#the unruly hare

[dailylooneys]

The Unruly Hare

(1945, Frank Tashlin)

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Animation drawing for The Unruly Hare (1945).

[makemerainbows]

The Unruly Hare (1945)

[deadpresidents]

Read any good books since your last update about your recent reading?

Yes, although I forget when I last shared the books I've been reading, so hopefully I don't repeat anything.

I know that I've repeated this book because I've mentioned it several times over the past couple of weeks, but I can't help but remind everyone again about Steve Coll's excellent new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO). It's definitely the best book I've read so far this year, and it's one of the better books I've read in the past 10 years.

Other recent books that I've read and would recommend checking out:

•Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Brad Gooch

•The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Brandon Presser

•UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here -- and Out There (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Garrett M. Graff Garrett Graff has quickly become one of those authors who I go out of my way to immediately pick up his latest books because he's so well-connected and I ALWAYS learn fascinating things from his books. I don't know if there's a writer/journalist today who has better access to the American defense establishment or proven to be more capable of shining a light on many of the most secretive aspects of the United States government.

•"Uncool and Incorrect" in Chile: The Nixon Administration and the Downfall of Salvador Allende (BOOK | KINDLE) by Stephen M. Streeter

•Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jared Cohen

•The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jean Edward Smith

•Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by David Mitchell

•The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis, 1700-1948 (BOOK) by Ilan Pappe

•In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Terry Alford

•Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Brian A. Catlos

•Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia, Volume 1 of the Borgata Trilogy (BOOK | KINDLE) by Louis Ferrante

•Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant (BOOK | KINDLE) by John Reeves

•His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Joseph Lelyveld

•Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Scott Eyman

[yeyinde]

thank you for tagging me @ivymarquis ! i debated between this, the regency fic (fleshed out), or one of the other Price fics i'm working on (home from college for the summer and seducing hot older neighbour Price whomst you had a crush on since sixteen (aka daddy issues, the playbook), DomPrice, etc), but i think the Soap fic will probably be finished before all of those. so, here is the baby trap piece with Soap.

nothing smutty but this def captures their odd, imbalanced dynamic perfectly, i think:

“And you have no cellphone? No satellite phone?”

“Ye can check it—” he makes a flippant motion toward the glove box in front of you. “Deader than ever.”

You hesitate only briefly. Long enough to level him with a searching look that yields no results (every expression hidden behind a thick, unruly forest of overgrown hair jutting out to his Adam's apple) before you reach for the compartment, gingerly pulling it open, and—

Sometimes, things get overlooked by their surroundings. Swallowed in the vacuum. Blending seamlessly into the muddle, the commotion. Or hidden. Can you spot the mountain lion in this tumble of rock and bush?

This isn't like that. 

It sits on top of a manila folder. Sleek black and cold silver. You're not terribly well-versed in guns—the extent of your knowledge stemming mostly from formulaic crime shows aired late at night; CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds—but you recognise this one instantly. Some sort of handgun. Police issued, you think. It's bigger than you'd expected. Looks heavier, too. 

Your heart stutters. The air galloping out of your lungs in a stammering rush. 

He makes a noise, soft and nonchalant, as if keeping handguns in the glove box of his old, burnt umbre truck is perfectly normal. 

“Fer protection,” he mumbles. You catch the jerk of his chin in your periphery. “Forgot I had it in here. Been usin’ the rifle for huntin’ mostly. Or the shotgun.”

Three guns. You swallow. “Why—” your voice comes out in a brittle whisper. You clear your throat. Pretend it helps, that you don't feel as vulnerable as you sound right now. “Why, um, why do you need three?”

“Not fae around ‘ere, are ye?” He echoes your words from earlier with a wry twist of his mouth, eyes slanting in the sunlight. “Tha’,” he takes his hand off your thigh to jab his finger at the handgun. “Is fer wolverines.” His index finger falls, his thumb juts out. He jerks it over his shoulder. “Tha’ is fer huntin’. The shotgun back home is fer bears.” 

You try to move out of the way when his hand falls back to your thigh, but the pain radiating up your leg immobilizes you. There's not much you can do in this situation but endure.

Military. Wounded in action. Three guns. Touchy. 

You're not sure what to think. It would be easier if you couldn't. 

“What do you hunt?” You ask instead, glancing out the window to the barren landscape rolling out around you. There doesn't seem to be much in the jagged hills, towering mountains. 

“Gettin’ hungry? Donnae worry, doe. Go’ tha’ pesky hare I was tryin’ tae shoot on the ledge fer dinner tonight.” 

It's not much of a comfort. The idea of being injured—by accident, he claims—to such an extent over a rabbit makes you feel a little sick. 

“That's it?” 

“I can make a mean steak outta anythin’. Stews fer tougher meat. Fish, too—whitefish, arctic grayling, and lake trout. Learned how tae make a nasty fishfry from the locals in Nahanni Butte. Bannock, too. Got berries ‘round ma cabin. Caribou, Moose. Taste better in tacos or burgers. Mountain goat, Dall’s sheep. Been eatin’ better ‘ere than ah did at home.” 

“And you're—just allowed to hunt them?” The website advised of a permit through some special outfit needed to hunt when you requested your pass into the park. Said that only aboriginals were allowed to do so. “You're not—”

“Aye,” he cuts you off with a small nod. “No huntin’ in the park. But. We're not in the park anymore.”

“Where are we?” You ask again, firmer this time. 

“I told ye. Nearly home.”

“And where is home?” 

The way he sucks his teeth makes you recoil slightly. Wet. Irritated. As if he's tired of this conversation already. 

“Close.”

You don't let his flat tone deter you. “Are we—are we still in the Northwest Territories?”

“Thereabouts.” 

It's not an answer. It doesn't reassure you in the slightest. 

You open your mouth to say so, words curling on your tongue when he jerks his chin toward the handgun, brow furrowed. 

“Thought ye wanted tae check on the satellite phone.”

His tone is severe. A growl curdling the ends, pitching it down, down. Displeasure, irritation, blooms in the gnarled petals of witch hazel when he narrows them into slits. 

[halfbaked00q]

# JB depersonalization (is what I called it in my notes app- it's not rly that but I guess it's what I put down and how I shorthand refer to it now lmao...)

premise: captured by a cult (rogue evil scientists?) & conditioned into an altered mindset? maybe trying to brainwash him or sth, but it's like half-done so they put him in a sort of feral animalistic primitive kind of mindset? can't decide if brainwashing is the end goal or it's just like… some form of experimenting on something or other (yea this would kind of be inspired by Smoking Remnants)

Bond to Q at some pt (probably later after he's recovered some but not fully): I'm a weapon. wield me, point me, loose me upon your enemies

Bond is captured, collared & cuffed (or mitted), “trained” to follow certain orders, maybe drugged to assist w compliance?

told to submit to being cuffed in place for food, etc

isn't allowed to talk but can make noises

fights at first but complies to keep his energy up, then it does actually kind of become habit cuz that's how conditioning works, even on humans, babyy

given commands and natural consequences- if he fights when getting fed then his hands are restrained & he has to figure it out. If he cooperates, his collar is chained in place but otherwise he can use his hands. If he fights baths/grooming then they leave him be - one time he fights during a shower & they throw him back in wet & miserable.

is taken care of, regularly groomed, gets some rudimentary exercise, and then gets strapped in to a room for experiments (like hypnotizing/conditioning, drugs)

mostly he finds it trite but better than full sense dep ig (or something, maybe sleep deprivation torture)

one time they drug him w something that leaves him so disoriented & sobby- he has vague impressions of being wrapped in a soft warm blanket and someone sitting with him & stroking him, gentling him down until he dozed off.

(?)Sometimes they do throw him in sensory dep, but they tell him exactly what they plan to do and for how long. If he fights the experiments he gets punishments, which he is explicitly told are punishments. bland, unpleasant monotonous food. sensory dep punishments (timeout) - which is a different experience than the sensory dep experiments. Maybe restrained in a soundproof blacked out room for punishments (or like a padded chest?)? brightly lit but ambient/back so he can't damage his vision, active soundproofing but with possible words just on the edge of intelligible. not fully married to this concept, pure spitballing on this

trainer is a woman, maybe? they have him kill a guy or maybe several. tell him he will be rewarded if he kills him, lets him loose in a room w the guy, the other guy has a weapon (but is still no match for a half-feral Bond).

maybe several months in Q is captured as well (mostly I want to get him there somehow so he knows JB's commands and Bond gets familiarized with him lol. Maybe Q kept looking for Bond on the downlow & either he hared off to chase a lead or they tracked him back & caught him out somehow. anyway they bring him in and see Bond responding to his presence and decide to see if using Q can push their experiments further), told to handle him or else JB would be punished. they have to prove it to him (i.e. he refuses, so they punish Bond), but then he complies. JB doesn't seem cognizant of him but has some seeds of recognition- that helps establish the bond. tries to get unruly but they injure Q nonlethally to get JB protective and keep him in line (with further threats to Q). Maybe they have Q fitted with some kind of shock collar too?

takes a week or 2(?) for mi6 to show up and clear house, by that point Q knows his commands & is also the only one who can handle him after all the bad guys are taken out. keep JB sedated during transport, restrained at first but it was causing him distress so they moved them into the same room together, Q convinces JB to stay put in bed for the time being. JB staring at the staff with cold blank almost unblinking eyes, like a wolf's stare. is still nonverbal at first and very guarded. very protective of Q but also follows his commands if like Q tells him to comply w medical staff, stay put if Q needs to debrief or whatever, etc.

