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I only stay at five star hotels. They become a six when I walk in.

Mrs. Montague, Resorting to Danger

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@boogerwookiesugarcookie asked me to answer ALL of the end of year asks so here we go! Thanks Naja!

Going to put it under a readmore bcs long

1.Song of the year? Dream Girl Evil by Florence and the Machine So nice of Miss Florence to make a song thats not only a bop but also specifically the theme song for my oc Hydrangea

2.Album of the year? I don't listen to many full albums but for me it would have to be a tie between Give me the Future by Bastille and Impera by Ghost 3.Favorite musical artist / group you started listening to this year? Ghost 4.Movie of the year? Everything Everywhere All At Once! Like i don't even need to think about it. Unlike anything ive ever seen, so interesting and heartwearming. Excellent performances and costuming 5.TV show of the year? Oh man this one is touh bcs i had 3 shows ive been obsessed with this year…. Our Flag Means Death, Severance or Interview with the Vampire 6.Episode of tv or webisode that defined the year for you? Not defined the year but the best ep of anything ive seen this year was the the season finale ep of Severance. It was so excellent at keeping up the tension for the entirety of the ep. I was pacing and yelling and restless for the full length of it. Just amazing storytelling of everything coming to a head and the editing...my god!!!

7.Favorite actor of the year? I don't care that much about actors to have a fave of the year 8.Game of the year? I was a teenage exocolonist. Just finished my 4rth playthrough and i think i may have 2 more in me bc i want to see different outcomes/choices 9.Best month for you this year? Idk they sorta all blend into one? But December is when i have 2 weeks off work and also the weather is beautiful and sunny so im going to say that and not think about it too much.

10.Something that made you cry this year? A friend was never available to see me despite my multiple attempts to meet up and even though i didnt mind for a lot of it, eventually it started hurting my feelings. 11.Something you want to do again next year? Go on a mini vacation. I took a week off work to visit friends in Tasmania and i think i would be nice to visit some other place next year as well. 12.Talk about a new friend you made this year? I think we'd chatted a little on twitter and also possibly met irl once? But anyway yeah i formally met and befiended the partner of a friend and we rly got along! 13.How was your birthday this year? I went to this super expensive viking themed restaurant ive wanted to go to since 2019! Food, drinks, service, all excellent. I was dressed to the nines in my sequin dress and after i went for a little night walk around the city. It was gr8! 14.Favorite book you read this year? A nobleman's guide to scandals and shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee. The Montague siblings series is such easy reading for me so i had a fun time! 15.What’s a bad habit you picked up this year? Forgetting to take my acne medication but i also took steps to prevent that so were good now 16.Post a picture from the beginning of the year Actually the first pic i took in 2022

17.Post a picture from the end of the year

Food from yesterday (27/12/22)

18.A memorable meal this year? Oh i already mentioned my birthday dinner so instead ill mention the brunch i made for my friends when i visited them in Tasmania.I was going to make eggs, bacon, homemade flatbread and some other stuff but my time management was off and it took me sooo long to make everything.In the end it was more like a lunch than brunch^^; But everyone was so patient with me and in the end the food was yummy and everyone liked it and we played dnd and had a great time :) 19.What’re you excited about for next year? Going to be getting a new phone and also....idk i havent made any big plans but i look forward to the little moments of joy and indulgence that will come. 20.What’s something you learned this year? Im sure theres life stuff i learned but what im psyched about is learning how to make scones. Its so freakin easy!!! 21.What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year? After living here for about a year,i decided to finally put shit up on the walls of my room.Paintings and fairy lights and i plan on having a little colection of magpie prints too.It rly lifted my mood and brightened up the space. 22.Favorite place you visited this year? Oh man i was just stoked to visit Tasmania and see friends! I need to travel more bcs i love seeing new places. 23.If you could send a message to yourself back on the first day of the year, what would it be? Do not catastrophise when someone upsets you. Just sleep on it and then act. People sometimes are stupid and thoughtless,not secretly malicious. 24.Did you keep any New Year’s Resolutions? I usually have a few and some years i end up completing them, other years i dont. This year my only resolution is to comment on people's art more. Thats fucken it. 25.Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one. Many actually bcs aside from various ocs, i run some trp games where i make 10+ npcs for. I guess one would be Winnie an npc i made for a game who i put so little thought in. Like i needed a character to fullfill a certain role so i recycled an old oc design and gave her like 2 personalty traits. Then though as we played, we all ended up liking her way more than id planned so anyway now she's in the queue to be an upcoming pc for a dnd campaign (with a slight redesign)

