#twenty thousand leagues under the sea memes

[dorea80-blog]

just a few memes I created, heheh, I hope you find them funny :))

[20kmemesunderthesea]

When my husband asks what's on my mind:

I have feelings about the 1954 movie.

[20kmemesunderthesea]

"His chest was heaving, swelling with sobs. And I heard him murmur these words, the last of his to reach my ears: ''O almighty God! Enough! Enough!'"

I'm fine. It's fine. It's just a fun adventure story. I'm ok, you're ok.

[amberkendslacy]

20k Leagues Under The Sea memes I made while weeping over the Nemo/Aronnax breakup playlist:

[araiz-zaria]

...at least that's the case for me! 🤪

[dorea80-blog]

here's the final part 3 of this little series!

1. yes, definitely. he even has emo in his name!

2. that's why he looks so fabulous!

3. the British kids get extra bullying! No mercy from the mighty Captain Nemo!! (he's so petty, I love him)

4. that's so sad but so real

5. now I have a new headcanon: the reason Captain Nemo went to the South Pole is because he couldn't find Santa on the North Pole in the past!

6. well yes, but isn't Nemo the one who needs to be covered for?

7. YES! YEEESSS!!! I LOVE MY LITTLE PONY!!! His favourite pony is definitely Sunburst because he's a cute nerd just like Aronnax. don't worry, Nemo, I get it.

8. I can actually see that happening XDD if anyone would like to draw that situation, please send that post to me!

9. 100% convinced that's true. he writes about his journeys in a pink, perfumed journal.

10. It was a British school wasn't it?

[20kmemesunderthesea]

Everyone else's blessing, you mean. 😌

Jules Verne, writing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: I did so much research on pearls and I’m going to make it everyone else’s problem

[20kmemesunderthesea]

🦇 It's that time of year again! 🦇

"Dracula" By Bram Stoker is another enthralling, suspenseful 1800's adventure story, and I love the Harkers, Van Helsing, etc. nearly as much as I love Jules Verne's characters. Now there’s a question I’m pondering…

[teachingmycattoread]

Things We've Yelled About This Episode #4.0

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (ed. Roger Luckhurst, Oxford 2008)

You can check out friend of the pod Charlotte's previous episode on Anno Dracula here

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (our episode here)

"If he is Mr Hyde, I shall be Mr Seek." Ch.2 p.14, Jekyll and Hyde

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped!, Robert Louis Stevenson

"In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men." Ch.1 p. 5, Jekyll and Hyde

Dracula, Bram Stoker (our episodes here and here)

Charlotte's video work can be found at CharlotteWithAD on youtube

Queer Street - the editor has "there have been some energetic interpretations of Jekyll and Hyde by 'Queer Theorists', who pick up on instances like this and suggest that the modern understanding of 'queer' as a slang term for homosexuality was already in use in the late nineteenth century. Being 'in Queer Street' was in fact a standard phrase for being in financial difficulties, and is a corruption of Carey Street, where the bankruptcy courts were located."

Politics of disgust - here referring to the (flawed) idea that disgust is a reliable indicator of moral value.

The illegality of pushing a moose out of a moving plane in Alaska (source) . This fun fact turns up in a lot of clickbait listicles but I haven't been able to find anything that actually quotes chapter and verse of the relevant law code, so take this with a grain of salt!

Doctor Who (wiki)

Jules Verne (writer)

The Time Machine, H. G. Wells

Isaac Asimov (writer)

This meme from Buzzfeed Unsolved:

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne

Jack the Ripper (wiki)

The unfortunate coincidence of the stage production of Jekyll and Hyde and the Ripper murders (wiki)

Gestalt therapy (wiki)

"Henry James's praise for Stevenson was that 'His books are for the most part without women, and it is not women who most fall in love with them.'..." p. xxvi, Jekyll and Hyde

Dr Jekyll (2023)

Suzie Izzard (imdb)

The Labouchere Amendment (wiki)

Oscar Wilde (writer)

The trials of Oscar Wilde (wiki)

Charlotte is quoting from this article on Crime Reads from 2023

Dictionary Corner; Countdown (1982-ongoing)

