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[literateleah]

no but i haven’t had a crush in like 2 years and this pandemic has left me stripped of human contact and it’s close to valentine’s day and i haven’t spoken to a person romantically in TOO long and i feel like my heart is shriveling up and shrinking like the grinch because it has nobody to latch onto and no flowers are on my doorstep right now and it’s cold outside

[bellamygateoldblog]

kat and christian were SO superior im sorry

[estherdedlock]

I don’t know why I keep walking into libraries and bookstores thinking I’m going to find something that gives me even a whisper of the feeling that I got from The Secret History. I mean, before I read TSH, it had been years since I read anything so bewitching. Why I think lightning is going to strike twice in less than a year is beyond me. 

Anyway, the latest endeavor is Tara Isabella Burton’s The World Cannot Give.

You may stumble across this novel and read the interior flap and get excited:

“Brideshead Revisited meets Fight Club in this novel about a prestigious boarding school’s cultic chapel choir---and the obsessively ambitious, terrifyingly charismatic girl who rules over its members.”

Sounds good, right? I mean, obviously this is a Secret History-ish piece of deliberate dark academia, but hey, so what? Brideshead Revisited meets Fight Club? Why not?

That description is a fakeout. Early promos of the novel called it “The Girls meets Fight Club...” The Girls was a 2016 novel by Emily Cline, loosely based on Charles Manson’s cult, so that actually made a little more sense. I think they changed it to Brideshead Revisited because some marketing genius thought it would attract the dark academia types (like yours truly). I’ll bet they probably would have preferred to call out The Secret History, but decided not to after the author strenuously criticized TSH in a Gawker article two months before her book was published. More on that later. At any rate, The World Cannot Give is neither Brideshead Revisited nor Fight Club. If anything, it’s Pretty Little Liars meets a teensy bit of Dead Poets Society.

And of course, it’s The Secret History. Or wants to be. Laura Stearns is our Richard Papen, another hopeless wannabe from the tacky suburban West (Nevada, not California) who finds herself enthralled by the august atmosphere of an elite New England school, St. Dunstan’s Academy in Maine. Her longing for “beauty and meaning” is fueled by an obsession with someone named Sebastian Webster, who attended the same school in the 1930s. Dubbed “the prep school prophet,” Webster wrote one religiously-themed novel based on his years at St. Dunstan’s, then converted to Catholicism and ran off to Spain to fight FOR the fascists (!!!) during the Spanish Civil War, where he was killed at the romantic age of nineteen.

Instead of Julian’s class, the “secret society” of St. Dunstan’s is the six-member choir that sings evening prayer in the campus chapel every Friday night. Henry Winter’s role is taken by Virginia Strauss, the beautiful black-haired, blue-eyed choir leader who’s also infatuated with Sebastian Webster and his religious desire to reject the “sclerotic modern world” (a quote from Webster’s novel that is repeated ad nauseam) and become “World-Historical” (another oft-repeated quote from Webster).

It’s not a bad setup and it’s actually pretty readable. I didn’t want to throw it out the window, like A Little Life. It’s not categorized as YA, but, like If We Were Villains, it’s a very YA novel in tone, pace, and writing style. But I’d have to say IWWV is a better book because at least it’s fun. And it has Shakespeare. TWCG is not fun. It’s one of those books that has an obvious author’s agenda. That’s not my assumption: Burton admitted it herself. In a March 2022 essay that Burton wrote for LitHub, she says that her book is “an homage to and subversion of” the campus novel.

It’s not the homage that grates, but the “subversion.” Lest you find yourself, like Laura, beguiled by aesthetics and atmosphere, the book hammers you with warnings: The campus is calcified in meaningless tradition. Virginia and her clique adopt an actual fascist as their artistic and spiritual role model. The school’s faculty is so clueless that no one notices Virginia is literally--and rather extravagantly--losing her mind.

All this obvious messaging wouldn’t be so bad if we’d ever had a chance to feel beguiled in the first place. There’s little here to attract even those with “a morbid longing for the picturesque.” Virginia is an unappealing and creepy fanatic who dresses like a Dickensian widow and whose religious beliefs swing between punitive orthodoxy and sour, self-pitying disillusion. Laura is a colorless sadsack who practically disappears from huge portions of the novel. The rest of the characters don’t deserve mention because they are so undeveloped.

The explosive confluence of spiritual fervor and adolescent passion is rich territory to mine for fiction, but Burton never delves into it. Her characters idolize Sebastian Webster and his mediocre teenage writings, but all of them (even the  supposedly brilliant and devout Virginia) seem to have little interest in actual Christian theology and philosophy, and not much real (or even performative) faith---no one even goes to church on Sunday! Burton herself has a doctorate in theology from Oxford and writes extensively about religion, so this must be a deliberate, “subversive” choice: making it glaringly obvious to readers that everything about the choir clique is superficial. They’re just dumb kids, self-importantly playing around with dangerous delusions and not thinking of the consequences. Just like the Greek class, get it??

After YA-style forays into romantic rivalries, cruel social media pranks, and a leaked sex tape, the consequences come...and they’re unbelievable, excessive, and unearned (while also leaning offensively into the old “kill your gays” cliché). The big calamity happens so close to the end of the novel that readers have no chance to process it, so to make it feel “meaningful,” Burton ends the book with several heavy-handed pages of Laura’s rambling reflections about what she’s supposedly learned from all this drama and death, such as:

...sometimes you can decide to say no to the world; maybe you can even affirm it, even if you don’t believe it, deep down, even if you are old and wise enough to know how wrong you are, and maybe, Laura thinks, that’s what strength is.

Okaaaay.

I’m inclined to be hard on The World Cannot Give because Burton’s essays on campus novels and The Secret History were published right before its release, and so they were part of the publicity campaign for her book. And that’s where things get interesting.

She criticizes TSH for characters that are not “likeable” and “little more than aesthetic tropes“ who “lack any sense of internal conflict” and are also devoid of “human specificity.” She accuses the book of what she calls “bleak nihilism” and a “disdain for the dignity of human life itself.” And finally, she complains that “we never actually see anyone transformed,” and that TSH treats its readers “with chilling contempt.”

To write such pointed criticism of The Secret History while you are promoting your own version of The Secret History, is some remarkable chutzpah, especially when The World Cannot Give is guilty of nearly everything of which Burton accuses TSH. Not to mention it’s considerably more juvenile, less interesting, and with none of Donna Tartt’s exquisite writing or talent for plot development. If this is “subversion,” then I’ll take the “nihilism” of The Secret History any day.

In that Gawker piece, Burton elaborates:

As The Secret History, and I, enter our fourth decade, I reread the book, curious whether my adolescent revulsion was a function of my own immaturity or some kind of literary envy (after all, who doesn't want to write a fabulously successful debut novel about Greek-reading teenagers?)...at 31 no less than at 17, I am enough of an idealist to think that the only proper response to that world remains the same revulsion I felt then.

If The World Cannot Give is Burton’s answer to The Secret History, then I’d say  immaturity and literary envy are things she still needs to work on.

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Links to the articles mentioned in this post:

LitHub: https://lithub.com/how-campus-novels-reveal-the-power-and-danger-of-pure-ideas/

Gawker: https://www.gawker.com/culture/tartt-for-tartts-sake-the-secret-history-at-30

[the-last-cuddlebender]

Request for prompt: modern kataang-high school or college ❤️

I’M SO SORRY ANON THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YESTERDAY

I made the fic a bit longer than normal, so I hope that makes it up😞 I really do appreciate the ask, and I’m soso sorry if you felt like I was ignoring you!! (feat. littleshit!Aang🥰)

(Disclaimer: I am in no way, shape, or form a theatre kid, so apologies for any nonsense🙃)

Words: 1,521

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Katara groaned. She reminded herself that she loved him, but the repetition was making the reasons lose meaning. That, or her thespian boyfriend’s IQ was plummeting even further below ambient temperature.

Aang was an idiot. A silly, smiling, sarcastic to a fault ball of sunshine idiot.

But he was her idiot.

I love him. I love him. 

Aang swooned. Again. This time, he gave it twice as much flair, and his gasp somehow waxed Shakespearean even though it wasn’t even a word. Katara’s conditioning from the past hour reminding herself that she loved him was the only reason she didn’t immediately drop him when he fell sideways into a trust-fall (that they both knew she would catch him in). 

