#judith owen

[the-rad-the-bad-the-funky]

Tonite's jam!

[jt1674]

[toseeclearly]

Hi Alex, I really loved Parkdale Haunt and now I'm really loving Woodbine, seriously you and Emily are geniuses, I listen to a lot of podcasts and yours are some of the most engaging and most well put together I've ever heard. Such a great blend of high concept events and down to earth character.

Its a bit late, but I do have a question, in Parkdale Haunt, was Lydia intended to be biphobic or was she just generally possessive and suspicious? I couldn't help but notice how whilst they were dating she always seemed hostile towards Owen and struggled to believe he and Judith were just good friends.

Any way thanks for making both shows, I'm looking forward to enjoying Woodbine for years to come.

<3 thank you! We are both blushing, hahaha (at least I am, I can't completely speak to Emily but I can tell you that she does appreciate it, hahaha). It always feels so good to hear that people love these things that we put so much of our time and selves into, what a treat.

I've always taken Lydia as someone who is possessive and unable to hide her jealousy. She's got a lot of issues bubbling up around relationships in general, but her frustrations around Owen are based in a general insecurity (like "Owen is a threat because they care about each other, which means Judith's attention isn't only on me"). Plus, Owen is Judith's partner-in-horrors through so much of the show, he's going to be a voice of reason, and you can't have a voice of reason whispering in her other ear now, can you?

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying Woodbine, we had a lot of fun making it and we're already starting our way into S2 prep. I'm real excited about what's to come, hahaha.

[st-peculiar]

I don’t think the power of friendship is getting us out of this one

[belle-keys]

So, Cassie Clare just announced the titles for the three books in the Wicked Powers trilogy...

[shipcestuous]

Slasher

I’m long overdue to post this. It has been in my drafts for years. 

Slasher is a Canadian anthology horror series. There have been four seasons of eight episodes each so far, with a fifth airing right now. Each season has its own story and cast, centered around a slasher serial killer in a whodunnit style. 

The first season came up on the blog for an interesting father/daughter relationship. Totally non-canon, but a unique dynamic with very interesting development. Spoilers: Katie McGrath's character, Sarah, the main character of season one, finds out that the man who killed her parents when she was still in utero was actually her biological father, Tom. They start to develop an odd sort of relationship, with her relying on him for insight about the new killings that are happening. They have a few sweet moments before he eventually sacrifices himself to save her, which, by the time it happens, is extremely upsetting for her. Tom's killings, while certainly a disproportionate response, were provoked and somewhat sympathetic. Sarah also finds a bunch of video tapes her parents did of her mother having sex with various men, including Tom. So she's seen a video of her mother and father having sex.

The third season, and this is a HUGE spoiler, features a pair of teenage siblings on a killing rampage together to avenge their mother. I didn't find their killings sympathetic at all but they went through a devastating trauma together that no doubt totally warped them. Naturally we couldn't see very many scenes of them alone together because you're not supposed to know until the end what they're up to, but you can see the incredible bond they had.

Ironically, in the fourth season almost all of the characters belong to one family but there wasn’t anything worth talking about that I can remember.

What I really want to talk about is the second season, subtitled "Guilty Party", which was actually my favorite, and not only because it had canon incest (sort of). Five friends who were summer camp counselors together return five years later to the camp - now a commune - to make sure that the mysterious death of a sixth friend remains a mystery. The two groups - the five friends and the members of the commune - begin being picked off one by one by an unknown killer that has to be one of them.

Spoilers for the rest: At the end, when almost everyone is dead, we find out that Judith, a woman in her 40s, seemingly the most sane and composed of the lot, is actually the killer. All along we've seen her pursued romantically by Wren, a much younger man, and their relationship builds until they have sex. He makes very romantic overtures and writes her love letters and she seems unsure but intrigued until she finally gives in. It seems then like Wren is the killer, and Judith finds out and is willing to let him get away with it because she loves him. But then we find that Wren isn't even actually there, it's all in her head, and that he's actually her son, who committed suicide after being convicted for the death of the girl, the sixth friend, who died five years ago. (He didn't do it.) The motive for killing the members of the commune is paper thin - "they were in the way" - but I still think it's the most engaging season. Were Judith and her son incestuous during his life? Maybe, maybe not. He was very into the dead girl, we hear about him asking her out several times and not getting the hint that she wasn't interested, but the five friends likely made him look more obsessed than he was so that he went down for the crime. Before he kills himself, he writes to his mother asking her for justice against the people that he somehow knows must be responsible, and she delivers.