(lmao imagine you are a MI6 security personnel approaching Q shortly after they are rescued and maybe are in medical or sth, and you need to get Q or *handwaves* something. anyway- you are this guy, you are approaching the Quartermaster, and then a hostile 00 appears from who knows where to firmly intercept and also start approaching you hostilely, all the while emitting a sound from deep in his throat that can only be termed growling. And then the Quartermaster goes (sharply) Bond! Leave it! Heel! and he does that- falls silent, retreats to the Quartermaster's side, though continues to pin you with this cold blank wolf stare. girl, this is so beyond your pay grade)

When they're recovered, JB gets more sleep, food, weaned off the drugs etc- starts to mentally recover but still gets jags of disorientation where he falls into the altered half-feral kind of mindset. Keeps trying to “guard” Q. Q develops a habit of keeping a hand on JB to steady/reassure/ground him - this can be like a hand on his arm, or leaning into his side if they're standing together, or a hand at the nape of his neck just cuz I like that :3

also at some pt Q needs to be sitting somewhere doing work and Bond's gotta be sitting/kneeling next to him with his head in Q's lap, while Q is stroking his head (yes like one of those large dog who still thinks he's a lap puppy)

(Probably-Strongly-Influenced-Me shoutouts: Doctor Love (I rotate this fic & its premise in my brain a lot maybe one day this fic will come off hiatus... a girl (gn) can dream), Smoking Remnants, and like probably a goodly portion of the sub!JB fics out there)

[herefore-art-thou]

Look, I love hares. They look like a rabbit that just had the worst day of their life and lived through it. I feel like they're one if the largely uncelebrated badasses of the animal world. So, I got these great new grungy watercolors and thought, definitely time for a hare.

Check these out. Not sponsored or anything(obviously), but if you use watercolor and are looking for something extra unruly, here they are: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Graphite... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SPW3V2R?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[dustbunsinspace]

So I know there’s probably not that many interested in this, and I really wonder if I should just make a separate blog for the AU related things, but here’s a little about the relationship between Karasu Tengu and Yui’s auntie 🐦‍⬛🐇 in my Chronicles / Rise au (Once in a Blue Moon)

The description in under the cut 🧡✨ (Sorry if some of it might be worded weirdly, English is not my first language. Feel free to correct me).

Miyamoto Kana was a second in line, rebel-child of the family. Inspired by tales of her ancestor’s adventures, she spent most of her time and money travelling and getting into trouble. In her late 30s she got herself attacked while trespassing on a yokai forest and that’s when she met its guardian- Karasu, the Tengu of Justice, that for many centuries has been keeping an eye on the forest and the mystic portal hidden inside it. In the past, once their world became more and more hostile towards the yokai, Karasu used to use said portal to send some of the yokai to the once sparsely populated human world (if they passed her judgement). Karasu, who’ve met Miyamoto Usagi during the Tengu War, once she learns of Kana’s ancestry, allows her to briefly stay in exchange for stories from her travels. The brief stay gets a little longer as Kana has apparently A LOT to say, and she eventually learns Karasu hasn’t left her forest in hundreds of years. She also learns that the portal she’s protecting, opens only for a few weeks, every six years (when the Blue Moon appears) and starts convincing Kara to leave for a little while and join her in her travels.

And that’s basically how they become friends. Karasu shape-shifts into a less threatening form (and sometimes takes a shape of a tall, black hare, that still stands out a lot), and travel together whenever Karasu isnt watching the portal, and they grow closer for years.

Until one year Kana decides she’s kind of tired of having no home of her own (her family home hasn’t been that for a loong time) and asks Karasu to build a dojo with her, just outside her forest. She wants to take in a few kids with nowhere to go and help them get a good start in life. So they do that. The trouble is, they have vastly different idea of how to raise them. Karasu’s insistent on training them so they can help her take care of unruly yokai, giving them a good purpose and respect from the local people. Kana thinks that makes them no better than Neko Ninja- stealing kids to train them into soldiers.

So they fall apart. They find kids new homes, Kana moves out far away and settles on a little farm, and Karasu stays in her forest, still keeping the dojo intact.

(They do see each other every once in a while and eventually become kind of friends again, but it’s really not often. But when Hana’s niece is stuck in a locked-down city, she calls Karasu to help her. But that’s kind of another story : D (a sad one, but it has cute baby Yui in it, so it’s not so bad. I have seperate little comics for it, so it’ll have to wait).

[catandthewell-if]

(AI Generated Images Disclaimer)

(May be updated as time goes on)

The White Rabbit

Name: Lapin

Gender: Nonbinary (they/them)

Age: Immortal, physically early twenties (20-23)

Appearance: Albino, short straight hair, white rabbit ears and tail. Lapin is 5'4 (163 cm).

The White Queen

Name: Maria

Gender: Female (she/her)

Age: Immortal, physically late twenties (27-29)

Appearance: Clear light brown skin, long wavy white hair, black eyes. Maria is 5'6 (168 cm).

The Caterpillar

Name: Brucus

Gender: Male (he/him)

Age: Immortal, physically early 30's (30-33)

Appearance: Clear medium-olive skin, slicked back raven hair, magenta eyes, 2 long caterpillar antenna. Brucus is 6'2 (188 cm)

The March Hare

Name: Haze

Gender: Nonbinary (he/they)

Age: Immortal, physically mid-twenties (24-26)

Appearance: Clear medium-tanned skin, short straight dark brown hair, green eyes. Haze is 5'10 (178 cm).

The Dormouse

Name: Grace

Gender: Female (she/her)

Age: Immortal, physically early twenties (20-23)

Appearance: Fair skin with freckles, short wavy-curly silver-grey hair, light brown eyes, mouse ears and tail. Grace is 5'1 (155 cm).

The Red Knight

Name: Cal

Gender: Male (he/him)

Age: Immortal, physically mid-thirties (34-36)

Appearance: Clear pale skin, long wavy red hair, red eyes. Cal is 6'3 (191 cm).

The White Knight

Name: Ridir

Gender: Male (he/him)

Age: Immortal, physically early thirties (30-33)

Appearance: Clear tanned skin, long straight silver hair, light blue eyes. Ridir is 6'2 (188 cm).

The Fawn

Name: Daina

Gender: Female (she/her)

Age: Immortal, physically early twenties (20-23)

Appearance: Lightly freckled tanned skin, long straight dark brown hair with white streaks, dark brown doe eyes, deer ears and antlers. Daina is 5'8 (173 cm).

The Lion

Name: Lowen

Gender: Male (he/him)

Age: Immortal, physically mid-twenties (24-26)

Appearance: Clear tanned skin, long unruly brown hair, golden eyes, lion ears and tail. Lowen is 5'8 (173 cm).

The Unicorn

Name: Vienna

Gender: Nonbinary (she/they)

Age: Immortal, physically mid-twenties (24-26)

Appearance: Smooth dark skin, long wavy white/light golden hair, light pink/purple eyes, golden horn and horse ears. Vienna is 5'10 (178 cm)

[batmannotes]

Looney Tunes Volumes 1-4 Blu-Ray Set Review

Here they are in one mega set! All four of the recently released Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Blu-rays together at last. Across the four discs inside this release covers the golden era of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies with 97 remastered cartoons, all looking better than ever on Blu-ray in HD. All the great WB cartoon stars share the spotlight here, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Tweety & Sylvester, and many more. There are over 642 minutes of fun here.

If you have read some of our recent reviews you know a lot about what you are going to get here. In short, this is the best you ever seen these animated shorts look and sound. While I appreciate the expansive selection of cartoons here, I really wish they would have been more concentrated to certain years instead of the hodgepodge represented here. I also wish there were more extras included in these bare-bones releases. Regardless, this set will provide viewers with hours of gut-busting humor.

