#vagabonds fan fiction

[skellymom]

Possible "Vagabonds" fan fic future excerpt

With a eulogy to "Tiggy" the Space Doggo

For reference, this might possibly fit in a future installment for my ongoing series "Vagabonds" To read for more context:

https://www.tumblr.com/skellymom/738467105361494016/vagabonds?source=share

There is an extremely personal message at the end of the excerpt. Been sitting on this news for several weeks and needed to get it out. Opened my word document to find this excerpt. Had written it MONTHS ago. So here goes:

Warning: Very brief violence and talk of death.

Background: Wrecker and Tech are on the Marauder with the newest group of child refugees they rescued from the Empire. Unfortunately a nosy pirate looking for a bounty reward sneaks aboard. (Hunter and Echo are away on the Dread Beldame with Mad, Sil, and Love.)

The pirate advanced on the crew of the Marauder, pointing his weapon and threatening everyone aboard.  Several of the children started to cry out of fear. 

“Ehh, you’re scarin’ the kids!” Wrecker angrily pushed back. 

The pirate smiled creepily, licking his lips. 

Tech kept his cool, quietly watching the situation.  He looked like he was waiting for...something. 

“Whattaya lookin’ at, ya goggle eyed Gungan?”  The pirate snarled. 

“Your speedy demise.”  Tech sassily quipped. 

The toddler pointed to the dark brindled shadow quietly creeping up behind the pirate, “Tiggeee Goggeee.” 

Tech stoically gave the command: “Ra’mor!” 

She was upon the pirate in a flash. Took him down by the back of his neck, shaking furiously. He didn’t last long. Wrecker grimaced and grabbed the toddler in his arms while pushing the rest of the children behind him, shielding them from the sight. 

“Let slanar!” Tech barked.  

Tiggy released the mangled pirate.  

“Briik laam.” 

Tiggy immediately ran to and healed at Tech’s left side, clacking her pearly teeth excitedly. 

“Jate Tiggy. Wrecker, please dispose of the body immediately. As far away from the ship as possible.” Tech held his hands out for the toddler, which Wrecker dutifully handed over. 

“Awww...I ALWAYS get the dirty work!” 

“Wrecker, you are the best man for this job. Remember, no shallower than 6 feet. We don’t want his companions to find him. Come children...we are safe now.” 

"Tiggy" was based on my Amish rescue "Petunia" I obtained from work. For those of you who don't know, I am a certified veterinary nurse and work at a 24 hour veterinary ER. She came to us sick and injured at 4 WEEKS old.

Attacked by her own mother and possibly needing corrective surgery for necrosis of that wound, it looked dire. The Amish don't spend a lot of money if they don't think they can recoup the investment. Her heavily infected wound burst open all over my scrubs. She was TINY and helpless. I couldn't say no.

We kept her until she was a year: paid for medical care, orthopedic surgery, vaccines, meds, training, spay surgery, the works. Unfortunately, due to her being a high drive Dutch Shepherd, we could not keep her. This breed is known for their mercurial nature and sometimes aggression. I knew there was a VERY slight chance we could keep her, especially with 2 geriatric dogs in the household. She wasn't my first rescue, either. Petunia spent time at a shelter for police and military dogs, and was evaluated for bite work. Unfortunately, she passed from the wave of respiratory "Doggie Covid" that is sweeping the US right now. With some dogs medical treatment works...with some...they don't rally from the infection. We feel sick about this and sadly miss "Looney Petunia."

She now lives on in a galaxy far, far away. Love rescued her and she fiercely defends that Force sensitive teen, their family, and The Batch. She will forever track prey with Hunter, ride on Wreckers shoulders, snuggle with Omega, lay at Crosshair's feet while he polishes his rifle, listen dutifully to Tech's commands...and steal Echo's prosthetics.

She LOVED to watch TV too!

PLEASE like, comment, and/or REBLOG!

IF YOU WISH TO BE ADDED OR DROPPED FROM MY TAG LIST, PLEASE MESSAGE ME! Don't just comment as I might miss it. Thanks!!! <3

[arcane-vagabond]

Arcane-Vagabond's FAQ

Hi! Welcome to my FAQ page! Here is a list of the different questions I get asked fairly frequently or things I've had to address more than once.

✨ Can I tag you in my fics?

Did I ask to be tagged? Then no.💛

(You will be blocked if you do this anyway.)

✨ Can I make fan art of your fics?

My brother in Christ…..we will have a spring wedding.

(Just let me know/tag me/give me credit)

✨ Can I be added to your taglist?