Whether any incest actually physically occurred, it's clear she had incestuous feelings of some kind that manifest themselves in very strange ways.

[operafantomet]

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA + FOLDING FANS

Järvi Raudsepp and Claire Lyon, World Tour

Deborah Dutcher, RAH

Sarah Bakker, Broadway

Marni Raab, Broadway

Patricia Richards, original West End

Siani Owen, West End

Aya Kawamura, Nagoya

Britt Lenting, West End

Wendy Ferguson, RAH

Megan Llewelyn, West End

Siani Owen, West End

Judith Gardner-Jones, West End

Danielle White, Las Vegas

Melanie Gowie, West End

Unidentified, West End

Elizabeth Welch, US Tour

Merete Laursen, Copenhagen

Raquel Suarez Groen, Broadway

Natalie Hubner, Sao Paulo

Rosemary Ashe, original West End

Lorraine Goodman, Hamburg

Lara Martins, West End

[originalwinnercheesecake]

Assigning Names to Characters from The Underland Chronicles who's names were 'never disclosed"

written because names and their meanings interest me, as does Greek mythology, history, and plays, and I had a couple Saturdays where I had no plans and writing this was a fun way to pass the time.

Character from Luxa's Paternal Family... basically everybody except Nerissa and Henry

Luxa's father the former King of Regalia, Judith's husband. So Luxa's name means "Light", which in the underland goes hand and hand with "Life". I have heard the fan theory that, because of how closely associated the two are then it is possible that all of the first born heirs have names that mean light. So I googled male names that mean light and I picked Lucius or King Lucius because it has a Latin root just like his daughters.

King Lucius and Queen Judith's bonds. Yes I know it is never stated that either characters had bonds. But humans having bonded relationships with the bats seem more common for them than marrying other humans. Even Suzanna Collins herself admitted that you have to be close with a bat to survive long in the underland. Anyway I always assumed that the pair had bonds, who died with them during their final battle. i have also always head cannoned that the King's bond was named Zeus for obvious reasons, and that the Queens bond was named Venus, because Aurora surely cannot be the only bat in the underland to have a Roman deity name instead of a Greek one.

Luxa's paternal uncle, Nerissa & Henry's father: The younger royal brother. At first I was going to give him a name that meant light like his brother. But since Nerissa's name means "Sea Nymph" and Henry's name means "House Ruler" I do not think that "spares" have the same naming tradition as the first borns. So I considered other words that have important enough symbolic meaning to name a prince after: Darkness, Torch, sword. when I looked up names that mean sword I discovered that the name 'Owen" has two meanings. It means both "noble/ well born" and 'young warrior". So I would say Prince Owen is a very fitting name for the Prince of a military based society.

His Bond: a female bat named Styx a minor goddess/river in the underworld. My reasoning is, again, that Nerissa's name means "Sea nymph" and it does not really fit with Henry "House Ruler" and Luxa "Light" name scheme. But if one of her parents had a bond who was named after a mythical body of water then they could have lead to a touch of inspiration. I picked "Styx" because while it does not sound anything like "Nerissa" as far as pronunciation, it being the river that runs through the underworld does give it a sense of mischief and tradgety, that envelops Nerissa & Henry's branch of the royal family.

Nerissa & Henry's mother, Luxa's paternal aunt by marriage. She is an interesting one. I had to remember that, like Judith, she married into the royal family instead of being born into it. I also do not think that her and her husband's marriage was arranged at birth (Luxa, Nerissa, and Henry do not have fiances). This means that while she probably did not have a name meaning "Princess" she could theoretically be named anything. I want to name her " Cleo," later "Princess Cleo"partly after Cleopatra who was a very historical women, and also because it means 'to praise or acclaim". That is fitting for a women who married into royalty and became a princess.

Her Bond: Achilles a brave and powerful soldier, who slipped up in battle once and died tragically. Another name that fits both the power and the tragedy of this team and this family. Also feel free to imagine this character as Nerissa and Henry's goofy gay uncle.

