#s/i: Dewitt

[shapposaid]

Brittany and Santana feat. Jack and Rose

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Creepy Guy, to DeWitt: You know you're a little sweet on me.

Dominic: Ah, so you have chosen P a i n

Adelle: :3

[feytouched]

fellow snobbish reader in agony over poorly-written picks!! please do share any of your successes if you're inclined ♥

hello!! here are some books that i actually found interesting / intelectually stimulating / moving and that have gotten me out of reading slumps. there's a mix of classics, nonfiction, short stories/novellas and poetry bc that's where i find the best brain-declogging reads for me. also a few contemporary fiction picks at the end that reignited my faith in current writers

- previously read

invisible cities by italo calvino

ways of seeing by john berger

letters on cézanne or letters to a young poet or the book of hours by rainer maria rilke

on love and barley by basho

the epic of gilgamesh, translation by sophus helle

otherlands by thomas halliday

the last unicorn by peter s. beagle

granted by mary szybist

ice by gillian clarke

the english understand wool by helen dewitt

--- recent(ish) sci-fi/fantasy picks

the tainted cup by robert jackson bennett

emily wilde's encyclopaedia of fairies by heather fawcett

the regency/victorian faerie tales series by olivia atwater

- currently reading, highly recommend

the magic mountain by thomas mann

from my TBR, cannot recommend yet but i'm hoping for the best

i capture the castle by dodie smith

the spear cuts through water by simon jimenez

a winter book by tove jannson

pale fire by vladimir nabokov

the left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin

jane eyre by charlotte brontë

drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk

my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

25 in 2025

here are 25 fiction books (plus 5 nonfiction books, because of who i am as a person!) that i want to read in 2025, color-coded!

The Fic:

Craft: Stories I Wrote For The Devil by Ananda Lima

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Metal from Heaven by August Clarke

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

Catchpenny by Charlie Huston

Between Earth and Sky Trilogy by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Future by Catherine LeRoux

A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry

Look No Further by Rioghnach Robinson and Siofra Robinson

Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu

The Archive Undying by Emma Meiko Candon

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Bright by Duanwad Pimwana

How to Dance by Jason B. Dutton

Even Though I Knew The End by CL Polk

Whirlwind Romance by Sam Thompson

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

the blue this year are Just Because books--i've gotten a zillion novellas in the last couple years that i'm super hyped to read, and i do like stacking my reading material with the season, so i'll try to do CAMP ZERO and BLACKFISH CITY while it's still wintry out there.

purple things are still driscoll-adjacent (writing project coded)--either weird or YA or sentient settings or crisis of faith or community, this year (i'm starting to Reach haha)(hopefully i'll finish these revisions this year though!!).

green starts my NaNo prep, because my aro ass is going to write some weird aro horror/romance hot mess in november, and i need Romance Novel Fodder--i've got a few other things on deck as the time approaches, but this is the start of my list for now >:D

The Nonfic, presented with neither pomp nor colorful circumstance:

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

shout out to @e-b-reads for promising to tag me, which was apparently all the invitation i needed lmao.

tagging @asexualbookbird, @sixofravens-reads, @alloreli, @agardenandlibrary (although you may have already done this?), and anyone else who wants to play!

[lulu2992]

My beaded creations

Have I ever told you about my handcrafted beaded jewelry collection?

Don’t answer that, I know I haven’t.

Well, I’ve been making bracelets, necklaces, rings, and other stuff for years now, most of them inspired by things (such as games or movies) that I like, so I thought it would be nice to finally share and talk about my creations :)

Part 1: Seed beads

One of the first video game series I fell in love with, back when I was 14-15, was The Legend of Zelda. Of course, I had to make Zelda jewelry!

Hyrule Crest bracelet, made with gold and clear beads.

In 2011, I played Skyward Sword and became… a little obsessed with Ghirahim :’)

A bracelet inspired by Ghirahim’s final form, and another with his name (and a reference to his white outfit).