I do not have a taglist. If you would like to be notified on when I post, follow my sideblog ( @sailoraviator-library ) and turn on post notifications. I will ignore requests asking to be put on a taglist from here on out.

✨ Do you have a posting schedule?

Not currently, no.

✨ Can I request something?

Yes! But please keep in mind that I might say no if I'm not interested or comfortable with the topic. Usually, I will send you over to an artist/writer who I think might be able to fulfill your request if I cannot.

✨ You haven't answered my ask/request/questions or updated my favorite story in a while. Why?

While I try to get to requests, sometimes the writing juice just isn't plentiful for an idea. Also, I'm a grown woman with a full time job, friends, family, and other hobbies/obligations outside of this blog. I travel for work which means at any given time, I'm sitting in a hotel room after multiple hours of driving. If I have time, I try to answer everything, but I also have (as of 7.30.24) 94 requests sitting in my inbox, with some from a couple of months ago. Please be patient.

✨ I want to write a story, but it's similar to yours. Is that okay?

Listen, my love, as long as it's not a complete ripoff of one of my stories, I really don't care what you write. You want to write about mermaids? Please do! You want to write about cursed pirates? Go ahead! The nature of AUs is that you are going to use similar tropes for the stories, and the nature of tropes is that you are going to have similarities to stories that use the same ones. There's only so many ways you can write a meet cute in a bar.

✨ Will you promote my fic?

I try to reblog fics I come across, and promote the ones from smaller authors as much as possible. However, that does not mean my blog is a billboard for you to promote your fics on. I was once a small time author, so I know how hard it can be to get your stuff out there. Shoving your work at me is a guaranteed way to get me to NOT read it and actively ignore it in the future.

✨ Why do you have so many WIPs (Works in Progress)? You know you probably won't finish all of those, right?

I do, and that's okay. That's the nature of writing fanfic, unfortunately. Not everything is going to get finished. You also have to understand that just because I haven't touched a story in a month or two doesn't mean it's been abandoned. The writing muses just haven't given me inspiration or motivation to write for it. I will make an announcement and take something off of my masterlist if I have decided to abandon it.

✨ What are some thing I can do to get my writing noticed?

Tag appropriately. I cannot tell you how many people are going to scroll past your writing if you tag a character fic with the actor (for example, tagging a Jake "Hangman" Seresin fic with Glen Powell). In fact, you are more likely to get yourself blocked versus someone reading your fic. Make use of the "Read More" feature on your fics. People are more likely to block you than read your fic if they have to scroll endlessly past your fics. People will find your fics by searching the appropriate tags. Just give it time.

✨ What are some things I should do when posting/writing?

Do NOT write real person fic. It's one thing to write about a character that doesn't exist, it's something else writing about a real life person who will suffer the consequences when people will inevitably mix reality with fiction. How would you feel if someone wrote a story about you where you did all of these things you'd never do?

Put appropriate trigger/content warnings above your fic. If you are going to write about sensitive topics, it is SO important that you warn people before they reach the story. Writing about losing a child, cancer, or sexual behavior? Tag it explicitely so people can filter it. Do not censor your warnings and do not use "angst" as a catch all. Allow people to protect themselves.

✨ I didn't like [insert fic here].

I literally don't care. Telling me you didn't like something instead of scrolling without a hateful comment makes you a loser, actually.

✨ Do you take non-fanfic related questions?

Yes!! I encourage them, actually! Never feel like you can't shoot me an ask that's not related to fanfic or fandom because I love chatting!! Even if you want to chat with me about fics, I'm more than happy to do so!

✨ Who do you write for?

Mainly Top Gun Maverick at the moment, but I might write for other fandoms in the future! I wrote reader inserts, and it’s good to note that my reader inserts are female unless otherwise stated!

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and will be updated as I get more questions!

[halcyone-of-the-sea]

quick question!

Why did u name your gaz/spitfire fiction cult of vagabonds? what does it mean?

was just wondering since I can't make that out literally thinking about this 24/7 I'm desperate help

You can ignore this if it spoils the upcoming event or if u don't feel like answering

Lotsss of luuuvvvvvvv <333

I answered this a while back, but I'll give a quick description since the last one was a bit long, lol. Basically, I took 'Cult' usually described 'as a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing', and added it to 'Vagabonds', meaning, 'a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job'. I took the vagabonds part and equated it to loneliness and/or isolation.

So, the whole title, roughly, means a misplaced/excessive admiration of loneliness/isolation.

