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VANITY FAIR SALEM'S LOT FIRST LOOK...

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In the Beginning Was Water and Sky, a short film by Ryan Ward

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Salem’s Lot Thoughts (spoilers below)

Disclaimer: These are just my opinions. I understand if you disagree but Salem’s Lot is a top 3 Stephen King book for me and I was highly anticipating this film.

The Great

The use of lighting of lighting was amazing. The deep blues and reds when things were about to get crazy we’re 👩‍🍳 💋 *chefs kiss*. The use of good lighting always pulls me in.

The vampires actually looked terrifying. I wasn’t expecting that but I loved it! Lately, in other media with vampires in it, they try to make the vampires look seductive and beautiful. This movie said “nope!” and made them look undead x10

The setting/scenery is exactly how I pictured it would look.

All of the performances were really good. There wasn’t one actor or actress that I thought was lacking.

Mark was a little bad ass the whole time. No hesitation, just ass whoopings for any vampire that wanted to try him.

The Good

I didn’t know how I would feel about gender swapping Doctor Cody because I liked his relationship with Ben in the books but having Alfre Woodard play Doctor Cody was a really good idea. In fact, she reminded me a bit of the character she played in a series of unfortunate events.

We didn’t see much of Mr. Burke but I did like what we saw of him.

They did more with Susan! Thank God, because while reading the book it felt like everyone was aware they were in a horror movie and she thought she was just in a romance novel.

Talking about Susan, the way her and Ben met was cute and the way she told him to meet her at the drive-in was smart and a good look into how savvy she can be.

Because of those few seems with Ben and Susan, I’m simply going to need Lewis Pullman in a romcom or just a romance movie.

Lastly, the costumes were really good. I was worried when we saw that still of Susan but the clothing wasn’t in your face saying “IT’S THE 70s”. It was quieter and the hair style Susan has does that really well because my mom has a picture of herself in 76 (?) with that exact hair cut.

The Bad

When I first heard about this I originally thought it would be a miniseries and after watching this film, I’m of the firm belief that it would have been better if it had been a mini series or limited series.

Characters and the town needed to be fleshed out more and there were some scenes that had me on the edge of my seat only for them to end abruptly.

I think we should have seen Barlowe more and that scene where he attacks Mark, his family and father Callahan should have been longer. It was too short in my opinion.

As much as Floyd Tidbits annoyed me in the book, he needed to be more present to give Ben and Susan some more conflict.

More Mr. Burke and Eva Miller!

The Horrible

There was only one thing that I truly hated and that was that they swapped Susan and Mr. Burke’s story. He should have stayed around longer and I thought it added to the angst with Brum leaving Susan for Ben to have to kill. Especially because they made her a vampire anyways! Why switch their stories!

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Salem's Lot

It's not that we shouldn’t remake the classics. Without remakes we wouldn’t have films like Philip Kaufman’s INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978), George Cukor’s A STAR IS BORN (1954) or Howard Hawks’ HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940). But we shouldn’t have to deal with remakes like Gary Dauberman’s watered down SALEM’S LOT (2024, Max). Although far from non-stop monkey dump, it turns Tobe Hooper’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel into a nightmare in beige.

Even allowing Dauberman had the disadvantage of comparison between a three-hour-plus miniseries, and his two-hour-minus feature there are artistic choices that diminish the original film and novel. Chief among them is the opening. The TV version starts with a framing scene that creates a world in which the protagonists played by David Soul and Lance Kerwin live on the run from the vampire hordes slowly taking over the world. It then flashes back to Soul’s return to his childhood home, contrasting the broken world of the present with the idyllic small town of the past. Dauberman, however, eschews the framing story to start right out with horror, depicting the arrival of the vampire’s coffin at the Marsden house in Jerusalem’s Lot, ME. After a few jump scares, we get a cursory depiction of small-town life, hardly enough to make us mourn the loss of a more serene existence.

When the vampires start rising, Dauberman goes for more overt scares. The vampire child floating outside one boy’s window are so eerily made up it takes massive amounts of hypnosis to get him to welcome them in. And you may find yourself saying of even capable players, “You’re no James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Geoffrey Lewis, Marie Windsor or Elisha Cook, Jr.” The vampire’s human servant, Straker (Pilou Asbaek), is reduced to a virtual walk-on, with none of the sexual ambiguity Mason got to play on TV. But then, the overall effect here is more sanitized than anything Hooper and writer Paul Monash had gotten away with on TV back in 1979.