Rings inspired by Ghirahim’s final form (top) and cloak (bottom).

2011-2012 was also the time I fell in love with two pieces of media that are still very dear to my heart and that, in a way, almost changed my life: the movie Sucker Punch and the video game Far Cry 3. They inspired many creations.

BABYDOLL and VAAS sets of rings, made with seed and alphabet beads.

By the way, I made a lot of stuff using alphabet beads, but that will be in Part 2.

Bracelet with Babydoll’s “full” name, M.REEAS, and two orbitoclasts.

BABY and DOLL rings.

A VAAS ring.

Bracelet inspired by Far Cry 3 with the word INSANITY written in symmetry, in turquoise blue and iridescent grey.

In 2013, I played Tomb Raider, the first game of the “Reborn Trilogy”. Years later, I also played (and enjoyed) its two sequels.

Bracelet inspired by Lara Croft’s journey, with the words I SURVIVED and an arrow.

In 2013 and 2014, I discovered two other video game franchises I still love today: Hitman and BioShock. The first titles I played at the time were Hitman: Absolution and BioShock Infinite.

Two rings, one inspired by Agent 47’s iconic suit, and the other by the AD scar on Booker DeWitt’s hand.

A recreation of Elizabeth’s medallions: the cage and the bird.

Later in 2014, I played the rest of the BioShock series.

Bracelets inspired by the tattoos on Jack Ryan’s wrists, made with clear and black beads.

In 2015, I was introduced to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and specifically to Advent Children. I’ve never played the games but, to understand the movie, I watched all the Crisis Core cutscenes and read extensively about the story of FFVII and even Before Crisis. Many tears were shed for Zack and Aerith in the process.

Three rings inspired by the Remnants of Sephiroth, Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo. The letters K, L, and Y are blue because of their eyes and the lifestream. The fourth ring simply has the letter S in clear silver beads surrounded in black for Sephiroth.

Rings for Zack and Aerith. The blue and silver ones were originally pink and blue but accidentally ended up in the washing machine. A “happy” accident, after all, because they look nice too and, considering what their story is, the absence of color creates a new symbolic meaning!

In 2018, Far Cry 5 came out, but I only created these recently:

Top: a ring with three J for the Seed brothers, John (blue), Joseph (yellow), and Jacob (red). On the other side, an attempt at the Eden’s Gate cross.

Bottom: a ring for Faith Seed, and what is supposed to be flowers on the other side (Bliss flower in the center and two pink ones like the ones on her dress). The letter F is green on a clear background, but if you look closely, you may notice three iridescent clear beads too. Combined with the F shape, they form the letter R, for Rachel.

This year, I also made sword bracelets inspired by The Legend of Zelda, Sucker Punch, and Mulan (1998):

The Master Sword, Babydoll’s katana, and Mulan’s sword.

And these are from a while ago, but here are game controllers. The Wiimote + Nunchuk can’t really be worn as jewelry; I just felt like making that.

To be continued in Part 2 :)

[respectoughfully]

Me about myself in my Late 90's Fame Dr

ABOUT ME:

FULL NAME: Isabella Rachel Allard-Tessier

NICKNAME(s): Izzy, Iz, Ibby, Belle

FACE CLAIM: my cr face but better and a bit older

AGE: 22*

BIRTHDAY: June 14th, 1976

BIRTHPLACE: Lyon, France

GENDER & PRONOUNS: female || she/her

NATIONALITY & ETHNICITY: British, French || British-French

CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Zurich, Switzerland

ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

MBTI: infp

FAMILY:

· Robert Allard - father,

· Élisabeth Tessier - mother,

· Isla Allard-Tessier - triplet sister,

· Isaac Allard-Tessier - triplet brother,

LANGUAGES I CAN SPEAK:

English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, Russian

HOBBIES: reading books, horse riding, cooking, dancing, travelling, swimming, stargazing

CAREER:

