#rachel cabin tales

[rhithefella-sillytimes]

📜 [Five individuals from a different timeline have been found.] 📜

(Aka. Rhi makes fanart for 5 other fandesigns)

Design credits:

Matthew Godrick design by : @cat0901h3

Kevin design by : @applefishzombiedeer

Rachel design by : @missr3n3

Pierce design by : @L0v3n_D34th (twitter)

Marcus design by : @doliminuz

Extras

[missr3n3]

Cringetober Day 10: Ship Dynamic

back at it again with the extraordinarily rare pairs lol

for scale, i imagine rachel is abt 5'6 :3

[angelic-writer]

Lichtenberg - The Light of the Party

Day 21 of @augusnippets

Prompts: Delirium/vertigo/hallucinations

Fandom: Cabin Tales

CW: Underage drinking, panic attack

February 8th, 2014

"So, Rachel," Roderick looped his arm around the younger girl. "Remind me again. What's your major?"

"Oh, I..." Rachel rubbed the back of her neck. "I'm doing a major in English."

"Nice! Nice."

"Yeah, I want to be a writer someday. It's uh, it's stupid."

"No no no no no. T-That's awesome!" His face was a bright crimson. He could not believe he was actually talking to Rachel without getting rejected. Maybe it's his chance to finally-

"Would you look at that!" Jeremy came up from behind and held her close. "Rachel as I live and breathe! What are you doing here?"

Roderick immediately gripped his cup. What the fuck, Jay?

"I'm just... I dunno. I got invited so why not?"

"Absolutely! I just never took you for the party type. You're always so quiet in class."

He couldn't hide the utter contempt in his eyes as he gritted his teeth. Just when things are starting to go well for him, Jay had to come here and cockblock him. God, I want to punch that smug look off your face right now...

Not too far away, Kevin was trying his best to keep his beer cup steady. He already had a few sips and he was already getting sick. He hated the taste of beer. It left a disgusting aftertaste in his throat and he didn't understand why his other classmates could even stomach it. The room was beginning to spin around him. Nothing reached his ears as they began to ring. Chest constricted, heart racing...

Air... I need air. I need to get out. Roderick...

He spotted his only salvation at the punch stand with Jeremy and Rachel. With wobbling legs, he made his way over to him, trying to keep himself steady like he was on a moving carnival ride.

"Hey, Roderick...?"

Roderick whipped his head around, immediately going back to his confident look. "Hm? Oh, hey Kevin! What's up?"

"I... I-I'm not feeling too great..."

"Uh..." Roderick looked around him, trying to make sure that no one was watching him. Why did Kevin have to come up to him now? As if Jay's cockblock wasn't embarrassing enough. "What do you want me to say?"

"Can..." His head began to pound. "Can we go?"

Roderick gripped his shoulders. "Kev, come on, man. You're fine. There's probably pills or something you can take in the bathroom, no?"

He blinked. "What?" He expected him to be dismissive of him like before, but he thought he would make an exception just once. "J-Jay..." He reached out to him with a shaky hand, but he and Rachel were beginning to walk away.

"Rachel, you know what? You look thirsty. Come with me."

"Uh, o-okay?"

"Guys..." Why? Why are they leaving him? Weren't they his friends? Weren't they supposed to be here for him?

"You're fine! Kev, just relax, okay? Come with us. Grab a drink."

Kevin pushed him away. "No..! R-Roderick, it's-" The room was beginning to spin more and more. His legs were shaking uncontrollably now. "I'm not... feeling well...!"

"I-" Roderick started to say, but a piercing headache stopped him. He gripped his head, dropping his cup and spilling beer all over the floor as he did so. His head felt like it was in a vice, being slowly crushed. Images of what he was about to say next flooded his mind. Everything he did to Kevin, everything he roped him into...

The room. His screams.

His crime.

You murdered him.

"Roderick...?" Kevin slowly said, reaching a hand out. To rub his back or touch his shoulder? He didn't know because everything was spinning. He was taken aback when the brunette suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"Come with me." It was quick and breathless, but it was clear as day. Next thing Kevin knew, Roderick was pulling him to the front door, making him drop his cup on the way. A couple patrons gave them a weird look as they ran. Roderick was sure that a couple of his teammates were staring at him funny.

Fuck your judgement. Kevin needs me.