Plot relative, it ties directly into Spitfire's own character, her struggles, and her internal fight. I'm a big fan of titles that you have to infer/think about a bit, etc. lol.

[scorpionoesit]

What are you all time favourite books, or fanfics? Because you’re writing style is so cool—honestly Vagabonds has the best plot and pacing I’ve ever read in fan-fiction—and it inspires me a lot, so I want to find out what inspires you <3

Beta: *shakes aggressively* RAVEN CYCLE!

Uhhh, I dunno, I read a bunch of junk as a kid. A lot of sci-fi and fantasy. I loved Mysterious Benedict Society, that was probably my favorite book series as a kid. I think I read the prequel book like three separate times.

Ooo! 39 Clues was a favorite!

I dunno, most of these are, like, middle school level reading (even if I did read them in high school, shut up).

I did read (but did not finish) Lunar Chronicles. (I swear, I've started the series twice and just keep dying half way through). That inspired a couple things in Vagabonds.

Another inspiration was the web series Worm, which is part of the Parahumans universe. Really good web series, pretty dark, very complex and intricate characters. (Again, didn't finish it, because I have commitment issues.)

If you just wanna just dig through my bookmarks, that's probably a better idea. Don't judge me. I don't really do romance, if that's what you were hoping for, you won't really find much. Uhhh, lot's of fandoms? Assorted treats? Take your pick if you dare.

[scarlet--wiccan]

Hi, I don’t know if you’re into the Hunger Games but if you are, I was wondering if you noticed any parallels between the “Covey” in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes book and Romani communities in real life. The Covey in the book are a nomadic community in North America that use music as their main trade (performing in the districts in exchange for donations) and a great source of joy. I know there’s a lot of cultural celebration through music and dance in Romani communities so I was wondering if you had any thoughts on that. The Covey also adopt abandoned children (which, with the Romani, obviously has a packed history) and are looked down upon by a lot of people in the districts but also kind of romanticized at the same time. They also seem to speak differently from others in the districts, using different accents and phrases. When I think of an expert on Romani culture, I think of you, so I was just wondering if you have thoughts on that.

Well, first of all, please do not prop me up as an expert. I'm pretty good at research and I obviously care a lot about my community and culture, but there are a lot of things that I'm not a good source for.

Anyway, I haven't read the book, and if I'm being honest, I'm probably not going to. I did read the first couple Hunger Games books when they came out, but I wasn't a huge fan. That said, Songbirds and Snakes has definitely been a subject of conversation lately, and I think the general consensus is that the Covey are definitely evocative of the Romani people. The imagery, the occupations, and the perceived foreignness of their language and culture all make it seem as if Collins was drawing on typical depictions of Romani people.

Without reading the book, though, I can't tell if she based the Covey purely off of stereotypes and outsider depictions of Romani people, or if she was actually looking at primary sources, and I certainly can't tell you what her intentions were. As far as I'm aware, it seems like the Covey are a lifestyle group, rather than an actual culture or ethnicity-- characters in Collins' world choose to live this way, or are adopted into the lifestyle, but it's ultimately an occupation, not a diaspora. That's one of the biggest misconceptions about Romani people, and it can be really harmful. Removing the racial context allows outsiders to distort our history and project negative agendas onto our culture and lifestyles. This is how historically marginalized outgroups becomes social problems-- it's easy to paint us as shiftless, criminal vagabonds if you have no context why our communities rely on itinerant labor and experience generational poverty. That's a generalization that only applies to some Romani groups, but you get the picture.

I find that, in terms of genre fiction, Romani and Romani-coded characters tend to fall into one of three categories-- aracial fairytale creatures (every traveling witch or fortuneteller); racialized characters taken out of context or used in an exploitative fashion (the "gyptians" in The Golden Compass); or characters who present as Romani as a visual shorthand for certain lifestyles or occupations. These characters look and act like gypsies-- whatever you think that means-- because they are travelers, outsiders, itinerant workers, maybe criminals. They're not modeling those behaviors because the writer actually thinks that's what Romani people do-- Romani people are an aesthetic that the writer associates with those behaviors.

If I had to guess, I'd say that's how the Covey were conceived. And again, if she doesn't conceive of them as an ethnic group who are connected to, or descended from, any kind of historically real Romani population, then it's not representation.

[tafferling]

Dying Light: Monsters, We.

a Dying Light fan fiction | Season Two | Blood from Stone

Chapter 15: The Elevator

In which Zofia knows she will face a Forgetting at the bottom of a 19 floor fall.

