#tracy griffith

[horrororman]

🎃💀🎂 A Happy #horror Birthday to Tracy Griffith & Rebecca Ferguson 🎂💀🎃

#TracyGriffith

#RebeccaFerguson

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 90's Fest Stevegoolie Saturday Night...The First Power (1990) on classic DVD 📀! #Movie #movies #horror #TheFirstPower #loudiamondphillips #mykeltiwilliamson #tracygriffith #JeffKober #billmoseley #ClaytonLandey #dennislipscomb #grandlbush #davidkatims #dvd #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas4thannual90sfest #Stevegoolie #svengoolie #metv

[darktripz]

[worth-this-and-more]

i really want someone to make a comic or meme about that one specific sel and sar moment where he is aether drunk and growls dangerously at bree and sar growls right back

because imagine being a literal half demon, the most powerful merlin in your whole generation, aether drunk, angrier than ever, brimming with murderous intent, openly threatening to murder a girl and the other pixie like girl just fucking. growls at you back. my boy was so shocked his brain shut down for a moment

[geryone]

Listening to the audiobook for Knife by Salman Rushdie & getting whiplash every time he talks about poets that I love

[river-sam2]

Christmas of Aquanauts.

-Marineville, mid-December.

Troy Tempest the Captain of Stingray, ex-Captain Bradley Holden and ex-WASP oceanographer Gordon Tracy were drank in the corner of the Pub.

“You should be very grateful to Phones.”

Brad, who was drunk and a bit preachy, turned his attention to Troy.

Troy shrugged and looked Gordon as he asked help him.

“Certainly, it's probably thanks to him that those lovely ladies didn’t get mad at you.”

Gordon smiled mischievously.

“Come on , you guys are sooo merciless for me.”

Troy gestured as he surrendered to them, and reached for the fried fish.

“Haha, I gonna get water.”

Gordon got off the chair.

“Hey, I still not drank so much.”

Brad laughed cheerfully.

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-Meanwhile in the control tower…

“achoo…hey, anybody taking about me?”

Phones sneezed, and Sub-Lieutenant Fisher who was playing chess by himself, jumped his shoulders in shock.

“Bless you.”

“Thanks.”

“I hope that person is not Titan.”

Fisher said, and he looked back to chess board.

“Yeah…I don‘t wanna see they found a rockabilly band and held the countdown concert in here.”

Phones sighed.

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“Christmas is almost here.”

Gordon smiled happily.

They got off the pub and walking to Residential area. As they approached there, Christmas lights were decorated everywhere.

“By the way, does Spectrum also celebrate Christmas?”

Nobody knows Brad joined Spectrum, except few people including Troy and Gordon.

“Nah…our boss is very strict man. I will work that day, and hope I could eat Christmas cake.”

-Actually, Colonel White got angry because of troublesome guys in his organization including Brad aka Captain grey. But this is another story-

“Gordon, will you spent Christmas holiday with your families?”

Troy asked.

“Yes, I‘m looking forward to our family get together.”

“That‘s good! I hope you will enjoy. ”

“Thank you.”

“I hope The Aquaphibians will enjoying Christmas under the sea and we will spent peacefully this holiday.”

When Troy said that, Brad and Gordon smiled, because they remembered Troy‘s episode about he and Barry Byrne.

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-Spectrum Control Center.

“Oh….I wish I could join them...”

ex-WASP Seymour Griffiths as Lieutenant Green sighed in front of the computer.

“Anything fun?”

Captain Magenta came into the room just a little faster, it looks like he is an impatient man.

“Hi! Captain grey went our old workplace and he drank with friends after his job.”

“That’s too bad. However, I will in trouble if both of you get out of here, because you guys are relatively sane in this organization…”

The impatient Irishman scanned his ID, logged into the control room computer, and set up various apps 1.5 times faster than he could speak.

“You forgot Captain Ochre.”

“WHAT?”

Magenta opened his eyes and shook his head, as if to tell Green not to say that stupid thing.

“What's so sane about the craziest Guy in this organization? and I should educate him with Captain Scarlet‘s Opening Sequence.”

“What are you talking about?”

“No, forget it.”

Magenta looks cursing about Ochre, but Green smiled and took over the business because in fact, he understood Magenta trusts him and Ochre.