Characters from Gregor's family

Gregors Dad. Lee Campbell. Despite being heavily explored/featured in the books he is famously never given a name. I have seen fans in posts and fanfics give him names like Andrew, Steve, and Lee. While I am partial to the name Steve, I went with Lee. The Campbell kids physical descriptions are vague at best, but when you look add up what we do get (they have brown eyes and light brown skin, Boots hair is a mess of dark curls, Lizzie wears her hair in braids) most fans agree on the interpretation that they are biracial kids. Their dad's race is never specified (his face is near identical to Gregor's , and while he used to have dark hair its been gray since his time with the rats) and Lee is a name that works with multiple races you want to imagine him as

Gregor's Grandmother: Dorothy Campbell. Her family and friends shorten her name to either Dora or Dottie. Another member of Gregor's family who is never actually given a name in the books. There is one scene in CotWB, when Gregor and his parents are getting everyone up to evacuate the apartment because the rats are in the walls, where Gregor's dad is talking to grandma and he calls her "Mama" so she is likely the kids paternal grandmother, and their dad's mama. I am really glad that the dad being missing for 2.5 years did not cause a rift between her and Grace then. You know that these two women needed each other during that time, and the kids needed both of them.

I am naming her Dorothy after Dorothy from the wizard of Oz. Both are women who grew up on a country farm, then move to a strange and wondrous land that they enjoy parts of, but ultimately they never quite take to it.

Greogr's bonus grandmother, Mrs. Cormaci. We know her last name but not her first name. According to Google Cormaci as a surname is most likely either Scottish or Irish. Awesome because Morgan is a Welsh and Irish name. It also is the name of many magicians throughout literature. While Mrs.Cormaci is not specifically mentioned to have psychic powers but she has an almost magical talent for knowing what Gregor will need in the future. So as far as I am concerned her name is Mrs. Morgan Cormaci

Names for Characters from Luxa's Maternal family.... a couple bats and her uncle's lover

Names for Bats bonded to York and Susanna

York mentioned having a bond in GatCoC, who since childhood I have headcannoned was named Hercules. York is described as being a muscular giant, and so anybody who carries him in battle has to be very strong. Since he is not bonded to Ares he can be bonded to Hercules

With Susanna I never thought about her having a bond as a kid, but I guess she would have one. She is a doctor and an older sister, so let's say she has a bond named Apollo.

Hamnet's first bond. @deliver-the-light already did a poll on what her name should have been, and Eurydice was the name that won the poll. I like that myth, so I will honor the poll and keep that name.

Hamnet's lover, Hazards mother, and the women who maybe could have been an aunt to Luxa and Howard, had she ever gotten to meet them: Well first lets talk about this women. It was from her that Hazard inherited his two overland traits: curly black hair, and lime green eyes. Black hair and green eyes are actually a rare combination. Most people with black hair have either blue or brown eyes. According to google she would most likely be Irish or Scottish. Another notable thing about her, she once lived in New York City, or at least she had parents who lived there. She also wanted to take Hazard to visit at some point, which implies that there was a chance she could get back to the overland, and chose to stay in the jungles of the underland. Now New York is a difficult place to live with its over population, high cost of living, high crime and pollution rates. But the Underland jungles are also a difficult place to live. There was something about Life in the overland vs life in the underland that led to her choosing to stay in the Underland jungles. She didn't just love Hamnet, but also this wild world he lived in. Or her life above ground was so wild that she felt more secure in the underland? Because of all of this I looked up a female scottish or Irish name that means "Wild'. Her name is Fia.

Also if you have read another post I made you will know that I am a fan of the theory that She was Mrs. Cormaci's daughter. Finding out that there are cannon reasons to suspect that the two have similar/the same heritage is adding to that. Let Mrs. Cormaci see Hazards face either in a picture from the party, that Gregor shares with her, or have him come up for a day visit, and meet her in person. Have her send/show Hazard a picture of her daughter with Fia Cormaci's name written on it and him get all excited because yes that is his mother. Then let Mrs.Cormaci and Hazard form a relationship and eventually complete the circle, by giving Hazard an actual chance to chose which world he wants to live his life in.

