#miss desjardin

[alicesbread]

Sick prompt: Stubborn and rebel student who has a very tense relationship with their strict teacher suddenly falls very sick in class. Unfortunately for them, they can't escape being cared for by the person who they thought hated the most, and it's surprisingly not as bad as they thought.

[jurassicsickfics]

ACTUAL Carrie (1976) lines that could potentially be used as sickfic Prompts.

Now I know this may seem to be a stretch, but that's the point. I personally think that using prompts that aren't actually related at all is lots of fun and forces us to really use our imagination in order to make a connection. So, I hope you enjoy!

1. "Hurry up, I wanna go home." -Chris Hargensen

2. "Somebody open this door! What is going on?!" -Sue Snell

3. "I'll get them, just please sit and talk to me!" -Carrie White

4. " I-I'm sorry, I didn't know..." -Miss Collins

5. " They're all gonna laugh at you!" -Margaret White

6. "C'mon, you can tell me anything, I'm your best friend." - Norma Watson

7. " Where will I put it, miss Collins?" - Chris Hargensen

8. "I don't wanna talk about it anymore." -Carrie White

9. " That'd hit you where you live, wouldn't it? And you deserve it!" -Miss Collins

10. " Shut up, Chris. Just shut up." -Sue Snell

[yourstrulylightstar283]

This is heartwarmingly lovely! 🩷💕

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"There must be a God Could it be that he's heard me at last?

Because you look at me As though I'm beautiful Could it be the lady is me? I never dreamed someone like you Could want someone like me..."

Based to the prom scene, but this time, after Sue got apologize and befriend to Carrie, she joined the prom and danced to her boyfriend Tommy while Carrie stayed to her old friend Brick. But this time, looks like they aren't just friends anymore. And this quote from the song tell you a lot behind of it.

[minisinmedia]

Betty Buckley as Miss Rita L. Desjardin wearing super short white gym short shorts on Carrie (1976)

[melodiesofmidnight]

One of the most frustrating things about film adaptations of Stephen King's Carrie is the repeated omission of one primary feature of her appearance: her weight. She is not thin; she has bad skin, greasy hair, and frumpy clothing. However, upon the night of her prom, she is able to transform herself into someone considered to be attractive: whilst still being fat.

By continually casting thin, beautiful women in the role of Carrie, the films 1) imply that fat women cannot believably have Cinderella moments without shedding any pounds and 2) remove one of the most crucial aspects of the story: audience introspection.

The films do not force us to recognise and challenge our biases. We do not see ourselves in the bullies, who are humans, for better or worse -- as represented best by Sue Snell and Chris Hargensen. We do not see ourselves as being capable of what these teenagers did to Carrie, because their insults seem comedic and far-fetched to us, parody beyond relatability: Sissy Spacek and Chloe Grace Moretz do not elicit any implicit revulsion in us. They are thin, and beautiful, and the bullies' motivations in harassing them are outlandish and superficial beyond empathy.

However, if Carrie were to be kept fat, the audience would finally be forced to look inward and to recognise the ugliness in themselves that is instilled by societal norms. Instinctually, society rejects fat, unattractive women. Carrie, were she to remain as she was in the book, would elicit the same reaction from general audiences as she does from her classmates at school.

No longer would people be able to distance themselves from their own disdain for women and girls like Carrie by sitting safely behind the absurdity that is an attractive female lead being ridiculed for their appearance. They too would exist as Miss Desjardin did in the novel: sympathetic, pitying, but ultimately put off by Carrie, solely because she does not fit the requirements of modern, aesthetic womanhood.

People would finally be forced to reconcile that with themselves. How much more resonant would Carrie's retribution be if audiences finally felt the full impact of its being directed at themselves just as much as it is directed toward the ill-fated prom attendees? How important of a discussion could it have inspired even back in the 70s?

Even still, Hollywood is too scared to fully sit audiences before a mirror. Even still, we are unable to accept the lessons a novel like Carrie offers without having its protagonist altered nearly beyond recognition. How long will it be before we are able to portray the tragedy of Carrie with all of its nuances intact? How long before we are able to feel the sting of injustice just as sharply when a protagonist is fat as we do when a pretty and thin protagonist is injured?

I'm still waiting for the Carrie modern audiences need to see.

[ominousredherring]

Now, a formal introduction to my Hufflepuff sweetheart.

I made this based off her seventh year, since I wanted to add more to her lore after her fifth year.