“Oh, Katara!” Aang arched like a loaded bow in her arms. His sneakers dragged on the concrete walkway that cut through the library’s courtyard. He’s lucky they were alone. Katara wasn’t so lucky. Alone meant Aang could be as silly and make her as flustered as his heart desired. 

I love him. I love him. 

“Oh, my life’s only meaning, my dear dove and daydream~”

Katara blushed, kept walking, and rolled her eyes towards the moon when her melodramatic boyfriend let himself be dragged like a corpse.

She looked down, hoping to smack some sense into him with her glare.

Big mistake.

Aang’s theatre makeup was still on, and his puppy-dog eyes were a compulsion as impossible to fight as the need to keep her heart beating. 

There was a silent little plea in those smartass silver orbs.

Katara grumbled, but forces outside of her control made her adjust her grip to carry him bridal style. It was more than a tad unfair. Aang had a head of height and nearly half times her weight on her. 

(Un)Fortunately, he had pulled this stunt enough times to build her physical endurance to his antics just as much as her mental. 

I tolerate him. I tolerate him.

Aang hugged her neck, nuzzled her jaw like an overly-affectionate lover on his first date with the one he’d been pining for, and Katara only growled a little bit before giving him the little kiss he was after.

I tolerate him. I tolerate him.

Aang was still high on the excitement of another theatre performance. His smile was a floodlight that had Katara dumbly blinking whenever she looked at it, and his giggles were each followed by an equally giddy kiss.

“Love you ‘tara~” He looked at her expectantly and pouted when all she did was scowl at the empty night ahead of them. He rolled his head onto her shoulder and tightened his grip on her neck. “Don’t you love me, too?” The sincerity in his voice was gone in the next second, replaced by his cartoon villain’s cackle. “Come ooooon. You know you do. You love me. You thought I did great tonight, didn’t you?”

“Aang, I swear—”

Aang’s gasp redefined what it meant to be overdramatic. He flung his arm over his head and tightened the other around her neck. “Be gone from me!” He swooned as if wounded and tried to distance himself without leaving her arms. “Aang is my stage name!”

Katara stopped. 

Aang smiled, making the air so concentrated with his mischief that it felt like breathing and moving through fog.

He kissed her again, though it felt like a victor’s flag being planted.

Katara kissed him back.

And then she dropped him.

“Owwww…” Aang rubbed his head but didn’t try to get up. Puppy-dog eyes were a wounded stray that didn’t know what it did wrong. 

But then he saw her disapproving foot tapping, and he bounced right back into character.

“Oh, the pain! It’s nearly unbearable! The lost love *sniff* also nearly unbearable!” 

He clutched his chest. 

Katara pinched between her eyes.

I tolerate him. I love him. 

“—and with that, I die!” Aang hit the walkway supine. His tongue jumped out to hang over the corner of his mouth like it was an old dollar rejected from a vending machine, his last breath sunk his chest to the concrete, and every muscle on his annoyingly handsome face uncoiled into something serene that was ruined by his audible gasp of death. “Bleh!”

I tolerate loving him. I tolerate loving him.

“Aang.”

He didn’t move.

“Aang.” 

It probably wasn’t healthy for him to be holding his exhale this long.

Katara sagged like she was crushed under a theatre curtain, and she looked at the stars searching for answers.

Why do I love him?

Katara was still fighting her existential crisis as she stepped over her thespian love’s supine form. “Goodnight, sweet prince,” she said with all the enthusiasm of a thrice removed cousin at yet another family funeral, “and flights of winged lemurs sing thee to thy rest.”

Katara’s headache was pounding so hard that she didn’t notice the footsteps rapidly pounding after her until her other, tattooed, always smiling, forever loving, never cold human-headache jumped onto her back. 

(Un)Fortunately, Katara had exercised this maneuver well enough times, too.

Aang’s laugh was in her ear, and his smile kissed her temple. His legs and arms found their homes around her like final puzzle pieces sliding into place. 

Katara was supporting him without thinking about it. She was concentrating too hard on trying to still look mad. The butterflies in her stomach escaped into the whole of her, filling her with clouds, when he kissed her cheek. He held the moment that was theirs, and he slacked like she’d just released him from some witch’s curse.

He was human ooze—warm, loving, and laughing so lightly and so consistently that it trembled against her back like a purr. 

Katara smiled. Aang’s ease cooled her over, and her headache limped away. He was her every ailment and every cure. It was more than a little addicting. 

Katara glanced at him in her periphery since his head was limp on her shoulder. His one eye peaked open, and the mischief that danced there created the blanket for a million loving stars.

Katara looked a second more, found her answer, and kissed his cheek long enough to make the moment theirs. 

I love him. I love him.

Aang was a brilliant actor, but he could never play false love. The soft smile she drew from him was genuine, and the way he relaxed was like a theatre mask and costume finally coming off. It was a performance only she could ever witness, and it was one that words couldn’t hope to do justice.

“...I love you, Aang.”

Aang hummed. Katara felt it—and the wavy rhythm of his following laugh—from where he laid limp against her. His arms hung over her chest, and the whole of him grew slack, trusting her grip to keep him from falling. She would never. He knew it, too.

He nuzzled her jaw like he was a lovesick boy on his first date with the girl he had pined over forever. His touch was soft, barely there, like she was something sacred he didn’t want to disturb. His smile was on her temple and trailing its way down her cheek, but his voice was all around her—his words reaching her ears, his bass trembling against her back, and his sincerity brushing her soul—like they were back in the theater dome.

It was still playful, but it was also scratchy and turned to static from sudden exhaustion. 

“...Aang is my stage name.”

Katara’s dancing heart skipped out of tune and tumbled of its stage, becoming a pinball jetting around her insides that hit a bumper and dinged a bell as his breathing grew quieter and calmer—satisfied. Safe.

He loves me. He loves me.

Katara kissed the part of his face she could reach, savored the brightening of the night that came with the widening of his smile, and walked with the renewed strength his giggle gave her.

“I love you, my Forever Boy.”

Aang’s smile was sudden and grand, and it disorientated her with excitement. His laugh, genuine and a gift he only gave to her, flooded her frantic heart with adrenaline that left it bouncing in its seat. He did it to her every time, and she would never grow tired of it. Aang was a classic. A masterpiece. A work of art like no other. 

His next laugh was Andrew Lloyd Webster shaking her world to its core, and his next smile, brought up with new life, was the chandelier leaving the stage to hang from the ceiling above her, making himself the moon and the stars her every question and answer all in one. 

His next hum was an encouragement, and his next nuzzle, though weak and heavy with sleep, to her jaw was the gaze of a phantom kept close to her heart. 

Aang’s voice was more like a thought than sound. “I love you, too, my Forever Girl...” He kissed near her ear. “...My Mighty Katara...” Then her cheek. “...My dear panda lily...” The corner of her lip. “...The song of my heart’s dance.”

His head found its home in the nest of hair pooling in the dip of her shoulder. He took a deep breath, hummed a tune that made the world feel right again, and held the last note like he was asking for her hand to dance. 

And Katara, though stage-fright, wore him like a cape that scared her every fear away, and she quietly added her voice to their music of the night. 

His skipping heart tumbled against her back and told her he could hear her smile just as clearly as she could feel his grin against her shoulder. 

I love him...I love him...

Katara sang a little louder and reminded herself to tell her thespian love just how much she loved him later.

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...Idk where Phantom of the Opera come from, okay? It just happened. A happy little accident...I hope you liked it? I swear I’m not theatrically inept I swear—

[thelightxwithin]

Five times...

Jean spoke/asked about Adriena's team members.

