#wren screams at 4 am

[wraenata]

I think I'm going to take a little break from tumblr (more than I already am). Sally is not doing great. Everything is really exhausting and I just don't have the energy to scroll and reblog stuff. I'll probably pop in and reblog some stuff if I can but, don't expect much. I'm sorry. I hope you're all doing well!

[luulapants]

Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence

Northern Cardinal, 4/10

I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys.

American Robin, 1/10

Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing.

House Sparrow, 10/10

You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end?

Tufted Titmouse, 1/10

A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back.

European Starling, 9/10

Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you.

Carolina Wren, 3/10

This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves.

Eastern Wood-Peewee, 0/10

If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10.

Red-bellied Woodpecker, 6/10

It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism.

American Crow, unrated

For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business.

Great Crested Flycatcher, 5/10

Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera.

Stay tuned for more criminal activity!

[merp0515]

Path to Isolation

Mirror what's this thing I see? Who is staring back at me? A stranger to my heart has filled my mind Mirror Help me Who am I? -"Path to Isolation" by Casey Williams

(Lol I regret nothing! XD Also enjoy some mini angst fic!)

Four never really told anyone but every now and then he'd have an reoccurring nightmare about the old castle that always had him waking up in cold sweat and unable to sleep. The nightmare itself has gotten creative the more he thought about it over time. It even got to the point where it starts to haunt him during the day, causing him to snap himself out of the trance and reminding himself that it's only a dream. SMG3, Meggy, and Mario had kept a close eye on him after asking him if he's alright to which he responds with "I'm fine."

SMG4 was walking around his castle today, staying clear from his room to avoid another PTSD episode of the P E R F E C T incident. He tried focusing his thoughts on other things. Positive moments that stood out to him. He smiled remembering the time he first got the showgrounds after an intense auction, how Meggy and Tari saved everyone from One Shot Wren and his messed up West, and helping 3 get his notebook back from Mario and Marty. He stopped for a moment and noticed that someone hung a photo of the updated version of himself at the new castle. With the same original pose with the new castle as its new background.

He instantly frowned the minute it changed drastically into his old design, the Mario reskin. Four backed away from the photo, holding onto his chest and feeling his entire body freezing in horror as the painting smiled at him that made him very uncomfortable. He can hear it softly echoing in his mind. The taunting laugh, angry "fans" telling him how he's officially fallen from grace, and people that he holds dear to that are in the afterlife glaring at him in silence. Four tried to cover his ears and closing his eyes, feeling his body sweat as he tries to hold back his tears, hearing the voices get louder. His breath quickens the more intense it got until it got silent. He opens his eyes slowly and saw the floor change under him. Checkered flooring.

His heart instantly dropped.

No.

N-not again!

He looked up, slowly lifting his hands away from his ears and saw that he was back on the 2nd floor of Peach's castle! Not only that, he saw the painting he was looking at not too long ago with the same old design smiling at him, giving a thumbs up taunting his very being. He approaches the photo, dark thoughts filling his mind like never ending cockroaches infesting his mind. He took off his hat and threw it somewhere on the floor, not caring where it landed.

SMG4 stopped as soon as he was close enough to the frame. His anger started to rise, putting his hands into fists his thoughts surrounding his mind and vision quickly clouding in black.

Mario and SMG3 were the first two that ran into the castle after hearing SMG4's chilling scream and something breaking. Meggy wasn't far behind as they tried to find Four inside the brand new castle. Three panicking, tried to see if his meme energy can sense where Four was. All three of SMG 4's friends turned their heads as they herd Four angrily shouting at something to the point his voice is cracking.

"Quickly, this way!" Meggy frantically said as she and the boys followed to the sound of Four's distressed voice. Three's mind was racing hard as he and the others head to the meme guardian in need. SMG3 stopped to see glass on the floor, eyes widening in fear of what could of happened. Mario and Meggy stopped their tracks as soon as they noticed 3 not following them. Both the fat red italian , and the former inkling girl walked towards Three, seeing the broken glass on the floor.

Silent gasps and eyes widen seeing the sharp, yet fragile glass pieces on the floor. All three turned to see a huge hole on the photo of SMG4's current self, more glass on the floor, and Four himself with no hat in site soullessly staring at the trio. His eyes that once had life was now dead, no ounce of spark nor joy as the trio stares back at him with fear and concern for the blue guardian.

