#unspooled

[rustbeltjessie]

Today’s library haul: Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr and Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable by Rob Drew.

[waderockett]

On an episode of the Unspooled movie podcast, film critic Amy Nicholson mentioned that Adam West played a James Bond parody in a Nestle Quik commercial, and that deadpan delivery with a touch of mischief led to him being cast as Batman.

[ashleywritesstuff]

From the Sci-Fi 5 Archive: Happy birthday to funny man, Paul Scheer! When I wrote this last year, I determined that he probably doesn't sleep based on his extensive resume.

[caeliflammae]

anne rice said "erotica", the fans said "oh hm this is horror and abuse! let's turn this into a deeply upsetting character study about how abuse can create cruel people who perpetuate cycles."

iwtv (2022) writers said "this is a literal fucking saw trap" the fans said "but what if they were in love <3"

[fumble-art]

Isadora is happy that Reth is finally sleeping in a real bed for once, but this waking up at 5am-6am business is kinda bullcrap

Because girly's ass was in the way, have some more Reth cause I really liked his shorts!!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

@sockgarter :-]

[miz-chase]

Local convalescing alien makes compelling arguments for sneaking their niece off to New York

How about that queerplatonic kissing show

[mjmikaelson]

#BENELOPE

— NEL & BEN

moodboard inspired by the story “unspooled thread” by @velvetcovered-brick @writingwhilecaffeinated

[drill-teeth-art]

I love evil freak women. Unspool as a wrestler!/

[inkblotdemon]

I closed the ranks, and I doubled back // But, you know, I hated to close the doggone door on you.

[allyriadayne]

been pondering the blacks too. just like the greens don't know how to connect to the other even if the understanding IS there, to me the black suffer almost from the opposite of this. their dynamic is seemingly more healthy and balanced than the greens that is true but this episode showed a lot of misunderstandings between them, how they can't see past the surface.

of course the biggest one is daemon and rhaenyra. neither of them can see the other too clearly. too wrapped up in both the war and in their new roles as queen and king consort. viserys hanging over them like a guillotine waiting for any to point out an insecurity in the other. rhaenyra resents daemon for putting her in viserys' place and daemon resents rhaenyra for believing what viserys did about him. i thought you were different!

which in turn makes daemon too angry to acknowledge his own daughter who is as eager as him to participate in the war effort, but he can't see her! he's too angry about past deeds, the same as rhaenyra. "i think i hate him", says baela because daemon has ignored her and her anger comes from mostly the same place as rhaenyra, they can't see that daemon's loyalty, his love, is about his actions. he's going to harrenhal to win the war for ALL of them. to daemon that is more important than hugging his daughter.

then later, when baela is with jace they engage in a conversation about fathers. jace's "he loved us. I think" is very telling on his insecurities about his place in the family and how, again, past deeds, cloud his understanding in the present. and it's so interesting that baela says something along the lines of her understanding, but she doesn't really! she doesn't know what it is to have such a dark shadow like jace. and he realizes because he immediately says that he misses luke. the only one who he *think* could understand him.

and forgive me for following this jace thread but he can't trust that rhaenyra will understand either. they don't see face to face at all. when he comes to report his travels in the past ep, he can't go beyond the queenly face she has put up, so he follows her lead and acts like just a prince and not his son. until it's too much and he breaks down. he's just a boy!

[writingwhilecaffeinated]

Hi readers of Unspooled Thread! Not sure how many of you this will reach but here's an update!

@velvetcovered-brick had been amazing basically as our PR person, answering comments, making posts, etc. Cause literally they're a saint.

But I wanted to also give an update on writing the latest chapter.

First, I am SO SORRY it's late. You know how a story won't update for a hot sec and then the author posts and is like "I'm so sorry, my cat died, a zombie apocalypse took place, and also I suffered a bout of malaria?"

Yeah, that's basically what happened. Quite literally, first, there were so family problems that happened, as soon as those cleared up my spouse and I left on a family trip for his nonno's 90th birthday. We were traveling too much so I didn't bring my laptop and I'm not as good as typing on my phone as I used to be. THEN I literally got sick the day we travelled back and have been recovering. I still can't fully hear out of my right ear. Woot.

There were various other things, but those are the main points. Meaning writing this chapter took WAY longer than usual.

However, I HAVE GOOD NEWS. I'm at the end of the chapter, writing the very famous Featherington Ball at the end of s2 and all that transpires. Some events shall change slightly, some dramatically, and some... well, you'll have to read to find out. ;)

I should be done today or tomorrow, but then we have to do edits. But I promise this means it's coming soon.

Now, I feel like there will be some questions when this chapter comes out, specifically with our beautiful Penedict and the progress of their relationship. Since it's a canon rewrite, @velvetcovered-brick and I very seriously look at each season and where characters are, and how they change and develop differently based on the new situations we have put them in.

You'll notice Benedict matured faster than in the show timeline. What I mean by "mature" is that he became ready for love much more quickly than in the show. In s1-3, Benedict is not ready to settle down. We believe he cares deeply about his sexual partners but that is not the same as enduring love. To fast-track him to that point but in a believable manner, we hypothesized that making him take on the responsibility of caring for another person, another woman, besides his sisters closely and deeply would help with this.

For Penelope, being so much younger, this was different. Even if she fell in love with Benedict earlier, we did not believe she would or should act any earlier than s3. We based this heavily on Nicola's observation that in s1, Penelope is a girl. In s2, to quote the great Britney Spears, she's "not a girl, not yet a woman."

But s3, Penelope? She's a woman and ready to own it.

Sooooo, yeah. There's my ramble. As a treat, here's an unexplained, excerpt of dialogue from the latest chapter we are finishing up:

“Is there something even more binding than a swear, Ben?” “A blood oath, perhaps? A tithing?” “Very well, then. As your new patron saint–” “Hold on! Are you not getting a fullhead, Lady Whistledown?”

[jaggedjot]

In order to not speak of Lestat for “twenty-three years”, Louis would have had to painstakingly curate or completely smother any acknowledgement of his early life as a vampire, Claudia, and the events that led to him and Armand leaving Paris. Being with and loved by Armand requires Louis to cease to exist outside of him.

[famoustriumphheart]

I feel it’s time to start my Unspooled Thread reread now. Hopefully by the time I’m finished my reread a new update is here. If not that’s okay too.

Patiently waiting is my new middle name😂💙💙💙

[beyondthespheres]

My Body Unspooling by Leo Fox, Silver Sprocket, 2024

[vivirrins]

The party of an Underdark-focused homebrew game I'm starting with my friends!

From left to right: Scrivener (Death domain Cleric), Vivyne (Beast Master Ranger), Wisp (Archfey Warlock), Kalaniss (Soulknife Rogue), Rylimar (Oath of Vengeance Paladin), and Shwoomy (Circle of Spores Druid)