There are a few eerie sequences — a child’s hearing strange noises in his back yard after dark and the romantic leads (Bill Pullman and Mackenzie Leigh) and the town doctor’s (Alfre Woodard) fighting off a reanimated corpse in a funeral home with a makeshift cross made out of tongue depressors. And though the ending loses the tortured ambiguity of King’s novel and Hooper’s adaptation, it does offer some unique approaches to vampiricide. The only actors not suffering from comparison to the miniseries are Woodard, who’s always great and brings a little sass to her role as the town doctor, and Jordan Preston Carter as Mark, the only kid in town smart enough to figure out what’s happening. Somebody put them in a film with a decent script to make up for this misguided morass.

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Is the Salem's Lot film missing in action?

Is the Salem's Lot film missing in action?

For some months, the most popular post on this blog was about a then forthcoming new version of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot. The launch date moved to last April, but nothing. The film was made (the picture is from the Insta of actor Mackenzie Leigh) but what has happened since? I’ve done some digging, and the answer seems to be there’s a chance it may never release, despite (apparently) not being…

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Friday Flashback. Singer Mackenzie Leigh Meyer at Hometown Hockey, Oakville.

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39 books to read if you liked ARCANE

CAITVI SHIPPERS –

1. a study in scarlet women by sherry thomas 2. the lady's guide to petticoats and piracy by mackenzi lee 3. plain bad heroines by emily m. danforth 4. the unbroken by c.l. clark 5. iron widow by xiran jay zhao 6. crier's war by nina varela 7. the drowning empire trilogy by andrea stweart 8. the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon 9. the midnight lie by marie rutkoski 10. the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

JAYVIK SHIPPERS –

1. vicious by v.e. schwab 2. if we were villains by m.l. rio 3. the secret history by donna tartt 4. the song of achilles by madeline miller 5. the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde 6. a marvelous light by freya marske 7. the magpie lord by kj charles 8. fever syndrome by angela slatter 9. the gloaming by rory power 10. boys, beasts & men by sam j. miller

TIMEBOMB SHIPPERS –

1. six of crows by leigh bardugo 2. war girls by tochi onyebuchi 3. this savage song by victoria schwab 4. the knife of never letting go by patrick ness

JINX & VI'S RELATIONSHIP –

1. we hunt the flame by hafsah faizal 2. girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan 3. the ones we're meant to find by joan he 4. burn our bodies down by rory power 5. sawkill girls by claire legrand

GENERAL ARCANE VIBES –

1. the aeronaut's windlass by jim butcher 2. foundryside by robert jackson bennett 3. gunmetal gods by zamil akhtar 4. cyberpunk: neuromancer by william gibson 5. frostheart by jamie littler 6. the broken earth trilogy by n.k. jemisin 7. black sun by rebecca roanhorse 8. rebel seoul by axie oh 9. we ride the storm by devin madson 10. the drowned cities by paolo bacigalupi

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Celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday with 54 Queer Fantasy Books!

Today, January 3rd, is J.R.R. Tolkien Day—the day we celebrate the legend’s birthday. It’s hard to imagine the fantasy genre without Tolkien’s influence on it. That’s why, we figured, what better way to celebrate than by having an adventure with an awesome fantasy book? And, as this is the first time we’ve done a queer fantasy rec list, our reccing crew got very excited, with the result that this is one of the longest lists we’ve ever posted. We asked our contributors for great queer, fantasy recommendations, and boy, did they deliver! We collected a list of whooping 54 titles, all thanks to Sanne, Kelas, Shadaras, Nina Waters, Shea Sullivan, E. C., Adrian Harley, Alex, D. V. Morse, Zel Howland, Shannon, Dei Walker, Linnea Peterson and an anonymous contributor.

