#earwicked

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Time For Tea: Introduction

Lavender Haze ( Violet Kingsleigh & Cian Hearts ) has now been merged with Long Live The Queen ( Queenie Hearts & Ace Hearts & Maria Frollo & Helena ) to create a clusterfuck political intrigue series, and several more Wonderland characters have been added to the mix

PS: huge thanks to @cecexwrites @ginevrastilinski-ocs @the-witching-ash for listening to me completely lose my mind and jump all over the place as I figured this out!

The OGs

Ace Hearts [ Curran Walters ] – Long Live The Queen; son of the Queen Of Hearts, Queenie's left hand man & chief enforcer

Cian Hearts [ Gavin Leatherwood ] – Lavender Haze; son of the Queen Of Hearts, invited to the isle because reports say that the child of the Queen of Hearts is running the Isle and they assume it must be her son

Helena [ Tegan Croft ] – Long Live The Queen; daughter of Hades & Persephone, Queenie's right hand man, and other chief enforcer

Maria Frollo [ Elle Fanning ] – Long Live The Queen; daughter of Judge Frollo, grew up locked in his tower and has only recently been freed and brought to Crims, manages Crims

Queenie Hearts [ Madison Davenport ] – Long Live The Queen; daughter of the Queen Of Hearts, unofficial Queen of the Isle, runs her crew with an iron fist and military precision

Violet Kingsleigh [ Meg Donnelly ] – Lavender Haze; daughter of Alice & The Hatter, heir to Wonderland, goes to Auradon because Wonderland suspects Auradon of poisoning the White Queen

The Wonderland Crew

Caoilinn Whittemore [ Florence Pugh ] – daughter of the White Knight & Violet’s personal guard; goes to Auradon with Violet

Arley Whitaker [ Tom Holland ] – son of the White Rabbit & Violet’s personal secretary / manager / wrangler; goes to Auradon with Violet

Chelsey Chester [ Rowan Blanchard ] – daughter of the Cheshire Cat

Tenney Earwick [ Jack Wolfe ] – son of the March Hare

Mallaidh Merrick [ Mary Mouser ] – daughter of the Dormouse

Deirdra Taggart [ Ella Hunt ] – daughter of Tweedle Dee

Deryn Taggart [ Joe Keery ] – son of Tweedle Dee

Duncan Taggart [ Joe Keery ] – son of Tweedle Dum

The Isle Crew

Neasa Kearney [ Kaia Gerber ] – daughter of the Red Queen, runs recruitment & orientation for the crew

Caitria Devlin [ Billie Lourd ] – daughter of the Duchess, crew manager

Keira Knave [ Alba Baptista ] – daughter of the Knave of Hearts, combat trainer

Killian Knave [ Freddy Carter ] – son of the Knave Of Hearts, combat trainer for the crew

Shiloh Reece [ Emilia Jones ] – daughter of the Cook, medic

Bonus – existing ocs who have been added to Time For Tea as part of Queenie's crew

Nettie Tremaine [ Peyton Elizabeth Lee ] – daughter of Anastasia Tremaine, medic

Raisa Rasputin [ Sophia Ann Caruso ] – daughter of Rasputin, barge day coordinator, collector

Rini Bing [ Jenna Ortega ] – daughter of Herman Bing / The Ringmaster, crew manager

Savina Stromboli [ Diana Silvers ] – daughter of Stromboli, collector

Winona Sykes [ Milly Alcock ] – daughter of Bill Sykes, head of inventory

( now need to decide if the existing ocs added to Time For Tea should keep their current titles or become part of Long Live The Queen )

[tekkenjournalist]

steve fox’s original name was fucking Dean Earwicker

[kazamajun]

One thing I've noticed in videogame fandoms/culture is how games that were panned at the time, often become very beloved years later. MGS2 is probably the biggest example of this, I remember the flood of complaints from people who felt bait-and-switch'd that you play as Raiden and not Solid Snake for the majority of it, and about Raiden + Rose as characters etc, but now it's spoken of way more kindly.

