#link murphy ; threads

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closed starter for @exmcrtis (pip)

Writing felt impossible most days. Link was doing his best to get by on whatever he could in a town like this, but it was pretty fair to say the withdrawals were finally getting to a point that made life unbearable. So while he usually liked to sit in the library to write, today he was simply going to try to get away from his thoughts and feelings.

"Oh." He hadn't expected to see anyone in his favorite spot - he had picked it specifically because it was far away from most other things, and even with half the town in ruins, the library was easy enough to get into whenever he wanted. "I don't usually find anyone here before me."

[oflowtides]

closed starter for @urbnlgnds (wren) location: the grind

“Wren!  Wait,”  Link was all but crawling over the countertop as he spotted the dark haired girl leaving, tossing his apron behind the counter.  “I’m basically off the clock now - fuck it, whatever.  What are you up to?”

[scryptids]

location: duncan coffee

closed starter for: @sparepcrts (link)

despite living a ridiculously busy lifestyle, vada would always make time for their younger brother. he was easier to track down than they were at any given point, and she had no qualms stealing him away after work, often ready to make an argument about how he should cancel any plans he might have in favor of spending time with her. vada had perfected the art of the guilt trip the second she'd become a parent, and she had no issues using it on her siblings.

"mr. murphy," they greeted now, a keen smile on their lips as they pulled a nearby chair out. "are you free after work today?"

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"I could make you do it, but that sounds like way more work and a higher chance of getting caught; I'll do it," Link reached out to take the back, grinning at Kirby. "But you owe me a treat."

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"while you have a point you have to admit chase is kind of a dick and deserves it soooooo," kirby grinned and grabbed a bag to hold it up, "will you do it or am i grabbing a chair?"

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location: outside the library

With spring finally peeking it's way through the trees, Link could stop sticking half his body out of windows when he was craving a cigarette, now able to step outside fully and let the weather cause his cheeks to turn red.

"You need a light?" He'd barely noticed who had approached him out of the corner of his eye. "My need to steal lighters at every gas station across the United States is really coming in handy lately."

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closed starter for @urbnlgnds (odie) location: whatever nearest wooded area there is

"I kind of want to see if I can't take a road trip across Europe," Link had been trying to climb a tree, more than sure he was making an idiot of himself in front of Odie, but he didn't care that much - she already knew he was an idiot. "I miss that part of my old life back in America. But it seems like it's a weird thing to do here." He tilted his head back to look at her. "Would you come with if I did?"

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"It was; but clearly now something else needs to be done, since, you know. You're in a relationship. That's open now, I guess, but still, as shitty as I am, I'm never going to purposely fuck up someone I care abouts life like that." Link had done a lot of things he regret in life, and it was part of why he was trying to be as respectful as he could with the boundaries that came with Artemis having a boyfriend. She was far too important for him to lose.

Her getting closer to him finally made Link's shoulders relax, and he took a deep breath in to try to steady his nerves. "I feel the same way. I always sort of felt like there was something connecting us, but I also thought maybe things would get complicated if I pointed it out," he laughed lightly. "I love being selfish and not feeling guilty about it. That's my favorite past time." Finally, the universe was doing something nice for him in these trying times. "Oh this means I can take you up on your offer to let me sleep over at your place instead of the commune when I get too overwhelmed, right?"

"not acknowledging things was working for us, though. i could just show up at the commune and you could show up at my place and we could ignore whatever the fuck we were feeling. i've spent a really long time trying to make sure people didn't get close to me emotionally, and then you happened. life brought me you and i didn't know what to do."

her mouth had gone dry again; deep down, she knew that he fell for people easily, but so did she. at least, she'd fallen for him quickly, and declan. but this was still different. without saying anything, artemis stepped closer to link, her arms unfolding so that they could wrap around his middle. she was always too comfortable making physical contact with link, but she never felt any shame for it. "i'm a little in love with you, too. you're the only person that i really let se me, and i think that in and of itself says a lot." she licked at her lips again, letting them tug into a soft smile to match his own. "so we be selfish, and we don't feel guilty about it. the universe is really just telling us to do what we want, and who are we to deny the universe?"

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closed starter for @ghostsbrokenbyfairytales (kirby) location: the art festival; kirby and malin's booth

"You're gonna start a trend, you know." Link popped up entirely unannounced, as he usually did, leaning against the booth. "You really wanna give people the ability to dress like you? Or is it so you can claim you started the fashion movement first?" The grin was still on his face, and he knew he was being annoying. "Y'all got any emo era gloves? Mine are starting to become unsightly."