"Stevenson also had a friend in John Addington Symonds who was an ardent campaigner for the legal recognition of homosexuality", p. xxvi, Jekyll and Hyde

"In 1887, Stevenson's sense of sheer disappointment that Hyde had already come to be regarded as a 'mere voluptuary' is palpable: 'There is no harm in a voluptuary,' he wrote, 'no harm whatever - in what prurient fools call "immorality."' Hyde, he claimed, was 'no more sexual than another,' and dismissed as impoverished 'this poor wish to have a woman, that they make such a cry about'." p. xxviii, Jekyll and Hyde

Peep Show (2003-2015)

Kill James Bond! (podcast)

The specific episode Charlotte is referencing here is S3E22.5 "Cruising". Preview here and patreon link to full episode here

ACAB (wiki)

“Everyone was guilty of something. Vimes knew that. Every copper knew it. That was how you maintained your authority—everyone, talking to a copper, was secretly afraid you could see their guilty secret written on their forehead. You couldn’t, of course. But neither were you supposed to drag someone off the street and smash their fingers with a hammer until they told you what it was.” Night Watch, Terry Pratchett

Sins of the City series, K. J. Charles

Brandon Sanderson (writer)

November Kelly on returning to the mothership - this is also from Kill James Bond!, but we haven't managed to track down the specific episode - if you know it, give us a shout!

Blindsight, Peter Watts

Echopraxia, Peter Watts

Countess Boochie Flagrante (meme)

Hogwarts Legacy controversy (source)

Stonewall (website)

Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my actions (meme)

Muppets Treasure Island (1996)

Hercule Poirot; Agatha Christie

Midsomer Murders (1997-ongoing)

Miss Marple; Agatha Christie

Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin; The Murders at the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe

We! Do Not! Talk About! The Orangutan! story from this tumblr post

The Librarian; the Discworld series, Terry Pratchett

The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The Purloined Letter, Edgar Allan Poe

House MD (2004-2012)

Beowulf (our episode here)

His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik (our episodes here, here and here)

Back To The Future (1985)

The Bodysnatchers, Robert Louis Stevenson

Cat Rating

7/10

What Else Are We Reading?

The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher

Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh!, Nate Crowley

Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

The Discworld series, Terry Pratchett

Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

The Southern Reach trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer

[waveringiridescence]

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TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER !

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「 … birthday … 」 ─ 17th May.

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「 … height … 」 ─ 168 cm.

「 … hobbies … 」 ─ writing, photography, video games, learning languages and procrastinating.

「 … favorite colors … 」 ─ sea green and the colour of the Pacific Ocean.

「 … favorite flavors … 」 ─ spicy, cheese, salty stuff, chocolate, creamy Earl Grey and matcha.

「 … favorite genres … 」 ─ tough one, but I'm slowly sliding back in my action/adventure phase, crime fiction is also a big thing and if they are in the steampunk or urban fantasy subgenre, I'm in.

「 … favorite book … 」 ─ hard pick, but I'm going to say Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne. Captain Nemo stand here.

「 … favorite music … 」 ─ l'm mister eclectic, I'm into alternative rock, sea shanties, movie soundtracks and musicals if you look at my vinyl collection, but my playlist goes from the The Pokemon Theme to The Show Must Go On, via Sacré Bordel (French Rap), so really it barely scratches the surface.

「 … favorite movies … 」 ─ another hard pick, but Amadeus would be my classic movie pick, The Lord of the Rings my trilogy pick, The Last Crusade my if I was stuck on an island movie, Beauty & The Beast the classic Disney movies I would save, but Mulan and Atlantis The Lost Empire are my favourite. My top three movies last year are Nimona, Asteroid City and Past Lives. I can go on...

「 … favorite series … 」 ─ as in ? Tv Show ? Our Flag Means Death, Chernobyl, Band of Brothers and Pushing Daisies. Manga ? One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist & Gintama. Anime ? Cowboy Bebop & Psycho Pass. Books ? The Aubrey-Maturin by Patrick O-Brian...

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「 … last series … 」 ─ Death In Paradise.