And I've been seeing the exact same thing happening with Tekken 4 in recent years. The majority of the FGC esp those into competitive play absolutely hated T4 on its release for the clunk, for the introduction of walls + wall infinites, how busted Jin's parry and just frame laser scraper was etc. And of course the mockery around the Steve/Dean Earwicker thing. I have memories of all of this and more, and of hearing about how so many people ignored T4 in favour of going back to TTT (I remember being told about how hard it apparently flopped in arcades + with high level players in Korea, especially). By the community in general, the advancements it made were considered huge and unwanted missteps. I don't know if it's nostalgia now, or if T4 was perhaps a lot of the current playerbase's introduction to the games, but the discourse around it has definitely changed for the positive in more recent times.

And you know what? I'm okay with that. As someone who was a big T4 gameplay hater (I loved the intro and Kaz's return and the story art), the series has definitely improved on concepts that 4 introduced, and T4 had a gritty tone and aesthetics that are in hindsight fun to consider in its niche as a product of its time and what games were like in that era.

[disparition]

Hi there! I was wondering if you would be comfortable answering some questions for me? I am doing a final project for college and one of my biggest resources/influences is Neukrk. The questions would be focused on both how you composed and produced the album. If you're comfortable with answering these questions, would you rather me send them via email or tumblr? ty!

hi i’d be happy to answer your questions! either place is fine. my email address is earwicker@gmail.com

[hardoncaulfield]

i've always wondered, what does HCE stand for? (your cat)

it's a reference to Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, there's a character called Humphery Chimpden Earwicker, but the initials come to variously stand for many things, like Here Comes Everybody. Also, more complicatedly, I was going to adopt two cats, one of which was to be called THC standing for (obv) the psychoactive component in weed and also The Hut Cat, since the name me and my partner have given to our hypothetical, as-yet-unrealised future home together is The Hut (after the strange coincidence of several 20th century philosophers going to live in Huts, especially Wittgenstein who went to live in a hut to 'solve all of philosophy) - so the 2nd cat came to be called Hut Cat Equally. Only, THC didn't settle in with my mother's dogs, so now we only have HCE -- her name stands for so many things -- Huge Consumption Engine (after the time she nearly ate herself to death as a kitten), Horrible Caterwauling Earspliter (when she wakes me up at 7am for food) and Holey Crumpet Endower (because she's got such sharp claws she doesn't make biscuits she makes crumpets)

[grandhotelabyss]

Do you think there is truth that Joyce's daughter was actually a misunderstood soul and that Karl Jung actually ruined her life by his "treatment"?

Probably not. Even Foucauldian types skeptical of psychology like me believe schizophrenia—probably what she had—has a likely organic basis even if we don't understand it, i.e., more like a brain tumor than like a neurosis. Schizophrenia or, as this book suggests, congenital syphilis (though that book is slightly monomaniacal on the subject of syphilis). I know she's sort of an irresistible symbol with the thwarted dance career and everything, a modernist bacchante, even if we know we're not supposed to use illness as metaphor, and she even turns up briefly in one of the last chapters of my current work-in-progress, but I think the reality of the situation was unglamorous. She seems to have been incorrigibly physically violent, a danger to others, which doesn't come from being a misunderstood soul. Anyway, if we want, irresponsibly, to scandal-monger, speculatively to libel dead men, look not to the psychoanalyst but to the father himself:

Notwithstanding Mark Shechner's contention that "despite the ubiquity of confession in Ulysses and Joyce's other books, that crime remains as mysterious as Earwicker's crime in Phoenix Park," my conviction is that there is sufficient textual support in the novel, not only for fantasies of father/daughter incest, but for the actual occurrence.

—Jane Ford, "Why Is Milly in Mullingar?" James Joyce Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Summer, 1977)

[demonsfate]

I feel like Tekken 4 having Heihachi be the final boss again was because that game was trying to back to being normal-ish, thus Orge and everything Devil is only mentioned, and in the case of the Devils, only seen in Kazuya and Jin's arcade endings.

And with the roster, were it me, I'd have Anna, Bruce, Gun Jack, and Kunimitsu be part of the returning cast, since I think the game would only need one more column to have it feel fuller to where the random select icon is in the middle, and out of them (except Anna who I'd have from the start to fully switch the roles with Nina of who gets unlocked), one could be an extra unlockable to make up for shifting the random select icon to the middle as it'd be a 5X5 box instead.