1. Meredith Webster. 

“She looks so much like her mother” Jean’s grip on her glass of scotch tightened, her gaze diverting away from detective Anderson, who was listening to the woman attentively. Adriena had forgotten about the fact that Jean’s training officer had been Kathy Webster until the woman mentioned it the night before; and the topic hadn’t landed well. Jean meant well, she’d been dying to say something to Meredith for the entire night and at some point she just blurted out words. She miscalculated. “It’s like every time I see her, I’m looking at a ghost.” she paused, then looked at Adriena. “I’m sorry- is it weird i’m saying this about your girlfriend?” The detective shook her head; she didn’t mind. She could understand where her old partner was coming from. “She seems nice, though. And you seem different around her” Adriena frowned. “Different around her?” Jean smiled at this point, wondering whether the blonde was completely oblivious as to how much seemed to have changed during these years. “Yeah, you seem calm, less tense. I think this is the first time I’ve seen you actually breathe easy around people.” Jean had known Adriena for years now and during those years, not once had she seen the detective relax her shoulders until now. That wasn’t weird, with the history she had. Adriena was trained not to feel safe, trained to keep her guard up, it was a deeply rooted problem that Jean, at some point, believed was not something that would ever go away for the homicide detective. Luckily, she’d been wrong about that. “Do you feel safe?” Jean asked; a question that would seem out of the blue for anyone other than Adriena. This was a reference to a conversation the two of them had 7 years ago. It was Jean’s way of pointing out how far her friend had come. “Yeah- Yeah I do”

2. Max Jefferson

“Man, it’s been ages since I've seen Jefferson” Jean told Adriena as they were standing at the copying machine, her eyes glancing back at the homicide office. “He used to be so cute, like a puppy, now he’s an actual man” A hint in her voice almost sounded like she was sad about it. “Yeah- A married man” Adriena gave Jean a look, laughing. Jean looked back and frowned. “What’s that look for? -What’s that comment even for? I wasn’t implying anything” Adriena kept her stare locked onto her old partner and a silence fell between them, a long one, until Jean finally gave in. “How did you find out?” The homicide detective shrugged. “He told me” She paused. “After you left”

3. Angela Barret (& Charlotte West)

“Wait- she’s dating Charlotte? As in the pilot? As in your ex?” Jean raised her eyebrow, lifting the bottle of beer to her lips as she tried to contain her stupid smile. “How do you feel about that?” Back in the day, Jean had been surprisingly fast at learning how Adriena worked. The woman was great at profiling people and those skills had helped her a lot in her work as both a police officer and a detective. Now though, a lot had changed and she wondered how Adriena had turned out on this matter. “Actually, i’m really happy for them” Anderson replied, looking over at Charlotte and Angela chatting over a drink at another table. “They both deserve to be happy and i’m glad they found it in each other.” Jean nodded, following Adriena’s gaze. There was not even a hint of jealousy to be found in the detective, she seemed genuinely happy for either of them. “Speaking of your exes-” Jean continued. This was her time to learn how time treated her friend. 

4. Adam Young 

“So, how long are you going to be keeping him on his toes?” Adam passed Tara on his way to his desk, greeting her with a short high five and holding her hand a little longer than he had to. There had been a big change in chemistry between the two of them; a surprise to basically everyone except Logan, who’d gotten a detailed explanation of everything that happened between her and Adam. From the minor changes up until the big ones. “For as long as it takes”  Adam was an alright cop, and he had the setup to be a detective for sure. She’d heard and read about him enough to know that he had potential and seeing him work had only confirmed it, but he was a cocky asshole who needed to get in line. He was bold and rash and actually quite driven by his emotions. He made subjective decisions where he should be making objective ones and that’s where he had to learn. Adriena was not even close to consider letting him on the team. 

5. Joanna Johnson

Talking about Adam was interrupted by officer Johnson stepping into the room. Jean’s gaze lingered on her a little longer than it should. “Oh hello, who is she?” Adriena glanced over at Joanna before frowning at her old partner. Jean had never showed any interest in women. “She’s half your age” she joked. “How old do you think I am, 70?” Jean scoffed. “Jesus Christ”

“Good morning Johnson” Adam said with this tone in his voice at which Jean immediately caught the vibe between these two. Joanna’s expression confirmed her suspicions. “Those two don’t like each other much, do they?” The older woman asked, it being more of a rhetorical question than a real one. Adriena nodded. “You know... she’s the one that kissed Meredith” The blonde said out of nowhere. “What? “ - “Under the mistletoe” - “What?” - “We weren’t together back then” - “Adriena, I don’t know this story” - “Oh” - “Tell me this story”

Bonus

“So let’s see if I get this right; Tara is together with Logan, but she used to date Joanna. Joanna kissed Meredith, who eventually started dating you. And you used to date Charlotte, who’s now seeing Angela.” Jean paused briefly. “Did I miss anyone?” She wasn’t actually expecting an answer. “Max kissed Meredith during an undercover operation and there used to be a lawyer involved” She looked at Jean with these incredibly dry expression on her face, causing the woman to laugh. “Man, you guys look like you got dragged out of one of those godawful tv shows.” @mollysmythtymsyllom

[mollysmythtymsyllom]

A Brake in the Case

“Oh come on!” Tara exclaimed, sitting on Max’ desk. “You know i’m right. Which is exactly why you haven’t put a wager on it. You’re just too proud to admit it” Max leaned back in his chair and pulled a face, his gaze shifting to the woman entering the department, raising his hand as a ‘hi’. She knew exactly who came in, but she didn’t turn around yet. It would be too easy, too desperate. She would seem like a lost puppy every time the detective came in. “20 bucks. Try me or admit i’m right” she stated, Max pulling yet another face, but this time towards Logan. “Fine, fine, you’re right. You know how much I can do with twenty bucks? It’s not worth it. But don’t you have a job to do or something? Or are you just here to stalk my co-worker?”Tara’s face just crashed right there and then, luckily her back was facing Logan. “Yeah shit sorry, I used you as an excuse to flirt with Meredith” Tara hopped on her feet and passed Meredith’s desk. She was going to make a snarky comment but then Adriena came in and she was just in time to keep her mouth shut. “Have a good day”  @thelightxwithin​

Meredith smirked as she watched as Officer Lewis tried to get Max to bet on something with her. Max was kind of known for placing bets with other members of the precinct. She herself had an ongoing bet with Max that Anglea was crushing over someone that didn’t work with them. Meredith hadn’t met Charlotte yet, but the far off look on Anglea’s face when she was supposed to be looking over paperwork was all too familiar. Meredith herself had been caught with that look on her face by pretty much everyone on the team, aside from the one person who was the cause of the look. She looked back down at her own work, but her attention was brought back up when Max’s voice rose a bit. She looked over at the two again just in time to see Tara say that she was there to flirt with her. Meredith’s eyebrows rose as Officer Lewis walked past Detective Gray, who had just walked in. Oh jeez, first Officer Johnson, now this? Meredith was preparing herself to try and let Tara down gently, when Adriena came into the room, and Officer Lewis left quickly.

Logan was having a good day. After a solid hour at the gym, she had taken a soothing showr, now she was off to work, feeling good about the case that they were working on. She didn’t know why, but she had a good feeling that they were getting closer and closer to finding the missing person. She walked into the office with a skip in her step, that quickly moved to her heart when her eyes fell on Officer Tara Lewis. Logan and Tara had been hanging out a lot lately, and Logan was starting to catch feelings that she knew she shouldn't be feeling. She was about to say hello, when Max made a comment about Tara stalking his teammate and Tara admitted that she was there to flirt with Detective Webster. Logan swallowed and looked over at her new partner. Of course Tara was there for Meredith. Logan’s heart sunk. She moved to her own desk sitting down and looking down at the file she had just placed in front of herself. God she did not want to sit there and listen to Tara hitting on Meredith. She heard the door open and looked up to see Detective Anderson walk in, and Officer Lewis walk out. At least Tara seemed to know that she’d have competition if she was vying for Meredith’s affection.

It was about fifteen minutes after Tara had left the room, when Logan noticed something interesting in her paperwork. “I’ll be right back,” she said, getting up abruptly and hurrying out of the office. She made a B-line for Tara’s desk hoping that she wasn’t out patrolling. “Officer, Lewis, uh, Tara, you pulled over a group of frat boys yesterday for speeding, right?”

[caffeinated--writer]

There is never a time I wont watch the end of season 2 of Dance Academy and not tear up/cry my eyes out.