>> Read on Ao3 <<

She’s a vagabond in the trappings of her own mind. A paradox, squeezed between two truths. The first one is simple: She’s gone. The second is not: Against all imaginable odds, Zofia remains. The top of a lighthouse is her bastion. It is wide and perfectly circular; endless and yet no larger than a shoe box. She can’t tell if she’s been the one to shape it, or if the lighthouse has shaped her. All she’s certain of (as certain as she could be, with her mind brittle) is that up here, Zofia remembers her name. A worn out, ragged thing it might be; stepped on, driven in the dirt. But it was hers. And as long as she’s up here, the black flames devouring what’s left of her (what’s left of Harran) cannot reach her. The lighthouse (her lighthouse?) is a spear made from bleached bone, driven deep into Harran’s rotting heart. It juts out across the city, leans for the ocean it will never reach, and far far far blow at its base, lives darkness. A Forgetting. It calls for her; persists with a soft chime she hasn’t ever been able to shake from her mind. Bing— The elevator doors tremble open. The elevator itself comes and goes. Sometimes it sits in the middle of the endless—yet no larger than a shoe box—lighthouse. Yet a heartbeat later it might not and instead she sees a window which looks out across a homely village built upon the promise that it would hold watch until the morrow and keep everyone safe.

>> Read on Ao3 <<

[4seasonsofart]

Why people love S1 Vinland Saga and hate S2 (A Theory)

There's something special about War Arc Thorfinn for so many people. I've heard a lot of discourse about Season 2 and how it doesn't have enough action. About how Thorfinn is lame now because he's only farming. (etc... etc...) I still think you're a loser and lack media literacy if you hate Season 2 just because it doesn't have 'enough action'. Although, I think there is a deeper reason why the transition between Arcs and Seasons feels so monumental here.

Change, life and death, and the passing of time are all bittersweet things for many people. A lot of people fear these things, and the transition between Season 1 and Season 2 has a lot of them. Thorfinn becomes empty, Canute is now a king, and so many of the major characters that we grew up with are now dead for the sake of Thorfinn's development.

We also have the passing of generational trauma and how our characters deal with it. It felt like Thorfinn was an angry little kitten, and now he is a depressed and then enlightened man. It can cause whiplash. A sense of loss. A sense of sadness within us. Many people regress when faced with such things. Which is why Season 2 can feel jarring to most.

We once had something full of action, and now we have nothing. There are a lot of people on their journey to healing. So many people still have their internalized hatred and emotions within them. Which is why they connect with how broken and conflicted Thorfinn is in Season 1. So many people can relate to him. That anger. That pain. That wanting to hurt everyone who hurt you.

It's relatable. It's healing in a way.

Then we have Thorfinn in Season 2, who is beginning to heal. Who is depressed. Who learns to love and gains a friend. For a lot of people, that causes a conflicting feeling inside. Why am I not there? Why can't that be me? Why does that cause me to feel this way? It can trigger a bad reaction or a need to regress to how things used to be.

People are so used to being broken... that they are scared to heal. The anger and pain is the only thing they've ever known. So they relate and love Season 1 Thorfinn. 'He's so me fr fr.'

It's different, and it hurts to see people (even fictional characters) grow and change so drastically. We also have a sub-culture of anime enthusiasts who just like themeless fighting and large explosions of color. So people who like just seeing dramatic fights and bland storylines won't like this. They are used to the 'main character being angry, then defeating a monster, then winning, and then getting angry again.' This is the cycle that continues through many (in my opinion) poorly written manga and books.

Manga like Vinland Saga, Vagabond, and Berserk (etc...) offer a deeper and more gut-wrenching approach to this. They focus on the characters and the themes more than baseline action and intrigue. That's why treasured pieces of literature have such small fanbases. We live in a society that prioritizes 'fast food' intake of content with little substance or meaning. People just want to see something pretty and not think about it. Which is a side effect of many people's addiction to TikTok.

Which pains me but also makes me happy. I like the Vinland Saga fan base; I like that it's small. I can't help but feel a little protective over fictional characters because this story has meant so much to me and my own personal growth. We've seen what happens when themeless and quite bland animes get really large fan bases. (My Hero Academia, for example.) I don't want the message of this story to be lost because people so easily write it off for not filling their dopamine hits.

So from people's own trauma and connections to Season 1 Thorfinn to substanceless media being popularized, it isn't a surprise that many people just write off Season 2. No, it isn't the same as Season 1, but that isn't a bad thing. Want more Season 1 Thorfinn? Intake fanfiction or art created by fans, or make some of your own. You are not limited to only what is shown on your screen or in the manga. That's the great thing about fan bases and fan-made things. It's your interpretation of the character. It's both the original creators and yours.

