#matheson-verse

[shadowworldwanderers]

Finnley 'Finn' Shore

Name: Finnley Shore Nickname: Finn Love Interests: Tahyo Gaspard, Sera Shore Appearance: Pale skin, copper hair, blue-green eyes. Finnley tends to bundle up in jeans and t-shirts, or slacks and jumpers. She can, does, sometimes wear surf-suits but she much prefers to wear simple things she can hide under a rock near the dock when she does go swimming. Height: 6'0 History: Finnley 'Finn' Shore has always been a little afraid for her life. So when she finds herself chased by Shark Hunters, the same shark hunters who killed her family, she swims towards safety, leading the men into what she can only describe as a swamp. There she meets Behemoth, who looks ready to eat her until she swims past and heads for shore, the creatures eyes locking on the men aiming guns at the shark who powered past. She's on the shore by the time Behemoth kills the men, Sera finding her collapsed on the dock and moving to help her. That's the day she meets Tahyo, Sera having run for shore from the side of the lake that nobody expects her to come from, crossing Tahyo's land to crouch by her lover, soon to be wife, and calm her as gently as possible. They have both been through a lot, but when Tahyo speaks gently, she dares to hope she might finally be safe.

[burygods]

@eternaldark : rose corley

❛ ❛ i thrust my fist into the post. ❜ ❜ leon cradled his battered fist, a rare show of vulnerability, and he absolutely hated himself for it. a groan passed his lips, his eyes on his bruised knuckles, grimace unfolds on his face. ❛ ❛ i still insist i see the ghosts. ❜ ❜

[burygods]

leon was like a bulletproof vest --- words just bounced off him. he didn't give a shit what anyone thought of him, what anyone had to say. no one else mattered ... bar rose. hybrid managing to weasle her way into his heart and making a home in it. seeing her about to go nuclear, and as attractive as that was, he didn't want a fight on his hands. " maybe. " he says with a little boyish grin. " but doesn't change the fact that they aren't worth it. "

@burygods saidㅤㅤㅤ:ㅤㅤㅤi've been called worse.

most of the time it comes from rose's lips. it can't be helped. she might love the man, but boy does he push the wrong buttons on occasion. it doesn't quite feel right to observe someone else having a word or two with him. eyes momentarily glow purple before she gets a hold of herself. the guilty party has moved on, and rose has to take a deep breath.ㅤ“ㅤyou're an idiot.ㅤ”

[youcouldmakealife]

Are there any characters where you've thought: in another universe, if these two had met first, they might have been interesting to write about?

There are a few, honestly. Every time I write Robbie and Willy interacting, I'm reminded that they get along famously. (Not surprising, really, considering Willy and Georgie have a lot in common with each other), and Robbie/Matty was genuinely considered. I could be convinced to ship Jared Matheson with half of his friends if Bryce hadn't been so clearly it for him.

And of course, it's a setup was originally intended to be Joey/Owen. It genuinely was. But then Scratch started talking and his banter-y chemistry with Joey was so compelling and fun to write that it changed the entire direction of the series.

Growing up in fandom, I'm pretty mellow about pairings (not an 'OTP or death' shipper here), especially with small fandoms where you can't be picky or you'll have nothing to read.

In fact, back in the day, when I was feeling stuck on what to write I'd write a bunch of names on strips of paper, separately do the same with some prompts, pick a couple names, a prompt, and boom, there was my fic writing exercise for the day.

Some combinations really didn't work, and the writing was deleted at the end of the day. Some surprisingly did, and became proper fics. Either way I had fun, wrote more than I would have otherwise, and usually learned something new about the characters.

I think that exercise would apply itself pretty nicely to the YCMAL 'verse, especially since, with very few exceptions, every character already has a pretty major thing in common. Well. Two. Hockey and also, with even fewer exceptions, being completely unreasonable people.

[false1dols]

꒰ა ♱ ໒꒱ TERTIARY MUSES. | | | * please note that all muses are my own personal interpretation and are very headcanon based.

polite stranger — ✩ — the purge. / "PLEASE JUST LET US PURGE." what happens when you mix the dystopian idea of one night where all crime is legal for twelve hours, and a deeply twisted rich frat boy that doesn't have to pretend to be normal for those twelve hours? you get a pretty killer who thinks the poor are scum, and his name is christian. (starring rhys wakefield.)

edward gracey — ✩ — the haunted mansion. / "WAS LOVE MY MISTAKE?" (trigger warnings: suicide) wealthy and noble, edward was a young man known as master gracey inside the new orleans manor. after his beloved was found dead, he couldn't cope and hanged himself, and is now yet another ghost who haunts the halls. (starring tom hiddleston.)