[hardfcclings]

abigail armstrong ( about )

warnings

trigger warning. mentions of anorexia and disordered eating 

spoiler warning. this page contains spoilers for dance academy the series and film

stats

nicknames. abi, abs

birthday/zodiac. march 30. aries sun, scorpio moon, virgo rising.

hometown. brisbane, queensland, australia.

appearance

tattoos. III (right ribcage)

piercings. ears

family

father. philip armstrong

mother. anthea armstrong

siblings. paige armstrong ( younger sister )

health

mental. anorexia

physical. anorexia

drug use. none

alcohol use. minimal

diet. abi works with a professional dietician to maintain a healthy diet

personality

mbti. istj

moral alignment. lawful neutral

temperament. melancholic

enneagram. 1

hogwarts house. slytherin

history

abigail is a canon character from the television series + movie dance academy

abigail began dancing when she was only 3 years old. it was a relatively casual interest going in, but quickly overtook her whole life. it didn't take long for abigail to decide that she wanted to be a professional dancer, and her parents instantly did everything they could to help her along with that goal, most notably moving their family from brisbane to sydney part time to allow abigail better access to elite training.

ballet is and always has been the center and forefront of everything abigail does, including her relationships. her commitment to ballet left her somewhat socially stunted. all of abigail's friendships have always been central to ballet, but also always came second to ballet.

abigail became a full time ballet student at the age of fifteen, dancing up to 60 hours a week as well as attending school. 

while some might perceive her as just plain mean, abigail is a deeply jealous and insecure individual, and this is what causes her combative attitude towards others. abigail is not used to having warm and fuzzy relationships with the people around her, and even in instances where she was close with someone, they never worked out. abigail is put off by those who have something she desires, especially in the world of ballet. because she's worked so hard to be the best for all her life, she becomes combative when anything or anyone threatens her place as number 1. 

as a result of abigail's insecure and controlling nature, she developed anorexia when she was 16. her disorder stemmed primarily from her desire from control, specifically over her body and it's appearance. abigail's physical insecurity stems from the knowledge that she doesn't have a traditional dancer's body and she sought to change that by controlling food + her work out regime, but only ended up making herself weaker, which is ultimately what helped her to recover; knowing she would never be strong enough while starving herself. though, her disorder is still something she struggles with, if only mentally, even into adulthood.

abigail suffered a significant loss at seventeen when her ex-boyfriend and first love, sammy lieberman, passed away after being hit by a car. abigail struggled for a long time to come to terms with sammy's passing, not only for the loss of someone whom she loved present tense, but as well as losing the possibility she still held onto of a potential future with him. beyond that, sammy's passing came at such a time that abigail was also attempting to face the possibility of ballet not being in her future either, and at times the two, sammy and ballet, feel inextricably intertwined in her heart.

despite her fears, abigail was in fact offered a place in the corps de ballet of the national company after her graduation from the academy, proving that all her hard work and sacrifice paid off. while abigail was grateful for her company contract, it would be an overstatement to say she enjoyed her time in the corps. for her, the corps was a means to and end and something she simply had to endure on her way to soloist and eventually principal.

after a few years, abigail gave up her position at the national to instead sign on to a new collective, enouement, started by her former classmates tara and ben, as the collective's female principal. she gave up a high profile company in exchange for a small and low funded collective, seemingly a risky career move, but one that ultimately made her much happier.

connections

tara webster. frenemy turned friend. initially meeting after being roomed together during their audition week, tara and abigail have had a strained relationship from the beginning. they are, in many ways, opposites. tara is raw talent and artistic liberty in the perfect dancer's body, where abigail is classical training, precision and technique. ultimately it has been their shared life experiences and loved ones at the academy that made them friends and brough abigail past her jealousy to accept tara as someone dear to her.

kat karamakov. childhood best friend. growing up in the same elite ballet programs, kat and abigail were sort of bound to find each other. kat manages to be even further opposite from abigail than tara, an impressive feat, but they met much earlier on, when both girls were much less jaded. kat was abigail's first best friend and for that reason abigail will also have a certain attachment to her, and also a certain degree of pain associated with her, and the loss of her friendship later in adolesence. ultimately, abigail still loves kat and will always be there for her, but there is still a wedge between them that abigail likes to keep there to keep herself safe from being hurt again. 

sammy lieberman. ex-boyfriend. abigail had no intent going in to the academy to date anyone, much less sammy. he just kind of snuck up on her. sammy was the first person in abigail's life to make her feel normal. sure, he drove her insane most of the time, but he also made her feel like a real person in a way no one else did. she never feared judgement with sammy, and he was the one person who made her feel like she was enough just in who she is. he was the only person she might have loved more than she loved ballet.

[lucky-katebishop]

Underrated Teen Drama Gems

If you like teen dramas, then we’re one in the same. I love the drama, I love the ships, I love the characters (well, mostly). Gossip Girl is legit one of my favorite shows. There are a lot of teen shows out there, so I made a list of my favorite underrated ones which you might or might have not heard of before. 

Merli 

This show is about a philosophy teacher and the lessons he teaches his students along the way. To me it somewhat reminds me of Glee with the big group of students developing a meaningful and heartfelt relationship with their teacher, as well as the big ensemble piece where not only one character is the center focus. This show, set in Spain, is an underrated gem because it reminds us what it’s like to be a teenager through asking big philosophical questions. The reason I love it so much is because of the relationships everybody makes with one another. 

The End of the F***ing World

A story about one boy who believes he’s a psychopath developing a relationship with a girl he sets out to murder. I watched this show in a single afternoon and proceeded to watch it again later that night. I was pleasantly surprised by how meaningful the relationship between these two kids was, and how much they found they needed the other. I found myself rooting for the characters, even though it doesn’t seem like something that I should do. It sympathizes with it’s characters and makes them three dimensional, something that I very much appreciate (especially in teen dramas). 

Life Unexpected 

I haven’t actually finished this one yet (I’m still on season one) but so far I’m really enjoying it. It’s about Lux, a teenager who has been in and out of foster homes since she was young. She decides wants to get emancipated and finds her biological parents, who had her when they were only just her age, where she finds out that her mother is her favorite radio show host. A judge ends up making her biological parents take her in, refusing her emancipation request. This show doesn’t shy away from showing that trying to be a family is not always easy, especially when you barely even know them. This show kind of fit in at the same time that The Fosters was like the only teen show anybody was paying attention to, so it kind of fell beneath the cracks, but I highly recommend it. 

Puberty Blues

A show set in 1970s Australia where sex is all anybody can talk about. The show follows a group of teenagers who go through relationship and parental struggles. I’ll admit that I haven’t watched this in a couple of years, but it definitely was a really entertaining show to watch. And also Ashleigh Cummings is like everything to me (the girl in the blue shirt.) It kind of reminds me of a more chill One Tree Hill so if you like that sort of dynamic, I recommend it. 

Dance Academy 

Ahhhh I like really really really love this show, guys. I do a yearly rewatch (and I only do that with Parks and Recreation so that should say something.) I mentioned this show also in my children shows list. A show set in Australia at a dance boarding school follows Tara Webster, a ballerina who feels like she shouldn’t be there. It tackles some really big topics that most other teen shows don’t, such as eating disorders, questioning sexuality, parental problems, and fitting in when you don’t feel at place in such a prestigious place. While Tara is the main character, it’s the other characters that steal the show such as Sammy, Abigail, and Kat. I am in love with this show, and I highly highly recommend it. 

The Carrie Diaries

Okay I realized why no one knows this show, it has really shitty promotional posters (I swear as I was searching the internet, this was the best one I could find.) It follows the story of Carrie Bradshaw, a teenager who lives in a really small town in the 1980s where she gets seduced by the bustle and glitzy fashion industry of Manhattan. Carrie, who recently lost her mother, has to live a double life as she tackles lying to everyone around her in order to be who she wants to be in Manhattan, and seeing if she should just settle with the life she already has. I have never seen a single episode of Sex and the City and I still love this show. Also the main relationship between Carrie and Sebastian is everything, and ugh it’s just so nice to live out the life I want through a character, isn’t it? 

Deadly Class 

While The Carrie Diaries tells the more Madonna singing, bubbly flashing lights version of 1980s New York, this one shows the dark, gritty, Smiths singing version. A story about teenage assassins, it’s highly stylized and follows the story of Marcus, an orphan who is recruited to an assassin boarding school because of burning down his former orphanage, murdering everybody in it. I personally believe it relies on stereotypes just a tad too much, but it’s still a very entertaining show to watch, and you easily become invested in the characters. This show is extremely dark so I will warn you there if that’s not really your speed. Also this is a side note but the main character Marcus is extremely attractive so uh, I don’t know, if you’re motivated by that, I recommend.