Meggy covers her mouth in horror seeing Four in such a shape, Mario remains frozen, gulping hard watching his close friend staring at him like the time at his Mario day party with such a bone chilling aura. His mind wondering if he should take a step forward towards him or not to snap him out of it. Lastly SMG3, who has recently become his friend after years of hating each other and almost killing him, watching helplessly at the person that has helped him achieve his goals.....having the very meltdown he saw at his old home. He felt his cold, icy blue eyes staring into his firey soul.

[transaccordionist]

"Cogito, ergo sum" I think therefore I am

Wren was going to go to sleep and for some reason felt this intense urge to listen to the radio drama of I have no mouth and I must scream, now if that sounds weird for a 4-5 year old child that has intense self esteem issues relating to his "childness" to do and have the urge to do, it's because it is.

Throughout the 30 minute runtime of the radio drama, there were many times where the thought of "I might be someone else" appeared in my mind, just for a fraction of a second. And at the end even though the first thought in my mind when picking up the phone was "oh Mama's gonna be mad" every moment since has proved that I am not Wren.

I keep having thoughts that can't be finished because my mind stops at the word Am

And so I'm left, laying in my bed, doing whatever I want while staring at the surreal and tortured faces in the walls, those same faces Wren fear with his life and the same faces I seem to both hate with every fiber in my being and also be extremely intrigued by.

Whether I Am Wren

Whether I Am Taiko, Melody, Luna, or Eleanor

Whether I Am someone else

Whether I A m

.

.

.

All I know is, the latter, that final sentence;

I AM

[nancypullen]

Thursday

Howdy do. It's Thursday here in Dullsville and I've decided to go full steam ahead with fall decor. Why not? Just gonna' do what makes me happy and maybe Mother Nature will see it and usher in some true autumn weather. We've had some really pleasant days lately, it was actually FIFTY degrees on Tuesday morning! I think our high today is 76 which is just fine with me. A little rain wouldn't hurt, but I feel like that's asking too much. I'll just be content that the brutal summer heat seems to have moved on. So....FALL! Remember the candlesticks I was going to paint and distress? I'm building a centerpiece around them, not sure where it's headed yet but I like the before and after.

That's the dollar store pumpkin I covered with napkins, and the little $1 pumpkin stack got some fresh paint. Easy and cheap! Tonight I'm headed to The Foundry for a mosaic class. I've taken these mosaic classes a couple of times before, it's pretty straight forward - you're basically just paying to use the supplies. She always has boxes of tile, glass, china, and of course the nippers to cut it all. The instructor is super sweet, so it'll be fun to create and chat. Tonight's class will make a 14x5 house number or welcome sign. This is the example given.

I plan to make a house number with a Halloween vibe. Our house number is 504, so I can make the 5 and 4 with black tiles and make the 0 an orange pumpkin. We'll see if that works. I've never been able to get to the grouting stage in class. I always have a big plan and not enough time. I'm keeping it simple for this project, so maybe tonight is the night I finish!

Tomorrow I'm scheduled for a COVID shot at 10am. I also have a 1pm plant pick up at the arboretum. Every spring and fall they have a big native plant sale and I always buy a couple of things to support them. This fall I'm just getting some rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) and some blue mistflower.

It's supposed to attract bees and butterflies, crossing my fingers but not counting on it. In a quest to lure more wildlife to our yard we added yet another bird feeder. This one clamps onto the railing of the back porch and allows us to watch the birdies from the sofa. The cats are loving it too. It's been nice enough to have windows and doors open lately, so Phoebe is on duty.

Of course, the squirrels found it right away. They never miss a snack. I zoomed in with my phone to snap that from the living room.

This one too - Phoebe had him in her crosshairs.