· actress,

· film & music producer,

· dancer,

· singer,

· songwriter

INSTRUMENTS I CAN PLAY:

electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, drums, flute, violin

PREVIOUS ROLES (UNTIL 1998):

· E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) as Gertie,

· Dune (1984) as Alia Atreides,

· Millie (1990) as Amelie “Millie” Girard **,

· The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) as Sally (voice),

· Jurassic Park (1993) as Lex Murphy,

· Hokus pokus (1993) as Allison,

· Heavenly Creatures (1994) - Juliet Hulme,

· Little Women (1994) as Beth March,

· A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) - Princess Sarah,

· La Fille seule (1995) as Valérie,

· La Nounou (1995 - 2003) as Adèle Bernard **,

· La Cérémonie (1995) as Melinda,

· Scream (1996) as Sidney Prescott,

· Romeo + Juliet (1996) as Juliet Capulet,

· The Fifth Element (1997) as Diva Plavalaguna,

· The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) as Lex Murphy,

· The Rainmaker (1997) as Kelly Riker,

· Scream 2 (1997) as Sidney Prescott,

· Anastasia (1997) as Anastasia (voice),

· Titanic (1997) as young Rose DeWitt,

· 10 things I hate about you (1998) as Katarina Stratford,

· Pleasantville (1998) as Jennifer / Mary Sue Parker,

· La Fille étrange (1998) as Fleur **,

· Les Misérables (1998) as Cosette,

· 23 (1998) as Lisa **,

ALBUMS (UNTIL 1998):

· The Woman Who Love Too Much (1994),

· Girls' Night Affairs (1996),

· The Lady in Red (1998)

BACKSTORY:

I was born in Lyon as the eldest of triplets, the children of British traveller and writer Robert Allard and French model and photographer Élisabeth Tessier.

Less than a year after we were born our father was offered the chance to host a travel programme called The Strider for the BBC. Together with our mother they decided to take me and my siblings on those journeys.

Since then, we have spent more time on the road than in our home in France. Together, we have explored Australia and Northern Europe, both Americas, and a good part of Africa.

Despite the unusual conditions, our parents took great care of our education and development. I had private tuitions, practised ballet and singing, learned to play a few instruments. During those travels, I aslo learnt about the culture and traditions of the countries we visited and learnt a couple of languages.

We have settled in the USA for a few years where my siblings and I finished high school. It was then that I met my best friends to this day; Judy and Kayleigh. I later got into Harvard, where I studied psychology and linguistics.

I got my first role - Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - at the age of six; I went to the audition out of curiosity. Later I also played the young Alia Atreides in Dune, but I didn't tie my future to acting. My love for it was born in the high school drama club. My return in front of the cameras was the 1990 film Millie, but it was with the role of Lex Murphy in Jurassic Park, which I got at the age of seventeen, that I was truly noticed. Other productions followed and with them came increasing success and popularity.

At the beginning of the university, I began to take interest in music - my first album, The Woman Who Love Too Much, was released in 1994 and it quickly became clear that I was as talented an actress as I was a singer.

At age of twenty I move alone to cottage house near Zurich.

LIKES: strawberries, misty and rainy weather, incenses and scented candles, cold pizza, winter mornings, sweets, the sea, spices, nightly baths in the lake, self-care days, the wind in my hair when I'm horse riding, forests, long walks, fireplaces

DISLIKES: arrogant people, feelings of lack of control, violence, hot weather, loud noises, bright and cool light, being sick, small and closed spaces, peanut butter, chlorine smell

* For the year 1998, to which I'm shifting to,

** Self-scripted roles/films

[fipindustries]

Man, you know what i really miss? The webcomic fanboys. It was so fundamentally a thing of its time. It was in many ways the archetypical mid 2000's webcomic. Gamer culture, ya protags sitting on a couch, gag based strips, constant self inserts and references to other webcomics like penny arcade.

The author will forever have my respect for making a whole arc where he adresses the criticisms he got for his poor art and said "yeah, they are totally right, i DO need to improve as an artist"

And then he did. Then he fucking did.

