald star

back from the edge

secret of light

the balancers eye

ancient names

lost in time and space

strangers in the night disqualified on the grounds that i finished and posted that but i will accept it as an ask

and heres the ones from my google docs, which are fewer in number but more varied in scope

Naruto: Revolutionary Clash in the land of rice paddies

Grail meets a conversation she probably can't murder her way out of

River City Gay

Para Pacem

Forever True

Clarisse Quest

The Process

Quest Master Quest

The resurrection of admiral blaquefut

Agatha Heterodyne kisses every girl

Today 4 tarvek

tagged by @magicalspacedragon and im tagging uhhhhhh lets see who do i know thats a writer on tumblr, that isnt likely to get hit by space's friend group tagging each other...

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Lonesome Dreams (1966)

George Ranger Johnson was born in 1946, and came onto the pop fiction scene at a young age. Even as a teenager he sold stories such as the nautical adventure "Into the Sun" and the jungle thriller "Mighty" to WP Adventure magazine, a scrappy subsidiary of the generally quirky and often financially struggling Whispering Pines media conglomerate.

When Whispering Pines saw fit to move into pulp novels, Johnson was on board from the start. At age 20 he penned his first full novel, Lonesome Dreams, a supernatural western story that publisher-manager T. Tarbell called "a ghoulish yarn that wouldn't have flown anywhere but under the Pines."

The story introduced the wandering midwest-to-California cowboy Huron, and begins in media res following a shootout in which his longtime comrade, Admiral Blaquefut, has been killed. Through energetic adventures nonetheless shot through with tones of grieving, Huron travels "beyond the edge" of the mortal world to retrieve his friend's spirit from a mysterious island under a green sun.

The unusual story would echo through Johnson's career. He often flirted with trends, such as the shoot-em-up westerns contemporary to Lonesome Dreams, but never played fully by the book, instead tying in supernatural elements, horror, and relatively complex character studies for the genre.

No WP books sold well in their first decades - Johnson made minimal royalties and seemed to continue publishing with the house only because of his friendship with Tarbell. However, a slow accumulation of fans has built up a cult following for Johnson in the decades since the Lonesome Dreams era, and though his books are difficult to find today, devoted followers still seek out paperbacks in attics and rundown bookstores, hoping for a rare story.

Keep following this blog for more insight into Johnson's work through the years, from his westerns to the transitory Strange Trails period, into the gothic noir Emerald period.

May you live until you die!

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I have this theory about Lord Huron’s discography

(My english kinda sucks, and I’ll probably get a lot of things wrong, but please bear with me, I’ve been researching this for days)

So, most of us that are fans of the band know that the albums follow a storyline, with every song explaining a part of it... In Lonesome Dreams, we have the story of Huron (protagonist), Blaquefut (his best friend) and Helena/ Helen (I couldn’t find out how the name is spelled, sorry). A lot of people have different opinions as to how the timeline goes, but here’s my take on it (I’ve added song from the Into The Sun EP, and while I know that these characters weren’t present in those songs, I think it makes for a better narrative)

-      Into the sun: Huron and Blaquefut sail towards new lands. They discover a small town/ village near a lake.  (it can work as an opener/prologue for the whole narrative)

-      The problem with your daughter: Huron and Helen meet and fall in love, but her family/her father doesn’t approve their relationship. (This might explain why she didn’t want to follow him when he ran away)

-      We went wild: They have a small moment of happiness, but in the end, their relationship doesn’t last.

After that, the songs from their first album follow (pls remember that these are my thoughts about how the narrative goes, nothing is set in stone, and I might be wrong)

-      Time to run: Huron decides to run away. Helen’s family and admiral Blaquefut seems to be after him, for a crime he committed. 

-    The man who lives forever: Huron, as he’s leaving, begs Helen once again to come with him. He wants to have more adventures, and he wants her beside him.

-    Ends of the Earth: He makes his case again, and she denies. He makes it clear that – although he loves her-, he can’t stay stuck to one place forever.

-     I Will Be Back One Day: Huron leaves, promising to return someday to the “lake” where Helen and her family live.

-     The Ghost on the Shore: Huron reminisces about his love as he “goes away for a long time”.

-     In the Wind: Helen sings about her lover as the years go by. She stays by the lake, waiting for him.

-     She lit a fire – After having a thousand adventures through deserts, seas, plains and woods, he returns to the lake, years later, and starts searching for his love, with no results.

-    Brother: Huron and Blaquefut meet again, and have a fight.

-    Lullaby: Helen finds Huron, wounded, and takes him into her house.

-    Setting sun: Huron finds out that, although he kept this promise of loving Helen forever, she didn’t, and has a new partner. Huron kills him.

Now I’ll begin talking about Strange Trails. I have a theory about this album, and I don’t know if anyone else believes the same thing I do, or has talked about this before online... So, if anyone has talked about this before, please let me know... 

As we know, this album follows another story, with a loose narrative, and works with a new set of characters. I won’t name all of them, since I don’t find it necessary. The only two characters important to this theory are Buck Vernon and the nameless member of the Phantom Riders that is found by Buck in the song Dead Man’s hand.

