#may 29; rocky horror

[resident-gay-bitch]

May 29; Rocky Horror

Ship; Sirius x Evan (rosestar/sevan)

@marauders-rarepair-fics MATURE THEMES! +18

"Oh, come on, Ev!" Sirius begged, already down on his knees and begging like a dog. Which Evan supposed was rather appropriate, but that's beside the point. "You'll look so good!"

"Sirius, I love you, but..." He muttered, holding up the costume his boyfriend was desperate for him to wear to this party, "I mean, this covers nothing."

"It covers the important bits!" Sirius insisted, "It's not like my costume covers much more."

"Yes, but you like being slutty." Evan glared at him, "I need trousers at all times."

Sirius huffed, pressing his face into Evans stomach with a groan, "But I've already got the image in my head, you'll be so sexy. Please, please, please! Just for me?"

Evan poked his boyfriend in the head, pushing him back enough to look in the eye, "I'll tell you what. You let me wear something with a little more coverage to the party, I promise I'll wear this underneath, and we can have our own party later."

Sirius was smiling immediately, clapping his hands together excitedly before planting a wet kiss on Evans mouth, running off to get ready.

Evan looked back at the tiny golden "shorts" that looked more like underwear than anything and sighed. He quickly changed into them, looking himself over in the mirror, noticing how they barely held anything in, the meat of his arse falling out. He's quick to put some trousers back on over the top, but happily putting the matching gold boots on his feet to appease his lovely boyfriend.

--

Evan certainly does not regret putting these gold little things on, when Sirius is in his own little get up, makeup smudged across hos face, sparkly black panties and a goddamned corset, crawling up the bed between Evans legs with a sultry shake of his tattooed hips.

"Hey, Rocky." Sirius mutters, voice so low it's all scratchy in the way that drives Evan insane, leaning down to lick right over Evans shiny, golden crotch, "Ready to get thrilled, chilled and fulfilled?"

Oh, thank Merlin for the the mans Rocky Horror obsession, Evan can't wait to get eaten alive.

[beggars-opera]

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[moviebracket]

One group of polls will go up each day and polls will be a week long! Submissions will remain open through the end of the first round, and I'll add some more first round groups depending on submission numbers! Apologies for the brief absence, I had some personal stuff going on.

Movies that lose by smaller margins may have a chance to return to the bracket at the end of Round 1.

Round 1 Group A

Lilo & Stitch (78%) vs Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (22%)

Pan's Labyrinth (53%) vs Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (47%)

Legally Blonde (96%) vs The Last Temptation of Christ (4%)

Brother Bear (59%) vs Kubo and the Two Strings (41%)

Round 1 Group B

Stardust (47%) vs Heathers (53%)

The Batman (2022) (47%) vs Moulin Rouge! (53%)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (58%) vs Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (42%)

Now You See Me (78%) vs Morbius (22%)

Round 1 Group C

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (29%) vs The Prince of Egypt (71%)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (32%) vs The Princess Bride (68%)

Rogue One (33%) vs Spirited Away (67%)

Goncharov (90%) vs Love Actually (10%)

Round 1 Group D

A Silent Voice (38%) vs Princess Mononoke (62%)

How to Train Your Dragon (65%) vs The Sound of Music (35%)

Knives Out (43%) vs Howl's Moving Castle (57%)

Little Miss Sunshine (42%) vs The Little Mermaid (1989) (58%)

Round 1 Group E

A Quiet Place (45%) vs Zombieland (55%)

10 Things I Hate About You (72%) vs Lemonade Mouth (28%)

Juno (21%) vs The Addams Family (1991) (79%)

The Parent Trap (1998) (54%) vs Bend It Like Beckham (46%)

Round 1 Goup F

Rent (48%) vs West Side Story (2021) (52%)

Elf (39%) vs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (61%)

Hairspray (2007) (43%) vs Mamma Mia! (57%)

Clueless (51%) vs Miss Congeniality (49%)

Round 1 Group G

Forrest Gump (50%) vs Kingsman: The Secret Service (50%)

Enchanted (69%) vs Ferris Bueller's Day Off (31%)

Battle Royale (45%) vs High School Musical (55%)

Matilda (1996) (60%) vs Chicago (40%)

Round 1 Group H

Mean Girls (54%) vs School of Rock (46%)

The Hitman's Bodyguard (25%) vs Grease (75%)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (51%) vs Parasite (49%)

The Wizard of Oz (46%) vs Star Wars: A New Hope (54%)

Round 1 Group I

Populaire (13%) vs Labyrinth (87%)

Matilda (2022) (17%) vs Kung Fu Panda (83%)

Superman (1978) (44%) vs The Sixth Sense (56%)

The Martian (65%) vs Trainspotting (35%)

Round 1 Group J

Dune (37%) vs Back to the Future (63%)

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (44%) vs The Return of the King (56%)

Home Alone (63%) vs Frozen (37%)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (59%) vs Meet the Robinsons (41%)

Round 1 Group K

Crazy Rich Asians (68%) vs The Phantom of the Opera (2004) (32%)

Alien (75%) vs Mulholland Drive (25%)

The Imitation Game (39%) vs The Simpsons Movie (61%)

Castle of Cagliostro (59%) vs Once Upon a Time in the West (41%)

Round 1 Group L

North by Northwest (22%) vs Arrietty (78%)

Scream (53%) vs War and Peace (1966/1967) (47%)

Arrival (18%) vs The Rocky Horror Picture Show (82%)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986) (55%) vs Night at the Museum (45%)

Round 1 Group M

Steven Universe: The Movie vs Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Everything Everywhere All at Once vs Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Rise of the Guardians vs She's the Man

Pacific Rim vs Treasure Planet (2002)

Round 1 Group N

Deadpool vs Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Pitch Perfect vs Get Out

The Perks of Being a Wallflower vs Mad Max: Fury Road

Inception vs The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Round 1 Group O

The Princess Diaries vs Paddington

Pride vs Velvet Goldmine

Shrek 2 vs The Devil Wears Prada

Saw vs But I'm a Cheerleader

Round 1 Group P

Evil Dead 2 vs Nope

Whip It vs I Love You Phillip Morris

Jennifer's Body vs Ginger Snaps

Bodies Bodies Bodies vs The Social Network

Round 1 Group Q

The Mummy (1999) vs The Silence of the Lambs

Fight Club vs The History of Future Folk

Cyrano vs Beetlejuice

Die Hard vs While You Were Sleeping

Round 1 Group R

Cocaine Bear vs Boy Meets Girl

Clue vs Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

Coco vs Wendell & Wild

The Lost Boys vs Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

[twistedtummies2]

The Price May Be Right - Number 30

Welcome to “The Price May Be Right!” I’m counting down My Top 31 Favorite Vincent Price Performances & Appearances! The countdown will cover movies, TV productions, and many more forms of media. Today we focus on Number 30: The Sinister Man, from Bloodbath at the House of Death.

This…is not a very good movie. XD “Bloodbath at the House of Death” is a 1984 film that essentially attempted to do a non-musical version of what things like “Rocky Horror Picture Show” tried out. The film is a satirical, farcical comedy with a surreal and perverse sense of humor, which takes various horror and sci-fi tropes, then mixes and mangles them all with a combination of slapstick, over-the-top camp antics, and a heavy dose of vulgarity. However, while “Rocky Horror,” in my opinion, is successful in its attempts to both mock and pay homage to the genre and its cliches, “Bloodbath” is much less competent. To be blunt, it’s just not very funny. However, the movie is not completely without its merits…and most of those merits come from Vincent Price as the main villain of the story: a mysterious figure known simply as The Sinister Man. This wicked and wily antagonist is the leader of a Satanic cult. Years ago before the start of the film, this cult committed a massacre in the titular House of Death, and they now guard the property in secret, using it as a headquarters for their bizarre rituals. When a team of scientists go to the aged manor, investigating strange radiation readings emanating from the property, the Sinister Man bands his forces together to purge the outsiders from their lair. This is one of many times in Vincent’s career – particularly common in his later years – where he essentially is performing a work of self-parody. In fact, this was a fairly common thing with a lot of horror actors from years past, including Vincent’s friends, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, not to mention even older performers, such as Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. However, I would argue the difference between some other performers and Vincent’s way of working was that, even during his prime, Vincent ALWAYS had a sense of humor about himself and the reputation he had. As time went on, as a result, he was more than happy to joke about in such projects; it always felt so honest with Price. As if he was laughing right alongside the audience, happily guiding them through the mayhem. It’s this sparky sort of humor that makes Price’s turn as the Sinister Man genuinely great to watch. He makes the worst jokes suddenly snicker-worthy, and the few jokes that were already good suddenly become HILARIOUS in his skillful hands. He plays the Sinister Man with a sort of foppish silliness, as if he’s actively TRYING to be this all-powerful figure of grand oratory and awe, but his pomposity is constantly punctured, causing him to revert to a spoiled brat. It’s like if Daffy Duck decided to play…well…Vincent Price! And that’s a lot of fun to watch. A lot of my favorite comedic moments in Vincent’s career actually come from this one movie; therefore, even though the picture as a whole isn’t very good, I still felt it was worth giving it attention on the countdown.