I think a birdfeeder is better than tv. The sounds are certainly more enjoyable. The new feeder is covered in finches every day now and with the windows open it's lovely to hear their chatter. They sound like they're terrible gossips. A Caroline Wren entertained us yesterday afternoon, they have such pretty songs. Yep, that's who I am now, a crazy cat lady who looks forward to meeting new birds. I own it. I've been reading about people who develop relationships with crows, trading trinkets and stuff like that, and I've never wanted anything more in my life. When I drive between Denton and Easton (which I have to do for just about anything) and I see a crow near a corn field I want to roll down my window and scream, "Come to my house, I'll give you stuff!" Crows remember faces (so do hummingbirds!) so maybe one will land in the backyard soon and recognize me from the road. This is all normal to think about, right? Alright, time for me to go beat my hair into submission, then throw something together for Mickey to eat while I go glue mosaic tiles to a board in hopes of having a little fun. The class is 5:30 to 7:30 and I'm usually the only person who stays to help clean up, so I may be out until 8 o'clock!

Sending out tons of love, take what you need and pass it on. Stay safe, stay well. XOXO, Nancy

[spacefinch]

Carlos: Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence. Carlos: Northern cardinal, 4/10. I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys. Carlos: American robin, 1/10. Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing. Carlos: House sparrow, 10/10. You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end? Carlos: Tufted titmouse, 1/10. A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back. Carlos: European Starling, 9/10. Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you. Carlos: Carolina Wren, 3/10. This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves. Carlos: Eastern wood-pewee, 0/10. If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10. Carlos: Red-bellied woodpecker, 6/10.It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism. Carlos: American crow, unrated. For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business. Carlos: Great crested flycatcher, 5/10. Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera. Carlos: Common grackle, 7/10. La Famiglia does not suffer you to stop in our neighborhood long, and I trust their judgement in this manner. You have the look of a guilty bird. Carlos: Tennessee Warbler, 2/10. You keep to yourselves, and I respect that. I get the sense that you could defend yourselves if it came to it, though. Carlos: Brown-headed cowbird, 3/10. You're not a crow, and eventually they ARE going to figure it out, kiddo. Carlos: Gray catbird, 5/10. Would you. Respectfully. Would you shut the FUCK UP. Carlos: Eurasian collared-dove, 0/10. You're doing great, sweetie, everyone loves you. Carlos: Red-breasted nuthatch, 4/10. A comedian. A little jester of a bird. You're so silly. Sure sometimes you incite violence in others but, really, is that your fault? If it is, we forgive you. Carlos: Blue jay, 12/10. If you could learn any human behavior you wanted, it would be how to build a bomb. Carlos: Honorable mention: Turkey vulture, 5/10. You weren't in my backyard, but you WERE eating roadkill in the street in my neighborhood. I know the animal was already dead when you got there, but you get violence points for frightening the small children that walked past you. Incredible work.

(original post)

[celtfather]

We Wish You A Celtic Christmas

Nollaig shona daoibh on this Christmas Eve with Celtic Christmas Music #74.

Scythian, The McDades, The Jig is Up!, Enda Reilly, Alisa Marie, The Chivalrous Crickets, Plunk Murray, Steel Clover, Screaming Orphans, Anne Roos & David Blonski, The Gothard Sisters, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Ashley Davis, Cherish The Ladies

0:06-Scythian "Christmas Eve Reel feat. Boxing Banjo, Nolan Ladewski" from Christmas Out at Sea

3:09-WELCOME TO CELTIC CHRISTMAS MUSIC

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4:38 - The McDades "See Amid the Winter's Snow" from A Winter Collection

8:15 - The Jig is Up! "Three Ships on the Ocean" from A Penny for the Wren

10:47 - Enda Reilly "It's Christmas Eve" from Christmas is With Us (Tá An Nollaig Linn)

13:28 - Alisa Marie "The First Noel" from Winter Harp (by the fireside)

15:01 - The Chivalrous Crickets "The Wexford Carol - The First of Winter" from A Chivalrous Cricketmas

20:44 - Plunk Murray "Christmas in the Old Man's Hat" from Christmas in the Pub

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26:11 - Steel Clover "As Lately We Watched" from Season Of Love

29:07 - Screaming Orphans "Wishing You a Merry Christmas" from Happy Christmas, Vol. 1

32:53 - Anne Roos & David Blonski "Song of the Piper" from A Winter's Dance

37:16 - The Gothard Sisters "Deck the Halls" from A Celtic Christmas

40:34 - The Celtic Kitchen Party "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" from One Celtic Christmas

42:35 - Ashley Davis "Sailing Back to You" from Songs of the Celtic Winter II

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48:14 - Cherish The Ladies "Silent Night" from On Christmas Night

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[friend-of-giants]

Can I just... share a snippet that I am immensely happy with and want to share?? It's from Chapter 8 - What Guides Us, the first 1/4 of the chapter. I find myself thinking about this scene rather often and I hope you all enjoy it too.