Evangeline Sabrina Desjardins was born on the most beautiful spring day on May 1st, 1875 by her wealthy parents Mr. and Mrs. Desjardins in Paris, France. Despite the joyous occasion, the complications of her birth almost caused both her and her mother to die. Thus, her parents always kept her at a distance, believing she was a cursed child.

Her Veela ancestry stems from her grandmother on her paternal side. Evangeline always hated this part of her, because she hated the attention she would garner at events she was dragged to. She began to wear a masquerade mask when she was six to hide her face to others, even to the maids. Once she learned how to properly cast a glamour at eight years old, it became a morning ritual she never forgot.

She began to attend Beauxbatons Academy of Magic when she was eleven and when her arrow exploded into a wondrous green color, she was housed in Bellefeuille. This came to no surprise, since she had a natural love for plants. If you ever needed to find her, she would either be found in the library, the gardens, or the closest conservatory or greenhouse. Her dream was to become a horticulturist and travel the world to research exotic plants and their properties for potion brewing. Perhaps, even become a professor to teach others about them.

After an accident at Beauxbatons which resulted in a near catastrophe, Evangeline was on house-arrest by her parents until they were greeted by a man named Eleazar Fig. He introduced himself as a professor who had heard of her accident and offered to let her attend Hogwarts under the direct mentorship of himself and the illustrious headmaster in Scotland. While her mother was a bit apprehensive, her father agreed, hoping the distance and seclusion would help her realize how lenient they were and she would change completely. Of course, it would end up being the exact opposite. Evangeline had a tumultuous fifth year. Naturally, she was housed in Hufflepuff and made a variety of friends in every house. She learned of her Ancient Magic and the price that comes with such a great power. After losing her precious mentor and almost losing her own life, she vowed to never use her ancient magic unless it was a matter of life and death.

While she wished to keep her involvement in ending the Goblin Rebellion a secret, the Minister arrived at her door over the summer and congratulated her parents on bringing up such a gifted child and offered her a job in the British Ministry upon her graduation as an Auror. Her parents were less than pleased. She decided to run away after they forbid her to attend her sixth year. After that, she never spoke to them during her final two years at Hogwarts and chose to stay at the castle over the summer to assist Professor Garlick with her plants.

During her time at Hogwarts, she became an entirely different person. She developed a love for flying and was naturally gifted (high praise considering it was Imelda who told her that) and she was roped into becoming an amazing chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team. Win some or lose some, nobody ever doubted her talent. While she never took Crossed Wands as seriously as her friends, she did enjoy watching them. She was the closest thing you could get to a personal cheerleader and always made you feel like a winner, even if you lost abysmally.

While Evangeline left Hogwarts under the direct orders of her parents to an arranged marriage against her will, she had never truly developed a crush on any boy due to the fear of her Veela ancestry. However, she knew she would miss one boy in particular - One who never stood out to others, but he certainly did to her.

[someotherdog]

it was a long, lonely road. all of them were. silas had spent most of his adult life driving, collecting miles on the odometer as if it could be turned in some kind of currency. by law, the desjardins ranch was his home, but he hadn't consistently lived there in years. it was his home, but every time he returned, he felt like an unwanted visitor. dallas treated him politely, but there was an obvious resentment underneath it, a layer of mold below the love he had for his brother—undoubtedly due to the fact the responsibilities of the ranch fell onto dally's shoulders when it traditionally should've landed on silas, the oldest. he wondered if dally knew the whole reason why big don sent silas away until he was needed was that he knew his eldest wasn't suited to ranching. there was violence in silas from a young age and it was put to better use elsewhere. hank, for his part, was the only brother that seemed to like silas. whenever he came back into town, it was hank that wanted to go out drinking with him. eddie, the youngest brother, feared silas, always eyeing him like a dog prone to biting. their father, big don, knew that silas was a dog prone to biting—bred to bite—because big don made him that way.

the only people in his family that seemed to have any sort of affection for him were the women. his mother doted on him as her eldest child, but he knew if he was any further down the generational line, there would be no love in her heart for the black sheep that tarnished the desjardins name. baby, his only sister and the youngest of the siblings, loved him warily. they kept the secret of his true purpose away from her as best they could, but he doubted she was completely unaware of why he was sent away so often. no longer a baby, though the family was unlikely to ever see her as anything else, the only way she wouldn't figure out the desjardins weren't just simple ranching folks was if she was willfully in denial. maybe his mother and sister loved him because they were the only ones allowed to. the fairer desjardins. his father and brothers knew the truth about silas: there was nothing good about him, and for the most part, that was the way everyone preferred it.