「 … last movie … 」 ─ Poor Things.

「 … recent reads … 」 ─ Terra Incognita by Vladimir Nabokov.

「 … currently reading … 」 ─ Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers and Kenobi by John Jackson Miller.

「 … currently watching … 」 ─ a YouTube video, usually it's a TV show I know playing in the background while I RP.

「 … currently working on … 」 ─ too many things, I am all over the place and I need to focus instead of procrastinating. Aiming to set a few objectives, the two big one are: taking care of myself and get back into working on my book.

「 … inspiration … 」 ─ art, people watching and stories, old rpg characters and songs.

「 … story behind url … 」 ─ oof it is a hard one, if I remember correctly, when I moved blog, I wanted something a little more poetic for Greaves. I think both words sounded pretty, I liked the definition and their union made me think of a katana with wave patterns or the light in Greaves eyes... And that is it.

「 … fun fact about me … 」 ─ I have a Mickey Mouse watch from my last trip to Disneyland Paris which I think was in 2009 or 2010 and I love it so much, I always wear it when I go out. I picked it because it looked like the Robert Langdon's Mickey Mouse watch in Angels & Demons movie.

[20kmemesunderthesea]

I’ve seen lots of theories about these factors, for example:

-The crew are fellow like-minded revolutionaries Nemo met in his travels.

-Their doctor died (still doesn’t explain why the rest of them don’t have emergency medical training).

But yeah, I don’t get why Jules Verne didn’t address these important details himself. 😅

Capt Nemo: Imma tell you how my ship works and how I stay alive underwater in excruciating detail

Prof. Aronnax: Oh hell yeah gimme all that science

Nemo: And I'll tell you exactly how I managed to build this ship without anyone finding out

Aronnax: I believe every word of this increasingly ridiculous story

Nemo: Now it's time for my diatribe about how I hate land and will remain underwater forever

Aronnax: Go off, queen

Nemo: Aaaand that's all you need to know I guess

Aronnax: Cool cool cool. I definitely don't need to know who your crew is, where they came from, how many there are, or how you managed to convince ~100 people to give up life on land and just live underwater for the rest of their lives

Nemo: Yeah lol why would you care they're not like PEOPLE

Arronax: lololol totes bestie

Nemo: oh btw we don't have a doctor

[luucypevensie]

🦘 + Drew, please??

@dancingsunflowers-ocs ✨💛✨

MY BOY, THANK YOU SM ALEXANDRA! @carmens-garden also requested Drew!

1. Their happiest moment: Drew’s happiest moment was when he got to go to Nationals for swimming. He works so hard to perfect his times in each individual stroke, and to see that all pay off in his placement in Nationals was so rewarding for him

2. Their favorite meme quote: The Billy Eichner Change My Mind meme

3. A nervous habit of theirs: Drew tends to cross his arms when he gets nervous, which makes sense because he’s not as outgoing as Ruby. As a result, people think Drew’s standoffish when his arms are crossed

4. A turn-off of theirs: Cattiness, actually. He may enjoy a good catfight, but cattiness just irks him to no end (Drew seriously does not understand what his sister sees in Santana, queen of cattiness)

5. Their favorite ‘90’s song: This may shock you to know, but Drew is an avid fan of Barbie Girl by Aqua

6. Their aesthetic: Definitely jock with a splash of athleisure and maybe a bit of nerd

7. Their favorite childhood book: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

8. Their favorite movie: Jaws

9. If they fall in love quickly or take their time: Drew takes his time falling in love because he’s a believer in your lover being your best friend/partner for life

10. Their favorite nonsensical social media drama: JayStation faking his girlfriend’s death and making really bad videos

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Reader ask meme: A2, B5, C10, D10!

Thanks for the ask, friend! (from this post) Very excited to answer these! I love reading :D

A.2: How did you find your first fic?

So first fanfic; I actually was personally shown it by the author. I didn't have a lot of internet access growing up (and absolutely no unsupervised internet access until much closer to high school than I want to admit). My cousin wrote a self-insert fanfic for a popular band and read it out to me when we visited her at her house. I thought it was fantastic and so creative and am super proud of her always!