[rhithefella]

Hello CT Tumblr :>

Have a Rachie (not the musician)

[doliminuz]

Marcus and Rachel - Wrong Lessons Learned

(TWW JUMPSCARE-)

They're leaving now. The Storyteller, Death, had told them another story, 'Sea Siren.' Marcus (Although a part of him keeps sayings its name is Amon. Maybe it is. But its companion calls it Marcus so that's the name it shall go by.) still doesn't fully understand why he keeps telling them these tales. But it's a nice break from everything else so he can't complain.

"What did you think of the story?" His companio- Rachel's voice interrupts the relative silence. He blinks. Oh, there's lessons isn't there? He doesn't understand what he means by lessons though. They are not being taught anything, no new skills to help them, so what lessons are there?

Shes staring at him, he's meant to respond. Because it is human, that is what humans do, they respond when asked questions. But it is not human. Does it really need to respond?

"Was... sad." The story was sad. It was meant to be so he will say it was sad.

More silence, she nods but looks like she wants to say something. He waits. She does not speak. Perhaps he's meant to say more but his throat already hurts from the few words he's already spoken.

"I... think I got his lesson." Ah so he isn't meant to say more. "Maybe you do too."

He does not.

[philipkindreddickhead]

100 Fiction Books to Read Before You Die

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks

The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Passing by Nella Larson

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion

The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Street by Ann Petry

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskill

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Small Island by Andrea Levy

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch

Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wise Blood by Flannery O Conner

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

House of Incest by Anaïs Nin

The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Corregidora by Gayl Jones

Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Beloved by Toni Morrison

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Democracy by Joan Didion

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O Connor

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

I Must Betray You be Ruta Sepetys

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Mare by Mary Gaitskill

City of Beasts by Isabel Allende

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

The Narrows by Ann Petry

The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir

Under the Sea by Rachel Carson

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Under the Net by Iris Murdoch

The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

@gaydalf @kishipurrun @unsentimentaltranslator @algolagniaa @stariduks @hippodamoi

[a-french-coconut]

Travis Stoll (part 3)

He ends up falling asleep in the fields, the journey to Camp plus seeing his brother had exhausted him.

A nymph gently wakes him up a little before dawn giving him time to sneak in his cabin before his siblings get out of bed.

For once, silence is king in this realm of mischief, excited whispers of carefully planned jokes or scandalous rumours.

No one laughs.

No one jokes.

All of them eye with pity Travis as he leads to breakfast.

Their arrival dampens the others cabin's jovial mood.

From Apollo's table, Will offers a small smile, mouthing "good morning" to his friends, Cecil answering with a half-hearted wave and Travis with just a head nod.

As always, the food looks delicious, a far cry from what he's used to as a college student. Travis would have happily dig in if it wasn't for the empty space next to him.

When it's finally turn for Hermes Cabin to make their offerings, he prays to more gods than he usually does.

Dad, Hermes, hear my prayer. Give me a quest to save Connor, please. I'll do anything, steal from anyone, fight all the monsters you want. Just help save my brother, save your son.

Asclepius, son of the Far-Shooter and glorious healer, hear my prayer. I humbly ask of you to give strength to your brother Will, help him find a cure to my brother's poison. I'll do whatever you demand in exchange.

He burns half his plate, the most savoury food going in the fire.

As he goes back to his table, a gush of wind blows through the pavilion.

Next to Chiron, Rachel Elizabeth Dare goes stiff, green smoke spewing from her mouth.

"Tale as old as deceit binds the liar and the healer,

In a journey to save the youngest brother.

You will find what you seek amidst the crying chants,

Its petals gleaming amonsgt the lifeless plants.

Beware of the price you are willing to pay,

Make haste for the scythe reaps at the end of the second day."

The prophecy echoes in the air until Chiron stands.

"Counsellors, with me to the Big House, please. As for the others, continue your breakfast and daily activities are not cancelled."

Travis's plate falls from his hands because of his excitement.

In a journey to save the youngest brother

It can only mean Connor, there is no other possibility.

He quickly conjures a bag of M&M's that he drops into the fire.

Thanks dad

An another gush of wind, more gentle this time, softy blows his curls.

part 4 posted !

[bookcub]

Multiples of 12 if you've got the energy. Otherwise just 12 and 144!

12 Pictures and Stories from Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Need I confirm how awful it is? It was for a class and helpful to discuss in context.