Crickets filled the late evening air with their music, thousands and thousands of individual calls combining into a singular song that seemed to surround and envelop the listeners of the night. The torchbugs, too, were out in full force. Swarms of them floated lazily above the grasses along the shoreline, as if lighting the stage for the crickets below. Not a single coherent thought among all of them, they simply existed, oblivious to the world around them and its troubles.

Oh, the simple life of bugs.

It had been quite some time since Teldryn was able to just sit and enjoy such a peaceful setting, and bugs in particular, he thought, were quite interesting. Small little things with lives of their own, even if those lives were short and consisted only of eating and finding a mate and making even more bugs, but they seemed to be quite successful at it. The world could crumble around them and take all men and mer with it, and the bugs would continue on with their little lives as if it were just another day.

He leaned back in his chair that sat overlooking the lake and closed his eyes, taking in the peaceful night around him. It wasn’t too warm, nor was it too cool. The wind had died earlier in the evening and in its wake, a profound stillness was all that remained. The only things that might make this moment better would be a bottle of sujamma and someone to share it with.

Next to him, the balcony door opened and through it stepped the Dragonborn, back from wherever it was she had been most of the afternoon. She glanced around for a moment, perhaps taking in the sights the Gods had blessed them with, then dropped into the chair next to him with a heavy sigh.

Now if only he had some sujamma.

“Welcome back, outlander," Teldryn greeted, watching Wren as she tucked a wayward strand of iron gray hair behind her ear. He thought he saw a faint hint of a smile on her lips at his words. “Glad to see you decided to return."

He had been a bit worried, truthfully, though he wasn't about to tell her that. She had left shortly after unloading her troubles on him; they had made a quick breakfast of eggs and toast, then she had simply vanished without a word or even an indication as to where she had gone.

After everything she had admitted in the ruins, after what he had seen in Whiterun and after the weight of their talk just earlier that same morning, he feared she may have been pushed to a breaking point, but was relieved to see that his worries had been in vain.

“Teldryn,” she began hesitantly after some time had passed. He looked toward her curiously. “Do you ever speak with the Gods?”

“Probably not as often as I should. Why do you ask?”

Wren clasped her hands together tightly, and he saw her knuckles pale. “Do they ever listen to you?”

There were a thousand things to be said about his relationship with the Gods and Daedra, with Azura in particular. He hummed thoughtfully and gazed back out over the waters, to the torchbugs that still flickered and danced along the shores. Most people were small and insignificant in the eyes of the Gods, just as the bugs were to men and mer.

But as the mortal races would often catch an exceptional specimen in a jar and hold it dear, so had Azura chosen Teldryn, her champion, the savior of Morrowind and all of the Dunmer people. Through all of his trials, from the shining, glorious moments to the times where the darkness had surrounded and suffocated him until he had screamed for the merciful release of death, Azura was there. She always was, and always would be.

“Sometimes they do," was his simple response.

[wrenscrib]

hi there, my name is wren and i thought i’d give this a try:) my pronouns are they/he btw!

abt me: i am a non-binary lesbian who has adhd mdd and others but talking abt that stuff brings me down. i am from canada and i enjoy playing instruments and blasting music. my spotify gives me life tbh. i absolutely love, and i mean love, pokémon go even tho people say it’s “cringe”. my favorite colour would either be a deep red or a pastel pink.

DNI=blocked

my interests: music(i personally cannot live without music, the scream movies, horror films, movies/tv series, sanrio, thirteen (the movie thirteen not the number), the number “4”, silly little cats, crystals and incenses, army cadets, lgbtq, first kill, sapphic tv shows, victorious, and much more but i have short memories:)

my hates:furries(personal preference), people who romanticize mental illnesses, the word chill, polyester, homophobic people, racists, oliver tree, andrew tate stans, people who think that liking someone for less then a month is “true love”, people who are attention seekers, certain textures of food.