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Witch King by Martha Wells

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

The Husky & His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know by Cyan Wings

Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

Ash by Malinda Lo

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner

Reforged by Seth Haddon

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling

The Bone Doll’s Twin by Lynn Flewelling

Umineko: When They Cry by 07th Expansion

The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

First Test by Tamora Pierce

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin

The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett

Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett

The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

What are your favorite queer fantasy books?

You can find all these books on our Goodreads bookshelf of queer fantasy books.

Did something here spark your curiosity? You can buy it through the Duck Prints Press Bookshop.org affiliate shop. 

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💙💜🩷 Books for Bisexuality Visibility Month 🩷💜💙

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💜 How incredible is it that I made a list of 99 books for bisexual visibility month, KNOWING there are so many NOT featured on this list? I'm so proud to be bi. Having these characters and stories intertwine with mine warms my heart.

💜 What's your favorite book featuring bisexual characters?

💙 The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar 💙 Perfect on Paper - Sophie Gonzales 💙 Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli 💙 Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston 💙 Queens of Geek - Jen Wilde 💙 Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster - Andrea Mosqueda 💙 Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute - Talia Hibbert 💙 Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall 💙 A Merry Little Meet Cute - Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

💜 Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli 💜 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid 💜 Radio Silence - Alice Oseman 💜 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee 💜 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat 💜 Wolfsong - T.J. Klune 💜 The Pairing - Casey McQuiston 💜 Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail - Ashley Herring Blake 💜 Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

🩷 Going Bicoastal - Dahlia Adler 🩷 Some Girls Do - Jennifer Dugan 🩷 Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar 🩷 Autoboyography - Christina Lauren 🩷 Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur 🩷 They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera 🩷 Cool for the Summer - Dahlia Adler 🩷 Delilah Green Doesn't Care - Ashley Herring Blake 🩷 One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

💙 I'll Be the One - Lyla Lee 💙 Running With Lions - Julian Winters 💙 Take a Hint, Dani Brown - Talia Hibbert 💙 Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender 💙 Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee 💙 Ophelia After All - Racquel Marie 💙 Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao 💙 Something to Talk About - Meryl Wilsner 💙 The Girls I've Been - Tess Sharpe

💜 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date - Ashley Herring Blake 💜 Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales 💜 Her Royal Highness - Rachel Hawkins 💜 Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman 💜 I Wish You All the Best - Mason Deaver 💜 Mistakes Were Made - Meryl Wilsner 💜 Hang the Moon - Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 Kiss Her Once for Me - Alison Cochrun 💜 The Brightsiders - Jen Wilde

🩷 Wild Beauty - Anna-Marie McLemore 🩷 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Victoria Schwab 🩷 Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🩷 A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson 🩷 Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo 🩷 Dark Rise - C.S. Pacat 🩷 If This Gets Out - Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich 🩷 Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann 🩷 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

💙 Under the Whispering Door - T.J. Klune 💙 I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuiston 💙 Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell 💙 Icebreaker - A.L. Graziadei 💙 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 💙 A Lot Like Adiós - Alexis Daria 💙 Sorry, Bro - Taleen Voskuni 💙 We Are Okay - Nina LaCour 💙 Count Your Lucky Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur

💜 Hot Dog Girl - Jennifer Dugan 💜 Verona Comics - Jennifer Dugan 💜 They Hate Each Other - Amanda Woody 💜 The Disasters - M.K. England 💜 The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater 💜 You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson 💜 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 💜 My Dearest Darkest - Kayla Cottingham 💜 City of Shattered Light - Claire Winn

🩷 The Unbroken - C.L. Clark 🩷 Dread Nation - Justina Ireland 🩷 House of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland 🩷 Love & Other Disasters - Anita Kelly 🩷 Ace of Shades - Amanda Foody 🩷 The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl 🩷 Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst 🩷 This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story - Kacen Callender 🩷 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

💙 If You Still Recognise Me - Cynthia So 💙 Melt With You - Jennifer Dugan 💙 The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun 💙 That Summer Feeling - Bridget Morrissey 💙 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School - Sonora Reyes 💙 The Luis Ortega Survival Club - Sonora Reyes 💙 The Fiancée Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur 💙 Flip the Script - Lyla Lee 💙 Role Playing - Cathy Yardley

💜 I Think I Love You - Auriane Desombre 💜 Truly, Madly, Deeply - Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta 💜 Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter 💜 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - Andrew Joseph White 💜 Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl - Brianna R. Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum 💜 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 💜 A Darker Shade of Magic - Victoria Schwab 💜 Love at First Set - Jennifer Dugan

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All the books I read this year! I don't differentiate between audio, paper, or digital for my list so it varies. book list and my faves below!