24 Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

One of my best books of the whole year, I already reread it this year, I deeply love this book. Started my Goose Girl journey, found one of my all time favorite protagonists. I think I have like 3 reviews of this book written at this point, I adore it!!

36 Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

A reread, one of my favorite romance novels, Talia Hibbert is just a beautiful writer, I love all her novels. I like this one in particular because Dani and Zaf are already friends by the beginning of the book and friends to lovers is the best.

48 Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

I was really worried this sequel would pale in comparison to Little Thieves but I had such a good time and adored seeing Vanja again. The character and relationship development was really where the text shined imo.

60 Cress by Marissa Meyer

Another reread, Lunar Chronicles really scratches that found family itch for me! I listened to it this time and it was so fun to get lost in. Also, Cress and Carswell are so adorable.

72 The Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar

I read a huge chunk of this for class and decided to mark it as read. I particularly enjoyed the critical essays that were included. Gilbert and Gubar my beloved

84 Arenic and Adobo by Mia P Manansala

I feel bad for hating this, but what a poorly constructed mystery! And the mc was soooo annoying. There were good elements, like themes and the descriptions of food but . . .meh

96 The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

This was okay, but I keep trying to read books set in reality tv shows and um. . .I need to stop, I do not tend to like them much.

108 The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

A reread for writing a class paper, I love rereading these books, I need more paranormal books in my life. Also, the second remains my favorite!!

120 A Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark

As a fantasy, this book is amazing!

132 You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Vasquez

144 Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (8-14 Oct 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 for this gift, I do feel blessed (wheatisstillwheat) - 96K, nice steddie AU with rockstar!eddie & regular guy steve

😊 Bandaids for the Heart (LexiRoseWrites) - 78K, omegaverse steddie AU with pediatric nurse Steve & single dad Eddie

🥰 Time To Shine (Rachel Reid, author; Cooper North, narrator) - delightful hockey romance, fairly low angst (but enough to make it tasty). There may come a day when I'm tired of the adhd/anxiety ball dynamic but today isn't that day. Cooper North is an excellent narrator, def in my top 5 faves

💖💖 +199K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Make It Up As We Go (hawkeyedpeas (pandacowhipster)) - D&D: HAT: Edgin/Xenk, 17K - fluffy & enjoyable fake dating fic

Punched! (Zenaidamacrouras1) - MCU: Valkyrie/Steve, 7K - technically a Monoclonius prequel, but absolutely can be read as a standalone - Val & Steve (fellow political activists) punch some Nazis and have some hot, adrenaline-fueled sex in an alley

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Maine Cabin Masters - s5, e1

Naked Attraction - s1, e1-3

Whitstable Pearl - s1, e1-2

Murdoch Mysteries - s15, e3-7

Dirty Laundry - s3, e3

Our Flag Means Death - s2, e4-5

D20: Burrow's End - "Bearing the Scars" (s20, e2)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Does a Bear Get Eaten Out in the Woods?" (s15, e2)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Into It - Why Are Celebrities So Bad At PR?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Tunguska Event

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Scariest Movie I've Ever Seen

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Tolkien Takes Us Places

Vibe Check - Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

Re: Dracula - October 11: Freedom of Soul

ICYMI - How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom

Ed Zitron's 15 Minutes In Hell - Episode 10 - Molly White

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Our Travel Expectations

⭐ 99% Invisible #556 - You Ain’t Nothin But a Postmark

Into It - Jada & Will Deserve an Oscar for Their Marriage Performance

Dear Prudence - Is It Too Early in the Relationship to Say "I Love You"? Help!

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - DOUBLE BILL: A Monkey For Mayor / A Screw Loose At 17,000 Feet

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 584. Queer Pirate Decolonization Fantasy with Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Today, Explained - America’s most successful downtown?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Stanley Hotel

⭐ Endless Thread - The Spider Web

Re: Dracula - Bonus 7: The Dracula Daily Instigator

One Year - 1955 Bonus Ep: Mary Martin’s Peter Pan

What Next: TBD - The $30,000 Zelle Scam

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Death Rattles

Shock Rock

Witchy Grrrl Pop

Teenage Werewolf Rock

Radiooooo - Germany, 1980s

Bewitching Jazz

Halloween Rock & Pop Songs

[rhithefella-sillytimes]

OKAY TAKE TWO IGNORE THE LAST ONE-

But anyway hc that there was never anything romantic between Rach and the boys

They're all just friends (totally not based on me being the only girl in my friend group when I was younger-), Rods convo w her at the party was him being drunk and dumb lol

Oh yeah that sounds fair. I was thinking she's probably the gal that's interested in Kevkev but like. I can totally see their thing being platonic XD.