“You are going to off-duty aren‘t you.”

“Yes.”

“So you should go to the dining hall and you will found something you like.”

Magenta grinned.

“Ohhh, I wonder what's there…Bye, Captain.”

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Later…

[uniwolfcorn]

🎉Happy Anderson Day, Everyone!~🎉

As a way to celebrate, I made my favorite characters from each Gerry Anderson show I've watched into Bluey dogs with a picrew!~

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Mike Mercury (Supercar)

Dr. Venus (Fireball XL5)

Phones Lee Sheridan (Stingray)

Alan Tracy (Thunderbirds)

Lieutenant Green/Seymour Griffiths (Captain Scarlet. There isn't any green fur, so I had to improvise)

Joe McCain (Joe 90)

Father Urwin (Secret Service)

Tiger Ninestein (Terrahawks. Btw don't judge me I like him okay XD)

Sam Scott (Firestorm)

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

💕Tagging: @dragonoffantasyandreality, @alexthefly, @etrnlvoid, @n-chu4ever, @teapotteringabout, @mothmannerly, @avengedbiologist, @tikatu, @katblu42, @gumnut-logic, @the-original-sineater, @greywake, @llamawrites, @knyee, @heckincuddlies, @twistedoliver, @jacksonstarkiller, @skymaiden32, @willow-salix, @dreamycloud, @ak47stylegirl, @weathergirl8, @godsliltippy, @mrmustachious, @squiddokiddo, @thunderbirbthor, @gaviiadastra, @psychoseal, @chenria, @tsarinatorment, @janetm74, @louthestarspeaker, @malignedangel, @crunchyluigi💕

Thank you to all Thunderfam/Anderfam for all the amazing, creative content you all share❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷💖🖤🤎����🤍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌟

[camlannpod]

hi! I'm sure someone's asked this before, but I've just listened to your podcast (I'm really enjoying it) and I was wondering if you had any good arthurian/medieval book recommendations (preferably queer)

OMG NO ONE HAS ASKED BEFORE AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU DID THANK YOU AND I HOPE YOU'RE WELL ALSO

Spear by Nicola Griffith - great trans focused novel about Peredur

Gwen and Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher - sugary sweet YA queer romance where Gwen and Arthur are each other's beards

Here Lies Arthur by Phillip Reeve - bit edgy and not as explicitly queer because it's older, but it's very Welsh and I love it, again very trans Peredur

I've heard good things about Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg, Legendborn by Tracy Deonn and Lancelot and the Wolf by Sarah Luddington. Next on my to-read list is Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta!

In other mediums, I've heard great things about High Noon Over Camelot, a story album by The Mechanisms (guessing from your username you might be familiar :p), and I really love the comic series Once and Future by Kieron Gillen. (Tragically though, the comics aren't especially queer).

Honestly Le Morte d'Arthur, the Mabinogion and Gawain and the Green Knight are, in my opinion, pretty damn queer, as well as a lot of the other Arthurian source texts.

Also to be clear I am at all times extremely open to recommendations on this subject, so if anyone wants to recommend anything please do!

[kaijuboarcreations]

Into the Andersonverse: A full timeline of events for the confirmed continuity of Gerry Anderson Supermarionation shows (Fireball XL5 to Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons)

(Disclaimer*: i actually opted to follow Thunderbirds are Go canon for ages *don't ask me why it's a process plus the actual ages and birth order for the boys is heavily debated in both the og series and are go so don't at me* Also yes I took a few creative liberties to fill in some blanks they are marked by ** so you know what isn't canon, and yes it doesn't always make sense *aka how Venus is a war orphan if the war ended before she was born* but you can't blame me for that, that's just how it was written)

Anyways yall better love me for this it took me three days to make

1988: Sally "Grandma" Tracy is born (maiden name unknown)

2012: Professor Mathew Matic is born in Britain -Aloysius "Nosey" Parker is born - Jeff Tracy is born in Kansas to Grant and Sally Tracy**