Granted I don't think there's much to go with in terms of known concept art and the unused names like Sugar McGregor, with the only one we have some idea behind is Dean Earwicker as the original name for Steve before they changed it, so I can't just say "new character here too".

As for Bosconovitch in Tag Tournament, I assume him and Dr. Abel were going to share a slot like Angel/Devil and Alex/Roger, and play the same but adjusted since "the lying down on the floor or only ducking when stood up before falling" gimmick of Bosconovitch would have been annoying to Arcade players who didn't get it, but I imagine they were cut because Dr. Abel had no reason to fight where Bosconovitch was just a joke playable initially, and because Dr. B's combat data was never in the arcade version of Tekken 3 which Tag 1 was based on, so he got cut because the time needed to implement him.

Though I would have loved if the PS2 version included him and the Tekken Fighters, but Tag 1 as a whole is weird anyway given they use the Tekken 1 & 2 Nina/Anna voice for Angel when she got a unique voice for the PS1 release of Tekken 2, thus my theory of not having the stuff to implement console stuff into an updated arcade release.

That cooooould be true considering Tek4 was doing a few New Things. (Such as the terrain being at different levels). Buuuut... Tekken 1 was really the only "normal-ish" one with a Normal Boss. Tekken 2, we immediately get a devil as the last boss, who we can play as along with an angel. I believe the team said they threw in bears and devils because they wanted to be "fun" and differentiate themselves from Virtua Fighter. So, having zany characters and bosses feels a bit more established for the IP. Buuuuuuuut. Also considering how all of Tek4's levels were very grounded in reality, that also supports the idea that they just wanted a "normal" boss for the game. But as I've pointed out, the exclusion of mainstays like Anna, Jack, and Armor King also feels like they're evidence that something happened during development - either budget or time restraint issues. So who really knows about that... it's why I'd like to learn more about the development process! The Cutting Room Floor doesn't have much info on the games even when compared to the Sims console games, which have a lot more interesting stuff on the pages.

All the websites I've visited cited Sugar as Steve's original name. As well as one being "Ryan Lewis," which was for Steve, too. WHICH I would've found to be funny given Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Just how there are two other very Brazilian female names, which were pretty evident they were Christie's original names, too. And Violent who was gonna be called Benjamin for some reason...?

Yeah, that makes sense. But regardless, it would've been interesting to see other nonfighter characters like Dr. B, Abel, Sebastian, and Jane all be in the roster of a future Tag game. Of course, modern fighting games rarely have huge rosters anymore due to the strain of them. (Making sure every character is balanced and fun to play as, etc) But would've been fun to see just a Tag roster that's JAM PACKED with characters! Even if some would've been silly, It would've been entertaining regardless!

[goffiks]

i was using charles dickens oliver twist to prop up my laptop but after grabbing it in a moment of blind panic to smash an earwick to smithereens ive had to trade it for donna tartts the goldfinch

[sunskyfu]

Tekken 4 airport

You can move your attack before the match is started, though you can attack.

There's no hidden off-screen character so when a new character will be released you will see him.

Scitron Digital Content released a 2 CD limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Tekken 4 original sound tracks - SCDC-00181~182) on. The name Dean Earwicker later appeared on the Sony PS2 version as a Tekken Force enemy. A few early pictures of this character actually had the name printed. The character Steve Fox was originally going to be called Dean Earwicker. Tekken 4's 'Airport' stage is heavily reminiscent of the common airport stages from the "The King of Fighters" series. In Tekken 4, this reality made the juggling game difficult but more life-like. In previous games you could create long juggles in which some time the character would get hit even if he is far away from you and in reality you would have missed him. Registering juggles got harder in Tekken 4 due to the extreme reality put into the game. Though it has been put again in "Tekken 5", the latest sequel to the series. it was quiet useful for making your attacks register as counter hits. The supercharge (LP+RP+LK+RK) which existed in previous games has been removed in this game. and then beat him while he's stuck between the wall and the player. Tekken 4s Airport stage is heavily reminiscent of the common airport stages from the 'The King of Fighters' series. i.e: the characters play within a ring-looking stage. In Tekken 4, this reality made the juggling game difficult but more life-like. New to the series is the ring-based play system. The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Iron Fist 4'.