Just be decent and try to have some media literacy. To all of the 'Incels', 'beta males', and rage baiters who try to hate on this masterpiece- go back to your fanservice animes with poorly written female characters and unneeded nudity.

I didn't know how to really get my thoughts out correctly while writing this, so I hope everyone who reads it understands what I am trying to say.

[hannahyeaman]

What inspired your current book (published or WIP)?

In April 2017, League teased "The Harpy and the Phoenix." A lot of people at the time theorized it as a new Quinn skin, haha, but it ended up being dual released champions.

Lovers.

I was instantly curious as to why they only had one wing, so I started jotting down ideas for a story. I only wrote a very short clip at the time, but I revisited the concept in January 2019. Initially, Roshan was a lackadaisical guard and both he and Mika lost a wing. Opposite wings. But as I wrote and edited, it was no longer necessary for him to lose a wing, so I decided against that. Roshan was also supposed to be corrupted by the end of book one (when it was a duology), but then Riot released (corrupted) Star Guardian Xayah and Rakan in September 2019, so I axed that path too. As much as SOUL-BOUND started from X/R (primarily this particular teaser), it's not a fan fiction.

Mika's not a rebel. She's a sheltered princess like Rapunzel from Tangled. She's brash. Tsundere (thanks to watching Toradora during revisions). She's on a quest to heal her corrupted world and just so happens to meet a very charismatic vagabond. Roshan is largely based off my husband in a lot of ways. He's the golden retriever in our black cat/golden retriever relationship, so I made Roshan the sunny one.

I gave them a sun and moon dynamic to help name them. Their meet cute happens in a tavern because of Taylor Swift’s song "Gorgeous" since Roshan has ocean blue eyes and Zayn was originally Mika's betrothed.

Anyway, they've been my passion project for 5 (technically 7?) years and finally published them! I hope it reaches others and finds its audience. I hope if you're a Xayah and Rakan admirer and give their book a chance, you like them too.

[rebeccadumaurier]

July 2023 Reading Review

Tell Me I’m Worthless, Alison Rumfitt: adored it, SO visceral. the haunting of hill house x white is for witching with a trans protagonist. a queer horror book For queer people you know

An Unauthorised Fan Treatise, Lauren James: tore thru this in one day, was so engrossed. a really funny and insightful web serial with commentary on the complexities of fandom culture and the internet. fabulously unreliable narrator. (i'm counting it as a book because it's being published as part of one soon)

Bliss Montage, Ling Ma: loved Severance and was not let down by this short story collection.

The Dry Heart, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Frances Frenaye): like if elena ferrante wrote more murder. “why don’t more women kill their husbands?” so true bestie!

Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang (trans. Ken Liu): don’t know if i’ll ever read another book like this tbh. a slow-paced 600-page space diasporic epic critiquing the concept of utopia. ken liu you are a pillar of chinese SF

The Likeness, Tana French: pretty good and i liked cassie’s character development but did not enjoy being forced to read The Secret History 2.0 (one of my favorite books but the fandom sucks and dark academia is a stupid genre and also racist)

Fun Home, Alison Bechdel: ok it’s an excellent touching and nuanced graphic memoir about queerness and intergenerational trauma but honestly i would have read this years ago if someone told me it had a lot of literary references, because i am annoying

Authority, Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach #2): mehhhh. not as good as Annihilation and a wildly different book overall, but Area X and the biologist will always be special to me.

The Lover, Marguerite Duras (trans. Barbara Bray): this book is Chinese To Me. a very dreamy, vibes-based book where Duras mostly just flexes her prose writing skills but i’m all for it, would read more from her

it’s a translated fiction vibe for me recently! currently reading the door, roadside picnic, and a horse walks into a bar

[filmnoirfoundation]

ASK EDDIE returns Thursday, May 26, 7:00 PM PT to our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/filmnoirfoundation/live

FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens In this episode, we discuss how the studio system affected the artists under contract, “Nora Prentiss”, Raymond Chandler and his contributions to film, noir fiction writer David Goodis, neo-noir female protagonist and more. We wind up with a discussion about our weekly movie watching habits. On the cat front, Emily, Charlotte and Tizzy the vagabond kitty refuse to come out of their trailers.

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[skellymom]

Love the new pfp!!

Ohhh thanks!

It's my OC Mad from my "Vagabonds" series! Little bit of me thrown in there too. Finally decided to use her as my avatar.

In case you haven't seen them...