2015: Commander Sam Shore (real name Samuel Arthur)is born in Kansas

2017: Charles Grey (Colonel White) is born in England

2028: European Atomic War and Mass Riots in France

2029: Conrad Turner (Captain Black) is born in Manchester, England

2030: Steve Zodiac is born on Mars -Sam Shore leaves home to join the navy

2031: Edward Wilkie (Dr Fawn) is born in Yalumba, Australia

2033: Professor Matic graduates with 22 degrees in astrophysics, robotic, and astronomy, and becomes a navigator for Zero-X interplanetary missions -Sam Shore is given command of a World Security Service submarine -Bradley Holden (Captain Gray) is born in Chicago

2034: Sam Shore befriends Admiral Jack Denver -Patrick Donaghue (Captain Magenta) is born in Dublin Bay, Ireland -The European Atomic War ends (the war left Venus and Conrad Turner orphaned)

2035: Venus is born in Paris -George Lee "Phones" Sheridan is born in South Carolina -Adam Svenson (Captain Blue) is born in Boston -Richard Fraiser (Captain Ochre) is born in Detroit

2036: Paul Metcalfe (Captain Scarlet) is born in Hampshire, England

2037: Jeff Tracy becomes a Colonel for the US Air Force and later transfers to the Space Agency -Patrick Donaghue and his parents immigrate to the US, living in poverty in Manhattan

2038: Troy Tempest is born in New York City -Jeff Tracy marries Lucielle** -Charles Grey graduates from the University of East Angila -Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is born to Sir Hugh and Lady Amelia**

2040: War damage fixed -Sam Shore marries Elaine MacDonald -Scott Tracy is born**

-"Brains" is born -The Southeast Asia revolts -Juliette Pontoin (Destiny Angel) is born in Paris

2041: Atlanta Shore is born from Elaine and Sam in California -Seymour Griffiths (Lieutenant Green) is born in Trinidad

2042: John Tracy is born** -The Iceland Dispute -The Panama-Ithsmus rebellion begins -Karen Wainwright (Symphony Angel) is born in Cedar Rapids -Chan Kwan (Harmony Angel) is born in Tokyo

2043: The Panama-Ithsmus rebellion ends -Magnolia Jones (Melody Angel) is born in Atlanta -Dianne Simms (Rhapsody Angel) is born in London

2044: Virgil Tracy is born**

2045: Professor Matic takes the role as a professor for Universe University -Conrad Turner joins the British Air Force

2046: Marina is born -Gordon Tracy is born** -Charles Grey moves up to the rank of 'Captain' -The British Civil War begins (during which Conrad Turner is badly wounded)

2047: Steve Zodiac joints WSP Academy -Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano/Tintin Kyrano is born** -Britain joins the World Government -Charles Grey becomes Admiral while commanding the World Navy Destroyer fleet -Conrad Turner joins the World Air Force

2048: Charles Grey joins the Universal Secret Service and marries his field partner Elizabeth Sonmers -Edward Wilkie starts medical school in Brisbane

2049: the British sector of the USS is reorganized by Charles Grey

2050: Professor Matic designs and builds the world's first Nutomic Hyperdrive Motor and is given an honorary position as Major while heading the XL project -Alan Tracy is born** -Charles Grey is promoted to the head of the USS British sector

2051: Steve Zodiac becomes an astronaut and sub-lieutenant at Space City -Prototypes of the XL project are debuted including XL1 Alpha -Adam Svenson receives a full ride scholarship to Harvard University at age 16

2052: the Anti-Bereznik Riots (of which Patrick Donaghue was involved where he was later arrested and imprisoned for 90 days)

2053: Steve Zodiac befriends space explorer Jim Ireland who sets off on a 10 year voyage -Seymour Griffiths loses his parents in an air disaster

2054: Richard Fraiser joins the World Government Police Corps after being rejected from university and the Air Force -Bradley Holden graduates from the World Navy Academy in San Diego immediately enlisting in the World Navy submarine service

2055: Steve is promoted to captain and is assigned to co-pilot Fireball XL5 -Conrad Turner joins the World Space Patrol and mans Fireball XL3 -Adam Svenson joins the World Aeronautic Society as a test pilot -Patrick Donaghue finishes his studies and graduates from Yale University with degrees in physics, electrical engineering, and technology and he takes a job as a computer programmer for a firm in Brooklyn but soon quit for a life of crime -Edward Wilkie graduates from Brisbane with degrees in medicine and biology and joins the Australian sector of the World Medical Organization as assistant medical controler. Later that same year he is promoted to health controller of the Scandinavian sector.