the woman in the car didn't seem fairer like the desjardins girls. her words were polite, if not a bit clipped, but her eyes held wariness. for good reason, too. silas exuded menace, even in a simple action or benign statement. he had no plans to hurt her, but she would be smart to be cautious. not everyone on the road could be as pragmatic as him. the aura of danger that surrounded him was a convenient warning to the innocents and a natural attractant to likeminded individuals. he wasn't a dog prone to bite, but a rattlesnake with a tail that never stilled.

“that's mighty kind, thank you.” silas would've tipped his hat if he ever wore one off the ranch (too obvious and too noticable anywhere else). he stepped back as she pulled the car off to the side, though he did recognize there was little danger in staying on the road. she was the only other car he had seen on the highway in hours. eventually, he had to stop driving and figure out where he was. there wasn't a highway in the southwestern united states that silas hadn't driven on at least once before, but this route he must've accidentally drove onto seemed different somehow. visually, it looked the same. cracked dirt; cactuses; desert willows; hazy mountains in the distance; blazing sun up above. it looked no different than the rest of southern california or baja arizona, but even in the long stretches of road, there was some signs of life. a random church here, a spatter of adobe houses over there. for the past ten inexplicable hours, silas saw no one but himself in the rear view mirror. not until her.

he used his hand to shield his eyes from the sun, despite the fact that he was already wearing sunglasses. for a moment, he expected her to just drive off and leave him on the side of the road, but she kept her word and pulled off to the side. once she exited the vehicle, he got a look at her slim legs and long, black hair. to put in the most simple language, she was fuckin' hot. when she called out to him over her shoulder, silas obliged and picked up a few rocks off the side of the road. making the short walk over to her car, he wordlessly placed the rocks in opposite corners so it wouldn't catch on the wind. “you headin' the same direction then, i take it?” he asked, though silas never had a specific destination in mind whenever his father released him out into the wild. he had no concrete plans, though he had been toying around with the idea of visiting an old friend up in crescent lake for a bit. that was until he found himself on a highway that had no name and didn't seem to want to end. now he just wanted to make it somewhere with a semi-decent motel. “i'm silas, in case you were wondering.”

the original wilhelmina hardesty had a way of saying that her daughter, billie, was too suspicious for her own good. it wasn't polite. billie couldn't disagree more, but she often found her mother's words to be a nagging insecurity that could make her falter in trusting her own intuition. worse still, she knew it. could tell the second she was doing it, but was powerless to stop it. perhaps that was the way all daughters felt when they sinned against the cautionary advisory of their mothers or betrayed their own inner voices.

bristling at being called 'doll' billie tried not to grimace. this man felt all kinds of wrong, and she knew better to stop for a stranger on the side of the road, but she also knew that the desert could mean death for a man stranded alone. least she could do was to stop even if men meant death for a woman alone anywhere. stopping though, that inner voice made her wish she'd just kept on driving.

"uh, no, not exactly." she admitted. she'd been living off her gps to get her back to the family ranch in alberta, but it had told her she'd be going straight along for the next 100 miles before she lost service. "but i have a map in the glove compartment." too helpful. "let me pull off the road--" she felt stupid for even saying so; who the hell was going to rear end her on this deserted stretch of highway? she hadn't passed anyone in hours. "--and we can take a look at it."

when she'd pulled over, billie brandished the map and unfolded it on the hood of her car. a bit of wind picked up and threatened to send it down the highway as if it would show the way to i-10 itself. she spread her hands over the map and called over her shoulder. "can you grab a coupla rocks to hold the corners down?"

[watchinghallmark]

Christmas in July (and June) Schedule

Falling Like Snowflakes - June 29

Stars: Rebecca Dalton, Marcus Rosner

A photographer (Dalton), determined to complete her exhibit by capturing a rare photo of a 12-sided snowflake, enlists the help of a childhood friend (Rosner) and they go on a mission they’ll never forget.

Operation Nutcracker - July 1 on Hallmark Movies Now

Stars:  Ashley Newbrough, Christopher Russell

When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner (Newbrough) and the heir to the Warby dynasty (Russell) try to track it down.