The Magicians 

When compared to Deadly Class, this show is like Rugrats or something. I’m not kidding, this show is extremely dark, and I seriously urge you to check out all the trigger warnings if you need it, because it does not shy away from tackling extremely sensitive issues. It follows Quentin Coldwater, a grad student who has been obsessed with magic his entire life because of the children books Fillory only to find that magic is real and he’s a magician. However, he finds that magic is not what it’s all cracked up to be as a monster comes into play, threatening not only he and his friends, but the entire world. This show has so many twists and turns, and it’s easily one of my favorites. 

I hope you liked my list! I make other lists too so check those out if you want. Tell me if I missed anything and maybe I’ll make another list. Here’s my masterlist if you want to check it out. Thanks for reading! 

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, June 3

Cordelia: So this isn't about you being afraid of hospitals 'cause your friend died and you wanna conjure up a monster that you can fight so you can save everybody and not feel so helpless? Giles: Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact? Cordelia: Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

~~Killed by Death~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Here's my advice (Holden Webster & Scoobies, T) by Aragorn_II_Elessar

Infinitely (Tara/Willow, M) by Laragh

i never needed anything more (Tara/Willow, G) by RaeWritesAndFangirls

Most Notorious (William Pratt / male OC, not rated) by council_of_readers

[Chaptered Fiction]

Faith and Giles' Halfway House for Wayward Slayers series: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Faith/Giles, E) by stereokem

From Ages Past, Chapter 1-5 (Angel, Angel Investigations, T) by Ardin

Mortal Allies Series, Episode 4: My Turn, Chapter 37 (Spike/Buffy, NC-17) by Passion4Spike

The Ahhh Truth, Chapter 6 (Spike/Buffy, PG-13) by spikeisthebigbad

Reordering the Universe, Chapter 23 (Spike/Buffy, Adult Only) by Touchstoneaf

Bad and Worse, Chapter 15 (crossover with Harry Potter, Scoobies, FR18) by dspeyer

To Our Own: Apocryphal, Chapter 9 (crossover with Stargate and Star Trek, Xander, FR15) by JBosch

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Sketches of Buffy and Faith (Buffy/Faith, some nudity) by malvymary

Artwork: Cordelia and Tara (worksafe) by tothetoonandback

Gifset: You’re the one, Buffy (Buffy/Spike, worksafe) by slayerbuffy

Artwork: Buffyverse pride icons (Buffy, Willow, Fred, Tara, Faith, worksafe) by lqvewillow

Artwork: A little work in progress of my boy Spike! (worksafe) by eyecandyianto

Artwork: Spike (worksafe) by geezozz

Comic: ribbon. (Spike/Buffy, Tara, worksafe) by geezozz

Artwork: Drusilla manip (worksafe) by drulovesspike

Artwork: The Vampire Diaries crossover manip (Buffy, Damon, worksafe) by little-miss-buffy

[Reviews & Recaps]

Top 5 comedic Buffy episodes (and top 2 AtS ones) by sunnydalebimbo

I heard that they made Cordelia Nice in the Buffy reboot comics???? by emmathompsonegot

AtS 2.18 "Dead End" by Stake fodder

AtS 2.19 "Belonging" by Stake fodder

New insights while watching Band Candy by delinquentsaviors

Just watched Selfless for the first time by Dvaderstarlord

A hole in the world ughhhhhh by lizlikesmgmt

[Recs / In Search Of]

Ficlet "Ratted" (Scoobies, Amy, Buffy Rat) by badly_knitted recced by petzipellepingo

Reacting to Reactions! BtVS Season 4 (continued) by Stoney

Question: Ring Of Fire (Boom comics) reading order requested by LegoToTheBeachBeach

Does somebody want to trade comics with tails9494?

[Fandom Discussions]

AU headcanon: building off of my “spike thinks jenny is buffy’s work mom” post... by dreadfulcalendarwoman

Things Can’t Always Go Buffy’s Way [“Sanctuary”] by fangirl93

I do think there was a missed opportunity for a Faith/Willow ship in season seven by theemptyskies

[A parallel between “Anne” and “Bargaining”, the Bot represents Willow’s view of Buffy as Slayer] by lqvewillow

“Willow said you needed me. I didn’t give it a lot of thought.” by zunavalkyrie

the costume department and writers were like…what do queer women wear???? by hello-gaynow

Re: For character ask, Faith and Drusilla by greensaplinggrace

LISTEN. Season 4 is Spike’s time. by livlepretre

As made explicit in Primeval, Buffy’s closest friends are representative of parts of herself... by buffy-thoughts

Still can’t believe there wasn’t a single consequence from the Scoobies stealing weapons from the army... by sunnydalebimbo

The Spike cover of Boom! Buffy #28 discussed by multiple people

How has Cordelia’s high school mean girl personality aged for you? by precita and others

All-time least favorite character on Buffy? hosted by axiomage

Nature of vampires in Buffy/Angel by AugustineBlackwater and others

Joss's excuse for killing off Cordelia never made sense; Directions they could have gone with Cordelia by JustDay1788

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Hospital Productions 20th Anniversary @ Warsaw, N.Y.C.; November 5, 2017.

A gray, rainy day was the best setting for a show like this. Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn was the locale for a very special event: Hospital Production’s 20th Anniversary. For some reason, I felt somewhat nervous leading up to the event not because of what was in store, but the feeling of taking the train solo and experiencing the rare day out in New York City. I felt this way a couple of times before. Maybe because it stemmed from the time I went to Webster Hall to experience Unsane and the Melvins during my life wake-up call. It’s been five years since, and it’s a different deck of cards consisting of noise, electronics, techno, doom rock, black metal, and more. This event was the answer to Dominick Fernow’s twenty-year output as an artist, producer, and label-head. It would supersede everything I seen up until now, from the scope of sound to the length of the entire show. At ten hours, it would be the ultimate endurance test of style, philosophy, and sonic aesthetic I would attend. It wasn’t long before we were wrist-banded, i.d.’ed, and bag-checked by the venue brutes before finally being admitted.

Upon entering, some of us head to another room to form a line where Hospital sold rare cassettes and vinyl. What caught my eyes were three books all of Peter Sotos: Index (1998), Lazy (1999), and Tick (2000); out-of-print titles asking for lots of money on the secondary market. The myth is now legend. Also sought after was Buddha Strangled In Vines (1997), the companion cassette to Prurient’s massive upcoming four-disc / seven l.p. album Rainbow Mirror, released only at this very show. It might be the only time I could buy anything from Hospital. Years ago it had its’ own store and who used to be a friend of mine offered to come with me for the first time. She never put up her half of the deal thanks to constant excuses and putting off. The store closed down forever and so did us being close friends. I couldn’t wait any more to see what else were at the tables because I heard the first blasts of interference and noise exploding from the main stage from Dust Belt and Dual Action; whom were wearing shirts nodding or snarking Whitehouse depending on who you ask. “Rise, William” and “Nobody’s Ugly After 2 A.M.” were the sarcastic references of one of noise’s most controversial acts. Ames Sanglantes, who just released the eight-cassette Crackdown, came next with a quick but honorable and powerful set of earthquakes and power noise. It wasn’t until when Fernow and company arrived as Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement that Hospital turned to lengthy sets and intermissions. Fernow made his first appearance delivering damp humid environmental atmospheres and ethnic overtones with periods of mesmerizing techno beats that put the crowd to the test.  

Husband-and-wife duo Mike and Tara Connelly played next as doom-rock outfit Clay Rendering, one that we played on our first year at Omega Radio and hadn’t thought much of. That was until the moment when we saw them perform and realize that maybe there was more to them than we expected. That’s on us. It was interesting to see how the opposing dynamics of each half played out. Tara Connelly was more calm and at ease, swaying her hips so serene as she stood before the synth lines and drum patterns while Mike Connelly drove linear guitar riffs at revved-up speeds into wide blurry gazes of sound. He was very into it, so much that towards the end of their set he started peeling off Tara’s torn stockings and wrapped his mic- cord around her neck loosely. They kissed each other to seal the deal, as Fernow waited to happily greet Tara on a set well done. Gears shifted drastically as Geography Of Hell, dressed in hoods and full-face moon masks, arrived for their first-ever states performance delivering their world-wide horrific atrocity noise to the backdrop of World War II and post-Hiroshima footage. Dedekind Cut followed thereafter, who joined the roster as last year’s $uccessor was released through the imprint. Cut was rarely seen out in the open, mostly hiding behind the high-stack of knobs, wires, and electronics dealing a wide assortment of wild-card splices ranging from white-noise dirge-loops, house samples, goth, and even gabber beats as those were demonstrated on “Fear In Reverse 2”. He was even more obscured in the physical realm as the smoke machines behind him pushed themselves to the maximum, creating a sweet perfect gradient complimenting the fluorescent vertical lighttubes thanks to the overhead stage lights.    