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closed starter for @annie-haddandavis  location: the park

“I am really not an outdoorsy kind of guy - I swear I am already getting sunburned,” Link grumbled, though it was actually kind of nice to help plant some new flowers along the walking path.  “I don’t know how you do this every day - you look paler than I am.”

[thousandfireworks]

Authors whose books you have to avoid because they are problematic.

Abigail Hing Wen.

Alex Aster.

Alice Hoffman.

Alice Oseman.

Alison Win Scotch. ‘Terrorism is never acceptable. Not in Israel.’

Allie Sarah.

Amber Kelly.

Amy Harmon.

Annabelle Monaghan.

Anna Akana.

Aurora Parker.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Brandon Sanderson. Islamophobic.

Carissa Broadbent. Said that hamas is doing violence against innocence.

Chloe Walsh. Siding with Israel in the name of humanity.

Christina Lauren. Believe that Israel is the victim. A racist, also Islamophobic.

Colleen Hoover.

Cora Reilly. Travel to Israel despite criticism.

Danielle Bernstein. Islamophobic.

Danielle Lori.

Deke Moulton. Said hamas is terrorist.

Dian Purnomo.

Eliza Chan.

Elle Kennedy.

Elyssa Friedland.

Emily Henry.

Emily Mclntire.

Emily St. J. Mandel. Admiring Israel.

Gabrielle Zevin. Wrote a book about anti-Palestine. Mentioned Israel multiple times without context on his book.

Gregory Carlos. Israeli author. A zionist.

Hannah Whitten.

Hazel Hayes. Reposted a post about October 7th.

Heidi Shertok.

Jamie McGuire.

Jay Shetty. ‘Violence is happening in Israel.’

Jean Meltzer.

Jeffery Archer. Wrote a book with a mc Israel operative (mossad) in a positive and anti terrorist light.

Jennifer Hartman. Liked a post about pro-Israel.

Jen Calonita.

Jessa Hastings.

Jill Santopolo. Said that Israel has right to exist and fight back.

John Green.

Jojo Moyes.

J. Elle.

J. K. Rowling. Support genocide. Racist. Islamophobic.

Kate Canterbery.

Kate Stewart.

Katherine Howe.

Katherine Locke.

Kristin Hannah. Support Israel. Shared a donation link.

Laini Taylor.

Laura Thalassa. Islamophobic.

Lauren Wise. Cussed that Palestinian supporters would be raped in front of children.

Lea Geller. Thanked people who supports Israel.

Leigh Dragoon. Islamaphobic and anti Asian racist rants on Twitter and threads

Leigh Stein.

Lilian Harris. A racist. Blocking people who educates about colonialism in Palestine and call them disgusting.

Lisa Barr. A daughter of Holocaust survivor. Support Israel.

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery.

Lisa Steinke.

Liz Fenton.

Lynn Painter. Afraid of getting cancelled as a pro-Palestine and posted a template afterwards.

L. J. Shen. Her husband joins idf (Israel army).

Mariana Zapata.

Marie Lu.

Marissa Meyer.

Melissa de la Cruz.

Michelle Cohen Corasanti.

Michelle Hodkin. Spread false rumors about arab-hamas. Islamophobic.

Mitch Albom. ‘We shouldn't blame Israel for surviving attacks or defending against them.’

Monica Murphy. Siding with Israel.

Naomi Klein.

Navah Wolfe.

Neil Gaiman. Suggested Palestinians unite with Israel and become citizens.

Nicholas Sparks.

Nic Stone. Talked nonsense that children in Palestinian refugee camp are training to be martyrs for Allah because they felt it was their call in life.

Nyla K.

Olivia Wildenstein. Blocking people who disagree with Israel wrongdoing.

Pamela Becker.

Penelope Douglas.

Pierce Brown.

Rachel Lynn Solomon.

Rebecca G. Martinez.

Rebecca Yarros. ‘I despise violence’ her opinion about what's happening in Gaza. Blocking people who calls her a zionist.

Rena Rossner.

Renee Ahdieh.

Rick Riordan.

Rina Kent.

Rivka (noctem.novelle).

Rochelle Weinstein.

Romina Garber. ‘These terrorist attacks do nothing to improve the lives of Palestinians people.’