eren jaeger — ✩ — (removed from) attack on titan. / "BECAUSE I WAS BORN INTO THIS WORLD." titans, giant man-eating humanoids, are creatures of the past. except for nine (un)lucky individuals in every generation who have inherited the power of the titans. these holders have the ability to transform into their given titan at will, gaining its special abilities while still retaining their human body and intelligence. the attack titan is said to have fought for freedom throughout the course of numerous generations. eren is a hero or a villain, depending on who's asking. modern based. several verses and au's are available, including musician. (starring noah sebastian.)

aleera — ✩ — van helsing. / "IT IS YOUR BLOOD THAT SHALL KEEP ME BEAUTIFUL." vampire bride, a hopeless romantic deep inside her cold dead heart. (starring elena anaya.)

kurt matheson — ✩ — the last man. / "DO I SCARE YOU?" a combat war veteran with post traumatic stress disorder, kurt occasionally suffers from auditory and visual hallucinations, and works as a security guard and handyman at a local (and sketchy) bank. but he's also a survivalist- he survived the war, and now he thinks he'll survive the end of the world if (when) it comes. he's crafted a bunker in the basement of his childhood home, and there's room for one more! (starring hayden christensen.)

graverobber — ✩ — repo! the genetic opera. / "ZYDRATE COMES IN A LITTLE GLASS VIAL." street pharmacist, dumpster dweller. he's crafted his career of drug and organ peddling on the black market. modern and canon verses available. (starring rory culkin.)

billy lenz — ✩ — black christmas. / "THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE." abused, neglected, and deeply disturbed mama's boy. after luring and murdering his little sister, his mother's golden child, in the attic of his family's home, billy is sent to a psychiatric hospital at fourteen. but there is an error in the system that releases him on his twenty-fifth birthday. due to the lack of social interaction he experienced for most of his life and many mental illnesses, billy is a severely awkward individual, especially around women. can he live in your attic and make really perverted phone calls? (starring cody fern.)

david rice — ✩ — jumper. / "WHY SETTLE IN ONE PLACE WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD?" david’s first “jump” was when he was just five years old, but he didn't realize he had the power until a near death experience as a young teenager. during this, he unexpectedly teleports to the local library before he ultimately uses the ability to escape his father's abusive household. he moves to new york city, where he robs banks by teleporting into their vaults. eight years later, david lives luxuriously in a penthouse, spending his days jumping around the world. until he finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators. paladins, a secret organization intent on killing jumpers. film based, i still haven't read the books! sorry! (starring hayden christensen.)

[elencr]

DOSSIER CHEAT SHEET

LEGAL NAME: elenore elizabeth white

NICKNAME[S]: ellie , elle , nell , nellie

DATE OF BIRTH: 25th december 1996

GENDER: female

PLACE OF BIRTH: warwick , australia

CURRENTLY LIVING: depends really on which verse

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: english , german , french

EDUCATION: warwick state high , le cordon blue culinary school

HAIR COLOUR: deep brown , she usually likes to lighten it though.

EYE COLOUR: blue , with just a hint of green

HEIGHT: 5′1″

WEIGHT: 65 kg

FAMILY INFORMATION

SIBLING[S]: none.

PARENT[S]: mother: patricia matheson - white , father: bernard white

RELATIVE[S]: not a lot of reatives , her mother has two brothers , miles & ben , but they were older than her and moved away when she was only a teen. father’s side , bernie was also an only child and only had his father , ellie’s granddad , until he past a couple of years ago.

CHILDREN: once again verse dependent.

PET[S]: verse dependent

RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: pansexual , look the girl just wants to be loved and she could care less where that love is coming from.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: she’s multi-ship , so this is again verse dependent. but she’s more or less taken. and she’s only married to TWO muses.

SINCE WHEN: N/A.

tagged by: my love , @ensnchekov​​

tagging: @wnterslder​​ , @quantumleapt​​ , @mar1ner​​ & YOU !

[nobdybettrthnbuttr]

Book Review Wolfsong (Green Creek Book 1 of 4) by T.J. Klung

TLDR go read this book. Seriously. Just go. Run to your local Barnes and Noble or Amazon and just buy it.

So the whole reason I even found out about the Furry Fandom is because of my love for Werewolves as a teenager. Werewolves are my jam. Gay werewolves are my peanut butter. There's one problem.

Most gay werewolf fiction is written by women. That on it's own is not a bad thing. But it also involves a lot of M-Preg. I'm not going to kink shame people who are into that but it's frustrating that the majority of gay werewolf fiction is all m-preg stuff. I get that the omega verse is popular but it gets old.

So when I realized this new author I was getting into had written a gay werewolf book, i was like fuck yeah. So I downloaded it and now Listened to the whole series audiobook style multiple times. I've listened to all 4 books at least 4 times. I have a problem.