DNI: furries/therian, homophobics, racists, andrew tate stans, pick-me’s, people who think that bullying is cool, cavetown haters, and more i’ll update later when i am not having a brain fog TwT

[trekkiepirate]

I posted 317 times in 2022

49 posts created (15%)

268 posts reblogged (85%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@soundsfaebutokay

@wren-of-the-woods

@ruffboijuliaburnsides

@intheseautumnhands

@a-kind-of-merry-war

I tagged 262 of my posts in 2022

Only 17% of my posts had no tags

#joey batey - 67 posts

#the witcher - 45 posts

#jaskier - 26 posts

#the amazing devil - 23 posts

#yennefer - 17 posts

#madeleine hyland - 14 posts

#billy the kid - 11 posts

#other people's damn fine art - 7 posts

#adorable abby - 7 posts

#anya chalotra - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#and i also just assume neil gaiman summoned dream and very politely and with due deference asked him if he wanted to play himself in a show

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Okay but this time next week I will be IN LONDON!!!

I have been wanting to go to England and London literally all my life. I do not remember when I first wanted to go because I always have. And I am FINALLY GOING!

20 notes - Posted May 25, 2022

#4

BETH. Beth Beth Beth. Joey Batey's soft, sad face and his soft, gentle voice will be my undoing. I am trying to watch Billy the Kid but I keep stopping to poke around at other things because he makes me wanna scream and it's midnight and I would wake the whole neighborhood. It's been an hour, Beth, and I'm only halfway through. Why am I like this. WHY IS *HE* LIKE THIS. I blame him for everything.

Oh my dearling, I am here for when you get to the end of the episode because if you are emotionally compromised NOW just wait until he's wrapped in a blankie and talking to his son about stars and crying I HAVE NOT RECOVERED YET and I watched it like a month ago!

20 notes - Posted April 28, 2022

#3

🪄!

A LYRIC I AM NOT NORMAL ABOUT

Surprising no one, it's The Amazing Devil, SPECIFICALLY

Though some would harm you/ none not one no none/ would raise to you/a hand nor thumb/ not while by you/ I stand and hum

First of all, how dare Joey Batey. Second of all, the way the words flow just hits all the happiest places in my brain for sound. Thirdly, the context is just so damn sweet.

23 notes - Posted November 7, 2022

#2

Bethhhhhhh you were right you were right in your predictions. Joey is Billy the Kid's dad. Have you seen this trailer yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cw8v1CP9W0

I KNEW IT I BLOODY KNEW IT I SHALL CROW FOR THE REST OF TIME! (and bless you darling, I hadn’t seen it yet)

Also yep, hence the beard and also EXCUSE ME SIR IRISH ACCENT and I mean, I know his dad dies (and Joey’s only in the first episode) but also HOW DARE THEY KILL OFF MY BEST BELOVED JAIL JAIL FOR THE WILD WEST FOR 1000 YEARS

26 notes - Posted February 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Heath Ledger was fine too.

On his multimillion dollar set with all the cast and crew around him.

Good to know that the world hasn't changed. People still think showing concern for mens' mental health and wellbeing is "infantilizing".

Thanks for showing how little the fandom cares beyond making Jaskier fuck Geralt.

I wasn't going to answer because your tone is very dismissive and very rude, truly I wasn't. But you hit a sore spot.

I AM concerned for Joey's mental health, broadly. He has admitted to (and wrote even a song about) being socially Anxious and I think he may also deal with Depression. So I am worried for him because I know how those conditions can badly affect people, particularly men who are seen as lesser for having and admitting to mental illness(es). If I even vaguely SUSPECTED he was hurt or mistreated on set I'd be at the forefront of the Anger Riot, believe me. But I do not know him personally, so I cannot speak to how things affect him on a day to day level. And Nonny, neither can you. We are fans. We are not his friends or his caretakers. We are outsiders to his life and should take HIS word for how he is treated.

