#terri susan smith

[esqueletosgays]

BASKET CASE (1982)

Director: Frank Henenlotter Cinematography: Bruce Torbet

[filmjunky-99]

b a s k e t c a s e, 1982 🎬 dir. frank henenlotter

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[gotankgo]

Basket Case (1982)

[justafterjericho]

Here's my discworld folder for music sheets. À la - what I did during my summer singing camp at the and of August. But hey it did wake up my artistic soul, even though not the type it was arming at xD.

[aeshnacyanea2000]

'That is rather rude of you, Susan.' 'No, madam. That is rather polite of me. It would have been rude of me to say that there is a circle of Hell reserved for teachers like Miss Smith.'

-- Terry Pratchett - The Thief Of Time

[tatalynxart]

My Discworld Art Collection

I hope you will enjoy

[thaoworra]

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association recently released the poems that made it to the finalist stage for consideration for the 2024 Rhysling Awards for Short and Long Speculative Poems of the year. Congratulations to all of the nominees! This will be the 46th year these awards have been conferred!

Short Poems (50 finalists)

Attn: Prime Real Estate Opportunity!, Emily Ruth Verona, Under Her Eye: A Women in Horror Poetry Collection Volume II

The Beauty of Monsters, Angela Liu, Small Wonders 1

The Blight of Kezia, Patricia Gomes, HWA Poetry Showcase X

The Day We All Died, A Little, Lisa Timpf, Radon 5

Deadweight, Jack Cooper, Propel 7

Dear Mars, Susan L. Lin, The Sprawl Mag 1.2

Dispatches from the Dragon's Den, Mary Soon Lee, Star*Line 46.2

Dr. Jekyll, West Ambrose, Thin Veil Press December

First Eclipse: Chang-O and the Jade Hare, Emily Jiang, Uncanny 53

Five of Cups Considers Forgiveness, Ali Trotta, The Deadlands 31

Gods of the Garden, Steven Withrow, Spectral Realms 19

The Goth Girls' Gun Gang, Marisca Pichette, The Dread Machine 3.2

Guiding Star, Tim Jones, Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa, ed. Lee Murray (Clan Destine Press)

Hallucinations Gifted to Me by Heatstroke, Morgan L. Ventura, Banshee 15

hemiplegic migraine as willing human sacrifice, Ennis Rook Bashe, Eternal Haunted Summer Winter Solstice

Hi! I am your Cortical Update!, Mahaila Smith, Star*Line 46.3

How to Make the Animal Perfect?, Linda D. Addison, Weird Tales 100

I Dreamt They Cast a Trans Girl to Give Birth to the Demon, Jennessa Hester, HAD October

Invasive, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Polar Starlight 9

kan-da-ka, Nadaa Hussein, Apparition Lit 23

Language as a Form of Breath, Angel Leal, Apparition Lit October

The Lantern of September, Scott Couturier, Spectral Realms 19

Let Us Dream, Myna Chang, Small Wonders 3

The Magician's Foundling, Angel Leal, Heartlines Spec 2

The Man with the Stone Flute, Joshua St. Claire, Abyss & Apex 87

Mass-Market Affair, Casey Aimer, Star*Line 46.4

Mom's Surprise, Francis W. Alexander, Tales from the Moonlit Path June

A Murder of Crows, Alicia Hilton, Ice Queen 11

No One Now Remembers, Geoffrey Landis, Fantasy and Science Fiction Nov./Dec.

orion conquers the sky, Maria Zoccula, On Spec 33.2

Pines in the Wind, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, The Beautiful Leaves (Bamboo Dart Press)

The Poet Responds to an Invitation from the AI on the Moon, T.D. Walker, Radon Journal 5

A Prayer for the Surviving, Marisca Pichette, Haven Speculative 9

Pre-Nuptial, F. J. Bergmann, The Vampiricon (Mind's Eye Publications)

The Problem of Pain, Anna Cates, Eye on the Telescope 49

The Return of the Sauceress, F. J. Bergmann, The Flying Saucer Poetry Review February

Sea Change, David C. Kopaska-Merkel and Ann K. Schwader, Scifaikuest May

Seed of Power, Linda D. Addison, The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan (Harper Collins)

Sleeping Beauties, Carina Bissett, HWA Poetry Showcase X

Solar Punks, J. D. Harlock, The Dread Machine 3.1

Song of the Last Hour, Samuel A. Betiku, The Deadlands 22

Sphinx, Mary Soon Lee, Asimov's September/October

Storm Watchers (a drabbun), Terrie Leigh Relf, Space & Time

Sunflower Astronaut, Charlie Espinosa, Strange Horizons July

Three Hearts as One, G. O. Clark, Asimov's May/June

Troy, Carolyn Clink, Polar Starlight 12

Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary, John Grey, Medusa's Kitchen September