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well dear readers it seems that CASSANDRA HERO ROBINSON has been seen preparing for the upcoming season and they go by LADY ROBINSON. it’s been said that they resemble ANYA TAYLOR JOY but we can’t see it, although we noticed they have reached the age of TWENTY FOUR. whenever we see them we are quickly reminded of BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE IMPORTED FROM FRANCE, COLORFUL SKIRTS HITCHED JUST A TAD TOO HIGH, MOUNTAINS OF BOOKS IN THE HALLWAY, BLUE STOCKINGS, TALKING OF ART AND POETRY WELL INTO THE NIGHT. we can’t wait to see them make their way through this season.

basics:

full name:  cassandra hero robinson

nicknames:  has gained the moniker of lady disdain in artistic circles, a cheeky reference to both shakespeare and her temperament 

full title: baroness berwick, of wilderhope hall, referred to as lady robinson

gender:  cis woman

pronouns:  she/her

sexuality:  bisexual

age: twenty four

date of birth:  january 6, 1789

current residence:  13 hill street, a fashionable townhouse sitting proudly in mayfair

family seat: wilderhope hall, shropshire

other residences: 16 royal crescent, in bath.

inspiration: beatrice (much ado about nothing), emma woodhouse (emma), elizabeth montagu

appearance:

faceclaim:  anya taylor joy

height:  170cm

eyes:  big hazel eyes 

hair:  brilliant blonde, that falls in cascades down her back, though she wears it up in fashionable tight curls 

style:  hero is a very fashionable person, always going to the modiste to get new dresses. her outfits are always filled with frills and laces and embroideries, shoes that match her gloves and bonet.

personality:

traits:  clever, determined, self-centred, stubborn, feisty, witty, sharp, occasionally mischievous and scheming 

hobbies:  loves shuttlecock (aka badminton), archery, and various card games. is always reading or writing something and frequently goes to the theatre and opera. likes drawing but is horrible at it.

skills:  fluent in french, german, classical latin and ancient greek. is a very talented pianist (though she prefers the harpsichord) and singer.

family:

mother:  hannah robinson, well known as the writer of many philosophy books and treatises for the equality of women (think mary wollstonecraft). deceased

father:  george robinson, the former baron berwick. deceased

siblings:  her twin, hector george robinson. deceased

pets:  an extremely fat and spoiled orange tabby called milton

close relatives:  her maternal uncle, a renowed doctor in london, and her cousin

favourites:

afternoon tea treat:  marzipan candy from fortnum and mason

time of the day: well into the night, when most of london is asleep but the parties are just getting started

weather:  the sunny but cool and slightly wet beginning of spring

breakfast food:  bath buns

colours:  pale blue, lilac

books: lyrical ballads, by william wordsworth; the mysteries of udolpho by ann radcliffe; a vindication of the rights of woman by mary wollstonecraft; as you like it by william shakespeare

history:

hannah and george robinson were quite remarkable people, if not remarkable parents. george, the baron berwick, was the heir to numerous coal mines, rents and estates, while hannah came from a respectable but impoverished family. they shared a love of science and philosophy, and the marriage was less of a great love affair and more of a rational means to an end. hannah could write her papers and host like-minded society people and george could keep the reputation of a family man while fooling around with a string of footmen. 

cassandra was born during a snowstorm, ten minutes after her twin brother, hector (their parents were, after all, avid students of ancient greek). having satisfactory filled their duties, hannah and george let the children to be raised by a string of nurses, tutors, and their uncle, who often hosted his niece and nephew for extended stays in london. from a very young age, cassandra excelled in everything her tutors taught her, from latin to science, literature and politics. hector, on the other hand, was more than happy to hide from his tutors and stay most days playing in the garden. even then, the twins were inseparable, perhaps to make up for the aloofness of their parents. their childhood was golden and green, something cassandra can still feel, smell, taste. wilderhope was theirs, and they came to know every single apple tree, every sheep and every bee. 