Title list and whether they're a Yes No or Maybe book

Nevernight - Jay Kristoff - YES

Book of Night - Holly Black - YES

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao - YES

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett - YES

Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff - YES

The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin -YES

Longshadow - Olivia Atwater -YES

Valiant - Holly Black - YES

Queen Takes Knights - Joely Sue Burkhart - MAYBE

The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald - MAYBE

 Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith - MAYBE

Court Duel - Sherwood Smith - YES

Vicious - V. E. Schwab - YES

The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin - YES

Nettle and Bone - T. Kingfisher - YES

The Stone Sky - N. K. Jemisin - YES

The Wolf and the Woodsman - Ava Reid - MAYBE

House of Salt and Sorrows - Erin A. Craig - YES

Darkdawn - Jay Kristoff - YES

Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer - YES

Gallant - V. E. Schwab - YES

The Boneless Mercies - April Genevieve Tucholke - MAYBE

Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim - MAYBE

The Dragon's Promise - Elizabeth Lim - MAYBE

Spin the Dawn - Elizabeth Lim -YES

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - YES

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - YES

A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark -YES

All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace - NO

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie - MAYBE

Thornhedge - T. Kingfisher - YES 

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik -YES

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle - YES

The Seventh Bride - T. Kingfisher - YES

Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Torzs - YES

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - YES

The Foxglove King - Hannah Whitten - NO

A House with Good Bones - T. Kingfisher - YES

Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix - MAYBE

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - YES

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfisher - YES

These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong - NO

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee- YES

Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - MAYBE

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows - YES

Uprooted - Naomi Novik - YES

The Guided Wolves - Roshani Chokshi - MAYBE

The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden - YES

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N. K. Jemisin - MAYBE

A Magic Steeped in Poison - Judy I. Lin - MAYBE

A Deal with the Elf King - Elise Kova - MAYBE

Black Powder War - Naomi Novik - YES

Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - YES

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo - YES

My five star reads from this year with reviews that are longer than just a single word woohooooo

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett - EXCELLENT COSY FANTASY. Emily is an autistic queen, Shadow is best boy, and Wendell is dramatic and flashy and I love him. Read if you like the Howl and Sophie (book version!!) dynamic or scary fairies more in line with the way they're presented in folklore.

The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin - CHANGED MY LIFE I THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. I literally don't know how to talk about the actual plot without giving things away but holy shit. just read it it's so good. Please investigate any trigger content that might be in this it has a lot!

Longshadow - Olivia Atwater - COSY REGENCY FANTASY ROMANCE!!! Honestly, any of Olivia Atwater's regency fairytales are super cute.

The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin - continues from the fifth season! also very good!!

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - continues from EWEoF!

A Master of Djinn - P. Djeli Clark - DO ANY OF YOU LIKE BOOK WITH MULTIPLE LADIES WHO ARE SO SO COOL AND ALSO A STEAMPUNK-Y EGYPTIAN SETTING FULL OF DJINNS AND ANGELS AND MAGIC I am frothing at the mouth for more of this world ngl

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik - MORE SUPER COOL LADIES but they're in medieval eastern europe, all three povs are super great and I like the understated romance 

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Gothic heroines a la Jane Eyre combined with 1950's mexico. an excellent horror that has a surprisingly wholesome and endearing romance within it. 

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - NAPOLEONIC WARS BUT THERE ARE DRAGONS. This is the first in a series and because there are a fair amount of them the books themselves can seem a little slow paced but I didn't mind it. 

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfisher - BREAD WIZARD AND HER GINGERBREAD MAN FAMILIAR SAVE THE FUCKING TOWN. really good look at how children navigate an adult world and the unfair expectations placed on them.

Uprooted - Naomi Novik - GIRL CREATURE AND BOY FAILURE I love the way this book explores people who fit outside the usual mode of learning or educational parameters.  