King shit, miss dewitt a lot.

[brokehorrorfan]

I Walked with a Zombie and The Seventh Victim will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD together on October 8 via The Criterion Collection. Katherine Lam designed the cover art for Val Lewton productions.

1943's I Walked with a Zombie is directed by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People) and written by Curt Siodmak (The Wolf Man) and Ardel Wray. James Ellison, Frances Dee, and Tom Conway star.

1943's The Seventh Victim is directed by Mark Robson (Earthquake) and written by DeWitt Bodeen (Cat People) and Charles O'Neal. Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, and Kim Hunter star.

Both films have been newly restored in 4K with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

I Walked with a Zombie audio commentary by film historians Kim Newman and Stephen Jones

The Seventh Victim audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman

Interview with film historian Imogen Sara Smith

Audio essays from Adam Roche's podcast The Secret History of Hollywood

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy - 2005 documentary on producer Val Lewton featuring William Friedkin, Guillermo del Toro, George A. Romero, John Landis, Robert Wise, Neil Gaiman, and more

Trailers

Booklet with essays by critics Chris Fujiwara and Lucy Sante

Terror lives in the shadows in a pair of mesmerizingly moody horror milestones conjured from the imagination of Val Lewton, the visionary producer-auteur who turned our fears of the unseen and the unknown into haunting excursions into existential dread. As head of RKO’s B-horror-movie unit during the 1940s, Lewton, working with directors such as Jacques Tourneur and Mark Robson, brought a new sophistication to the genre by wringing chills not from conventional movie monsters but from brooding atmosphere, suggestion, and psychosexual unease. Suffused with ritual, mysticism, and the occult, the poetically hypnotic I Walked with a Zombie and the shockingly subversive The Seventh Victim are still-tantalizing dreams of death that dare to embrace the darkness.

[bigbrotherlouis]

top books of 2024!

i’ve been doing a lot more reading and i love talking about it so here are my faves. i tried to narrow it down to 5 and then went “well, i can’t leave THAT one off the list!” so ten fiction and five nonfiction recs for you:

fiction:

1. nettle and bone by t. kingfisher - i’m a sucker for a fairytale and this was a good one. felt very familiar and still very new all at the same time. t. kingfisher was a new to me author this year and her horror didn’t hit but all her fairytales did. this one was very good, and a princess nun on a witchy endeavor was a fun time.

2. burial rites by hannah kent - i read this in one sitting because i couldn’t put it down, and i’m still thinking about it almost a year later. the way kent changes your opinion on the characters is so skillfully done and i liked it a lot.

3. the library at mount char by scott hawkins - this is not a book for everyone but i do love a plot that makes me go “HOW did you even THINK of that?!” what WOULD you do if god went missing?? massive trigger warnings but oh so good.

4. the alice network by kate quinn - kate is my holiday read author of choice and i read this in poland in the summer and it was perfect. the rose code is still my favourite book of hers but this one ranked up there. love a good spy network.

5. beartown by fredrick backman - i loved this one but i think i would’ve loved it more if i had not read the other two. good, but after three books of that length it does drag. masterful control of perspective and of plot weaving, plus some great ruminations on hockey.

6. the six deaths of the saint by alix e. harrow - i am overjoyed that harrow is (allegedly) making this into a longer novel because i LOVED IT. the visceralness of it. the cyclical nature. the horror when you realise what’s happening. perfect.

7. when among crows by veronica roth - i’m a slut for slavic folklore and this has such a sense of both history and place that really draws you in. i cannot stop thinking about the spine sword. i wish it had been longer just to stay in the world more.

8. the english understand wool by helen dewitt- i know it’s three novellas in a row but they were GOOD!! this one was an amazing length and just a fascinating almost oceans eleven-esque unraveling of a story. i gasped.