Doesn't stop their friend groups from going "OOOOOOOOO" at them HAHAHAH

[missr3n3]

A F T E R S H O C K S

rachel and sam's gf designs be upon ye

[fearsmagazine]

FOLLOW HER - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Quiver

SYNOPSIS: “Jess has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions she encounters via online job listings, and using the kinks of others to fuel her streaming success. For her next episode, she’s been hired by Tom to write the ending of a screenplay in a remote, lavish cabin. Once there, the alluring self-proclaimed screenwriter hands her a script in which the two of them are the main characters. This client isn’t what he seems, and even though the money’s great… the real payment here could cost her life.” - Quiver

REVIEW: FOLLOW HER is a cleaver idea that deals with the take down of an aggressive influencer whose karma catches up with her. Actress Dani Barker is also the film’s writer and a producer. She weaves together some interesting ideas, creates a character you’ll love to hate, and is an overall above average independent genre film.

The screenplay for FOLLOW HER tackles the arc of the main character Jess. It is made clear early on that she gives little thought to taking advantage of everyone, including her family, to get what she wants. She exploits people’s fetishes, she is usually careful, but something goes wrong with her latest encounter. Instead of taking it down, she leaves it online as it continues to trend and reaches a new level. When she comes across a writing opportunity that deals with themes she is familiar with, and pays good money, she throws caution to the wind and heads to the country to meet the screenwriter. What ensues is a game of cat-&-mouse as Jess comes to realize the setup is too perfect and there is something more going on than she expected or planned for. There are moments when Jess’s ego and greed overcomes her sense of self-preservation and ultimately the climax presents a strange twist that is an overthought “Absence of Malice.” The story does not end there. There is a scene with Jess, her father and the police that feels out of place and almost like an afterthought to the entire narrative. There is a final sequence that adds another level of the strange and bizarre, which also provides the title of the film. I was in for the majority of the tale, however the subsequent scenes felt unnecessary and bewildering.

Dani Barker and Luke Cook, the two main actors, carry the story. Barker portrays a mean girl, a self-absorbed influencer of today, and I enjoyed seeing her in danger. Yes, I was rooting for the bad guy, Tom. Luke’s Tom is a charming and twisted character, and the humor flows naturally. His performance reminds me of a cross between Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman and Jack Nicholson’s The Joker. The actors have a strong rapport and their on-screen interactions are believable and engaging. The actors have excellent chemistry, but their rapport creates a light-hearted atmosphere that undermines the suspense and makes it difficult for the audience to become fully invested in the story.

The production values are solid, the editing creates a nice pace for the majority of the film. The barn is an excellent location, the others are adequate. Jess has some interesting costume designs and Barker seems very comfortable in them.

FOLLOW HER, an adult-themed film that never achieves a level of seriousness and peril that I believe it should. There are excellent performances and some witty banter, but the story has two additional scenes, the first feels awkward and the second is an additional punchline that feels like it is there to simply set up the title of the film. Still, it is a deadly frolic where you can’t help but cheer for Jess’ demise.

CAST: Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones and Mark Moses CREW: Director / Producer - Sylvia Caminer; Screenplay / Producer - Dani Barker; Producer - Michael Indjeian; Cinematographer - Luke Geissbuhler; Score - Alexander Arntzen; Editor - Alex Gans; Production Designer - Noa Rachel Bricklin; Costume Designer - Caycee Black; Visual Effects Supervisor - Alex Noble OFFICIAL: www.followherfilm.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/FollowHerFilm TWITTER: twitter.com/FollowHerFilm TRAILER: https://youtu.be/19ELKe8IKXo RELEASE DATE: In Select Theaters & VOD June 2nd, 2023

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

[rhithefella]

Marcus and Rachel - "A 'New' Experience"

"...I guess you can try it. Just this once. I'll let you hold the camera."

- Famous last words from Rachel Soledad, the last girl to ever grace the planet. For in a manner of minutes, she will be losing her breath...

Out of laughter. And lots of it.