(tw: child mortality) unfortunately, as with every tragic heroine, childhood and happiness must come to an end. to cassandra and hector, childhood ended at twelve, when they contracted a horrible case of croup. for fourteen days and fourteen nights, they sounded like sickly animals, coughing and crying and plagued by vivid fever dreams. at the end of the two weeks, when the sun finally broke through the tempestuous clouds that had surrounded wilderhope, cassandra started to get better. hector did not.

though wilderhope hall remained the same, hero did not. for one, she stopped using her first name almost entirely, locking it away alongside childhood toys and memories of brighter days. she also became the sole inheritor of her family’s wealth, and gained not only security, but something few women even dreamt of: independence. her relationship with her parents became even more fraught, and though she was as brilliant as ever, a rebellious streak started to surge within. 

both hannah and george robinson would pass away only a couple of years later, when hero turned 18. the old crones like to say the robinsons passed away when they caught their daughter in an inappropriate position with one of the maids, but the truth is much more simple and boring: a heart attack and a horse accident, respectively (though hero was often in inappropriate positions with the maids at that age). 

by the time she was twenty, hero spent most of her time at her family’s london residency, 13 hill street, which became somewhat of a beacon to artists and scholars, with poetry readings, socratic debates and, of course, lavish parties. she has also published a poetry collection and a couple of political pamphlets that have become very popular within the romantics. whether you love her or hate her, hero robinson has more than enough money to be a shining jewel of london’s society, and she is painfully aware of the fact.

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New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: The Vast of Night

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THE VAST OF NIGHT— 5 STARS

There exists a wide range of adjectives between the pleasurable place of “thrill” and unpleasant extreme of “terrify” that one could apply to stimulating movie experiences. Just like the films themselves from indies to blockbusters, joys or jitters come in all shapes and sizes. For the festival darling The Vast of Night being streamed on Amazon Prime, the proverbial needle of its excitement amplification lands on a very nifty word: TINGLES.

LESSON #1: THE DEFINITION OF “TINGLES”— Merriam-Webster defines both the verb and noun form of “tingle” as a “slight ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation.” The keyword there is “slight.” Tingles sneak up on you. They don’t punch, stab, or explode. They merely poke and linger. Tingles occupy a tenuous yet inviting middle ground because they could apply to fascination or fear equally.

The high-minded and engrossing science fiction yarn of The Vast of Night is all about accomplishing perfectly pitched tingles. With its auditory menace, patient suspense, and mounting wonderment, its level of quickened heartbeat and tightened nerves are just right for its inventions and intentions. The laurels, nominations, and awards from the Independent Spirit Awards and Slamdance, Overlook, and Toronto International Film Festivals wave off any need for big names and wayward assumptions. 

Framed as a Twilight Zone-like episode of “Paradox Theater” by rookie writers James Montague and Crag W. Sanger, the opening monologue narrates our slow zoom from a swanky, sunny living room into the vintage 1950s television screen where the nighttime setting expands in dimension and fleshed-out color. In the fictional town of Cayuga, New Mexico, seemingly the whole town descends on the local fieldhouse for a high school basketball showdown. After a little tour of small-town personalities and pleasantries, a chipper duo peels away from the big game for their necessary place of employment.

One is Everett (Jake Horowtiz), the evening DJ for the local WOTW radio station (there’s a sly salute in those call letters). He’s a smooth-talking slinger of idioms and alliteration with a disarming line and a clever nickname for everyone he meets. Tagging along is the other, the young lady named Kay Crocker (Sierra McCormick) who is the late shift switchboard operator for the phone lines. She’s a spirited straight arrow high schooler with an ambitious interest in science. Their professions make them (for their era) two tech-savvy cats.

LESSON #2: BEING AN OBSERVANT PRESENCE— Each of these emerging protagonists command a listening ear for a living. Despite his gift of gab and her darling dither, both notice things with patience and stable nerves. Those traits lead to solid inquiry skills far ahead of others who would resort to panic or frenzy instead. If you’re used to movies where the confused make dumb choices just to advance a dangerous plot towards the danger, you will enjoy the gumption of The Vast of Night.

When Kay hears a strong and odd sound over the switchboard that interrupts Everett’s radio broadcast, it throws the two for a loop. When Everett publicizes the captured noise fishing for any listeners with more insight, he receives an on-air callback from a man named Billy (Bruce Davis) with an ominous personal account from his time working at a nearby military complex. His description of what he saw and heard give Everett and Fay cryptic pause. The reverberations of who could know more and what could happen next constrict the mystery more.

