#greylander

[moratoirenoir]

[justsimroarks]

Back on the grind.

[queer-ragnelle]

I read Mists of Avalon as a teen and I remember feeling very uncomfortable at the time but I couldn't place why. Do you have any recommendations for reviews/essays dissecting how specifically it is flawed?

At this point it is probably best to just let the book's legacy die and not engage with the works of that awful person, but I still feel like reading someone else's dissection of it would help me process those emotions.

Sorry if this is a weird thing to ask

Hi anon.

I’m sorry I honestly don’t have anything to offer you as I have refused to look further into it. The articles that do exist aren’t as critical as they could be in my opinion. (Warning: there is a disturbing passage from the novel in the article and obviously talk of Marion Zimmer-Bradley’s crimes as well as her husbands, who was a convicted child molester and died in prison.)

All I can say is people seriously need to stop buying the books. Zimmer-Bradley has been dead for 25 years, sure, but her girlfriend is the beneficiary and still gets those royalty checks. The same girlfriend whom Moira Greyland, Zimmer-Bradley’s daughter and victim, alleged knew about the abuse and did nothing, not to mention defends Zimmer-Bradley. Zimmer-Bradley’s other fantasy series Darkover also has pedophilic themes. So this was not only a pattern in her fiction but one based on her lived reality. It’s fucking disgusting.

Anyway I’m sorry again I don’t have anything to aid with your own closure. All in all we need to do a better job killing the legacy. If someone makes a gifset of the show don’t share it, don’t reblog quotes, for the love of god people please leather bind a different book I’m begging you. It’s getting so old.

[garadinervi]

Richard Diebenkorn, Greyland, (5-color lithograph), Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA, 1986, Edition of 40 + 8AP [National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. © Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist]

[maeve-99]

Don’t mind me, just thinking about Mirror’s Edge...

again.

Of all the games I loved in past years this one makes me sad. I loved the gameplay & vibe in both games (Original game + Catalyst), and although Catalyst had some problems with a rushed ending, I loved it dearly. The concept, the gameplay, the music, the characters, the visuals, the story - it was all set up to be something more, something truly phenomenal.

Faith as a main character has so much potential, the whole city and lore begs to be explored. Tell me about the citizens, Faith’s friends Icarus and Nomad, the people in power, the struggles, the greylands, the world beyond the city.

I wanted to know so much more about this world and the characters as well as Faith’s personal story. It’s an absolute tragedy that this franchise got thrown under the bus. Maybe it was too niche but I think a more elaborate and longer story and a better ending could have increased sales by a lot. I honestly don’t know. Maybe it was the wrong place and the wrong time.

I think I would be less mad, if Catalyst had a more “conclusive” ending. But it’s ending was a straight setup for a sequel. It was practivally saying “to be continued” & “see you in the sequel”. And then ... NOTHING.

Faith deserves a sequel, or at least a reboot. Or something else?! A Book?! I don’t know, maybe an anime? ANYTHING.

Or maybe some other studio can snatch the rights to this franchise and actually do SOMETHING with it, since EA/DICE isn’t capable of it.

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

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[tlaquetzqui]

Is it actually possible for feminist analysis of incest and CSA not to ignore that women do it just as often as men?

My favorite quote about feminism is when Moira Greyland said that although both her parents raped her and her brother, her father actually thought he was expressing his love, whereas her mother tried to drown her for resisting.

Her mother of course being Marion Zimmer Bradley, the St. Paul of feminist neopaganism (and neopagan feminism).

[oseknoke]

Wanderer of the greylands

[jewfrogs]

started to read moira greyland’s the last closet: the dark side of avalon (because i was reminded of marion zimmer bradley) and. g-d. i feel horrible for what she went through but it is really unpleasant how she uses that as rationale for her bigotry

[moratoirenoir]

[justsimroarks]

Weekend away

Eden and Maren decided to visit Willow and check out life at UBrite. They ate dinner at Darby's*, then dutifully sat down to do their endless homework. After about an hour, Maren rolled her shoulders and closed her book.

Maren: So what's fun to do around here on a Friday night?

Willow, raising a brow: Well, unfortunately UBrite can't really boast of a rich and varied social life... there's mainly two types of get-togethers: the debate guild and The Street.

Eden: What's The Street?

Willow: Oh, just a bunch of people crammed into a house, drinking swill, dancing badly, and hoping to hook up with someone. We can go to the Zeta house and you can see for yourself.

*I love this renovated Darby's Den Commons by @catsaar - it really showcases the classic, gothic university style!

[colorfulnickellandgarden]

looking back at catalyst’s lore that we get via exordium… was it implying that celeste and avani were from the greylands? according to the medge website (that is unfortunately no longer with us), cancer (specifically skin cancer like what avani had, iirc) was really common in the greylands but not in the cities.

on the same note, was the vial that celeste stole reflection, or actually some miracle cure

[perasperaadpasta]

fair point about Gaimen but to the best of my knowledge Zimmer-Bradley's accusations are hotly contested, as the accusing child joined a fundamentalist Christian congregation and it's been impossible for the greater Pagan community of which I am part to discern "my mother abused me" from "my mother was a Satanic Jew bent on taking over the world", as all accusations came out after her death.

just thought it was relevant x have a good one

Basic corollary of believing victims is that bad people can be abused too. I don't see how Greyland's political or religious affilitations are of substance in this matter any more than Bradley's own would be. Bradley converted to christianity herself in late years.

Greyland's descriptions of her parents' abuse were steeped in religious fanaticism and homophobia but were also far from being limited to it. It is off-putting that she frames her suffering as being associated or directly consequential of homosexuality, feminism, paganism, etc, but not nearly as off-putting as the actual abuse she suffered. It seems to me her distorted views are intrinsically linked to her trauma and she hasn't since then broken from that framework (I imagine that would be extremely difficult while still inside the church).

I'm not excusing her bigotry. I'm a gay woman and I understand perfectly the dimension of the harm her views support. I'm also a victim of childhood sexual assault in a religious upbringing and I know what kind of pain she's sustained from both.

I hope she breaks free of religious indocrination someday, for the sake of those she continuously maligns and her own.

[dragonsfire010]

does a cat? in the greylands?

If Aaravanas could keep a cat he would but no. There aren't any tamed cats but there are some wild ones, but very little because the projects tend to just eat anything that smells or looks like an animal.