2056: Venus joins the World Space Patrol -Colonel Grange suffers a mental breakdown while piloting Fireball XL5 leaving Steve to bring them to safety -Marina's mother dies -Troy Tempest joins the World Navy Academy in San Diego -Lucielle Tracy passes away

2057: All Fireball XL ships are outfitted with the Nutomic Hyperdrive Motor -Paul Metcalfe graduates from Winchester University with degrees in History, Technology, and Mathematics -Adam Svenson is promoted to active field agent for WAS -Patrick Donaghue becomes a kingpin for organized crime in New York due to his leadership over several gangs and hacking abilities -Edward Wilkie revolutionizes the WMO's medical technology through robots which places him in the position of Administrator for Advancements in Medicine and Medical Science -Juliette Pontoin attends University in Rome

2058: Elaine Shore suffers a heart attack and passes away -Phones takes on work as a mercenary -Karen Wainwright attends Yale University at age 16

-Lady Penelope becomes chief operative of the Federal Agents Beareu where she meets Jeff Tracy (wait...... F.A.B..... so that's what that stands for....)

2059: Paul Metcalf begins study at West Point Military University in New York -Richard Fraiser transfers to Chicago and takes on one of the toughest crime syndicates in the country

2060: An attack on his vessel causes Sam Shore to lose use of his legs. He and Atlanta move to Marineville to command the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (which is newly established)

-Gordon Tracy interns with WASP** -Troy Tempest is captured on a failed mission and is rescued by Phones who he convinces to join the navy -Troy Tempest arrives at WASP Marineville -Juliette Pontoin joins the World Army Air Force and is transferred to the Intelligence Corps where she hones her skills as a pilot, leads the Woman's Fighter Squadron

2061: Magnolia Jones joins the World Army Airforce at age 18

-Gordon Tracy suffers an accident while working with a high speed hydrofoil**

2062: the start of the events of Fireball XL5 -Jeff Tracy establishes International Rescue -Seymour Griffiths graduates University in Kingston Jamaica with degrees in telecommunications, technology, and music and joins WASP as a junior hydrophone operator (his brothers followed but were killed in an accident which Seymour transferred as a telecommunications operator at Marineville) -Bradley Holden joins WASP as the Lieutenant commander security chief and takes the role of piloting Stingray in her prototype years -Karen Wainwright becomes a full fledged field agent for Universal Secret Service after several years of training -Magnolia Jones becomes lost while taking the XKF 115 aircraft on a test flight and loses contact with control -Chan Kwan graduates University and is determined to fly solo around the world

2063: Venus earns a degree in Space Psychology -Steve Zodiac is awarded Astronaut of the Year -Paul Metcalfe graduates from West Point and joins the World Air Force -Juliette Pontoin leaves WAAF to start her own pilot contracting firm -Magnolia Jones returns after being lost for almost a year after rebuilding her craft from the wreckage. She shortly leaves to focus on flying and setting up a freelance air taxi service -Dianne Simms meets Lady Penelope and is offered a position in the FAB to train as an agent

2064: Bradley Holden receives a severe back injury taking him out of the line to duty and landing him a desk job at Marineville -Troy Tempest becomes captain of Stingray and takes on Phones as his co-pilot -Chan Kwan attempts her voyage around the world but stops to answer a distress call to rescue a group of men from a burning tanker ship in the Pacific. Six months later she tries again and succeeds

