#the becky chronicles

[little-the-rat]

First character lineup for my goofy little Wordgirl continuation

In order we got: Alden (Amazo-guy), Steven (Dr. Two brains/Boxlitener), Becky Botsford (Wordgirl)

These are all very early designs, and I think all of them are gonna be reworked a tiny bit, in fact, this design of Steven is a rework of something I did two days ago, so don’t expect any continuity from me for the next month or so.

[pistachions]

I rarely follow art trends but I thought it'd be fun :))

[dumortains]

the detective smiling fondly at those nostalgic memories of being abandoned as a child ❤️

[bookishjules]

i can't decide if i want to write out extensive headcanons for rebecca lewis, or if i just want to wait until the brainworms take over and force me into writing a 30k character-defining fic about her

[xanikhdraws]

My Riordanverse RP server on Discord!:

This is a server for those PJO, HoO, KC, MC, and ToA fans! (Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase, and Trials of Apollo)

Peace has been brought upon Olympus and the world. The four pantheons of gods have managed to settle a few disputes and were able to find a way the people from their places to visit others. There is a bit of jealousy and arguments every here and there, but its mostly peaceful.

In this server, it is role play, obviously. We have:

A plot(still partially in development so its all freeroaming at the moment).

Pretty much unlimited ocs at the moment.

The four safe havens from the books(CHB, Camp Jupiter, Brooklyn House, and Hotel Valhalla) along with other places!

Note: The server is still kind of revamping so we are taking suggestions on what to add

[sophiesbookishthings]

July Reads

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

I read this like 2 days before the allegations against Neil Gaiman came out 🫤. And since now it feels too weird to talk too much about anything regarding him right now, I'm not gonna fully review this book. I considered not putting this here at all, but I want an honest chronicle of the books I've read. And I feel like this little non-review isnt gonna cause anyone to go read his books or support him in any way. So, I will just say that I did enjoy this book, and it's one of my favorites I've read from him, but I'll leave it at that.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon

This is a little prequel novella to The Bone Season. I enjoyed seeing the dynamic of Paige and her seven dials gang before she gets thrown into the whole main plot of the series. It also gives a bit of interesting insight into why she and the other 6 act the way they do in The Bone Season.

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Bone Season (author's preferred text) by Samantha Shannon

This is a really interesting dystopian book. This is the first book in a seven book series and I'm intrigued to see where it goes. The main character Paige has really interesting psychic powers that I think are going to get really badass as the series goes on. There's also the rephaim and I really want to know more about their whole thing. Can't wait to keep reading these. I went and got the authors preferred text editions when they came out cause Samantha Shannon is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

I got an absolutely gorgeous edition of this book from litjoy, and I think I read it like a day or two after I got it in the mail. I remember watching the movie when I was a kid, but I'd never read the book. Sometimes, it's better to watch the movie first, I think. Because I liked the movie, but it's not a lot like the book, and had I known that I probably would've liked the movie less. Anyway! I loved the love story in this book. Ella and Char match each other’s energy and quirkiness so perfectly. And the fantasy element of the book is really cool. There's centaurs, fairies, giants, and elves, and the way they were done felt like an old fairy tale, which I feel like doesn't get done too much anymore.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

I'm going to do a single review for these two novellas because I basically read them as one continuous book and I don't know how well I can deferentiate between the events that occur in each one. This book is very philosophical but also very cozy and sweet. There were some ideas and quotes in these two books that I will probably be thinking about for a long time. The friendship between the main characters (a tea monk and a robot) was incredibly well done and I really liked both of them. These books ultimately hold such kindness at their heart and I think we need more of that. I highly recommend these books.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare

I read this before when it was being released on tumblr but I received the Kickstarter hardback edition and it's absolutely gorgeous. Shadowhunters is always a comfort series to me, especially anything involving the Blackthorns and Malec.

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

As per the Stormlight Archive, so much happened in this book, dear lord... So much happened in the last like 300ish pages alone (which i guess is the length of a normal book). This is also the longest book I've ever read, so that's fun. For a lot of this book, I was really thinking that Kaladin/Shallan/Adolin all have two hands, and Sanderson should stop being a coward lol. But anyway... I loved reading from the perspective of bridge 4 through the book and seeing what they're doing outside of kaladin. I need to know more about like all of the singers because I've been lowkey rooting for them since the first book. Which is really a testament to Sanderson's writing because I could tell that they really weren't the bad guys, and that there was something deeper going on, and some of that was revealed in this book.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chlorine by Jade Song

I didn't love this book. I think it was the fact I really didn't like a single one of the characters and there was very little dialog to the point it almost felt just like stating of events and the narrators (usually all negative) feelings about the events and the people involved. I will give it that it had the first scene I've ever read to make me actually physically uncomfortable. It was gay but in a very messy pining way that never really felt like it went anywhere. I think that there are people that would really like this book cause it did have potential, but it just didn't worj for me. I will admit I have been thinking about it a lot, though, so there's that anyway.

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I haven't watched the Amazon series of this, and I'm mad that they changed the songs for it from the ones in the book. I wanted to listen to those ☹️. I feel like I shouldn't like that it was so obviously based on Fleetwood Mac, but I kinda did. I've always found their whole extremely messy deal fascinating, and this was basically the fictional version of that.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

This was really interesting to read after having read the whole lotr trilogy first. This reads like a children's book (because it is) which was a bit surprising because of the much different tone I was expecting after lotr and the Hobbit movies. Also, it basically says the elves are fae. It refers to the Undying Lands as Faerie. Why do people not talk about that more??? It makes so much sense. They act like fae. They're whole vibe and lore is so fae like. It makes sense. Regular elves are little guys! Tolkien elves are fae! Anyway, lol, I really liked this book. I do think I liked lotr more just cause I love books/series that are lore heavy and also Samwise Gamgee.