9. normal people by sally rooney - i know I KNOW. but i went to school on the emerald isle and it just resonated in lots of ways. i fell in love with the characters and honestly? might reread this winter bc i loved the atmosphere.

10. penance by eliza clark - god. this book. brutal in the worst ways and such an insightful commentary on, well, a lot of things. true crime culture, online communities, parasocial relationships, the weirdness of girl friendships as teens. also a potential reread!

nonfiction:

1. red valkyries by kristen ghodsee - probably my favourite book i’ve read this year, just because i learned SO much!! i read it in one sitting because i was just so fascinated by these amazing women, and i walked away with a more nuanced, more positive view of lenin than before.

2. the quiet damage by jesselyn cook - possibly the best nonfiction book i have ever read? i couldn’t put it down. heartbreaking and tough to read but i think very necessary in these days.

3. war is a force that gives us meaning by chris hedges - this is very good with a disclaimer. i agreed with a lot of his overarching philosophies but i didn’t agree with his examples. it has some pitfalls, but! parts of it are essential reading for peacebuilders. if anyone wants to chat abt this one please text

4. in the dream house by carmen maria machado - this was a very good memoir and very innovative in form. i liked that part a lot but i couldn’t quite shake the feeling that this was not written for me. that’s okay! i could still see how it might be impactful and, again, i liked the playing with tropes, but didn’t hit me the way i expected after seeing other people’s reactions.

5. the sunflower by simon wiesenthal - i tell everyone to read this book if they are interested in peacebuilding at all. it’s a good commentary on forgiveness. not much else to say except it’s fascinating.

and that’s all for now! i read 62 books and am trying to read 100 in the upcoming year (about 8 a month). my personal goal is at least one nonfiction a month, but my secret goal is two with one being more memoir and one being more informative. it was fun rediscovering how to read again and i’m hoping to continue that in 2025 :)

also for the record the worst book i read this year is the idea of you which is the one that anne hathaway starred in an adaptation of. absolutely terrible.

[wasted-women]

The Trope of the Day is Women in Refrigerators

Welcome to the wasted women tournament, a tournament to figure out what was the worst female character death!

If you don't know, women in refrigerators is a trope originally coined by comic writer Gail Simone in the 90s in response to the death of Alexandra DeWitt in the Green Lantern comics. She had been the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner's girlfriend who had been killed by the villain Major Force and her body stuffed into the refrigerator for Kyle to find. Since then, "fridged" has become a verb to refer to female characters who are senselessly killed in order to the male protagonists sad or angry without much regard to the woman herself. While originally referring specifically to comic books, the terminology has started to spread to any media.

There are typically two ways that women tend to be fridged:

A female character is written specifically to be fridged. The loving mother/older sister or the disposable love interests are both examples of this trope. These characters typically have very little agency or inner-world outside of the male protagonist— their relationship with the male character is essentially their whole role in the story.

A female character who is a character in their own right— they DO have their own inner-world— but then is killed off to affect the male characters or for plot convenience.

With all of that said, here are the rules for for submissions. Please make sure you read them all before you submit.

The submitted character has be a woman. ABSOLUTELY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, DO MALE CHARACTERS COUNT.

(Women in refrigerators is a trope about the senseless killing of female characters because they are thought of as more disposable by nature of being female. While some male characters are killed off for problematic reasons—see bury your gays or the black guy dies first tropes—this blog isn't about them. However, feel free to combine tropes by submitting queer women or women of color, as they are often killed off at higher rates than cishet or white women.)

For the most part, no resurrected characters. By that I mean no characters who die but later come back to life. However, if you think your character should still count despite their resurrection, feel free to make your case to me in the ask box. If you convince me, I will count them.

No characters who are injured or incapacitated but do not die. However, just like above, you can make your case to me in the ask box and if you convince me, I will count them.

Trans women are women, so feel free to submit trans characters. ABSOLUTELY NO TERFS ALLOWED ON THE BLOG— YOU WILL BE BLOCKED ON SIGHT. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.

