#stephen king misery

[drinkinboilingcoffee]

LITERALLY typa shit William said in his police interview I might redraw this

(Excerpts from Misery by Stephen King)

[pasteld0ll6]

recently listened to two infamous nightmare time episodes (Jane's a car and Hey,Melissa) and i noticed that both of these stories remind me of other horror stories (didn't notice this as much in other nmt eps)

Like Jane's a car: Christine by Stephen King

and Hey, Melissa reminds me of the movie Audition or Misery (the main character of Misery is even named Paul!!!)

Im now curious if anyone else noticed stuff like this in other nightmare time eps!

[joeover]

reading misery by Stephen King rn and look. who. it. is… the one and only Mrs. Kaspbrak!!!! timeline wise this would be Sonia, and would take place when Eddie was a kid (maybe pre 1958?) the thought of baby Eddie and Paul being friends😭😭😭 i love the skcu!!! (stephen king cinematic universe)

pls no spoilers for misery i’m not done yet

[lliinnkk]

On the 1st read of Misery, when I found that King wrote the book as a metaphor for addiction, I thought he just meant the pills that Paul needs to stave off the pain of his legs. On the 2nd read tho, it becomes more apparent how Annie herself along with just the narrative as a whole is a rly good metaphor for addiction.

(The rest of this post contains spoilers for Stephen King's book Misery)

I especially love how Paul relates the pain to a piling slowly becoming visible as the tide goes in or out over it: the pain being the piling, the pills being the tide, and Annie being the moon that pulls the tides in and out.

Paul originally starts needing the pills for his pain after the physical trauma of the car accident but soon realises he is addicted to them and also depends on them for the emotional trauma of the accident.

Annie, like addiction, is irrational and controlling, trapping Paul in a house in which he is forced to give up on autonomy, freedom, time and his most recent work that he spent 2 passionate years on. He gives up dignity and will to live and he even murders Annie at the end, finally conquering her.

Annie forces Paul to destroy the only copy of his manuscript and make a new Misery book for her. She is a nurse, described as being maternal and loving, supposedly giving Paul the pills for his own good, to make him feel better, even tho the real, more effective solution for his own good would be to take him to a hospital, which would be a permanent solution to his problem. However, she never intended to let him go after his legs healed. After he heals up enough to just wheel himself around in a wheelchair, she chops off his foot, setting him back even further than he was before, making him need her yet again to stay alive.

She is irrational and neurotic, accusing him of things he would never physically be capable of doing and insisting that she is right no matter how much he tries to defend himself

I fucking love this book, it is now my favourite.

Addiction will trap you and convince you that you need it to live, as you rely on it at least at first in good faith, a coping mechanism for the parts of life that you don't want to think about. But it's not a realistic solution for problems, only hurting you more in the end

Something that also kind of stood out to me about Misery, despite it not being mentioned in the book I don't think, is about how Annie never gave Paul anything to do in all that time he spent alone there when she wasn't there. As far as I can remember, Annie never gives him a book to read, a colouring book, a novel, or playing cards, nothing. Absolutely nothing to do, to keep himself entertained. The only things she gave him were a typewriter and her own presence. I think I remember that they would occasionally watch TV together when their relationship was ok ish but other than that, nothing. He was left alone in the house with only Annie and only things that were related to Annie, not even a radio.

I recall a study which was done on I think rats and I think cocaine. Rats in cages were given cocaine and they took it and became addicted to it. However, rats in cages who were given cocaine and other sources of entertainment and activity did not become addicted. They did take the cocaine occasionally but did not rely on it because they had other ways of enjoying themselves.

That makes me think about how it would've been so much easier for Paul to have become addicted on the pills as a relief for his pain when the only source of entertainment or relief he has was his own mind. At least he had "such a vivid imagination" that he "did not get from (his mother's) side of the family" lol

Anyway I love this book so much, I highly recommend it and I relate to it so much

[bespectacled-bookwyrm]

Friendship ended with Carrie.

Misery is my favourite Stephen King novel now.

(Sorry, Carrie.)

[radykalny-feminizm]

I started reading Misery by Stephen King and it's good so far, it's very refreshing that for once, it's a woman who's torturing a man, not the other way around.

Also if the roles were reversed the victim would be raped in less than 24 hours from kidnappning, which is obviously not the case here, as women are not as vile as men.

[kincallfightclub]

Annie Wilkes if I ever see you again it is ON SIGHT. I WILL HIT YOU WITH A TYPEWRITER AGAIN DON'T COME NEAR ME YOU GENIUNELY INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE BITCH GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAKY SOLID STONE IDOL.

I HAAAAATE THAT WOMAN.

SHE BROKE MY FUCKING ANKLES.

-Paul Sheldon

y'know it took us a while t'figure out what yer source was but we remembered n' YEAH. THAT WOMAN'S A CRAZY FUCKIN' BITCH HUH? y'had every right t'throw a typewriter at'er man i woulda' like. tried t'hit 'er with a car or somethin'. y'should hit 'er with a car or somethin'. -K (Kash)

[crypticpawart]

Fan Art Part 5 | Annie Wilkes

Enjoy and follow for more!

[classichorrorblog]

Misery (1990)

[queenofshilla]

KATHY BATES as Annie Wilkes & JAMES CAAN as Paul Sheldon in Misery (1990) (dir. Rob Reiner)

[crunchbuttsteak]

[fanofspooky]

Scream Queen - Kathy Bates

[90scully]

KATHY BATES as ANNIE WILKES in Misery (1990) dir. Rob Reiner

[lliinnkk]

I just finished reading Stephen King's Misery. I got it from the library so I'll have to return when I have the time but it's such a good book I'd love to buy a copy so I can keep it forever and possibly reread and annotate it :)

[bespectacled-bookwyrm]

I have reached Part Three of Stephen King's Misery!

Also,

SPOILERS!

Paul now only has one foot.

Ouch.

I find that hand and foot trauma are what makes me squirm the most, and the hobbling scene is no exception. DX

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