#ideas and thoughts

[pomniegranate]

I should make a Severance AU. Because I can so see what happens in Severance something they made the workers at C&A go through. You have your life in the circus and then the other you, who goes to work for the company. But neither side knows of the other.

[black-but-mildly-sunny]

Can someone please please send me or direct me to some stories talking about Ares and him possibly having claustrophobia?

Just the concept of him being terrified or small places/enclosures and trying his best avoid them seems really interesting to read about or expand about.

(like I can see him really enjoying visiting Hades, or more importantly Thanatos because death and war go hand in hand, but while he's in the underworld Hades gives him an open concept room because Ares hates the idea of being in an enclosed room in the underworld..)

ANYWAY. If you guys have any stories you have read or know about, or just want to talk about this I would love it!

[ahotknife]

the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

girl why the hell WEREN'T you at the devil's sacrament 👀 that's three sacraments in a row you've missed 👀 👀 👀

[the-moon-loves-the-sea]

Shared here today by Matthew Boroson on Facebook. (ETA: Gaining inspiration from other authors is great. Lifting passages and avoiding giving credit isn’t.)

Tanith Lee was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award for best novel, for the second book of the Flat Earth series. She died in 2015. You can buy Tales From the Flat Earth here and here .

[paintedcrows]

Whenever Bill sees KingOfNJ's fics through Stan's eyes he just thinks they have the same taste in fanfiction (disgusting. unthinkable) continued

[horror-archivist]

Final Girl Support Group, Series Ideas

The Final Girls Support Group (2021) by Grady Hendrix is one of my favorite books, in large part because every time I reread I’m just so struck by how insanely good a show adaptation would be. It’s such a genuinely fun read and if the right script is made, the show will be god-tier.

Below are my thoughts and hopes for the show, if it is still coming out!

If the show does get made, my absolute biggest wish is that they do an all 80's soundtrack. It’s a show about final girls from that era, it needs some 80's hits. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, “I’m Still Standing”, “If I Could Turn Back Time”, “Talking in Your Sleep”, god songs like these (and others of course) could make such a good vibe and really make it stick that these women still belong to the 80’s. 80's songs have such a unique, upbeat sound and energy, whenever a director can blend them with horror it always impresses me.

Lynette in general will honestly be kind of hard to handle. I personally relate a lot to Lynette as someone who has a lot of anxiety related issues, but there are moments in the novel where she is genuinely unsympathetic and that could potentially make her simply another hateable protagonist. Emphasizing her privacy being violated, maybe that her hateful thoughts being written was some way she “drew out poison” or the like, something to make her more palatable to audiences. Casting will go a long way for this and honestly my top choice for her is Samantha Sloyan. That actress just has a gift for bringing a certain vulnerability and likeability to her characters, even ones it seems a show wants you to loathe. If Lynette is just hateable and dislikeable, the show loses a ton of the appeal. If, despite seeing her do cowardly or traitor-esque actions, you still pity her or want to her to be safe, she’ll remain a very compelling MC. And Samantha Sloyan without a doubt has the ability to pull off Lynette’s constant terror and suspicion, as well as the vulnerability and compassion to pull off something as absurd as a bond with a houseplant.

Heather is another character that should be handled super carefully. The first time I read the book, her supernatural abilities seemed to kinda come out of left field in the final fight. I think it would be really fun if throughout the series, more people make mocking comments to her like “oh at least I never claimed to have superpowers” and she just routinely gets furious as a result and keeps sticking up for herself and swearing even more than she did in the book that her experience was different than the others and that she can do things no one else can. More emphasis on this being the reason her franchise fell (no one believes her, after all), more emphasis on her addiction being a result of how no truly gets just what her nightmarish story was. I’m worried the show would ignore any supernatural elements, but all slashers do have some form of it in all honesty. The killers always tend to be a little too indestructible, a little too fast or strong. Teasing a supernatural element from the start will make the Dream King reveal and Heather’s abilities more acceptable and much, much more fun to see.

Marilyn is one on my favorites in the book, not only because of the comedic relief she provides (please please please cast someone who can pull off her lines), but because the scene where she goes to a ball after surviving her first massacre is so, so iconic I could basically see it in my head. A girl, scarred and bruised, limping to the center of a dance floor, head held high, then executing a beautiful curtsy with her face set in an expression of ferocity and unapologetic pride.

This show could have such, such good casting gags. Personally I would love to see Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Carol. She’s got insane range anyway, but it would allow for some funny references to Halloween since she would have dialogue with a literal Laurie Strode expy.

They could do stuff like:

“You have no idea how it feels to fight a killer, who by the way may or may not be your own brother”

*cut to Jamie Lee Curtis stone-faced for a beat*. Then “No, I don’t”

This also is such a good television era for casting where a character is portrayed by two different actors for different ages. Yellowjackets especially nailed this type of casting so well, FGSG could follow the trend and get actresses to portray the girls in their 80’s horror experience, then another for them decades later.

If anyone has any other thoughts, hopes, or ideas please share!!

[yeepof]

Local PHD student at wizard school HARRASSED!! FOR SHAME!!

[camiliar]

No LGB without the T(Q+)

After seeing federal websites mass remove the T and "trans"

[frownyalfred]

thinking about the expert masseuse Alfred hired for the family that is paid a small fortune annually to provide massage services and ignore so, so many things. No questions, no remarks, just quality service and an ironclad NDA that, if broken, would probably topple said masseuse’s entire family line.

Things Alfred is paying them to ignore, in no specific order:

Bruce’s spinal hardware courtesy of Bane :)

weird amounts of muscle on everyone, even the kids (despite them allegedly not working physical jobs)

scars

FRESH scars

the fact that every joint in Bruce’s body clicks when moved/manipulated at the tender age of 42

Olympic athlete level physiques

rotator cuff injuries across the whole family

scars that are definitely from bullets and/or acid splashes

old signs of what looks like torture (Bruce)

Dick’s entire left arm is basically screws and plates (he “fell really bad” once)

every single family member takes deep tissue massage with max pressure with 0 complaints

calluses

no really, the weirdest fucking calluses

[bacchuschucklefuck]

couldnt draw my thang for mid-autumn so treated myself to a calne redesign instead

[mroddmod]

they are like puppies. 2 me

[sunburstsandmoonshadows]

el chupacabra believes in you too!

based on this tumblr chain:

[consceleratuswrites]

I NEED TO WRITE LORE! This makes me want to write more lore. Such gorgeous art

starwatch: the prequels or something

i just really wanted to draw illari in this au

[whump-in-the-closet]

when a powerful figure is reduced to kneeling. when the lord is forced to bow. when the exile stumbles into an unwelcoming bar. when the “beast” is chained by their horns. when a god is dragged behind their enemy’s chariot, a captive and trophy. when the loyal “guard dog” character is muzzled and the silver-tongued thief falls silent in horror.

that’s the shit

it’s about the contrapasso. the reversal of roles and the sudden, plunging terror of being unable to hide.