The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden - exploration of a brother and sister's experiences in world war i. The prose and character study in this are incredible. 

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My fandom aesthetic boards - an organized ongoing list

📖 The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

📖 The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare

📖 Shades Of Magic (including the additions in the Threads of Power books) by V.E. Schwab

📖 Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

📖 The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

📖 Written In The Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

📖 The Inheritance Games & The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

📖 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

📖 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

📖 The Montague Siblings series by Mackenzi Lee

📖 Fortunate Misfortune (Clear Lake Quartet Book 1) by Miah Onsha

📖 Those Who Wait by Haley Cass

📖 When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

📖 The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

📖 Spoiler Alert interconnected book series by Olivia Dade

📖 Fence comic series (and the tie-in novels by Sarah Rees Brennan) by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad

📖 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

📖 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

📺 Fitzsimmons (from the TV show Agents of Shield)

📺 Elementary

📺 Dr. Maura Isles (from the TV show Rizzoli & Isles)

📺 Bull

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JANUARY 10, 2025 RELEASE

All my videos can be found here, full release under the read more! I am also offering the two & Juliet videos as a bundle for 30 USD!

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This release includes: & Juliet (7/13 & 7/31), HPCC (tour), The Who's Tommy (Danny Quadrino), Wicked (Laurel Harris)

& JULIET July 13, 2024 (M) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (9.85GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Maya Boyd (Juliet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway), Austin Scott (William Shakespeare), Makai Hernandez (u/s Romeo), Philippe Arroyo (Francois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Jeannette Bayardelle (t/r Nurse "Angelique"), David Bedella (t/r Lance), Brittany Nicholas (s/w Lady Capulet/Viola), Andrew Chappelle (Lord Capulet/Sly), Tiernan Tunnicliffe (Eleanor/Benvolio), Virgil Gadson (Augustine), Matt Raffy (Gregory), Daniel Assetta (Henry), Jasmine Rafael (Imogen), Khailah Johnson (Judith), Joomin Hwang (Kempe), Megan Kane (Lucy), Bobby "Pocket" Horner (Rumour), Michael Iván Carrier (s/w Thomas) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of Makai as Romeo! First ten minutes are a bit rough, with a few short blackouts and wide shots, but it gets better as it goes on. Some wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBzrLT | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JULY 2, 2025

& JULIET July 31, 2024 (E) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (10.04GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Maya Boyd (Juliet), Betsy Wolfe (Anne Hathaway), Austin Scott (William Shakespeare), Daniel J. Maldonado (u/s Romeo), Makai Hernandez (u/s Francois), Justin David Sullivan (May), Jeannette Bayardelle (t/r Nurse "Angelique"), Paulo Szot (Lance), Najah Hetsberger (Lady Capulet/Nell), Andrew Chappelle (Lord Capulet/Sly), Tiernan Tunnicliffe (Eleanor/Benvolio), Virgil Gadson (Augustine), Matt Raffy (Gregory), Daniel Assetta (Henry), Jasmine Rafael (Imogen), Khailah Johnson (Judith), Joomin Hwang (Kempe), Bobby "Pocket" Horner (Rumour), Michael Iván Carrier (s/w Thomas), Ava Noble (s/w Titania) Notes: Great 4K capture of Makai as Frankie! Footage starts 8 minutes in at the beginning of “Hit Me Baby,” audio only until then. Very minor head obstruction throughout. Some wandering and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBC6zM | ASKING $18 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JULY 2, 2025