Clock Frequency: 33.8 MHz or 37.5 MHz (selectable).

Sampling Frequency: 44.1 KHz or 48 KHz (selectable).

Number of voices: ADPCM: 48 channel on SPU2 plus definable by software.

Maximum Polygon Rate: 75 Million Polygons Per Second.

Pixel Configuration: RGB:Alpha:Z Buffer (24:8:32).

3D CG Geometric Transformation: 66 million Polygons Per Second.

Vector Units: VU0 and VU1 (Floating Point Multiply Accumulator x 9, Floating Point Divider x 1).

Co-Processor: FPU (Floating Point Multiply Accumulator x 1, Floating Point Divider x 1).

Memory Bus Bandwidth: 3.2 GB per second.

will break on impact due to opponents attack. There have been several improvements since the last game in the series like the statues, boxes, phone booths etc. and some new characters like Christie, Craig, Steve etc. As like other parts of the series, in Tekken4 a few of the old characters like Eddy have been removed. The most advanced part in the series with a total of 21 characters. The 4th episode of the 3-D one-on-one fighting game. Arcade Video game published 20 years ago: Tekken 4 © 2001 Namco.

[chotheredflash-blog]

Schon wieder fast Montag! Was habt ihr für die neue Woche so geplant? Ich muss morgen erst einmal zum Arzt 😩 . . Earwicked, der kleine Frechdachs! Hier kuschel ich ihn gesund, nachdem er zwischen Stall und Hauswand eingeklemmt war - 5 Minuten nach dem Foto, musste ich ihn erneut da rausholen... 😂 . . #chotheredflash #followcho #sundaymood #newweeknewgoals #bunny #earwicked #earwickedteaparty #earwickedthebunny #fluffy #flauschi #plüschi #bunnytime #instabunnies #instapets #instablog #igshotz #fluffderwoche #delight_pets #funpetloveclub #inspiredbypets #petfancy #meowsandwoofs #hasenmama #hasenaufinstagram #ilovemypets #floppy #floppyears #tinynose #bluehairdontcare #mermaidhairdontcare https://www.instagram.com/p/BmrB5VUFhv1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iydog6dutuqr

[wolfprayers]

[image description: a photo of a young elk, with russet, somewhat long fur dappled with white spots, standing amidst light green plants, in front of pine trees. it gazes towards the camera, dark eyes wide and ears held high, angled slightly back.]

photo by benjamin earwicker

[nattwatchestwilightzone]

NG S02 E22 - The Caterpillar

A woman her husband and a friend of theirs are trapped in a house during a storm.

The husband is way older than the wife and the friend is into her. But she's so cool! She just shuts him right off. I KNOW WHAT LONELINESS AND ABSTINENCE CAN DO TO A MAN AND I HAVE A SUGGESTION: TAKE A BATH!

Dude, I love that light strip on the actors eyes!

Now a man has joined them, I think he's either a wickie or a sailor. He offers to do something to help the friend in exchange for some money. I like that the sailor is queer coded. Anyway he gives the friend an "earwick" a thing that crawls into the ear of a person and eats their brain.

This is fucking terrifying for me, a bug crawling into my ear was one of my biggest fears from childhood.

Of course they end up putting the earwick into the ear of the friend and not the husband. Three weeks of the worst torture a person can feel and impossible to get it out. It enters one ear and gets out the other one. But the guy actually survives it.

But it turns out that the bug was a female and it laid eggs in him. Thanks I hate it!

[imnothinginparticular]