You see, her and her newfound... (ally? friend?) companion Marcus have come across the abandoned wastes of what used to be called a 'store', and she figured that they better grab what they could while they still can. Besides, it's not like she'll have to pay. As they're looking at the shelves that will never be restocked, Rachel comes across some familiar objects.

Cameras. Handheld ones.

Of course, she's had a lot of experience with them considering her worst regret of a job in the media industry. Knowing this, the sight of them gave her an idea.

"We can use these to record anything that we can.", the girl said, filling her bag with a few boxes of cameras.

The other wanderer shrugged, stocking a grocery cart with random objects he liked, mainly snacks.

Rachel took one camera, testing it out if it's still working somehow.

It is. Perfect.

She focused the camera on her companion, and called out to him.

"Marc, check this out!"

The old friend stranger looked back at her, tilting his head. He seemed a little more interested with it now.

Rachel took a few shots with the device, a few panning shots and then some others. After the random takes she inspected the videos she made. At this point the boy was standing right next to her, peering at the videos.

She takes notice, looking over at him. "Ah, do you... want to try?"

She gets a nod from him, and he reaches his hand out.

She hands it over carefully with a small smile. "...I guess you can try it. Just this once. I'll let you hold the camera. Go on, take videos of anything that interests you."

She watched as he tried to get the camera to record, fumbling with it like how one of her friends would fumble a conversation. Ah, who was it again? Pretty sure it was Kevin. She found those times quite endearing.

After a minute of just watching, she decided to step in and help him. "It's... obvious you haven't done this before. Here. Let me help you on that."

After getting the camera to work, her companion started to practically run around, camera in hand. She could tell that he was having fun with it, and he also looked like he was a natural.

After half an hour of running around, the boy returned, camera in hand. It looked pretty banged up, as if it's seen better days. But it was functional, it worked. The same could likely be said about the both of them.

He hands them off to Rachel, and she looked at the videos he took.

The contents of them caused a small smile to form on her face, albeit just a slight twitch of her muscles.

They had videos of random things. Shiny objects. The squeaky wheels of the cart he was using. Some remaining semblances of life on the area. A few cats, some dogs. Even the chirping of the birds that she'd normally call incessant if they didn't make her relieved to see a living thing.

She even saw him try to chase one of them.

She's trying, fighting for her life not to laugh.

There also was one clip of the traveller trying to... sniff the camera? Well, he was inspecting it. Also tossing it around. Guess she found out why it looked like that.

And with that, she started to laugh. The other traveller seemed confused, but slightly chuckled when he saw what she was laughing at.

Eventually, they both went into a hysterical, giggling fit. Ah, he was new to this after all.

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

Books I read in November

Six books = 1,575 pages read

The Return by Rachel Harrison

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

Badasstrounauts by Grady Hendrix

Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of 70's and 80's Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix

Dead Leprechauns and Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix

[saffalilac]

Saffalilac’s really long list of favorite media 💜

If I would reblog fanart of something, it’s probably going in this list!

Anime 🌸

Digimon Adventures

Fullmetal Alchemist

Houseki no Kuni

Hunter x Hunter

Mob Psycho 100

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Soul Eater

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero

Blogs 🦙

Bogleech

hedgehog-moss

one-weird-mammal-a-day

Books 🐋

A Dog’s Purpose

Artemis Fowl

The Candymakers

The Heroes of Olympus

How to Train your Dragon

The Kane Chronicles

Little Thieves

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Scholomance

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Six of Crows

Fanfiction ☔️

Being Dead Ain’t Easy (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Blue Sky (Portal)

Fargo (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Luster (The Adventure Zone)

Of Trying and Towers (Sanders Sides)

One Last Theft (Artemis Fowl/Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Live Action Shows 🪨