In the album, only two songs aren’t atributed or linked to any specific characters; Way Out There and The Yawning Grave. As I see it, Way Out There is a song explaining what happened to Huron after the last album. I have this theory that Huron somehow became an immortal being (since he was VERY obsessed with the thought of living forever). This song already opens with the lines:

“I'm a long way from the land that I left I've been running through life and cruising toward death If you think that I'm scared you've got me wrong If you don't know my name, you'll know it now”

This is something we definitely would hear Huron’s character say. Then we hear:

“I'm a long way from the one that I loved I've been tending old flames, lamenting what was Drifting in a land that time forgot If you think that I've changed, you know me not”

Yep, this is Huron. The “old flames” the narrator is talking about could very well be Helen, and a few other girls he fell in love with. And he also says he hasn’t changed at all (his motivations are still the same).

Alright, so, Way Out There is about Huron. Now let’s talk about Dead Man’s Hand. In this song, the main character of this album, Buck Vernon, is driving in his car, and he stumbles with a dying man on the side of the highway. He picks him up, thinking the best thing to do in that case is bury his body, but right as he is about to do that, suprise! He’s alive! 

We know this dude is part of the Phantom Riders Gang, but we don’t know his name. I think... he’s Huron. Here’s why:

“I know how to live, I don't know how to die And there ain't no thrills in the afterlife So lift me up out of here, my friend And I'll wander the night till the ages end"

These lines are said by the nameless guy. Again, if Huron’s immortal, if would make perfect sense for him to say something like this. “I know how to live, I don’t know how to die”... This is reminding me of another song... 

“Don't want a long ride I don't wanna die at all I wanna be the man who lives forever I ain't never gonna die and I want you to come”

This one is from Lonesome Dreams. Again, notice the character’s obsession with death and living forever. 

After this album, comes Vide Noir. And I believe that this album has little info about the narrative for a reason; Huron is again the main character, but he’s been living for so long, the years and decades are starting to blend in together. In this album, he’s no longer obsessed with living forever, he only wants to die.

Vide Noir is a drug that allows you to dream with your past lovers. It was kinda mentioned on the last album, but in here, we get a fuller explanation as to what it is.  

“I am only an aimless soul Heading into a pure, black void”

This is from the song, Vide Noir.  The narrator is an “aimless soul”, because he’s immortal. He has no end goal in mind. The black void he’s mentioning could be the drug, but it could also be a metaphor for the future. He doesn’t know what’s ahead of him, but he knows he’ll learn it soon enough. 

After this song, this is how I believe the storyline of the album goes:

-      When the night is over: Huron wonders if he’ll ever find his “one and only love”/ Helen, again.

-     Back from The Edge: Huron has a Vide Noir overdose, trying to stay inside his fantasies as much as he can. Because he literally can’t die, his sadness, longing and suffering can’t end.

-     The balancer’s eyes: He wonders why he can’t die, after so many years, and thinks about how he can lift his curse.

-     Ancient Names Part I: Huron meets a Psychic/witch, and asks for her help to figure out how he can end his immortality.

-     Ancient Names Part II: After a lot of discussion, he learns that he can’t.

-    Never Ever: He claims he’ll never love anyone again.

-    Wait By The River: He says he’ll wait for Helen for ever, and regrets the way they ended things up.

-    Moonbeam: He dreams of her.

-    Secret Of Life: He ponders about this curse and what he can do to find his love again.

-   Emerald Star: He finally gets to reunite with his lover maybe after drinking too much Vide Noir,  but she doesn’t love him anymore. His suffering was for nothing. 

Also, it’s important to remember that, in the end of Lonesome Dreams, Helen chooses another man over him. Emerald Star, the last song of Vide Noir, could be a throwback/ flashback to that first album. And how does Emerald Star begin?...

"Here by the lake, what a vision you are In the light of the emerald star I’ve come for you, my love Through a window in the dark”

The lake... The fucking lake!!! The lake that was mentioned over, and over, and over again in Lonesome Dreams!!! This guy IS Huron... 

So yeah, this is my theory. If you have any corrections, or anything to add, please do <3 

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Figment of the imagination

George Ranger Johnson ...?

Here’s what the Internet says about him:

‘George Ranger Johnson (born March 11, 1946) is the author of the Lonesome Dreams series of adventure stories, including "Ends of the Earth", "Time to Run" and "The Man Who Lives Forever".

“Mr. Johnson currently resides in Tucson, AZ. His most recent novel, "The Ghost on the Shore" was published in 1987.

“The series unfolds non-chronologically, following the wide-ranging adventures of several characters, (chiefly Huron, Admiral Blaquefut and Helena) whose stories intertwine.

“It is unclear whether the Lonesome Dreams series will continue.”

But, in fact, George is the non-existent author of non-existent books. He’s the whole-cloth creation of LH’s front man. The book titles are actually the titles of the songs on LH’s first album, “Lonesome Dream.”

This hoodie was available at the LH merch table in Nashville and the woman in charge thought I should have one.

I’ll wear it with pride, but if anybody asks me who GRJ is, I’ll have a lot of explaining to do.