EPISODE LIST DISC 1

"Beanstalk Bunny" (1954)

"Catch as Cats Can" (1947)

"The Unruly Hare" (1945)

"His Bitter Half" (1950)

"Daffy Doodles" (1946)

"Cracked Quack" (1952)

"Little Orphan Airedale" (1947)

"Hip Hip-Hurry!" (1958)

"Hot Rod and Reel" (1959)

"Greedy for Tweety" (1957)

"Stooge for a Mouse" (1950)

"A Mouse Divided" (1953)

"A Fractured Leghorn" (1950)

"Plop Goes the Weasel" (1953)

"Tale of Two Mice" (1945)

"The Foxy Duckling" – (1947)

"Two Gophers from Texas" (1947)

"Doggone Cats" (1947)

"What's Brewin', Bruin?" (1947)

"The Bee-Deviled Bruin" (1949)

EPISODE LIST DISC 2

"Behind the Meat-Ball" (1945)

"Brother Brat" (1944)

"Catty Cornered" (1953)

"Cross Country Detours" (1940)

"Daffy's Southern Exposure" (1942)

"Ding Dog Daddy" (1942)

"The Eager Beaver" (1946)

"Fair and Worm-er" (1946)

"Fin 'n Catty" (1943)

"From Hand to Mouse" (1944)

"Ghost Wanted" (1940)

"Greetings Bait" (1943)

"Hamateur Night" (1939)

"Hare-Breadth Hurry" (1963)

"A Hick a Slick and a Chick" (1948)

"Hiss and Make Up" – (1943)

"A Hound for Trouble" (1951)

"I Wanna Be a Sailor" (1937)

"The Leghorn Blows at Midnight" (1950)

"Lickety-Splat" (1961)

"One Meat Brawl" (1947)

"The Penguin Parade" (1938)

"Rabbit Rampage" (1955)

"The Rebel Without Claws" (1961)

"The Wacky Worm" (1941)

EPISODE LIST DISC 3

"A Feud There Was" (1938)

"China Jones" (1959)

"Cinderella Meets Fella" (1938)

"Dumb Patrol" (1964)

Egghead Rides Again" (1937)

"Elmer's Pet Rabbit" (1941)

"Hobo Bobo" (1947)

"Honeymoon Hotel" (1934)

"Hop, Skip and a Chump" (1942)

"I Only Have Eyes for You " (1937)

"Mexican Joyride" (1947)

"The Mouse on 57th Street" (1961)

"Mr. and Mrs. is the Name" (1935)

"Of Rice and Hen" (1953)

"Pre-Hysterical Hare" (1958)

"Punch Trunk" (1953)

"Quentin Quail" (1946)

"Riff Raffy Daffy" (1948)

"Saddle Silly" (1941)

"Sheep Ahoy" (1954)

"The Sheepish Wolf" (1942)

"There Auto Be a Law" (1953)

"Tugboat Granny" (1956)

"War And Pieces" (1964)

"Wet Hare" (1962)

EPISODE LIST DISC 4

“Along Came Daffy" (1947)

"A Bone for a Bone" (1951)

"The Cagey Canary" (1941)

"D’ Fightin’ Ones" (1961)

"Dangerous Dan McFoo" (1939)

"Devil’s Feud Cake" (1963)

"Double Chaser" (1942)

"Double or Mutton" (1955)

"Fox Pop" (1942)

"Henhouse Henery" (1949)

"Holiday for Drumsticks" (1949)

"Hopalong Casualty" (1960)

"Hyde and Go Tweet" (1960)

"The Impatient Patient" (1942)

"Leghorn Swoggled" (1951)

"Meatless Flyday" (1944)

"Mouse-Warming" (1952)

"The Mouse-Merized Cat" (1946)

"Muscle Tussle" (1953)

"Muzzle Tough" (1954)

"Peck Up Your Troubles" (1945)

"Quack Shot" (1954)

"Road to Andalay" (1964)

"The Sneezing Weasel" (1938)

"Streamlined Greta Green" (1937)

VIDEO QUALITY 📽️ :  B 

With the 1080p resolution and 1.37:1 aspect ratio, this is definitely the best I’ve ever seen these animated shorts. It’s always a fine line Warner Bros. has to toe while restoring these older animated classics. Although scrubbing the video is somewhat necessary to present these cartoons in high definition, WB still has to make sure not to wash away the original film grain. A lot of people complain when too much film grain is washed away, but for me, it’s never a big deal. I always look for clarity and popping colors. Overall Warner Bros. has done another fine job with these volumes

AUDIO QUALITY 🔈 : B+ 

The DTS-HD Master Audio is solid for a simple 2.0 mono presentation. Both music, sound effects and dialogue are clear and compliment the picture nicely. 

EXTRAS 📀 :  D-

The only real drawback to this collection is the lack of extras. No digital download, no booklets and the only disc extras are a very small dash of shorts.

OVERALL GRADE: B+   

The replay value of all these discs are extremely high for me. I still love throwing these classic cartoons in my Blu-Ray player on Saturday mornings and reliving my childhood again and again. Yeah, I’d love to have more extras, but I’ll eat up every release Warner Archive is willing to deliver. All four of these discs included in one set should make it a no-brainer for fans of the Warner Bros. cartoon library. I highly recommend this set as a fan myself!

You can purchase this release at Amazon.

[dailylooneys]

The Unruly Hare

(1945, Frank Tashlin)

[ducktracy]

Favorite Bugs Bunny that isn't a Bob Clampett go

ASSUMING YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT SHORTS… Easter Yeggs is the first that keeps coming to mind! though Rebel Rabbit, The Unruly Hare, A Hare Grows in Manhattan and Slick Hare are all super close

as for actual director, perhaps amazingly Clampett’s Bugs isn’t actually my favorite interpretation of him (though artistically, absolutely yes—you subjectively objectively cannot beat Bob McKimson’s animation of Bugs in the Clampett unit), but rather Friz Freleng’s. i love all his ‘40s Bugses and i appreciate that he still kept Bugs’ wily, provocative attitude even into the ‘50s. i LOVEEEEE Bob McKimson’s Bugs and think his is maybe the funniest as far as ‘40s shorts go, but similar to Chuck Jones’ rabbit he gets a bit too passive and stupid as the years go on. also, Friz has Yosemite Sam and Bob and Chuck don’t, SOOOOOOOOO…

[yeenybeanies]

Smallest Cyber Specialist (pt. 10)

in which price sets pip down for a little chat & check in. poor gal's had one helluva week. now that alex is confirmed back & alive, i'm SCRAMBLING… (don't get me wrong i'm delighted to see my beloved yankee again but) i was already struggling to work his disappearance into the timeline & now it's all just an even bigger mess --w-- oh well. we don't need to pay attention to canon timelines! this is fanfiction! so what i say in my story goes. first • previous • next call of duty | john mactavish/soap, john price, & pip lagomorph/lag (oc) 4,392 words strong language warning thanks for reading!! patreon ✨ ko-fi ✨ ao3

The sound of approaching boots woke Pip from her nap. Her body stiffened, stock still under the cover of her newly finished pelt. It wasn’t perfect—not near as lifelike as she would have made if she’d had access to proper hideling tools—but it would still serve its purpose when needed.

As the boots drew closer, Pip realized that she knew those footsteps. That gait. The hideling sat up abruptly, the pelt draped over her head and shoulders like a hooded cloak. “Soap?”

“The one and only,” the sergeant said. Pip pulled the hare head—her hood—down and shook her head, her hair a little unruly from her nap. Soap came to stand in front of the table, hands on his hips. “Feeling any better?” 

Pip’s face went sour. “Not particularly,” she said flatly. She ran her fingers through her hair to smooth the errant strands. It didn’t help much. “Sorry if I woke you up last night.” 

“You didn’t,” Soap said. He rested his hands on the table and bent down to be closer to her level. “Matter of fact, of all the people I’ve shared a bunk with, you’re the least disruptive.” 

Wonder why. “So then why did you wake up?” she asked. 

Soap reached for her—no, her pelt. He pinched one of the tiny paws between his thumb and forefinger, and gently rubbed the fur. Pip surprised herself with the realization that she barely tensed up at the action. 

“Not sure,” he answered. For a moment, he looked thoughtful. But then his goofy smirk appeared. “Maybe I sensed you were upset through our handler’s bond.” 

That smirk had been a warning. A precursor. Before the words even left his mouth, Pip braced herself, fully expecting him to say something ridiculous. And there it was. She stared at him, face blank, for a long moment. His smirk bloomed into a full-blown grin. 

There was one good thing about humans having multiple names. Pip could pull a lesser-used name for greater emphasis on what she had to say: “MacTavish, what the fuck are you talking about?” 

“Y’know, our bond!” Soap explained. He dropped the paw he held and nudged Pip’s shoulder with a gentle knuckle. “Like—like the bond between man and dog!” 

Pip grimaced and pushed back against his knuckle. “I hate dogs.”

“Ach—I suppose you would. I don’t like ‘em much either.” Surprising. That there was something they had in common. “Let me try again: like the bond between a horse and its rider.” 

Really, what the fuck was this man going on about? Pip gave Soap a look-over, her brows furrowed. “Are you… are you the horse in this analogy…?” 

“No, but—” Soap started to protest, but he stopped short. There was something about how he pursed his lips in a little pout when he thought… Ugh, none of that, Pip. “Actually, I guess I would be. Me and the rest of your handlers. Considerin’ we carry you around everywhere.” 

“Not by my choice,” Pip grumbled to herself. 

Soap laid his hand down next to her, palm up. “C’mon, Lag. Your mighty steed wants some breakfast, and he’s guessin’ you do too.” 

Why was he like this? “Why are you like this? Talking about yourself in third person, referring to yourself as a ‘steed.’” She wasn’t laughing, but a part of her—a part that she was mentally beating back with a stick—did find it kinda funny. Just a little bit. She wasn’t about to tell Soap that, though. 