Under World, Jacqueline West, Carmina Magazine September

Walking in the Starry World, John Philip Johnson, Orion's Belt May

Whispers in Ink, Angela Yuriko Smith, Whispers from Beyond (Crystal Lake Publishing)

Long Poems (25 finalists)

Archivist of a Lost World, Gerri Leen, Eccentric Orbits 4

As the witch burns, Marisca Pichette, Fantasy 87

Brigid the Poet, Adele Gardner, Eternal Haunted Summer Summer Solstice

Coding a Demi-griot (An Olivian Measure), Armoni “Monihymn” Boone, Fiyah 26

Cradling Fish, Laura Ma, Strange Horizons May

Dream Visions, Melissa Ridley Elmes, Eccentric Orbits 4

Eight Dwarfs on Planet X, Avra Margariti, Radon Journal 3

The Giants of Kandahar, Anna Cates, Abyss & Apex 88

How to Haunt a Northern Lake, Lora Gray, Uncanny 55

Impostor Syndrome, Robert Borski, Dreams and Nightmares 124

The Incessant Rain, Rhiannon Owens, Evermore 3

Interrogation About A Monster During Sleep Paralysis, Angela Liu, Strange Horizons November

Little Brown Changeling, Lauren Scharhag, Aphelion 283

A Mere Million Miles from Earth, John C. Mannone, Altered Reality April

Pilot, Akua Lezli Hope, Black Joy Unbound eds. Stephanie Andrea Allen & Lauren Cherelle (BLF Press)

Protocol, Jamie Simpher, Small Wonders 5

Sleep Dragon, Herb Kauderer, The Book of Sleep (Written Image Press)

Slow Dreaming, Herb Kauderer, The Book of Sleep (Written Image Press)

St. Sebastian Goes To Confession, West Ambrose, Mouthfeel 1

Value Measure, Joseph Halden and Rhonda Parrish, Dreams and Nightmares 125

A Weather of My Own Making, Nnadi Samuel, Silver Blade 56

Welcoming the New Girl, Beth Cato, Penumbric October

What You Find at the Center, Elizabeth R McClellan, Haven Spec Magazine 12

The Witch Makes Her To-Do List, Theodora Goss, Uncanny 50

The Year It Changed, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Star*Line 46.4

Voting for the Rhysling Award begins July 1; a link to the ballot will be sent with the Rhysling Anthology, as well as with the July issue of Star*Line. More information on the Rhysling Award can be found here.

[bellwood-qudditch]

The original 40

Abbott, Hannah (Half-Blood)

Bones, Susan (Half-Blood)

Boot, Terry (Half-Blood)

Brocklehurst, Mandy (Half-Blood)

Brown, Lavender (Pure-Blood)

Bulstrode, Millicent (Half-Blood)

Corner, Michael (Half-Blood)

Cornfoot, Stephen (Pure-Blood)

Crabbe, Vincent (Pure-Blood)

Davis, Tracey (Half-Blood)

Enwhistle, Kevin (Muggle-Born)

Finch-Fletchley, Justin (Muggle-Born)

Finnigan, Seamus (Half-Blood)

Granger, Hermione (Muggle-Born)

Goldstein, Anthony (Half-Blood)

Goyle, Gregory (Pure-Blood)

Greengrass, Daphne (Pure-Blood)

Hopkins, Wayne (Half-Blood)

Jones, Megan (Half-Born)

Li, Sue (Half-Blood)

Longbottom, Neville (Pure-Blood)

MacDougal, Morag (Pure-Blood)

Macmillan, Ernest (Pure-Blood)

Malfoy, Draco (Pure-Blood)

Malone, Roger (Muggle-Born)

Moon, Lily (Half-Blood)

Nott, Theodore (Pure-Blood)

Parkinson, Pansy (Pure-Blood)

Patil, Padma (Half-Blood)

Patil, Parvati (Half-Blood)

Perks, Sally-Anne (Half-Blood)

Potter, Harry (Half-Blood)

Rivers, Oliver (Muggleborn)

Roper, Sophie (Half-Blood)

Runcorn, Alice (Pure-Blood)

Smith, Sally (Muggleborn)

Thomas, Dean (Half-Blood)

Turpin, Lisa (Half-Blood)

Weasley, Ronald (Pure-Blood)