Roshani Chokshi. Encourage people to donate to Israel.

Samantha Greene Woodruff.

Sarah J. Mass. Her book contained ideology of zionism.

Stephanie Garber. Promoting books by zionist author (Sarah J. Mass)

Skye Warren.

Sonali Dev.

Talia Carner.

Tarryn Fisher. Said ‘there was terrorist attack in Israel.’

Taylor Jenkins Reid. Posted a video about genocide.

Tere Liye. Rumoured to have ghoswriters to write his books and never give credit to them.

Tillie Cole.

Tracy Deon.

Trinity Traveler (Ade Perucha Hutagaol). Rumour to wrote book about handsome Israelis.

T. J. Klune.

Uri Kurlianchik.

Veronica Roth.

Victoria Aveyard. ‘Israel has the right to exist.’ quote from her about the issue.

V. E. Schwab. Shared a donation link and video about Israel.

Yuval Noah. ‘Israel has the right to do anything to defend themselves.’

Zibby Owens.

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"It could be; why not?" Link shrugged. "We're smart, capable..." He paused. "We know smart, capable people. Don't just let your dreams be dreams and all that goofy shit." He hummed a little in response. "Dude, there is no fucking way I ever want to get reincarnated. This life sucks enough, I do not need to constantly be sling shot into new ones. You can keep on your groovy stardust path, but I want do be done done the minute my heart stops beating." Maybe he'd have a different outlook if he hadn't been dragged through the mud so much in life, but the idea of having to go through another life and possibly keep making the same choices made him shudder.

"She said what?" Link frowned a little. "The creatures want to rip us to shreds. I don't think that's any kind of secret. I've never seen them do anything else. They just wanna destroy."

river watched out of their peripheral while link absorbed their words. if needed, river was happy to repeat it as many times as he needed to hear it and explain it for the rest of their days if it meant he accepted that they were never going to leave him. they would always be somewhere close by until their days were done in that life. link was not only important to them but he was an amazing human being with the most beautiful mind. they loved him so, so much.

❝ is that a real thing? because if it's even remotely a possibility i want it. sounds like a dream. ❞ river giggled and their mind wandered for a moment to what a human sized cat tree would entail. ❝ this is yet another example of your beautiful mind. ❞ they added and plucked the joint from his hand. a pause and a couple puffs later they were handing it back again. ❝ see that's the problem with all that, i don't think there's a heaven, hell, or purgatory. ❞ they stopped to exhale the smoke they'd been holding. ❝ it's just one life after the other until you've done what you needed to do and become cosmic dust in the galaxy of your choice. ❞ but that wasn't what they were talking about was it? ❝ doesn't mean we can't stay entertained here. anything to keep me from overthinking this whole idea lillith put in my head about trying to figure out what the creatures want and live in peace with them. ❞

[dessertgeek]

The Mari Lwyd Twitter saga (2020 - part three)

This is part of my efforts to transcribe @seananmcguire's holiday Mari Lwyd Twitter threads. The hashtag for now is #Mari Lwyd Project, the first post is here, the thread's source is here.

(Many thanks to @dor-min on finding and linking this one!)

There are a couple from this year that are short, and even single replies that Seanan likely didn't have time to reply to. So this is their collection! Authors will be linked in their comments as best I can.

CW for food, just in case.

Lorcan Murphy (Twitter): Alas were I only a mutual, Mari Lwyd I'd offer rhymes crucial. We'd barter o'er offering asked unpredictable Afore presenting a demanded varietal victual The dead from the living must bide dividual But this rhyme for the horse is purely volitional.

Seanan: Your rhyming's exquisite, So clean and refined. I'll grant you a visit, To seek cheese with rind, Or cheese that's been softened, Or processed or plain... When Mari Lwyd's summoned, She sings her refrain.

Cheese or beer! Cheese or beer! I know that you have it here!

Lorcan: Alas all my beer has been spilt in a pan And as unlikely it seems, my cheese melted and ran My flour and yeast in the oven to bake So I'm terrible short of scran you can take Bide if you can, I'll no make it a habit and I'll offer a pretzel and Welsh-German rabbit

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Cassandra Khaw (Carrd / Twitter): A single wedge of manchego I do possess, Not a wedge nor a morsel more than that, If I was someone who had cheese in excess, I'd offer them to you, and have all your desires.