Three Wise Men and a Baby: Extended Cut - July 6 (television premiere) Stars: Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin

Three brothers (Campbell, Hynes, Walker) get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. Watch the extended cut and prepare for the highly-anticipated sequel, Three Wise Men and a Boy, which will premiere later this year.

Rescuing Christmas - July 13 (television premiere)

Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Sam Page

Erin (Cook) is granted three Christmas wishes – with her final wish being that Christmas would just disappear. And to her bewilderment, it does!  Can potential suitor Sam (Page) help her bring back Christmas? The film originally premiered in 2023.

A Very Vermont Christmas - July 20

Stars: Katie Leclerc, Ryan McPartlin

A local champion skier (Leclerc) and Vermont brew master (McPartlin) teams up with an unlikely match to create a seasonal microbrew, in order to save her family’s business by Christmas.

An Ice Palace Romance - July 27 (television premiere)

Stars: Celeste Desjardins, Marcus Rosner

A journalist (Desjardins) faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story.  With the help of the owner (Rosner) and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life’s purpose. The film originally premiered in 2023.

[timdrakesbussy]

sdv carrie!au with penny as carrie but i have no heart to use other characters except for sam as tommy, robin as miss desjardin, and pam as margaret

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

Christmas in July 2024

Falling Like Snowflakes and A Very Vermont Christmas are new, the extended cut of Three Wise Men and a Baby, Rescuing Christmas (this movie is great), and An Ice Palace Romance all premiered on Hallmark Movies Now last year during Countdown to Christmas.

🎄 Falling Like Snowflakes Premiere Date: Saturday, June 29 at 8/7c Cast: Rebecca Dalton, Marcus Rosner  Premise: A photographer (Dalton), determined to complete her exhibit by capturing a rare photo of a 12-sided snowflake, enlists the help of a childhood friend (Rosner) and they go on a mission they’ll never forget.

🎄 Three Wise Men and a Baby (Extended Cut) — new to Hallmark Channel Premiere Date: Saturday, July 6 at 8/7c Cast: Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin Premise: Three brothers (Campbell, Hynes, Walker) get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. 

🎄 Rescuing Christmas — new to Hallmark Channel Premiere Date: Saturday, July 13 at 8/7c  Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Sam Page  Premise: Erin (Cook) is granted three Christmas wishes – with her final wish being that Christmas would just disappear. And to her bewilderment, it does!  Can potential suitor Sam (Page) help her bring back Christmas?

🎄 A Very Vermont Christmas Premiere Date: Saturday, July 20 at 8/7c Cast: Katie Leclerc, Ryan McPartlin  Premise: A local champion skier (Leclerc) and Vermont brew master (McPartlin) teams up with an unlikely match to create a seasonal microbrew, in order to save her family’s business by Christmas.

🎄 An Ice Palace Romance — new to Hallmark Channel Premiere Date: Saturday, July 27 at 8/7c  Cast: Celeste Desjardins, Marcus Rosner Premise: A journalist (Desjardins) faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story.  With the help of the owner (Rosner) and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life’s purpose. 

Hallmark Movies Now 🎄 Operation Nutcracker Release Date: Monday, July 1 Cast: Ashley Newbrough, Christopher Russell Premise: When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner (Newbrough) and the heir to the Warby dynasty (Russell) try to track it down.

[daitranscripts]

Trespasser Pt. 1a

Another Bloody Negotiation - Cassandra Divine

Trespasser Masterpost

The Inquisition rides into the Winter Palace flanked by soldiers.

Cullen: Another parade, another bloody negotiation.

Josephine: Smiles, everyone. We must be careful how we present ourselves.

Cullen: Why did Divine Victoria call the Exalted Council? She’s kept Orlais from bothering us for the last two years.

Josephine: At increasing political cost, yes. She has done all she can, but the Exalted Council has become necessary.

Arl Tegan and Duke Cyril look down at them as they pass.

Josephine: Orlais would control us. And based on their many marriage proposals, they have specific plans for you. Our real concern is Ferelden. They would see us disbanded entirely.

—

The PC enters the Winter palace, where they are greeted by Mother Giselle.

Giselle: Inquisitor. It has been too long. I hope the years have been kind to you.

PC: How have you been, Mother Giselle?

Giselle: I spent last summer in Emprise du Lion, distributing food sent from the Exalted Plains. The Dales are finally recovering.