Tomorrow, the countdown continues with my pick for Number 29!

[gnb]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SAN DIEGO WHEN...

From Floz House via Facebook:

1. You can correctly pronounce Tierrasanta, La Jolla, Rancho Penesquitos, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Jamul and El Cajon!

2. There are four distinct seasons: Summer, Not Quite Summer, Almost Summer and oh, Hey look it’s summer again.

3. Your house is worth more than some small countries.

4. You know what IB, OB and PB stand for.

5. You know what “marine layer” means.

6.You grew up thinking everyone ate avocados daily and fish tacos weekly.

8. You've tailgated at Qualcomm Stadium or maybe some of you also tailgated when it was Jack Murphy Stadium!!

10. You lived on California or Carne Asada burritos from Alberto’s/Roberto's/Cotijas/Aliberto's and all the other "to's"

11. You remember and or totaled your car on the Old Black Mountain Road before the 56 was built.

12. You still call it the Del Mar Fair. And everyone knows what you’re referring to when you say, "I'm going to the track.”

13. In high school you went looking in La Jolla for an area of houses built strictly for small people - referred to as “the munchkin houses” - due to the fact that they were inhabited by some of the actors who played Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz film.

14. You remember when Bonita, Lemon Grove, La Mesa, and Spring Valley were "in the sticks."

15. You understand what May-gray and June-gloom means.

16. There's a North County, South County, and an East County - but no Central County.

17. You know what "the merge" is and will plan your entire day around not being on it during rush hour.

19. You've gone to Sea World on a warm day and sat in the first few rows at the Shamu Show to get cooled off.

20. You've been delayed at the Border Checkpoints on the 5, the 8 and the 15. (*Bonus* You say "the" before freeway names.)

22. No matter what the weather is, there is always someone walking around in a tank top, shorts and flip flops.

23. You've been to the desert, the mountains and the beach all in one day.

24. You know that Ramona, Santee and Lakeside are where the "cowboys" live.

26. You've gone to the Zoo to just go on a walk.

28. You know what the "Santa Anas" are and that they have nothing to do with the city of Santa Ana.

29. You know what real Mexican food and real salsa looks and tastes like.

30. You remember when "Mission Valley" was only cow pastures.

32. You know that you have to leave at the crack of dawn to find parking at the beach, or risk parking in front of someone's million dollar bungalow and waking a mile+

34. You've watched fireworks over the bay while enjoying a bonfire.

35. You've dated, are related to, are married to or have a story about a Marine or Navy guy/gal…

36. You avoid the Gaslamp Quarter during ComicCon or love SD Comic Con

38. You still call it “The Fair” or “North County Fair” even though they changed the name when Westfield Malls bought it.

39. You know what a Red Tide is and what Bioluminescence is.

41. You rode the Coaster in MB

42. You went to the Bacchanal to see bands

43. You know about the Proctor Valley Monster

45. You whine when it sprinkles

46. You know what OTL is

47. You know that "Jamacha" is pronounced Ham-a-shaw, not Jamaica

48. You know that the "homegrown "albums were produced by KGB radio 101.5

49. You went to the Rocky Horror Picture Show every week at The Strand

50. When visiting Coronado, you took a boat not a bridge

51. When you had to pay a toll to cross the bridge And if you've moved away, your love for SD stays with you💓 We are so lucky to live here!

[arlongo]

Salvation

On April 29, 2017, I published The Ambiguity of Rock n' Roll… a 700-page indie rock epic. I knew back then that I’d never write another story like that again, and it became my benchmark for how I view every story I wrote afterward. For various reasons, I never considered the following three stories I wrote to reach the greatness of ARR… I am still proud of these stories, but I know I have better stories to tell. For the few that had read ARR, there is a small easter egg in Salvation.

Salvation (formerly known as The Ghost of St. Augustine) was an idea I had for nearly five years. It was initially going to be a subtle revenge story. Then, while writing my first horror story, Bigfoot, I began thinking ahead and returned to The Ghost story. But I was still stuck on the revenge premise… this particular plot couldn’t carry the story. So I thought what if I move the story’s subplot to the top and make the revenge plot a subplot… Then, it suddenly made sense. However, it would mean I gotta write my first romance story. 

Out of all the possible genres, romance didn’t appeal to me personally, and it would be going against my one of my main writing philosophies of writing what I know. Simply put… I do not know shit about love and relationships. But then again… I don’t know anything about Bigfoot, either. So I figured… I got the characters all figured out for The Ghost and I am pretty much in my “fuck it” phase in my writing “career.” First horror story… first romantic story. Something for everyone.

So within twenty-four hours of completing the first draft of Bigfoot… I started writing Salvation. In just twenty-four days, I completed a first draft of over 120 pages. Unlike Bigfoot, I felt good with the first draft and saw the potential for it to become one of my favorite stories I’ll ever write due to the two main characters and their character arcs. Another reason is that with Salvation, I finally proved to myself that I could write female characters just as well as male characters. I was aware in past stories that some female characters were somewhat underwritten. I am always looking for ways to be a better storyteller and Salvation is a step in the right direction. 

Two weeks from today, Salvation will be available on Amazon. The preorder link will be added next week as I am still rewriting a few things before the deadline next week. For now… here is the official story synopsis. And yes, it’s not revealing much. I am not like Hollywood, revealing every damn thing beforehand.

Tom and Hanna, two former High School best friends, go their separate ways after a tragedy at their deaf school. They are reunited at their ten-year class reunion, where they are forced to face the ghosts of their past and confront the nature of their relationship, then and now.

The Ambiguity of Rock n’ Roll may never be beaten, But like Rocky once said… 

“'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood.”

This is how I view Salvation. I went the distance with the story and that’s the best I could’ve done.

I don’t know how many more stories I have left to tell, but in the end, it would be hard to imagine not seeing Salvation on A. R. Longo’s “Mount Rushmore” alongside The Ambiguity of Rock n’ Roll.

[explosionofdisbelief]

I posted 1,554 times in 2022

That's 1,553 more posts than 2021!