No nonbinary characters unless they also identify with being a woman. Nonbinary people ≠ women. There aren't many nonbinary characters in media in general so I do not think this will be much of a problem but I wanted to specify just in case.

If the woman was killed off for a reason other than making male character(s) sad or plot convenience, then it does not count. This trope is not just any woman who died—there are plenty of ways to kill off a female character in a well-written way!— it's specifically unnecessary or gratuitous killing of female characters in a badly-written way.

I reserve the right to reject a character if I do not think they were actually fridged.

I reserve the right to reject a character if I am not comfortable including them.

I think this goes without saying but no real people.

No unofficial or small media (ex. fan media, OCs, a comic on someone's Tumblr, etc.) as I feel like that could encourage bullying on individual people. Stick to comics, TV, movies, anime, etc. etc. etc. Even if they are smaller but "official" in some way it can be included.

Submissions will be open until December 1st, but if I get a lot of submissions early on I will close them early.

SUBMIT HERE

[oneinathousand]

So I recently found out that Peter Cushing’s last film performance where he wasn’t playing himself for a documentary was for an unfinished animated movie called Walpurgis Night, and no clips of his performance (or most of everyone else’s) have ever been made available to the public…

If you look at any list of his filmography it’ll always say that Biggles was his last movie role, but 3 years later in 1989 a guy named Zachary Zito reached out to him and convinced him to do voiceover work along with John Carradine, Joyce DeWitt, and Ferdy Mayne.

Not much is known about Walpurgis Night except that 1. It was stop-motion. 2. It had something to do with Frankenstein. 3. John Carradine was a narrator who recited at least part of The Tell-Tale Heart at one point. 4. Peter Cushing’s character was called The Poor Traveler, though whether it was supposed to be the Charles Dickens character by the same name or just a simple reference to him, I don’t know.

After Cushing’s death, Starlog Magazine ran a tribute article for him that said the movie was expected to come out in 1997, though that never happened, of course.

The only clip of the movie that was ever made available to the public to my knowledge was a 15-second clip included in the 90’s A&E documentary It’s Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein which depicts a bit of Carradine’s narration, though unfortunately, Eli Wallach talks over it. I think it’s Carradine’s voice underneath it and not Cushing. I was lucky enough to snag this clip as well a bit of research I’ll talk about in a bit through the Wayback Machine shortly before the Internet Archive went down.

Other than that, the only time I know that footage of the movie was shown anywhere was during the 2009 Monster Bash convention. Looking through the old version of the website, I was able to find out that footage from the movie as well as audio-only clips of Carradine reading from Frankenstein were shown one day.

I emailed a guy who was involved with Monster Bash named Charles Henson who told me that footage of the showing was not included in that year’s DVD and therefore he saved me 20 bucks, but he did have a few photos which he kindly shared with me.

Other than that, the trail has gone pretty cold. There were a couple other people I tried reaching out to but the emails were either not working anymore or I never got any response. There are a couple other people I’ll try emailing next to see if they either recorded the Monster Bash showing or have any more info about the movie, so I’ll let y’all know if there’s any updates.

[historiavn]

COMFORT LIST

COMFORT CHARACTER(S): Mace Windu (Star Wars), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars), Yoda (Star Wars), Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson), Milo Thatch (Atlantis: the Lost Empire), Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird), Elphaba (Wicked), Penelope Featherington (Bridgerton), Christine Daaè (The Phantom of the Opera), Elsa (Frozen), Rose Dewitt Bukater (Titanic), Violet Sorrengail (Empyrean Series).

COMFORT MOVIE(S): Titanic (1997), Night at the Museum (2006), Lincoln (2012), Barbie (2023), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Star Wars: A New Hope (1997), Atlantis: the Lost Empire (2001), Coco (2017), Home Alone (1989), Rise of the Guardians (2012), The Princess Bride (1987), Mean Girls (2006), Anastasia (1997), Maleficent (2013), Little Women (2019), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005), The Prince of Egypt (1998).