Dialogue options:

General: Thanks to you. [1]

General: You stay busy. [2]

General: Took them long enough. [3]

1 - General: Thanks to you. PC: Corypheus left a great deal of damage for us to repair. I appreciate your efforts. Giselle: And I yours, Your Worship. [4]

2 - General: You stay busy. PC: Since Corypheus fell, I think you may have spent more time traveling than I have. Giselle: It keeps me out of trouble, Your Worship. [4]

3 - General: Took them long enough. PC: They had better be recovering. Corypheus has been dead for two years. Giselle: Not all wounds heal quickly, but I hope the worst is behind us. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Giselle (PC claimed Suledin’s Keep): I should mention that your forces at Suledin Keep were of great help. Please give my compliments to Baron Desjardins. Giselle (PC did not claim Suledin’s Keep): The Inquisition forces were of great help tending the sick. The Orlesian soldiers at Suledin Keep… somewhat less so.

Giselle: Divine Victoria asked me to greet you on her behalf. She is currently attending to the Fereldan ambassador’s concerns.

12 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: You mean Cassandra. [13]

Investigate: How has she done? [14]

Flirt: I’ve missed her. [15]

General: I’ll find her. [16]

13 - Investigate: You mean Cassandra. PC: You can probably just call her Cassandra in private conversation. Giselle: You can, Inquisitor. I prefer to use her Divine name. Our last Divine once joked about why I insisted upon calling her Justinia. She called it my way of reassuring her that I had not completely forgotten who was in charge. [12]

14 - Investigate: How has she done? PC: How do you think Divine Victoria has done these last two years? Giselle: It is hardly for me to say, Inquisitor. PC: With respect, that’s never stopped you before, Mother Giselle.

Giselle: Victoria says she is better suited to the battlefield than the Sunburst throne, but she has restored the Chantry… And also people’s faith in it. I am glad you are here for her. [12] Giselle (Cassandra high approval): Victoria says she is better suited to the battlefield than the Sunburst throne, but she has restored the Chantry… And also people’s faith in it. We are lucky to have her. [12] Giselle (Cassandra low approval): Victoria has done what she can to keep the peace, and I admire the forms she has brought. Nevertheless, I will be the first to say she is a better warrior than a diplomat. [12]

15 - Flirt: I’ve missed her. PC: I haven’t seen Divine Victoria as much as I’d wished these past few years. Giselle: She has missed you as well, Inquisitor. There are few with whom the Divine can be herself. I suspect the same is true for you. [21]

16 - General: I’ll find her. PC: I’ll speak to Divine Victoria. Giselle: I believe she would appreciate that, Your Worship. The Divine sees the good that you can do, and have done. [21]

Giselle: Duke Cyril will wish to greet you on behalf of Orlais. I believe he is currently speaking with the Tevinter ambassador. Many of your friends have returned as well. I hope you have a chance to speak with them before the Exalted Council begins.

22 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Which old friends? [23]

Investigate: The Tevinter ambassador? [24]

General: Goodbye. [25]

23 - Investigate: Which old friends? PC: Who has returned for the Exalted Council? Giselle: Your dwarven friend, Master Tethras, for one. I understand he spent much of the last few years in Kirkwall

If Blackwall was recruited Giselle: I believe Ser Blackwall has returned as well… although he now uses the name Thom Rainier.

If have not asked about the Tevinter ambassador Giselle: And of course, there is the Tevinter ambassador.

Giselle: Enjoy time with them while you can, Your Worship. I doubt you will have the chance once the Exalted Council is underway. [back to 24]

24 - Investigate: The Tevinter ambassador? PC: The Imperium sent an ambassador?

Giselle (Dorian has hostile approval and returned to Tevinter/left the Inquisition): Yes, Your Worship. Dorian Pavus, the mage who briefly assisted the Inquisition, has returned. Giselle (Dorian has positive approval and returned to Tevinter): Yes, Your Worship. Dorian Pavus has taken the chance to return from Tevinter. Giselle (Dorian was convinced to stay in the South): In a manner of speaking, Your Worship. Dorian Pavus has been declared the Tevinter ambassador.

Giselle: It will be good to see him again. I owe him my apology.

Giselle (Dorian romanced): I allowed my distrust of Tevinter to cloud my judgment. I am glad you saw more clearly than I did. Giselle (Dorian’s personal quest completed): I allowed his father’s words to sway me into lying to him. He deserved better treatment. Giselle (Dorian not romanced): I allowed my distrust of Tevinter to cloud my judgment. He took a great risk coming to help us, and deserved better treatment.