Last thing since I was thinking a lot about Hamnet's family I used that opportunity to look up alternate meaning to "Hazard" and try and find justification for why loving parents would name their son something that means "Danger" and "bad thing". Alternate meanings include "Venture, put forward, chance, risk" Hamnet is named "Home", I just named Fia "wild" and these definitions make Hazards name fit perfectly with his parents and their story.

[mllebleue]

It is in my hands! Officially out July 1st from McFarland but on order now. 16 essays on Star Trek novels and their authors.

Table of content:

Introduction: Into the Vastness of the Novelverse

­Caroline-Isabelle Caron and Kristin Noone 1

Official, but Not Canon: The ­Tie-In Writer’s Dilemma

David Mack 19

Feinting Forward, Barging Backward: Philosophical Analysis of Spock, Messiah!

Anne Collins Smith and Owen M. Smith 37

Growing Up with Deep Space Nine: Recruiting New Fans and Teaching Ideology Through YA Literature

Judith Clemens-Smucker 52

“300 ­full-color action scenes”: The Star Trek Fotonovels, Multimodal Storytelling as Paper Television?

Caroline-Isabelle Caron 69

Putting the Romance Back into Space Opera

Valerie Estelle Frankel 90

“The dream of stars”: Judith and Garfield ­Reeves-Stevens and the Star Trek Epic

Geoffrey Reiter 107

Imzadi, (Almost) Happily Ever After and the Female Gothic Tradition

Carey Millsap-Spears 124

The ­Tie-In Novels of History: Adaptation and Expansion in Diane Carey’s Star Trek Fiction

Kristin Noone 141

“What’s in a life?” Grappling with Genre, Gender, and Liberal Humanism in The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway

Mareike Spychala 159

Wind-Riders, Divers, and Merry Whales: Vonda N. McIntyre’s Star Trek Novels

Una McCormack 174

“The sheer unpredictability of the insane, demented galaxy”: Peter David’s New Frontier Novels

Val Nolan 192

The Hurt and the Comfort in J.M. Dillard’s Mindshadow: ­Tie-In Novels and/as Fanfiction

Agnieszka Urbańczyk 209

Surviving the Borg? Exploring Vengeance and Humanity in Peter David’s Vendetta

Brian de Ruiter 226

Contaminated Community in Jean Lorrah’s The IDIC Epidemic

Leah Faye Norris 243

Kira Nerys: Bajor and Beyond

Sherry Ginn 255

A Coda on Coda

Caroline-Isabelle Caron 266

[theroyalweekly]

The Princess of Wales talking about her ring and Princess Diana yesterday.

🎥 Judith Owen - Rogers // All.thats.pretty -- ChristinZ

[pamsimmerstories]

jealous should be this gen's name

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[freya]: and what do you think about our school? no, better question... how you and your brother do? are you living in windenburg?

[oliver]: well, we’re living in both places. during week we’re here and weekends if we feel like, we go back home. that’s the advantage of having money. you can fly anytime you want.

OLIVER WARD

- 14yo

- son of judith ward with clement

- traits: perfectionist, rancher, horse lover; clearly he wants to be a cowboy

[freya]: that’s so cool! i’ve never left windenburg. my mom and dad are always busy working because of... too many kids to feed. maybe now that my siblings are leaving home we could have a family trip. WAIT! my brother wants to be an actor!! when your mom comes to visit you could you invite us to come?

[oliver]: uh, i don’t know about that. we don’t know each other that much... my mom is famous, but we like privacy, you know.

[freya]: oh, sorry! that was so rude of me! i’m really sorry.

[oliver]: it’s okay.

-

[freya]: i think i’ve made a mistake! i invited myself to oliver’s place. so embarrassing

[collin]: oh god! how did you manage to do that?

[freya]: i talked about eris and i don’t know... maybe because he’s cute i was just rambling. i mean, he’s cute, but not that cute cute. but he’s famous!! yes, that’s it. that’s the problem. he’s famous i couldn’t stop myself.

[collin]: oh yeah, that seems like you. you never stop talking.

[freya]: what do you mean?

[collin]: it’s getting dark. i’m gonna head home. do you wanna come or are you staying and hoping owen shows up next?

[freya]: why are you acting like that?