But I also believe Joey was NOT mistreated nor was his mental health irrevocably damaged from filming this scene. Was he shaken because being tied up is strenuous and playing someone being tortured is a mental mind fuck? Yes, of course, he admits that. But he is an amazing actor and yes, it can take time to return from the dark places one's mind can go, especially for a scene like that. But he came back. He came back and moved on and did his next scenes and finished filming and moved on to further projects and is probably preparing for season 3 as we speak. And moreover, he's DONE IT BEFORE. Yes, he's new to a recurring role on large scale shows like The Witcher but Joey has been working at a decent clip since before he left Cambridge, both on stage and screen.

He has a torture scene in Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies, the play he did right out of drama school (and where the gods saw fit to introduce him to Madeleine Hyland and thus brighten not only their own lives but all ours). I have heard it, he SCREAMS. He cries, he sounds very very NOT OKAY. But y'know what? He was. Joey has done death scenes and stunts and has played characters in very dark mental places. So doing a physically and mentally and emotionally demanding scene is not new to him. And he did it on a set full of people that Joey specifically mentions multiple times in multiple interviews as being supportive of him, looking after him. He mentioned having panic/anxiety attacks (I believe anxiety but cannot recall exactly which rn) and that his friends and colleagues on The Witcher were incredibly supportive and kind to him. I place his own words about his experience as closer to the truth of the matter than people who are misconstruing what sounds like a scary situation to them, out of context. That's why I made the post, to give context to how these sorts of things usually go.

Are there still sets where an experience like this was probably the worst of an actor’s life? Yes, of course, we know this. But it is not the majority and I cannot believe that was the case here.

I cannot speak to Heath Ledger's experience, I wasn't engaged enough to read all his interviews the way I do Joey's. Though I was shocked and utterly heartbroken when he died. As I was with Robin Williams. As I was when I learned how River Phoenix and Jonathan Brandis died, after the fact. I think caring about men's mental health is GREAT and necessary and bloody important and that more people SHOULD care. But I think creating issues where there were none is not the way to go about it.

Lastly, honestly at this point I'm more on the Yennskier train. I can separate what I WANT from what the show GIVES because that's the point of fandom and fic. Going "Okay but WHAT IF these characters DID kiss?" But this isn't about shipping. It's not about pitting characters or ships or actors or people against each other. This is about how people are overly worrying about Joey's mental health and not Anya's. Or Freya's even. Both had dark mental places to go this season (and last season), both had physically taxing scenes. Anya was also restrained in a torture scene this season, but no one drew a comparison even though it is easy to make. No one asked if she was okay. No one worried she was mistreated they way some folks have claimed Joey was.

I think it boils down to some people want to hate the show and the people who make it, but not hate Joey. So if they can say Joey was mistreated (and I truly, TRULY believe he was not) on set or by the show then they can justify being a fan of his while hating on a show he SPECIFICALLY calls the best job he's ever had. Where he mentions again and again that he was supported by everyone: cast, crew and creatives.

So, I do think it is infantilizing to dismiss His Own Words because they don't fit the idea some folks have formed of who he is or how he is treated on set. I would highly recommend reading this interview: https://boysbygirls.co.uk/conversations/joey-batey (done AFTER FILMING) as it is a very in-depth and revealing one about who Joey really is and how he operates in the world and how he finds his equilibrium when it's thrown off, whether by work or life in general. He has a good support system, Madeleine of course and he mentions his sisters. He has good coping mechanisms, creating music and writing and building furniture apparently that was a new one. :) I think he has one of the healthiest perspectives on life I have ever heard and I think it has taken him years and support and work to get there for himself. And I am very glad he seems to be doing so well in his life. Because I want him to be happy and healthy.

Joey was and is fine. Your concern about him is good! Caring about him is good! Your misplaced anger is not good.

61 notes - Posted January 21, 2022

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I posted 121 times in 2022

That's 106 more posts than 2021!

3 posts created (2%)

118 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@soundsfaebutokay

@wren-of-the-woods

@intheseautumnhands

@dearheartsproject

@patroclusdefencesquad

I tagged 121 of my posts in 2022

#the amazing devil - 108 posts

#joey batey - 61 posts

#madeleine hyland - 60 posts

#other people's damn fine art - 34 posts

#thatw2022 - 8 posts

#accurate - 7 posts

#the horror and the wild - 6 posts

#ruin - 5 posts

#wild blue yonder - 5 posts

#blossoms - 4 posts

Longest Tag: 115 characters

#y'all ever forget you did a thing for your favourite band and then it's finally posted and you remember you did it?