...and for SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION reasons...

Original pencil sketch:

Inked:

Introduction to my OC's story featuring Hunter from The Bad Batch!

Btw @techs-goggles9902 Back at ya. Been enjoying your content as well!!! <3

[greensparty]

2024: The Year in Green's Party

This has been another spectacular year for my pop culture blog. In Jan. 2013 I began this blog as a way to share my thoughts on pop culture and since then I’ve gotten to do things I never even imagined would be possible: interviewing filmmakers, actors, musicians, authors and more; reviewing movies, music, concerts, books, and theater; covering conventions and film festivals; and connecting with fans who also have their hands on the pulse of pop culture at the moment and its history.

the many faces of Green’s Party

Here are just a few of this website's highlights of 2024:

Retweets and Social Media: David Space liked my tweet about Fly on the Wall being my #1 Podcast of 2023; I was a guest on the It's Another Sunday podcast and discussed this blog, In May during the same week as my birthday I tweeted birthday wishes to Radiohead drummer Philip Selway and he liked it, Trouser Press Books shared my interview with Backstage and Beyond author Jim Sullivan on their social media, the band Scream shared my Best Albums of 2023 list (which included their album DC Special) in their Linktree, and I was a guest on the Seeing Them Live podcast and I returned for a special episode about the infamous Jane's Addiction concert I covered.

Peter Holmström and me

Interviews: I got to interview The Dandy Warhols guitarist Peter Holmström backstage before their Boston show, documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe via zoom, musician Matthew Sweet via phone, comedian Fred Armisen via zoom, music journalist Jim Sullivan via phone, and Pamela Des Barres via phone. I also got to speak with a number of celebs briefly at conventions including Kelli Maroney, Bruce Kulick, Nicholas Hammond, Sid Krofft, Sean Gunn, Ethan Supplee, Gina Schock and more!

photo booth movie poster of me with Challengers

Movie Reviews: I got to review I.S.S., Suitable Flesh, Ennio, The Greatest Hits, Civil War, Sasquatch Sunset, Challengers, Wildcat, Ezra, Hit Man, Tuesday, Revival60: The Concert That Rocked the World, MaXXXine, Twisters, The Instigators, Borderlands, Blink Twice, Greedy People, Between the Temples, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos, The 4:30 Movie, BOOM: A Film about The Sonics, Lee, The Apprentice, Heartbreakers Beach Party, Woman of the Hour, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Here, Gladiator II, Wicked, Beatles '64, Nightbitch, and A Complete Unknown.

Album Reviews: I got to review Sleater Kinney's Little Rope and the Deluxe Edition of that album, U2's Zooropa reissue and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 20th Anniversary Edition, The Smile's Wall of Eyes and Cutouts, Dhani Harrison's INNERSTANDING, Paul McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run 50th Anniversary Edition and One Hand Clapping, Mick Mars' The Other Side of Mars, Sheer Mag's Playing Favorites, The Rolling Stones' 7" Singles 1966-1971 Vinyl Box Set, Bruce Springsteen's Best of Bruce Springsteen and Born in the USA 40th Anniversary Edition, Pearl Jam's Dark Matter, Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Fu##in Up and Early Daze, Thom Yorke's Confidenza soundtrack, John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies' Lost Themes 4: Noir, Ringo Starr's Crooked Boy, Buffalo Tom's Jump Rope, Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs' Vagabonds, Virgins and Misfits, Johnny Cash's Songwriter, Andy Summers' Vertiginous Canyons, John Lennon's Mind Games Ultimate Collection, The Police's Synchronicity Deluxe Edition, X's Smoke & Fiction, Oasis's Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, The Linda Lindas' No Obligation, MC5's Heavy Lifting, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Long After Dark Deluxe Edition, The Pixies' The Night the Zombies Came, Weezer's The Blue Album 30th Anniversary Edition, Talking Heads' Talking Heads: 77 Super Deluxe Edition, Kim Deal's Nobody Loves You More, AC/DC's 50th anniversary reissues, The Beatles' 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono, and George Harrison's Living the Material World 50th Anniversary Edition.

TV Reviews: I got to review Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of 80s Hair Metal.

my friend Ron and I at the Foo Fighters concert at Fenway Park

me at the Metallica pop-up shop

Concert Reviews: It was quite a year for concert coverage including Sleater-Kinney, Matthew Sweet, The Church and The Afghan Whigs, Jane's Addiction, Pearl Jam, and Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band. I also did my Concert Pics column for Foo Fighters and Metallica.