But lo, you bony equine, Such is all I can give: This lonely cheese of mine, I offer in tithe.

Seanan: To give when there's plenty Is glorious kind: But it's kinder by far When you've little but rind.

I am grateful to you, On this shortest of days, For your holiday spirit And generous ways.

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The singles!

(I'm posting peoples' handles as I see them, will do my best here. If someone rhymed or made poetry and I couldn't find a 'do not repost' on their profile, I included it.)

John & Bucky: I’m just here to watch A skeletal horse seeking Cheese and wine through rhyme

Stephanie Annand: Alas! For the lack! Of cheese in my home; Will you accept yogurt As onward you roam?

Eleri: I have some ok parm, and a generic swiss A really good chevre would not go amiss This stupid pandemic has cut into my cheese-buying I'm afraid sharing these cheeses, the dead horse would send me flying.

Paige Wolf: Cheese and spiced wine You’ll definitely find; In my kitchen, I’ll fill up your cup!

Come in please, my friend! Time we will spend, In drinking and singing, Bottoms up!

warcabbit: Wassail, wassail? I give you mulled ale and a nice nutty cheese to boot.

It is the season Be kind without reason And generous with gifts and loot.

Stephanie Caitlyn: I do not have cheese, I only have curry, For when I did leave, It was in quite a hurry.

Into the headlights I peer like a deer, But with you I gladly will share my paneer.

Starry_Marie: I know there are many With rhymes that are better But one thing I do have - A large chunk of cheddar

@Chimaera.bsky.social: Oh Mare, at thy feet I lay Some Caveman Blue and olives today. Cambezola roasted with garlic cloves, Squeezed upon fine grilled bread loaves. A bit of Brie to melt your heart, A nutty Parm to fuel your start, Melted Gruyère to dip things in, & Queso fresco (you're looking thin)

Cake and Arsenic: Oh mari lywd, please don't feel down, With your big boney head, in your white cotton shroud, For you'll find that my larder is stocked full of cheese, And you're welcome to come and eat all that you please.

JLH: (not a mutual, but it seems fun and kinda inspired me) Dread equine I hear your call! And in my larder is a prize, A piece of asiago for your skeletal maw Please accept my gift and silence your cries.

[rinasunny]

Red Eye (2005) Early Screenplay Trivia

First of all, I'm very sorry for clogging your Red Eye/Jackson x Lisa feed with DVD commentary. I was planning to do the same with the final shooting script but I guess it will just one post with the juiciest stuff (and just give the link to the script with highlited Jackson/Lisa stuff).

Now, to the main topic of the post. In 2011 someone nicknamed "cougarlady" posted a link for Red Eye's early script draft by Carl Ellsworth on Cillian Murphy's fan forum (https://cillianforum.proboards.com/thread/4257/original-red-eye-script). The bad news is the link currenty doesn't work. The good news is one printed copy of that script still exists. If you have spare 169$ you can purchace it on e-bay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/353755359870). Another good news: some lucky fellas on the forum shared their impressions regarding the script so we have some bits and pieces of the early movie script, which is quite different from the final product. So here's what they

One more important thing to consider (it wasn't discussed on the forum) - Lisa and Jackson were meant to be older (5-10 years) than Rachel and Cillian were at the time of shooting. Especially given that Wes' first dream casting were Sean Penn and Robyn Wright (who were married at the time btw).

Lisa's backstory was different: she wasn't raped but lost her husband instead (he died). Also she had an affair with Keefe at some point. (accoriding to Cyraus)

Speaking of Keefe, he was meant to be a businessman, he only became a polititian after test screenings. (this wasn't mentioned on the forum, but you can find it out in DVD commentary and interviews maybe).

Rippner was the one to stand up to irritated passanger (Lisa didn't take part in it, I guess). (accoriding to Cyraus)

Jackson seems to be much more cruel and cold-hearted than Cillian's rendition. Users described him as narcissist and sociopath. "Also, this Script-Rippner seemed very inconsequent about his feelings for Lisa. He seems to REALLy hate her at some parts." (quote by iseebutterfly)

Jackson threatens Lisa to kill not only Joe, but her entire family. It seems like he killed her grandmother, unfortunately no context, 'cause in the movie the last part would make no sence. (according to cougarlady)

Funny enough Jackson has no tangible evidence that he can order kill anyone (unlike the movie). (according to cougarlady)