My Top Posts in 2022:

#3

Hello! :3

THATW ask game, 2 + 14 please? <3

What song from THATW do you listen to the most?

Oh that is a fair question. Let me consult my music player real quick. Farewell Wanderlust, which honestly? That tracks.

If you could talk to Joey and Madeleine about one (and only one!) THATW song, what would it be?

I answered That Unwanted Animal but since this is a new ask, I'll choose Wild Blue Yonder. Like I love this song and I have only the faintest fucking clue what actually happens in it beyond blanket fort and robot vampires

4 notes - Posted March 2, 2022

#2

Here I am to make you choose things! So: 4, 5, 6 for the THATW ask game? <3

What lyrics make you scream?

'Welcome to the storm, I am thunder/welcome to my table, bring your hunger' and basically Joey's entire verse in Farewell Wanderlust.

What lyrics make you cry?

Welly Boots. The whole of it always made me sad and then my grandma passed and now I can't listen to it without sobbing.

What lyrics make you smile?

Answered on my main blog but I'll repeat. Joey's 'that's what she said' joke and Madeleine's 'certainly fucking feels like it' because you can hear their facial expressions and I love that. Same with ‘You sang do you think I’m sexy and oh god I really did’” It’s about the TENDERNESS

Honorable mention to 'could be ghosts of monsters or a robot vampire, I don't know'. Just such a cute little lyric.

4 notes - Posted February 28, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Welp, I attempted to get my brother into The Amazing Devil. He liked ONE SONG. Only ONE?! (Farewell Wanderlust which was the first I thought to suggest for him and which he says goes with an Arcane character really well) Like...it doesn’t disprove my theory that everyone will find at least one TAD to love but like...

How I related to this human? Like the only other human in the world I share both my parents with and he only likes ONE TAD song?! He listened to all three albums and only liked ONE?

How...how do you listen to all of The Amazing Devil and only have ONE song grab you and punch you in the solar plexus and then wrap you in a blanket?

Going home to visit in a couple weeks. Will investigate...for science.

9 notes - Posted March 25, 2022

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And if you don't celebrate I hope you have an awesome Thursday!

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Aw thank you for the tag @spectacular-supernova ! Been a while since I’ve done these:

1. Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs) will always hold number one in my heart, can’t help it 🥺🤍

2. Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou Stray Dogs) my silly sweets detective I love you 💚🍭🍬 he’s upsetty that I placed him second I’m still cherish you all the same 🤍🤲🏼

3. Katie “Pidge” Holt (Voltron: Legendary Defender) baby girl you are famous and I love her 👏🏼💚

4. Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels/Ahsoka Series) I’ve fallen in love with her again and I am just screaming about her (and Ezra and the whole Ghost Crew honestly) recently, please I need her to rest, stop putting her through the emotions and making her repress them 😭

5. Hairo/Hylo Rich (To Your Eternity) ah my silly man’s that feels no pain 🥺🤲🏼 I miss him but I am having fluffy thoughts with my self ship in the modern arc~ hopefully I can doodle down later~

Thank you so much again for tagging!

@the-pink-prophet @sleeping-platinum @gekkaritsu @mxthtea @our-eternalslumber @theangrypomeranian and anyone that would like to try it!

five comfort characters, five tags

thank you for the tag @grayeyedandroid!!

leonard "bones" mccoy (star trek: tos)

benji dunn (mission impossible)

benedick (much ado about nothing)

harold finch (person of interest)

john constantine (hellblazer)

no pressure tags: @queerfables @thevelvetarchive @smeerp @saint-starflicker @argylepiratewd

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Nestbox news: What a whirlwind!