Blu-ray Reviews: I got to review the blu-ray release of Witness, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, Robert Rodriguez's The Mexico Trilogy, A Simple Plan, and Behind the Bucket: A Garrison story.

Book Reviews: I got to cover Guzman's Family Values: Kurt, Courtney and Frances Bean.

Comedy Reviews: I got to cover Fred Armisen's show a few weeks after I interviewed him.

me on the red carpet outside The Brattle for 2024 BUFF

me on the red carpet at 2024 IFFBoston

me at the 2024 Fan Expo Boston

me at 2024 Super MegaFest

Film Festivals, Conventions and Events: I did my annual coverage of the Oscar Nominated Short Films, I covered the March edition and the November edition of the Northeast Comic Con, I covered the 2024 Boston Underground Film Festival, the Coolidge Corner Theatre's Expansion, I covered the 2024 Independent Film Festival Boston, I covered the 2024 Fan Expo Boston, the 2024 Super MegaFest, Summer 2024 Collectibles Extravaganza, and the 2024 IFFBoston Fall Focus mini-fest.

Stray Observations:

It was a very Beatle-centric year for me! I got to cover The Beatles box set 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono and their documentary Beatles '64 as well as getting to do album reviews of Paul McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run reissue and One Hand Clapping live album, Ringo Starr's Crooked Boy EP, John Lennon's reissue of Mind Games, George Harrison's reissue of Living in the Material World, the documentary film Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World about Lennon's legendary 1969 concert in Toronto and a concert review of Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band in September. Even for a Beatle Fanatic like me that's quite a year!

In October, one of my favorite musicians Matthew Sweet suffered a stroke and I, like many, donated to the GoFundMe to assist with his road to recovery. Only a few months earlier in April I got to interview Mr. Sweet (my second time talking to him) and I also got to cover his concert in Boston. I am grateful I got to talk to him about his music (he could not have been any cooler) and see him for my 6th time and it was one of his best shows. I wish him well in his recovery and hope one day he's able to make music again (whether it's touring, recording or privately).

I got to interview The Dandy Warholds guitarist Peter Holmström. He is the third band member I got to interview since 2019.

I've noticed a trend that's been happening with reissue albums where they are celebrating the landmark anniversary of an album with a box set...released a year after the landmark release. For example, John Lennon's 50th anniversary of Mind Games was released 51 years later, The Police's 40th anniversary of Synchronicity was released 41 years later, George Harrison's 50th anniversary of Living in the Material World was 51 years later. But hey, who's counting right?

In recent years there's been a number of sequels to movies that were released 20 or more years ago. In 2024 that trend continued with Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Twisters, Gladiator II, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (the best of them all by far).

...And the Biggest Postings and News of the Year on Green's Party:

1/2/24: Green's Party turned 11

1/7/24: my remembrance of actress Cindy Morgan. 12 notes.

2/2/24: my remembrance of actor Carl Weathers. 11 notes.

2/20/24: news about Sam Mendes doing four theatrical Beatle movies. 25 notes, my biggest post of the year!

3/27/24: I was one of a select few invited to the Coolidge Corner Theatre's phenomenal expansion in Brookline, MA.

4/10/24: After the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm I shared my thoughts on the ending.

5/20/24: I celebrated a birthday on Green's Party!

6/24/24: I began a multi-part series with Part 1 of Nirvana Boston about Nirvana's history with the city of Boston.

6/30/24: I posted my Best of 2024 So Far list.

7/7/24: I did a birthday post for Sir Ringo Starr. 13 notes.

7/16/24: Part 2 of Nirvana Boston posted.

8/3/24: I wrote about Aerosmith retiring from touring.

8/10/24: I interviewed Fred Armisen via zoom ahead of his comedy tour. One of the highlights of this year and this entire blog: "During our interview, Mr. Armisen took notice of my CD collection in the background behind me and asked about my collection and he briefly talked about his love of physical media. As our interview was ending, I thanked him and joked that next time he should check out my CD collection. He said “I’m glad you have it on your screen. Because there’s a lot happening in politics and none of the candidates are talking about how we should be proud of our CD collections. We need to come to a time in our lives where we’re displaying them. We all have CDs somewhere.” I laughed and said “I think they need to court the CD vote”. He laughed and I said “Wow - I just made you laugh, I’m so proud of myself” and he replied “That was a real laugh too by the way”. I’ve had some cool celebrity encounters, but knowing I got to make Fred Armisen laugh is definitely pretty high on my list of coolest celebrity encounters ever!"

8/25/24: I was a guest on the Seeing Them Live podcast.