#finishedbooks Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. I have been reading a Joyce novel chronologically over the last decade roughly every 3-4 years as with each novel they get more difficult as he is building on ideas and techniques...with this being the culmination in his final work. It said to be the most linguistically challenging novel in the western literary cannon, so decided to approach it by spending a night listening to every lecture on the book I could find on Google which provided a great context. Also, sought out the same British edition that I read his other three novels with my favorite Oxford World's Classics edition. Realized these aren't traditionally available in the US domestic market, but was all I ever found in Japan so most of my Zola, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc are from this publisher. In addition to a 70 page introduction it had a really useful chapter breakdown so despite the linguistics you could understand the story...I wouldn't say plot because there isn't one. So knowing the story, it just became about experiencing the writing then after each section of a chapter reconfirming what you just read. With that, it appears to be about Finnegan, aka HCE, who is a stuttering tavern keeper with a slight hunchback. He has a wife ALP and two boys of whom have different names of rival brothers throughout history with several layers of meaning either familial, (mostly) historical, biblical, mythological, and so it goes....and also a sister, Isey one of her names, who is only inferred through conversation. They exist as a universality yet collectively known as the Earwicker family. The story is a nonlinear dream of whom we don't know, that never ends as the opening line of the book is a sentence fragment that continues from the novel’s unfinished last line about the river Liffey that flows through the centre of Dublin. I felt it important to read the book front to back but if I ever decide to read it again will probably open it at random and read chapters at a time since with it's cyclical nature, one could argue almost demands it, but logical either way. One of the keys to the book is understanding the first pages where a wealth of the information is given…for example one can deduce the location with a map of Dublin and that he gets drunk falls from a ladder that brought him to his wake that we are currently at. Someone spills whiskey on his face and he comes to life again...and with this a history of the world, the fall of Adam and Eve, Rome, and even Humpty Dumpty's fall simultaneously with its rise finn-again-is-awake (thus the grammatically in correct title). However, underlying it all is the grandeur of the beauty of the everyday. From leopold Bloom of "Ulysses" to HCE here, it is simply our everyday selves that Joyce highlights as people fuck, a baby cries, alcoholics drink, etc. Like the pinnacle of most artistic mediums it is what you bring to it. No one can understand every word but what is important is to understand the connections your mind makes and another key is the sound and tempo of the work where you will find that your brain catches on before you do, making for a sequence of intentional Freudian slips...it just has to be experienced.

[igazikutya]

Zajok a nappaliból – Traxelektor 2020 08

Megjelenések:

Abjective - Anteq [2020, Detroit Underground][LP] Against All Logic - 2017-2019 [2020, Other People][LP] Anti Drone Squad - Pax Digitalis [2020, Sin Hilo][LP]

The Burrell Connection - Breaks That Strung The Camel Back [2020, Optimo Music][EP] Hieroglyphic Being - The Shittest Sounds U Don't Ever Want 2 Hear With Spiritual Name Titles 2 Prove How Deep I Am Vol. 1 [2020, Soul Jazz][LP]

Jay Glass Dubs - Soma [2020, Berceuse Heroique][LP] Nummer Music - Night Confidence [2020, Nummer Music][EP] Scanner - An Ascent [2020, DiN][LP]

Tornado Wallace - Midnight Mania [2020, Optimo Music][EP] Yenisei - Melancholy Of Decay [2020, TESTFM][LP]

Traxelektor:

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5x7ZjN2ZFzP8fOCp51QNEQ (48/71, 4h:27m) Abjective - Aristotle [Anteq, Detroit Underground] Abjective - Sages [Anteq, Detroit Underground] Abjective - Xviiixvi [Anteq, Detroit Underground]

Against All Logic - Alarm [2017-2019, Other People] Against All Logic - Faith [2017-2019, Other People] Against All Logic - Fantasy [2017-2019, Other People] Against All Logic - If Loving You Is Wrong [2017-2019, Other People] Against All Logic feat. Lydia Lunch - If You Can't Do It Good, Do It Harder [2017-2019, Other People] Anti Drone Squad - Blossom [Pax Digitalis, Sin Hilo] Anti Drone Squad - Reshape & Translate [Pax Digitalis, Sin Hilo] Anti Drone Squad - Self-Surveillance [Pax Digitalis, Sin Hilo] Anti Drone Squad - Self-Surveillance (Neinzer's Orbital Refix) [Pax Digitalis, Sin Hilo]

Anunaku & DJ Plead - Clap Clap [032, AD 93] Anz - Body & Mind [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman] Architectural - The Sad Giant [Future was Disco, Architectural] Burrell Connection, The - Brings It Home [Breaks That Strung The Camel Back, Optimo Music] Burrell Connection, The - Hertabrucke Sunset [Breaks That Strung The Camel Back, Optimo Music] Burrell Connection, The - Neuromancer [Breaks That Strung The Camel Back, Optimo Music] CCL - Tachyon Frog [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman] Chris Liebing - Trilogy (Nicolas Bougaieff Recomposition) [Burn Slow Remixes Pt. II, Mute] Chris Liebing feat. Gary Numan - Polished Chrome (The Friend Pt. 1)(Remixed by Chris Carter) [Burn Slow Remixes Pt. II, Mute]