2065: the events of Thunderbirds begins -the Spectrum Organization is established and Charles Grey turns down the position of Supreme Commander of the USS to take on his role as "Colonel White" for Spectrum under the Spectrum Selection Committee -Seymour Griffiths joins Spectrum under the codename "Lieutenant Green" -Conrad Turner joins Spectrum under the codename "Captain Black" and quickly climbs the ranks as Spectrum's top agent -Paul Metcalfe joins Spectrum under the code name "Captain Scarlet" (thanks to recommendation from Conrad) -Adam Svenson joins Spectrum under the code name "Captain Blue" -Patrick Donaghue is pardoned for his crimes and is offered a position as an agent of Spectrum under the code name "Captain Magenta" -Dr Edward Wilkie is approached by Spectrum to become the Supreme Medical Commander of Cloudbase and given the codename "Doctor Fawn" -Juliette Pontoin is approached to join Spectrum's squadron of fighter pilots and is given the codename "Destiny Angel" -Magnolia Jones is selected by Spectrum as a fighter pilot and is given the codename "Melody Angel" -Lady Penelope quits her role in the FAB to focus on her work with International Rescue. The FAB dissolves soon after. -Dianne Simms is forced to leave the FAB and becomes a chief security officer for the Euro-Charter Airline company -Chan Kwan's father dies and she takes over the family air taxi company 2066: Richard Fraiser fakes assassination and joins Spectrum under the code name "Captain Ochre" -Bradley Holden clears a health check under Spectrum and is recruited as an agent under the codename "Captain Gray"

-Karen Wainwright quits her work with the USS to become a pilot full time. Shortly after she passes her exam to join Spectrum and joins the Angel squadron under the codename "Symphony Angel" -Dianne Simms is approached by Spectrum to join the Angel squadron and is given the codename "Rhapsody Angel"

-Chan Kwan is approached by the Spectrum Selection Committee to become an Angel pilot, in which she is accepted and given the codename "Harmony Angel"

2068: the events of Thunderbirds end and the events of Captain Scarlet begin (the Mysterons declare war on Earth after the Zero X Mars expedition comes across their settlement and attacks)

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books read in 2023

WHAT, how is it already the next year, I'm not ready to be done with my 2023 reading list! This year I read 73 books, which is my lowest total since 2016. I got so distracted by just thinking about Heaven Official's Blessing constantly that I did hardly any reading of anything else for the last several months of the year!

If you want to ask me anything about any of the books I read, please feel free! I'm always happy to talk books!!

Italics indicate a reread. Each book is rated from one to five stars according to my personal reaction to it, rather than my judgement of its objective worth.

January

***** A Room of One's Own, by Virginia Woolf - nf

*** Wild Rain, by Beverly Jenkins

**** The Desert is Fertile, by Hélder Câmara, translated by Dinah Livingstone - nf

***** When the Angels Left the Old Country, by Sacha Lamb

*** Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix, by Anna-Marie McLemore

*** Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski - nf

**** Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe - nf

**** Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your TIme, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, by Christy Harrison - nf

***** How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, by Jason Stanley - nf

*** The Twelve Points of Caleb Canto, by Sam Starbuck

*** Spellcast, by Barbara Ashford

**** Defekt, by Nino Cipri 

February

***** Point of Hopes, by Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett

*** Rabbit Chase, by Elizabeth LaPensée

*** Shelterbelts, by Jonathan Dyck

*** A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

March

**** Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay, by Merilyn Simonds - nf

*** Volume 1 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

**** The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope

*** Spear, by Nicola Griffith.

**** How Long ‘til Black Future Month?, by N. K. Jemisin

*** Hello, Melancholic!, by Ohsawa Yayoi

**** The Monsters We Defy, by Leslye Penelope

April

**** The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated and edited by Jack Zipes

*** The Stand-In, by Lily Chu

*** A Half-Built Garden, by Ruthanna Emrys

**** Volume 2 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

**** A Garter as a Lesser Gift, by Aster Glenn Gray

**** Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

**** Magical Boy, Volume 1, by The Kao

**** Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus, by Chuck Tingle

*** Welcome to St Hell, by Lewis Hancox - nf

***** The Iron Children, by Rebecca Fraimow

**** A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird, by Rosemary Mosco – nf

May

*** Volume 3 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

*** Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

**** We Ride Upon Sticks, by Quan Barry

**** Surviving Romance, Season 1, by Lee Yone

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

June

**** Volume 4 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

**** Some Desperate Glory, by Emily Tesh

**** Enemies to Lovers, by Aster Glenn Gray

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

July

***** To Shape A Dragon’s Breath, by Moniquill Blackgoose

**** Volume 1 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

**** Under Fortunate Stars, by Ren Hutchings

**** Honeytrap, by Aster Glenn Gray

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, Volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

*** Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn

August

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 3, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