27 posts created (2%)

1,527 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,170 of my posts in 2022

Only 25% of my posts had no tags

#dracula daily - 135 posts

#animals - 106 posts

#art - 96 posts

#ofmd - 54 posts

#language - 29 posts

#do not lose - 28 posts

#history - 24 posts

#places - 23 posts

#nature tag - 18 posts

#goncharov - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#like to look at the .edu sites first and actually read the websites instead of just googling and giving up right away when the answer was wr

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

today i woke up and opened instagram, like i usually do, and the first post on my feed was from the Anti-Racism Daily (@/ardtakeaction) account posting about a nightclub shooting at a queer club. in my own city. it was a shocking way to learn about the news because for one, i never think of my city as being that noteworthy to end up on national outlets, and two it was a huge gut punch of a reminder that my little bubble is very far removed from the daily realities of life in my city.

i may have a skewed perception since i've lived in colorado most of my life, but it seems that we've had more than our fair share of mass shootings. first columbine, then the movie theatre shooting in aurora, and now this one. last night's shooting hits closest to home in more ways than one. literally, since it's a short drive from where i live. and also because it was a very targeted attack against the queer community.

i have never been to the club where the attack happened, but that doesn't matter. it was a safe space for queer people, one of few, in a city that is full of conservative evangelical spaces. at one point, this city held the headquarters of over 500 religious organizations. i don't know if that's true anymore, but that is a staggering number. it's also something that, living here day-to-day, is easy to forget. it's normal to see churches on every corner and get asked at a fast food drive-thru if you have a relationship with jesus (yeah, that happened to me once). for someone who's not religious, it's a bit of a trip sometimes.

i have to admit, i forget what colorado springs looks like to outsiders. and i get frustrated that the media's portrayal of this city is a one-note story of conservative evangelicalism and extremism. even the post where i found out the news about the shooting. because yeah, while colorado turned blue when obama became president and elected the first openly gay governor, colorado springs has always been red. and i understand that is what everyone sees from the outside. but i want to give you another angle. because that's not all that this city is.

i decided after hearing the news this morning i needed to get out and not just sit around and stew in my feelings. i was upset, and i knew just sitting and scrolling wouldn't be good for me. i live downtown, which is a bit of a liberal/queer oasis in this city, and if you only know colorado springs from what you hear on the news, you would never think this was the same place.

almost all the shops downtown are locally owned and many of them, including my favorite coffee shop, have pride flags hanging in their windows all year long. (this photo is from earlier this year, but there are still flags everywhere.) i went there today, and spent about an hour reading, which is something i do often. i saw many visibly queer people come in and out, as usual. but today i was more aware of them. most people probably wouldn't guess i'm queer just by looking at me (especially here), but i do feel a kinship with queer people i see out in the wild, even if it's just one-sided.

there is a queer club downtown as well (which i went to many moons ago before i knew i was queer myself), a burlesque club that hosts drag shows, a theatre that (before the pandemic) regularly hosted interactive showings of rocky horror, and a huge park that hosts the pride festival every summer. there is probably more, but i am very much an indoor girl so i don't know half of what goes on.

after i left the coffee shop i visited the tattered cover, one of my favorite bookstores, to pick up some books i had ordered. on my way in i almost ran into a very large, intimidating looking white man. he startled me (not hard to do), but then i saw his shirt. it was a pair of hands making a heart shape with a rainbow heart inside. i almost burst into tears right in the middle of the store 🥲 (i'm very emotional today, i can't help it). it felt more meaningful today than it would other days. i don't now if he was queer or not, but it didn't matter. the fact that he made the choice to wear that shirt today, in public, was a statement of support. a loud one.

after i picked up my books, i left right away to avoid any temptation of buying more 👀 (i have a problem)

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11 notes - Posted November 20, 2022

#4

i just googled other epistolary novels that could possibly be experienced à la dracula daily but like...most of the books that are out of copyright (and therefore in the running) i haven't heard of

HOWEVER.

house of leaves came up on the list. can you even imagine trying to release that mess of a book in a daily email??? i couldn't even finish reading it because i couldn't figure out what i was supposed to read in which order and all the different storylines in the main text vs. the footnotes

i'm sure tumblr would turn it into something beautifully chaotic but damn. it makes my head hurt just thinking about it 😵‍💫

15 notes - Posted May 9, 2022

#3

i've seen quite a few people talking about dracula daily the last couple days, and i would like to make a suggestion: if you're following along with this (or if you've already read dracula), PLEASE also read the route of ice and salt by josé luis zárate. it tells the story of dracula's journey from transylvania to england from the point of view of the demeter's captain

in the chronology of the story, it takes place starting on july 6th, when the ship sets sail. it's a novella (less than 200 pages), so it's a quick read. i looked through the dracula daily archive and the beginning of july is pretty sparse with entries, so you'd definitely have time to squeeze this in chronologically! 😊

and, it takes some of the homoerotic subtext in dracula and puts it right in the text! this book is super weird, a little gory, definitely gothic, slightly confusing, really creepy, and very queer. and it fits the vibes of the original novel perfectly, imo

this book is only recently available in english, thanks to slivia moreno-garcia's very small press. it was originally published in 1998 in spanish by mexican sff author josé luis zárate. there is a free sample available here from the innsmouth free press website, and you can also find all the buy links there

you have plenty of time until july to get your hands on this, so no excuses! 😁

24 notes - Posted May 5, 2022

#2

ah yes. today we meet van helsing. the character who made me question whether bram stoker actually knew anything about the dutch language at all or just decided to arbitrarily give this one dutch guy the weirdest grammar and speaking patterns i've ever seen

42 notes - Posted September 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

today is the first day that dracula daily really hit me emotionally. i've read the book before, years ago. but finally getting news about jonathan, even though it's not from his hand, was so impactful after MONTHS of nothing! like. reading it so spread out in real time makes it such a different experience than just reading the book in whatever speed it takes you to read it.

i actually felt relief from sister agatha's letter. even though i've read this book before! i thought, wow finally! some actual news from jonathan! and it's not a letter he was forced to write under duress!

i am just really enjoying this whole experience. it's truly the best way to read this story

289 notes - Posted August 12, 2022

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[lindsaywesker]

Deaths In 2022 (to date)

January

5: Jessie Lee Daniels a.k.a Jessie D, 57, American singer (Force MDs)

6: Peter Bogdanovich, 82, American film director (‘The Last Picture Show’/’Paper Moon’/’What’s Up Doc?’)

Sidney Poitier, 94, Bahamian actor (‘In The Heat Of The Night’/’Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?’

Calvin Simon, 79, American musician (Parliament/Funkadelic)

7: R. Dean Taylor, 82, Canadian singer/songwriter (‘Indiana Wants Me’/’There’s A Ghost In My House’)

8: Marilyn Bergman, 93, American songwriter (‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers’/’The Way We Were’/’The Windmills Of Your Mind’)

9: James Mtume, 76, American songwriter/producer (‘The Closer I Get To You’/’Juicy Fruit’)

12: Ronnie Spector, 78, American R&B singer (The Ronettes)

13: Sonny Turner, 83, American soul singer (The Platters)

15: Jon Lind, 73, American songwriter/musician (‘Save The Best For Last’/’Crazy For You’)

Nino Cerruti, 91, Italian business man/stylist (founder of Cerruti)

18: Dick Halligan, 78, American musician (founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears)

20: Meatloaf, 74, American singer (‘I’d Do Anything For Love’) & actor (‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’)

21: Louie Anderson, 68, American comedian/actor (‘Coming To America’)

23: Thierry Mugler, 73, French fashion designer

February

2: Monica Vitti, 90, Italian actress (‘L’Avventura’)

6: Syl Johnson, 85, American soul and blues singer (father of Syleena)

8: Bamber Gascoigne, 87, English TV presenter (‘University Challenge’)

9: Betty Davis, 77, American soul and funk singer

Ian McDonald, 75, English musician (King Crimson/Foreigner)

12: Ivan Reitman, 75, Czechoslovak film director (‘Ghostbusters’/’Meatballs’)

16: Jack Smethurst, 89, English actor (‘Love Thy Neighbour’)

19: Gary Brooker, 76, English singer/songwriter/musician (Procol Harum)

22: Mark Lanegan, 57, American rock musician/singer (Queens Of The Stone Age)

24: Sally Kellerman, 84, American actress (‘M*A*S*H’)

27: MC Skibadee, 47, English drum & bass artist/MC

March

3: Denroy Morgan, 76, Jamaican singer/musician (father of Morgan Heritage)

4: Rod Marsh, 74, Australian cricket player

Shane Warne, 52, Australian cricket player

Lynda Baron, 82, English actress (‘Open All Hours’)

11: Timmy Thomas, 77, American soul singer (‘Why Can’t We Live Together?’)