Cremation Lily - November Sails (Demo)[Oceanic Debris, Self-released] Cremation Lily - Washed Through Glass (Demo) [Oceanic Debris, Self-released] Galcher Lustwerk – Proof [Proof, Ghostly International] Headless Horseman - Echoes of a Dimly Lit Moon [Inhabited Shadows, Headless Horseman] Headless Horseman – Hunted [Inhabited Shadows, Headless Horseman]

Hieroglyphic Being - Black Magic Arkestra [The Shittest Sounds U Don't Ever Want 2 Hear With Spiritual Name Titles 2 Prove How Deep I Am Vol. 1, Soul Jazz] Hieroglyphic Being - Disclosures Of The Sacred [The Shittest Sounds U Don't Ever Want 2 Hear With Spiritual Name Titles 2 Prove How Deep I Am Vol. 1, Soul Jazz] Hieroglyphic Being - This Is From The Radiance [The Shittest Sounds U Don't Ever Want 2 Hear With Spiritual Name Titles 2 Prove How Deep I Am Vol. 1, Soul Jazz] Hieroglyphic Being - Trancendent Existence [The Shittest Sounds U Don't Ever Want 2 Hear With Spiritual Name Titles 2 Prove How Deep I Am Vol. 1, Soul Jazz] Hieroglyphic Being - Tssudew2hwsnt2phdia [The Shittest Sounds U Don't Ever Want 2 Hear With Spiritual Name Titles 2 Prove How Deep I Am Vol. 1, Soul Jazz] Ireen Amnes - Frozen Waters [In The Land Of Silence, Sonic Groove Experiments] Ireen Amnes - Snow of Tears [In The Land Of Silence, Sonic Groove Experiments]

Jay Glass Dubs - Apple, Sliced [Soma, Berceuse Heroique] Jay Glass Dubs - Dots On Nails [Soma, Berceuse Heroique] Jay Glass Dubs - Suffix Harness [Soma, Berceuse Heroique] Jay Glass Dubs - Wagon Prophet [Soma, Berceuse Heroique] Jay Glass Dubs feat. Yorgia Karidi - Barked [Soma, Berceuse Heroique] Jon Hassell - Fearless [Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two), Ndeya] Jon Hassell - Timeless [Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two), Ndeya]

Katerina - Bizarro World [Bizarro World, Cómeme] Mike Davis - Beyond the Zero 2 [Beyond the Zero, Brenda] Nicolas Jaar -Telencima [Telas, Other People] Nightwave - Inner Peace [Inner Peace, Balkan] Nightwave - Nagual Power [Inner Peace, Balkan] Nummer Music - Hassen Dub [Night Confidence, Nummer Music] Nummer Music - Sea Junkies [Night Confidence, Nummer Music] Nummer Music - Windchill [Night Confidence, Nummer Music]

Olive T - What Comes After [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman] Pretty Sneaky - A1 [Pretty Sneaky, Mana] Rizu X - Cerca [Bizarro World, Cómeme] Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Gravitational Pull [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman]

Sarmacja - Olimpijczyk (The Orb’s Oak Island Remix)[Jazda Polska, ByrdOut] Sarmacja - Smok [Jazda Polska, ByrdOut] Savile - You Will Be A Maker Of A Better World [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman] Scanner - Auftakt [An Ascent, DiN] Scanner - Daylit Daylight [An Ascent, DiN] Scanner - Earwicker [An Ascent, DiN] Scanner - The Ascent [An Ascent, DiN]

Surgeon - A Prayer For Something Better [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman] Tornado Wallace – Atoms [Midnight Mania, Optimo Music] Tornado Wallace - Midnight Mania [Midnight Mania, Optimo Music] Tornado Wallace - Mundane Brain [Midnight Mania, Optimo Music]

UVB76 - Hong [BAKARA, Rubber] UVB76 - Kong [BAKARA, Rubber]

Venetta - Black Paradox [VA - Physically Sick 3, Allergy Season/Discwoman] Vica Pacheco - La Jacarandau [Symplegmata, (K-RAA-K)³] Yenisei - Insomnia [Melancholy Of Decay, TESTFM] Yenisei - Rotate [Melancholy Of Decay, TESTFM] Yenisei - Swaying [Melancholy Of Decay, TESTFM] Yenisei - Swirl [Melancholy Of Decay, TESTFM]

[hav-frue]

Earwicke

[epic-summaries]

Classic Fiction Review: Finnegans Wake

Omg I had this saved in a google doc for months and forgot to post it.