**** Volume 2 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 4, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 5, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

** The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal

***** The Sleeping Soldier, by Aster Glenn Gray

**** The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, by Desmond Cole – nf

**** Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher

September

*** The Lies of the Ajungo, by Moses Ose Utomi

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 3, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

October

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 4, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

**** Volume 3 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

**** Volume 4 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 5, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 6, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

*** The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, volume 1, by Kazuki Irodori ; original story, Yatsuki Wak

November

**** Volume 5 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 7, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 8, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

December

**** The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, volume 2, by Kazuki Irodori ; original story, Yatsuki Wak

**** Volume 1 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my Spooktober Filmfest...The First Power (1990) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #horror #TheFirstPower #loudiamondphillips #jeffkober #tracygriffith #mykeltiwilliamson #billmoseley #dennislipscomb #ClaytonLandey #jpatrickmcnamara #davidkatims #90s #dvd #Spooktober #october #halloween

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highlights of April & May

1. Favourite movies: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Mildred Pierce (1945) 2. Decent movies I liked / appreciated but not loved: Pat and Mike (1952), Emma. (2020), Suzume no Tojimari (2022), Bullets or Ballots (1936) 3. wtf movie/ending: Rebecca (2020). The movie is so lifeless that even gorgeous locations don't save it. It looks more like a tourist advertising. As far as the ending is concerned, leaving it vague makes the movie feel even more pointless and empty than it already was. 4. Best scenes: the ending / the police station argument in Pat and Mike (1952); 'If I loved you less...; from Emma. (2020); Katharine getting her comeuppance in Working Girl (1988); stealing a corpse from the hospital in Nine to Five (1980); the opening from Mildred Pierce (1945); the courtroom scene in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). 5. Favourite genres: drama, fantasy, comedy, romance. 6. Favourite directors: George Cukor (Pat and Mike, 1952); Makoto Shinkai  (Suzume no Tojimari, 2022); Michael Curtiz (Mildred Pierce, 1945); Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). 7. Favourite actors: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall (Mad About Music, 1938); Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn (Pat and Mike, 1952); Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn (Emma., 2020);  Melanie Griffith Harrison Ford Sigourney Weaver Joan Cusack (Working Girl, 1988);  Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton (Nine to Five, 1980);  Keanu Reeves Ian McShane (John Wick: Chapter 4, 2023); Roger Livesey (I Know Where I'm Going!, 1945); Joan Crawford Ann Blyth (Mildred Pierce, 1945); Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell (Bullets or Ballots, 1936); Gregory Peck Brock Peters Mary Badham (To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962); Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955); Bette Davis (A Stolen Life, 1946). 8. Least favourite performances: Armie Hammer in Rebecca (2020). Not only is it a terrible performance when compared to a master class that was Laurence Olivier, but even in its own right this performance is truly horrendous. It lacks all possible nuance that Maxim's character needs and is overall more a caricature than one of my favourite characters in movie history. 9. The most wasted cast: Lily and Kristin Scott Thomas in Rebecca (2020). I do believe they are capable of giving great performances, but not in this film. It's like a void sucking the talent of otherwise good actors. Also, I don't understant why make Cruella (2021) at all. The actors are fine and all but the entire film is just... wrong. This character is not Cruella, this is not her backstory, it's someone's fanfic. Nothing in the plot makes a lick of sense. Emma Stone, Emma, Joel Fry, Mark Strong. 10. The best wasted premise: Rebecca (2020). A gothic mystery romance. Sign me up... most of the time. You have to try to stuff it up. They managed. 11. Best premise: Suzume no Tojimari (2022). Crazy and brilliant. 