The second of three collaborative sets was on deck. Italy’s Lussuria paired with label artist, producer, and designer Alberich / Kris Lapke of Hospital. Both became spectres of a dreary, colorless, and drab period of time during a more primitive world once inhabited by fallen kings and princes. It was a sharp contrast of when I first witnessed Alberich two years ago for a line-up headlining Consumer Electronics at Saint Vitus, who Lapke was victorious in creating a dense powerful maelstrom of noise which I picked up to be more militaristic. Eras of time and weapons systems were severely fast-forwarded when Orphx took the stage. Thanks to Hospital, their long lost Xcreteria cassette releases 01 and 02 (1993, 1994) were finally re-released, showing a huge disparity of time between their noise phase and their current techno one. What really had the crowd going were their very tightly interwoven techniques of improvised thumping bass, techno, and intense rhythmic noise; extremely dense metallic industrial corkscrews made of iron, steel, and titanium made by Richard Oddie and Christina Sealey, both of 25 years of recording history together. Skin Crime would be the final purely electronic-noise act to take the stage and their first set in ten years. The trio of Mark Jameson, Patrick O’Neal, and Shawn Smith would start with minimal power, gradually becoming more ferocious and forceful as their output became more turbulent by the minute, eventually becoming an unstoppable and destructive force of low rumbles, distortion, and screetching glitched electronics. They would be a figurative downpour that steadily came and went, leaving a path of destruction in their wake.

As I waited tensely for what’s next, I seen many shifts of people inbetween sets going back-and-forth from the main ballroom to buy rare noise records, cassettes, and reading material. They were all decked out in black from head-to-toe. Black hats, black shirts, black leather jackets, black skinny jeans, black boots, black coats, black skirts. At least 9 out of 10 people were decked to the nines in black. This was current Greenpoint, New York City’s contingency of the noise and anti-culture. It was perhaps the largest tee-shirt nirvana I had ever took part of. Looking around me and I seen people wearing Front Line Assembly and Front 242 shirts. Lussuria, Con-Dom, Vatican Shadow, Burzum, Testament, Sacred Bones. Nine Inch Nails. Cold Cave (“People Are Poison”). Yours truly was wearing NON (Rise). There was one grand-prize winner wearing a Whitehouse (Dedicated To Peter Kurten) shirt and a blonde East-Asian girl who wore a massive black leather hood over her head as if she was about to take out many innocent victims in blood. But without a doubt the most iconoclastic show-goer I seen there was a petite college girl wearing a University of Wisconsin sweatshirt and I swore she could’ve took a wrong turn and got lost. And there was never a shortage of good music played through dee-jay sets courtesy of label friend Becka Diamond and techno legend Regis, the Downwards founder who just released a collaborative recording with Prurient on the four-cassette four-artist compilation Various Auras. We all stood there and hear “Into The Groove-y” by Ciccone Youth, “Nuclear War” by Sun Ra, and the entire 20 minutes of “Western Mantra” by Cabaret Voltaire. Even “Kick The Habit” by Monte Cazzaza. How many people still hold Cazzaza in their little black hearts? Amazing. And make no mistake, the ever-familiar Nikki Sneakers was there to take photos from start-to-finish; the same Nikki Sneakers of buns, bangs, and a shaved head who took photos of not only the above-mentioned Saint Vitus show I went to but also Red Bull Music Academy’s 2015 noise bill at Output.

The crowd neared the end of a monumental night when we came to the guitars-and-drums meat of the show. Guess who decided to join us up front? Ames Sanglantes in a great mood wearing his Testement shirt and a can of Miller Lite in his hand. Novato, California’s Bone Awl took the stage after a long hiatus of running their Klaxon label and Raspberry Bulbs releases, whipping the crowd into a manic killer frenzy. Mosh pits were formed and bucked the front line forward with aggressive force just like Bone Awl’s set was: rambunctious choke-out black metal from He Who Gnashes Teeth, He Who Crushes Teeth (Marco Del Rio), and an extra third member. So intense and furious this set that Rubio suffered a nosebleed playing drums in this cataclysmic delivery of blood-moon proportions. If we weren’t already in a violent swirl, Fernow decided to run up on stage and vault himself into the crowd for a powerful “fuck-yeah” black metal crowd-surf. This all set the stage for the ultimate three-headed Cerebus of Philadelphia’s Nothing, Fernow as Prurient, and Justin Broadrick as Jesu forming the ultimate triple threat. Nothing, known for their split release with Whirr and releasing last year’s Tired Of Tomorrow with Relapse Records, had their recording start in Hospital’s studios which their demo is now highly sought-after. Each of the three artists shared their best qualities of shoegaze, bombastic drums, slow-burn guitar riffs, background electronics, and alternating vocals with each other. Broadrick performed “Tired Of Me” taken from the post-Godflesh post-Techno Animal debut album of Jesu (2005), the calmest of all metal storms of the night before Prurient delivered “I Have A Message For You” from the Lily Of The Valley / Return To Happiness double cassette (2007). But Fernow wasn’t finished yet. Nothing subsided for the night and Broadrick stepped back (for now) as all eyes were on Prurient performed the title track to 2008’s Cocaine Death, classic Prurient replete with agonizing catharsis and painful screaming to the heavens of loss, unanswered questions, and enduring torture through drowning noise.

“Be nice!” smiled Broadrick to the crowd as he took the stage with G.C. Green as Godflesh, headliners of the legendary noise night. (Guitarist Paul Neville, who guested for a few tracks on the landmark album, wasn’t present for the occasion.) They came to deliver most of the larger-than-life debut Streetcleaner (1989) with bone-shattering soul-crushing results. The audience praised them when they ignited Streetcleaner’s opener “Like Rats” and the Henry Lee Lucas-laced title-track. On disc, their debut became the stuff of legends fusing metal guitar riffs with drum machine rhythms, pioneering industrial metal as Ministry had around that time with The Land Of Rape And Honey (1988). They continued to perform to devastating, punishing results to the likes which were even heavier and personal live than on record, and even then Streetcleaner was one of the most intense releases from metal or any genre in the decade. That’s because it was born out of Fall Of Because’s Life Is Easy (1987), the one-and only horrifying pre-Godflesh document that became the spring-board of their no-future world that started in 1989. Previously, Broadrick released splits with Prurient and cassettes on Hospital. Now Godflesh would be releasing Post-Self, their return to destruction since 2014’s A World Only Lit By Fire. It couldn’t have come at a better time. In the end, Godflesh won a huge standing ovation. We didn’t get encores. Instead, we got Broadrick signing an Earache promotional poster and a Napalm Death Scum square flat for one lucky fan whom waited decades to finally meet him. That’s a huge risk he would’ve taken if it wasn’t Broadrick. Luckily, he is an endlessly prolific musician of what’s conscious around him. He knows what he’s done throughout the last 30 years of making music (he’s only 45) and is super-appreciative of his fans. You wouldn’t jump off a bridge or in front of a moving car if your friends told you to, but if the house was burning in flames and Godflesh asked you to go to hell, you’d all say “yes” in a heartbeat.

As for Fernow, who else would have built one of noise music’s most recognizable go-to labels? Following him for years since the Mothers Against Noise online hoax, he’s made a world that was and is still unlike any other. As mentioned here before, Fernow’s output as Prurient made me think critically as to how someone could create something so different, so raw, so painful, so human. His work and everything around us at the time epitomized my best moments at WUSB as a program director. Further down the road during the economic crash, his associations with Cold Cave symbolized a personal revival because I needed what I was missing out. More of his works as Vatican Shadow, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, Ash Pool, and Taylor Bow, combined with his further associations with Heartworm and Ron Morelli / L.I.E.S. only elevated me to a distinct place separating me from the majority and also made me discover more favorites because of it. All of it. One can wonder how Fernow feels looking back at his entire legacy and Hospital’s 20 years of existence; the results culminating on this very night that everyone enjoyed.