COMFORT BOOK(S): The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series (Rick Riordan), The Empyrean Series (Rebecca Yarros), The Unwanteds (Lisa McMann), To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee), Divergent (Veronica Roth), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen), Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen).

COMFORT SHOW(S): Bridgerton, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Star Wars: the Clone Wars, Titanic: Blood and Steel, PBS’s Liberty’s Kids, Anne With an E, Turn: Washington’s Spies.

COMFORT SONG(S): The Man (Taylor Swift), Shake It Off (Taylor Swift), Irrelevant (P!nk), Dancing Queen (ABBA), I Hear a Symphony (Cody Fry), Born This Way (Lady Gaga), Ya-Ya (Beyoncé), no tears left to cry (Ariana Grande), Sign of the Times (Harry Styles), Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles).

COMFORT GAME(S): Mario Kart, Minecraft, Club Penguin Journey, The Sims.

STOLEN FROM @bijoupreciieux.

TAGGING @girlsurvive, @vyrulent, @mvndrvke, @deficd, @monmuses, @reverdies, @rh4egar, @strcngered, @misfittcd, @wolfvirago, @villainmade, AND YOU. All tags on dash games are no pressure, so feel free to ignore this if you prefer! Let me know if you don’t want to be tagged on these.

[greenlantern94to04]

Green Lantern #53 (July 1994)

Superman comes to retrieve the villain from his comic who somehow ended up in this one. What is this, a crossover episode?! Well, yeah.

Last issue, Mongul dropped in on Kyle Rayner's beach-side photo session and demanded a rematch with "Green Lantern," not terribly concerned with the fact that this is a completely different GL from the one who defeated in Coast City him last year. The fight isn't going too well for Kyle, but luckily for him it's interrupted by one of Mongul's former space gladiators: Superman.

As Superman and Mongul get reacquainted, Kyle ignores his girlfriend Alex's advice and tries to rejoin the fight... only for Mongul to swat him off like a mosquito and send him flying to the water, where he immediately starts drowning. Cue sad trombone.

Superman must have a lot of faith in this new GL he just met (or, more likely, in his GL ring), because he doesn't even try to go rescue him from a watery death. The faith turns out to be well-placed, since Kyle triumphantly emerges from the water and distracts Mongul, allowing Superman to knock him away. This finally gives the two heroes a chance to introduce themselves to each other:

(Superman saying "By the way, I'm Superman" is 1) ridiculous and 2) exactly what Superman would say.)

After seeing Kyle using his ring, Superman says the Guardians must be pleased to have him as a Corps member, to which Kyle replies "Guardians? Core member?" Mongul isn't enjoying the fight so much anymore, so he decides to end it by unleashing his secret weapon: a yellow laser (so that's what that square on his chest is for). To Superman and Mongul's confusion, Kyle doesn't understand why he should be afraid of a little yellow and shrugs off Mongul's attack.

Inspired by Superman's comment about not losing his "train of thought," Kyle finally knocks Mongul out by slamming him with a "Slamtrak" train. Superman is impressed ("Not bad for a Green Lantern who's never even heard of the Guardians of the Universe") and tells Kyle to look him up if he's ever in Metropolis. Superman flies off to take Mongul back to jail, leaving Kyle pretty satisfied with himself. He tells Alex that he feels like he passed his first real test (Ohm didn't count, I guess?) and now he thinks "everything's going to be all right." Everything's coming up Rayner!

Meanwhile, back in that shady government office from last issue, the shady government agents give a shady purple figure the mission to retrieve a powerful ring that ended up in the hands (well, hand) of some random dude. We see that the purple figure is Major Force, a.k.a. Captain Atom But Evil, one of the villains who broke out of supervillain prison with Mongul.

Oh, and they give him their best lead for how to find his target: the name "Alexandra DeWitt."

Plotline-Watch:

SPOILERS: Everything's NOT going to be all right.