12. Favourite cast: Pat and Mike (1952), I guess. I just really love seeing Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy together on screen again. They light up every scene they are in. 13. Favourite on-screen duos: Herbert Marshall x Deanna Durbin in Mad About Music (1938); Katharine Hepburn x Spencer Tracy in Pat and Mike (1952); Anya Taylor-Joy x Johnny Flynn in Emma. (2020); Melanie Griffith x Harrison Ford in Working Girl (1988); Jane Fonda x Lily Tomlin x Dolly Parton in Nine to Five (1980); Keanu Reeves x Donnie Yen in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023); Sadie Sink x Dylan O'Brien in All Too Well: The Short Film (2021); Joan Crawford x Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce (1945); Edward G. Robinson x Joan Blondell and Edward G. Robinson x Humphrey Bogart in Bullets or Ballots (1936); Gregory Peck x Mary Badham and Phillip Alford in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); Frank Sinatra x Kim Novak in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). 14. Favourite on-screen relationships: Pat Pemberton + Mike Conovan (Pat and Mike, 1952); Emma Woodhouse + George Knightley (Emma., 2020). 15. Favourite characters: for the first time since I've started writing these I know exactly who the best character is. Possibly the best character of the entire year. Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). I adore this man for his reserve, conviction, strength, love, patience, compassion. He is the most inspirational character I can think of. Gloria Harkinson, Richard Todd / "Mr. Harkinson" (Mad About Music, 1938); Pat Pemberton, Mike Conovan (Pat and Mike, 1952);  Emma Woodhouse, George Knightley (Emma., 2020); Suzume Iwato (Suzume no Tojimari, 2022); Bruce Wayne / Batman (Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993); Doralee Rhodes (Nine to Five, 1980); Caine (John Wick: Chapter 4, 2023); Roger Livesey (I Know Where I'm Going!, 1945); Mildred Pierce, Veda Pierce Forrester (Mildred Pierce, 1945); Detective Johnny Blake (Bullets or Ballots, 1936); Atticus Finch, Scout, Jem (To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962). 15. Favourite quote: You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. (To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962). 16. Favourite fact discovered in 2023: I have a couple. Gregory Peck and Mary Badham formed a life-long friendship on the set of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Harper Lee and Truman Capote's real-life friendship was also depicted in the film. 17. The most overrated film: like half of them? Rebecca (2020) is terrible; Working Girl (1988) is a bit cringe; Nine to Five (1980) is ALL cringe; John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) is okay but not a masterpiece; I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) has the most annoying protagonist; Highlander (1986) is a bit meh. I'll go with Cruella (2021) because it has no right to even exist. 18. The most disappointing film: Rebecca (2020). 19. The biggest surprise: Gregory Peck and the entire To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). An introspective character study. Truly deep and meeningful, masterfully written, diracted and acted. What do they say? They don't make them like they used to? Indeed they don't. 20. Best cinematography: The absolute best one is Ernest Haller for Mildred Pierce (1945). Cinematography in that film is breathtaking. It's one of the best-looking noirs I've ever seen and that is saying something as I've seen about a hundred of them. Honourable mentions go to Erwin Hillier (I Know Where I'm Going!, 1945); Russell Harlan (To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962). 21. Best set design: George James Hopkins (Mildred Pierce, 1945). 22. Best costume design: Mildred Pierce and Working Girl (1988). 23. Best music: Nine to Five (1980) just because the song is an absolute smash hit! I have had it on repeat for years. 24. Best prooduction choice: cinematography, costumes and casting in Mildred Pierce (1945). Joan Crawford is a knockout! Also, everything about To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). 25. Worst production choice: making Rebecca (2020). Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to remake a Hitchcock classic? Was 1998's Psycho not enough? But also, they made it in the brightest possible colours. It's supposed to be a dark mystery almost horror and it looks like a Taylor Swift music video. Moreover, the costumes are truly baffling. They don't look 1930s at all and paired with rainbow colours all the style of the story or the 1940's adaptation is gone. Just by looking at it, you'd confuse it for a modern melodrama. I can't leave it at one. The whole existance of Cruella (2021) annoys me. Such a pretentious and irritating film! The obnoxious costume design is one of those notoriously bad production choices. 26. Film of the month: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). There isn't a single doubt in my mind.Mildred Pierce (1945) is a close second, also quite a gem of a film.