Nevertheless, Pip quickly gathered her belongings, donned her backpack under her pelt, and crawled onto Soap’s hand. They were already in the mess hall, so it wasn’t like they had far to go. She gestured vaguely. “Onward then, steed.” 

Much of the morning went by in a relative blur. Pip shared breakfast with Soap, who didn’t seem to take any offense when she fell into relative silence as he rambled on. She did feel a bit bad about it, but she just didn’t have it in her to engage in much banter right now. He'd spent all of her banter points right in the beginning. Gaz came as a saving grace, giving Soap another outlet for his chatty nature so Pip could… could wallow. 

That was the best description she could give herself for what she was doing. She was wallowing in grief. 

Hard fucking week.  

As the sergeants conversed, and more people gradually filed in and out of the mess hall, Pip found herself lost in thought with eyes unfocused. 

She and Bash, at one point, had been nearly joined at the hip. They’d grown codependent of each other early on. She huffed to herself, remembering how one of their instructors had forced them to work separately. It had sucked at the time, of course, but Pip knew that it was better for them in the long run. It was better for her. Gave her room to grow into her role. How would she have been able to do her job had they been allowed to stay together? She likely never would have met Alex, nor Looker…

Fuck.  

Pip sighed, scrubbing a hand through her hair. Her eyes wandered down to the cast on her leg, and the dark signatures scribbled across it. 

She never would have ended up here, with the 141. 

Whether that was a good or a bad thing, she hadn’t yet decided. The situation she found herself in currently was awful, of course, but these four men… they weren’t so bad. 

Gods, though, she missed Bash. She missed Alex. Missed Looker. Her heart ached…

“Oi, Earth to Lag. You in there, lass?” A poke to her shoulder made the hideling flinch, suddenly back in the mess hall. She blinked, looking a little lost. 

“Huh? Wha…?” Looming over her was Captain Price. When had he gotten here? She hadn’t heard his approach. He regarded her with one brow raised, inquisitive. “Captain,” she greeted, nodding her head. “Sorry, sir, did you say something?” 

“I did,” he said. “Asked if you’ve finished with any of that data you nabbed.” 

“Oh.” Pip pulled her backpack closer and set it in her lap. “For the most part, yes, sir. There are a few more files I want to comb through, but I think I’ve gotten just about everything useful that I can from—”

Price held up his hand, silencing her. “We’ll talk in my office. C’mon.” He set that hand down behind her, silently asking to pick her up. Or, more likely, he was letting her know that he was going to pick her up. She hesitated, the inside of her cheek drawn between her teeth, then nodded. Thick fingers slipped around her middle, scooping her, her pelt, and her pack up in one fell swoop. He cupped his other hand under her to support her, and straightened to address the sergeants. “Gentlemen,” he said with a nod, then strode on out of the mess hall with Pip in hand. 

Why did he want to talk in his office? Why couldn’t they go over her findings in the mess hall, with Gaz and Soap? Wouldn’t it have been easier with them present? They were likely going to need to know this stuff later anyway—

“Relax,” Price said, once again yanking Pip from her thoughts. She looked up to see him staring straight ahead, though she suspected he was watching her through his peripherals. “Either you’re shaking more than normal, or that’s your heart I feel buzzing in your chest.” His fingers shifted, his thumb pushing under her pelt to rest against her back.

Sure enough, her heart was pounding. It slammed back against her ribs, against the pad of his thumb. She was letting herself get worked up. “I’m fine, Captain.” 

“You’re a shit liar in person.” 

She pulled a sour face. Price was the second person to tell her that lately. She’d heard it before from Alex and Looker, too. 

Upon entering Price’s office, the captain closed the door behind him, and set Pip down on his desk. He rounded it to take his seat, and opened up his laptop. Pip dug her own laptop from her bag and set it down on her lap, pulling up the important documents she’d compiled in her analysis. 

“So,” she started, “I’ll send you what I’ve found—” 

“Hold off on that,” Price said, cutting her off. He leaned forward, hands folding on the desk. Pip felt a sense of alarm rising in her chest. Her heart quickened again. “Laswell called me this morning.” 

More alarm. It rushed through her like a jolt of electricity. Pip swallowed thickly, but said nothing. Price continued. 

“Calm down, Pip. She was just askin’ about you, how you’re holding up after… well, everything.” 

Pip took a breath, trying to ease her anxiety. “What… did you tell her?” 

“Told her you’re doing fine,” he said. “But I know that’s not quite true. So I want you to tell me how you’re doing.” 

He wanted her to talk to him? About her problems? Her personal woes? Pip found herself immediately resistant to that idea. She scrunched her nose and breathed out sharply. “Captain, I’m f—” 

“Don’t…” Price held up a finger, his eyes narrowing, “...tell me you’re ‘fine.’ Don’t lie to me, Pip.” 

He was using her name. Not her callsign. Not the stupid nickname he’d given her. He was using her name. A shiver crawled down Pip’s spine. He was turning that human-multiple-names thing against her.

“This isn’t necessary, Captain,” she said, trying to keep her voice even. “You’re right—I’m not fine. But my problems are my own.” 

“I lead this task force,” he said. “My people’s problems are my problems.” 

Pip wanted to retort that she wasn’t his people. She opened her mouth, intent on saying just that, but she stopped herself and took a breath. Slow in, slow out. Calm down. 

The fact that he did think of her as his people… well, she didn’t want to examine how that made her feel right now. 

“Price, with all due respect… I would prefer it if you didn’t pry into my personal matters. This… turmoil I find myself in won’t affect my work. I promise you that.” 

Price leaned back in his seat, one hand swiping thoughtfully over his mustache and chin. “I’m sure you think that,” he said. Pip felt a spark of indignation rising in her. That sounded awfully patronizing. The man continued, “And I do believe you. To an extent. I’m not worried about your work, though, Pip. Far as I’m concerned, you do damn good work. The shit you did yesterday?” He sucked his teeth and shook his head. “Impressive stuff. I told you as much.”

Hearing the compliments again made her fidget uncomfortably. This conversation was giving her a lot of mixed signals. “So… if you’re not worried about my work suffering, then why are we talking about this? I have intel that you need to see. That’s more important.” 

Price stared at her for a long moment, long enough to make her squirm. That indignation was getting hotter, kindling inside her. “We’re talking about this,” he said finally, “because I’m worried about you. Not your work, but your well-being.” 

What…?

Pip jerked her head back, reacting almost as if she’d been struck. “Wha—you’re— what?” 

The captain rolled his eyes. “Shocking, I know, to learn that the captain cares about his people.” Pip opened her mouth again, ready to refute that statement now, but Price cut her off once more, “And don’t you give me any shit about you ‘not working for me.’ I can see you tossing that argument around in that little head of yours.” 

Pip made an offended noise. Price reached for her, gently pinching her jaw between his thumb and forefinger to make her look at him. 

“Like it or not, while you’re out here, with us, you’re one of mine,” he said. There was a low growl in his voice that stirred something in her core.

It was so easy to feel powerless around humans. Pip swallowed, almost sure that Price could feel the bob in her throat. She didn’t like feeling powerless. So, voice low, she said “Take your hand off of me.” It was an effort to maintain some control of herself and her surroundings. 

And Price did as requested. As he was told. Pip found that a little surprising, if she was being honest with herself, but nevertheless her relief was immediate. She rubbed at her jaw, where his skin had met hers. 

“Did I hurt you?” he asked, a bit softer. 

“No,” she said quickly. That wasn’t a lie. 

“Good. So here’s how this is gonna go, Pip.” Price retreated from her immediate space and folded his hands again. “You and I are gonna chat about what’s bothering you. Then you can tell me all about that intel, yeah?” He met her scowl with a raised brow. She had a feeling that she was not being given much choice here. So much for having control. 

Even still, she felt compelled to ask: “And if I refuse?” 

The skin and muscle wrinkled around his eyes, a tight, mirthless smile spreading under his mustache. “Then I’m sending you back to Laswell.” 

“What —?” Her jaw dropped. She grabbed her crutch and moved to stand, but Price held up a hand. He didn’t touch her. He didn’t have to. It was warning enough to stay seated. Pip eased back down, lip curled just so. “Sir. You said so yourself: I’m helping. Why would you send me away?”

“I know this might seem unfair—”

“Do not patronize me,” she hissed. She was getting sick of repeating this. “Speak to me like an adult.” 

Price flexed his jaw to the side, none-too-appreciative of her tone. “What I mean to say is: I’m not singling you out. I do this with the others, too. Gaz, Soap, everyone.” 

“Ghost?” 

Ah, shit. She regretted her question as soon as it left her mouth.

Price breathed out a wry chuckle. “Especially Simon. That man needs it more than anyone.” 

Pip looked away, chewing the inside of her lip. Guilt was creeping onto the edge of her conscience. Price seemed to notice. 

“Oh… you’ve gone digging where you shouldn’t, huh?” He didn’t sound surprised or angry so much as disappointed. Remorseful. Pip didn’t need to answer. “Do us all a favor and keep it to yourself.” 