Anyway, so the first book centers around Oxnard (Ox) Matheson. The book starts when Ox is a kid and he catches his dad packing to leave. The dad tells Ox he regrets everything in his life except Ox. He tells Ox he's a good kid even though he's a bit dumb and then leaves to never return. The next scene is Ox calling a guy named Gordo. Gordo is super important. We love Gordo. He's the asshole with a heart of gold. Gordo owns a garage in town that Ox's dad worked at. Ox calls Gordo and basically begs him for a job even though he's underage because they might loose the house otherwise. Gordo and his mom work out a deal where he can work for Gordo under the table and Gordo will pay his mom to help keep the bills up. It's hinted that Gordo pays Ox way more than he should so all the bills are caught up in a couple of months. Gordo also has a tendency to under charge for services if he knows his customer can't afford it. On top of that, also working for Gordo is Tanner, Chris and Rico. We also love these three because they are the comedic trio that keeps things light. The auto garage gang along with Ox's mom become his sort of family, helping him to deal with life and all that as he grows older.

Some weird stuff happens, like a mysterious creature that growls at him in the forest before running away and meeting a weird dude named Mark Bennet who scents the air a lot. But the big event is when he turns 16, he runs into a small boy who immediately takes a liking to him and starts asking why he smells like candy canes and pinecones. and epic and awesome. This is when Ox is introduced to the Bennet family. And as he gets closer to this family, he is told that the boy, his name is Joe, hadn't said anything for 15 months before meeting Ox that day because he was kidnapped and tortured.

I won't go into too much further detail because I don't want to spoil it. But this story has a lot of angst for a bit. So be prepared for that. There are two sex scenes at the end of the book when ox is in his mid 20's. But I love this book. With every fiber of my being. If you're a fan of found families, werewolves, a little bit of well deserved angst in the middle and a lot of random cuddling, then you will love this book. I also highly recommend the other books in the series as well. Also TJ Klung's other books are awesome too. They are for the most part queer supernatural stories. If you like more comedy themed books, the Tales from Verenia series is hilarious. These books make me cry happy tears and are just great examples of queer books written by queer people.

In case you're interested, here's a link to the Amazon page.

https://www.amazon.com/Wolfsong-TJ-Klune/dp/1634771648

[krispyweiss]

James Taylor, Karen Matheson and Dougie MacLean Ring out 1997 with “Auld Lang Syne”

Twenty-six years ago tonight, James Taylor took a back seat to home-country singers Karen Matheson and Dougie MacLean as they performed “Auld Lang Syne” to close BBC Scotland’s “Hogmanay” program.

Like most versions of the perennial song, this one is wistful, a marked contract to the rowdy, in-their-cups audience members who hoot and dance to the music in their heads as Taylor, Matheson and MacLean wrap up their work night.

Taylor, who sings background and cedes verses to his hosts, has spent the last few weeks releasing individual tracks from this show; whether his vault series continues in 2024, we’ll have to wait to learn. In any event, this is an appropriate end to 2023, but, it is hoped, not the archival releases.

12/31/23

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27th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter. topics Cento poetry Witches PEndant Bulwer Lytton Astrology dates Dreadful Tales issue 45 Kobo Writing Life KWL starting a writing business Fiyah mag issue 27 Richard matheson Animaltroniek Thistle and Verse, grief in SFF Rod Serling Black Education in the USA URL

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[musicinyeg]

Review : “Plugged In” an EP by Indycysive

On December 16th, 2022, local hip hop artist Indycisive dropped his EP "Plugged In". A cohesive album that has to be listened to from start to finish in the order it is presented in.

The project is filled with intelligent lyricism that touches on the choke-hold social media has on modern day society; placed on top of a digitally inspired sounding backdrop. It uses creative sound bites throughout the project that helps take the listener inside the artist’s mind as he shares his thoughts on the digital world; how it has people chasing trends for likes and comments, and scrolling through our timelines that make us envy the lives people portray themselves as having on their socials, whether it's true or not, and how he copes with what is considered “the norm” in this digital era.

What i love and appreciate about this project the most is that in terms of each individual track, there are almost no hooks, and only one obvious chorus present in the entire project; one that cleverly suits the statement he's trying to make in that particular track. To me it proves that the only thing Ben Matheson (Indycysive) sets out to do with this EP was to make the listener think.

  While there is nothing wrong with songs that have structure within themselves, such as a verse, a hook, a chorus, and a bridge, it is refreshing to see an artist not afraid to throw all of that out of the window, to tell a story and release it. Art, for art sake.

   "Plugged In" both musically and lyrically is a brilliant body of work. One that in my opinion, deserves a visual project to match up with it! There is one music video for the opening track "Enter The Matrix", but i think this project definitely gives potential for a visual project of the EP as a whole.

   Indycysive gets his point across throughout the project, but even if that wasn't the case, he makes sure to end the project with a clear and simple message that i think all of us can relate to; "Sometimes you just gotta unplug and live in the real world for a bit. You know?"