[worth-this-and-more]

Sarah Griffiths: a character study because people aren't talking about her enough and im so disappointed yall pt.2

[spoilers for legendborn and bloodmarked, read at your own caution ;)]

in bloodmarked, there isn't much sar moments but towards the end she has a big part in helping bree and proving her loyalty lies with our king.

firstly, her physically shocked reaction to sel being framed as a traitor?? in all seriousness, I would've done the same tho lool the ✨ drama ✨

back to the character study

we know sar is soo in love with tor, but i think this is the moment where sar actually is distancing from tor?? i do believe that after seeing bree being mistreated like that, she definitely started seeing tor as the bitch tor is, or maybe like mildly starting to get annoyed by her, and this moment shows that:

william notices everything oh my gosh i love you will

loving someone so much that you ignore how much they're hurting you, it's not uncommon and sar is trying really hard to support her gf but her gf being such a bitch doesn't help much. also, sar's loyalty to the lines, and her king bree, like my girl was struggling to shut her heart up. it is hurting her and sar my girlie lemme give you a hug

and the most important part:

if sar hadn't stepped in to keep tor away from their scheme, who knows what would've happened to bree. regents are already trying to keep everything in their power, not caring a shit about the lines or the onceborns or the prime purpose of creating this spell of eternity in the first place.

tor has already betrayed them, and sar knew that she would do something like this. i hope this digust follows through to oathbound, because this is a different level of hurt and a strike of realisation that the hand you thought turned to a claw, was really the claw all along.

this might be a breaking point in sar and tor and I am curious to see now how the story progresses this side because now sar is ready to dive headfirst into the first rescuing bree mission she hears of because enow her sole focus is her king, bree, because legendborn is now just basically for regents. sar could be working behind the scenes with the gang?? i do believe that alice and william are gonna be unofficially bonded because yk the coma seems like a spell of eternity mini version, so I think sar felicity greer and all are gonna join in with them?? but I think sar would take some time away and I do hope that she has an important part ahead but lets see, either way I'm in love

i kinda went off track halfway though but nvm yall I'm gonna do more character studies and a theory of oathbound which I'm not sure if it's fully formed yet so I'm gonna need some more time to think it through but nvm thank you for listening to my ted-rant-talk

[geryone]

hii :3 what are ur favorite poetry collections related to grief/loss?

Hello!! First ones that come to mind are:

1. Come the Slumberless To the Land of Nod by Traci Brimhall

2. In Accelerated Silence by Brooke Matson

3. Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

4. Obit by Victoria Chang

5. Seeing the Body by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

[riallasheng]

WASP Uniforms

Just making a 'Master Post' that I can hopefully link to from my main tumblr page.

This will be the uniform versions and (once I make them) 'character collage' images.

Characters posted in descending rank order, and for characters of the same rank, descending age.

WASP does not have Warrant Officers, and they have no enlisted below OR4 / Petty Officers

OF-10 Admiral of the Fleet Jack Denver (5 star Admiral) 1999 - Nov - 01

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OF-6 Commodore Sam Shore (1 Star Admiral) 2015 - Sept - 27

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OF-5 Captain Troy Tempest 2038 - Jan - 04

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OF-5 Captain Atlanta Shore 2041 - Oct - 04 (Atlanta lacks a canon birthday, so I had it be the day Stingray started, meaning she was having the ABSOLUTE WORST birthday in the pilot episode XD )

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OF-4 Commander Seymour Griffiths 2041 - Jan - 18 (Lieutenant Green from Spectrum)

Another (former) Commander is Commander Gordon Tracy 2043 - Feb - 14

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OF-3 Lieutenant-Commander George "Phones" Sheridan 2034 - Sept - 15

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OF-1 Ensign Marina Pacifica 2042 - May - 28* (In my ficverse, the Aquaphibians are a guarded secret, thus to protect that secret and, more vitally, so she can actually BE ON BOARD STINGRAY, and have quarters and get pay and the like, Marina went through the WASP Academy and is an Ensign. (While Marina is '19 years old', that has always been in 'Marine Years', which I've got as being 2 months longer than a Terrean Year, thus Marina is a bit older than she seems

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OR-9 Master Chief Petty Officer Iain Holden 2027 - Mar - 04 (There was a vague passing reference in the comics to Holden being enlisted rather than an officer when he was in WASP, so I took that and the fact that my Dad was a Chief and I'm a huge Halo fan and Holden reminds me of the stoic badass Master Chief)

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OR-7 Chief Petty Officer John Fisher 2043 - Jan - 25 (I changed Fisher to a Chief rather than a Lewy mostly because I just wanted some enlisted characters rather than EVERYONE being an officer )