PC: You’re going to apologize? To Dorian?

Giselle: I have little patience for those who cannot admit they were wrong, Your Worship. Myself included. I will have to make my apology somewhere public. He will want an audience for his reaction. [back to 24]

25 - General: Goodbye. PC: Thank you, Mother Giselle. Giselle: Your Worship, a final question, if I may. This Exalted Council… Ferelden would have the Inquisition disband. Orlais sees its power as another feather in a chevalier’s helmet. What do you wish to do with the Inquisition?

Dialogue options:

Special (If asked about the original Inquisition at Haven/Skyhold): You would disband, I agree. [26]

General: We’re not going anywhere. [27]

General: Our work is done. [28]

26 - Special: You would disband, I agree. PC: You once told me about the first Inquisition that took place eight hundred years ago. You said that when their battle was over, that Inquisition’s soldiers sheathed their swords and went home. If our battle is truly over… perhaps it’s time for us to do the same. Giselle: Thank you. [29]

27 - General: We’re not going anywhere. PC: The Inquisition still has work to do. We can’t let someone’s fear push us into disbanding. Giselle: Then I wish you luck in the negotiations to come. [29]

28 - General: Our work is done. PC: Corypheus is dead. We accomplished what we set out to do. If we’re not needed any longer, and if it can be done peacefully, it may be time for the Inquisition to disband. Giselle: Thank you. [29]

29 - Scene continues.

Giselle: Maker watch over you, Inquisitor. I will not keep you any longer.

Next: Arl Tegan

[alicesbread]

Carrie alternative ending where after the blood falls Miss Collins actually gets to calm her down, takes her home and comforts her while she bathes her and changes her before she stays with her until she falls asleep. Holding her head against her chest, like a mother with her baby. This is a plus bc a part of me feels like not only is Carrie interested in having a maternal figure but deep inside I think Miss Collins/Desjardin is either sterile or a lesbian with a cisgender wife and has always wanted to be a mother but can't. They both find what they so desperately craved in each other. Nobody dies, Chris gets the spanking of her life, and Carrie and Sue become friends. The bucket didn't fall on Tommy's head and he's healthy and fine btw. Margaret gets arrested bc of child abuse and Miss Collins/Desjardin takes care of Carrie while her custody is debated. These are the happiest weeks of her life and she can be herself without being afraid of being judged.

[jurassicsickfics]

Miss Collins: *feeling sick* Carrie?

Carrie: Yeah?

Miss Collins: Do you mind if I go to the infirmary?

Carrie: *confused* Um...sure..go ahead...why ask me?

Miss Collins: I dunno, just...you all have to ask me first so...it's only fair..yeah, anyway, I'm going...

Carrie: 😐

[billieandreneeswife]

Old lover part 2

Here she was standing in the room the feeling of everyone's emotions hit her like a train it was as if a hand was pulling her down into the wood flooring.

"Mom." A faint voice call out but she was stuck in a trance staring into the dark brown eyes

"Mom?" Still no response came from Eclipsa

"Mom!" That's when the damn broke Eclipsa finally came back to her senses a choked out sound came from her throat as she felt the last of the air leave her lungs. She felt her body heat up her temperature slowly getting warmer and that could cause her power's to out burst.

She felt strong arms wrap around her torso softly rocking her back and forth as one hand played with her hair. She took a deep inhale smelling the scent of the person who was holding her, a wave of jasmine and sandalwood along with a tiny hit of vanilla over took her senses

Eclipsa knew who it was as soon as the person touched her but smelling her brot back memories. "Oh Morticia if only you knew how much I still love you" she thought. Squeezing Morticia and barring her head deeper into the women's chest she took a deep inhale and excited softly, causing the taller women to chuckle.

As they pulled apart Eclipsa felt a whine bubble in her throat. She felt calm but the pit of dread still sat in her abdomen, her body felt cooler but not back to her regular cold temperature that settled on her skin.

Taking a deep inhale in she grabbed her daughter's soft cold hands and brought them over on the black leather couch.

"I'm quite sorry everyone for my little episode that just happened a few seconds ago sometimes they just happen to appear out of nowhere." Eclipsa smiled clearly embarrassed

"It's quite fine Ms. Desjardins everyone has a little accident some times." Smiled principal weems

"Now you are here to transfer your daughter Clémence Desjardins to our wonderful school correct?"