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD September 10, 2024 | First US Tour (Chicago, IL) | 4K MP4 (12.67GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Emmet Smith (Albus Potter), Aidan Close (Scorpius Malfoy), John Skelley (Harry Potter), Trish Lindstrom (Ginny Potter), Ebony Blake (Hermione Granger), Matt Mueller (Ron Weasley), Benjamin Thys (Draco Malfoy), Julia Nightingale (Delphi Diggory), Naiya Vanessa McCalla (Rose Granger-Weasley), Kaleb Alexander (Sorting Hat), Mackenzie Lesser-Roy (Moaning Myrtle, Lily Potter Sr.), Larry Yando (Albus Dumbledore, Amos Diggory, Severus Snape), Katherine Leask (Professor McGonagall, Professor Umbridge), Timmy Thompson (Craig Bowker, Jr.), Caleb Hafen (Cedric Diggory, James Potters), Julianna Austin (Polly Chapman), David Fine (Yann Fredericks), Zach Norton (Karl Jenkins, Viktor Krum), Maren Searle (Trolley Witch), Alexis Gordon (Madam Hooch), Torsten Johnson (Professor Mazoni), Nathan Hosner (Voldemort), Travis Patton (Teacher), Rene Thornton Jr. (Station Master), Chris Jarman (Voice of Phone Box/Voice of Bookcase), Paul Thornley (Voice of Ludo Bagman), Markus Blair, Casey Butler, Erin Chupinsky, Reese Sebastian Diaz, Simon Gagnon, Lauryn Hayes, Markelle Leigh, Evan Maltby, Ayla Stackhouse, Jennifer Thessen, Kristin Yancy Notes: Excellent 4K capture of the tour’s first preview! Some wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Some washout on the wider shots. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://mega.nz/folder/NtpHyKQC#yEDS9jvDa4nP0K-T0xby_Q | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JULY 2, 2025

THE WHO’S TOMMY July 10, 2024 (E) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (8.2GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Daniel Quadrino (u/s Tommy), Alison Luff (Mrs. Walker), Adam Jacobs (Captain Walker), John Ambrosino (Uncle Ernie), Bobby Conte (Cousin Kevin), Haley Gustafson (Sally Simpson), Aliah James (Nurse), Jenna Nicole Schoen (Nurse/Mrs. Simpson), Christina Sajous (The Acid Queen), Nathan Lucrezio (Lover/Mr. Simpson), Sheldon Henry (Hawker/Judge/Specialist), David Paul Kidder (s/w Allied Solder), Mike Cannon (Minister), Olive Ross-Kline (Tommy, Age 4), Reese Levine (Tommy, Age 10), Tyler Eisenreich (Commanding Officer), Alexandra Matteo (Head Nurse), Lily Kren (Psychiatrist), Andrew Tufano (Allied Soldier), Mark Mitrano (First Pinball Lad), Jeremiah Alsop (Second Pinball Lad), Dee Tomasetta (s/w Chief Resident), Reagan Pender (Bartender, s/w Harmonica Player), Ronnie S Bowman Jr. (Ensemble) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of Danny’s debut as Tommy! Minor head obstruction on the bottom which blocks off a bit of action. Some moments of wandering and unfocusing. Some washout on the wider shots. Momentary blackout during the last song due to a standing ovation. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBzd79 | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JULY 2, 2025

WICKED July 25, 2024 | Broadway | 4K MP4 (11.33GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Laurel Harris (s/b Elphaba), Alexandra Socha (Glinda), Jordan Litz (Fiyero), Donna McKechnie (Madame Morrible), Brad Oscar (The Wizard), Natalie Ortega (Nessarose), Jake Pedersen (Boq), William Youmans (Doctor Dillamond), Stephen Hernandez (s/w Chistery) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of Laurel as the temporary standby Elphaba! Increased wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Overall more messily filmed / wideshot than usual. Some washout on wider shots. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBBqBi | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JULY 2, 2025

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Can you recommend some HR with disabled male leads? I read Romancing the Duke and fell in love with Ransom

Sure! I haven't read that one yet but it's very literally on my shelf so I wanna soon.

I'd recommend:

When the Earl Met His Match by Stacy Reid. My favorite Stacy Reid, the Scottish hero was born mute and (I think this is important) ends the story mute. He communicates by writing or with sign language, and he marries the heroine, who's pregnant by another man and on the run from her horrible parents, because they've basically been pen pals for a while and she'll be able to reintroduce his (scandalous) family back into high society. He claims her baby as his own. One of my favorite things in this book is that she learns sign, which I feel a lot of authors wouldn't see the need for her to do...? But it's lovely.

Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale. The hero does not begin the story with a disability; his mistress's husband catches them together, and when he goes out to duel him he suffers what we can assume is a stroke, which leaves him unable to speak or communicate properly. The heroine, a Quaker, finds him in an asylum and begins to establish communication with him, which leads to this really sweeping, challenging, beautifully written romance. I looove it.

