#don watson

[wordshaveteeth]

Writing contains mysteries which only exertion can uncover. If you are possessed of rare empathy, or Keats’s ‘negative capability’ and can imagine what it’s like to be a sparrow, the task will be easier sometimes. If you are master of your subject, and of writing as well, so much the better. But even for geniuses there will be gruelling times: for those of us less blessed, if it doesn’t hurt, probably we’re not trying hard enough.

- Don Watson, Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language

[emmahasadhd]

Well since yall have brought my attention back to my post, I may as well add another, and probably cooler reference. In the end, when Holmes arrives and Kitty basically comes to save the day, the background music is shortened orchetral part of the finale of Don Giovanni, which shows Giovanni's downfall and death, as he is being dragged into Hell to be punished for his sins.

(I still love the first one mentioned more as the aria is one of my favorites from Don Giovanni)

Also I would've just reblogged, but it won't let me add the clip lol

And also almost full story explained below

Just to clarify the basic storyline of DG. The opera starts with Giovanni trying to seduce donna Anna. Well lets just say that does not go according to the plan and results in Giovanni killing Commendatore, Anna's father. Anna and her fiancé swear to have their revenge on Giovanni and not to mary until the former is achieved. Giovanni tries to seduce another woman later in the story, also while being pursued by donna Elvira one of his many former mistresses, who hopes he will come back to her. Giovanni doesn't want to, since he just wants to vontinue with his not really a boyfriend material lifestyle.

(Also reffering to the beginning, everywhere is said "seduce" I would think it is not about seducing as he is just trying to escape from her fucking house while she wants to unmask him. And I won't believe she is just "so much into him that she doesn't want him to leave". But yeah, that on your own interpretation I guess, since many stage productions put it simply like this. In my mind she just stopped her assailant and she hates his guts for everything he has done)

So the ending comes like this. Giovanni and his servant Leporello are at the cemetery. Giovanni sees the late Commendatore's statue and invites him over to dine with him. To his surprise and terror, the statue actually shows up and offers him a handshake. Giovanni accepting the handshake and refusing to repent dies, being dragged to Hell. Anna and her fiancé eventually get married, Zerlina and her husband are happy together and Elvira decides to join a convent.

The subplot with Zerlina, the woman Giovanni wants to seduce and Elvira I will leave out to simplify the story, as well as some other things. But if you are interested, look it up, youtube has many excelent recordings of the whole production.

(I would reccomend an older one though, since it usually portrays the opera set in the original time period and doesn't include conceptional and contemporary direction and scenic elements, therefore makes it a good starting point for opera newbies. Nothing against contemporarily produced performances, but if you want to get familiar with the source material and don't want to pre-read everything, those can make it harder to grasp what is actually going on.)

[alexanderpearce]

political necrophilia. is that anything

[harlynscarlettflower1111]

Just found out the chucky tv series has been canceled, which is devastating, but I remember we could get maybe more movies of chucky just because the chucky series has been canceled. Doesn't mean Don is giving up on chucky, Jake, lexi, Devon, and Tiffany stories. Hopefully, in the near future, we could get more of chucky

Chucky always comes back

[the-spinner-rack]

Knock ‘Em Dead (by John Romita & Don Heck from Amazing Spider-Man #59, 1968)

[mjwatson-daily]

Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #59 Writer: Stan Lee, Pencils: John Romita, Don Heck

[livalive3]

i love Nica Pierce so much you guys

[frosnpls]

thinking about how he referred to himself as john podcast watson in one of the recent episodes. hes so fucking adorable it makes me SICK

[of-fear-and-love]

Raul Julia in The Organization (1971)

[dismissivedestroyer]

deadline genuinely seems so cool may i please know more :3

OKAY SO

DeadLine started off as part of the fanzine "Catacumbus", a Uni school project where we as a class had to make up the worldbuilding of an original universe, and then create three characters and write a couple short stories (via comics) taking place in this universe. Some of us got really attached to the characters we made, and we decided to make them into full blown original stories, like with @dvmbfrxgg (she made these characters called Red, Lily and Pierrot, and is now working on a comic about them called The Journey Of Little Red. It SLAPS/pos).

DeadLine started off as part of this fanzine, and then became part of the Elysiumverse, which is a collection of three original comics of mine ("DeadLine", "How to kill an Outer God" and "12 Months Til the end of the world"), probably more to come, all taking place in the same town, Elysium Creek, which is said to be cursed, as children there end up meeting very grim fates. The story follows 13-year-old Nora (Eleonora James), resident of Elysium Creek. One day she ends up in an accident, and while her body ends up in a coma, her soul ends up trapped in the Catacombs, where souls reside as they die. Determined to go back to the world of the living, she makes friends and enemies as she explores the weird place she's stuck in, and uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to destroy the balance between life and death.

It's also vaguely based on a tragedy that happened in my town, about which I won't elaborate cause it's pretty private.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE DEADLINE BACKSTORY I'M ALLOWED TO SAY???

This is the first sketch of the final designs of the three main characters tho

[playlists-in-fall]

- folk adjacent songs

all the best debts - fever dolls

change and change and change and change - the airborne toxic event

cherry - morningsiders

civil war - the arcadian wild

cocaine and abel - the airborne toxic event

deep river blues - doc watson

ends of the earth - lord huron

fare the well (dink’s song) - oscar isaac

flowers - james spaite

from dusk to dawn - fever dolls

golden dandelions - barns courntey

graveclothes - birdtalker

hang me, oh hang me - oscar isaac

hey, runner! - the arcadian wild

i iv v - don mccloskey

kickin’ da leaves - judah & the lion

knockin’ - carolina chocolate drops

moonshine - hippo campus

not dead yet - lord huron

oh, sleeper - the arcadian wild

poor isaac - the airborne toxic event

starcrossed losers - the fratellis

stella - cereus bright

subterranean homesick blues - the lumineers

tell it like it is - the arcadian wild

there is a time - the dillards

wander. wonder. - the arcadian wild

[wordshaveteeth]

We will not write as well as we can, however, if we make a meal of our deficiencies. We must not be intimidated, but find some agreeable place between awareness of our limitations and submission to them. It may help to know that experience has persuaded many average to good writers that while it is never possible to rise to the level of literary genius if you’re not one, you can always improve.

- Don Watson, Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language

[alexanderpearce]

language, culture, and translation by eugene a. nida

[john-bracket]

[djstarbucks-weddingmix]

[thekittyfox2999]

i feel confused about my fic ahve a watson