12: Traci Braxton, 50, American soul singer (The Braxtons) (sister of Toni)

13: William Hurt, 71, American actor (‘Altered States’, ‘Broadcast News’)

25: Taylor Hawkins, 50, American drummer (Foo Fighters)

Bobby Hendricks, 84, American soul singer (The Drifters)

29: Donald Shaw a.k.a. Tabby Diamond, 66, Jamaican singer (The Mighty Diamonds)

April

1: Fitzroy Simpson a.k.a. Bunny Diamond, 70, Jamaican singer (The Mighty Diamonds)

C. W. McCall, 93, American country singer (‘Convoy’)

3: June Brown, 95, English actress (‘Eastenders’)

12: Gilbert Gottfried, 67, American comedian/actor (‘Saturday Night Live’/‘Aladdin’)

24: Andrew Woolfolk, 71, American saxophonist (Earth, Wind & Fire)

26: Klaus Schulze, German composer/musician (Tangerine Dream)

30: Naomi Judd, 76, American singer/songwriter (The Judds)

May

6: Jewell, 53, American R&B singer (First Lady Of Death Row Records)

8: Dennis Waterman, 74, English actor/singer (‘Minder’/’The Sweeney’)

15: Kay Mellor, 71, writer/actress (‘Families’/’Fat Friends’)

17: Vangelis, 79, Greek musician (Jon & Vangelis/’Chariots Of Fire’)

19: Bernard Wright, 58, American jazz and soul musician/singer

26: Ray Liotta, 67, American actor (‘Goodfellas’/’Field Of Dreams’)

Andy Fletcher, 60, English keyboardist (Depeche Mode)

29: Lester Piggott, 86, English jockey

June

5: Dom Phillips, 57, British music journalist (editor, Mixmag)

6: Jim Seals, 79, American singer/songwriter/musician (‘Summer Breeze’)

9: Julee Cruise, 65, American singer (‘Falling’)/actress (‘Twin Peaks’)

17: Ken Williams, 83, American songwriter (‘Everybody Plays The Fool’)

22: Patrick Adams, 72, writer/musician/producer (Musique/Universal Robot Band/Inner Life/Black Ivory)

July

4: Mona Hammond, 91, Jamaican actress (‘Desmonds’/’Eastenders’)

5: Manny Charlton, 80, Scottish rock guitarist (Nazareth)

6: James Caan, 82, American actor (‘The Godfather’/’Rollerball’)

8: Tony Sirico, 79, American actor (‘Goodfellas’/’The Sopranos’)

11: Monty Norman, 94, English composer (‘James Bond Theme’)

14: William Hart, 77, American soul singer (The Delfonics)

15: Paul Ryder, 58, English bass player (Happy Mondays)

21: Taurean Blacque, 82, American actor (‘Hill Street Blues’)

23: Bob Rafelson, 89, American film director (‘Five Easy Pieces’/’The Postman Always Rings Twice’)

24: David Warner, 80, English actor (‘Tron’/’Titanic’/’The Omen’)

25: Sandy Roberton, 80, Scottish record producer (Steeleye Span)

Paul Sorvino, 83, American actor (‘Goodfellas’/’Law & Order’)

27: Bernard Cribbins, 93, English actor/singer (‘The Railway Children’/’Doctor Who’)

Tom Springfield, 88, English musician/songwriter (The Springfields) (older brother of Dusty)

30: Nichelle Nichols, 89, American actress (‘Star Trek’)

August

5: Issey Miyake, 84, Japanese fashion designer

7: Roger E. Mosley, 83, American actor (‘Magnum, P.I.’)

8: Lamont Dozier, 81, American singer/songwriter/producer (‘Going Back To My Roots’)

Olivia Newton-John, 73, English singer/actress (‘Grease’)

9: Raymond Briggs, 88, English children’s writer (‘The Snowman’)

11: Anne Heche, 53, American actress (‘Psycho’/’Donnie Brasco’)

16: Duggie Brown, 82, English comedian/actor

18: Josephine Tewson, 91, English actress (‘Keeping Up Appearances’/’Last Of The Summer Wine’)

22: Creed Taylor, 93, American jazz trumpeter/founder of CTI Records

25, Inez Foxx, 84, American R&B singer (‘Mockingbird’)

September

2: Angus Gaye a.k.a. Drummie Zeb, 62, English reggae drummer (Aswad)

8: Mavis Nicholson, 91, Welsh writer/broadcaster

12: Ramsey Lewis, 87, American jazz pianist/composer

13: Jean-Luc Godard, 91, French film director (‘Breathless’)

Jesse Powell, 51, R&B singer (‘All I Need’)

16: Marva Hicks, 66, American R&B singer/actress

22: Stu Allan, 60, Welsh dance music artist (Clock)/radio broadcaster

John Hartman, 72, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers)

23: Louise Fletcher, 88, American actress (‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’)

24: Pharoah Sanders, 81, American jazz saxophonist

28: Coolio, 59, American rapper (‘Gangsta’s Paradise’)/actor

October

4: Loretta Lynn, 90, American country singer/songwriter

6: Ivy Joe Hunter, 82, American songwriter (‘Dancing In The Street’)

11: Angela Lansbury, 96, English actress (‘Murder She Wrote’)

13: Joyce Sims, 63, American R&B singer/songwriter (‘Come Into My Life’)

14: Robbie Coltrane, 72, Scottish actor/comedian (‘Cracker’/’Harry Potter’)

20: Bettye Crutcher, 83, American songwriter (‘Who’s Making Love?’)

Josephine Melville, 61, English actress (‘Eastenders’/’The Bill’)

24: Leslie Jordan, 67, American actor (‘Desperate Housewives’/’Will & Grace’/’Ally McBeal’)

27: Geraldine Hunt, 77, American R&B singer (‘Can’t Fake The Feeling’)

28: Jerry Lee Lewis, 87, American singer/musician (‘Great Balls Of Fire’)

November

1: Takeoff, 28, American rapper (Migos)

3: Noel McKoy, 62, English soul singer

5: Aaron Carter, 34, American singer

Tyrone Downie, 66, Jamaican keyboardist (Bob Marley & The Wailers)

7: Leslie Phillips, 98, English actor (‘Doctor In The House’/’Carry On’ films)

8: Dan McCafferty, 76, Scottish rock singer (Nazareth)

9: Gal Costa, 77, Brazilian singer

11: Keith Levene, 65, English guitarist (The Clash/Public Image Ltd.)

Rab Noakes, 75, Scottish musician (Stealers Wheel)

21: Wilko Johnson, 75, English guitarist (Dr. Feelgood)/actor (‘Game Of Thrones’)

25: Irene Cara, 63, American singer (‘Flashdance’)/actress (‘Fame’)

30: Christine McVie, 79, English singer/songwriter/musician (Fleetwood Mac)

December

5: Kirstie Alley, 71, American actress (‘Cheers’)

Jim Stewart, 92, record producer/co-founder of Stax Records

6: Jet Black, 84, English drummer (The Stranglers)

9: Ruth Madoc, 79, English actress (‘Hi-De-Hi’)

10: J. J. Barnes, 79, American R&B singer

11: Angelo Badalamenti, 85, American film and TV composer (‘Blue Velver/’Twin Peaks’

13: Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian drummer (Osibisa)

16: Rick Anderson, 75, American bass player (The Tubes)

17: Mike Hodges, 90, English screenwriter/director (‘Get Carter’/’Pulp’/’Flash Gordon’)

18: Terry Hall, 63, English singer (The Specials/Fun Boy Three)/songwriter (‘Our Lips Are Sealed’)

Martin Duffy, 55, English keyboard player (Felt/Primal Scream)

19: Sonya Eddy, 55, American actress (‘Barbershop’/’Daddy Day Care’/’Coach Carter’/’Seinfeld’)

20: Iain Templeton, English drummer (The La’s/Shack)

21: Harvey Jett, 73, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)

22: Thom Bell, 79, Jamaican-born American artist/songwriter/arranger/producer (‘Betcha By Golly Wow’/’I’ll Be Around’/’You Are Everything’/’The Rubberband Man’/’La-La (Means I Love You’))

23: George Cohen, 83, English footballer (member of 1966 World Cup-winning side)

[dianapocalypse]

I posted 9,503 times in 2022

That's 4,603 more posts than 2021!