The Good Place

It’s Me or the Dog

Lucifer

Parks and Recreation

Schitt’s Creek

Movies 🥙

Barbie movies pre-2008

Coco

Coraline

Encanto

Ernest & Celestine

Fiddler on the Roof

The Incredibles

Inside Out

Kung Fu Panda

The Prince of Egypt

Princess Mononoke

Ratatouille

Rise of the Guardians

Spider-Man: Spiderverse Trilogy

Spirited Away

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds

Tangled

Thor: Ragnarok

Toy Story 2

Up

Zootopia

Podcasts & Radio 🍇

The Adventure Zone

Cabin Pressure

My Brother, My Brother and Me

Typin’ Toons

Poetry 🫧

The Orange

Two-Headed Calf

Theater 💐

Bad Jews

Fiddler on the Roof

Hamilton

Wicked

Video games 🦎

Ace Attorney

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Bugsnax

Celeste

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Deltarune

Fields of Mistria

Ghost Trick

Hades

Hollow Knight

Ib

Kid Icarus: Uprising

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Night in the Woods

One Shot

Pokémon

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Pokémon Ranger

Portal

Sara and the Sarcastic Creatures

Sonic Unleashed

Spelunky 2

Spiritfarer

Splatoon

Stardew Valley

Super Mario Picross

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

To the Moon

Undertale

The Witch’s House

Webcomics 🏕️

Brimstone & Roses

Castle Swimmer

Cucumber Quest

Everything is Fine

Gunnerkrigg Court

Homesick

Homestuck

Lavender Jack

Let’s Speak English

Monster Pulse

Paranatural

Sleepless Domain

Suitor Armor

Yumi’s Cells

Yuna and Kawachan

Western Animation 🪻

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Bee and Puppycat

Bojack Horseman

Codename: Kids Next Door

Danny Phantom

The Dragon Prince

Gravity Falls

Hilda

Infinity Train

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

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[sauntering-down]

twenty years ago, i wrote a Star Wars fic.

two years ago, i opened the document for the first time since junior high and liveblogged the reread for Mary.

tonight... you get to experience the experience. savor it. firefox crashed twice while i was compiling this post, so cursed is the tale...

someday, Mary, i will tell you about the cringiest thing i've ever written. it's completely ripped off of a Boba Fett novel released right after AotC, there are song lyrics repurposed as a poem, iirc there's a literal Plot Device that gets completely forgotten about until i realized i was at the end of the story… anyway, i just have to read it myself first, because i literally haven't opened that document in fifteen years. it's that bad. i printed it out and brought it to my grandparents' cabin upstate and made everyone in my family read it. i physically cannot let you read the entire thing, but when i finally get up the courage, i'll liveblog it for you

it's so bad, Mary. it's so bad. the ship in the story is literally the Slave I with (i think???) a different name. i distinctly remember looking up the actual type of ship in one of my brother's many Star Wars guides

it's FANTASTIC and just the vague memory is so awful i seriously haven't touched it since i was like, 13

i don't remember very much of the plot except the kid trying to get his ship back, because i'm pretty sure that's what happened in the Boba Fett novel lmao

there's supposed to be something about a mysterious crystal, but after like one chapter i forgot about it until remembering at the very end and just having this kid find it in a ship. like… imagine opening your glove compartment one afternoon and finding the fucking Hope Diamond in there. that's pretty much what happens

the last true island of cringe on my hard drive must be conquered

should've bought myself a neck brace in case i cringe so hard my head retracts into my torso

me: alright before i even open the document, i should tell you it's called 'Cast My Soul to the Sea'. IF i recall correctly, it's a bastardized lyric from a Loreena McKennitt song Mary: This is going to be AMAZING

i'm not sure i ever heard this song. i took the title and the """"poem"""" in the story from the titles of a totally different Star Wars story i found online. i didn't read it, btw, i just liked the title

okay. gonna open the document. if i never reply again it's because god smote me

thank god it's not written in Comic Sans

okay. okay. up until this instant i didn't remember the protagonist's name but thought it started with a J… turns out his name is Zachary McCoy. a very Star Wars name there.

anywho, it starts off with a line from this """""""""poem"""""""", and Zach's sister Evelyn asking if that's all he's written. he claims "seventh form" is difficult, whatever that is.

their father is apparently coming home soon. he is, OF COURSE, a bounty hunter.

we timeskip to Tuesday when Dad gets home… okay, this family consists of Zachary, his two little sisters Evelyn and Clarissa, mom Rachel, and dad… Breon. BREON. i mean, at least i was TRYING to make something a little more Star Warsy, but it stands out badly compared to the much more normal names. i should've gone big or gone home. why not Zaqureehy???