"Yes I want her to learn about her powers even more and how to fully use them."

A loud laugh escaped through the principals mouth at what Eclipsa said "Forgive me Ms. Desjardins but aren't you one of the most well known witches in the magic world, and we also don't have a teacher who is supposed to teach about black magic or other things, most of parents send the children to Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, so your out of luck here."

A deadly glare was sent at the principal for what she said even Morticia was taken back by what Larissa said, yes her pass lover is a well known witch in their world but Eclipsa is a very busy woman with barely any time to spend with her daughter, how in the world would she have the time to tran her daughter even more though Morticia.

A forced smile made it's way on Eclipsa's lips as she thought over Weems words.

"Well excuse me but I would have thought a busy person like you would understand my struggles for not having time to be with love one's, how wait you don't have any."

The cocky smile left Larissa's lips as she heard the worlds of what Eclipsa said to her. Meanwhile Morticia smirked as she heard the sharp words that left Eclipsa's mouth and the look on Larissa's face, it brought back good memories of when the two would bicker over little thing's, and one of the reasons why she feel hard for Eclipsa.

[lyledebeast]

August 7: Carrie (1976)

I'm a day off, so this will be shorter than what I intended. I may come back around Halloween and write a fuller analysis of this film.

There are a few things the 2013 film actually does better. I think the two teen villains, Chris and Billy, are more effective there, partly because John Travolta is such a goofball in the 76 version. I also think Judy Greer as Ms. Desjardin is stronger as Carrie's one adult advocate than Betty Buckley as Miss Collins (who is only a couple of years older than the actresses who play her students!). However, the movie isn't about any of these characters. It's about Carrie White and her unhinged mother, and Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie absolutely own those roles.

Piper Laurie as Margaret White is one of the greatest female villains of all time imo. There's a reason she was nominated for best supporting actress for this.

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Is It Really That Bad?

In 1974, Stephen King’s career was launched with his debut novel (one rescued from the trash can by his wife, Tabitha), and two years later we got Brian De Palma’s iconic film adaptation that launched the career of Sissy Spacek, resurrected the career of Piper Laurie, and was so good that King prefers it over the book. It really set the stage for future adaptations of his work to be of a similarly high quality… Something which has unfortunately only rarely happened. To this day, it still remains a beloved classic.

And you know how it is with beloved horror classics: If they're good enough, you know they'll get remade. Now, the thing with remakes is that, when it comes to horror, they have as many hits as they have misses. Amazing films like The Thing, The Fly, The Blob, and The Ring all exist alongside mediocre crap like Rob Zombie’s Halloween films, the shot-for-shot Psycho remake, and the Jackie Earle Haley-starring Elm Street reboot. It really comes down to the creative vision and the story you want to tell, you know?

And Carrie is ripe for that, as the original movie cut out a lot of elements from the book that would be interesting to see in a modernized context, as bullying has evolved and even gotten harsher and more deadly over the years since Carrie was pelted with tampons in the locker room. And that’s exactly what director Kimberly Price wanted to do! She wanted to make a film that can stand on its own, a retelling of the story that wouldn’t be a remake of the film, but a different attempt at adapting the book.

The studio, however, had different ideas, and made her do a bunch of reshoots and trim 40 minutes off the film to make it more like De Palma’s version of the story. Three months prior to release the Sandy Hook shooting happened as well, which combined with the editing to turn the film into a remake pushed it back to October, and I’m sure it didn’t exactly help make the film more palatable to audiences either. While not a failure by any means, the resounding critical consensus to the film was “Why did this need to exist?” Even King himself was reportedly not much of a fan, though he did appreciate the modern updates to the story.

As time has gone on, the hate towards the film has cooled and it has picked up a fandom of its own, so I figured it was high time I gave this a watch. In honor of the film’s upcoming tenth anniversary, let’s see if the 2013 take on the iconic King story is really that bad.

THE GOOD

Across the board, I think all of the performances are really solid. Chloë Grace Moretz does a fine job as Carrie (even if, like Spacek before her, she seems a bit too pretty for the part) and Julianne Moore does a fantastic job as Margaret White to the point I might even say she’s on par with Piper Laurie. Judy Greer as Miss Desjardin might be my favorite performance in the movie, though; I just love how brutal she gets with enforcing the punishments on Carrie’s bullies, and how she doesn’t give an inch to the alpha bitch when she tries to start shit. As for Carrie’s peers, they’re all decent, but none of them strike me as very memorable. They all do a good job (even certified creep Ansel Elgort) but none of them really stand out as better than the rest. Still, there aren’t any weak performances here.