Zabini, Blaise (Half-Blood)

[holytragedycat]

Do you know what I was thinking? In Harry's generation, there were originally 40 students, but some were replaced, so I have decided to make a list with all of them:

Abbot, Hannah

Bones, Susan

Boot, Terry

Brocklehurst, Mandy

Brown, Lavender

Bulstrode, Millicent

Corner, Michael

Cornfoot, Stephen

Crabbe, Vincent

Davies, Tracey

Dunbar, Fay

Entwhistle, Kevin

Finch-Fletchley, Justin

Finnegan, Seamus

Goldstein, Anthony

Goyle, Gregory

Granger, Hermione

Greengrass, Daphne

Hopkins, Wayne

Jones, Megan

Li, Sue

Longbottom, Neville

MacDougal, Morag

Macmillan, Ernie

Malfoy, Draco

Malone, Roger

Moon, Lily

Nott, Theodore

Parkinson, Pansy

Patil, Padma

Patil, Parvati

Perks, Sally-Anne

Potter, Harry

Rivers, Oliver

Roper, Sophie

Runcorn, Alice

Smith, Sally

Smith, Zacharias

Thomas, Dean

Turpin, Lisa

Weasley, Ronald

Zabini, Blaise

As a fact, it is assumed that 1,000 attend Hogwarts every year and there are 100 or more in the house selection, but Harry's generation was very small because of the wizarding war.

[hollowed-theory-hall]

What makes you like susan bones ?

Okay, so this is a good excuse to talk about one of my favorite non-entity Hufflepuffs. This post is going to be similar to my Theodore Nott and Blaise Zabini ones since I'm going to be extrapolating a lot from very little.

(I actually like a lot of the random side characters in the D.A. and I think I noted about some of the puffs here. Zacharias Smith is hilarious, Ernie Macmillan is imperfect as a Puff and I find it lovely (I also think he has an older sibling(s), he gives me younger sibling vibes). I also like Terry Boot, Anthony Goldstein, and the Patil twins. Basically, I like a lot of the D.A. NPCs, Susan is one of them. These are characters we know very little about but there's potential there if you want to use it)

With this out of the way, let's go:

Family Background

We actually know quite a few Bones, so we have something to go on here.

The first one of note is Amalia Bones, Susan's aunt:

“She’s my auntie,” she said. “I’m Susan Bones. She told me about your hearing. So — is it really true? You make a stag Patronus?”

(OotP)

She is the head of the DMLE:

“Interrogators: Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister of Magic; Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister. Court Scribe, Percy Ignatius Weasley — ”

(OotP)

Her position of importance at the ministry, to me, suggests the Bones family have been involved in the Wizengamot (I believe department heads more often than not are chosen from within the Wizengamot). And we know until the first war they were a larger family, so they're likely mostly pureblood, though not enough to appear in the sacred 28 (I assume that they married half-bloods and muggleborns, but all the recent ones are probably wizards).

Amalia is cold and savvy enough to hold her difficult position, which indicates a lot about her disposition. I'll note that in Harry's trial, she seems aware of what Fudge is doing and doesn't seem to dislike Harry at all:

“Yes, Professor Lupin taught me in my third year, because of the — ” “Impressive,” said Madam Bones, staring down at him, “a true Patronus at that age... very impressive indeed.” Some of the wizards and witches around her were muttering again; a few nodded, but others were frowning and shaking their heads. [...] “Ah,” said Fudge again, smirking unpleasantly as he looked around at the Wizengamot, as though inviting them to share the joke. “Yes. Yes, I thought we’d be hearing something like this.” “Dementors in Little Whinging?” Madam Bones said in tones of great surprise. “I don’t understand — ” [...] “I may be wrong,” said Dumbledore pleasantly, “but I am sure that under the Wizengamot Charter of Rights, the accused has the right to present witnesses for his or her case? Isn’t that the policy of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Madam Bones?” he continued, addressing the witch in the monocle. “True,” said Madam Bones. “Perfectly true.”

(OotP)

She is riding the line to keep her job while being as just as she can. She is a politician and not a bleeding heart.