9/15/24: Part 3 of Nirvana Boston posted.

9/30/24: I returned to the Seeing Them Live podcast to discuss the Jane's Addiction concert I covered.

10/26/24: I received my 5000th like on this blog!

10/31/24: I continued my Halloween tradition of ranking my Top 5 Movies and this year I did Top 5 Ghostbuster movies.

11/6/24: my Day After Election Day thoughts.

11/17/24: Part 4 of Nirvana Boston posted.

11/30/24: My review of the documentary Beatles '64. 18 notes.

12/10/24: Part 5, the final edition, of Nirvana Boston posted.

12/13/24: I posted my album review of George Harrison's Living in the Material World 50th Anniversary Edition. 12 notes.

12/20/24: I posted about Ringo Starr joining Paul McCartney in concert. 17 notes.

Thank you for attending Green's Party in 2024! Extra thanks to all of the publicists I worked with on my coverage this year. Now it's time for some thoughts on pop culture in 2025...

[halcyone-of-the-sea]

UR WORK IS SO GOOD????

I absolutely LOVE ur werewolf!ghost fanfic, I had been waiting for part 3 to drop and once it did I was IMMEDIATELY blown away!!!!!

I cannot wait to see Cult of Vagabonds and Ravishing Allure to be updated! I found your account because of Ravishing Allure and cannot stop binge reading ur fan fictions ever since!!!! I even reread some!! 💛

Thank you!! I'm really excited to get back into my two longer series, I've had plot points rattling inside of my head for days.

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'Andrew Scott totally transformed to bring grifter Tom Ripley from the page to the screen in Netflix’s Ripley — and needed “an awful lot of stamina” to do it, he reveals in his new emmy magazine cover story.

In Us Weekly’s exclusive first look at Scott’s emmy profile, he reveals how challenging it was to play author Patricia Highsmith’s fictional con man, first made famous in her 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley. “What’s unusual about this particular bit of television is how much time you spend with one character,” Scott, 47, shared. “A lot of the time in television, we can spend time with a hospital crew or a family or a police department, but it’s unusual, I think, to spend so much time with one character over eight hours.”

Scott stars as the titular character in the eight-episode series, which premiered Thursday, April 4, on Netflix. The Irish actor acts as “a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York” alongside Dakota Fanning (as Marge Sherwood) and Johnny Flynn (as Dickie Greenleaf). Netflix’s official description of the series reveals that Ripley is “hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home,” adding that “Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.”

For Scott, the “most challenging thing” about playing Ripley was “how secretive he is,” the actor shared in Us’ exclusive behind-the-scenes video from his emmy shoot.

“He’s not a reliable hero. So, you don’t necessarily know if he’s telling the truth at any particular time. He does terrible things,” Scott continued. “I have to find the, the soul within him. I think there’s something about him that’s very vulnerable. I love that about him because it brings out his real human side. He’s not a natural born killer.”

Scott, who was previously nominated for an Emmy in 2020 for his work on Black Mirror, called Ripley’s character arc an “epic journey” throughout the show. “His fallibility actually is one of the things that I think makes him lovable in some ways.”

Highsmith published her first crime novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, in 1955. In the years that followed, she wrote four subsequent books about the character. Before Scott’s miniseries, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law starred in the 1999 film adaptation, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

When it came to referring to Ripley as a “sociopath” or serial killer — as he’s often been called — Scott did not want to label the man.

“It was important not to diagnose the character with lazy assumptions,” he told emmy during the interview, noting that there was “a lot of speculating about Tom” in terms of his sexuality and mental state. “Sometimes the speculation itself is the [more] insidious thing.”

Scott’s emmy cover debuts on Saturday, April 13.'

[ginaraemitchell]

Book Review: Pacific Dash: From Asia Vagabond to Casino King by Chet Nairene | Fascinating Autobiographical Fiction

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Confidently sharing my Tumblr written works with family and friends was the hardest. Especially my OC work "Vagabonds" as that character is me thrown in the Star Wars fantasy realm.

Honestly all of you were/are easy to share with and extremely supportive on this platform. It's...erm...the "outside" world that gave me anxiety about my fun escapist pastime. But everyone has been so supportive! My husband turned to me today and complimented me on a smut scene I wrote! He wants to possibly pick up his writing again too. So we are bonding over fan fiction 🥰

Thanks to everyone on here who has been supportive! It's making me so happy creatively and adding new "spice" to my 28 year old marriage. ❤️❤️❤️❤️I LOVE U GUYZZZ😭❤️❤️

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