99 posts created (1%)

9,404 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bonesmakenoise

@jalules

@bandydear

@icanscribblestuff

@marquise-de-pounce

I tagged 909 of my posts in 2022

#toh spoilers - 87 posts

#the owl house spoilers - 84 posts

#diana draws sometimes - 42 posts

#the owl house - 42 posts

#ntn spoilers - 34 posts

#nona the ninth spoilers - 33 posts

#toh - 29 posts

#nona the ninth - 18 posts

#willow park - 16 posts

#huntlow - 15 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#i struggle to keep them straight and also them being at the end of the message means i am already hitting enter long before i think about em

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

texting buddies!

419 notes - Posted April 8, 2022

#4

@lollytea i drew willow in ur cute dress and then it was an entire comic,,,

539 notes - Posted July 14, 2022

#3

hello @lizzibennet​ hired my brother to record this

794 notes - Posted May 20, 2022

#2

i think we should have those yearly midnight watch parties people do for the room/rocky horror for morbius, where people gather to watch anything other than morbius

1,467 notes - Posted June 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

what in the harrowhark nonagesimus is amazon trying to sell me

2,490 notes - Posted July 17, 2022

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[resident-gay-bitch]

All miscelanious ships and rarepair fics are below the cut; angst, fluff + smut

All works can be found on AO3 as well.

Ficlets:

Kleptomaniac (Bartylus) Regulus feels that he will never be enough for anyone after James chooses Sirius over him until he finds out he's always been Barty's main priority - angsty as hell with a nice ending

Love? (Jilypad) Lily finds James distraught on their bucks and hens nights confused with his poly feelings for Sirius as well as Lily - angst with a happy ending

Double Vision (Kinda Jegulus + kinda James & Sirius) Sirius gets a makeover, making him look strikingly similar to Barty, so when James waltzes into the house on the hunt for his boyfriend to fix his broken glasses, vision blurred, he doesn't realise it's Sirius there and outs their relationship accidentally - funny fluff with a split moment of angst because Sirius is dramatic

Micro Fics:

(All Entries for @marauders-rarepair-fics are listed below)

May 4: Poprocks (Loverose) Pandora introduces her twin, Evan, to her new husband, who happens to be the man Evan has been regularly sleeping with, luckily their marriage is one of convenience - very mild angst with suggestive themes

May 5: Peace (Sevatrix) Bellatrix can only find peace when alone with the man she loves, Severus - sad vibes

May 6: Corduroy (Dormus) Dorcas tries to help her boyfriend, Remus, find a nice outfit that doesn't make him look like a grandfather to go out in - fluffy as hell and soft

May 9: Weed (Bitchkiller) Barty and Sirius get high together and realise the other isn't so bad afterall - suggestive themes at the end

May 12: Platforms (Starprince) Sirius is getting ready to go to a concert and he's wearing platformed shoes, Severus tries not to melt at the sight of his boyfriend being rediculously tall in them - fluff with suggestive themes at the end

May 13: Queen (Mybill) Mary and Sybill find themselves falling furhter for each other as they dance around the room to a Queen song - fluffy

May 15: Protest (Lucilus) Regulus and Lucius are sneaking around the mannor, engaged in an affair when Lucius is set to marry Regulus' cousin the next day - smutty things are happening!

May 16: Flying Saucers (Eclipse) James tries his best to make Remus' childhood dream of seeing a flying saucer come true, even though he's a little confused as to why flying dishwear would be a young boys dream - fluffy as hell James is an adorable idiot who doesn't know anything about muggle culture

May 17: Radical (Wolfpanstar) Remus, Pandora and Sirius are reading up on patronus' when they all figure out they have each others animagus' forms, which is the truest display of love - fluff!!!

May 18: Funk (Rosequill) Evan finds himself swept up in bed with Rita, and he's sure he's about to become obsessed with her - smutty

May 20: Flowers (Bartylily) Barty has a super embarrassing crush on Lily and works up the courage to ask her out, surprisingly, it goes well - fluffy!

May 22: Jaws (Prank) James can't believe he scored a date with Frank, the older boy he used to have a crush on in first year, and finds himself scared to death when watching Jaws in the muggle cinema together. Frank assures him that James is safe and holds his hand through it - fluffy adorable mess

May 23: Boogie (Lilylene) Marlene and Lily go on an awkward first date - awkies but it gets fluffy in the end

May 24: Disco (Snettigrew) Severus comes home to find his boyfriend, Peter, dancing to that insufferable disco music again - fluffy and very light

May 27: Pet Rock (Pandromeda) Andromeda is infatuated with her whimsical girlfriend, and finds herself falling even harder when Pandora decides they need to adopt a pet rock - fluffy as hell!

May 28: Roller Skates (Mollytrix) Molly knows it's wrong to keep seeing Bellatrix when they've chosen different sides in this war, but she just can't help herself - sorta angsty fluff

May 29: Rocky Horror (Rosestar) Sirius begs Evan to dress up as Rocky and Frankenfurter for a party, and Evan can't say he regrets it later that night when Sirius' is all over him in that little outfit - fluffy and suggestive as hell

[mikiib]

The Magnus Archives: ALIEN AU (Part 1)

     So in short I had come up with an AU where the cast of TMA characters are set in the universe of ALIEN. They’re both my FAVORITE pieces of horror media I’ve consumed and so my brain figured- WHY NOT? So I have 13 pages and scenes in my brain that would take place in this AU. If this or the following posts that I’ll make inspire anyone I would LOVE to see what you come up with! In short this story has a mostly good ending.    

 Here’s a list of the things that ARE and AREN’T in this universe. 

- 14 Fears aren’t in this world. It’s fully immersed in the universe of the movie ALIEN/ALIENS. - The xenomorphs however have more powers- they can shape shift into anyone they ‘kill’. So if the alien hatches from the host but somehow the host survives then that creature can pretend to be that person. If they kill someone they can pretend to be them.  They still however take the main biological forms of the hosts they came from in regular form. - Queens are born when there is no other queen in near vicinity detected by the unhatched egg.  - The hatching of an egg takes a lot longer after implantation rather than a few hours like the original movie.  - The aliens acidic blood is still STRONG but not nearly as much. I nerfed that to a slower burn- if left on the surface for more than a few minutes it can still be JUST AS BAD as the movies version. - Cyborgs are a thing in this world- who is and isn’t a cyborg is up in the air- however you’ll find out if you follow the posts. - The aliens are weak to extreme heat and extreme cold. The younger they are the more vulnerable to both. Fire extinguishers and flamethrowers will be a big weapon in both firepower and as a melee weapons. - The technology is slightly more up to date compared to ALIEN’s 80′s tech, as there are in short video calls that can be held. -Mother (MU-TH-UR 4900) is the ships computer mainframe, and can connect directly to Elias with his acceptance of the transmission. Mother also monitors the crew and their vitals when they are under cyosleep. - They can quit. No bindings to ‘The Eye’ here. 

ARTIFACT RETRIEVAL VEHICLE: THE COEUS CREW: SEVEN

Captain and Scrivener (Archivist): Jonathan Sims (Age: 31)

  Executive Officer: Sasha James (Age: 35)

  Warrant Officer: Georgie Barker  (Age: 29)

  Navigator: Melanie King (Age: 27)

  Engineers: Tim Stocker (Age 33) & Martin Blackwood (Age: 27)

  Science Officer: Nikola Orsinov (Age: 30)

CARGO: OTHER WORLDLY ARTIFACTS UNDER STUDY COURSE: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MOON BASE: THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES 

-Everyone shares the role of being a Scribal (Archival) Assistants to Jon- no exceptions.  -The Magnus Archives is a space station on the Moon orbiting Earth.  -The cargo they carry is found from the ships that collect samples from uninhabited planets as well as statements from those who report to them their findings to investigate.  -The Admiral is the ships designated therapy cat to help the crew cope with isolation brought on by Georgie. -Elias Bouchard is the head of The Magnus Archives.