She seems suspicious of Mrs. Figg's testimony, I think she knows she's lying but she lets Harry off the hook anyway because she probably knows Fudge is bullshiting in this case:

“Running?” said Madam Bones sharply. “Dementors don’t run, they glide.” “That’s what I meant to say,” said Mrs. Figg quickly, patches of pink appearing in her withered cheeks. “Gliding along the alley toward what looked like two boys.” [...] “What did they look like?” said Madam Bones, narrowing her eyes so that the monocle’s edges disappeared into her flesh. “Well, one was very large and the other one rather skinny — ” [...] “Not a very convincing witness,” said Fudge loftily. “Oh, I don’t know,” said Madam Bones in her booming voice. “She certainly described the effects of a dementor attack very accurately. And I can’t imagine why she would say they were there if they weren’t — ”

(OotP)

Susan seems close to her aunt (who feels comfortable gossiping about closed trials with her) and many of their family died in the first war:

No one lived after he decided ter kill 'em, no one except you, an' he'd killed some of the best witches and wizards of the age - the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts - you were only a baby an' you lived.

(PS)

matiaskanfunfa asks: There is a girl named Susan Bones who was sorted in the first book and there was a family called the Bones that Voldemort tried to destroy, is this a coincidence or will Harry meet her in future books? jkrowling_bn: Susan Bones' grandparents were killed by Voldemort!

(Interview)

“That’s Edgar Bones ... brother of Amelia Bones, they got him and his family too, he was a great wizard ... 

(OotP)

So it seems Amalia, her brother (Susan's father) and Susan's mother are the only Bones still around.

It also shows they stood in opposition to Voldemort very clearly. In the second war, one of the first official casualties of the war is Amalia Bones who is killed by DE between OotP and HBP. So it seems the Bones family did a lot against Voldemort and that Amalia was thought of as competent and effective enough in her job to be considered a threat that needed to be eliminated. (I believe that if she was alive, she would've probably been promoted to temporary minister instead of Scrimgeour, talked about this more here)

Susan Herself

“Bones, Susan!” “HUFFLEPUFF!” shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.

(PS)

Susan was born in 1979/1980 and is in Harry's year. Her appearance isn't actually known, but in official art, she has light skin and auburn hair. She is one of the 40 students in Harry's year from JKR's very early notes where she is noted down as a half-blood. Though whether that is because both her parents are half-bloods, one is a muggle or one is a muggleborn is unknown. I feel like we would hear more about her in book 7 if one of her parents was a muggle or muggleborn, so she's probably a "half-blood" mostly because that's wizards' catch-all phrase for anyone who isn't pureblood or muggleborn.

She was sorted into Hufflepuff, probably like her aunt, Amalia, and her uncle, Edgar. It's very possible her father (Amalia's and Edgar's brother) was also a Hufflepuff as houses seem to run in families.

“And nobody helped you get rid of those dementors this summer,” said Susan Bones. “No,” said Harry, “no, okay, I know I did bits of it without help, but the point I’m trying to make is — ”

(OotP)

She is supportive of Harry and his achievements, which always makes me like a character just a little bit more, but she tells him what he needs to hear to his face (not the only one in this scene), but it's not the entire D.A. doing this, yk?

But the really interesting part about this is that Amalia apparently shares closed (?) trial proceedings and legal gossip with her niece. And Susan treats this like a regular, normal occurrence. This implies two things:

Susan and Amalia are pretty close.

Susan is interested and curious enough in these things that Amalia bothers to tell her — this implies Susan likes to hear gossip and might have an interest in wizarding politics.

who now found themselves the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame as they walked the corridors: Susan Bones, who had an uncle, aunt, and cousins who had all died at the hands of one of the ten, said miserably during Herbology that she now had a good idea what it felt like to be Harry. “And I don’t know how you stand it, it’s horrible,” she said bluntly, dumping far too much dragon manure on her tray of Screechsnap seedlings, causing them to wriggle and squeak in discomfort.

(OotP)

This above quote is my favorite in relation to her. It indicates a few things about her:

She is blunt and straightforward.

She understands Harry doesn't like his fame (a rare thing for characters Harry isn't close to)

She doesn't treat Harry like the great distant Boy-Who-Lived.

She is a Hufflepuff who isn't amazing at Herbology, and I love that for her. I headcanon she got, like, an A in Herbology and dropped it in 6th year.

Her grief seems to be quiet and angry, not unlike Harry's. And I love Harry.

Firstly, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, who had clearly been waiting all week for the opportunity to strike without teacher witnesses, attempted to ambush Harry halfway down the train as he made his way back from the toilet. The attack might have succeeded had it not been for the fact that they unwittingly chose to stage the attack right outside a compartment full of D.A. members, who saw what was happening through the glass and rose as one to rush to Harry’s aid. By the time Ernie Macmillan, Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Anthony Goldstein, and Terry Boot had finished using a wide variety of the hexes and jinxes Harry had taught them, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle resembled nothing so much as three gigantic slugs squeezed into Hogwarts uniforms as Harry, Ernie, and Justin hoisted them into the luggage rack and left them there to ooze.