I think the finale really works better even if it is a little more over-the-top, mainly because even if it was significantly cut down compared to the original vision. We actually get to see some of Carrie’s rampage taken out into the town, and while we don’t get the full-on force of nature destruction the book gives us, we do get a pretty good taste. I think it gets a little too CGI at times (the floating knives at the end being particularly egregious) but I think it is ultimately a very satisfying take on the ultraviolent ending of the story.

I also like how the story was updated for the modern age, with cyberbullying now being a key part in how Carrie is abused by her peers. Carrie is genuinely a story I feel works much better in a modern context than in its original form. The ways bullying has evolved and become so much more horrifying in the modern age lends itself well to a story of an outcast being harassed by those around her, and her ultimate snapping feels even more justified and cathartic since the bullying she suffers is even more extreme and psychologically damaging than before. Honestly, I think this Carrie is even more sympathetic than the original; I’m not going to fault a teenager who is the victim of parental abuse and then has embarrassing videos of her spread across the internet from frying her bullies with electrical wires or blowing them up in a giant fireball. Fuck ‘em! They deserve it!

THE BAD

...Which is what I'd love to say, but real life has unfortunately made that a little harder to do. In the years since the original, there has been a very unfortunate number of incidents where people were killed in schools. School shootings weren’t really a thing in the 70s, but after Columbine it seemed like one happened every other year. In light of that, cheering while a high schooler brutally massacres her peers seems a bit… tasteless. Now obviously we as the audience are privy to all sorts of details that makes Carrie’s rage justified and her ultimate vengeance cathartic, but still, it does give me pause at least. Should I be cheering while these high school students get slaughtered like pigs? Is this not horribly fucked up? It’s an interesting moral dilemma with rooting for this killer, and while I did put this down in the “Bad” section I think being uncomfortable with what Carrie does is a valid response. I think that the fact her rampage can be viewed as either justified vengeance or as woefully disproportionate violence or even as both at once is a great strength of the story.

What isn’t a great strength, though, is how this was forced into a being a remake, because boy is it ever stuck in the original’s shadow. Moretz and Moore really end up trapped in the shadows of Spacek and Laurie’s takes on Carrie and her mother, and the whole film really just plays it straight with adapting what the original film did. It might be one of the worst studio decisions ever, because despite the strength of the cast and the overall solid quality of the filmmaking, the whole thing just feels boring. Even with the new angles and the interesting takes, the fact remains that the story and plot beats are unchanged and stuff we saw in the original film. It’s not as egregiously shot-for-shot as Van Sant’s Psycho was, but there’s not much here that justifies watching this if you’ve seen the original film.

IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?

As far as horror remakes go, this is one of the most inoffensive ones out there.

Look, I’m gonna be honest: Carrie is not even close to being my favorite King work, and the original movie isn’t one of my favorites. The book is a good debut and the movie is decent enough, but they’re not something I find myself revisiting. So even going into this movie I wasn’t expecting anything worse than what I’d already seen, and that’s basically what I got. This is a very unambitious film, though as mentioned before that was mostly by studio mandate, and thus it’s mostly more of the same—and what we got before was okay, so this ends up being okay too.

I think so much of the backlash comes from the original movie being a beloved horror classic, and thus not something that should be retried lightly. This film seriously would have benefited from more closely adapting the book and modernizing it like was originally planned rather than just rehashing the original movie with flashier effects. What we’re left here is a decent redo that lacks an identity of its own, but is still competent enough to not be the worst thing ever. If you like the movie, I can’t really fault you for it because I can understand why someone would like this much like I can with the original. Even if I’m not super fond of them, they’re decent enough movies.

I think the score is right about where it belongs, though I might be nice enough to round it up to 6. It’s a decent horror movie, and if you like it, I can’t really blame you. It has a lot of good elements going for it, and I think if it had been allowed to be an adaptation of the book I wouldn’t hesitate to call it the definitive Carrie adaptation. Bumping the good parts of It to the 80s made that story a lot better, after all! But the meddling to turn one director’s vision into a mirror image of a previous one’s vision really just holds this back a bit for me. If you want to throw this on your Halloween watchlist or add it to your Stephen King movie collection, it’s a decent addition, but it really deserved to be so much more than the reheated leftovers of De Palma.