STORYLINE: 

     The story starts after they’ve collected the last of the artifacts required on the list to retrieve. They’ve been in cryosleep for over 6 months and only need 3 more months of it till they’d arrive to their destination. Everyone wakes up on their own time, Georgie first, along with Melanie and Martin. Followed by Tim, Sasha, Jon, and Nikola, they gather at the dining table of the living quarters. Martin makes everyone their preferred meals, seemingly the most nervous. This has been Martins first time aboard THE COEUS, and his banter with Sasha and Tim prove while not the best at his job there, he makes a mean meal out of the ‘rubbish space food’ provided. Melanie comes back after taking a look at their current location frowning, letting the others know they aren’t even close to Earth yet- not even in their solar system anymore. In surprise they turn to Jon, who himself has only been Captain on ship for only just before this crew was assigned to him. He gets up to check out whats going on, many of the others follow him, much to his disgruntlement as they basically fill the small room. Mother has intercepted a transmission of unknown origins and under contract of their jobs they must check it out. Curious to know more about their new course Jon calls Elias, who informs them it will be a 2 week set back on their schedules course. Jons not exactly excited about this but Tim’s quite happy to be informed it does give them quite a large bonus since it does seem confirmed of unknown (non-human) origins. 

     Once they arrive to their destination, Melanie sets the ship into motion for landing. She reads off all planet signs to the crew on. It’s a nearly isolated dwarf planet of 600 kilometers in diameter (372.823 miles). The surface on landing will be 23 degrees celsius- much warmer than expected but it does seem to be orbiting a sun fairly closely. They prepare for landing and Martin and Tim are set to get the ship in position. Martin and Tim talk together as they prep and make sure the landing legs will be fine against the surface of the planet. While they do so Sasha pops in announcing she gets to go with Jon and Melanie to investigate the source of the spooky transmission on foot. Meaning also she gets a bigger cut in the bonus than them. Tim and Sasha razz at each other but stop when sparks are spat in Martins face for wiring something wrong. He curses and Sasha comes over to help see what's wrong, pulling on gloves. She laughs a bit and gently teases him to choose a different degree to lie about next time he wants a new job as she fixes the wiring for him. Martin shushes her, claiming he didn’t expect them not to do background checks, nor did he expect to be given a position on one of the biggest damned cargo retrieval ships known. While he worked originally as a simple warehouse organizer at The Magnus Archives sister base on earth he had needed cash to help support himself after his Mother had moved out. Tim wraps an arm around Martin, claiming he’ll shield Martin from Jons prying eyes if anything goes wrong on this detour. They laugh a bit before the radio goes off from Jons office room. He’s complaining about the lights not turning on in there and would be thrilled if someone did their job correctly when fixing it before he gets back on the ship. Tim radios him that they’re on it before they tease Martin more on his obvious crush on Jon before Sasha is then called up to suit up. 

     Georgie is helping the 3 suit up properly, making sure their heart monitors are secure and attached to their neck to get an accurate pulse. Jon seems to be struggling most with the suit up, this unlike the other two, being his first time in a suit outside of the initial training. Sasha after having her camera feed double checked helps Jon out. And while Jon doesn’t say anything about it, it’s obvious Sasha should’ve gotten the job as Captain. Melanie the entire time rattling on about how excited she is to document her findings of a foreign transmission. 

     They land with ease, nothing going wrong as the planet, while rocky with a constant rain, is also somewhat flat. They make their way to the source of the transmission. Tim and the others are now watching from the ship- cameras live feed and audio coming to them as Georgie talks with Melanie about all the kind of things they could find on the ship to study. Nikola reminds everyone that without the items and everyone following the procedures for quarantine, no one is touching the items that may be brought back. The conversation dies out into aww when they see the space ship the signal is coming from appear on camera. Melanie is excited as Sasha and Jon start to look for a way in. Jon reminds them to stay close to him at all times as they enter the ship- its obvious he’d rather none of them go in here due to how degraded the place looks. Everything seems to have been heavily melted in random patches, but the ship itself seems to be made of a biological element of some sort- comparing it to a ribcage almost as they walk through it.

     As they traverse the ship they stumble across multiple dead alien bodies. They aren’t fresh but they also don’t look years old. Melanie goes to take a closer look at them but Jon quickly pulls her back from them, yelling about how obviously unsafe it is as well as the fact that she just broke formation rushing off into a different room. They both get into an argument about what should be done with the bodies, and how far their investigations should go. At this point the feed is hardly coming through via camera, but the audio makes it back to the the ship roughly. Sasha goes on without them as she’s getting closer to decode the transmission. it’s a warning of sorts is what she can gather. Looking at the bodies it may have been an illness of some type, each of them dead from some type of acid but she finds one with an open chest- like an explosion. she gets closer to one, that seems to shift out of the corner of her eye. She tries to let the others know but she realizes that they can’t hear her over their arguing, and she’s almost certain she’s lost on the foreign ship. So instead she brings herself closer to the alien body before something crashes behind her and she stumbles back, tripping over something, and screams as she bashes her head on the back of her helmet. She gets up and looks around and sees the shadow of the creature run off and she chases after it.

     That got the attention of the others as not only with the scream but Tim tells them her heart rate is spiking drastically. Jon and Melanie cry out for Sasha and she stops after meeting a dead end. She sighs and tells them she’s fine, she just fell and admittedly was just chasing after shadows. She turns around however and suddenly her heart monitor on the ship starts to read dead.  PART 2 

[thecreaturecodex]

Grikkitog

Image © Paizo Publishing, accessed at aon.prd here

[Commissioned by @coldbloodassassin. I avoided doing the grikkitog during my initial run of PF2e monsters this summer, in part because I couldn’t figure out whether or not it’s supposed to be able to be attacked through its manifested maws. I don’t think so, and have clarified this in my version. This will probably be a somewhat tricky monster to fight in ways that mundane ambush predators wouldn’t be--it can eat three PCs at once while remaining hidden. A dangerous foe for low Perception parties!]

Grikkitog CR 14 NE Aberration This rock suddenly shifts. Clusters of pinpoint eyes open at irregular intervals, as do asymmetrical maws filled with jagged teeth.

A grikkitog is a bizarre predator native to the Plane of Earth. As fleshy meals are scarce on the Plane of Earth, they usually seek to escape to the Material Plane, where they prefer rocky habitats. There, they masquerade as a boulder, part of a cliff face, or even part of a stone structure, and then attack creatures that trod on them or pass by. This behavior has earned them the appellation of “hungry earth”.

A grikkitog can cause jaws and eyes to appear on any surface that is contiguous with the ground where it sits, and can attack, grab and chew to death multiple foes at once. While so doing, their core body remains quiescent, but small twitches and spasms may alert savvy combatants that it is not an ordinary rock. Grikkitogs usually flee if their core bodies take serious damage, preferring to retreat and set up an ambush point somewhere else.

The true body of a grikkitog is a strange symbiotic creature, a fusion between some incorporeal parasite and the body of an earth elemental. Most earth elementals tell horror stories about grikkitog infestation to each other in low, rumbling tones. Some, especially weak or oppressed elementals, may actually seek out a grikkitog in order to gain access to its power to wreak revenge. Such a bargain is short-lived, though—a grikkitog lives for a few decades at the longest as opposed to the functionally immortal elementals, killing the elemental to which it is fused along with it.