Anyway to the review:

Let me tell you why I started reading this.

So, audible has daily deals and on St Patrick’s day they were selling this. I look at it and go oh I’ve heard of this book and I liked the one James Joyce short story I read (it was The Dead btw). I buy it. It was 3 dollars, how could I not?

Problem, I forgot from where I heard of this book.

Now, it’s on my reading list and it’s its turn to be listened too. It’s 6 in the morning and I’m sleep deprived, I start my car, drive and I start listening. And I’m like wtf?! This is when I remember from where I heard this book. It was a sparknotes article listing the hardest books your English teacher would make you read and this was number 1. As quoted in the article, if your English teacher gives you this, this means they hate you. Okay. https://www.sparknotes.com/blog/classic-novels-ranked-in-order-of-how-easy-they-are-to-study/

I usually don’t go in blind when reading something. Usually, I go on the Wikipedia page and read the intro paragraph, this way I know what I’m getting into. This is not the one book you go in blind! But I’m in it. I bought it and I started. I’m going to finish it. Man was it a ride and a half.

Now that I bought it and read both it in print and listened the an audiobook version (as well as had some time to process this), I’m writing this. I've been thinking about this book way too much.

Plot

Hahahahahahahahaha. What plot?! I think there’s a plot. Maybe? Sorta? It’s there? Hidden I think?

After I decided to buy this online I went to Amazon and Indigo (Canadian book retailer), and when you search Finnegan’s Wake, there was more books explaining the book then there are versions of this book. As well as their summary of the book are all different. I know academics like arguing about everything. But usually it’s about the interpretation of the plot or the interpretation of the characters, not what the bare bones plot is! So if academics can’t agree with what the fuck the plot is, I’m not going to be any help.

I’m also convinced that the plot doesn’t matter.

The Characters

There are characters in here. My favourite is the Jute and the Irishman’s conversation. Yeah. That’s not because of the characters but because of the dialogue.

There’s a character list but if you asked me to name them I would the Jute, the Irishman, I’m pretty sure there was a game show host (seriously I’m not sure if I hallucinated it but the book then becomes a game show at one point.) Someone says Humphrey Chimpden Earwick is the main character.

Tone and Style

This is why I liked this book so much. Which honestly it doesn’t feel right calling this a book. The best comparison I have is that is like one of those mordern paintings. You know the ones. The one with a dot on a white canvas and it represents something like the loneliness we feel because of the crushing weight of capitalism or something. That painting. (Think Kamilah’s art in the Good Place.)

This is what I’m comparing this book too.

So, I have a spreadsheet of all the books I own on audible and I include genre. I called this Experimental. Might be an understatement. (If you haven’t noticed this is the first book I have read in this genre. Start with Virginia Woolf? Naw. Fyodor Dostoyevsky? Nope. Crime and Punishment? No. Ulysse would have probably been better. No, I just jumped into the deep end.)

Guys this piece of art starts in the middle of a sentence! That’s not a typo! It literally starts in the middle of a sentence! Then, want to know how it ends? Which the beginning of this sentence. It’s a never ending loop of surrealism!

These are the ramblings of a madman. A man so high on his own hubris he never stopped to think if he should write this? Or maybe Carl Jung was right and he was really schizophrenic? I highly doubt it because you don’t diagnose people through their writings.

And I loved it. I never enjoyed feeling stupid more then engaging in this book. Am I masochist?

I finally found a book harder to recommend then Les Misérables! Seriously, I have no idea if I recommend reading this book.

The audible version which btw is abridged kind of, there are many copies out there. I usually listen to books at 1.25 or 1.5. This I suggest keeping it at normal speed.

The physical copy I own. Look at that cover, I’m not the only one comparing it to Mordern Art.