I left Warsaw and Greenpoint taking the G and 7 trains back home out east. I can only think of where to go from here, asking myself why I’m not living life in Greenpoint instead of perpetually feeling displaced on Long Island.

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Blu-ray Review: Wishmaster Collection

The phrase "made for fans, by fans" is often used to describe indie horror films, but it rarely applies on a studio level. Wishmaster is a rare exception, with a bevy of genre talent involved both in front of and behind the camera. It was followed by three sequels of diminishing quality. All four films are collected and presented in high-definition for the first time in Vestron Video's Wishmaster Collection Blu-ray set.

Wishmaster was executive produced by the late, great Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), allowing the film to be advertised under the "Wes Craven Presents" banner. Special effects veteran Robert Kurtzman (From Dusk Till Dawn, Scream) assumed the director's chair, bringing aboard his prolific KNB EFX Group to handle the copious practical effects. One of his partners, Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), worked as second unit director.

The cast features Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street) chewing the scenery in a supporting role, plus cameos from Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Part VII-X), Tony Todd (Candyman), Ted Raimi (Evil Dead 2), Joseph Pilato (Day of the Dead), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm), and Angus Scrimm (Phantasm) as the narrator. You can even spot the Pazuzu statue from The Exorcist.

Watching the horror icons act in normal roles is fun, particularly since several of them are killed off in a rare turning of the tables. It serves as a passing of the torch to Andrew Divoff (Lost), who plays Wishmaster's demonic djinn. The actor is well-deserving of the recognition, as he plays the djinn with great conviction, both in and out of the heavy make-up.

Peter Atkins (Hellraiser II, III, and IV) penned the script, naming characters after genre writers Jack Finney, Charles Beaumont, August Derleth, and Abraham Merritt; a subtle nod far easier to stomach than the tired cliche of naming characters after famed horror filmmakers. Jacques Haitkin (A Nightmare on Elm Street) served as cinematographer, while Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13th) composed the score.

Wishmaster is about a djinn, an evil genie of sorts. As in the the tale of The Monkey's Paw, the wishes he grants never come true in the manner intended. They come at a price; usually the life of the wisher. Divoff's performance is sinister with a hint of camp, not unlike Freddy Krueger in the early Elm Street movies, while his occasional turgid monologue brings to mind Hellraiser's Pinhead. Tammy Lauren (Homefront) stars as Alex, an auctioneer who becomes entangled in the djinn's plan to free himself and his demonic brethren on earth.

Hiring an experienced special effects artist to direct proved to be a smart decision, as Kurtzman was able to navigate the effects-heavy script with ease. Left to their own devices, he and the KNB crew created tons of gooey effects that still hold up in high definition. Their work is integrated with early visual effects, supervised by Thomas C. Rainone (Lord of Illusions). Some of the digital work is alright, though most of it looks rather crude 20 years later.

Wishmaster was released in 1997, but it was obviously produced before Scream single-handedly changed the horror landscape. While most subsequent genre efforts aped Scream's brilliant meta aspects, glossy production value, and hip, young casts, Wishmaster shares more in common with '80s horror movies. Because of that, coupled with a top-notch restoration, it doesn't feel as dated as most '90s films (Hodder's mullet notwithstanding).

The Wishmaster disc is a special edition in itself, loaded with extras. Kurtzman, Divoff, and Lauren reunited for a new audio commentary, while Kurtzman and Atkins' existing commentary - recorded for the LaserDisc release! - is also included. A third track features Manfredini being interviewed by Red Shirt Pictures' Michael Felsher for a half hour, discussing working with a larger orchestra (and budget) than usual, followed by isolated score selections.

A plethora of new video interviews are featured: Kurtzman and co-producer David Tripet; Atkins; Divoff and Lauren; Haitkin; and Englund, Hodder, and Raimi. It would have been nice to have them all edited together into one comprehensive retrospective, but there's a lot of good information shared as is. Extras are rounded out by a vintage making-of featurette, behind-the-scenes footage, trailers, TV and radio spots, and storyboard and still galleries.

Wishmaster's modest success was enough to warrant its first straight-to-video sequel, Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies, in 1999. Arriving while the budding DVD market was taking off, the budget was lower but not obstructively so. Divoff was the only member of the primary cast and crew to return. Hoping to replicate the formula, another genre vet was brought in to write and direct: Jack Sholder (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, The Hidden).

In typical horror sequel fashion, Wishmaster 2 brings back the presumed defeated villain with little attention to logic while altering the established mythology. This time around, the djinn is granting wishes in exchange for souls, as the prophecy requires 1,001 to be fulfilled. Divoff has more screentime but spends a lot less of it in the djinn makeup. For the bulk of the film, he's in prison in his human form before squaring off against Morgana (Holly Fields), a criminal with a heart of gold, and Gregory (Paul Johansson, One Tree Hill), her priest friend.

In spite of the drop off in quality, the movie still has its charms. There aren't any horror actor cameos, but a number of character actors populate the supporting cast, including Robert LaSardo (Nip/Tuck), Tiny Lister (The Fifth Element), and Bokeem Woodbine (Devil). While the first film was fairly light in tone, the sequel skewers more toward comedy, as both the plot and the performances are more over-the-top this time around. In one of the most memorable scenes, the djinn grants an inmate's wish for his lawyer to fuck himself.

A fun set piece at a Las Vegas casino helps stretch the budget, but Wishmaster 2's scope is noticeably smaller than that of the first. That includes the special effects, which were essentially the backbone of the original film. Anthony C. Ferrante (who has gone on to direct all of the Sharknado films) supervises effects on some clever death scenes, but they pale in comparison to KNB's sumptuous work.

Sholder sits down with Felsher for a fresh audio commentary. It's an interesting listen. I was surprised to learn that Sholder passed on the script for the first film but was interested in doing the second when he learned he could write it. A still gallery is also included on the Wishmaster 2 disc.

Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell and Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled were filmed back-to-back and then released straight-to-DVD in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Although Chris Angel directed them both, the scripts were pened by two different writers, so they each tell entirely different stories. Part 3 was written by Alex Wright (Seance: The Summoning), while John Benjamin Martin (Devil's Diary) penned Part 4.

While the two films share the same crew, the only connective thread on screen is the djinn. John Novak assumes the role, technically playing a different djinn than the one portrayed by Divoff. The makeup/suit looks fine, although it has even less screentime than in the previous films. There are a few decent special effects set pieces, supervised by Roy Knyrim (Sinister II), but the scope of both films feel minuscule even compared to Part 2. The films would likely be forgotten entirely (or never produced altogether) if they didn't have Wishmaster in the title.

Wishmaster 3 plays like a watered-down version of the previous films. The djinn takes the human form of college professor Joel Barash (Jason Connery), and he's on the hunt for Diana (A.J. Cook, Criminal Minds), the studious teaching assistant who releases him from his jewel. Despite his best efforts, Connery lacks Divoff's creepy stoicism. The film adopts a cheesy fantasy angle by introducing a character inhabited by St. Michael the Archangel (Tobias Mehler, Disturbing Behavior).

Wishmaster 4 introduces a bizarre love triangle between a conflicted woman (Tara Spencer-Nairn), her wheelchair-bound boyfriend (Jason Thompson, General Hospital), and their djinn-possessed lawyer, Steven Verdel (Michael Trucco, Battlestar Galactica). The romantic melodrama is better suited for a Lifetime movie, with a punch of Cinemax-style softcore nudity. Fantasy elements are present once again, with an out-of-nowhere angel (Victor Webster, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power) hunting the djinn and a trio of half-formed djinns awaiting their time to come to earth.

No new special features were produced for the latter two films, not that anyone was clamoring for them. The DVD extras - audio commentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes - are ported over. Although I remain unimpressed by both efforts, Angel's passion on the commentaries (one for Part 3 and two for Part 4) made me appreciate them more. With each film shot on a tight, 16-day schedule, I can sympathize with his plight.