Grikkitog       CR 14 XP 38,400 NE Huge aberration (earth, extraplanar) Init +8; Senses all-around vision, darkvision 60 ft., Perception +28, tremorsense 30 ft. Aura infestation (120 ft.) Defense AC 28, touch 12, flat-footed 24 (-2 size, +4 Dex, +16 natural) hp 210 (20d8+120) Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +17 DR 10/adamantine; Immune bleed, paralysis, poison, sleep, stunning; Resist acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10, sonic 10 Offense Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., earth glide Melee 3 bites +22 (1d12+8 plus grab) Space 15 ft.; Reach 5 ft. Special Attacks gnash (1d12 bleed), manifold grab Statistics Str 27, Dex 19, Con 20, Int 14, Wis 21, Cha 20 Base Atk +15; CMB +25 (+29 grapple); CMD 39 Feats Blind-fight, Critical Focus, Great Fortitude, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Disguise), Tiring Critical, Toughness, Weapon Focus (bite) Skills Climb +31, Disguise +31 (+35 as a rock), Knowledge (planes) +25, Perception +28, Stealth +19, Survival +28 Languages Aklo, Terran, Undercommon SQ implant core Ecology Environment any mountains or underground (Plane of Earth) Organization solitary Treasure incidental Special Abilities Gnash (Ex) A creature grabbed by a grikkitog takes 1d12 points of bleed damage. Implant Core (Ex) As a full round action, a grikkitog can root itself in place on a rocky surface. While implanted, it cannot move and is considered to be flat-footed, but is always treated as taking 10 on a Disguise check to appear as an ordinary rock. It also gains the use of its infestation aura if it is implanted on the surface. A grikkitog may free itself as a move action. Infestation Aura (Su) An implanted grikkitog can manifest mouths and eyes on earth or stone surfaces within 120 feet, as long as they are in contact with where it has implanted its core. It may make Perception checks and bite attacks from any of these squares, treating them as the source of the attack for the purposes of cover and concealment. Only damage dealt to the grikkitog’s core affects its hit points. While making attacks through its infestation aura, a grikkitog’s core remains disguised, but at a -20 penalty (as if it were making Stealth checks while sniping). Manifold Grab (Ex) A grikkitog may make grapple checks to maintain up to three grapples as a swift action. It does not gain the grappling condition if it makes grapple checks using jaws created through its infestation aura. A grikkitog only takes a -10 penalty on CMB checks to grapple when using just its jaws to maintain the grab.

[husbandograveyard]

Wootwoot! We made it you guys! May 4th is my one-year anniversary on Tumblr. With some ups and downs and over 300 requests written, I'm gonna go ahead and say it was a successful year!

Monday until next Sunday I will do another Mini HC event, like we did for valentine! Open for all my fandoms, with mystery prompts to choose from.

Until then, I wanted to do a sleepover event. Unlimited asks and interactions for the weekend cause I feel like I haven't talked to a lot of you in a long while!

You can send me any classic sleepover question

Kiss, marry, kill

Would you rather

Top 3/5/10...

Questions about me

Questions about my anime, writings...

Theories (keep em spoiler free though!)

For this event, I will engage in a little bit of selfship talk if anyone were to be interested. Ask me about my F/o's and tell me about yours! Dynamics, habits... anything!

Questions about OCs

If you need some inspiration, I have included a couple of lists below the cut with questions id be 100% okay with.

Also, if you just want to chat, tell me about your week, a funny thing that happened to you, or a fun fact (i love fun facts especially if it's creepy or an animal fact)... A N Y T H I N G is welcome! There is no limit to your asks, spam me if you want! ♡

Look forward to talking to you guys!

Ps, I'll tag these #1yearSleepover if you want to block something against spam

Questions for OCs - Specify which one! Taken from here

1. How many different places have they lived?

2. What is their dream vacation?

3. What is their favorite color?

4. What is their favorite book?

5. Have they ever cheated on anyone before?

6. Have they ever been cheated on?

7. How many partners have they had?

8. What is their favorite food?

9. Are they a liar? Are they good at lying?

10. Introvert or Extrovert?

11. Have they ever been arrested and why?

12. Who would they sacrifice their life for?

13. What are their spending habits?

14. Do they like hot or cold temperatures better?

15. Are they religious?

16. If they could describe themself in one sentence, what would they say?

17. Do they have any overused catchphrases?

18. What makes them laugh?

19. Have they ever lost anyone close to them? How did it affect them?

20. Do they have a fast reaction time, or slow?

21. How do they react to praise?

22. How do they react to criticism?

23. Are they indoorsy or outdoorsy?

24. What are their biggest pet peeves?

25. Do they have any type of handicaps? How do they manage them?

Other ask game - taken from here

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day?

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?

4: how do you take your coffee/tea?

5: are you self-conscious of your smile?

6: do you keep plants?

7: do you name your plants?

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?

11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?

12: what’s your favorite planet?

13: what’s something that made you smile today?

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!

16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it?

20: what’s your favorite eye color?

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces.

22: are you a morning person?

23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?

25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into?

26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit?

27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?

28: sunrise or sunset?

29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared?

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks.

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends.

33: what’s your fave pastry?

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often?

36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean?

38: tell us about your pet peeves!

39: what color do you wear the most?

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you?

41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with?

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything?

45: do you trust your instincts a lot?

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?

50: what’s an odd thing you collect?

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far?

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them?

54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face?

55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?

56: what are some things you find endearing in people?

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?

58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?

59: what’s your favorite myth?

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?

61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind?

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be?

64: what color is the sky where you are right now?

65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with?

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel?

68: what’s winter like where you live?

69: what are your favorite board games?

70: have you ever used a ouija board?

71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it?

73: what are some of your worst habits?

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.

75: tell us about your pets!

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?

77: pink or yellow lemonade?

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?

79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?

81: describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of.

82: are/were you good in school?

83: what’s some of your favorite album art?

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?

85: do you read comics? what are your faves?

86: do you like concept albums? which ones?

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy?

89: are you close to your parents?

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities.

91: where do you plan on traveling this year?

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch?

93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most?

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday?

95: what are your plans for this weekend?

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house?

98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it?

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them.

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?

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Favorite Movies as of 2021

Subject to updating because surely I’ve missed a few. This is not supposed to be a list of meritorious films but rather just a list of movies I genuinely enjoy. It runs from Shakespeare to Bill & Ted with heavy doses of 80s fantasy, superhero schlock, and pretty much anything with Kurt Russell in it. Enjoy.

1- Harvey No contest, my favorite of all time.

2- Big Trouble in Little China It’s always a great joy to introduce a new viewer to this film.

3- Flash Gordon (1980) In which they totally lean into the camp and low budget.

4- The Thing I watch this annually upon the first major snowfall.

5- Titus (Taymor) One winter break Titus would be on one of the movie channels each day when I woke up, so I watched it daily for a month and it didn’t get old.

6- Death to Smoochy “Are you alright?” “I’m a little fucked up in general so it’s hard to gauge.”

7- Blade Runner (The Final Cut) So there’s this dude Deckard and he hunts robots but it turns out HE’S a robot, oh so very clever, little film

8- Tombstone I recently learned that Kurt Russell directed this film in all but name.

9- The Dark Crystal Immersive fantasy, though I’m sure it appears plain, drab, and simple now after the Netflix prequel.

10- Somewhere in Time I’m a romantic, I guess. Thus all the John Carpenter movies.

11- Grosse Pointe Blank So good, I used to think I liked John Cusack.

12- The Producers (musical) You heard me. Wilder and Mostel were great but the musical version had decades to mill over and expand the premise.

13- To Be or Not To Be (Brooks) Surprisingly suspenseful.

14- The 13th Warrior Saw it again recently and it holds up. Horror, only it happens to viking warriors who would rather chop the horror down than run.

15- The Mighty Thor I mean, Black Panther is objectively the best of the lot but subjectively this is my personal favorite superhero flick. I must have seen it a half a dozen times at least.

16- Lost Boys A billion Chinese can’t be wrong.

17- Die Hard A Christmas tradition. As a postman, it’s cathartic for me to watch Christmas get blown up a little before all the hugging and sentiment.

18- The Blues Brothers Deadpan hilarity cut with performances by legends of blues and soul.

19- The Sting The best heist film. It keeps you guessing until the very end and no twist feels arbitrary or leaves a hole.

20- Interview with the Vampire Fun fact, I looked like Pitt’s Louis when I was a young man in the goth scene.

21- Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure “Be excellent to each other!” “Party on, dudes!” *air guitar*

22- The Seventh Seal See? This list has its high points.

23- Revolutionary Girl Utena Note: Read the entire manga, watch the entire anime series, and read Adolescence of Utena BEFORE watching this or you’ll be left confused. Dazzled but confused.

24- The Nightmare Before Christmas So good I got the tarot deck.

25- The Last Unicorn It’s still a damn shame they never made that live action remake. Christopher Lee was set to reprise King Haggard.

26- Chasing Amy Honestly changed my life.