Yeah. Yeah, she would. After finishing most of her work last night, she'd gotten a little too curious for her own good, and poked through some of the "non-existent" documents she'd found under Ghost's file. She’d learned the hard way why those files had been so tightly sealed.

And now she was just going to have to carry on like she didn't know. Great. She wasn't looking forward to seeing him again any time soon.

“Enough about them,” Price continued. “Go on then. Tell me what’s bothering you.” 

“John, I—” woah. Hearing his first name on her tongue seemed to surprise the both of them. Pip shook her head and tried again. “Price, I really… really don’t want to do this.” 

His shoulders rose and fell in a shrug. “Then don’t. I’ll let Laswell know, and have you on a plane by day’s end.” 

Bastard. She didn’t want that either! She wasn't a quitter! She wouldn't leave this hellhole mission until it was done! The hideling ducked her head and scrubbed her fingers through her hair with a frustrated groan. 

Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck—

“Rot in the fucking sun, you—” she grumbled in hidespeak, then steeled herself and switched back to English. “Fine. Laswell told me yesterday that my best friend—a hideling I grew up with and went through training with—went missing weeks ago. His handler was found dead, and he’s presumed dead as well, though his body and belongings were not recovered. I find this distressing for a number of reasons.” 

Price watched her carefully, saying nothing. 

She continued, “His name is—was? fuck—his name is Bash. And he’s the closest thing to family that I had.” Her voice shook. Pip cleared her throat and forced her words around the lump rising there. “So I’m not… taking it well.”

“Understandable,” Price said with a nod. 

“And then—and then I’m still reeling from Looker dying. He—he was my handler, my partner, for four years , Price. And he’s just… he's just gone .” Pip stared down at her hands, watching them shake in her lap. “I didn’t even get to see him before you guys sent his body back…”

“We didn’t know that—” Price started, but it was Pip’s turn to interrupt him with a raised hand. 

“Not your fault. I know. It’s just… Ugh. And then his ex-wife was making a fuss, trying to contact me, and I…” 

“His ex-wife…? Bloody hell, Pip…” That disappointment was back. It stung a little. “Don’t tell me you called her…”

“It was stupid. I know. I didn’t tell her anything about me, or what we’re doing—obviously—but…” Her shoulders shook with a heavy sigh. “I don’t even know why I called her. She’s a jealous, spiteful woman, and the conversation just made me feel worse.” 

“I could’ve told you that would happen,” Price said. 

“Wish you had.” 

“Would have, had you said something.” 

Pip huffed. Yeah. Any of her handlers probably would have done the same. She should have just let Ghost talk her out of it last night. 

“Didn’t know Looker well,” Price said. “When Laswell sent him over, I only had a couple quick conversations with him before he…” He trailed off, and Pip was thankful for it. “He seemed like a decent enough bloke, though. I am sorry we lost him.”

“Yeah… Yeah, he was…” She sniffled, but swallowed down any other threats of crying. Price did not get to see her cry. "Anyway,” she continued, “all of this has just… well, Bash is the third person close to me that I've lost recently. And it’s just… a lot. On top of the stress of being forcibly revealed to all of you.” 

Price reached for her again, but stopped short of touching her. His hand stilled behind her, not yet making contact. “Is this okay?” he asked. After a moment of contemplation, she nodded. His fingers curled around her back, draping over her shoulders. She sighed under the weight and hung her head, eyes closed. Price’s warmth seeped into her through her pelt and jumpsuit.

“You said Bash was the third. Guessing Looker was the second. Who was first?” 

Pip reached up to pull her pelt tighter around herself, but instead found the pad of Price’s index finger. It twitched under her touch, but neither of them pulled away. She sighed, and continued, “Found out about two months ago that my first handler went missing in Urzikstan.” She laughed dryly, her hand idly running over the whorls of Price’s fingerprint. “Took that one hard too, because I thought I’d lost him once before when he got blown up a few years back.” 

The fingers behind her went tense. Pip glanced back at them, then up to Price’s face, brows furrowed. He gave her a similar look. “Alex ? Alex Keller?” Hearing his name, the hideling straightened, her heart in her throat. “Alex was your handler?” 

“Y–yes…? Wait, you knew him?” 

Price sighed and rubbed at his forehead with his free hand, his eyes going distant. “He and I worked together in Urzikstan back in 2019. I led the team with him, Gaz, and Farah. I was there when that factory went up. We all thought he’d died then too. But then the bastard turned up a month later with a shiny new leg.” 

Pip couldn’t help another sniffle. She was starting to choke up again, but she was determined not to cry. Not here. “When he got assigned to take on Al-Quatala, I was forced to part ways with him,” she said. “At the time, our council didn’t allow us to go overseas much—certainly not to active war zones.” 

“And here you are now…” His thumb brushed her arm, offering a small comfort. 

“Yeah,” she said flatly. “Here I am now. Half blown up myself, being forced to talk about my personal problems to one of my four new handlers.” 

Despite it being forced, though, Pip did feel a little bit better, having aired all of her woes out. She’d sooner die than tell Price that, but it was true regardless. 

The hand curled around her, gently lifting her off of the desk and cupping beneath her to bring her closer to Price’s level. “Hey,” he said, feigning offense, “We’re not all that bad. I can see you’re getting used to us. Even coming around to liking us.” 

Pip scoffed and rolled her eyes. The humor was a sudden, but not unwelcome change of pace. Maybe she did still have a few banter points left after all. “Gaz is okay. I guess.” 

Price gave her a knowing, infuriatingly smug look. “So you’ve expressed a liking for Soap, Ghost, and now Gaz. No love for your captain, ey?” 

Her captain? Hah! 

Pip turned her eyes up in thought, counting on her fingers, “Mendoza, Jacobs, and Reed got me this hare, so I guess they’re okay too…” 

That got a balk from Price. He nudged her shoulder with his thumb, much less comforting this time. “That right? You called me John a few minutes ago, and now you say you like rookies more than me?” He almost sounded offended, but the smile under his mustache and the amusement in his eyes betrayed him. 

Pointedly not meeting Price’s eyes, Pip instead peered over his hands, to his desk and the floor below. “Hm. Bet I could make that jump, even with this cast…” 

As was the expected reaction, the captain’s hands cupped around her more, walling her between them. “Don’t. I’ve had Nik set your next vet appointment for next week already; don’t need you limping around on two broken legs until then.” 

Her expression fell to a scow immediately. “Fucking vet,” she spat. “Unbelievable. I’m still mad about that.” 

Price shrugged. “Vets specialize in binding tiny limbs. It’s the best place to patch you up.” 

Yeah, yeah, she understood the reasoning, but she didn’t have to like it. “And after putting me through that humiliation, you still don’t give me anything to drink for the pain.” 

“Bloody hell.” Price tipped his head back in exasperation. He shifted to hold Pip in one hand so he could gesticulate with his other. “You were just in my hidden stash last night.” 

Pip’s blood ran cold. “Uh…” She found herself suddenly tongue-tied, her cheeks heating in embarrassment. “I don’t, uh—”

“And I know Simon’s the one that takes you.” 

Shit. How'd he find out? Not just about last night, but the time before, too! She wasn’t about to rat Ghost out, though. Pip shook her head adamantly. “No. I found it myself.” 

Price chuckled. “Not gettin’ any better at this lying thing, Lag. Your whole body goes tense, and you look like a deer in headlights. Never mind that your story is bullshit. You can barely walk.” He tapped the knee of her cast for emphasis. “Let alone lift a floor panel and unscrew a bottle.” 

“You have no idea what I’m capable of,” she retorted. “With or without this cast. Isn’t it a human saying, ‘if there’s a will, there’s a way’?” 

His smile spread into a grin, thoroughly amused. “Part of me hates that you’re lying right to my face, but a bigger part of me loves that you’re trying to protect Simon. Wholly unnecessary, by the way. But I’m sure he’d appreciate it too.” 

The hideling refused to meet his eyes, her cheeks and ears burning. “Are we done now?” She was pretty eager for another topic change. This conversation had already gone on far longer and taken more turns than she wanted. 

Price lowered his hand back down to the desk and let her off next to her laptop. “Sure. Just one last thing. Look at me, Lag.” Reluctantly, she did. “I’m sorry for your losses. Truly I am. We’re holding out that Alex might still be alive, but you know how this goes.” 

Pip nodded. “Yeah. I do,” she said softly. When he said nothing more, she took that as her cue to start her briefing. 

Finally.  

They’d wasted enough time and energy on her emotional bullshit. 

As she was pulling up and sending over documents, she heard Price shuffling around in one of his desk drawers. She didn't bother looking up until she heard the unmistakable sound of a lighter sparking to life. Her head snapped up, immediately finding a cigar between the captain’s fingers. He rotated it slowly, expertly, to give it a proper light. Just before putting it between his lips, though, he caught Pip staring, and winced. 

“Ah, bollocks—probably shouldn’t smoke around you. Sorry—” 

Before he could snub it out, Pip waved her hands. “Don’t! No, it’s—it’s fine. Go ahead. Don’t mind me.” 