And despite this the chemistry is still present. "I love the scene where he kisses her forehead, even if just to unsettle her, but I hate that the took away this thing they had, this weird chemistry, neither of them could explain." (quote by iseebutterfly)

The early script doesn't have the lavatory scene yet. (accoriding to Cyraus)

"The part where he has her in his clutches ready to break her neck with his mouth crawling over her almost makes up for not having the lavatory scene." (quote by Cyraus)

A little bit about Jackson's name. Given his "No Lie" rule (at least when it comes to Lisa) the watchers assume it is his real name. However, Wes said in one of interviews that it is made up (to suit Lisa's father initials). A this is quite confusing tbh. Anyway the early draft suggests that Jackson's real name is... George King. And you thought Jack Rippner was bad... Although there is no consensus on whether or not "George" is his real name either. (according to Cyraus, cougarlady and iseebutterfly)

Jackson and Lisa had a dialogue where Lisa said that his is fucked. His replies are "Lisa, that language doesn't suit you." and "If you don’t look at me, you’ll get a glimpse of just how f*cked I am." There's no context unfortunately. (according to Cyraus and Cait)

The ending was different. They do not specify it. But from what we know from DVD commentary, the final fight in the Reiserts' house was Wes's idea.

P.S.: I probably missed something, so I suggest to check out the forum page yourself.

[writing-for-life]

It’s Monday, and I usually post the latest chapter of my fic on Mondays. Alas, the thing is fully published: 76,000 words and 30 chapters (the 31st is just emotional blurb).

I’m sad. But I’m writing the sequel, so I’m happy, too. And sad...

So here you go, all things “The Light of Stars” in one post: The fic, little sequel snippets, the thing that started it all and the... reviews?

Links to all individual chapters (and yes, the art is by me, I’ve been told I should stop being shy about it), but they will also take you straight to Ao3:

And if you would like a little snippet of the sequel (it doesn’t give away any major plot points), here’s one:

And here's the drabble/poem-like something that started out as a Writerly prompt and ended up inspiring something that has been taking over (part of) my life:

And now I’ll really flog the goods and give you a couple of comments (no one ever reads these fic advertisements anyway, so I might as well be shameless 😂):

There are something like 200 comments on 80 comment threads on TLoS. I’m so grateful for everyone who was on this journey with me, and above all: engaged. Because half of this means nothing if there's no one to share it with.

Some of you are on here (you know who you are), but I just wanted to say that this was really the best part for me, and what I look most forward to for the sequel:

Being in that space with you 💕

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"Thanks, I do my best," accepting the plate from Ferdie. "You should have just frisbee'd it to me across the room. I probably wouldn't have caught it, but I like to live on the edge." He paused for a moment. "You going to that lake party thing?"

"Ha ha you're hilarious, Link" Ferdie said as he pulled a plate down and set it next to himself on. They shut the cabinet and put their hands on the edge of the counter in order to hop down off of it, before grabbing the plate and giving it a little spin between his hands as he went to hand it to Link.

[writermuses]

Have you ever gotten so invested in a thread?

Have you ever let your drafts build up?

From this ask meme

I'm shit at talking to people in the DMs because I'm an awktato so when I get hell hype about a thread or ship or whatever, then I'm usually just putting a little //ooc tag on the bottom of the post. I did have a noir crime thread with Knox (Cillian Murphy FC) that seemed like it was going to be fucking amazing that was dropped and I was like damn it! I was watching old noir films to get muse for it and everything. Then there's just the general lore of writing knowing that the universe I've created with someone is immense and super detailed so we can include a bunch of other muses and create this epic story where there's love, friendship, angst, etc. and we have to have charts to keep up with everything. I'm forever grateful that @uncontrolledhavoc wrote a camping trip gone wrong with our massive MC and that @marimelwrites and I have this three or four generation family that other people now write with those muses (the Cartwrights and Delmores)... I'm probably too invested in 90% of my threads. I have a hard time not taking it personally if things are dropped, but I get over it... especially because I know y'all are good people with lives AND you put up with me only being able to write on weekends. I'm just a stupid head 😂

I don't have a choice. LATE July to LATE May I work 60+ hour weeks and can only write on weekends. It's why I have a limit on how many replies people can do to me per day because I don't want to spend my weekend drafting replies, but yeah, I'm slow and they build up. It doesn't mean I don't love you. If you see your tab on the activity page is incorrect after a week, please DM me the link.