Cheers!

-xx Deon (MusicInYEG)

[shadowworldwanderers]

Hollie Mann

Name: Hollie Mann Nickname: Hol Love Interest: Diner Crew Appearance: Blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin. Hollie is either in her army uniform, dress uniform or blue shirts and jeans. Height: 5′7 History: Hollie moved to town to hide from her family, the disgrace of falling for a human was bad enough, her added crime of joining the Army had made it all worse. She will never admit her Angel status, even as she watches over Nonno and his team and his customers. 

[cupofteajones]

The Diverse Book Awards 2022 Shortlist

Congratulations to all authors who made @The_DBAwards 2022 shortlist!

[naslaidire]

❛  what  do  you  remember  about  your  mother?  ❜

@burygods​   →   💬

[youcouldmakealife]

wait, sorry, more questions! thinking about jared "my perspective is soooo objective and not at all biased or limited ever why are you guys laughing?" matheson has me wondering about unreliable narrators in the ycmal-verse in general (mostly because it's a particular favourite literary device of mine and i think you use it so well in basically all of your writing)

i'm curious how you would rank your protags in terms of like, least to most unreliable in their own narration; are there sub-categories of 'unreliable' you would apply to different characters? also wondering who you would say is the most subtle in their unreliability/if you've noticed readers accepting certain perspectives more readily or without question?

They're all fucking liars. Every last one of 'em. Even if they're only lying to themselves.

Except Gabe. Gabe has blind spots, but he continues to be my most reliable son. (Dan also tries to be honest, but he misses more than Gabe does, and knows himself less.)

I don't have a scale, per se, but there's definitely an interesting thing where some characters are believed more than others when they're all blinkered narratives in their way. Everyone knows say, Mike and David are not being honest -- they'll both straight up lie in their narratives -- but others get taken at face value more, even though they're no more reliable.

Jared gets believed a lot, actually, far more than someone who basically goes 'unless this matters to me personally I'm throwing it right out of my narrative'. What are your teammates' names, Jared Matheson. Would you even remember the name of your sister's boyfriend if he wasn't one of your best friends.

Roman got believed more than Harry but I think people trusted Harry more, oddly. (Maybe not oddly: Harry acknowledges his own faults up front so you don't have to! But this is a dude who not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES got smacked in the face with 'I find this person really annoying I guess I hate them? ...aw fuck wait I wanna kiss them'). Joey straight up doesn't use quotation marks at points because he hasn't acknowledged that his internal monologue's left his head. He's so untrustworthy even the punctuation is a lie. Georgie, like Jared, is very precise in what he includes, but unlike Jared, that's less 'I noticed nothing else' and more 'I am omitting this'. It's not any more or less reliable, really -- the difference is that with Georgie, there's a narrative being crafted in his own head. (Robbie does the same thing, though I'd say he's a less reliable narrator than Georgie is, particularly pre-Saul, due to him shoving everything into a drawer to compartmentalize and then slamming it shut.)

And it's fun writing James and Holden because every time Holden talks people waver, and then every time James talks they waver right back. Both of them are honest in their way! Neither of them would give you a proper narrative on their own, though -- cards on the table is intimately tied up in how imprecise and flawed communication can be, and the way their perspectives bounce off one another as much as they connect is a big part of that.

[leonify]

My part for the YCMAL holiday exchange! This is for @kit-moosebuckle who said they like cuddling or Regency or Bryce/Jared so... I did all of that. Haha happy holidays!

[opheleian]

cont. ┊ @ofgehenna​​​

Cut loose the fat. 

She knows the taste of sacrifice. The sun, her family, Samantha. An old, seemingly uneventful life that’d been hers, that she can’t return to. Imogen does too. And through those sacrifices, they’ve proven their worth, haven’t they? He calls upon them constantly these nights, relies on them now and their skills. Ever since he offered them his particular brand of mercy, ever since they blew up the Sabbat warehouse together. She’s proven she’s not a mistake.

Celia had been sure to carefully omit the details concerning Mercurio’s.

His gaze shifts. She glances behind her, towards her companion and the man their Prince has called upon to unlock the puzzle that is the Ankaran Sarcophagus. She likes Beckett well enough, for his knowledge and his willingness to - patiently - explain to her pieces of Kindred lore and history she’s curious about. She thinks Imogen likes him more. Trusts him, even. More than she trusts LaCroix.

“You’re right,” Celia replies, returning her attention back to him. He looks regal like this, in his office, framed by Los Angeles at night through the window. He really does fit his title. “You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Leaders are always expected to be the ones to make the hard decisions, even if nobody likes what they pick.” 

Being a vampire requires you to adjust your way of thinking, being involved in vampire politics even more so. But she’s a quick learner.

“And the sacrifices are worth it, in the end.” They have to be.