When Mongul says he's gonna kill Superman, he replies: "I hate to disappoint you... [PUNCH] but it's been done!" This is a reference to that obscure storyline where Superman did, in fact, die. (Maybe I should start keeping track of all the times Superman references his death during supervillain battles in this era.)

When Kyle is about to rejoin the fight, Alex tells him this is "a little out of your league." This is NOT a reference to the fact that Superman and Kyle will end up as teammates in the Justice League, but I'm choosing to see it as that anyway.

This issue establishes that Kyle's ring, unlike Hal's, works perfectly fine on yellow things (and beings, like Mongul), but doesn't explain why yet. It also establishes that Kyle does have a weakness: ADHD.

Superman says he's got questions about what happened to Hal, who he hasn't seen "since Coast City" ('s funeral), and Kyle wishes him luck in finding his buddy. Those questions will be answered pretty dramatically in Zero Hour. There will be punching involved.

While taking Mongul away, Superman assures Kyle that this time "there won't be any chance of him getting free" as we see an image of some sort of hi-tech iron maiden-type contraption. There was some chance, it turns out, since Mongul will get free in 1995's Flash #102, where he'll once again be used to demonstrate the limits of the title hero's new powers.

I like the part when the government agents ask Major Force if he didn't go soft while he was in prison and, to find out if he did, they shoot him in the head. MF barely seems to notice the bullet and then breaks the agent's gun and hand, so I guess that's a "no."

Man, that Alex is a keeper. May Kyle and her have a long and happy relationship!

NEXT ISSUE: The one with the refrigerator.

[sunshineprincejeremyknox]

Music Tag Meme!

The Rules: Pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people

Tagged by @cacodaemonia thank you!!

I'm going with my more standard handle (flowerparrish) because it is STILL less letters lol

F - False Confidence - Noah Kahan

L - Laura Palmer - Bastille

O - Overwhelmed - Ryan Mack

W - Weight of Living Pt II - Bastille

E - Eat Your Young - Hozier

R - Real Good Life - The Mowgli's

P - Pompeii - Bastille

A - ALICE - PEGGY

R - Remains - Bastille, Rag'n'Bone Man, Skunk Anansie

R - Run Boy Run - Woodkid

I - In Hell, I'll Be In Good Company - The Dead South

S - Scare Away the Dark - Passenger

H - Hearts Beat Loud - Keegan DeWitt, Kiersey Clemons

Tagging: anyone who wants to do this!!

[evil-sometimes]

i just want to say fuck u to burton s dewitt, i dont know you but you need to learn to write, those sentences are ridiculous and incomprehensible, honestly imo some of the worst modern legal writing i've ever tried to engage with

additionally thank u to maxi scherer <3 i love ur clear and distinct use of definitions and ur incredible structure and subheadings, ur article covered nearly the same ground as dewitt, was 20 pages longer, and yet i read it in prob half the time cause ur just that good queen

[fullmoonreviews]

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE FULL REVIEW

"I liked 2022’s SMILE and felt it was a cool concept that never met its full potential. But 2024’s SMILE 2 heard that and met that goal in almost every single way. Naomi Scott understood the assignment and carried the film effortlessly, crafting a fake pop star and making her feel like she’s been part of our lives for years. She hits every emotional and wild beat believably, making us feel for a character that honestly shouldn’t be sympathetic to begin with. That also extends to the incredible pop soundtrack that Scott shines on, providing us with bangers that will be an annual Halloween listen for me. Director/writer Parker Finn also improves upon what he achieved in the first film, giving us crazier and more stylish shots and edits, while using the bigger budget to create Skye’s celebrity universe and showcase better CGI for the smiling demons. And while some may complain about the predictable ending, I called it the moment I watched the first trailer and I have no issue with it. There’s no other way this film could have ended and it leads to an interesting third installment if Paramount decides to make it. I liked this way more than I did the first film and I think fans of SMILE will be smiling a lot while enjoying this sequel. One of the better horror films of 2024, without a doubt."