…i just realized this entire story is SEVEN PAGES LONG. what the actual fuck, 13-year-old Alex???? you useless asshole.

moving on… Zach notices his father seems sad, but doesn't worry about it much

Zach overhears his parents talking quietly and conveniently catches a few super relevant words! we get our first mention of the 'Caman's Crystal'

so Breon needs a hand because he has to track a bounty on Yavin 4, but he also has to get help from "the couriers on Dell", whatever that means. apparently he needs to do these things at the same time… so he asks his kid. how old is this kid? fuck if i know.

and there ends chapter one. it was about 400 words. i'm deeply ashamed of myself

me: chapter two… Zach sees a cool ship, goes "oh neat, whose is that?" and apparently it's HIS now. this kid is like, twelve. Mary: I mean…expensive flex, Breon, but okay

he notes it's almost like the Slave I, although HOW he knows that i have no fucking idea, except it's smaller. i'm calling it the Slave II now.

it's actually called the Starlight 7, but.. nah

Zach finds it a little strange at first but ofc he's an INSTANT EXPERT at piloting and gets the hang of it instantly

Breon apparently just vanished into the ether, because Zach's in hyperspace now. he reads a book to pass the time… which apparently has detailed descriptions of both Yavin 4 AND Kamino. can you tell i was not very familiar with anything Star Wars besides the movies?

oh wait, apparently Breon's still there? okay then

Zach tells himself not to worry because his father's flying and Breon is, of course, Jango Fett with the serial number filed off there's a clone joke there

…what follows is a total rip-off of the AotC scene where Obi-Wan chases Jango and Boba through the asteroids near Geonosis, complete with some rando Jedi following Breon and Zach. except they escape by shooting a wall with a torpedo and then hiding so it looks like they crashed into the wall Rando Jedi is clearly dumb as shit, because he falls for it. why is he there? idfk

i hate myself for making my parents read this. they must've been so disappointed. i bet that was the exact moment they realized why i was kicked out of honors classes after 7th grade.

chapter three! within the space of 57 words, they land on Yavin 4, spend the night in a hotel (do they even HAVE those on Y4????), Breon tells his son where to go, and then Zach takes off on his own.

i WANT to say Breon randomly gets killed at some point off-screen, but i honestly don't remember. too bad i can't keep it that way submitting to the mortifying ordeal of knowing myself here

mmkay so he heads to Dell, which has 11 moons and apparently extremely strong gravity that pulls the ship in, though there's no actual mention of the effects this would have on a human hanging out there or anything. Zach can't find a landing pad and instead lands the ship in a small field near a city.

Zach says 'people' and means 'humans'. kid's fucking xenophobic.

i'm now really glad this is short because it's excruciating.

he inexplicably gets stopped by two bounty hunters who are looking for a kid around his age LOL he namedrops his dad to scare them off

Zach then wanders around like "okay Breon McCoy is well known and i'm his son, so nobody can use me as bounty, unless i AM a bounty" and my brain just short-circuited a little

me: chapter four! he has no idea where these 'couriers' who are supposed to be awaiting him are, or even WHO they are Mary: nice going, Breon, you didn't give your kid any information me: Breon didn't do a great job prepping him for this, but that's what 57 words gets you, i guess

so he goes back to the Slave II and OH NOES IT'S GONE!!!!!!

a Dellian girl named Amandia is hanging around. that seems suspicious as fuck, but she tells Zach that a guy named Buz might've taken the ship and it's probably on Dell 2.

me: what the FUCK is going on in this paragraph Mary: I'M SO CONFUSED??????? me: who's Perrier???

like. okay. so i guess Breon told Zach to find the couriers so they could help him find the crystal… and maybe Perrier is the bounty he's trying to find…?

usually i can puzzle out my own writing, but this one is… really something

fuck it, moving on. 'couriers' are Dellians light enough to… fly from the surface of Dell to the moons without a ship?? this makes NO sense but i'm pretty sure it was ripped off that Boba Fett novel, so i'm sure there was a better explanation somewhere

at this point i'm just going to assume Breon's trying to bump off his son for insurance money or something and he's in cahoots with these guys. Amandia helped steal the ship, obviously.

okay, chapter five! Zach and Amandia are on a cliff, waiting for the gravity to shift. the explanation has something to do with the moons. idk.

so they step off the cliff and fall a bit and then just… start gliding through space, rising and falling with the gravity changes. again, 100% stolen from that novel. they eventually land on the moon (no idea how they breathed this entire time), but lol it's the wrong moon

yeah, Amandia's suspicious as fuck.

they do, however, make it to the correct moon. apparently "daylight never comes" there, so i'm going to assume it's tidally locked and they're just on the dark side. this inexplicably gives Zach an idea for his """"""""""""""""""""""""poem"""""""""""""""""""""

they walk for a while until they see another Dellian about Amandia's age, whatever that is. his name is… Noah. they need to use his speeder to get across the moon because Buz has his ship. how do you know that, Amandia… Zach isn't NEARLY suspicious enough for this line of work. she's so obviously working with this Buz dude, kiddo.

chapter six!