27- Excalibur It’s weird though how they’re always in armor. Wedding? Armor. Dinner? Armor. Deathbed? Armor.

28- Ginger Snaps A cut above any other werewolf movie I’ve seen.

29- Top Secret! My sense of humor distilled.

30- Clash of the Titans (Harryhousen) Yeah it’s dry but then there’s the monsters.

31- Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life People are not wearing enough hats.

32- Shadow of the Vampire Nosferatu nearly made this list but it’s hard to pinpoint a definitive cut. Try instead this film about the making of Nosferatu with an actual vampire as the vampire.

33- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Look, we as a culture had the unfortunate experience of Twilight. This is the same premise but actually good.

34- The Last Supper This film challenged and changed me as a young man more so than any other work of art.

35- The Princess Bride The perfect film, but I’ve seen it so much it’s down at 35 now.

36- Blazing Saddles What can I as a white guy say? Just watch the movie.

37- Streets of Fire Always suspicious to me how Final Fight premiered within a year of this movie.

38- Gremlins More Christmas havok. Yum?

39- The Beastmaster Forgotten and underappreciated.

40- Ladyhawke A thing of beauty.

41- Willow C’mon. It’s Willow. I have nothing to justify here.

42- Speed Racer I know you heard it’s bad but hear me out: it is the strongest narrative I’ve ever seen on film and it’s exactly the way you played with your toy cars when you were little.

43- Angelheart You’re supposed to know that de Niro is Lucifer. The rest is mystery and the final reveal set up a trope that’s been done into the ground nowadays.

44- The Hunger More atmosphere than plot, but hey, vampire Bowie!

45- Zoolander My partner’s favorite.

46- Faust (Murnau) You will be shocked to see what was possible to achieve in film in 1926.

47- A Muppet Christmas Carol but a cut that includes the fiance’s song This finishes out my traditional Christmas films.

48- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Y’know, I’ve got two Branagh films on here and neither are what you would expect given his catalog. The other one’s Thor for crying out loud.

49- Highlander I noticed in recent editions of Vampire: the Masquerade that it’s still possible in that game to hide a katana in a trenchcoat. This movie is why.

50- The Name of the Rose One of only a few instances where I prefer the film to the book. That book loooooong.

51- Robocop (1987) Of all the damn science fiction, why must we be in Robocop?

52- The Prophecy Now we’re getting into films I demoted since the last time I updated this list. This film’s a slow burn unless you get turned up for angels and Christopher Walken like I do.

53- The Warriors Would be higher if the opening wasn’t so slow.

54- Legend Tim Curry kills it as Darkness.

55- Black Panther Objectively the best superhero movie and the Academy backs me on that one.

56- Wonder Woman I do wish they’d trot out Vandal Savage as a Wonder Woman villain.

57- Captain America: The Winter Soldier Just rewatched this one earlier! It is heavily marked by the height of the War on Terror.

58- Blade The ancestor of all modern superhero movies and a solid vampire flick to boot.

59- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nostalgic for me? Maybe, but I hold that this is the first comic film worth a damn because they stuck with the comics when they wrote it.

60- Captain America: the First Avenger This movie is a real test of character. If someone doesn’t like Cap it’s because they think goodness is unrealistic.

61- Four Rooms Really just rooms 3 and 4.

62- Reservoir Dogs Hey, two Tim Roth films in a row!

63- Event Horizon Do you see?

64- What Dreams May Come Kind of an emotional ringer, especially after William’s death.

65- Monty Python and the Holy Grail Have I watched it into the ground? Yes. Is it still hilarious? Yes, and it gets funnier the more you study Arthurian myth.

66- Pulp Fiction I’m kinda over this now.

67- The Crow People who liked the comic passionately disagree with me but I still like this one.

68- Akira Still.

69- Ghost in the Shell Still, though the farther you get from 13 the less titties you need in your art.

70- Beetlejuice Why not? Let's just tack this on there.

Honorable Mentions:

Fight Club A suburb film but one I grew out of, as should everyone. If you meet a man who’s passionate about Fight Club, run!

American Psycho Ditto. I grew out of this but it’s still excellent.

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape A horrible caricature of my brother’s life. I don’t get along with my brother any more.

Rocky Horror Picture Show Not actually a good film if you watch it straight with no commentary. Still, it’s a cornerstone of queer culture.

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 Of all the superhero films, this is the one that resonated with me the most. I was in a weird place at the time. It still resonates with me now because I’m a foster dad.

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WIP: Where the Wind Cries

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Genre: Paranormal, mystery, some horror

Setting: Near Whistler, B.C. (British Columbia in Canada, for those who don’t know)

Rating: PG-13

Content warnings: Death, vehicular accidents, violence, blood, mentions of mental illness and bullying

Synopsis: Ashleigh has a gift (or, as she might say, a curse): she can see the future. And talk to ghosts and spirits. To be blunt, she’s psychic. Five years ago, she warned her classmates against going on their senior year ski trip. Five years ago, several of those classmates died when the bus taking them to the ski lodge crashed.

The anniversary of the crash is coming up. Ashleigh, along with some of her former classmates, has been invited to a memorial of sorts. But she doesn’t yet realise the true reason behind her invitation. In fact, no one knows what exactly is waiting for them on that mountain...but none of it’s good.

Chapters: Prologue   Chapter 1   Chapter 2   Chapter 3   Chapter 4   Chapter 5   Chapter 6

CHARACTERS

Ashleigh “Ash” Mitchell Birthdate: 29 May 1997 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Pronouns: She/her Orientation: Biromantic asexual Ethnicity: English, Welsh, Polish, German

Logan “Lo” Lindberg Birthdate: 17 June 1997 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Pronouns: They/them Orientation: Bisexual Ethnicity: Swedish, Dutch

Daniel Radek Birthdate: 6 February 1997 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Pronouns: He/him Orientation: Demiromantic bisexual Ethnicity: Polish, Czech, Lithuanian

James “Jamie” O’Reilly Birthdate: 11 April 1997 Zodiac Sign: Aries Pronouns: He/him Orientation: Straight Ethnicity: Irish

Chelsea Kennedy Birthdate: 3 December 1997 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Pronouns: She/her Orientation: Demisexual Ethnicity: Irish, Scottish, Dutch

Mia Song Birthdate: 14 May 1997 Zodiac Sign: Taurus Pronouns: She/her Orientation: Bisexual Ethnicity: Korean

Tatiana “Tanya” Hutsul Birthdate: 3 June 1997 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Pronouns: She/her Orientation: Lesbian Ethnicity: Ukrainian

Aliya “Ali” Abdumalik Birthdate: 13 July 1998 Zodiac Sign: Cancer Pronouns: She/her Orientation: Pansexual Ethnicity: Kazakh

Alexander “Alex” Hutsul Birthdate: 3 June 1997 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Pronouns: He/him Orientation: Bisexual Ethnicity: Ukrainian

Jeremy Tremblay Birthdate: 30 July 1997 Zodiac Sign: Leo Pronouns: He/him Orientation: Aromantic bisexual Ethnicity: French (Acadian)

*All characters are 22 years old (except for Ali, who’s 21).

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My list of horror movies to watch this October

I’ve decided to watch a horror movie every day of October because it’s spooky season and here’s my list if u wanna do this too

1. Rocky horror picture show

2. Saw 1-3

3. Saw 4-6

4. Killer Klowns from outer space

5. Re-animator

6. Poltergeist

7. Cabin in the woods

8. Shaun of the dead

9. Ash vs the evil dead

10. Alien

11. The ritual

12. The shining

13. Carrie

14. Event horizon

15. Platform

16. Drag me to hell

17. (Foreign week) let the right ones in

18. Train to busan

19. Rec.

20. The grudge (original)

21. The audition

22. Veronica

23. Goodnight mommy

24. (Halloween week) black Christmas

25. Friday the 13

26. Nightmare on elm street

27. Child’s play

28. Halloween

29. The thing

30. Scream

31. Trick r treat

Note that this list is not complete, the best of the best, or even all strictly horror. I just think this is a fun mix of some of my favorites, horror u may have not seen, and fun movies. Have fun if u wanna follow along!