He regarded her curiously, lips pressed together in a frown. “You sure? ‘Cos I can wait until we’re done—”

“Don’t,” she insisted. “I, uh… I like the smell…” Already, she could detect the sweet, almost chocolatey notes of the cigar, and he hadn’t even taken a puff yet. It made her mouth water. 

Hesitantly, but without breaking eye contact, Price placed the cigar between his lips, and drew in a mouthful of smoke. Pip forced herself to look away, not wanting to ogle any more than she already had. When he expelled the smoke into the air between them, Pip felt a shiver race up her spine and across her skin. She breathed in deep as the white wisps curled around her, her lips parted slightly to take in the full flavor. 

It tasted rich, sweet, and very much like John Price. 

Keep it together, Pip, fuck’s sake!  

She cleared her throat, tried to clear her head, and sent the last file over to Price’s computer. “Okay, so—if you’ll check what I sent you, the first packet is all the highlights of what I’ve found. The second one is the specifics I’ve compiled—stuff you’ve asked me to look for, and stuff I thought seemed relevant or helpful…” 

Gods help her. She was a fucking mess.

[jovialjuggernaut-draws]

Ok last one: 97 hattercrow 🙏🙏🙏 (ur hatter specifically plzzz)

"You're so cute when you pout like that."

Bunny scrunched up his nose, waggling his whiskers. His soft-furred ears drooped back to brush his bony shoulders, tensed as they were. "Focus, Jervis," Bunny ordered.

The Hatter couldn't help but giggle. It was so absurd, the hare acting so serious, looking so cute as he did. He wound his fingers into Bunny's unruly mop of strawberry hair, kissing the sweet straw where it sprouted between knobby knuckles.

"This is not the time, damn it!" Bunny snapped, roughly shoving the Hatter's arm aside.

Jonathan stalked off, tension sharp in his shoulders. At his work table, he stilled, nails digging like claws into its weathered surface.

"...Shouldn't have dragged you with me…" Jonathan lamented. "Risky enough without dead weight dragging me down…"

"Sorry, Bunny," Jervis tried. His lip tasted of the tang of blood where his teeth dug into it. "Didn't mean to make you cross."

Jonathan shot a glare his way, but it softened in an instant, all fluff again. "Shit, Jervis, you're bleeding-"

Bunny rushed over, one of those thick, soft napkins he used for chemical spills pressed to the Hatter's bleeding lip. His wispy eyebrows drew close, etching deep wrinkles into his forehead. The Hatter lifted a hand, palm cupping Bunny's fluffy cheek, his thumb stroking a line from his twitching nose to his strawberry hair until the wrinkles softened and smoothed.

"...Listen, Jervis, I…" Bunny sighed, nuzzling into Hatter's palm. "It's not your fault. I'm just… frustrated. It's been very stressful, this business with Joker- with the Duchess."

Hatter nodded, catching onto Bunny's meaning. "Squabbling with the cook again."

"Yes." Bunny kissed his palm before drawing away again. Hatter let him scamper off, back to his work table with its potions in their beakers. "This power struggle with Harley has a body count already. They're dragging anyone they can into the crossfire, and it's only a matter of time before one of them turns eyes to us. I need to be ready for that. To protect you."

Hatter smiled fondly, his serious little Bunny pouting cutely again. "That's sweet, Bunny."

The wrinkles sank into Bunny's forehead again. Hatter checked his lip, worried the bleeding may have begun anew, but his fingers came away clean. "Jervis, please. I want to impress on you how dangerous this situation is. Those mad clowns will stop at nothing-"

Hatter beckoned his Bunny over, arms outstretched. The hare hesitated, of course, but he gave in in the end, allowing his Hatter to embrace him, wild strawberry hair tickling under his chin. "Bunny, bunny, bunny. So skittish, so scared. Aren't you already armed from hill to dale, keeping Alice and her cat from imposing at our table again?"

"It's not the same," Bunny insisted. "The Bat's goals are never lethal-"

"The Duchess also hasn't half the wit of that grinning cat," the Hatter countered. "Self-absorbed and singularly focussed. Even this squabble with the cook means only to teach Alice some lesson or other."

"But how can we be sure-"

"We can never be sure," the Hatter acknowledged, stroking Bunny softly as he did, to soothe before he could spook. "Nothing in this life is sure. A pawn may fall in battle, or she may become a queen. The tears you shed today may wash you into a sunny day the next. Time may speed or slow or still, but it does not reverse, and we cannot see what is to come."

Bunny shook his head, his hair scratching across the Hatter's collarbone where he pressed his forehead close. "You're mad," he accused.

"Aren't we all?" Hatter reminded him.

Bunny pouted up at him, but the corners of his mouth were twitching, fighting a smile. "You especially."

Jervis couldn't help but return the fond look. "You know, you're cute when you smile, too."

[termiteterraceclub]

Termite Terrace Club - February 10th

1940 - Busy Bakers - Dir. Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton

1940 - Ali-Baba Bound - Dir. Bob Clampett

1945 - The Unruly Hare - Dir. Frank Tashlin

1951 - Rabbit Every Monday - Dir. Friz Freleng

1962 - A Sheep in the Deep - Dir. Chuck Jones

1968 - Big Game Haunt - Dir. Alex Lovy

TV

1992 - Tiny Toon Adventures Season 2: “Kon Ducki”

1994 - Animanaics Season 1: “Branimaniacs” / “The Warners and the Beanstalk” / “Frontier Slappy”

2007 - Loonatics Unleashed Season 2: “It Came From Outer Space”

[doumekiss]

2024

Fanfiction

Inside Your Head - 51/51 (ORV, Joongdok)

Doodling - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Labru)

A Life in Your Shape - 1/? (Dungeon Meshi, Labru)

If I'm Lucky - Oneshot (Yellowjackets, Taivan)

The Beginning of Something New - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Laishuro)

when you kill the lights, and kiss my eyes (I feel like a person for a moment of my life) - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Labru)

Oh...oh no - 2/2 (Dungeon Meshi, Labru + Mithrun)

Flavors - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Farcille + Laios)

White Day - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Labru)

Interesting Facts About Cicadas - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Laishuro)

What are your intentions with my brother? - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Labru + Farcille)

Ramen Noodles - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Mithmil)

I knew nothing of romance (but it was love at second sight) - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Mithmil)

Kabru's Great Regret - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Labru + Mithrun)

It's love's illusions I recall - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Kabru and Rin)

Breasting Boobily - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Cithadol)

Xerochrysum - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Farcille)

Whatever this world can give to me (It's you, you're all I see) - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Mickbell and Kuro + Chilchuck)

If the fire in your chest goes out (well I'll hold you all the same) - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Mithrun and his Brother)

will I find you when the night is over? - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Chilshi)

Elf Cake - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Kabru and Mithrun + Mithmil)

Heartache - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Farcille)

Poison Paradise - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Cithadol)

Motherhood - Oneshot (Dungeon Meshi, Milsiril and Kabru)

The Royal Advisor Did WHAT With The King? - 15/? (Dungeon Meshi, Labru)

TV Shows Seasons/Series 

1. Meet The Richardsons - S01 - ★★★★

2. Ghosts (cbs) - S01 - ★★★★★ 

3. Ghosts (cbs)- S02 - ★★★★★ 

4. Upstart Crow - S01 - ★★★★

5. Upstart Crow - S02 - ★★★★

6. Link Click - S01 - ★★★★

7. Link Click - S02 - ★★★★

8. Shadows House - S01 - ★★★★★ 

9. Shadows House - S02 - ★★★★★ 

10. Abbott Elementary - S02 - ★★★★

11. The Curious Case of Natalia Grace - S01 - ★★★★

12. The Curious Case of Natalia Grace - S02 - ★★★

13. Extraordinary - S02 - ★★★★

15. The Apothecary Diaries - S01 - ★★★★★ 

16. Sousou no Frieren - S01 - ★★★★★ 

17. Mashle - S01 - ★★★

18. We Are Lady Parts - S01 - ★★★★★ 

19. Ghosts (cbs) - S03 - ★★★★

20. Rick and Morty - S06 - ★★★

21. Dungeon Meshi - S01 - ★★★★★ 

22. Smiling Friends - S01 - ★★★★

23. Interview With The Vampire - S02 - ★★★★★ 

24. Smiling Friends - S02 - ★★★★

25. Bob’s Burgers - S14 - ★★★★

26. Rick and Morty - S07 - ★★★

27. Handa-Kun - S01 - ★★★★

28. Dead Boy Detectives - S01 - ★★★★

29. Servant - S01 - ★★★★

30. Taskmaster - S16 - ★★★★

31. Star Trek : Deep Space 9 - S06 - ★★★★★ 

32. Tanaka-Kun is Always Listless - S01 - ★★★★

33. Train To The End of The World - S01 - ★★★

34. Taskmaster - S17 - ★★★★★ 

35. Star Trek : Deep Space 9 - S07 - ★★★★

36. Superstore - S01 - ★★★★★ 

Books and Comics 

January 

1. Unruly (David Mitchell) - ★★★★

2. And Put Away Childish Things (Adrian Tchaikovsky) - ★★★★

3. Patricia Wants to Cuddle (Samantha Allen) - ★★★

4. Earth Fathers Are Weird (Lyn Gala) - ★★★★

5. Earth Husbands Are Odd (Lyn Gala) - ★★★★

6. Flashforward (Robert J. Sawyer) - ★★★

7. Elder Race (Adrian Tchaikovsky) - ★★★★★ 

8. A Haunting on the Hill (Elizabeth Hand) - ★★★

9. Marigold and Rose (Louise Gluck) - ★★★★

10. Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems (James Baldwin) - ★★★★