The last couple of days have been a whirlwind, mostly for the Wren babies. At some point yesterday I noticed the babies were constantly screaming but I did not see a parent feeding them. I went through the videos and did not see them there. As I was doing yard work I kept an eye on things. Then in late afternoon, a baby fell out of the box. I contacted a rehabber for advice and eventually took them all out of there. I put them in a box with tissue while I tried to figure out where to bring them. There are few rehabbers in the area and I also heard that due to Avian flu, many are not taking birds in at this time. Wild Wings in Detroit agreed to take them, all I needed was a ride. (They accept donations.) Now I did have a camera team from Local 4 over here today, and since they went back to Detroit anyways, they agreed to bring them in. I am so glad they are safe now and super thankful for the wonderful Local 4 team. This was a turbulent couple of hours. Local 4 came for a little segment that will air in September, I will let you know closer to the date.

In other news, Gayle laid her second egg this morning. The Wren guard is on even though I am not sure I still need it with the adult wrens gone. I have no idea what happened to them, they never returned to the box.

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Thank you for the tag: @amzngdevil 💕💕💕

I just realized that I've been on tumblr for more than a year (!!!) so maybe it's time to get over my reticence and start having fun with these question games. So here we go!

Relationship status: happily single

Favorite colour(s): pink and green

Favorite food: mmmmm, adobong manok sa gata (chicken adobo in coconut milk)

Song stuck in my head: The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace by The Amazing Devil. (In my head I am screaming this out very dramatically. I deserve an Oscar for acting normal actually.)

Last thing you googled: Sarah Snook Joel Fry Persuasion (yeah, that's the Persuasion adaptation we should've gotten in a better world but apparently it was cancelled because they didn't wanna compete with Netflix 😭😭😭)

Time: 4:15 AM

Dream trip: A tour of all the great gardens of the world

Last thing you read: currently rereading The Silmarillion

Last book you enjoyed reading: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (last month)

Last book you hated reading: Atonement by Ian McEwan. UGH.

Favorite thing to cook/bake: Sinigang (meat and vegetables in tamarind broth)

Favorite craft to do in your free time: pressed flower art, seashell and driftwood mobiles, futzing around on a free online photo editor and making TAD lyric postcard thingies

Most niche dislike: TV gardeners planting mature trees without removing the wire and burlap wrapping from around the root ball. WHY. WHYYYYY. JUST TAKE IT OFF GODDAMMIT HAVE MERCY ON THAT POOR TREE!!!

Opinion on circuses: the fictional one in The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern was fantastic. The real one in Germany that features holographic animals seems cool. Also, acrobats are superhuman.

Do you have any sense of direction? NO. I have to check which one of my arms has a birthmark whenever I'm asked to tell left from right, if that gives you an idea.

Tell us about your D&D character: I don't have one. :( I don't know anyone irl who plays D&D. :( :( :(

Tag-list (you don't need to do this if you don't want it!): @spoonietimelordy @warlordess @trekkiepirate @hockles @arleney @wren-of-the-woods @ereborne @miriel-therindes @crescendoofstars @onetwothreemany

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I N T R O

Hiya!! Welcome to my blog :)

You can call me Rat or Wren and I go by she/her pronouns!

heres my masterlist!

I write Hcs and Oneshots for x reader!

I don’t write and nsfw or anything nasty :(

My requests are open!!

Not going to lie, even if my requests are at 15/15 send them anyway, they just may take a while!!

Fandoms I can write for:

Ace Attorney

Batman Begins

BBC Sherlock

Danganronpa (Trigger Happy Havoc)

Dark Pictures Anthology (Little Hope + House of Ashes)

Detroit: Become Human

Harry Potter (+ Marauders + Hogwarts Legacy)

IT (Chapters 1 and 2)

My Hero Academia

Neon Genesis: Evangelion

Newsies

Peaky Blinders

Pokémon (Arceus, Black/White, Scarlet/Violet, Sword/Shield)

Resident Evil (4 and 8)

Scream

Stardew Valley

Star Wars

Supernatural

The Legend of Zelda

Until Dawn

Rules for Requesting:

I won't write NSFW

I won't write anything nasty

If you would like to request a fandom that isn't listed, feel free to ask! I'm super forgetful and this list won't always be up to date!!

I will generally use gender neutral pronouns, so please specify what pronouns you would like!

I reserve the right to refuse any request for any reason without explanation

AT THE MOMENT I AM DOING EXAMS SO ALL REQUESTS ARE DELAYED. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO PATIENT <3

WIPs (due within a week!)

Something something Leon kennedy