Surrender to the Devil by Lorraine Heath. Sterling is not blind when the book's plot happens, but he's losing his vision and knows he will eventually be completely blind. It informs a lot of his character arc, because he shows up in the first book of the series (lmao it's SOOOOO dramatic oh my god) like an absolute ASSHOLE. He's going through some shit everyone!!!! Anyway, he's a duke who sees the lower class Frannie and wants to make her his mistress, but she struggles with the belief that she's frigid due to sexual abuse she experienced as a child. So it's heavy. But it's suuuuper romantic and heartfelt.

Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine Heath. It's hard for me to say what is happening with the hero because it's kind of a reveal...? But it doesn't have a huge physical effect, necessarily--I mean, it does and it doesn't. However, the impact it's had on his social experience growing up is huge and it BROKE my heart. Anyway, this is the one where he sort of accidentally owns a brothel, and he agrees to teach the heroine, who was upper class but lost everything, how to seduce rich men so that she can become a courtesan. In exchange, she'll help teach the women in the brothel how to be ladies so that they can get other jobs (and so that he doesn't have to own a brothel anymore lmao).

My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid. The heroine in this book pretends she's engaged to this reclusive duke so that she can help her sisters in society... then he shows up. He actually uses a wheelchair after an injury, which is why he's stayed away from society. This book is SO GOOD and SO HOT. The thing is that he also thinks he's impotent, and it's very quickly clear that he's actually not, he just has a mental block due to his shame about his disability. The book is super emotional and lovely.

When the Wallflower was Won by Eva Leigh. The hero in this book is a successful gambler who ends up in a marriage of convenience with a super nerdy heroine so that she can join this academic society that won't accept her as a single woman. This one is super hot. The hero is dyslexic, which led to a lot of issues in his childhood, etc, and I enjoyed the way the writer addressed this.

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley has a hero on the autism spectrum; he spent time in an asylum, and at times his family (though they do love him) completely misunderstand him. It's a big part of the story, and I really love this book--he meets this widow, and they basically start a no strings situation that gets quite out of hand.

Rules for Engaging the Earl by Janna MacGregor. The heroine basically asks her childhood friend to marry her because she found out that her dead husband was a bigamist (and therefore their marriage was invalid), and she's pregnant, so she wants to avoid her child being born a bastard. The hero obliges, but is hesitant to get closer to her, in part because he was wounded in the war and now suffers from mobility issues. There's a scene where she takes care of his leg that's so emotional and hot; and I really liked that they had to accommodate his disability in their sex life, and it wasn't treated as this weird thing.

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall. Another one where the hero was injured at war and now has chronic pain/mobility issues. This is also really unique in that the heroine is a trans woman; she and the hero were best friends, and she was presumed dead after the Battle of Waterloo and used that opportunity to make a new life as who she really is. The hero was DEVASTATED and that, plus his disability, lead to him developing some substance issues. The heroine is persuaded to go to his house with some friends to try to help him out, and at first he doesn't recognize her... But when he does... IT'S SO FUCKIN' ROMANTIC. Like, that scene was. INSPIRED. I don't wanna give it away but I'm always like "oh my god the scene where he realizes that [redacted]....." This book also incorporates accommodating the injury in their sex life, which again I like a lot.

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian. This is an m/m historical in which a dandy basically asks Kit, a former highwayman who now runs a cafe, to help him rob his dad. Kit refuses, but agrees to TEACH him how to do it. Kit hurt his leg and now has pain/mobility issues, something that is a thing throughout the book and is done really well. Also, the book where Kit is afraid of face fucking Percy because it would be too rough~ and Percy rolls his eyes and grabs Kit's hands to make him do it, because Percy is a true throat goat.

Joanna Shupe also has one with a deaf hero that I haven't read yet: A Notorious Vow.

Edit: I should add that Grace Callaway's Never Say Never to an Earl has a hero with bipolar disorder, and I really liked how she wrote it. But I have bipolar disorder and sort of struggle with the classification of it as a disability (not that it's invalid at all, I just struggle personally with feeling like an imposter when I put those two things together) so if you see it that way, then that is there also.

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