LESSON #3: MAKING A JUMP— Escalation turns the observational capacities of Lesson #1 into sterner words and more perilous actions. With the initial challenge of “if you’re going to do it, do it,” the crackerjack hometown heroes of Kay and Everett reach points where they can no longer care about getting in trouble. Risks have to be taken and both Horowtiz and McCormick sell the smarts and surprises.

LESSON #4: WHEN THOUGHTS TURN TO BELIEF— Throughout what transpires in The Vast of Night, ask yourself what it would take the pragmatic to go from thought to belief. Right alongside the risks, the logical Everett and sensible Kay are pushed beyond listening to heavier thinking. The secrets and absurdities they hear and witness which become more powerful and apparent morph both into true belief.

Every woven celluloid inch of this canny and calculating mindboggler is varnished with staggering production value coming from a beguiling level of economical filmmaking. Each artist on this film outdid themselves to demonstrate how to do seemingly infinite with little. Filmed in a handful of small towns in East Texas and Oklahoma, the stylish and impeccable recreations of the period aesthetics, right down to the smallest props, from The Standoff at Sparrow Creek team of production designer Adam Dietrich, art director Jonathan Rudak, and property master Elliott Gilbert are functional and phenomenal. Any edges to hidden modernity underneath are seamless. When needed, the special effects of Chris A. Wilks and the captured sound work of designer Johnny Marshall and mixer Erik Duemig escalate the locations.

The surface is only the beginning to how remarkable The Vast of Night moves. Several long takes steered by debuting director Andrew Patterson and editor Junius Tully freeze our focus. Little breaks and transitions back to that wavy black-and-white TV resolution drop in to remind the frame of where this story is transpiring. Those holds relent only to have cinematographer M.I. Littin-Menz (Resistance) hurl us through Cayuga with smooth approaches and trailing tracking shots of varying rapidity through lamplit streets, yards, windows, and more. The last pusher of pace is a bold and entrancing score from first-timers Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer. Let its noise lift the hairs and goosebumps just right.

Between the look, feel, and stunning execution of this narrative enigma, it all adds up, again, to tingles from a magnificent genuflection to so many genre inspirations. Those who think tingles are too faint and feeble compared to full-on shock and awe haven’t felt legitimately good and unforced tingles in a while. There’s something special to be said when less becomes so much more and telling the unknown outweighs showing it until the right moments.

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Mrs. Montague: But you must have meant something by it!

Helfdan: I didn’t! All I said was that “You look tired.”

Mrs. Montague: Tired means old. "You look tired" means "You look old." And "You look rested" means "You've had collagen."

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Mrs. Montague: I’ve never been so humiliated.

Mr. Bleski: There’s no reason for you to be embarrassed. Wardrobe malfunctions happen to everybody.

Mrs. Montague: Oh yeah? Well my robe came loose at a construction site. Nobody whistled and two of the guys went home sick.

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I don’t brew the tea; I just serve it.

Mrs. Montague, Resorting to Danger

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Legend has it that when I came out of my mother, I told the nurse she was fat.

Mrs. Montague, Resorting to Danger

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When the slippers are filled, Sunny-Joy is chilled.

Sunny-Joy Montague, Resorting to Danger

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Mrs. Montague: I love how this face mask revitalizes your skin!

Helfdan: And I love how it masks my shame.

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Nancy: I’m Nancy Drew.

Mrs. Montague: The answer to a question I never asked.

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Mrs. Montague: Are you two, like, dating now?

Cassidy: Yeah!

Jasmine: Yes, we are.

Mrs. Montague: Why?

Cassidy: I happen to find Jasmine very appealing.

Mrs. Montague: Oh, I understand that. I'm trying to figure out what's wrong in HER head.

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Cassidy: Does anyone know who this dog belongs to?

Mrs. Montague: Mr. Mingles! Oh, where was he?

Cassidy: In the swimming pool.

Mrs. Montague: The swimming pool! What was he doing in there?

Nancy: The dog paddle!

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Joanna: I sold a guy a fake Pekingese. ‘Twas a cat.

Mrs. Montague: You will not win me over with your use of ‘twas.

Joanna: ‘Twasn’t trying to.

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Mrs. Montague: I have a few changes to the menu of afternoon tea.

Nancy: Let me just grab a paper and pen.

Mrs. Montague: Are you there? It’s not going to be afternoon forever.