11. Tress of the Emerald Sea (Brandon Sanderson) - ★★★★★ 

12. Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 (Erica Fischer) - ★★★★

13. Breadcrumbs (Anne Ursu) - ★★★

14. The Borrowers (Mary Norton) - ★★★

15. The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Brandon Sanderson) - ★★★★

16. The Commitments (Roddy Doyle) - ★★★

17. The Art Thief (Michael Finkel) - ★★★★

18. Barrayar (Lois McMaster Bujold) - ★★★★★ 

19. This Book May Save Your Life (Karan Rajan) - ★★★★

20. The Salt Grows Heavy (Cassandra Khaw) - ★★★

21. The Year of the Hare (Arto Paasilinna) - ★★★

22. A Dog's Heart (Mikhail Bulgakov) - ★★★★

23. Crooked House (Agatha Christie) - ★★★★

24. Goodbye, My Rose Garden (Dr. Pepperco) - ★★★★

25. Kissing the Witch (Emma Donahue) - ★★★★★ 

26. The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern) - ★★★

27. Meruhen Na Otoko Tachi (Itsuki, Makoto) - ★★★★

28. Murikon. (Makoto Itsuki) - ★★★

29. You're Not a Girl in a Movie (Hala Alyan) - ★★★★

30. The Arkadians (Lloyd Alexander) - ★★★

31. The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) - ★★★★★ 

February 

1. Poor Things (Alasdair Gray) - ★★★★

2. Night (Elie Wiesel) - ★★★★

3. Carnaval (Manuel Bandeira) - ★★

4. Sins of the Black Flamingo (Andrew Wheeler; Tradd Moore) - ★★★

5. Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) - ★★★★★ 

6. Sentimento Do Mundo (Carlos Drummond De Andrade) - ★★★★

7. The Woman in Me (Britney Spears) - ★★★★

8. Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome (James Kinross) - ★★★★

9. Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake) - ★★★★

10. Estrela Da Tarde (Manuel Bandeira) - ★★★★

11. The Maidens (Alex Michaelides) - ★★★★

12. When Marnie Was There (Joan G. Robinson) - ★★★★

13. Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe) - ★★★★★ 

14. Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome) - ★★★

15. Redemption in Indigo (Karen Lord) - ★★★★

16. The Warrior's Apprentice (Lois McMaster Bujold) - ★★★★

17. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich) - ★★★★★ 

18. The Egg and Other Stories (Andy Weir) - ★★★★

19. Dogs of Summer (Andrea Abreu) - ★★★

20. Ruthless (Dumplone) - ★★★

21. Kay's Anatomy (Adam Kay) - ★★★★

22. Way Station (Clifford D. Simak) - ★★★★

23. Palepoli (Usamura Furuya) - ★★★

24. The Princess in Black (Shannon Hale & Dean Hale) - ★★★★

25. The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party (Shannon Hale) - ★★★

26. The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde (Shannon Hale) - ★★★★

27. The Colossus and Other Poems (Sylvia Plath) - ★★★★

28. Winter Trees (Sylvia Plath) - ★★★★

29. The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov) - ★★★

March

1. The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) - ★★★★★

2. The Woman in the Purple Skirt (Natsuko Imamura) - ★★★★

3. Contos Negreiros (Marcelino Freire) - ★★★

4. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach) - ★★★

5. The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux) - ★★★★

6. Void (Zariya) - ★★★

7. On Palestine (Noam Chomsky) - ★★★★

8. The Martian (Andy Weir) - ★★★★★ 

9. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - ★★★★

10. Foster (Claire Keegan) - ★★★

11. Blood of the Sun (Yang Seonghyeon) - ★★★

12. The Eternal Husband (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - ★★★

13. The White Darkness (David Grann) - ★★★

14. Shadows House (Somato) - ★★★★★ 

15. Assassin's Apprentice (Robin Hobb) - ★★★★

16. Royal Assassin (Robin Hobb) - ★★★★

17. Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons) - ★★★

18. Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson) - ★★★★

19. Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science (Erika Engelhaupt) - ★★★★

20. The Story of China (Michael Wood) - ★★★

21. Kieta Hatsukoi (Hinekure Wataru, Aruko) - ★★★★★ 

22. Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima) - ★★★★

23. Jamais Peço Desculpas Por Me Derramar (Ryane Leão) - ★★★★

24. This Won't Help : Modest Proposals for a More Enjoyable Apocalypse (Eli Grober) - ★★★★

25. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke) - ★★

26. No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai) - ★★★

27. Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov) - ★★★★

28. The Prince of Mist (Carlos Ruiz Zafón) - ★★★★

29. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie) - ★★★★

30. Lincoln's Dreams (Connie Willis) - ★

31. Goodbye, Eri (Tatsuki Fujimoto) - ★★★★

32. The Call of the Wild (Jack London) - ★★★★

33. Rutka's Notebook (Ruth Laskier) - ★★★

34. The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hiro Arikawa) - ★★★★★ 

35. Jane of Lantern Hill (L.M. Montgomery) - ★★★

36. The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes on (Franny Choi) - ★★★★

37. Deliberate Cruelty (Roseanne Montillo) - ★★★

38. Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Dies (Jim Bernhard) - ★

39. Shirahime-Syo (Clamp) - ★★★

40. Via Láctea (Olavo Bilac) - ★★★

41. The Goodbye Cat (Hiro Arikawa) - ★★★★

42. The Hole (Hiroko Oyamada) - ★★★

43. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) - ★★★★

April

1. The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie) - ★★★

2. Erio and the Electric Doll (Mujirushi Shimazaki) - ★★★★

3. The Watcher in the Shadows (Carlos Ruiz Zafon) - ★★★

4. Romanceiro Da Inconfidência (Cecília Meireles) - ★★★★

5. Ordeal by Innocence (Agatha Christie) - ★★★ 

6. Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu) - ★★★★

7. Schoolgirl (Osamu Dazai) - ★★★★

8. Billy Budd, Sailor (Melville, Herman)

9. The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation (Shannon Hale) - ★★★

10. The Princess in Black and the Perfect Playdate (Shannon Hale) - ★★★★

11. Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare (Shannon Hale) - ★★★

12. The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle (Shannon Hale) - ★★★

13. The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem (Shannon Hale) - ★★★★

14. Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan) - ★★★★

15. The Lover (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) - ★★★

16. The Grandmothers (Doris Lessing) - ★★★

17. Kindergarten Wars (Yuu Chiba) - ★★★

18. The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - ★★★★

19. Grendel (John Gardner) - ★★★

20. Sleeping Dead (Asada Nemui) - ★★★★★ 

21. Dear, My God (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

22. Deen, My Love (Asada Nemui) - ★★★★

23. Madara Moyou No Yoi (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

24. The Pale Horse (Agatha Christie) - ★★★★

25. Call (Asada Nemui) - ★★★★

26. Ai, Sei (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

27. Takatora-Kun to Omegatachi (Asada Nemui) - ★★★★

28. Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi) - ★★★

29. The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) - ★★★★★ 

30. The Flowers of Buffoonery (Osamu Dazai) - ★★★

31. If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin) - ★★★★

32. Skin (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

33. Magma (Thora Hjörleifsdóttir) - ★★★★

34. Dreaming in Code : Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer (Emily Arnold McCully) - ★★★★

May

1. Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★★ 

2. Witches Abroad (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

3. Starve Acre (Andrew Michael Hurley) - ★★★★

4. Feet of Clay (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★★ 

5. Jingo (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

6. Hare No Hi (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

7. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)- ★★★

8. A House With Good Bones (T. Kingfisher) - ★★★★

9. The Premonition (Banana Yoshimoto) - ★★★

10. Ani No Chuukoku (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

11. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) - ★★★

12. The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima) - ★★★

13. Going Postal (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★★ 

14. Making Money (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★★ 

15. The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal) - ★★★★

16. Every Man for Himself and God Against All (Werner Herzog) - ★★★★

17. The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting) - ★★★

18. Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light (Nikita Gill) - ★★★