[collin]: i’m tired. avery sent me a text. i’m going okay?

[freya]: yeah, fine.

[toseeclearly]

I just finished my relisten to Parkdale Haunt. And I just want to thank you for creating it. It’s probably my favorite podcast I’ve ever listened to. There’s something to be said about the character dynamics, especially between Owen and Jude. I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! Woodbine also amazing and I can’t wait to see where you go next with it.

<3 thank you so much! There's still something so special about Parkdale for us, so it always is so cool to hear from people finding it for the first time or relistening or anything, really. To be honest, a lot of Jude and Owen's dynamics pull from my real life friendship with Ian (minus all the fear and death cults) (for now, at least). Obviously things for those two are much more dramatic than anything we've had to deal with, but I'm glad that our dynamic came through in the show. He is also incredibly lovely in real life as well, while I am the chaos demon storming into the studio going HEY MAN, WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER SHOW? I don't know why he puts up with it, but he does and we're very thankful for it, hahaha.

[st-peculiar]

Just listened to the Parkdale Haunt ep1 and GUYS. That ending has got me bugging tf out I’m so fr

[piesandswords]

Protector of the Small Characters: Are they queer?

Kel: Yes, aro-ace. Owen: I love him, but straight. Cleon: Straight, god help him. Merric: Straight. Seaver: Straight. Neal: Straight, but if a person he was dating came out as non-binary, he'd go with it and they'd be happy together. He'd want to talk about Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" all the time, which would be super annoying. Roald: Straight. Shinkokami: Straight. Yukimi: Straight. Wyldon: Straight. Joren: Straight. Garvey: Straight. Lalasa: God, finally. Lesbian.

The Chamber of the Ordeal: Gay, but only when Joren is there because Joren is homophobic. That is how he died. Otherwise, it's a room with no sexuality.

[ardentbonkers]

If you’d like to know the opinion of a rugby player, I’d say Cam would be a good 6 or 8 but Harrow would actually be a good 9. Or 10? They tend to be bossy, mean, smart, and very in charge.

Someone on Reddit commented on my post and they made their own list of the cast with details! You both said the same thing for Harrow, here is the full list they've made if you're interested or would like to give your own opinion :>

1 - Crux - The old Warhorse. Absolutely irreplaceable and immovable, is so bloody stubborn that it's beyond a joke.

2 - Marta the Second - battler, a crack shot with her line-out darts.

3 - Magnus the Fifth - just solid. Also got that dad bod all good props should be carrying.

4 - Coronabeth the Third - the athletic lock, much nimbler than her engine room partner.

5 - Protesilaus the Seventh - Ball carrying lock, in the mould of Big Will Skelton. Just a lumbering beast who will ruin you.

6 - Gideon the Ninth - she's big, she's strong, she's really fucking annoying. All the qualities of a flanker.

7 - Judith the Second - battle-hardened and crafty in a way that all good openside should be.

8 - Aiglamene - hard as nails, no nonsense, will fuck you up. She's got years on her, but age is just a number.

9 - Harrow the Ninth - Diminutive, but canny. Shrewd decision maker, and is swift and incisive when she needs to be.

10 - Dulcinea the Seventh - is playing 4d chess with everyone, can see 5 steps ahead, and knows how to manipulate an opposition defence.

11 - Isaac and Jeannemary the Fourth - both of them because the jersey is too big for just the kne. Full of beans, loves a cheeky wee side-step, and are a lot tougher than they look.

12 - Palamedes the Sixth - strong link with Dulcinea comes in handy here, but it's the almost telepathic connection with his outside centre that makes him dangerous.

13 - Camilla the Sixth - runs hard lines, and is excellent in both attack and defence. Almost telepathically linked with Pal, her inside centre. Loves Going Loud.

14 - Babs - doesn't do a great amount of work, and loves to just be passed the ball so he can score and take credit after everyone else's hard work.

15 - Abigail the Fifth - calm, cool, and collected, the definite traits of a good fullback.

EDIT: Switched Ianthe for Corona, she'd make a much better Lock. Same height, but with more weight behind her carries.

Ianthe is more of a 10/12 hybrid in the mould of Owen Farrell for England. I'd put her on the bench, and bring her on for Dulcie in the second half.