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[babystepsofficial]

Summary:

Oh. She knew this boy. Darryl Nadar, one of the boys who hung around Tammy Larsen and Tina Belcher. He’d been a part of many of the shenanigans the Belcher kids had gotten up to in middle school. No wonder his name had rung a bell. But as she drove towards home, she found that she couldn’t get his smile out of her head… . . . He was an idiot. And a coward. And a fucking loser. And, above all, he was a god damn simp.   or: how Becky and Darryl started.

[canadachronicles]

"It's time. It's 2023. We won the damn Olympics."

Janine Beckie.

It’s true. They fucking won the Olympics. And they could very well be World Cup Champions in the Fall, but it seems Canada Soccer is doing all it can to undermine the players and hinder that goal. That’s a disgrace in itself.

But threatening legal action against the CANWNT because they protest for fairness, for equal treatment, for funding they absolutely deserve; it is just appalling. Forcing the players back onto the pitch. There is no other place they would rather be, so if they strike, the Federation should listen.

[theangrypomeranian]

trick or treattttt 🫶🏻🎃

Katie darling <3 i give you a sneak peak of the next installment of the Barryl Chronicles (which I swear i'm going to get back to work on i promise-)!

Before his jealousy could make him start asking stupid questions, she was suddenly on her feet and hurrying to the door. “I gotta go.” “Wait, why?” He scrambled to his feet and went after her, reaching out to grab her wrist. “Becks, what’s going on?” She turned around and pulled out of his grasp, her hands going up to cup his face as she searched his eyes. “Do you trust me?” Left speechless from her touch, all he could do was nod. A brief smile lifted her lips before her expression turned serious. “Then trust me now.” “Can I go with you?” he blurted out, then felt heat rising in his face. But despite his embarrassment his heart still sank when she shook her head. “No. And I can’t tell you why,” she added quickly. “But I promise that everything is going to be alright.” Then she leaned in to press a fierce kiss to his forehead, leaving him so stunned that he almost missed her calling out, “I’ll be back!” over her shoulder as she ran out the door and to her car. Reeling, he stumbled out of the house in time to watch her as she drove away from his house. He leaned heavily against the doorframe and his hand went up to brush his fingertips over the spot that she’d kissed. “Holy shit,” he breathed, blinking in shock.

[autumnrory]

i have consumed so many fairytale retellings but there are so few good ones

[little-the-rat]

More Chronicles of lexicon stuff bc I got sick and have nothing better to do with my time

Here they are before shit hits the fan <3

Don’t ask why Becky’s looking so homosexuality at Violet, or why Violet is so low quality

[cellard0ors]

😩😫😩😫😩😫

[dumortains]

sera is like hmm how can i show a female character is so badass. ah Yes she can walk with heels in mud

[ales-big-design-blog]

fairy students pt.1

reposts of my fae because they look so horribly ugly alone

i mean, they look horribly ugly in general but i wanna keep these ones around lol

[theholmwoodfoundation]

Welcome to the Holmwood Foundation

Sanguis Vita Est

The Holmwood Foundation is a Found Footage Horror-Fiction Podcast created by Fio Trethewey @fiotrethewey (Big Finish: Gallifrey War Room, 18th Wall Productions) and Georgia Cook @georgiacooked (Big Finish: The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles, Gallifrey War Room, BBC Books, The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection). It is a modern day sequel to the gothic novel Dracula. 

What is the Holmwood Foundation about?

Our story follows Jeremy Larkin (Played by Sean Carlsen) and Maddie Townsend (Played by Rebecca Root), two co-workers at the mysterious Holmwood Foundation, as they are possessed by the ghosts of Jonathan and Mina Harker, and embark on a road trip across the country in an effort to achieve their ghost's wishes: to stop Dracula once and for all. This is a story about identity and self discovery, family loyalty and devotion, all wrapped around a nightmare of a road trip with a rejuvenating severed head, incredibly sincere Victorian ghosts, and an analogue recorder. (Content Warnings for blood, horror themes and possession)

Where can we listen to The Holmwood Foundation?

Find our pilot episode on Acast, here:

If you like what you hear, please consider donating to our Kickstarter to fund the rest of season one:

Once crowd funded, we hope to release the first season in Spring 2025. Follow for further updates as production progresses!

Social Media Links here: https://linktr.ee/theholmwoodfoundation

Who are the Cast and Crew?

The Holmwood Foundation are proud to present the cast and crew for our pilot episode: Across the Moors.

Rebecca Root as Maddie Townsend and Mina Harker, and Sean Carlsen as Jeremy Larkin and Jonathan Harker.

Other voice talents include:

Samuel Clemens as Arthur Jones Becky Wright as Thrall & Phone Voice Jessica Carroll as Newsreader Luke Kondor as Robert Swales and featuring Attila Puskas as Dracula

Joining our crew we have Samuel Clemens as Director, Katharine Armitage as our Script Editor and Benji Clifford as our Sound Engineer and Designer

Extra Content:

Between now and October, we will slowly be sharing small pieces of related content related to the Holmwood Foundation. These might be emails, or obituaries, maybe even interviews. Follow the links below to find all of that content together:

Frequently Asked Questions Production Updates OOC Answered Asks Extracts Foundation Emails Holmwood Foundation Art