19. Myra Breckenridge (Gore Vidal) - ★★★

20. Oratório De Santa Maria Egipcíaca (Cecília Meireles) - ★★★

21. Loved Circus (Asada Nemui) - ★★★

22. The Truth (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★★

23. The Mountain in the Sea (Ray Nayler) - ★★★★

24. Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne) - ★★★

25. A Theory of Haunting (Sarah Monette) - ★★★

26. Dialogue (Robert McKee) - ★★★★

June 

1. Sleep Donation (Karen Russell) - ★★

2. The Islands of Chaldea (Diana Wynne Jones) - ★★★

3. Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin) - ★★★★

4. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain) - ★★★★

5. Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World (Scott McCormick) - ★★★★

6. Rivals 2! More Frenemies Who Changed the World (Scott McCormick) - ★★★

7. The Goblin Reservation (Clifford Simak) - ★★★★

8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) - ★★★★

9. Casino Royale (Ian Fleming) - ★

10. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (Kevin Wilson) - ★★★★

11. Outlaw Marriages (Rodger Streitmatter) - ★★★★

12. Before the Ever After (Jacqueline Woodson) - ★★★

13. Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words (Joni Mitchell & Malka Marom) - ★★★★

14. Cumbe (Marcelo D'salete) - ★★★★

15. Shy (Max Porter) - ★★★

16. Alien Clay (Adrian Tchaikovsky) - ★★★★

17. Trinta E Poucos (Antonio Prata) - ★★★★

18. Noite Luz (Marcelo D'salete) - ★★★

19. O Meu Amigo Pintor (Lygia Bojunga) - ★★★★

20. If Cats Disappeared From the World (Genki Kawamura) - ★★★★

21. The Postman (Antonio Skármeta) - ★★★

22. Ten Drugs (Thomas Hager) - ★★★★

23. Black Paradox (Junji Ito) - ★★★★

24. Service Model (Adrian Tchaikovsky) - ★★★★

25. The Duel (Anton Chekhov) - ★★★

26. The Depth of the Sky (Kohinata Maruko and Sakurai Mina) - ★★★★

July

1. Sherbet Above The Sea of Fog (Ppeowapiwasal) - ★★★★

2. Sensor (Junji Ito) - ★★★

3. 4. Pity (Andrew McMillan) - ★★★

4. Talking About Detective Fiction (P. D. James) - ★★★★

5. The Bow (Sasaki Kuroda) 

6. Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine (Kevin Wilson) - ★★★★

7. Kill The Male Lead To Become The Villainess (Shisi Xia Xiang) - ★★★

8. Maskerade (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

9. Why We Get Sick (Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams) - ★★★★★

10. 84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff) - ★★★★

11. The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) - ★★★★

12. O Jumento Que Foi Á Lua 

13. Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke) - ★★★★

14. Strange Sally Diamond (Liz Nugent) - ★★

15. The Sisters Brothers (Patrick DeWitt) - ★★★★

16. Mort (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

17. Soul Music (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

18. Caffeine (Michael Pollan) - ★★★

19. Novelist as a Vocation (Haruki Murakami) - ★★★

20. Star Trek : Revenant (Alex White) - ★★★★

21. The Sea and The Little Fishes (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

22. Beacon 23 (Hugh Howey) - ★★★

23.Ascendance of a Bookworm: Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 1 (Miya Kazuki) - ★★★★

24. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 2 (Miya Kazuki) - ★★★★

25. Only You Can Save Mankind (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★

26. Elevation (Stephen King) - ★★★

27. The Gilda Stories (Jewelle Gomez) - ★★★★

28. The Cry of The Owl (Patricia Highsmith) - ★★

29. The Fifth Elephant (Terry Pratchett) - ★★★★

30. Shakespeare For Squirrels (Christopher Moore) - ★★★

31. Welcome to the OC : The Oral History (Alan Sepinwall) - ★★★★★

32. Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami) - ★★★

33. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Seanan McGuire) - - ★★★★

August

1. Paldin's Grace (T. Kingfisher) - ★★★★

2. Little Lord Funtleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) - - ★★★

3. Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier) - ★★★★

4. Paladin's Strenght (T. Kingfisher) - - ★★★★

Movies 

January 

1. Totally Killer (2023) - ★★★★

2. The Estate (2022) - ★★

3. On Chesil Beach (2018) - ★★★

4. Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) - ★★★★

5. Mean Girls (2004) - ★★★★★ 

6. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) - ★★★★

7. Jaws (1975) - ★★★

8. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) - ★★★★

9. Chicago (2002) - ★★★★★ 

10. Next Goal Wins (2023) - ★★★★

11. See How They Run (2022) - ★★★

12. Bottoms (2023) - ★★★★★ 

13. Eileen (2023) - ★★★★

14. The Bishop's Wife (1947) - ★★★★

15. 12 Angry Men (1957) - ★★★★★ 

16. Torch Song Trilogy (1988) - ★★★★

17. Don't Bother to Knock (1952) - ★★★

18. The Divorcee (1930) - ★★★

19. Scooby-Doo (2002) - ★★★★

February 

1. Saltburn (2023) - ★★★★

2. Milli Vanilli (2023) - ★★★★

3. Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021) - ★★★

4. Ishtar (1987) - ★★

5. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) - ★★★

6. Ivy (1947) - ★★★

7. Hotel Transylvania (2012) - ★★★

8. Gone Girl (2014) - ★★★★★ 

9. American Fiction (2023) - ★★★★

10. Surf's Up (2007) - ★★★

11. The Godfather (1972) - ★★★★

March

1. Poor Things (2023) - ★★★★

2. Mean Girls (2024) - ★★

3. Happy Death Day (2017) - ★★★★★ 

4. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) - ★★★

5. Shiva Baby (2021) - ★★★★

6. The Three Faces of Eve (1957) - ★★★★★ 

7. Dicks: The Musical (2023) - ★★★★★ 

8. Analyze This (1999) - ★★���

9. The Mask (1994) - ★★★

10. What's Up, Doc? (1972) - ★★★★★ 

11. The End of the Affair (1999) - ★★★

12. The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004) - ★★★★

13. Shrek (2001) - ★★★★★ 

14. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - ★★★★★ 

April

1. Bell, Book and Candle (1958) - ★★★★

2. The Company of Wolves (1984) - ★★★★★ 

3. Sabrina (1954) - ★★★★★ 

4. Getulio (2014) - ★★★★

5. The Croods (2013) - ★★★★

6. The Heiress (1949) - ★★★★★ 

7. The Dark Mirror (1946) - ★★★★

8. In This Our Life (1942) - ★★★

9. The Remains of the Day (1993) - ★★★★★ 

10. My Best Fiend (1999) - ★★★★★ 

11. Burden of Dreams (1982) - ★★★★★ 

12. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980) - ★★★★★ 

13. All About Eve (1950) - ★★★★★ 

14. It's Love I'm After (1937) - ★★★★

15. Encounters at the End of the World (2007) - ★★★★★ 

16. Grizzly Man (2005) - ★★★★★ 

17. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? - ★★★★

18. Stand-In (1937) - ★★★

19. The Petrified Forest (1936) - ★★★★

20. The House of the Seven Gables (1940) - ★★★★

May

1. Auntie Mame (1958) - ★★★★

2. Shrek (2001) - ★★★★★ 

3. Late Night With the Devil (2024) - ★★★★★ 

4. Biosphere (2023) - ★★★★

5. Gone With the Wind (1939) - ★

6. House of Wax (1953) - ★★★★

7. The Whales of August (1987) - ★★★

8. Myra Breckinridge (1970) - ★★

9. Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) - ★★

10. May December (2023) - ★★★★

11. Lucy and Desi (2022) - ★★★★★ 

12. Creep (2014) - ★★★★★ 

13. Creep 2 (2017) - ★★★★★ 

14. Abigail (2024) - ★★★

15. Gosford Park (2001) - ★★★★

16. Clockwatchers (1997) - ★★★

17. Rashomon (1950) - ★★★★

18. Rosaline (2022) - ★★★

19. Challengers (2024) - ★★★★

20. Matilda (1996) - ★★★★★ 

21. Re-Animator (1985) - ★★★

22. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - ★★★

23. Dragonwyck (1946) - ★★★★

24. Vincent (1982) - ★★★★

June

1. The Frog Princess (1954) - ★★★★

2. I'm No Angel (1933) - ★★★

3. Coherence (2013) - ★★★★

4. Exam (2009) - ★★★

5. How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story (2023) - ★★★

6. In the Soup (1992) - ★★★

7. She Done Him Wrong (1933) - ★★★

8. Blonde in Black Leather (1975) - ★★★★

9. The Philadelphia Story (1940) - ★★★★★ 

10. The Night of the Hunter (1955) - ★★★★★ 

11. Rebecca (1940) - ★★★★

12. Inside Out 2 (2024) - ★★★

July 

1. Tripping (2024) - ★★★★

2. Tall, Dark and Handsome (2023) - ★★★★

3. The Orgy (2018) - ★★★★

4. Lady Brentley’s End (2022) - ★★★

5. Home (2015) - ★★★★

6. The Silence of The Lambs (1991) - ★★★★★ 

7. Rain Man (1988) - ★★★★

8. The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023) - ★★★★

9. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - ★★★★

10. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - ★★★★

11. Faye (2024) - ★★★★

12. Mommie Dearest (1981) - ★★