Zach. honey. she flies around on weird gravity tides. this girl doesn't give a FUCK about a super-fast speeder; she's trying to get you killed or sold into slavery or something.

so they take off in Noah's speeder, which is extremely fast. Zach's cool with this because he likes upgrading his own speeders, asks if this thing goes any faster, which ofc it does.

oh hey! we finally find out Zach lives on Naboo.

Noah's been to Kamino, apparently. i don't know how i missed the very clear fact that it's an extremely isolated planet and gets very very very few visitors

they see the Slave II! but suddenly it takes off and heads for another moon!!!!! SUSPENSO.

literally two pages left. i can't believe i packed so much into seven pages and yet there's absolutely no detail, action, exposition, character development, or even much in the way of PLOT here.

side note, i just remembered a part in my dream where R2-D2 had kidnapped a person and kept them buried in a shallow grave… but they were still alive and i saw him dig them up. their entire head had been skinned and they were like, weakly crying out for help. it was extremely creepy and fucked up. then C-3PO showed up and R2 quickly buried them again before 3PO noticed. so i guess i subconsciously think R2-D2 is some kind of sadistic serial killer or something? idk, man. let's go back to the story.

so Noah decides they can follow the Slave II in his own father's ship, hilariously called the 'Superfly'. he says he's eleven years old, too… so Amandia's just a kid also? maybe Buz is her dad and he's getting her started in the crime business early. wait wait no! i was wrong! it's ZACH who's eleven. Noah is thirteen and he's annoyed he can't have his own ship

they're so busy chatting they don't notice a "small fighter" approaching until it fires at them

and then there are like… five fighters? who fight each other? and one of them is Noah's brother… idk

anyway, they manage to land on Dell 8 after that, though the ship is slightly damaged from the hit they took

Mary: Is this entire 7 page story literally just jumping from moon to moon? me: PRETTY MUCH

they see Zach's ship but can't follow in their own, so Noah grabs a conveniently located speeder and they're off again!

chapter eight… they switch so Zach can drive… they catch up to the Slave II and Buz, whoever he is, gets out… they run past him onto the ship and he takes the speeder and leaves. that's. um. anticlimactic doesn't seem to cover it.

they hear something rattling around in the ship, but WHATEVER, Zach stops on the other moon and Noah leaves and then… well… you need to witness this for yourself.

i wasn't joking about the glove compartment thing. it's like the only thing from this story i really remembered lmfao also check OUT that amazing writing there.

Mary: Space glove compartments are definitely a thing, they have a whole thing with them in the Jedi Prince books, so you're just in a long line of wonderful ship glove compartment writers Mary: that being said, WHY WOULD HE PUT THE SUPER RARE AND VALUABLE CRYSTAL IN A GLOVE COMPARTMENT

chapter nine, Zach goes to a "government building" on Yavin 4 and hands over the crystal to some random official, who asks what he's doing here

look, i don't even know what this crystal is, what it does, why it's so valuable and everyone wants it… i just don't know.

me: Zach says he's looking for his father Mary: And here's where we find out…that his father is DEAD (I assume)

and then… AND THEN…

THE END. except for the """"""""""""""""""""""poem"""""""""""""""""" which is like five lines, doesn't rhyme, makes no sense, and hopefully got an F.

Mary: BRILLIANT ENDING, 5 STARS

what was the crystal for? why did Buz steal Zach's ship, and why did he give it up so easily? does Zach ever go home? does the rest of his family even know Breon died? BEATS ME MAN

it's amazing. it's so bad. half the cringe comes from the inescapable knowledge that i made my family members read this. thank god i don't remember how they reacted

i bet Breon faked his death maybe he gave Zach the ship in hopes his secret lover Buz would bump him off in the process of stealing it. then they'd take the crystal, pawn it, and go off to start a new life together. Buz's daughter Amandia helps out and comes to live with them. Noah never gets his own ship. the end.