Wishmaster was a valiant attempt to create a new horror icon among the bland 1990s genre offerings. Its sequels prove a thriving franchise wasn't meant to be, but the original stands as a crowd-pleasing special effects showcase. The film looks better than ever on Blu-ray, and the lesser sequels can be seen as special features in this definitive three-disc set.

Wishmaster Collection will be released on March 28 via Lionsgate.

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Book Reviews Part 2 Non-Fiction Audible books – Podcast 115

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Today I’m sharing 11 non-fiction books that are a very interesting mix. The list includes books that can be considered among the BEST ever written, interesting stories, sad ones and funny books! Something for everyone! And I’m trying this new thing – Review in 2! I’m going to review all the books in 2 minutes or less – each, not total! I have a lot!

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Top Non-Fiction Books Review Podcast…

The review of a book shouldn’t be longer than the actual book, right? Right. So I’m going to try and keep it short by reviewing all of these books in 2 minutes. I call it a Review in 2!! As in 2 minutes. Because it rhymes. If ‘Review’ rhymed with 9 it would be a nine minute review…so thank Mr. Webster or whoever made up the word ‘review’ for that one. 

You can see my previous podcast episode 114 with Fiction Book Reviews here.

Let’s go… 

Book Review Scale… 1 to 5

1 = Didn’t like it. Didn’t want to finish it. Wouldn’t recommend. 

2 = Assigned reading. Tedious.

3 = Okay. Either – good story w/ okay writing OR meh story w/ good writing. 

4 = Good! Liked it. Would recommend.

5 = Great! Loved it. Will recommend/force on everyone I talk to for a week after reading it. 

Non Fiction Books on Audible

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African childhood

by Trevor Noah

Rating: 4.5

Great. Loved this book. Loved that Noah read it – he was fun and animated. Love learning about his experience growing up in South Africa. Thought it was very interesting how he was treated differently because he was light skinned. 

Becoming

By Michelle Obama

Rating: 5

Loved. Love that she read the book. Love the insights into behind the scenes of the White House. I can’t imagine! I want more of that. All the little things that completely changed – like taking her daughters to school and going out to dinner – so interesting! 

Educated 

by Tara Westover

Rating: 5

GREAT. Also – heartbreaking and horrible. Ugh. I got so mad. If I think about it I’ll be mad again. I’m really upset with her parents. I cannot believe her brother. 

I’m going to give a spoiler: He adult brother KILLS his dog Diego. Stabs him to death. I hate it. It’s bullshit and he’s a violent person with an anger issue that’s a ticking time bomb. 

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

Rating: 5

Heartbreaking and frustrating. The reader’s voice sounded like my mom’s friend so it was a little distracting though. There’s an interaction with her mom towards the end that’s super frustrating. 

Small Fry 

by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Rating: 3.9 while reading it… but later 4.

Go-kay. While I was listening to it I didn’t really love it. I text my bookie friend and she said she liked it. So I decided to make a bigger effort to give benefit of the doubt. As the book went on I started to like her more. 

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 

by Lori Gottlieb 

Rating: 4.5

Great. So interesting to hear about a therapist going to therapy. BUT didn’t think it was super believable that she struggled over basic things like… does her therapist like her?… 

I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff

by Abbi Jacobson

Rating: 4.3

Great. I loved it, but it was too short. If you’re a fan of Abbi Jacobson you’ll like this. It feels like you’re on a road trip with her just chatting. I wish there was more.

Man’s Search for Meaning

By Viktor E Frankl

Rating: 5

Amazing. Perspective yo. 

Road to Jonestown 

by Jeff Guinn

Rating: 3.4

Okay. Read this because I wanted to start a book club with my 1 friend and he was already reading it. I didn’t know anything about Jonestown before reading it – and I think that was a drawback. A lot of the book told the story about Jim Jones and how he built his church and following in the US. It wasn’t interesting. It was like a boring history lesson at times? And if I would have known this guy is going to lead a cult and kill a bunch of people… maybe in that context he’d be more interesting. 

You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again 

by Heather McDonald

Rating: 4.3

Life is a Marathon 

by Matt Fitzgerald

Rating: 4.8

Unexpected life story from a running coach sharing his life, relationships and running.  

You can click here to check out all the books on this list and more on Amazon:  Books – Reading or Listening on the Run. 

Currently Listening to…

Big Little Lies – by Liane Moriarty

and Getting the Love You Want – by Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt

Want more reading or listening suggestions? 

Podcast 114 – Fiction Book (Audible) Reviews

Podcast 111 – Reviewed Ladies Who Punch and Duped (both non-fiction)

   What books should I read next?

If you have any book recommendations please share them!! 

Comment on my IG post about this episode or DM me!! I like interesting non-fiction, light mysteries but nothing super violent, funny books, books that will change my life and make me a better person.  

Awards: 

Last place: Me.  

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call the podcast voicemail 562 888 1644 

Remember to tag @RunEatRepeat on instagram and let me know what you’re doing right now or what was the BEST part of your month so far. 

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If there’s one architectural feature that everyone loves, it’s built-in furniture. Whether we’re talking about classic bookcases, a modern entertainment center or a cozy window seat, these features always turn out to be equally eye-catching and functional. What more could you ask for in your home design? The next time you’re itching to take on a home improvement project, look no further. We even have 14 gorgeous built-in ideas to give you some inspiration. Look these over and we promise that you’ll have an idea for a built-in of your own.

Built-ins are a great architectural feature for any room in the house. Image: J Wilson Fuqua & Associates Architects

What to consider when adding built-in furniture

Built-ins are a coveted architectural feature for a reason. Though the finished product is nearly always worth the effort, the building and installation process can require a large investment of time and money. With that in mind, if you’re adding one of these features, you’ll want to make sure that you go into it with a well-thought-out plan. Here are a few considerations for you to keep in mind as you consider built-in ideas:

Placement: This may sound self-explanatory, but it’s so important it warrants mentioning. Once your built-in is in place, you won’t be able to access the area behind it easily. Double check to make sure that you won’t be blocking any vents or doorways before installation so that you don’t run into problems later on.

Shape: Yes, classically, these pieces are either rectangular or square. However, these days, people are thinking outside the box and giving their built-in furniture angles to create a more modern look.

Storage Configuration: It’s best to have an idea of what you intend to store in the furniture before you get started with the building process. That way, you have a better idea of what type of storage is needed.

Construction Method: Yes, there are ways to go DIY, but if it’s at all possible, we recommend hiring a contractor for this one. Putting something new within an existing space can get tricky, especially when you have to work around the angles of the room. It’s worth it to have someone experienced at the helm.

Architectural Details: Though the built-in furniture is going to be a new addition to your home, it shouldn’t feel that way. Make sure you (or your contractor) include a few architectural details that will help this piece blend in with the rest of your home. Ideally, it should look like it’s been there all along.

Let these built-in ideas inspire your home design

If your closet is on the small side, think about adding built-in drawers to create extra storage that draws the eye. Image: Whitten Architects

If you have kids, they’ll love a cutout hideaway for reading or playing games. Image: Benjamin Moore

Consider some lofted shelving to help keep your office or closet organized. Image: Jill Greaves Design

Remember, your built-ins don’t just have to have a singular use. You can feel free to mix and match. Image: A3 Architects, Inc.

Anyone would love this sleek, built-in bed with additional storage underneath. Image: Neslihan Pekcan/Pebbledesign

Think about adding some luxurious seating options into the mix. Image: Chip Webster Architecture

Built-in shelving makes for a classic and eye-catching room divider. Image: Elena Calabrese Design & Decor

Rather than settling for your run-of-the-mill entertainment center, take things up a notch by opting for a built-in version. Image: GRADY-O-GRADY Construction & Development, Inc.

Built-ins are a great way to make use of any wasted space under the stairs. Image: Rikki Snyder

Consider framing your doorway in shelving to give your interiors an elegant, old-world feel. Image: Graham Baba Architects

Built-in benches will add charm to your home, as well as additional storage. Image: Amy Sklar Design Inc

Give your built-in shelving a fresh and modern feel by playing with the shape. Image: foley&cox

You can easily create your own personal reading nook by adding a window seat and a few bookshelves. Image: KuDa Photography

Do any of the built-in ideas above inspire you? Which would you like to incorporate into your home?

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