B.5: Which story have you read more than any other? How many times?

Ok, so let me preface this with: It takes a lot of time for me to reread something, because I have a very very very good memory when it comes to books and stories, so to relive the story often all I have to do is just think about it. That being said, when enough time passes or if I want the exact wording because it just really struck me, I will then reread things. Not rereading something is not an indication that I don't enjoy it, it just means likely enough time hasn't passed for me to feel the need to read it again. I can still enjoy it by thinking about it and 'rotating it in my mind' as we say.

The question here doesn't seem to be specific to fanfic, so my honest answer would have to be: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I have read it 5 times so far.

C.10: What book could you just never get into, no matter how hard you tried?

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Vern. I think the concept is great. I love stories about the ocean. I love sea creatures and sea monsters and the like. But the opening is just so dry (yes, pun intended, sorry not sorry).

It might also have to do with the fact the first time I tried to read it I was 12. Then again when I was 15. I just couldn't get past the first couple of paragraphs. It's more than a little wordy. Though, perhaps I would feel differently now that I've read "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens (my expectations were great, but I was sorely disappointed. Just not my type of story I suppose. Read it for school.) but I have no desire to really pick it up at this point and I already have a TBR list a mile and a half long that I keep adding to.

D.10: What is one story idea you really want to read but no one has written yet?

Hmm, I don't know if there's a story idea I want that absolutely no one has written yet...but there are many I want to read that I've been unable to find. I mean, just take a look at my own writing, it's full of stuff I want to read but can't find; of course with some more common things mixed in. Basically, I've gotten to the point where if I want to read it and it doesn't exist or I can't find it, I add it to my pile of WIPs (both fanfic and original works) and carry on.

If you'd like an example, I'd say Kalim/Idia with a yandere Kalim trying to keep Idia and Idia trying to escape. I think that'd be fun. And it's in my WIPs, but just as a concept right now.

Thanks again for the ask! I had fun answering these :)

[nautilusgays]

Nemo, yelling at the ocean in the middle of the night: "When I said you provide me with everything I meant food and shelter; not a boyfriend!!!

Pierre: :D

[20kmemesunderthesea]

That's one of the things that makes the story so great, and something of a pattern I've noticed in many of Jules Verne's stories.

There will be a guy who's like, "YEAH BABY, WE'RE GOING ON AN ADVENTURE!" (In this case Professor Aronnax)

A guy who's like: "Sure, sounds fun. I'll tag along." (In this case Conseil)

And a guy they're forcibly dragging along, kicking his feet and screaming: "You people are insane!" (In this case Ned)

Think Professor Lidenbrock, Hans and Axel in "Journey to the Centre of the Earth," or to an extent, Phileas, Aouda and Passepartout in "Around the World in 80 Days."

I can think of another iconic SciFi trio which exemplifies this same dynamic:

One thing I’ve really been thinking about is how horrific 20,000 Leagues is from Ned’s perspective. He’s a captive in the alien world he was once king of and his captor is a narcissistic genius with a death wish?!?!

[ginger-grimm]

🦘 + Carrie’s bestie Vanessa??

YES MY LEESH

Their happiest moment: Escaping from the compound and finding freedom in the city. All she had ever wanted in life was to see the world and be out from under her father's thumb and it felt like a weight lifted off her shoulder.

Their favorite meme quote: Future Vanessa would love that meme where the kid is standing in front of a burning building and smirking devilishly.

A nervous habit of theirs: Drumming her fingers. It's always a tell-tale sign that she's freaking out.

A turn-off of theirs: Cockiness. She can't stand it.

Their favorite 90s song: Don't Speak by No Doubt

Their aesthetic: Artsy, always dressed impeccably, superpowered, defrosting ice queen

Their favorite childhood book: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Their favorite movie: Halloween (1978)

If they fall in love quickly or take their time: She takes her time. Rushing is bound to end in tragedy, so she likes to wait and figure out if it's a real thing.

Their favorite nonsensical social media drama: Future Vanessa would absolutely be obsessed with anything Trisha Paytas has done, the whole journey from beginning to end.