(OotP)

She is part of the D.A. and like many of them defends Harry and likely fights in the battle of Hogwarts later, though her fate there is unclear I tend to assume she survived. I like to assume she survived and married someone else from the D.A.

But the above implies that like others in the D.A. she is proficient with hexes and defensive magic Harry taught them and perhaps other spells they studied up on their own.

The second attempt was no better than the first. The third was just as bad. Not until the fourth did anything exciting happen. There was a horrible screech of pain and everybody looked around, terrified, to see Susan Bones of Hufflepuff wobbling in her hoop with her left leg still standing five feet away where she had started. The Heads of House converged on her; there was a great bang and a puff of purple smoke, which cleared to reveal Susan sobbing, reunited with her leg but looking horrified.

(HBP)

She had a bad time in apparition lessons, I assume it was about the focus. I think she was too distracted and didn't apparate properly. (Like her plants' squeak because of her inattention when thinking about how annoying the attention she's getting is in an earlier quote).

So, basically, I like the potential of Susan's character as a half-blood-ish Hufflepuff, who's brave, blunt, and straightforward, interested in wizarding politics, dislikes Herbology, closed off emotionally, close to her Auntie, gets angry but is usually chill, can actually read people well, and has a tendency to get distracted by her own thoughts but is magically capable when she makes an effort.

And I like her aunt Amalia and everything we know about her family, so, yeah. I think she's a character that could be fun if you want someone in her position to play in fic with.

[luckylussiano]

The D.A

Dumbledore's army had a massive number of members however only

Ron

Hermione

Luna

Neville

Ginny

Fought at the battle of the department of mysteries. It is my personal thoughts that if Harry had pulled up with the entire D.A

Members include:

Maisy Reynolds

Luna lovegood

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Dennis Creevey

Colion creevey

Marietta Edgecombe (defected)

Michael Corner

Neville Longbottom

Nigel Wolpert

Padma Patil

Parvati Patil

Romilda Vane

Seamus Finnigan

Susan Bones

Terry Boot

Zacharias Smith (abandoned)

Justin finch-fletchley

Katie bell

Ron Weasley

Hermione

Several unnamed students from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw

He would have demolished the death eater forces within seconds. If nothing but from numbers alone. Harry taught them all to fight and at at the very least to cast a stunning spell and a sheild charm.

If they had pulled up with him the death eaters would have fallen before the order had even finished assembling at headquarters.

[brokehorrorfan]

Basket Case will be released on 4K Ultra HD on April 30 via Arrow Video. Sara Deck designed the cover art for the 1982 horror film; the original poster is on the reverse side.

Frank Henenlotter (Frankenhooker, Brain Damage) writes and directs. Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, and Beverly Bonner star.

The limited edition set comes with a double-sided fold-out poster and a booklet with writing on the film by Michael Gingold and a Basket Case comic strip by Martin Trafford, all housed in a slipcase.

Basket Case has been restored in 4K from the original 16mm negative by MoMA with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and original uncompressed PCM mono audio. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the full packaging.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer/director Frank Henenlotter and actor Kevin VanHentenryck

Audio commentary by writer/director Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner, and filmmaker Scooter McRae

Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley – Short film by Frank Henenlotter

Interview with writer/director Frank Henenlotter

Interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryck

Interview with actors Florence and Maryellen Schultz

Interview with actor Beverly Bonner

The Latvian Connection – Interviews with producer Edgar Ievins, casting person Ilze Balodis, special effects artist Ugis Nigals, and Belial performer Kika Nigals

Interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs

Basket Case at MoMA – Footage from the 2017 restoration premiere

What’s in the Basket? – 2012 feature-length documentary on the Basket Case franchise

In Search of the Hotel Broslin – location featurette

The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and ‘Freaks’ in Cinema – video essay by Travis Crawford

Basket Case outtakes

Belial’s Dream - 2017 animated short directed by Robert Morgan

Slash of the Knife - 1976 short film directed by Frank Henenlotter with optional commentary by Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga

Slash of the Knife outtakes

Extensive image galleries

Trailers, TV spots, & radio spots

Also included:

Double-sided fold-out poster

Booklet with writing on the film by Michael Gingold and a Basket Case comic strip by Martin Trafford

Slipcase

Duane Bradley seems like a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin Belial, on the other hand, is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Big Apple and taking up a room at a seedy hotel, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation.

Pre-order Basket Case.